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HARVARD COLLEGE
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THE FUND BEQUEATHED BY
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[A.B. 1S49, LL D. ;9U)
OF SAN FRANCISCO
FOR THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN AND IT'S SHORES '
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Pacific Montkly
Editea by WilKam Bittle Wells
Volume XII
July, 1904 > December, 1904
Tht Pacific MontLly Publishing Co.
Portland. Oregon
U5 36S-d5',S0,5'
MAY tt
CH AS. E. LADD» Pfestdent
J. THORBURN ROSS, Vice President
ALEX S WEEK, Secretary
WILLIAM BITTLE WELLS, Manager
Copyright, 1 904» by WiUiam Bittk Welk.
AU Rights ReMrvcd.
CONTENTS
ACTION fcJ ^Keplaciug old 'department The Month) 298, 354
Devoted to the world's most important activitieH.
America's Greatest Irrigation Enterprise . E. G. Adamn 281
Illustrated
Angel in the Moon, The (Poem) Li8cht»u M.. Milli^i Sfj
Archbishop's Mantle, The (Short Story; .... Loreiia M. Pago 232
Artist of the Plains, An Kathryne Wilson 339
Illustrated with drawings and photographs from paintings
Awake (Poem) FloreiK-o May Wright 148
Battleship **Oregon," The (Illustration) ' 7t>
Before Love Came (Poem) Marion Cook Knight 140
Better Way, The (Short Story^ Edna A. Needles 273
Blossom Festival, The : . Debora Otis ir»
Illustrated
Boat Song (Poem) Maud Sutton 29
Bucket Tramway, The Geo. M. Gage 149
Illustrated
<'ampu8 Day Edmond S. Meaiiy 138
Illustrated
Chief Whirlwind, t'matilla Keservation, Oregon . . 258
Chinese Music and Musical Instruments Albert <t;il«' 161
Illustrated
(.'hinook Wind, The (Poem) W. C. Belt 99
City Boys' Swimming Hole, The E. J. Bloom 145
Illustrated
< 'onfessions of a Strike-Breaker (Illustrated) .324
A remarkable experience in the Chicago Butchers' Strike
Deacon's Dilemma, The (Short Story) .... Erskine M. Hamilton 15 J
Delayed Honeymoon, A (Short Story) Aloysius Coll 43
Democratic Convention, The Charles Erskine Scott Wood 169
Illustrated
Development of the I"?^nited States Navy, The . Waldon Fawcett 77
Illustrated
Doubts (Poem) Florence Mav Wright 10
Down ^*The Pike" T. R. MacMechen 30
''Extra West, 667" (Short Story) Myrvin Davis 159
Eye of Ganesha, The (Short Story) Eleanor M. Hiestand-Moore 100
Footsteps in the Eoad (Short Story) . . . . E. Foltz 34r)
Grain-Growing in the Pacific Northwest .... Rinaldo M. Hall 217
Illustrated
Hermitage, The 277
The home of President Jackson'
niustrated from photographs and paintings
Hippy and the Boom (Short Story) F. Roney Weir 222
Home of Paul de Longpre, The (Illustration) 106
HUMOR (Department, replacing The Lighter Side) . Hugh Herdman 312, 368
IMPRESSIONS (Department) Charles Erskine Scott Wood
Advice to the National Democratic Convention (52); Responsibility for
Vice (54); Bleeding Colorado (118); Meeting of the L. A. D. M. N. (119);
The Turner Deportation Case (119); Politics is a Game (119); Divorce
(120); The Congressional Committee of Marine (185); Colorado (185); The
Assassination of Von Plehve (185); Bigotry (245); War (245); Morality
(245); The Chicago Strike (246); Divorce Again (247); War and Its Costs
(302); Advice to Aspiring Young Journalists (302); The North Sea In-
cident (358); The Railroads and the People (358)
Improvement of Nancy, The (Short Story) . Ina Wright Hanson 21J
Indictment of Russia, An Wm. H. Galvani 3(i
Klootchman and Pappoose ....... ISU
Korean Art and Artists James Hunter Wells, M. D. 24
Hlustrated from original paintings
Les Martiques, France HH
Drawii by Frank Du Mond
LIGHT (Department) Albert E. Vert 307, 36:5
LIGHTER SIDE, The (Department) Franklyn Godwyn 123, 188, 251
LITERATURE (Department, replacing The Reader) . W. F. G. Thachor 305, 362
Little Nonsense, A Franklyn Godwyn 57
Love is Best (Poem) Robert Haven Schauffler 2l!»
Luck of Sucker Creek, The Dennis H. Stovall 227
Illustrated
Making Decency Pay Jules Eckhart Goodman 267
The Story of New Coney Island Illustrated
CONTENTS— Concluded
Memory's Lane (Poem) Agnes Lockhart Hughes 226
Military Maneuvers at American Lake, The . . Gen. Thomas H. Anderson,
U. S. A. (retired) 205
MONTH, The (Department) . .48, 114, 180, 240
Mountains, The — A Pastel Marion Cook Knight 37
New York Subway, The O. R. Garland 214
Illustrated
October and Mt. Hood (Poem) Charles Erskine Scott Wood 276
Hlustrated by Merle Johnson
On the Shores of the Pacific Hugh Hordman 38
Illustrated
OPTIMISM (Department) 304, 361
Ospowah's Good Medicine (Short Story) .... Benjamin Franklin Napheys 288
Our Native Shrubs . . . . " William S. Rice ^ 156
Illustrated
OUR VIEW (Editorial Department) William Bittle Wells
47, 113, 179, 239
Oystering on the Pacific Coast M. H. Tabor 291
Illustrated
Paul de Longpre and His Beautiful Home .... Mary H. Coates 107
Illustrated
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS (Department; illustrated)
The Mayor of Tacoma (3); The World's Largest Ferry (4); Festival Hall
(6); Golden Gate Park Museum (7); The Largest Incubator in the World
(9); The Stage (10); Alexander Bell and His Kites (67); George B. Cor-
telyou (68); Rock Squirrels at Cloud Cap Inn (70); The JPanama Commis-
sion (70); Largest Generators in the World (72); ** Uncle Joe" Cannon
(73); Russell Sage and Vacations (131); New Cruiser ** Calif ornia ' ' (132);
The Torpedo-Boat (134); A Wave Motor (134); Woman Tennis Cham-
pion (195); Paul Morton (197); Seattle's Chief of Police (198); Victor
H. Metcalf (201); Oldest House in America (202); Monument to Abigail
Adams (204); Greatest Ship Elevator in the World (259); Puzzle Pic-
ture (259); Clearing Great Northern Track (260); Sinrock Mary (263); /
Smokeless Powder (263); Japs en Voyage (263); Buildings at Lewis and v
Clark Exposition (264); Senator Ankeny (265); Forestry Building (266);
Recognized the Breed (315); Puzzle Picture (315); Rogne River Forest
Reserve (316); Mt. Adams (316); Bremerton Navy Yard (317); Sacajawea
and Captain Clark (318); Washington State Flower (318); Three Genera-
tions of Millionaires (319); Wo-ho-pum (320); Smallest Restaurant in the
World (321); The ** Nebraska'' (321); Rogue River Natural Bridge (322);
George Rogers Clark' (323); Shoshone Falls, Idaho (322)
Pick of the Litter, The (Short Story) Egbert Field 280
Playhouse, The A. Garland 94, 235
Hlustrated
Potter's Vessel, The (Short Story) Alovsius Coll 294
PROGRESS (Department) ' . 59, 125, 190, 253, 308, 364
Devoted to the Growth and Development of the West
Illustrated
READER, The (Department) Franklvn Godwvn 57, 121
W. F. (}. Thaeher 186, 249
Rear Admiral John G. Walker 2
Rest on the Flight to Egypt 314
From the painting by B. Plockhorst
Samuel C^uigg's Experiment (Short Story) . . . E. P Josenhans 333
Sculptor's Conception of Sacajawea, The .... 86
Illustrated
Site of Fort Clatsop . . P. W. Gillette 92
Illustrated
Square Thing, The (Short Story) Eleanor M. Hiestand Moore 11
Strange Legend of the Double Shadow, The . . . F. H. Savior 220
Illustrated
*'Swinimin' Hole" Pictures 154- 155
Tempered Wind, A (Short Story) . . . . C. E. Adams 141
Tepees, The — Umatilla Reservation 194
Truth (Poem) Donald A Eraser 160
VIEWS (Editorial) William Bittle Wells 297, 353
Replacing **Our View"
White Lady, The (Storv in Two Parts) .... Carl Louis Kingsburv
Part I . * . 19
Part II • S8
White Winged Fleet, The William Lovoll Finley 349
Hlustrated with photographs by Herman T. Bohlman
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CONTENTS FOIL JULY. I904
BBAB ADMIRAL JOHK O. WALKES (Frontisplce)
PEOPLE-PLA0ES-THINGH9 (lUastrated) 8-10
Mayor of Tacoma.
The World's Largest Ferry.
Festival HalL
Golden Gate Park Museum.
Largest Incubator in the World.
The Stage.
THE SQUARE THINO (story) .... Eleanor M. Heistand-Mooro 11
THE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL Debora Otis 16
Illustrated.
THE WHITE LADY (story) .... Carl Louis Kingsbury 10
In two parts. Part I.
KOREAN ART AND ARTISTS .... James Hunter WeUs, Bl D. 24
Illustrated from original paintings.
BOAT SONG (poom) Maude Sutton 29
DOWN "THE PIKE" T. R. Mac Mechen SO
Illustrated.
THE ANOEL m THE MOON (poem) Ltscben M. BCiller 85
AN INDICTMENT OF RUSSIA .... Wte. H. Oalvani 86
THE MOUNTAINS—A PASTEL . Marion Oook Knight 87
ON THE SHORES OF THE PAdFIO . Hugh Herdman 88
Illustrated.
A DELAYED HONETMOON (story) Aloysins OoU 48
DOUBTS (poem) Florence May Wtigbt 46
DEPARTMENTS
OUR VIEW William Bittle Wells 47
THE MONTH 48
IMPRESSIONS O. E. S. Wood 62
THE READER W. F. O. Thacber 55
A LITTLE NONSENSE Franklyn Godwyn 57
PROGRESS ....
An Outpost of Empire Herbert Outbbert 59
Oregon Summer Resorts. .... Bruce Wolyerton 64
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F. S. HAROUN, President
A Thoroughly Modern
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young men and young
women for business life
EUGENE, OREGON
Portland Academy
The sixteenth year will open September 19, 1904.
The Academy proper fits boys and girls for college.
A primary and grammar school receives boys and
girls as eariy as the age of 6, and fits them for the
Academy.
A gymnasium in charge of a skilled director Is on
the Academy grounds.
The Academy opened in September. 1902. a boarding
hall for girls. The hali is at 191 Eleventh street, and
is under the immediate supervision of Miss Colina
Campbell.
For Catalogue or further information, address
Portland Academy, Portland, Ore.
Behnke-Walker
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We atuft our graduates in finding positiont as
well as giving tnem the necessary qualifications.
Special inducements to enroll now. Send for
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Portland, Oregon
Boarding and Day School for iMys
The success and high standing of many hundreds of
Dr. Hill's former pupils and graduates during the last 24
years Indicate the merit of his methods.
Manual Training, Classical, College and Business
Courses. For catalogue, address
DR. J. W. HILL. Principal
St. Helen's Hall
PORTLAND, OREGON
Classes in Art and El-
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Oct. 1st. Art under di-
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conductive to comfort. Situated near a great Univer-
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OF PORTL.AND, OREGON
Oldest National Bank on the Pacific Coast
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W. B. Aybr. Vice-President
R. W. SCHMEER. Cashier
A. M. Wright, Asst. Cashier
1& United States National Bank
Capital, ^300,000 Surplus and Profit, J 100.000 Deposits, ^2.600.000
WANTS GOOD BUSINESS UPON SUBSTANTIAL ASSETS
PORTLAND, OREGON
Gives personal attention to the needs
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C. F. Adams. President
R. G. JUBITZ, Secretary
L. A. Lewis. 1st Vice President
A. L. MILLS. 2d Vice President
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Interest Paid on Savings Ac-
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RESOURCES
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Bonds... $8^.904.91
Premiums 1.242.93 872.147.84
Cash and due
from correspondents 820.674.12
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LIABILITIES
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Surplus and
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pounded semi-annually. 2 per ct. interest
on checking accounts.
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BURNS CO., of Chicago, to adopt its system r^ ^ ^^
of Home Savings Banks. It will furnish one rf^ u
to anyone who will deposit $1— credit for jJ^ ^^Vo
the $1 to be given In a pass book. ^ v^
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' heated and electric lighted throughout, with all the approved
appointments of a modem institution, it is an ideal place for those desiring
either rest, the restoration of health and strength, or merely pleasure. The
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TT>e Design
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MARINE and
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Machinery
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it is a crime to furnish any-
thing which is not strictly
hi^h grade. It doesn't re-
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Rear Admiral John O. Walker, whom the President has appointed as head of the Panama
Canal Commission. Admiral Walker has been identified with the matter of the isthmian canal
OTer sinoe the Ooremment assumed an interest in the question. He was a member of the com-
mittee investiffatlnff the Panama and Nicara^a routes, and his selection as chairman of the
Canal Commission was a lo^oal one.
Volume XII
JULY. 1904
Number 1
PEOPLE— PLACES THINGS
Tkc Mayor of Tacoma
GEORGE P. WRIGHT, recently
elected mayor of the City of
Tacoma, Wash., is, compara-
tively, a young man — as office-
holders go. Not until 1905
will he have completed two score of years.
But young men are the fashion, now-a-
days, for mavors, as witness McClellan
of New York, Rolla Wells of St. Louis,
and a host of others.
Mr. Wright has lived in Washington
ever since he attained his majority. Like
80 many other of our men of prominence,
he started on his career by teaching school,
his first engagement being at Spokane.
Later he turned to grain and stock rais-
ing, which vocations he followed until
1897, in which year he was appointed
grain inspector of the state. This position
brought him to Tacoma, where he became
interested in the wholesale business of
Love-Johnson Company, of which cor-
poration he became secretary.
Mr. Wright was elected mayor upon the
Democratic ticket by a majority of 660,
as against a normal Republican majority
of 1200. In the election, party lines were
largely disregarded, and Mr. Wright re-
ceived the earnest support of the solid,
mercantile interests of the city. The new
mayor is in ijo sense a politician, but a
sound, experienced business man, who may
be expected to govern the city, not for the
selfish gains of a party machine, but for
the best interests of the people.
Wriffht,
Taooma.
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ronr-horae hvrdliiiff— one of the circus fe&ts performed by the caTalrymen at Fort Myer, near
Waahin^n, D. C.
Tkc World's Largest Ferry
It is claimed by those who are in posi-
tion to know that the "Solano/^ the big
railroad transport on the line of the
Southern Pacific, and used by this com-
pany to transport trains across the head of
San Francisco Bay, between Port Costa
and Benicia, is the largest ferryboat in
the world. The Solano makes possible a
cut-oflE across the bay, saving a long de-
tour, and shortening the route between
San Francisco and Portland on this line
of the Southern Pacific. The big ferry
has been in commission for a number of
years, and has rendered excellent and sat-
isfactory service. The ferry is 425 feet
in length and nearly half as wide. It has
1600 feet of track room, and can easily
accommodate two passenger trains of ten
or twelve coaches each. The landing, both
at Port Costa and Benicia, is a slip into
which the ferry fits snugly, and the ap-
proach, or apron, is made movable by
hydraulic power so that the ends of the
track may be brought to the same level
as the floor of the ferry. This is made
necessary by the rise and fall of the tides.
It is exhilarating — ^this thirty-minute
journey across the bay, and it is one of
the pleasant and interesting features of
the trip over the Southern Pacific route.
The lar^it ferry in the world — plying in San Fraaoiioo B9J,
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Festival Hall and tke
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tke World's Fair
No picture can do justice
to this magnificent feature
of this greatest of the
World's expositions. The
picture here given shows a
stretch of a quarter of a
mile while the extension of
the gardens to left and right
embraces nearly a half mile.
From the rock floor of the
basin from which the pho-
tograph is taken, to the top
of the dome on Festival
Hall, the height is 275 feet.
The lower weir of the cen-
tral cascade is 160 feet
across. The restaurant pia-
vilions at either side are
each 130 feet in diameter
and 140 feet high. The col-
onnades of the States above
the gardens are each 400
feet long and 52 feet to the
cornice line. The great
seated figures of women,
each representing one of the
fourteen states of the Louis-
iana Purchase, are made
upon a scale of 20 feet high,
if standing. This ornate
centerpiece of the World^s
Fair represents an expendi-
ture of one milKon dollars,
the statuary costing over
$50,000. Here the visitor
may see some of the finest
specimens of modem sculp-
ture.
The Festival Hall has a
seating capacity of 3,600
and contains the largest pipe
organ in the world. Here
the orchestra concerts and
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS.
organ recitals are to be held throughout
the Exposition. Beneath the Festival
Hall are beautiful grottoes.
The grand basin in the foreground is
a part of the extensive water system of tho
World^s Fair. To the right of the observer
are lagoons extending more than half a
mile around the Palace of Electricity, and
to the left are other lagoons encircling
the Palace of Education. Behind the
observer at the north end of the Grand
Basin is the Plaza of St. Louis, in which
stands the Louisiana Purchase Monument
and important statuary groups.
Golden Gate Park Mvuseum
The most interesting feature of the
many interesting features of Golden Gate
Park, San Francisco, is the Museum. It
is not only California's greatest museum,
but there is none other in all the West
to compare with it. The building itself,
being modeled after the old Grecian style
of architecture, is a thing of beauty, but
it is the contents of the Museum that gives
it its worth. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars have been expended in collecting
the vast display of wonderful, curious and
costly exhibits that the Museum contains,
nnd all corners of the world have been
Thm EmprMS of Japan. Her Majesty is a leader in movoments to improve the condition
of the women of her cotintry, and is the patroness of many charities.
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Th« Gk>ldto Gate Park Moieiim at Ban Franoisoo, the most beautiful and best equipped moieum
weat of the Rocky Mountains.
scoured. There are mummies there that
were first laid away in the Egyptian
tombs 1500 and 2000 years before Christ,
and coins that date back to as remote an
age. There are rare old tapestries, laces,
paintings, and gold and silverware, to say
naught of the marvelous productions of
all these by the masters of the present.
There is a typical old colonial kitchen,
with its low ceiling and ponderous beams,
its big fireplace and crane, its pots and
kettles and pewter ware; also a "Dutch
living-room," with its polished oak floor
and curtained bed. The great collection
of statuary and the relics from Pompeii
are themselves enough to fill a museum.
The Japanese destroyer Esquonmo.
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS.
But it is only a small part; and nothing
has been said of the Oriental, Indian, and
a host of other exhibits. Califomians
have, indeed, a right to be proud of
Golden Gate Park, but, above all, proud
of the great museum the park contains.
jacket stove located at one end. It is
intended to keep the heat at a temperature
of about 103 degrees, and should it in-
crease there is a throttle arrangement that
shuts off the draft of the stove, while at
the same time a cold air draft is opened.
The luveit incubator in the world, with a oapaoity of 7,500 en«.
Tkc Liar^est Incubator in tkc World
An incubator is really a chicken factory,
and the largest machine of this kind in
the world is located at Ransomville, N. Y.
This wonderful incubator will hold 7,500
eggs, which makes its output capacity
of young chicks nearly 300 a day. It is
51 feet long, and four feet four inches
wide. There are 50 compartments, 24
inches square, and each compartment holds
two trays that will contain 75 eggs apiece.
The inventor of this machine is W. P.
Hall, of Pembroke, N. Y., and he has so
designed it that it is kept warm by a hot
water system, which is operated from a
Estimating that the normal hatching
season extends from March 1 to August 1,
a period of 153 days, this incubator could
be filled seven times, calling for 52,500
eggs. A 50 per cent hatch would give
over 26,000 chicks, and a 75 per cent hatch
would mean over 39,000 chicks. If you
were to place 15 eggs under each hen, it
would require 3,500 hens to incubate
52,500 eggs. Thus, a man with one of
these mammoth incubators starts out with
the hatching capacity of a very large flock
,of hens, and after the first 21 days, he
could have little chickens every day in
the year.
Touth and old a^o on the sta^e. Ireno Bentley U a olever and fascinating aotreu in oomedy
rolei. Mn. Oilbort ii the oldest woman on the stave, and is now starring in a play writ-
ten especially for her by Clyde Fitch.
THE SQUARE THING
1 ne story or a trained nuroe and a football playex — a cnance acquaintance on tne high.
aeaa, and tke bappy outcome
By Eleanor M. Hiestand^Moore
FOR three years Ellen Floyd had
been nursing neurasthenics and
the worry of it had worn her out,
so that when she boarded the Ul-
laloa, she wanted to be let alone.
In Hawaii she hoped to find rest and
peace for a certain season and she had no
mind to be agreeable to her fellow-passen-
gers. The man who kept watching her
as she sat on the forward hatchway, looked
ill, and he wore a bandage over one eye, on
which account Ellen made up her mind
not to take the least notice of him.
Yet the news she was reading did not
interest her. The paper was full of un-
pleasant things, not the least of which
was an account of the intercollegiate foot-
ball game. Ellen knew Gresham, the half-
back of the Occidentals, and the way he
behaved was scandalous. After the riot
with the rival team, Gresham had gone
to jail for smashing somebody^s head in
the lobby of the theater, and there was
another fellow with him who had half-
killed a policeman.
'Ifs simply disgusting!^' she observed,
tossing the paper away. "I am sorry he
escaped. If I were the mayor — "
A breeze, catching up the paper, whirled
it away right into tiie lap of the man who
sat near her. He muttered something in
an angry tone, and crumpling up the
sheet, he tossed it overboard with such a
show of temper that Ellen burst out
laughing.
"I — I beg your pardon I" he said, with
sudden contrition. "I hope you had fin-
ished with it !"
Ellen rose, shrugging her shoulders.
"It is customary to ask first,'' she ob-
served, noting the flush of shame on the
man's face.
"It was rude, I know," he admitted. "I
ought not to have taken such a liberty."
He certainly ought not, Ellen reflected,
but she was well accustomed to the churl-
ishness of invalids, and, as a matter of fact,
she didn't care about the paper. She had
decided to snub him at supper, but he sat
right opposite her at the Captain's table,
and, though she had hardened her heart,
he appealed to her professionally.
"Pulse about 90," she concluded; "tem-
perature 101 degrees. He ought to be in
bed."
He was a tall, athletic fellow who was
probably handsome at his best. But now
he was pitifully pale, and his eyes were
dull and full of weariness. He ate prac-
tically nothing.
"You look rather knocked up, Mr.
Bentley," said the Captain kindly. "What
happened to your head?"
He flushed quickly.
"Nothing of consequence," he replied,
with nervous precipitation. "A cut across
the temple, thaf s all. It don't amount to
much, but it has given me a nasty head-
ache."
He hated to have Ellen look at him,
somehow, and she punished him with
studied attention.
"Did I understand you were a doctor ?"
asked the Captain, turning to her with
curious inadvertence.
"Oh, no !" said EUen. "Only a trained
nurse."
"I'll bet you're a good one," observed
the Captain bluntly. "Don't you think
Mr. Bentley ought to go to bed?"
Ellen looked the patient over.
"I think it might improve his temper,"
she said coolly, and Bentley was forced to
smile.
It was rough weather, and the Ullaloa
pitched a good deal. Ellen went to bed
early. She had not counted on getting up
again, but the cabin boy came after her in
great excitement. The gentleman in No.
17 had slipped down the gangway and cut
himself terribly. It was Bentley whom
Ellen found bleeding, for the wound in
his temple had opened afresh and the
hemorrhage that followed was dangerous.
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"There isn't a doctor on board," he said
faintly. "If you can do anything — I shall
be very much obliged.^'
Ellen went to work in a deft and capa-
ble way. Aside from the hemorrhage, the
ugly gash was in a bad condition. It had
evidently been neglected. Little red lines
had begun to radiate across the forehead
and down towards the ear. The blood that
was flowing from a small branch of the
temporal artery was washing away a yel-
low crust from the ragged wound.
"Who dressed this in the first place?''
Ellen demanded peremptorily. "Certainly
not a doctor!"
"I did," said Bentley. "It— it didn't
seem worth while fussing over."
"It's a septic wound," Ellen said
abruptly, but Bentley did not realize
what that meant. She stopped the bleed-
ing, but when the Ullaloa landed at
Hawaii, Bentley had to be taken to the
hotel on a stretcher.
"I presume. Miss Floyd," said the Doc-
tor, "that you realize the serious nature
of the case. We shall have to take the poor
fellow to a hospital, and yet I hate to move
him with such a temperature."
"I'll nurse him," Ellen said quietly,
and the Doctor said under that arrange-
ment he might pull through.
"I think we ought to write to his fam-
ily," observed .the Doctor, but Ellen ex-
plained that she had been unable to find
any address, and Bentley was now delir-
ious. In the course of a few days there
was a cable message for the sick man, but
it gave no clue to his relatives. It read
simply: "No worse," and was signed
"Cham." Another message of the same
pur|jort came the day following, and
others followed daily, reporting in detail
the condition of some one who was dan-
gerously ill. When Bentley struggled
feebly back to the world to which he had
been oblivious for weeks, there was a large
bundle of cable dispatches which Ellen
had filed carefully.
The first thing he remembered — ^the
thing he never forgot afterwards — ^was
Ellen, moving noiselessly about the room
in her pale blue gingham and the white
apron whose long, neat strings were tied
in a pretty bow at the back of her slim
waist. The deft, white hands that band-
aged his head every morning were tender
and soothing, and the brown hair waved
very prettily under the frill of Ellen's
cap. Bentley liked to look at her, as he
did for hours, in silence — ^looked at her
with such a sense of secure reliance that
he felt as though his very existence de-
pended on that quiet, capable presence.
"I am glad to see you looking so well
this morning," she said brightly. "You
are getting along finely."
Bentley^s eyes wandered from Ellen's
cheerful face to the flowers in the win-
dow— great white Hawaiian lilies that
were blooming in a pot. The soft air
drifted in, stirring gently the white-
frilled curtains. Bentley heard the swish-
ing of the sea and the mellow hum of na-
tive voices in the street below.
"Where are we ?" he asked feebly. "I —
I have forgotten."
"In Honolulu," Ellen said briskly.
"You were taken sick, you know, on board
ship on the way out from San Francisco.
You cut your head, and you have had a
bad case of blood-poisoning, but I am
happy to say you are getting all right
again."
"Am I?" said Bentley vaguely. 'T)id
you take care of me ? Oh, yes ! I know
you did. You have been here — ages! I
hope you are never going away."
Ellen laughed.
"I shall probably stay for some time
yet," she said pleasantly, and then Bent-
ley seemed all at once to stumble on the
track of memory.
"Tell me !" he cried with great excite-
ment, ^Tias any message come for me?"
"I should say so!" Ellen exclaimed.
"There, lie down. It isn't good for you
to get excited. Here is a whole bundle
of cable messages. You can read them
after awhile, and here is the last that came.
I have not opened it."
Bentley seized the envelope eagerly and
tore it open with trembling fingers. A
low cry burst from his lips and he fell
back upon the pillows, sobbing.
"Is it bad news?" Ellen asked
anxiously.
"No, thank God!" he cried. "Tim
Welsh is back on the police force again."
Ellen waited for him to say something
more, but he did not speak of the matter
for days. The few letters that had come
for him he seemed rather averse to read-
ing. On the day when the doctor allowed
him to sit by the window, he asked Ellen
to listen to him.
"I want to tell you something," he said,
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looking at her with so much misery in his
eyes that she felt vaguely his great un-
happiness.
"Don't tell me anything you don't want
to tell me" she said hastily.
"But I miLst tell you/^ he said, shutting
his teeth firmly. "You have been so good
to me ! It is a pity for you to waste such
kindness on a fellow like me. Miss Floyd.
All I can say is that it is not unappreci-
ated. I — I — it is because I care so
much about you that I want you to know."
She touched his hand tenderly, a famil-
iarity that had grown out of his long
helplessness and sufiFering.
"Don't do that V' he cried with sudden
passion. "I can not bear it! What do
you think I am made of? Do you think
I could have you here, as you have been,
day after day and not learn to love you
better than I should?"
He groaned aloud and turned his face
to the window, else he might have seen
the fair rosy light in Ellen's face, and
have stayed his misery to some extent.
"If I were only halfway decent," he
observed with a gesture of self-contempt,
"I would try to win you. If you would
marr>' me. Miss Floyd, I would be the
happiest man on God's earth; but I'm
not mean enough even to ask you. When
you know all about me, you — , you may
regret your kindness. Miss Floyd."
"^Vhat is there to know?" she asked
sharply.
"My name is not Bentley at all. It is
Montgomery. I am Gresham's friend,
the man who ran away from San Francisco
because he had almost killed a policeman
and was afraid he would be arrested."
Ellen's face had grown suddenly pale.
"How did you come to do it ?" she asked
slowly, as the memory of the whole
wretched episode of the International
Football game came back to her. Mont-
gomery had been intoxicated in the theatre
after the sweeping victory of the Occi-
dentals, and he had hit a policeman on the
head with his cane, in a melee that
occurred in the lobby.
Bentley looked at her with the color
high and hot upon his face.
"I was beastly drunk," he said without
the slightest attempt to apologize. There
was nothing to say.
"And then you ran away — like a
coward?" she said bitterly, unmindful
of the cruelty of her question.
"Yes," he replied with the candor of
utter hopelessness. "That is just what
I did."
"Oh, how could you !" she cried passion-
ately.
Ilis head sank back wearily.
"It seems beastly and impossible now,"
he replied, "but at the time it seemed
very natural. Of course I never intended
to do any harm ; but that is not the ques-
tion. I see now that that is not the
question at all."
"It is luck}' for you that the man got
well," said Ellen. She was so angry with
him that she was unkind.
Bentley shuddered and closed his eyes.
"Do you think it was the square tMng
to run away?" she demanded sternly,
hardly knowing herself why she had set
the standard of conduct so high for him.
"There was nothing else for me to do,"
he replied. "The police were after me."
"You could have stayed and faced it,"
she said slowly. "When a man has com-
mitted a crime — "
He winced at the word.
" — all he can do is to submit to the
punishment he deserves. It seems to me
that one's sense of justice would make
that imperative."
He looked at her in astonishment.
"You — you think I ought to have borne
the disgrace of imprisonment?"
"The disgrace, it seems to me," she
said pitilessly, "was in doing the thing."
Bentley was silent. Then he said in a
voice full of misery:
"It seems that I have not been able to
escape the consequences of my acts, any-
how," he observed. "I reaUze that my
own conduct has made it impossible for
me even to hope for the one thing that
seems to me desirable in life."
Ellen was strangely cold and cruel just
then.
"A woman might well hesitate to marry
a man — with such a history," she said
deliberately, and Bentley's face lying on
the pillow, grew whiter as she spoke.
"Don't push me too hard," he said, with
a little catch in his voice, "I can not bear
it from you. Tell me — do you think
that ? What could I ever do to make you
despise me less ?"
She looked at him for a moment.
"I am not your mentor, Mr. — Mont-
gomery," she said rising, "I think every
man ought to regulate his own morals."
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What had happened, the doctor could
never find out. Ellen gave up her patient
in the course of a few days, and Montgom-
ery declared he was going back to San
Francisco. It was three months since the
theatre escapade, and Gresham, who had
simply been fined, was writing him to
come back. The matter had been fixed
up by Montgomery's family, and, after
a stormy debate, the College Faculty had
not expelled, but simply suspended him.
Montgomery had the advantage of wealth
and influence. Yet, it seems, as Gresham
remarked afterwards, that he was "a
fool after all,'* for, after he returned to
San Francisco, not content with having
jpsid all the expenses of Tim Welsh's
illness, Montgomery actually gave him
s. house and lot in the Mission District,
'where Welsh was living in imaccustomed
prosperity.
"He's a blooming idiot," Gresham
observed finally, for, after the whole
scandal had died out, Montgomery ap-
peared before a magistrate and actually
asked to be arrested!
Ellen Floyd read about this in the
paper. How the public was entertained
by the unusual spectacle of a man solicit-
ing his own arrest for assault and battery
and his former victim flatly refusing to
enter a complaint. The matter was dis-
missed with comments on the growing
intimacy between Tim Welsh and the man
who, in breaking his head, had assumed
an obligation highly profitable to Tim.
It was the following year that Mont-
gomery graduated with such a record as
surprised those who had known his earlier
collegiate history. Everybody knew it was
in him, but it was a surprise to see it
come out.
"It all comes of hitting an Irishman
on the head," observed Gresham, "and — ^"
he glanced over at the giri to whom
Montgomery was talking — "Ellen Floyd
— principally Ellen Floyd."
Montgomery was looking down at her
with a quiet dignity in his eyes, a look
such as a woman loves.
"I have tried to do the square thing,"
he said simply. "Do you think I could
have done anything better?"
The strength of a man who has con-
quered is sometimes more winning than
the imassailed power of viri;ue.
"Nothing," she answered with shining
eyes.
"Could you trust me now?" he asked
anxiously.
"I could do more than that," she
answered. "I have always done more than
you have credited me with doing, I — ^"
"Speak!" he demanded.
"I love you," she said softly. "That
is the squarest thing I know."
THE little foothill town of Sara-
toga, Santa Clara County, Cal.,
has for the past five years made
the hlossoming of the prune the
occasion for a day of festivities.
Each year the devotees of this fete have
increased in numbers, and each year thej
have made the pilgrimage from a greater
distance, till the fame of this blossom-time
Mecca has so extended that it may be of
interest to take a look at it when not in
festive attire and learn something of its
history and the circumstances which gave
birth to this yearly celebration.
For some years the country surround-
ing Saratoga, which derives its name from
the fine mineral springs gushing from
the near-by hills, has been given up to the
cultivation of grapes and prunes, and the
town had become a quiet rural center with
a decidedly religious tendency. Though
it seemed largely in the hands of laborers
for its good, and real estate men declared
it already paradise, yet, in the words of
one of its public-spirited citizens, mis-
sionary teas had not killed out poison oak,
the Epworth T^eague had not repaired di-
lapidated fences, valiant wrestling of the
W. C. T. TJ. had not removed unsightly
rubbish from the roadsides or white-
washed forlorn sheds. In short, such a
condition of things prevailed as the dwell-
ers in country towns well know. It re-
mained for two bright-eyed Eastern girls,
whom the Saratogans were anxious to
have settle among them, to tell them "they
were a pokey lot whose lives began, con-
tinued and ended in religious meetings.^'
"Then," he says, "we woke up, rubbed
our eyes at the stinging words, and lo,
the l)lossom festival was born!" Invita-
tions were extended to the surrounding
country, which ran something like this:
"Come on the vestibuled Southern Pa-
cific Pullmans. Come in the red Stan-
ford coaches with your holiday horns.
Come with sober family nags. Festoon
your bicycles. Fill your big four-horse
trucks with lively young folks. Drive
your jovial jaunting cars. Come singing.
Jjeave care behind for a day and be thank-
ful." And after this varied fashion they
came, till this last year the trolley has
penetrated the valley, making many
changes and increasing the number of
visitors.
Has the festival accomplished anything
for the people of Saratoga? They think
it has. In the words of one of their citi-
zens, "Boys begin to count it good citizen-
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The prune orchard, where br&nohet of uiowy bloetonu meet.
Mrs. Hare, photo.
ship to care for public roads ; women rake blacksmith^s shop is painted, the streets
up weeds and persuade men to bum rub- have been lighted and tumble-down fences
bish when company is coming. The have disappeared. The supervisor has
The orchards of the foothUls. Los Oatos in the distance, from the Santa Cms Mountains.
THE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL.
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The abandoned mill, near Saratoga, California.
had the spring-holes drained and streets
graveled where needed. The children have
cultivated a more agreeable manner toward
fitrangers, and, to be practical, all these
things have tended to a rise in real es-
tate." ITius we see the day organized for
the esthetic purpose of more thoroughly
appreciating one of the beautiful, fleeting
changes of the season has yielded some
practical results, and, let us hope, al-
though they can not be so easily measured
or classified, its object has been fulfilled
in other respects.
The orchard, the rineyArd, the evergreen oakt, and the Santa Clara Valley.
Mrs. Hare, photo.
A purling stream, near Saratoja.
Mrs. Hare, photo.
THE WHITE LADY
A -weird tale of mystery and adventure in tbe snow-alirouded ^istnetfoea of tke mountainfl
IN TWO PARTS-PART I
By Carl Louis Kingsbury
IT was on a grey November afternoon
that Dick Eastlake and I loitered in
the one little waiting room of the
railway station at Collins, impatient
for the arrival of the conveyance
that we had engaged by wire, to take us
into the heart of the Far Away range on
s, hunting trip.
While waiting, we vainly essayed to en-
list the sympathetic interest of the station
agent, who, as we soon ascertained, rep-
resented the entire clerical and mechanical
force of the railway company at that
point.
"We engaged Hank Thompson to take
us up into the mountains ; he was to meet
lis here when the train came in," Dick in-
formed him.
"The train!" echoed the agent testily,
^There's two trains; A. M., P. M. Hank
was here when the A. M. pulled in. P. M.^s
usually late; happened to be on time to-
day. Hank'll be ^round after awhile."
Fortified with this assurance, we dis-
posed ourselves to wait with what patience
we could command, and the agent, dis-
missing us from his consciousness, picked
up a battered violin and began a persist-
ent, doleful sawing across its strings. The
performance could, by no means, be class-
ified as even an attempt at musical ren-
dition; it was nerve-racking, yet the one
quavering, insistent strain gave an occa-
sional hint of something — some vague,
underlying message, vainly groped for.
Dick^s temper is mostly as sunny as a
California day in June, but our driver's
nonappearance had irritated him, and
with a scowl, he suddenly turned upon the
agent:
"Why the devil don^t you try some-
thing besides that infernal whine ?"
The entire force of the railway com-
pany sprang to his feet. "Because," he
eaid, with a black look, "that 'infernal
whine,' as you call it, is what I want. Have
you any objections ?"
"No; the thing is atrocious, but there's
no accounting for tastes. Still, if there is,
somewhere, a musical kindergarten that
you could" — Dick paused suggestively.
The agent smiled.
"I don't need a kindergarten training,"
he said, and proceeded to demonstrate the
truth of his statement.
We were in a hurry ; the grey November
day was waning, our driver had not yet
come, and we might have to hunt him up,
yet we both stood listening, entranced,
while in place of snowy fields and pinch-
ing cold there came a rush of springtide
greenness, a hint of June roses, of bird
songs mingled with the flow of rippling
water, all instinct and pulsating with joy-
ous life. Suddenly the music ceased ; the
violinist lowered his instrument and
looked at us, the better and higher expres-
sion that the music had called to his face,
vanishing in one of scowling discontent.
"For all that," he declared, shortly, in
recognition of our enjoyment of his per-
formance, "I can't get the combination
that I want."
"WTiy, when that particular — ^^combina-
tion' — judging from the sample that we
have heard, is so atrocious, do you feel
called on to—" Dick was beginning, when
the agent stopped him with an angry
twang of the fiddle strings :
"It isn't atrocious if you get it right;
it — ifs compelling; it takes hold of you.
There's a devil of a Mexican, living some-
where up in the hills — ^he plays it some-
times— if he takes the notion. But he's as
little to be depended on as the thing itself.
He-" ^
"All ab — 00 — ard !" sang Hank Thomp-
son, stopping his mules at the edge of
the depot platform.
Not until noon of the next day did we
reach the cabin of the Oldest Inhabitant.
This individual proved to be a taciturn
and surly miner of a disposition so retir-
ing that he had, so far as the outside
world went, not only crawled into a hole,
20
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
but had achieved the added distinction of
pulling the hole in after him.
On the way up our driver had assured
us that the old miner, Mr. Brown, other-
wise "Bill,^* would kick like a bay steer
when asked to take us in. "But don't
you give in an inch!*' Hank warned us
cheerily; "Bill's heart's all right yit, an'
it's a mercy to him that I bring folks up
to camp on him once an' agin ; keeps him
from gittin' plumb petrified. Besides,
he'll git to thinkin' a heap of you before
you leave. I've brung hunters up here
afore, an' I know."
Despite Hank's warning, we were not
prepared for the fury of resentment with
which the old gentleman, who had opened
the door in response to Hank's Imock,
greeted our arrival. Undismayed, Hank
began imloading our luggage by the sum-
mary process of firing it into the open
doorway, and, at the same time, he ex-
postulated pleasantly with the inhospita-
ble miner:
"Come now, Bill, what's the use of all
this jawin' ? These fellers has got to stay
here; you know that. It's too late to look
uj) airy other place."
"You know blamed well, you limber-
jointed jackass, that there ain't airy other
place to look up."
"That's what I've been tryin' to tell
you, all along, but you wouldii't hearken
to reason. You'll have to take 'em in,
that's all!"
"Wha'd ye bring 'em for, ye cussed — "
Hank, who was to make half the return
trip that day, had already swung the
mules around on the homeward track; he
looked over his shoulder to bestow a de-
mure grin on the enraged owner of the
cabin.
^TTou'U git over it. Bill, an' thank me
for givin' ye a chance to git acquainted
\rith these fellers; good fellers they are,
if I do say it. An' gentlemen, don't ye
fret your gizzards. Bill's bark is all there
is to him. He never bites, an' he's got
plenty to eat, an' as good beds as you'll
find in a long day's journey. So long, an'
good luck to you!"
The Oldest Inhabitant shook his fist, in
impotent fury, at the retreating back of
the driver.
"If there's airy law in this country
that'll purtect a man in the peaceful en-
j'yment of his own cabin, I'll have it on
Hank Thompson," he roared, and, just
then, the mules stopped and Hank looked
back to call out :
"Sa — ^ay, what's the matter with their
goin' to the Mexican's?"
*^Vhat's the matter with their goin' to
hell?" yelled our unwilling host. But
the suggestion, whatever lay behind it,
had turned the scale in our favor. "Come
in," he said abruptly. "Course it- ain't no
fault of yours that you was brought here,
but 111 git even with that feller yit."
I don't know whether Mr. Brown ever
got even with the driver in the way that
his words darkly shadowed forth, but I do
know that within twenty-four hours he
was looking after our comfort as solicit-
ously as he would for that of life-long
friends.
We had bargained with Thompson to
return for us at the end of two weeks,
and, naturally, made the utmost of our
limited holiday. We were very success-
ful in getting game, all of which Brown
dressed and cared for. As he insisted on
doing this work imaided, and as the sup-
ply of meat, apart from that we con-
sumed, fell to his share, we made no stren-
uous objection to this arrangement, and,
for some days, remained unaware of any
peculiarity in the mode or place of dress-
ing.
On the tenth day after our arrival, the
weather that had held good so far, turned
bitterly cold, and a furious snowstorm
set in. For three days we were virtually
imprisoned. A part of this time we spent
in the manufacture of snowshoes, in the
use of which we were both experts, and it
was plain that if we were to get out at
all it must be upon them. The fourth
day dawned clear and cold. Immediately
after breakfast we started out for a day's
sport in the mountains.
We returned to the cabin a little before
nightfall, bearing pick-a-pack the carcass
of that rare, shy creature, a mountain
sheep. Twice or thrice, before reaching
the cabin, we heard the howling of timber
wolves, and the sound did not dispose us
to linger on our way.
As this was not only the first sheep
that either of us had ever shot, but the
only one that we had ever seen at close
range, we proposed to Brown that he
should have our assistance in dressing it.
At this he turned unexpectedly craidcy;
but, as we both insisted, matters were at
THE WHITE LADY.
21
length compromised by his agreeing to al-
low ns to oversee the work.
Brown took the carcass within the shel-
ter of a solid little lean-to, minus outer
door or window, and lighted only by the
door that opened into it from the main
cabin.
*TVhy don^t you take him outside under
that pine tree?^* Dick suggested, survey-
ing the cubbyhole with disfavor. '^There's
good light out there.^'
"An' wind, to carry the scent. This is
good 'nuff place ; if you don't want to stay
in here you don't have to."
Outside the cabin the ground was
frozen as hard as iron, and there was, to
all intents and purposes, a whole unused
world into any part of which the refuse
from our quarry might have been cast
without offense; but, having cleaned the
sheep, Brown took a spade and dug a hole
in one comer of the lean-to. Into this
he shoved the refuse, paying no heed to
my questions. Dick, who is wise, said
nothing until the ground was neatly
smoothed over the impromptu grave, then
he asked, quietly:
^TVhy do you do that?"
Brown straightened his bent shoulders
and faced Dick, a reminiscent look on his
weatherbeaten old face.
"Ever been huntin' in this part of the
Faraway Sange afore — or, say, within the
last three years?"
"Never, at any time; we have always
gone farther south."
"I wish't you'd a' gone furder south
this time. Wal', I don't mind admittin'
that things has got so that ifs agin' my
principles to leave airy thing laying
around loose that might tole wild animals
nigh my cabin. You fellers that live in
towns and think you know it all because
you read sonve dumed newspaper every
day has got a heap to learn about the big
world that lies outside — ^whafs that?" he
broke off suddenly, and the three of us
stood listening in startled silence as, close
at hand, a wierd, moaning cry rent the
air. The cry was followed, after an in-
terval, by a distinct whine, as some soft,
heavy body bounded lightly upon the roof
of the lean-to. This was followed, in turn,
by an eager clawing and scratching at the
shingles. We could not, of course, see
anything, but the promptitude and energy
with which our host acted at this junc-
ture was trulv wonderful.
Hanging from hooks on the wall was
a loaded Winchester rifle. With one noise-
less bound Brown secured it, and, stand-
ing in his tracks, raised the barrel and
fired at that part of the roof from which
the sound proceeded. The buUet went
crashing and splintering through the
boards and the pine shakes; the little
room was filled with powder smoke, and
again that wild cry rent the air as the
creature slid off the roof.
The three of us ran out and around
to the lean-to roof.
There was nothing to be seen save the
splintered shakes and a few drops of blood
on the snow. But presently I discovered,
just where the edge of the roof overhung
the ground, a larger splash of red, and,
mingling with it, a tuft of something
white that I, at first, mistook for a tiny
bunch of feathers. Turning it over care-
lessly with the toe of my boot, I saw that
it was a fragment of white fur. Too late,
we regretted our precipitancy in reaching
the spot, for any footprints left had now
been hopelessly overlaid by our own. After
a little further search, which revealed
nothing, we re-entered the cabin and
Brown silently replaced the rifle on its
hooks.
"What do you suppose that was?" I
asked our plainly preoccupied host.
"Some hungry critter," was the brusque
reply; "one of you fellers be cuttin' up
some of the mutton whilst I make the
coffee."
Dick and I, enjopng our meal with the
appetite of hunters, paid little attention
to Brown, imtil, hunger somewhat ap-
peased, I had leisure to observe that the
bit of steak that he had, at first, taken
upon his plate, still remained untasted.
Dick noticed it, too.
"What's the matter. Brown; why don't
you eat ?" he presently inquired.
For answer. Brown shoved his plate
aside with an impatient gesture, and, ris-
ing, took his pipe from the mantel, filled
it from the sack of fine-cut in his coat
pocket, then sat down before the fire, leav-
ing the supper table uncared for. This
was unusual, for he was a neat house-
keeper.
When the soothing fumes of the to-
bacco began to rise, like a cloud of incense
between himself and his confidant, the
open fire, he remarked to the latter:
"Yes; thafs it. I can't figure it out
22
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
no other way. Like enough the Mexican^s
sick ; an^ he can't hunt wu'th a cuss^ sick
or well. I ain't seen him in a dog's age;
don't want to see him, nuther, but I
never knowed; I — never — ^knowed — ^" He
relapsed into musing silence. When he,
at length, roused himself it was to ad-
dress Dick, for whom, he had made it
plain from the first, he entertained much
more respect than he did for me.
"Say — ^there's a Mexican — curi's kind
of feller — ^he lives in a cabin three or four
mile deeper back in the hills. The feller
— ^he lives alone — ^yes — ^he lives alone, and
he ain't much of a hand with a gun. Them
Mexicans never be, and the snow's deep,
and the trail blocked — ^"
" — ^And you think it would be no more
than neighborly for us to share our luck
with him?" Dick concluded the sentence
lightly ; "all right, he's welcome to a share
of it."
"You ain't a bad feller." For once our
host looked at the person he was talking
to instead of the fire, as he spoke — 'TTes,
I seen right oflf that you wa'n't a bad fel-
ler."
Encouraged by this encomium on my
friend, and, perhaps, with, some faint
hope of diverting a little of it to myself,
for, truly, the quarry was as much mine
to give as Dick's — ^I said:
"If s a bright moonlit evening; suppose
you tell us the way and we'll take some
of the mutton over to him now."
"Airy fool but a plumb fool," mused
Mr. Brown, with his eyes upon the fire,
"would know better than to reckon that a
brace o' strangers could bounce in on that
Mexican and make him a gift, out of
hand. Proud as the devil, he is--<Tod Al-
mighty knows what of, I don't; but I 'low
that he's human, or part human, anyhow,
and I don't want him to starve; but the
thing's got to be managed ; yes, sir, mwn-
aged!" TCnitting his grizzled brows he
again took counsel of the fire.
After a minute or two he looked at
Dick. "Goin' huntin' to-morrow, ain't
ye
9»
Dick nodded silently.
^^es, o' course; I needn't a' asked!
Kill things as long's the snow's deep and
they're helpless and can't git away from
ye. Wall, I'm kind o' concerned about
that Mexican — ^"
" — Why concerned about him, all at
once?" Dick inquired, carelessly.
"'Cause I am, and thafs reason
enough !" was the tart rejoinder. "Wall,
if ye git anything — and ye will; a two-
year-old baby 'ud git something, with a
popgim, in this snow — ye better round up
at iJ&e Mexican's cabin with it. Ye must
make some mighty ^ood excuse for stop-
ping." He studied Dick's stalwart fig-
ure, reflectively. "I don't suppose ye'd
like for to go lame, sudden?" he sug-
gested.
"We might ask for a drink," I ventured,
inanely, and Brown bitterly assured the
fire, "Even a plumb fool ought to know
that a hunter, no matter if he was nothing
but a pot-hunter, could eat snow enough
for to squench his thirst."
Dick clasped his hands above his head
and yawned sleepily.
"1 discovered to-day that my snow-
shoes are not very strong," he remarked.
"That ain't a bad idee," Mr. Brown
conceded.
Later, in the seclusion of the bunk
room, as we were undressing, I asked Dick
if he had noticed any peculiarity in the
cry of the animal that had jumped to the
roof.
"Ye — s; yes," he responded, slowly,
pausing in the act of pulling off a sock,
"it reminded me somehow, Alex, of the
screech that our friend, the agent, was
trying to evoke from his violin — ^and
couldn't." After he was snugly under the
blankets he poked his head out again to
observe: "These old miners, living off
in the hills, like the recluses that they are,
are apt to become astonishingly supersti-
tious."
"No doubt," I assented, sleepily.
The sham accident, premeditated, has
a way, sometimes, of confounding its pro-
jector by becoming an unpleasant reality.
Late in the afternoon of the next day
we were far up on the side of a mountain
that overlooked a chaotic jumble of rocks
and evergreens at its base, and were hot
on the trail of a deer, unmindful, for the
nonce, of anything else, when the accident
that Dick had scheduled to happen to his
snowshoes took place, resulting in both
a broken shoe and a twisted ankle. The
edge of the shoe caught as Dick was in
full career imder a bit of jutting rock, and
snap! it went, while Dick fell headlong,
face downward.
I was but a few yards behind him, and
as he made no immediate effort to rise, I
THE WHITE LADY.
23
hurried up to him with my heart in my
mouth, to find that, his head having
struck a rock, he was partially stunned.
It took some vigorous effort to bring him
around, and then, discovering the condi-
tion that he was in, the situation did not
seem to me much improved. But it was
Dick who now recalled that, a few min-
utes previously, we had observed smoke
rising from somewhere in the wilderness
of rocks and gnarled trees beneath us.
"It's around here somewhere, that
Brown's Mexican lives," Dick concluded,
"and it looks to me as though we were
booked to trespass upon his hospitality,
also. We'll have to trail down that
smoke, Alex."
We did. It was not an easy task, and
all Dick's nerve — and he has his share of
it — could not repress an occasional moan
of anguish as I half dragged, half carried
him toward the doubtful haven. I re-
gretted, too, as we stood, at length, before
the closed door of a substantial, low-
browed cabin, that, in our eagerness to
secure the larger game — now beyond
reach — we had let slip opportunities of
getting anything, and I recalled that
Brown had suspected suffering for food
here, providing that this turned out to be
the cabin of the Mexican.
As my repeated knocking brought no
response, I, at length, tried the door, and,
finding it unlocked, threw it open and en-
tered, supporting Dick. A low fire smoul-
dered in an open fireplace at the side of
the room opposite the door, and, drawn up
before it was an inviting looking, sleepy
hollow chair. Into this, without words,
Dick promptly dropped, while I proceeded
to replenish the fire from the stock of
fuel that lay in roadinoss boside it. We
were in a comfortable room, cosily fur-
nished; so much I saw in the hurried
glance that I cast aroimd while working
over the fire. Two or three closed doors
gave, apparently, on other rooms, and
directly, from beliind one of the closed
doors, came the sound of a querulous voice
asking impatiently:
"What are you waiting for — why don't
you come in?"
The voice was that of a woman. Dick
was quite too much engrossed with his
own suffering to give heed to anything
else; and while I hesitated what reply to
make, there came a quick footstep on the
snow outside, the door was thrown open,
and a slender, swarthy-looking man stood
framed in the doorway, against the daz-
zling whiteness, staring at us, the intru-
ders, with surprise, and, it was painfully
apparent, the strongest disfavor.
In his hand he carried a brace of white
ptarmigan, and before waiting to receive
our apologies and explanations, he crossed
the room and deposited them on the floor
just within the doorway of the room from
which the querulous voice had come. Then
he came back and stopped beside Dick's-
chair.
"What do you here ?" he asked. He lis-
tened quietly to our explanations, and
then examined Dick's foot. "Not broken;,
badly sprained," he said, and, without
more words, went to work to make hi&
undesired guest as comfortable as the cir-
cumstances allowed. But, through all his-
busy ministrations, I observed that he had
a furtive air of anxious watchfulness, and
his troubled glance frequently sought the
door of the room whence the woman'&
voice had come.
(To be continued)
^($^'r
KOREAN ART AND ARTISTS
Tne illu0tration0 are reproduced from tke paintinga of tke foremost Korean arti«t, in tlie
private collection of tke autkor. Tkird article in tke series on Korea.
By James Himtcr "Wells, M. D.
ABOUT 3000 years ago, Korea led
all Asia in art and music; and
in literature, was second only
to China. The finest large
bronzes now in Asia, examples
of which I saw in Tokio and Nikko, Japan,
prove the truth of this assertion. In
Korea was invented the first movable,
metal type, made of bronze. The Chinese
printed from wooden plates, carefully
engraved by hand, but the arti-
I sans of Korea saw that the proc-
JjL ess of printing would be greatly
^^ facilitated if movable type was
A^ used, and thus the first type was
ini raade. This was in the 13th cen-
/^^ tury. The world to-day is using
movable, metal type, and is in-
>r dcbtod to Korea for the invention.
/C* There is no doubt that, origi-
nal ly, the Koreans wt:i-t^ an artis-
te ti<> people, but the ^utTt^<liDg
wars, first between Korea and China, then
between Korea and Japan, and then be-
tween Japan and China, with Korea as
the battleground, crushed out what ar-
tistic promise there was in the beginning.
Pottery, however, was produced, and
those of its relics, now very rare, are
graded among the very first of the prod-
ucts of this art.
A certain silversmith of my acquaint-
ance is the best in his nation, but is able
to do only crude and simple work, though
a few in the north do fine inlaid work on
very beautiful models — a survival of the
age when bronzes were extensively pro-
duced.
At present there are but feeble indica-
tions of what was once the leading art
center of Asia, and there is very little to
A KOREAN WOMAN 8PINNIN0.
The larger part of the machine it the flywheel. The oord tame the ipool rapidly, and m winds
the cotton or flax on the ipool.
THE STROLLING GENTLEMAN.
ThaM pictnrM are in eTerj detail true to life. The fan, hat and lony sleeTei proclaim this
man a Korean gentleman of leisure.
DAHCIKO OntL, OR KEBAHO.
Every roVemor and nu^trata in Korea has, aa part of his retinue, a ntunber of girU who
his food and danoe for him. They dress in gay colors, in oontradistinction to all others,
who dress in unbroken white.
A EIOH OFFZOIAL.
Th« htHi with tlie oraae and the peonliar flaps turned back (the Emperor*! flaps torn forward),
ladloate that the personage is not only a hivh offlcial, but is of the rosralty.
A COMMON COOLIE.
No hat, itntw ihoM, ooatm olothea, and pilffrim'i pack. His home U when he
is A Mmi-b^ritr.
•l6«pt and ha
KOKEAN ART AND ARTISTS.
29
tell of the glory that was once Koreans
in these lines. It is a decaying nation
and a listless and unproductive people.
The condition of pictorial art as it
exists to-day in Korea is fully shown in
the accompanying pictures, reproduced
from the paintings of the foremost Korean
artist. To the Korean, these pictures,
crude and faulty as they appear to us, arc
the acme of perfection. The Asiatic is
uncritical and imaginative, and whatever
is lacking in the picture's semblance to
life is readily overlooked or supplied from
the imagination. It is the same quality
which, in a child, makes a picture but
E little less real than life itself.
The Korean's standards of art are far
simpler than ours, and herein lies their
beauty. We demand so much, even of art,
in this practical age, that we are very
apt to overdo the matter. The simple
lines and the simple life of the Koreans,
as illustrated by these samples of their art,
has much in it to commend them. As they
advance in other ways, we will find that
the old and supposedly forgotten artistic
instincts will awaken, and bear fruit. It
is not too much to expect that out of Asia
something will come in the future that
may be of as much value to art, as was the
movable type in the earliest days of
typography.
BOAT SONG
Bow, row,
While the lake lies hushed and dim,
Far and away flees the lagging day
To the sun, for she loves bnt him.
Bow, row,
Bend to the dripping oar.
Bow, row,
Oh, the breath of the pines is sweet,
The ripples sing as the mdder swings.
And the stars are under our feet;
Bow, row.
Bend to the dripping oar.
— Maude Sutton
r
DOWN THE PIKE
The Boulevard of Gaiety' at the St.Louls EKposition
By T. R .Mac Mechen
Entrance to "Creation" on "The Pike," at the St. Louis Exposition.
rigidly
public
THE Pike is not a side show
of the Universal Exposition;
neither is it a circus of Mun-
chausen monstrosities.
A new era of entertainment,
opposed to the theory that the
still loves to be humbugged, is
introduced to the amusement seeker.
The Pike will show the world at play
on a scale never attempted in the most
halcyon days of pleasure. Cheap and
tawdry deception, the "Aim flam" and
jingle of fakirdom have been stamped out.
Yet there is nothing tame about Pike
fever. Larger, grander and more varied
because of its mightier volume of life and
color, the intoxication is greater. Its
pulse throb is that of the Roman satur-
nalia. Its swing and rh}i;hm the measure
of a tremendous military march.
Simple insistence on perfect fidelity in
assembling the strange peoples and their
color environment has raised this St. Louis
fiesta of fun Far al)ove those of all other
expositions.
The Pike is not a jumble of nonsense^
It has a meaning just as definite as the
high motive which inspired the Exposi-
tion. It mirrors the lighter moods of all
countries.
The Exposition is a mammoth spectacle.
The Pike is Olympian in proportion and*
character. Colossal structures, stretching-
for a mile on both sides of a paved street,,
furnish immense theatres in which the
latest ingenuity of the master showman
is displayed. Five millions of dollars-
were spent in merely erecting buildings
in harmony with the dignity and magni-
tude of the greater pageant.
Seven millions will have been expended
before the opening of the Exposition in
transporting 6,000 natives of foreign
countries, 1,000 wild and domestic animals
and nearly a million dollars in curious
DOWN THE PIKK.
81
-wares to tempt the collector of the quaint
And the antique.
Two of the largest aniiisoments cost
3. lump sum of $1,400,000. "Jerusalem,
the Holy City," one of these concessions
-find the largest open air show ever con-
^ructed, represents an outlay of e$700,000,
subscribed mainly by capitalists in St.
Louis. "The Tyrolean Alps," the second
Attraction, commanded an equal amount
from business interests in the World's
Fair City. Twenty other shows each
That the concessionaire and his audience
might both be protected, the Exposition
management wisely awarded to the show-
man presenting the characteristics of any
forei<^ country, the exclusive privilege
of selling in his concession the wares, for
which that country is noted among trav-
elers and lovers of rare decoration.
These precautions serve to keep the
Pike above reproach. The visitor feels
that his time and his innocent investment
have not been wasted. In its positive
Looking down "The Pike" from the "Galveston Flood."
<»st $100,000. Not an amusement on the
Pike cost less than $50,000.
Reproductions of famous quarters of
<5ities celebrated in history and literature
^re exact as personal inspection, photo-
graphs and architectural sketches could
make them. The inhabitants of these
mimic scenes are the inhabitants of the
original places, secured at considerable
time and expense to the showman. The
daily life of these transplanted popula-
tions is a true reflection on a smaller scale
of the lives thev lead in their real homes.
industrial lessons which are mingled with
its theatres, sports, music and dancing,
the Pike teaches quite as important a
lesson as do the exhibits in the Exposi-
tion palaces. How to mix pleasure with
the more serious things of life is the
picture held up for those who read as they
run clown the Pike.
Take "Jerusalem,'^ the largest amuse-
ment at the Exposition. It is an actual
walled replica of those places in the
Holy City, immortalized by the scriptural
storv of the Xazarene. Eleven acres of
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
broken topography are covered with more
than 300 structures of varying size, sep-
arated by 22 streets and crowded by 1,000
natives of the real Jerusalem.
The papier mache mountains of the
Tyrolean Alps rise 100 feet above seven
acres which are covered by snow-capped
masses of the Ortler, ancient castles, a
typical Tyrolean village, dashing moun-
tain torrents, and a panorama of unrivaled
Alpine scenery.
A different atmosphere is breathed in
In the Irish Village and exhibition sucb
historical structures as the old House of
Parliament at Dublin are reproduced
exactly. Carmac's Castle on the Rocks-
of Cashel, an old Irish arch, 902 year&
old. Blarney Castle, in which Edward
Harrigan, the American actor will give
performances of genuine Irish drama are
objects of interest. Jaunting cars pas&
through historic scenery.
A widely different show is the Palais
du Costume which is a history of fashion,
Entrance to "Old St. Louii."
A crowd attracted by the alluring vociferations of the leather-
lunged "ipieler."
mysterious Asia, a mingling of the quaint
life and architectural settings of India,
Ceylon, Burmah and Persia. The rites
of Eajahs and the primitive color of
Burmese villages contrast strongly. Carl
Hagenbeck's Circus, Zoo and Panorama
are the largest representation of an animal
paradise that has ever been constructed.
By a patent, invisible device, wild and
domestic beasts roam at large in a vast
natural panorama with nothing between
them and the spectators.
presenting the intermediate changes in
dress between the period of the Roman
colonies through all ages. Thirty scenes
reproduce with exactness, the fashions,
with accessories such as the architecture
and furniture of the times.
Constantinople is the composite title
of a correct imitation of eleven sections of
the Bazaars of Shamboul with a fine
entrance through the Mosque of Nouri
Osmanieh. A labyrinth of narrow street*
branch from Kalpakdjilar Dgedissi, the
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83
main avenue, all filled with Turkish mer-
chants. The sketches for this concession
were made by Djelal Bey Ben Essad, son
of the late Marshal Essad Pasha, one of
the best art critics in Turkey.
How unlike other shows is the tremen-
dous "Naval Exhibition,'^ a monster repro-
duction of the Battle of Santiago ! Battle-
ships, cruisers and a flotilla of torpedo
and submarine boats are operated over
a great water expanse by electricity. The
forts are attacked, the Merrimac is sunk,
and the Spanish fleet destroyed. Akin
long, Geisha girls with their dances, and
native rag-maldng girls from 10 to 15
years old are some of the interesting
objects.
"The Galveston Flood^Msa vivid picture
of the great disaster of September, 1900,.
producing remarkably realistic effects
through the use of plastic and pictorial
art, combined with mechanics and elec-
tricity. Real water, real waves washing
a real beach, the destruction of the city
with all the noises of that fearful storm^
and the restoration of the stricken city.
Tlie B«7 of Bantiaeo as it is reprodnoed at St. Louis. Here the naval display is made.
to this marine picture are the "Deep Sea
Divers," operated under water in com-
plete armor and harness.
Japanese life and manners as never
before witnessed in the United States
make the Japanese Village one of the
principal sights of the Pike. Parts of the
imperial gardens at Tokio, filled with very
old trees trained in shapes of man, bird
and beast, the Temple of Nikko, all the
life of a street in Asakusa, 300 natives,
jinrickashaws, roosters with tails 25 feet
make an effect that is truly great. "New
York to the North Pole" is an illusion
with the actual reproduction of an ocean
liner 500 feet long by 80 feet wide, com-
bined with a trip to the north pole.
In the same class of amusements comes
"Under and Over the Sea,'' a wonderfully
realistic trip to Paris by submarine boat
and return by airship to the Exposition.
Here the passengers are in the midst of a
furious tempest while sailing in mid-air.
"Creation," a mammoth illusion, takes the
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spectator back through ten centuries, on
a canal of real water, to the Genesis.
Within the shell of a dome larger than
that of St. Peter's, the earth and the seas
are formed from the void at the command
of a supernatural voice.
The "Streets of Seville" show the life
and customs of Spain. The "Plaza de
Toros of Madrid,'' the famous market
place of Triana, the "Gypsy Lane of Bar-
celona" are filled with Dons, Senoritas
and gypsies. Then the eyes are pleased
with the delicate green and deep red rose
color scheme of the "Teatro de los Floros."
Widely remote coloring is obtained from
the Chinese Village with its theatre and
players, the joss house and tea garden
built of bamboo and palm leaf. Two
hundred native artisans are plying their
curious trades by hand as they have done
for centuries.
The "Battle Abbey" is the largest cyclo-
rama ever constructed, showipg all the
decisive battles of the world. The life of
the Cliff Dwellers is illustrated by careful
reproductions of strange caves existing
to-day in the Mancos River Canyon of
Colorado— the habitations of a lost race,
combined with the pueblos of their
descendants, the Zuni Indians of New
Mexico. The "Sibeuian Railway" and
"Russian Village" take one into the frozen
north and reveal the widely beautiful
scenery of a little appreciated countr}-,
with its peculiar customs. "Cairo" is a
larger and much more dignified and
accurate picture of the land of the Khedive
than the famous "Streets of Cairo" at
Chicago. The Bedouins of the desert are
a living part of a show that employed
many hundreds of natives and animals.
A new spectacle is "The Firefighters,"
an extraordinary exhibition of a crack
organization of American fire laddies with
their modern apparatus. Houses in flames
furnish the fiery theatre for scientific life
rescuing. "Hunting in the Ozarks" is the
largest shooting gallery ever built. The
hunters roam through the natural forests
and bag game that unexpectedly springs
from all sorts of coverts. A "Forty-Nine
Mining Camp" depicts the West of the
r?^
The "Siuike Dance" in the Indian TiUa^e on "The Pike.
THE ANGEL IN THE MOON.
35
gold fever period with its life and rude
customs and ruder justice revived. "Old
St. Louis'' is a collection of historic
buildings standing with their true rela-
tions as they did in the days of the first
settlement. The earlier life of the pion-
eers is graphically told by living imper-
sonations of traders and Indians. The
largest scenic railway in the world is
another feature, while the great "Observa-
tion Wheel" overlooks all this display of
amazing sights.
Huta of the Vluyuii in the Fhilipplna viUace on "The Pike.'*
THE ANGEL IN THE MOON
Have you ever seen the angel in the moon,
With her outstretched pinions gleaming
gold on gold,
And her shadowy draperies streaming fold
on fold?
Have you ever seen the angel in the
moon?
O'er the fates of all on earth
From the tragic hour of birth
Till the gates of death swing open and the
weary souls pass through,
She keeps watch and ward, and waiting, sees
the dreams of life come triie.
— Lischen M. Miller.
AN INDICTMENT OF RUSSIA
Lne grievances of tbe people of RuMia under tbe government of tbe Czars
By William H. Galvani
THAT the exiled Eussians through-
out the world, and, more espe-
cially, in lands where the bold
and free spirit of Anglo-Saxon
civilization guarantees liberty
to all, should be so unanimous in their
emnity towards Russia, is something that
the vast majority of writers on present-
day topics can not understand. But, as
a matter of fact, it is not Russia that
stirs every one of those exiled men and
women to so unbending an enmity. It is
the Imperial Government of the Czar-
ridden Empire, the actual and terrible
source of all of long-suffering Russia's
misfortunes, against which there is such
an outburst of hostility.
The question naturally suggests itself —
what are the actual causes that give rise
to such hostility?
The causes which gave rise to these hos-
tile demonstrations on the part of the
Russian exiles abroad are not of a per-
sonal character — ^these are to be found in
the grievances of the whole people of Rus-
sia. Twenty-five years ago Wendell Phil-
lips, addressing Harvard College, took
occasion to defend the noble band of men
and women who enlisted under the ban-
ner of Human Rights in a life and death
struggle with the bloody despotism of
Russia. In that memorable address —
^^The Scholar in a Republic" — delivered
within three months after Alexander II.
was sent down the way of the Czars, in
the streets of St. Petersburg, Wendell
Phillips proclaimed that "for every sin-
jofle reason they (our fathers) alleged,
Russia counts a hundred, each one ten
times bitterer than any Hancock or
Adams could give/' But bitter as the
grievances of the people of Russia were
twenty-five years ago, they are infinitely
more so under Nicholas II. in the year
1904. Chief among these grievances are:
The enormous army, navy and civil
service, requiring a svstem of taxation for
their maintenance that amounts practi-
cally to confiscation.
The overbearing arrogance of the gov-,
eming class who, aided by the impostures
of their twin-brother, the organized priest-
hood, have established a system most hate-
ful for its cruelty, oppression and usur-
pation.
The deliberate failure of the Imperial
Government to provide at least a common
school system that would be adequate to
forever remove the dark blot from a coun-
try, wherein, in this twentieth century,
more than half of the population remains
hopelessly illiterate.
The total absence of a free press, free
speech, free assembly, and of oflScial re-
sponsibility of any kind, have made it
possible for the Imperial Anarch to
quench the fires of freedom in the blood
of Russia's noblest men and women.
Tlie brutal and cunning policy of en-
couraging sectional and sectarian strife
among a people who under all ordinary
circumstances would never be guilty of
such criminal folly, is practiced in order
to divert their minds from the actual
source of their bitter sorrows and needless
misfortunes.
The frequent wars of conquest waged
by the Imperial absolutism upon it*^
peaceful neighbors, whenever internal
feuds come to a standstill, have kept a
country of enormous resources in a con-
stant state of bankruptcy and reduced a
patient and industrious people to a most
hopeless condition of poverty and degra-
dation.
The base and deliberate system of lying,
fraud and violation of treaty obligations
on the part of the Imperial Grovernment
— both at home and abroad — ^has, by the
grace of Nicholas II. and his ofBciai rep-
resentatives, made Russia an object of
scorn and derision among the civilized
nations of the earth, and more than ever
convinced every thinking mind that the
Wliite Czar's call for peace only means
war in which every principle governing
civilized warfare is violated, and his Im-
perial hints in favor of religious tolora-
THE MOUNTAINS— A PASTEL. 37
tion are only signals for riot, rape, and over additional territory and population
plunder of defenseless people. in ease of victory over Japan.
These are but some of the grievances Those who best know the nature of Eus-
which, without any international organ- sia's governing brigands know only too
ization, concerted action or mutual under- well that in the himiility of defeat alone
standing, have prompted every exiled man there lies the hope for anything like a
And woman to disown and denounce in representative system of government. The
unmistakable terms the hypocriijy and crushing defeat of the Crimean war about
brutality of the Holstein-Gottorp and An- fifty years ago brought the emancipation
balt-Zerbst dynasty for provoking a of almost fifty millions of serfs, and a
hloody war with a peaceful people who, disastrous campaign in the Far East at
to their credit and to Russia's diame be this time may bring liberation to the en-
it said, have achieved in fifty years under tire population of Russia from the dead-
their Mikado more than Russia has under liest and most brutal power that ever op-
the Czars through all of her national ex- pressed humankind.
istence. It is because of such a condition
of affairs that Russians at home and ^r xx- tt /-r i • j
abroad prefer all the' terrors of defeat to ^^^- ^^' ^' ^^^^^^ '^ ^ recognized au-
an increased arrogance of absolutism and thority on Russian affairs, having spent
the further extension of its despotic rule half of his life in that country.
TKe Mountains — A Pastel
By Manon Cook Kjugkt
The Aesthetic Soul stood on tlie edge of the High Bluff and gazed long at
the Glorious View. Her eye traveled over the shimmering expanse of water, and,
following the turn of the river, rested at last upon the Mountains, silhouetted
against the flaming, sunset sky. Then she sighed.
It had been a bright day and her Shadow was still with her. ITor is it likel}-
lie would leave her side at the setting of the sun. There is the moon, you know,
:and evening is such a happy time. When she sighed so heavily, and that longing,
tinsatisfied look came into her eyes, he was much troubled.
"What is it?'' he asked. "Are you not happy?''
"It is the Mountains," she said. "They are so suggestive. They make me
long to do so much, to accomplish great ends; they make me unsatisfied with my
present narrow confines. They intimate the possibility of a fuller life, — but I have
«o few opportunities."
She sighed again, and then they turned and walked slowly, thoughtfully,
homeward.
She was very ambitious and aspired to Great Things.
On that same Bluff, a little later, the Weary One came to rest. Slie sat long,
and at length the reflection and beauty of the glowing West shone in her face and
made it glad.
He Whom She Loved stole softly up behind her and, taking her hand, held it
tenderly in his warm, rough one. The day had been a hard one for him, too.
"What makes you so happy?" he said. "Are you not tired, Little One?" The
face she turned to him would have been a revelation to the Aesthetic Soul.
"A little," she answered, "but I forget it all looking at the Mountains. They
inspire one so. They glorify everjrthing and make Life take on brighter hues.
With you and the Mountains, Love, what more could I ask?"
And the Peace of the Twilight Hour rested on them both.
ON THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC
A description of tbe ixrave-kiMcd beaclies, ixrkitlier throng
tke toil-ixrom for rest and recreation
By Hugk Herdman
Childimi in th* lurf at Jjong Beaoh.
THE Easterner who visits the
beaches of the Pacific Northwest
for the first time almost inva-
riably gives utterance to a feel-
ing of disappointment. He is
usually more or less familiar with the At-
lantic Coast summer resorts, with their
large and magnificently appointed hotels,
their elegant summer homes, and their
commodious bathhouses. He has either
mingled with the elite of society who
throng there to escape the stifling heat of
the city, and maintain even there the bar-
riers of exclusiveness ; or, as an outsider,
he has viewed them with curiosity — per-
haps with envy. He has attended the
balls, the concerts and the banquets, or he
has heard or read of them. His idea of a
summer at the beach is that it is a con-
tinual round of fashionable gaiety. Nar-
ragansett Pier, Newport and Atlantic City
are the names which come uppermost in
his mind, when he thinks of the resorts
where the well-to-do spend the summer
months.
Accordingly, when he comes to the Pa-
cific Coast and hears us talk of our
beaches he pictures them as he knows
those in the East to be. He imagines that
he will find hotels and homes, of course
not so elegant or costly as those on the
Atlantic, but attempting to approach them
in these respects. Hence he is disap-
pointed. He sees no great hotels, no
splendid mansions. Instead, he finds com-
fortable frame hostelries and neat, little
cottages nestling among the firs and hem-
locks and oaks, half hidden from the sea,
but within hearing of its incessant roar.
On inquiry, he learns that there is no ex-
clusive quarter where only millionaires
may abide. On the contrary, he finds the
huml)le cottage of the man who is in com-
fortable circumstances within a stone's
throw of that of the man whose thrift has
yielded him millions. The engineer of the
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39
SeenMt enjoyment it to be found in the oontact with the breakinff waves.
locomotive that draws a private car may
live next door to the man who rides in the
car and calls it his. The bookkeeper may
lean over his back fence and chat with the
president of the bank in which he works,
and they may gather driftwood together
on the beach to fill up their fireplaces.
Far from being places where Dame
Fashion holds sway, they are real resorts
where the weary may rest, the weak grow
strong, the invalid convalesce. Whatever
artificial barriers of society may be erected
in the city are here let down, and human
nature again usurps the rule. The one
pre-requisite to freedom and a good time
is respectability. Of dances — ^never balls
— there are many; and parties — ^never
fetes or banquets — succeed each other in
rapid succession. Consequently, if our
Easterner stays long enough (and he usu-
ally does) he feels his first impression of
disappointment vanishing and being re-
Tlie "T. J, Potter," the paUtial iteamer plying between Portland and Dwaco.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
BirdMje view of Lon^ Beach.
placed by a hearty admiration of this typ-
ical Western way of enjoying nature at
her primitive best, and a keen exultation
in the vigor and the freedom of the
healthful life.
On tiie beach he discovers, mayhap to
his surprise, that women^s bathing suits
are intended to be used in bathing in the
water, rather than in the sunshine and
the admiration of men, or the envy of
women. And, wonderful to behold ! he
sees them put to the use intended. In-
credible? I affirm it.
Under a sun which rarely is dimmed
by a cloud, and in a temperature which
seldom is warmer than seventy-five de-
grees, he sees young and old of both sexes
indulging in all the sports which appeal
to mankind on a holiday.
Here is a company of children, equipped
with spade and bucket, industriously dig-
ging and clawing after the nimble razor-
back clam ; there a crowd of boys and meji
playing baseball on the long, almost level
slope of the firm sand at low tide ; yonder,
their elders indulging in the more sedate
game of croquet; and yonder, bicyclists
and horseback riders speeding up and
down the beach. When the tide turns and
approaches half-fiood, they desert their
games and don their bathing suits for a
few plunges in the cold, exhilarating:
water. The men, ungallant creatures, gel
enough of this long before the women do,
because the water is very cool and they
seem to become chilled more quickly than
do the members of the sex which we in
moments of abstraction or self-delusion
term "the weaker." I have seen a robust^
red-blooded son of Adam standing on one
foot and looking like a blue heron, chilled
to the marrow and chattering like a ca-
nary, while a frail slip of a girl dived and
paddled about in the water as if it were
at a hundred degrees.
On the Washington side of the Colum-
The lifMATinff boat at Ilwaoo Beaoh.
bia, and extending down to North Head
which surmounts Cape Hancock, or Cape
Disappointment, as it is generally called,
is Long Beach, so called from its long.
Surf bathinf U a favorite pastime at Lonir Beaoh. Every day, dnriac
ON THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC.
41
^^^^^s^hfi^B^^^^V
1
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^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^"-«
TIm liffhthouM at Fort Canbj, the mouth of tho CoIiunMa.
uninterrupted stretch of smooth sand.
It extends north for a distance of 23 miles
z& far as Leadbetter Point, which over-
looks Shoalwater Bay. Besides the pleas-
ures which the beach affords, there are
those of a trip to North Head Lighthouse,
which stands upon the rocky summit of
Cape Disappointment and signals to the
watchful mariner that both danger and
safety lie there — danger if he permit his
flhip to be hurled against the beetling
crags, and safety if he cross the bar aright.
Then, too, there is Fort Canby, which the
United States has constructed and garri-
soned to protect the harbor from invasion.
Here perches another lighthouse, whose
rays are visible 21 miles away.
Long Beach has the distinction of sup-
plying its residents with driftwood to last
them the entire season. The currents
which swirl around North Head pile high
up on the slope during the winter great
quantities of wood of all sorts. Here is a
huge fir or spruce log, or perhaps a tree,
root and all, at one time a towering deni-
zen of the forest, now beaten and broken
by the waves and cast upon the shore like
some nude corpse. Here lies a shattered
spar from some sailer, here the lid of a
chest, both Jaden with mystery and sug-
gestive of storms, privations and death.
Before a fireplace blazing with the bril-
liant flames of these tokens of tragedy,
Fancy spreads her wings and soars in an
atmosphere of pure romance. She see*;
the storm-racked vessel and hears the cries
of the death-stricken sailors. In the agony
of impotence she beholds the one rent
asunder by the relentless billows and the
others engulfed in the insatiate maw of
the sea. Or, perhaps, a log of sandal
wood wafts her on its incense to the sun-
tbe tiimnier montht, the ocean' • ed^ is thronged with tportiTO bathen.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
smiled shores of Japan^ and she views
that new-old nation casting aside its
swaddling clothes of ignorance and super-
stition and arraying itself in the mail of
the warrior.
This beach has only recently become a
place of sojourn for the pleasure-seeker.
A few years ago the gulls wheeled their
silent flight undisturbed by man; the
seals and sea-lions sported immolested
near the shores; and the whales spouted
there to flounder and die. We have not
yet reached the sea-serpent stage in the
development of seaside novelties, and
until we cease to be interested in a mon-
ster no larger than the whale, we shall
probably hear nothing of his submarine
relative. No doubt he will be forthcom-
ing when occasion demands, but that time
is not yet.
As the sun rising over the edge of the
Atlantic pushes back the curtain of the
FeoulUr rock form&tisn in th* lower Columbia.
and gamboled unseen, save by those aboard
passing ships. Now the gulls keep a wary
and anxious eye lest one of the tribe of
man approach too near ; the seals and sea-
lioris, though still to be seen almost any
time, keep farther from the shore than
they were wont to do; and the whales arc
sighted at farer intervals than before. Oc-
casionally, however, one of these mammals
comes too close to shore and soon finds
himself beaten, driven and rolled by die
resistless breakers high upon the sand,
night and paints the heavens with hues of
gray and purple and saffron and gold, and
ushers in the rosy-fingered morn, so the
same sun sinlcing below the edge of the
Pacific, 12,000 miles and more away,
draws the slow curtain of the northern
night, and bathes the heavens in the gold,
the saffron, the purple and the gray of
heavy-eyed eve, leaving us breathless with
wonder at the splendor of creation, and
exalted with thanksgiving for the majesty
of the Creator.
A DELAYED HONEYMOON
A practical joke -wkiek tkreatened to develop
aerioua coiuequencefl
By Aloyaius Coll
STRANGE !— four men in swallow-
tails out in the shadow of the
rose bushes of the back garden —
and so many pretty young girls
flitting about on the front lawn;
music and dancing on the piazza ; delicious
refreshments at cozy corners here and
there !
The old country mansion, notable for
many gay gatherings, to-night smelled of
October leaves ; October stars shined over-
head; the dews of an autumn night
sparkled on the grass ; horses champed and
neighed at the great gates leading in to
the secluded house — all about the artis-
tic riot and merriment of a happy wed-
ding night !
But four men in swallowtails had
drawn apart into the darkness — beyond
the light of the lanterns and the lamps.
Not even the piquant glow of a cigar
burning on the bosom of the darkness
to betray their ambush !
Alexander Bonbright was speaking.
'*I tell you what, fellows, it's easy — easier
than you think. TheyVe got to drive to
the station to-night — seven miles the
shortest way — ^to catch the Express on the
main line going east. The train leaves
at 12:20. We have two white teams, so
much alike you can't tell one from the
other in daylight, let alone in the dark.
Besides, I've been to a wedding or two,
and everybody's too flusteted to notice
anvthing out of the ordinary.
"But would it be quite fair, Alex?
Teddy's such a soft lump, after all; to
separate him from her that one hour
would kill him. I don't want to unload a
stiff at the station — I'm no undertaker !"
"Let me remind you of a certain night
not so long ago, Gene Morton," replied
the unrelenting Alexander — "the night
you liad your wedding! Who did the
decorating, if it wasn't this same Mr.
Groom who's going to be the victim to-
night? Doc has it in for him, too — ^he's
the man that had the announcement cards
distributed on the train when Doc and
Sally went off."
"Right you are, Alex," chimed the
dentist. "I'm for anything that'll make
that gentleman look back over his records,
and strike a balance on old scores."
"Tom Benford hasn't any reason to be
chicken-hearted in the game, either,"
persisted Bonbright. Benford was the
fourth of the group.
'^ell, what's the plan, as it's now
completed?" said Morton. "We can't
stand here all night — it's a dead give-
away. Besides — ^this bimch of petticoats
don't get together every night!"
"Simple as rolling off a log," answered
Bonbright. "We'll have the two white
teams with the cabs ready for action in
good time. One of the fellows can acci-
dentally break the big electric globe on the
front porch with his cane in the excite-
ment as the bridal party is sighted coming
out to make a dive into the bridal cab.
There won't be any light on the porch,
then, except the glow of the Chinese lan-
terns— and I think they'll all be burned
out by that time. Ted never suspects
me of being in the game to trick him —
I've promised him to be a faithful best
man all the way through. He knows the
rest of the gang's loaded for him."
"Now, Gene can go out just before time
for the bridal party to start, and climb
up on to one of the cabs with white horses
I've made arrangements for Mrs. Mun-
roe to get in before this, and wear an
overcoat and my hat. She'll look enough
like the groom to deceive Bess in the
dark for a few moments — and that's all
that's necessary. Once the door's slammed
shut we don't care. I've had the levers
removed from the inside of the cabs, and
there's no opening them except from the
outside. Mrs. Munroe's entered into the
spirit of the thing, and won't mind the
drive to the station and back for the fun
we'll all get out of the trick."
"When Gene drives his cab up. Doc, and
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some more of the fellows we^U take in, can
help the bride to make a grand rush down
the steps and into the cab. The minute
she's stowed in beside her chaperone, slam
the door, and give Gene the word to break
2i,WB.y. Meantime, leave it to me to handle
Mr. Teddy. I've already assured him
that Tm going to help him fool all the rice
throwers and old shoe hurlers, by making
arrangements to have the bridal cab down
at the gate, in the rear lane. I'll escort
him down myself."
"What giri's going to be the bride? He
won't go without Bess; you can bet on
that."
"Nell's going to be his bride — ^it won't
matter, she's his sister — ^'till we get him
started rightly. Whaf s the diflference
then if he does find out that the bride's
maid has been palmed oflf for the bride?
You see, this back lane is almost pitch
dark, there are so many overhanging
trees. Tom can have Nell under tow
right ahead of me — I'll hold Ted for a
bracer — and he'll not discover the ruse
till he gets into the cab. Then, I'll take
care that Mr. Groom's cab never overi;akes
Gene. Gene '11 have the better horses,
and if Ted gets out, and insists on driving
himself, he won't be able to catch up
anyway."
"It's a good scheme, Alex," said the
others in chorus. "Come on!"
The guests flocked on to the front
piazza. Everybody was laughing, talking,
shouting at the same time. At the door,
the crowd became a jam.
"Here they come!" was the cry from
those nearest to the hallway.
Littl6 bags of rice were lifted out of the
tight squeeze, ready to fling, and old
shoes were gripped with firmer fingers,
ready to cast in the wake of the fugitives.
Above the commotion, a cane was waving ;
suddenly it struck the fifty-candle power
electric globe, now the sole light in front
of the house, and a shower of glass fell
upon the floor and over the guests ! Loud
cheers, mingled with feminine shrieks,
went up, as darkness enveloped the mad
rush.
Meantime, deception was playing in the
rear hallway. First, down the stairs
tripped a girl enveloped in a long coat,
and on the arm of Tom Benford she
rushed from the rear door down the lane.
Next came two men, one carrying a travel-
ing bag. "Here, old man, take this for a
bracer!" whispered Bonbright, to the
groom. "Do as I tell you, and we'll beat
'em badlv. They've all gathered to the
front!" "
"Hurry, man!" Bonbright gripped the
groom by the arm.
"Where's Bess?"
"Gone ahead. Benford has her safe.
See them, — just turning the lane?"
"The two hurried down the shadowy-
lane. As the groom and his best man
made the last turn in the lane, they could
see in the dim night Tom Benford assist-
ing the girl into the cab, to which wa»
hitched a pair of white horses.
As the groom came up, Benford swung
wide the door of the cab, and with a
double, "Good luck, old man!" and "Be
good to him, Bess!" Teddy was shoved
into the cab, and the door slammed shut
upon him. Bonbright hopped up beside
the driver. The horses dashed away — ^but
their speed was soon reined to a rough
walk. "Whatever you do, or I do, you're
not to catch up with the cab that has the
other white horses in it," was Bonbrighf s
command to the driver.
"I guess this pair," indicating the
occupants of the cab, "don't wan't to ketch
anvtliing else just now, do they ?" was the
laconic reply.
Immediately Bonbright heard a loud
thumping on the inside of the cab, and hi»
name coupled with a storm of invectives.
What sounded very much like a foot
kicking the roof of the cab, was the next
disturbance from within. Twice the
driver turned to look back. "Sort of
strenuous toosin'!" he ventured, in Bon-
bright's apparently deaf ear.
"Listen!" said Bonbright, hurriedly.
"This is a wedding joke — imderstand?
If I give you a poke in the ribs anywhere
along the road, make a wrong turn. Get
lost! See? Lose time, somehow!" He
slipped a coin into the cabman's fist.
Bonbright turned to look back. A
shower of glass rained out into the road f
A man's foot continued to kick the ragged
shards from the door of the cab !
"Whoa!" yelled the driver.
Bonbright hopped down. The same
instant a long arm protruded through the
hole in the glass, opened the cab door from
the outside — and the groom bounded out.
"Sneaking traitor I" he howled, mad
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45
with rage. Then he darted back into the
cab and dragged his sister through the
door. "Get out of here!" he snarled in
supreme disgust. "Fun^s fun — ^but this
is nothing but a low-lived trick! No
decent fellow would act like you have,"
he continued, lunging at Bonbright.
The arch plotter stepped back, stagger-
ing with laughter.
"Where's Bess?" The question was
uttered through set teeth.
^^ou never played any honeymoon
tricks, did you?" was the provoking
reminder of Bonbright.
''Where's Bessr
"Gone ahead."
"You said that same thing when you
were starting me down the lane on this
fool errand, you — ." He broke into a
run towards the house. Bonbright raced
after him, calling: "Stop! Stop, Ted!
She has gone ahead. Wait, and I'll
explain !"
The groom stopped short, and stood
quivering with vexation.
"She was put into another cab at the
front porch, and sent ahead of you. It's
merely a Uttle trick to cheat you out of
the ride to the station with your bride —
that's all. She'll be at the station when
you get there."
"She'll not get there a second ahead of
me," was the determined reply. "Is this
the truth, on your honor? You fellows
have gotten square by this time." The
tone was humble and beseeching, now.
"On my honor," swore the other,
slightly softened by the helplessness of
his friend.
"Who's with Bess?"
"Your aunt — ^Mrs. Mimroe. Gene's
driving."
They both dashed back to the cab they
had deserted, passing the groom's sister,
as she hurried back to the house to tell
the other guests how well the plans had
carried out. Bonbright started to climb
up to the driver's seat. "No you don't —
I'll handle the whip the rest of the way,"
and Bonbright was pulled back. "Get
inside," was the command of the groom.
Bonbright gave the cabman a sly poke in
the ribs, and obeyed.
The horses were lashed to their utmost
speed. At a reckless pace the cab jolted
along for a mile. "You can't keep up this
gait, up hill and down hill," cautioned the
driver. "You'll kill a horse, and won't
get to the station at all."
"Don't care; I'm going to catch the
other cab, or kill both horses, or pull the
tongue out, or drive that simpering idiot
inside over the bank somewhere." The
long lash writhed in hissing cracks over
the flanks of the startled steeds.
Another mile — and then another; still
no cab, no white horses in sight! Bon-
bright himself began to marvel at Gene's
driving.
Suddenly the driver swerved his pair
to the left, and they went steaming down
a narrow road. Had it been daylight, the
groom would have known this as a little-
frequented highway, for grass grew close
to the wheel-marks.
Another ten minutes of driving, and the
cabman drew up, looking carefully to right
and left. "What now?" growled the other
man on the box.
"I thought I was takin' a near-cut by
making that last tum-^I guess I ought
'a' kept on to the next tum-oflf."
" you !" exploded the other, wildly,
snatching the reins.
"Get off!" he thundered. "Jump, or
I'll throw you off!"
"I'm responsible for this team,"
answered the cabman.
"I'm responsible for my wife!" The
driver went sprawling.
Before he could regain his feet, the cab
wheeled suddenly and dashed on, the ter-
rified horses galloping in their traces
under the scourge of their new master.
A trail of dust rolled on into the darkness ;
a cursing cabman trudged along the road,
far in the rear ; a half repentant trickster
poked his head out through a fringe of
glass shards, and wondered what instant
Death should pick his mangled body up
along the highway.
Two lathered horses, mouse-colored
with a mortar of sweat and country dust,
dashed up to the railroad station, hung
their heads, and coughed. Players at a
late game of cards looked from the win-
dow of a pullman on the Express. It had
already pulled into the station. Seeing
the white horses, the late watchers
laughed: "A bridal party, fellows!"
"All aboard," called the conductor,
sharply.
A hundred yards beyond the little
station house, the heads and necks of a
second mouse-colored pair of horses were
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visible. As the groom gave one hurried
look in their direction, a couple of tall
men started forward on a run down the
platform, gesticulating frantically and
shouting something that was lost in the
roar of the engine.
"All aboard,^' snapped the conductor.
The train moved.
"Here's your bag," said Bonbright, "and
good luck, old boy!" Crawl on — ^there's
Gene — ^he's put Bess on all right."
The train, pulling out on a stiff down-
grade, had gained rapidly. The groom
hurled his traveling case aboard, mounted
the step, and with one last wave, fled in
the door — to join the bride stolen from
him for one whole hour!
The two men dashed up to Bonbright,
shouting madly. Then the three looked at
each other in dumb consternation, and
dashed into the telegraph office.
Just after the Express had thundered
past the fourth mile number, a perspiring,
frantic young man* grabbed the coat-tails
of the conductor as he went through the
narrow aisle of the buflfet.
"But I tell you I can't stop this train
till we get to Confluence," said the rail-
road man. "We take water there. You're
pretty near five miles away from your
station now, anyway, and if you'd get off
you'd have to walk back. At Confluence
you can catch the west-bound Mail, due
there twenty minutes after we arrive —
you'll be back much sooner by that, don't
you see?"
The young man nodded, glumly.
The man in buttons had an amused look
on his face. "Aren't you the groom that
was to get on to-night — telegraphed for
the parlor section?"
"Yes — possibly — but I don't need any
state-room !"
"Mighty funny how some women back
out at the last moment," grunted the
conductor, passing on.
When the Express pulled into Con-
fluence, the operator from the tower was
waiting on the platform. He handed the
conductor a telegram, with the words:
"Give it to him at once, or it'll be too
late. He's to get oflE here."
"Get off! — I'd like to see you try to
keep him on! Wanted to maice a flyin'
leap at Indian Creek!"
"It's for you," the conductor said, as
the groom came down the step. Holding
the paper with nervous fingers, he read
by the light of the conductor's lantern:
"Get oflf at Confluence. Take Mail back.
Tried to head you oflf at station. Aunt
flunked last minute. Bess still at home.
Dancing till 5:18 A. M. train. Cab will
meet you.
"Alex."
DOUBTS
In early youth love's semblance came to
me;
I held it to my heart and doubted not
That it was love. Oh sweet credulity
That gave to memory one fair, vernal
spot.
In truth, it lived not long, that early dream;
Like April flowers that soonest fade away
It passed. And years have passed. And
now I seem
Again to feel love's presence day by day.
It satisfies my mind, my heart, my soul,
It fills my life with calm content; above
All else, it complements and round the
whole.
And yet — and yet I question: "Is it love?"
— Florence May Writfkt
OURVIEW
YwfflMBITTLEmr
'r^W.MVtrai'^
There is no day like to-day.
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We bow and likewise smile. This is volume twelve, number one.
* * *
The essential thing in life is to understand what is worth while.
* * *
The true and sure estimation of a man is to be found more by what he does
not do than it is by what he does do.
* * *
In spite of personal preferences, there is an actual, determinable, true valua-
tion which time and experience have placed upon all forms of human activity. One
of the greatest problems, therefore, that faces each individual throughout life is a
recognition of this valuation and a consequent and correct adjustment of his aims
and ideas.
mm *
Stand for the best you know. In business, in politics, in religion, in morals,
be something, be somebody. Don't compromise. Any fool can do that. Be a man —
a man with nerve and power and freedom to scorn the compromise. Come out
into the open and stand for something with your might. Stand {for the best
you know.
* * *
Recent exposures of corruption in public life and the punishment of those com-
plicated in the matter are indications of normal and healthy Americanism. While
we are on the lookout to detect and punish those who are false to their trusts, there
is not much danger of the coimtry going to the dogs. With our outlook upon the
past, the realization of dangers which threaten us, and our unparalleled energy and
resources, there is every reason to believe that the United States will go on to the
greatest and grandest future that the imagination can depict.
« * *
Gird on your armor for the battle of life, and fight the fight. ^*He who
hesitates is lost.'^ Go at the world with courage, with self-belief and unquenchable
enthusiasm, and the world will stand aside and let you pass on to the rewards
of success. In all experience nothing is so sure as that the man who believes
in himself, who understands the proportionate value of things and who knows
how to work and wait, will eventually attain a desired end. Genius, unless it
bo the genius of hard, persistent, consistent work, has had little or nothing to
do with the success of the great men whose names stand out in the pages of
history. Columbus was no "genius.'' He simply had a fixed idea and he believed
in it and in himself although the world laughed him to scorn. So with nearly
ail great discoveries and inventions: it has been belief that has produced success.
Some men are satisfied with one thing, some with another, but success in all
its complex and varied meanings stands within the grasp of every man who is
in earnest about the thing which he has set his hand to do.
A ^world-'wicle survey of important events in all departments of kuman activity
-| -,. p The past month has brought some important moves in the great
Tk W ^^* ^^^ g^ame being played in the East, The first land battle was
' fought on the shores of the Yalu, and victory perched on the
standard of the Japanese. A crossing of the river was effected May 1, being stoutly
opposed by the Russians. The Czars soldiers, however, were swept from the field,
with a loss of 2,500, while 1,100 Japanese were hilled or wounded. General KuroJci
continued his advance into Manchuria, successfully overcoming the half-hearted
resistance of the Russians. There is reason to believe that Kouropathin aims td
draw the Japanese on until battle may be offered on terms favorable to the Russians.
He has asked for 100,000 more men. Meamwhile, a second army, under General
Kodama, was landed on the Liao-tung peninsula, menacing Dalny and isolating
Port Arthur. It is thought that the repeated efforts of Admiral Togo to close the
entrance to the harbor have at last proved successful, and that thh Russian fleet
is at last "bottled up'* in the inner roadstead. With Port Arthur thus completely
invested by land, and with no escape by sea, her fall is only a matter of time. The
Japanese cause suffered its most serious loss in an attempt to rid the harbor of
Kerr bay (near Dalny) of its mines. First, a torpedo-boat, in trying to set
off a mine, was herself destroyed. Later the fine cruiser Miyako came in contact
with a mine and was sent to the bottom. The Miyako was comparatively new, a
20-knot vessel of 1,800 tons displacement, and her loss will be felt. Both the
belligerent nations have negotiated large loans to finance the war. Russia has
borrowed $200,000,000 at 5 per cent, in Paris; while Japan has raised $50,000,000
^ in London at 6 per cent, a considerable part of the loan being subscribed in the
United States.
^ - • On April 28, the first session
Uosing of Qf ^Yie Fifty-eighth Congress
Ciongresfl came to an end. In review-
ing the work it has done, three facts are
impressive. The most conspicuous is
the legislation accomplishing the isth-
mian canal. The consummation of
this long-dreamed-of thing alone insures
the Fifty-eighth Congress a place in his-
tory. A second feature is the magnitude
of the expenditures, the appropriations
amounting to $781,574,629.99, marking
it as one of the most extravagant sessions
on record. The third notable character-
istic of this Congress is the number of
things it has left undone. After the
Panama measures, its important legisla-
tion could be mentioned in a breath. It
ratified the Cuban reciprocity treaty; it
ratified the Chinese commercial treaty,
providing for two open ports in Man-
churia; it re-enacted Chinese exclusion;
it regulated Philippine commerce — and
that just about sums it all up. When the
number of great questions demanding
issue is considered, the list seems small
indeed. Congress postponed action on
bills to regulate trusts; Canadian reci-
procity; measures intended for the relief
of our insular possessions ; the bill to pro-
tect prominent officials — occasioned by
McKinley^s assassination; the anti-in-
junction bill. Other bills that went by
the board were the general reciprocity
bills; tariff revision; investigation of
postal scandals, land scandals, etc. This
record of omission is due in great part,
no doubt, to the approaching election,
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49
and the consequent desire of the Repub-
licans— ^the dominant party — ^not to en-
danger their chances by any legislation
which might prove unpopular. The
closing days of the session witnessed some
sizzling political debates. Bourke Cock-
ran, the new membjBr from New York,
stirred up the trouble with a fiery Demo-
cratic speech. Dalzell replied, and the
two had it out, without much regard for
legislative dignity. The closing hour in
the House was made the occasion of an
expression of the loving esteem in which
Speaker Cannon is held by both parties.
He was visibly touched by the ovation.
rwf r r t ^^^ fi^*^ steps in the
r^"i D transfer of the. Panama
Canal Property rjj^^^i property have been
taken, and no obstacles to the actual work
of construction now remain. The action
brought by Colombia in the French courts
to restrain the execution of the sale was
lost, and the title comes to the United
States without incumbrance. The pay-
ment of the $40,000,000 was made through
a svndicate of J. P. Morgan & Co. and was
managed in such a way as not to disturb
the money market, and so as to retain
the ownership of the $40,000,000 until
it was actually paid over to the Banque
de France, the designated depositary,
thus obviating the possibility of further
litigation. The authority and responsi-
bility for the construction of the canal
has been turned over by the President
to the War Department, with a letter of
instructions. The Commission, working
under the Department, is to have charge,
not only of the actual work of construc-
tion, but of the government and policing
of the canal "zone,'^ the necessary meas-
ures for sanitation, etc. ^'Sanitation" is
the watchword of the whole affair, and is
given paramount importance, and every
precaution will be taken to prevent the
loss of life by fever, which has so handi-
capped previous work on the isthmian
canal. Lotteries, gambling, etc., are pro-
hibited, but the Panamans are not to be
interfered with, so long as their behavior
does not affect the construction of the
canal.
plying to pool-rooms special intelligence
from the race tracks. Evidence was
Brought forth that the company was
practically in collusion with the pool-
rooms, and that the service was supplied
with full knowledge of its illegal purpose.
When this startling news was first pub-
lished. President Clowry at first refused
to take action, denying any responsible
complicity on the part of the company.
Then he presented a compromise action,
offering to comply with any request of
public authorities to stop the telegraphic
service, when specific charges were
brought. Finally, however, through the
action of prominent directors — ^notably
Chaimcey Depew — an order was issued to
discontinue the service to the pool-rooms
all over the country. This will deprive
the Western Union of many millions of
Through the action of the
"City Club" of New York,
the Western Union Tele-
graph Company has been
forced to discontinue its practice of sup-
Tke Western
Union and tke
Poolrooms
"One o&ndidAto't vntamiihed reoord."
From the PorUand Oregonian.
dollars revenue, and will put out of busi-
ness hundreds, if not thousands, of pool-
rooms. The larger houses will.be able to
re-establish their business by providing
private means of telegraphic communica-
tion ; but the vast majority of these nefari-
ous concerns will be forced to the wall.
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^^ . - - On April 30 occurred
Upcmnj^ oi tke the formal opening of
bt.LouiB bxpontion ^he Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition at St. Louis. Great
crowds were present, and the ceremonies,
though of a simple nature, were most
impressive. President Roosevelt, in Wash-
ington, touched the telegraphic key that
set in motion the machinery of the Fair.
Perhaps the most spectacular feature was
the first plunge of the great volume of
water in the cascade fountains. As is
usually the case with expositions of so
great magnitude, much work remains to
be done, especially in the installation of
exhibits; but this is being rapidly pushed
to completion, and everything will un-
doubtedly be ready before the great influx
of visitors begins. The total cost of the
Exposition approximates $50,000,000,
and the result is a spectacle that eclipses
all previous attempts. A tract of 1,240
acres of land is occupied by the Fair, and
nearly 1,000 buildings, including fourteen
splendid exhibition palaces, have been
erected. A detailed description of its
many features would fill a book, but it
is hoped that most of the readers of The
Pacific Monthly may be enabled to see
for themselves the marvels of this greatest
of "World's Fairs.'^
-^ . . . , Last October, the Uni-
JJecmon Agamflt ^ed States immigration
lurner authorities ordered the
deportation of an Englishman named
Turner, under the act of Congress forbid-
ding admission to anarchists. He was
arrested while addressing an assemblage
in New York, but was released on bail,
and permitted to return to England. His
case was carried to the Supreme Court,
under the contention th^t Turner was an
anarchist in theory only, who did not
advocate violence, and that his deportation
was an infringement of the right of free
speech. The court decided against Tur-
ner, arguing that a sovereign nation
has the inherent right to protect itself
by keeping out objectionable persons.
Freedom of speech was not affected, as
Turner was a foreigner who had not yet
acquired the right to free speech.
_^ -. . No new phenomena of import-
FoiiticB ^j^^Q jjg^y^ arisen in the field
of politics during the past month. The
personnel of the Republican convention
is nearly completed, and over three-f ouriihs
are instructed for Roosevelt. The plat-
form, too, has been drawn up — ^by Senator
Lodge — and will soon be public property.
It is understood to contain no start-
ling innovations. Judge Parker — whose
silence seems invulnerable — is still in the
lead among the Democratic possibilities,
and it seems probable that the convention
will be stampeded in his favor. Hearst,
it is thought, has shot his bolt, and is
no longer a prominent factor. There was
a rumor that, in case a "Cleveland'^
or "conservative" candidate were nom-
inated, the Bryan-Hearst faction would
desert -and put their own ticket in the
field, but this was exploded by Hearst's
flat denial. Mayor McClellan is regarded
as the only other considerable possibility.
"o • • 1 A J ^^^ advance of the
. "^i -^^'^"**^* British forces on their
in Ihibct "political mission'^ into
Thibet has been attended with so many
obstacles and dangers, as to be practically
at a standstill. The real nature of the
military errand is, of course, on longer
concealed, but it is becoming apparent
that the ability of the Thibetans to offer
resistance was vastly underestimated.
They are now armed with modern guns,
and, considering the difficulties of the
country, and the rigor of the climate, are
in a position to make it extremely un-
pleasant for the Englishmen. There is
some hope that negotiations may be con-
ducted which will enable the two countries
to come to an understanding, but the
probabilities are that the British, with
their expected reinforcements, will ad-
vance toward Tjahassa, the capital city,
and that they will be stoutly opposed by
the Thibetans.
^ . .^ Professor Alexander Bell,
bcienMic j.^Q venerable inventor of
Kite Wyin^ ^^^ telephone, has for sev-
eral years been working on the problem
of aerial navigation, through the flying
of kites. At a recent field-day of the
National Geographic Society, Professor
Bell conducted experiments in kite flying,
for the benefit of the scientists. The kites
used are entirely unlike the familiar pat-
terns, being tetrahedrals, or four-sided
solids, each face of which is a triangle.
Two of the four faces are covered with
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51
silk, and the frames are made of light
wood or aluminmn. Steel or aluminum
wire is used to fly these kites. The kites
used were but six feet on a side, but
Professor Bell has sailed them as large
as thirty feet. Whether any available re-
sults were obtained from the experiments
is not known.
,^ . Marconi, the inventor of wire-
Marconi j^gg telegraphy, reports that,
-^*"* on a recent trip across the
ocean, he was at all times in communica-
tion with either one or the other continent,
by means of the "wireless.^^ Until he
was 1700 miles out, he communicated with
his European station, and then connected
with the Glace Bay station, on this side
of the Atlantic. As a result of his success.
Marconi announces that he will establish
daily newspaper service on the Cunard
line.
''Who'i Wlu) in the Orient!"
From the Tacoma Ledger.
_- T> 1 r- ^® * result of the charges
The Red LroM brought against the Red
Society Cross Society, Miss Clara
Barton, founder of the society, and for
twenty-three years its president, has re-
signed, and Mrs. John A Logan — widow
of General Logan — has been elected to
succeed her. The unfortunate and deplor-
able contention which has cast a shadow
over the noble work of Miss Barton, grew
out of certain remonstrances against the
official acts of the president. It was
claimed that she had exceeded her author-
ity in the management of a certain dona-
tion of land, that moneys subscribed for
the relief of the victims of the Galveston
flood were diverted from their object,
and that the accounts of the Society were
kept in an unsatisfactory manner. Most
of the charges were withdrawn, aad the
remainder were answered in such a way
as to exonerate Miss Barton; but the
disruption of the Society seemed to neces-
sitate her withdrawal, as the first step
toward reorganization.
_. , . Bvan almost unanimous
Prcflbytenan ^ote, the Presbyterian
Lhurchcfl Unite General Assembly, in
annual convention at Buffalo, decided in
favor of the proposed union with the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The
question will have to receive the favorable
vote of two-thirds of the Presbyteries,
before finally approved; but this is re-
garded merely as a form, the result of
which is a foregone conclusion. The
Cumberland Church, which left the parent
body because it could not accept the doc-
trine of infant damnation, has a mem-
bership of 185,000. As the objectionable
clause has no longer a place in the
Presbyterian creed, there is no barrier
to the union, which will mean a member-
ship of 1,250,000 for the Presbyterian
Church.
xj TL>r o 1 The death of Sir Henry
JlenryM.btanlcyM Stanley closes the
•^**^ career of the most
famous explorer of our day. He first came
into public prominence when, as a reporter
on the New York Herald, he was sent by
the elder Bennett to discover the where-
abouts of Livingstone, the missionary and
explorer, who had been missing in Africa
for two years. Stanley not only succeeded
in this, but made some important dis-
coveries on his own account. After three
years in the wilderness of central Africa,
he returned to England to find himself
famous. The following year he returned
to Africa, explored the Congo, organized
the Congo Free State, and performed
other feats of exploration and discovery.
For his achievements he was made the
recipient of distinguished honors. He
was ^iven the Legion of Honor, was
knighted, and received many honorary
degrees. Mr. Stanlev was the author of
many books of travel and exploration.
IMPRESS^
^s
JLESKRSKINE-SCOTT-WOODj
Life 0 desire is kappiness. Freedom 10 kappmess. Only by mental, moral and
bodily freedom can man truly improve.
WANTED ! A partner for a life interest in a well-established business. Money
not 80 much an object as character and brains. Must be sober, ambitious, indus-
trious, patient and; unselfish, with a safe family history as to habits and body and
mind. No objection to capital. Intense and jealous love not so much an object
as general sanity and afiOnity.
^PPly ^^ Miss Evk.
LOST! An ideal ; healthy, orderly, thrifty, gentle, kind; more beautiful in
character than face. She loved so little (or so much) she was content to yield and
forego in order to promote happiness. She loved her love more than herself and
never stabbed. She did not think the loyalty and intensity of her love an excuse
for jealousy, nagging, and the creation of hell upon earth. She was not content
to be supported, but realized that one-half the labor was hers. She created peace,
and gave rest.
Finder will be liberally rewarded if he will return her to the undersigned.
Everyman, Everywhere.
Advice to tke Democratic National Convention
Gentlemen: You will be divided into two camps: the conservatives and the
radicals. A house divided, against i itself can not stand; but let me suggest you
would better fall than to unite merely for purposes of plunder.
You Conservatives would do well to remember that conservatives are always
wrong. The one sure thing, the only certain thing, is that you are wrong. Con-
servatism has always stood for the existing order of things, and the existing order
of things never endures. King John of England was conservative. The feudal
dukes of France were conservative. And had the conservatism of the world always
triumphed, the earth would be owned to-day by a few overlords, and the people
would wear (more visibly than now) the iron collars of serfdom.
You gentlemen of the Radicals, remember you can not swear you are right;
and though no progress could ever be made if before the experiment were tried we
must be sur^ of its success, and though you are right in insisting that new things
are not to^-be -condemned because they are new, yet remember that not every new
thing is right, and be patient with your more backward brethren.
Gentlemen of both the Cojiservative and the Radical camps, what is your
problem? Is it to win in the coming campaign and secure patronage for the
office-himgry? Then, in God's name, make your bargain with the powers
that be and shout vehemently, "Let us in! Let us in!" Suppress every thought
which will offend any one. Throw principle to the dogs. Be all things to all men,
and nothing to any one. Get votes ; no matter how you get them, get votes I But
IMPRESSIONS. 53
if your problem be to increase the sum of human happiness, to lessen the burdens
of the many, to aid human progress, you must decide what is the evil you are to
overthrow. What is that evil? It is precisely the same question (different in
form and degree) which Athens met, and Rome met, and which the world has been
meeting since history began. The evil is the government of the many by the few ;
the money tribute paid to the few by the many.
This is no more a government of the people, by the people, for the people,
than were the governments of Pericles, Nero and Louis XI'V. It is only better in
degree. How much do the people have to say about their taxes? Their laws?
Every law on the staute books, not a criminal law, is in the interest of some schem-
ing and predatory few. The people choose certain governors on certain promises
never carried out. The people are run by bosses, and the bosses are run by property.
This government is in fact an oligarchy; a collection of many oligarchies within a
greater oligarchy. Can you show me, gentlemen, any oligarchy which was not
founded on property? Nay, can you show me any government which was not
founded on property ? The earliest idea of government was to take from the many
for the few. That is still the idea and effect of government. Feudalism, with its
lords and overlords, rested upon the idea of ownership of vacant land by a fee title
in the lord, viz., landlordship. The despotisms of Athens and Rome rested upon
landlordship and the right to levy taxes.
It is the same to-day. It is said Mr. John Rockefeller is worth a billion. No
man can earn a billion. To him must flow in some invisible channel the tribute
from, the many, as surely as it flowed to the emperors and nobles of old. This is
the evil you are to remedy. If you would destroy the oligarchy of government, you
must destroy the oligarchy of weath. If you would destroy the oligarchy of wealth,
you must cut the arteries which feed to the few the earnings of the many.
Disguise it as you may, shout "Demagogy,^^ "Anarchy'^ and ^^ested Rights^'
as you please, this is the evil which has grown with us into visible proportions and
which will be somewhat cured by evolution, or, in due time, by revolution.
It is true we have more personal liberty than had the common' man under
Nero, Henry VIII. or Louis XV. ; but personal liberty is not all. ^TTou take my
life when you do take the means whereby I live.'^
I say, obscure it, ignore it as you will, the evil assailing this country is a
plutocratic oligarchy. The conservative who cries, "Let things be as they are,'^ or
"Stand pat," is as wrong now as he was in the days of Charles I. of England.
What is the remedy ? The remedy now, as in the past, must be one more step
toward freedom! freedom! freedom! That government is best which, governs
least. You must stop repeating these words and you must do them. Once more
from the statute books of the overlords must be stricken the laws giving privileges
and monopolies. What are they?
First — The laws which permit congress to give land to those who do not use
it. Title to land should depend on use and occupation and with the cessation of
use and occupation title should cease. The title of congress to land is the title of
the King of England. Congress has not of right title to one inch of land any-
where as against the actual user of it.
Second — The law which prohibitively taxes private banks ten per cent on any
notes of issue. This was originally a scheme to sell government bonds, and intended
to give national banks and government bonds a monopoly in the issuance of
currency.
Third — The whole protective tariff schedule — as clear a robbery of the people
by the barons as ever was done upon the Rhine in the Middle Ages.
Fourth — Railroads must be likened to rivers and compelled to haul any man's
car at cost or forfeit its franchises if it unjustly discriminates.
Put in these four planks, gentlemen, and enforce them, and you will cut the
roots of the trusts — ^not merely tickle their tops. You will have moved toward less
law, less special privilege, and more freedom. I do not mean personal liberty. I
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mean freedom of action and of thought. Whenever you find a change is in the
direction of freedom, be sure you are right; be not afraid; go ahead confidently.
Every step in human progress has been toward freedom, and freedom is the ulti-
mate goal of all progress.
Responsibility for Vice
A Seattle man, Herbert Gowell, committed suicide in Portland, Oregon, be-
cause he had lost all in the gambling dens of that city. He left a sort Qf will
directing the gamblers to pay his debts, because they were the authors of his ruin.
A man named Eichardson is suing certain gamblers in Portland under the law per-
mitting him to recover double the amount of his losses.
Such laws as these are responsible for the belief of the Gowells, Richardsons
and others that the gamblers are the only ones to blame. The persistent insistence
from the pulpit that those who set traps for the weak are the only blameworthy
ones, begets such laws. The whole is the result of a false, emotional logic. We feel
sympathy for the loser, pity for the weak, and so we fly tooth and nail upon the
purveyor of vice, imtil, in the heat of the onset, all sense of any responsibility in
the victim is lost. We teach him that he is a much to be pitied, petted and pro-
tected innocent. The time-honored argument of the gravedigger in Hamlet that
the water will not come to you to do the drowning, you must go to the water, sug-
gests the truth. •
When a man or woman is deprived of all freedom of will and is bound hand
and foot and forcibly carried into the haimt of vice, he or she may properly call for
protection. But where the cause of ruin is that the individual is too weak to resist
the allurements of vice, any forcible protection of the individual does more harm
than good. It begets a false sense of responsibility. It renders parents less vigilant.
It induces the belief that the "victim'' is the prey of other? when in reality he is
the victim of himself. It removes from the victim that opprobrium which he should
share equally with the tempter. Gambling-house keepers are beyond the pale of
good society, and are excluded from fraternal orders; but gamblers are not. The
real law, the true law, the force of unwritten public opinion, is obscured. Looking
after other people's morals by force of law means a loss of individual freedom and
individual sense of responsibility, and it never has produced any good commen-
surate with the evil it does, and it never will. It violates a fundamental, natural,
universal law — freedom of human will. It is precisely of the same character,
though diflfering in degree and purpose, as forbidding the holding of religious meet-
ings not sanctioned by the government.
It is said the new mayor of Seattle intends by force of law and integrity of
purpose to have neither gambling, prostitution, nor a "grafting'' police. I predict
his utter failure. No King Canute will ever stay the tide of luuiiaii aature.
By some sort of crooked reasoning, people jimip at the conclusion that one
who does not favor making people good by law, means to let people go to the devil
without a word of advice or a helping hand to stay their course. The advice, the
reasoning with the young, the control by parents over the young, the helping hand
at all timos to all men, is exactly what I do believe in, and I would not obscure our
responsibility by aiming a law at vice. There will be no vice when there are no
vicious, and the vicious must become good by their own wills, not by law.
It is a delusion to think you have destroyed vice because you have built a wall
around it. Men and women must be taught to resist evil influences. They must
be reasoned with, prayed with, and helped; but you might as well talk of making
an arm strong by bandaging it as of making people truly good and strong of char-
acter by putting them in a desert or on the other side of the wall from vice.
I^et me humbly suggest to the antagonists of vice that, looked at in the long
perspective, the reforms which will count are those economic reforms which give
to the mass a less hopeless struggle for existence and happiness.
[READER!
'^m:^\
'TTTZ
P55TS
A review of current books and an opinion of tkeir menta
It has come to be true that to denom-
inate a book a "problem noveF' is to
characterize it as a morbid, emotional,
feverish story, dealing with the marriage
relation, and appealing more or less
directly to the prurient appetite. It is
an unfortunate perversion of the term,
for any book which deals seriously with
one of the many great questions of life
may properly be designated a "problem
novel;" and many, if not most, of the
works of the greatest novelists may be
so classified. In this broader sense, "The
Law of Life," by Anna McClure Sholl,
is a problem novel. The central theme
is reminiscent of the Dorothy-Casau-
bon part of "Middlemarch," although
the subject is treated in an entirely
diflEerent way. It is a situation that
is fraught with many dan-
gers for the imwary author, but
is handled with a delicacy, a
firmness of grasp and a purity of purpose
that removes it from all suspicion of
offensiveness. There is no prudish shrink-
ing from the truth, and the story is carried
logically to its inevitable conclusion.
"The Law of Life" is a book of many
phases. Its locale is a large American
university, which, under the pseudonym
of "Hall worth," is recognized as Cornell.
The people of the story are drawn from
the students, the faculty and the society
which clusters about a great college. In
her depiction of types, the author is most
successful, and her understanding of this
peculiar phase of life is deep and true.
There is a deal of witty and philosophical
talk, with a sprinkling of memorable epi-
grams.
(Appleton's.)
"How Tyson Came Home" is a book of
The Law
of Life
considerable unevenness. Its first few
chapters promise much. The introduc-
tion of characters and the luminous
picture of the painted buttes and mesas
of the Southwest justify the reader in
anticipating a story of swift movement
and keen interest ; and then, of a sudden,
the scene shifts to England, the action
lags and there is little to relieve the
monotony until toward the close, when
the narrative seems to gather itself to-
gether again, and moves swiftly to the
end.
The author, William H. Kideing, may
be an American, or he may be an English-
man, but he is certainly more at home in
depicting the life of the former country.
-J — Tyson, Nona and the Sen-
riow ly«on ator arc faithfully drawn,
L.ame Home ^^^. ^j^^ English characters,
from the lords to the lackeys, all impress
you as being distorted or caricatured.
The truth is, "How Tyson Came Home''
is none too strong as to structure. The
author never seems to be quite certain of
himself, and is forever being swept away
by little side eddies, that serve only to
impede the main current of the story.
(John Lane.)
It is always good to get back to nature,
to see her sunny smiles, to inhale her pun-
gent odors, to feel the renewing power
of her nearness. There is so much of the
strenuous, the blatant, the garish in our
life and literature, that anything to re-
mind us of the simple things of life is
to be thrice-welcomed.
Such seems to be the message of "A
Bachelor in Arcady," by Halliwell Sut-
cliff. The central figure — hero he can
hardly be called — is an amateur gardener.
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a sort of masculine Elizabeth. He is a
A R k 1 Purposeless and fanciful indi-
A*^ J^'^^^^^* whose waking hours
inArcady g^jjj ^^ ^ divided between
gardening, fishing and scribbling. He
is, moreover, a philosopher, in a dreamy
sort of a way, and an innocent humorist.
His limitless leisure enables him to become
intimately acquainted with nature, as she
reveals herself in field and garden and
hedgerow. The story of the Bachelor^s
experiments and labors with flower and
vegetable, his fishing expeditions, his con-
versations with the gardener, connected
by the slender filament of a love story,
is pervaded with a gentle charm. Its
humor is quaint and delicious; its philos-
ophy, true and broad; its sentiment, ten-
der and fanciful.
The book is a quiet protest against the
fever, the over-activity of life. It is as
pure and cool as a bubbling spring, and
a draught from its pages will refresh your
mind and soul, and give you a saner,
sweeter view of life.
(T. Y. Crowell & Co.)
Solomon to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, there is something new under the
sun; "The Picaroons,^^ by those two,
original, Californian collaborators, Gillett
Burgess and Will Irwin, is certainly "up-
to-now," to employ an expressive barbar-
ism. If there is anything more novel,
more racy, more pungent, it has not
reached tlie Reader's desk. It is fresh
coined from the mint of modernity.
To be sure, the picaresque novel, or
**rogue romance/' is of ancient inception,
originated in Spain, and developed in
England, notably by Fielding. It has
_, long been a matter for wonder-
^."* ment that the picaresque has
Picaroons \^^n gQ neglected, for where
is the man whose heart does not soften to
an amiable rascal, or whose interest is
not held by the annals of his roguery?
There may be those who will find the
humor of "The Picaroons" a little too
broad, and its style a little too highly
flavored. Every man to his taste, say we.
Moreover, the picaresque implies these
very qualities.
If it were necessary to characterize
"The Picaroons,'' with one adjective, we
should, without hesitation, dub it "Frisco-
esque.''
(McClure, Philipps & Co.)
The bleak New England coast is an un-
failing hunting-ground for the searchers
after quaint and eccentric characters.
Sarah Ome Jewett, Mrs. Greene and
others have found here the material and
inspiration for their delightful books, and
now Mr. Joseph C. Lincoln must be
added to the list. His "Cap'n Eri'' will
take rank with the best of them.
The author does not write from hear-
say; that is evident. To speak with so
great understanding and svmpathy of
these people, he must have lived among
them, breathed with them the salt air of
the sea, shared their joys and sorrows, and
learned to read, beneath the homely, often
uncouth exterior, the genuine strength and
sweetness of character.
Cap'n Eri is the salt of the earth, bluflf,
great-hearted old mariner that he is. His
^ , -, . fund of stories and wise sav-
^ap n tin ^^^ ^g inexhaustible. He is
the central figure of a group of characters
that you hail at once as the best of com-
rades for the brief journey from foreword
to finis. There is enough of a plot to in-
sure a connected narrative, but, as is usual
in books of this nature, chief interest at-
taches to the quaint speeches and actions
of the people themselves.
(A. S. Barnes & Co.)
A HOME THRUST.
Booker T. Washington tells a capital story
of Jerome S. McWade, who, he says, seemed
to him, when a boy, to ^be the * * smartest col-
ored man in the world.'*
** Jerome was a slave. He lived in Vir-
ginia, at Hale's Ford. One day he appeared
in a red velvet waistcoat, and straightway
he was seized and taken to the office, for
this waistcoat was the master's property. The
master had worn it on his wedding day.
**Well, Jerome managed to prove that he
had not stolen the waistcoat. Calhoun Ham-
ilton had stolen it, and Jerome had bought
it from Calhoun for a small sum.
** *Now, Jerome,' the master said, *I ad-
mit you're not a thief, but you're a receiver
of stolen property, and that's just as bad.*
** *No, no, sir,' said Jerome. *No, no.
That is not just as bad, by any means.'
** *Why isn't it just as badf said the
master.
** * Because you wouldn't receive stolen
goods yourself, sir, if it was bad.'
** *What do you meanf I a receiver of
stolen goods! Explain yourself,' the master
commanded.
* * * Why, sir, ' said Jerome, * you bought and
paid for me, the same as I bought and paid
for that red waistcoat. Well, wasn't I stolen
same as the waistcoat wast Wasn't I stolen
out of Africa?' "
Musings of a Mysogyxust —
There are two infallible ways of win-
ning a woman. The first is to woo her
with^might and main, never resting until
she surrenders. The second is to be
absolutely indifferent and let her court
3'ou. Between these two extremes lies
only failure.
If all wives were as angelic as most
men think their fiancees are, married life
would be as insipid as cambric tea.
Some girls measure the strength of a
man's infatuation by the amount he
spends on violets and chocolates.
Nothing flatters the average young
husband so much as to have his wifo
make him think that she thinks that she's
"twisting him around her little finger.'*
HER PARASOL
A dainty thin?, so deftly wrought
Of Ivory, silk and fllmy lace,
I envy you, oh parasol,
The fortune of your happy place.
I envy you the gentle clasp
Of her small hand, so soft and fair.
As thus you poise above her head.
And breathe the incense of her hair.
I envy you the right to shield
Her from the sun's too ardent rays.
And would that, too, you might forfend
My rival's bold, profaning gaze.
When, with a snap, she shuts you up,
And puts you on the rack, perdie!
I know exactly how you feel.
For that's the way she uses me.
-G.T.
About the only use a girl has for men
is to make the man jealous.
When a girl suspects that a man's
intentions are at all serious, the first
thing she does is to write his name with
a "Mrs/* before it, to see how it looks.
When a girl calls you a 'Tiorrid old
thing," you may know that you have
reached the top note in the gamut of
her approval.
r\i7'-
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Quotmg Precedent —
"Paw," began Willie.
"Yes, my son."
"Would you like me to be like George
Washington ?"
"Certainly."
"Then you needn^t whip me. I just
chopped the garden hose into a dozen
pieces."
Broken Slumter—
Doctor: "Did you sleep well last
night?"
Patient : "No, my rest was very much
disturbed."
Doctor: "Was the medicine I sent
taken according to directions?"
Patient: "To tell the truth, doctor,
the bottle fell from the table and was
smashed."
Doctor: "Well, ifs no wonder then
your sleep was broken."
Tke Exception —
"There is only one class of people who
can use the American flag for advertising
purposes without objections being raised."
"What class is that?"
"The politicians."
Curtailed Lil>erty —
First Afghan : "Lo, brother, and since
the ruler of this hot and benighted country
has decreed that each of us, his subjects,
may have no more than four wives, I will
no longer serve him. I shall leave my
native land this fortnight."
Second Afghan: "And where do you
expect greater liberty, brother?"
First Afghan: "I shall betake myself
to an enlightened and blessed place in
the new world, called Utah."
>V^c^
"Tkrough Tkick and Tkin*
Tea TaUe Amenities —
"I wonder," queried the salt cellar, if
the horse radish will be able to draw
the tea?"
"If not," returned the pepper-box, "the
cheese mite."
On hearing which the tumbler fell over,
the cold-slaw shivered, while the napkin-
ring announced that the meal was ready
to serve.
Contemporaneous History —
"Now," said the teacher, " can any one
tell me what empire it was that the his-
torian Gibbon wrote the decline and fall
of?"
"I know !" exclaimed the boy with red
hair.
"Well, Jimmie?"
"Russia."
How tke TrouUe Started —
Mrs. Flannigan: "Sure, an^ me poor
husband's corns hurt him that bad he
can harrdly get along."
Mrs. Finnegan : "An' I think it's corn
juice what's ailin' yure poor husband,
Mrs. Flannigan."
At tke Wild West SLow-
Inquisitive young lady: "And did
your former partner on the plains wear
his hair long?"
Bullet-proof Bill : "He wore it as long
as he could, miss, the Indians scalped
him you know."
ROGRESS
.jfJtiaL"
For
pire,"
Great
AN OUTPOST OF EMPIRE
By Herbert Cutkbert
HE FACT is not generally known that Sir
Francis Drake, one of England's most
famous sailors, received his knight-
hood, not for his valor in fighting
England's battles on the sea, but
for his peaceful voyages of discovery
along the Pacific Coast of this continent.
Long before the Spaniards occupied prac-
tically all this coast, centuries before the
<liscovery of the great Columbia River, this
;:;reat sailor, fighter and discoverer, just thirty
years after Columbia's second voyage to Amer-
ra, sailed along these shores of the Pacific,
lf>ok possession of the whole territory on behalf
flmt ■teamor on tue ^f his Quecn, and nam'ed it "Nova Albion," or
Fuiflo— 1B35. Kew England. From that day to this there has
lieen an outpost of the British Empire on the
Pad fie Cna!?it. \\s v\nvi location has been changed several times and the
bintrirv of (In-!?!? tliaci^MA^ it? very interesting, especially of the period when
it was centered at Nootka Sound in the days of Quadro, Cook and Van-
couver,
the past forty years, however, Victoria, B. C, has been this "Outpost of Em-
where at the village of Esquimalt, three and one-half miles from the city,
Britain's only naval yard, dry dock and forts on the Pacific Coast are sit-
8. fi. BeKTfl
K. M. warships at anchor, Esquimalt harbor.
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uated. Naturally, should any
complications arise with other na-
tions over this war l>etween Rus-
sia and Japan,' 'the eyes of thu
world will be upon Victoria^ dA
they are now upon Port
Arthur. A descrJi>-
tipi^-therefore, of tJus;
intCTCsting city
may be of inter-
est.
This ''Outpost
of Empire^' is
not only a mili-
tary and naval
station, but is a
most delightful
city in every
way. Victoria is
the capital of
British Columbia
and is known as tb* H
green Cit/^ of Can.ula. h
has always been re* nornize*)
as a city in which life is
well worth living. Its sit-
uation is ideal, surrouii<1ed
as it is on, three sides by tlie
island-studded Straits of
Juan de Fuca, leading out
into the great Pacifir Oceiin,
the shore-line broken by
huge, rocky bluffs, shelter-
ing innumerable small liay.^
with sandy beache.^, anil
from which superb views of
the snow-capped 01}Tnpian range of mountains and of the lordly Mount Baker are
always obtainable.
During the last few years, the tourists, and the health and homeseekers have
discovered for themselves this favored city, and hence it has, in a very short time.
Oowlohan Itt^a
WAjr, &«ar Vlc-
Moant Baker from Oak Bay.
PROGRESS.
61
become one of the great resorts and residential cities of America.
The climate of Victoria is the city^s greatest assets notwithstanding its beauti-
ful environs. For fully seven months in the year, there is a daily average of
seven hours of bright sunshine, a temperature never over 78 degrees, even in the
height of summer, and rarely below 40 degrees in winter, and an average rainfall
for seven months of not more than eight inches. The winter climate is the mild-
est in Canada ; roses and other flowering plants and shrubs having been in bloom
during the whole of the winter of 1903-1904. The air of Victoria is invigorating
and never enervating.
Aquatic and field sports are indulged in very freely by the young people of the
city ; in fact, there are few cities of its size on the continent that can compare with
it in this regard.
[ \ ^^^^ Splendid driving
and cycling are
other features of
life in this city
of the Canadian
Far West. The
Ocean Avenue
Beach Drive,
about eight miles
long, is one of
the finest marine
drives in the
world.
The naval sta-
tion at Esqui-
mau, with its
dockyard, dry
dock, ironclads
and torpedo -
boats ; Beacon
HiU Park, with
its zoological col-
lection, fine rec-
^» ^ ^^^ ^^y^ ^^^ reation grounds,
^Bn "ffjF JBMPQfWJi^^ beautiful walks
G^^H^^^^B ^^^^^J^^^^H and drives ; the
^^■pgHp^HJI^^^^^B^^^ stately pile cost-
I^JC^^^^^V ^!5^ ing over one mil-
lion dollars and
the most beauti-
ful structure in
splendid museums
^collections of animal,
fhiiiorai iunl ngri cultural specimens;
(lak Bay, with fine sandy beaches
beloved of campers; and the far-
famed Gorge at the head of Victoria Arm, a natural reversible waterfall — all are
places of interest to those who visit Victoria. During the summer months there are
daily excursions in steam launches, by rail, by steamer and by tally-ho to the nu-
merous islands and resorts which surround the city.
The Victorians are a progressive people, and are doing much to make this "Out-
post of Empire'^ a model city. It has now a population of nearly 30,000 people.
ITiere are some very important public works under way, and the Canadian Pacific
railway, realizing its great future, is building a superb hotel that will be one of
the finest in the West, and whicli will cost in the neighborhood of $1,000,000.
d en <t e St patk
TiewR* and a
glimxpse of Vie.'
torlft, B. O.
--T"
^
Avith iluur iltie
PROGRESS.
63
The opportunities for enjoy-
ment and pleasure have had a
great deal to do with making Vic-
toria such a delightful residen-
tial city. The trains of the Es-
quimalt & Nanaimo railway are
crowded almost daily with citi-
zens and visitors who are making
their way to the numerous camp-
ing and hunting places, within a
very few miles of the city, where
they know splendid salmon and
trout fishing is to be had.
The people of Europe, of East-
ern Canada and of the United
States have really very little con-
ception of the marvelous beauties
of this portion of the Pacific
Coast. Tlie chief charm of this
superb scenery is that^ it is the
revelation of the Almighty's con-
ception of the beautiful, as ex-
emplified in this perfect combi-
nation of mountain, sea, sky,
meadow, stream and headland in one everlasting, perfect picture — the wonderment
of all who are privileged to behold it.
Life in Victoria has, perhaps, fewer drawbacks than any other Western city, and
as one gentleman wrote, "there may be more beautiful places, but in my journey
round the world it has never been my good fortune to find them."
Zn Tlotozto's flu* dry dook.
OREGON'S SUMMER RESORTS
By Bruce AVolverton
My first impressions of the seacoast of
Oregon were wafted to me by the sea
breezes. They were received in the wiiy
ter, after storms had lashed the surf into
a fury, and the angry billows had begun
to beat their deepest diapason on the reefs
and rocky headlands.
My next impressions were real, for the
reports of a trail cut by adventurous spir-
its, and the sound of the hunter's horn
were frequent reminders of the attrac-
tions in those mountain wilds. Oft re-
turning tourist parties would talk of
salmon and flounders, bass and bear, deer
and elk, so that I had a lively curiosity
to know more of this wierd land of moun-
tain and moor, where huntsman^s horn re-
sounded in echoing refrain to the tune of
the fisherman^s oar.
Newport; Eightly have they named
this resting, trysting place, seated by the
Cnrlons som*s on tli* shore.
sea, fanned by the salt air, wooing tl^e
weary worker and affording all classes an
opportunity for a real outing, an outing
by the sea. Fancy pictures it as famous
at no distant day as her prototype of the
Atlantic Coast. At this place the Japan
current is said to approach nearest the
coast, so that, with favorable breezes, the
warm waters of this ^^great river of the
sea'' tempers the surf to its bathers, ren-
dering this healthful pastime most de-
lightful. The shore sands slope gently,
BMMid* mosaics.
and the undertow is at a minimimi.
The sea breezes, the breath of the pine
and cedar, cups of nectar distilled in
mountain fastnesses, the fish and fowl,
the crabs that crawl in the sea, the berries
luscious and ripe; these ail invite us away
from scenes of wearisome toil and brain-
racking problems to enjoy an outing in
the many beautiful and entrancing spots
which nature has so lavishly provided.
Popular pastimes.
DRIFT.
HIS IDEA OF IT.
At the theater the ladies are discuBsing
the attire of those about them, as usual. By
and by their attention is attracted to a lady
who is the central figure of a box party.
''Isn't she stunning f murmurs one of
the fair ones. ''She is dressed in mauve
satin, is she notf"
"No, no I" corrects another of the ladies;
"it is a pearl-gray satin."
"Now,'' laughs another of them, "let us
leave it to the professor, here. What has he
to say of itf What is she dressed in, pro-
feasor!"
Here the professor, who has been studying
the sights and scenes with all the interest of
a savant, takes a casual glance at the object
of the discussion and ventures, "As nearly
as I can jud^e from here, she is dressed in
pnris naturalibus. "
Whereat they laugh, thinking he refers to
peau de sole, or some such fabric, and has
merely made one of the numerous blunders
which are common to the untutored man.—
Judge.
STUDIES OF THE VEBNAOUIiAB.
The Chicago Tribune reports the following
conversation between the ribbon counter girl
and the girl at the candy counter, as illus-
trating the highly edifying effect "emanci-
pation" has on our girls:
"Onnustf"
" 'Bright I"
"Okumoff!"
' ' Sure zima stanninear. ' '
"Juh meaniti"
"Ubetcha."
"Ooseddy did!"
* ' Gurlova there. ' '
"Wah sheno boutiti"
' ' D 'no. Swatshesedd. ' '
"Oakum off I Yercoddin."
"Thinkso fu wanta. Bawche Chrismus
gifst"
' ' Notchett. Bawchoorst ' '
"Naw. Saylookeerl"
"Watchasayl"
"Jeer how Tomman Lil "
"Notsloud. Somebody learus."
"Lettum. Nuthinmuchno how."
* ' Quitchercoddin. ' '
"Oakum off I I aintacoddin. "
"Oracious Imus begittinalongi "
"Somus I."
"Slong!"
"SlongI"
^ BRAND
! PERFECTION IN
: CAhMED GOODS.
Peas.Corn.ltuits
Tbmatoes.Beansi
VejctJLbies, Catsup]
5almon.01ivG0il
>SYrup5. Clams,
Oysters. 6hrimp.
Lobster:^
pRErrRHED Stock
Portland. OreooQ.
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NOT SO FUNNY.
It is the custom to laugh at the absurd
answers so often made by youngsters to the
hard questions put to them in school, etc.
But these answers are really more pathetic
than humorous, for they show the prevalent
tendency to push pupils on beyond their
depth, instead of developing them by the
'** drawing out" process, which is the true
basis of education. Here are some of these
innocent answers made by pupils in an Eng-
lish school:
What religion had the Britons f A strange
and terrible one, called religion of the dudes.
What caused the death of Cleopatra f It
was because she bit a wasp.
What can you tell of Jonsonf He sur-
vived Shakespeare in some respects.
What do you call the last teeth of manf
False teeth.
What is the spinal column f Bones run-
ning all over the body. It is considered
•dangerous.
Name a domestic animal useful for cloth-
ing and describe its habits. Ox: doesn't
have any habits, because it lives in a stable.
What is the function of the gastric juice f
To digest the stomach.
Name six animals of the Arctic zone. Three
polar bears. Three seals.
—The Pathfinder.
• • •
Wise Brothers, Dentists.
Failing Building, Third and Washington
Streets, Portland, Oregon.
Only
25c
Postpaid
The Lai^t
U$erui
Novelty
N I CKLE PLATED
Yankee Pig
TAPE IMEASURE
ALL THE GO IN THE EAST
Send for one before they are all cone.
JAEGER BROSM'^SSglNT*
290 Morritofl SL, Portlaiid, Ore
TREAT FOR THE TRAVELER
THE best medical authorities are unanimous in recom-
mending horseback riding for nervous, lung and
kindred complaints. Particularly is this mode of exercise
beneficial on this West coast, where the patient can enjoy
the pure open air, inhale nature's ozone and the resinous
fragrance of pine, fir, cedar and hemlock.
Saddi^b Horses and Carriagbs
HoRSBS Bought and Soi^d :
PORTLAND RJDING CLUB '*°- "">""■"»- If
394 Eleventh St., Portland* Ore.
f999^9^^9^^^99^^^999^99^^9!9^9^^999^99^^9^^^^^^'99^4444444W4^W^^
Gold Fillings : $1.00 I Gokl Crowns : $4.00
Silver Fillings : : ^| FtsU Set of Teeth, 5M
These are new prices for first class work.
I give my personal attention to patrons and DO ab-
solutely guarantee all my work for ten years.
I have the latest appliances known to dentistry.
OPPiCB HOURS : 8 to 5. Sunday, 10 to 13.
W. T. SLATTEN, Dentist, "pSTx^^r "'"o^oHi
DEIPT.
A DEFERRED RESTITnTION.
A pi^ belonging to a widow named Murphy
mysteriously vanished one night; and Pat
Hennessy, a ne'er-do-well, was suspected of
having had something to do with its disap-
pearance. He denied all knowledge of the
pig, however, and as there was no evidence
against him he was allowed to go free; but
at Mrs. Murphy's instigation, the priest went
to see him.
"Pat," said, the priest, "if you've no fear
of the law in this world, at least five a
thought to the hereafter. When you're be-
fore the Judgment Seat, what are you going
to say about that pifff"
"Shure, I dunno,'^' replied Pat. "Will
they be after askin' about th' pig in Pur-
gatory, yer Biverincef"
"They will," said the priest.
"Will Mrs. Murphy be there, yer Biv-
erincef"
"Yes, Pat."
"An' th'pigl"
"Yes, Pat.'^
"Shure, I'll wait an' give it to her thin,
yer Biverince. "—February Woman's Home
Companion.
• » •
Poor Peebles (about to be operated on for
appendicitis): "Doctor, before you begin I
wish you would send and have our pastor,
the Bev. Mr. Harps, come over."
"Dr. Cutter: "Certainly, if you wish it,
but-ahl-"
Feebles: "I'd like to be opened with
prayer."— Life.
JHL
Wrinkles
BEHOVED IN
^H^F JLll^^^-^^^^^we^^Hl
TWO WEEKS
^^m '^'f^^^MBBll^^t
BT
^Bl * T^^^^^ff
M\ HOLMES
\^f^^^^
RIBBECKE
\ \^JM
Graduate Demiatofocist
^^^i^ahI^I
Beautifler and Beatorer
^jflJjHI^B.
of YonthfalneM.
"swm^
Parlors, 364 Morrison Si
PORTLAND, ORE.
OSTEOPATHY
DRS. ANNA M. AND F. J. BARR
gradiiat«a of American Sohool of Osteoiwthy and A. T.
(ill Inflrmanr. of Kirkarille. Mo. 'Phone Main 2226.
OffloeHoon: 9 to 12 a!m.. IjBO to 4jB0 P. M.
800 DekiHii BkHr.
Portland, Ore.
Base Ball Goods
rUhlBtf TacKlo, Gmoo. SMrtiBj and Ath-
lotlc Goods at AftoaisUiiiiljrJow ]
Urio lUostratod Catalogs FUS.
Kimbairs Gun Store
WholoMlo and RotaU SMrtlntf^Goods
1303 Pacific Ato.. Tacoma. Wa., u. S. A.
Uf>e WHITE TOURING CAR
The incompar-
able White
Touring Car
is the best car
made in e^'ery
respect for
pleasure or
i>iismess« It is
n reliable road-
star and holds
the world's
record as the
fastest stock
car ever put
upon the track.
Over ISO of these cars sold on the Coast since Januan^ 1st, 1Q04.
IMPERVIOUS TO OUST OR MUD. SILENT IN DPeRATlON. CAN BE OPERATED 6V A LAOV-
AND IS THt CAR THAT ALWAYS COMES HOME.
For convincing proof of the good qualities of these cars, ask for the names of Portland owners.
Tliere are a dozen of them that w\[{ be glad to talk ** White" with you, and nota **kicker'' among them.
Call at 214 Second Street, Portland, Ore., see the cars and have a ride.
J. B. KELLY, A^ent
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Bain's Hack & Dray Co.
NEWPORT, OREGON
Spedal Attention Given Transferring
Baggage and Camping Outfits.
Furnished and Unfurnished Houses.
Hack to Otter Rode and Lighthouse.
ALL AT BCD-ROCK PRICES
Leave Orders at : : : : : BAIN'S BAKERY
6ca:a»»:8»:8»xa»»»»»»»:8:e:8:8:a:a»:83
WATCHMAKER JEWELLER
W. B. SHAKESPEARE
31 Government Street, Victoria, B. C.
SOUVENIRS AND NOVELTIES
EVERY DAY ERESH ARRIVALS
STEP IN AND LOOK AT THEM
Golden
West
O SPICES, o
COFFEE,TEA,
BAKING POWDER,
FUVORING EXTRACTS
Abiolurelhirify, Fl^\l5^ Flavor,
Oreart>^ Srmv^h, l>e&sor\abkfricei
aOSSETaDEVERS
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Dotcl 2)riar6
Victoria's elegant Tourist and Commercial Hotel.
Under new and progressive management and re-
plete with modem equipment. Convenient to
parliament buildings, shopping district and places of amusement. American ahd European plans.
C. A. HARRISON, Proprietor
SINGCHONG&CO.
M A ZV U F A C T U R B R S OP
Ladies' : Children's
^= and Gent's ^=
White Goods
Ladies' Silk Undergarments, Wraps,
Waists, Etc., Made to Order.
333 Morrison SL, Portland, Or.
Marquam Building -^— ^— ^^^— ^
Between 6th and 7th SU. Phone Hood 33
TURKISH, RUSSIAN AND ELECTRIC LIGHT
BATHS
THE only place in town where Scientific Mas-
sage is given. The attendants are trained
nurses, and treat all diseases with hydrotherapy
treatment. Battle Creek System.
Ladies' and Gentlbmbn's Dbpaktment
300 Oregonian BIdg.
Telephone Main 1938 B. L. TURNEY. Prop.
Novelty Photo Fan
THE NEWEST THING OUT
The viL'Mt b>>>autlfLLi utiil drtlAtEcartEDlpi«^cr"tT».'ri.'d.
Jlolil» nnF CQbLDi'tMslrr-4 i^hoiuerapb i^t h^tdak ifU'lui«.
>J Q F|i£TT 1 KK W A V OTor diiT im4 For phcnrLnff phot > «.
OikD h« biuiff on th« wpM, piptcwd In h corner at rm the
Jmti IkbiH ctLt, Eondc* of fluent mnt or i^oiter board,
hi bnttlf^ AT^'ynn, mb; rmln r>€'<ar] «rvtj or ehovolate
brown I dfM>orELtf.'4i wrlth ribtu^n t{> tiB.rmotiizH& fend Me-
curolr riTiXtd- Can be om^nixi and cToeed at *U1.
HlEJ^, aucn HiVlkfi , t'li nilhJ ^%M in. Hl^ND SL* CKNT8
F on OM F T U 1> A Y', (rt &t J tiir coif r, A «*l of f 00 p. t»tte
fif i^vtili color 4 i»r:^tt>iiLd fur uun liolliLr, A^^ctii w&Qti^.
West Coast Supply Co.
165 Park street Portland, Oregoii
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HAIR SWITCH
ON EA9Y CONDITIONS
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Wd frllt tnclutit' In p«,4;liiiifi- WLlh l*Kl^L^'h
Hufll clea t |:k»h r n ^t^ t4> rt^u rn 1 1 tni ■] «^ i r nui
pcrririif Mii»r»rt(irtHi unt If rf»und dim^iL.v
aji n^ piffipi I ti'd , u H e1 mn^L exTrunrrllTiirLrj
valuta i nd. T'.»11 wlieh ti ^ ((l-ep It. pitTimirP^
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hKKH FOK B finmilM iT «J.M> KArH
(1 m ■■-n y v oi> r f rle rid f a n tl a<riitl lo up, w i' t n
t'f ijp.' p«(d for ID dayfl. if re^r tecpivtrt it
IH^rf^HCtLy RliiTij>rii story, kbJ rau t«n tb»*
kn<# tbf iwllrli wt Hifld j-vu rrvp Tor joar
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send for fre€ cftIlLlO|i^D'^. Aildr^H
l>t»it*, CHICAGO.
9.
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TleadytoSenre'
CHOCOLATE POWDER
UAhm PURE COCOA. SUGARmJ CREAM.
OUAUTY a PURITY UNEXCELLED.
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS A GROCERS EVERyWHERL
2
OVERLAWP TRAINS DAILY
THE FLYER
THE EAST MAIL
2
ST. LOUIS andRetuni $67.50
CHICAGO ssLS^sni $72.50
MAY II, 12, 15
JUNE i6, 17, i8
5TOP-OVERS JULY I, 2, 3 GOOD 90
AILOWEO AUG. 8, 9, lO l>AVS
SEPT. s, 6. 7
OCT. 3, 4, s
Sptendid S«fvl<« Llp*tc»-Date Equipment
CourUouA EiiH>lciye$
Ddyfight Trip Across the Cascades and Rocky Mountains
For tickets, riies^ fiilJcrs anJ full
Itiformiition, cnU on ur aJJress.
n. DICKSON, City Ticket Agent,
1 22 Third 5U Portland, Ore.
S. G. YERKES, G. W. P. A.,
612 Hnt Avenue, Seattle, Wash*
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TEe WASHINGTON LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY f«E^ y^
FIRST IN SAFETY AND RELIABILITY
FIRST IN EARNINGS AND PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS
FIRST IN TAKING CARE OF THE INTERESTS
OF POLICY HOLDERS
H WASHINGTON LIFE Endowment Policies and 5% Gold
Bonds can be secured on annual payments. No taxes. Insurance
for your family, or estate^ pending maturity. These unsurpassed con-
tracts offer the safest and best means to provide for old age.
1[ The WASHINGTON Twenty Payment Life, Loan and Term
Extension Policies are unequaled. Call at our offices and we will
prove it to you.
^ The best and most successful business men are the best in-
sured men. No man can afford to be without life insurance.
For particulars, call or write
BLAIR T. SCOTT
GENERAL MANAGER
609-10-11-12 AND 13 CHAMBER OP COMMERCE
PORTLAND, OREGON
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View from ^^eot Porch, Tke Breakers
HOTEL BREAKERS
inc Leading Summer Hotel in
tke Pacific Nortnwest
AMERICAN 5^ EUROPEAN PLANS
BREAKERS STATION
Long Beach P. O. WASHINGTON
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^^lEe Illinois Central
Connects at St. Paul, Omaha and New Orleans
with all transcontinental lines. Call on or write
the undersigned before purchasing your ticket to
St. Louis. We will ticket you via any route you
may desire, give you the very best service ob-
tainable and quote you the special rates now in
effect to Eastern points.
B. H. TRUMBUI^I^, Comm^rclAl Atf t., I^STHira St., Portl^Aa, Ov.
J. C. I^INDSKY, Trmv. r. Oik p. A«, I4S THI^a St.^ PortlmAa, Orm.
PAUI^ B. THOMPSON, r. Ok P. A., Colm^A Block, ^•Attl«, tKr^sH.
Herring-Hall-
MarvinSafeCoi
Manufacturers of the
Genuine Hall Safe Co.'s Safes
and operating the
LARGEST AND
BEST EQUIPPED
SAf E WORKS
IN THE WORLD
PORTLAND SAFE CO., Sole Agents
70 Sixth Street, Portland, Ore.
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Hartman, Thompson & Powers
Surety Bonds
Real Estate
and Insurance
SCHAMBEI OF
COHEICE
Portland, Oregon
M. C. Gilswold, PRsiilcaL W. S. Keeter, SeCy
J. L. Hartmui, Vioe-Picaldeiit
Security Abstract and
Trust Co.
Nm. 214-215 ClMMnbcr «l Ce—wirct,
PORTLAND, ORC
ABSTRACTS, CERTIFICATES
OF TITLE, TAX SEARCHES, LOANS
John H. Mitchbli. Almemt H. TAirim
MITCHELL & TANNER
Attomeya-at-Law
Commetdal Hock, PORTLAND, OREGON
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MAGAZINES?
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President
J. Thombuut Ross
Vice-President and Manager
T. T. Burkhart
Secretary
hMtMttMittttttM
John K. Kolllock
Asst. Secretary
LOANS
REAL ESTATE
Safe Deposit
Vauts
We
Lartest and Best
Equipped Real
Estate Office and
the largest and roost
complete outfit of
maps and plats in the
city. Our real estate
ownership books and
records of claim of
title are accurate and
up-to-date.
Al^TRACTS
TITLE INSURANCE
Interest allowed on time deposits
and certificates issued
thereon.
THE TITLE GUARANTEE AND TRUST COMPANY
6 and 7 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon
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T. S. McRath
Iron and Steel Products
Boildinf Materials
Aintworth Building, Portland, Ort.
Telephone Main 466
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PATENTS
Write for our book on Patents.
Mechanical Drawing.
Oregon & Washington Boating Co.
BARGING, UGltTCRING
AND PRCIGHTING
Barges for Bent. Boating of Lumber. Ties and other Wood
Products. Ship Lightering.
H. F. GERSPAOH, Manaoxb.
Office, Foot of Morrison SL, Portland, Ore.
.SALARY LOANS
Money loaned salaried persons, ladies or gentlemen.
Learn our Easy-Payment System that
gets you out of debt.
NCI^SON Oh HINDI^CY
508 McKay Building Ponland. Oregon
Cured piles
now smiles
like this again like this
He cured himself by using the Dr. Magoris Home
Treatment for piles, fissures, fistulas, and all dis-
eases of the rectum. Package costs 50c. All
druggists sell it. We guarantee cures or refund your
money. Trial package FREE for the name of one
other person who has piles. Dr. Magoris Home
Treatment Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Largest OotUers in
the Northwest*
The highest type of perfectXNi
IN MEN'S AND BOYS'
high-grade dothiqg, teriishfaigs and hats
Malt ordmra pfmptty
attmndmd to
PORTLAND ^
OREGON
THE GLORIOUS
<<STARS AND STRIPES"
We make them to order. Anysiae. Anyqnantitj.
A large assortment of FLAGS constantrjr in stock.
Wa ANB MANUFAOTUnSNS AND IMrORTBRS OF
Bags, Twinss, Tents, Awnings and Mining Host
BAG PRINTING A SPECIALTY
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Incorporated 1893
32-34 First St. 210-216 Couch St. Portland, Oft.
THE MAGNIFICENT SCENERY
OF
COLUMBIA
RIVER
The most beautiful in the world, can best
be seen from the steamers "DALLES CITY"
"REGULATOR" and "BAILEY GATZERT"
of the
REGULATOR LINE
DO NOT MISS THIS
Steamers leave Portland, Alder Street dock,
7:00 A. M. daily, except Sunday, for
The Dalies, Cascade Locks, Hood River
and way landings.
PHONE 914
8. HeOONALO, Agent, Portland, Ortgon.
A. W. ZIMMEMMAN, Agent, The Dallss.Ortgon.
H. C. CAMPBELL, Manager, Ptrtland, Ortgon.
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COMPANY
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Litkograpkers
I Pkone Ma^ 17 208 Aider St.
PORTLAND, ORE.
Ibe SEASIDE
Bath House
Located at the Terminus of the
Aslorfo A Orfmnbia River
RjJIroad
The only salt water bath house on the North
Pacific Ocean. It has a large swimming pool
24 X 70 feet, and 10 feet deep, with a con-
tinuous flow of ocean water running through
the pool. Hot tub baths. Neat bathing suits
to rent for surf bathing. Swimming taught,
with good attendants for beginners. Open
the year round, it being the best summer
resort accessible to Portland.
£. N. ZELLER, Blanager
Seaside, Oregon
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Western Authors and Artists contribute
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CLAXSOP BRACH**^^''^^°*^ Premier Summer Resort
SEASIDE is now ready to extend a cordial welcome to seekers of recreation and rest, and is far better equipped to
take care of this summer's influx of visitors than at any time in the history of Clatsop Beach. The excellent
transportation fiacilities afforded by the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Company is only one of the
Portland-Seaside Flyer en route to Seaside.
many remarkable advantages possessed by Seaside, and this year has already witnessed great and substantial
improvements at this favorite resort, perhaps the most important of which is the installing of a water s^^tem to be
in operation July ist, insuring a supply of pure and wholesome mountain water, which will be hailed with delight
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pleAtture of vmtora at isenside ia only a forerunner of iti future great neⅈ and to keep pace with this widc-flwake
spirit, the A. Sl C. R. K. R., vrhich naw serveathe beach Uitere<itsfK> well, in thoroughly aflve to the neceiisity of pro-
lidiftK improved tranaporlation service, and ia prepared to tuect every rei^uiretneTit in Lhis direction.
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Is 4l£0 a most excellent Katr Dressing— The sweet
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the toilet ■ luxurv ::::;:£
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Attorney
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Lots in the Grove and on the
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Hennosa Park, Ocean Grove
Cottages for rent. Rents Col-
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MANUFACTURBR OF
Fine Beers
& Choice Malt
Your Trade is Solicited
Office 13th and Burnside. Telephone 72
PORTLAND, OREGON
lam the Toffee King|
leefho Seli Candy
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When It Comes to Paint
THE WONDERFUL MERITS OF
AVENARIUS
Carbolineum
SHOULD RECEIVE THE CONSIDERATION
OF EVERY THOUGHTFUL PURCHASER
^ On account of its large covering capacity, Aven-
arius Carbolineum is the cheapest paint on the
market. Oae gallon covers 350 sq. feet of dressed
lumber and 230 square feet of rough lumber.
^ As a paintj with its very attradive nut-brown
color, it is an^ unquestioned success.
^ IN ADDITION it ts ihe only wood preserver tried
and tested by a sufficient number of year'i experience.
Q It is the only efEdent and practical means to prevent rot,
dry rot and decay of wood above or below ground or water.
It preserves wood for at leaft 3 times its natural life, and we
guarantee it wiU double the life of wood if properly applied.
4 It will deitroy chicken lice aad all vermin. Pjiint or iipraythe inter-
tor of yaiir chicken houx with Aveiuiriiu CarboLineum uid you wiM
have health ii^r chickenA and more eggi,
Q Avenarim Carbolineutn hu heeD in use linte 1670 acKJ imported by
ua for over 18 year*. We know it is all we cinim for it and mote.
We know it h no experiment. It is applied with a bnuh Like ordinary
pjint. and no skill is required to use it.
^ Write us today and we shall he glad to show ymi dMidusively that
Avenarius Carbolineum is a moDey-saver From many standpoints.,
Carbofineum Wood Preserving Co.
Department M. 162 FRONT STR££T, Portland. Oregon I
A Few Facts about The Southern Mutual Investment Co.
OF I^ E X I N G T O N • KENTUCKY
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY
Edited by William Bittle WeUs
The entire contents of this Magazine are covered by the seneral copyright and articles must not be reprinted
without special permission. Extracts from articles may be made provided proper
credit is given THE PACIFIC MONTHLY
CONTENTS FOR AUGUST. I904
LES MABTIQUBS, FBANCE (Drawn by Frank Dn Mond (Frontispiece)
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINOS (lUustrated) . . ! . . 67
Alexander Bell and His Kites
George B. Cortelyou
Rock Squirrels at Cloud Cap Inn
The Panama Commission
Largest Generators in the World
"Uncle Joe*' Cannon
THE BATTLESHIP "OREGON" (Illnstxation) 76
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
NAVY (Ulnstrated) Waldon Fawcett 77
THE SCTTLPTOB'S CONCEPTION OF SACAJAWEA ... 86
(Ulnstrated)
THE WHITE LADY (fiction) .... Carl Lonis Eingsbnry 88
In two parts. Concluded.
THE SITE OF FOBT CLATSOP (Ulnstrated) P. W. Gillette 92
THE PLAYHOXTSE (Ulnstrated) .A. Garland 94
THE CHINOOK WIND (poem) . . . . W. C. B. 99
THE EYE OF GANESHA (fiction) . Eleanor M.Hie8tand-Moore 100
THBEE PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE GK>RGE OF THE COLUMBIA 104-105
THE HOME OF PAUL DE LONGPRE (illnstration) 106
PAUL DE LONGPRE AND HIS BEAUTIFUL HOME
(lUustrated) Mary H. Coates 107
DEPARTMENTS
OUR VIEW William Bittle Wells 113
THE MONTH 114
IMPRESSIONS Charles Erskine Scott Wood 118
THE READER 121
THE LIGHTER SIDE 123
PROGRESS 125
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Hill Miitiiry A€(a(al@iniiiy
Corner Twenty-fourth and Marshall Streets, Portland, Oregon
DR. J. W. HILL. Principal
^j^^^, J NEST
^i Academy
in the West. Boys of
any age admitted at
any time. Fall term
begins September 24th.
^1 Preparation for college
" or business career.
Off for a Ride
Clip this Out*
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J. W. HOI, Principal
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EUGENE
BUSINESS
COLLEGE
F. S. HAROUN, President
A Thoroughly Modern
Business College^ preparing
young men and young
women for business life
EUGENE, OREGON
Portland Academy
t— f f Iff tttttf tttttf f f tt«tttitttttttt<ic«f
The sixteenth year will open September 19, 1904.
The Academy proper fits boys and girls for college.
A primary and grammar school receives boys and
girls as early as the age of 6. and fits them for the
Academy.
A gymnasium in charge of a slcllled director Is on
the Academy grounds.
The Academy opened in September, 1902. a boarding
hail for girls. The hall is at 191 Eleventh street^ and
Is under the Immediate supervision of Miss Collna
Campbell.
For Catalogue or further Information, address
Portland Academy, Portland, Ore.
The ALLEN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
nriiia IM|Ool is designed to furnish the t>est advantages
^ for earnest students preparing for college. It also fur-
nishes a strong general course of study for grammar school
graduates. Classes in grammar school studies, eighth and
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Volume XII
AUGUST. 1904
Number 2
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS
Alexander Bell and His
Kites
PEOFESSOR Alex-
ander Bell, the
venerable inventor
of the telephone,
has for several
years been working on the
problem of aerial naviga-
tion, through the flying of
kites. At a recent field-day
of the National Geographic
Society, Professor Bell con-
ducted experiments in kite
flying, for the benefit of the
scientists. The kites used arc
entirely unlike the familiar
patterns, being tetrahedrals,
or four-sided solids, each
face of which is a triangle.
Two of the four faces are
covered with silk, and the
frames are made of light
wood or aluminum. Steel
or aluminimi wire is used
to fly these kites. The kites
used were but six feet on a
side, but Professor Bell has
sailed them as large as
thirty feet. Whether any
Profesgor BeU explaining his new kite airship.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
The kite in the air.
available results were obtained from the
experiments is not known.
George B. Cortelyou
George Bruce Cortelyou, whose rise into
prominence has been almost as rapid as
President Roosevelt's, was bom in New
York in 1862. His recent election as
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee is an honor which is indica-
tive of unquestioned executive ability, and
is a rare compliment to the worth of the
man.
Mr. Cortelyou was appointed by Pres-
ident Roosevelt secretary of the new De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, and
before that department was established
was Secretary to the President. Mr. Cor-
telyou resigns to manage the campaign,
and the Portland Oregonian has this to
say on the subject:
"The selection of Secretary Cortelyou
as Chairman of the Republican National
Committee is the last definite change from
the Hanna to the Roosevelt regime. It
was resisted by the old-line Republicans
because it marked absolutely the passing
of party control into new hands. For
three years Roosevelt has been engineer
of a Hanna-McKinley machine; now it
is his own. Hanna and Quay are gone,
and Piatt is politically moribund. The
Roosevelt era has begun. We do not know
how efficient Cortelyou will be in prac-
tical political direction, or how active and
successful in reaching the great sources of
campaign supply ; but we can surmise that
his nomination was not insisted upon by
Roosevelt and his friends without suffi-
cient guaranty that he is a man to do
things and get others to help do them."
Anent this change in the cabinet, the
Week's Progress, of New York, states
that the retirement of Attorney-General
Knox and the probable appointment of
Secretary Cortelyou as chairman of the
Republican National Committee means
two changes in the cabinet, at least, and
the rumored retirement of Postmaster-
General Payne because of ill-health may
or may not mean another strange face in
the President's official family. It is
known, however, that the President has
no intention of sparing Secretary Cortel-
Profestor Bell liyinff the kite.
GEORGE BKTTCE COKTELTOTT. the new ohairmaii of the Republican Vational Committor.
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Art photograph by Chas. T. Lamb. Taken near
the Lewii and Clark Exposition to be
Portland, Oregon, in 1905.
jou, upon whom he has learned to depend,
from a prominent place in his council.
Wliile acting as chairman of the National
Committee he will be out of the cabinet
onl}'^ temporarily, and it is apparently the
intention to hold back the resignation of
Postmaster-General Payne until after
election when Secretary Cortelyou can
come back to fill that vacancy. Secretary
of the Navy Moody has also declared his
intention of returning presently to his
private practice of law, so that there are
in contemplation four cabinet vacancies
to be filled between now and the reas-
sembling of Congress.
Senator Fairbanks
Charles W. Fairbanks,
who has been nominated
for the Vice-Presidency
on the Republican ticket,
was born in Ohio in
1852. He graduated
from Ohio Wesleyan
University in 1872, and
was admitted to the Ohio
bar in 1874. He then
established a practice in
Indianapolis, Indiana.
He was the Republican
caucus nominee for U.
S. Senator in 1893 from
Indiana, but was de-
feated. He was elected,
however, in 1897, and
his present term will not
expire until 1909. He
was appointed in 1898 a
member of the Joint
High British - American
Commission.
Rock Squirrels at
Cloud Gap Inn
About 6,000 feet high
on one of the sides of Mt.
Hood, Oregon, there is
located a picturesque and
interesting inn. It is
called "Cloud Cap Inn,^^
and is built of huge logs
which are held securely
in place by anchored ca-
bles— a necessary precaution on account
of the fierce gales in winter and the dan-
ger of snow slides. At times the snow
is from 30 to 40 feet deep, but in the
summer Cloud Cap Inn is a most delight-
ful place. There is found near the Inn a
rare species of squirrel, called in this
vicinity the Rock Squirrel. The little ani-
mals are very tame and afford a consid-
erable source of amusement.
Tke Panama Commission
The following men have been appointed
to serve on the Panama Canal Commis-
the ffronnds of
held in
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS.
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South front of the FaJi-af-t'' of Vatiud I&duBti-ieB i^t tbe Str Louii ExpoiitioD.
The Japanese battleghip Atahi.
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sion : Admiral John G. Walker, chairman ;
Gen. G. W. Davis; W. B. Parsons, New
York ; W. H. Burr, New York ;B. M. Har-
rod, Louisiana; C. E. Grunsky, California;
F. J. Hecker, Michigan. Of these, the first
The KooMTelt medallion which has Just been ttmck.
six are engineers, and the last is a *^usi-
ness man,'^ who served as a government
director of transportation during the
Spanish war. Rear Admiral Walker's ap-
pointment as chairman was logical and
satisfactory, as he has participated in tho
investigations of the various possible canal
routes, and has been closely identified with
the canal from the beginning of govern-
mental interest in it. The commission is
not regarded as an especially strong one
to handle so gigantic a problem. The sal-
ary for each commissioner has been fixed
at $12,000 per year, with $15.00 per day
additional while on the Isthmus. Admiral
Walker has submitted to the House Com-
mittee on Commerce an outline of condi-
tions with which it will be necessary to
deal. From thirty to forty thousand la-
borers will be required, most of whom will
be negroes and coolies. It will be need-
ful to thoroughly police the "canal zone,^'
which will have a population approxi-
mately of 70,000.
Largest Generators in tke ^A^orlJ
One of the mammoth 5,000 horse-
power electric generators of the Niagara
Falls Power Company is shown herewith.
Tapestry detail and new gideboard at the White House, desired by Mn. RooteTelt.
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JOSEPH G, CAKNOy. ONE OF THE COUTilTEY'S STB OK G KEH. "
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Frnaidnnt, Bdnt in UqtHi Cut^linK m lS3g.
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Senator Chas. W. Fairbanks.
It is operated by a turbine located oDe
hundred and forty feet below it in a
wheel-pit cut out of solid rock. Connect-
ing the turbine with this generator is a
steel tube or shaft. The generator makes
two hundred and fifty revolutions per
minute. As one horse-power more than
equals the power of ten men, this machine
represents the force of an army of fifty
thousand able-bodied laborers. In the
station where this generator stands there
are ten other similar machines, the total
output of which is fifty thousand horse-
power, or a total of fifty-five thousand
horse-power in the station. This repre-
sents the force of more than a half million
of men. It is by these machines that the
Falls of Niagara are "harnessed." Water
flows from the upper river, through a
canal to penstocks, which carry it down
the pit to the turbines. Leaving the
turbines, the water flows through a tunnel
over a mile long, two hundred feet below
the surface, to the lower river. This
tunnel runs under the heart of the city.
Out of the largest electrio generators in the world.
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS.
vo
A Tiew of Cloud C»p Inn, showing BCt- Hood. Thia majestic mountain Is ll,Sa& f*ct high and
U on* of ftv* snoW'Dipped psAks Tisible from Partland .Oregon. Cloud C*p Itm it litimt^d an oiw of
the ildu of Mt. Hood, kt an aititiidB of mbout 6^000 feot.
The result of a. day's flshinff.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
UNITED STATES NAVY
Tke 0tory oi i^vliat lias been done in a quarter of a century to bring tbe United States
Navy to second place among tke navies of tbe i^vorld
By ^X^aldon Fawcctt
EVERY citizen of the greatest
republic has reason to feel
genuine pride in the marvelous
advancement which has been
made by the United States in
building up a great navy. Less than a
quarter of a century has been required
to assemble under the Stars and Stripes
a fighting fleet which in point of tonnage
afloat ranks third among those of the
nations of the world, with a prospect, ere
many years, of stepping into second place.
Uncle Sam's magnificent squadron of
sea warriors is a creation of the present
generation, and yet more significant is
the fact that it is the product of American
brains and brawn as found in Yankee
navy yards and ship-building plants.
Other new nations setting out to establish
a navy have been content to purchase a
nucleus, at least, from the professional
ship builders of the Old World, who make
a business of turning out warships com-
plete to the last detail and ready for
immediate service. Not so with Miss
Columbia, however. This nation has
V. S. battleship Maine (new). Ohio and Missouri are sister ships.
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The Oregon oominr bow on at full speed. This picture was seoured at risk of life by the photographer.
His frail boat was tossed aside by the great battleship Jnst after the exposure was made.
worked out its own salvation in a naval with scarcely an exception, our quarter
sense as well as in everything else, and, of a thousand floating vehicles of offense
dSUJRI EPIECIK ©IF TTHIIE OIS^EdSOra
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE U. S. NAVY.
71)
and defense have been fashioned by our
own people from materials found in our
own domain.
The close of the Civil War found the
American Navy, in ships as well as men
the most powerful in the worid; but for
fifteen years after the close of the conflict
little attention was paid to building ships
for the navy, until, gradually, the fleet
degenerated to the ignominy of the worid's
standard of inefficiency.
The rehabilitation of the navy began in
the summer of 1881 when there was
cruiser Chicago, which, extensively refitted
so as to constitute a practically new ship
has but recently been chosen as the flag-
ship of our Pacific squadron. She is
325 feet long, 48 feet wide, draws 19 feet
of water and engines of 5,000 horse-power
actuating twin screws drive her at a speed
of about sixteen miles per hour. Her
heaviest armor is, however, only one and
one half inches in thickness.
The two smaller cruisers, the Atlanta
and Boston, which were constructed at
this time are what are known as protected
Tlw azmored omiaer BtooUtb.
appointed a board of officers headed by
Bear Admiral John Rodgers to investigate
and report to Congress upon the condition
and needs of the service. The vigorous
representations of these men gradually
aroused public sentiment and turned the
tide of Congressional policy. In 1883
authority was obtained from the national
legislature, and the Secretary of the Navy
invited proposals for building one cruiser
of 4,500 tons, two of 3,000 tons, each, and
a dispatch boat of 1,500 tons. Tlie
largest of these vessels and the pioneer
of our present splendid navy was the
cruisers and are each 276 feet long, 42
feet wide and draw 17 feet of water. The
dispatch boat which constituted the fourth
member of this first squad of recruits
for the new navy was the Dolphin, which
has for years past been in service as a
private yacht at the disposal of the Presi-
dent of the United States, the Secretary
of the Navy and other high officials. She
is 240 feet in length, and 32 feet wide,
and is armed only with one 6-inch rifle
backed by a few rapid-flre guns. Although
highly useful in a certain sphere the craft
is to this day imique in the navy, it never
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
having been found possible to secure
authorization for the construction of
further vessels of her class.
The next step in the development of
the new navy came with the construction
of the battleship Texas and the protected
cruisers Charleston and Baltimore. The
late William C. Whitney, who was at the
time Secretary of the Navy, purchased
abroad the plans for these vessels, but
fortunately they were changed consider-
ably by the infusion of Yankee ingenuity
ere the ships were completed. During the
all her predecessors in that she carried
armor twelve inches thick, which was cer-
tainly in marked contrast to the one and
one half inch plate which afforded the
sole protection of the pioneers of our
White Squadron.
ITie next addition to our navy brought
under the flag the armored cruiser New
York, the protected cruisers Olympia,
Cincinnati, Raleigh, Detroit, Marblehead
and Montgomery, and the gunboat Ban-
croft. By far the most important of these
was the monster New York, a remarkable
The llrtt-olMt luperimposed torretad battleship Keanarge, tliter of Kentaoky.
Whitney regime also occurred the con-
struction of the ill-fated Maine, the first
new armored ship wholly of America u
design. Both the Maine and the Texn:*
were built directly under government
auspices — ^the Maine at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard and the Texas at the Navy
Yard at Norfolk, Va. Both these vessels
rated as se(*ond-cla88 battleships, the Texas
carrying hut two twelve-inch guns and the
Maine four ten-inch guns where our
modern first-class battleships have four
twelve-inch or thirteen-inch rifles. The
Maine was, however, a great advance over
ship in a variety of ways and one that
marked an epoch in warship construction
not only in the United States but through-
out the world. The New York is an
armored cruiser, whereas all her prede-
cessors had been merely protected cruisers.
In other words?, she haa almost as much
protection as a battleship combined with
greater speed than is usually possessed
by such heavy vessels. The vessel is 380
feet long and 65 feet wide, and has two
sets of engines which are able to drive her
through the water at a speed in excess
of twenty-three miles per hour. In still
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE U. S. XAVY.
81
Torpedo-boat destroyer Deoatur.
another direction did this splendid craft
constitute a distinct departure from prec-
edent. She was wholly unprovided with
sail power. She has masts, to be sure, but,
unlike those in all her predecessors of the
new navy, they are not designed to carry
sails.
Following the Yankee triumph in the
construction of the New York came
another American triumph as a result
of the authorization of 1890 for three
battleships which were to be designed and
constructed with no restrictions to hamper
American genius. Thus were evolved tho
famous Oregon and her two sister ships,
the Indiana and Massachusetts. Good as
were these floating fortresses, improve-
ments were made in the battleship Iowa
which followed them. Then came the
armored cruiser Brooklyn — twenty feet
longer and otherwise an improvement
upon the well-nigh peerless New York,
These heavy fighting ships were supple-
mented by the two fast cruisers Columbia
and Minneapolis, designed for commerce
destroying and scouting duty, and by a
Battleship Alabama, sister of niinois.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Beproduotion of the painting made for the War Department of the famous battle of Santiaco, which
occurred July 8, 1898. The Brooklyn is in the lead, followed by the Oreron.
fleet of torpedo boats which, while involv-
ing a wide range of design and represent-
ing an aggregate in number and tonnage
which appears insignificant in comparison
with the torpedo fleets of some foreign
powers, are yet capable of rendering very
efiicient service.
This brings us down to the new century,
the first product of which is found in
the world-renowned twin battleships
Kearsarge and Kentucky. The feature
which distinguishes these two vessels from
the other warships of our own or any
other navy are what are known as the
superimposed turrets. As every person
knows, the big guns on a battleship are
housed in revolving steel cheese boxes,
known as turrets, set up on deck. In
the case of the Kearsarge and Kentucky
an innovation was made by setting a
second turret on top of each of the
ordinary miniature forts. No other
departure from beaten paths ever pro-
voked such widespread discussion as did
Battleship Iowa.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE U. S. NAVY.
8:i
this ingenious Yankee scheme for placing
one pair of guns above another — the lower
turret at each end of the ship holding two
of the monster thirteen-inch guns, while
above are the two eight-inch guns.
Another novelty which focused the eyes
of the world on the twin battleships was
the first utilization of electricity for turret
turning.
Finally, the Kearsarge and Kentucky
were a revelation in the possibilities of
heavy arming — something for which the
United States has always been famous.
In addition to the eight monster guns in
the two double turrets each battleship
carries a total of nearly fifty rapid-fire
and fifty pound projectiles hurled by the
guns in the big double turrets.
Following the Kearsarge and Kentucky
came other sister vessels, the Alabama
and Illinois of exactly the same dimen-
sions, 368 feet length, 72 feet wide and
drawing 23^ feet of water. The super-
imposed turrets were not, however, intro-
duced in the newer vessels nor in the class
which followed, made up of the first-class
battleships - Maine, Missouri and Ohio.
These latter vessels are each 388 feet
in length, 72 feet wide and draw 23^ feet
of water. They have twelve-inch rifles
for their principal weapons instead of
thirteen-inch guns of the type found on
Tlie double torreted monitor Monterey.
guns, of which fourteen are of the big
five-inch variety, arranged in broadside —
a deadly line of seven of these quick-firing
weapons ranging along either side of the
main deck. Each of these large rapid-
firers hurls a projectile weighing fifty
pounds and one broadside or seven of
these guns would be able during every
minute of a fight to throw fifty-six shots
or a total weight of nearly three thousand
j)Ounds, which hurled at a velocity of
2,300 feet per minute would be sufficient
to lift a modern battleship nine feet in
the air. And all this is without regard
to the terrific destructive force of the
eleven himdred pound and two hundred
the Kearsarge, Kentucky, Alabama and
Illinois, it being claimed that the twelve-
inch gun which has long been used exten-
sively in the British Navy, can be handled
to better advantage than the larger guns.
Meanwhile, returning to his old stand-
by of civil war times, Uncle Sam has,
within the past few years, secured at a
cost of nearly a million dollars each, four
modernized single-turret harbor defense
monitors, the Arkansas, Florida, Nevada
and Wyoming, each carrying two of the
twelve-inch guns and a host of rapid-fire
weapons of various calibres. Likewise we
have within the half decade added to our
floating strength a fleet of sixteen torpedo-
84
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
BAttleship LouitiMia, tUter of Gonneoticat.
boat destroyers and about a dozen torpedo
boats of uniform designs.
Eapid as has been our progress in
acquiring floating fortresses up to this
time, it pales in significance beside the
great fleet now building or under contract.
Just to indicate the scale on which addi-
tions are now being made to our water-
borne defenses it may be pointed out that
whereas our navy now contains a total
of only eleven first-class battleships, there
are in the shipyards and in varying stages
of completion, a total of thirteen first-class
battleships, or more than our entire pres-
ent strength, and this, too, is without re-
gard to the battleship New Hampshire
authorized by the last Congress, and the
contract for which has not yet been let.
Leaving out of consideration the new
vessels just authorized, and the designs
for which have not been fully determined
upon, we have thirty-one vessels building
as against two hundred and fifty-two now
in our navy. However, nearly all of the
new ships are fighters of good size while
included in the present strength are many
tugs, converted yachts and other minor
craft. But to make another comparison
which will emphasize what a tremendous
building programme we have under way,
it may be cited that the total tons dis-
placement of the naval vessels now in serv-
ioo is 531,886 with 767,088 indicated
hori?e-power represented in tlieir engines.
The now ships yet in the hands of the
workmen will aggregate 349,431 tons and
481,300 indicated horse-power. This will
gi\iB us a grand total when all these ships
are in commission of 881,317 tons and
1,248,388 horse-power. Great Britain
has a total tonnage of 1,485,105 while
France has at present but 781,754. How-
ever, France will, in all probability, have a
sufficient number of new vessels afloat ere
we gain our impending increase to keep
Uncle Sam in third place instead of allow-
ing him to move up at once to second
place, as would be indicated by the above
figures.
Among the new battleships are the
Connecticut and Louisiana — monsters
450 feet in length and 16,000 tons dis-
placement— to the construction of which
special interest attaches because one is
building in a private shipyard and the
other in a government navy yard, in order
to determine whether Uncle Sam or pri-
vate enterprise can do things most quickly.
An interesting group of duplicate battle-
ships is made up of the Georgia, Nebraska,
New Jersey, Rhode Island and Virginia.
Each of these is 435 feet long, 76 feet wide
and displaces nearly 15,000 tons of water.
Like all our newer battleships their heavi-
est battery consists of four twelve-inch
guns. A slight improvement upon these
designs is found in the plans for the yet
newer Idaho class of battleships.
Especially significant in our recent war-
ship building is the fact that Miss Colum-
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE U. S. NAVY.
85
bia has, after an interval of neglect, gone
back to the armored cruiser type of sea
fighter which won world-wide fame when
Yankee naval architects evolved the New
York and later the Brooklyn. There are
now well on the way to completion eight
superb new armored cruisers bearing the
names California, Colorado, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Washington and Wisconsin. Each is 502
feet in length — one hundred feet longer
than the pioneer armored cruisers and
longer than any of our battleships — and
they have from 23,000 to 25,000 horse-
power in herculean engines which will
hurl them through the water at speeds
in excess of twenty-five miles per hour.
In addition to this big array of the "cav-
alry of the sea" the new program author-
izes two more armored cruisers, to be
named the North Carolina and Montana,
and three scout cruisers which will act
as "the eyes of the fleet.'^ Incidently the
conditions in our new possessions have
made it necessary to provide a number of
gunboats, some of which will soon be com-
pleted, and the growth in the scope of
Uncle Sam's floating schools for young
^'Jackies'' has necessitated the letting of
contracts for new training ships of the
Cumberland class which have steam and
sail power combined.
BwiBffinff a IS'inch gvax into place on board the Orecon*
The battleship Wisconsin.
THE SCULPTORS CONCEPTION OF
SACAJAWEA
inere nave been no previoua attempta to produce a likeness of Sacaja'wea (BirdTironian)^
-who guided Lewis and Clark tkrougk several thousand miles of i?irildemess to tke
Pacrnc Coast. Inasmuck as tkere kas come doi^vn to us no means by i^vkick any
individual peculiarities of {ace, figure or gesture could be traced out, tke conceptions
of tke two sculptors kerewitk reproduced kave a peculiar and lasting value.
THERE is a cer^
tain fascination
in studying dif-
ferent concep-
tions of the
same subject by twa
sculptors who are widely
separated by distance^
tomperament and the in*
fluences of environment^
and this is particularly
true when the theme is.
so fro«]i and untried m
that of Sacajawea, the-
Indian girl - wife and
mother, who guided"
Lewis and Clark through
several thousand mile*
of savage wilderness to-
the Pacific.
An Eastern and a
Western city have been
the scene of the activities,
of the two sculptors, Miss-
Alice Cooper (Chicago)
and Bruno Louis Zimm
(New York), who have
been working out their
conceptions of Sacajawea
for the Lewis and Clark
Fair and the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.
Miss Cooper is em-
bodying in her statue all
the freedom, dramatic-
intensity and unconquer-
able courage of the West,
Sacajawea standing with
uplifted arm and ardent
praze pointing toward the-
distant sea.
"The one exquisite
touch, however, that dif-
ferentiates this statue-
, - , , , , . ^ ^ « , from every other is tha
Lateit tketoh model of statue of Sacajawea for Lewis and Clark Fair. v i i j i
Miss Cooper's conception. chubby, round-eycd pap-
THE SCULPTOR'S CONCEPTION OF SACAJAWEA.
87
poose that peeps over Sacajawea's shoulder
from under the buffalo robe. Without this
mark of humanity, Sacajawea, with her
superb fearlessness, would resemble aii
Indian D i-
ana."
Bruno
Zimm's con-
cepiion, on
the contrary,
is of patience
that endures
to the end,
' heroism min-
gl ed with
meekness,
weariness that
knows no rest.
While less
flramatic and
impassioned
in pose than
Miss Cooper's
it is strictly
in accord
with the facts
that have
•come down to
us in the jour-
nals of Lewis
« n d Clark.
Mr. Z i m m
says:
"In form-
ing my con-
■eeption, I
tried to avoid
the old, hack-
neyed pose,
with the hand
shading the
eyes, an atti-
t u d e which
Tias been used
on every occa-
sion of In-
d i a n depic-
t u r e, and
which, what-
•ever its artis-
tic beauty, is
•certainly very
commonplace.
"My statue is
supposed t o
•exhibit Saca-
jawea as she may have appeared when
crossing the Rockies, a weary, searching
expression on her face and in her eye,
looking out toward the West for the large
water, the
habitat of
the whale,
which s u b-
sequently s o
excited her
curiosity. The
dress, for the
reason of her
long captivity
by the Minne-
tarees, is of
that tribe/'
Thus it will
be seen that
realism is the
keynote to
M r. Zimm's
conception of
Sacajawea.
Every detail
i s painstak-
ing, exact,
true to the
most petty de-
tail of those
hard and toil-
some days of
travel over the
Rockies.
Miss Cooper
on the con-
trary has
idealized her
theme, lifting
her heroine
above the
plane of the
commonplace
into a loftier
and nobler
realm, trans-
forming her
into the very
spirit of the
West, keen of
vision, daunt-
less of henrt,
pressing
ward
statue of Sacajawea made for St. Louis Fair by Bruno Zimm.
on-
with
rapt purpose
and unreiiiit-
ting zeal to
the goal.
THE WHITE LADY
A iKreird tale of mystery and adventure in ike sno^w-slirouded (sLBtneeeeB of tke mountainfl
IN TWO PARTS-PART II
By Carl Loius Kingsbury
AFTER seeing Dick comfortably
established I made my way
back to Brown's and reported
the realistic outcome of the
accident that he had desired.
Brown was much concerned ; he urged me
to take a quarter of the mutton and return
at once.
"I'll be over airly in the morning;
airly/' he told me; "I'll be riggin' up
a sled to fetch Eastlake over here on
in the morning."
"0' course you fellers could come and
camp on me with impunerty but camping
on the Mexican — ^that's different; I'll
be over airly."
"Thompson is due to-morrow, to take
us back to the station," I remarked.
'TTou all c'n go all right; it ain't
going to hurt a spraint ankle none to ride
on a easy buckboard. Now you git back
and stay right with Eastlake until I come
in the morning."
It was nine o'clock. The three of us,
Dick and the Mexican and I, were sitting
before the fire, a silent party, for it
seemed impossible to engage the Mexican's
attention on any subject, though he was
plainly above the average of his country-
men in intelligence, when Dick remarked,
glancing at the meat that still lay on the
table where I had deposited it on first
entering :
"I'm as hungry as a wolf" — ^he got no
further, the Mexican turned on him with
flashing eyes; — "AYhat for you speak like
that?" he checked himself abruptly; "It
is true, senor, no doubt that you have
much hunger, and your friend has brought
food; we will eat." He got up, starting
toward the door of the room that I after-
ward knew to be the kitchen, but paused
to say, apologetically; "I have not so
great of food myself ; the snow, it is deep,
and never, at any time, was I of mucii
success with a gim."
The meal to which he presently called
ns consisted of mutton steaks and water —
nothing more. "It is that the snow is
so deep," the Mexican again explained
as I took my seat at the table while he
filled a plate and glass for Dick to whom
supper was served on a little table beside
his chair.
The Mexican sat with me, his back to
the door of the room in which Dick sat;
I had not heard the opening of the closed
door where the woman waited but, pres-
ently, Dick's voice sounded, clearly and
questioningly :
"Good evening, madam, — I, the gentle-
man who runs this establishment — ^"
The gentleman who ran the establish-
ment, his face the color of grey ashes,
had already bounded to his feet, and, in
three swift strides, was beside Dick's
table. I, curious to know why he should
become so painfully excited because his
wife had chosen to show herself at last,
was close behind him.
Before the fire, slightly supporting her-
self against the back of a high chair,
stood a woman, smiling down upon Dick,
who was returning her regard with a look
of intense surprise. She was a tall
woman, magnificently dressed, notwith-
standing that she was within doors, in "x
cloak or mantle, of softest white fur. The
mantle was so long that it reached to her
feet, which I observed, as she advanced
one of those slender members toward the
blaze, were also clad in white fur.
"I grew weary of lying still." She
tossed the explanation over her shoulder
to the Mexican, much as she might have
tossed a bone to a hungry dog, and I
am bound to say, he received it with
something of the expression and air that
the canine might have done. The woman
again turned to Dick, who is very hand-
some; from his face her eyes — yellow
eyes, with more than a hint of ferocity
in their depths — ^turned slowly to the
scanty supper on the table beside him.
"You furnish your guests but poor
entertainment; you should have called on
THE WHITE LADY.
89
me to assist you." She glanced at the
Mexican and laughed mockingly.
"1 do that that I can ; you know I would
do better were it in my power," the Mex-
ican assured her, humbly, and I saw, with
wonder, that his forehead was beaded with
perspiration and that his hands were
trembling.
"You should have called me," she
repeated, and Dick hastened to declare;
"We have done very well indeed. We
owe you and your husband apologies for
this intrusion; it was, as you see," nodding
slightly toward his injured foot — "una-
voidable."
"Make no apologies," the White Lady —
as I had mentally christened her — said,
smiling slightly, "My — ^husband — ^here,
has a saying, the Lord will provide, and
this is a provision. To-morrow there
will be food in plenty — for me."
"I said it to you but once — once — when
we were starving, Cyrene. May the Mother
of God be merciful! It was sacrilege,"
murmured the man, in a broken voice.
"My friends helped us then; we shall
not need to call upon them this time —
although, as you told the senor, the snow
is deep," the White Lady responded with
a smile that revealed, rather unpleasantly
long, white teoth. Perhaps I am over
fanciful, but her smile seemed to me a
thing to shudder at. The thin, scarlet
lips curled back and the yellow eyes glit-
tered. She still maintained the station
that she had first taken beside the high
chair but, as she made the last remark,
she gave an impatient movement and the
furred mantle slipped from one shoulder
revealing, to our astonished eyes, a
blood-stained bandage about the exposed
shoulder and neck. With a smothered
exclamation, the Mexican sprang to her
side.
"Will you not lie down? You take
risks; lie down," he said entreatingly,
readjusting the mantle.
^Tlisks!" she retorted, scornfullv; ^^I
shall take more — many more — ^unless^ — •
to-morrow — there shall be much food in
the cabin. Is it not so?" she glared at
him questioningly.
The Mexican stamped his foot in sud-
den, uncontrollable rage.
"Always it is that you are hungry ! But
no, a thousand times no!" he cried sav-
agelv.
The White Lady dropped into the chair
beside which she had been standing and
stretched her hands toward the fire. "You
are not wise, Cordova, it would be weU
to gratify me." As the man whom she
caUed Cordova made no reply she turned
to Dick and continued, in a thin, high
voice, "This, it is a far and a cold country.
We dwellers in the wilderness know its
dangers, its hunger, its trackless solitudes
as none other can." She paused and Dick
nodded assent without speaking ; his seem-
ing indifference apparently piqued her for
there was a distinct suggestion of a whine
in her voice as she continued:
"To wander amid the snows all day,
to feel the cutting wind upon one's face,
to hear the wild voices of the creatures
who haunt these solitudes, to feel set
apart and homeless, that is the heart of
all loneliness, and, after that, crowning
it all, comes hunger."
"What a singular creature ; what a mys-
terious creature ! Who is she, what is she,
whence does she come, and whither does
she go?" I questioned, melitally, with
an underlying thought that, so far, the
AVhite Ijady's remarks, few as they had
been, had brought up, and ended, with a
sort of linguistic crash against the one
dominating idea of hunger.
Cordova had seated himself in such a
way that his eyes were fixed on the gleam-
ing orbs of the White Lady. It struck
me, after a furtive glance or two, that
they were compelling eyes, this in despite
of the abject manner in which he had
entreated her but a moment before, and
that they were commanding the White
I,ady. Presentlv she desisted from her
attempt to set Dick to talk and looked
at the Mexican.
"There is more than one way of doing
a thing," she said, coldly; "since you
will not agree to the thing that I desire,
play."
"Not to-night," Cordova implored, his
voice quivering with anxiety, "You are
hurt—"
"Plav." she reiterated.
"No!"
'^es, else—"
"I will plav, but I will have no treach-
ery. Kemember that."
"There shall be none — as you mean it.''
I had, before this, noticed a violin lying
on a table in the corner. It seemed fitting
that the instrument should voice the
further expression of this mystifying
90
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
pair, with their puzzling conversation.
The Mexican took the violin and began
playing. It was the one strain that the
depot agent had tried to catch, alluringly,
insistently, entreatingly given; that one
strain and no other, the player repeated
it a half dozen times and stopped.
"It is enough,^' he said, bitterly.
"It is enough — ^and you, you are a
coward!" With the words, the White
Lady arose, stealing softly toward the
door. "It is enough," she repeated, and,
opening the door, stepped out into the
freezing winter night. The door closed
upon her but not before there came to our
ears the sound of many scurrying, padded
feet. The violin dropped from the Mex-
ican's shaking grasp, he covered his face
with his hands and groaned aloud.
Dick half rose from his chair. "Now,"
he cried, "What does this mean, why do
you allow that lady to go alone into the
night, in this wilderness, and in this
weather ?*'
"Neither the wilderness or the weather
affect her, and I will answer no questions.
You came here uninvited, senor," returned
the Mexican, recovering his nerve.
We were given sleeping quarters in one
of the adjoining rooms and, for reasons,
I purposely left the door between it and
the larger room ajar. We both lay down
without undressing; I was resolved not
to lose myself in sleep: there was some-
thing so eerie, so inexplicable in our
surroundings and companionship that,
it seemed to me, a case for watchfulness.
What DicFs intentions were I could not
say but I know that it was long before
he slept, as I could tell by his restless
movements.
As I lay in my bunk I could see the
Mexican hovering over the fire in the next
room ; his attitude was one of the deepest
dejection. Evidently, the night was to
bring no sleep to him. Dick's regular
breathing at length proclaimed that he
slept, and I think I must have lost myself
in a doze, for I had seen or heard no
one enter when I was roused by the sound
of low voices in the next room and I
opened my eyes to see the White Lady
standing by the side of the Mexican with
one slim white hand upon his shoulder
entreating him, apparently without effect,
so much was plain from their attitude
and the expression on their faces. I could
not catch their words until, becoming
angered, the White Lady raised her voice.
"I am absolved from that promise. Why
should I have kept it, what are promises
to me? But I have kept it — ^because It
suited me to do so; it is you who have
broken our compact. None, not one
himian foot was to cross this threshold
while I remained."
"Cyrene," in his excitement the Mex-
ican spoke more loudly, "you know the
circumstances."
"Bah, what care I for circumstances!
And it was one of them who gave me
this." She touched the reddened bandage
with one claw -like hand, continuing
angrily, "We went far and found nothing.
They have chased away the game — at
least, they have chased it out of my reach
fpr the present. See," she tore savagely
at the bandage on her shoulder — ^'^my
wound bleeds again — ^"
"I told you, Cyrene, that you incurred
a risk — "
"Risk ! Give me satisfaction. I would
not let them go on without me and I
return, as I went, hungry. I am weary
of hunger; I will forgive your breach
of faith if you will — ^"
"I will not, I have told you." Both
voices were louder and the Mexican rose
to his feet. The White Lady stood in
front of him ; she placed a hand on either
of his shoulders as she said, "You need
do nothing only keep out of the way, it is
all I ask. It is not much."
"Not much! Oh, you devil, you devil.
Outcast of God and man that I am, that
will I not do. For you, soulless, I have
accepted damnation — ^"
"He is so beautiful," urged the White
Lady in a sibilant whisper, "So beautiful.
And these blonds — ." The Mexican, his
eyes glittering ominously, gave her an
angry push, the mantle fell still farther
from her shoulder, she rearranged it with
a steady hand but the hand was reddened
with blood when she held it up before
Cordova's eyes.
"Sec!" she said, "I suffer, it is well
that I have satisfaction. You do not care
that my blood stains this hand — and
yours !" With a sudden gesture she swept
her dripping hand across his palm and
laughed to see the crimson stain that it
left. "It is as well," she went on calmly
enough, "I am tired of you. I told you
that I should tire of you sooner or later.
You are a tame coward, but you shall not
THE WHITE LADY.
91
balk me, I have always had my own way,
and I always shall/^
"Not if it lies through this man^s heart,
Cyrene. No, not for you or all your kind.''
"One's way may deviate, somewhat, it
need not always lie through a white man'3
heart ; other hearts will do. And, alway?,
you are a poor hunter, Cordova. My own
and the wilderness are better. Good
night."
The door opened, closed again, and
Cordova brooded alone over the dying fire.
Brown was on hand with the sled before
sunrise the next morning but he seemed
to regard his arrival as late enough to
require some apology.
"I've had to break roads most of the
way," he said, ^^ut we'll get you out o'
this, now, in a jiffy."
The Mexican had disappeared on
Brown's arrival and we left without seeing
him again.
Dick^s foot was much better when, late
in the afternoon. Hank Thompson put in
an appearance, and he professed himself
as willing and able to start at once on the
return journey. But Thompson vetoed
that proposition.
"It's too late in the day to start out
now," he said, "We'll get a soon start in
the morning, all right, but we may's well
inflict our comp'ny on Brown for to-
night."
We stayed accordingly. Once, twice,
thrice, during the night Dick and I, lying
wakeful, heard the wild cry that was so
like the wailing note on the Mexican'^
violin, and even the stolid Hank had been
disturbed by the crying, as we learned at
breakfast.
"Heard wolves hoUerin' 'round to beat
the band last night," he remarked, "They
must be gittin' purty thick since the
bounty^s took off."
^TTes," Brown assented, "they are."
Presently, Thompson went out to hitch
up his mules. His departure was fol-
lowed, directly, by an excited and urgent
shout :
"Come out here; come quick!"
What we found, when we reached the
spot that Hank indicated, was the torn
and mangled body of the Mexican, Cor-
dova, lying in a blood-stained wallow of
snow.
"Must a' been comin' over here and the
wolves ketched him," Hank said, soberly.
"But why didn't he holler? We could a'
heard him, this nigh the house; why in
time didn't he holler?"
A tuft of white fur still tightly clutched
in one mangled hand may have been the
answer to that question. Cordova had
made no outcry; was his life given for
another ? Had he purposely kept silence ?
When we reached the station we found
that the afternoon train, true to its tradi-
tions, was some hours late. Before it came
we had seen the coroner and knew that he
was on his way to the cabin, far away
in the mountain solitudes, where lay the
body of the Mexican.
Twilight was deepening into dusk when,
far down the track, a single wavering
star grew and brightened and we knew
that the belated train was approaching.
Within the lonely little station house Dick
and the operator and I waited. Suddenly,
"Holy Moses, what's that!" shouted the
operator, pointing, as he spoke, to one
of the rear windows.
Framed in the frosty panes, as we
looked, was a strange white face. A face
with long, gleaming teeth showing white
between parted scarlet lips and with flam-
ing yellow eyes that glared at Dick, at
Dick alone.
In an instant we were on the platform
outside. Within that instant the traip
thundered up with a roar and a rumble
that shook the earth.
It was the voice of the great world
calling us back to the known and the
commonplace.
We ran around the depot to the rear
window. Nothing there, but, away across
the field, going: as lightly as thistle-down
blown before the wind, ran a guant white
wolf, making back to the mountains from
whence we had come.
THE SITE OF FORT CLATSOP
^WLere tke first land \nr^a cleared and bouses built by American citizens on tbe
Pacmc Coast
By P. W. GiUette
Looatinff the ti^ht of Fort Clatsop. At the extreme left is Silas B. Smith, the desoendant of
Oobaway, the Clatsop chief. In the oenter are L. B. Cox and C. W. Shane. All three are deceased.
At the extreme right is the writer of this article.
SOME three years ago the Oregon
Historical Society, realizing the
necessity of permanently establish-
ing the location of Fort Clatsop,
deputized Mr. L. B. Cox to visit
the locality, in the company of the writer,
and to leave such marks as will permit no
future doubt as to the exact site. In the
party were also Silas B. Smith, Judge
Galloway and Carlos W. Shane. The lat-
ter is an old settler, who was at one time
in possession of the ground occupied by
the fort.
The writer was able to identify the ex-
act spot, and, by the relative location of
standing timber, to determine the boun-
daries of the pallisade. Stakes were
driven, so that the site of the fort — the
"Plymouth Eock of the Pacific'^ — is fixed
for all time.
Fort Clatsop, so named by Lewis and
Clark for the Clatsop Indians who occu-
pied the surrounding country, is situated
on the west bank of the river Netdle, now
the Lewis and Clark River, one and a half
miles above its mouth, and three miles
from the Pacific Ocean, in Clatsop
County, Oregon.
Lewis and Clark reached and selected
this point on the 7th day of December,
1805, and on the 8th commenced to cut
down trees, clear land and build their
cabins. They erected seven cabins in all ;
the smokehouse was built first, in order
to have a place to smoke and dry their
meat. A storehouse was built for their
ammunition, stores, etc. ; a small cabin for
Tousaint Chabonau, the interpreter, and
his wife, "Sac-a-ja-wea," and the remain-
der of the cabins were used as quarters for
the officers and men. As soon as the
houses were completed, they constructed
a strong stockade around the clearing, as
a protection against the Indians.
The stockade enclosed something over
a half an acre of land, and stood on the
high land, about two hundred yards back
from the river; within and on the north
side of the inclosure was a beautiful
spring, which supplied the garrison with
an abundance of pure water. After the
fort was completed, a number of men were
set to work to survey and open a trail
through the forest to the ocean, three miles
west.
Fortunately they found a dividing ridge
THE SITE OF FORT CLATSOP.
1»3
running almost due west, and nearly
through the timber, to the Skipenon
Creek, across which they felled a tree for
a bridge. This stream ran through a
broad marsh, through which the men were
obliged to wade. When the writer came
to Oregon in 1852 this trail was in pretty
good condition, having been kept open by
Indians and wild animals. I have walked
over it many times.
The houses of Fort Clatsop were built
of round logs and roofed with "split
shakes,'^ and the cracks chinked with tim-
ber and moss.
When Lewis and Clark left Fort Clat-
sop, March 28, 1806, they gave the fort,
houses and furniture to Co-ba-way, the
Clatsop chief, with whom they were very
friendly.
Some of Co-ba-way^s grandchildren yet
live on Clatsop Plains. One of his daugh-
ters married a white man, Mr. S. H.
Smith, who crossed the plains in 1834.
Fort Clatsop is a spot of great historic
importance. There the first land was
cleared and houses built by American citi-
zens on the Pacific Coast; there our flag
was first planted by officers and soldiers of
the United States, by direction of Presi-
dent Jefferson.
On the same trip a visit was paid
to the "Salt Caim,^^ where Lewis and
Clark boiled sea water to extract salt
for their use. The appearance and
location of the "Cairn" is sufiicient
evidence that it is the one referred
to by members of the expedition; but
the best possible testimony was from
the lips of the old squaw, "Stin-is-tum/^
or Jennie Micheal, as she is now called.
The old woman — she is over 80 — ^was
brought to the spot, and testified that her
mother had often told her of Lewis and
Clark, and had spoken of this pile of
stones as the place where they made salt.
It is noteworthy that Stin-is-tum is one
of the three (one man and two women)
sur\iving full-blood Clatsop Indians.
8tin-is-tum, who located the "salt cairns" of Lewis and Clarli.
THE PLAYHOUSE
By A. Garland
Xadffe Cur Cooke u "Xn. Winrt."
DAVID BELASCO is in the en-
viable though somewhat difficult
position of living up to his rep-
utation. Within the last few
years he has made three stars
whose popularity is on the increase. He
is now confronted with the question : Hav-
ing outshone all other managers, can I
now outshine myself? Mr. Belasco is the
one producer who furnishes veritable sur-
prises to theatergoers, nnd this season^s
was the appearance of Henrietta Crosman
in his play "Sweet Kitty Bellairs/'
founded on Egerton Castle's novel "The
Bath Comedy." Mr. Belasco has a the-
ater of his own, and four stars — Mrs. Les-
lie Carter, Blanche Bates, David Warfidd
and Henrietta Crosman, all of whom have
made record runs.
So far as supporting companies are con-
cerned, Mr. Belasco has set a standard no
other manager seems willing, if able, to
equal; and when it comes to the staging
of a piece, it is perhaps true that Mr. Be-
lasco surpasses them all.
m m m
There are two classes of people to whom
success is never begrudged — to the one
who has honestly and laboriously earned
it, and to the other who has attained it
easily and yet wears it so graciously that
we are glad that it has come without the
usual attendant drudgery. To these two
divisions a mother and her daughter be-
long, Madge Carr Cooke and Eleanor Rob-
son. The former, after long years in
stock work and character parts in many
and various companies, is now a star in
"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch/' a
play the box office receipts of which are
in correct proportion to the selling quali-
ties of the book itself. Eleanor Kobson,
her daughter, came into prominence not
more than three years ago in "A Balcony."
She followed that by appearing as Kyrle
Bellew's leading woman, and then, most
pretentious of all, she essayed Juliet. Even
those critics who thought it impossible
for her to make a characterization merit-
ing praise, found her interpretation de-
lightful. Miss Robson had seen no one
act the part and her reading had the claim
to originality. This year she is the little
'^slavey" in a dramatization of Israel
ZangwilFs story "Merely Mary Ann." It
was said that she fell in love with the
quaint character of Mary Ann before she
thought of playing the role, and those
who have read the book will remember
that the tale breaks off suddenly, leaving
doubt as to the ending.
Mary Ann, the tiny maid of all work,
fresh from the green meadows, has come
into all the horrors of a London lodging
house, and, unknowingly, falls in love
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95
with a young composer, Lancelot. In
poverty and failure, with a desperate
craving for human sympathy, he turns
more and more to Mary Ann, and accepts
her genuine devotion. At last he is forced
into doing what he considers hack work
— writing a popular air — and with the
despised reward he decides to leave Lon-
don for the country. Mary Ann, in all
her innocence, begs to go with him, and at
last he consents. Then comes the news
that Mary Ann has fallen into a fortune,
and now Lancelot's pride makes him re-
fuse all that Mary Ann more eagerly than
ever offers.
Here it was the story ceased, and Miss
Robson begged Mr. Zangwill to tell us
Arnold Daly and Dorothy Donnelly in "Candida.*'
DC)
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David Warfield, a clever actor who owei much of his laooess to
Belaaoo'i management.
how it ended, and so "they married and
lived happily'* act was tacked on. A very
simple and almost trite plot, and yet
"Merely Mary Arm," with its Dickens-
esque flashes of humor and pathos, is very
real to us. Miss Eobson has the greatest
of all gifts — ^the power to touch our hearts.
* * *
It must be encouraging to start out
with all the earmarks which attend
genius; to have in rapid succession those
disappointments which are meant to try
one's courage and whet one's ambition. It
would seem as though when discourage-
ments pressed hardest, something must
have whispered to Arnold Daly, "keep on
— this is but the payment exacted in ad-
vance for honors soon to come.'' Mr.
Daly kept on, and his is the greatest per-
sonal triumph of the sea-
son. As an experiment,
he produced at a matinee,
George Bernard Shaw's
"Candida." The audience
was made up largely of
players, but his fame
spread.
Then came the chance
to fill in a week's engage-
ment; the critics were
united in * their wonder-
ing praise, and the pub-
lic began to take notice.
WinchcU Smith, Mr.
Daly's manager, believed
in the venture, and the
tiniest theater in New
York, "The Vaudeville,"
was leased. Then came
the fire regulations, and
while "The Vaudeville"
was undergoing these
changes, some place must
be secured. Mr. Smith
besought the "Carnegie
Lyceum Company," but
they refused, as one of
their rules forbade the
moving in of scenery. He
offered to play with their
scenery, and so one night
was provided for, but the
following evenings had
been engaged in advance
by others. He endeav-
ored to persuade "The
Strollers," whose stage is
of an ironing-board dimensions, but no
woman had ever played in their club-
house and it took much labor to induce
them to be gallant, but at last the much
traveled "Candida" had a home for a sec-
ond evening.
No place else could be discovered, and
so "Candida" went back to daily matinees
at "Carnegie Lyceum." Then the New
York Kindergarten Association asked Mr.
Daly to play a benefit matinee, and if
there is one organization which contains
the elect in the fashionable worid, this is
the one. The seats sold for ten dollars
apiece, and even the passes which went to
the critics were paid for at that rate, but
Arnold Daly now had the stamp of ap-
proval from Fifth Avenue, and what mat-
tered all his previous hardships?
Scene from "Sweet Kitty Bellairs," Henrietta Crosmaa's succeuful play of the past season.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
MlM Eleanor Robion u "Mary Ann."
Mr. Daly's first hit was in "Pudden'-
head Wilson/^ with Frank Mayo. Mr.
Mayo is one of the young actor's idols;
he and Eleanore Duse, a large portrait of
whom, together with an autograph letter,
hangs in the lobby, are the patron saints
of "The VaudeviUe." Mr. Daly has de-
cided views as to his work. "I don't want
to star. Any actor can get a backer and
do that, but every one can't play. A good
production is what I care about, no mat-
ter whether I have the best role or not."
He is very young and very enthusiastic,
and this is only the beginning of his
work; if he keeps on as he has begun, he
will be a worthy successor to, if not even
greater than, Mr. Mansfield.
* * *
When each season brings its crop of
theatrical failures, and this year's is a
plentiful one, there comes the annual hue
and cry for the ignored American dra-
matist. But does he exist, and is he go-
ing the rounds with his wonderful play
to which no manager is willing to listen?
Why do not these same critics advertise
that they are willing to advocate his cause,
and the honor of discovery will be theirs ?
Playwrights are all too scarce, and
managers know that few patrons are at-
tracted purely by reason of the author of
a piece. Take Richard Harding Davis.
He is well known, his novels are liked, but
his first play, a dramatization of "Soldiers
of Fortune," was not carried to success
by the power of his name, but by the breez-
iness of Mr. Edeson. What happened to
his next play, "The Taming of Helen,"
with even a better cast ? It was soon taken
off, and now this season, after his appren-
ticeship at play-buildihg, comes his first
real play, "The Dictator," with William
Collier in the leading role. Even the
magic of Clyde Fitch's name could not save
"Glad Of It," and if "The Other Girl,"
written by Augustus Thomas, had not
been the cleverest comedy which has ap-
peared this winter, it would not have been
playing to packed houses, but would have
gone the way of his "Colorado."
Another case directly in point is that of
George Ade. ^Teggy From Paris" did not
draw because of his fame, but when that
was taken off, his newer "The County
Chairman" proved so popular that it has
lasted the rest of the season.
This year has been an unprofitable one
for the theaters, and consequently the list
of revivals has been large and the number
of Shakespearean productions remarkable.
There is less expense and not so much risk
connected with a revival, wherefore Fran-
cis Wilson and De Wolf Hopper returned
to their former successes, "Erminie" and
"Wang." "The Two Orphans" was put on
with an all-star cast, and it was a pleasure
to see the younger generation who made
up the larger part of the audience.
THE CHINOOK WIND.
yy
So far as Shakespeare
is concerned, he draws
no royalties, and can not
complain of how his
plays are put on. Viola
Allen and Mr. Greet^s
company of Elizabethan
players presented
^'Twelfth Night,'' the
first, in a very modem
and gorgeous produc-
tion; the second, in the
way it was done in
Shakespeare's time.
Ada Eehan and Otis
Skinner as joint stars in
*'The Merchant of Ven-
ice" and ''The Taming
of the Shrew" were thor-
oughly artistic, but the
really wonderful im-
personation — the one
creation which brought
new light to bear on the
most fascinating and
hardest of roles — was
the Hamlet Forbes Rob-
ertson gave us. He made
the moody Dane a hu-
man being — rational in
every way. His reading
was delightful, his voice
the most flexible of any
modem actor and his
face and physique ideal
for that character.
David BeUioo.
THE CHINOOK WIND
Bom of the breath of the ocean
And warmed by the son-kissed sand
On the shifting dnnes of Clatsop
And the westmost sea-girt land,
To the ice-littered crest of the mountains
The deep bellied snows of the plain
Unlocking the source of the fountains
With the soft soothing breath and the rain.
Warm as the tints of the even
The sundown portals gave
Soft as the breast of the ocean.
Strong as the sweep of her wave,
Up the inland stretch of waters,
By the ice king's hoary throne,
Quickening ever slumbering nature.
Calling springtime to its own.
W. C. B
THE EYE OF GANESHA
By Eleanor M. Hiestand-Moore
WHEN Professor Bodley was
up on Puget Sound maldng
observations on the Japanese
current, I assisted him up to
the time when the Navi\f^-
tion Commission notified us that the ap-
propriation for this special work was ex-
hausted. In the days of unlimited leisure
wliich intervened, Bodley took to writing
articles on the hyperborean tribes, while I
continued to angle for seaweed and evolve
theories upon the migration of aquatic
life. One morning I went over to Lummi's
Island at the Indian reservation, and it
was on the south beach I picked up the
remarkable relic which I have since called
the Eye of Ganesha. Much to my sur-
prise. Professor Bodley refused to recog-
nize the importance of this discovery, al-
though he was deeply interested in dem-
onstrating the great power of portage in
ocean currents. The moment I saw this
very peculiar object lying in a heap of
cobblestones, I apprehended its import-
ance.
It was a black stone, very heavy, of
obscure composition, resembling jade more
than anything else, ovoid in shape, smooth
on one side but upon the other marked
with a few vague lines in which I could
plainly trace an attempt to delineate a
human eye. It seemed to me as I exam-
ined it that on the black surface of the
stone I could detect faint indications of
color artificially applied, but if this were
so, the sea water had practically obscured
the fact. There were also certain little
scratches upon the stone as though it had
been firmly set in metal with which it bore
the marks of friction. Moreover, when I
took an impression of the intaglio, I de-
tected the line of a drooping eyelid, and
holding the stone in a certain position,
it seemed to me perfectly obvious that I
had found the eye of some huge image.
I wrote for the Smithsonian a voluminous
report of this discovery, embodying some
remarks on the possibility of the Japanese
current having transported to the western
shore o^' America an object of such size
and weight. Professor Bodley refused to
si^ this report, and it was never for-
warded. I set the stone up on my man-
tel, where it challenged a great deal of ar-
gument up to the time when the astonish-
ing event which I am about to narrate,
occurred.
I had gone to bed one night on a salmon
salad, and I did not sleep well. My room
faced the street, but, as I lay there toss-
ing restlessly in bed, it occurred to me that
the electric lights were unusually bright
and I got up to close the blinds more se-
curely. But there was just as much light
in the room as ever. It was filled with an
odd refulgence such as I have since seen
emanating from specimens of radium.
Moreover, as I endeavored to investigate
this phenomenon, I observed that the light
was intermittent. It ebbed and flowed at
slow intervals, as though it emanated from
some source regulated by an automatic
cut-off.
"What the — !" I observed in bewilder-
ment, to which casual remark there was
an Immediate reply in the form of a rather
melodious whistle, coming from the chim-
ney corner.
"Bodley !'' I called sharply, but he was
snoring in oblivion.
"It ain't Bodley,^' some one observed.
"It's me V'
I traced this remark to my Morris chair
where there was a strange man sitting. I
turned on the electric light.
"Thanks!" said my visitor with a sigh
of relief.
"What are you doing here?" I de-
manded, at which he shrugged his shoul-
ders in a deprecating way and smiled
wearily.
"I ain't here from choice," he replied in
a despondent tone. "Pve followed that
damned eye for months !"
"What eye?" I asked, as I had little
need to ask, for immediately I felt a mild
electric shock which evidently came from
the mantel where my much-disputed relic
lay.
It was glowing with what we now call
"radio-activity," and as I gazed at it in
astonishment it rolled upward, the heavy
lid closed over it for a moment, opening
again as the light continued to stream
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101
from the dilated pupil, and I felt upon
my whole body the gentle pricking of an
electric shower.
"I wouldn^t stand there/' observed my
visitor. "It ain't good for you. I can
stand it, because I ain't all here you know,
but you'd better move over there," and he
waved me to the other side of the fireplace.
"May I ask," I managed to say, "what
all this means?"
"Blamed if I know," he said gloomily.
"You picked the darned thing up, and
wherever it goes, I go. That's the rule
of the game."
He was a blunt man in coarse clothes.
His face bore marks of dissipation, and
he was much tanned.
'nSTho are you, anyhow?" I inquired
very naturally.
"I used to be a sailor," he said, sighing,
and then I observed for the first time that
he held in his hands a shabby cap on
which the letters "TJ. S. S. Montgomery*'
were faintly legible and that hi)th his
wrists were tattooed with red and blue
bracelets.
"I was gunner's mate, sir, in the Unitod
States Navy, that's what I was," he de-
clared, "but I'll be if I know what
I am now !"
'TVTiere did you come from?" I per-
sisted.
"Steillacoom."
The lunatic asylum !
'T ain't bughouse," he observed, "though
I don't blame anybody who thinks I am.
It's such a darned queer thing that I don't
expect folks to believe it. It's natural
they'd think I'm crazy. You see," he con-
cluded confidentially, "this ain't me you're
talking to— I mean that I'm sleepin:^
down at Steillacoom in bed like anybody
else, though I'm booming around up here
at the same time just as you see me."
"Oh!" I exclaimed, "you are an astral
entity."
"Is that what you call it?" he said,
much relieved that I could grasp the sit-
uation.
I went over to the closet and poured out
some whisky. I seemed to need a brace.
"Have a drink?" I inquired, as pleas-
antly as I could.
He groaned and buried his face in his
hands, as though the suggestion were tor-
turing.
"I can't drink," he said piteouslv, "and
I can't eat — when I'm like this, I mean.
I can't seem to get hold of things. There
ain't no feel to 'em."
^TTou must feel queer," I remarked with
growing interest.
"I feel queer, and I am queer," he said
emphatically. "Just keep your eye to
the sou' west — will you? Look at this!"
Then to my imutterable astonishment
the man rose from the chair and deliber-
ately walked through the wall into the
next room where I heard him whistling
softly a familiar air. He did not disap-
pear in any mysterious manner. He
simply walked through the wall as though
it had not been there and as I stood gaz-
ing after him, he came back in the same
remarkable fashion without the least ex-
ertion.
"Now you see me, now you don't!"
he remarked grimly. "Wotddn't that jar
you? It beats any hoodoo show I ever
seen."
"How do you account for it?" I asked.
He jerked his thumb toward the man-
tel.
"It's that goo-goo-eyed god," he said
savagely, an impertinence which was
promptly resented, for the stone eye'
emitted an angry flash and I felt a shock
that nearly knocked me over. The man
cowered in the chair overcome with fright.
"Don't look at me like that!" he said.
"For the Lord's sake, don't look at me
like that !"
The eyeball rolled in excitement, and
the heavy lid began to wink very rapidly,
while a shower of sparks seemed to ema-
nate from the luminous interior aglow
with a brilliant phosphorescence.
"I'll be good !" wailed the wretched man.
like a terrified child. "0, Ganesha! I'll
be good, if you'll forgive me !"
He was actually crawling on his kneet*
before the glovring eye, his forehead
touching the floor in the most abject hu-
miliation. He writhed and moaned as
though he were in great pain.
"For Heaven's sake !" I cried, "what i&
the matter?"
Yet I could see for myself that the poor
wretch was in the power of the Eye. It
was some time before he grew quiet and
could speak to me coherently — some time
after the stone eyelid had drooped again
and the angrv sparks had ceased to scin-
tillate.
"I ain't ffot a mite of sense," he said
brokenly. "Ganesha ain't fond of me —
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naturally — ^because I busted his face one
time in the Temple. Me and Tim John-
son went ashore one day. It was a Hoodoo
Temple/* he explained.
"Hindus I suggested.
'TTes 1 It was an oflE day and we had a
good-sized jag on. We got in underground
in the cellar where they kept the sacred
cats and we crawled up the gangway be-
fore any one got on to us. I ain^t got
much respect for idols — ^at least, I didn't
use to have,*' he added apologetically.
'TTou looted the place,** I said sternly;
''you two drunken sailors 1 They ought
to have killed you both. I am surprised
that an officer in the United States
Navy — ^**
"Lord, sir!** he interposed. '1 didn*t
know no better in those days. Tim and I
gouged the idol*s eyes out, but we didn*t
mean anything by it. Anyhow, the idol
got even with us. He got after us botti
every night and when the eyes was
stolen — ^**
''Stolen?** I exclaimed.
"What*d you expect?** he demanded.
"We warn*t the only ones that wanted *em.
But the idol made us hunt *em up again
and there won*t be a moment*s peace for
either of us till them eyes are put back
where they came from. One of them
turned up at Foochow in a fantan game
and Tim got stuck in the gizzard for try-
ing to grab it. I meet Tim sometimes. He
says he*s dead, but he*s the liveliest corpse
I ever seen. His other eye— it*s the left
6an*sha eye — ^** he observed, jerking his
thumb toward it,— "I don't know how it
got over here.**
"By the Japanese current,** I said
quickly.
"Maybe so!** he replied; "maybe not!
Anyhow, Tve got to keep tagging around
after it till I can manage to get it back in
the idol*s head alongside of the other one.
Now, if you would give me a lift, sir, I*d
make it worth your while.**
I glanced at the relic on the mantel and
beheld an utterly new phase of the situa-
tion. The light which had emanated from
the Eye of Ganesha was diffused through
a space now occupied by the most astonish-
ing figure I had ever seen. It was the
wraith of a huge form, squatting with diffi-
culty within the narrow limits of my room,
a great fat idol with three pairs of hands
and as many feet, a pale diaphanous pres-
ence in whose head the stone eye was set
alongside of another eye of which we
seemed to see only a suggestion. The bril-
liant drapery of the idol .was enriched with
gems of great beauty and its broad, naked
breast was glittering with similar orna-
ments.
"That*s His Nibs !** whispered my sailor
friend. "Ain*t he a dandy?**
The poor fellow was trembling like a
leaf.
"What does he want?** I demanded for-
cibly, for I felt that I must assert every
atom of will I could summon. The elec-
tro-magnetic current was very strong.
"He wants his eye sent back to Futta-
pore. The consul knows all about it. If
you*d just send it to him, it would be all
right. I was going to write to him from
*Prisco, but I had too much bo^e and f
shipped on a coast steamer one day by
mistake. I dassn*t say a word now or
they'd jug me.**
I looked at the idol, on whose misty
coimtenance there was an expression of
anxiety. In the midst of that wraith of a
face, the great stone eye glowed with pe-
culiar brilliancy.
"May I ask,** I proceeded with great
respect, "whether it would be entirely sat-
isfactory to Ganesha if I should forward
his eye as this person suggests?**
The idol nodded.
"Go on,** urged my astral friend. "He
understands everything, though he don't
speak anything but Harian.**
An angry flash of the eyes and a
sharper pricking of the electric current
marked the idol*s displeasure at this in-
terruption.
"Shut up !** I said sharply, for the gun-
ner*s mate had let out an unearthly howL
Doubtless these delays were dangerous
for the idol, as though he meant to warn
me of his power, suddenly reached out
two pairs of hands and boxed me on both
ears at once. It was a curious thing, but
I did not feel the contact of the hand;?
at all only a violent shock of electricity
almost stunned me for the moment and
in the first heat of resentment I forgot
that I was dealing with something super-
human. Making a single wild dash at the
idol, I grabbed the stone eye and wrenched
it forcibly out of its astral socket. For
a moment I managed to hold it, and then
my fingers, paralyzed by the electric shock
I received, loosened their grip. The eye
THE EYE OF GANESHA.
loa
fell crashing upon the hearth and broke
in a hundred fragments!
A wild shriek from the sailor^ a shriek
of terror merging quickly into joy, brought
me to my senses.
"YouVe done it ! YouVe done it V he
shouted. ^Tou^ve knocked him silly \"
I stared stupidly at the place where the
idol had suddenly been snuffed out. There
wasn't a vestige of his appearance, while
on the hearth where I knelt beside the
shattered eye lay a diamond of such huge
dimensions that I could hardly credit its
reality. The Eye of Ganesha owed its
radiance to a gem that was worth a mil-
lion dollars.
'TTou knocked him silly!'* shrieked my
astral visitor, who was executing a sail-
or's hornpipe in a frenzy of delight. "I
dassn't tdl you and I dassn't touch it my-
self, because he had me magnetized so I
couldn't. Lord, sir ! He's quit the galley
for good. Thafs your diamond! Yes,
sir! It don't belong to nobody but me,
and 111 give it to you if you get me out
of the asylum. Yes, its my diamond, all
right, beorase that was a Korean idol and
the Chinese hooked it and the Hindus
killed the Englishman who brought it to
Puttapore."
"It seems to be an evil eye," I observed
a little dubiously.
"'Taint an eye any longer," he said
benevolently, "it's just a diamond and a
jim-dandy, too!"
I will not mention the name of my sin-
gular visitor, a name that is registered
among the deserters from the United
States Navy. He left mc with the utmost
deliberation, in high spirits, and the only
notable thing about his departure was the
fact that he walked out without opening
the door. A few days later I went down to
Steillacoom and inquired for my friend.
He was a patient whose case was not
understood by the physician in charge. He
was cataleptic and had hallucinations that
he was being pursued by an invisible
enemy.
"Keep mum !" he whispered to me, and
I did.
He was released from the asylum "on
parole," when I signified my willingness
to make myself responsible for his good
behavior. The subsequent sale of the Eye
of Ganesha was discussed for weeks in
the newspapers. The gem has taken rank
under that name with the famous dia-
monds in history. In the division of
spoils, I think I was quite fair to the gun-
ner's mate, and I did not forget Bodley
who has ever since deferred to my judg-
ment in all of the Smithsonian matters.
Opposite Lyle, on the ColumbU River, looking toward the Washins^ton shore,
Near White Salmon, from the Washington side of the Columbia River, showing the famons Hood River
Taken from Yiento, on the Oregon shore, a few miles above the Cascades. In the heart of the famous
Wind Xountein appears over the promontory
ateat ninety niiles from Portland, Oregon. TTp-stream — riyht hand.
T. Blrdaall. Photo, Portland. Or.
TallBj, and the town of Hood River, about Mventy miles from Portland. T. Blrdsall. Photo, Portland, Or.
and wonderful ffor^e of the (Columbia River. Hood River is at the extreme ri^ht, up stream, and
of the right bank at the extreme left. T. Blrdsall, Photo. Portland. Or.
I
PAUL de LONGPRE AND HIS
BEAUTIFUL HOME
Somctln'ng about the struggles toward success of tbe greatest flower painter in tke
— nis Lome, and kis love for flowers
rid
By Mary H. Coates
FLOWERS that
daily bloom in
happy c 0 m-
panies to reap-
pear in splen-
dor never fading —
these are the blossoms
in the home of Paul de
Longpre, the king of
flower painters. The
entire flower realm,
from wayside wilding
to fragile hothouse
beauty, he has made
his life study. With
his genius and the
courage of his convic-
tions, he started at the
lowest rung, single of
purpose, and stub-
bornly overcoming dif-
ficulties, climbed until
he reached the heights
of his hearths desire —
that of being the
greatest flower painter
in the world.
The beginning lies
away in Lyons, France,
the home of his child-
hood, for he always
loved flowers. His
mother was left a
widow in straightened
circumstances, with
ten children. The
breadwinners were
PauFs two older broth-
ers, who painted fans
for fashionable shops
in Paris, When he was
a child of eight years,
the family moved to
Paris, and he was sent
to school : but on many
a day he eluded the
calls of book and in-
A paintiiw by Paul de LoBfpre.
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THE PACIFIC MONTULY.
Mme. de Louvre.
stmctor to hie away to the fields outside
the city walls to find flowers and feed his
hope of some time being a flower artist.
No dreamer was he, but a live boy, wide
awake to the flrst- beckon of opportunity.
He made sketches of favorite nooks and
blossoms. These he showed to his school-
mates, some of whom were well supplied
with pocket money, and straightway the
little pictures and the coin of the realm
changed owners. When he was twelve,
the little artist had to give up school life
to join his brothers in wage-earning for
the family support. It was really a step
toward the future he had now marked out
for himself — that of being the best flower
painter in the world.
His talent was evident in his work from
the start. Yet there were many dis-
couragements. Orders for fans sometimes
came in slowly, or not at all, and profits
were small; but the thought of his life
plan held him steadfast ; and by the time
he was eighteen, Paul de Longpre had
won quite a national reputation as a
painter of fans.
He was romantic, too, and was married
to a charming: young girl when but nine-
teen. In selecting a home of their own
he took another stride toward his cher-
ished standard. He chose a cottage out-
side the city, and by making fans still do
service as commercial art, and worMncj
sixteen hours a day, for six months of the
year, he managed to spei-d the remaining
months among flowers, and in painting
from nature.
The time of times to aspiring young
artists came to Paul de Tjongpre when he
was twenty-one; his first picture was
hung in the Paris salon. Then came or-
ders for impori:ant paintings, and for
years his fiowers hung in the salon by the
Side view of the de LoBfpre nutniion.
Frcm a painting by Paul de Lon^rpre.
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Paul de Lonipr*.
side of portraits, landscapes and historical
paintings.
Success is in the silences, though fame
is in the song, the poets tell us, and in
the silences the great flower artist treas-
ures up hard-earned triumphs. Among
them his coming to America, acting
against the advice of his friends. He
reasoned that the painter with world-wide
aspirations should know both the East and
the West, and so, with his family, sailed
across the Atlantic.
Paul de Longpre arrived in New York
with $900 (which was all that could be
rescued of fifteen years* careful savings
lost in a collapsed bank of Paris), and in
the silences are recorded his effori;8 to es-
tablish himself, a fortigner, a flower
painted among compara-
tive strangers. After five
years pf strenuous exer-
tions instead of succeed-
ing, his capital had dwin-
dled by half. Then he
decided upon a daring
scheme. Again be went
against the most vigorous
advice of all his friends.
He gave an exhibition of
his paintings and into it
went every dollar he pos-
sessed.
An exhibition of flower
paintings, exclusively,
was new. It was novel,
and it was an immense
success. After that his
flowers were exhibited
there every winter; also
in Boston, Chicago and
Philadelphia, and the
memorandum of one ex-
hibition — 25 pictures
sold, with an average of
$300 each — shows the
substantial appreciation.
After a decade spent in
the East, the popular ar-
tist turned toward the
Pacific Slope, and settled
in Southern California,
among the olive and
orange groves of Holly-
wood, a select suburb of
Los Angeles.
In the land of the
Fleur-de-lis, Paul de Longpre is closely
related to the earliest nobility, and is a
descendant of the great statesman, the
Marquis de Mesmes. Also he is an Amer-
ican by all the rights of naturalization,
and an enthusiastic citizen of this coimtry.
A gift to President Roosevelt, a picture
from the artist, now hangs in the White
House. It is one of his beautiful paint-
ings of a typically western wild flower.
Paul de Longpre is a botanist and a
self-taught artist. He had no instruc-
tions in painting, or in drawing, and he
has established a "school" entirely his
own. He paints in oils or water colors at
will. His flowers have been adopted by
the French Government as standard mod-
els for the state schools of art throughout
that country on the recommendation of
PAUL DE LONGPKE AND HIS BEAUTIFUL HOME.
Ill
artists of such renown as Bonnat^ Bouge-
reau and Gerome. He works with infinite
care.
Upon the picture which was hung in
the French section of the International
Exhibition in 1889, he spent five months,
sometimes giving an entire day to a single
leaf of foliage. In fact, overwork has
brought him five severe illnesses in the
last twenty years.
In one respect the famous artist is a
grand surprise; remembering the theme
from the beginning, one might expect to
find a grim face, shaded by beetling brows
and lines of determination; instead, he is
success personified — ^a sunny countenance,
blue eyes, wherein merry twinkles chase
one another, glad and young of heart, a
courtly geniality, and a step that is jaunty,
even boyish with enthusiasm, as he strolls
among his loved flowers. With the happy
comradeship of his family, Mr. de Long-
pre^s days are, as he himself expresses it,
an artist's ideal realized.
Mrs. de Longpre is gentle graciousness
itself, the while clinging lovingly to the
language of their native land; and of
flowers among flowers, the sweetest are
their two daughters, charmingly accom-
plished Miss de Longpre and tiny Pauline,
the pet of the family.
The villa is Moorish-Califomian, and
its arabesque facades arch over alluring
interior vistas. Spacious reception hall,
polished floors, Indian tapestries, carved
chairs and tables, ancient armor, cabinets
filled with rare treasures from many lands,
pianos (the master is both a musician and
a composer), and the grand stairway leads
to balconies and outlooks of mountain,
valley and blue Pacific. Everywhere
about the house — pictures, pictures, bear-
ing the talismanic signature of the man
whose lifework is love of flowers.
The picture gallery, which the cele-
brated artist kindly keeps open to all vis-
itors upon presentation of their visiting
cards, is on the north from the reception
hall, and is down three or four steps, which
permits the right Hght from the broad
Spanish windows. Efere it is that flowers
bloom in exquisite and perpetual spring-
time; simple wild blows, rare orchids,
water lilies with gauze flies poised above,
trumpet creepers with humming birds,
lilacs and butterflies, sunflowers and bees
that almost hum aloud, baskets of daisies,
sprays of white fruit bloom dropped poet-
A Tlew In the rarden.
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ically on sheet music — ^genius that, white
over white — and countless other studies;
the many paintings so artistically ar-
ranged that not one beauty outshines an-
other.
Fortunate, indeed, was the Pacific Slope
when Paul de Longpre sought the West.
His home is an enchanting vision that
fills the most prosaic with pleasure. Its
atmosphere is refinement, beauty, and
bird song, and everywhere the evidence of
the master's artistic temperament. It is
a paradise on earth — sober, good men have
said so — 600 of them at one time, Metho-
dist ministers of the General Conference
of Los Angeles who visited and reveled in
its glories, and enthusiastB and tourists by
tho thonsands have told of it.
The first glance is an intake of pure dp-
liciousness- The street lines are ever-
gTOQTi bodies, with \nnca to the lawns ami
flnwer beds ; the di\nBion walls an? ^rcfm
arbors. Tliere are ten eun^mcr l/owors. no
two alike, and bctw^on blossoms bv tbn
million, in ma^ns f^f color schemes. Therr
are .1500 rose bushes, bordors nf ivy, so-
dnnu lolu'lia; rockerirp of eacti ; eornerj?
of alvi^pum bunked with Sbasta daisies nnd
nrowTied with stately Mat ill jo poppies^nll
white and ^old: ferneries, pot plants and
fib rubs makinp billows of (-'olor merdu^ in
the nnrnr^infT sreonRry of the trees on the
opnosite boundary.
Thp- de Iionq[)re's lovely home wm
thrown open to the general public in the
early season, when the famed artist gave
an exhibition of paintings lasting three
weeks. It was an ovation. Ten thousand
persons, by the most conservative esti-
mate, accepted the prized invitations ; and
thirty-five choice paintings were sold
Paul de Longpre's fame and pictures
have gone all over the earth; and his
flowers, birds and bees will live through
years unknowable after many seemingly
more substantial honors of trade and glit-
tering show have passed into oblivion.
As he walks in his garden — ^in which he
has collected almost every plant known to
ibe botanisit. tbrre is an indefinable, mys-
tic Boinething about bira — communion
with the soul of flowers, it may be — which
ea.^ily shows that flowers are as the breath
of life to him. Has he a favorite, and
which, where all are belovpd ? The poet-
heart of John S. McGroaiy tells the se-
eret. It is the flower :
*'That cheered bim when Fortune lookaJ
askance j
Tn bJB flays of fcloom and trouble 'neath the
bencliujf skips of France,
An<i now, witb aLl tbo worltl and its laurels
at his fopt,
The lioart of hljn caa not forget bia firat love
— Marguerite*^'
OUR VIEW
g^LIAMMTLtmi
.'yjty>fy^^^'^-J.v
There is no success without sacrifice.
* * *
Whenever the world finds a man who is willing to sacrifice enough to attain a
desired end, the wotld is glad to hestow its rewards upon him. The law of compen-
sation never fails, and chance has no part in the workings of the universe.
* ♦ ♦
The most powerful nation in the world, when all of its resources are taken into
consideration, is undouhtedly England. The richest nation in the world is the
United States. The most determined and progressive people — shall we not say the
most enlightened — are the English-speaking nations. It should be a source of pride
and gratification to every son of England and America that these two great nations
• are united by the strongest bonds of blood, language and ideals.
* * ♦
The revolting spectacle of legalized murder is now under way in the Orient in
earnest, and we read daily Tepori:8 of the number of dead and wounded. Two thou-
sand Eussians killed and there is great joy in Japan. A Eussian warship sinks a
Japanese transport crowded with soldiers, and it is considered a great triumph. The
brightest young men, the flower of both Eussia and Japan, are being sacrified at the
altar of barbarism. A wild career of butchery is on, and the best butchers will win.
Human beings are the targets. The barbarity of it all is revolting and nauseating.
* ♦ ♦
It has been demonstrated beyond doubt that even a machine needs rest. There
seems to be a law requiring one day out of every seven to be set aside for rest and
recuperation. We may violate this law, but the price will be paid for it. So this
talk about vacation being unnecessary is the sheerest nonsense. Vacation is not only
necessary but vital in these strenuous times. The American nation is a nation of
worriers because of the great things that are being done. We are living and working
at high tension, and, if breakdown is not to result, a period of rest is absolutely
essential.
* ♦ *
Every man has to work according to the stuff that is in him. Each one has
to meet his own peculiar problems. There is no infallible rule for action excepting
as a choice between right and wTong. Each decision, nevertheless, is toward a
definite course of action, whether intentional or unintentional, and stamps the
character of the man — one who will go up or one who will go down. But you
can't expect to get out of a man more than is in him. A yard of cloth is a yard of
cloth and no more. We might think and plan and devise for all eternity, but wg(
couldn't make a yard and a quari:er out of it. So we all have our limitations. Yet
we will make progress in this worid and be satisfied with the brightness of life and
our lot if we are honest; if we strive for the light of God's clear, unmistakable
truth; if we stand for the best we know, and try always to know more, conscien-
tiously and sincerely; if we hate shams and snobbery; if we have faith in ourselves
and in the worid.
A world-'wi<]e survey of important events in all Jepartmentfl of buman activity
1 1 \jj The civil war in Colorado may, perhaps, be jiLstly termed the event
C\ A^^ "* during the past month that seems likely to have a more far-reach-
Vioiorado ^^^ influence upon the welfare of humanity than any other one
thing. While the war in the Orient has continued to attract world-wide attention,
and AmericofH politics have assumed a greater interest owing to the meeting of the
national conventions, the case in Colorado bears particularly upon the greatest
economic question of the day, and will tend to hasten the ultimate relation between
capital and labor. A dispassionate view of the disgraceful scenes in Colorado lays
the blame primarily at the doors of those who, by hook or crook, nullified the will
of the people of Colorado for an eight-hour day. Labor advances this argument
and it is unanswerable. If the politicians and weak-kneed legislators are responsible
for the failure to carry out the law, upon their heads lies the blame for the subse-
quent rioting and bloodshed. At the same time, however, there is no justification
for the cowardly, dastardly work of the union miners in blowing up the train carry-
ing nonunion men. The principle laid down by the union, that if a union man does
not desire to work no one else shall be allowed to do so, is abhorrent to all sense of
right and justice, and the American people are united against the "closed shop."
If this be the slogan of unionism, then unionism is doomed. A resort to violence is
a mistake, and whether the unions sanction the action of the Colorado miners or not,
or disclaim all responsibility for it, as they do, unionism will be blamed for the
acts of violence in Colorado.
In General —
The steamboat General Sloeum left her
pier in the morning June 15, carrying
unquestionably 2,500 excursionists for a
day^s outing on an island in Long Island
Sound. The excursion was largely of
women and children, being of St. Mark's
parish. Fire broke out in a pot of boiling
fat, and the boat burned completely in an
incredibly short time. It is known that
905 perished, all but 40 of the number
being drowned. June 28 the inquiry to
fix blame for this most appalling disaster
was completed. A verdict was rendered
in which the directors of the Knicker-
bocker Steamboat Company, Captain
Vanschaick, of the Sloeum, Captain
Pease of the commodore's fleet, and others
were held criminally responsible. The
charge in each case is manslaughter in the
first degree. This was probably the most
horrible disaster which ever happened in
American waters. It reveals a condition
of things relating to steamboat inspection
which is unbearable.
Tliere is a steamboat war in progress
between the big liners that ply on the
Atlantic, and as a result the steerage
rates from Europe have been reduced
from $15.00 to $9.50. A lower grade of
immigrants, owing to the lessened cost of
passage, has been coming in, and 240 out
of 3000 that landed during a week in
June were deported; 30 out of 3000 is
the normal figure.
Tke TVar in tke Orient —
The most important engagement dur-
ing the past month between the Bussian
and Japanese forces culminated on June
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15 at Vafangow. The Russians under
command of General Stakelberg were de-
feated with a loss of about 2000 men and
a large number of valuable guns. The
Japanese report a loss of about 900. They
were commanded by General Nozu.
The Vladivostok squadron made a sor-
tie recently and simk the Japanese trans-
port Hitachi, ruthlessly slaughtering
most of the soldiers. Two himdred
were killed by the bursting of a single
shell. Two other transports were sunk
at the same time, but a large part of the
crew and passengers were saved.
Lanes are tightening around Port Ar-
thur and news of important engagements
there are expected dwly. The rainy sea-
son is now under way in Asia, during
which time it is the evident expectation
of the Russian commanders that Uttle will
be done towards moving the troops. It
will perhaps develop that the Japanese
will not be greatly affected by the condi-
tion of the ground, and some surprises
are probably in store. While the Japa-
nese forces have been xmiformly victorious
so far during the war, it is yet too early
to make any intelligent forecast as to the
final outcome. The most important de-
velopments that will largely affect the
ultimate result are the thorough prepar-
edness of the Japanese army and navy,
the brilliancy of Japanese commanders,
the earnestness of the Japanese men at
arms, and the uncertainty that seems to
prevail among the Russians at home and
in the field.
♦ ♦ ♦
Sixteen hundred miles of the projected
railroad from Cape Town, Africa, to
Cairo, Egypt, have been completed, and
it begins to look as if Cecil Rhodes' dream
of a **Cape to Cairo'' railway will soon
be realized. The line will open up a vast
region of considerable commercial im-
portance.
The International Women's Congress
met in Berlin June 13 to 18. There was
a large attendance of representative
women from all parts of the world, and
over 200 addresses were delivered bearing
upon subjects in which women are espe-
cially interested. "The Americans pres-
ent were impressed with the great defer-
ence shown the United States as the lead-
ing country in the world in the women's
movement."
• ♦ ♦
"Le Jongleur de Notre Dame" is the
title of a new opera by Massenet, which
has recently been produced in Paris and
favorably received. The Illustration says :
"There are beauties of the first order in
^IjC Jongleur de Notre Dame,' especially
in the second act, and it is unnecessary to
say that the frame of the music is mag-
nificent and in perfect artistic harmony.
The book by M. Lena is very simple, its
chief merit being that it furnishes ex-
cellent musical situations. A remarkable
feature of the piece is that there is na
feminine role."
In Politics —
The Republican National Convention
met in Chicago June 21, 22 and 23. The
only uncertainty that faced the conven-
tion was the man who should be selected
as a candidate for the Vice-Presidency.
It was, of course, a foregone conclusion
that Roosevelt would be unanimously
nominated for the Presidency and that the
platform would say what it said. Chas.
W. Fairbanks, of Indiana, was nominated
for Vice-President. It was imdoubtedly
the least enthusiastic gathering of its kind
ever held by one of our great parties.
And what served to lessen public interest
in the convention was the Imowledge that
the result in November will depend less
upon what was done at Chicago than upon
what will be done at St. Louis.
The Perdicaris incident has been tem-
porarily closed by the release of Perdi-
caris, brought about largely, it seems,
through the efforts of France. The brig-
and, Raisuli, secured the ransom de-
manded besides a good many other things
that he happened to think of. Morocco
is evidently in a sad plight.
Three changes took place in President
Roosevelt's cabinet on July 1. William
H. Moody, formerly Secretary of the
Navy, became Attorney-General; Paul
Morton, of Chicago, became Secretary of
the Navy; and Victor H. Metcalf, for-
merly congressman from California, be-
came Secretary of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, succeeding Mr.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Coftelyou, who resigned to manage Presi-
dent Roosevelt's campaign. Mr. Knox,
formerly Attorney-General, has been ap-
pointed senator from Pennsylvania to fill
the unexpired term of the late Matthew
S. Quay.
The appointment of Metcalf and Mor-
ton is commented upon most favorably by
the press. Mr. Morton is at present vice-
president of the Santa Fe system and has
been a democrat. His father, the late J.
Sterling Morton, was Secretary of Agri-
culture in President Cleveland's second
term. Both men are able and popular.
The new Canadian tariff program im-
poses a heavy fine on importations that
are invoiced below the market value of
the country in which they are produced.
The fine is intended as a *4iit'' at the prac-
tice of American manufacturers who have
been making "a slaughter market^' of
Canada. The tariff has met with the en-
tire approval of the Canadian press, and
little or no objection from our own, much
to the surprise of the former.
* * *
The result of the Oregon election hold
on Jime 6 is regarded throughout the
country as indicative of the general feel-
ing in the West regarding Republican
policies. The re-election of Binger Her-
mann and J. H. Williamson may un-
doubtedly be taken as an expression of
approval of the Roosevelt administration,
but the really important results of tho
election — ^the majority in favor of local
option and the direct primary — ^have been
passed over by the Eastern press.
In Science —
A lieutenant in the French navy, M.
Turc, has invented a boat which he claims
neither rolls nor pitches. The problem
has boon "to discover a boat of such a
kind that the periods of pitching and roll-
ing: which are proper to the boat and
which depend on its manner of loading
and on the form of the keel, shall be lon-
ger than those of the largest wave it shall
encounter." The inventor's boat is a pe-
culiar looking object, built high above
the water on two floats which allow the
water to flow between the sides of the
* boat proper. M. Turc estimates that his
boat will attain a speed of nineteen knots.
Professor Winfield Ayres, of the New
York Post-Graduate Hospital, has an-
nounced a new cure for Bright's disease.
A catheter is introduced directly into the
kidney without making any incision or
using the knife at all. To do this an in-
strument known as the cystoscope is in-
troduced into the bladder, which is then
lighted up by an electric light attached to
the instrument, and by this guidance a
long catheter is inserted. The medicines
are then forced into the kidneys. In this
way drugs can be used with safety which
if injected into the blood would cause
certain death. The drugs used are those
in ordinary use among surgeons as anti-
septics and are in sufficient strength to
destroy the disease germs.
* ♦ ♦
The medical profession is beginning to
regard worry as a disease susceptible to
medical treatment. The symptoms in-
clude "various degrees of vague dread and
apprehensiveness, often taking definite
forms, in which case they are designated
as ^phobias' or 'obsessions of fear,' weak-
ening the capacity of attention and mem-
ory, and tendingto a confusion of ideas. The
treatment of the patient should be directed
to improving the circulation, the mus-
cular feebleness, and the condition of the
brain and nervous system. Hence tepid
and cold douches are useful, as are shower
baths and moderate physical exercise."
* ♦ ♦
Professor Rutherford before the Royal
Institution in London stated recently that
in addition to the three kinds of rays
which radium has been found to give off.
there is in addition an emanation which
behaves like a gas and can be condensed
by cold ; it can be secluded in the radium
itself, and is liberated when the salt is
dissolved in water. This emanation,
though exceedingly minute in quality,
possesses three-quarters of the character-
istic powers of radium and all its prop-
erties. Could we collect a cubic inch of
the emanation, the tube containing it
would probably melt, while a few pounds
would supply enough energy to drive a
ship across the Atlantic, though each of
those pounds would require seventy tons
of radium to supply it.
* * *
The telephone industry is now capital-
ized in the United States at $450,000,000,
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with over 2,000,000 instruments, and
nearly 5,000,000 miles of wire. There
are over 4,000 systems, and 64,628 wage-
earners in the industry, besides 14,124
salaried officials. During 1902 the reve-
nue derived from the industry reached
$86,825,536.
♦ « «
Dr. Walther Thorner, of Berlin, has re-
cently invented an apparatus for pho-
tographing the background of the eye,
many fruitless attempts having been made
heretofore to find a solution. His inven-
tion is an important one, and is a big
step forward in the treatment of eye
diseases.
In Education —
The larg^ majority of this yearns grad*
uates of Yale and Princeton will select
business pursuits, while those of Harvard
and Columbia will take up law. Twenty-
eight from the four universities will go
into the ministry. The New York Olobe
says: "Figures such as the above are
probably the best answer often put as to
whether formal education fits or unfits
for a business career.^'
The closing of public schools, colleges
and universities for the customary sum-
mer vacation has, as usual, been made the
occasion for utterances by men and
women of high educational rank, which
have much significance as indicative of
present educational methods as well as
future administrative purposes. In the
natural evolutionary processes it has come
«bout that a few immense educational in-
stitutions are, by a sort of tacit consent,
assigned to the lead, and the rest follow.
Not that criticism has ceased, and not
that the views of these leaders are alto-
gether in sweet accord, but their utter-
ances are the creeds of the many who fol-
low their lead, and so, under them, the
educational promenade goes forward.
In Art —
A new society, called the Society of
American Sculptors, has been organized as
a revolt against the methods of the Na-
tional Sculpture Society. The purpose
of the new organization is "to give an
exhibition at least once a year which will
correspond to the Paris Salon. It is
planned, also, to have a permanent exhi-
bition of the smaller works of sculptors
which may find a ready market.'^
In Religious Tnought —
The Oxford press has just issued the
first complete text, transcription and
translation of the "Sayings'^ of Jesus dis-
covered by Professor Hunt at Oxyrhyii-
chus in November, 1903, and by Pro-
fessors Grenfell and Hunt at the same
place in 1897. The ^^Sayings" were writ-
ten at the end of the second century or
during the early part of the third. The
editors consider these fragments ^^one of
the most important, remarkable and best
attested of the savings ascribed to our
Lord outside the New Testament.^^
* « *
Nothing in the realm of religious
thought is just now attracting so much
attention as some form of union among
various Protestant churches. Prom the
disposition to magnify and to exalt into
great importance the distinctive features
of the creeds whereby denominations have
been established and continued in being,
there has come in recent years a desire
to look after the things in which beliefs
resemble one another. The Armenian and
the Calvinist in the disrupted Presby-
terian church are seeking for the one fold.
When the larger and stronger of the Pres-
b>i:erian bodies exhibited to the world the
real courage of its convictions, it broke
down the barriers which were separative
between it and the Cumberlands, and
union became certain in the near future.
Pvblic Opinion, in its issue of June 23,
presents a "Svmposium of the opinions of
religious leaders on the recent tendency
to reconcile denominational differences.'*'
A letter was sent out making the follow-
ing inquiries: "As the fixity of distinct
convictions among Protestant divisions
relaxes and the disposition toward some
sort of unity increases is not the under-
lying spirit an evidence of religious in-
difference and unsettled religious convic-
tions, an evidence of weakness rather than
strength in that it represents a growing
indifference to the doctrinal standards
that have given rise to Protestantism ? Is
not diversity the genius and glory of
Protestantism and is not the life of Prot-
estantism being sacrificed to the new lib-
eral movement ?''
IMPRESSKNS
lRLESkUSKINE-5C0TT-W0()Dj
Freed*
reedom la
bappinesa. Freedom of body, mind and soul 10 tke natural ri^kt and
ultimate destiny of every individual
Bleeding Colorado
T5LEEDING Colorado is, by force of arms, deporting men from their homes
"^^ who are themselves guilty of no known crime except belonging to a union, and
bleeding Kansas is refusing to have these men dumped within her territory.
The men are in hard luck, for it seeans as if they must get off the earth.
The condition of armed anarchy, as the newspapers call it, in Colorado, should
give rise to thought. It will occur elsewhere in time and it indicates that radical
reform in economical conditons will probably come through forcible collisions
after all, through the dynamite bomb rather than through preaching.
The struggle began by an effort on the part of the union to dictate an eight-
hour labor day. The mineowners claim that the real object of the unions was to
compel all nonimion men to join the unions. Undoubtedly there is a tyranny of
unions. Undoubtedly unions are inconsistent with freedom and full individual
development. Undoubtedly unions are an evil, but undoubtedly that evil was
forced into existence by a greater evil — the natural union of capital and the abso-
lutely inhuman tjrranny of capital.
The one evil came from the other evil upon the principle that self-preservation
is the first law of nature.
Every man should be free to work where he pleases and as fast and as long us
he pleases without dictation from his associates or from men a thousand miles away^
whom he has never seen.
But the freedom of labor vrill not be possible until the vacant earth has been
made free to those who would use it, the issuance of money has been made free to
those who are able to issue it, and all monopolies created by law, those robberies of
the people, are abolished. It is the root which must be struck before the top wiD
die. Control by law of these monopolies is a delusion and a snare.
No one can, by any possibility, excuse the murder of nonunion workers by union
men ; but murder is not done by men except when they are desperate. If we rivet
our whole attention to the suppression of outrages and do not inquire why out-
rages occur, we are not making progress.
History shows that vested rights in property have always been cruel in their
own defense; honestly cruel. Mr. Baer, of anthracite coal fame, felt honestly indig-
nant that the troops of the United States were not called out to sweep the striking
miners off the earth. He believes that he has a vested right in the anthracite coaj
fields to work them when he pleases and how he pleases or not at all, if he pleases.
He said on the witness stand the other day that the price of anthracite coal was
not determined by any question of supply or demand or cost of mining, but the
price was fixed at what the consumer would bear, "Just as you fix your fees,'* he
added, to the lawyer who was examining him. The difference between a lawyer
fixing his fee as high as the traffic will bear and the monopolist of one of the natural
products of the earth fixing its price at all the traflBc will bear is too obvious to need
discussion.
Colorado is, in fact, dominated by the wealthy corporations concerned in Colo-
IMPRESSIONS. 119
radons mines. General Bell, who has been the military instrument of Governor
Peabody during the martial law regime, says, referring to the intended use of the
militia to control the Denver city election :
"I am accused of nsing, or attempting to nse, the military in the late campaign. This
is false, but the corporations used the militia for their purposes, and instead of the militia
being used to protect the people and uphold the law, that force was actually degraded to
the uses of the local corporations who connived at the breaking of the law. * • • The
very men whom we use the militia to protect, imported all-round bad men (the very inen
I ran out of their camps) to break the law in Denver and carry the election in their
interest. ' '
There is the trouble.
Corporations have no soiQ; they have no conscience; the manager does for his
corporation what he would not do for himself personally. You can never tell
whether a riot has arisen by natural friction or has been actually precipitated by
the corporation owners in order to secure police protection and to manufacture
public sentiment.
Wicked as it is to murder innocent men, yet the forcible wholesale deportation
of men innocent before the law, without any trial ; their expulsion at the point of the
bayonet because they belong to a union; the suppression of the press and of the
civil law by an oligarchy ruling the state by military power are worse, immeasur-
ably worse.
It will be found here as ever before that the "upper^' classes and property rights
are the worse sinners. The crimes ojf the laborer arise from the desperation of a
struggle for existence.
Meeting of tke L. A. D. M. N.
T^HE meeting of the Saphira Chapter of the Ladies' Association for the Dissemi-
'■' nation of Misinformation about our Neighbors was a great success. The
reputations of several young girls who had been guilty of youthful follies were
ruined for life, and the moral scalp of a clergyman was added to the society's
trophies. A resolution to furnish members with postal cards, with cards for answer
attached, for convenience in interrogating people all about their private business,
was voted down, on the ground that such inquiries might be deemed impertinent,
or, if answered, might compel the society to accept the truth. The subject for
Tegular debate was, ^'Are Women Brainless Because of Tea and Tattle, or are Tea
and Tattle Because Women Are Brainlejss ?'* The discussion became quite heated,
and the subject was somewhat obscured by the personalities indulged in and the
more or less direct allusions to the shady past of some of the members added in-
terest to what, taken as a whole, was one of the most successful meetings of the
chapter.
Tke Xumer Deportation Caae
T^HE Supreme Court of the United States has decided that the deportation act is
-■■ constitutional upon the general theory that no alien has any right to enter
this country at all and that Congress may prohibit aliens coming to this country
for any reason whatever; that the spirit of the constitution does not extend to
aliens, guaranteeing them freedom of speech and of opinion.
This law will either become a dead letter or we will become a dead nation.
PoKtics IS a Game
"P OLITICS is a game. The oflSces are the prizes. There has been a change
^ in the Portland, Oregon, postmastership. Presumably all of the candidates
were equally competent, because from first to last not one word was said as to
their fitness for oflBce, but the sole discussion was, and a very anxious discussion,
which one can the machine least afford to offend by turning him down? Yoimg
people should remember that politics is a game.
The democrats carried in Multnomah Coimty, Oregon, the offices of sheriff
120 THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
and district attorney Immediately the republicans set about much needed re-
form. They have taken away from the sheriff the right of feeding the prisoners
in the jail, have cut down his deputies, and they announce that at last they intend
to put through the Legislature an act providing flat salaries for these officials. It
is curious what a stimulus to right doing it is to have the other fellow reaping the
benefit. Politics is a game, and the taxpayer is the prize.
/ivorce
I
T is appropriate to the blossom and nesting time of the year that thoughts of
love and mating should stir the breast, and, if love and mating, why not
divorce? They are the blossoms. It is the fruit.
Anti-Divorce Congresses are bursting into bloont all over the land — ^thc
Mothers' Anti-Divorce Congress in Chicago; the Anti-Divorce League in New
York ; and the anti-divorce sentiment in the Methodist convention at Los Angeles.
N'ow, as you can not stop the slow glacial flow by hitting it with an axe, nor
hasten it by giving it a kick, so the divorce question will evolve its own solution
regardless of the "antis'^ or of me.
To have no divorces presupposes infallibility of judgment in every boy and girl,
man or woman. It presupposes the same likes, dislikes and affinities, character and
development at forty as at twenty.
Are human beings infallible in judgment? No! Hence divorce. Is the man
or woman of forty the same as at twenty ? No ! Hence divorce.
Is the love of twenty the same as the love of forty? No! Hence divorce.
There are but few regular divorces among our brothers and sisters of the lower
animals, because their marriage is merely mating for perpetuation of species. When
you come to think of it in cold blood, human marriage has that for its foundation
stone, too.
It has other elements, also, but I suppose no marriage ever took place which
was not really a sexual mating. Men do not marry men and women do not marry
women. It is a great universal law, and not to be blushed at or stammered over
except by those minds who find themselves ^^purer'^ than the universal God.
The birds and beasts find their escape from the divorce courts in the fact that
they were never legally married. But the boy or girl of seventeen and nineteen or
eighteen or twenty, impelled by this same all-compelling goad, who mate with aB
little discretion as the robins — they are to be kept together in hell, in bands of legal
«teel, because it seems to some one that God has belied himself and decreed to be
lifelong what He has made in most cases impossible of being lifelong.
It is significant that God, as generally imderstood, is man-created, in that His
edicts are always those of the hierarchy in power, and as the hierarchy itself de-
velops so God's edicts change.
Moses decreed free divorce. He said, "Write any one of your wives a bill of
divorcement and let her go." If Moses were the mouthpiece of God, this was
the law of Omniscience ; but Christ said it was only because of the hardness of heart
of those old polygamists, and as God could not change their hearts, he did the best
he could.
Christ said there must bo no rlivoroe except for adultery. Again, if this be
the word of God that is the end of the discussion, and yet divorce is growing and
ought to grow until people's own sense of happiness or duty is the sole controlling
force.
Many a drunkard, gambler or tyrant of uncontrolled temper makes home more
a hell and marriasre more a failure than the adulterer. If divorce at all then the
lo^c of it is divorce in every case where the true foundations for marriage have
failed. There is a deal of solemn talk by parrots about the home and children. No
home and no child is bettered by forcing people together who would be apart. In-
stead of decreasing, divorce will inrrpflse, for it means greater freedom. The only
law which ought to keep people together is their wish to be together or their own
free sense of dutv and fitness.
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A revie^w of current bookfl and an opinion of their merits
The true story of the first explorer of
the West is now presented to the public
in "The Journey of Coronado from Mex-
ico to the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas
and Nebraska/^ translated from the orig-
inal journals and edited by George Parker
Winship. This remarkable history told at
first hand, which has been pronounced of
more thrilling interest than any historical
novel, has just been published by A. S.
Barnes & Co., in their notable Trail Mak-
ers series under the consulting editorship
of Prof. J. B. McMaster. While Coro-
nado's journey is of general historical in-
terest, its publication will be peculiarly
welcome in the West. The East has had
John Smith and Henry Hudson; the
South, De Soto ; and now the story of the
first explorer of the West is brought within
the reach of general readers. The Coro-
nado is uniform with A. S. Barnes & Co.'s
popular edition of the Journals of Lewis
and Clark.
« 4e «
The Yeoman
Instead of the vigorous character and
virile virtues one would expect from the
title, we are treated to the morbid mono-
mania of one who was "slow brother to
the ox.^'
The ingrowing egotism of this char-
acter is the axis around which the story
revolvps.
The author has made the beautiful
daughter of the Yeoman a plastic creature
ardently loved by the squire's son. In
order to avoid the natural denouement
he is compelled to drown this lover in
what is the only strong chapter in the
book.
The story drags on to a happy ending
hastened by the death of the Yeoman from
slow paralysis and the flaccid love of a
colonial cousin. Dainty bits of descriptive
writing are interspaced with lengths of
dreary dialogue.
(The Yeoman, John Lane, New York.)
In all the long list of college graduates
this year, the name which easily attracts
the greatest attention is that of Helen
Keller. Miss Keller graduated from Ead-
cliffe College, Harvard, on June 28, and
the event was given especial significance.
Many distinguished people were invited
to be present, and newspapers and period-
icals displayed close interest in the sub-
ject. Miss Keller has already proved her
ability in one field of life work — ^that of
literature. Her book on "Optimism"
showing her wonderful and sunny vein of
philosophy, as well as attitude toward life,
published a few months ago by Crowell, is
now in its tenth thousand.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. A. J. Dawson, author of ^^idden
Manna,'' a romance of Morocco, has just
received a letter from Mr. Ion Perdicaris,
who was seized and taken into captivity
by Raisuli, the Moorish brigand. The let-
ter was written in the brigand's camp and
is remarkable for the whole-hearted trib-
ute it pays to the personal qualities and
fascinating manner of the bandit. It is
dated Benaires, Saturday, June 4, and be-
gins— "What an opportunity for good
copy you missed by not being with us
when Varley and I were carried off." His
publishers must also regret that Mr. Daw-
son could not have been a witness of the
kidnapping. "Hidden Manna" reveals
Dawson's thorough knowledge of and
sympathy with the Moors.
122
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Written for the amateur and expert
alike, the Fisherman's Handbook, which
John Lane has just added to his series of
Country Handbooks, is not so much a book
of instruction as a discourse concerning
the various methods of angling and the
tackle best suited to them, as the author
has found them in his own experience.
The methods he sets forth have been
proved effective time and often. But, as
he observes, he is not the only successful
angler. "Different men,'' he writes, "dif-
ferent methods''; this handbook shows
how one man '^goes angling."
In this spirit the author proceeds to
explain the mysteries of his delightful
hobby. He discusses the ways of angling
for salmon, trout, grayling and coarse
fish with an artificial fly; the tricks of
spinning for the same with artificial or
natural baits ; bottom and mid-water fish-
ing, and angling in salt water. In an ap-
pendix he gives full descriptions of va-
rious sort of tackle and suggestions for
the use and care of them. The book is
illustrated with many diagrams and from
photographs taken by the author.
Speaking of dry fly angling, Mr. Shrub-
sole says :
"The great and increasing popularity
of angling with a dry or floating fly is not
without good reason. I am not with those
who advance it as the style of trout fish-
ing to the neglect of all others — ^notably
the use of the small or wet fly — but I am
certainly of the opinion that it ranks first
among the numerous methods of angling
for trout; howbeit, the dry fly man, pure
and simple, is a bigot, whose bigotry
sends him home often enough with an
empty basket. If there be a greater mis-
take than that of the dry fly bigot, it is
made by him who neglects to avail him-
self from time to time of the wondrous
deadly power of a single fly fished dry.''
♦ ♦ «
"William Keith" is to be the next sub-
ject in a series of appreciations by George
Wharton James appearing in Impressions
Quarterly (San Francisco, Paul Elder and
Company) to be followed by "John Muir,"
that in the June number of the magazine
being "Ina Coolbrith." Miss Coolbrith
was an interesting figure in the literary
affairs of the early days in California — ^a
friend of Bret Harte, Charles Warren
Stoddard and Joaquin Miller, and this
paper of familiar reminiscence touches on
some friendly gossip not generally known.
Another serial in "Impressions" is by
Adeline Knapp, "Nature and the Human
Spirit," of which two papers have thus far
appeared, "The Return to Nature" and
"Nature's Place in Culture."
Word comes from London that Mr.
Thomas Hardy has entirely given up writ-
ing fiction. He is devoting himself to the
second part of his drama, "The Dynasts,"
of which the first part was recently pub-
lished by The Macmillan Company.
♦ ♦ ♦
How far is the servant problem in
America really the problem of the Amer-
ican mistress? That is, how far is the
prevailing diflBculty about servants merely
an indication that many American women
do not understand how to manage domes-
tics? The experiences of "The Singular
Miss Smith" answer this question amus-
ingly ; and Mrs. Kingsley's breezy novel is
spoken of by serious reviewers as an in-
valuable aid to the young housekeeper.
♦ ♦ ♦
Though the action of Mr. Churchill's
new novel, '^The Crossing," takes place
in the Great Wilderness, and the tale is
full of the woods atmosphere, three charm-
ing women grace its pages. First there is
Polly Ann, a glorious specimen of pioneer
yoimg womanhood; then Antoinette, who
captivates the dashing young dare-devel
Nick Temple; and then Helene, "who
might have governed a province and still
have been a woman," splendid in her
power, yet always womanly.
Bakery Bread —
"Why anybody ever buys bakery bread
at all is perhaps something of a mystery,
but some people occasionally do it. Of
course, if you are a single man and live at
a boarding house where they don't know
how to cook, you have to eat bakery bread
or eat no bread at all (the latter course is
the safer); but if you are married, and
your marriage isn't a failure, your wife
mukes bread instead of buying it. She
makes good bread, too, — bread that can
easily be distinguished from a white oak
block or a mineral specimen. But there
comes a time when your wife goes to visit
her mother for a week, a month, or an
indefinite period, according to the state of
the home atmosphere at the time, and you
are left to struggle alone with the prob*
lem of housekeeping. You find it more
of a struggle than you had thought it was
from seeing your wife engaged in it. You
had thought at first that you would much
rather your wife would go to visit her
mother than that her mother should visit
at your home; but after she has been away
a day or two, you are not so sure about
it. Of course, for a short time you do very
well, for your wife has left a goodly sup-
?ly of food, including some homemade
read; but after you have disposed of that,
the real trouble begins. You go to a bak-
ery and buy something that is called
bread, and as you have no time to get it
analyzed, you have to let it go at that.
Now, there are two kinds of this so-
called bread — the airy, and the indestruct-
ible. If you happen to get the former, it
is a comparatively easy task to prepare it
for the table. It consists mostly of air
cells, large and sm^all, surrounded by a
sort of membrane, the whole enclosed in
a thin but tough, leathery substance made
by a secret process known only to the
baker. After removing the shell, the in^
ner portion may be rolled into a ball about
the size of a small lemon and eaten in any
manner desired. Six loaves will m^ke a
meal for one person — if he has plenty of
other food.
The indestructible variety is more dif-
ficult to manage. It is covered by a bark
somewhat resembling that of a hickory
tree, and as it contains no sap, the bark
is as difficult to remove as hemlock bark
at certain periods. It may, however, be
chopped off with a sharp ax. The loaf
should then be put into a kettle and boiled
for forty-eight hours, after which it may
be cut into small pieces and fed to the
chickens. The bark may be used for fuel
or sold to a tannery.
This information is for the use of un-
fortunate men who may be left to keep
house alone and who are unable to make
bread.
— Charles Bumside.
At tlie Weiiing —
"Oh, we're the first ones at the church !'*
"Good. We can see every one who comes
in. Let's sit here at the back."
"No, let's sit near the front. We can
see the bride better."
"But we can't see the others so well."
"Very well. My, they haven't decorated
the church very nice, have they?"
"No, it evidently wasn't fixed by a
fiorist."
"Looks as though they got the fiowers
in their own yard."
"Te-he-he!"
"Who are those people just coming in?"
"I don't know, but they don't look very
stylish."
"Is Grace to receive many presents ?"
"I haven't heard of anything elaborate.
Oh, here they come!"
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"Goodness, who is that at the organ?
The playing is awful!"
"There's the bride and groom. Doesn't
she look like a stick?"
"Yes, and isn't he nervous?"
"Poor fellow!"
"He looks as though he'd like to run
away and escape before it's too late."
"I feel sorry for him."
"So do I."
"How did she land him?"
"It's leap year, you know."
"Te-he-he!"
"Do you really think she proposed to
him?"
"I wouldn't be surprised."
^^ou used to be very chummy with
"Me ? Why, the idea ! I never did like
her. See how her dress fits!"
"It hangs on her as though she made
it at home instead of going to a dress-
maker."
"And her veil!"
"A perfect fright ! And her bouquet !"
"Resembles a bunch of cabbages."
"She looks as if she feared he would
say 'no' at the critical moment."
"What if he would!"
"Wouldn't that be deUcious?"
"U-um."
"It seems just as if she was dragging
him to the altar."
"Hear how loud she says 'yes*!"
"And I can't hear him answer at all."
"Guess he feels ashamed."
"Isn't his face red?"
"There's the ring, now !"
"See how she holds out her finger for
it!"
"Well, she's got him at last."
"Hasn't it been a dowdy wedding?"
"Just awful!"
"Not a bit of fashion to it."
"Well, now it's over let's go over and
congratulate the couple."
"Let's."
The Reason A^Hiy —
Jinks : "I wonder how Jones can afford
to get married and divorced so often."
Binks : "That's easy. Jones is getting
rich writing "The Reflections of a Bach-
elor."
« « 4e
Fast colour — a blue streak.
Xkc Gentle Sex —
A woman is glad that she is not a man :
When she sees her husband trying to
shave with a dull razor in three minutes.
When she sees the latest styles in
millinery.
When some one has to hunt for the
supposed burglar.
When the bills come in for the summer
vacation.
When political questions are being
discussed.
When her husband goes to work on a
stormy day.
When lodge matters must be attended
to.
When some one near her is smoking a
poor cigar.
When she attends a meeting of the
sewing circle.
When the picnic lunch must be carried
When she can wear a diaphanous waist
on a sweltering day.
Married tkc V^askcr-V^oman —
Some peoples lif auf die income dey haf —
Oders lif py die sweat of der brow;
But mein way of lifing suits me der best —
I lif py die sweat of mein frau.
^^Not AvailaUe^—
The following verse was received in re-
ply to some returned MSS., with the sug-
gestion that the author try some lighter
theme :
So I must choose some "lighter theme,"
Must squelch each wise or lofty dream.
Must don the tinsel and the bells,
Or else forego the "stuff" that "sells?"
Must write the squibs that make one smile
And serve the moment to beguile.
Must tickle with stubborn quill,
Or "go 'way back" and sit right still?"
But what, good sir, if active mind
Malicious bent, is still inclined
To statelier style and nobler things
Than pen of "note and comment" slings?
I know the answer. Don't exclaim
If 'tis a fault, not yours the blame.
The "reading public" of the day
Dictates the requisites that "pay."
Forced by the spirit of the age
I lay aside the pen and page
Nor count again the worn reply,
"Not wanted, but we won't tell why!"
ROGRESS
.X,
^%
■^
Devoted to tke energy, entkiisiasm, groivtii, progress and
development of tke great Nortliwest
Prosperity!
What a hearty, happy ring the magic word has! What a picture it presents
of teeming fields, and granaries filled to the bursting; of deep mines, where every
blow of the pick brings forth copper or iron or silver or gold; of the lumber woods,
and the stately monarch of the forest crashing to earth under the blows of the
woodman's axe; of laboring locomotives, and white-winged ships, bearing to the
marts of commerce the products of field and forest and mine; of expanding towns
and cities, alive with human activity in shops and factory, office and countinghouse !
Work for everyone, and the maximum return for toil, that is what brings
prosperity. Peace, contentment, the joy of living; these are a few of its results.
The Pacific Coast is enjoying such prosperity as can be found in no other locality
in the United States, Nor is it the result of any abnormal circumstance, but
the rational outgrowth of natural conditions. Nowhere can be found such nat-
ural resources — such fertile soil, such mineral deposits, such gigantic forests,
such fisheries, such waterways, such a climate.
These things are the materials of prosperity. All that is needed is men and
women to avail themselves of these unapproachable advantages. And they are
coming. In tens and hundreds and thousands they are following the course of
Empire to dwell in this land of plenty. There is room for all, and for millions
more, for the productivity of this marvelous land has been hardly guessed.
Here is the promised land — prosperity's headquarters. Gird yourself, rise, and
come to enjoy its blessings.
Portland's new flreboat, the "Oeozve H. Williami," built by the "Willamette Iron and Steel Works."
PROGEESS.
127
AArncat From ttc Inland Empire —
According to the figures published in the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, there have been
shipped during the last few months from
the Inland Empire — the wheat belt of
Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho — 35,000,000 bushels of
wheat, while many millions of bushels
are still held for higher prices. The aver-
age price paid has been 65 cents a bushel,
which is considered an excellent price,
being nearly double that commanded a
few years ago.
Over $20,000,000 have been paid to the
farmers of this section during the past
season for wheat, and unexampled pros-
perity is the result.
The process of mortgage-paying has
been going on for some years and the
farmers are now out of debt. The pros-
pects for another year are very encour-
aging, and the people of the Inland Em-
pire nave every cause to be satisfied with
that section of the earth's surface that it
is their lot to inhabit.
Idalio'5 Welfiirc—
In speaking of the prosperity of Idaho,
Governor Morrison said, in a recent in-
terview:
"There is a great immigration into the
state, all portions being favored with this
influx. In my visit to Kootenai county
I was astonished at the great growth.
The lumber there is increasing with leaps
and bounds. Many new settlers are mak-
ing their homes there and the same is
true of Latah, Nez Perce, Idaho, and the
southern part of Shoshone county.
"Immense irrigation schemes in the
southern part of the state are doing much
for its progress. The Twin Falls Irriga-
tion Company, which takes water from
the Snake River, will reclaim 244,000
acres in Cassia and Lincoln coimties. It
is sagebrush land, which heretofore has
been nnproductive on account of the lack
of water. The main canal will flow an
immense body of water. With the main
canals and laterals there will be over 300
miles of ditches. Its construction will en-
tail an expenditure of $1,500,000. The
land is mostly on the north side of the
river.
'The American Falls canal project will
reclaim 30,000 acres of fertile lands in
Bingham and Blaine coimties.
"The mining industry in the southern
part of the state is in a healthy condi-
tion. Capital is becoming more inter-
ested in Thunder Mountain as the won-
derful possibilities of the district are real-
ized and the district is rapidly coming to
the fore.'^
Tkc Lumber Tra<le —
The Pacific Lumber Trade Journal
offers this retrospect on the business of the
past year:
"At no time during the past year has
there been any cause to suspect a retrench-
ment in the demand from the East, Cali-
fornia or foreign ports. As a matter of
fact, when the statistics for this year are
published it will be seen that the demand
for our lumber products this year has
shown a greater increase than during the
year 1902. The total Eastern shipments
will show that there will be an increase of
probably not less than 10,000 car loads
over 1902, of which the proportions will
be about 6,000 car loads for lumber and
about 4,000 car loads for shingles. This
in spite of the greatest car shortage in the
history of the trade. The California de-
mand will show up fully as good as the
year before, while the foreign cargo sliip-
ments will exceed those of 1902 by at least
25 per cent/'
Arid LanJ Survey—"
The report of John T. Whistler, engi-
neer in charge of irrigation surveys and
examinations in Oregon, contains much
that is of interest. A one-sided develop-
ment of the state is not to be desired. The
agricultural resources of Eastern and
Southeastern Oregon are relatively un-
toudied though returns from endeavor in
some sections have added largely to the
aggregate wealth of the state in recent
years.
The obje»:!t of what is known as the arid
land survey is well known. As a proposi-
tion which fcieeks to store and distribute the
waters of certain sections so that instead
of running to waste they will insure boun-
tiful crops to the farmer over wide areas
that are now unproductive, irrigation is
attracting the careful attention of broad-
minded men. It has, moreover, enlisted
the attention of the Government as a sci-
entific proposition, and one that can be
worked out satisfactorily only by engineer-
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ing skill and systematic methods. The
entire scheme commends itself to all pro-
gressive citizens, as it does to their repre-
sentatives in Congress, for its breadth,
utility and great promise of development.
Tke Tonnage of Pugct Sound Ports —
The tonnage clearing from Puget
Sound during the eight months was 967,-
137, of which amount 238,467 was sail.
But one port in the United States, and
that the port of New York, exceeded Puget
Sound in the aggregate amount of its sail
tonnage for the eight months, and New
York led this port by but 27,000 tons. In
the amount of American sail tonnage en-
gaged in its foreign trade, Puget Sound
was easily the first ocean port in the coun-
try, the American tonnage from this port
being nearly twice as great as that which
cleared from New York during the same
period. In American steam tonnage. New
York was again the only ocean port in the
United States which exceeded Puget
Sound. Puget Sound continues thus to
hold its record as the American port which
carries the highest percentage of its ocean-
borne commerce in American ships. Near-
ly one-third of the sail tonnage from this
port was American, and more than two-
thirds of our steam tonnage was Ameri-
can.
Compared with other Pacific Coast
ports, Puget Sound has a long lead in
volume of tonnage, both of sail and steam.
The total tonnage clearing from San
Francisco was 624,363, and from Willam-
ette 139,218. From Willamette all but
6,000 tons was under foreign flags.
The exports of Puget Sound for the
eight months exceeded those of San Fran-
cisco by upwards of a million dollars, and
were two and one-half times as great as
those of Willamette.
In exports of flour, Puget Sound was
the fourth port of the country, and in ex-
ports of wheat was the sixth. She export-
ed flour to the value of $3,908,525 during
eight months, as compared with exports of
$10,814,854 from the port of New York,
which has a long lead over all other ports
of the country in its flour exports. The
exports of flour were more than $800,000
greater than those from San Francisco,
and considerably more than double those
from Portland.
Forest Fires —
Every summer and autunm large areas
of public and private forests are devas-
tated by fire. This destruction is a uni-
versal injury. It not only destroys a
valuable asset in the list of the country^s
resources, but is productive of floods. The
forest is the most effective means of pre-
venting floods and producing a more reg-
ular flow of water for irrigation and other
useful purposes. To prevent the mis-
chievous forest fires Congress has enacted
a law which forbids setting fire to the
woods, and forbids leaving fires (camp
fires and others) without first extinguish-
ing the same. The law provides a maxi-
mum fine of $5,000, or imprisonment for
two years, or both, if the fire is set ma-
licioiisly, and a fine of $1,000, or impris-
onment for one year, if the fire is due to
carelessness. It also provides that the
money from these fines goes to the school
funds of the county in which the offense
is committed.
Commissioner W. A. Richards, of the
General Land OflQce, has issued circulars,
warning the public against carelessness,
inasmuch as many fires start from
neglected camp fires, and makes the fol-
lowing requests:
1. Do not build a larger fire than you
need.
2. Do not build your fires in dense
masses of pine leaves, duff and other com-
bustible material, where the fire is sure
to spread.
3. Do not build your fire against large
logs, especially rotten logs, where it re-
quires much more work and time to put
the fire out than you are willing to ex-
pend, and where you are rarely quite cer-
tain that the fire is really and completely
extinguished.
4. In windy weather and in dangerous
places dig a fire hole and clear off a place
to secure your fire. You will save wood
and trouble.
5. Every camp fire should be completely
put out before leaving the camp.
6. Do not build fires to clear off land
and for other similar purposes without
informing the nearest ranger or the super-
visor, so that he may assist you.
As hunters, fishers and campers will
soon haunt the woods and streams, it is
hoped that newspapers everywhere will
circulate this warning and information.
DEIFT.
Drift
A SOrCNTIPIG DIAQNOSIS.
**What is your diagnosis f asks the older
phyaieian of bis young confrere, who is ear-
nest but inexperienced, and who has been
called in consultation.
**Well," says the younger medico, ** there
doesn't seem to be much the matter. The pa-
tient has a slight fever and some little tight-
ness of the chest. 1 should say there was
nothing more than a cold bothering him.''
**My boy," said the older man kindly,
**you have gone about it wrong. Note these
symptoms: A white marble stairway in the
entrance hall, gold furniture in the parlor,
cut glass and silver galore in the aining-
room, two automobiles in the side yard, a
solid mahoganv "
"But what has that to do with the sick-
ness of Mr. Gumpursef"
"It has lots to do with it. The man has
congestion of the bank account, and the
proper move for us to make is to relievo
that as much as possible."— Judge.
» • •
Some fools and their money are parted only
by death.
• • •
WHAT IS IT?
**It is all well enough," said Uncle Joseph,
as he put down the book, ' * but it isn 't true. ' '
"Why not!" I asked.
"Because the author makes him propose to
the heroine in a crowded theater. Now, a
woman doesn't want to be proposed to in such
a place. She wants a quiet spot, where she
can weep a little. Story-writers should take
this into consideration."
"Pshaw!" said I.
"When a woman accepts a man for good
and all, she likes to put her head on his shoul-
ders and cry, ' ' said Uncle Joseph. " I do not
know why it is, but they all do it."
"Do they!"
"Didn't your wife when she accepted
youf" he demanded.
"Well, yes, I believe she did."
"They all do," said Uncle Joseph. "They
like it; it somehow comforts 'em."
"But why!" said T.
"Ask the women," said Uncle Joseph. —
February Woman's Home Companion.
• • •
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Newton, ever a lazy chap, was lying asleep
under a tree. His mother sauntered into the
orchard and discovered him there. Awaken-
ing him forcibly, she said: "Ike, why don't
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you get a job or discover gravity or some-
thing like that!"
"Mother," said the soon-to-be-great man^
' * if gravity wants me, it knows where I am. ' '
' » * *
Job was waiting patiently for the doctor.
At last he came.
* * Doc, ' ' said Job, * ' can you tell me the dif-
ference between me and David?"
* * I 'm up against it, ' ' said the doctor. ' ' Tell
it."
"Well," said Job, "David is a manly boy
and I am a "boily man. ' '
This was only another of Job's humors.—
Chicago Journal.
» » •
REVERSING THE CASE
An Irishman was called upon to give evi-
dence in a shooting affray.
"Did you see that shot llredf" asked the
magistrate.
"No, sor; but I heard it," replied the
witness.
"That is not satisfactory. Step down."
As the Irishman turned to go he laughed,
and was rebuked by the magistrate, who told
him it was contempt of court.
"Did yez see me laugh f"
"No; but I heard you."
"That is not satisfactory."
And then the court laughed.— Green Bag.
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A GREAT SCHEME
A glad smile broke into a long, low chuckle
of delight that made the clubman in the next
chair rouse for a moment from the labors of
digestion and exclaim:
''Struck a good thing, ehf Let's have it."
**Good thing!" said the happy member.
^*It'8 simply a Klondike and Golconda rolled
into one, with an inexhaustible mother lode
in sight."
"Oh, I thought it was a joke."
''Joke nothing! This is as serious to me
as the sources of my income."
"You interest me."
"The Japanese have just made another ad-
vance in Manchuria."
"Well, I don't see an3rthing in that to
chuckle about."
"You don't, ehf Listen to this." Anl
he read off an ^cocunt of skirmishes and bat-
tles full of names that sounded as if the
make-up man had pied a paragraph and sent
it to press without correction.
"I don't see any richness in that," said
the one who had butted in.
"You don't, ehf Well, perhaps you will
get wise when I tell you that my business
interests lie almost equally in building sleep-
ing cars and modern flat-houses."
"I am still dark."
"Pish, tush, man! Can't you see that this
new list of outlandish names will enable me
to christen all the sleeping cars and apart-
ment houses that I can build in the next two
years f"— Judge.
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Yaquina Bay
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and here is the only place where Rock Oysters are found.
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information and our beautifully illustrated catalogue may be secured
from any Southern Pacific Agent, or address
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like this again like this
He cored hinuelf by uaing the Dr. Magoris Home
Treatment for piUs, fiouret, Batulat, and all dis-
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druggitttiellit. We guarantee cures or refund your
money. Trial package FREE for the name of one
other penon who haa piles. Dr. Magoris Home
Treatment Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
THE GLORIOUS
''STARS AND STRIPES"
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^S^ OF
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The most beautiful In the world, can best
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The only salt water bath house on the North
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to rent for surf bathing. Swimming taught,
with good attendants for beginners. Open
the year round, it being the best summer
resort accessible to Portland.
£. N. ZELLER, Manager
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Joaquin Miller and other Characteristic
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SMILED
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now tiniles
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Treatment fer piles, fimret, fistulas, and all dis-
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THE DEVENYS
The Only Scientific Cbiropodists
IN THU CITY
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THE CALUMET
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business. The under-
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of the old and well
established E. A. Kim-
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Goods Store of Taco-
ma. Good wholesale
and retail trade. Infor-
mation furnished; ad-
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George O. Kdly, Executor
Tacoma, Washington
IVHen Visiting Vancosave:
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J. DANAHER & CO.
For Men's Mgh Class Tailor Made Cannent»s
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TKe most tsp*
to-date clotK-
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B r i t i s H
Columbia
THC MARCH HIT THIS YCAR IS
"THE JAP BEHIND THE GUN''
By A. E. Wade
A HIT WHERE EVER PLAYED
A brilliant Piano Solo, splendid Bass Solo In trio. Lays
well under the fingers and is easy to play. Ask your dealer for
it. If he hasn't It. send twenty-five cents to the address below
and you will receive it by return mail.
THK A. C IVADK MUSIC CO.
aOX 1—, MOOUIAM. WASH.
KBUM'8 CIGARS
Send for a copy of Thb Smokbr's Guidb containing:
prices and full particulars relating to our popular cigars.
References furnished from every state and territory on
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MRS. J. H. BARBOUR
LADIES' HAIR-DRESSER
Manictrino Facial Massaoiko Chiropodist
A foil amortment of Hair Goodii and NoTelties
for the hair alwayn on hand.
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UNDERTAKER, EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Ei^erieoced Lady Assistant
aao-aaa Third St. PORTLAND, ORB.
5«#4^«««i^«««««
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208-210 First St. 207-209 Salmon St.
Portland, Oregon
We Sell Everything Ton Need
Harness, Farm Implements, Ftimlttfre,
Stoves, Groceries, Pianos, Orj^ans, etc*
Send for Illustrated Catalogue at once. IMmi
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Portlana Paint $ Ulall ?mt €o
DKCORATORS
PAINTKRS
Dealers In, Wall Paper and Room Mouldlniw.
JobbSi of Gtobe Weather Pr«^f Pa^ and C^wn
Yamlahee. Phone Black wm,
t68 Second St., Portland, Or:
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ihe Home of the Kodak. Fret at tht dtaUrs or by mail.
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Sr^
Two
hrough Traim
to Chicago
daily irom rortiana ana poi
Washington via the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com pany,
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from Portland and points in Oregon and Eastern
ngton via the Oregon Railroad °- *^^ ' '"
*go
& North-Westem Railway, over
THE ONLY DOUBLE-TRACK RAILWAY BETWEEN
THE MISSOURI RIVER AND CmCAGO.
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and library car (barber and bath). Less than three davs
Portland to Chicago. Daily excursions in FulJmnn
tourist sleeping cars from Portland through to
Chicago without change.
R. R. RlTCHia. General Affent Pacific Coait.
617 Market St., San PraaciBco. Cat.
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A SEARCH with OPEN EYES %vill satisfy you that the polides of the
MUTIAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE CO.
contain Special and Peculiar advantag-es not combined in the policies
ot other companies.
If read in the light of the Company's
HFTY-EIGHT YEARS OF HISTORY
the value of the comprehensive and certain protection they afford will
be especially appreciated.
THE COMPANY'S MUTUALITY is real; ITS SECURITY,
Great; ITS ECONOMY and EARNING POWER, Unsurpassed,
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PORTLAND. OREGON
irii'
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UMATILLA HOUSE The POes, Or«fon
SINNOTT ft nSH, Praps.
Stesm Heated, Electric Lights and CaU Bella.
S1.00. $1.50 aatf $2.00 per day. Romw «^d
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Stage Lines. O. R. & N. Ry. Western Union Telegtmpb
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FLY KILLER
Uiied eTenlnsB will catch and kill
every fly in your honae. No mark
left on wall or ceiling. (iOc each,
postase prepaid. Agents wanted.
DAYTON HARDWARE CO.
PsrtlaMi, Ore.
THE OLYMPIA
Headquarters for Commercial Men
Fine Sample Rooms
C. N. TUMN, Proprietor
01ympia,Wash.
,E>. Pi N AUD6
IDkU De^ ttUINIME:
Ed. Knaud*s Ean de Quinine
Lsthebe^t Hair Restorative known — It prcHTves the
hair from iwrasHlc atUcks, toiiei up the hair bulb*.
cEcansK the scalp and postiSvely removes dandruff
Ed. Pinaud's Eau de Qumine
Is also a moit eiceUent Hair l>resslnE^Thc sweet
and refined odor whkh ii leaves in tht hair nakt*
!he toiret a luxury : : ; : j : :
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AUTHORS
DESIGNERS
PHOTOGRAPHERS
:
The Pacific Monthly
is in the field for short
up-to-date articles
with clear, interesting
photographs. Short
love stories are
wanted. We have a
place for anything
interesting and up-to-
date.
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E8TABLJBHKD IflBB
'PHomB Bmd vn
Potilana marble Olorks
SdMMM i ntN
MAiriTTAOTIJKERB OT AND DEALEB8 IK ALL XIKDe OT
MARBLE, GRANITE
AND STONE WORK
EstimatM Givea on Application
268 First Street, ««^-*"?e^1?&5?* ''•''•
PORTLAND, ORE.
M. J. YOUNG,
Manager
C. J. CURTIS,
Attorn KY
Seaside Real Estate Co.
Lots in the Grove and on the
Beach for sale. Also Inglenook,
Hermosa Park, Ocean Grove
Cottages for rent. Rents Col-
lected. :::::::
Seaside, Oregon
J. p. FINLEY & SON
EmMmere and Funeral Directors
Both Phones No. 9 = Lady Attendant
Cor. Third and Madison Sts.,
Portland, Ore.
PUBLICITY
$2,Q00,Q0Q
a year
\a placed in fjubliCAtlQiii
and Dutdocir dLiplay^ In
A in erica, Europe mid the
Orient p by iKe affiliated
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Pra ncisco, and F r n n k
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on any iidvertiaiu^f propo'
sUian.
SUNSET
ADVERTISING
AGENCY
Tenth and Market S|re«ts
SANi=lIANCISCO,CAL*
SiGNOR G. Ferrari
266 Mill St.. Portland, Ore.
T'HE ITAI^IAN VOCAI^ TRACHCR
Catarrh and Asthma successfully treated sim-
ply by his method of voice culture. Singing
taught from foundation to artistic finish.
Cor. 12th ond Flanders Streets., Portland, Oregon
All Orders Promptly Bzecuted
Telephone. Both Companies
Our Specialty:
First Class Work
A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE
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TO
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MINNBAPOLIS
CHICAGO
WASHINGTON
NEV YORK
BOSTON
SPOKANE
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HELENA
OMAHA
KANSAS QTY
ST. LOUIS
The Pioneer Dining
Car Route and
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Tkkete told to aU pointt
in the United States, Canada
and Europe.
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Pot detailed information,
tickets, tleei>ing car reaenra-
tions, call on or write
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ASSISTANT QENERAL
PASSENQER
AQENT
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ELEGANT VESTIBULE TRAINS leave Portland daily at 8:30 A. M. and
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THE BEST OF EVERYTHING:
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MAY II, 12, 13
JUNE 16, 17, 18
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Day! isht Trip Across the Cascades and Rodcy Mountains
For tickets, rates, folders and full
information, call on or address.
H. DICKSON, Qty Ticket Agent,
122 Tiilrd St., Portland, Ore.
S. G. YERKES, G. W. P. A.,
61 2 Eirat Avenue, Seattle, Wasli.
4
3
Varicocele
Hydrocele
Cured to Stay Cured in 5 days. No
Cutting or Pain. Guaranteed
Cure or Money Refunded.
%/A«>f ^a^aIa Under mr treatment this ini
varicocele, mpidlr disappears. Pain
H. J. TILLOTSON, M. D.
The Master tpsciailst of Chicago, who Cures Varl-
cocelt. Hydrocele, and treats patients personally.
Established 1880.
(COPYRXOHTBD)
I inaidoovia diaeaae
-. _ iln oeases almost
instantly. The stagnant blood is driven from the dilated veins
and all soreness and swelling subsides. Every indication of
Varicocele vanishes and in its stead comes the pleasure of per-
fect health. Many ailments are r(>flez. originating from other
diseases. For inHtance, innumerable blood and nervous diseases
result from poisonous taintu in the system. Yarioocele and
Hydrocele, if neglected, will undermine physical strength,
depress the mental faculties, derange the nervous system, and
ultimately produce complicated results. In treating diseases of
men I always cure the effect as well as the cause. I desire that
every person afflicted with these or allied diseases write me so I
can explain my method of cure, which is safe and permanent.
My consultation will cost you nothing, and my charges for a
perfect cure will be reasonable and not more than you will be willing to pay for the benefits conferred.
^ g%imJtsk\n!t\/ t\^ Ct€<n> ^ what you want. I give a legal guarantee to cure or refund your money. What I have
KAa^JMMttvj VI \«uris done for others I can do for you. I can cure you at home.
Correspondence Confidential, ^onS^\
plain envelope a scientific and honest opinion of your <
' personal visit at my office is perferred, but if it is impossible for
.to call, write me your condition fully, and you will receive in
plain envelope a scientific and honest opinion of your case, free of charge. My home treatment Is successful.
My books and lectures mailed free upon application.
H. J. TILLOTSON, M. D., 280 Tillotson BIdg., 84 Deart>orn St.. CHICAGO
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economy
The cheapest and most econom-
ical fmit jar in the world.
Will pay lor itself in the fruit it
will save.
Self Sealing. Easy to open.
So easy, quick and simple a
child can seal and open it.
No cutting or burning of fingers.
No spoiling of fruit.
No rubber ring required.
Fruit preserving a pleasure, not
a drudgery as it is with all
other jars.
Made in pints, quarts and half
gallons of strong, clear white
flint glass, with three -inch
wide mouth of smooth sur-
face permitting the preserving
of fruit whole or in layers.
Jl<k your Dealer Tor tbew
If he does not handle Economy
Jars, send your name and ad-
dress to us and we will inform
you where theycan beobtained
Send two-cent stamp for our
special Booklet of Recipes for
preserving all kinds of fruit,
vegetables and meats.
madbams $
Kerr Brothers
OPkolmle Grocers
und Coffee Roasters
$i-$$-$5 front Street
Portland, Or.
CUT HERE
WADHAMS & KERR BR09.:
Portland, Oregon.
Gentlemen: Enclosed please find two-cent stamp for your Book-
let of Recipes for preserving fruits, etc.
Name
Address
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LIFE
INSURANCE
^^l^fY ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ insurance companies in the United States
imitate , the features in the policies of the Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company?
Y^f-fY is the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Gxnpany, after
the strictest investigationt considered the safest life insurance
company in the world?
^^^|.|Y ^<^s; the Massachusetts Mutual pay annual dividends in
preference to any other time for dividend payments?
THRRR ^^^ dozens of other similar questions you ought to be able
answer intelligently before you take life insurance*
ITT is to your interests to let us help you answer them*
yil I out the blank below and send it to us today*
OUT HERE
H. G. COLTON9 Pacific Coast Manager
Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co,
Portlandt Ore.
Dear Sir:
Without committiug myself to any action whatever you may send me free
information regarding the questions in the Pacific Monthly relating to life insurance.
Name
Address
Age Date of birth Occupation.
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Summer Reading Worth Reading
Favorite Novels in Uniform Series, Bound in Stiff Decorative Boards
CANVASBACK LIBRARY
OF POPULAR FICTION
12mo, 75 cents each
Gbrtrudb Athbrton, Henry Harland, John D. Barry, Elinor Glyn, Nathaniel
Stehenson among the authors represented. 20 volumes ready. Others in preparation.
Write for UsU
The Rat-Trap
By DOLF WyLLARDE
Author of •' The Story of Eden."
12nio - . . - $1^0
The story of a strong man and
a week one ~ and a woman.
A Broken Rosary
By Edward Peplb
With illustrations in color by Scotson Clark.
12mo .... $1.50
The story of a woman's love and a
priest's will— and the victory.
Have in Hand When Going to the Country
THE COUNTRY HANDBOOKS
A series of Illustrated Practical Handbooks dealing with Country Life. Suitable for Pocket
or Knapsack. Under the General Editorship ot Harry Roberts.
i6mo, cloth, |i.oo net\ leather, |i.2o net.
A New One is THE FISHERMAN'S HANDBOOK — Send lor List
SEND FOR LISTS OF SUMMER BOOKS
JOHN LANE
NEW YORK
WARLIKE 3miT IN JjUSIC
Ihe Graphophone
Will reproduce for you the military
. music of Japan and Russia* It is the
best and most popular talking machine
made, and its capacity for entertainment
is botmdiess. Write for Catalogue A*
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO.
t28 Seventh St^ Portland, Ore.
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MISSOURI PACIFIC
^ RAILWAY ^
WORLD'S FAIR ROUTE
From Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
To Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, Chicago, and
ALL POINTS EAST
Direct Line to Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Service and Equipment second to none.
Pullman Sleeping and Compartment Cars.
Dining Cars, Meals a la Carte
FOR DKTAILKD INFORMATION CALL ON OR ADDRK88
W. C. McBRIDE, Gen*! Agt, 124 Third St., Portland, Ore.
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McCLUR.E'S
ABDOMINAL
SANITARY
BANDAGE
HAS PNVEI M
unqualified
success for
Obesity or
Weakness of
the Abdomen
IIKESTISIiTE
Write for
our circular
or call at —
Pat. July 25. 1899.
TH£ McCLURE CO.
417 Marqnan BulMIng, PORTLAND, ORESON
Don't Wear Baggy Trousers
or Shabby Clothes
We Call For, Sponge. Press and Deliver one suit of
your clothing each week, sew
on buttons and sew up rips for
I
1 .00 A MONTH
UNIQUE TAILORING CO.
347 WASHINGTON STREET, PORTLAND, ORE.
BOTH Phones
We Want a
Representative
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CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1904
ELOOTOHMAN AND PAFPOOSE (Frontispiece)
PEOPLES-PLAOES-THINaS (iUnstrated) 131
Bussell Sage and Vacations.
New Cruiser * * California. ' '
The Torpedo Boat.
A Wave Motor.
CAMPUS DAY Edmond S. Meany 188
(Illustrated.
BEFORE IiOVE CAME (poem) Marion Cook Knight 140
A TEMPERED WIND (fiction) 0. E. Adams 141
THE CITY BOYS' SWIMMINa HOLE (iUnstrated) E. J. Bloom 145
AWAKE (poem) Florence May Wright 148
THE BUOEET TRAMWAY (illustrated) George M Qage 149
THE DEACON'S DILEMMA (fiction) Erskine M Hamilton 161
"SWIMBON' HOLE" PICTURES 154-166
OUR NATIVE SHRUBS (iUnstrated) WiUiam S. Rica 166
* 'EXTRA WEST, 667" (fiction) . Mjnrvln Davis 159
TRUTH (poem) Donald A. Fraser 160
CHINESE MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRU-
MENTS (iUnstrated) Albert Gale 161
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION (iUnstrated) Charles ErsUne ScoU Wood 169
(Including Bryan's Speech, p. 175.)
DEPARTMENTS
OUR VIEW William Bittle WeUs 179
THE MONTH 180
IMPRESSIONS Charlel Erskine Scott Wood 185
THE READER W. F. O. Thacher 186
THE UaHTER SIDE Franklin Godwyn 188
PROGRESS 190
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EUGENE
BUSINESS
COLLEGE
R S. HAROUN, President
A Thorotsghly Modern
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yovukg men and yoting
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is under the immediate supervision of Miss Collna
Campbell.
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Volume XII
SEPTEMBER, 1904
Number 3
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS
Russell Sage and Vacations
ALL unconsciously, Eussell Sage,
the successful old money-
grub, exposed himself to end-
less ridicule when he gave ut-
terance to his now famous
advice concerning vacations. There is
something intensely humorous in the
thought of that aged slave of the dollar
setting himself up as an authority on this
subject. But when he naively admits that
he has never taken a vacation, pointing
pridefuUy to his own career as an example
of a life given over to unremitting toil,
without the yearly outing which is so dear
to the average man, it approaches the ab-
surd.
It has its pathetic side, too. That a
man of so great attainment should be so
blinded to the joys of life ; that he should
be content, year after year, to sit at the
seat of customs, to barter and plot and
contrive in order that his vast wealth may
not slip away from him, but may continue
to grow ; to know no sweeter pleasure than
the sound of the ticker and the hoarse
tumult of Wall street — and thus to go
down the declinine^ years, with the grave
yawning at his feet: there is certainly
pathos in that.
Nay, Russell Sage, you have lived yoiir
Mrs. David B. Francis, president of the Woman's
Club, St. Louis, and wife of the President
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
132
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life with but one aim — ^the accumulation
of wealth. Success has rewarded your ef-
forts, and, no doubt, you consider yourself
a successful man. We have no quarrel to
pick with you. You have paid dearly for
your gains, and we pity you from the bot-
tom of our hearts. There can be no joy
and brightness in life for you. We (and
^^we" are the ordinary men, who take all
the vacation we can get and beg for more)
know that all your millions are not worth
the memory of hours afield, with rod and
gun, hours on the seashore, with the hot
Sim burning our skin, and old ocean lap-
ping at our feet, hours in a hammock with
pipe and some favorite author. These and
the anticipation of other such days in
store give a zest to life, Russell Sage, and
a sparkle and a glow that never goes with
clipping coupons. You know nothing at
all about it, so you were very unwise
BuMeU Bf, the famous old flxianoier, whoM lemariuible
■udTioo on Taoations liaa arooaod mnoh oommeat.
The adopted mother.
to speak as you did. Work is an ex-
cellent thing, and every man must do his
share; but, like everything
else, it may be carried to an
extreme, and in excess it
becomes a fearsome task-
master.
With all your money bags
you have missed the best in
life, and we wouldn^t change
places with you, Russell
Sage, for all your millions.
New Cruiser California
The recent launching of
the new and formidable ar-
mored cruiser California
from the great shipyard of
the Union Iron Works, San
Francisco, Cal., proved a
very important event in the
annals of the American
navy. In the history of the
Golden State the affair was
no less notable.
The California enjoys the
enviable distinction of being
the longest war vessel of her
class in the world. She is
longer than the battleships
Oregon, the Iowa, Ohio, and
other great vessels. She is
nearly twice the length of
the New York and other
cruisers of that class.
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS.
133
The dimensions of the California are:
Length over all, 603 feet; extreme
breadth, 70 feet; full loaded draught, 26
feet; total displacement, 13,440 tons. She
has twin screws and triple expansion en-
gines, whose total indicated horsepower
aggregates 23,000. This great power is
capable of developing a maximum speed of
22 knots per hour. At a high rate of
speed the propellers will make 120 revo-
lutions per minute. There are 30 large
tubular boilers placed in eight water-tight
compartments.
The coal bunkers hold 2,000 tons of
coal, and the new cruiser^s steaming
In every respect the California is an
up-to-date fighting machine. Electricity
will be used throughout the vessel for
lighting, for the turning gear for the tur-
rets, for the loading apparatus of the
heavy guns, and for various other pur-
poses.
There will be an ice plant on board
capable of turning out three tons daily;
an evaporator plant, capable of producing
over 20,000 gallons of fresh water per
day, and also a distilling apparatus, witli
a capacity of 10,000 gallons of drinking
water each day.
The California will be fitted up as a
The splendid new ftrft-cUuM oruiaer "CalifomU/* one of the finest fl^htiny ships in TTnole Sam's navy.
radius is estimated at 5,000 knots. Her
armament — main and secondary batteries
— ^is very complete. In both offensive and
defensive fi,ghting the California will be
one of the most formidable war vessels
in the American navy. In addition to
her destructive armament, the new cruiser
will be able to offer to hostile projectiles
a very strong resistance, in the shape of
massive hull protection.
flag ship, and, with a full complement,
will carry 47 officers and 782 enlisted
men.
The construction of this great and for-
midable cruiser was authorized by an act
of Congress approved March, 1899. The
price fixed upon for hull and machinery
was $3,800,000, and her complete arma-
ment, $1,000,000, thus making a total of
nearly $5,000,000.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Tkc Torpedo Boat
If there is one fact that, beyond any
other, has been brought out by the Russo-
Japanese war, it is that of the formidable-
efficiency of the torpedo-boat. Heretofore-
these pigmy craft have been looked upon
with more or less contempt. In the war
between the United States and Spain the-
torpedo-boat played a very small part, the
bulk of the fighting being done by the-
cruisers and battleships. It remained for
the Japanese to appreciate the destructive
value of these deadly naval instruments.
In their hands, the torpedo has assumed
a new and awesome significance. In
nearly every engagement the torpedo has^
struck the decisive blow. Like wasps,
they dart upon their enemy, sting and
away again, before a defense is possible.
Unlike that noxious insect, their blow is-
deadly. It is as if the wasp possessed the
fangs of a cobra. No armorplate ever
cast can resist the rending power of a
Whitehead torpedo.
So swift is their motion, and so^
small the exposed surface, that the
torpedo-boat is the poorest possible
mark for the ponderous guns of the
great war vessels; and so, to meet the
torpedo-boat, a new style of craft has been
developed — the torpedo-boat destroyers.
Swifter, and as easily maneuvered as the
torpedo-boat herself, she is, at the same
time, armed with guns sufficiently power-
ful to pierce the thinly protected torpedo-
boat. She lurks in the lee of the great
floating forts, or does patrol duty aroTrnd
the fleet, ready to dart out and give battle
directly the dread torpedo-boat is seen.
Thus battles are fought and won by these
tiny craft, before the ponderous battle-
ships hardly get into action. It is the
^Tiit-and-get-awa}^' policy once more;^
speed, cunning and quick, telling blows,
instead of heavy movements and thunder-
ous cannonading. It is a style of fighting-
peculiarly suited to the Japanese, and by
them has been brought to high perfection.
A Wave Motor
On the Cliff Drive, which skirts the
ocean shore north of Santa Cruz, in Cali-
fornia, there is a wave motor, where the
horses of the sea have been broken to har-
ness, and have done steady work for seven
years. The inventor of this successfn?
Hametsinr the waves of old ooeon. Wave motor at Santa Cruz, California.
Photo by C. L. Aydelotte.
Japanese torpedo-boat destroyer "Akutsuki," one of the pigmy craft that have floured so promi-
nently in the naval engagements of the Russo-Japanese war.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
duurmiBff Vary Mannerinf , one of
mott popular aotroMos.
Amerioa't
the outer well a counter-balanced float
rises and falls between vertical guides a&
the breakers or waves raise and lower the
water level. In the second well the
plunger of a common force pump, working
in any part of a long pump barrel, on the
down stroke, forces the salt water up 125
feet to the tank.
In ordinary weather the pump fills the
tank in an hour, but has done it in thirty-
five minutes. It will throw a four-inch
stream to a height of 125 feet.
ConrteBy of Burr McIntoBh Monthly.
Copyright, 1904. by The Burr Mcintosh Studio.
motor is E. J. Armstrong. His idea is
quite a simple one. The plant contains
mainly, two wells, a force pump, counter-
balanced float, derrick, pipes and 5000-
gallon tank.
The wells are sunk, one behind the
other, on the sheer cliff, facing the open
sea, and reach from thirty-five feet above
high tide to below low- water mark. They
open into the ocean at the bottom. In
On the beautiful Willamette by moonliffbt.
ForlMt Bobertion, the eminent Enffliah actor, as H mlet. His ma8terl7 interpretation of Shakespeare't
rreateit character was the paramount performance of the past dramatic season.
CAMPUS DAY has been inaugu-
rated as the unique holiday of
the year by the students and
faculty of the University of
Washington. Every one who has
visited the Puget Sound region knows that
the forests there are dark and dense in
their almost tropical tangles. The cam-
pus of the University of Washington, com-
prising three hundred and fifty-five acres,
wholly within the city limits of Seattle, is
covered with this same native growth of
trees and shrubs. Two lakes — Union and
Washington — bound the campus on the
south and east, giving about a mile of
lake shore in each case. The thick forest
growths approach to the very edges of
these shores, making them inaccessible,
except through the construction of paths.
The land slopes from its highest table,
where are located the university buildings,
by gentle grades to the shore of Lake
Union, and by steeper terraces, bluffs and
ravines toward Lake Washington.
Such experts as President David Starr
Jordan, of Stanford University, Professor
D^Arcy Thompson, of Dundee University,
Scotland, and Professors Richard T. Ely,
Frederick J. Turner and Paul S. Reinsch,
of the University of Wisconsin, have vis-
ited this particular campus in its wild
ruggedness and have pronounced it one
of the most beautiful locations for an in-
stitution of learning to be found anywhere
in the world. To make some of this
beauty more available, an appeal was made
to the students and faculty to establish
a sort of annual "labor day,'^ when every
man should appear with an ax, pick or
shovel, while the women should provide
the midday meal. The response was en-
thusiastic, and the results of the first
Campus Day most gratifying.
The workers comprised about six hun-
"CAMPUS DAY.''
139
dred men and women. They were organ-
ized into companies, properly oflBcered,
and devoted one whole day to good, hard
labor. The faculty and graduate students
were called the "awkward squad,'* which
was given the hardest and least attractive
work of filling ditches and leveling ground
between the buildings. The Law School
men built a path along the shore of Lake
Washington. Men of the College of En-
gineers built winding paths through two
large ravines. Other classes cleared land
and built paths in various directions.
Great care was taken not to mar in the
slightest the natural beauty of the rich
forest. The campus will one day be one
of the finest natural parks in this part of
the world.
Probably the best piece of work accom-
plished was the clearing of a natural
amphitheater formed by a wide and
Cleariav the natural amphitheater, whioh wlU
be one of the features of the campus at
the XJniTersity of Washington.
Some of the workers equipped and ea^r for the fray.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Students of the College of En^ineen, ttartinir
one of the windina: paths on Campus Day.
evenly sloped ravine. Without grading
and by simply removing the trees and
undergrowth, there was revealed a natural
auditorium that will accommodate an
audience of thirty thousand people. The
back or "sounding wall/' consists of a
mass of interlocking trees, such as fir,
hemlock, cedar, maple and alder. A
rough, temporary platform was built on
a huge fir stump. The acoustic proper-
ties have surprised all who have tested
them. From any place on the wide sides
of the theater an auditor can hear every
syllable, even when the speaker drops his
voice to a whisper. This splendid pos-
session will be improved by each succeed-
ing jimior class in the College of Liberal
Arts, and soon Greek plays will be giveji
a fine setting in this beautiful spot by the
far Western sea.
BEFORE LOVE CAME
Before Love came I knew not sights nor sonndSi
Save what had always seemed to be;
A rose was but a rose— ah, me!—
Before Love came.
Before Love came a bird was but a bird;
Now In my soul an answering thrill
I feel, where erstwhile all was still.
Before Love came.
Before Love came, dear heart, how poor I was!
The fragrance and the song could give
No ecstacy; I did not live
Before Love came.
—Marion Cook Knight.
A TEMPERED WIND
Tne meeting of tw^o 'uranderers — tke exchange of confi<leiice8 — a story of
appealing kuman interest
By C. E. AJams
THE Flyer was an hour late. The
Great and Powerful, surfeited
with attention, had closed the
window of the ticket office,
and could be seen struggling
wildly with the telephone. Hanging up
finally with a jerk, he came through into
the waiting room, and, standing before the
billboard, wrote rapidly:
"Flyer delayed in Tacoma by slight ac-
cident to machinery. No night boat. Will
run as usual to-morrow.'^
A ripple of disappointed comment ruf-
fled the silence of the waiting crowd.
People picked up their bundles and
pushed and crowded for the door with the
eagerness of instant necessity.
A young mother carrying her child and
a man in rain coat and cap drifted to-
gether as they neared the door. Standing
aside as she passed through, he made an
awkward but earnest profiEer of assistance.
"Vd like to help you over the tracks,*'
he said. "You can^t carry the baby and
your bag, too. Excuse me for speakin\^'
The sincerity of the offer was apparent,
and after a mementos hesitation the girl
gave him her bag and followed, as he led
the way through an open passage to the
street. Here he paused.
"Give me the kid. I guess I can man-
age him all right.''
Before she could remonstrate he had
taken the child from her arms and started
across the network of tracks.''
"Keep close to me. Look out there,
you!" — ^to a drayman. "Now, we're all
right. Don't you see you couldn't never
have got over here alone, with all these
things screechin' and blowin' and runnin'
you down. Are you goin' to Tacoma to-
night?"
"I must," she said, eagerly. 'T guess
I can get over on the electric road pretty
soon."
"Thafs right. That's just how I'm
goin'. The station's right up here."
The little waiting room was warm and
bright, and the girl gave a sigh of relief
as she saw that it was unoccupied. The
instinct of the hunted was strong within
her these days.
The man pulled an easy chair near the
stove and went out to make some inquiries.
Coming back soon, he said:
"I've been findin' out about the trains.
We've just missed one; but there'll be an-
other at nine. You don't need to worry.
You'll get home to-night all right."
His allusion had evidently not been a
happy one, and brought no cheerfulness
to the tired face. Changing the subject
quickly he remarked:
"I ain't had no dinner, have you?"
She shook her head, "I don't want
any."
The man looked at her keenly. 'TTou
ought to eat something. We won't get
there till after 10 o'clock. I suppose,"
hesitating, "you wouldn't feel like com-
ing out to get anything?"
She shook her head again. Evidently
she was trying to sift his motives, and out
of the poverty of her experience could find
no satisfactory explanation for his con-
tinued interest.
The man slowly buttoned up his rain
coat, and, pushing back his cap, stood look-
ing down on her with a quizzical expres-
sion on his strong face.
"It's just come to me," he said, "that
like as not that hat and coat of mine was
influencin' you some about dinner." His
eyes twinkled and the girl smiled invol-
untarily. "If my other hat and coat
wasn't in Tacoma I'd put 'em on if it
would make you feel any better about this
eatJn' business."
"Oh, no. I don't mind that, but—"
The man filled up the pause.
'TTou see, it's like this: I'm just get-
tin' home after twelve months in a mighty
dry old country. I ain't seen a decent
mist nor drizzlie since I've been gone. I
ain't tasted fog like this for a year. Seems
like I could just slice it off and eat it.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
"I^m used to livin' up in the woods
where things is green and shinin^ all win-
ter long on account of the damp^ and Vyb
wore these kind of clothes right along.
This morning, when I struck the town,
and see the fog lyin^ low on the Sound, I
felt like I was back in God's own country,
an' I went right out and bought me this
slicker and cap.''
The girl smiled again, looking up at
the man with new interest. Some feeling
of fellowship had been established between
them.
"I like the fog, too," she said. "It
seems to wrap you up and take care of
you." She stopped abruptly, shunning
the revelation which the words implied.
The man took up the conversation.
"Been livin' long on the Sound?"
She dropped her eyes. "No ; my home
was on the other side of the mountains.
We came out from Kansas after my
mother died, about six years ago."
The man leaned forward, quickly recog-
nizing, but apparently ignoring the subtle
betrayal of her words. "Kansas! Why,
that's where I just come from, where I
M'as born and brought up. I thought
there wasn't nothing like it till I come out
here."
■Phey talked for a little, finding some
common interests in the section and the
prairie life to which both had been bom.
He saw that she was weary, and, finally
glancing at the clock, he pulled up the
collar of his slicker, still stiffly creased
In its store folds.
*TVell, if you won't come I'm goin' to
get my dinner and bring you something
in. And before she could reply he had
opened the door and was gone. Left to
herself, she cared for the child, and then
leaned back in her chair with closed eyes.
The man, coming quietly in with the
tray of food, stopped for a minute within
the door. The girl's hat had slipped back,
making a dark background for the fair
liair and weary, childish face. One hand
rested on the little bundle by her side ; the
other hung listlessly over the arm of the
chair. As he waited, the fragrance of the
coffee smote upon her half -conscious sense,
and she sat up quickly, with words of
thanks. A warm glow crept over her face
as she ate and drank, the man, meanwhile,
matching with friendly eyes.
"I knew what you need better than
you," he said, quietly.
By the time she had finished her lunch
other travelers began to appear, and when
he went away with the tray a woman sit-
ting near inquired if he were a lumber-
man. The girl hesitated in some little
confusion before replying, "I think so.
He is a stranger to me."
The woman looked surprised, turning to
speak in a low voice to her companion.
The girl shivered, drawing her wrap closer.
The train was ready when he returned.
He took the child this time as a matter
of course, leading the way to the car and
arranging a place for their comfort.
She saw that he seated himself directly
behind her, watching every motion as she
took off her wrap, folding it to make a
bed for the child. The train under way,
they passed through brilliantly lighted
streets, then over the trestles of the bay,
and, fiiially, with greater speed, out into
the more open country beyond.
The girl sat looking from the window,
filled with a sweet sense of security and
peace. The child stirred and crie^ and
she took it up, resting its soft face against
her cheek. In the front of the car, a
woman had turned in her seat and was
watching them curiously. It was the
same who had spoken in the station.
The girl's mood changed. She felt
again the darkness and despair of that
near past, in the shadow of which she
must ever walk.
The matron — ^kind friend, good woman
— ^had kissed her last week, giving
words of strength and comfort. ^TTou are
a good girl, Mary, a good girl ; I know it.
If they won't let you keep baby, come
back.'' And she was going back. There
was nothing else to do. She could not
be separated from the child. She would
try another place; but in all the world
there seemed to be no —
The car stopped suddenly. The con-
ductor went forward, swinging his lantern
out into the darkness. In a few minutes
he came back. "There's been a landslide
'round the next curve. We won't get
through for several hours. Any wanting
to return to Seattle, please take the rear
car. Passengers desiring to wait, can re-
main in this car. If they don't clear the
slide by morning, a train will be sent from
Taconia to connect."
A TEMPERED WIND.
143
The man leaned over, speaking reassur-
ingly. *'It looks like Seattle was bound
to keep Tacoma out of the game. I ain^t
kicking, but it seems like it^s hard on you.
If you want to go back — ^^ ^^Oh, no,'' she
said. "I couldn't go back. I'll wait in
the car here."
The man nodded. "That's right. I'm
goin' to stay right by it myself."
The passengers filed out of the car,
dropping complaints and anathemas by
the way.
The conductor came to the door again.
'TTou're goin' to stay by it? All right.
I'm going up the track now to see what
I can do. I'll let you know later how
things look. He closed the door, and the
rear car slid away into the darlmess.
As the sound of the retreating wheels
died away, the girl spoke, with a shadow
on her face.
"Perhaps I ought to have gone back any
way, but there wasn't any place — "
The man interrupted her. "You done
just right. You don't need to worry any.
You can rest right here. I'm goin' out
to smoke pretty quick."
He saw that she was comfortable, in-
sisting that she get out a shawl which she
said she had in her bag.
"I'm goin' now, but I'll be near if you
want me. She slept a little, waking now
and then to listen for the sound of the
footsteps beside the car. Sometimes she
could see the light of his pipe, a glow
worm in the darkness.
It was early morning when he came in,
strong and fresh, with the drip of the mist
on slicker and cap.
"Don't you get tired walking like that ?"
she asked. He laughed. "I'm just get-
ting rested. I don't ask nothin' better
of weather than this."
He left his damp coat and cap in the
front of the car, and sat down behind her,
leaning over to look at the child.
"Ain't he slept too long?" She shook
her head, smiling.
"I don't know much about 'em," he
said, "never havin' any of my own. No,
I'm not married." He laughed a little.
"When I told my partner good-bye,
goin' East, I told him I might likely bring
back a wife; but when I got there I
didn't seem to find none that just fit my
case, and the longer I stayed the more
company I seemed to be for myself. I
ain't got no near relatives back there now,
an' so about f aU it run strong in my veins
to get back to the Sound. Sleepin' or
walan' the mountains kept callin', and it
seemed like I couldn't stand it if I didn't
get way up on top of something and look
off. So yesterday I got back just the
same as I went, and then last night" —
his voice shook a little, but he went on —
"when I come into the waiting room and
see you settin' there with the child, some-
thin' begin to work in me new like, and
big and strange. I've been thinkin' out
there what's it's like. Before now I've been
goin' through the woods, mile after mile,
just the same, and all at once there'd be a
clearin', an' a stretch of blue sky and
mountains, big and white and shinin*.
reachin' up to heaven itself. And the
almightiness of it all'd get into me, makin'
me feel littler than little, because I
couldn't hold no more.
"Do you see where them blue hills is
showin' through the clouds? Me and my
partner's claims right on top of that
lowest range. I built my house on the
edge of the bluff, an' you can sit on the
porch and hear the river singin' and talk-
in' down below. When it's clear, you can
see way off to the Sound, and when iti*
misty, the valley's like fl big blue sea, and
the mountains shinin' on the shore.
There's a lumber mill and a good road
down to the line, and everything is goin'
our way. I don't know what's happened
since I left, for I ain't no hand to write,
nor my partner, neither; but I know him
all right."
"Now you just keep watchin' the clouds
over there, fioatin' and shiftin', an' pretty
soon Mount Tacoma's goin' to tell you
good morning. I don't want you to do
iio talkin' till I get done. I've been read-
in' your story right along in your face,
an' in your ways to me an' to the child.
Nobody can't tell me different. I know
you're a good woman."
She put up her hand, and he knew that
she was crying.
"Things has been workin' in me, tramp-
in' up and down out there. If I'm not
mistaken, you understand what I'm think-
in' and feelin'. A voice is tellin' you and
me the same things, an' if you'U just listen
an' give it time, it'll speak clear and sweet
to you like it has to me."
"I ain't done yet. See, the mountains
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
all white and pure, and the red's creepin'
up behind it.
'Tf ow, I^m goin* on. In Tacoma there's
a good man I know, a preacher. He's
be^ up in the woods. He knows me and
he'll do everything all right, and to-mor-
row night, after we get home, the pine
logs'U be glowin' on the hearth and you'll
be rockin' the child to sleep in the fire-
light, and my partner'll be comin' in glad
to see me and my wife from Kansas — ^an'
— ^my child. There ain't no neighbors,
but some wouldn't mind that if they
wanted to be quiet and liked to keep com-
pany with the mountains an' trees."
She stopped him now. "I do under-
stand. The voice has been speaking to
me, too, about you. But I must tell you
bec^AUse you are asking me to be your wife.
You must let me tell you."
The man dropped his head on the back
of the seat. She should stand at the bar
of no justice but that of love.
It was a pitiful story of trust and de-
ception.
"I can't say anything good for myself;
but the matron does. She says," and her
voice thrilled with the joy of it. "She
says I am a good girl."
The man raised his head, reaching over
for the little hand, still wet with the tears
of confession.
"You are that. I ain't nothin' like so
good. I wisht I'd been better — for you."
******
The conductor threw open the door with
a bang.
"They won't get through the slide be-
fore noon; but there's a train from Ta-
coma up the track. You've had a long
wait. You must be tired. It isn't so
bad, though, being all together."
Outside the car the man held the child
easily in the curve of his arm, and taking
the girl's hand led her steadily on into the
sunshine of a new day.
A view of the Willamette River near Portland, Oreffon. Photo by H. M. Stnilh. J
THE CITY BOYS' SWIMMING HOLE
Tbe PuUic Batks tliat are ike Jeli^kt of tbe ampkibious
boy aunn^ the summer months
By E. J. Bloom
U^m^^Mi
%^ 't*-
1
All ready to plunge into the cool water.
FOETUNATE is the man whose
boyhood was spent in the coun-
try. His memory is a never-
failing storehouse upon which
he can make generous draughts
to soothe the careworn years of his man-
liood. Well he remembers the midsum-
mer days, when, at stem, parentc^l com-
mand, he "wed'' the garden, the hot sun
burning his back, his thoughts up.oi the
angle of the creek where the '^swimmin'
liole'' invited, with its screen of willows
and its stretch of cool sand- Again he
sees the familiar hand through the back-
yard fence, with two fingers extended and
slightly parted; again he dives for the
place where* the palings are loose, and,
Tisking a licking, sneaks through the alley
■to join the gang bound for the ^Tiole."
Now, as then, the country boy has the
advantage. He still finds his way to the
old mill pond, or the pool down by the
big clump of willows ; but for the city boy
much has been done to overcome the hand-
icaps of his habitation. The munici-
pal government, forgetful of its boyhood
days, no longer permits indiscriminate
swimming along the banks of the river;
but generous men, who are mindful that
they, too, were once boys, have contributed
to the erection of free swimimng tanks,
where the amphibious boy mav find every
opportunity to follow out his inborn ten-
dencies. In one of the larger cities of
the Northwest this has been done, and
has been attended with splendid results.
Not only has a means of healthful and
innocent amusement been provided, but
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY,
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Hpgti«»"^v ^LJrCaiJK'W^'? , ^g:k1■^
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A hot and dirty crowd, awaiting tho openinir of the baths.
the death rate among youngsters learning
to swim has been greatly reduced. Thi«
is proven by the fact that" prior to the
establishment of the public baths the an-
nual loss was from twenty-five to fifty
lives, while since, the number has fallen
almost to zero.
These baths are well equipped for the
purpose, and since being opened there had
been practically no desire manifested on
the part of the boys to return to the old
plan. Here, with a tank thirty-five feet
wide and a hundred feet long, and a grad-
uated depth of from eighteen inches to
ten feet, they can disport themselves to
their hearts' content.
The tank itself is wholly made up of
slats, four inches in width, placed about
an inch apart on the bottom and about
two inches apart on the sides, and allows
It would
as if water were the natural element of the boy.
THE CITY BOYS' SWIMMING HOLE.
147
In they ro» feet first, head first, splashing and playing like a sohod of porpoises.
a constant change of water of the same
temperature as other parts of the stream.
The tank is surrounded by four pontoons,
on which dressing rooms and instructors
quarters are located. These pontoons are
of sufficient, width so that plenty of room
is left for a runway, springboard and
other diving contrivances.
The greatest number the baths have
ever acconmiodated in one day was 2,500.
of which 1,800 were boys. During one
season over a thousand boys learned to
Here the little boys disport themseWes in a shallow corner of the tank.
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swim here, and without a single serious
accident.
On a warm day, the baths are packed
to suffocation. Boys of all shades of color,
and all conditions of life, meet here on
one common plane.
The greatest number the baths have
ever accommodated in one day was
twenty-five hundred, of which eighteen
hundred were boys. During one season
over a thousand boys learned to swim
here, and without a single serious acci-
dent.
The clang of the big gong outside the
instructor's quarters marks the close of
the swimming period, and then the boys
all scamper for their dressing rooms to
get ready for the street. Handling such
large crowds of boys requires perfect and
unflinching discipline, and the commands
of the instructors are so well heeded that
it hardly ever requires more than thirty
seconds in which to clear the whole tank.
Ten minutes later they are on the street,
very wet as to hair, and going througli
strange contortions to remove the water
from their ears — ^the rule being to kick
the foot on the other side. Their whole-
hearted laughter, their bright eyes and
clear skin are evidence enough that the
city boys' swimming hole is an invaluable
and much appreciated institution.
Leaving the bathi — a cooler, oleaner and happier lot of bo7s.
AWAKE
Oh prisoned souls, in slumberous fetters lying,
Who scarcely dream, so strong the chains of sleep,
Awake! Awake! Your own soul-pinions trying.
Shake off your slumber deep.
The power within yon lies. Arouse to action.
And seek the love and wisdom hid therein;
TiU from the great AU-source, with sore attraction,
Comes that which yon would win.
For soul can role; and there is naught above it
That may its growth and progress disallow.
Oh seek within it for the power yon covet.
And claim it, here and now!
—Florence May Wright.
THE BUCKET TRAMWAY
An ingenious contrivance used hy tke farmers of tkc Palouse country to tran^ort
tkeir pro<luctj; from ttc uplands to tlie river
By George M, Gage
Oeneral view from the upper terminal of the Intextor Warehouse Company't tramway, Wawawai, thow-
tng Snake River and the famous 840-acre orchard of Wm. La FoUette.
Photo by Hudson.
THE grain tramwa3{ of the In-
terior Warehouse Company, at
Wawawai, Whitman County,
Washington, was built in 1901,
for conveying grain from the
wheat lands tributary to the Snake Eiver
bluffs over the face of the bluff to the
steamboat landing on the river. The ele-
vation of the upper warehouse is 1,700
feet above the river, and the distance be-
tween the two houses is about 5,150 feet,
making an endless cable nearly two miles
in length.
The upper terminal of this tramway is
a large cast-iron wheel, eight feet in diam-
eter, supplied with a patent rachet grip
that the cable passes through, and a
smooth, band-iron grip brake for regulat-
ing the speed of the cable. The lower
terminal is constructed in the same man-
ner. The farmers deliver their grain to
the warehouse at the upper terminal, and
the sacks are placed on the carriers and
lowered on the cable to the house on the
river.
The cable is run on a gravity basis, the
loaded carriers pulling up the empty ones.
The lower terminal is in the tower of a
large warehouse at the foot of the bluff,
and grain is conveyed in chutes from this
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tower, either to dif-
ferent sections of
the warehouse or to
the steamboats, as
the case may be.
When working at
full capacity, ten
hours per day, this
tramway puts down
200 tons of wheat.
Regarding distance
that grain is drawn
to it, it may be said
that practically all
of the grain in a
territory extending
five miles out in
three different di-
rections from the
upper terminal is
taken care of by it.
The carriers on
this cable are about 80 feet apart. There
are 128 carriers on the cable, so that 64
are going down loaded, while 64 are going
up empty.
This tramway has proved a great suc-
cess, and saves the farmers a haul of from
Scene on the bloffg of the Ba&ke River, Bhowiny the oarrjin^ towers
and buckets— one ascending* one desoendinc— of the tramway.
Photo bj Hadson.
10 to 15 miles over a rolling country to
the nearest railroad station. There are
about 50,000 sacks of wheat put down to
the river landing over this tramway each
season.
When the government shall have, given
to the Upper Colum-
bia an unobstructed
passage for steamers,
and when irrigation
shall have trans-
formed the arid and
semi-arid lands lying
adjacent to it and its
tributaries into pro-
ductive fields, there
will be needed many
and many a tramway
to carry to the river
and the railroad by its
side, the fruits and
grains which will be
grown by the thrifty
farmers who will own
and cultivate the
country reclaimed and
made fit for homes of
thousands of peoplo.
"The man at the brake" — scene in the upper terminal of the tramway.
Photo by Hudson.
THE DEACONS DILEMMA
A remarkable tale of trampfl and trousers — tbe confusion of tke Deacon-
tlie explanation
By Erakine M. Hamilton
DEACON Tracy had gone out
to the bam to look after his
horses, not for eggs, and when,
in an unfortunate slip from
the hay loft, he sat down in a
nest full of them, the incident made him
unhappy. He knew that eggs were made
to be sat on — ^by hens — but when the task
was undertaken by a respectable, middle-
aged gentleman lie himself, it was a la-
mentable failure. He viewed the yellow
blotch on his Sunday drab trousers, and
gave utterance to a few remarks. No
matter what he said. It was not precisely
the same speech he would have made at
a Sunday-school convention. He removed
the egg marks as best he could with whisps
of straw, and then went into the house for
further repairs from Mrs. Tracy. It was
a Fourth of July morning, and he found
his wife very busy in getting ready for a
church picnic.
"Well, I^m glad youVe come in,'' she
remarked. "I^m in an awfid hurry, and
I — Why, Silas Tracy! What have you
been doing to yourself ?^^
^T!'ve been sitting on eggs,^^ replied the
deacon, solemnly.
"Sitting on eggs ? Well, I should think
you were old enough to know better. Now
go upstairs and put on some other clothes
as quick as you can, for we must be go-
ing/'
The deacon disappeared up the stair-
way, and presently returned, arrayed in a
suit of black. The carriage was soon at
the door, and the family started for the
picnic grounds, leaving tiie farmhouse de-
serted and alone for the day.
Near the hour of noon two ragged,
dusty wayfarers came plodding lazily
along the public highway. As they came
opposite the Tracy homestead they paused
and looked in that direction. They were
hungry, and the farmhouse, standing back
from the road, in the shade of the trees,
looked inviting, and suggested possible
refreshment. After a moment^s discus-
sion they turned down the lane to the
back of the house, and stopped at the
kitchen door. One of them, evidently an
Irishman, approached and rapped. There
was no reply, and he rapped again. No
answer came, and all was silent within the
house.
"Whist, Dan, I'm thinkin' theyVe heard
we was comin' to see 'em, an' have jist left
on that account."
"Oh, come on," growled Dan. "There's
nobody at home, an' we can't get nothin'
to eat here."
"Indade, an' I'll look about a bit first,"
persisted the other. "Me own mother used
to say to me : ^Mike, me boy, ye'U find a
fortin some day,' an' now I've found it I'll
step into it."
Without further words Mike began to
try the various windows. He soon discov-
ered one which had been left unfastened,
and entered the house. A moment later
he threw open the kitchen door with a
polite bow.
"Come in, Mishtur Burk," he said. "Me
family, as ye can see, have gone off to
spind the Fourt', an' have left me to en-
thertain gintlemin like yersilf. Come in,
and whativer ye sees that ye like, jist take
it. I'm that ginerous wid me friends."
Dan accepted the proffered hospitality
with a grim smile, and the two speedily
made themselves at home. Mike made a
fire in the kitchen stove, and soon had the
teakettle sending forth jets of steam, while
Dan went through pantry and cellar for
provisions. The table was spread with
Mrs. Tracy's best linen, and china from
the closet, and our wanderers sat down to
a sumptuous repast. Neither time nor
expense did they spare in the banquet, and
they enjoyed it in luxurious silence.
"Well," said Mike, leaning back in his
chair after eating all he could swallow,
"it's mesilf that's glad of yer company,
Mishtur Burk, an' I hope ye'U always
have plinty to ate an' to wear. An' that
makes me think," glancing down at his
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own ragged apparel, "that I^m not drissed
as a gintleman should be whin his friends
call to see him. So, if ye'U excuse me, Fll
jist step up the stairs an' see if me driss
suit is anywhere thereabouts.'*
Without further words he ascended the
stairway. He was gone but a short time,
and when he came back he was clothed in
a blue coat and vest, and drab trousers —
the suit Deacon Tracy had taken oflf.
*^ 'Tis a fine fit, indade !" he said, sur-
veying himself in a mirror. "Me tailor
be a good one. But I see there's some
yellow paint on me trousers, or ilse a yel-
low dog has rubbed ag'in 'em while he
was wet."
Dan smiled indulgently at his whimsical
friend, and then remarked gruffly :
"We'd better git out o' here, or the
coves what own this place'U come back an'
find us."
Mike made no objection, and after clos-
ing door and window the two set forth
once more on their travels.
Meanwhile, ignorant of the unusual fes-
tivity going on at their home, the Tracy
family were having a pleasant time at the
picnic. Here they met many of their
neighbors and church acquaintances. The
place was a grove, on the bank of a small
river, and bw^at-riding, fishing and other
amusements were indulged in by the
young people, while the older ones sat
under the trees and talked. About the
middle of the afternoon Johnny and Wil-
lie Tracy approached their father.
"Say, pa, won't you take us in swim-
ming? You said you would the first
good chance."
The Deacon had often spoken of what
a wonderful swimmer he was in his
younger days, and he had, indeed, prom-
ised his boys to give them a few lessons
when opportunity came. The opportunity
was here, and there was no good reason
why he should refuse. Accordingly the
three started off down the river to find a
suitable place. They soon reached a spot
remote from the picnic grounds, and free
from probable interruption or observation.
A large, dense clump of willows, near the
river's bank, afforded a secluded place for
disrobing, and in a few minutes the little
party were in the water, enjoying them-
selves to their hearts' content.
A short distance from the river, and
beyond the clump of willows, was a coun-
try road, and down this road came two
figures, one clad in blue coat and buff
trousers. Mike was in advance, discours-
ing volubly, while Dan walked silently
behind. As they drew near the clump of
willows the shouts and laughter on the
other side attracted Mike's attention, and
he stopped suddenly to listen.
"An' what be goin' on over there, be-
yant?" he questioned.
**0h, come on," growled Dan. ^TTe're
always a-stoppin' about nothin'. "
'Indade, an' I'll see about this first
Wasn't it me own mother as used to say
to me, 'Mike, me b'y, it's the bird that's
huntin' that finds the worm, an' if ye
wants good luck, ye must look for it'."
"Oh, bother take yer mother! Come
on !" urged Dan.
"Niver ye mind, Mishtur Burk. If ye
had respicted yer mother whin ye was
young, ye'd a been as dacint a man as
mesilf. But ye wasn't brought up right,
an' has no sinse to obsarve whaf s goin' on
about ye."
As -he spoke, the persistent Mike left
the road, and pushed his way through the
willows, while Dan reluctantly followed.
They soon discovered the group in the
water, and were about to retrace their
steps, when Mike's keen eye saw the cloth-
ing in the bushes.
"Did ye iver see such luck?" he whis-
pered exultantly. "I was thinkin' the
way over here that thim yellow marks
on me trousers wus not lookin' nice, an*
the gintleman I borrowed 'em from might
know 'em by that same. An' here the
saints have put a fine black suit right
under me nose. As me mother used to
say"—
"What in blazes do I care what yer
mother said?" interrupted Dan, savage-
ly. "Let the clothes alone, an' come on,
or them coves in the river will be back
here, an' we'll have no end of bother."
"Be aisy, an' presarve yer timper,
Mishtur Burk," answered Mike compos-
edly. "An' didn't me own mother used
to say to me: 'Mike, me b'y, if ye'U
kape a clane skin on yer body, an' clane
duds on yer back, ye'U niver die in the
poorhouse."
In vain did Dan protest. His objec-
tions were of no avail, and even while he
was talking Mike deftly made the ex-
change.
THE DEACON'S DILEMMA.
153
'TBegorra, Fm honest, onyhow/' said
the latter, as they reached the road once
more. "Me own mother used to say to
me: ^Mike, me b'y, whativer ye does, be
honest.' ^An' I jist took the things I
found in these pockets an' put 'em in the
pockets of the suit I left behind. Let
this be a lesson to ye, Mishtur Burk. Hon-
esty is always the best policy."
There was no reply to this homily, and
the two resumed their aimless wandering
— Dan in moody silence, and Mike happy
in the possession of a full stomach, a good
suit of clothes, and a clear conscience.
That Deacon Tracy and his boys had
a good time in the river goes without
question. The boys were overflowing with
exuberant delight, and the Deacon forgot
himself and became a boy once more. But
seasons of enjoyment, like other things,
can not last forever, and the little party
regretfully left the water to resume their
clothing and return to the picnic grounds.
^T'P'ell, this has been a tip-top good
time," said the Deacon, as they entered
the clump of willows. "I'm real glad
you boys thought about it. A swim like
that makes me feel young again, and T —
Hello! What in the world is this?"
"What's what?" asked Johnny in sur-
prise.
"Why, these clothes! Look at these
clothes'!"
"They're your'n, ain't they?"
"Of course they're mine," answered the
Deacon, drawing his hand across his fore-
head in perplexity, '^ut how did they
get here?"
Johnny looked at his father, and then
at the clothes, seeing no reason for this
perturbation.
'^Why, pa, you put 'em there yourself,
didn't ye?"
"Now, Johnny, Willie, both of you,"
continued the Deacon, with a pained ex-
pression on his countenance. "Look me
right in the face, and tell me this: Did
I have on that suit when I came down
here?"
For a moment the boys were silent.
Had something turned their father's
brain?
*TVTiy — I guess you did; I don't re-
member. Of course, you must have had
it on," answered Johnny. But the Dea-
con was far from satisfied.
As soon as they could they hurried
back to the picnic ground, where the
Deacon at once sought Mrs. Tracy.
"Say, Mary, do you see anytliing pe-
culiar or strange about me?" he asked
anxiously.
"No, I can't say that I do," answered
that lady, surveying him critically, "ex-
cept you seem a bit worried, and I — ^why,
Silas, you didn't change that suit after
all!"
"That's just it," said the Deacon,
gloomily. "I thought sure I had done
so, for I remember going upstairs for that
purpose. But it seems I didn't and that
is what troubles me. I have noticed lately
I forget things, and I'm afraid my mind
is giving away, and I'm going to have
softening of the brain, may be, and" —
"Softening of the brain!" and Mrs.
Tracy laughed heartily. ^'Why, you
haven't a bit more softening of the brain
than I have. You simply forgot to change
your clothes, and that's all there is to it.
But it is strange I didn't notice it before.
It mortifies me that you went about all
day looking like that."
But when the family reached home
that evenii^g, the mystery was fully ex-
plained. The disturbed furniture, the
soiled dishes, the depleted pantry, and
the ragged clothes in the closet, plainly
indicated that tramps had visited the
house. Mrs. Tracy's wrath was beyond
expression, while the Deacon was cor-
respondingly elated. The discovery had
banished all fears as to his mental con*
dition.
"I know it was tramps," he said. "They
took my clothes here, and then traded
again by the river — and here's the proof !"
He held up a piece of plug tobacco. 'T!
found this in ray trousers pocket, and you
know I never use the stuff."
"And you a-talking of softening of the
brain," answered Mrs. Tracy, wrathfully.
"I wish I could have been here. I'd have
softened the brains of those tramps with
a rolling pin — ^that's what I would !"
There is no doubt that the good woman
would have kept her word, but the mis-
chief was done, and the culprits safe from
any such visitation of her wrath.
The "or iwimmin' hole." where the oountry boy dellfhtt to go.
Playing in the hot s&nd on the beaoh.
Hesitation before the iint plunye. The water is oold, and it takes no little ooursce to "duok over.'
lii
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"Drying off" after the swim.
OUR NATIVE SHRUBS
Some of tke attractive Uosaoming plants tkat migbt be used to advantage in garden and park
By William S. Rice
the present rate of consumption. The
common name, "California Holly/^ re-
fers more to the berries than to the
leaves, as the latter have not exactly the
form of holly leaves. This is such a
beautifnl shrub in cultivation that it is
a shame that it is not more generally
employed for this purpose. It requires
no more attention than many other plants
which take its place on the lawn. By
plucking the berries discriminately, one
may obtain each year's supply of Christ-
mas greens from the same bush. Its na-
tive haunts are the Coast ranges from
San Diego to Mendocino County, Cali-
fornia, also the foothills of the Sierra
Nevadas.
Another beautiful shrub which arouses
admiration even from the layman has
been generally overlooked; and why? I
suppose because it is "wild"; yet there
isn't a more handsome shrub in cultiva-
tion than the wild white Azalea of the
Sierras. In June and July the borders
of the Merced Eiver and other mountain
streams are covered for miles and miles
with the bushes, whose rich green foliage
is almost obscured from view by the mag-
nificent clusters of white and yellow or
sometimes pinkish flowers. Its spicy per-
fume breathes of the "forest primeval,"
and suggests days spent with rod and
line along woodland streams.
Productive of as much pleasure would
be a bush of Manzanita. Fancy a bush
of this character in full bloom about
Christmas, when its dense crown of pale
foliage, surmounting the rich purple-
brown stems, is thickly sown with the lit-
tle clusters of fragrant, waxen bells. After
the blossoms are gone, numerous brilliant
scarlet or crimson shoots appear, which at
a little distance look like another kind of
blossom. The Manzanita grows from
three to twenty-two feet in height; and,
aside from its blossoms, its limbs and
bark are very attractive in color, ranging
from a terra cotta to rich crimson and
orange.
Who has not admired the soft, gray.
The dainty tasMlt of the Swamp Alder.
IT IS a matter of frequent regret that
our native shrubs are not more
generally employed in laying out
gardens about our homes and in
public parks. Possibly this is be-
cause we too often leave that important
work entirely to the hands of the land-
scape gardener, instead of personally su-
pervising the planting of the home gar-
dens, and imparting an air or individ-
uality to the work.
I remember what a thrill of pleasure
was experienced only a short time ago on
seeing on the lawn of a small cottage :i
handsome, robust bush of the Christmas
berry (Toyon) bedecked with clusters
upon clusters of creamy white blossoms.
I thought at the time, what a joy that
same bush will be to its owner next De-
cember when all those blossoms are re-
placed by scarlet berries!
This handsome shrub is in danger of
extermination if its berries and foliage
continue to be used year after year at
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silky buds of the pussy willow, in early
spring, swelling with the vernal impulse
and ripening later into a "catkin" loaded
with golden pollen? Yet who has ever
raised a tree of this same willow in their
back yard? Strange, when it grows from
cuttings so easily and will flourish any-
where with scarcely any attention. A twig
placed in a bottle of water for several
weeks will gradually send out tiny white
roots at the base, and by and by, after
being set in the ground outdoors, it will
produce a handsome bush which year
after year will give you a whole family
tassels, which dust their pollen in golden
clouds on every passing breeze.
In conclusion, I must say that when
the plant lover has plenty of space at his
disposal, it is advisable to keep the wild
shrubs and herbaceous plants by them-
selves; in other words, to plant a wild-
flower garden and have in it only wild
species of plant life. I remember a gar-
den I once had the pleasure of visiting,
which to my mind was the most interest-
ing ever seen. A giant pine or two
shaded the whole yard. Under the
branches a rustic arbor was built, and at
: '-^^ Jit- - ^
IW^ Vj^
^SBR^
The dalioate blossoms of the C&lifomU Az&lea (Rhododendron Oooidentales) .
of silky "pussies." The pussy, or Glau-
cous willow, has pleasing leaves, and is a
truly ornamental tree in its native haunts
along streams.
Found in the same locality as the pussy
willow is the common swamp Alder. It
is a low shrub, probably from six to eight
feet in height. Its buds are among the
first to answer the call of the vernal sea-
son. All through the fall and winter —
in fact, as soon as the leaves have fallen
— the alder bushes are covered with firm,
crimson-tipped, green catkins, which
hang stiffly from the stems. Now when
spring rouses the buds from their leth-
argy, these same stiff little catkins loosen
their joints and become dainty, flexible
various places rocks had been artfully
placed. The beds were covered with
every conceivable species of fern, wild
ginger, and other denizens of the moun-
tains, which were allowed to grow in rank
profusion. A winding path led to the
arbor which was half concealed by a fes-
toon of wild Clematis and Virginia
Creeper.
The beauties of the woodland were thus
brought home to the very door, and it re-
quired a very slight stretch of the imagi-
nation to fancy that one was miles away
from civilization, while lounging upon
the rustic seat in the arbor beneath the
pines.
"EXTRA WEST 667"
A mad ride to deatk — tke courage and keroic faitkfulneflfl oi a train cre'w
By Myrvin Davis
ALL day the snow had fallen,
slowly, steadily, whispering
into the long reed grass of
the hollows, weighing down
the branches of the bull pine
and fir on the ridges; but the men on
"Extra West 667'' thought nothing of it,
only to jerk it out of their collars and mit-
tens, swearing picturesquely.
They were loaded with steel for the
Clearwater extension; twenty-one cars, a
full train, with a double-header. The cars,
loaded to twenty, thirty, fifty per cent
over their capacity, with the clinging,
springing steel, were hard to draw and
hard to hold, slipping a little on the down
grades to loosen the dogs on the hard-set
brakes, rocking a bit under the brakeman's
feet as he passed back and forth to watch
them. All trainmen know what steel is,
and on the hills they are afraid of it.
'^361'' was the second engine, a trim-
built Santa Fe, a half-breed Baldwin,
high on her drivers, a sprinter of the old
passenger service before the compounds
came, fast, but light for freight. "667''
was the head engine, and handled the air.
She was a Baldwin standard. Dick ran
361. Bums was on 667. Cool men they
were, who knew danger, but not fear.
Thus they went through the drowsy
half-light of the snow-fiUed afternoon,
and the children in the schoolhouses, far
apart, watched them going, steaming
easily, as they rolled with muffled wheels
through the growing whiteness.
The eariy night came down quickly and
caught them on the bench just below Mos-
cow, before they reached Howell, at the
top of the hill. They call it a hill, those
careless railroad men, careless of word,
but watchful of brake and signal. It
drops a hundred feet to the mile, and a
sled would run down between the rarls on
a winter's day like a scared coyote. But
the boys were not paid for mountain work
there, and will not honor it with the name.
When they reached Vollmer, some three
miles down the hill, they stopped for or-
ders. The air whispered softly through
to the stuttering brakes, the trainmen
rolled out with their lanterns, sniflSng for
hot boxes, damning the snow and a soul-
less corporation. Then, signalling each
to each in answer to the high-sign from
the platform, the engines puflFed once or
twice, and slid out on to the snow-covered
gradft blinding white in the glare of the
headlight, with the snow blown from the
bench a thousand feet above.
In the cupola of the caboose Gurtin
watched the snow-dust following the light,
dancing and leaping, mad with the rush
and the tumult. Under the feet of the
brakemen as they double-clubbed the
brakes, the treacherous steel slipped and
slid under its covering of snow. It was
slippery work on a slippery track. At
each stride they were going faster. Be-
fore they reached the flat they were mak-
ing thirty miles an hour without a pound
of steam. Ten miles is the limit. The
"flat" is an easier grade with nothing flat
about it; but they had thought to hold
them there, should they get a start, and
now the men on the engines knew they
were in for it. Bums, on 667, clapped on
the air hard, then let go for another
charge^ but the retainers were not turned
up, and he felt that he couldn't hold them.
He tried again, then gave over the air to
Dick, whistling change of air.
Then Dick gave it to them all he could
send; the brakes gripped and ground on
the steaming wheels, but they couldn't
hold ; nothing held. They were dropping
straight into the canyon, fifty miles an
hour now, and trains don't stop on a
mountain grade when they once get
stari:ed at that rate. Guri:in and his
brakeman in the caboose knew it, and they
cut her loose and held her with the hand
brakes, as the unlighted cars lashed into
the night, dropping straight as raindrops,
driving the straining engines. The snow
was oil to thoir wheels, as it ran in water
from brake and rail. Nothing could stop
them but the cessation of the force, that.
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swinging worlds, was drawing back to
their motber^s beart tbe drivers and the
driven.
As they rounded a curve four rear cars
snapped oflf, as a boy snaps tbe "popper^'
from his riding whip, and went whirling
into tbe canyon below. Dick heard them
go, and knowing be was lighter by sixty
tons, ishot the air into them, and sent his
brakeman back to club the brakes again.
It was a frightful task, but knuckling to
it on hands and knees, be crept from car
to car, calmly, fiercely, lajdng in with his
brake club, fighting for his life, bravely,
with those ahead in the steam-filled cabs.
Down, down they shot, rounding curve
after curve on the winding track. At
each they thought they were gone; as each
was past, their hope would rise again, for
they thought perhaps she would ride it
out. Both engineers had thrown their en-
gines over, and were working full steam
with tbe great drivers, gleaming, gripping,
gliding over the slippery rails, dropping
as a spun top drops from your hand.
The sleepers in the canyon a hundred
feet below, waking, heard the roar of the
train, and saw the light as the brakes,
shooting and streaming fire, clutched and
clutched again, lighting the blank walls
above them — so near you could reach them
with your hand — ^and throwing into
shadow the sheer fall below. As a flash
it was gone, and they wondered and slept
again.
It was twelve miles from Vollmer to
Kendrick, at the foot of the grade. They
had started slowly. But it was only nine
minutes after they had started until the
watchers at Kendrick, hearing the roar
of the train, came out to wait below the
last curve. They heard Bums whistle
for Pine Siding, three miles above, but
before they had run the few feet from the
station to the curve, she was thera
Just above this last curve the road is
straight for a ways. Hold your left arm
out, half close your hand and you have it ;
the road makes a complete half -circle into
the yards. Just above this curve is the
whistle post for the coimty road crossing.
Burns, blinded with the whirling, roaring
torrent of steam and snow, did not see it,
but Dick knew it was there, and when he
felt the curve leap under him he whistled,,
one long, two short; his defiance to fear
and death. For, just as 667 struck the
point of the curve, the track melted from
under them, the rails snapped and curled
like broken hair, and out went ties and
ballast, rails and braces, Uke dust beneath
the mighty weight of the driven drivers.
Oh! how they leaped to it; like lions at
a hunting. There was no time for stum-
bling, nor noise of bumping cars or ring-
ing steel ; but as one mighty burst of thun-
der, followed by the hissing of the rain, so
they crashed. With one mighty bound,
and sidling as they leaped, as graybounds
clear the hedges, the engines cleared the
two hundred feet of rock-strewn slope
down to the Potlatch and across it, and
the flying, ringing steel came after, twist-
ing, bending. As one would throw
matches from a saucer, they left the cars
and leaped upon the throbbing engines,
heaped high in wild confusion, damming
the river in its course. Then over all
came silence and the hissing of the en-
gines.
The five men who had fought through
the fearful, roaring blindness, calm to i£e
last, died at the throttle and at the brake,
hoping yet to hold the train when the last
curve was passed. Nobly had they fought,
and as the wires clicked it east and west
the crews of other trains and engines^
waiting here for orders, there for trains,
heard it and knew all that it meant, and
were silent at the awfulness of it. Yet,
as when soldiers hear of comrades slain
in battles fought and won, they felt a
fierce gladness mingled with the pain, and
their work was a more sacred thing for the
lives that it had taken.
TRUTH
Trutli, like the kernel of a nut.
Within its sheU of error lies;
This hard encasement you must break
Before you reach the hidden prize.
Take care that in the sheU abusing
Ton injure not the nut past using.
^Donald A. Fraser.
CHINESE MUSIC AND MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
By Albert Gale, Director of Music, University of Waskington
I-FOST OS TCHOU.
TO most people of the Occident
the music of the Orient makes
little or no appeal except from
the standpoint of novelty. The
casual listener hears nothing
but a succession of squeaking sounds,
scraped out seemingly at random, inter-
spersed with the crashing of cymbals and
the pounding of drimis
and gongs. But to the
student of music, es-
pecially if he has stud-
ied somewhat the na-
tional characteristics,
this confusion o f
sounds, at first mean-
ingless, begins after
several hearings to re-
veal beneath its rough
exterior many gems of
exceeding worth and
beauty. The following
native description of a
Chinese melody gives
some idea of how its
beauties appeal t o
him: "Softly, as the
murmur of whispered
words; now loud and
soft together, like the
patter of pearis and
creations,
melodic
pearlets dropping upon a mar-
ble dish; or liquid, like the
warbling of the mango bird in
the bush; trickling, like the
streamlet on its downward
course; and then like the tor-
rent, stilled by the grip of the
frost."
Many of our best composers
have considered the study of
national music of great import-
ance and have been glad of its
influence upon their musical
Its many unique rythmic and
fancies offer suggestions to
y^
CHENG.
TAI-KU.
the thoughtful musician, while the instru-
ments upon which it is performed, though
usually of harsh and strident tone, oft-
times embody points of ingenuity which
might well be adopted in further perfect-
ing our own. From the remotest periods.
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TAI-DET.
the Chinese have had
a musical system. Ear-
lier than 3000 B. C.
the development of
their musical scale
was begim. This scale
has for its foundation
many phenomena of
nature. The relation-
ship between heaven
and earth, which the
Chinese claim is an
harmonious one, is
fundamental in estab-
lishing the relation-
ship of a perfect fifth,
which, when succes-
sively developed, gives
the twelve tones of the
Chinese scale. In this
development heaven is
represented by the fig-
ure 3, while the figure
2 is the symbol of
earth. By cut-
ting a series
0 f bamboos,
each of which
is two thirds
the length of
the next lon-
ger, the scale ^^
tones are de- \,
rived. It is T
interesting to "^
note that this
system of
scale develop-
ment, which
has been known to the Chinaman for cen-
turies, is the foundation of our present-
day system of piano tuning; the only dif-
ference being that in our tuning we em-
body an imperfection in each fifth, so that
the completed circle of fifths will be
equally tempered, while the Chinaman in-
sists on tuning his absolutely perfect ac-
cording to theory, and therefore has as a
BEN-KOW OS FA&-KOW.
KINO.
CHIXESE MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
163
BON-KU OS 8ACKU.
result a scale musically out of tune. These
twelve tones represent to him the twelve
moons, also the twelve hours of the day,
and as they are developed strictly in the
relation of 2 to 3, and therefore in accord
with the principles which nature has sug-
gested, they must be accepted as absolutely
perfect, even if out of tune.
The perfect accord of this scale of
twelve tones with nature is given in the
story about Lvng-lun, a famous musician
who lived in the reign of Hoang-tu and
was chosen by that ruler to determine
upon a fixed system of musical sounds.
Scarcely knowing how to proceed, Lyng-
lun wandered into the land of Li-joung,
where were to be found the most perfect
growths of bamboo. Selecting one of them
he cut it off between the joints and remov-
mg the pith, blew into it. It so happened
that the sound given out was in unison
with the tone of his speaking voice, and
with the sound of the running waters
of the river Hoang-ho, which was close
by. "Behold, then,'' cried Lyng-lun, *'the
fundamental sound of nature ! This must
be the note from which all others are de-
rived.'' Just at this time
the magic bird, Foung-
hoang, accompanied by
its mate, flew into a tree
near by and began to
s:ing. The first note was
'n unison with the voice
i)f Lyng-lun, and with
ihe sound of the river
Hoang-ho and with the
1 lamboo he had cut. Sud-
denly all the other birds
reased their singing and
t'ven the winds of the
I'arth were hushed while
Lyng-lun busied himself
f^utting reeds of various
lengths and tuning them
to the tones given by the
birds Foung-hoang and
his mate. Each san? six
different tones, which,
when placed on the bam-
boo pipes, gave a succes-
sion of twelve notes. The
notes of odd numbers
which were given by the
mate were pronounced
perfect, and those of the
even numbers, or fenuile,
imperfect. The chromat-
ic scale as here given is
used by the Chinese only
in instrumental music; vocal music and
the instrumental accompaniment to it is
always in the pentatonic scale. This is a
scale the five tones of which bear the same
relations to each other as do the notes
P'l-P'A.
SAM-YEN.
164
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upon the black keys
of the piano. No
harmony is intro-
duced in their mu-
sic, all the instru-
ments playing in unison, the voice taking
a sort of improvised part in falsetto, em-
OUT-
])loying mostly the tonic and dominant
tones.
The instruments of the Chinese are di-
vided into eight classes each representing
a distinct tone quality. Similarly as we
WAVO-JORK.
recognize the tone qualities of strings,
flutes, brass, double and single reeds; so
the Chinaman classifies his instruments as
having the sound of stone, of skin, of
wood, of metal, of bamboo, of gourd, of
HSUEN.
silk, or of baked earth. The sound of stone
is described as being "less tart and rasp-
ing than the sound of metal, much
brighter than the sound of wood, and more
brilliant and sweet than either.^' The
king, an instrument possessed by every
The ChinoM Chromatio Scale.
Confucian and Imperial temple, and one
from which this quality of tone is ex-
tracted, was in use 2200 years before
Christ. It consists of two rows of eight
OA-YEN.
CHINESE MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
166
n *.-^V \
'■^■Tv;';''
SE-O-LO.
DAI-LO.
stones each, sus-
pended in a frame
and played by strik-
ing with a small
mallet. It is sound-
ed in the temples
during the burning
0 f incense and
played as an accom-
paniment to the
songs of praise.
Eight different
kinds of drums give
the sound of skin, in one of which — ^the
j^O'fou — ^the sound is modified by first
boiling the skins for the heads in water,
«nd partly filling
■the body of the
drum with husks of
rice to mellow the
^ound. The Chi-
nese name for drum
is Icou, The ten-
Tcou or far-Jcou, a
■small temple drum
upon the heads of
which are depicted
•certain beasts and
dragons, is of in-
definite pitch. It is
used by the Buddhist priests
to gain the ear of the gods
for their prayers.
The bon-ku or sac-ku and
the two sizes of tai-ku are
of definite pitch, the small
ini-ku being an octave be-
low the hon-ku and a fourth
above the larger tai-ku,
which is of older type and
less frequently used. The
skin covering of these drums
is from the "water ox," as
the Chinamen call it. The
skin is stretched on very
tightly while wet; and the
vibrating surface being com-
paratively small, the sound
given out after the skin is
dry is consequently very
acute and entirely unlike
that of any drum used by
Europeans. As the vibrat-
ing surface of the hon-ku is
only about one and a half
inches, it requires great
skill to play it. The parts
taken on this drum are very
rapid and are played by the
leader of the orchestra who
also plays the ho-go-y at-
tached to the same stand. The pitch of
the ho-go-y is the same as that of the
small iai-ku. As it is of wood, we have
exemplified in it another one of the Chi-
nese tone qualities.
Another interesting instrument giving
the tone quality of wood is known as the
WANO-THEO.
WO-KIIC.
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'- A FAVORITE ORCHtSTRALTHEMt-
X
M
ou. It is in the fomi
of a crouching tiger
having teeth on its
back which are scraped
with a rod. Origi-
nally these teeth were
but six in number,
and were tuned to the
five notes of the pen-
tatonic scale and the
octave of the first ; but
its use at the present
day is only as a
n^hmic instrument,
the teeth now num-
bering twenty - seven,
without definite tun-
ings.
For the tone of
metal, they have many
kinds of bells, gongs
and cymbals. The Chi-
nese name for bell is tchung
ichung is an instrument precisely like the
king except that the sixi:een stones are re-
placed by bells which are tuned, as are the
THE SAME MtUODY m
CHIlHtSt NOT/VTIOM ^
n
/fco^c
X
Uak
X
.%\
Jk
J;
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-(tc
The pien-
MARLORAH.
stones of the king, to
the twelve perfect in*
tervals or liis of the
octave.
The mar-lo-rah or
^Ti o r s e gong" was
much used in China in
ancient war times. Its
use at present is in
the temple orchestras
and occasionally in the
theaters, where its
special prerogative is
to depict scenes of ter-
ror. It is struck with
a stick muffled with
rags, and whether the
blow be heavy or light,
it always causes a
shudder. This instru-
ment has been intro-
duced with telling ef-
fect by Cherubini in his Re-
quiem in C minor, also by
Meyerbeer in "Robert le
Diable/' and by other Euro-
pean composers.
I'port and tchou
are names given by the
Chinese to the huge
pair of cymbals which
forms a principal part
of every Chinese or-
chestra. These cym-
bals are about thirty
inches in diameter, and
though large and cum- ^
bersomc, they are han-
dled with a skill that
shows plainly the Chi-
naman's knowledge of the proper
cymbal tone and how to produce
it. For the sound of bamboo, the
Chinese have several kinds of
flutes and pan-pipes. The tone
quality of those flutes, however, is
very different from that of Euro-
pean flutes, having a very marked
reedy quality, produced by cov-
ering an extra orifice below the
embouchure with a piece of thin
tissue-like lining taken from the
inside of tlie bamboo. They have
CHINESE MUSIC AND MUSICAL IXSTEUMENTS.
167
TAI-KU,
six finger holes, giving
the diatonic scale.
Another instrument
coming under this head is
the det'toi or so-na, an
instrument of the double-
reed class similar to the
oboe used in the modem
orchestra, but of much
harsher tone. In playing
this type of instrument,
the Oriental musicians
have acquired a knack
that might be adopted to
advantage by our double-
reed players — that of
breathing without inter-
rupting the playing. This
instrument is a great fa-
vorite among the Chinese
as is also the tai-det,
which is simply a size larger. They are
used on all sorts of occasions, whether of
sorrowing or rejoicing.
For the sound of gourd, the Chinese
have an instrument called the cheng. It
consists of a hollow gourd, serving as a
wind chest and supporting twenty-one
bamboo tubes, seventeen of which are
fitted with free metal reeds. By stopping
the single fijiger hole provided in each
tube, the reed within is caused to vibrate.
It is played by inhaling the breath rather
than exhaling. Its use at present is con-
fined to the orchestras of the Confucian
ceremonies. It is of great antiquity; in
fact, it is one of the most ancient of east-
em instruments.
The sound of silk is extracted from
a great variety of instruments, all of
those having silken strings coming under
this head. In the Chinese ga-yen or
ur-heen, as it is sometimes called, we
find preserved in nearly every detail
the ancient ravanstron of India> which
was probably the earliest of stringed
instruments played with a bow, and the
one from which our vio-
lin is a direct descendant.
In this instrument, the
body is of heavy bamboo
covered with skin from
the tan snake. The neck
is of swan wood tipped
with bone. The two silk
strings are tuned a fifth
apart, the same as in the
modern violin, but with
the bow hair passing be-
tween in such a manner
that by pressure of the
middle finger of the right
hand upon the hair,
either string can be
played at will. The left
hand in playing occupies
a position corresponding
to the "second'^ used by
violinists, leaving out the two notes usu-
ally played by the first finger and giving
consequently the pentatonic scale. The
Chinaman rosins his bow as he plays
from a lump placed on the body of the
instmment. The wo-Jcim is precisely like
the ga-yen, except that in the wo-kim the
sounding body is larger and the snake
skin covering of the ga-yen is replaced by
a thin piece of wood.
The gut-kim or "moon harp'' is of swan-
che wood left in an unvarnished state that
its tone may be unimpaired. Its four
silken strings are tuned in pairs a fifth
apart corresponding to the tuning of the
ga-yen and wo-kim. For sostenuto effects,
the Chinese use a vibrato method like that
in mandolin playing, picking the strings
with the finger nails which the performer
wears long for the purpose.
In the sam-yen the body and neck are of
swan-wood with three pegs of orange wood.
The top and bottom of the body are cov-
ered with tan snake skin. The instru-
ment is without frets. The three silken
strings are tuned in fifths and are played
- A CHINLSE WLLODY WITH MODERN HARMONitS- 6\httt flcdie.
168 THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
^ CHWESt THWE UPON WHICH WEBiR'S TURMiOOT OVERTURE \S FOUHOEt)-
with the vibrato effect the same as the
gut'kim.
The pH-p'a, or balloon-shaped guitar,
is made of wootung wood, and, like the
gut'him, is left unvarnished. The four
silk strings are tuned as fourth, fifth and
octave from the lowest. Twelve slips of
bamboo glued to the body serve as frets
and give the pentatonic scale. The bone
scallops upon the neck are not used in
playing. The p'i-p'a finds its most fre-
quent use in the southern part of China,
where it is the favorite instrument of the
minstrels and ballad singers. It is also
played a great deal by the Chinese women.
We may get some idea of the esteem in
which music is held in China from the
saying of the Emperor Tschun, about 2300
B. C, "Teach the children of the great;
thereby reached through thy care they
will become mild and reasonable, and the
unmanageable ones able to receive digni-
ties without arrogance or assumption. This
teaching must thou embody in poems, and
sing them therewith to suitable melodies
and with the play of instrumental accom-
paniment. The music must follow the
sense of the words ; if they are simple and
natural, then also must the music be easy,
unforced and without pretention. Music
is the expression of soul-feeling. If now
the soul of the musician be virtuous, so
also will his music become noble and full
of virtuous expression, and will set the
souls of men in union with those of the
spirits in heaven.^^ (Quoted by Ambrose.)
Although the Chinese have a system of
musical notation, their orchestras play en-
tirely without notes, and when one con-
siders the small amount of playing that,
some of them do, the exactness and unity
which characterizes their performance ifr
quite marvelous. Especially is this true
of the percussion players. Rythmic ef^
fects which would put to shame our most
vaunted rag-times are played with a pre-^
cision that might well serve as an object^
lesson to many of our bunglers on drum
and cymbal. As to the melodies, they are-
intensely fascinating after one has be*
come thoroughly imbued with their spirit.
These melodies, when given out by the
strident tones of the ga-yen and wo-kim^
sprinkled, as it were, with the reiterated
pizzicato tones from the gut-Jcim and sam-
yen, and tempered with the sweet though
odd, shimmering notes of the reedy flutes,,
give an effect totally unlike that produced
by the music of any other nationality. It
is music that to the initiated is bewitch-
ingly beautiful.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Some of tke inciJents Tirliick made tlie convention at St. Louis tke
mo«t dramatic beU \>y any political party of recent years
By Cliarles Erskine Scott ^^ooA
PHILOSOPHERS who study hu-
man nature either laugh or
weep. Democritus laughed *,
Christ wept. The Democratic
Convention was cause for laugh-
ter and for tears. So was the Republican
Convention. So is every National con-
vention.
The monkeyishness of it ! Men scream-
ing and chattering they knew not why,
save that others were screaming and chat-
tering, too. The childishness of it ! Men
dancing and jumping on chairs, parading
about with banners and flags, drunk with
the unintelligent, emotional frenzy of a
campmeeting. The claptrap stage ma-
chinery of it!
- , For example, Judge
Parkers ^ Parker was nominated
Nomination ^y Martin Littleton in
a florid speech of rhetoric and epigram-
matic platitudes, one of which was, "He
is the servant of the party, not its mas-
ter,^* rudely shattered by Judge Parker's
telegram supplying a gold plank to the
platform, which the convention had care-
fully omitted. At the close of this speech,
there was a very evident stage preparation
for a popular outburst. Men were sta-
tioned here and there to begin it and spur
it on, waving flags and yelling. When it
showed a tendency to subside, new devices
were resorted to, — parade of delegates, or
a fresh outburst from the band. Again
and again, as it showed signs of a natural
death, it was galvanized by some fresh
feature sprung upon the audience with all
the stupid skill of the manager of a new
comic opera. By these means the uproar
was kept going twenty-nine minutes, I
think. I will not pretend to be exact on
so important a matter, as gentlemen on the
platform timed these explosions carefully,
and gravely announced, "CockrelFs dem-
onstration lasted ten minutes longer than
Parker^s,^^ and seemed jubilant. So of
each outbreak for each nominee; his ad-
herents made desperate efforts to break
the record in minutes of insensate yelling.
Much of it was started to new bursts by
messenger boys and youths, admitted with
their elders, who yelled for the boys' pure
love of noise. The real anxiety of each
band of partisans to keep its "demonstra-
tion'^ going longer than the other fellow's
suggested that candidates could be chosen
on the theory that the longest fit of child-
ish and senseless yelling should be the
decisive factor — as Judge Bridlegoose gave
his decision to the lawyer with the heaviest
load of books. In truth, to Judge Parker,
as to each nominee, there was a natural
outburst of applause, limited in its extent,
and which, though prolonged by tactics,
could not be made universal. There was
just one outburst for a candidate which
was spontaneous, universal and spontan-
eously prolonged: that was for Senator
Cockrell of Missouri, who, when the votes
were counted, got just forty-one votes. So
much for the value of yelling.
There was only one man in the conven-
tion who, every day, at every hour of the
day, in season and out of season, was
hailed by an applause so spontaneous that
it seemed as if every one of the twelve
thousand acted on the same instant, and
^ , so prolonged that only
Oryans^ j^jg ^^j^ efforts to re-
Fopulanty g^^j.^ ^j.^^^ produced
the desired silence. Tliis was Mr. Bryan.
The difference between his reception and
all others was as the difference between
musketry which rattles with increasing
volume as the men catch the order, and an
instantaneous overwhelming clap of thun-
der near by. No one could be blind to the
fact that, though he was overwhelmingly
beaten in the convention, and all the world
knew it, yet if popularity had been the
test, he would have swept the New York
delegation and their friends like straws
in the vdnd.
The Chicago Chronicle, in formally be-
coming a Republican paper, said (July
12) : "When one thousand men repre-
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Kayor MoClellan of New York, Tammany's ohoioe for the
Democratic candidacy.
senting the Democrats of the United
States, most of them chosen with much
difficulty as representatives of what is
called conservative Democracy, permit a
mere demagogue to bully them into wrong-
doing, it must be that the demagogue is
greater than the party /^
Certainly the impression l6ft on me in-
dividually is that when Mr. Bryan retired
from the convention, exhausted, sick and
defeated, he was and is the biggest man in
the party, and more a power than ever.
Nor is the reason a secret. He has the
courage of his convictions. He is out-
spoken. He uses no trickery or subter-
fuge, but all men may plainly see his
course and hear his views. He stands for
the plain people — the masses. He fears
a plutocratic oligarchy and the fall of
free democratic government, and he is not
afraid to say so. That is why he is
"greater than his party,'' as the Chronicle
chooses to put it.
It has become plain to a great many
people that we are fol-
lowing the path of every
other republic in history.
Wealth will and does
govern, and our wealth
is rapidly gravitating by
legal monopolies and
privileges into the hands
of a few who can and
will dictate to the many,
or rather, will wield the
powers of government
over the many.
The cry of "dema-
gogue" no longer fright-
ens men from saying this
truth, and the courage
of Bryan is one reason
why others are not afraid.
True, he mistakes the
remedy, in my opinion,
when he proposes free
coinage of silver at six-
teen to one, rather than
absolutely free money
and free banking, all
laws removed and the
economic force left to
adjust itself by natural
laws, or when he pro-
poses state ownership of
railroads. But assuming
that he is mistaken in a
particular remedy, there are millions who
say to themselves, "His effort is for the
greater freedom and prosperity of the
masses, and better a mistake in the effort
than no effort" "Better a loss of pros-
perity in an experiment than a loss of
freedom.'' "Prosperity may be regained,
freedom can not." Such thoughts as these
are now in the minds of millions who used
to hoot at Mr. Bryan as a young dema-
gogue. The small banker is beginning
to see that he, too, will have his day and
be swallowed. Where are the hundreds
of competing railroads of twenty years
ago ? Where the thousands of Democratic
neswpapers? Where the thousands of in-
dependent banks?
The tendency to centralization of all
property is clear, and
Plutocracy in one lifetime it has
become apparent that
there is no avenue of wealth which can be
traversed by any man without crossing
the path of a few men of great power, as
Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Morgan.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
171
Mr. Eockefeller, to me, is only a type,
only a piece on the human chessboard. I
view him simply as a product of our laws
and conditions. Knowing that it has al-
ways been the wealth which has ruled
every country, and that that country is
most democratic where the wealth is by
natural causes distributed according to in-
di^ddual effort, I object to the concen-
trated wealth of Mr. Eockefeller and of
such as he, as a menace to democratic lib-
erty. I object because such wealth is not
the natural reward of individual effort,
but of laws which permit monopolies, and
I would annul the laws which send a mo-
nopolistic flow of wealth toward this oli-
garchy. Such, I take it, is Mr. Bryan's
view. He has no personal hatred for in-
dividuals, but he fears for democratic free-
dom. In honesty of intent, he seeks a
remedy; others seek other remedies. But
the remedies are all untried and must be
uncertain till tried. Yet something must
be done, so the particular remedies sink
into comparative insignificance compared
with the great danger which millions of
common men are fearing more and more
every day. In Mr. Bryan they see a fear-
less leader, a sincere man, a man who has
surrendered all ambitions rather than sur-
render his principles; a man who, like
Lincoln, is a great commoner, casting his
lot with the plain people, becoming, by his
eloquence and ability, their champion,
whose clear aim, whatever may be his the-
ories, is that there shall be a government
of the people, by the people, for the people.
You can not down such a man by a de-
feat in a convention, nor by his death, be-
caust the man is a cause. It is the inevita-
ble struggle, and another Moses for the
people will rise up.
I believe that Mr. Bryan is stronger to-
day than he ever was, and that if he can
become the apostle of a sound theory for
economic freedom, he will, if he lives, yet
lead a revolution at the polls. The force of
character is invisible, but irresistible.
There is scarcely a child in the land who
could not have told the difference between
Mr. Hill and Mr. Bryan in the convention.
One is a shifty politician — a "peanut"
politician, if you please. His creed is
■^get votes. '^ If vou
yan— ^
a Contraat
Hfll and Bryan- ^^^^ ^ belief, give it up
and suppress it, if it
may frighten votes. Be tricky, or, in his
own language, "Skate over the thin ice
quickly." Be cowardly ; either talk
double, or talk not at all, lest you lose
votes. Votes, votes, votes! that is the
creed, the principles and the ambitions of
Mr. Hill. He is the mere politician. He,
if any, is the demagogue. Mr. Bryan, on
the other hand, says. It is better to be de-
feated right than to triumph wrong. He
puts principle before votes. He is candid
with the people. All men know his views.
He is fearless, sincere and honest. Yet he
was wiped off the slate in this convention
by Mr. Hill and Mr. Bebnont. Why?
Back of Mr. Hill is wealth, power and
the conservative ideas of the East. Back
of Mr. Bryan are only the common people
and the radicalism of the West. To-day
the conservative wealth power triumphs.
The answer emphasizes the truth of Mr.
Bryan's fears. The plutocratic oligarchy,
which, like the Erie Railroad, has no poli-
tics, turned in fear from Mr. Roosevelt,
a man they could not dictate to. For his
assault upon the Merger, for his interfer-
ence in the coal strike, for what wealth
calls his demagogic character, they fear
him. He is "unsafe," just as Bryan is
"unsafe," just as all men will be "unsafe"
always and forever who interfere with
privilege and wealth, just as all men in
the past have been "unsafe" who attacked
kingship or other legal monopoly. Cor-
nelius Gracchus was "unsafe." Savonarola
was "unsafe." Voltaire was "unsafe."
Cromwell was "unsafe." Lincoln to the
slave wealth was "unsafe."
Change is inevitable, yet the reformer
is always "unsafe" to the upper classes
who must be reformed that the masses
may progress. And the eternal truth is
that this world was made for the masses,
not for the few. That which stands be-
tween the people and their natural right
must go — slowly, it is true — but surely.
And no man dare say that any question
which permits an answer for the privi-
leged few and a different answer for the
great mass of men, is ever answered
rightly till it is answered in favor of the
many. This world is for the life which
it bears, not for the parasites upon that
life.
It is said "Wall Street" first attempted
to defeat Roosevelt for nomination, but
finding his hold on the people too strong,
and losing their chief politician (]\rr.
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Hanna), they turned necessarily to the
other party; and in the mere vote-seeker,
Mr. Hill, they find their tool.
Judge Parker is a most estimable man.
Probably neither he nor Mr. Hill view
x>r «"ii J themselves as the ref-
-?T7 n o - ^S^ o* t^e plutocratic
WaU Street oligarchy. Probably
both regard themselves as benefactors to
the race in killing "Bryanism^'; but to
me it is clear that the aggregate money
power of the country, which fears Mr.
Roosevelt as a firebrand, an uncontrolla-
ble demagogue playing to the galleries, is
supporting Mr. HilL
The politician who battles for principle
is a very "rare bird." The plain people
who have their hands to the plough, who
seek nothing — ^these have principle; but
the mass of politicians seek oflSce or graft.
The campaign fund is a very great temp-
tation, because even if you lose the fight
still you have had the fund, and no ques-
tions asked.
The "pie coimter" atmosphere was very
prevalent at the convention. You breathed
it everywhere. Men were abundant who
wanted to be marshals or district attor-
neys or collectors — on down to the mere
heeler for the campaign, who had his eye
on "Belmont^s Wall-street Barrel.'^ Even
Senator Tillman, in his address to the
convention, said : "For God's sake, let us
get together and win! I am tired of be-
ing out." If that remark is carried to a
logical conclusion, as perhaps it is hardly
_-,.-- fair to do, it means,
Hankmngforthc ^^^ ^g ^y^ ^p princi-
rlesh Fots pj^g ^j^^ combine to
win. Let us get at the flesh pots. Till-
man didn't mean that fully, but the weari-
ness of being away so long from the "pie
counter" was evident among all the dele-
gates, for they were politicians, more or
less. They were there to pick a '^winner"
with a "barrel." They were tired of fol-
lowing a "loser" with no "sack." But a
convention is an absurdity as a representa-
tive of the people, and the people never
tire of following a plain poor man like
Lincoln, who is their champion.
What is the relation between a conven-
tion and the people? It is laughable. A
few men select delegates to a county con-
vention. This selects delegates to the state
convention. This selects delegates to the
National convention, and all the way
through the bosses are watchful to see
that the selections are "safe." The state
delegation gets to the National convention,
and unless the several members are put on
committees (as all can not be) they find
their duties consist in wearing a badge
and shouting. If put on a committee, they
fijid some two or three men do the work
which they ratify in silence. Senator
Lodge arrived at his convention with the
Republican platform in his pocket. Mr.
Hill arrived at his convention with the
Democratic platform in his pocket, and
the only contestant in conmiittee room
Judire Alton B. Parker of New York, chosen by
the Demoontic Convention mm its candi-
date for President.
was Mr. Bryan. In short, the rank and
file of a state delegation are mere figure-
heads at a convention, and usually repre-
sent the state machine, so that the relation
. between the people
A Convention Is ^j^^ ^j^g convention is
Not the People extremely remote, and
it by no means foUows that the people will
approve the work of politicians in conven-
tion assembled. Platforms really mean
so little that candidates and the power
behind them will be more looked at.
If, as in the case of the English monar-
chical republic, we could go to the people
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173
on an issue, and then be put in control of
all branches of government to be respon-
sible for action on the decision, we
might hope to make a victory on a plat-
form amount to something. But with a
Democratic president and a Republican
congress, what can be done for a Demo-
cratic platform? Even when the Demo-
crats had Mr. Cleveland and a Democratic
congress elected on tariff reform, it
amounted to nothing against the tremen-
dous political pull of the allied tariff
grafters. So, in the coming election, the
people will look at Roosevelt, supposed to
be hated by the "trusts," and at Parker,
silent on all points, even after the omis-
sion of the money plank was called to his
attention by the newspaper men at Eso-
pus, till he was nominated by Hill and
Belmont, and they will say, what is be-
hind Roosevelt we
A Close Contrast know; what is be-
hind Parker we fear;
so that if it be a really popular election,
Roosevelt will win. If the crowded pop-
ulation of the East can be purchased or in-
timidated, Parker will win.
There is no doubt that Parker was the
worst nomination which could have been
made except for the money power it en-
listed, and that very strength is a weak-
ness. The Bryan people would have taken
any gold man: Olney, or Gray, or Tom
L. Johnson, or McClellan ; but Parker was
the candidate of a faction, and, as is pop-
ularly believed, of an undemocratic plu-
tocratic power.
On that memorable night of nomina-
tions, as speeches went on, one could not
but be impressed with the idea that the
speakers were speaking to tickle their own
ears, to earn the reputation of "spell
binders," rather than seriously to present
a candidate. The crowd grew restless.
Twelve thousand people were in the hall.
When Champ Clark nominated Senator
Cockrell, the whole place blossomed sud-
denly with small American flags, and be-
came a sort of flower garden swept by a
breeze.
The night wore on, and Senator Bailey,
. as chairman, again and
Large Asscm- ^gg^j^ threatened to
blies Unruly p^^j. q^^ disturbers;
but if a speaker's voice could not be heard,
it was useless to try to stem the tide of
disturbance. Cries of "Cut it short," "Sit
down," "Louder," made bedlam of the
place. Often was witnessed the sad case
of a speaker who in his first two minutes
made a climax received with thunderous
applause, and who did not know enough
to then sit down, but pursued his dreary
way to the end amid catcalls and hootings.
One of the eloquent exceptions was the
speech of Clarence Darrow, of Chicago, in
seconding Hearst. It was not a placating
speech, but one of defiance. With fine,
virile sentences he arraigned the Hill fac-
tion before him as those who had scuttled
and deserted the ship of Democracy. But,
through praise and blame. Hill, Belmont
and the Xew York delegation sat serene.
Indeed, after the first boom of applause
for Parker, it was noteworthy that when,
in the nimierous seconding speeches that
were made, spontaneous and quite hearty
applause would break out at the mention
of Parker^s name, the New York delega-
tion as a whole sat unmoved and did not
join in the applause. Perhaps it was a
desire to get to the end speedily and be-
gin voting. Perhaps it was that security
in the result which robs an occasion of ex-
citement.
Mayor Rose of Wisconsin nominated
Senator Henry O. Davis of West Virgrinia, the
Democratic nominee for Vice-President.
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Wall in a plain speech, calling on New
York not to insist on forcing down the
throats of the convention a candidate who
was not even the candidate of that part of
the state which gave Democratic majori-
ties. *'\Vhy is it/' he asked, "that we must
accept a candidate, who, silent himself, is
vouched for by those who never give a
New York Democratic majority, and is op-
posed by those who always give the Dem-
ocratic majority in
Parker and Xew York?'' (That
Tammany jg ^q ggy^ Judge
Parker and Hill represented the state,
which is Republican, and Murphy and the
opposition represented the city, which is
Democratic.) But to this also the New
York delegation only returned pitying
smiles. In fact, I was reminded of times
when I have had to appear before a com-
mittee of a legislature whose members
had the price of their votes in their pock-
ets. They listened, but were serene and
only impatient for their release.
A fiery individual named Sam White,
from Iowa, jumped on a chair and said,
"On behalf of the unbought and unpur-
chaseable Democrats of Iowa'' — He was
then suddenly pulled to the floor by other
. members of his dele-
Fisticuffs gation. The New
and Fraud York delegation for
the first time awoke from its calm, and
every man jumped to his feet. One began
protesting and sought to get the chair-
man's ear. It was laughable, because
there had been free whispers of the pur-
chase of delegates by Belmont's agents;
yet when the disheveled Mr. White was
brought to the platform and allowed to
complete his sentence, he said, "On behalf
of the unbought and unpurchaseable Dem-
ocracy of Iowa, I second the nomination
of that sterling jurist, pure man and great
Democrat, Judge Alton B. Parker." So
everyone laughed, and the New Yorkers
had their fright for nothing. On Mr.
White's return to his delegation some one
k^locked him down, and for a time the
night was enlivened by a fight. Then the
chairman of the Iowa delegation took the
platform and explained that the utter-
ances of the fiery White were unauthor-
ized, and would receive the treatment they
deserved, and the Iowa delegation would
vote for Mr. Hearst, at the proper time.
It became so apparent that speakers
Cluirle> FranoiB Murphy, "Bobs" of Ta.
defeated by David B. HUl for the con-
trol of the New York deleration to
the Demooratio Convention.
were there to air their own eloquence, that
finally, about two in the morning, all
seconding speeches were by resolution lim-
ited to four minutes. But the crowd had
verv sensitive ideas on time. They would
be^n to yell "Time V "Time !" before the
speakers had talked a minute. One weak-
ness of speakers they quickly caught. It
seemed as if no seconder could get up and
say. For such and such reasons I second
Judge Parker ; but it was always, I second
one who, etc., etc.; who has, etc., etc.;
whose purity of life, etc., etc. — until the
crowd would yell, "Name him! Name
him ! Spit it out ! Time ! Time !"
When Nebraska's name was reached in
the call for nominations, a gentleman in
the delegation arose, but the caUs for
Bryan became so uproarious that finally
he was obliged to rise and make the sim-
ple statement that Nebraska exchanged
places with Wisconsin. His turn came at
a little after four o'clock in the morning.
Daylight had crept into the hall, which
was still packed, a-flutter with flags and
fans. Ten thousand people were there,
from the crowded floor to those leaning
down from among the rafters of the gal-
leries : a crowd that had sat the long night
through and grown intolerant of even
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175
four-minute speeches. (All these things
are worth considering by the philosopher
at this convention.)
As Mr. Bryan wedged his way from his
seat in the delegation to the platform, the
air was rent with cries of "Bryan!
Bryan !" and again you felt in your bones
the sincerity of the thundering applause.
No man's personality
Bryan s Power does this. He stands
for an idea, and he
would be dull indeed who could not then
feel in that daylight hour that so far as
the people were concerned, there was but
one man in that hall.
The roll call had proceeded to the end,
and the secondings of Parker left no doubt
that Hill was triumphant and that Parker
would be selected just as soon as the roll
could be called. Bryan, who had worked
sixteen hours on the platform commit-
tee, and had been fifty hours without
sleep, stood there, waiting for the applause
to subside. Hill sat in an aisle seat in
the New York delegation, directly in front
of him. Bryan let his eyes rest upon
HilFs face for a moment, and Hill turned
away slightly; then Bryan ran his eyes
over the crowd. In all this he seemed to
be absent-minded — as if thinking. Pres-
ently, he saw that the chairman — Senator
Bailey — was vainly endeavoring to quiet
the applause, which was becoming hyster-
ical. So Bryan stepped forward, and, rais-
ing both hands, motioned for silence. The
noise slowly died to a mutter that dropped
suddenly to death-like silence, and Bryan
began. For an hour he held that impa-
-^ , tient crowd upon his
Bryan 8 ^pg^ jj^ silence, save
tloqucncc ^s a short roar of ap-
plause would mark some point he made.
When he spoke of coming there to sur-
render the trust given to him by the Dem-
ocratic party, two old men on the platform
near me began to cry, and quite a noticea-
ble flutter of handkerchiefs was seen over
the hall. His speech was not rhetorical;
there were no theatrical effects; but, ear-
nestly and as a prophet of the people, in
simple, clear phrases, he stated the peo-
ple's danger, and begged for some other
choice than Roosevelt and the god of war,
or Parker and the god of gold.
Take it all in all, it was the most im-
pressive, the most really eloquent speech
I have ever listened to; and though it
can not read as it was spoken, it is given
here in full, as the one great incident of
an historical occasion.
When he concluded, there was silence,
as if they waited for more ; and then, as he
turned away, there was an outburst of
applause that rang to
Hifl Reception the roof and would not
be quieted so long as
he remained in sight.
I take it that the newspapers who ridi-
cule this man can not see beyond to-mor-
row and the pay counter. In the after
time, when all of us are dust and Time
shall be winnowing that dust ; when presi-
dents shall count for their worth as men,
and some who were not presidents shall be
greater than some who were; when all shall
be measured by their service in the uplift-
ing of mankind ; when the greatest of men
shall be seen as mere puppets in the play
of Destiny — ^then the names of Hill, Bel-
mont and Rockefeller will be utterly over-
^ i. ,. ^ looked and forgotten,
IJchttling Uryan ^^^ p^^se will be made
la ^enaeiees ^j^jy ^^^^ g^^^ ^^^^^^
as Bryan, men of men, who have battled
with what power was given them, hon-
estly, for the good of struggling man — ^the
toiling and stricken men, women and chil-
dren of the common mass.
Wealth rules for the day in every age,
but only ideas are eternal and move the
world. Back of Mr. Belmont and Mr.
Hill is money; back of Mr. Bryan is an
idea. You can retard it, hide it, for a
time, but you can not jail it or kill it.
^^Sixteen to one'^ was a mere suggestion.
It is as nothing compared to the great
truth he announces and agitates : that the
Republic stands in the shadow of a plu-
tocratic oligarchy. His open-breasted bat-
tle against this danger gives him his
strength and will give him his fame.
BRYAN'S SPEECH
Gentlemen of the Convention: Two nights
without sleep, and a cold, make it difficult for
me to make myself heard. I trust that it will
be easier in a moment, but as I desire to speak
to the delegates rather than to the visitors,
I hope that they at least can hear.
Eight years ago a Democratic convention
placed in my hands the standard of the party
and gave me the commission as its candidate.
Pour years later that commission was renewed.
I come to-night to this Democratic convention
to return the commission and to say that
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you may dispute whether I fought a arood flflrht;
you may dispute whether I finished my course,
but you can not deny that I have kept the
faith. (Cheers.)
As your candidate I did all I could to brinar
success to the party. As a private citiien
to-day I am more interested in Democratic
success than I ever was when I was a candi-
date. (Cheers.) The reasons that made the
election of a Democrat desirable were stronger
in 1900 than in 1896; and the reasons that make
the election of the Democratic candidate desir-
able are stronger in 1904 than they were in
1900.
The gentleman who presented New York's
candidate dwelt upon the danger of militarism,
and he did not overstate the dangers. Let me
quote the most remarkable passage that ever
occurred or that was ever found in the speech
of nomination of any candidate for President.
Governor Black, of New York, in presenting
the name of Theodore Roosevelt to the Repub-
lican convention, used these words:
"The fate of nations is still decided by
their wars. You may talk of orderly tribunals
and learned referees. You may sing in your
schools the gentle praises of the quiet life.
You may strike from your books the last note
of every martial anthem, and yet out in the
smoke and thunder will always be the tramp
of horses and the silent, rigid, upturned faces.
Men may prophesy and women pray, but peace
will come here to abide here forever on this
earth only when the dreams of childhood are
the accepted charts to guide the destinies of
men. Events are numberless and mighty, and
no man can tell which wire runs around the
world. The nation basking to-day in the quiet
of contentment and repose may still be on a
deadly circuit, and to-morrow writhing in the
toils of war. This is the time when great
figures must be kept in front. If the pressure
is great the material to resist it must be
granite and iron."
This is a eulogy of war. This is a declara-
tion that the time hoped for, prayed for. of
perpetual peace will never come. This is
eulogizing the doctrine to brute force and
giving denial to the hopes of the race. And
this President, a candidate for re-election, is
presented as the embodiment of that ideal,
the granite and the Iron, to represent the new
idea of militarism. Do you say you want to
defeat the military idea? Friends of the South,
are you trying to defeat the military idea?
Let me tell you that none of you. North,
East or South, more fears the triumph of that
Idea than I do. If this is the doctrine that
our nation is to stand for, it is retrogression,
not progression; it is the lowering of the ideals
of the nation; it is the turning backward to
the age of force. More than this, it is a
challenge to the Christian civilization of the
world, and nothing less. (Loud applause.)
Twenty-.seven hundred years ago a prophet
foretold the coming of One who was to be
called the Prince of Peace. Two thousand
years ago He came upon the earth, and the
song that was sung at His birth was "Peace
on earth, good will toward men." (Loud cheer-
ing and applause.) For 2 000 years this doc-
trine of peace has been grrowing. It has been
taking hold upon the hearts of men.
For this doctrine of peace millions have
given their lives. For this doctrine of peace
thousands have crossed oceans and given their
lives among savage tribes and among foreign
nations. This doctrine of peace, the foundation
of Christian civilization, has been the growing
hope of the world.
And now the ex-governor of the greatest
state of the nation presents for the office of
President of the greatest republic of all history
a man who is granite and iron, and who repre-
sents not the doctrine of peace, but the doc-
trine that the destinies of nations are still
settled by their wars. (Loud applause.) Will
vou of New York present a graver indictment
against President Roosevelt than that? Will
you of the South present a graver indictment
against President Roosevelt than that? I
do not ask what Is the character of the man;
he may have every virtue. He may be exem-
plary in every way/ but if the President shares
the idea of the man who nominated him; if the
President believes with his sponsor at Chicago
that wars must settle the destinies of nations,
that peace is but a dream, that women may
pray for it. that men may prophesy about
it, that all these talks of orderly tribunals
and all this are but empty sounds; if he be-
lieves these things he is a dangerous man for
our country and the world. (Prolonged cheer-
ing and applause.)
I believe he ought to be defeated; I believe
he can be defeated, and if the Democratic
party does what it ought to do I believe he will
be defeated.
How can you defeat him? I tried to defeat
the Republican party as your candidate. I
failed, you say? Yes, I did. I received a
million more votes than any Democrat had ever
received before, and yet I failed. Why did I
fail? Because there were some who had aflUli-
ated with the Democratic party who thought
my election dangerous to the country, and
they left and helped to elect my opponent. That
is why I failed.
I have no words of criticism for them.
(Applause.) I have always believed, I believe
to-night, I shall always believe, I hope, that
William Jenniara Bryan, the mott oon-
■piouooB flffore at the convention.
a man's duty to his country is higher than his
duty to his party. I hope it will always be true
that men of all parties will have the moral
courage to leave their parties when they believe
that to stay with their parties will be to injure
their country. The success of your government
depends upon the independence and the moral
courage of its citizenship.
But, my friends, if I failed with six millions
and a half to defeat the Republican party, can
those who defeated me succeed in defeating
the Republican party? If under the leadership
of those who were loyal in 1896 — (applause) —
we failed, shall we succeed under the leader-
ship of those who were not loyal in 1896?
(Applause.)
If we are going to have some other god
besides this war god that is presented to us
by Governor Black, what kind of a god is it
to be? Must we choose between a god of war
and a god of gold? Is there no choice between
them? If there is anything that compares in
hatefulness with militarism it is plutocracy,
and I insist that the Democratic party ought
not to be compelled to choose between militar-
ism on one side and plutocracy on the other
side. (Applause.)
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177
We came here and agreed upon a platform.
We were in session sixteen hours last nigrht,
if you can put sixteen hours into a night. We
entered the committee room at eight last even-
ing, and left it at twelve to-day. But, my
friends, I never spent sixteen hours to better
purpose in my life — (cheers) — ^because I helped
to bring the party together, so we could have
a unanimous platform to go before the country
on in this campaign. (Applause.)
How did we get it? It was not all that
I would have desired. It was not all that your
Sastem Democrats desired. We had to sur-
render some things that we wanted in the
platform. They had to surrender some things
they wanted in the platform. But by mutual
concession and mutual surrender we agreed
upon a platform and we stand on that platform.
( Great cheerin g. )
But, my friends, we need more than a
platform. (Applause.) We have to nominate
a ticket, and that is the work of this conven-
tion. Had you come to this convention in-
structed for any man to the extent of a major-
ity, I not only would not have asked you to
disregard your Instructions, I would not If
I could have prevented it, permitted you to
disregard your instructions. (Applause.)
I believe in the right of the people to rule.
I believe in the right of the people to instruct
their delegrates, and when a delegate is in-
structed, it is binding upon him. But. my
friends, not a majority came instructed for any
candidate. That means that you were left
upon your responsibility to select a candidate,
and a grave responsibility it is. Grave is
the responsibility resting upon these delegates
in this convention. I have not come to ask
anything of this convention. Nebraska asks
nothing but to be permitted to fight the battles
of Democracy. (Cheers.)
Some of you have called me a dictator.
It was false. You know it was false. (Cheers.)
How have I tried to dictate? I have suggested
that I thought certain things ought to be done.
Have not you exercised the same privilege?
Why have I not a right to suggest? (Applause.)
(A voice: "You have.")
Because I was your candidate, am I now
estopped to ever make suggestions? (Cries of
"No. No.") Why, sir, if that condition went
with a nomination for the Presidency, no man
worthy to be President would ever accept a
nomination — (applause) — for the right of a
man to have an opinion and to express it is
more important and sacred than the holding
of any office, however high.
I have ray opinions about the platform. I
made my suggestions. Not all of them were
received. I would like to have seen the Kan-
sas City platform reaffirmed. (Applause.) I
am not ashamed of that platform. I believe
in it now, as I believed in It when I was run-
ning upon it; then, I was your candidate, but
the people in the Democratic party did not
agree with me, and their will was supreme.
When they veto my suggestions I have to
accept. There is no other court which I can
appeal to. I have not attempted to dictate
about candidates. I have not asked the Dem-
ocrats of this nation to nominate any particu-
lar man. I have said that there were many
In every state willing to be President; and
I have said that out of six millions and a half
who voted for me in both campaigns, we ought
to be able to find at least one good man for
President. (Loud applause.)
I have made these suggestions only in a
jreneral way. I am here to-night as a delegate
from Nebraska. I have not confidence enough
In my own opinion to tell you tliat I can pick
out the man and say that this man must be
nominated or we shall lose. I have, I think, a
reasonable faith in my own opinions; at least
I have this faith, that I would rather accept
ray own and stand by thera if I believed them
right, than accept anybody else's if I believed
them wrong. (Loud applause.)
Nebraska is not here asking for the nomi-
nation of any man. We now have a platform
on which we all can stand. (Loud applause
and cheering.) Now, give us a ticket behind
which all of us can stand. (Prolonged cheers).
You can go into any state you please and
get him. I have not as much faith as some
have in the value of a locality. I have never
been a great stickler for nominating candidates
from doubtful states on the theory that their
personal popularity would elect them.
I have had so much faith in the virtue of
Democratic principles that I thought a Demo-
crat ought to vote for a good man from any
other state before he would vote for a bad man
from his own state. (Applause.) .
I do no believe much in this doctrine of state
pride, and I have found that when people
come with a candidate and tell us first that
we must carry a certain state, and that that
man is the only one who could carry the state,
they do not put up a bond to deliver the goods
if they are accepted. (Applause.) And, any-
how, a state that is so uncertain that only one
Democrat in the nation can carry It can not
be relied upon in a great crisis. (Applause.)
Now we have our platform. Select your
candidate. If it is the choice or the wish of
this convention that the standard should be
placed in the hands of the gentleman presented
by California; the man who, though he has
money, pleads the cause of the people; the
man who is the best beloved, I think I can
safely say, among laboring men of all the
candidates proposed; the one who more than
any other represents opposition to the trust
question — if you want to place the standard
in his hands and make Hearst the candidate
of this convention, Nebraska will be with you
in the fight. (Cheers.)
But, my friends, Nebraska does not make
any request. If you think that the gentleman
from Wisconsin, who, though faithful in both
campalgrns, was not with us on the money
question — if you think Mr. Wall, agreeing with
the East on the gold question and with the
West on other questions, would draw the party
together — if you want to place the standard
in his hands, Nebraska will be with you and
contribute her part. (Cheers.)
If you prefer an Eastern man and find some
one who will give both elements of the party
something to believe in, something to trust
in, something to hope for, we are willing to
join you with him. My friends, it is not al-
ways that every available man is mentioned.
There is in the State of Pennsylvania a man
whom I mention, without consulting his dele-
gation, without consent of the man himself;
an Eastern man who voted with us in both
campaigns, but against us on the money ques-
tion, and, I believe, in sympathy with the
people; a man twice governor of a grreat state
(cheers) ; a man who only two years ago, when
a candidate again, carried the great State of
Pennsylvania outside of the two great cities
of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. If you Eastern
Democrats who have insisted that your objec-
tion to me was my belief in free silver — if you
Democrats are willing to take a gold man, I
am willing to let you have your way on that
question in this man, for I will trust his hon-
esty on all questions. (Applause.)
I only mention these candidates as illustra-
tions. I came here to second the nomination
of a man, and I come to second his nomination
not because I can assert to you that he is more
available than any other person who might be
named, but because I love the man, and be-
cause on the platform we have adopted I don't
think there is any good reason why every Dem-
ocrat in the East might not vote for this man.
T come to second the noraination of Senator
Cockerell, of Missouri. (Long-continued ap-
plause, followed by cheers.) -^
He Is the Nestor of the Senate. He Is ex-
perienced in public affairs. He is known; he
has a record. He can be measured by it;
and, my friends, I would be willing to write
my Indorsement on his back and send him out
to the world, willing to guarantee everything
he did. (Loud applause.) They say that he
comes from the South. What If he does? I
do not share the feeling that some people have
that the Democratic party can not take a can-
didate from the South.
They say he was in the Confederate army.
What if he was? I do not share the belief of
those who say we can not nominate an ex-
Confederate. (Prolonged cheering and ap-
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plause.) My friends, that war, that cruel
war, was 40 years ago. Its issues are settled;
its wounds are healed. The participants are
friends. We have got another war on now.
and those who know what the war between
plutocracy and democracy means will not ask
where a man stood 40 years aero; they will ask:
Where does he stand to-day in this war?
My friends, I believe that the erreat issue
in this country to-day is plutocracy versus
democracy. You have said that I had Just
one idea, the silver Idea. Well, awhile back,
they said I had only one. but then it was the
tariff idea. There is an issue frreater than
the silver issue, the tariff issue — the trust
issue.
It is the issue between plutocracy and de-
mocracy; whether this is to be a government
of the people, by the people and for the people,
administered by officers chosen by the people,
administered in behalf of the people. It is
either this, or it is to be a rule of the moneyed
element of the country for their own interest
alone. The issue has been growing. I want
you as Democrats here assembled to help us
meet this question.
You tell me the Republican candidate stands
for militarism. Yes, but he also stands for
plutocracy. You tell me he delights in war.
But there is another objection to him, and that
is that he does not enforce the law against a
big criminal as he does against a little crimi-
nal. Laws are being violated to-day, and these
laws must be enforced. The people must
understand that we are to have equal rights
for all and special privileges to none. (Ap-
plau.se. >
We have had the debauchment of elections.
It was stated the other day that in the little
State of Delaware $256,000 was spent in the
state on one day just before the election of
1896. Some say that we must have a great
campaign fund, and go out and bid against
the Republicans. My friends, I want to warn
you that if the Democratic party is to .save
this nation, it must not save it by purchase,
but by principle. Every time we resort to
purchase we cultivate the spirit of barter,
and the price will constantly Increase and elec-
tions will go to the highest bidder.
If the Democratic party is to save this
country, it must appeal to the conscience of
the country. It must point out the dangers
to the republic, and if the party will nominate
a man, I care not from what part he comes,
who is not the candidate of a faction, who Is
not the candidate of an element, but the can-
didate of a party, the party will stand by him
and will drive the Republican party from
power and save this country. (Applause.)
My friends, I believe that you could take
a man from any Southern state who would go
out and make a fight that would appeal to
Democrats, all Democrats who love Demo-
cratic principles, and to Republicans who be-
gin to fear for their nation's welfare — take
such a man, and I believe that he would poll a
million more votes than the candidate of any
faction whose selection would be regarded as
a triumph of a part of the party over the rest
of the party. (Applause.)
I simply submit it for your consideration.
I am here to discharge a duty that I owed to
the party. I knew before I came to this
convention that a majority of the delegates
would not agree with me in my financial views.
I knew that there would be among the dele-
gates many who did not vote for me when I
sorely needed their help. I was not objecting
to the majority against me, nor to the pres-
ence of those who went away and came back.
But, my friends, I came, not because I thought
I would be delighted to be in the minority in
our opinion, but because I owed a duty to
the 6,000,000 brave, loyal men who sacrificed
for me. (Cheers.)
I came to get them as good a platform as I
could. I have helped them to get a good plat-
form. (Applause.) I came to help get as good
a candidate as I can; and I hope that he will
be one who can draw the factions together,
who can give to us who believe in aggressive,
positive. Democratic reform something to hope
for, and to those who have differed from us
on the main question — that he can give them
something to hope for, too. And I close with
an appeal that I make from my heart to the
hearts of those who hear me: Give us a pilot
who will gruide the Democratic ship from mili-
tarism, the Scylla of militarism, without
wrecking her In the Charybdis of commercial-
ism. (Great demonstration.)
OUR VIEW
.lAiMBITTLE
The demand for MEN is always greater than the supply.
* * *
Kefined, purified, noble character is not a gift, nor is it inherent. It is to be
won by constant, unceasing effort to approach the ideal, and it is the one thing that
is really worth while in this world.
* « *
The young man who expects to attain success without the most intense, con-
tinuous struggle, misunderstands the world and the reason for its rewards. Work
and struggle — ^liard, unremitting, careful, determined struggle — are the foundation
stones of all character and success.
* ♦ *
Those who are supposed to know, assure us that the country is "safe.'^ A good,
thorough-going, dependable Democrat, Roosevelt, has been nominated by the Re-
publicans, and a stanch, reliable, conservative and safe Republican, Parker, has
been nominated by the Democrats. It is a grab-bag proposition this year. You
can shut your eyes, take your choice and be satisfied.
* * *
The Pacific Monthly publishes this month an article by Mr. C. E. S. Wood on
the Democratic convention. The publication of this article is not from a partisan
standpoint, but in recognition of the fact that the result in November will depend
less upon what was done at Chicago than upon what was done at St. Louis. In
this connection we wish to remind our readers that The Pacific Monthly does not
take sides on political questions. It has been and is the policy of the magazine to
make no editorial expression of preference for candidates, but to publish by compe-
tent partisan writers a review of the Democratic and Republican outlook. In keep-
ing with this policy there will appear in The Pacific Monthly in the near future
short, crisp articles on "Why Roosevelt Should be Elected^^ and "Why Parker
Should be Elected." ♦ * *
The organization in Portland, Oregon, recently of the Oregon Development
League is a much delayed step in the right direction. The purpose of the League,
as indicated in the name, is the development of the state through publicity and co-
operation. The California Promotion Committee has found it advisable to do the
same work for California that will be done by the newly organized League for Ore-
gon, and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce takes the lead in such work for the
State of Washington. In Victoria and Vancouver, B. C, the Tourist Associations
are very active in bringing the advantages of British Columbia before the world.
The purposes of these organizations are practically identical, and in a sense they
present a peculiar anomaly. Why, it may be asked, is it necessary to induce immi-
gration if the Pacific Coast is all that these organizations claim it to be? If we
have the finest climate in the world, the most fertile land, majestic scenery, and all
that makes life pleasant and desirable, why do not people find it out and come West
without any urging? The answer, of course, is that they do find out and are com-
ing, but not fast enough to suit the Western idea of things. So we organize. The
l)enefit of such organizations is not confined, however, simply to those who take
advantage of their opportunities and come W^est. There is an equal advantage to
be derived to the states which foster such organizations. The people are brought
into closer contact and a deeper, broader spirit of loyalty and progress is engendered.
A ivorld-^cle aurvcy of important events in all <lepartment0 of buman activity
Tk 1 A' ^^ f^^ ^ ^^^ country is concerned, the convention of the Demo-
Ihe Lieading ^^^^^-^ party at St. Louis, to nominate its candidates and to enunciate
^^^^ its platform, was the chief event of the month. The outcome of the
Republican convention was foregone, but that of the St. Louis gathering was in doubt
to the last; and in its dramatic episodes, its sustained excitement and its impassioned
oratory, it surpassed any similar event of recent years. Its essential importance
lies in the fact that the conservative element of ihe party, under the efficient leader-
ship of David B. Hill, was again restored to power, completely ousting the populistic
forces, which look to W. J. Bryan as their leader. Mr. Bryan was by all odds the
most conspicuous figure of the convention, and his thrilling eloquence was never
more in evidence; but when it came to a vote, his followers made but a pitiful show-
ing. Perhaps ihe most impressive incident was the receipt of the Parker telegram,
announcing his fidelity to the gold standard. By his friends, this act was lauded as
an evidence of their candidate's political indepeiidence and soundness on the money
issue. By his foes it was denounced as a piece of trickery, designed tt) force the
gold standard upon the convention, at a time when a revolt would spell disruption
and consequent defeat. The true significance of the convention is the restoration of
the Democratic party to the prestige it has lost in the past two campaigns. Roose-
velt's election is no longer conceded as a certainty, and ihe contest promises to be
hotly fought by two well-matched antagonists, neither of which can claim any great
advantage until the last vote is in.
Tke War '^^^ P^^^ month has wit-
nessed much severe fighting
in the far East, but without any decisive
results. Steadily, doggedly, the Japanese
forces under Oku and Kuroki, have
pounded away at the Eussian line, meet-
ing stubborn resistance at times, but al-
most invariably accomplishing their pur-
pose. One post after another has been
abandoned by the Russians, until now Niu
Chwang is the only point of importance
in the Liao-tung peninsula — excepting
Port Arthur — in the possession of the Rus-
sians. As Niu Chwang is invested by the
Japanese, it may be safely predicted that
Mukden will be Kouropatkin's next base
of resistance. The wet weather has ap-
parently not interfered with the Japanese
advance, and the fighting has been of
the severest character, the fatality on both
sides being appalling. About Port Ar-
thur, the situation is not materially
changed. Desperate attempts have been
made by the Japanese to gain command-
ing points, with some success. Much ex-
citement was aroused by a dispatch from
Mukden to the effect that the Japanese
had been repulsed with a loss of 30,000.
Later advices reduced the number of
killed, until, finally, the whole story was
discredited. Under guise of merchant-
men, two Russian cruisers passed the Dar-
danelles, and created an international
flurry by holding up shipping suspected
of carrying contraband articles. The Brit-
ish steamer Malacca was the first victim;
but English ire was at once aroused, and
a stern demand for the immediate release
of the vessel brought the desired result.
The British vessel Knight Commander,
sailing from Xew York with a cargo of
railroad material for Japan, was sunk by
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the Russians. The German steamer Ara-
bia, chartered by the Portland-Asiatic
Steamship Company, laden largely with
flour for the Japanese, was seized, and her
fate will be decided by the Prize Court at
Vladivostok. Great apprehension is felt
for the Korea and the Shatvmut, each with
large cargoes for Japan, which are now
overdue at Yokohama.
Tliey're oflE! With the formal
Politics acceptance of their respective
nominations by the two principal candi-
dates, and the perfection of the organiza-
tion of the parties, the great contest is
now well under way. Although campaign-
ing may not begin until the cessation of
the hot weather, yet intense activity pre-
vails in the rival camps, with every pros-
pect for the keenest kind of a struggle.
The Democratic convention, which re-
sulted in the nomination of Judge Alton
B. Parker for President, and ex-Senator
Henry G. Davis for Vice-President, was of
historic importance. Mr. Bryan waged a
strong fight, and swayed the vast assem-
blage again and again with his oratory,
but was unable to control the votes neces-
sary to defeat Judge Parker. The con-
struction of the platform precipitated an-
other battle, with Bryan again in the thick
of it. He held out for an income tax, and
demanded that no recognition be made of
the existing money standard. A compro-
mise was finally effected, by which both
measures were dropped. This partial vic-
tory for Bryan was neutralized by Judge
Parker's impressive and straightforward
telegram, declaring his belief in the gold
standard, and declining the nomination on
any other basis. Other salient points of
the platform are those for tariflE revision,
for the independence of the Filipinos, and
against monopolies. Any effort to revive
race animosity is condemned; laws giving
capital and labor "their just rights" are
favored, and a promise is made to con-
struct the Panama Canal. Other planks
contain, more or less overtly, criticisms
of the present administration. Tom Tag-
gari:, of Indiana, has been selected to man-
age the Democratic campaign. One thing
is ceri:ain: the Democrats will have a lib-
eral campaign fund, for Mr. Davis is him-
self many times a millionaire, and other
moneyed men of the party, who were es-
tranged by Bryan, may be expected to
"dig up." This, coupled with the un-
doubted excellence of their candidates, will
put the two parties upon an equal footing.
vf T> L ' Chicago, Kansas City and
Meat PackcTfl q^i^^j. cities are in the
Dtnke throes of the largest strike
in the history of the meat-packing indus-
try. Seventy-three thousand men are di-
rectly involved, and if sympathetic strikes
are ordered, as seems probable, the number
will be largely increased. The wages of
unskilled laborers in the meat-cutting de-
partments is the cause of the dispute, but
the exact situation is obscured by the con-
tradictory statements of the contending
parties. The strike leaders claim that they
are resisting a threatened decline in wages,
while the packers declare that the men de-
manded a raise. A meeting was arranged
for the disputants before the Illinois State
Board of Arbitration, with good prospects
of a settlement, but the employers refused
to make any concessions, and negotiations
were declared off. The packers are im-
porting nonunion men, and the usual
strike phenomena of riots and bloodshed
have resulted. In the portions of the coun-
try supplied by the packers, the prices of
meat have soared, and the public is, per-
force, learning the advantages of a vege-
tarian diet.
WHEBE THE SHOE PINCHES.
John Bull — Oi say, Sam, the benar is walking off
with me ships, doncherknow.
XTnole Sam — ^Ya-s, b'gosh; and it's my goods that
are in your ships.
From the Spokesman- Review.
Slocum Disaster:
tLe A^itermatk
There has been no
shirking of duty
in fixing the blame
for the terrible Slocum disaster. The cor-
oner^s jury — upon whom fell the trying
duties of the investigation — acted with no
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uncertainty, and their report is a rigorous
accusation of all the officials connected
with the affair. The president, secretary
and the board of directors of the Knicker-
bocker Steamboat Company are found
guilty of criminal negligence in failing
to see that proper fire-fighting and life-
saving appliances were installed. The
captain of the vessel is held criminally re-
sponsible for the accident. The commo-
dore of the fleet is also held accountable,
and the mate of the Slocum is accused of
cowardice. In addition, Henry Sundberg,
the government inspector, is held for in-
competence and carelessness in the per-
formance of his duties. Because of the
greater scope of the federal laws, it was
agreed that the federal courts should han-
dle the matter. The men were all arrested,
but released on bail. The next step will
be taken by the grand jury in securing the
necessary indictments. Trial can not be
reached before October.
— , c- L- r ^^'i^^ people still discus-
L XT "^ si^^ *^^ burning of the
the Norgc Slocum, the news of an-
other marine casualty came as an added
shock. On June 28, the Danish steamer
Norge struck a reef off the coast of Scot-
land, and sank almost immediately. Of
the 700 passengers and the crew of 80, but
one boatload of 27 was saved. The pas-
senger list was composed entirely of Nor-
wegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish im-
migrants to the United States. The ill-
fated vessel was built with the customary
water-tight bulkheads, designed to prevent
just such an accident ; but the connecting
doors were left open, and the compart-
ments were useless. It is thought that the
Norge missed her reckoning, as she was
out of her course when she ran upon the
reef. Her engines were reversed, and she
backed into deep water, only to go to the
bottom.
T? 11 XT • 1 ^ splendid victory for
Folk Nominated ^^^^^^ politics was that
for Governor resulting in the nomina-
tion of Joseph W. Folk for Governor of
Missouri on the Democratic ticket. As
Circuit Attorney of St. Louis, Folk has
smitten tlie boodlers, hip and thigh, and
has earned the cordial enmity of the ^lis-
souri machine. In spite of this organized
and unscrupulous opposition, he received
the unanimous vote of the convention. In
his speech of acceptance, he declares open
war upon the boodler, and no quarter. "If
I am elected to a larger field of opportu-
nity," he says, "I propose to make Mis-
souri the most unhealthy place in all the
land for corruptionists to operate in."
\T TM 1- ^^* ^^^ Plehve, Russian
Von Plehve Minister of the Interior,
Assasflinated ^^et his death by the explo-
sion of a bomb thrown by a Finn named
Leglo. The minister was riding in his
carriage in St. Petersburg when the as-
sassination took place. Leglo was imme-
diately captured. The explosion of the
bomb was terrific, reducing the carriage
to shreds and splinters, and horribly
mangling the unfortunate occupant and
his coachman. The deed is believed to be
part of a plot of great magnitude, and
many arrests are being made.
P - - The persistent failure of
Ketorm tor Ruggian arms seems to be
Russia arousing her rulers to the
need of a remedy for internal troubles.
One of the most radical reforms of the
generation is that which, by imperial de-
cree, abolishes the system of condemning
without trial persons suspected of political
crimes. Hereafter suspects of this class
will be tried according to the regular pro-
cesses of law. Other reform measures
are those effecting the abolition of certain
harsh forms of punishment, as the use
of the knout and the cat-o'-nine-tails, and
the supercession of military rule in rural
districts by a newly organized police. Evi-
dently the Czar is sincere in his intention
to ameliorate the intolerable conditions
which have prevailed in Eussia.
M.
Since his liberation, Ion Per-
oroccos (jicaris, who was held captive
^^^^ by the Moorish bandit, Rai-
suli, has taken an active interest in the af-
fairs of Morocco. It appears that the
country is in danger of serious disruption,
if strong measures are not adopted. Mr.
Perdicaris has gone to Paris to urge that
the French government dispatch a com-
manding force at once to restore order.
If France fails to do this, Perdicaris rec-
ommends that Eaisuli be given authority
to deal with the situation. Instead of be-
ing a common robber, Raisuli, according
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to his late captive, is a man of culture and
power, and the strongest man available to
stem the tide of anarchy and brigandage
which is threatening Morocco.
-^ - -. With the final release-
Release of jnent of Mrs. Maybrick
Mrs. Maybnck f^.^^^ i^^^ i^^g confine-
ment, an international aflEair of consider-
able interest is brought to a close. Fifteen
years ago, Mrs. Maybrick — an American
girl, married to an elderly Englishman of
wealth — was convicted of murdering her
husband. The evidence was weak, and.
by most people, Mrs. Maybrick was con-
sidered innocent. Every effort was made
in her behalf, but resulted only in the
commutation of her death penalty to a
life imprisonment. Some time ago, she
was put on guard in a convent, preparatory
to her final release. She is now with her
mother in France, and will shortly return
to this country.
"Let ME at him!"
From the Tacoma Ledger.
Like a chapter from a his-
Uisappearance torical romance reads the
of Loomis story of the disappearance
of Kent J. Loomis, brother of Francis
B. Loomis, Assistant Secretary of State.
Mr. Loomis was made the bearer of a
trade treaty with King Menelik of Abys-
sinia, whither he was bound on the Kaiser
Wilhelm III. He was much in evidence
during the voyage, but, on landing, he
failed to appear, and his luggage was
turned over to the United States Con-
sulate. Some time later his dead body
was found on the coast, with an ugly
wound at the back of the head. Wliat
greatly increases the mystery of the affair
was the presence on tlie vessel of one
W. H. Ellis, a Hawaiian or negro, of
fabulous fortune. It is known that Ellis
was en route to the court of Menelik, with
whom he was very friendly. According
to Ellis* assertions, the Abyssinian poten-
tate was disposed to make him his suc-
cessor, and that he was desirous of serving
as the bearer of the treaty. The matter
is being sifted by the authorities, but if
yet veiled in mystery.
^^ -^ - In the death, in his seventv-
Uom Paul ninth year, of Paul Kruger,
^**° once President of the Trans-
vaal Republic, the world loses one of its
most picturesque figures. His life is in-
dissolubly linked with the Boer people,
and his biography would almost constitute
a history of the Transvaal, so closely were
the two connected. He played a conspicu-
ous part in the struggle to wrest a free
home from the hostile tribes of the wil-
derness, and was elected president of the
Transvaal in 1882. The part he played
in the Boer-British war is too well known
to need rehearsal. Despite his many faults,
Paul Kruger had the qualities of great-
ness: heroism, and exalted unselfishness,
patriotism of the highest kind, and the
ability to sacrifice himself utterly for the
cause to which he was devoted. He died
in Switzerland, but will be buried, at his
own request, in the Transvaal.
Deatk of ^^Golden
After a two weeks"
^ - „ ^ illness. Mayor Sam-
Rule Jones ^g| ^ j^nes, of
Toledo, died July 12. Mr. Jones has
become famous through his introduction
into business of the "Golden Rule.'' His
factory was managed most sucessfully on
this basis. In 1897 he was elected Mayor
of Toledo on the Republican ticket. His
radical socialism prevented his renomina-
tion in 1899, but he ran on an independent
ticket, and was overwhelmingly elected.
He was greatly beloved, and his death has
awakened universal regret.
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Investigation of
Over a year ago, the
x: i f. . Agricultural Depart-
tood Preservatives j^^^^ instituted a
thorough investigation of the effects of
food preservatives, such as borax, salicylic
acid, etc., upon the human system. This
was undertaken as a result of Germany^s
action in excluding certain of our exports,
especially tinned meats, and also to guide
our government in its policy toward im-
ported food products. A number of men
were fed upon the foods in question and
careful note taken of the effects. The
"poison squad,'^ as the subjects were
known, were bound to eat no other food,
and were also kept in ignorance of the
true nature of the food they were eating.
The results prove conclusively that borax
and similar preservatives are more or less
injurious. The digestion and appetite are
affected and loss of weight ensues. The
report concludes that the free use of such
preservatives is not desirable, and that,
at any rate, the quantity and character
of the preservative should be plainly indi-
cated.
-. Most deplorable is the van-
yandalism at sialism which resulted in
bt. Louis ^i^g partial destruction of
Santos Dumont^s air ship with which he
purposed to compete at the World's Fair.
In spite of the constant guard maintained
over it, the baloon attached to his machine
was so cut as to render its use impossible.
The police were unable to find any clue
as to the perpetrator of the deed, but
charged the inventor himself with destroy-
ing his vessel to avoid participating in the
race. The charge, of course, was utterly
without substantiation. Santos Dumont
left almost immediately for Paris, with
the expressed intention of repairing his
baloon and returning in time for the
contest. Since his arrival, he has declared
that he will not return. Vandal hands
also attacked the great organ in Festival
Ilall, rip])ing a hole in the secondary bel-
lows, but not greatly impairing the use
of the organ.
-- - . So rapid are the ad-
Largest Vessel in vanees made in ship-
The \Vorld building that the right
to be called the "largest vessel in the
workV does not lie very long with one
ship. But the vessel which, to-day, is
undoubtedly entitled to the superlative is
the new White Star liner, the Baltic, which
recently entered New York harbor after
her maiden voyage. The Baltic measures
725 feet in length; beam, 75 feet. Her
extreme displacement is 40,000 tons, and
her engines are capable of developing
26,000 horse power, making possible a
sustained speed of 17 knots an hour. Es-
pecial emphasis — in these days of marine
disasters — is placed on the life-saving
equipment, which is most complete, con-
sisting of 26 boats, with a total capacity
of 1,372 persons.
Victory for American ^^^ }^^ ^^nnual
CoUege AtUetes ^^^ between
field and track
the athletes of Harvard and Yale, repre-
senting America, and Oxford and Cam-
bridge, representing England, held at
West Kensington, England, the Americans
were successful in six out of nine events,
winning the meet. The two-mile, one-mile
and half-mile runs went to the English-
men, while the hundred-yard dash, the
four hundred forty-yard run, the hurdles^
the high jump, the broad jump and the
hammer throw, were won by the Ameri-
cans. From this record it would appear
that the Americans possess greater
strength and speed, while the Englishmen
develop greater endurance. This is the
third international meet, in which the
Americans have been twice victorious.
In the college of liberal
New I<lea in arts of Northwestern XJni-
Scbolarsbips versity 100 new scholar-
ships have been established,
the requirements for which are unusual
The beneficiary must not only possess a
certain amount of " book learning," but
he must give promise of superior achieve-
ment or fitness for public service. "Force
of character," says President James,
"powers of leadership, qualities of man-
hood, physical vigor, etc., will all be con-
sidered in the selection of students, who
will be chosen from a list submitted by
the faculties of high schools and acade-
mies." This idea of fitness was introduced
by Cecil Rhodes in his Oxford scholar-
ships.
impression!
«^- ^ r^^Tirr • m^
HARLE.SKRSK!NESCOTT*WOODj
So long as tkere is government enforced on all by a so-called majority, tnere -will
le a rollcry of tke many for tke benefit of tke few. Only tLe few really exercise
the po^wer of government.
Tke Congresdional Committee of Marine
' I 'UlS committee is evidently collecting excuses to pass a ship subsidy bill. Why
'*' not ? If taxpayers^ money is given to steel makers, glass makers, sugar makers,
and other makers, why not to ship makers? Why not also encourage the raising
of camels in Arizona? It is not that there is lack of ships in the world — nor lack
of competition — American shippers now have the fleets of all nations bidding for
cargoes. It is only because these ships do not fly American flags. Therefore the
American farmer is to be taxed to enable wealthy gentlemen to have a bonus
for building ships.
All restrictive economic laws are bad. The ship Director was sold some years
ago and by a fool American law (which still lives) all Americans were forbidden
to bid on her ; that is, the law forbids any American to buy or own any ship built
abroad. This wonderful law is to "encourage" American ship yards, not ship
owners. Now ship owners must also be encouraged. Verily, the people are fools
and deserve to be swindled !
The farmer and the laborer pay all bills. Yet their votes elect the repre-
sentatives who vote for the "graft." Disguise it as you will, every "protection,'*
every "subsidy," every "aid," is a "graft." The plain people pay the bills.
Colorado
^ I 'HE whole civilized world is against Governor Peabody. The London papers
^ speak of Colorado as worse than Russia — ^the thoughtful press everywhere is a-
ghast at such violent disregard of all the sacred principles of Anglo-Saxon liberty, so
Governor Peabody is explaining — and the explanation is unsatisfactory and dis-
honest. He states that the failure of the legislature to pas^ an eight-hour law
was not the cause of the strike, as the strike was called six weeks before the legis-
lature adjourned. Yet he knows, none better, that the strike was called only be-
cause it was plain to all men that the legislature did not intend to pass such a
law, as commanded by the constitutional amendment, and it did not pass such a
law. The strike was a protest to the legislature. No local riot or personal crime
ever excuses or can excuse the violation of the constitutional rights of citizens by
the executive sworn to respect them. Governor Peabody is a dead man in American
politics forever.
Tke Assassination of Von Plekve
T^ANY respectable papers in London and New York come very near excusing
-■• * the assassination of Von Plehve as a defense of its liberties by weak Finland.
It remains for "Liberty," the organ of philosophical anarchism, to point out that
force is always wrong against a peaceable person, and always injures the cause
which invokes it.
READEK
g^, W. F. G. THACHER
1*r
jiiii.::!:. fT
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A rcvievir of current books and an opinion of their merits
Better than any living man Stewart Ed
ward Wliite knows the great wilderness.
To him the trackless waste is a sentient
thing. He knows its ways, responds to its
feelings, sympathizes with it, loves it.
Best of all, he has the art of interpreting
it. W^ile the human element in "The
Silent Places" is by no means lacking, it
is untamed nature that plays the domi-
nant part. The wild is not merely a back-
ground, a setting, but a vital factor in
the story.
The narrative is singularly simple, yet
with a quality of epic greatness. It re-
counts the heroic struggle of _. ^..
two men with the savage i*** bilcnt
forces of the elements. On ^^*ces
that long, bitter pursuit race into the
icy fastnesses of the north, the reader fol-
lows, as if into a different world. It is
all so real ! — and yet so apart from all or-
dinary experiences of life. It holds you
in a thrall of breathless suspense, and
haunts you for days after you have put
the book aside.
Sentiment, in the accepted sense, is
missing — but not missed. In its stead is
the great love of a red-skinned forest
maiden for one of the white men. Pa-
thetic, appealing, almost tragic, it yet
forms a vital and fitting part in this elo-
quent and memorable story of elemental
things.
(McClure, Phillips & Co.)
There seems to be no limit to the num-
ber of variations that can be rung on the
theme of mistaken identity. It would be
a safe conjecture that one novel out of
every twenty is developed from this idea.
The most recent addition to the list is
"Anna, the Adventuress," by E. Phillips
Oppenheim. It is a story of Bohemian at-
mosphere, with the scenes in Paris and
London. Two sisters, remarkably alike in
appearance, but decidedly dissimilar in na-
ture, are the chief characters, and the
complications that arise . _-
from the confusion of their V^^^*'
identities are wildly excit- Adventuress
ing, to put it mildly. It is the kind of
book every chapter of which creates an
irresistible impulse to read the next one.
The swiftly shifting situations, the rapid
transitions of scene, and the liberal use of
sensational incidents keep the interest of
the narrative up to the keenest pitch, nor
is there any lapse in the high tension.
Bizarre, it certainly is, and, at times,
trenching on the risque; yet to the average
novel reader, its ingenious plot, its nerv-
ous action, and its cleverly concealed de-
nouement will more than repay a read-
ing.
(Little, Brown & Co.)
It is no easy matter to present a nar-
rative logically and coherently, by means
of a series of letters ; yet this is what Beu-
lah Marie Dix has accomplished in
"Blount of Breckenhow," and has proved
herself an expert craftsman in the per-
formance. Without let or hindrance the
story is unfolded, laying instant claim to
the reader's attention, gathering force and
swiftness as it moves onward, and carry-
ing evenly and strongly to the end. All
this is done without sacrificing the episto-
lary nature of the narrative. There are
letters, long and short, |^- -
grave and gav, indited by ^^o^J* oi
many different hands, and ««ckenliow
each one contributing: its share to the dc-
THE READER.
187
Telopment of the story. The individuality
of each writer is discernible in the style
and character of his letters, and the rela-
tions of the persons of the story are clearly
set forth without editor^s notes.
It is a sad tale: that of James Blount,
and one that appeals powerfully to the
sympathies. Yet it leaves no smart, for its
ending, though sorrowful enough, is peace-
ful, and the reader^s feelings are spared
that final twinge. Blount was scurvily
misused by fate, 'tis true, and sacrificed
everything for a love he deemed hopeless ;
yet he died "with the light upon his face,*'
happy at last in the possession of that
love. A hero of finest mold was James
Blount.
(The McMillan Co.)
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, author of
Penobscot Man."
'The
A story as a story is no better because
it is true; but as a transcription of life,
shedding light upon the character and ex-
periences of men, reality gives it an ap-
preciated value. In "The Penobscot Man,''
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm — pleasantly re-
membered for her bird-book — ^has given us
a collection of stories of the Maine river
men. With a loyal hand she has chroni-
cled some of the deeds which exalted to
heroism those lives of toil and hardship.
Without idealization she has recorded
them, but in the honest colors of reality;
and these tales assume for us a new sig-
nificance because their characters actually
lived and breathed, and because these
deeds of truest courage were performed
without a thought of their heroism, with-
out a suspicion that they were to be set
forth in printed page.
The author knows well of what she
writes, and her work is endowed with fin-
est sympathy, and the full rn n i ^
J / T f 1 The Penobacot
understandmg of long -w
familiarity. Her stories
have that revealing, spiritual quality, so
that the reader sees not only the deed, but
the soul of the man who does it. The in-
ner and the outer life are both made man-
ifest.
Although the author modestly disclaims
any art in the telling, we must beg to dis-
agree. To the narrator who seeks to mold
his story into perfect form, facts are ham-
pering things ; yet each one of the tales in
this little volume has a proportion and a
finish that leaves little to be desired.
($1.25; Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Bos-
ton.)
The life of Frederic William Farrar,
sometime Dean of Canterbury, and prob-
ably one of the three greatest churchmen
of his age, edited by his son, Reginald
Farrar, is a monument of loving memory
to a great • and good man.
As a biography, however, it ^^ ^t.
. ,. "". \. ^' ^ .' Dean Farrar
IS disappointing. Smoothly
conventional, it chronicles the external in-
cidents of a rather placid existence, with
hardly a glimpse into the intimate life,
which would reveal the real man, under
the robes of the churchman.
However, the account is comprehensive,
minute and reliable, and supplied with
many letters which are illuminative and
of decided value.
(T. Y. Crowell & Co.)
A Page from tLe Cynic s Notebook —
Tell a girl she is pretty, you may win
her approval; tell her her rival is ugly,
you will win her eternal gratitude.
To win a girl, a man must excite her
curiosity, command her admiration, arouse
lier interest, and then — make her cry.
A man's capacity for falling in love is
like the phenomena of electrical discharge
in a thunderstorm: it accumulates until
it reaches a certain degree, and then
strikes the nearest available object.
The best part of a man's manliness is
his boyishness; the best part of a girl's
girlishness is her womanliness.
There is a peculiar variety of girls
whose preference for a man is always man-
ifested by extreme ill usage.
Dressed to KOl.^
Do'wn Wkerc tLe ^Vemcrwiirst Grows —
Mama sent John to the butcher's;
Sad to say, he never came back (no
flowers) ;
Since that day the family
Have never been able to eat sausage.
Selah !
Good Advice —
We notice that General Ma is threaten-
ing Kouropatkin's rear.
Put a shingle in the loose part of your
trousers, Koury. It'll save trouble.
* * *
Editorial Troubles —
The "Devil" — The foreman says we
can't set any more of these war dispatches.
The "Old Man"— Can't! Why not?
The "Devil" — No more ski's in the
font.
* ♦ ♦
TLe Hobos Complaint —
Rusty Eonald (throwing down a copy
of Pudge with an expression of disgust) —
This 'ere Eoosh'n war makes me sick.
Dusty Donald — What d'you care?
Rusty Ronald — Why, since the war
broke out, us fellers don't get half the
space in the comics that we used to.
Ttc Saddest ^Vords —
Onct I read some po'try
(I like it now and then),
Which said the saddest words
Are these: It might have been.
That poet-fellar's wrong,
Which I think you'll admit.
The saddest words are these:
(Confound 'em) ! "Please remit/'
THE LIGHTER SIDE.
189
Unsopliisticated Man —
They were on the piazza and the moon
was their only light.
"Did you know/' she was saying, "that
the SmjiJie girl was married last Wed-
nesday T^
'TTes/^ he replied, reaching for her
hand.
"And Ethel, my chum, is engaged. And
I— ^^
"You— ^'
"I am to be—"
"Whatr
"A bridesmaid."
"Wouldn't you prefer being a bride?"
"Oh, James!"
And the foolish fellow actually believed
that he had proposed without assistance.
♦ ♦ ♦
**Motlicr Goose*' Indicted —
"Maria," began Mr. Crusty, "don't read
those ^Mother Goose' verses to the chil-
dren."
"But why not, Henry," asked his obe-
dient spouse.
"They are positively text-books of
crime. They inculcate criminal instincts
in the infantile mind."
"Nonsense, Henry! ^Mother Goose' has
been read to youngsters for years and
years."
"Yes," replied Mr. Crusty, "and that ac-
counts for the increase in wickedness dur-
ing the last century. Remember the
motto: 'The tree grows as the twig is
bent.' Children have gained knowledge
from 'Mother Goose' that they should not
have until they have arrived at an age to
distinguish right from wrong. To my
mind, and I have given the subject deep
thought, the evil dispositions and ten-
dency to wickedness which children have
are directly traceable to the time they had
the vicious lessons of 'Mother Goose' read
to them. And, Maria, think of it ! These
lessons in crime have been inculcated by
the mothers."
"Why, Henry, you can not show a sin-
gle instance ofVicked example in the fa-
miliar lines of 'Mother Goose.' "
"Can't I !" exclaimed Mr. Crusty. "Just
think a moment for yourself. There is
Tom, the piper's son, who stole a pig; the
cat that ran away with the pudding string ;
the elopement of dish and the spoon;
goosey gander, who threw an old man
down stairs ; there was a man and he had
naught and robbers came to rob him ; the
case of the boy throwing the cat in the
well; the instance of the lady who rode
the dapple gray pony so crueUy; cooking
blackbirds alive in a pie. These are but a
few which I recall just now, but if you will
scan the book you will discover dozens of
cases where cruelty, theft, falsehood and
other bad habits are invested in the heroes
and heroines of 'Mother Goose.' The book
should be suppressed."
"Henry !"
"Well, Maria?"
"Doesn't your supper agree with you?"
* « ♦
Consistent —
"Is Grouchy much of a kicker?"
"I should say he is ! Why, in winter he
plays football and in summer he is signed
with the baseball team just to intimidate
the umpire."
ROGRESS
Devoted to tke energy, entkusiasm, groivtli, progress and
development of tke great Nortkwest
Elboiv Room —
Set out an orchard of apple trees ten feet apart, and you will have a very
poor orchard. The trees will interfere with each other's growth; they will lack-
sunlight and moisture and the nourishment of the soil. Puny, branchless trees
will result; many will die. You will get a tent\ of a crop of a very poor quality
of apples.
Set out your trees forty feet apart, and each one will thrive, without trespass'
ing upon its neighbor. Each will attain a symmetrical growth, with a deep, wide
rootage, and broad low-spreading branches.
That's the way the Lord intended apple trees to grow.
This isn't a disquisition upon appln trees. It\s an allegory.
Men are like apple trees — THEY NEED ROOM. The more room a man ha^
the more he'll grow and expand and d'ivelop.
That is one of the chief charms of the Pacific Coast; we have lots of room.
''Room" is another way of saying ''opportunity." There are opportunities
everywhere, but there are more of them to the square mile on the Pacific Coast
than any tvhere else in the world. For the same amount of effort, a man can
get greater returns here than any place ehe in the world. Why? The reason is
simple. The resources are here, the raw material: wonderful, unguessed treas-
ures of field and mine and stream. That doesn't mean that a man must be a
farmer or a miner or a fisherman. These men take the raw material first, and
pass it on to the miller, the manufaclvrcr, the merchant, the lawyer. When
they prosper, everybody prospers.
That's the first reason: resources. The second ?>; elbow room. We aren't
smothered to death with competition. There is room for all. No matter what your
business, the Pacific Coast offers you an opportunity. It's a young, growing,
uncrowded country, whose greatest need is men. And there's lots of elbow room.
Tke Ijcviris and Clark Exposition —
As tlio work on the grounds and build-
ings of the Lewis and Chirk Exposition
grows apaee, the great Fair becomes more
a reality in the minds of those who are
observing its progress. There is some-
thing very real and su])stantial about th«3
great structures, so rapidly taking form,
in whicli the Exposition is to ho lioused.
The sense of vagueness is lost before this
manifestation of reality.
The Fair is a fact. The scoffings of the
incredulous are hushed. There remains
no room for doubt. To any one who has
recently visited the site and observed the
beautifully graded grounds and gardens,
the massive buildings, all under roof, and
the signs of activity in every direction*
the Fair is already an assured success.
The only thing that can turn this an-
ticipated triumph to a failure will be a
lack of attendance. Xo matter how great
the Exposition may be, if visitors are not
attracted, its success will be defeated. Tho
great question is. Will the people come^
The Portland Oregonian says that the
grounds on which we expect visitors from
the East are not at all those depended on
at St. Louis — supremacy in magnitude of
plan or of display. We do hope for a
moderate attendance on the part of those
who will come to see what we can do and
to visit this part of the country for its
own sak(»: but the bulk of our attendance
192
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
will be from Oregon and her neighbors,
between the Pacific and the Rockies, be-
tween Alaska and South America. There-
fore the great problem is, how to make the
Exposition attractive to our own people;
and its solution is largely a process of
selection exercised at St. Louis. Presi-
dent Elliot's advice is worth while, for
he is in a position to know what has
proved attractive there.
It is fortunate that Director-General
Goode is now making a study of condi-
tions at St. Louis, and that Colonel Dosch,
whose judgment on exhibits will be largely
relied upon, is there all the time and de-
voting himself to separating the wheat
from the chaff. He thinks that about
seventy-five per cent of the exhibits at
St. Louis are better away from here than
on hand. He hopes to get the desirable
twenty-five per cent and add to them
others equally attractive.
The supreme desideratum at the Lewis
and Clark Fair is a collection of buildings,
electric displays, exhibits and entertain-
ments that will draw our own people
thither irresistibly again and again. Hence
we want from St. Louis, if we can get
them, those attractions which are always
thronged with sightseers and to which the
pilgrim returns to renew impressions of
wonder and delight. There are paintings
in the Fine Arts building to which the
jaded traveler repairs again and again
whenever he is in their vicinity. There
are Florentine marbles in the Manufac-
tures building which would draw many to
the Lewis and Clark grounds for a second
visit with their chaste and poetic beauty
if they were the only attraction there. But
not to discriminate, for inclinations are
various, the St. Louis Fair is in reality
Oregon's great opportunity; and for an
Exposition of our size and scope and ex-
• pected attendance, the fresh experience
at St. Louis puts us on a far more advan-
tageous footing than if we were taking up
the matter more in the dark without these
trustworthy guides.
Wkeat Growing vs. Diversified Farming
Not many years ago, nearly all of the
arable land of the Pacific Coast — or at
least, of the Northwest — was sown to
wheat. The acreage was so vast that, no
mater how small the returns per acre,
the income was princely. Wheat required
less fitting than most crops; there was
less trouble in handling it ; and the market
was certain. The land was new and year
after year produced immense crops with-
out signs of exhaustion.
These conditions still hold, but in a
diminished degree. The wheat king still
reigns, but his ascendency is waning. Vast
areas of government or railroad lands are
no longer to be had for a nominal price;
the great wheat fields of a decade ago are
beginning to show signs of exhaustion:
and the farmer, through force of necessity,
is turning to other crops.
At first blush this change might be
reckoned a hardship, but this is not true.
A country where diversified farming pre-
vails is always far more prosperous than
one in which wheat — or any other one
crop — is produced. A great wheat farm,
that might support one man in affluence,
when cut up into small tracts, will support
fifty or a hundred men in comfort. And
it stands to reason that fifty or a hundred
small farmers will bring far more business
to the district they inhabit than one big
farmer. An acre of land sown to wheat
may yield its owner a net return of five
dollars, maybe more, probably less, while
an acre cultivated for diversified products
will yield twice, thrice or many times
that amount. Then, too, diversified farm-
ing is much better for the land. Continu-
ous crops of wheat sap the vitality of the
land, without putting anything back. Al-
ternated with clover, the fertility of the
land is maintained. A scientific rotation
of crops will not only perpetuate the pro-
ductivity of the soil, but will increase it.
Thus, in all ways, diversified farming is
better for the country where it is practi^.
It means a greater population; it means
greater returns per acre; it means the
maintenance of the soil's fertility. The
most prosperous districts in the world are
those where the small farmer tills the
soil.
The wheat king is doomed. Inevitably
his broad acres will be broken up into small
fields. He is a picturesque figure, but
concentration and competition will not
stay their march for him. It is evolution-
ary, inevitable.
DRIFT.
It Wasn't New York.
A gentleman who had occasion to go to
an inland New England village ten miles
from a railroad was met at the station by
an old fellow who looked as if he might have
just awakened after a Bip Vankle sleep. His
horse and buggy were in keeping with their
owner's ancient appearance.
"Here we air at last," said the driver,
when they finally came to three houses and
a blacksmith's shop.
"This isn't much of a place, is itf" said
the depressed stranger, looking around.
"Oh, you don't see all o' it from here,"
was the reply. "Thar's two more houses
over behind that hill thar, an' a cooper's
shop jest around that bend in the road thar.
Come to bunch 'em all together an' it's con-
sid'able o' a place— but o' course it ain't
New York."— May Woman's Home Com-
panion.
• « «
Canard Disproved.
The Kentucky delegation is assembled in
the corridor of the Wadditorium hotel, when
a facetious Michigander seeks to make merry
at their expense. Calling to a passing bell
boy, he says:
' ' I suppose you have been kept pretty busy
since all these Kentuckians came to the
house f"
"No busier than usual, sir."
"Why, don't they keep you rushing every
morning bringing drinks to their rooms when
they get upf"
"No, sir," replies the boy courteously,
while the Kentuckians smile approvingly.
"You don't mean to say that they don't
drink f" asks the Michigander.
"No, sir. They don't go to bed."— Judge.
A Small Matter.
French maid (to inquiring friend)— "Oui,
madame is ill, but ze doctor haf pronounce it
something very trifling, very small."
Friend — "Oh, I am so relieved, for I was
real anxious. What does the doctor say the
trouble ist"
French maid— "Let me recall. It was
something very leetle. Oh, oui, I have it now!
Madame has ze smallpox."— May Woman's
Home Companion.
V BRAND
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CAMMED GOODS
Feas.Corn.rruits
Toma.to€5. Beans
YcjGtaLbks.Citsup!
Salmon.OlivcOilJ
Syrupy XI ams,
0Y5tGr5.6hrimp.
Lobster^,...
Preferred Stock
AiiEN.g Lewis
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u
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Helpfol Hinti.
The anxious mother rings up what she
thinks is the day nurserj to ask for some ad-
vice as to her child. She asks the central
for the "nurserj," and is given Mr. Got-
friend Gluber, the florist and tree dealer. The
following conversation ensues:
"I eaUed up the nurserj. Is this the nur-
sery f"
"Yes, ma'am."
' * I am so worried about mj little Bose. ' '
"Vat seems to be der madder f"
"Oh, not so verj much, perhaps, but just
a general listlessness and lack of life."
"Ain'd growing righd, ehf"
"No, sir."
"Veil, J del) you vat you do. You dake
der skissors und cut off apoud two inches
vrom der limbs, und"-—
"Whaa-atf"
"I say, dake der skissors und cut off apoud
two inches vrom der limbs, und den turn der
garten hose on for apoud four hours in der
morning"—
"Wha-a-atf"
"Turn der garten hose on for apoud four
hours in der morning, und den pile a lot ohf
plack dirt all arount, und sprinkle mit in-
segt powter all ofer der top"—
"Sir-r-rf"
"Shprinkle mit insegt powter all ofer der
top. You know usually id is noddings but
pugs dot"—
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Mid Culling PRCaOUS STONES
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it to us and we will let you know
what the cost will be. As we
do our own manufacturing, we
are in a position to turn out the
work without delay. We can
duplicate or make any thing
in gold or silver.
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Emeraldi, Almciidincs, Tiger Eyes, Agates,
MocmstoQCs, Sapfilrcs, Tttrqtioise, Blood-
stoocs, ToptiZ, etc. Write us for any thing
you want.
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THE best medical authorities are unanimous in recom-
mending horseback riding for nervous, lung and
kindred complaints. Particularly is this mode of exercise
benci^dal on this West coast, where the patient can enjoy
the pure open air, inhale nature's ozone and the resinous
fragrance of pine, fir, cedar and hemlock.
Saddi«s Horses and Carriagbs
HoRSBS Bought and Soi«d :
PORTLAND lUDINC CLUB w.c«owh.«,.
394 Elevenlh St, Pbrlkuid, Ore. 'pnonb aae
Gold Fillings X SIM I Gold Crowns x $4.00
Silver Finings x x .50 1 FuH Set of Teeth, SM
These are new prices for first class work.
I give my f>ersoiial attention to patrons and DO ab-
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I have the latest appliances known to dentistry.
OFPiCB HOURS : 8 to 5. Sunday, xo to la.
W. T. SLATTEN, Dentist, UT" i,«!« "••"SrTco'i
^oe^
DMPT.
"How dare youf What do you mean by
such language f"
'^Noddings but pugft dot ehenerally causes
der troubles; und den you vant to vash der
rose mit a liquid breparations I haf for
sale"—
"Who in the world are you, anyway!"
"Gottfried Gluber, der florists."
* * 0-o-oh I ' ' weakly. ' ' Good-bye ! ' '—Judge.
A Bad Break.
At last Mrs. Newlywed rose to her feet at
the annual business meeting of the Very-Best-
Society Club.
"Nominations for the presidency being in
order," she said, "I propose the name of
Mrs. Tenderfeelings. It is the opinion of a
majority of us here that she is the only
member capable of filling our retiring presi-
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Mrs. Tenderfeelings sprang up hastily, her
eyes blazing.
"You horrid, hateful thing!" she ex-
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that she wears three sizes larger than I do,
and always has! I won't have your old nom-
ination—so there, now!"— Judge.
Wise BrothcfSr Dentists.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY
Edited by Wilfiam Bitde Wells
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credit is given THE PACIRC MONTHLY
CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER, 1904
THE TEPEES— UMATILLA BESEBVATION .... Frontispiece
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS (iUustrated) 196
Woman Tennis Champion
Paul Morton
Seattle's Chief of Police
Victor H. Metcalf
Oldest House in America
Monument to Abigail Adams
THE MIUTABY MANEXJVEBS AT AMEBICAN
LAKE (illustrated) Gen. Thomas H. Anderson,
U. S. A. (retired) 205
THE IMPROVEMENT OF NANCY (fiction) Ina Wright Hanson 211
THE NEW YORK SUBWAY (iUnstrated) . O. B. Garland 214
GBAIN GROWING IN THE PACIFIC NOBTH-
WEST (illustrated) Rinaldo M. HaU 217
LOVE IS BEST (verse) Robert Haven Scbanffler 219
THE STRANGE LEGEND OF THE DOUBLE
SHADOW (iUnstrated) .... F. H. Saylor 220
HIPPY AND THE BOOM (fiction) . . . F. Roney Weir 222
MEMORY'S LANE (verse) .... 226
THE LUCK OF SUCKER CREEK (illustrated) Dennis H. Stovall 227
THE ARCHBISHOP'S MANTLE (fiction) Lorena M. Page 282
THE PLAYHOUSE (illustrated) 235
D£PA1LTM£NTS
OUR VIEW WiUiam Bittle Wells 239
THE MONTH 240
IMPBESSIONS Charles Erskine Scott Wood 245
THE BEADEB W. F. G. Tbacber 249
THE UGHTEB SIDE Franklyn Godwyn 251
PBOGBESS 253
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OCTOBER, 1904
Number 4
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS
^A^oman Tennu Ckampion
IT was by no mere chance that Miss
May Sutton won the woman's lawn
tennis championship of the United
States. She earned her honors
fairly by defeating the previous
champion. Miss Elizabeth Moore, in
straight sets, and her other records prove
beyond a doubt that she is the best tennis
player of her sex in the United States.
She is a California girl, her home being
in Pasadena, and she is but seventeen
years old. It is a remarkable fact that
Miss Sutton has never lost but one set in
match play since she was twelve years
old. She is one of five sisters, all tennis
experts, and until her recent trip East, all
her championship matches were fought
out with members of her own family.
With Miss Hall, also from Pasadena, Miss
Sutton won the woman's doubles, and
she is also the holder of the Western
championship.
When Miss Sutton's youth, strength
and ambition are considered, there is good
probability that she will soon be the
woman champion of the world.
Miss May Sutton, of Pasadena, California, winner
of the woman's tennis championship for 1904.
Paul Morton, the newly appointed Secretary of the navy.
Coarteey of Sunset Ma^a«JD«-
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS.
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Paul Morton
It is not at all strange that President
Boosevelt should choose to surround him-
self with men of his own type: young,
clean-cut, vigorous men, whose ability has
been proven; practical men of affairs;
whose success in their chosen calling qual-
ifies them for a larger undertaking.
Such a man is Paul Morton, the new
Secretary of the Navy.
Thirty years ago, a lad of sixteen, Paul
Morton began work in the offices of the
Burlington railroad, addressing envel-
opes. It was the old story : efficiency and
industry rewarded by rapid advancement.
At twenty-one, he was the assistant gen-
eral freight agent of the same company.
Before his appointment to the cabinet,
he was second vice-president of the
Santa Fe and Burlington systems — and
one of the best known railroad men in
the West.
Why should Paul Morton relinquish a
congenial position, with a salary of
$25,000 a year, to take up a new line of
work with an $8,000 salary? To the
initiated, the answer is not difficult. In
the first place, Morton is a warm per-
sonal friend of Theodore Roosevelt, and
would sacrifice much to serve him. In
the second, it^s in the blood, for J. Ster-
ling Morton, the father, was Secretary of
Agriculture under Cleveland. The son is
Tom DeL&ney. Seattle's efficient chief of police, who
hat done much to rid the city of unde-
sirable characters.
Photo by Jamea and Busbnell.
proud of his fathers record, and glad to
follow the family precedent for public
service.
Blockhouse at Fort Simcoe, built in 1850 by Major Garnet.
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Mn. M. H. de YomVt of Ban Franoisoo, the only
repreMatative of the Paoiflo Ck>ait on the Board
of Lady Manafen, the St. Looia Ezpoaition.
He may be expected to perform the
exacting duties of the new position with
the same clear-headed efficiency, the same
acute grasp of affairs, the same electric
energy which have contributed so greatly
to his success in life. He believes in a
greater navy and an improved consular
service. And he doesn't know how to spell
failure.
Seattle's Ckief of Police
Through the honest policy of one man,
there has been a complete revolution in
police conditions in Seattle in the past
few months. This improvement has been
made in the face of the statement that,
despite all efforts, Seattle could never
be governed as anything but a wide-open
town because it is a seaport. The reform
has been accomplished by one man, whose
only policy was to deal fairiy with every
one. This man is Tom DeLaney, Seat-
tle's chief of police.
For eight years DeLaney was in the cus-
toms service and for nearly fourteen years
chief of police at Port Townsend, which
position gave him a peculiar insight into
the crookedness of a coast town.
When DeLaney came into office, the city
was full of crooks, criminals who were not
allowed elsewhere, and those who pro-
tected them from the law. The police
courts were corrupt, and in the depart-
ment itself there existed petty jealousies
so that it was practically disorganized.
The policy of the new chief of police was,
"I play no favorites," and his instructions
Cable ferry across the Weshkah River.
The three-mill ion-dollar "Alaika" building, in Seattle, erected by men whose fortunes were made in the ^Id
fields of Alaska. When completed, it will be one of the finest buildings on the Pacific £?oast.
Victor H. Hetcalf, of Oakland, California, who su -^eeds Cortelyou aa the head of the Department of
Labor and Commerce. Courie8.v of Sunset MntiHrAn^?-
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to the department on coming into ofl&ce;
^^Do your duty, and play no favorites/^
DeLaney has made no radical changes
in the department, removing only those
who were convicted of crookedness. Soon
after his accession to office a number of
ward politicians who acted as "fixers,"
that is, squared matters between the de-
partment and crooks who lived and op-
erated in the city, were arrested and prose-
cuted in the courts under the state va-
grancy law, which provides that no man
can live in the state, suspected of crooked-
ness, regardless of the amount of money
nalia confiscated as evidence for the pros-
ecution.
Countless similar cases illustrate the
policy of the new chief. In his fight
against crime he has had the backing of
Mayor Ballinger and has gradually se-
cured that of the rest of the city admin-
istration. The newspapers of Seattle have
waged an important part in the war
against crime, but, after all, it is to the
innate honesty and courage of the man
alone that the clean condition of the city
is due.
The oldest house in America, located at St. Augustine, Florida.
Francis.
Built in 1664 by the monks of St.
he possesses. This led to the wholesale
emigration of crooks from the city.
A good example of DeLaney's work is
the case of the poolrooms. Wlien the chief
ordered them closed the proprietors noti-
fied the police that they would appeal
their cases to a higher court and reopen
next day as they had been accustomed to
doing in similar circumstances heretofore.
DeLaney sent back a message that they
would again be clovsed and their parapher-
Victor H. Mctcalf
When George Bruce Cortelyou, first
secretary of the newly created Department
of Commerce and Labor, was chosen to
manage President Eoosevelt^s campaign,
AMctor H. Metcalf was selected as his suc-
cessor. The appointment was particu-
larly gratifying to the people of the Pa-
cific Coast states, for Mr. Metcalf is a
Califomian, and the only representative
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of that section in the cabinet.
Previous to his entrance into public
life, Mr. Metcalf practiced law in Oak-
land, California, whither he came, soon
after graduating from the Yale law
school. For more than twenty years he
pursued the even tenor of his way, build-
ing up a remunerative practice, attending
strictly to -his business as an American
citizen, and establishing an inviolate rep-
utation for highest probity. Then he was
elected to the fifty-sixth congress on the
and capital. Those who know him be-
lieve that he is com^tent, even for so
trying a position.
The new member of the cabinet is of
the open-air type, athletic, a sportsman,
with a fondness f or > every kind of game.
He is a crack shot, an excellent swimmer,
and his erect figure and firm bearing are
evidence of his athletic proclivities. His
home life, whether at Oakland or at "The
Roost'' — the hunting lodge — is ideal. He
has two fine sons — one at Annapolis, one
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Seattle's ma^nifioeiit new railroad station. Bein^ built by the Oreat Northern Railroad, but will be
used as a union depot.
Kepuhlican ticket, and has served as a
member of the House of Representatives
ever since. A? an energetic and efficient
man, lie has won his way in the house,
and, in his second term, was appointed to
the important committee on ways and
means — a signal lionor for so new a man.
In his new position, he has many per-
plexing problems to solve. Cortelyou has
done little more than to organize the new
department, and his successor must learn
to handle the complicated machinery of
his office. He must face the greatest
question of modern times: that of the
trusts, and the relations between labor
in business, and the grace and charm of
his w^ife will not be eclipsed even in the
brilliant light of Washington society.
Oldest House in America
It would be strange, indeed, if the old-
est house in America was not a great cu-
riosity. The landmark that is so recog-
nized is located in St. Augustine, Florida,
on a tiny, narrow thoroughfare near the
center of the interesting old city. Its
history tells that it was built in 1564 by
the Plonks of St. Francis. It is con-
structed of coquina, a combination of sea
The monament erected by the Daughters of the American Revolutioii to the memoiy of Abigail Adams,
the mother and the wife of Presidents. Th** stones used in the cairn were brought from all
parti of the world.
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shells and mortar that is almost inde-
structible. This substance was quite plen-
tiful in the vicinity of the early settle-
ments about St. Augustine. It is of this
material that the walls of the old city
gate as well as the walls of Fort Marion
are built, and these are in an excellent
state of preservation. When Sir Francis
Drake sacked and burned the town, this
was the only house left standing in the
path of destruction. As a remnant of the
old regime, it is highly prized, especially
ican woman crowns the summit of Penn's
Hill near the City of Quincy, Mass. It is
dedicated to Abigail Adams, wife and
mother of a president, and bears a bronze
tablet with the following inscription:
"From this spot, with her son, John
Quincy Adams, then a boy of seven, by
her side, Abigail Adams watched the
smoke of burning Charlestown, while lis-
tening to the guns of Bunker Hill, Sat-
urday, June 17, 1777. The Adams Chap-
ter of Quincy, Mass., of the Society of
The "Tremont," one of the two largest freighters plying* on the Paoiflo Ocean. She recently carried to
the Orient the largest cargo ever borne by a Pacific Ocean steamship. The "Tremont" and the
''Shawmnt" wiU soon be surpassed in freight-carrying capacily by the new freighters which James
Hill is building for the Oriental oommerce.
as a cocoanut palm planted by the Monks
still stands as a sentinel over the quaint
old edifice.
Tlie Monument to Abigail Adams
While the American people have
erected many monuments and statues to
the memory of the great men who have
helped to make the history of this coun-
try, they have been very dilatory in hon-
oring their famous women in such fash-
ion. One of the very few public monu-
ments erected for the purpose of keep-
ing green the memory of a noted Amer-
the Daughters of the Revolution, have
caused this memorial to be erected Jime
17, 1876.^'
The monument is constructed in the
form of a cairn, the material being stones
of many sizes brought from all parts of
the world. At the foot of the hill are two
houses, one being the ancient dwelling
where President Adams lived for years
and the other the house where John
Quincy Adams was bom. Near by are
the blue waters of the bay and the granite
quarries of the famous and historic City
of Quincy.
THE MILITARY MANEUVERS AT
AMERICAN LAKE
An account of tke recent *'*' y^^r games *^
in i^kicli tke soldiers — regular and
volunteer — of Oregon, Wasbington
and Idako took part
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A BRITISH peripatetic philoso-
pher, who once honored The
States with his presence, in
giving the world the benefit
of his observations, stated
that Americans cared nothing for sports
as recreations, but only cared for them
when they involved a contest. He re-
marked further that they cared but little
for political principles, only took the same
kind of interest in an election as in a
horse race.
As to the charges, we need only put in
the plea in abatement, that they are no
more true of us than of all other nationali-
ties.
The interest now shown in military
field maneuvers has its base in the uni-
versal interest taken in combative com-
petition.
The military maneuvers at American
Lake, in which the National Guardsmen of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and the
regulars of the Department of Columbia
bore a part, took the form of simulated
warfare. Similar contests have been held
in California, Ohio and other states, and
on a large scale on the Bull Run battle-
field, in A^irginia.
The leading nations of Europe began to
liave military maneuvers of large bodies
of troops fifty years ago, but it is only
recently that the rules of Kriegspiel or of
war games began to be applied to them
in simulated campaigns. Originally the
"Kriegspiel" was a classroom academic
exercise. It w^as played on prepared maps
with little blocks of wood, representing
different divisions of infantry, cavalry or
artillery. There were rules for the move-
ments of these blocks. If not opposed,
they could, in a given time, be moved a
given distance over level or broken
ground, or open or forest land. Under
the rules, infantry and artillery fire was
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assumed to inflict a certain loss at differ-
ent distances.
All this, of course, was a checkerboard
strategy. Men of flesh and blood can
not be moved around like chessmen. Heat,
cold, storms, floods and innumerable
natural obstructions render theoretical
calculations of little value in actual
warfare, and also in simulated warfare
moral elements come in. There will be
varying degrees of energy, endurance and
of determination or discouragement.
There will be different degrees of confi-
strength should occupy in close or open
ground, and the time required for a de-
ployment or change of front. A man of
average intelligence can commit these
statements to memory in a very short
time, yet no one without practice can esti-
mate the distances involved in the sim-
plest field maneuver. Distances look so
surprisingly different under differing
conditions ; whether, for instance, we esti-
mate over land or water, over hills or
plains, or by night or day, or in sunshine-
or fog. In estimating distances, the firo
Capt. Hawthorne's battery in action. The Oregon hattery was with Hawthorne in this engaflremeiit.
dence or mistrust in leaders. For these
reasons it is evident that practical instruc-
tion is better than theory. Finally, in
competitive maneuvers the natural desire
to win adds greatly to the zeal and am-
bition of the contestants.
In civil life no one believes that busi-
ness methods or mechanical excellence can
be learned or acquired from books. Prac-
tice must supplement theory. This is
just as true of the art military. Take
an obvious example. Manuals of tactics
state the space a brigade of a given
of an enemy is, of course, a very confusing
factor. In calculating the time it may
take to reach a given position, the con-
dition of the roads or the character of the
intervening country will have to be con-
sidered, and an absolute assurance can
only be obtained by reconnoitering. What
the enemy may do in the way of obstruc-
tion or opposition further complicates the
problem. The object of field maneuvers
is to make the problems given as nearly
like those of actual warfare as possible.
Nothing seems simpler than marchingr
Tlie oluunpion thootinr team—from the Second Washiatrton Reffulan — ^who won the contest between
militia and re^an at American Lake, and were sent to Fort Riley, Kansas, to shoot for the
National trophy. Ofioer^ mated are— from left to rigrht— Capt. F. T. Leg^ett, Briff. Gen. Jamee
A. Drain, Capt. C. T. Dulin, First Lieut. J. M. Curry.
Company E — the sharpshooters of the Washington troops in the last engagement.
0«neral Fonston and staff. From left to ri^ht, the oAoera are: Brig. Oen. Frederick Funston, MaJ.
Robert R. Evans, Capt. Frank A. Orant, MaJ. Kees, First Lieut. Burton J. Mitchell, First Lieut.
Edwin C. Lony. MaJ. Rudolph G. Ebert.
Oreffon battery on their way to the front.
THE MILITARY MANEUVERS.
209
a column along a road. Yet one officer
will do it well and another poorly. One
general will bring in his division after a
long day^s march fresh and full of fight.
Another will bring it in hot, hungry, mad
and discourged. All this comes from the
fact that there are many things in cam-
paigning which can not be learned out of
books. Neither Army Regulations nor
Manuals of Guard Duty give a command-
ing officer any suggestions as to selectini^
reliable men. Ten days* field service
teaches a commander more about the char-
together in camps of instruction. This
is particularly advantageous to the Na-
tional Guardsmen, as it trains them in
methods of mobilization and teaches them
to provide for themselves Yh camp and on
the march. Another most instructive fea-
ture of these field maneuvers is that it
brings into co-operation all the branches
of the service; the cavalry, artillery, the
signal corps and engineers. No amount
of drill in army and parade ground can
give the object-lesson of combined ma-
neuvers.
Gen. MAoArthur and party reviewiner the troops. Mac Arthur is the left one of the first two figures. At
his Tight is Col. Foster, British attache.
acter and management of men than ho
can possibly learn in any other way. A
study of history and text-books is not to
be underrated; it is only urged that ex-
perience is a necessary supplement.
Since the enactment of what is known
as the "Dick** law, it has been possible to
give our state troops an up-to-date or-
ganization. With more liberal appropria-
tions, they are now properly armed and
equipped. Finally, the wise course has
been adopted of bringing the state troops
and the organizations of the regular army
As battles are now fought in extended
order, it is indispensable to have wide
fields for extended deployments. The
Camp of Atascadero, in California, em-
braced an area of 22,000 acres. Tlierc
were in this camp 5,000 men of all arms,
and of these 2,100 were of the State
Guard of California.
WTiere it is possi])le, maneuvers in sem-
blance of warfare are carried on over
miles of diversified country. This gives
opportimity for ambuscades, strategems
and surprises. That this may be carried
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out systematically and with as little fric-
tion as possible, a corps of umpires has
to be organized. The oflBcers detailed for
this duty operate under a system of well-
considered rules. They accompany each
separate detachment of the contending
forces, keeping in a book of printed forms
records of every movement, the time they
are firing or under fire, the kind of fire,
the ammunition used, a statement of
every location, the orders under which the
command operated, and how they were
carried out. It is upon the reports of
the maneuvers at American Lake by the
Oregon and Washington regiments. In
fact, the war veterans can be identified in
all the regiments which take part in field
exercises.
There can be no doubt that our citizen
soldiers are benefited by the experience
they gain in these camps of instruction.
Nor will the taxpayers begrudge the ex-
pense. There is never much fault found
with expenditures which go back directly
to the people.
There may be some lovers of peace and
KetenrM moYiag up to the front.
these observers that the chief umpire
makes his decisions and criticisms. Their
reports are made upon the execution of
such problems as tlie attack and defense
of convoys and the attack and defense of
outposts or of entrenched positions, con-
tact of opposing forces and the like.
Since our Spanish War, and its corol-
lary, the Philippine insurrection, our war
maneuvers have been much more realistic.
Our National Guard regiments, largely
made up of veterans, deport themselves
like trained soldiers. This was shown in
concord who deprecate the effects of these
warlike object-lessons in the nation. Na-
pier asserts that Anglo-Saxons are warlike
but not military. Americans are unmil-
itary, and can hardly be said to be war-
like. We put up a stiff fight when we
have to, yet certainly we are not of a bel-
ligerant disposition, and there is but little
danger of our becoming so. The nation
at large is well assured that the victories
of peace are more renowned than those
of war, and vastly more profitable.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF NANCY
Tke man and tke maid — tke separation— tke secret of tke
rock pile — the reuniting
By Ina \Vriglit Hanson
LONG, straight furrows, red as
brick-dust, trailed across the
side hill. At their end, but
below, on comparatively level
ground, was the olive orchard,
each tree set symmetrically within its own
circle of rock-bordered .irrigating ditch.
Judson Barrows, resting a moment
from his plowing, looked beyond the
orchard, and frowned.
"If it wasn't for that useless rock-pile !"
he muttered. "What in canopy is the
reason for an eighth of an acre of piled
up stone, to say nothing of the ledge run-
ning clear across the ranch? A wicked
waste, good neither for man nor beast!''
The young man's face was better to
look upon when he smiled than when
he frowned. The smile followed quickly,
for, from behind the rocks — like the ruins
of a giant's castle, white, and high, and
in places moss-covered — from behind the
rocks, and threading her way in and out
among them, came Nancy, black-eyed, but
with long hair the color of this strange
Auburn soil; delicately slight, but beauti-
fully curved — Nancy, charming combina-
tion of child and woman.
Halfway through the orchard, Judson
met her, taking her outstretched hands,
and smiling tenderly on her glowing eyes,
and flaming cheeks.
"0 Judson, guess! The most unlikely
thing in the world to happen !"
"I think my father must have struck
it rich," he answered bitterly, "that's the
most unlikely thing I can think of."
Two grievances had Judson: one, the
eighth acre of rocky waste; the other,
that his father spent his time with a
mining pan on the American River, in-
stead of helping him cultivate the soil,
raise the mortgage, and educate a house
full of vounger children. Two hopes,
also, had Judson: one, to build an olive
mill that, by the manufacture of oil, their
income might be greater; the other.
Nancv.
"Poor, patient old man!" said Nancy
softly. "No, it is not your father, but
mine. He's come back, Judson! My
father! He's rich, too, and he's going
to take me away with him to the city.
Isn't it grand? Everything I have ever
dreamed of come true. But best of all
is my name, Jud. It was dreadful not
to have any name but Nancy. Nancv
Adair, that's it. Isn't it pretty?"
"I don't understand," said the young
man slowly, "your father — "
"Of course you don't, poor dear. I
will try to be sensible and explain. Fif-
teen years ago, a boy of twelve was stand-
ing at the Auburn Station, looking at the
Overland train, when a man alighted,
leading a little girl of four. The man
went up to the boy, and asked him to
look after the child till he came back.
The man was my father, and he never
came back till to-dav; the boy was vou,
and the little girl—"
"The little girl was you, the sweetest
child that ever brought sunshine to a
house already filled with children," Jud-
son interrupted, "well, he's left you all
this time. What's he come back for
now ?"
"Tie hated me because my birth causcMl
my mother's death. He didn't want to
see me ever; but now he's repented, and
he's come back to care for me. He did
wrong of course, but he's mv father,
Juddie."
"Of course he is," Judson growled.
"And he's rich," continued the girl,
"rich ! He says I am to be improved in
everA^ way, and when I get dressed up,
T shall be a beauty. A beauty, Jud, think
of it! A boautv with eves like a Mexi-
can's, and red hair!" Her laugh rans:
out merrily, but it brought no answering
note from her companion.
"A beauty, shucks! As if you needed
fine clothes to make you a beauty! You
don't need any improvement. He'll spoil
you instead of improve you. Then he'll
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marry you to some — ^^ wrath choked his
utterance, and Nancy dug the toe of her
little shoe into the red dirt.
"He says I am bound to make a fine
marriage/' she said hesitatingly, ^T^ut
that's a long ways off. I wish you were
glad about my good fortune. 0 yes,
another thing he told me: that I could
liave a lot of money to spend as I like
liere. How much will it take for your
t)live mill, Jud?"
The young man drew himself up
proudly. "Do you think I would take
one cent of your money, child? Go out
into the world and enjoy yourself if you
can't be contented here. I thought you
had always been happy here on the
4*anch. Haven't you, dear?"
The wistfulness of his voice and eyes
thoked her. ^TTes, I was happy because
I thought it was to be my life always;
but now that I can go out into the world,
and — be — improved, I think I want to
go. I wish you wouldn't look so cross.
I wish you were glad."
"Glad ? Of course I am glad ! 0 yes,
I am raving glad!" He caught her sud-
denly in his arms. She shrank from his
unwonted roughness, but his kiss was
very tender.
"There, sweetheart, I have something
which no man out there in the great,
wide world where you are going, can take
from me. Go, be happy and good as you
are now," and Judson, grim-mouthed,
and fierce-eyed, strode back to his horses.
"If he had asked me, I believe I should
have stayed," she said, looking after him
tearfully. Then her thoughts flew out
into the great, wide world where she was
to be improved, and her little feet, which
Judson worshipped, took her swiftly back
to her repentant father.
"It's tough," Judson muttered, loosen-
ing a strap here, and adjusting a buckle
there, that his horses might be sure of
comfort, "but I've no right to interfere.
She's got her chance, and she shan't be
tormented by me. Don't see much show
for me now, but maybe, sometime — "
and he resolutely resumed his plowing.
For five years Judson worked days to
pay off the mortgage and to school the
other children, and studied nights to keep
])ace with Nancv's improvement. For
five years, he held doggedly to his pur-
pose of not interfering with Nancy's
chance; even when her letters came, he
shut his eyes resolutely to the vein of
sadness running through them.
She wrote enthusiastically of balls and
dinners, of her beautiful dresses and her
jewels; she wrote innocently of the fine
people whom she had met, and Judson"?
frown grew black. Then, perhaps on the
next page would be :
"I have tried to tell them how beauti-
ful against the green is Auburn's red
soil; but they can not understand how
soil can be red, or being red, can be
beautiful, so I have given up trying."
Or, "I fear I was not bom to the pur-
ple. Yesterday I was so horribly home-
sick for a breath of pure mountain air,
with the scent of daphne and sage and
chaparral, that I cried. Papa went out
and bought me more jewels. Poor papa,
and poor, rich me !'^
Or, "I dreamed of Auburn last night,
and of the beautiful, white rock-pile
which you hate and I love. Don't be
cross at the dear, old, mossy things any
more, Judson. Be glad that they are
there for me to dream of."
It was this last letter of Nancy's which
was troubling Judson as he walked
briskly toward the orchard. He was
wishing he had not put the dynamite in,
and blown the rocks to pieces that morn-
ing. He was planning to use them for
the foundation of his olive house, and
was on his way then to survey the results
of the explosion.
As he neared the pile, he exclaimed
with astonishment. The tallest one still
stood, as if defying the elements of de-
struction; but great pieces had been
blown from it, and on the jagged sides of
the giant rock, something caught the
rays of the sun, and flashed them back.
The young man's face was white as
he picked up a small piece. It was there,
too, flecks of it all through the broken
rock. Then the light died out of his
eyes as he thought of what it might be —
only "fools' gold," strewn abroad by the
devil to make men curse God and die!
From the other side of the orchard, his
father was coming. Grizzled and bent,
his eyes on the ground, as if always
searching for the precious substance, his
miner's pan under his arm, the old man
was starting on his daily trip to the
river.
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213
For perhaps the first time, Judson felt
a great pity for this bent, old man, always
disappointed, and never losing hope. He
felt something of respect, too, for his
father would know — one electrical mo-
ment, then the miner's shout rose to
heaven.
"Gold-bearing quartz, as I'm a sinner!
Why, boy, there^s thousands of dollars in
these busted rocks. Likely it goes clean
through the hull ledge. Boy, we're rich !
rich ! rich !"
The old man fell upon the priceless
fragments, sobbing like a child; but Jud-
son stood with his face toward the west,
and his strong, right hand inside his
checkered shirt where lay Nancy^s last
letter.
Two hours after Judson Barrows
reached San Francisco he was ringing
the bell at Nancy's father's house. As
Nancy was passing through the hall, she
opened the door herself — Nancy, whoso
trailing gowTi was the color of his own
olive trees, whose wealth of hair was the
hue of his native soil, and whose great,
black eyes glowed with joyful surprise —
Nancy, a beauty, as she had said she was
to be.
It was not Judson's way to lose time.
"Nancy, T have come to take you home.
Will you marry me?" he asked, as he
followed her into the parlor.
A flippant answer was on her tongue,
but his grave eyes silenced it.
"I have always loved you," he said
simply.
"You have taken plenty of time" —
her voice was dangerously calm — "were
you so sure of me that you thought I
would wait for you years?"
"No, I was not sure at all — except —
sometimes. Sometimes I felt as if you
belonged to me, and I was certain to get
uiy o^^Ti. I was waiting to give you your
chance. That day in the orchard, when
you told me you were to be improved,'
as you called it, I vowed I would not
interfere."
"Then why have vou come now, Jud-
son?"
He hesitated. Should he tell her what
had been hidden in the rocks she loved?
No, he would hear her answer first. He
could not buy even Nancy.
"Things have gone w^ell at the ranch.
I can care for you comfortably, and —
and — I love you."
The girl put her arms impulsively
around his neck.
"0, Juddie! It was cruel of you to
wait so long. If you hadn't come pretty
soon, I think I should have gone to you.
I never would have waited much longer."
She looked up joyously, but her black
eyes shone through tears.
THE NEW YORK SUBWAY
Tke ^reat undex^round rail^way Jiiat completed — an effort to solve tke problem of
rapid transit for tke metropolis
By O. R. Garland
WITH the opening of the
underground railroad, in
the fall of this year,
there will have beeu
settled one of the most
perplexing problems with which the great
city of Xew York has ever contended.
In a metropolis, the question of trans-
portation is always a pressing one, but
the usual difficulties were more than in-
creased by reason of the peculiar formation
of Xew York City. Occupying as it does
an entire island, the width of the city's
limits confined, but not its length, its
"business center" circumscribed by no
definite limits, and with no particular
portion set aside for a residential section,
it is small wonder that, since 1868, dis-
couragement overthrew all plans.
London and Paris have had under-
ground railways, but the combined length
of all their tracks does not more than
equal the distance between the Battery
and Forty-second street in New York.
The title to the road is vested in the
municipality of the City oi New York,
but in order to obviate the necessity of
plunging the city in debt, the entire road
has been leased for fifty years to the con-
tractor, John B. McDonald. He also haa
an option for twenty-five years beyond
Subway station at Twenty- third street, the heart of New York's shopping district.
view of the iubwijp nliowiiii' tracki for locml and eipr«iA tra,Ln8.
Platform and track at City Hall station — New York's underground railway.
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that, and then the city must purchase the
equipment at an agreed price, or one
settled upon by arbitration.
There were but two bids for the
contract for the entire work, one for
$39,000,000, and Mr. McDonald's for
$35,000,000, which was the cost estimate
of the chief engineer. The firm of August
Belmont & Co. organized a corporation
called "The Rapid Transit Subway Con-
struction Company" which furnished Mr.
McDonald with security and finances —
Mr. McDonald's bond alone being $4,-
000,000.
The subway is very close to the surface
of the street, being for the most part only
four or five feet below, and the excavation
itself is about twenty-one feet in depth.
This does away with the many steps to the
stations — the great drawback to the ele-
vated system.
Perhaps a few figures will help to show
the immensity of the work. Over 500,000
cubic yards of rock has been tunneled,
and 1,700,000 yards of earth excavated;
7,000 vault lights have been put in place,
and 350,000 yards of track laid. All this
has been done in four years, and by
12,000 men.
The motive power is electricity, the
third-rail system, and the entire subway
is lighted by electric lights. The ventila-
tion is almost perfect and in summer the
place is one of the coolest.
Part of the way the road is laid with
four tracks, two for expresses and two
for locals. The fare is five cents for the
entire trip, but the company has the right
to run a parlor car on each train and to
charge extra fare for riding therein.
The time for local trains is fourteen
miles an hour, and the express trains
may go at the speed of thirty miles hourly,
making the motto of the road an accom-
plished fact: "From the Battery to Har-
lem in Twenty Minutes!"
Open air stretch of traok before entering tunnel.
GRAIN-GROWING IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST
Facts and figures on tke great industry
By RinaUo M. HaU
GRAIN-GROWING in the Pacific
Northwest is a surprise to the
entire agricultural world. That
vast region, comprising a large
part of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, known as the Inland Em-
pire, is peculiarly adapted to the
raising of all small grains, especially
wheat, and this cereal has made the
section famous. It has carried the name
of Walla Walla to the uttermost ends of
the earth, and wherever wheat is bought
and sold the name of this prosperous little
city is known. Cables from Liverpool —
the world's market — carry the news every-
where that Walla Walla is making cer-
tain offerings. Pendleton, Palouse, Lew-
iston, Moscow, La Grande, The Dalles,
Heppner, Union, Colfax and other In-
land Empire cities are also big wheat-
buying and shipping centers. Consider-
able wheat is annually raised in the Wil-
lamette Valley, but from the fact that it
is the oldest part of the state, and more
densely populated, the lands are more val-
uable for diversified farming.
In 1903 the estimate of the chief of the
United States Bureau of Statistics of the
Department of Agriculture was 14.4 per
acre for the wheat yield of the entire
coimtry. For the states of Oregon, Wash-
ington and Idaho the average was 21.2
bushels per acre, nearly 48 per cent higher
than for the country as a whole. Then,
again. Inland Empire wheat weighs so
much that it is next to impossible to find
any sufficiently light to grade as "Xo. 1,*'
while in the wheat sections of the Middle
West the farmer counts himself fortunate
who can raise -a crop that is good enough
to get into the "No. 1" classification (58
pounds). Inland Empire wheat averages
from 59 to 65^ pounds per bushel. In
Minnesota a sack of wheat weighs on an
average of about 115 pounds; in the In-
land Empire, in 1903, it tipped the scaler
at about 130 pounds, and the price per
bushel in Oregon, Washington and Idaho
was higher, 70 to 75 cents being received.
There has never been anything like a
complete crop failure since the first settler
arrived. Robert Jamieson, who has
farmed near Weston, Umatilla County, for
thirty-two years, does not remember when
his wheat made less than forty bushels per
acre, and it has often averaged sixty-five.
Different sections use different varieties of
wheat, the official reports showing that
Little Club is most used where the rainfall
is 20 inches or more ; Red Chaff where the
rainfall is 15 or 20 inches; and Bluestem,
where it is less than 15 inches. Genesee,
Grant, Red Russian, Canadian Hybrid and
Sonora are also largely grown. The rainfall
in Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington
and Northern Idaho is well distributed.
Grain is sown in the autumn, about the
time the rains begin; remains in the
ground during the period of greatest pre-
cipitation (usually in the form of snow) ;
matures and ripens with the decreasing
rainfall of early spring and summer, and
is harvested from July to December, the
driest part of the year. With a rainfall
of twenty inches, a yield of 40 bushels
to the acre is an ordinary thing, while
50, 60 and 70 are often grown. Spring
wheat, under favorable conditions, yieldr^
from 20 to 30 bushels per acre.
The cost of wheat production in the
Inland Empire is relatively so much less
and the yield so far ahead of many much-
advertised and boasted sections of the
United States that actual returns from
harvest fields are often discredited by
those who have not visited the region.
The yield in the Red River Valley, North
Dakota, is from 5 to 35 bushels per acre;
the cost of raising a 35-bushel bumper
crop there is $7.50 per acre, which means
that the net profit from an acre of 60-cent
wheat in the Red River Valley, yielding
35 bushels, is $13.50. In the great In-
land Empire the cost of raising an acre of
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wheat, ready for market, is between $5 and
$7. Assuming that it is $7.50 per acre,
and, according to Eichard McGahey, of
Walla Walla, authority on the subject, it
never exceeds that amount, in the case of
Samuel Drumheller, who from the up-
lands of Eastern Washington, raised 10,-
560 bushels from 160 acres, an average of
In Eastern Oregon and Northern
Idaho, where the cost of production is
practically the same and the yield equally
as large, similar profits are made. Scores
of authenticated yields are from 40 to 68
bushels per acre for the Inland Empire,
and when it is known that the average
wheat vield of the entire United States is
Two styles of the combined harvester and thresher, which in one operation,
thresher, cleans and sacks it, as it moves through the field.
heads the arrain.
66 bushels per acre, at the market price,
65 cents per bushel, means a net profit
of $5,664, or $35.40 per acre, nearly three
times the profit of that from an acre in
the Red River Valley. To Bruce Ferrell,
in the same county, who threshed 23,250
bushels from 420 acres, an average of 56
bushels per acre, it means a net profit of
$11,962.50, or $28.25 per acre.
only about 15 bushels per acre, the profit
of wheat-raising in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho is readily seen.
According to careful estimates, the
total yield of wheat in the Inland Em-
pire, 1903, was about 35,000,000 bushels,
which, at 70 cents per bushel, represented
a value of $24,500,000. Of the 35,000,-
000 bushels, Oregon produced 12,000,000,
GEAIN-GROWIISJG IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
219
the yield of a few of the leading counties
foUowing: Umatilla, 2,750,000; Sher-
man, 2,250,000; Gilliam, 1,000,000; Mor-
row, 450,000; Wasco, 900,000; Union.
850,000. The total production of Wash-
ington was 22,100,000 bushels. The great
belt of the eastern part of the state,
largely tributary to and reached by the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company,
made a splendid showing, Whitmao
County producing 6,900,000 bushels, Lin-
coln, 6,700,000; Walla Walla, 2,200,000;
Adams, 1,800,000; Douglas, 1,300,000;
Spokane, 600,000. Idaho is credited with
5,000,000 bushels in 1903.
A visit to an Inland Empire wheat field
during the harvest season is a surprise
and a revelation to one not accustomed to
the sight. The big combined harvester
and thresher, drawn by a team of 20 to
30 horses, heads, threshes, cleans and
sacks the grain as it moves through the
field, dropping the filled and securely tied
bags off, five on six in a pile, at regular
intervals, every operation, except tying
the sacks, being done automatically.
Oats, barley, flax and rye are also
grown in large quantities and in a profit-
able manner. W. T. Pettijohn, of Mos-
cow, Idaho, raised 12,600 bushels of white
oats from 180 acres, an average of 70
bushels, and similar yields are reported
from many sections of the grain belt. The
barley output of Columbia County, Wash-
ington, alone last year was over 1,600,000
bushels, selling from 76 to 80 cents per
bushel. H. K. Fisher, of Baker County,
Oregon, reports a yield of 99 bushels per
acre for barley. Thomas Filkerson, of
Eastern Washington, threshed 102 bush-
els of barley from an acre of bottom land.
Fred Stine, of the same region, raised
4,425 bushels from 53 acres, an average
of 83^ bushels per acre. R. H. Prather,
Columbia, Washington, had 800 acres of
barley, that averaged 60 bushels. L. R.
Van Winkle, of Weston, Oregon, reports
a barley yield of 85 bushels per acre.
That the flax industry of Oregon is an
unqualified success and has come to stay
was proved in 1903 by experiments by
Eugene Bosse, a celebrated Belgian flax
expert, who, in addition to about 130 acres
which he put in on his own account in
the Willamette Valley, raised 20 acres for
the United States Department of Agricul-
ture. The flax, according to Mr. Bosse,
will produce a much better grade of fiber
than the best raised in Belgium or Ire-
land, and manufacture a finer quality of
linen. Mr. Bosse declares that a great
future is in store for Oregon as a result
of the experiment, and that within a few
years there will be an immense fiber fac-
tory somewhere in the Willamette Valley,
turning out the finest fabrics, from the
best cordage and binder twine to the most
delicate laces. The fact that over three
tons per acre, worth $12.50 to $15 per
ton, can be raised, means a big profit to
those engaged in the industry.
The rich lands of the Nez Perces reser-
vation, Northern Idaho, are yielding large
returns to flax growers. Over 50,000
acres of the famous Clearwater Valley are
annually in flax, an average of 15 bushels
per acre being received, making a total of
750,000 bushels, which, at $1.20 a bushel,
represents a value of $900,000, and be-
sides, thousands of acres of wheat are
raised.
LOVE IS BEST
Though I must aye remember,
I shall not ever brood
On sordid-eyed November
That marred our April mood.
Though I must aye remember
The word that may not die, —
The fleck of cold night-ember
In our fresh, morning sky, —
That cloud shall never dull one slenderest
ray,
For Love lights us, twin-hearted, on our
way.
— Robert Haven Schauffler.
THE STRANGE LEGEND OF THE
DOUBLE SHADOW
Tke Indiaiu* interpretation of tl&e dual sbado^w cast by Mt. HooJ
By F. H. Saylor
ITS perpetual snow mantle, its beauty
of outline, and its glaciers, together
with the incomparable scenic com-
bination of lake, river, wooded
hills and ex{)anse of verdure skirt-
ing its base, have endeared Mount Hood
to the hearts of those resident in sight of
its uplifted head, and won the admiration
of the traveler who occasionally beholds.
Like all of the sentinels of the Cas-
cades, it has been the basis of tradition
among the aborigines, and, possibly, has
had more legends connected therewith
than any of the others. It also stands
unique among the mountains of the world
from the fact that, at times, it casts a
double shadow. To the white man this
freak of nature presents a beautiful pic-
ture only. To him it is but an added
charm thrown around the grand old
mountain to lend increasing enjoyment
while in contemplation of its grandeur.
To the superstitious mind of the Indian
the phenomenon displays a reflex of inci-
dent happening when mankind was in
its years of youth, and from it he read?
the future of his race. To him it has a
meaning, and hopefully he awaits the
dawn of the hour when promises spoken
in the long dead past shall be fulfilled.
The Indian asserts that the incident
connected with the first appearance of this
double shadow brought about a remark-
able change in the stature of his forefath-
ers. Antedating that occurrence they
were as tall as the noble firs that kiss the
clouds with their high-reaching tops. The
tyee or chief among them was more of a
giant than those over whom' he ruled, his
height towering above them so much that
his warriors could walk under his out-
stretched arm without disturbing the
plumes with which they adorned their
hair. He was not only majestic in ap-
pearance, but was most pure of soul ; ever
solicitous for the welfare of his people.
and was a kind, impartial judge. Pass-
ing days brought a son to his household,
and as the years of the boy's life increased
he became the more like the source whence
he sj)rang, was of commanding presence,
his bravery unquestioned and his charac-
ter without stain.
Few escape from the impulse for com-
panionship with one of the opposite sex,
which, when grown to fullness, marks the
measure of their joy or brings acutest
pain. To this rule the son was no excep-
tion. When Klose Tamanowis, the god-
dess of love, rose to greet the coming
morn and sped through the vaulted blue
on an errand from the stars, the sunlight
paled before the radiance of her smile.
Aflame with ecstatic bliss, the young man
gazed. Attracted, she halted. From his
lips fell the plea that no more, unloved,
should she roam alone in space, but
should come and be his bride, his queen-
Already half-inclined, it took but little
urging of a suit, so strange and bom in
haste, to win a heart already won. With
mutual consent came outstretched arms
to clasp heart to heart, but lo! between
them arose a shape of aspect dread, veiling
from sight the ardent lover from his bride.
'Twas Cultus Tamanowis, the goddess of
jealousy, who, in rage and hate, had inter-
fered with love's young dream.
Not content with obscuring the lovely
vision, her rancorous spite must be fur-
ther vented. Seizing the golden tresses
of the maiden, Cultus Tamanowis struck
them from her head. As the fiend threw
them here and there or stamped upon
them, they were ground into the rocks or
carried by the winds into opened crevises,
there to lie, not forever, but until the
miner of a race to come should find, ex-
tract and gloat over them. While the
gold is capable of bringing pleasure to its
possessor, it still retains the contaminat-
ing touch of her who murdered joy and
love, and through this, those who covet
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221
may find misery untold in its pursuit or
possession.
Transfixed the youthtful chieftain
stood; then his heart burst with grief.
The father, bewailing his untimely end,
wove a mantle pure and white around his
form, renewing the robe each passing
year as a symbol of his grief. Thus
Mount Hood was formed, and a grander
tomb no soul before or since has known.
people were told not to grieve, for in the
future the dead would break away from
bonds and live again, and all would re-
sume their former size.
As Mt. Hood seems to rumble or to
emit a cloud of smoke, the Indian hears
the quickening of a soul whose rehabili-
ment will be to them a renewal of departed
excellence, and admit them to the happy
hunting grounds. Disappointed often.
A party Mc«ndixifir Mt. Hood, showing plainly tho remarkable doable thadow oast by the moutnain.
Cultus Tamanowis, her jealousy still
unappeased, gathered great stones and
hurled them toward the place of sepulcher
to break its covering and expose to view
the object she would see. In their fall
to earth the great rocks struck the people,
killing some and dwarfing others to their
present size. Before further damage
could be done, the sun god stopped the
fiend in her devilish work, but too late to
undo what she had done. The stricken
yet they stoically hope and wait.
To prove the story handed down for
unnumbered years, they point to the
double shadow, claiming that the brighter
one is Klose Tamanowis in spirit form
coming to greet her lord and lover when
he again awakens, and that the darker
one is the Cultus Tamanowis, the fiend,
ever present, if possible, to intrude upon
and blast the bloom and blossom of a
happy hour.
HIPPY AND THE BOOM
A story of Seattle — a man, a mule and a side lull
By F. Roncy ^?V^clr
kk
I
HAD a dream about you last
night, Kinzer, I did honest.
I dreamed that you was goin*
to have a spurt of luck."
Henry Kinzer turned towards
the speaker a gaunt face upon which was
written unbelief, mingled with a super-
stitious curiosity to know the details of
Pitt Wells' dream.
"I dreamed," continued Pitt Wells,
"that you and me went down to play the
bank together. I dreamed that you put
ten dollars on the king to win — ^the last
king in the pack, mind you, the others
bein' losers — ^the last king — and you took
the money. Then I dreamed that you
went right on from bad to worse, winnin'
money steady — always on the king. Now
wasn't that kind of queer?"
Kinzer shook his head and kept on
currying the flanks of his mule.
"That dream couldn't come true for
I ain't got ten dollars just now."
"You can git ten dollars and another
on top of it if you are a mind to sell your
mule. And you might just as well sell
him; one mule ain't no good to you nor
to anybody else. Now here we are, you
got a mule and T got a mule; neither one
of us can work one mule to any advan-
tage. You ain't got the money to buy
my mule and you won't sell me youm."
"How much will you take for your
mule?" asked Kinzer, lovingly mopping
off the long face and drooping ears of
Hippy, who had been a faithful servant
to a most unfortunate master.
"Well, I'll take forty dollars; or I'll
give you ten, and that chunk of land up
there on the hillside for your mule. It's
a good, likely piece of property, and if
the city ever should grow out there it
might make you rich — why say, do yon
know what 1 paid for that chunk of land?
T paid a thousand dollars for it. That
was when the boom first began; and six
months from the time T bought it I could
have sold it for three thousand if I'd
known enough to let go."
"And what could you git for it now?"
Pitt Wells cocked his battered felt hat
far to one side in order to scratch his
head, and his unclean moustache hid the
sarcastic expression of his mouth.
"Well, it's worth suthin' to raise pota-
toes on. It ought to be worth thirty
dollars, and thafs givin' you as much for
your mule as I'm askin' you for mine."
Kinzer remembered how this man's
lash was wont to sing above the backs
of his straining team, how the only words
he ever gave to them were oaths, and
when he thought of Hippy's friendly,
velvet nose fumbling his hand, and the
knowing wink of the great ears at the
sound of his step, he could not entertain
the thought of making Pitt Wells his
master.
"Come, now, what d'yeh say? You
can't go on teamin' because you ain't
got the price of another mrde. One mule
is about as much use to a man as the half
of a pair of shears, and by gracious, mule
fodder is hard to come by now days, if
it is cheap."
But Kinzer only shook his head and
kept on currying his mule, while Pitt
Wells left the bam in a huff.
Before Hippy's toilet was complete the
owner of the bam came in. "Well, Hank,"
he began, and Kinzer could see there was
something disagreeable coming, "what
you goin' to do, sell your mule or git
another ? I'd like to know because there's
a teamster down here by the name of —
well, I don't seem to remember his
name — ^but he wants the bam. Of
course if you're goin' to git another ani-
mal, I'll keep the stalls for you; but if
you're only goin' to stable one mule here,
why I s'pose you'll have to look out for
another place so't I can have room for
a pair."
Kinzer was angry. He knew to whom
he might lay this affair. If Pitt Wells
thought to force him into the sale of his
mule, he should find that he was barking
up the wrong tree. But that did not make
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228
his dilemma any easier to face. The
facts remained that his good mule team,
which had been so bravely carrying him
through the hard times, had been ruined
through the carelessness of another, and
that 'with Hippy alone he could not hope
to make a living. The town had gone
hopelessly to pieces. There would be a
job of hauling as long as the sawmill
was building, and until fifter the skid-
road was finished, but aside from this
little riffle of industry, the place stagnated
in unhealthy inactivity. Men poured out
as they had poured in. Boarding house?
axid saloons echoed vacantly to the sighs
of their proprietors; alders, vine maples,
and great, spreading brakes were reclaim-
ing comer lots which had been wrested
from them only a short time since and
sold for fabulous prices. Seattle was dead
and buried, the public said, and had car-
ried down< to ruin with her hundreds of
hopeful citizens who had pinned their
faith to her fair skirts and believed in
her great future.
All day Henry Kinzer wandered aim-
lessly about the town, a haunting sense
of helplessness upon him. Unless he
could secure another animal to replace
the one he had lost, he must give up the
job on the sawmill, and that seemed to
him to be the only job in town. If only
he had the means to buy Hippy a male
affairs might slip back into their old ear^y
channel. Pitt Wells had enough so that
he might lend a man the price of a mule
and not feel it; but Pitt Wells was no
philanthropist, and he was in need of
another mule himself to take the place
of the one he had lost through overwork
and lack of care. Kinzer^s heart was hot
with resentment as he thought about it,
and he vowed that rather than sell Hippy
to that man he would take him up the
hillside, tie him to a young alder and
cut his throat from ear to ear. If it had
not been for Pitt Wells' dream, he might
have carried out this rather melodramatic
programme. He was capable of it. But
all day he fumbled the dollar and a
quarter in his pocket and thought about
that dream. Suppose it should come true.
Suppose he should go down to Lancy's
and put a dollar on the king to win, ju.^t
as Pitt Wells had dreamed that he did,
and suppose — well, he would not do il.
He was not such a fool as to gamble away
his last dollar. If there really was any-
thing in dreams, some one — not himself,
of course — but some one would win on
the fourth king that night.
He gave Hippy his supper and got his
own — and went to Lancy's just to look
on awhile to see if the last king won, as
Pitt Wells had dreamed it did. Pitt
Wells was there; Pitt Wells wa« always
at Lancy's — and John Dibbs was there,
and Albert Hughes — all the boys in fact,
and Albert Hughes put his money on the
king to lose, and won the stake.
"D'ye see that?" whispered Pitt Wells
in Kinzer's ear, "D'ye see the king lose?
Now you keep your eye pealed to see him
lose three times runnin' an' win on the
fourth."
There was an adjustment of the ivory
tallies to show the king the loser, anl
Kinzer fingered his dollar nervouslv.
"If you put ten on the last king yoij
make ten," declared Pitt Wells soleninl..
"Why don't you bet yourself?"' de-
manded Kinzer with some heat.
"Because if I'd bet I'd lose, but voii
wouldn't."
"But I haven't got the ten."
"You can git it." Pitt Wells pulled
out a dirty bill and held it towards
Kinzer.
"Will you lend it?" questioned Kinzer
excitedly, reaching for the bill, the fire
of the gambler's desire in his face.
"No, I don't do business that way ; bu*^
I'll give you ten dollars and the real estate
I spoke of for your mule."
The dealer pushed another ivory disk
into place to indicate that the third king
had been a loser.
Kinzer's fingers closed over the bill.
"The mule is mine, then," said Pitt
Wells. Kinzer did not reply, but pushed
his way towards the case and put his
money on the king. Hippy had changed
hands, and immediately the fourth and
last king was swept into the losing pile.
Kinzer turned to face Pitt Wells, hut
that gentleman had left the place.
The next day Kinzer went down to the
camp where Pitt Wells was hauling. As
he came in sight, a gray ear twinkled
knowingly, and a mulish face was turned
towards him in hope, but a lash curled
and cracked on Hippy's flank, and the
hard face of Pitt Wells, leering above his
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load, was, in the eyes of Hank Kinzer,
like the face of the master of Hell.
"I want the deed to that land, and I
want it quick,^^ Kinzer demanded.
He had presumed that Pitt Wells would
make difficulties in handing over the deed,
but in this he was mistaken. He came
down from his load at once. Hippy was
looking over the shoulder of his mat*?
into the eyes of his former master.
"That mule is too fat to work well,''
commented Pitt Wells, %ut Fll soon take
that oflE him."
In his heart Henry Kinzer swore, "so
help me, Fll pay you for that, you devil,
if it costs me my life."
Pitt Wells made over the deed, and
even furnished an abstract for the land.
He was only too glad to be rid of the
property, for the taxes were again due,
and a tax levied upon land valued at three
thousand dollars, and payable when it ha^
shrunk to thirty dollars, is, to say the
least, discouraging.
When the deal was completed, Kinzer
did the only thing which was left for him,
rolled his blankets together and traveled
into the country. And the first night
he crept into a barn to sleep, and heard
the cliamping and grinding of equine
jaws, and being alone, and a fool, he shed
salt tears into the hay in thinking of
Hippy, the mule, and the quivering gray
flanks under the merciless lash of Pitt
Wells.
During the following months it was
hard to get a living, for the depression
which paralyzed the cities reached a gaunt
hand towards the farming communities
as well, but not with quite so disastrous
an effect, for nature was lavish and apples
hung sweet and juicy on the trees and
potatoes swelled in the sandy soil. There
were mountain streams, cold as ice, where
speckled trout flashed recklessly, and a
man with a hook and a box of matches
might dine like a millionaire, with salmon
berries and spicy wild blackberries for
dessert. With a couch of fir boughs at
night and a good, thick, logger's blanket
for covering, it was not such bad enter-
tainment. Wliat little work he found to
do was hard, uncertain, and commanded
but small pay. Sometimes it was in the
mills, again in the camps, and, hardest
of all, in the mines.
One day while tramping, by reason of
the pity in a girl's heart, he found steady
employment on an Oregon farm, and ac-
cepted it gladly, with its homely duties,
its domesticity, and its peace.
And it was here that he picked up a
month-old newspaper which seemed to be
all headlines, and the words Klondike and
Alaska alternated with every other word
in the sheet. It was the first he had heard
of the great change. After this the news
of the strike and what it had done for
Seattle, and what it was likely to do for
the whole Northwest began to sift in upon
him/ from all quarters. He had worked
hard since he leit Seattle. He often won-
dered if Pitt Weils' lar^ had driven Hippy
with more cruelty than the lash of cir-
cumstance had driven him.
He was thinking this as he asked for
his employer's mail at the postoffice in
the little one-horse town near which he
worked.
"Fd like to own that block in Seattle
just now," he heard a man say over his
shoulder.
He turned slowly. "What block?" he
questioned, with a premonition of what
was to come, and the man handed him a
Seattle paper with an advertisement ask-
ing the address of the owner of block
number 418, Belmore's addition.
"I own that block," he murmured, and
the man laughed, thinking it a joke.
"Yes, I bet you do. I bet the owner of
that block is round here feedin' hogs for
ten dollars a month and his board. Why,
do you know what they want to do with
that block? I seen it in the papers, my-
self. As soon as they can find the owner
and buy the block, they're a goin' to build
a scenic hotel on it worth half a million.
A company of Eastern capitalists has
been advertisin' for the owner of that
block for three months. They say there
is the finest view itf. the world to be had
from that spot of ground. I seen it in the
papers."
That night found Henry Kinzer a pas-
senger on a train bound for Seattle, and
a few hours later he trod the old familiar
streets where he had met such complete
failure; and the first face he recognized
was the face of Pitt Wells, a bit redder,
eyes considerably inflamed, and moustache
more polluted and untidy than before.
Pitt Wells fell upon the neck of his
friend and fairly blubbered his joy.
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225
''Back at last, Hank, and none too soon
to suit me; none too soon. We've been
advertisin' for ye. Our land, you know —
they want to build the big hotel on it."
"What land?'' queried Kinzer coldly,
as he cleared himself from the demon-
strative embrace of his acquaintance.
"Why the block up on the hillside that
you bought a share in for a damned old
gray mule, you rascal! I tell 'em that
I own an interest in the block yet, but
they won't believe me. They say the
land stands in your name. *Why,' says
I, 'of course the land stands in his name ;
why shouldn't it5f. says'I. 'He's the best
friend I've got, but I own a share, and
a big share in it just the same. Why,' says
I, 'all I ever got out of that land was a
sway-backed old mule — a balky old rep-
robate that I couldn't do nothin' with,
and,' says I, 'I paid a thousand dollars
cash in the edge of the boom for that
block, and was offered three thousand
dollars for it when the boom was on,
and,' says I, 'you'll find out when Hank
Kinzer gits here whether he recognizes
my claim or not.'"
'^Where is the mule?" asked Kinzer.
"Lord ! Who knows ? I don't. I sold
him to a garbage-cart man. Say now,
old boy, you wouldnH be mean enough to
shake old friends, would you?"
"No, you bet I wouldn't."
"That's what I told the boys. I says,
'you wait till Hank gits here. There'll
be the biggest time you ever saw.' Why,
say. Hank," he drew near and his voice
sunk to an awed whisper, "they'll give
sixty thousand dollars for that danged
old side hill. What do you think of that?"
Kinzer's heart leaped within him. One
night, down in Oregon, when he traveled a
country road without a cent in his pocket,
a girl looked shyly at him over a gate.
With his hat in his hand, he had told her
frankly that he was moneyless and hun-
gry, and asked her for an apple. She
invited him in and gave him his supper
and was undoubtedly instrumental in
making him one of the family, for her
father had hired him and he had lived
for two months under the same roof with
her. Now, as Pitt Wells whispered the
price which had been offered for block
418, a vision arose before him of that
girl clad in shining silk, standing against
a background of apple boughs, with her
arm about the neck of a gray mule. He
smiled into the eager, covetous, bleary
eyes of Pitt Wells, whose hopes arose,
ignorant as he was of the vision which
caused the smile.
"But won't we have a hell-of-a-time
when we git our money, eh. Hank?"
The smile on Kinzer's face faded into
a cold, hard stare. Pitt Wells faltered,
"Eh, Hank? You'll do the fair thing by
the friend who brought you this good
luck, won't you. Hank?"
"You bet I will."
Pitt Wells beamed again. "What'U
you do. Hank?"
"I'll give him a feed that will make his
eyes bulge out of his gray old head."
"That's like you, Hank, and clothes?"
"He shall have silver-plated clothes
with gold bobbers on the bridle."
"And drink?"
'^e shall stand with his feet in a
brook."
"And money?"
"He shall have a padded stall."
"God bless you. Hank, you are a true
friend. And how much of the money?
It wouldn't be mor'n fair that you hand
over a part of the money — right out and
out, you know. Hank, to do with as I
please. This treating and housing and
clothing is all right, but one likes to
handle a little ready of their own, of
course."
"Not in this case. The friend who
helped me to my good luck don't care to
handle money."
"But, Hank, I do' care to handle
money."
"Oh, you f I wasn't talking about you.
You never helped me to anything except
a piece of land with some thousand dollars
back taxes due on it that you couldn't
pay."
"Well, you couldn't pay 'em either."
"They are all paid now, you bet."
"Who paid 'em?"
"A man in Oregon that I've been work-
ing for. I am ready to give a perfect
title to the land."
"Hank, he — ^he ain't the friend you
referred to is he?"
"No."
"I thought not. I thought you
wouldn't forgit me."
''Your
"Yes, me. I am in hard luck. I've
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been fooled out of every cent I owned.
But I am the one who was the cause of all
your good fortune."
"Not much r
"Who was then?"
"Hippy, the mule. Pitt Wells, I
wouldn't give you a mouthful if you were
starving. When I remember how you
dreamed your dream to git me to play
the bank at faro, and fooled me out of
my mule — "
"Fooled you out of your mule," gasped
Pitt Wells. "I gave you over sixty thou-
sand dollars for your mule. Do you call
that )foolin' you out of your mule?"
"When I think of how you lashed the
poor thing just because you knew it made
me cringe, I could give you something
with a good stomach. I could give you
a hiding that would tone you up for a
month. Git out of my sight, you — beast."
A week later, as Pitt Wells stood in
Lancy's door (Lancy had waxed great
since the boom) he mournfully called
attention to a passing object. It was
a gray mule, battle-scarred, and showing
signs of rough usage, being led in the
direction of the freight depot by a man
from the boarding stables.
"There goes a mule, gentlemen, that
I once bought from a friend of mine and
gave him for it sixty thousand and ten
dollars. That friend bought him back
last Tuesday for eighteen dollars and
sixty-two cents, a clear profit, as I figure
it out, of fifty-nine thousand nine hun-
dred and ninety-one dollars and thirty-
eight cents. He is goin' to take him on
to an apple ranch down in Oregon, where
he can sleep in a padded stall, wear a
silver-plated harness, and stand all day
with his front feet in a mountain brook
and his hind legs in clover that reaches
to his knees. And yet, gentlemen, when
I asked that friend of mine for the price
of a drink this morning, he told me to
go and dream that Vd had a drink. What
d've think of that, gentlemen? What
d've think of that?''
MEMORVS LANE
I know a lane where the brier rose
Leans o'er the old stone wall;
And the scented blooms from an apple tree,
like tinted sea-shells, fall.
There's a turnstile, too, 'twixt the winding
lane,
And the meadow with blossoms white.
Sweet stars that the Queen Moon spilled from
her boat
On the sleeping world, one night.
Here cornflowers open their pretty blue eyes,
And poppies flirt with the sun.
While all of the grasses are glittering with
gems.
That fairies from dewdrops have spun.
Ah, yes! There's a brook, it ripples and smiles
Past banks where the fringed gentian peeps.
But the song that it sings to the violet, I
ween,
She safe in her little heart keeps.
Ay, this is the lane that memory paints,
Where my flower of love once grew;
For down by the stile I met a maid
With eyes, like the cornflowers, blue.
Her cheeks were flushed with the pink of the
rose,
Her lips wore the poppy's red;
And sunbeams were playing at hide and seek.
With the curls on her golden head.
Lightly she tripped through the meadow
sweet,
And the breeze softly kissed her brow.
Then she laughed, and her laugh was the
song of the brook,
Methinks I can hear it now.
But alas! for the passing of sununer dreams,
We met, and we parted for aye;
Now lonely I walk here in Memory's lane.
While she rides on the world's highway!
THE LUCK OF SUCKER CREEK
Tke true story oi a discovery of ^olcL tliat puts fiction to tke blusk
By Dennis H. Stovall
A prospector with his outfit bound for the new Eldorado.
THIS is a tale of gold, and it
concerns the meteoric rise of
a family from penury to riches
in one day. It tells the
realization of a dream that
falls to the lot of few.
If the details of the Briggs' strike were
not true, the story of it would befit the
most glittering pages of fiction. It could
then be published without preface. As it
is, an explanatory note is necessary to
assure you that "this is a really true tale,
dearest beloved, it is really,'^ as Mr. Kip-
ling would say.
Each year the golden-winged goddess
takes new flight and bids the restless
fortune-hunter hie to other fields. The
Eldorados, Bonanzas and Golcondas of the
great mineral Northwest are as changvii-
able and as shifting as the men who find
them. One year it is the ice-glittering
peaks of Alaska; another year and it is
the remote mountains of Buifalo Hump;
still another year and the scene shifts to
the bleak and burning desert of Tonapah ;
and yet another and the golden- winged
goddess leads the never-halting line up
the narrow trails of the Siskiyous, through
the old-time camps of Southern Oregon,
and on, on, up, up, to the snow-covered
summit. Here on the great divide between
two great states — America's pioneer min-
ing states — and within a few miles of
where she led the same line over half a
centurv ago, the goddess pauses in her
flight."
This Eldorado of the Siskiyous is sixty
miles from the, railroad. The most con-
venient way of reaching it is by Grants
Pass. From there you follow the old stage
road to Holland, forty miles. It is fully
eighteen miles from Holland to the head
of Thompson Creek, the location of the
new camp. And it is a continual climb
all the way from Grants Pass — a climb
from an elevation of 900 feet to an eleva-
tion of 5,500. As Holland is only 1,700
feet, the main portion of the climb is on
those last eighteen miles of trail.
From Holland the trail leads to Moun-
tain Ranch, and then conies a steep climb
over the divide into Sucker Creek. Up
Sucker Creek, some ten miles, is Benson's
Ranch, which is becoming a convenient
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stopping place since the rush into the
district began. From Benson's the trail
follows Fehley Gulch over the Siskiyou
divide. Mounting the crest one looks out
over an endless array of ranges, jutted
with snow-capped peaks and crags. You
are up above the timber line here, and
the mountains are covered only with scrub
pine, or matted with a growth of snow
brush. At your feet Thompson Creek
rises, and only a half mile away the
Briggs' claim is located. And here, too,
but a few hundred yards from the base of
Tenant Peak, is the site of Goldenview
City.
For a number of years, David Briggs
and his family of three boys, two
ing to do with the story. That which
concerns us most is the discovery the boy
made when he clambered down the steep
mountainside at the head of Thompson
Creek. His boot struck a big stone that
was particularly heavy and gave off a
sound like lead. He picked it up and
broke off a fragment. The broken frag-
ment glittered bright and yellow. Then
the boy knew that the big stone was full
of gold. He tossed it into his hunting bag
and went home. The family was at
supper.
"Any luck, son?" asked the father.
"Nope," the boy replied, hiding the
truth. "No luck, dad. No luck at any-
thing anymore. I'm tired of it, tired
Part of the Brigfs family in camp on Thompson Creek. The yoonff man at the left ia Ray Briffga,
discoverer of the mine.
daughters and the mrother have lived re-
mote in the mountains of Southern Ore-
gon. The family has worked and toiled
honestly, zealously, gaining a livelihood
by days of perseverance and drudgery, at
ranching and sluice-mining.
Ray Briggs, one of the boys, was the
hunter of the family, and to him fell the
lot of supplying meat. One early morning
of June, this year, Ray shouldered his
rifle and went out after game. He struck
a buck trail and followed the signs up
Sucker Creek from his father^s ranch.
Hour after hour he trailed, and was led
over the divide to the head of Thompson.
Here he came upon the game and fired.
Whether or not he got the buck has noth-
of the ranch, tired of the mine. I guess
I'll quit buckin' boulders — quit the whole
job."
The old man was astonished at this open
declaration of mutiny from a son that had
always been cheerful and faithful. After
a long silence he recovered and said:
"Well, son, I guess you'll either buck
boulders or move on."
"Nope, I won't buck boulders or move
on, either — not when I can pick up rock
like this," and he laid the big stone on the
table.
The family went wild with joy. Supper
was forgotten. The mortar and the dolly
were brought out, and the big stone gave
up over $700.00.
In the upper rigrht-hand comer
Below it "old n
it Ray Briffrt, the younff man whose luck it was to discover the ffold mine,
an" BriflTffs. standing in the "fflory hole," with a chunk of the
precious rock in his hand.
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So was discovered the famous Briggs'
mine, the glory-hole that is being talked
about from sea to sea, the glory-hole that
brought the golden-winged goddess into
the Siskiyous, leading swarms of men up
every gulch and stream.
The family removed from the ranch
and made camp at the discovery. And
here they will remain till the north wind
brings its blinding gusts of snow, alid the
great Siskiyous are wrapped in the thick
white cloak of winter.
All the Briggs family have done in
actual mining on the claim could be done
by one man in a day. Yet they have taken
out a fortune. Over $15,000 worth of
minutes' time dig out fifty dollars worth
of gold. Still it is not a pocket — bears no
resemblance to a pocket, save in its re-
markable richness. There is a hanging
wall and a foot wall, and each one well
defined, one of granite, the other of
porphyry.
There is an inch of almost solid gold
on the hanging wall. This is much oxi-
dized, and can be removed in chunks the
size of a man's hand. The remaining
eleven inches of the ledge consists of oro
that sparkles with gold, of ore that will
yield $10,000.00 a ton.
The mountainside, at the point of the
Briggs' find, is very steep, and the contact
The first f6000 brought in from the Briggt' mine. The silver doUsx shows oomparative sise of the nunets.
gold was mortared by hand, to say naught
of the quantity of rich ore on the dump,
and that sacked and cached for shipment.
About their camp are tin cans, fruit jars
and pails filled with gold.
The property is now under bond to
Eastern parties for a consideration of
$115,000.00.
The Briggs' find, in its general make-
up, occupies a unique place among all the
rich finds of the mineralized West. Here
you can take your jack-knife and in five
of porphyry and granite follows the hill
for a long distance; in fact, has been
traced for 2,400 feet. The strike therefore,
is but a rich pay shoot on the vein. A
large number of the claims located in the
district follow this contact. Many of these
run southward into California, and well
down on Indian Creek. Others have been
located over the divide northward in Dead
Horse Gulch and Upper Sucker. Then
from the strike southward, following
Thompson, scores of location notices are
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231
posted. Several good strikes have been
made in the district besides the original
discovery, though none of such remarkable
richness.
Thus once again the tide of the gold-
hunting world ebbs toward the Southern
Oregon country. The story of the "Sucker
Creek strike'^ is being told from ocean to
ocean. The rush is on to the new Eldo-
rado, and only the deep snows of winter
can drive the tireless prospectors out.
Hundreds of claims have been located
in the new district, and, of course, a town-
site surveyed. "Golden view City^' it is
called, and while it is yet but a city of
tents and cam/p-fires, its promoters can
show you where the big brick hotel will
be located, and where the department
store and post oflBce ultimately will stand.
Also there will be a saloon or two, for high
altitude snakes are bad up there, and
some provision must be made for snake
bite.
A striking proof that the new Eldorado
has sprung a genuine sensation is the
appearance of the man looking for a
'^ost mine.''
"Nearly fifty years ago,'' said one of
them, "two men worked rich placer dig-
gin's up in that country. They were
located in a little basin, and the ground
was lousy with gold. They built a stone
reservoir and brought water down to sluice
off the ground. After they had been at
work for some time, and had many pounds
of nuggets and dust sacked, a band of
Injims swept down on 'em and in a mighty
little while the two miners were sent over
the Long Trail. The Injuns buried the
gold under a big oak tree near the diggings
and went away, satisfied. Long years
afterward, when the red man was obliged
to throw off his war paint and feathers,
and live in peace on the reservation, one
of the duskies who had taken part in the
murderous assault upon the two lonely
miners, told of the deed. Nearly every
year since then parties of men have gone
up Sucker Creek looking for the lost mine.
They are looking for the stone reservoir
and the oak tree, the oak tree with the
pile of gold beneath it."
"Now," continued the seeker for lost
treasure, after he had bitten off a fresh
chew from his plug, "I know precisely
where that stone reservoir is. I have been
there. Yes, sir ; I've been in it ! I took
a drink of water from it. But that was
before the old Injun gave the story away,
and I knew nothing of its association with
a lost mine. That was some eighteen
years ago that I'm telling you about now.
I was up in that country looking for stray
cattle, that is, cattle that didn't particu-
larly belong to anybody. On a very warm
day I grew thirsty and crawled down into
a little basin, thickly overgrown with wil-
lows, where I could hear water trickling,
to get a drink. When I raised up I hap-
pened to notice that I was in what ap-
peared to be an old and dilapidated cistern.
Through the moss and fern I detected a
well-placed stone wall. I found the gate
through which the water had been dis-
charged from the flume into the cistern
and still another wh^re it had flowed from
the cistern into the sluice. Then I knew
it was not a cistern at all, but a reservoir,
a stone reservoir that some miner had
used. I believe I am thq only man who
knows where that stone reservoir is, and
I am going to find it again."
And perhaps he may; but, after all —
perhaps.
THE ARCHBISHOPS MANTLE
Tkc lover • ruse — tlic confession — tke fli^kt
By Lorena M. Page
TWO strokes — mellow, but dis-
tipct — ^floated upon the noc-
turnal air from a distant
steeple.
"At two o^elock and all
hours may the love of Jesus kindle in my
heart," came the angelic mingling of
voices from the convent.
^ As the chant died away, the man mufHed
in the great, gray cloak raised his head
and gazed with burning eyes, not upon
the shrine before which he was kneeling,
but toward the house of God where
an approaching footfall was becoming
plainly audible.
From a passageway, marked by a spot
of black deeper than the surrounding
obscurity, camie a figure, tall, narrow,
and erect, with a patch of white across
brow and breast.
The man before the shrine dropped his
head as if resuming his devotions. His
lips moved in an inaudible petition.
Around the prioress who approached
him a garden of ignored flowers sent their
sweetness on the moist, night air; behind
her was cloistered a company of virgins,
whose souls, like the perfume of the
flowers, mounted straight to heaven.
But there was one in that pure host
whose thoughts at times were of the earth
alone, and it was this sinful one that
vexed the mind of the prioress now.
The peace of Eden, smiling in the gar-
den at the threshold of the sacred place,
did not extend to-night to the erring
novice within — like a fallen angel, she
had prayed and wept until exhausted. She
was lying now flat on her face against the
cold stone pavement of a bare, candle-
lighted room, with arms outstretched in
the form of a cross. Near her a suppliant
counted her beads before the Holy Sacra-
ment. The sisters relieved one another
at the stroke of the hour day and night,
year in and year out, in ceaseless adora-
tion before this altar. The one now
coimting her beads was the fifth to kneel
there since the penitent had fallen pros-
trate, so more than four hours had passed
and still the living cross did not move.
Mother Conception came down the
grass walk of the garden, her black serge
robe brushing the dew from the verdure,
her chin resting upon her white guimpe,
her eyes upon the ground. She passed
the shrine without seeing the man, al-
though the hem of her coarse garment
swept against him.
He shifted his position vdth some noise,
agitated the pine bough beside him, and
upset a flower-pot against a stone.
This sudden movement in the dark, at
her very feet, startled the prioress more
than she would have cared to own. Then
the calm, acquired by years of discipline,
returned, and her eyelids resumed their
customary droop; but in that one brief,
backward glance, she had recognized the
archbishop's mantle.
"Father Bemardine,'' she said, pausing,
and the man thought he had never heard
so adorable a voice — save one.
"Yes, Mother,*' came in muffled tones
from the lips covered by a tightly-closed
hand filled with the gathered folds of the
gray robe.
"You did not get away as early as
usual.'' She had lowered her veil, and
her tones might well have been those of a
disembodied soul speaking across the walls
of a tomb.
"I am here. Mother," he murmured,
vaguely, still upon his knees.
"I have come from the sacred altar
of the Holy Sacrament where one of the
young novices, who is to take the black
veil to-morrow, is doing penance," ob-
served the mother. "Truly she needs great
discipline, for her thoughts are anchored
to the earth, and, my heart being sorely
tried concerning her, I came into the
garden, scarcely noting whither my stcpa
led."
"Perchance I may be of assistance,
reverend Mother." He rose to his feet
in the deep shadow of the pine tree which
grew beside the shrine. "Her name is — ?''
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233
"Repentance — Sister Repentance/'
"Repentance ?'' he questioned, vaguely.
"The one known to the world as Rose
Chapin — surely you have not forgot-
ten—"
"Ah, yes. Rose — Sister Repentance.
No, I have not forgotten." His strong
hand grasped the small bough which
brushed his shoulder and the scent of
crushed pine-needles mingled with the
perfume of the flowers.
"Will you come with me, most Holy
Bishop ? She needs your sternest counsel
and command."
"No — not in there. Send her to me
here — and — I will see what can be done.'*
For the archbishop of the diocese, to
speak was to be obeyed, and the prioress
quitted him without a protest.
He waited. And, in the meantime,
he sniffed the acrid scent of the tassels
gripped in his hand, and laughed a wild,
internal, soundless laugh; he felt smoth-
ered by the throbbing arteries in his
throat ; his heari; seemed to leap and toss
like a bounding cork on a raging torrent.
He threw himself again before the shrine.
"May the powers be mdne to liberate
this soul! May I break the fetters, oh,
God !" he breathed.
The slight figure that came from the
gloom of the passage was clothed in white
garments, and had the appearance of a
spirit. The immensity of night was fac-
ing her. Her heart was a prey of terror,
for a darkness full of unseen and formid-
able traps, into which it was alarming
to penetrate and in which it was fearful
to remain, was about her. Her tender
young limbs were briiised and stiff from
contact with the hard, cold floor, and
her movements were slow and full of
hesitation. Though her tread was as soft
as that of a frightened fawn upon the
moss by a spring at midnight, the man in
the great mantle heard it. But he re-
mained kneeling before the shrine.
"Mother Conception sent nue. Father;
what do you wish ?" she questioned. How
sweet, and gentle, and hesitating the
voice !
"What is your offense?" he asked,
gruffly, without raising his head.
"I have been obedient. Father; I have
kept my vow of poverty, chastity, and
seclusion; but. Father, my thoughts arc
beyond my command."
She paused and with a gesture he or-
dered her to continue.
"I have seen no one beside the mothers
and sisters, yourself, and the old gardener
who minds the gate, for more than four
years now, and — ^yet — I see another in
all my waking hours, and I dream of him
at night. This is my sin. I have fasted,
and my soul has been filled with the love
I bear him. I have risen from my first
sleep to read my breviary, and his eyes
have gazed into mine from between the
lines. I have chanted my matins, and
my heart has sung ^I love him.' I have
slept upon straw in* serge sheets, and
prayed that the lap of comfort might be
his. I have scourged myself, and asked
that the hardships of the world might
pass by him. I have observed the rule of
silence, and begged that the music of the
universe might cheer his path. Once a
week I have confessed all these sins in
public. I have made reparation — and- -
still I sin. Do with me as you see fit."
She stood with hands crossed meekly
upon her breast, her eyes gazing at the
one star just showing above the wall.
"Kneel beside me here." The tone:?
were so harsh and strange that she hesi-
tated, wondering and afraid.
"Here in the shadow," he insisted.
She knelt in the place designated.
"Why did you enter here in the first
place?" he questioned, sternly.
"Oh, Reverend Father, more for the
love of him than — chastise me if you will,
I must speak the truth — than for the love
of God, and thinking to forget this love,
even as the one who prompted it forgot
me."
"Forget you ? Speak on ; conceal noth-
ing."
"To-morrow I am to become the bride
of living death, but it does not matter —
now, for another became the bride of
Alex Martel."
A queer sound came from the sweeping,
gray mantle; she did not heed it, but
went on —
"I shall wear my handsomest dress —
white for the last time. I shall be
crowned with roses — the last I am to
touch in life or death. They will brush
my hair— before it is shorn. While T
lie upon the stones they will throw a
great, black veil over me, and sing the
office of—"
"Stop ! for the love of God !" the man
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interrupted in a choking voice. "They
lied to yon ! Alex Martel never married ;
he has been trying to reach you ever since
you came here. His brother Alfred mar-
ried and they told you — '^
"How should you know?" She clutched
a fold of the archbishop's mantle, for-
getful of the dignity due so holy a gar-
ment.
He raised his eyes cautiously, and gave
a sweeping glance around him, then lifted
his hood and put his face close to hers,
at the same time holding out his arms.
"Alex,'* she gasped, and broke into
sobbing so low that it was scarcely audible
above the sighing of the night wind
through the pine.
He did not speak, but his lips pressed
hers; his strong embrace held her; her
arms were around his neck; her face
against his breast. They felt neither the
chill that precedes the dawn, the cold
earth beneath them, nor the dew upon
their garments. They took no thought of
the grim wall surrounding them, nor
the convent frowning down upon its first
love scene. The murmur of the pine
was a celestial melody.
"I have come for you, Rose. Will you
go?" were his first words.
They rose to their feet now, and the
gray mantle, still fastened at his throat
and caught over one arm, covered her as
his arm was thrown about her.
"Oh, Alex, I must go — I am not good
enough to stay in this abode of saints.
1 am too worldly — I — "
Her lagging speech was smothered with
a kiss.
They cautiously quitted the shadow of
the tree on the side nearest to the iron-
bound gate in the wall. They hurried
over the flower beds; they glided through
the dark; they gained the massive gate.
A great key, taken from a fold in the
gray mantle, unfastened the padlock. The
ppnderous, iron - bound, nail - studded
weight swung open on noiseless hinges.
A dim light was shining in the porter's
lodge beside the wall, but there was no
other sign of life about the place.
The girl gave one last glance back at
the rugged profile of the convent, outlined
before the first faint streaks of dawn,
then, scarcely breathing, she passed the
gate-keeper's lighted window.
"There is nothing to 'fear in there,'*
he told her, drawing her back gently.
A man in a black robe sat well down
in a chair before a fireplace, where only
a few coals remained bright among the
dull ashes upon the hearth. The broken
fragments of a goblet lay at his feet. The
old gardener was beside the table, his
arms folded upon it, his head upon them.
An empty bottle and glass were within
his reach. A lamp with a wick flickering
in its last glimmer sat near.
"The archbishop! The gardener!"
gasped the girl. "Oh, come!"
"There is no danger to be feared from
that quarter," he reassured her. "They
will sleep for hours.'*
She looked at him with wondering
eyes.
"The gardener could not resist a bottle
from a generous traveler," he laughed.
"And the archbishop?" she questioned.
"Did not resist a treat from the gar-
dener— and more than forty winks was
in every swallow. I borrowed the mantle
while they were winking."
"How pure the air is, Alex!" she said
a moment later, with a little break in her
voice.
"Yes, love, and the mom will soon be
breaking; we must mount and away."
He pointed to the horizon which was
growing white.
A big, black horse waited in a thicket.
It was the act of a moment to wrap the
archbishop's mantle about her slender
form and to swing her tenderly to the
pommel of the saddle.^
Then he was up behind her and they
were oflf.
The muffled feet of the horse beat a dull
retreat through the waking day.
A little lover, in the form of a war-
bling bird, greeted them as they flew past.
The prioress waited in her bare, cold
cell for the return of the novice.
The archbishop and the gardener slept
on.
THE PLAYHOUSE
Tnc opening of tkc season 1904 — ne'w stars — foreign celebrities — ne'ws of tke stage
THE opening of the American
theatrical season has devel-
oped into something very much
like the fall display of fash-
ions: a view of the latest and
most successful London and Paris models.
The "star^' system, as it prevails in
this country, was quite unknown to the
British public until Mr. Charles Frohman
gave it a glimpse of his methods. In
Ijondon, the managers of theatres and
the producers of plays are themselves
actors — a state of affairs tending toward
the maintenance of a higher standard in
regard to plays and a more thoroughly
artistic presentation of them.
Madame Sejane as Nora in "A Doll's House."
Sejane will tour Amerioa this winter.
An actor manager will see possibilitie-;
in plays which would never occur to the
commercial producer, and it not infre-
quently happens that the role which in
this country is given to a '*star" is not
the one chosen bv the London actor who
Winsome Edna May in "The School Oirl."
cares more to create a certain character
in an absolutely finished manner than to
play "a fat part."
Take "The Little Minister" as an exam-
ple. In London the character of Gavin
Dishart was the principal one, but when
the comedy was played in this country
and given to a "star" — Miss Adams —
the whole play was made to revolve around
her.
Here is Mr. J. E. Dodson's explanation
of our way, and he should know since he
is an English actor who has played a
very great deal in this country.
"You Americans can create a demand
for anything — no matter what — simply
by setting aside enough money to adver-
tise it on a large scale. Your average
citizen does not take time to think, and
can hardly spare the time to read, henc?
tlie size of type is a great factor in getting
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Edith Wynne MathiBon, Sir Henry Irring's leading woman.
the attention of the American public.
"Take a theatrical poster —
PAMELA PARQUET
(Letters four feet high)
in
"The Front Row"
(Letters two feet high)
by
Thomas Augustus
(Letters one foot high)
and the strap-hanger, who reads as the
elevated train runs, never gets beyond
that first line, and consequently is heard
to say, 'I must see Parquet in — what's
that play she's doing ?''^
This is next to the last season for Sir
Henry Irving, who is to retire in 190fi
after fifty years of stage life. His strange
gutteral tones will sound even more
muffled by contrast with the unusually
clear speaking voice of his new leading
woman, Edith Wynne Mathison.
Miss Mathison is Welsh, and her glori-
ous voice with its remarkable range is
THE PLAYHOUSE.
237
an inheritance. Her aunt was known as
"the Nightingale/^ while her mother was
called "the Linnet of Wales/* Miss Math-
ison^s husband is C. Bann Kennedy, who
is himself a good actor, a Shakesperean
scholar of renown, a collector of rare
books, and a writer whose verse often
appears in our American magazines.
Sir Henry Irving would have been a
great man in any walk in life. He has
all a great man's preoccupation and dis-
dain. At one of the London perform-
ances, Nansen occupied a box and the
fact was quickly communicated behind
scenes, and the chance to pass on an
interesting bit of news was furnished to
the actors. First one after another took
occasion to say, "Do you know who is
in the box on the left, Sir Henry ?" — and
without wating for a reply, "Xansen."
Finally after a halJE dozen had come to
him with this same item of information,
one volunteered the additional remark,
"Great man, Mr. Nansen!" In a crisp
dry tone came Mr. Irving's rejoinder :
"Yes, remarkable ability to stand tlu^
cold."
Bignor Novelli, the eminent Italian tragedian, comingr to America this winter.
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Pretty Paula Edwards, who will appear in the
name part of "Winsome Winnie" the
ooming season.
The two new "stars/' which are new in
that name only, to make their appearance
this winter, are Francis Wilson and Mrs.
Gilbert. Mr. Wilson is to play in dramatic
comedy. It has been his desire for many
years to leave musical comedy, but that
queer face and those queerer legs proved
too great an asset in that particular field.
Mrs. Gilbert is our oldest actress now-
playing roles, and she has never been
starred before. Her play has been written
especially for her by Clyde Fitch and will
be called "Grandma."
It will seem strange not to see Weber
and Fields together, as their paAnership
has lasted from youth to middle age, from
real poverty to comparative wealth, from
the days when as boys they worked during
the day in a factory and did "a turn" on
the variety stage at night, to the present
time when they are Broadway theatre
owners.
Mr. Weber will keep the old music-
hall and will have a company headed by
Anna Held and supported by Aubrey
Bouccicault, Marie Dressier and otherS;
among them being the dancer, Bonnie
Maginn, whose greatest popularity came
during the old Weber-Fieldian days.
Mr. Fields has a new theatre bearing
his name, Marie Cahill for leading woman,
and Bessie Clayton, whose whirlwind
dancing has never been equaled.
Bernard and Hattie Williams in
From Kays."
'The Oirl
OURVIEW
WIUWlBlTTlimM
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It has been well said — Honesty is not the best policy; it is the only policy.
« « «
The man who had predicted during the first McKinley-Bryan campaign that
the "financial interest'^ would be supporting the Democrat nominee eight years
later would have been laughed to scorn. Such is life and politics.
♦ « ♦
Visitors at the St. Louis Fair who are so fortunate as to live on the Pacific
Coast are beginning to think that the Lewis and Clark Exposition to be held at
Portland next year will eclipse the St. Louis Fair in point of genuine interest. If
Portland can secure the cream of the exhibits at St. Louis, and all indications
point to success in this particular, the Lewis and Clark Exposition will not only
have many unique features of the West, but will he a credit to the country at large.
♦ * ♦
Optimism is not always an unalloyed virtue. It can be made a stumbling block
in the road of life, although it is worth *a thousand pounds a year to look on the
bright side of things.^ Action must go hand in hand with optimism. The realities
of life must not be obscured if there is to be any genuine progress. We must look
at things as they are, not as we would like to have them. But optimism coupled with
enthusiasm and action presents an irresistible force — a force that has always con-
quered adversity and untoward circumstances. It is no one thing, however, that
creates success. Singleness of purpose is an essential. Tenacity, earnestness, self-
belief, enthusiasm, honesty and an indomitable spirit are equally as important. But
they are all null and void without optimism.
♦ * ♦
The year 1905 promises to be of extraordinary importance to the growth and
development of the Pacific Coast. The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at
Portland beginning next June will alone be of incalculable benefit to the entire West,
but, apart from this great undertaking which is practically assured a gratifying suc-
cess, there is a spirit in the air of enterprise that presages the beginning of great
things. Yet even now we are in the midst of a world movement that is making the
Pacific the center of the world^s activities and promising the mjost alluring and bril-
liant future for the lands bordering this side of the Pacific. A great, magnificent,
splendid future is in store for us, and although we may not realize it we have already
passed over the threshold. The writing is on the wall so clearly and unmistakably
that even a dullard may interpretate the signs aright. A splendid, greater, grander
nation is in the making and its greatest, grandest part will be the Pacific Coast.
The world does not stand still; progress is inevitable — progress not only in
science, art, literature, but, most important, in the great social problems with which
humanity has always been struggling. We have made wonderful strides in science,
but there will be a greater than Edison. In literature there will be a greater than
Shakespeare. In art there will be a greater than Raphael or Michel Angelo or Phid-
ias. There will be a greater than Gladstone or Lincoln or Napoleon or Alexander tho
Great or Franklin or Cromwell or Caesar or Justinian or Luther or Calvin or Wesley.
We have not reached the limit. The world does not go backward. Progress it*
inevitable.
A 'world-wide survey of important events in all departments of kuman activity
Tk,
Event
. J. During the past months all other interests have paled hefqre the
le Lieadin^ momentous events in the far East. Tremendous battles have been
waged; mighty issues have been decided; tens of thousands of lives
have been sacrificed. Both of Russia's fleets have been shattered; her ships are^
maimed and dispersed, until their fighting value is nil. Beleaguered Port Arthur is
invested on every side; the Japanese assaults have been of unparalleled ferocity, and
the cannonading the heaviest known to history. The fall of the city seems inevitable.
On the Yalu, the Japanese success is even more astounding. In almost every
engagement they have been victorious, and the Russiatis, resisting stubbornly and
retreating without rout, have still met defeat at every point. There is still no talk
of surrender, and it is probable that the "minions of the Czar" will need even more
severe a lesson before they admit their inferiority ; but to the world their ultimate
defeat seems inevitable. The Japanese have proved themselves complete masters
of the military art. Their fanatical courage is resistless; the strategy of their
generals is of the highest order; no obstacle seems to daunt their enthusiasm. Here-
tofore the outcome of the war was veiled in uncertainty, but now even the most con-
servative critics are expressing their conviction of the complete success of the
Japanese cause.
—I .^jj Two of the greatest battles
Ihe War ^f modern times — one on
sea, the other on land — is the record of
the past month in the Eastern war. In
addition to this, one of the greatest sieges
in all history is being conducted. On
the tenth of August, the Russian squad-
ron, finding the harbor of Port Arthur
no longer tenable because of the near ap-
proach of the Japanese siege guns, en-
deavored to escape and to join the Vladi-
vostok squadron. The ever watchful Togo
was prepared, and a running fight ensued
in which the Russian squadron was com-
pletely routed. The Japanese attack was
focussed upon the flagship Czarevitch,
which was rendered almost a total wreck.
Admiral Wittsoeft was killed, as well as
the captain and other officers of the ves-
sel. Five of the battleships with one
cruiser put back into the harbor, while
the rest of the vessels were dispersed, after
receiving terrific injuries from the heavy
Japanese fire. Four days later, Admiral
Kamimura encountered the Vladivostok
fleet and won a complete victory. The
crack cruiser Rurik was sunk, and the
other vessels forced to flee. This leaves
Japan virtually in control of the sea, with
both of Russia's fleets crippled and inef-
fective, and hardly a factor in the strug-
gle. Immediately after the first naval en-
gagement, the Japanese land forces began
a general assault upon Port Arthur. With
a desperate determination and with an ap-
palling loss of life, attack after attack
was made on the Russian strongholds. The
cannonading was incessant, and one after
another the environing fortifications were
abandoned, until only the inmost lines of
defenses remained in the possession of the
Russians. Terms of surrender were of-
fered to General Stoessel, but were refused
with torrential profanity. Then, sud-
denly, the scene of guiatest activity shifted
to the north, where the great hosts of
Kuroki and Kuropatkin confronted one
another. The Japanese began a steady
advance northward that seemed irresisti-
ble. The Russian defense was determined.
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but point after point was evacuated, until
at Liao-Yang a stand was made. Here
was fought the greatest battle of the war.
For days the outcome was uncertain. The
fighting was tremendous, and the life sac-
rifice terrific. Finally came the news that
Liao-Yang had been abandoned, the Rus-
sian flanks had been turned, and Kuro-
patkin in full retreat toward Mukden. The
battle then resolved itself into a pursuit
race, with Mukden as the objective point.
Here, it is thought, the Russians will
make their final stand. The Japanese are
straining every nerve to head off the re-
treat. Although they have been invariably
victorious, they will count the campaign
a failure if Kuropatkin escapes.
Acoordinff to Napoleon, an army tghi» on its
■tomach. In that caio, Port Arthur
moit be nearly aU in.
— From the Tacoma Ledger.
P ,. . For some reason or other, the
Politics great political contest has so far
failed to arouse the customary public in-
terest. Perhaps it is merely overshad-
owed by the greater game being played in
the far East. The important events of
the past month were the several notifica-
tions of the respective candidates, and
their carefully prepared replies, intended,
no doubt, for use as political timber in
the campaign. Roosevelfs speech of ac-
ceptance was — like the Republican plat-
form— a review of the administration,
with an obvious willingness to abide by the
record made, and with confident assur-
ances that the work begun would be car-
ried to a consummation. Judge Parker^s
reply was, like the man, conservative, ju-
dicial. He emphasizes the delimitations
of the three branches of the government.
with evident reference to Roosevelt^s im-
patience of constitutional restraints. The
tariff is attacked, but it is frankly ad-
mitted the Republican majority in the
senate will make it impossible to modify
the tariff laws during the next four years.
The trusts are "viewed with concern," but
Judge Parker asserts that the present
laws, if enforced, are suflBcient to curb
the evil. Filipino self-government is
urged, and all forms of imperialism are
opposed. In conclusion, the Judge stated
that he would not accept a renomination.
He has already resigned his position on
the bench. Mr. H. G. Davis^ reply was no-
table for the bold stand in favor of the
gold standard. In notifying Mr. Fair-
banks, a point was made of the extreme
age of the Democratic candidate for Vice-
President, as providing an unsuitable oc-
cupant for the presidential chair, in case
anything should happen to the President.
Interest centers in the gubernatorial con-
test in New York, this year, more than
ever, the pivotal state. Feeling the neces-
sity of nominating a man capable of at-
tracting the greatest possible number of
votes, the Republican leaders have used
their utmost powers to persuade Elihu
Root to accept the candidacy — so far with-
out success. David B. Hill, representing
the up-state Democratic faction, and Chas.
Murphy, Tamman/s leader, are still at
odds. Their reconciliation is indispensa-
ble to Democratic success in the state.
Other states are nominating their gov-
ernors, the party newspapers are printing
perfervid editorials, and the cry of the
spellbinder is abroad in the land. These
are the signs of the times.
Deportation
in Colorado
Anarchy and mob rule
hold full sway in Colo-
rado. The latest act in
open defiance of law was the forcible de-
portation of ten prominent citizens of
Cripple Creek, who had been actively iden-
tified with the Western Federation — ^the
union organization. Among the deported
men were an ex-Attorney General of the
state, two other lawyers, and others of
wealth and position. They were marched
about three miles out of town, with an
escort of 3,000 non-union sympathizers.
They were then told to leave the country,
and were threatened with a bullet or a
rope if they ventured back. On returning
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to the town, the disorderly element of the
crowd broke away from the control of the
leaders — among whom were leading busi-
ness men — ^and wrecked the union store.
The military has been withdrawn, and
the authorities are powerless. For the
present, the Citizens' Alliance and the
Mineowners' Association control the sit-
uation.
rjn jy t ^ The situation at Chicago
1 he Uutchcw ^^^ ^j^g Q^her strike centers
dtnke Y^^ jjQ^ greatly altered
during the last month. Neither side
shows any signs of yielding, although it
is the general impression that the strikers
are losing ground. The effort to arbitrate
the matter through Mayor Harrison's in-
tercession came to naught, by reason of
the packers' refusal to make any conces-
sions. They claim that eighty per cent of
the usual amount of work has been done,
and that their financial loss is slight, as
they are enabled to close out the supplies
that have accumulated in their ware-
houses. A point was gained by the strik-
ers when they compelled the city authori-
ties to issue an order that the strikers
could no longer house the strike breakers
in the yards, as a violation of the munici-
pal sanitary regulations. Several severe
riots have occurred, and lives have been
sacrificed. Meanwhile, the price of meat
soars, and the independent meat packers
are the only ones who are not suffering
from the great struggle.
^ J . The annual encamp-
UrandArmy ^^^^ q£ ^^^ q^^^j^j
bncampmcBt ^^^^^. ^^ ^1^^ Republic
was held this year at Boston, and was
characterized bv much enthusiasm. There
are now 246,261 members of the G. A. R.
— 10,000 less than last year — but of these
only 16,000 were able to participate in the
procession. Gen. Wilmon W. Blackmar
was chosen commander-in-chief, vice Gen.
John C. Black, and Denver was selected
as the next convention city. Resolutions
were adopted against disfranchisement on
color lines, and congress was urged to pass
a law affirming the order of the pension
bureau that veterans 62 years of age should
be entitled to pensions without regard-
ing their actual inability to labor.
A rLU ^^ August 12, at the very time
A Child ^i^Qj^ ^^Q Russian battleships
10 15om ^gj.g going down to defeat l^
fore the Japanese fleet, the Czarina gave
birth to a male child. The boy weighed
eleven pounds and is healthy and sound.
He is named Alexis Nikolarevitch, and, if
he comes to the throne, will be Alexis II.
By this event — so long the object of
prayers and wishes in the Czar's kingdom
— great joy has been brought to the royal
family and to the Russian people; but to
those of other races, it would seem that the
heir was born under an ill-fated star to a
life of much burden and sorrow. The
christening was attended with much pomp
and ceremony, and the Czarevitch has al-
ready been made honorary colonel of the
Finland Guards.
Why not hitoh a KaniM 070I0116 to a oouple of
KaniM ooni ihooks and rapply tho Japt
with Kansas com.
— From the Tacoua I^edfrer.
T L T LI ^^ ^P^^^ ^^ ^^^ arbitra-
• tIj'" v^ l ^^^^ agreement of 1903,
in New York another contest is on
between the builders of New York and
the union workmen. Several strikes were
ordered by the unions in defiance of the
treaty, and in retaliation a lock-out was
finally declared by the Employers' Asso-
ciation, and notice was given that the
places of the strikers would be filled by
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243
nonunion men, providing they did not re-
turn by a certain date. It is asserted by
the association that the present diflBculty
arises from a desire on the part of so-
called labor leaders to revive the old sys-
tem of grafting, made impossible by the
arbitration agreement. At least, it is man-
ifest that the unions have acted in bad
faith, ignoring the terms of the treaty to
which they had subscribed.
_ , The "naval demonstration'' made
Y^ U^ by the U. S. European squad-
Yieida ^.^j^ before Smyrna, Turkey,
had the desired effect, and the Sultan has
agreed to all of Minister Leishman's de-
mands. The principal point at issue was
the treatment of American schools in Tur-
key, which for years have been unsatisfac-
tory. Our schools were not included in
the "favored nation" class, and were sub-
ject to unfavorable discrimination. Our
minister undertook to secure for our
schools the privileges enjoyed by those of
other nations, but the Sublime Porte
evaded his demands by dilatory tactics.
Finally, after repeated postponements,
Eear Admiral Jewell was ordered to take
his vessels to Smyrna to bring the Porte to
immediate action. The arrival of the fleet
was anticipated, and Mr. Leishman was
given assurance that there should no lon-
ger be any discrimination against Ameri-
can schools.
^., The "Subway Tavern"
13iflhop Potter jg ^ ^^y^^^ recently
and the baloon ^^^j^^^ ^^ ^^^ York
City, the purpose of which is to provide
at a minimum cost pure food and pure
liquors, under the best moral conditions.
The house is under the auspices of certain
reform workers, who believe that it is im-
possible to entirely eradicate the drink
habit, and that it is best to minimize the
evils that attend it. Bishop Potter deliv-
ered the opening address, in which he said
that the keynote had been struck by this
attack on the liquor situation. His action
has aroused a storm of criticism from the
Anti-Saloon League, W. C. T. U., and
similar organizations, and many denuncia-
tions of his position have been published.
rj,. D 'J ^ short time ago, Presi-
1 he Frcsidcnt ^^^^^ Roosevelt was impor-
on Lynching ^^^^^ ^^ commute to life
imprisonment the death penalty imposed
upon a negro for criminal assault on a lit-
tle girl. The reason for the plea was the
alleged weakmindedness of the criminal.
After an investigation, the President de-
nied the application, accompanying his de-
cision with a statement which may be ac-
cepted as an expression of his attitude
toward lynching. He says that the crime
in question is one to which "we largely
owe the existence of that spirit of lawless-
ness which takes form in lynching." It
is essential that its punishment should be
swift and certain. He expresses regret
that we do not have special provision for
more summary dealing with this type of
cases, but condemns lynching because "it
seeks to avenge one infamous crime by
the commission of another of equal in-
famy."
^ .| 1 A 1 ^^^^ y^^^ 1904 is
Railroad Accident i^aintaining its record
in Colorado f^^ terrible disasters
by the worst railroad accident that has
ever occurred in America. Over a hun-
dred lives were lost, and it was only by
a seeming miracle that the rest of the pas-
sengers were spared. Exceptionally
heavy rains had flooded a small canyon,
spanned by a wooden bridge, on which
were the tracks of the Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad. When the "World's
Fair Flyer" attempted to cross the bridge
the middle span gave way, and the engine,
baggage, smoking and chair cars were pre-
cipitated into the raging torrent, 35 feet
deep. Of all the passengers in this part
of the train, only three escaped. The
Pullmans were left on the track, their oc-
cupants being unaware of the appalling
fate from which they were so marvelously
spared.
~- - - , Former Premier Wal-
W aldcck- ^ig^j^ _ Rousseau, whose
Rousseau Uead ^^^^^ occurred at Corbeil,
France, August 10, was undoubtedly his
country's foremost statesman. His pub-
lic career is a long and honorable one,
embracing many prominent oflBces. He
became premier in 1899, when the Drey-
fus case was the center of public interest,
and took a daring stand in pardoning
Dreyfus after his second conviction, and
securing a proclamation of general am-
nesty to all concerned. He was also the
author of the law against the religious as-
sociations. Ill-health necessitated his
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resignation in 1902. His death, which
resulted from an operation rendered
necessary by his serious condition, is
mourned by the whole French people, and
the funeral was the occasion of national
sorrow.
Tkc The Lake Erie & Western
Sunday Railroad has announced that
Excursion it' will handle no more Sun-
day excursions. The abolishment of
Sunday excursions on the Vanderbilt lines
is also under serious consideration. This
movement is not alone a concession to
moral sentiment, but is based also on hu-
mane and economic grounds. The danger
of accident on Sunday excursions is always
far greater than on the regular trains.
Employees are worn out by the extra du-
ties, and the organization of the road is
disrupted.
its naturalness. This paper is on sale in
Europe, and, without doubt, will soon be
procurable in America.
Cole
The problem of color pho-
^, , tography is one that has in-
Fhotography terested the scientist-pho-
tographers for some years, and several so-
lutions were reached. In each case, how-
ever, the method was too difficult and com-
plicated to be extensively practiced. Now
two European experimentors have pro-
duced a paper upon which may be printed
color photographs from any ordinary neg-
ative. The paper is given ten chemical
coatings, separated by layers of gelatine,
and each one graduated to a wave length,
producing a certain color shade. After
printing, the paper is washed in water of
a required temperature, which dissolves
the gelatine, leaving the color-print in all
"A hard nut to crack."
— From the Spokesman- Review.
Airsbip M. Lebaudy, the Parisian
News aeronaut, made a successful
ascent in his dirigible balloon recently. He
covered a distance of 12^ miles in 15 min-
utes, sailing at a height of 250 feet from
the earth. Holland, the inventor of the
submarine boat, has turned his attention
to aeronautics, and is devising a craft to
navigate the air. He is working on the
aeroplane principle, without the aid of a
balloon attachment. The airship race at
St. Louis was not an unqualified success.
But two vessels started, both operated by
Americans. One descended but a few
miles from St. Louis, while the other, of
which G. E. Tomlinson was the aeronaut,
got as far as St. Charles, Mo., 200 miles
from the starting point. Under the con-
ditions of the contest, the $5000 prize will
go to him, unless some other aspirant suc-
ceeds in reaching a point nearer Washing-
ton monument before November 1.
IMPRESSWNS
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Morality, if it oe tne trutn, pays — tnc universe is founded on it.
misery; its observance makes success.
ts violation makes
Bigotry
"DEHOLD how each one is to himself the universe! Behold the perversity of the
-^ human mind ! Each demands freedom for himself — to think as pleases him,
to speak as pleases him, to act as pleases him; but when another wishes to do the
same, behold I — chains, fire, clubs, and shouts of "License,'^ "Infidel," "Rebel !" "You
must think, speak, and act as pleases me."
War
X\7AR is cruelty; war is waste; war is stupidity. There is no question which could
^^ not be better settled without war, if rulers would settle it. Even in republics
it is rulers who make war, always it is the people who are killed.
Morality
/^ HEIST said, "Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you."
^^ Confucius said, "Do not unto others that which you would not have them do
to you."
Gautama said, "If thine enemy come to thy house, give him food. Even the
tree refuses not its shade to the axman at its root."
Mohammed said, "Resolve if people do good to you, you ^ill do good to them,
and if they oppress you, oppress them not again."
Socrates said, "A wrong can not be right, so though one has done you wrong,
yet if you truly love the right you will not do wrong to him."
Every enlightened age, every civilized people has had its wise teacher seeing
and teaching the Golden Rule; yet of the countless millions, how many have mad(>
it the rule of conduct ? How many have clearly seen that it is the greatest success
of all?
Samuel Jones, Mayor of Toledo — "Golden Rule Jones" — is dead. Xo man's
influence dies. The waves of example keep widening ever. I take from the "Public"
an extract from an article by Graham Taylor in the Chicago Daily News. As we read
it, let us imagine the funeral of Russell Sage or any "successful" man, or our own
funeral, and ask, "What is Success?"
"Within the Memorial hall, which had so often re-echoed his ringing voice,
the people took their last look at the face they loved. They had outlined in flowers
the aisle through which they were to pass by their dead. And were flowers ever more
the symbol of hearts grown together? For they were sent there by all the city
departments, by 'Syrian- American citizens,' Polish, German, Hungarians, and other
nationalities; by the University club and the Bartenders' union; by the United
Catholic societies and the Spiritualist association; by the horseshoers, cloakmakers,
and many other labor unions ; by the Western Oil Men's Association, accompanied by
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sixty-two names of his business associates and competitors; by his own employees^
who gave a great floral golden rule with the words : ^ We knew him/
"Between 5:30 a. m. and 9 p. m. for two days, fifty people a minute passed
Up that aisle, until fully fifty-five thousand men, women and children of every
description silently, reverently and affectionately parted from their friend.
"Then his fellow- workmen took up his body to carry it home. Such a procession
as followed it has seldom been led by the living or the dead. There were not only
the labor unions, but the mothers, wives and children of the men ; policemen, firemen,
mail carriers, and oflBcials of the Toledo, Cleveland and other city governments;
six hundred newsboys and their band, playing 'Nearer, My God, to Thee' ; musical,
benevolent and fraternal societies, and unorganized groups of citizens, women and
children followed in their train. No military company nor any implement of war
Dr strife was seen. To the music of the 'Golden Rule' shop band they marched in
strange silence through silent throngs.
"At the end of the long march to the distant cemetery thousands more were
in waiting by the open grave. When friends were leaving it and it was being filled,
a German singing society spontaneously broke out in a farewell song, and a broken
Voice in the tongue of the fatherland was heard saying good-by.'*
I would rather be buried with such love than win from "Glory" a bronze statue.
And by his "Golden Rule" policy Samuel Jones became a "practical success,'"
Vhich means always to the modern mind a money success. It is the only rule upon
which a safe and just society can ever be founded. It is the ultimate perfection
of society.
As Henry George wrote, "That we should do unto others as we would have them
do unto us — that we should respect the rights of others as scrupulously as we would
have our rights respected — ^is not a mere counsel of perfection to individuals — but
it is the law to which we must conform social institutions and national policy — if we
would secure the blessings of abundance and peace."
Tke Cbicago Strike
T T is said that the packers will win and 250,000 men will lose their jobs. The
"*• newspapers report that the Pullman company under the Parry system of a union
of employers, will have a sympathetic "lock-out." I also read that one of the
packers said, "we can get plenty of unskilled labor for fifteen cents an hour. The
unions are fi\ing in the face of the law of supply and demand in trying to compel
us to pay eighteen and one half cents an hour."
The law of supply and demand, like all great natural forces, is irresistible.
The solution of the trouble is not to be found in unions, but in reforms in those
economic conditions which bring an army of starving unskilled laborers knocking
at the gates of capital. That reform must be greater economic freedom; less
meddling with natural laws by legislature laws; no special privileges in tariffs,
in money, in land. It will take generations to effect these changes, but in radical
reforms — less law granting special privileges, and more freedom lie the remedy — ^not
in unions. Unions, as fraternities, as places for interchange of views and forming
acquaintances, as clubs for social purposes or for political and economic discussion,
are good. They fill the place of the medieval guilds. But unions, as they repress
individualitv, dictate iron-clad rules and restrict human freedom and ambition, are
bad.
As is true of evervthing else which exists, there was a cause which forced unions
into existence. That cause was the oppression of labor by capital. Unions are such
an evil in the tyranny they exercise and in their check to individual freedom,
that there must be some very strong cause which continues their existence in spite
of their evils. Nothing with evil in it continues to exist unless there is a powerful
reason for its existence. That reason to-day is the same reason which gave rise to
unions.
It is the self-defense of the laboring man against the special privileges which
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make a few wealthy and powerful. It is the laboring man^s battle for life; only, he
does not see the root of the evil and continually attacks the result. He is engaged
in the task of baling out the sea. He opposes capital on the one hand and the
starving army of the unemployed^ on the other, but fails to attack the causes alike
of excessive and tyrannous capital, and of the clamorous army of those who have
no choice but to take any wages or starve.
As the arm^ increases — as the supply of labor more and more exceeds the
demand, the more desperate and the more useless will be the struggle of the unions,
until out of desperation will be bom a truer remedy: more freedom for all, less
legal privilege to a few.
Divorce Again
CO many communications have been received by this magazine and myself, con-
^ corning the article on divorce in the August number, that some further
discussion has been requested by the editors. All of the comments were in a kindly
tone, but most of them disagreed with me, and some expressed regret that I was an
advocate of such views.
I have felt for a long time that it matters little what comes to any man of
praise or blame. Any one man's career is soon over, and the only questions the
future will ask are, "Was he honest?'* "Did he aid the truth?" Only time can
tell whether a man has aided the truth; but as discussion is fatal to error and
favorable to truth, I believe any agitation — even hostile agitation — of a question
of morals is better than stagnation. All men should unite in saying, "Let the
truth prevail.''
In the first place, I have to suggest here, as I have had occasion to do in other
discussions, that, merely because a man advocates freedom, he is not to be under-
stood as desiring to abolish, even if he could, all decency, all loyalty, all unselfishness.
The men who opposed human slavery in this country, by the same curious perversion
of ideas, were supposed to be opposed to all law and order and rights of civilized
society. The word "freedom" to the slaveholders of the South meant "License,''
"Anarchy" and such other false-logic, bugaboo words.
Now, in every state of society — and whether divorce be free or not — fidelity,
loyalty, steadfastness, tenderness, unselfishness, have been and will be more valued
than fickleness, disloyalty and selfishness. No one can, even if he would, ever make
the worthy unworthy, or the base of higher value than the nol)le.
The question is. Shall men and women regulate their own marriage relations
by their own sense of right, decency, loyalty and fitness, or shall the law undertake
to judge for them and keep together those who would be asunder? If the law
must keep cat and dog chained together for the good of the state, then Plato's
"Republic" offers the only logical plan — which is that the law must determine before-
hand who may marry, and see to it that cat and dog are not chained together. It
is recognized that the marrying is solely the affair of the mating couple — even the
breaking of the engagement is solely the affair of one party (except the action for
damages for the breach of contract). But as soon, as the couple is wed, then,
whether they have children or not, or whether they possess property or not, the
state says they must stay together, even though both be tugging at their chains.
It is not enough that they wish to separate. One must commit adultery, or be
a drunkard, or commit some other brutality. When one does this, then the other,
in spite of children, in spite of property rights, may have a divorce, and all this
nonsense about public policy requiring people to live together who wish to be apart
falls to the ground.
The fact is, this vacant . theory which is chattered by parrots about the state
having a vital interest in the home and family is borrowed from the canon law.
The church, of course, did have an interest in keeping up the home, because marriage
was a sacrament of the church, and must not be trifled with, and, of course, the
state — ^that is, human society — ^has an interest in its units or families being decent
and prosperous. But I ask sound argument and sound logic and sound morals to
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prove to me that the state or any one else has any interest in perpetuating a family
hell upon earth or in keeping together a couple either one of which intensely abhors
the union. The result of the forced union is neglect of children, demoralization
of the home atmosphere, and often adultery. .
The state has no greater interest in a family than the family itself, and has
no greater interest in children than have the parents; and when the useless inter-
ference of the law is removed, society will find that the real bond is either love or
that sense of duty and high morals which is the only true law, or lastly, a fear
t)f the opinion of society. Instead of morals being worse with free divorce, they
Avill be better, and conduct now excused or extenuated will no longer be tolerated.
The logical conclusion is that what begins with the parties alone, and the
^foundation of which is the will of the parties, should end with the parties alone,
and when that foundation has fallen.
The needless injury done by the law may be illustrated by a very common
case. Wlien the man or woman has been guilty of such an offense that the law
permits a divorce, and the couple themselves recognize that there must be a divorce,
and are willing for the sake of their children to separate quietly, they can not do
so, but the law actually compels them to come into court and blazon abroad the
mistakes and unhappiness which belong peculiarly and privately to themselves.
The brutality of the law is illustrated by another case, not uncommon. When one
of the married pair goes to the other and frankly and honestly admits that time
and circimistances have produced a change, that he or she loves another, the law
does not permit them to separate quietly ; it does not pejmit them to separate at all ;
but if the one who has changed commits adultery, then guilt receives from the law
the freedom denied to innocence. Such a chain upon human freedom can only be
productive of deception and immorality.
There was in some of the communications a certain shocked sense that marriage
should be called mating, sexual mating. Undoubtedly marriage is of two elements :
sexual affinity, or love, and congeniality, or friendship. With youth, the mere blind
instinct called love is apt to sway, and hence so many matrimonial mistakes. Unless
calm friendship, esteem, fellowship exists, the marriage can not be of life-long
happiness. But to deny the great part which sex plays in marriage is to be blind
to nature. W-e may refine it as much as we please, and the falsely modest may
ignore it as much as they please, yet sex, and sexual love, will continue to make
marriages until the end, as it has made mating from the beginning.
I do not mean that the mere sexual mating is before the eyes of young couples,
but I mean the force is there, just as the force of gravity controls us, though we
are unconscious of it.
• In conclusion, as marriage is a mating, freely made by the parties alone,
founded upon a desire to live together, neither society, state, children, nor anybody
else is benefited by compelling people to live together who have ceased to desire it.
If one repels a marriage association so earnestly that his or her moral nature and
sense of right fail to make the union tolerable, it is better he or she should be bid
to deparfc in peace. When one hates, where both should love, it is better to let them
adjust their mistake as freely as they were permitted to make it. When this day
arrives — as it will — then the woman (usually the injured party) or her relatives
will, before the marriage, be sure that she is not to be the toy of a year, and by
contract will secure her and her children's property rights. In short, freedom and
self-help will hereafter, as always, make for truer happiness and truer justice.
With the utmost respect for those who believe marriage to be God-ordained, and
all its phases fixed by divine decree, I recognize that with these no discussion of this
question is possible; for, as the Godhead is omniscient, there can be no question of its
edicts. But the history of religions — Christian, Buddhist, and Mohammedan —
and the practical departure to-day of the law from religion in this respect, show that
the divine edicts will not be accepted by society as unchangeable. Therefore a gen-
eral discussion is, I think, pertinent and useful.
.i J ^r.^.
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A revierw^ of current books and an opinion of tkeir merits
A reading of Dolph Wyllarde's "The
Rat-trap" leaves the Header halting be-
tween two opinions: the first, a lively
appreciation of a remarkable story, intelli-
gently conceived and brilliantly executed;
the second, a decided inclination to disa-
gree with the author in his reasoning.
The writer, we take it, who deals with
great life questions, must be guided by
great life principles. Of these, "the
wages of sin is death," ^Tiappiness can not
result from evil," are the foremost. Ex-
ceptions there may be, but literature —
as governed by the canons of art — ^must
abide by the fundamental principles.
Surely, to unite a man and woman in a
great love, when a deed of dishonor stands
forever between them, is to
defy the essential articles of
TLe
•^ "CJ. J nic essential ai tivjies ui
Kat-trap right and wrong. But putting
aside all casuistic quibbles, we gladly give
Mr. Wyllarde credit for an extremely
entertaining und powerful novel. Its
locale. Key Island, an isolated British
dependency, is not a prepossessing one,
and the handful of English men and
women marooned there are not to be
envied. But this very isolation gives the
story a dramatic insularity which is made
singularly effective.
Most daring is the author. He never
stays his hand, whether it be in laying
bare the quivering tissues of a woman's
heari:, or in exposing the inmost purposes
of a man's mind. In fact, audacity of
plan and treatment is the first character-
istic of the whole book. The author snaps
his fingers at conventions, and the result,
though it arouse antagonism, is forceful
and most impressive.
(John Lane, New York.)
If you're looking for two or three hours
of solid fun, just clamber into the Bishop's
carriage, and take a ride with Nance
Olden. A merry chase she'll lead you,
to be sure — the madcap ! — \^nth her artful
tongue and her deceitful wit. But you'll
enjoy yourself, never fear, and you'll find
a new and piquant fiavor in this breezy,
racy story — jaded old novel reader though
you be.
Nance Olden is an Oliver Twist in
petticoats — a Trilby and a Becky Sharp
rolled into one. She is more than that,
for she hails from New York, and is
distinctly a product of "th' Avenoo."
Whether she is real or not depends
largely upon the credulity of the reader;
but, at least she is the most en-
livening figure that has pranced across
Miriam Michelion, author of "In the Bishop's
Carriage."
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
T 1 T>- L ' ^^^ pages of latter-day
^ ™ ^"^^P » fiction. Her verve is
Carnage untiring; her wit, un-
failing; her courage, dauntless. And her
badness is only skin-deep — just an ugly
vesicle acquired through bad associates
and environment, which speedily cracks
off, chrysalis-like, leaving the soul more
pure and sweet because of its unlovely
disguise.
The newspaper training of the author,
Miriam Michelson, has brought her into
familiar contact with the people of the
streets and the theatres, and she speaks
intimately of the life of the under-world
and the stage.
So here's to you, Nance Olden, child-
thief, incomparable mimic. You're the
cocktail on the literary sideboard. Prosit !
(The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis.)
If you care for the historical novel of
the old school — ^that is, the school the
vogue of which was at its zenith four or
five years ago — ^you will like "The Bright
Face of Danger."
It is the kind of a book that resembles
closely a hundred others of the same
family, and is no better than they — and
certainly no worse. Moreover, any of the
reviews written for the rest might be
equally adapted to this one.
The author, E. N. Stephens, is an
expert at his craft, and he works in the
most pliable material. Hot-blooded youth,
a ready sword, a desperate villain, a lovely
lady in distress, a duel, a flight, a few
love passages and a lived-happily-ever-
after: these are the essential components,
TL "R • L to he arranged according
Ihc iiright ^Q ^i^g ^^:^^ Q^ purpose
Face of Danger of the author.
Recognizing its sole purpose — to amuse
— Mr. Stephens' book is quite satisfactory.
Its swift movement, its deeds of prowess,
its intrigues and mysteries, its high-flown
sentiment make it a good sample of the
novel of "dering-do."' The hero is no less
a hero than his many predecessors, and he
handles his sword in true knightly fashion.
As a lover, too, he is adequate, and con-
ducts his amour in gallant style. As for
villainy, never was there such a pair of
red-handed rascals as the "Count" and
the "Red Captain." If you weren't quite
certain that, as a thorough-going historical
romance, it must result happily, you would
tremble for the outcome.
(L. C. Page & Co., Boston.)
In the preface to his latest collection
of animal stories, entitled "The Watchers
of the Trails," Mr. Charles G. D. Rob-
erts is at some pains to set forth that his
tales are "avowedly fiction." At the same
time, he explains that "the material of
which they are molded consists of facts."
In other words, the stories, while not
necessarily actual occurrences, are consist-
ent with the truth. And as to the ascrip-
tion of human motives and mental pro-
cesses to the beasts and birds, for which
Mr. Roberts and Mr. Seton were gently
taken to task by Mr. Burroughs, he aflBrms
his right to infer such motives, as under-
lying the actions of the animals as he has
observed them.
Without entering further into the con-
troversy, the author is at least immune
from criticisms of sensationalism. He
TLc successfully avoids the sen-
"Watckers of timental and melodramatic
tte Trails pitfalls, into which some of
his compeers have stumbled. His stories
are marked by a broad sincerity, an anx-
ious regard for the truth — and this with-
out sacrificing one least degree of interest,
for it is safe to say that no more readable
animal stories have ever been gathered
into one volume. Mr. Roberts covers the
whole scope of the animal kingdom; and
whether he is writing of bird or beast,
fish or insect, he is equally at home. It is
noteworthy that the most successful tales
are those which transcribe simply an in-
cident from the life of some "furtive crea-
ture" of the forest's fringe, the hedgerow,
marsh or pool, rather than the more ex-
tensive stories. These bits of animal bi-
ography, as interpreted in the glowing
colors and intimate understanding of the
author, are singularly appealing, and pos-
sess a true dramatic quality. Sad they are,
too, for nature is full of tragedy.
The volume is exquisitely gotten up and
its many full-page illustrations and end-
page decorations, by C. L. Bull, add much
to its value.
(L. C. Page & Co., Boston.)
A Leaf from tkc Csmics Notebook —
A woman may not be able to throw
a baseball or sharpen a pencil, but she
can pack more things into a trunk than
a man could get into a freight car.
When a girl's hair is coming down, her
skirt sags and things are loose at the
back, she imagines that she's gotten up
in "studied disorder."
The first thing some women will do
when they reach heaven is to locate the
best pier glasses.
A girl knows more in five minutes about
the art of kissing than a man could learn
in five years — but she's mighty careful
not to let the man know that she knows.
A fussy woman makes you think of a
hen, but for a fussy man nature provides
no parallel.
On tne Contrary—
The Man was admiring the Girl's figure
as she strode around the golf links.
What splendid proportions, thought he,
what rounded outlines.
Later he saw her in bathing, and stood
aghast.
Where were the generous curves, tlie
graceful contours?
Instead, angles and flat straight lines.
And yet they say that figures can't lie,
he thought, sorrowfully.
TLe Weaker Sex-
One of those frail, fragile, Dresden
china creatures called girls will:
Dance from 8 p. m. to 5 a. m. with
exposed arms and neck, constricting stays
and crippling French heels, and suffer no
ill effects.
Gambol for hours at a time in the
coldest water, while the men stay in from
seven to twelve minutes, and then break
for their heaviest sweaters and V. 0. P.
Consume such inordinate quantities of
chocolates, sundas, bon-bons, ice cream
sodas, etc., etc., as would ruin the diges-
tion of a glass-eater.
And perform other equally wonderful
feats of strength, endurance and resist-
ance.
Yet they call them "the weaker sex."
Legal term illustrated: '^'^ Filing kis Suit.'
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
TKe Idea-
Jones took the night train from St.
Paul to Chicago. Being restless, and un-
accustomed to riding in a sleeper, he
tossed about a great deal, and each time
his head came into violent contact with
the top or sides of his berth.
A friend greeted him at the station.
"Well, Jones, Tm glad to see you.
How are you, anyway — but what under
the sun has happened to your head ?
"0, nothing much/^ was the grim reply.
"Those are onlv berth-marks."
Gladys : I had the loveliest time at the
beach ! Just think : I was there less than
two weeks and had sixteen proposals!
Mayme : Why you wrote me there were
only two eligible men in the place!
Gladys: Well? That^'s seven for one
and nine for the other.
Mrs. Book Worm: Why, B. W., how
yellow you look! I believe you have an
attack of the jaundice.
Mr. Book Worm: No, it must be the
effect of that yellow journal I ate yes-
terday.
Tte Lover 8 Dilemma
(Triolet)
When her eyes confess
And her lips deny,
How^s a lover to sfuess —
When her eyes confess
Does she mean no or yes?
Love-tortsred am I
When her eyes confess
And her lips deny*
-G. T.
An Object Lesson —
For a solid half hour Johnny
Jones had worried his father
with a series of such questions
as could suggest themselves to
no mmd but that of a wide-
awake seven-year-old. They
ranged on a wide variety of
subjects, and finally ended up
with the Eastern unpleasant-
ness. "Pa, Where's the ^seat
of war'?''
The worm turned.
"That's the place where I'll
make it mighty warm for you,
if you don't quit asking me
fool questions."
Charley: I notice that Mae has taken
to riding astride.
Evelyn : Well, she has the right.
Charley : I didn't see anything the mat-
ter with her left.
First Chorus Girl: What did Dotty
say when the manager fired her because
she couldn't dance?
Second C. G.: She said she didn't
care — she had no kick coming.
ROGRESS
HSM
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Devoted to tbe energy^ entkusiasm, growtk^ progress and
development of tke great Nortkwcst
Ignorance —
People don't know about the Pacific Coast — its resources, its possibilities , its
incomparable advantages. If they did, there would be such an influx of homeseekers
that tlie railroad facilities would be taxed to the uttermost to handle them. But,
they don't know.
To the average inhabitant of the East or of the Middle West, the Pacific Coast —
that wondei'ful section betvjeen the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean — is an
unknown land, mythical, distant, unreal.
Many there are, of course, who have read of the beneficent conditions which
have combined to create this wonderland, and have marveled thereat, but have not
been convinced, A few have passed through on a touring trip, and have been moved
to wonder and delight.
But they don't know.
The fact is, the majority of people who live on the Pacific Coast are themselves
unaware of the future in store for this region. Only a few of wide-compassing vision
have fully measured the resources of this country. Still fewer — those of prophetic
souls — have read the sigiis of future greatness.
As surely as the, sun rises and sets, so surely does the course of empire move
westward; so surely is the star of progress moving toward the Pacific Coast, as the
scene of the next great act in the advance of human development.
''The man on the Pacific Coast to-day is facing the front of the world."
Tkc Larger Future of tke Nortkwest —
In the Chicago Kecord-Herald there
appeared recently an article by the rail-
road editor, setting forth the wonderful
opportunities of the Northwest, especially
as based upon irrigation. The writer has
visited this section and has thoroughly
familiarized himself with the situation.
As a result he presents a glowing picture
of the present prosperity and the future
greatness of their favored region. In
his opening paragraph he strikes this key-
note of enthusiasm :
"The Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Wash-
ington and Idaho, is on the eve of big
opportunity. There are many reasons for
believing that the lands of the picturesque
Columbia and the Willamette are shortly
to see a development which will rival any-
thing in history. For more than three
years the people of the far Northwest have
been engaged in a campaign of education
unique in character, national in scope,
intense in purpose and which will culmin-
ate in the Lewis and Clark Exposition
to be held in Portland in 1905.
"Back of this campaign is the enthusi-
asm of several millions of people with an
unbounded faith in a territory, which,
they will tell you, is richer in resources,
climate and scenery than any other terri-
tory of equal area on the globe. The
enthusiasm of the people of the Pacific
Northwest is characteristic. There is
nothing like it in the United States. They
want population, and population they are
rapidly acquiring. When people tell you
in sober earnest that if the Pilgrim
Fathers had landed upon the Pacific Coast
instead of Plymouth Rock the East would
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to-day be a desert, you may be sure there
is something doing in the way of active
development. The kind of enthusiasm
which permeates the Northwest is illus-
trated by the recent organization of the
Oregon Development League with head-
quarters in Portland. Every business
man worthy of the name is a member,
and they pay a man a salary of $6,000.00
annually just to tell the people about the
resources of their state."
In speaking of the large part immigra-
tion is to play in the coming development
of the Northwest, the writer says that "ir-
A bucket tramway, used to convey wheat and
other produce from the hifh ground to
the Columbia River.
rigation has become the slogan of this cam-
paign for population. The people of
Oregon and the Northwest, alive to the
possibilities that lie in irrigation, are
making a determined effort to secure the
1905 convention of the National Irriga-
tion Association. If this convention can
be induced to meet in Portland during
the Lewis and Clark Exposition it is felt
that irrigation, and consequently immi-
gration, will receive a tremendous impetus.
"Irrigation has already become one of
the main factors in the development of
the Pacific Northwest. Probablv nowhere
are the possibilities of irrigation greater,
and nowhere are there to be found better
examples of the irrigation methods of the
present and what can be accomplished
by them. Even now more than 1,800,000
acres of land are under irrigation and
partly settled, which added in 1903
through products of the soil a total of
$10,729,000 to the Pacific Northwest.
Nearly 5,400,000 acres still remain which
are transformable into a garden. It is,
therefore, estimated that irrigation will
eventually add fully $338,000,000 annu-
ally to the wealth of this favored country.
These estimates are not fanciful, but are
rather under drawn. They are based upon
an average producing value of $50.00 per
acre, which is conservative. Thousands
of acres of land already under irrigation
bring returns from $100.00 to $300.00
per acre. In the State of Washington
more than 2,000,000 acres are susceptible
of irrigation and 150,000 acres are now
under irrigation, and are rapidly coloniz-
ing. In Oregon 2,775,000 acres are capa-
ble of irrigation, and 225,000 acres are
now under irrigation. In Idaho 620,000
acres can be irrigated, and about 713,595
acres are now under irrigation.
"It is stated that 600,000,000 acres of
Western land are susceptible of irrigation,
but that the water available will not ir-
rigate more than 60,000,000. Of this
amount the works i)lanned and being
planned by the government do not cover
more than 20,000,000 acres, leaving 40,-
000,000 acres to be developed by private
enterprise."
Tkc Nortk"wcflt and tke Tourist —
The tourist is beginning to appreciate
the beauties of the Pacific Coast. For
years California has been most popular —
and justly so — with the seeker after
health and recreation. But even Cali-
fornia, charming as it is, with its per-
petual sunshine, its orange groves and
its poppies, presents no such scenic
grandeur as the states that lie to the
north of it. Indeed, in no other section
of the world is to be found such a wide
variety of picturesque features. Here
may be seen mountains as grand, as awe-
inspiring as any in the Alps or the
Pyrenees. Neither the Ehine nor the
Hudson, nor any other river, can rival
the marvelous beauty of the gorge of the
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Columbia. Xowhere in the world can be
found such magnificent forests as are
here to be seen. Niagara may boast
greater volume, but in height and in
number, and in the savage beauty of
their setting, the waterfalls of the North-
west are peerless.
Then there is the coast of the Pacific,
with its sandy beaches, its driftwood, its
sheltered coves and jutting headlands.
There is Puget Sound, an inland sea of
surpassing beauty, dotted with myriad,
gem-like isles that rival in lovliness those
of the St. Lawrence. There are the many
mountain lakes and streams, the canyons,
the glaciers, the countless beautiful and
impressive views that charm the eye and
inspire the soul.
Moreover, there are other things of
exceptional interest to the tourist. There
are thriving cities, beautiful in their
location, their streets, buildings, parks
and natural environments. There are
great harbors at which ships from all
over the worid are at anchor. There are
great industries carried on on a scale
imparalleled elsewhere. Here the great
forces of development are in visible opera-
tion. And to all these attractions are
added climatic conditions that approach
the ideal.
Surely, with all these enticements, the
tourist can not ignore the appeal of this
wonder-country to the lover of the beauti-
ful, the unusual, the picturesque.
TkcWkcatYicia-
The figures of the official estimate of
the wheat yield for Oregon, Washington
and Idaho are most gratifying. They
show that the crop, while not a record-
breaker, by any means, is an excellent
one. There is a large increase in acreage,
and the average yield is satisfactory.
Washington leads with 11,426,061 bushels
of winter wheat, with an average of 26.3
bushels per acre. The acreage has grown
from 373,989 acres to 434,451 acres, and
the total increase is at the rate of 52.1 per
cent. In Oregon the yield is 7,828,034
bushels, an increase of 870,423 bushels
over last year. Idaho's harvest will be
4,058,878 bushels, neariy double that of
last year. The sum total for the three
states is 23,312,973 bushels, which with
the prevailing high prices, will represent
quite a bundle of money for the farmers
of the Pacific Northwest.
Diversified Fiakeries —
A prominent Washington newspaper
calls attention to the possibilities of
diversified fishing in our streams and on
our coast.
"There is money to be made in the
fishing business," it says. "It is an indus-
try that has been worked in the Northwest
on but one or two lines, and these have
been overworked. Excessive salmon fish-
ing has depleted the supply. Rivers need
restocking if the salmon industry is to
be saved to posterity. The mjeans of main-
taining a perpetual supply must be pro-
vided by legislation.
"But there are other lines of fishing
that can be developed while we are
remedying the errors we have made by
excesses in the one direction. We can
develop a future resource in shellfish
and varieties of other fish heretofore per-
mitted to live and die in countless millions
without consideration.
"A few years ago the shrimp consumed
on Puget Sound came wholly from Cali-
fornia waters. And all the time the waters
of Puget Sound teemed with a superior
article. We buy canned lobster though
it has been demonstrated that the Puget
Sound crab packed in tins is a positive
luxury. Canned clams find a ready mar-
ket even here at home. We send East for
oysters, though the Eastern varieties can
be produced" here in greatest perfection.
Shad are abundant, and with rock cod,
salmon, salmon trout, smelt, sea bass and
many other varieties, can be shipped in
cold storage to responsive markets all over
the continent. There are small varieties
of smelt that resemble sardines in flavor,
and herring, too, are abundant. Then
there is the anchovy. These delicate little
fish swarm in nearly all Pacific Coast
waters. They are, perhaps, our most
valuable fish, yet no steps have been taken
to make use of them.
"Diversified fishing, like diversified
farming, is of greater benefit to communi-
ties. It means a larger army of the em-
ployed, a more extended season of activity,
a greater amount of capital invested, a
larger and more valuable product and
more general commercial relations with
other markets."
DRIFT.
Nearing the End.
Methuselah was in his nine hundred and
sixty-eighth year. It was a long, dry sum-
mer that year, too, and Abelgad the Beehe-
mite. and Obadad the Dinnymite, were fret-
ting over the drought.
"Yes," quavered Methuselah, fidgeting
with his stout cane, "it is prettv warm; but
1—**
Here Abelgad and Obadad winked know-
ingly at each other.
"But I," Methuselah continued, "can't say
that T recollect any year that ever has given
us such a long, dry spell. '^
Then Obadad and Abelgad walked softly
■away, saying one to another that the old man
was showing his first signs of breaking down.
— Judge.
» » •
A Different Viewpoint.
For the seventeenth time the stout visitor
had groped patiently under the couch, on
w^hich he was sitting, for a rubber ball be-
longing to his hostess' little son. Each time
it was returned to him the delighted young-
•ster squealed with delight.
"How little, '* sad the mother, "it takes
to amuse a child."
"Well, I don't know about that," re-
turned the visitor, who was crimson from ex-
-ertion and decidedly limp as to collar. "It
•seems to me that it takes a great deal." —
Woman 's Home Companion.
» » •
Significant.
Margaret's father and mother, whose home
was in Xew York City, had arranged to take
a long-talked-of trip to Chicago. The night
before they were to start on their Western
-expedition, Margaret's mamma told the little
girl that she must go to bed early, as she
would have to be up by daylight the next
morning.
Margaret very obediently consented to pre-
pare for bed. When her dress had been taken
■off and her nightie put on, she knelt to say
her prayers. She closeiV her petition as fol-
lows :
"Good-by, God! Good-by, angels! Good-
byl Good-by! I'm going to Chicago to-mor-
row!"— Woman's Home Comi)anion.
« :K :K
Meekly — Y'es, we're going to move to
Swamphurst.
Doctor — But the climate there may disa-
gree with your wife.
Meekly — It wouldn 't dare. — Philadelphia
Prj^ss.
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1 CAMMED goods:
I
Feas.Corn.Jtult^
Tomatoes. Bean^i
VejetaLWes.Cilsup.
, Salmon .OlivcOil.
'^Yrup5, Clams,
0Y5ter5,6hrimp.
'Lob5ter^..,_
Vi
Preferred Stock
Portland. Oreoon.
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
How to Spell Oat.
Brown— "I had a letter from Smith this
morning, and I bet you a cookie you don't
guess in half a dozen guesses how the igno-
rant beggar spelled cat."
Jones-^a bet I do."
Brown— '* All right, then; fire away."
Jones— *'C-a-t-t."
Brown— ** No."
Jones— '*C-a-t-t-e."
Brown— ** No."
Jones— '*K-a-t."
Brown— ** No."
Jones— *^K-a-t-t."
Brown— *^ No."
Jones— '*K-a-t-t-e."
Brown— ** No."
Jones— **C-a-g-h-t."
Brown— ''No."
Jones— ''Well, how did he spell itt"
Brown— "Cat."
Jones (angrily)— "But you said he was an
ignorant beggar."
Brown— "So I did; but it is not likely that
he would be so ignorant as not to be able to
spell cat."— March Woman's Home Com-
panion.
* * *
" 'Tis a great ambition Oi hov," said Cas-
sidy.
"To work so ye '11 hov lots o' money, Oi
suppose," said Casey.
"No; to hov lots o' money so Oi won't
hov to work."— Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Power of Beauly
b known and understood
by every woman
Facial defects no longer marks for life.
Send two cents for booklet by
Aza Holmes Ribbecke
Graduate Dennatoloclst
Scientific Facial Correotionist
Beaatifler and Restorer
of Yonthfol Oomlineas.
Parlors* 364 MorriMa St PORTLAND, ORE.
An Attractive
SpOt^a a a
When you want something original and
artistic for your Den or Bachelor apartments
wheti^er in a picture, cast or choice piece of
pottery; or if you wish to have your picture
property framed and artistically mounted, call
and see the
LITTLE ART SHOP
No. 175 Fourth Street
Y. M. C. A. Bldg., Portland, Or.
4i
I TREAT FOR THE. TRAVELER I
h^t^t^^Mitt^t^^^
THB best medical authorities are unanimous in recom-
mending horseback riding for nervous, lung and
kindred complaints. Particularly is this mode of exercise
beneficial on this West coast, where the patient can enjoy
the pure open air, inhale nature's ozone and the resinous
fragrance of pine, fir, cedar and hemlock.
Saddlb H0RS8S AND Carriages
Horses Bought and Sold : :
PORTLAND BJDINC CLUB w.c«o«m,Mr.
394 Eleventh St., Portfcuid, Ore. 'pmonb asa
Gold FUUngs : $1.00 | Gold downs : $4.00
Silver FUUngs : : .50 1 FtiU Set of Teeth, 5.00
Thete are new prices for first class work.
I give my personal attention to patrons and DO ab-
solutely guarantee ald my work for ten years.
I have the latest appliances known to dentistry.
OFFICE HOURS : 8 to 5. Suudsy, lo to 12.
W. T. SLATTEN, Dentist, '^:,'^^t'' """'o-ff^-ao'i
DRIFT.
Obituary.
(From the Weekly Trego Truckpateh.)
\ The old man Gunn
Of Jayhawker's run,
f Who had the mon,
J" Died to-day at one.
A neighbor's son
*. Shot Gunn
With a shot-gun.
He leaves one..
Son.
Now every one
Asks every one,
*' Shall we call this son.
This Gunn's son.
This son of a Gunn,
The heir Gunnf— Judge.
Robert B. Mantell tells of a clergyman
who went fishing. He was perched in a pre-
carious position when he got a bite, and in
his excitement fell into the stream.
He yelled lustily for help, and a farmer
came along and pulled him out.
**How did you come to fall int" inquired
his rescurer.
**I didn't come to fall in," replied the
dripping preacher, **I came to fish.*'— New
York Telegram.
• • •
Wise Brothers, Dentists.
Failing Building, Third and Washington Sts.
Portland, Oregon*
5). P 1 N A U d'^S
lEw BE^ ClTUININEl
Ed. Knaud's Eau de Quiiune
lsthtb«£t Hflir RestorflUve Vxwy^"t\—\\ preservM the
hair from piarasitic attacks, tones up the hair bulbs,
dcan&es the scalp and posSttvely removes dandmlf
£d. Piiiaiid*^ Eau de Quinine
l!t also a most extreLletit Hair Dnesslnp^The sweet
and refined odgr which ^\ Jeeves in tlie hair makei
the toilet a luxury ;:;;;;;
SOLD EVBHV WHERE
Bottles,
$1.00
SanipureMii-k|
TRUE TO NATURE ^
A COUNTERPART OF MOTHERS
MILK , A MOST NOURISHING
DIET, EASILY DIGESTED. -4—
A PERFCT FOOD
FOR INFANTS]
A SANIPUREBABY
AT 4 MONTHS
AND AT 4 TEARS
NOURISHED ENTIRLY
^SANfpURE/
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
He Helped Himself.
**Well, Bobby, how do you like church?"
asked his father, as they walked homeward
from the sanctuary, to which Bobby had just
paid his first visit.
*^It's fine!" ejaculated the young man.
**How much did you get, father?"
**How much did I get I Why, what do you
meanf How much whatt" asked the aston-
ished parent at this evident irreverence.
*'Why, don^t you remember when the funny
old man passed the money around I I only got
ten cents." — Lippincott's Magazine.
Got a Bite.
In a certain town in the north of Ireland
there is a fishing-tackle shop, the sign whereof
is a brazen trout dangling at the end of a
fishing rod of massive proportions. Late one
night a townsman who had been dining **not
wisely but too well" happened to see this
fish. He looked at it, then went cautiously
to the door and knocked gently.
** Who's there?" demanded the shopkeeper
from an upper window.
^'Sh-h! Don't make a noise, but come down
as quietly as you can," was the reply. Think-
ing something serious was the matter, the
man arose and stole downstairs.
*^Now, what's the matter?" he inquired.
**Pull your line in quick; you have got a
bite," roared the tipsy one as he erratically
turned a corner. — London Tit-Bits.
Both Very Old.
When off duty. Professor Richards, of Yale,
enjoys a joke, and his pupils often come to
him when they have heard a new one. He
adds to the fun sometimes with a witticism
of his own. Such was the case when one of
the students perpetrated the following an-
tiquity: ** Professor, would you like a good
recipe for catching rabbits?"
' * Why, yes, ' ' replied the professor. * * What
is it?"
'*Well, you crouch down behind a thick
stone wall and make a noise like a turnip,"
answered the youth, giggling in ecstasy. Quick
as a flash came the reply: **0h, a better way
than that would be for you to go and sit
quietly in a -bed of cabbage heads and look
natural." — Christan Endeavor World.
Modem Literary Business.
^*Yes, gentlemen," says the first promoter,
**I will come in on the deal with you and
help you to promote the combination on one
condition."
^^And that is?" asked the others.
**That I have the privilege of writing the
magazine expose of our dealings with the
public."
After forcing him to agree that all the rest
shall have time to publish their articles on
**How to succeed" before he writes his ar-
ticle, the papers are signed Judge.
QUEEN LOUISE FACE ]
MASSAGE CREAM
Beaatifies, nonthea, lnviffnrnt<^. refrpHhfn and
cleanses. Will remove Wrinkles, Freckles. RIackheadN.
Tan, Bunbum and other Facial Bleminhen. It pro-
duces a velvety clear complexion. It im u#ed b} all the
leading society ladies ana prominent actref«rte^.
For sale by all prominent department t*ion-*. druij
stores and barber supply houset* in the Fnited Stat***.
If your dealer cannot supply you with the Quet-n
Louise Cream, order direct from u*i. niviuK his name,
and upon receipt of 50 cents for a 8-oz. jar or tlAt) for
the 6-oz. beautiful crystal jar, we will send you b> ex-
press prepaid the Queen Louis** Cream, together with
a beautiful illustrated book givinK full directions how
to use the Cream for Facial and Body MasftaKe.
Address Dept. B. R.
N. LOPARD <8b CO., Inc.
705 Broadway. : New York. N. Y.
4C0AL
INDUCEMENT
We want to sell 70a a ton of our COAL.
We will marantee to sell it to yon cheaper, if you
mention The Faoiflo Monthly, than you can buy a sim-
ilar srade elsewhere.
You can telephone us the order if you wish, but yon
must mention this magazine to get the reduction.
Our regular prices are f5.60 to $7.00 per ton delivered.
We make a lower price to the reader of thiM ad.
W hen
you bu>
:oa I
329BURNSI[>E ST
our
you ^
firHt -claicft
guaran-
teed ar-
ticle.
Sftecial
rates* on
car lots of
steam c«miI
and on
f oun d ry
and smel-
ter coke.
2776
Poftlinii,
Ore.
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G. P. RUMMELIN (& SONS
No. 126 Second St, near WasUi^tOA, Portland, Ore.
FINE FURS
Novelties in Fur Stoles, Fur Boas, Fur
Neckwear, Fur Pillow Muffs
ALASKA SEALSKINS, LONDON DYE,
OUR SPECIALTY
Newest Styles in Sealskin. Persian Lamb. Otter.
Beaver, Bear Seal and Moire Astrachan Coats,
with handsome brocade or plain satin linings.
FUR RUGS AND ROBES. Send for Catalogue.
I^EADING and RKI^IABI^E FURRIERS
AN OFFER AND A TEST
■ —
$25 DISCOUNT ON NEW PIANOS
TO ASCERTAIN the value of The Padfic Monthly as an advertising medium, as we are a number
of other publications, we print bolow a coupon which, if presented here at time of purchase
and before the time specified on the coupon, will secure to purchaser a discount of S25.0O on any new
piano in our store.
Remember, this means your choice of Chickering, Weber, Kimball, Hazelton, Lester, Hobart M.
Cable, Crown, Bailey, Hallet & Davis, Bause, and twenty other makes of highest grade pianos.
Cut* tUs out. Worth $25 Cash.
EILCRS PIANO HOUSE
Pacific Monthly Coupon
This Coupon will be received at Ellen Piano House
No. 861 Washington St.. Portland, Ore., and is good for
Twenty-five Dollars
toward the pnrchase price of any one of our new pianos. If
presented at any time before the first of December, 1904.
EILER8 PIANO HOUSE.
NOTK: We agree to accept this Goupon exactly the
same as cash on any piano in our stock, and arrangements
may be made for payment of the remainder by the week or
month, as beet suits the convenience of the buyer. Deliv-
ery of the instrument will be made immediately or any
time in the future.
EILERS
PIANO HOUSE
The Largest, Liveliest, Most* Responsible
and Popular Piano Concern on the
Padilc Coast*
351 Washington St., Cor. Park
PORTLAND, ORE.
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«
The WASHINGTON LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY i^ y^
FIRST IN SAFETY AND RELIABILITY
FIRST IN EARNINGS AND PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS
FIRST IN TAKING CARE OF THE INTERESTS
OF POLICY HOLDERS
H WASHINGTON LIFE Endowment Policies and 5% Gold
Bonds can be secured on annual payments* No taxes« Insurance
for your family^ or estate^ pending maturity* These unsurpassed con-
tracts oHer the safest and best means to provide for old age*
H The WASHINGTON Twenty Payment Life, Loan and Term
Extension Policies are unequaled* Call at our oHices and we will
prove it to you*
H The best and most successful business men are the best in-
sured men* No man can afford to be without life insurance*
For particulars, call or write
BLAIR T. SCOTT
GENERAL MANAGER
609.10-11-12 AND 13 CHAMBER OP COMMERCE
PORTLAND, OR£GON
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HOMES FOR HUNDREDS
One hundred thousand acres will be open for public entry on October 20th, 1904. by the State
of Idaho, under the mammoth Twin Palls irrigation canal, in the fertile Snake River
valley in Southern Idaho.
TERMS.
This tract has been set apart for entry under the provisions of the act of Congress, known as
the "Carey Act/' the terms of which are most inviting.
Actual residence is required for but a short period, and any person holding a filing can
transfer his right at any time.
Entries can be made in Government subdivisions, not to exceed 160 acres to one person and
the entry does not conflict with rights of entry under other laws of Congress, can be
made by Power of Attorney.
A uniform price of $25.50 per acre for land and water right, with payment privilege ex-
tended over a period of ten years, has been fixed by the State Land Board.
SOIL.
Rich, alluvial and very productive. It contains no alkali or mineral substancs, and is very
free from gravel and stones.
WATER SUPPLY.
Secured from the Snake River, which will afibrd abundant water for irrigation purposes at
all seasons of the year.
PRODUCTS.
Alfalfa, timothy, clover (both hay and seed), oats, wheat, barley, vegetables, berries and
all deciduous fruits. Red winter apples and peaches here attain perfection.
CANAL.
Twenty six miles of the main canal, 80 feet wide on the bottom and 120 feet on top built to
carry a volume of water ten feet deep, is now completed, and laterals are heme con-
structed to carry water to the lands. This system is the largest in the U. S. and will
ultimately cover an area of 270,000 acres.
POWER.
Shoshone, Salmon, Auger and Twin Palls are immediately adjacent to these lands and will
furnish almost unlimited power. Work is already well advanced at Shoshone Falls
and power will be available at an early date.
CLIMATE.
Is healthful, mild and equable. The winters are mild, the spring and fall seasons usually
very pleasant, while the summers are not uncomfortably warm, the atmosphere being
cooled by the mountain breezes.
The opening of this large tract comes under most auspicious circumstances. Those seeking
homes cannot find greater advantages and opportunities anywhere than are found in the
Twin Falls District.
TWIN FALLS CITY.
Situated near the center of this tract of land, promises a phenomenal growth. Already a
water system and a long distance telephone are installed. Many buildings are in course
of erection, among which is a hotel costing about $50,000.
Town lots are offered at very reasonable prices and are certain to advance rapidly in value.
For Fun ParUcvlars Address
TWIN FALLS INVESTMENT CO.
TWIN PALLS, IDAHO
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TAYLOR, THE TAILOR
MAKES SUITS THAT PIT
Cutting Experience 29 Years
Foreign and Domestic Woolens
92 >^ Sixth St.
PORTLAND, ORE.
PAT FOLKS
I have reduced my weight 55 poumdB, bust 9 inches,
waist 8 inches and hips 9 inches in a short time by a
guaranteed harmless remedy, without exercise or starv-
ing. I want to tell you all about it. Enclose stamp.
Address MRS. CHARLOTTE WOODWARD, Oregon
City, Oregon.
JOHM H. MXTCHXLX
Albskt H. Tannbr
MITCHELL & TANNER
Attomeys-al-Law
Cofnmcrcial Block, PORTLAND, OREGON
Rat«8 Reasonable
Sample Rooms
European Plan
NEWLY OPENED
HOTCL SHANKS
J. B. Shank*, Prop.
First-Olass Check Rentatirant In connection.
To try n» is to Btay with us.
Golden
West
O SPICES, o
COFFEE^TEA,
BAKING POWDER,
FLAVORING EXTRACTS
Akotulf1^Jrj^]f, Rrxeshflavor,
CLOSSETftDEVERS
^ POBTLAWP^ORECON, j
OSTEOPATHY
Drs. anna M. and F. J. BARR
Graduataa of American Sohool of Osteopathy and A. T.
Still Infirmary, of KirkaTille. Mo. 'Phone Main 2226.
Offloe Hoars: 9 to 12 A. ^.. IjBO to 4jB0 P. M.
800 Dckum BIdg. : : : : : Portland, Ore
tjP»#W»tt»e^<
Novelty Photo Fan i i
THE NEWEST THING OUT !►
FOR DECORATING THE HOME
The moat beantifol and artiatio article ever offered.
Holds any cablnet<l»ed photograph or kodiJc picture.
NO PBETTIEBWATeTerdeTiBedtorahowinsphotoa.
Can be hong on the wall, placed in a comer or on the
piano.
Jnst like out, made of flneat mat or poster board,
in l>ottle green, mby red, pearl gray or chocolate
brown, decorated with ribbon to hannonise and se-
curely rireted. Can be opened and closed at will.
SlTCLOjpen 22x12 in., closed tel2 in. SEND 90 GENTS
FOB ONE TODAY. sUting color. A set of four, one
of each color, postpaid for <me dollar. Agenta wanted.
West Coast Supply Co.
165 Park Street Poftiand. Oregon
^ >
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Yaquina Bay*
Stimmer Resort ReacHed Via
Southern Pacific Company
Driving, Boating, Fishing, Hunting, Surf-bathing, may be enjoyed,
and here is the only place where Rock Oysters are found.
DIOOINO ROCK OYSTBRS AT NBWFORT.
Neivportt Cape Fotiliveather Light Hotise»
U. S. Life Saving Station,
are among the many interesting places near this famous resort. Full
information and our beautifully illustrated catalogue may be secured
from, any Southern Pacific Agent, or address
W* £• COMAN, Gen'l Passen|(er A|(ent, Portland, Ore.
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Hartman, Thompson dllPowers
Surety Bonds
Real Estate
and Insurance
3 ViAZUh^" Portland, Oregon
M. C Griswold, President. W. E. Keeler, Sec^,
. J. I^.^l^aztman, Vice-PresidteC : * "
Security Abstract and *
Trust Co.
Mm. 214-215 Chamber of Commerce,
PORTLAND, ORE. '
ABSTRACTS, CERTIFICATES
OF TITLE, TAX SEARCHES, LOANS
Music Lovers! Sr?.ri'ro2:s
CBND JOB 10 oento in silrer or BtAiniM, tocether with the names
^ of 10 peraonfl who get mall at your postofBoe who are inter-
ested in moeio, and we will send yon onr handsome magasine
one year. We reoeire hundreds of new sa^acrlptiona dally
from persons who think our Magasine a bigger bargain than
Harpeor's. Mansey^. Ladies' Home Journal or MoOlnre's. This
is a special offer for a short time only, so send at onoe. Our
Bobeoription price may advance to $1 per year soon. Address
Burses Publishinc Co., DepL K. L., Grand Rapids, Mich.
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If so, have them bound at a
small cost.
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Company
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President
J. Thorburn Ross
Vlce-I^resident and Maqager
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Secretary
John'K. Kolllock
Asst. Secretary
LOANS
REAL ESTATE
Safe Deposit
Vauts
We have the
Largest and Beat
Equipped Real
EsCaU Office and
the largest and most
complete outfit of
maps and plats In the
city. Our real estate
ownership books and
records of claim of
title are accurate and
up-to-date.
ABSTRACTS
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and certificates Issued
thereon.
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6 and 7 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon
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BOSTON
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
PUGET SOUND-ORIENTAL LINE
INTENDED SAILINGS
FROM
TACOMA^N'> SEATTLE
TO
YOKOHAMA, KOBE, MOJI,
NAGASAKI, SHANGHAI,
HONG KONG AND MANILA
Camrins Cargo on thronsh Bills of Lading
to all principal porta in
Japan, Korea, China, Philippine Ishinds,
Straits Settlements and India
Tremont - Aug. 9 Pleiades - Oct. 28
Lyra - - - Sept. 5 Tremont - Nov. 12
Hyades - Sept. 21 Hyades - Dec. 6
Shawmut - Oct. 12 Lyra - - Dec. 12
Pleiades - Dec. 30
Snbject to change withont notice.
SHAWMUT AND TREMONT
Oarry Flrat-GlaaB. Intermediate and
Steerage Paaaengers.
For Rates and other Information apply
to any Agent of the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railways, or
Frank Waterhouse
Managing Agent
SEATTLE, - - WASH.
lam ,
JohnriacMntosh
the Toffee Ring-
Mackintosh's Toffee
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Is a Most Delicious ==
Old English Candy
I AM called " The Toffee King " because I am
the largest manufiacturer of Toffee in the
world. In England alone I sell over a
hundred tons a week. There is an exquisite
flavor about Mackintosh's Toffee that makes it
"more-ish"— the more you eat of it, the more you
want of it; and I want to say that it is the purest
candy made — as pure as the crystal springs.
If you have any trouble in securing Mack-
intosh's Toffee, don't hesitate to write me and
send me the name of your dealer. I will see that
he is supplied. Don't hesitate to do this ; your
letter will receive my prompt attention.
I find that since I began to introduce my
Mackintosh's Toffee into this country, other
candy manufacturers are beginning to imitate
my Toffee. This is surely complimentary to my
goods, as " imitation Is always the sincerest
flattery." And so I want to warn you that the
original Toffee is Mackintosh's, and see to it that
your dealer supplies you with Mackintosh's
Toffee. Don't forget the name.
Trial package sent by mail for ten cents in
stamps to pay postage and packing ; or I will
send you a 4-lb. Family Tin for |i.6o and pay all
express charges. But before sending your order,
try your dealer first.
John Mackintosh
Department 19
78 Hudson Street, New York
This
design cafyrighted, F004. John
Mackintosh, New York.
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2
Double Daily Train Service
To the Beytiful Twin Cities
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL
AND THE EAST
1-OVERLAND TRAIN DAILY-1
VIA THE
2
NORTHERN PACiriC-
BURUNGTON ROUTE
To Denver, Lincoln, Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas City, St. Louis,
and all points East and Southeast.
The Only Direct Line to the Famous Yellowstone National Park.
The Only Reliable Pioneer Dining Car Line.
Excellent Throu^jh Car Service.
Try the ''North Coast Limited"
Electric Lighted. The Finest Train on Earth.
A. D. CHARLTON, Assj. Gen I Passenger AKt^255 MomSOn St
PORTLAND, OREGON
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ElfTABLIBHKD 18BS
'Phomv Red 977
Portland marble (Uorks
SdMICH « nCM
MAKUFAOTTJRKBS OF AKD DKAI.KB8 IN ALL JLJUHM OF
MARBLE, GRANITE
AND STONE WORK
Estimates Givea on Application
268 First Street, ^^^?er!JSf stS^** ^*'"
PORTLAND, ORE.
Oregon & Washington Boating Co.
BARGING. UGHTCRING
AND rREIGHTING
Bargva for Kent. Routing of Lamb4>r, TImi and other Wood
Pro<lactii. Ship Lightering.
H. F.. OEBSPAOH. Mamaokb.
Office, root of Morrison St., Portland. Ore.
SMILED
Cured piles
now I
like this again like this
He cured himself hy uang the Dr. Magoris Home
Treatment for piles, fissures, fistulas, and all dis-
eases of the rectum. Package costs 50c. All
druggists sell it. We guarantee cures or refund your
money. Trial package FREE for the name of one
other person who has piles. Dr. Magoris Home
Treatment Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
THE OLYMPIA
C. N. TUNIN. Proprietor
Headquarters for Gxninercial Men rM , , «% .^i « \\r^ ^ u
Fine Sample Rooms OlyiTipia, Wash.
THE GLORIOUS
"STARS AND STRIPES"
We make them to order. Any size. Any quantity.
A large asoortment of PI«AGS constantly In stock.
Wa ARK MANUrAOTUNana AND IMPORTSna OP
Bags, TwinM, Tents, Awnings and Mining HoM
BAG PRINTING A SPECIALTY
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W. C. NOON BAG CO.
Incorporated 1893
32-34 First St. 210-216 Couch St. Portlaod.Ors.
THE MAGNIFICENT SCENERY
OF
GOLUMBIA
RIVER
The most beautiful in the world, can best
be seen from the steamers ''DALLES CITY"
••REGULATOR" and •'BAILEY GATZERT"
of the
REGULATOR LINE
DO NOT Miaa THIS
steamers leave Portland, Alder Street dock,
7:00 A. M. daily, except Sunday, for
The Dalles, Cascade Locks, Hood River
and way landings.
PHONE 914
8. MCDONALD, Aftnt, Portland, Ortflon.
A. W. ZIMMERMAN, Agsnt, Tho DaliesTortgon.
H. C. CAMPBELL. Managsr. Portland. Ortgen.
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Hundreds of ambitioas persons
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Parle Line
' TickeU sold to aU pointo
in the United States, Canada
and-Sorope. '
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ticketa, sleeping car reterra-
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H. J. TILLOTSON, M. D.
Tht Matttr Specialltt of Chicago, who Curat Varl-
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dt^fo'i^^ thi^ nirrttul fj^'utiUijit dt-tHtiuf thii tx^^frnuji HrptcuD, Bud
n U i in [bt*'l J pr[>d ui-<* t-fm v\ i^:rf^■W.ii rt*ii 1 1 it. Ld t nutvl i ng 6 {tK'tuum fjf
mi'ii 1 n]wA>H cuTT' tbi* I'RS'irr ua wc'IE um the eutuiiN fdesttrt* thai
evi*rj iFprHfid ntCtc-tiid with tbtwmor nllSifti dijteoHCiswrltiqittfhitaf
cAn I'xpljiiu my uicthfjd rnf cum, wlij,{?h in »nfii and pcrraanent.
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perfect core will be reasonable and not more than 70a will b^ w LUioK to r<A7 for th«i bcnt^tliM cnnTi<rnid.
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. impossible for
will receive in
auccessful.
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L.OrreSpOnaen€e L-On? lOenCiai* you to call. write me your oondltlbn fully, and you wi
plain enrelope a scientiflo and honest opinion of your case, free of charge. My home treatment is
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Homeseeker,
Don't Blame Us
When you visit Oregon, Washing-
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find some one owning a beautiful
home and farm that might have been
yours. It is not too late to learn
about this wonderful section, where
there are more openings than any-
where else in the United States. Our
new and handsomely illustrated 88-
page book, ''Oregont Washmgtont
idaho and Their Resources/' tells
all about the three states. Four cents
(to partially pay postage) will bring
it to you. Write today.
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General Passencer Agent, The Oreson
Railroad & Navigation Co.
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ROPE
BINDING TWINE
If you have use for either for auy purpose,
write for our latest catalogue. It contains
many illustration** of ropes, twines, etc., and
gives important information connected with
the subject. Itcontains among other things, defi-
nition of technical cordage terms, approximate
weight and strength of Manilla rope, information
about transmission of power, approximate
weight of Manilla transmission rope, approxi-
mate weight, length and strength of oil well
drilling cabteSjapproximate weightand strength
of sisal rope, etc*, etc.
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Cordage Co.
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Or«son
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YOU MAY KICK
YOURSELF
If ycra QBea poor
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want to "kick yooraelf." YOU CAN AVOID
FOR all aorta of mUtakM.
roofing material yon will reap a leaky
IT in the flmt place by naing oar
MASTIC ROOFING
It ia the modem .flre-proof, guarantec^d roofing
mannfactared by the ELATEBITE BOOF-
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winning out wherever and whenever brought
into competition with any roofing material
on the market. Write for particcdara.
The Elaterite Roofing Co.
In amociation with The National Maatic Roof-
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55c
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McCLURE'S
ABDOMINAL
SANITARY
BANDAGE
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success for
Obesity or
Weakness off
the Abdomen
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Pat. July 25, 1899. ' or call at—
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417 Marquam BulMInf, PORTLAND, OREQON
PcmH Wear Baggy Trousers
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We Call For. Sponge. Press and Deliver one suH of
your clothing each week, sew
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\
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EVERY NA^OIVIAIM
Is interested and should kno^ about the wonderful
MARVEL WMrNnB Spray
The new Vaginal Syringe. Injection and ruction. Best
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Ask jronr druggist for it. If he can aot supply the MARYEL.
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LIMITED EDITION of The International Studio Series of
WATER COLOR Reproductions of
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is strictly limited and will not be reprinted in any form, and is supplied only in conjunction with
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is boundless* Write for Catalogue A*
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Genuine Hafl's Safe & Lock
Co.'s Safes
and operating the
LARGEST AND
BEST EQUIPPED
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70 Sixth Street, Portland, Ore.
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OF ALL MAKES
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Platens, Supplies and Parts for All Machines
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CONTENTS FOK NOVEMBER., 1904
Cliicf TVlurl-wiid, Umatilla R.e0ervatioii, Oregon (Frontispiece)
People— Places— TLingfl 259-266
The Greatest Ship Elevator in the World Puzzle Picture
Clearing Great Northern Track Sinrock Mary
Smokeless Powder Japs en Voyage
Buildings Lewis and Clark Exposition Senator Ankeny
Forestry Building Illustrations from Photographs
Making Decency Pay ..... Jules Eckhart Goodman 267
The Story ai New Coney Island. Illustrated
Tlie Better Way (Skort Story) . Edna A. Needles 273
Octol>er anJ Mt. HooJ (Poem) Charles Erskine Scott Wood 276
Illustrated by Merle Johnson
Tke Hermitage ' .... 277
The Home of President Jackson. Illustrated from
Photographs and Paintings
Tke Pick of tke Litter (Skort Story) Egbert Field 280
Americas Greatest Irrigation Enterprise E. G. Adams 281
Illustrated
Ospow^ak^s Good Medicine (Skort Story) Benjamin Franklin Napheys 288
Oystering on tke Pacific Coast M. H. Tabor 291
Illustrated
Tke Potter's Vessel (Skort Story) Aloysius CoU 294
DEPARTMENTS
Views (Editorial) William Bittle WeUs 297
Actions (Replacing old department, Tke Montk) .... 298
Devoted to the world's most important activities
Impressions . . . " . . . Charles Erskine Scott Wood 302
Optimism (New Department) ....... 304
Literature (Replacing old department^Tke Reader) W. F. G. Thacher 305
Ligkt (New Department) Albert E. Vert 307
Progress 308
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Humor (Replacing old department, Tke Ligkter Side) 312
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For the Core of Tnbercnlosis
IT is mistake to think that a warm climate is beneficial in Tuberculosis. On the contrary, the further
north you can go, the sooner you can get well. Sanatoria in Norway, Canada and the Adirondacks
give 82 per cent, of cures againnt 25 per cent, of cases in Arizona and California.
Eastern Oregon has one of the finest climates in the woild for the cure of the disease. Its ad-
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A MIMIMUM OF RAINFALL A LOW HUMIDITY
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THB BLUB MOUNTAIN SANATORIUM is located in the heart of the Blue MounUins, 3omUes
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OF TUBBRCULOSIS, or to the proprietor,
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A primary and grammar school receives boys and
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Academy.
A gymnasium in charge of a skilled director is on
the Academy grounds.
The Academy opened it September, 1902, a board-
ing hall for girls. The hall is at 191 Kleventh street,
and is under the immediate supervision of Miss
Colina Campbell.
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FIRE BRICK
Our Brands are of perfect mechanical con-
struction, made under the supervision of ex-
perts from the best raw material. We carry
large stocks in closed warehouses, always
insuring prompt delivery of Dry Bricks.
T. S. McRatk ^ Co.
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Chief Whirlwind, of the Umatilla, Oresron, Indians, now in his 79th year. A cousin of Chief Joseph, of
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onel Olney, Major Wright, Captain Evan Miles and Qen. 0. 0. Howard.
Volume XII
NOVEMBER, 1904
Numl>er 5
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS
Greatest Sliip Elevator in tke World.
A SHIP elevator is a decided
novelty in this country, and
the first one of the kind to
be built on the American
continent has recently been
completed and put in service at Peter-
borough, Ont.
It is technic-
a 1 1 y known
as h Hydrau-
lic Lift Lock,
and it per-
forms ^vith
one movement
the functions
of five ordi-
nary locks
which w^id*
be required to
overcome the
fall of 65 feet
in canal level
at this point.
As a work of
e n g i neering
initiative and
skill it is un-
surpassed by
anything ac-
complished in recent years, and Canadians
feel a just pride in their achievement.
The Peterborough Lift Lock is the out-
standing feature of the Trent Waterway,
now in course of construction by the
Canadian Government. But little is known
in the United States regarding this
PUZZLE PICTTTEE.
A scene in Siberia. A year's subscription to The Pacific Monthly
wiU be given to the one sending the first correct
guess as to what this picture represents.
260
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A saotioB of traok on the Great Vorthem Bail-
way near Seattle that haa taken as hich as
1800,000 a jear to keep in oondition. The
difioolty ii heiny oreroome hj the lue of hj-
draolio mining lyttem.
scheme for connecting I^ke Huron with
Lake Ontario by a navigable waterway
that will afford a short cut for grain from
the Northwest to tide-water, and prob-
ably few outside of Canada are aware of
this dangerous rival to the Erie Canal
that is now almost finished and will be in
full operation long before the enlarged
Erie Canal will be in position to meet its
new and unlooked-for competition.
At Midland, Ont., the northern termi-
nus of the Trent Waterway (it would be
a misnomer to call it Canal) there is a
splendid harbor. Between this point and
the town of Trenton, on Lake Ontario,
there lie a dozen or more large bodies of
navigable water, known as the Kawartha
Jjakes, joined continuously by rivers also
navigable to a great extent; so that of
the 200 miles covered by this route but
20 miles required canalization. As stated
above, all but three miles have been fin-
ished, but these unfinished portions are at
either end. The waterway in its present
uncompleted condition is an internal
stretch of first-class navigation, hermetic-
ally sealed at either end; useless from
a national point of view, but affording
some 250 miles of direct and lateral inland
navigation for local use. It is believed
View from the top of the rreat Feterboroofrh elevator.
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS.
261
that in two years time the entire project
will be finished. In view of the small cost,
it is surprising that the scheme was not
consummated long ago. Up to the pres-
ent time there have been expended less
than five million dollars, and it is esti-
mated that another five millions will be
sufficient to finish the work.
Peterborough's Lift Lock is a Cyclopean
structure of concrete and steel. It is the
largest of its kind in the world. England,
France and Belgium each have a small
lock worked on the lift or "elevator"
were 120,000 yards of excavation required
for the pit, and the sub-structure, con-
taining 26,000 cubic yards of concrete, is
said to be the largest monolithic mass ever
put together.
There are two steel basins or chambers
working up and down between guiding
towers 125 feet high from the bottom of
the pit, which is 27 feet below the level
of the water in the lower reaches. Over
the central tower is the lockmaster's cabin,
from which the operation is controlled.
The basins measure 140 by 33 feet, and
Th« Feterborouffh ship elevator, the luvest elevator of the kind in the world. Located at Peterborough,
Ontario, Canada.
principle, but the largest of these is not
more than half the size of that at Peter-
borough, which is designed to accommo-
date 800-ton barges having a capacity of
25,000 bushels of grain. Indeed, the whole
waterway has been planned for this class
of barge, there being a depth of 8 feet
of water on the sills of all the locks. Work
was begun in 1897 and completed in July
of 1904. Some idea of its magnitude may
be obtained when it is stated that there
weigh about 400 tons each. When filled
with water to a depth of 8 feet, they
weigh 1700 tons. They are supported by
heavy steel trusses, of the double canti-
lever style, upon rams nearly 8 feet in
diameter and weighing 120 tons each.
These rams have a 65-foot stroke and work
in two steel water-tight presses, one under
each chamber. The foundations for the
presses are on solid rock in wells 70 feet
deep. The two presses are connected by
262
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Sinrock Mary* the Reindeer Queen.
a pipe 12 inches in diameter, and this con-
nection enahles the two chamhers to work
practically automatically; that is, when
the valve connecting the two presses is
opened the upper chamher, which has heen
loaded down with 8 inches of extra water,
giving it an increased weight of about 100
tons, will descend and force the other
chamber up to the higher level. This
operation may, of course, be carried on
without regard to whether there are boats
in the chambers or otherwise, since it is
a well-known scientific fact that any body
floating in water always displaces its own
weight. A chamber, therefore, containing
one or half a dozen boats mav be raised
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS.
2(33
by the weight of the other chamber with
the extra 8 inches of water.
The total length of time required to
make a lockage is about 12 minutes from
the time that the gates are lowered at the
bottom to allow the boat to enter until
it leaves the chamber above. In making
the actual ascent about three minutes are
required.
Sinrock Mary, tkc R.ein<leer Queen
Charity and science have been combined
by the officials of the United States gov-
ernment in Alaska in an effort to prevent
the starvation of tbe Alaska Esquim^o
tribes by supplying them with herds of
reindeer from across the seas. This work
has now been going on for ten years, and
there are upwards of 50,000 of those most
useful domestic animals domiciled among
the needy tribes of the far north.
The reindeer is a delicate animal, and
when the work of introducing them was
begun it was found that the natives were
not only ignorant of its habits and the care
necessary for it, but were exceedingly
averse to adopting it in the place of the
dog, it being practically impossible to raise
the two together. In order to prepare the
■rfflPwrt
Curios made from smokeless powder. Smokeless
powder is made by only two miUs in America.
A lighted match can be applied to it without
danger. It bums slowly, as wax does, and can
be used to kindle the kitchen fire.
Japanese returning to Japan to enlist.
264
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PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS.
265
natives for the care of the animals and at
the same time to bring about their adop-
tion, the government, after delivering
the first herd on the Seward peninsula,
offered to give a number of the animals
to any native who would apprentice him-
self to the keeper of the herd for a period
of months and master the work of caring
for them.
The first native to offer himself for this
work was Sinrock Charley, and with him
he brought his wife, Sinrock Mary. Side
by side they herded reindeer under the
direction of the herders brought with the
tribe from Iceland, and soon they became
proficient in reindeer lore. . At the end of
their apprenticeship they were presented
with a herd of the animals to become their
own property.
With their own animals they were
equally careful and frugal, and the herd
increased rapidly until now it numbers
nearly one thousand. Some four years
ago Charley, the husband, died, and since
that time his wife has assimied the work
herself and, with the assistance of hired
herders, has kept her herd in the best of
condition, until it is now by far the largest
owned by any native in the territory.
Mary's home is at Sinrock, about 30
miles from Nome. For several years, in
fact ever since the discovery of gold at
Nome, she has made much money each
winter by hiring out her reindeer to pack-
ers and prospectors for use in transporting
goods and supplies from place to place
during the long winter season.
Waskington's Junior Senator
The achievements of Levi Ankeny, the
junior United States Senator from Wash-
ington, afford a striking example of the
opportunities which the Oregon country
holds out to the young man of intelligence
and untiring energy. Born in obscurity,
left an orphan at an early age to be
brought up by an adopted father, given
but scanty educational advantages, thrown
on his own resources in his early man-
hood. Senator Ankeny has risen through
the sheer force of indomitable perse-
verance and strength of character to the
position of one of the leading citizens of
liis state.
Senator Ankeny was born in St. Joseph,
Mo., August 1st, sixty years ago. With
Senatofr Levi Ankanj, of Wathinffton.
Captain Ankeny, his adopted father, he
crossed the plains to Portland in 1850,
and for a few years spent a portion of his
time in the Portland public schools. While
in his teens, he engaged in the transporta-
tion business with his adopted father, and
later engaged in the mercantile business
in Lewiston, Idaho. Still later he moved
to Walla Walla, where he engaged in the
banking business. The passing years have
brought him a large measure of financial
success. He has from time to time in-
vested heavily in farm lands, mortgages,
live stock and mining properties. He has
also expanded his banking business and
capital until he is now the president of
seven banks in Washington and Idaho.
He is variously estimated to be worth
from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000, all of
which he has accimiulated by his own
efforts in the three states of the Pacific
Northwest.
Senator Ankeny was married in 1867
to Miss Jennie Nesmith, the daughter of
the late United States Senator James W.
Nesmith of Oregon, and they have a
family of grown children.
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MAKING DECENCY PAY
A. Story of tke Reformation of Coney Islana
By Jules Eckkart Goodman
THE Coney Island of a few years
ago will be reniemberefl as a
jumble of old dilapidated
shacks, thrown together in
haste and negligence; dirty
little shops, smelling of sausage and
sauerkraut; low-class saloons of every
variety; vulgar dance halls, reeking with
the odors of stale beer and sweating
humanity; a mass of *^fake'^ shows, with
boisterous "spielers"; a perfect bedlam of
fakirs and tricksters, the very quintessence
of the crass and vulgar. It so happened
that among the crowds that thronged the
place there were some clear-headed busi-
ness men, who felt the possibilities of
the resort, and saw how miserably they
were being abused. A city of over
three millions within less than an hour's
ride I A great pleasure-loving community
simply waiting to be amused ! Here was
opportunity fairly thrown at one's head.
There was just one drawback — the place
had a bad name. Before anything could
be done, that had to be rectified. The
only way to do this was to introduce forms
of amusement which would appeal essen-
tially to the clean-minded, to the great
middle class. Thus decency became the
watchword, and with as much doubt as
delight was the progress of the work
watched.
Open air circus of "Dreamland" at Coney Island.
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The beginning was made early last year
by Messrs. Dundy and Thompson, with
their truly remarkable "Luna Park/'
Early this spring. Providence, in the shape
of a fire of rather goodly size, stepped in
and aided in the good work by sweeping
away a considerable portion of the old
place. And, finally, this summer came
"Dreamland.'^ The result is that where
once was a disreputable, ramshackle mass
of "resorts,^' there is now a sort of con-
gress of amusements, of good character
and real beauty. Canals have been dug,
picturesque buildings erected, little gar-
dens laid out and tiny villages constructed.
Over it all have been spread thousands
upon thousands, nay, millions, of electric
lights.
Such has been the metamorphosis of
Coney Island, which stands forth as one
of the best examples in the country of the
commercial value of decency.
Travel is the principle upon which most
of the side shows are based. You may go
anywhere from a trip to the moon to
twenty thousand leagues under the sea.
Tlie great white world is an open book
and you can chat with Esquimaux at the
North Pole; or, if your taste lay other-
where, you may glide through the canals
of Venice to the tinkling of guitars. Per-
haps you would care to coast through
Switzerland, or go upon an excursion down
into a mine, or through the sewers of
Paris, or down tropical rivers — it may all
be done for a nominal sum. And be it
said that in almost every case the jaunt
is well worth the money paid. Some of
the illusions are quite wonderful and must
have cost thousands to produce. Indeed,
it has been said that over five millions
went into the producing of Luna Park and
Dreamland alone.
But to return to our jaunts. There are
delightful Japanese tea gardens, where
you can get genuine rice cakes and tea,
served by the daintiest Japanese maidens.
The Midgets, among whom is Mrs. Gen-
eral Tom Thumb, have a village of their
own. Or, if all this be too tame for you
and you prefer history, you may witness
again, with convincing realism, the Gal-
Tha Fall of Pompeii Building. Clerks on the waj to their dutiei. Coney Island.
The tower in "Dreamland" at nifht. Conej
THE NEW CONEY ISLAND.
271
veston flood, or the Johnstown flood, or
the fall of Pompeii, or the eruption of
Mount Pelee, or the great Baltimore fire.
Under the caption of "War Is Hell/^ you
may see reproduced upon actual water and
with toy boats large enough to hold a man
such historic scenes as the battle between
the Monitor and the Merrimac, the blow-
ing up of the Maine in Havana harbor,
and recent battles in the Japanese-Russian
war. Perhaps the greatest side show of
them all, or at least one of the greatest,
is a very clever representation of the
recent Durbar at Delhi. Here, for fifteen
cents, you see a performance which is
gines come, and the firemen begin their
work. There are heroic rescues of men
and women, there are thrilling escapes,
and, above all, it is so real that you feel
the excitement. The exhibition must
require several hundred people, and its
properties include two street cars, two or
three cabs, delivery wagons and an im-
mense amount of paraphernalia.
One of the most remarkable things
about Coney is the different kinds of loco-
motion that it contains. There are boards
in the sidewalks that jolt you when you
step on them. There are wobbly bridges.
There are Ferris wheels and merry-go-
The Animal Pavilion, Coney Island.
really quite remarkable, requiring several
hundred men to produce, and which is
thoroughly enjoyable. Allied to this in
point of interest at least, is an exhibi-
tion of firemen at work. A street scene,
so realistic and convincing that you feel
you are part of it, is shown. For nearly
ten minutes you watch the passing of life
and general daily activity. Then sud-
denly in a paint shop there is an explo-
sion, followed by a sheet of flames, and
the next miuute the whole block is a mass
of fire. The alarm is turned in, the en-
rounds and elevators by the dozen. There
is one combination of an elevator and
merry-go-round that is unique, and
another aerial merry-go-round with bas-
kets that swing out to an angle of thirty-
five degrees, giving you the sensation of
flying. There are scenic railways of
divers sorts, and miniature railways with
vest-pocket editions of engines. There are
chutes and slides and jolly-go-rounds and
helter-skelters. There are steeple chases
and boats with the motion of the sea.
There are slides and jams and jars and
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jerks. After you have gone the rounds,
you know exactly where every joint and
muscle of your body is situated.
And then the dance halls, with their
highly polished floors, where Bill swings
Maggie in a polka to a waltz movement,
and tries to waltz a two-step! And the
noise of the "spielers" and the venders of
peanuts and popcorn and souvenirs ! You
<?an have Jenny's name embroidered on a
handkerchief, or you can be aristocratic
and present her with a filigree, silver-
Avire butterfly made to order. You can
buy candy in the semblance of sausage
and potatoes, or have your "photo taken
in one minute" in a thousand different
ways. You can sit and watch out-of-door
vaudeville shows free of charge — excel-
lent vaudeville at that — or you can go to
several good animal shows, including
Bostock^s. If you are fond of speculation
there are those who will guess your weight,
or read your hand, or tell your fortune
or your name. You can test your lung
power and your muscle power by contri-
vances of many kinds and great novelty.
At the same time you can simply sit
and watch the crowds. The streets are
full of color. Arabs, Chinese, Esqui-
maux, Turks, Japanese and Lilliputians
amble their way through the throng.
Here and there is a camel or an elephant,
with perhaps a caged tiger upon his back.
Above all, there are everywhere dozens on
dozens of brass bands, and the music
thereof is wierd. Not since the days of
the Tower of Babel has there been such
a conglomeration of sounds as is to be
heard at Coney Island to-day.
And so Coney Island is fast coming
into its own. It has not yet reached its
climax, and every year will see an im-
provement. So far as respectability goes,
it has made wondrous strides. But two
years is a very short time, and that so
much has been accomplished speaks vol-
umes for the men who have done it. No
one can afford now to come to New York
in the summer and not go to Coney. It
is one of "the sights" — one of the big
sights.
The Chutes, Coney IiUnd.
THE BETTER WAY
By EJna A. Needles
IT WAS thoughtful of the folks
not to come down to see us off/^
remarked Carleton.
''Thoughtful of me, you mean,
not to let them/^ laughed Doro-
thy, taking off her gloves and leaning
comfortably back against the ugly plush
upholstery of the Pullman car. "After
all, why should they want to see us off
now, any more than the other times ?''
"Before,^^ he returned, looking at h*
little bare hand with its bright new ring,
*'you came away for the day. Now — ^^
"Now, I feel as if I should never come
back,'' die said dreamily.
The engine snorted, gave a convulsive
jerk or two, and the train began moving
out from the station.
"Thank Heaven, we're off!'' ejaculated
Carleton. "Just in the nick of time, too,''
he added, with a backward glance out of
the window. "See ! There's Dr. Sargent
come down to felicitate us."
They caught a glimpse of a tall woman
in black, waving frantically at the train as
if to compel it to stop, then were whirled
out into the open country, away from the
smoke of the town — ^where the fields were
green and there seemed no black in the
blue of the sky.
"She didn't look precisely congratula-
tory, either," mused Carleton aloud.
Dorothy gave a nervous little laugh.
"That wasn't what she was after ! She
came to take back something she had
given me."
"What! The spoons?"
"Of course not."
"What then?"
"I'm afraid if I tell you, Henry, you'll
make me give it up. Promise me you'll
not."
"Have I ever made you do anything
against your will?" he asked reproach-
fully.
"No-o — ^but— "
"Well, then?"
"But promise, Henry, promise!"
"Very, well, I promise." He smiled
quizzically at the intensity of her tone.
"Henry," she began suddenly, "did I
ever tell you that I am horribly frightened
every time I step on a train?"
"Frightened!" he returned, incredu-
lously, "you who have been all over
Europe !"
"Yes, I know," she replied, impatiently.
"They say it is only inexperienced trav-
elers who are nervous. But that's a
mistake. It seems to me the more one
travels the more one sees the danger of it.
I have been in two terrible accidents.
Once, half the train I was on went
through an open bridge, and those of us
who were saved had to stand by and know
that down under the muddy waters scores
of poor creatures were struggling — dying.
As we stood there, one man — ^think,
Henry, only one — floated to the top,
gasped, and went down again."
"Poor darling!" said Carleton, ten-
derly. "What pictures to carry with
you!"
"But the other accident was yet more
frightful; there was a collision, and the
trains took fire. Men and women were
burnt under our very eyes. Those of us
who were unhurt did all we could for the
others — but it was so little! There was
one poor woman pinned down under the
seats — all but the upper part of her body.
She had a little darling baby in her arms.
I started to take him away, for the flames
had almost reached her, but she said :
" ^It's no use, he's dead. Leave him to
me.' Oh, it was awful ! awful !"
Carleton put his hand over hers for a
second.
"There," she went on, after a momen-
tary pause, "I'll not tell you any more.
I'll try not to think of it. But ever since
then I have had the feeling that I should
be in one more wreck, and that the third
time I should not escape. Of course I
know that it is a nervous fancy, but it
scales me as much as if it were a real
presentiment."
"Why did you never tell me before?"
he asked. "I never dreamed when we
were going off on those little picnics of
ours that you were suffering an agony of
fear."
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^*I wasn't/' she returned quickly. "We
never went far, and, anyway, I felt happy
and safe in your love. I hegan to think
1 should never he afraid again. It wasn't
until yesterday, when I was trying on my
wedding gown, that the old terror came
back. Then the thought of the length of
our wedding journey came over me, and
of all that might happen before it was
ended. I knew it was a childish, unrea-
sonable terror, and I tried to think of
some reasonable way of overcoming it.
The thing I dread most is not death itself,
if it be quick and easy, but a long martyr-
dom, such as that poor woman suffered.
"The thought came to me suddenly that
if I had a little vial of poison to carry
with me — something that would be
instantaneous in its effects — ^then I could
travel without fear."
"I went to Dr. Sargent at once, and
coaxed, and coaxed, and coaxed, until at
last she let me have it. And now I feel
as safe!"
"She'd have done better to give you a
nerve tonic," said Carleton warmly.
"That's what she said," laughed Doro-
thy ; "but I wouldn't have it. The idea !
Do I look as if I needed medicine?"
Carleton looked at her with frankly
adoring eyes. "You beautiful girl I" he
breathed, noting as if for the first time
the clean brightness of her hair and eyes,
and the pure soft red of her lips and
cheek.
"T am glad you think me beautiful," she
said, wistfully. "Of course I know I am
only ordinarily pretty, but your thinking
these other things shows me how much
you care for me."
" ^Je vous aime, je vous adore : que
voulez vous encore?'" he quoted, lightly.
"But I'd rather love you than adore you.
To-dav, in your white gown and veil, and
with that rapt look on your face, you were
too lovely — I was afraid of you. I like
you better as you are now — so human that
you would kiss me if we were alone.
AVouldn't you, sweetheart?"
"Yes," she whispered, and though her
color deepened, her brown eyes were raised
unfalteringly to his.
"Tell me about the place where we are
goincr," she asked, after a little pause.
"Up in the Sierras there is a little lake
half covered over with yellow water-lilies.
On it is a boat, and on the shore beside
it a one-room cabin. All about is the
forest with its delicate undergrowth of
flowers and ferns, and in the distance are
blue, snow-topped mountains. And the
air — "
"Oh, I know the air must be delicious ly
cool and pure," interrupted Dorothy. *']
wish — oh, how I wish we were there !"
"To-morrow at this time, we shall be/'
replied Carleton. "It looks to me, how-
ever, as if we were a little behind time/'
he added, with a glance at his watch. "I
believe I'll go back and see the conductor.
We don't want to miss connections.'*
"Don't be long," she said; "and, oh,
Henry, before you go, put up the window
for me."
He did as she wished, and went away
smiling at a certain babyish wisp of hair
which the breeze from the window had
blown down around her eyes.
Five minutes later came the crash.
Carleton was standing in the aisle of the
end car, preparatory to going forward.
He was thrown violently against the door.
"Oh, God/' he groaned, "save Doro-
thy !"
Eecovering his footing, he wrenched
open the door and sprang off the train.
"Telescoped!" said a man beside him,
but he did not answer.
Ahead, he saw two broken engines and
a heap of splintered cars, and from the
wreck came such sounds as turned him
faint.
Somewhere in the din a little child was
sobbing. "Mamma, mamma,'' it called,
with recurrent pauses, as if to hear a
reassuring voice. Carleton felt, dully,
the certainty that the mother's voice
would never again hush that helpless cry.
It seemed to him, as it always does at
such times, that ages passed before he
reached the car he sought. It was stand-
ing, and, outwardly, not badly injured:
but from within came groans and shrieks
that set Carleton to muttering, "God.
God," as the child had cried, "Mamma."
The same spirit of utter helplessness ani-
mated both.
As he reached the open window, the
forward car burst into flames, and as he
looked down into Dorothy's white face,
they heard with terrible distinctness the
words, "Shoot me, you cowards I" And
at intervals, like a bullet, came the
agonized cry, "Cowards! Cowards!" It
came from a fireman wedged in against
the boiler.
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275
^TDorothy!"
She looked up at him from the vise
in which she was caught. The accident
had come just as she had turned to look
out of the open window, and all but her
face and breast were held fast.
Carleton began trying to tear apart the
unyielding timber.
"I'll save you, darling," he muttered
between set teeth.
"Don't, Henry," she entreateJ. "You
can't do anvthing."
"I'll get'^help, ril— " he was starting
away ; but she called faintly, "Henry !"
"Don't leave me,'^ she said. "There is
so little time, and I have so much to say,
I want you to know why I love you. It
is because you are good. Oh, of course,
I suppose I should have loved you any-
way— but it seems to me I couldn't have
cared so much — I couldn't have been so
happy — and so proud of you I''
"God won't separate us always, I know.
Wherever he takes me he will bring you.
It is a little as if I were going to P^urope —
without you.^'
"Help ^^ill come," he uttered, in an
agonized voice.
"It will come too late," she replied
sadly. "Don't you hear the flames? Just
before they reach me you must give me
the poison, Henry."
"It is in my breast," she continued, a
faint flush creeping into her face. "Please
take it out."
He put forth his hand, then drew it
back.
"Oh, I can't, I can't," he groaned, his
face drawn and white.
"My poor boy!" she sighed, an infinite
tenderness breathing from her voice and
eyes. "Oh, how hard, how much harder
for you, than for me I" Then, after a
pause, "Now, dear, you must!"
He fumbled at the fastening of her
gown.
"I think you'll have to take off my rib-
bon," she directed, then laughed at his
clumsiness.
He thrust his hand into the lace of
her corsage. As he untied the narrow
ribbon with awkward, trembling fingers,
there came into the minds of both pure
thoughts of the future which was never
to be — a vision of the little children they
had hoped for, as real at that moment as
if they had lived.
Dorothy sobbed and Carelton's features
worked convulsively. "We're losing so
much !" she murmured, brokenly, through
her tears.
At that moment the nearness of death
was forgotten — but not for long. The
flames which had been licking up every-
thing in their path — solid unresisting
woodwork and frail shrinking flesh — now
burst upon them.
Carleton broke the cord that held what
he sought, and made as if to press the vial
to her lips, but she motioned him away.
"After you have given it to me," she
said, "don't wait but a moment — only
long enough to see I'm ^afe — then go
help the others — there are so many, it
would be wrong to stay. Xow !"
Again he held the vial to her lips, and
this time she drained it. The poison acted
very quickly.
Life fluttered a moment and was gone.
The line, "In some brighter land, bid
me good-morrow," flashed through Carle-
ton's mind, almost as if she had spoken
it, but then he remembered how long it
would be before he should see her again,
and, groaning, he turned away to help
the "others" whose suffering she had
escaped.
J^
^^
October and Mt, Hood
Pfopt on the azure pillars of tlie aJf
The snow-peaked motmtaiji guards tlie tartfa,
adrcam \
Bro^^m dryads muse above the bul?>kling itrejuHf
And ruddy Maenads braid their g^fossy hair
Wtth wax bcrrlei and Ferns, Now, every^^here
Is glajnnury haze and smell of leaves and gleacn
Of maples reid* Old earth herseU doth seon
To sigh that summer ends* sweet as a pfayer*
These are the Eden days, when every £fOve
Of dim tales whispen^ and the fancy swings i
In time to faery fluting* Close by the sprcttgi^
Are prints of satyrs' hoofs. I live above
This fretful world, and led by wide^yed Love
My soul floats out and dreams bnxnortal things*
C. E. S- Wooi
THE HERMITAGE
Tke Grand Old Soutkem Home of President Jackson
ABOUT seven miles from Nash-
ville, Tennessee, is a grand old
Southern estate, once the home
of General Jackson, seventh
President of the United States,
and where he spent over forty years of
his life. In 1799 General Jackson and
his young wife moved to this plantation,
naming it "The Hermitage." Their home
was in a double log cabin, and was sur-
rounded by numerous cabins for their ne-
groes. Tn 1816 a modest brick house was
built, and five years later, rebuilt into the
mansion as it stands to-day. It was at
that time the finest house in the county.
There was also a well-kept garden, and
the plantation had the reputation of being
the best cultivated one in Western Ten-
nessee. ^:
Some years ago the State of Tennessee
purchased the Hermitage from Andrew
Jackson, the adopted son of General Jack-
son. The state then gave the place into
the care and keeping of a society of
patriotic women, organized in 1889 and
constituting themselves "The Ladies' Her-
mitage Association," whose object it has
been "to restore and save from decay and
Front View of The Hermitage.
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President Jackson, from a painting by Earle.
niin the abode of him whose deeds and
fame have given prestige to America, and
shed glory upon its history."
The estate consists of the mansion, a
negro cabin, the tomb, and twenty-five
acres of ground.
The mansion is a fine specimen of co-
lonial architecture, with its broad porches,
great pillars, and large hospitable rooms.
Leading to it from the road is an avenue
bordered with trees forming a lofty and
graceful arch overhead.
The tomb is of white marble and was
built at the time of Mrs. Jackson's death
in 1828. The inscription on her tomb is
a tribute of praise to her beauty of per-
son, character and life. General Jackson
was buried under this same marble dome,
with the simple inscription, "Born March
15, 1767. Died June 8, 1845.''
When the Ladies' Hermitage Associa-
tion undertook the care of the estate, they
found it in a condition of extreme dilap-
idation. But through their efforts, the
grounds have once more taken on their
former beauty and neatness, and flowers
are again blooming in the old-fashioned
garden, ^luch has been done in the way
of gathering relics, and many beautiful
things belonging to, and used by. General
The bedroom of The Hermitage, reproduced at the World's Fair.
THE HERMITAGE.
279
Jackson have been restored to the Hermit-
age. The fine old mahogany pieces, the
carpets, curtains and various other things
are restoring the mansion to the same vis-
ible conditions as when the charming
Rachel Jackson was mistress of it.
There are several portraits of General
Jackson in the Hermitage and two of ^Mrs.
Jackson, by Earle, one of which always
hung in her husband's bedroom.
Tbe association will reproduce this bed-
room at the World's Fair at St. Louis,
using genuine Jackson furniture from the
Hermitage.
There still remains a fine collection of
relics which the association hope some
day to purchase from Colonel Jackson,
son of the adopted son. The collection in-
cludes personal articles of clothing and
jewelry, the fine library of several hun-
dred volumes, gifts from a host of ad-
miring friends, and many other things,
ail of which will add to the historic in-
terest of the place.
Mn. Jackion, from a paintinff by Earle.
The Jackson carriajc.
THE PICK OF THE LITTER
By Egbert Field
BOZE was cross.
There was nothing unusual
about that, however, because
Boze was a bulldog, and had
an innate tendency to be cross ;
but on this particular day, as he sauntered
down Dock street, his ill humor was due
to a sore foot, which caused him to limp
considerably. Sometimes the big brindle
would pause and lift his foot aloft, and
then during the few moments respite from
the pain he would meditate, with as much
pleasure as a bulldog is capable of experi-
encing, on what happened to the other
dog. And even though there was some
satisfaction in the fact that his antagonist
was "out of commission,^' it was, however,
a source of regret to him that he allowed
a smaller dog to get a leg hold.
Boze had a contempt for fighting dogs,
anyway, that is, trained fighters, and
while he had clearly demonstrated that
strength and grit could overpower science,
still it had cost him a sore foot to prove
his point. The brindle also consoled him-
self that had he not lost most of his teeth
(due to old age), the fight would not have
lasted long enough to be interesting. The
old dog was also thinking of other days;
days when he was little and lived with his
mother and numerous little brothers and
sisters in a big dog-house, and he remem-
bered hearing his master say there was
only one puppy in the litter that looked
like its father, and that he hoped the
puppy would make a great fighter, and
Boze knew he was being talked about. He
also heard people use big words like "pedi-
gree" and "Royal Kennels," and more talk
that he did not understand. Then he
remembered being sold and taken out to a
big ranch where there were lots of cattle
and horses, and he heard it said that he
was to be a watch dog, whatever that
meant.
During his first year on the ranch he
made it his business to chase away any
stray ste^ or horse that wandered too
near the house, and he became very expert
in nipping the animals on the heel without
getting kicked.
The next trick he learned was to throw
a steer by catching it by the nose and
running under it, causing the animal to
turn in the air and light on its back. He
hurt one or two steers badly, and then he
was punished and he learned that such
rough treatment would be allowed only
in cases of emergency.
But dreams, and particularly day
dreams, are liable to sudden termination,
and Boze suddenly heard shouting and
saw people running, and drivers were
hurrying up side streets as if something
terrible was going to happen. The dog
forgot all about his former home ; his foot
did not hurt now, and Boze also ran ; not
with the crowd, who were trjring to get
away from the trouble, but directly to
the water front, from which the people
seemed to be coming. There he found the
dock in possession of a big red steer, that
had broken away from the longshoremen
who were loading a cattle ship. By this
time every person who could do so had
found a place of safety, although a few
longshoremen were pretending to sur-
round the steer, taking care, however, to
keep at a safe distance.
Boze had just made up his mind to take
a hand in the affair, when the steer hap-
pened to look his way, and, with lowered
head and a wild bellow of rage, he charged
the buUdog.
The yell of an enraged steer may weU
strike terror to the heart of man or beast,
but if Boze felt any fear it was not mani-
fest. The dog stood perfectly still until
the steer was within a few feet of him,
and as the steer made a final lunge,
expecting to lift the dog on his horns, the
brindle flattened himself on the dock ; but
only for a moment, for as the steer^s
horns grazed the dogs back, Boze leaped
into the air and fastened on the steer's
nose. Then with a quick movement he
went between the front legs of the animal,
and the steer was thrown through the air,
coming down on his back, only to find the
dog still holding so tightly that he was
unable to get up.
Boze knew that the men would come
and tie the steer, now that the danger was
over, and when he was told to let go he
did so. But when some one*^aid "Nice
^^S^' ^^d tried to pat him on the head,
he growled and then heard the man call
him a "dirty brute."
Then he realized his foot was hurting
again, and the old dog went limping down
the street, wondering why his master ever
moved to town.
AMERICAS GREATEST IRRIGATION
ENTERPRISE
An account of tke largest ByBtem of irrigation in tke United States, ^wbick is to reclaim
in Idako a section one-fourtk as large as tke State of Rkode Island.
By E. G. Adams
NLY in the
last half of
the last dec-
ade has there
come to be
any th ing
like a broad
grasp of the
industri al
possibilit i e s
o f Oregon,
Washington
and Idaho — the states which form the
great right shoulder of Uncle Sam's
heritage. Now, however, no particular
foresight is required to foretell the indus-
trial supremacy of the land drained by
the mighty Columbia basin. Of the
means which are to bring about this
supremacy, irrigation is, perhaps, the
most important.
The whole Pacific Xorthwest is the
scene of almost unparalleled irrigation
projects. Southern Idaho, particularly
along the old Snake Biver, is alive with
activity in reclamation, both by govern-
ment and private initiative. To reach one
of the great enterprises which is to revo-
lutionize this section, and which may
almost be termed one of the wonders of
"A canyon of wondrous beauty about thirty miles below Shoshone Falls. Idaho. The beetling, ba-
saltic palisades rise a thousand feet from the blue waters below the canyon's rim, tinted and
shaded with the colors of Vulcan's workship."
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THE 1>ACIFIC MONTHLY.
the world, the Oregon Short Line
takes you to Shoshone, or Kima-
ma, from which point a stage ride
of twenty-five miles is necessary.
A corporation, known as the Twin
FalU Land and Water Power Com-
pany, taking its title from the
falls of rare beauty situated near
this promised land, is now bring-
ing to completion an enormous
dam, whereby, if occasion should
demand, the great Snake River at
the lower stages of water can be
diverted into two great parallel
canals. The larger of these, on
the south side of the river, is 80
feet wide at the bottom and 124
feet at the top, and deep enough to
carry ten feet of water.
The story of this great project,
whereby 273,000 acres of land are
to blossom with Xature's richest
verdure, begins, as usual, with the
pluck and faith of one man — Mr.
T. B. Perrine. Something over
twenty years ago Mr. Perrine dis-
covered an oasis in this desert —
a canyon of wondrous beauty about
thirty miles below the noted Sho-
shone Falls — and there he made
his home. The beetling, basaltic
palisades rise a thousand feet from
the blue waters below to the can-
von's rim, tinted and shaded with
the colors of Vulcan's workshop.
Over the edge of this canyon Mr.
Perrine let do^Ti by ropes the
wagon, lumber and tools ^vith
which he began his conquest of
Nature's barren rugs^edness.
By faith he saw that the Snake
would some day yield a marvelous
water power and that its waters
could be made to flow out over four
hundred square miles of desert
sage. For nine successive times
he filed a water right, covering a
period of over thirteen years, be-
fore he found capital to put his
plan into action. Mr. P. L. Kim-
berly of Salt Lake was the man
convinced.
The point chosen for this dam
is about twenty-three miles above
Shoshone Falls, where the river
has cut only about fifty feet below
the level of the surrounding coun-
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283
One side of the winff wall with ten of the gate
framet erected in readineu for the
waste gates.
try. Here it is choked in its course by
two basaltic islands, affording an ideal
spot to stop this giant of the plains. The
two dams at the right, as shown in the
illustration, are now completed, work
having been begun in April, 1903. They
are 60 and 70 feet in height, and 150 feet
broad at the base, with a 20-foot roadway
across the top. The construction con-
sists of loose rock, faced with 150 feet of
earth. Running from bank to bank,
through the middle, a wood core of dou-
ble plank, starting from below bed-rock,
serves to check the seepage of water,
causing the rock crevices to fill with
earth and make the dam water-tight. The
great thickness of these dams, supported,
as they are, by the two islands, makes
them, beyond all possible question impreg-
nable, even if the gr.eat government reser-
voirs, which are to be built in the moun-
tain valleys above, should give way. The
The four gates in the north half of the tunnel,
the middle pier, and one of the gates
south of the pier are here shown.
total length of the three dams is over one-
fifth of a mile. To empty the main chan-
nel of its terrific rush of water while the
last dam was building, the island to the
right was pierced a little below the bed of
the right channel by four huge canals
ten feet square and eighty feet long. Mas-
sive steel gates regulate the flow at will.
The cost of these subway canals and the
electric power plant constructed some dis-
tance below by which power was secured
to operate the electric drills, shovels, der-
ricks, cable ways, hoists, pumps, and elec-
tric lights, has'^been over $100,000.00, and
yet this great outlay has gone for no per-
manent part of the finished work, which
will require about two millions and a half.
The surplus water, not needed for the
great canals, is not to flow over the rim
of the dams but over the top of the two
islands, of which the intensely hard rock
will wear away but slightly in a lifetime.
The outlet ends of all of the eight compartments
of the tunnel are here shown, completed. The
ooffer dam in front wiU be removed when the
tunnel is put into service.
The most northerly compartment of the tunnel is
here shown, looking up stream from the
lower end. This is the shortest
of the eight.
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
The d&m as it will appear when completed.
To carry over this water, an open weir of
four hundred feet in width is located on
the left island, which will ordinarily keep
the water level above the dam. In case of
any high flood from any cause, a further
escape is provided by a system of ninety-
nine waste gates, 1500 feet long, sur-
mounting the right island. The stability
of the whole structure is thus settled
beyond question. Except for the first four
of the twenty-six miles of the canal now
completed, no heavy rock cuts have been
necessary; yet the moving of such a vast
quantity of earth required a small army of
men and horses. With the completion of
the last dam the rock cutting in the canal
will be finished, and the work on the weir
and spillways brought to an end. When
all is ready, the old Snake, probably eons
older than Xiagara — and this marvel of
our continent is more than a quarter of
a million years old — will choke and
become dry below the great dam which has
filled her mouth two whole davs ere the
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AMERICA'S GREATEST IRRIGATION ENTERPRISE.
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A group of railroad officials itandinff at the rear
of their private train at Park City, Utah. Mr.
Kruttschnitt is the figure to the right; next to him
is Mr. Filer, then Mr. Schumacher, traffic man-
ager, Oregon Short Line; Mr. J. C. Stubbs, traffic
director, Southern Pacific system, is the next;
Mr. Monroe, of the Union Pacific, located at
Omaha, is next, and Mr. Buckingham, superin-
tendent of the Oregon Short Line, with head-
quarters at Salt Lake City, is the last figure
to the left.
canyon above is filled to the brim. The
hungry old miner waits impatiently for
this day of days, for in the pockets of the
canyon below he believes the yellow dust
can be found in heaps.
WTien the canyon above is full the canal
gates will be thrown open, and down its
new channel will flow a river of no mean
proportions for twenty-six miles, when it
will divide, one part taking a high line,
the other a low line course until they
reach the river below. These main canak,
together with the laterals and ditches, if
placed in line, would reach from Portland
to San Francisco and back.
As soon as the water is turned into the
canal, the Oregon Short Line will begin
Imilding a road through the length of the
land, out over which the ranchers may
send his products as far east as New York,
or to Portland on the west.
This great project, under the Carey
Act, whereby Uncle Sam has given to
those states which contain arid lands a
million acres, provided they will reclaim
them, is a poor man's opportunity, and
differs in this respect from the irrigating
projects now being undertaken by the gov-
ernment. The man who wishes to secure
a homestead under the government plan
must live upon his land continuously from
I. B. Perrine.
Showing the electric engine passing the canal
headgates site, drawing a train of earth cars.
date of filing. He is given no assurance
of getting a patent to more than 40 acres
of the 160 he files upon, and this only
after ''a period of five and probably ten
years." A\nhat his water right will cost
he will not know until Uncle Sam has
built reservoirs, constructed canals and
opened ditches and then figures out each
man's share. As he has no title, he can not
borrow money to tide him over a time of
financial stress. Only the well-to-do
farmer can hope to win when the odds are
thus against him.
Not so in the case of the propositions
under the Carey Act, for on payment of
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
A newly deTised reToWinf rake for gatherinx
up Mcebmsh into windrowi after it has
been out with the "frubber."
25 cents to the state and $3.00 to the
water company at the outset he has the
use of his land till the end of the sec-
ond year, and thereafter he pays a yearly
sum which in tea years amounts to $22.00
an acre, at which time he gets his patent
and title to a perpetual water right. This
he may secure sooner if he makes pay-
ment in full and improves one-eighth of
his land. Under the Carey Act the settler
has credit at the corner grocery ; under the
government plan he has no credit, for he
owns nothing until the government pleases
to grant him title. He can not sell or
mortgage, for he has no title to deliver.
Under the former plan as soon as the
water company has sold one-half of the
land which it is possible to irrigate, then
the settlers may take possession of and
control the water svstem. Thus it is read-
ily seen that a man of push having a little
capital can easily get a splendid home-
stead in Idaho, and if he takes advantage
of his opportunities, the time will not be
far distant when he will become a farmer
king, independent and happy, his lands
having risen in value to $100.00 an acre,
with the certainty of going much higher,
as they have in neighboring localities.
The clearing off of the sagebrush, the
plowing and seeding of his land the
farmer can do himself; or, if he prefers,
can hire it done at about $5.00 an acre.
Fences, ditches and his home and neces-
sary buildings will cost from $500.00 to
$1000.00 more, so that with a strong pair
of hands and about $1000.00 capital our
Idaho settler can see his way clear to
secure eighty acres of land (and this is
a big ranch in the irrigated districts).
The main canal a short distance from the intake.
A lateral, showing levees built up from bor-
row pits on both sides. This practice has been
wisely discontinued, as it leaves the land in bad
shape. It is preferable to cut the laterals deeper
into the ground, use a little more grade, and put
in check gates for diverting water to the land.
with a comfortable homestead. Plenty
of work at good wages can be had while
the work of construction of canals and
laterals is being completed in the lower
portions of the great tract, and this will
tide him over till his alfalfa crop yields
six tons an acre during its second year's
growth. For this he will find ready sale
to stockmen at not less than $6.00 a ton
in the stack. Xo pencil is needed to dis-
cover that the net returns from an acre
is several times greater than the farmer
of the Middle West gets from his acre of
corn or wheat. A small orchard of large
fruits and a garden of small fruits, such
as cantaloupes and strawberries, will yield
the income of a section of land in Dakota
wheat, even if the producer goes as far east
AMERICA'S GREATEST IRRIGATION ENTERPRISE.
287
as the Mississippi River for
his market. Already the land
which can be watered from the
twenty-six miles of canal near-
ing completion — 30,000 acres
— is sold. On October 20.
in addition to the 30,000
acres mentioned above, 100,-
000 acres were thrown open
for settlement. As the work
progresses similar tracts will
be thrown open, until the
whole great area, one-fourth as
large as the State of Rhode
Island, will be sold and be-
come the home of a people liv-
ing under conditions of com-
munal interests and advan-
tages not surpassed in any
country. Every modern con-
venience, from the telephone
to the electric heated house
and automobile, will find place
here.
When one stops to reflect
that within a few miles of this
tract there is now running to
waste over a half million horse
power at Shoshone, Twin and
Augur Falls, and that at no
distant day these unharnessed
giants will be set to work in
the rich mines to the north and
south and in the turning of
spindles and the flying of
shuttles, he gets a vision of in-
dustrial growth that can not
but arouse enthusiasm. In-
deed, the possibilities of this
country, when its many irriga-
tion projects are under way
and its enormous horse power
has been utilized, appal the im-
agination. This is especially
true when one realizes the full
meaning of the unsurpassed
climate, the freedom from
blizzards and cyclones, the
marvelous productivity of the
soil and the great wealth of
gold, coal and lead. It is a
country to arouse the greatest
enthusiasm and a most import-
ant factor in the upbuilding
of the greater and grander
America.
OSPOWAH'S GOOD MEDICINE
By Benjamin Franklin Napkeys
IT WAS a hot day in Archulita. The
sun beat down out of a cloudless
sky, just as it had for the past
two months. There were few
signs of life in the adobe village.
Three small, half-naked Mexican boys lay
curled up in the shade of the National
Coal Mining Company's office, and a mel-
ancholy cur or two lolled near them and
snapped at the flies.
The office itself looked as forlorn and
heat-distressed as the landscape in gen-
eral. Inside, two women were seated near
a baby carriage. One was a young Mexi-
can, the other the wife of the resident
manager of the company. The only other
occupant of the office was the manager
himself, Mr. Alfred Winslow. He and
his wife were new to this region of brown
plains, alkali dust and scorching winds;
and the little town, with its population
of Mexicans, Indians, half-breeds and
whites, bored them exceedingly. The wife,
however, found some pleasure in visiting
her husband's office, where she could watch
the picturesque inhabitants.
The baby awoke, and its nurse took it
over to the window. This interested the
three little Mexicans outside, and they
came up for a closer inspection.
"Talk to them, Mercedes," said Mrs.
Winslow. "Ask them where they have
been to-day."
Mercedes complied. "They say, have
been to see Sen or Sharp put man in calo-
hosor
"They've seen what?"
"She means Marshal Sharp," put in
Winslow. "He arrested somebody this
morning and brought him to town."
"Oh," said his wife, "go on, ask them
more about it, Mercedes."
The nurse questioned the boys again,
and translated their reply. "Some ranch-
cro, they say; not know name, they say;
not know why, they say."
"Dear! — I wish they did," sighed Mrs.
Winslow. "An\i:hing new would be a
blessing this hot day."
"Well, here comes some one who can tell
you," said her husband, as a tall, blue-
shirted man entered. "Hello, Strouthers;
hot, isn't it? Who's the man that Sharp
brought in this morning?"
"Good afternoon, everybody," said
Strouthers. "Yes, it's hot; but cheer upl
It'll be a good deal hotter before long.
I've half a mind to go over an' use my
influence with Ospowah, an' get him to
change the weather for us," and Strouth-
ers laughed.
"Who is Ospowah?" asked Mrs. Wins-
low.
"He's an old Ute medicine man — one
of these Indians that claim they can make
grass grow, an' cure sickness, an' things
like that. He drifted down here among
the Navajoes years ago. I s'pose he was
driven out of his own tribe for some dirty
work, but the Navajoes took him in, an'
he's been a power among them ever since."
"But what about the man that the Mar-
shal brought in?"
"He's a young Greaser that had a lot
of cattle with some other man's brand on
them. Claims he bought them from a
man from the North, but every cattle
rustler says that. We've telegraphed the
sheriff, an' he'll be down on to-morrow's
train to take him up for trial."
"Where is his ranch?" asked Mrs.
Winslow.
"Out about eighteen miles on the old
Fort Lewis road," answered Strouthers.
Mercedes started and listened intently for
the next remark.
"What's the fellow's name?" asked
Winslow.
Strouthers though a moment. "Juan — ' '
Mercedes put the baby in its carriage and
waited eagerly. "Juan I^amp — ero. No,
that's not it. Juan Candel — "
"Senor," whispered Mercedes, "is it
Juan Candelario?"
"Yes," cried Strouthers, "that's the
man. Do you know him?"
Mercedes began to wring her Jiands and
walk up and down the room. "Si! si!
He is my homhre, mv man!"
"H— m^' said Strouthers. "Well, I'm
sorry, young woman ; hut if he's taken to
OSPOWAH^S GOOD MEDICIxVE.
289
Santa Fe there won't be a weddin' very
soon, to say the least/'
"Oh, he would not steal! Juan an
honest man, senor! Ask the padre!''
"My poor girl!'' said Mrs. Winslow,
sympathetically. "Is he guilty, Mr.
Strouthers? Can anything be done for
him?"
"It looks like he was. I s'pose she
might see him before he's taken away,
though; if that'll be any satisfaction."
''4^1/ 51/ Senora. I may go?"
"Certainly. Come, Mr. Strouthers, I'll
go, too."
The little party soon reached the jail,
a low, flat-roofed, adobe structure, and
Strouthers gained them permission for a
few minutes' conversation with the new
prisoner. Juan Candelario was brought
from his cell to the office, and left alone
with the visitors.
His story was soon told. It was the
same old tale, so familiar to Strouthers,
of how the prisoner had bought the stolen
cattle from a stranger who could not be
found. He told it without hei station,
however, and his open, honest face did
much to convince his hearers of his inno-
cence.
"Now," said Mrs. Winslow, when Juan
had been taken back to his cell, "I believe
that man did l)uy those cattle. Cheer up,
Mercedes. I know that before Juan's case
comes to trial we can find the man."
"He's out of the country by now,"
Strouthers said.
"Can nothing be done, then?"
"Don't know, I'm sure, unless we get
Ospowah to conjure him out. All the
Navajo bucks say that he can do any-
thing," answered Strouthers, with a poor
attempt at wit.
"Don't talk so," said Mrs. Winslow.
"Can't you see that the poor girl believes
everything you say? It's a shame!"
The caution came too late. Mercedes
had caught at the straw, and begged to
be allowed to visit the reservation.
"Better let her go," whispered Strouth-
ers. "It'll take her mind off her troubles,
anyway. I'm awful sorry I said an\i:hing
about it, but all of us can drive over. I
know you'd like to see the Navajo settle-
ment, Mrs. Winslow, an' Ospowah's worth
a visit, besides."
Mrs. Winslow agreed, and they were
soon on the way to the Navajo reservation,
on the outskirts of Archulita. Strouthers
stopped at the door of the worst looking
hut in the place and went inside. He
emerged presently with the announcement
that the Indian would receive them.
"Will he do anything for Juan, senor?''
asked Mercedes.
"Oh, I s'pose he'll throw a few fits or
somethin'. He'll do anything for money;
but come in an' see him."
They entered a small room, about
twelve feet square, carpeted with coyote
and wolf skins. On the walls hung gar-
ments trimmed with beads, and in one
corner was a string of scalp-locks, the last
grisly reminders of the owner's life in the
old days among his own people. On a
heap of beautiful Navajo blankets in a
comer sat Ospowah, smoking a dirty
corncob pipe. There was nothing about
the wrinkled figure that suggested any
nobility of character, nor any power such
as his adopted tribe claimed for him. He
was an ordinary modern Indian, that was
all.
"Hey, wake up, you old villain," said
Strouthers. "You've got visitors. Get up
and talk."
Ospowah uncoiled himself from the
heap of blankets and rose to his feet.
"What squaws come see ol' Ospowah?"
he croaked. "Buy blankets, moccasin,
scalp-lock? Long time ago Ute squaws
think scalp-lock heap good, long time
ago," and he laughed in a cruel, senile
wav that made Mrs. Winslow shudder.
"Shut up about your Ute squaws an'
their scalp-locks," growled Strouthers. "I
don't doubt that they was bloody-minded
enough ; but we didn't come down to hear
about them. This girl wants you to throw
a fit or somethin' that'll get her young
man out of jail. I s'pose you've not for-
gotten how to make good medicine?"
At the word "medicine," Ospowah
straightened up and tried to look digni-
fied. "Me big medicine-man once, heap
big medicine," he said. Strouthers
laughed.
Ospowah walked over and put his hand
on Strouthers' shoulder. "You. no b'lieve
Ospowah got medicine to get buck out
jail? Ospowah can, only too much lot
trouble, that why. You no b'lieve, that
why?"
"Sure," answered Strouthers, "sure, I
believe it. That's why, being a deputy
marshal, I brought this girl over here.
Oh, I believe it — certainly."
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Ospowah began to grow angry. "You
go/^ he said. "Let two squaws talk medi-
cine talk.^^
Strouthers was about to refuse, when
he caught an imploring look from Mer-
cedes; so he turned to Mrs. Winslow and
said: "Well, 1^11 stand right outside the
door, an' we'll let the girl make arrange-
ments with the old cuss. It'll kinder make
her more hopeful, an' she'll have the pleas-
ure of thinkin', after it's all over, that
she done what she could."
"Now," said Ospowah, after Strouthers
had gone, "now, squaw, talk medicine,"
and he looked at Mercedes inquiringly.
She spoke for some time in the Mexican-
Indian dialect, Ospowah nodding his head
and putting in a word now and then.
When she finished, she took a little bag
from her bosom and handed it to the
medicine man.
"Why, Mercedes," said Mrs. Winslow,
"isn't that the money you've saved from
your wages?"
Mercedes nodded. "For him; to pay
Juan out," she said.
"Don't give it to him. He has no power
to help Juan. Save the money for the
trial, if you like."
"No ! no !" put in Ospowah. "Buck get
out. Sheriff no take buck away. You
see!"
Mercedes refused to retract her gift,
and the two women went outside, where
Strouthers was waiting for them.
"Well," asked that worthy, "did he
agree to get him out, young woman?"
Mercedes answered affirmatively.
"He'd better be pretty quick, then, for
to-morrow afternoon the sheriff '11 be here.
Just think of me, a deputy marshal,
aidin' an' abettin' a crazy old medicine-
man to bunco a poor girl into thinkin' he
can conjure people out of jail! But I'll
make him give her back the money in a
couple of days, Mrs. Winslow."
The next day Strouthers started out
with Marshal Sharp after more law-
breakers. For the first time in the history
of the railroad there was no train that
afternoon from the outside world. Early
in the evening a dispatch came, stating
that a cloudburst and washout had oc-
curred in Eagle Canyon, about forty miles
above. The track was torn away and
sand piled upon the roadbed, so that there
could be no train to the town for several
days. This delayed the arrival of the
sheriff, and Mercedes was comforted.
Late that night Strouthers galloped up
to Winslow's house and knocked excitedly
on the door.
"Say," he said, when Winslow appeared,
"tell Mercedes that the Greaser didn't
steal them cattle, after all. I met the
right cuss on the road to-day. He was
ridin' back to give himself up — said devils
had been chasin' him since last night, an'
drivin' him back here. An', say, I stopped
at old Ospowah's just now, an' found him
lyin' beastly drunk, with all his drums,
an' snake-skins, an' such medicine-man's
truck around him. Tell Mercedes that
her young man'll be let loose in the
mornin', an' Marshal Sharp an' I'll dance
at the weddin', just to show that there's
no hard feelin's. Good - night," and
Strouthers rode away.
THE MINER
Deep in the man-made pits of earth.
Far from the world and the son,
A lonely slave in a Titan's grave,
He toils till the day is done.
But his faith is high as the shaft is deep,
While he hews at the stubborn rock;
And his heart gives a bound at the shift-bell's sound.
And his blood goes red with the shock.
Then he thinks of the dear ones that wait above,
And his step on the lift is light.
And his soul offers up a simple prayer to God of the earth-
pits, God of the air,
God of the day and night.
—Julia Josephson.
Oystering on tke Pacific Coast
By M. H. Tator
Oystering on Bhoalwater Bay, Washin^rton.
IT IS a boast of the people of the
Pacific Coast States that, some-
where in their specially favored
section of God's green earth, they
can raise anything that is produced
anywhere else in the world. There may
be exceptions, but the oyster is not one of
them. If the average inhabitant of the
East or Middle West were to be ap-
proached with the query, do oysters grow
in the Pacific Ocean? the answer would
probably be, no. Indeed, very few of the
Californians, Oregonians, and Washing-
tonians themselves realize to what an
extent the oyster-raising industry is being
carried on.
Among the leading points where the
oyster is being grown, the bays about San
Francisco, Yaquina and Netarts in Ore-
gon, Shoalwater and Olympia in Wash-
ington must be noted.
Probably the earliest oystering on this
coast was done at San Francisco away
back before the days of the Forty-niners.
In 1851 six men from San Francisco
chartered the schooner Robert Bruce and
set sail for Shoalwater Bay, Wash., some
twenty miles above the mouth of the
mighty Columbia. They were convinced
from Indian reports and otherwise that
oysters were abundant there, and this they
found to be true. Coming to anchor on
the north shore of the bay, at a point
later called Bruceport, they began to lay
plans to ^'tong" a shipload of the bay^s
best, but the ship's cook fell out with the
company and in an evil hour set the
schooner afire that he might work his
spite upon Captain Ledlow and his crew.
Among the men that came on the Bruce,
John S. Morgan has been most successful.
For years he lived in the old village of
Oysterville, across the beautiful bay where
he saw his first venture go up in smoke.
San Francisco now numbers him among
her many millionaires
Every bay has its oyster. Those well
informed tell us that a flavor peculiar
to itself characterizes the native oyster of
every oyster bed warmed by the Japan Cur-
rent. To the older residents of the Coast,
our native oysters are Ihe ne plus ultra,
possessing for them a flavor not ap-
proached by their fatter cousin of the
Gulf Stream coast. Easterners usually
fail to relish the Pacific oyster on first
acquaintance, complaining of an oily,
fishy twang; but the taste is soon acquired,
and never lost.
Preparinir the oysters for market.
Interior of an oyster packing plant on Bhoalwater Bay, Washinarton.
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293
For two reasons young stock from the
Atlantic Coast is now being extensively
used here: first, because the native stock
is getting short, and second, because the
Eastern oyster finds a more ready sale at
higher prices. Oystermen prefer to get
their Eastern stock as "spats," that is, one
year old; and these, wlien ready for the
table, after three or four years, are larger
than they would have been at home, many
of them selling readily as ''count s."
The young stock is purchased largely
from Massachusetts bays and is shipped in
barrels, dry, in refrigerator cars, a carload
of 150 barrels costing the growers over
$1,000.00 laid down here.
The first company to import the East-
ern stock began operations seven years
ago. Their purchases last year amounted
to twenty-four carloads, full a half of the
total importation.
The combined output of the various
companies engaged in the oyster industry
in Washington is estimated at from 3,500
to 4,500 sacks of ninety pounds each every
month. The price per sack in the mar-
kets of San Francisco, Salt Lake City,
Portland, Spokane and Seattle ranges
from $2.25 to $3.25. At a glance it is
seen that the yearly output of the 12,000
acres of oyster beds in this bav vields the
goodly sum of over $100,000.
Besides oystering, the business of can-
ning the juicy, fine-flavored, razor-backed
clams is of considerable proportions.
These thin-shelled clams are dug from the
ocean beach at low tide, and when minced
or put up whole make as delicious a soup
or chowder as can be found anywhere.
The president of the company, wlio is a
woman, by the way, tells us that she is
finding a ready market as far east as St.
Paul.
Let us set off in the gray of the morn-
ing with a sturdy oyster laddie to the
banks where the bivalves thrive. Hoist-
ing sail, with his oyster scow in tow, he
heads off to a distant spot, and from the
boundary posts knows that he is within
his own preserves, for every acre of the
bay available for oyster growing is owned
by some one. x\rmed with two rake-like
tools, he now begins "tonging" and draw-
ing up the oysters, throwing them upon
the scow. In fine weather, when the tide
is low and the beds are good, our com-
panion can "tong" over a hundred sacks
a day. Our boat is loaded, and we are off
for the culling scow near shore, where
the whole pile is sorted by hand and the
young oysters taken out to be returned
to the beds for another period of growth.
A view of the oyster beds of Shoalwater Bay, Washin^on.
THE POTTERS VESSEL
By Aloysius Coll
%w
w
'HEX a girl blushes
like that, Peggy, to
hide the secret in her
heart, that secret can
be only one thing."
"I know, Polly. It's good of you to dig
<lown into the bottom of my heart and fish
it up without making me beat about the
bush, and tell half a dozen fibs about it.
But it is hard to blurt it right out, you
know it is."
The young girl emphasized her words
with a gentle shake of her head. As she
looked up, the October breeze caught the
errant strands of her sunny hair, and
tugged at them, inviting them to a romp
with the thistle-down that floated down
the brown slope to the yellow-brown road,
which in turn seemed to race on and on
with the tinge and the tint of autumn,
till it reached the silver ribbon of the
river, stretching across the mouth of the
Talley like a white pennant in the bill of
a homing dove. Even-thing about the two
picturesque figures on the ledge of stone
below the abandoned stone quarry sug-
gested the brown autumn — the autumn
that is brown and gray. Above them the
brown bank of grass and fallen leaves
sloped back, like the brow of a bronzed
warrior, to a gray fence, streaked with the
silver hair of dried lichens. At their feet
was a little mat of brown leaves, blown
into the quarry like amber wine poured
into a bowl. Across the valley the brown
trees dropped, one by one, their brown
leaves into the grass, and overhead the
wind piloted a random gray cloud across
the uncharted skies. Even the eyes of the
}oung girl were gray, and those of her
elder companion and confidant were brown
and striking still, for all Miss Polly's six
and thirty autumns, and had in them more
of good fellowship than curiosity. ^Xever-
theless, they were kind and sympathetic,
and invited confession.
"I know he's much older than I am,"
continued the younger girl, confidingly,
^Ijut not so much older, as the world looks
on it to-day. Then, he is so — "
"Do you love him?" was Polly's quick
interruption, cutting oQ the rehearsal ot
one man's good qualities.
For answer Peggy only murmured
something too low to be understood, and
buriecTher face in her lap.
''I wish I could look about me," said
Peggy, after a moment's contemplation and
broken thought, "like you do, Polly, and
lose myself and all my troubles in the
flowers and the birds, and the — troubles
of other people. Do you know, Polly, I
believe you were never worried by these
big affairs of the mind and heart, for if
you wore, you couldn't forget them for
others — not even for me."
''I should never wish to forget you,
Peggy," said the other, quickly, and with
calm reproach. "Xow, little one, what's
the matter? YouVe given me a dozen
hints, but you don't explain. AVhat is the
matter?"
Pegg}^ sighed long and deeply. "Every-
thing's the matter.'*
"Then that means that one thing, and
only one thing, is the matter."
"But, Polly dear, one thing — when that
is the one thing — puts everything else
wrong — with me."
Polly looked at her companion curiously,
a little smile lengthening the corners of
her mouth.
"Polly, you've helped so many of the
girls — I'll tell you ever}i:hing. Yes, you
have, for they've told me. We're always
bothering you for good advice, as if you
were our mothers. Yes, for we can talk
to you even easier than we can to our
mothers; I don't know why — perhaps be-
cause we know you never had the^e
troubles of the heart, while we feel that
our mothers, having had to do with men,
must have had them. So we feel a little
guilty, \ou see, when approaching them on
a subject which we know is like an X-ray
drawn over our own souls, to show them
our most sacred secrets. That's the rea-
son we come to you, Polly ; we know your
advice will be given without a tinge of
personal chagrin, or — the cloud of mem-
ory."
Polly smiled. She saw much to interest
her, it seemed, in the yellow-brown road
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295
leading out to the silver river. Peggy
screwed up her mouth, dug her hands into
her lap as if to bolster up courage, and
continued: "Xow, Polly, I've had a
quarrel."
Polly smiled again, this time with the
merest burst of laughter. She did not
seem to think a quarrel such a dreadful
thing, after all, Peggy was forced to make
further revelation.
"But the man with whom I quarreled,
PoUy— it's different."
"Your lover, I suppose," suggested
Polly; "girls always quarrel with their
lovers; they fight with their brothers.''
"Yes — Polly, you know who it was."
The other was gazing into the leaves at
her feet. From one of the little vines
that dared to come out from the crannies
of the stone ledge, she plucked a golden
leaf, tried the contrast by matching it
with the gray goods over her breast, then
suddenly removed it and twined it in
Peggy^s golden hair. With admiring eyes
she looked upon her. "I can not under-
stand how Henry Herbert could quarrel
with you, Peggy," she said, quietly.
"Polly, there's no use flattering me
now; it's advice I need — a scolding, I
believe."
Polly made no reply, and Peggy contin-
ued: "It was just a trifle; a few words.
It all happened at the dance two weeks
ago. All because I split one of Henry's
dances for Billy South; Henry despises
him. So do I, but a girl can't let a man
own her outright. It was just a little test
of his love. But pride, Polly, I forgot
about that. And men have it, too. It's a
hobby of their's. Henry has more than
most men; so things have gone from bad
to worse, till ten whole days, and nights,
have gone by, and he's never been near the
house! What am I to do? — send him a
meek little note, or shall I continue to
hold out till he is brought to my feet on
his knees ?" There was genuine distress in
Peggy's countenance. "Maybe," she added,
grimly, "Henry's not of the praying kind,
and will not be brought to his knees !"
Polly was silent a long time. The other
took her silence for the deliberation of a
judge who is confronted by a knotty legal
tangle.
"I think it would be wrong for me to
attempt to give advice in this case, Peggy,"
she said, finally. "You have lived in our
town only a little over a year, and you do
not know everything. But listen — I'm go-
ing to tell you a story."
She did not settle herself as if for a long
tale. The calmness of her face was not
perturbed. "It has pleased some of the
younger girls to look upon me as a demure
little old maid — isn't that so? — a potter's
vessel that has never seen the fire. Some-
times, Peggy, the vessel that is fired is the
stronger for its burning — but sometimes,
that which has been in the furnace, having
suffered hidden cracks, is weaker than that
unglazed clay shape fresh from the model.
I know a little old maid, with brown eyes
and yellow hair — "
Peggy looked up with a startle.
"Whom many looked upon as a vessel
that bore no hidden wound, because few,
very few, are privileged to see the potter
put his vessels into the kiln. God is that
master potter, Peggy, and did it ever seem
to you that in that furnace of love many
vessels have been scarred by the fire, while
others have been made strong and beauti-
ful by it?"
She ceased abruptly. "Let us call the
little old maid the Fragile Vessel," she
said, "for that is what the little old maid's
heart was like, then. Now it is as a ves-
sel in which many confide their secrets as
if into the keeping of some strong treasure
casket. But at that time the Fragile Ves-
sel had not yet seen the fire. It was very,
very young, and fresh clay is impression-
able. But it was fair of form, and the clay
of which it was molded was so sensitive
that images of the birds, the flowers, the
reflection of the brook, and all the bright
and good things of the world were caught
up in its sun-lighted walls, and stored as
sacred within. One day — a great treasure
slipped into the Fragile Vessel, and grow-
ing great for joy within, could never be
withdrawn out. Peggy, you know what
that treasure was. . . .
"How did the treasure come to be
within? The Vessel itself scarcely knew.
A young man came between it and the
great sun. He was as an enchanting
shadow; and his face came to be graven
on the Vessel, more clearly than all the
flowers and the birds and the mountains
and brooks, and his name was stored away
within its heart forever.
"And under the touch of this strangely
soothing potter, the Fragile Vessel be-
came a — a woman! And what had been
only an impression before, now crystallized
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as the very breath of life, the flesh and
blood of that woman's being, the soul of
her destiny and the end of her every hope.
The wine of love ran red on her lips. The
undertow of happiness splashed up from
the well-springs of her heart, and glistened
like dewdrops in her eyes. The glory of
content danced on her hair.
"But with the power of love, came the
dominion of love, — woman's love. Love
was strong, love seemed all-conquering.
And love took up the torcli of pride, and,
hurling it into the golden abyss, trans-
formed the valleys of heaven into the rag-
ing pits of hell! . . .
"How was it done? Oh, so easily. A
little test of love ; one rising suspicion ; one
word of pride, one glance of bitterness —
and then the parting !
"Yes — ^he came back. The Fragile Ves-
sel, now the little old maid, had been visit-
ing his sister; and the whisper had gone
the rounds that he had come back to re-
claim his love of the years gone by, to
reclaim the love that in the maiden's
heart had grown sweeter and sweeter for
years of ripening.''
She paused, and peered down the yellow
road, that stretched away to the silver
river. "See that young girl coming along
with those two big baskets, Peggy. I do
hope that man in the wagon just turning
into the valley will catch up and help her
along. If he doesn't I intend to give her
a lift myself when she gets this far.''
"But the man — ^the maiden," prompted
Peggy.
"Well, sudden hope made her — foolish.
It was June — Jxme of this year. She went
down the garden walk to meet him, in the
moonlight. The garden was abloom. Iris
nodded a God-speed on her journey of
love. And the little old maid's heart made
answer to every sound, and to the sjlence,
and to the whisper of the wind and the
perfume of the darkness and the star-
shine. For love tipped the stars with
tongues of light that dropped like arrows
of fire at her feet; and every tree seemed
a cradle of her hope, wherein the wind
crooned her soothing lullabies.
"The moon lifted his head from the pil-
low of clouds !
"He came! First a dim shadow hurry-
ing along the old gray wall, lengthening
and lengthening, like a filmy giant — ah,
how love grew in the little old maid's
heart, as that shadow grew and grew on
the old gray wall !
"Then — his head and shoulders —
showed above the — gray stones of the gar-
den wall! A hush on the flowers! — A
stutter of welcome at the gatelatch — and
the little old maid turned her face from
the moonlight to his breath — and forgot
all words of greeting in his arms !
"The moonlight was on her hair, gold,
gold, gold in the silver night for all the
hairs of white that might have shone in
the day; she heard him murmur about its
glory, and she felt his lips upon it ! Her
hands were in the clasp of his, and she felt
his breath upon them. Her face was close
to his breast; he could not look into it —
but he spoke — he called — "
Here the voice broke. Peggy looked up.
Polly was smiling, but through quick tears
that had started to her eyes.
"He called your name," finished Peggy ;
"yes, yes," she emphasized, carried away
by the tale, and deceived by the brave smile
on the other's face into believing those
tears tears of joy.
"He called— NOT MY NAME— AX-
OTHER'S !"
"Another's !" For the first time 'Peggy
comprehended that it had been a tragedy,
not a sunny romance, that had been un-
folding before her in the brown autumn.
"Oh, Polly, I never heard — I never
knew — "
"He was deceived, by the hair, Pegg}%
in the moonlight — "
"Did he ever explain? Who was the
other — ^the other girl?"
"I wish her much joy," said the little
old maid, with sweet significance, drawing
the young girl to her, and kissing her fer-
vently on the smooth white brow and on
the gel den hair, close beside the yellow
October leaf.
Then she turned about quickly. "Look,
Peggy, how glad I am ! The man in the
wagon has stopped. See ! he is lifting the
little girl into the wagon !" '
The fair young girl with the autumn
leaf in her hair said nothing.
It seemed to her, as she looked off into
the valley, that she could see one potters
vessel crash into another on the silver
river, and sink it in the sunlight.
By WILLIAM BITTLE WELLS
In 1905 Portland, with the assistance of many states in the West, British
Columbia and our national government, will hold an exposition — a very dangerous
thing to do. Dangerous for two reasons : First, there has been a special tendency
in enterprises of this kind for the city in which the exposition is held to become
ambitious and overstep the bounds of conservative management. As the enterprise
grows, it is realized that it would be a fine thing to have this and that, and ambition
piles up the debts, the incurring of which in ordinary business enterprises would
not be tolerated. It was so in Chicago. It has been especially true of Buffalo
and St. Louis. This is the first and great danger. The second is in supposing
that people will come West in large numbers to see the exposition itself. Such a
supposition misunderstands the real object of the exposition and the conditionj?
which surround us, and we might as well admit it, between ourselves, here and now.
The exposition is, or, at least, should be, a means toward an end — not an end
itself. As we understand the matter, the object of this exposition is not so much
to make a great display as it is to advertise the best part of the world and get
people here. The exposition is an advertising scheme, and it is a good one.' We
know what we have out here. There would be no business sense at this time, there-
fore, in spending all the money that will be spent simply to felicitate ourselves upon
our accomplishments and our own good fortune in living in the West and the con-
sequent misfortune of others. Our benevolent object in this exposition enterprise
is to tell the benighted individuals who are so blind and unfortunate as to live
where blizzards, snow, ice, droughts, insufferable heat, and all such inconveniences
of life make existence a burden, something of our blessings and opportunities and
induce them to come West. The exposition becomes, therefore, the piece de re-
sistance of an advertising plan, and advertising the most important thing in
connection with the exposition, second not even to the buildings and display. Peo-
ple who come West in 1905 are not going to expect a great exposition in Portland,
though we shall have one that will be noteworthy and a splendid success. They
will, however, see a greater exposition than the world has ever held before — the
exposition of our climate, our wonderful irrigation enterprises and our tremendous
opportunities and advantages. But people will not come West unless their curiosity
and interest are aroused. The slogan, therefore, should be, "Advertise, Advertise.
Advertise." Money should be spent with newspapers and magazines throughout th»^
land. We should not expect a little gratuitous advertising to accomplish the great
work necessary to be done along these lines. Because we know here in the Pacific
Northwest that there is to be an exposition in Portland in 1905, and because a
little, a very, very little has been done to advertise our fair, it is wbrse than folly
to suppose that the world has any idea that there is to be an exposition in Portland.
The exposition is not advertised and those who think that it is are deceived. This
is the second danger. Will we profit by experience?
^?^
A R.eviC'^' ot the most important activities of the
moDtn m Polittcd. Science. A.rt, Education
ana Reli^iou^ Tnougkt
Considering the great forces at work, the past month has been remarkably
quiet. The presidential ca/nipaign will probably go down to history as the most
tranquil for half a century or more. Instead of the wx)nted enthusiasm, torch-light
processions, the exaggerations and rantings of the campaign orator, there hus been
a spirit of indifference, due largely to the fact that the two great parties stand for
practically the same thing. The election will hinge upon a choice of men, and from
an impartial standpoint it looks at this writing as if Roosevelt had the better of
it. He appeals to the enthusiasm of men, to those who do things, whereas Parker
appeals to the more conservative spirit. It is aggressiveness versus conservatism,
and it is only natural in this age, which the Archbishop of Canterbury has recently
termed ''the dawn of the brightest century the world has ever seen," that aggres-
siveness should triumph. It is by no means certain, however, that Roosevelt will
be elected. Owing to the unpopularity of the "Odell tag'' in New York, that state
has become still more debatable ground. There are two Republican factions in
Wisconsin which have greatly complicated matters there, and under the circum-
stances the Democrats have at least an even chance of carrying the state. The
chances are also about even in Indxnnn, so that the Parker campaign is not so badly
off as it may seem from a superficial glance, A little apathy on either side in any
of the debatable territory may turn the tide of the election.
After the defeat of the Russian forces at Liao-Yang and their masterly ret rear
to Mukden, the worn-out armies were ■compelled to take a period of rest. After a
few weeks and contrary to all expectations. General Kouropatkin assumed the of-
fensive for the first time, due, it is said, to pressure from St, Petersburg, The Japs
were defeated in a few preliminary engagements, but, at this writing, they have
successfully resisted the Russian advance and the most important engagement of
the campaign is predicted.
Those who have observed the situation carefully assert that the Japanese will
not go into winter quarters, but will continue iheir vigorous, aggressive and suc-
cessful campaign. Port Arthur continues to hold out, and Stoessel, the Russian
general in command, asserts that he can withstand the Japs until next spring.
Fresh meat is selling in Port Arthur at $1.20 per pound, and eggs are 20 cents each.
Tkc State
Elections
The results of the state
elections occurring in
September were anx-
iously awaited by the politicians as indica-
tive of the pr(\sidential vote soon to be
cast. Vermont has always been consid-
ered a political barometer, and the out-
come in that state was far from encourag-
ing to the Democratic leaders. The Re-
publican majority was over 31,000, ex-
ceeding the majority received by the Re-
publican candidate in the corresponding
election four vears ago. In Maine, there
was a slight falling off in the Republican
vote, and a similar gain in the Democratic,
although the Republican plurality was
30,000. In Arkansas, the Democratic
nominee for governor was elected by
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20,000 majority, as against 40,000 for the
gubernatorial candidate on the same ticket
two years ago.
-, - The eighth annual ses-
LongrcM ot gJQ^ ^i ^Y\e International
OcograpkcM Geographical Congress
convened recently at Washington, this be-
ing the first meeting of the Congress in
the Western hemisphere. One of the most
interesting features of the session was an
experiment in time signalling. At mid-
night, September 15, the observatory at
Wasliington was connected with nearly
every important city on the glol)e, and
messages were flashed both east and west,
across continents, under oceans. The re-
sults were marvelous. In Australia the
east and west messages were received sim-
ultaneously. Other points reported slight
variations, not exceeding one-half of a
second. The purpose of the experiment
was to demonstrate the feasibility of a
universal time standard. At a banquet
given in honor of the foreign members of
the Congress, Commander Perry an-
nounced that lie would again try to reach
the north pole, and explained the methods
hy which he hoped to succeed.
-, . - As a result of Colonel
Tt.^*^ ^ Younghusband's armed
Ihibct expedition into Thibet, a
treaty has been signed by British and
Thibetan representatives which will settle
the difliculties between the two states.
Thibet binds herself to establish posts for
commerce between British and Thibetan
merchants, to demolish forts threatening
the Indian frontier, to repair certain
passes, and to pay an indemnitv of 7,500,-
000 rupees ($2,400,000). It is also pro-
vided that without Great Britain's sanc-
tion, no ITiibetan territory shall be sold or
leased to any foreign power, nor shall any
other power enter Thibet to construct rail-
roads, develop mines, etc. To guarantee
the performance of these conditions Great
Britain shall maintain troops in Thibet
for three years. The former Lama, who
opposed Great Britain, and who has fled
the country, has been deposed, and his
spiritual honors have been bestowed upon
Tashi Lama by the Chinese Amban, who
lias supported the British expedition from
the oiitstart. Russian influence has been
eliminated.
xy ' g^ • On September 11, consid-
Riwaian Cruiflcr (.^jji^ie excitement was
at San Francisco aroused by the news that
a Russian cruiser, the Lena, had put into
San Francisco for repairs. As such re-
pairs could not be completed within the
24-hour limit, the vessel was taken into
custody by the naval authorities. The
Japanese consul demanded that the Lena
be required to leave at once. This being
denied, on the ground that the vessel was
unseaworth}', he preferred another per-
emptory request that Japanese experts be
allowed to examine the refugee. The
United States authorities, however, replied
that they did not propose to deputize their
authority in the matter. When, upon in-
vestigation, it was decided that it would
take at least six weeks to complete the
necessary repairs, it was agreed that the
Lena be dismantled, and her crew placed
on parole. Both Russia and Japan have
expressed their gratification at the fairness
and promptitude with which the L'nited
States authorities have acted.
Meat Strike
Settled
After a memorable strug-
gle of 59 days, the great
packing-house strike was
declared off by President Donnelly, of the
butchers' union. This means virtually a
defeat for the strikers, and Donnelly ad-
mits as much, saying that he ordered a re-
turn to work in order to prevent a dis-
ruption of the union. He takes a very
philisophical view of the matter, declar-
ing that the union has received a salutary
lesson, by which they will profit in the fu-
ture. They will hereafter be less dicta-
torial and more conservative, he says, and
less inclined to strike on any pretext.
Most of the skilled men will be taken back,
except where their places have been satis-
factorily filled. The unskilled men will
be out of a job. The packers, too, will
profit by the lessons of the strike, and will
make concessions where possible. At least
mutual respect has grown out of the strug-
gle. The loss in wages to the men is esti-
mated at $5,100,000, and the loss to the
packers at $7,500,000.
Army
Maneuvers
The most extensive military
maneuvers ever held in this
country took place this fall
on the historic battlefield of Bull Run.
Twenty-six thousand men participated, of
which number one-fifth were regulars and
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the rest militia. They represent about one-
fourth of the national and state troops of
the "Atlantic division," including the sea-
coast from Maine to Texas, This army
was under the command of Maj. Gen. Cor-
bin, and the two contending divisions, the
"Browns" and the "Blues," were com-
manded, respectively, by General Bell and
Gen. Fred Grant. "^ Companies from dif-
ferent points of the country were com-
bined in the different brigades, so that the
men might get acquainted. Two "bat-
tles" were fought, under theoretical con-
ditions, of course, but involving many of
the hardships of actual warfare. Each
army was successful in one of the contests,
according to the awards of the umpires.
The war games proved so exhausting, es-
pecially to the inexperienced militia, that
nearly 10,000 of them were unable to ap-
pear in the final grand review. They
knew nothing of the hardships of actual
campaigning, and were completely used
up by the hard work. It is just this in-
experience that the war games are ex-
pected to remedy. The cost to the gov-
ernment is $2,000,000, appropriated for
that purpose.
Our navy has recently been
Two New increased by the addition of
Batdeships ^^^ j^^^ first-class battle-
ships, the Louisiana and the Connecticut.
That is, these vessels have been launched,
although some time will necessarily elapse
before they can be fully equipped and put
into commission. The construction of
these ships was ordered three years ago by
congress ; and, in order to test the relative
efficiency of the government and private
shipbuilding plants, the Connecticut was
ordered built at the Brooklyn navy yard,
while the building of the Louisiana was
consigned to the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing Company. The latter vessel was com-
pleted first, and launched August 27,
while the sister ship took her virgin plunge
a month later. These war vessels are the
most powerful in the navy. They are, re-
spectively, 450 feet long, and of 16,000
tons displacement. Their engines will de-
velop 16,500 horse-power, with a speed of
18 knots. The armament consists of four
12-inch guns, eight 8-inch, and twelve 7;
inch rifles, in the main battery, with a
host of smaller guns in the secondary bat-
Record for AH previous records for
Wireless overland wireless tele-
Telegrapky graphic dispatches have
been broken by the De Forest Wireless
Telegraph Company. A dispatcher in
Chicago sent a message of 400 words to
an operator on the fair grounds at St.
Louis, which was received without diffi-
culty. The distance is over 300 miles. The
company is now transmitting messages be-
tween the two points at regular rates. The
current conveying the message must have
traversed the City of Chicago, with its
power-houses, skyscrapers, elevated struc-
tures and other obstructions, heretofore
considered insuperable. The company will
establish other overland routes, including
a relay route between Chicago and New
York.
-^. The damnatory clauses in
IJispute over causes of a warm dispute in
^^*^** theAthanasian creed are the
the English church. The progressive fac-
tion desires that the clause declaring that
the nonbeliever shall perish everlastingly
"shall be expunged from the creed.'' The
conservative element resists any such rad-
ical change, as paving the way to more
objectionable alterations. The clause in
dispute has not appeared in the American
Episcopalian prayer-book for one hundred
years.
Tke It is claimed for the "Acous-
Acousticon ticon," the invention of R.
Hutchinson of New York, that, by its use>
anyone, however deaf, may hear, provid-
ing the auditory nerve is not destroyed.
The device is a combined telephone and
microphone. A sound amplifier, a ^4bra-
tory diaphragm and a small storage bat-
tery are parts of the mechanism. A girl
of 22, who had been deaf for 16 years,
using the acousticon, was able to hear
grand opera as well as any person in the
audience.
1^ , y The Department of Agri-
V A S^P"*" culture is at last to take ac-
roodstutts ^|^,p measures to prevent the
importation of impure and adulterated
foods. Laboratories are being installed in
our principal ports to carefully inspect and
analyze all suspected foods. The depart-
ment is awaiting the interpretation of the
ACTIOKS.
;^0i
law, which, it is thought, will shut out all
German sausages, "Scotch" whisky, ''pate
de foie gras'' and other imported "deli-
cacies.
. -, The $100,000 prize offered
AcrialLontcstby the St. Louis Exposition
at bt. Louis authorities for the best dir-
igible airship is attracting a number of
contestants. Trial has been made of the
Benbow machine, not with unqualified suc-
cess. Professor Benbow steered his craft
for 100 feet in a straight line, and then
the inevitable mishap occurred, bringing
the attempt to an abrupt finish. One of
the formidable contestants will be Thomas
S. Baldwin, of San Francisco, who will
enter with two machines. From England
comes Major" Baden- Powell, of Boer war
fame, who is also an aspirant for aerial
honors. To compensate for the absence
of Santos-Dumont, France is sending Hip-
pol}i:e Francois to participate in the race.
TLc Parlia-
The annual session of the
-, . Parliamentary Union, held
mcntary Union ^^ St. Louis, was attended
by 226 members. The delegates were wel-
comed by First Assistant Secretary of
State Francis B. Loomis, and Congress-
man Richard Bartholdt was the presiding
officer. Two significant resolutions were
unanimously adopted, one calling upon the
powers signatory of the Hague convention
to intervene, separately or jointly, with
the belligerents in the Eastern war; the
other asking President Roosevelt to call a
second session of the Hague conference to
meet in this country.
Army On November 1, the new
Wo^ n 11 war college at Washington,
War CoUe^c ^ (.., will open its doors!
Only the picked men of the army will be
privileged to enter, after courses at the
garrison schools, the special service schools
and the staff college. They must rank not
higher than major nor lower than captain.
Tlie new institution will not be a school in
the accepted sense, but rather a congress
of soldiers to study the art of war. War
plans will be the chief subject of study,
and specific problems of the campaign will
be attacked. General Tasker H. Bliss is
at the head of the institution, and under
him are Col. Arthur L. Wagner and Col.
Charles Shaler.
George E. Roberts, Director of the
Mint, has completed his calculation of
-^M- T\' -> ^^^ production of gold
Mint Directors ^^^ gU,.^.^ j^ ^^^^ United
for the calendar year 1903. The figures
for the United States, by states and terri-
tories, are as follows:
Gold. Silver, Corn-
Value, mercial Value.
Alabama % 4,400
Alaska 8,614,700 $ 77,544
Arizona 4.357.600 1,829,034
California 16.104,500 503.010
Colorado 22,540,100 7,014,708
Georgrla 62,000 216
Idaho 1,570,400 3,513,996
Kansas 9,700 52,596
Maryland 500
Mlchlgran 27,000
Montana 4,411,900 6.826,842
Nevada 3,388,000 2,727.270
New Mexico 244,600 97,578
North Carolina . . . 70.500 5,940
Oregron 1,290,200 63,720
South Carolina ... 100,700 162
South Dakota 6,226,700 119,448
Tennessee 800 7,020
Texas 245,376
rtah 3,697,400 6,046,271?
Virginia 13,500 5.130
Washington 279,900 159,030
Wyoming 3,000 108
Totals $73,591,700 $29,322,000
The total number of fine ounces pro-
duced in the United States for the cal-
endar year 1903 was 54,300,000. The
value of silver is computed at 54 cents a
fine ounce.
Tlie total output of gold shows a de-
cline of $6,400,000 and of silver a decline
of 1,200,000 ounces from the figures of
the previous year. The falling off in
both metals is almost entirely due, ac-
cording to Mr. Roberts, to labor trouble;^
in Colorado. The most important gain
made by any state was about $500,000 in
gold by Xevada.
P'or the entire world the total output of
gold was $325,527,200; of silver $92,-
039,600. Mexico was the only country
that exceeded the United States in silver
output, producing $38,070,000. Australia
fell far below in silver, with an output of
$5,228,700, but far exceeded all other
countries in gold with an output of $89,-
210,100. Africa came next, producing
$67,988,100 in gold. Russia produced
$24,632,200 worth of gold, and Canada
made a good showing with a gold output
of $18,834,500. After British India, with
upwards of $11,000,000 of gold to its
credit, no other country reaches the five-
million mark.
By CHARLES ERSKINE SCOTT WOOD
Every misery on eartk, except tke evils wliicli tke flesk is natural keir to, comes
from some men seeking to govern otLers in mind, body or estate
AVar and Its Costs
WHICH is a greater preventive of war — preparedness or unpreparedness ?
In frontier days it was known that nothing made a man so quarrelsome as a
**gun'^ in his pocket. Personally, I have no more use for war among nations than
for each fellow to settle his own quarrel by force of arms with his neighbor, as
they used to do in the good old days of knighthood. Xot only are you told that
the courts then could not settle quarrels between barons, but even the courts set-
tled questions by the foolish trial by battle. But personal quarrels are no longer
settled so.
I read that the countrymen of that Czar who proposed the Peace Tribunal
are braining and disemboweling the countrymen of the Mikado, and the country-
men of the Mikado are found dead with their teeth in the throats of the Russians ;
that women are weeping and men groaning by the hundreds of thousands, and I'll
venture to say that not one of the Russian soldiery knows any better reason why
he should disembowel a Japanese artisan than the bulldog knows why he should
fight in the pit for his master ; and the same with the Japanese artisan soldier.
Whose fight is it, anyway? What is it for? And what is the good? At the
end of all the slaughter and waste, it will be settled by a treaty in which all Europe
will take a hand. And the United States, too; for are we not a great big boy now?
And is not Senator Lodge greater than Washington?
Keep out of European politics? Xonsense, George! We are a world-power!
Senator Lodge is a statesman. We have governors, too, and we, too, run out and
get killed whenever they tell us. We are flea bitten with statesmen. See Chauncoy
Depew. He is a statesman, too. And we build great big battleships, every one cost-
ing more than a college, and sometimes they hit a rock, and some day they go up in
smoke. Who builds them? Well, the statesmen order them, and the people pay
for them.
Faugh! V\e smelt corpses rotting myself, and I know he is a fool who gets
killed save for a principle he knows and approves. Wars are not prevented nor
victories won by battleships, but by the moral power and the wealth of a nation.
The battle is not to the strong in battleships, but to the strong in resources. We
are bitten by a killing bug. We are full of strenuousness. Our soldiers wear caps
like those of the Germans. We are a militarv world power and the people pav the
bills. ''Hoch dcr KakerT
Advice to Aspiring Young Journalists
THOUGH I write in September, the elections may be over before this sees
the light of day. Still, as the future before the young journalist is long, 1 modestly
suggest that he may win fame for himself who will so report his political adver-
saries that bye and bye people will sav, '^This man writes the truth; it may be
used as history.^'
And to the comic paper artist I suggest that he be comic. It is an excellent
plan neyer to draw or write unless you have an idea. If I were to start a comic
l)aper — which no one contemplates except as they do suicide — I would print certain
rules, such as —
IMPRESSIONS.
803
"All mother-in-law jokes barred."
"All puns concocted out of idiocy subjects the maker to a fine. Such as, *The
wagon spoke with its tongue and said, *You fellows make me tired/ "
"No drawings of rural gentlemen will be accepted which have either Horace
Greeley or billy goat whiskers. The least atom of original observation would teach
the aspiring young artist that whatever characteristics our agricultural population
have these styles of whiskers are not of them."
To discuss the cheap, coarse conventionalities of the comic artist would take
a whole number. And yet for good, clean, original humor there is room. Life is
about the only through and through paper of wit and humor without cheap vul-
garity. Puch has never lost the distinction Bunner impressed upon it; but some
of the others are simply unspeakable. And as for the comic sheets of the daily
press or weekly press, they consist in exploiting inane hoodlumism in red ink. I
see Peck's Bad Boy has revived. To me he was always disgusting. Under the in-
fluences of the daily press our youngsters can not fail to be hoodlums of the deepest
slang, whose ideas of wit and gentle humor will be bad English and brutal practical
jokes. Where is this American humor we used to hear about?
Then there is a cro\vn of glory awaiting the young college graduate who can
report a baseball or football game or any other athletic sport as if he were not
addressing a gang of toughs. It may be wearisome to say "the ball" constantly, but a
writer of exact facts would use the word "ass" as often as he had occasion to de-
scribe the animal. He wouldn't say the "long-eared quadruped," the "mellifluous
brayer." He'd just keep on repeating plain "ass." Now to say "Jinksev, of the
Seals, took his willow and jumped on the rubber, but he couldn't find Jumpsey, of the
Angels, who was the twirler for the first, until he was thumped in the slats by
the horsehide and given a pass to first," may be ])eautiful English and clear as
mud, but if I were an A. Y. J. I'd try and write good, terse, simple English,
and call everything by its right name, no matter how often. Calling it the sphereoid
and the pigskin doesn't really lift one into an original style, and rob Shakespeare of
his laurels. There is need of truth and clean-cut originality and direct, simple
style in every branch of modem journalism.
Clond •ffect from Columbia River, showinr Mt. St. Helens, Washington, in the distance.
Editors Note. — Max Xordau in his essay on Optimism and Pessimism says:
'*The truth is that optimism, an infinite, ineradicable optimism, is the base upon
which all mans conceptions are founded, the instinctive feeling which is natural to
him under all circumstances. What we term optimism is simply the form- in which
our own life-force, or vital energy, and the processes of life in our organism arc
presented to our consciousness. Optimism is, therefore, only another term for
vitality, an intensification of the fact of existence.'' H is a belief in these things
which has brought about the introduction of this department into The Pacific
Monhly. The scope and purpose of the department will gradually be enlarged, crit-
icised and improved, until it will be unique in character and of undoubted and ac-
I'nowledged worth to our readers.
"Could we choose our environment, and were desire in human undertakings
synonvmous with endo^^Tuent, all men wouhl, I suppose, be optimists. Certainly
most of us regard happiness as the proper end of all earthly enterprise. The will
to be happy animates alike the philosopher, the prince and the chimney-sweep. Xo
matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his
indisputable right. ♦ ♦ ♦ Most people measure their happiness in terms of
j)hysical pleasure and material possession. Could they win some visible goal which
they have set in the horizon, how happy they would be ! Lacking this gift or that
circumstance, they would be miserable. If happiness is to be so measured, I, who
can not hear or see, have every reason to sit in a corner with folded hands and weep.
If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a
faith, so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life — if, in short, I am an
optimist, my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing. * * * So
my optimism is no mild and unreasoning satisfaction. A poet once said that I must
be happy because I did not see the bare, cold present, but lived in a beautiful dream.
I do live in a beautiful dream; but that dream is the actual, the present,T-not cold,
but warm ; not bare, but furnished with a thousand blessings. The very evil which
the poet supposed would be a cruel disillusionment is necessary to the fullest
knowledge of joy. Only by contact with evil could I have learned to feel by con-
trast the beauty of truth and love and goodness. * ♦ ♦ A man must under-
stand evil and be acquainted with sorrow before he can write himself an optimist,
and expect others to believe that he has reason for the faith that is in him.'' —
Helen Keller, on Optimism.
"My optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I
demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and
facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true. To what ib
good I open the doors of my being, and jealously shut them against what is bad.
Such is the force of this beautiful and wilful conviction, it carries itself in the face
of all opposition. I am never discouraged by absence of good. I never can be ar-
gued into hopelessness. Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagina-
tion, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend.^' — Helen
Keller, on Optimism.
The time-tried phrases of the reviewer
seem flaccid and colorless when dealing
with a book like Maufice Hewlett's "The
Queen's Quair/' The standards by which
the books of the day are adjudged no
longer subserve. It bears no relation to
modem fiction: it is a thing apart, tran-
scendent, akin to all that is great in liter-
ature.
The masterlines of it: this penetrative
analysis of a woman's heart ! The flawless
form and symmetry of it ! The compel-
ling power ; the exceeding beauty !
Stories of Mary Queen of Scots have
there been a-many, but none that for an
instant merits comparison with this.
About the historical lay-figure of the
Queen — enigmatical, tragic — Maurice
Hewlett has created a woman of flesh and
blood, of mind and spirit 5 rjr, ^
and so perfectly has he A nc Queens
conceived her character, v^^air
and so perfectly revealed it, that it stands
out* sharp and distinct, vivid, a living
thing, as real as life itself.
Mary is the central figure of a vast,
populous picture, like the canvas of a
Messonier, thronged with historic figures,
tumultuous, intricate: a wonderful web-
bery of plot and counterplot, motive and
intrigue. In it is all the mysterious
allurement of by-gone times. It is the
very essential romance of history.
And the telling of it ! In Mr. Hewlett's
hands the English language become a new
and potent instrument. He plays upon
it as a master touches the keys and stops of
a mighty organ. Under his touch it sings
and crashes, it flashes and leaps, it glows
and throbs. It is not only a perfect
Conduirted by
. G. THACHER
veliit'le for hi^ thought, but itsrlf a buau-
tifiU, vital thing.
To say more were merely to coTiipoiiml
cxpn:^>ioTi? of praise. "The Quif'ir^
Quair" is a piece of literature, classic, a
creation, touched with the fire - tipped
wand of genius.
(The McMillan Company: Xew York.)
No school of modern fiction is more
worthy than that which draws its material
from modern politics, and no better exam-
ple of the political romance has appeared
than "The Grafters," by Francis L\Tide.
The story is concerned with the operations
of a most unscrupulous gang of corrup-
tionists, who succeeded in gaining control
of the government of a state with a pur-
pose to prostitute its offices to their private
gain. The name of the state is sup-
pressed, but we have it on good authority
that it is Texas — although a similar story
might be told of many — indeed, Dwst — of
the states of the Union. — .
There is, of course, the A r
intrepid hero, who dares ^''^"*"
everything in opposing the machine, and
he is a hero, too, of the best mettle, and as
worthy your applause as any knight or
soldier of olden times.
It is a thrilling tale, full of startling
incidents, swift action and varied move-
ment. To style or literary quality it
makes small pretense, but there is no
doubt that it grapples close the reader's
attention and holds it unwavering to the
close.
It is to be regretted that Mr. Lynde
found it expedient to introduce the love
element, which really has no part in the
story. But the sentiment is so imponder-
able that it is hardly more than a feathery
riffle on the torrential current of the
narrative.
(Bobbs-Merrill : Indianapolis.)
306
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
A tiling of genuine beauty is M. E.
Waller's story of the hills of Vermont,
-^^The Wood -Carver of ^L}Tnpus/' It
carries you out of the beaten track, away
from the harrying din of the city, the bat-
tered highways of trade, up into the cool,
clean fastnesses of Nature's citadels — the
mountains. And yet, because where life
is, there is suffering, you find here the
same old struggle: the eternal conflict of
the spirit with the encumbering clay.
A rare sermon is this story of the crip-
ple, who, pitifully handicapped at the very
beginning of the fight, yet plays his part
like a man and makes his
life so thoroughly worth Wood-Carver
the living. His,^ too, is of Xympua
the sweet reward that
must ever come to him who fights the
good fight.
In spite of its pervading pathos, the
story lifts you out of yourself and into
another realm of thought. Its idealism
is serene and exalted, and, abnost uncon-
sciously, you are refreshed and stimulated
and filled with a desire for better things.
There is much of quiet himior, too, and
many a pleasing bit of character studv.
Delightful people are those that clus-
ter around the invalid's chair of the Wood
carver and whose lives are so strangly
linked with his: men and women of cul-
ture and true nobility, who open for the
sufferer doors to unguessed words of
travel and study.
But the best part of the book is the
gentle philosophy which pervades it: life-
messages that are fresh and true and
inspiring. No one can read it without
heeding its call to the higher life.
(Little, Brown & Co.: Boston.)
It is hardly to be wondered at that the
stormy life of George Gordon, Lord
Byron, should appeal strongly to the eager
searcher after literary material. He stands
solitary among the great figures of his
day, and of many days: the strangest
mixture of good and bad that was ever
moulded into human form.
Daring, indeed, is the novelist who
attempts to portray that enigmatical char-
acter, to puzzle out the secrets of that
inscrutable heart. This is what Hallie
Erminie Rives has done in "The Casta-
way/' and not with unqualified success.
True, she has been able to construct a
startling story, with Gordon ever in the
forefront; but the book lacks everything
of sanity, of style, of smoothness. It is
melodramatic, florid, muddy and cheaply
sensational. The author endeavors to win
the reader's sympathy for — .
her hero by posing him A***
as the victim of circum- ^a«**w*y
stances. In her eyes, his vices become
virtues. She glozes his lapses from de-
cency, and endeavors to palliate his dis-
gusting excesses.
To us, her efforts are unavailing. Pity
is the only sentiment that can be had for
a man who drags in the mire of debauch-
ery the God-given genius which was
George Gordon's. Even the final sacrifice
fails to atone for a wasted and misspent
life.
The author fails to solve the problem.
We must still wonder at the miracle of
the fragrant blossoms of poetry which
sprang from the muck-heap, and con-
tinue to enjoy the flowers w^hile we loath
the foul source from which they grew.
( Bobbs-Merrill : Indianapolis. )
In "Suzzane of Kerbyville,^' Mr. Dennis
H. Stovall has seized upon some of the
characteristic incidents and conditions of
fiftv vears ago, when the ^ ^
gold passion was at its ^**'""**-?*
height, and Kerby, as the *^««"byviUc
metropolis of the gold fields of Southern
Oregon, was the theatre where many an
exciting drama was played. The resultant
story is full of dash and vigor, with some
excellent character sketching. The author
is a valued contributor to the Pacific
Monthly.
lyfany books have been written after the
style of ^'Ben Hur," but none that has
even approached the excellence of Lew
Wallace's classic. "The White Lady,=" by
Caroline Atwater Mason, — ^
is no exception to the JJlS . • -
rule. It is of the ac- ^hitc Lady
cepted form, with the persecuted Chris-
tian maiden and the other well-known
features — even to the scene in the gladia-
torial arena, where the girl is miraculously
saved from a martyr's death.
(Griffith & Eowland Press: Philadel-
phia.)
Sympathy is the grandest word in the English language. It lies at the root
of all religion. The great lack of human society is sympathy. Half of the world is
longing for compassion, pity, love. The briers meet us at every turn, and there
is nothing like sympathy to ease their pricks and stings. It is the compassionate
touch that tells. A touch, a kiss, a kind word, a pressure of the hand, may do
much toward helping one who feels that for him or her no man cares. There is
something exquisitely soothing in the knowledge that the pulses of one human heart
beats in unison with ours. WHien the child was dead, and the prophet came to
heal it, he stretched himself out on the child, and put his lips to the child's lips,
and his hand on the child's hand, and his heart to the child's heart. It was then
that the breath came back, and the child showed signs of returning life. There is
nothing that cures hearts in the world like other hearts laid upon them, brooding
them, and imparting to them something of their own sympathy and goodness. If a
heart can. not be cured by a loving heart, it is incurable — with the Christian there
can be no such thing as moral indifference to others. There is no room for con-
descension and a lofty tone of patronage in these ministries of Christian love. To
hurt the sensibilities of the suffering one we would help, is to pour acid into the
already raw wound. Sympathy given in the great spirit of Christ, in the spirit
of Him who bore our sins and carried our sorrows, and there is not a man in
America so high that he is above the reach of the need of such sympathy.
Many people to-day live on credit. Whatever they buy, they buy on credit.
It is true that trade, commerce can not exist without a mutual confidence in
which men trust each other. It does not at all times suit the conveniences or even
the possibilities of business that each single transaction should be a ready money
transaction. Perhaps even in matters of family expenditure it may save trouble
to pay at certain times. On the principle that no debt was ever to be contracted,
commerce would be almost annihiliated, and the precept would be found imprac-
ticable. While that is so, only the wilfully blind can fail to see the evils of the
credit system, when carried beyond its legitimate limit. When one hasn't to pay
spot cash, it is truly marvelous the things they must have, which they would not
have, if they had to pay at once. The credit system is the nursery in which men
and women are trained to make a finer appearance than circumstances or income
justify, to buy more thau they can pay for. Clothes are procured, and the wearer
poses as stylish and upright, yet the tailor, the dressmaker has never seen any money
in return. It is the same with furniture, dry goods, jewelry, and a host of other
things. There are those who never seem to dream that the time will come when
these bills contracted must either be met or their character suffer.
V-^,^-7^-.T..iV
Devoted to the development, ffro-wtn and pro|frcs» of tnc
AVcst* For a greater Paci^c Coast
Never before have there been such remarkable evidences of growth and develop^
ment on the Pacific Coast as we see to-day upon all sides. It seems, indeed, as if
people elsewhere were beginning to appreciate the fact that this coast offers most
extraordinary opportunities, and an unquestioned movement west of large propor-
tions has resulted. Buildings are springing up with almost incredible rapidity and
progress in civic improvement is keeping pace with the influx of population. Trav-
elers who are in touch with the whole coast are astounded at the evidences of pros-
perity and growth and predict a most alluring and brilliant future. Even the most
conservative men who have studied the situation speak with an enthusiasm that par-
takes of the nature of prophecy. It is doubtful if we who live here and enjoy the
blessings of this God-endowed land fully appreciate the great and splendid future
that is before us. We are accustomed to speak of our climate, the fertility of the
soil, the wealth of gold, silver, copper, nickel, lead and coal that bursts from ledge.<
about us, but such things are only a small part of an almost incalculably great
promise for the lands bordering the Pacific. A great heritage is ours, a heritage
that calls for strong, clear-minded, sincere, consistent, entMisiastic, determined and
aggressive manhood. We each have a part to do, and it is a part of gladness and
strength. ''Awake, awake, put on thy strength, 0 Zion." "Sing, 0 ye heavens, for
Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing,
ye mountains, 0 forest, and every tree therein T'
Tkc Alaskan Cable—
The completion of the cable connectiii<]:
Sitka and Seattle marks another step —
and a great one — in the development of
Alaska. It is by far the most important
public work that has ever been attempted
for that wonderful, distant part of Uncle
Sam's domain. To be thus connected tele-
graphically with the States, and with the
rest of the world, will mean much to the
dwellers in that far land, and will do away
with that sense of isolation which has been
one of the great handicaps to settlement.
Commercially, the advantage of direct
and immediate communication will be
indeed great. The shippers, merchants
and miners of Alaska will receive the mar-
ket reports of the world, and will no longer
be dependent upon indirect and circuitous
means of communicating with business
associates, jobbers, etc., in the States.
Business will be greatly facilitated, the
expense of long delays will be eliminated,
and great benefit can not fail to follow.
Pugct Sound's Fine Sko'wmg —
The statistics which are now available
for the commercial year ending June 30,
1904, make it evident that the year has not
been so active in foreign commerce as
either 1903 or 1902. This shrinkage i?
due to natural causes : in part to the light
wheat crop which reduced the volume of
exported breadstuffs, and in part to the
conditions in the Orient, w^hich cut into
the foreign trade.
PROGRESS.
309
The report, however, is favorable to
Puget Sound, as the decrease for the;?e
ports was less than for other ports of the
Coast.
The exports of the Puget Sound district
for the year ending with June amount in
value to $32,756,403, as compared with
$32,400,522 in 1902-03; $33,564,278 in
1901-02, and $20,357,106 for 1900-01.
Portland shows a corresponding shrink-
age, her exports for the year just closed
amounting in value to $7,878,812, as com-
pared with $10,796,373 in 1902-03; $12,-
129,876 in 1901-02, and $10,381,732 in
1900-01. San Francisco's exports show a
similar falling off, though the complete
figures for the year from that district are
not yet available.
The imports through the Puget Sound
district have not shown as large a shrink-
age as the exports. During the year end-
ing June 30, 1904, the imports of foreign
merchandise through this district were
valued at $11,285,096, as compared with
$12,177,243 in 1903; $11,970,799 in 1902,
and $6,721,060 in 1901.
Tacoma's total foreign commerce for the
year was vahied at $14,858,608, and Seat-
tle's at $12,156,816. These figures repre-
sent tKe total imports and exports of
Tacoma and Seattle, the two leading ports
of the Puget Sound district. Both ports
lead Portland, and Tacoma ranks second
to San Francisco among the Pacific coast
ports in the foreign trade.
Trade with Alaska and the Philippines
shows a very gratifying increase.
The value of Alaska trade for the twelve
months ending »Tune 30 is estimated at
$20,000,000, a very large share of which
was with Puget Sound.
The total shipments of domestic mer-
chandise to Alaska during the eleven
months ending with May, for which alone
full figures are at hand, was $8,109,997,
of which amount $5,386,156 was from
Puget Sound. The increase in shipments
from Puget Sound to Alaska, over the
corresponding period of last year, was
$529,785, figures which give the lie to the
statement that the trade of Alaska is
falling off. In truth and in fact it is
expanding with regularity, month bv
month and year by year. The same statis-
tical tables show that the receipts of gold
from Alaska during the eleven months
were $6,070,268, exclusive of gold from the
British Yukon. This it a gain of over
$1,500,000 over the corresponding period
of the previous year.
The trade of Puget Sound with other
noncontiguous territory on the Pacific is
expanding in a similar proportion to the
trade with Alaska.
Imports from the Philippines show an
extraordinary increase, indicating that the
bulk of the trade is destined to come this
way. In the previous fiscal year, the im-
ports of Philippine products at Puget
Sound were valued at $35. During the
eleven months ending in June the imports
at this port were valued at $1,380,175.
The Atlantic ports showed a heavy decline
in imports, and the total volume at San
Francisco was valued at but $550,231.
Metkodfl of Preparing Land for Irrigation—
The Office of Experiment Stations,
United States Department of Agriculture,
will soon issue a bulletin describing
methods of preparing land for irrigatior
and applying water to crops in different
sections of the arid region of the United
States. In this bulletin the methods of
getting rid of sagebrush, smoothing the
ground, building laterals, and distributing
water over fields as developed by the expe-
rience of farmers in irrigated districts arc
brought together and described. The
tools and implements used are illustrated
and the cost of the work, based upon actual
examples in different states, is given. The
purpose is to afford beginners a reliable
guide both as to the cost of bringing wild
land under cultivation and methods best
suited to different soils, climates and
crops. The facts included in this bulletin
have been gathered by the irrigation inves-
tigations of this office, acting in co-opera-
tion with the state experiment stations
and the state engineers' offices.
This bulletin brings out the fact, not
well understood, that the cost of preparing
land for irrigation is in many instances
greater than the cost of building canals
and reservoirs. Detailed figures of the
cost of checking land show that it varies
in certain districts in California from
$9.96 to $18.08 per acre. This is more
than twice the cost of the canal systems
in the San Joaquin Valley, California,
which is given in the report of the Census
Bureau for 1902 as $4.99 per irrigated
310
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
acre. Where the preparing of land is
contracted for the cost of checking varies
from $7.50 to $20.00 per acre. The price
of preparing land for flooding is much less,
but is $5.00 per acre in Wyoming. Tho
need of a better understanding of this
particular branch of irrigation practice is
becoming more and more important.
Reservoirs and canals are but means to
accomplish a purpose. That purpose is to
increase the products of the soil. The
value of the ditch or reservoir depends
upon the acreage of land which it will
serve and the increase in the value of the
products which the use of water will bring
about. The time is coming when the most
important problems connected with irriga-
tion will be the best means of applying
water and not, as at present, those of
canal and reservoir building.
About thirty different methods of apply-
ing water are now in use. This does not
mean that there are thirty distinct systems
but includes the different ways of prepar-
ing land by checking, compartments, deep
and shallow furrows, flooding, sprinkling,
and subirrigation. The bulletin gives
some of the results of a series of tests of
different methods of applying water and
the difference in loss of water by evapora-
tion in deep and shallow furrows and iu
flooding. About one and one-half times
as much water was needed to irrigate an
acre of land by flooding as was required
in furrows twelve inches deep. About one
and one-third times as much water was
needed to irrigate in furrows three inches
deep as in furrows one foot deep. A
saving of one third of the water by the
adoption of a better system would mean
not only increased profits to farmers but
a large increase in the acreage which could
be irrigated from canals or reservoirs.
Dairying in Tillamook —
The coast counties of Oregon are taking
commercial rank never before realized or
dreamed of in the history of the state.
A number of safe harbors give ingress
to the coastwise shipping. Fishing and
the lumber trade are attracting many
settlers and much capital. Tillamook has
these attractions in no small degree.
But the most prominent and popular
industry now within her borders, is dairy-
ing. The location is ideal. The climate
is salubrious. With almost no snow or
freezing weather in the low lands in win-
ter, and occasional showers or heavy dews
in summer, the grazing season is as near
continuous as could well be imagined.
The soil also, being a rich loam or clay,
is well adapted for meadow or pasture.
All these conditions conspire to encourage
the dairy industry.
Within the last few years, the farmers,
by a wise co-operation, have built up a
niagnificent trade. About thirty-five
creameries are in constant operation in
Tillamook County. At first, butter was
the principal product; but now they are
manufacturing cheese almost exclusively.
Exact figures are not at hand, but a con-
servative estimate by Mr. Mcintosh of
Tillamook City, who handles the principal
part of the output, places the shipment
of cheese from Tillamook County in 1903,
at 1,000,000 pounds. This at ten cents
net represents the modest sum of $100,-
000 to the farmers. We are told of one
man who averaged from his thirteen cows
seventy-five dollars profit per cow. This
seems large, but any one investigating the
methods adopted by a thrifty farmin;?
commimity, in a locality having such ideal
conditions, will not be surprised at tlii<
magnificent showing.
As to markets, there seems no limit.
The product is superb, the reputation is
established, the dealers are satisfied and
Tillamook cheese finds ready sale in th(*
best houses of all the coast cities. In this
industry, Tillamook's future is well as-
sured, and has promise of a large increase
within the next few years.
Irrigation for tke Inland Empire —
The most important irrigation enter-
prise in Oregon is that of the Deschutes
Irrigation & Power Company, which will
reclaim immense areas of land in Central
Oregon. The company is formed by the
consolidation of two irrigation companies,
and is capitalized at $2,500,000. It will
control a total of 210,000 acres of land.
Practical irrigation in the Deschutes
country began in 1900 and has been eon-
ducted on a small scale ever since. The
new company, however, plans to establish
the most modern equipment for their
enterprise. The water is taken from the
Deschutes river, and carried across two
miles of barren lava bed before it reaches
irrigable country.
MUTIKG in OREGON.
No. 1 — Prospector's companion and outfit. No. 8 — ^Dredffinr for gold, Burnt River, Or. No. 3 — Placer
Mining, John Day River. No. 4 — Golconda Mine, Oregon. No. 5— Baker City, Or.
No. 6 — Eureka and Excelsior Mills.
Courtepy of O. R. & N. Co.
Written for the Pacific
M o n till y unless oth erwiac
desi(;fnatcd
Cooducted by
FRANKLYN
GODWYN
At tkc Reception —
"I've been watching that masculine-
looking woman over in the corner. She's
eaten three plates of lobster salad, and
that's her fourth cup of coffee. Shouldn't
you think it would disagree with her?
"Disagree with her?'' replied the meek-
looking man, sadly. "No, it wouldn't dare.
That's my wife."
Sympathizing Friend: What's the mat-
ter, old man? You look worried.
Museum Manager : Worried ! I'm up
a^rniniit it for fair. The AllnnoV j^ot the
piiikine. and her hair's falling out: the
* i Ui^f^-rntor got indigestion eating !i?lap-
jaektii at the last stop; the Ta!Oiu*fl T^ady
got wel and the eolors all ran together;
rheumatism ; the Fat Lady's losing flesh ;
the Living Skeleton is gaining five pounds
a week ; and the Snake Charmer's got the
delirium tremens. 0, no! I'm not hav-
ing any troubles.
Same Old Game —
Three dull reports shattered the silence
at Port Arthur. "What was that ?" cried
an inhabitant.
"That ?" answered one who had been to
county fairs in Michigan, and knew the
ways of the world. "Oh, that's only
another little three-shell game."
"Sttikinf a happy medium.'
HUMOR.
Ttc Midnigkt Cr
A hot and sultry night in St. Peters-
burg. In the palace of the Romanoffs all
was quiet, save for the occasional clink of
glasses, the foolish jest and maudlin
laugh of the Grand Vizier and the Court
Jester, as they sat late, drinking vodka.
Suddenly the silence which hovered the
palace was rent to fragments by a long,
quavering wail.
The Grand Vizier leaped to his feet, his
face the color of putty, each hair erect
with terror.
"Zookski ! What was that?''
The words were forced through chatter-
ing teeth.
Again the high-pitched moan, weird,
ventriloqual, impinged upon the tortured
ears of the listeners. A grotesque grin
spread itself over the misshapen features
of the Jester. He had located the sound
in the nursery.
"That?" — in answer to the Vizier's
question — "Oh, that's onlv a little hot
heir."
His fiendish chuckles trailed off into
nothing, and again the silence fell like a
black pall.
* « *
The Enthusiast: Oh, I had the linest
horseback ride this morning! Got up at
5 o'clock and rode two hours. The air
w^as fresh and bracing; the dew glittered
and sparkled on the grass; and the
birds! — oh, it was great! You ought to
try it, old man !
Man-with-a-Grouch: Humph! The only
horse I ever ride at that unearthly hour is
a night-mare.
He * «
A mennacious inaiviaual was relating
uiie of his many remarkable aciventures
10 a forbearing but uninterestea audience
ot one.
"Yes, sir; it's a fact that I was left
alone on that barren island for ten days —
. yes, sir; ten days, without a thing to eat,
and without any company but my dog.
Ponto. And, sir, about the fifth day 1
got so sufferin' hungry that — what d'you
suppose I did?"
Xo response.
"Well, sir, I cut off the dog's tail and
made soup of it, and gave Ponto the
bones."
"Well, you were reduced to an extrem-
iiy/' replied the long-suffering listener.
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A Week's Wooing—
If the girl you wish to wed
On Sunday you should meet,
You can win the maiden's heart
Ere the week's complete.
On Monday you must call on her —
You have no time to waste.
On Tuesday take her driving —
By Cupid you'll be paced !
Wednesday, chocolates you must send,
And ask her to the play.
On Thursday, violets must plead
Your cause — love's flowers are they.
On Friday next — now heed me well —
You must the maid ignore,
And with her rival oft be seen —
She'll value you the more.
And if on Saturday you call —
Unless 1 miss my guess —
And ask the maid to marry you,
She'll promptly answer "Yes."
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ifled to care for her own or his own face, as the case may
be. equal to most of the dermatologists. Investigate this
great offer. Manr of the profession would charge $75 for
what we give for $5.
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kindred complaints. Particularly is this mode of exercise
beneficial on this West coast, where the patient can enjoy
the pure open air, inhale nature's ozone and the resinous
fragrance of pine, fir, cedar and hemlock.
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Gold Crowns : $4.00
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I have the latest appliances known to dentistry.
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HUMOR.
A Leaf From tkc Cynic's Note Book —
Compliments arc the small change in
the coin of love.
If men selected as, wives the same girb
they take to dances, liow the race would
-deteriorate !
There is nothing more abhorrent than
an unwelcome caress.
A woman never really knows how much
she loves her husband until after she has
seen him shave.
Many a bridal veil becomes the winding
sheet of the heart.
riorse Sense —
As Nebuchadnezzar was quietly grazing,
he heard some newsbovs shoutinsj : WUX-
TREE! WUXTREE! All about the
butchers' strike! Meat gone up to 10
shekels a pound !
^'There are advantages in a herbaceous
diet/^ he reflected, as he cropped the suc-
culent grasses.
IDiu De^ Quinine
Ed. Pinaad's Eau de Qidiune
h the brsT Hair RestDrjitJve known-'U prtMrves thi
hilr from iwrjisitk attacks, tones up the hair bultu*
clunus the scalfi 4ncl pC4itlv«]y resnove^ dandruff
Ed. Pinaud's Eav de Qainine
[s ilSD M most excellent Hakr Dre^sine— The sweet
and refiTied odar which It Enves In the hair nukes
the toilet a luxury ;::::;;
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Hero Without Honor.
An anecdote about General Miles concerns
an innocent professonal. It was in an up-
town hotel. A number of men were gathered
around listening to the speaker, a slender and
rather magnetic man.
** Yes/' he was saying, **I was in the midst
of it at Santiago.''
**Were the Spaniards good fighters! "
** Rather. But I took five of them unaided
— officers, too — in Cuba, and two more in
Porto Rico!"
**May T ask who you are?" inquired the
general.
**Yes, indeed. I'm Mr. Clinedinst, the pho-
tographer, from Washington, and I took you,
too, in Porto Rico." — Philadelphia Ledger.
Johnny — Say, papa, passing counterfeit
money is unlawful, isn't itf
Papa — Yes.
Johnny — Well, papa, if a man was walking
along the street and saw a $10 counterfeit bill
upon the sidewalk and did not pick it up,
wouldn't he be guilty of passing counterfeit
money, and couldn't he be arrested and put
in jailf
Papa — More likely the lunatic asylum. Now
you may go to bed, my son Cincinnati Com-
mercial-Tribune.
He — I see there's a Yale man, don't you
know, who has a machine for weighing
thought.
She — Indeed! But suppose a man never
thinks. What then!
He — I don't know, I'm sure.
She — Whv don't you go up and test itf — .
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Aide-de-camp — Well, your excellency, it
might have been worse.
Russian General — Ivan, T 've heard that said
about 4000 times during the past ninety days.
I do not wish to seem harsh, but the remark
is growing slightly monotonous. — Houston
Chronicle.
* * *
Plodding Pete — Lew, ef youse wuz a ma-
chine, wot kind would youse ruther be I
Lazy Lew — One uv dem perpetual motion
machines.
Plodding Pete — Coz wbyt
Lazy Lew — Coz dey never work Chicago
News.
* * *
Ketchum A. Cummin— *' So your father ob-
jects to my calling to see you, does he?"
Anna Goe Wynne— "Not at all. What he
objects to is my being at home when you
call."— Chicago Tribune.
She — Is it really true that the blind can
determine color by the sense of touch!
He — Sure. I once knew a blind man who
was able to tell a red-hot stove by merely
putting his finger on it The Pathfinder.
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TWIN KAUI.S, IDAUU.
HOMES FOR HUNDREDS
One hundred thousand acres will be open for public entry on October aoth, 1904. by the State of Idaho, under
the mammoth Twin Palls irrigation caual, in the fertile Snake River valley in Southern Idaho.
XKR.MS* This tract has been set apart for entry under the provisions of the act of Congress, known as the
"Carey Act," the terms of which are most inviting.
Actual residence is required for but a short period, and any person holding a filing can transfer his
right at any time.
KntricH can be made in Government subdivisions, not to exceed 160 acres to one person and the entry
does not conflict with rights of entry under other laws of Con^press, can be made by Power of Attorney.
A uniform price of $25.50 per acre for land and water right, with payment privilege extended over a
period often years, has been fixed by the SUte Land Board.
SOII#* Rich, alluvial and very productive. It contains no alkali or mineral substances, and is very free from
gravel and stones.
IXTAXKR SYJPPI^Y* Secured from the Snake River, which will afford abundant water for irrigation pur-
poses at all seasons of the year.
PRODYJCXS* Alfalfa, timothy, clover (both hay and seed), oats, wheat, barley, vegetables, berries and all
deciduous fruits. Red winter apples and peaches here attain perfection.
CJkMJkM^m Twenty six miles of the main canal, 80 feet wide on the bottom and lao feet on top built to carry a
volume of water ten feet deep, is now completed, and laterals are being constructed to carry water to the
lands. This system is the largest in the United States and will ultimately cover an area of 270,000 acres.
POIXTKR* Shoshone, Salmon, Auger and Twin Falls are immediataly adjacent to these lands and will furnish
almost unlimited power. Work is already well advanced at Shoshone Palls and power will be available at
an early date.
CI^IMAXK* Is healthful, mild and equable. The winters are mild, the spring and fall seasons usually very
Eleasant, while the summers are not uncomfortably warm, the atmosphere being cooled by the mountain
reezes.
The opening of this large tract comes under most auspicious circumstances. Those seeking homes
cannot find greater advantages and opportunities anywhers than are found in the Twin Falls District.
XWIN WJk.1^1^ CIXY* Situated near tne center of this tract of land, promises a phenomenal growth.
Already a water system and a long distance telephone are installed. Many buildings arc in course of erec-
tion; among which is a hotel costing about $50,000.
Town lots are offered at very reasonable prices and are certain to advance rapidly in value.
Fop r«nP«rtlc«tars Address TWIN FAI^LS INVESTMENT CO.
Twin Falls, Idaho.
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Hartman, Thompson & Powers
Surety Bonds
Real Estate
and Insurance
3 ^cSiZUh^' Portland, Oregon
JuHN H. MrrcHBLL
ALBBRT H. TANfTBR
MITCHELL & TANNER
Attomey»-«t-L«w
Commcrdal Block, PORTLAND, OR£GON
Kates Reasonable
Earopean Plan
Sample Rooma
NEWLY OPENED
HOTCL SHANKS
J, B. Shanks, Prop,
rinst-Glaaa Check Restaurant n connection.
To try UH is to st^iy with us.
$
ApdBoiuhgw^^
^^^<l7T?eady to Serve''
7T?ead)r
CHOCOLATE POWDER
Made f^m PURE COCOA, SUGARand CREAM.
QUALITY & PURITY UNEXCELLED.
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS a GROCERS EVERYWHERE.
Novelty Photo Fan if
THE NEWEST THING OUT \l
BeauilHes and
Preserves the Complexion.
A positive relic for chnpiM»d
linndfl, Chnflnir and all skin ,i mictions.
Mcnnen's face fin every box. Sold every-
^^llere ,or by mall. 25 cents.
Avoid Uarmfu limitations. iSample Free.
T.ir'MEHHEH'S VIOLET TALCUM J^:i.V.?
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NO PRBTTIBR WAY erer dmrTaed for ahowlns photoa. #
Oan be hang on the wall, placed in a comer or on the
piano.
Joat like cat, made of flneat mat or poster board,
in bottle green, mby red, pearl oray or chocolate
brown, decorated with ribbon to narmoniae and ii«-
oorely riveted. Oan be opened and oloaed at will.
Hize, open 22x12 in., cloaed 6x12 in. HRND 80 0ENT8
FOR One today, atating color. A ant of fonr. one
of each color, postpaid for one dollar. Aoenta wanted.
West Coast Supply Co.
1 65 Park Street Portland. Ore£on ^
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The WASHINGTON LIFE
INSUILANCE COMPANY f;i^ y^
FIRST IN SAFETY AND RELIABILITY
FIRST IN EARNINGS AND PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS
FIRST IN TAKING CARE OF THE INTERESTS
OF POLICY HOLDERS
H WASHINGTON LIFE Endowment Policies and 5% Gold
Bonds can be secured on annual payments* No taxes* Insurance
for your family^ or estate^ pending maturity* These unsurpassed con-
tracts offer the safest and best means to provide for old age*
1[ The WASHINGTON Twenty Payment Life, Loan and Term
Extension Policies are unequaled. Call at our offices and we will
prove it to you.
1[ The best and most successful business men are the best in-
sured men* No man can afford to be without life insurance*
For particulars, call or write
BLAIR T. SCOTT
GENERAL MANAGER
609-10-11-12 AND 13 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PORTLAND, OREGON
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The J. DEWING
COMPANY
rtood BuildiviK, Smtt f ranckco^ CaL
LUISI 3VHS Upright Absolulfly
Durable^ unexcelled ir^ Resonance an<i
Touch.
Dewing Bros. r.:1?;T;
over qu^irter of a century* All that can
be denured for Action, Tone and Finish.
other ]»4 i-Kpenaivc make*. Also {sccoad-hand
Hanoti Hnd Organ j* always on hand.
Sold on Cast Payments if DCsmEO
/Johnmckintosn
the Toffee King
MACKINTOSH'S TOFPEE
I* El Part; ftjHl Dtlicious
OLD ENGLISH CANDY
Anrl ] wnnt t.n mny to thi4 l^fMi^l^f* of I'HE pA€IFtC
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nniL I Hill talk iriib hitn.
Trial r^'i^lEHtEi'^ m^nl. for KIc in KtiiiiitHi^ i^t
l-Eb, Fftmtli' Ti.li ^Hiit for il.StKund 1 psiy
JOHN MACKINTOSH
D«pt, 19. 7S nud«on Street, Mew York
llowiM Bulbs
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ms Holland Bulbs, Our new vgo^, handsomely Illustrated,
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PORTLAND SEED CO., Portland, Ore.
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Fire Bricks and Clay
Lime, Cement Plaster
pig Iron and Coke Iron and Steel
T. S. McRath & Co.
hnporief and E^poMer
% Ain8worth BIdg., Portland, Ore.,U.S.A.
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"Puritan" Witw Still
Price $5,00
Dayton Hardware Co»
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COMPANY
PUGET SOUND-ORIENTAL LINE
INTENDED SAILINGS
FROM
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TO
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HONG KONG and MANILA
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to all prinoipalporta in
Japan, Korea, China, Philippine Islands,
Sirails Settiemcnis and India
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Lyra - - - Sept. 5 Tremont - Nov. 12
Hyades - Sept. 21 Hyades - Dec. 6
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Pleiades - Dec. 30
Sabject to change without notice.
SHAWMUT AND TREMONT
Carry Fint-Claas. Intermediate and
Steerage Paasengers.
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Chicago, Burlington &. Quincy
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^^^ OF
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The most beautiful in the world, can test
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of the
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Steamers leave Portland, Alder Street dock,
7:00 A. M. daily, except Sunday, for
The Dalles, Cascade Locks, Hood River
and way landings.
PHONE g14
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COMPANY
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Litnograpners
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PORTLAND, ORE.
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AND THE EAST
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To Denver, Lincoln, Omaha, St. Joseph, ICansas City, St. Louis,
and all points East and Southeast.
The Only Direct Line to the Famous Yellowstone National Park.
The Only Reliable Pioneer Dining Car Line.
Excellent Through Car Service.
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PORTLAND, OREGON
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Gttmption yL Gambling
The Century Dictionary says: ^GUMPTION* is clear, practical common sense.* '
That*8 Annual Divid^i^ds
And also states that: 'GAMBLING* is to engage in financial transactions or
speculations dependent for success chiefly upon chance or unknown contingencies."
That's Waiting a Term of Years for Your Dividends
Hon. Wm. A. Fricke, formerly Insurance Commissioner of the State of Wis-
consin, says : **A11 that is vicious in the conduct of the business of life insurance,
extravagant competition, etc., is chargeable to the deferred dividend contract : All
•that is good — equity, economy, actual cost — is due to the annual dividend account-
ing to policyholders.'*
Whidi of these two men, do yoa think, mode
the better investment?
ANNUAL DIVmENnS
In 1890 an employe of the Studebaker Co.
insured in the Massachusetts Mutual Life for
|5,ooo, 20 Payment Life plan, with annual div-
idends. His death occurred in 1901.
The Company paid policy - - $5,000 00
Dividend additions - - - - ^18 55
Total paid by Company - - $5,618 55
Which was a return of 33^ % of all premiums
paid, besides face of policy.
Good dividend, wasn't it?
Had this policy been on the deferred div-
idend plan, only $5,000 would have been paid.
DEFERRED DIVIDENDS
In 1882 a Portland gentlemen insured in a
certain large company for $7,000 on the Life
plan. He made his last payment in 1901, and
died a few days after. His policy contained the
following clause: **No dividends shall be ap-
portioned or paid on this policy before the end
of the accumulation period. The accumulation
period is twenty years." As he failed to com*
plete the last policy year, having lived only
nineteen years and six days his entire dlvldeDdft
were forfeited to the company*
Was that good judgment ?
Had this policy been in a company paying-
Annual dividends, all the twenty year's div
idends would have been paid in addition to
the face value.
II, Q, X A yearly settlement is what your banker makes. Why do
Colton» >w you wait 20 years for dividends on your insurance ? See me
PortkiiMi. Ore. x^ about our Annual Dividend.
%
Without commit- X/zi
Ing myself to any action N^o WW ^^ ^^/^T ^¥^/^Tk.T
whatever, you may send X l\^ Kjfrn \,j'\J ■ /> Jl ^JM
me free information regard" ^^
ing your in«iurance proposition. \ General Manager for Pacific Coast States
Name X Chamber of Commerce BaHdinar
Address X Portland, Ore.
Occupation Age..
San Francisco. Cal. Seattle, Wath^
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BOOK CLUB
Special for 30 Days Only
DEATH: The Meaning and Rcsttlt,
Vilsonj cloth - - - $|^
LAV OF HEREDITY, WlIlianM;
cioth i^
$^50
Our special price for the two, $K25
CREATIVE AND SEXUAL SQ-
ENCE, by O. S. Fowler - $Z00
LAW OF HEREDITY, WIIHams, 1*25
$335
Ouf special price for the two, $U60
JONES^ BOOK STORE
291 AUer St*, Portland, Ore.
CDe Scandinaoiaii Jlneiicaii Bank
SKATTLK, WASH.
Capital Paid Up. «300,000.00
Surplus, «ISO,000.00
THE OLYMPIA
C. N. TUNIN, roprietor
Hcadquarters for Commercial Men rM,,r«r^;« WF^^u
Fine Sample Rooms Ulympia, Wash.
a
THE GLORIOUS
STARS AND STRIPES"
We make them to order. Any size. Any quantity.
A large assortment of FLAGS constantly in stock.
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Incorporated 1893
32-34 First St. 210-216 Couch St. Portland, Ore.
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CAWSTON OSTRICH FARM
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THE CALUMET
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Oregon & Washington Boating Co.
BARGING, UGHTEMNG
AND rREIGHTING
Barges for Rent. Boatins of Lumber, Ties and other Wood
Prodaots. Ship Lightering.
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J^P
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oflloe la perfprred, but If It Is impoasible for
condition fully, and yon will receive In
My h>iiie treatment is
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Tilt Matter Sptclalitt tf Chlcagt. wht Curtt Varl-
ctctle, Nydrtctit, and trtatt patlentt perttnally.
Ettablithed 1880.
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CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1904
Rest on tKc Hi^kt to Egypt (Fronlispiece)
From the painting by B. Plockhorst
People — Places — Tliiiigs 315
(Illustrated by phoiogjaphs)
Recognized the Breed Three Generations of Millionaires
Puzzle Picture Smallest Restaurant in the World
Rogue River Forest Reserve The Nebraska
Mt. Adams Wo-ho-pum
Bremerton Navy Yard Rogue River National Bridge
Sacajawea and Capt. Clark George Rogers Clark
Washington State Flower Shoshone Falls, Idaho
Conlessiona of a Strike-Breaker ........ 324
A remarkable experience in the Chicago Butchers' Strike
Samuel Quig^'a Experiment (Sbort Story) . E. P. Josenhaus 333
An Artist of tKe Plains .... Kathryne Wilson 339
Illustrated with drawings and photographs from paintings
Footsteps in tte Road (Skort Story) E. Foltz 345
Tkc Wkite Winged Fleet . . WilUam Lovell Finley 349
Illustrated with photographs by Herman T. Bohlman
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Views William Bittle Wells 353
(Editorial Department)
Actions ............ 354
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Optimism ............ 361
Literature 362
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From the painting by B.
E'lockhorst.
Volume Xn
DECEMBER, 1904
Numtcr 6
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS
Recognizecl tke Breecl
The late P. D. Armour, of Chicago,
while the strictest of disciplinarians, and
despising any act that did not savor of
strict honesty, was, at the same time, gen-
erous and kind to his deserving employ-
ees. A small, mean action, or an attempt
to impose upon kindness, would arouse the
quick, hlunt wrath of the Western "self-
made" man quicker than the loss of mil-
lions, or all the antics that the "bulls"
and "bears" could create.
Mr. Armour was accustomed to make a
Christmas present of a suit of clothes to
all the clerks in his office. They usually
selected good business suits worth $50.00
or $60.00, and did on this particular
Christmas, with the exception of one. That
one clerk chose a dress suit that cost
$125.00. Mr. Armour called him up.
"How is this, :\rr. Blank? It's all
right, of course, but I notice that you were
lavish to yourself beyond all your asso-
ciates. VVliat surprises me is, that after
all my years in the business, you should
think I would fail to recognize a hog
when I saw him."
PUZZLE PICTTJKE.
A picnic party at the falls of a itream enterinj
the Columbia Biver. How many people
are in the picture?
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A niLmnioth AUi^ar piDe iff itka Upper Ro^iw
B.{Tor ForvMt Buiery*, Soutti^rn Onsiron,
Upper Rogue River Sugar Pine
Reserve
The great "Silent places" of Oregon,
and of the West, are in the trackless
woods of the Upper Rogue Sugar Pine
Koserve. This is the largest forest of
sugar pine in the world. Its giant trees
are excelled only by the famous redwoods
of California. The reserve embraces over
2o0 square miles, and adjoins the 249
square miles of Crater Lake National
Park. As the whole is under the protect-
ing care of rangers and park patrolmen,
the 500 square miles of the two are prac-
tically one vast park. There are many
trees in this reserve that are from 25 to 34
feet about l)ase of trunk. There are
many trees larger than this in the North-
west, but they are not sugar pines. It is
murder to cut a tree in this reserve. Men
make their campfires of broken boughs
and fallen wood, of which there is plenty.
T^ncle Sam has a guarding hand over the
"Silent places," and he who builds a
campfire there must leave no smouldering
embers. In this reserve, and by Rogue
l?iver Gorge is Mills Falls, the fall of
^fills Creek over the canyon wall into the
Rogue. It is a sheer fall of 18() feet.
Mt. Aduxu, Waahinfton, from Trout Lake. Heifbt 12,470 feet.
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Saoajawea pointing across the Rockies to Osptsin Clark. A posed picture by Major Lee Koorhouse
of Pendleton, Orevon.
The Rhododendron, the state flower of Washington.
THREE OENE&ATIONS OF MILLIONAIRES.
W. A. Clark I, II, HI.
PEOPLE— PLACES— THINGS.
321
The ■mallett restaurant in the world.
Tke Smallest Restaurant in tke
World
The smallest completely equipped res-
taurant in the world as far as any evi-
dence to the contrary can be found, ex-
ists in Butte, Montana. It is just three
feet wide and 13 feet 6 inches deep and
will seat only four people. Half of the
13 feet is taken up by the kitchen, which
contains a small refrigerator, a gas range,
a coffee urn and a very complete cupboard.
Every bit of room from floor to ceiling
is used. The one table is 18 inches wide
and three and one-half feet long. There
are four stationary chairs, which are in
constant use.
The "Success" restaurant occupies a
niche between two business blocks and
can never hope to grow. It is located in
the very center of Butte, near the corner
of Main and Broadway, and catches the
night trade from reporters, gamblers and
those who eat in a hurry. Only the best
materials are used and the prices are
hiffh. The owners are chefs and run two
12-hour shifts.
THE BATTLESHIP NEBRASKA, LAUKCHED AT SEATTLE. OCTOBER 7, 1904.
Owing to the unusual conditions surrounding the building of the ship, the occasion was of more
than ordinary importance. SeatUe citizens paid 9100.000 toward the cost of the vessel in order that
the difference between Eastern and Western prices could be met.
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The Roffue River, Oregon, Natural Bridge.
Rogue River Natural Bridge
One of the many interesting things to
see on the road to Crater Lake Park,
Oregon, is the Rogue River Natural
Bridge. It is located a half-day's journey
beyond Pros{)eet, or l?ogue River Falls,
and is in the heart of the Upper Rogue
Sugar Pine Reserve. It is an ideal camp-
ing place, among the big trees, and as
deer are plentiful in the woods, and fish
abundant in the river, hunting parties
from all parts of the West camp out at
the Natural Bridge each summer. The
river here flows through a wide canyon,
and at the point where the bridge occurs,
lava rock was poured profusely during
the period of ^lazama's eruption. Thi^
lava rock is porous and honeycombed,
and instead of being washed away, was
cut through and beneath, leaving a nat-
ural bridge above. There are really two
bridges, and only a short distance apart.
The first one is low and sagged, and rough
on the surface. A wagon could not be
hauled across it, but it is used continually
as a crossing for horses, sheep and cattle.
The lower bridge, a view of which is
shown in the accompanying cut, is built
u])on perfectly constructed piers and
arches, keyed and set as if put in place
by human masons. Above the rock on
this bridge there is much soil, with grow-
ing hemlock, spruce, pine and fir.
Tkree
Generations of
Millionaires
The recent mar-
riage of Senator
multi - millionaire
W. A. Clark, the
Senator from ^Ion-
tana, to his penni-
less ward. Miss An-
nie La Chapelle, oi
Butte, Mont., fur-
nished gossij) for
two continents.
Ten years ago
Miss La Chapelle,
then little better
than a child, was
observed by Clark
as she walked home from scbool. Her
beauty impressed him so that he sought
out her parents, and from that time on
the entire family knew all the sweets of
luxury. Exhausting the educational re-
sources of America, ^liss La Chapelle was
sent abroad, under the chaperonage of
Senator Clark's sister. A few months ago
the sensational announcement was made
that the millionaire and the penniless girl
had been married for three years.
Clark's family at Butte, knowing that
such ^n alliance would mean a divi-
sion of the Senator's great wealth, were
never friendly with the La Chappelles.
Suflicient money, however, has been set-
tled on all the Clark family so that each
representative of the three separate gen-
erations is individuallv a millionaire.
Shoshone Falls, from the grrade on the south side,
looking down stream.
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.
The brilliant military hero who won the Northwest for the American nation. Geor^ Rorera Clark
was an elder brother of William Clark, who, with Keriwether Lewis, made the journey in 1803, which
it known as the Lewis and Clark expedition and the centennial of which will be celebrated by a great
exposition in Portland in 1905. The nation is just bejinninj to realize the ^eat debt of gratitude duo
the Clark family.
CONFESSIONS OF A STRIKE-
BREAKER
Tne experiences or a strike-breaker in tke recent butckers^ strike in Ckica^o, ^wkick caused
tke loss or millions or dollars. Tke strike ended in a victory for tke packers and kas
been a serious Uo^w to unionism. Tbis article is covered by tbe general copyrigbt oi
Xhe Pacific Montbly, and Great Britain ngbts are reserved. For obvious reasons,
tbe autbor s name la omitted.
ON the eighth of August last 1
was in Grand Eapids, Mich-
igan, recovering from an at-
tack of malaria. I was un-
employed and unacquainted.
The long period of inaction had served
to fill me with that "devil-may-care"
spirit that comes periodically to all in
whose veins Celtic blood flows. I felt fit
for an3^thing, and chance put forth an
opportunity that resulted in an experience
which, though valuable, I never wish to
duplicate.
I was walking along Canal street when
a huge sign at the door of an employment
agency caught my eye. It read :
"$1.75 A DAY BOAED AND TRANS-
PORTATION FREE FOR LABOUR-
ERS AT ONCE."
I was comparing in my mind the rates
paid for similar work at home, and was
turning to walk off when one of two men,
coming out of the doorway, said:
"It isn^t safe ; it^s at Swift's at the stock
yards."
I didn't wait to hear more, but walked
in and inquired the nature of the work
advertised. A middle-aged lady in-
formed me that it was as I had heard out-
side, that it was an excellent opportunity
for a young man, and that the positions
were permanent if desired. Accordingly,
President Donnelly addreiiiny a mass meeting at the stock yards.
COxXFESSIONS OF A STKIKE-BREAKER.
325
(Froip left to right.)
Barney Cohen, president State Federation of Labor.
Oeorge F. Ooldra, business sg ent Paoking Teamsters.
William Schardt, president Clkicaffo Federation of Labor.
at ten o'clock that night I "shipped" to
Chicago — one of a gang of thirty-two
bound for the stock yards to serve as
strike-breakers. We were certainly a
mixed lot. Every element that goes to
make up that transient laboring class —
which is practically unknown in any coun-
try but America — was in that car. On
the seat alongside sat an ex-cowboy, whom
I soon had telling me his experiences in
Waffon overturned by strikers.
the Western states. Opposite were two
"lumber jacks" who, tired of farming,
were trying this change until winter and
their regular employment should come
again. Their long, gaunt, wiry figures
were the picture of strength and of that
easy grace peculiar only to the children of
nature. The bulk of the gang were noth-
ing more than dissipated boys such as one
finds hanging around the lower quarters
of any city.
We arrived in Chicago early next morn-
NeffTO strike breakers on their way to work.
32B
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Children of striken at relief station securinf food.
ing and took the train right up to tho
yards, where we were graded and sorted
out hy C. 0. Young, su))erintendent of
Swift's plants. His keen eye ran over
the whole gang and he pieked out the
only two hutehers there at onee. I was
marked out for Eddie IIa\\'thorne's de-
partment and went ofT with the others to
breakfast, wondering greatly what was to
happen to me. Breakfast was served up-
stairs in one of the sausage rooms, and
we were waited on by as buxom a lot of
negro girls as ever I saw. Everything
was rough, hut the food was good and
])lentiful. Breakfast consisted of boiled
l)aeon, potatoes, boiled eggs ad lib,.
canned apj)les, bread, butter, and coffee,
so I made up my mind that, whatever else
might ha})pen, there was no danger of
starving.
After breakfast I was taken to the East
House "killing-beds,'^ where both cattle
and sheep are butchered. The foreman
seemed to find no difficulty in placing the
others at work, but, after some delibera-
tion, asked me if I knew anytliing about
scales. 1 said I did, and was thereupon
deputed to help the man at the scales and
to learn that work. The weighing and
recording of same was easy, and my in-
structor, therefore, taught me how to
grade sheep and lambs and keep a record
of that also.
When I had time I began to look
around and watch the gang with which I
was working. Almost every nationality
on earth was represented, and side by
side with them worked men from the gen-
eral office and heads of other depart-
ments. The "Dago" and the negro pre-
dominated. If any one can tell me a
worse combination, I will go to see it, no
matter where it is. In spite of the fact
strikers' children in strike parade.
CONFESSIONS OF A STRIKE-BREAKER.
327
that the men were unskilled and disor-
ganized to a certain degree, work pro-
ceeded in fair shape. The reason wa.-
not far to find. American system applied
to the division of labor had made it pos-
sible for the employer to obtain better
results with low-class labor than the Eng-
lish em])loyer with his antiquated meth-
ods could do with a good class of labor.
Machinery, too, helped out here and did
away with the most laborious tasks. Over-
seer Hawthorne, a nervous little cockney
of the rankest kind, ran around the place
abusing everything in sight, while his
foreman followed to put right what the
overseer put wrong. Those two men were
living types of the difference in methods
of management of England and of Amer-
ica. Hawthorne was ponij)ous and abus-
ive; his foreman, Tim, was unassuming,
conciliatory, but firm.
My Scotch accent gave me an introduc-
tion to a fellow-countryman rejoicing in
the name of Burns. He was on the office
staff, but was working temporarily in^ the
killing-beds. I went to dinner that day
at the restaurant in the general office in
company with Burns, and, as everything
A striker's family.
there was in first-class shape, I took my
meals there for the rest of my stay. The
waitresses there had struck along with the
other workers, so the stenographers
stepped into the breach and waited on the
dinner table every day. There again one
might observe the difference between ed-
ucated and uneducated workers, lliose
girls, though unaccustomed to that work,
attained a high standard of efficiency. 1
J
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ftsi^£
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Olrl gtrikers walking out of the Swift plant.
328
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
will also say that they were the best look-
ing body of girls I had ever seen.
The dinner was a seven-course one if
desired and was served to visitors for
twenty-five cents. At meals other than
dinner every one waited upon himself.
That night when work was done I
went to see the sleeping quarters. They
did not appeal to me. A long line of beds
down the center of one of the storehouses,
with no divisions of any kind, constituted
sleeping quarters. All kinds and condi-
tions of men lay there. I went out to the
yard gates and took a room in the Tjansit
House owned hv the Union Stock Yarl?
Bossing this gang was* the hardest part of
the work. They were an Africo-Italian
combination, and though I picked up
Italian strenuous enough to move an ele-
phant if it understood Itahan, it wa^
mostly thrown away on those men. The
sons of sunny Italy do not love exertfon
of any kind.
No one could complain of lack of ex-
citement. There were riots at the gates
morning and night. Even in the killing-
beds we had our share of excitement. The
men who felled the cattle were, of course,
unskilled, and the result was that cattle
"came to'' after thev had been thrown out
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ArrMtinff a rioter.
and Transit Company. At night, after
work was over, the negroes came out and
sat on top of the refrigerator cars and
sang choruses as only negroes can, or
played ball. This game showed the brutal
side of the negro nature. They were
never better pleased than when the ball
struck and hurt some bystander who was
not on the lookout.
Shortly after this, my instructor fell
ill and the entire work of weighing, grad-
ing and bossing the wash gang fell to me.
of the "knocking pens" on to the killing-
beds. A "Texan" got off this way the
first day I was there, and the way he
cleared the killing-beds was wonderful.
At last an intrepid spirit got hold of his
tail and the steer slipped and fell on the
greasy, bloody floor. Before he could rise
half a dozen men had hold of his tail
and a "knocker" came up with his ham-
mer and put an end to his troubles.
One day, just at the dinner hour, two
live "Texans" were accidentallv shot from
CONFESSIONS OF A STEIKE-BREAKER.
329
the knocking pen into the killing-beds.
For half an hour they kept every one
lively. One of them seemed to have a
special antipathy for dressed sheep, charg-
ing at them as they hung on the hooks.
A bucket was thrown at him and he
straightway ran it against a post and flat-
tened it. The other confined his atten-
tion to the butchers and managed to dam-
age two of them. Finally, one of the
steers had to be hamstrung before he
wouhl give in. This is forbidden by law,
I believe, and should the society for the
"shackler" slips a chain around a hind
leg and in an instant the steer is
^Tioisted," only his head and shoulders
touching the ground. A man steps up
und slips a muzzle which is mounted on
a pole over the animal's head and forces
the head back till the throat is fully ex-
posed and protrudes. The Jewish butcher
then approaches with a knife eighteen
i aches long, honed till it is keen as a
nuor, and at a single stroke almost de-
capitates the animal, which is then
boisted clear off the ground to bleed. TJ]i
Paokera* efflffies hvaig by the striken.
prevention of cruelty to animals catch the
butchers at it a prosecution would follow.
One of the sights of the killing-beds is
the Jewish butcher at work. It is not
generally known, but is none the less true
that the orthodox Jew will not eat beef
or mutton killed Gentile fashion. The
>iosaic laws must be complied with, and
ihey forbid the felling of an animal whose
flesh is to be used for food. Accordingly,
when beef is to be killed for Jewish con-
sumption, the steer has a rope tied
around his neck in the knocking pen. The
knock pen is then thrown open halfway
and the steer's hind legs protrude. The
till the moment his throat is cut a steer
})ellows furiously and any one accustomed
to the slaughter-house can tell when
"Kosher meat," as it is called, is being
killed, even if not in sight of the killmg-
bcdi?. This process is distinctly inhuman,
but has its advantages, nevertheless. The
steer is worked up to a frightful pitch of
excitement, and when his throat is cut
every drop of blood is pumped out of his
buay, thus insuring that the meat is right.
The Gentile fashion of killing, viz.,
^'knocking" first and "sticking'' after,
practically makes it certain that the ani-
mal bleeds to death in a semi-comatose
330
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
blate, or more likely entirely unconscious
in this state the heart is not as active
and so the blood is not so thoroughly
ejected. It is very diflicult to drive steers
into the "knocking pens'' when "Kosher
meat" is being killed, as those outside
hear the others bellow. Yankee ingenuity
comes to the front again in tlie shape of
an electric "tickler," a long rod connected
by a chain to one of the electric wires. A
touch of this rod makes the most recalci-
t^^ant steer go straight into the knocking
pen.
The force of police in the yards nat-
urally had to be greatly augmented dur-
ing the strike, and after seeing and watch-
ing those men it is easy for any one V)
understand why Chicago is a lawless cily.
A more indolent, indifferent set of men
do not exist. They passed most of their
time loafing and smoking and not one in
ten of them ever seemed to have his uni-
form brushed. They were thoroughly in
sympathy wnth the strikers and made no
pretense of being otherwise, while their
insolent demeanor to the general public
would have made any one think they were
masters instead of servants of the public.
Their complete inability to look after a
Chicago crowd w^as shown by the fact
that Eddie Hawthorne and his foreman
Tim dared not go home even under police
escort.
Every evening after work was over 1
made for the main gates or for the "ave-
nue." Here the strikers were in evidence
und on several occasions 1 saw strike-
breakers pulled off the car and beaten al-
most to death before the police arrived.
At the "avenue" gate I saw a crowd of
girl strikers set on a girl coming out of
the yards, pull her clothing to rags, tear
her hair out, stab her with hatpins, and.
in fact, behave more; like furies than
v.'omen. Some strikers spoke to a negro
inside the yards as he alighted from the
train one morning. He immediately
p'jlled his gun and fired and it was amus-
ing to see the crowd scatter. Finally he
emptied his gun, and then the police
came on the scene and arrested him. The
strike-breaker was alwavs liable to be ex-
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CONFESSIOXS OF A 8TEIKE-BREAKEK.
881
amined by the police to see if he carrier!
weapons. One carload of negroes yielded
sixty-seven revolvers and innumerable
knives after a police search.
The packers' meat wagons were never
safe outside of the yards. On Halsteil
street one morning I saw one "blocked^'
by some coal teamsters. The crowd gath-
ered like magic, pulled the driver from
his seat and l)eat him, cut the traces and
drove the horse off, upset the wagon and
poured some fluid on the meat and dis-
persed long before a patrol wagon came
on the scene.
The homes of strike-breakers were
stormed by mobs, sacked and often set on
fire. The strikers held people up in the
yards district every night. Even the rail-
road cars belonging to the packers were
not safe. A train of those cars stopped
at a downtown crossing one day and a
mob set on it and detached the meat cars,
opened them and destroyed the content.-
before the police came. General chaos
prevailed at that time, and a strike-
breaker took his life in his hands when
he went beyond the yard precincts.
On the thirty-first of August the stock
handlers, who had not gone out with the
butchers, struck, evidently thinking that
they were strong enough to force the pack-
ers to come to terms.
Help was needed in the yards, so I quit
Swift & Company's service and went to
the Union Stock Yards and Transit Com-
pany and asked for a cow puncher's job.
The gentleman who engaged me, whose
name it would le unwise for me to give
for reasons hereinafter evident, questioned
me as to my memory for faces and my
ability to count cattle and handle them.
I was accordingly instructed to open and
shut gates, keep count of all cattle moved
and help shift tliem from my own sec-
tion to any other. This was easy work,
but on days when the "runs'' were heavy,
such fis Monday and Wednesday, there
would be three hours in the morning dur-
ing which five or six thousand cattle
would have to be counted and ''delivered"
to commission men. "Delivering" con-
sisted of counting the cattle in a pen,
which often necessitated driving them out
and then booking them against the com-
mission house to whom they were deliv-
ered. This system has to be used, as there
are frequently disreputable dealers in the
yards who would think nothing of steal-
Polioe arrettiiiff a teamster.
ing a steer or reporting shortages that
did not exist.
The first day I rode a horse which, I
was told, was at least twenty-five years
old and had spent all his life in the yards.
The apt way that horse could sidle up to
a gate so that one could lean over and
open it would have put any English hunter
to shame. When cattle did not go fast
enough "Nigger" would bite them. After
that 1 rode a vicious half-breed bronco
which had been used for night work pre-
viously and was unaccustomed to day-
light, flies and the sun. When he was
taken out in the morning he would buck
the blanket out from under the saddle,
and even when saddled he would buck
every time a fly lit on his back. About
this time the Western cattle began to
come in in numbers, and one of the sights
of the yards was to see the brand inspect-
ors, all Western men, ride in among a
"bunch" of Westerns and sort them out
according to their brands. There are sev-
eral hundred brands all different, and
those men never seemed to find any diffi-
culty in placing them.
The Western or range steers are dan-
gerous to handle, but, at the same time,
one of them is always more dangerous to
handle than twenty. The reason is that
the steer associates separation from the
herd with some kind of evil, such as
branding.
Shortly after this the strikers came to
terms with the packers and the strike was
declared off. I decided I had seen all I
wanted and went to the gentleman who
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had engaged me and told him so. "In
that ease," he said, "1 would like you to
remain here. Keep an eye on the union
men when they come back and report any
kind of abuse on their part towards the
nonunion men."
When the union men did come back it
was quite evident that they intended to
manage the business for the Union Stock
Yards and Transit Company and to
scare all nonunion men out of the yards.
My reports were followed by dismissals
of union men every day.
Finally I was betrayed to the union
men by a blunlering clerk in the office.
That same day two commission men who
had been very friendly to me came and
warned me that my life was in danger if
I remained in the yards. I was not in-
clined to believe them at first, but that
afternoon as I sat underneath one of the
viaducts which are used for movin? cat-
tle from one part of the yards to another,
a bucket of manure and another of water
were emptied upon me and the bronco. The
bronco let out and nearly brained the
man I was talking to, and then proceeded
to get rid of his saddle blanket as a si<m
of his resentment. It was useless to try
and track the perpetrators of this "little
joke," as the numerous "shutes" leadins:
down from the viaducts formed the best
kind of a hiding place. Later on that
same afternoon a brick was thrown at
me from another viaduct.
That ni^ht I went to my chief and told
him thpt T had had now a suflficiencv of
stock-yard experience. I will here say that
this man was the highest type of manager
that I have seen in this country. He rep-
resented all that is finest in American
management, being able to keep on the
best of terms with his men and yet handle
them exactly as he wished, while possess-
ing the keenest judgment of character
and rare business ability.
I packed my grips and went down to
the Union depot that same evening. I
had bought my ticket, checked one of my
grips ahead of me and was just about
to go through the gates when something
landed on my left jaw. I reeled and only
was saved from falling by a fellow-pas-
senger. Before I could turn, the man
who had struck me was at the top of the
stairs. The policeman, as usual, did not
see what had happened, though he was
only about fifteen paces away at the time
and supposed to be watching the gate. I
now realized that I must have been
tracked for over four hours through Chi-
cago by a union "thug" and this was his
first opportunity to get at me.
On arriving at my destination my jaw
was still swollen and painful. I accord-
ingly went to a doctor, who informed me
that the "alveolar process," or spongy bone
in which the teeth are fixed, was frac-
tured, so I judge I must have been struck
with a "billy" or some similar weapon.
A sraall lump will always remain on my
jaw as a reminder of my experiences in
Chicago Union Stock Yards.
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A mob preUminary to a riot.
SAMUEL QUIGG'S EXPERIMENT
By E. P. JoaenKaus
SAMUEL QUIGG, in shirt sleeves
and minus a collar, sat ruminat-
ing one July afternoon. Samuel
was a bachelor, corpulent in fig-
ure, and rendered very uncom-
fortable by the intense heat of the mid-
summer day. He had left his store in
charge of his clerk, and had climbed the
stairs to his chamber above, with the
avowed intention of "cooling off for a
spell." The sun beat pitilessly into the
room, and "cooling off" was purely a mat-
ter of imagination.
In truth, Samuel was suffering from a
consuming inward fire, compared with
which the sun's most scorching rays were
refreshing. It had always been his hope
some day to fall madly in love, but he had
anticipated nothing like the experience
which had now befallen him. At times
he had manifested a slight preference for
one or another of the attractive girls of
the little Washington town, but his affec-
tions had never been seriously engaged,
and he had guarded himself from bestow-
ing attentions which could by any possi-
bility be misconstrued. He was looked
upon in the community as a confirmed
bachelor.
Samuel Quigg at forty-seven was a dig-
nified man, genial, but avoiding intimacy
with other men, respected for his moral
uprightness, perhaps also for the posses-
sion of substantial worldly goods, which
set him a little above and apart from his
associates.
Samuel's life was a simple one. He
was sole owner and manager of a large
general store, lived in apartments above
his place of business, and took his meals
at "The Sands Hotel" opposite. Until
the arrival of Minerva Sands to act as
housekeeper of the hotel, for her uncle,
Daniel Sands, Samuel Quigg gave little
thought to meals, none at all to raiment,
beyond his natural preference for cleanli-
ness.
Minerva's advent workorl a sudden radi-
cal change in the man. She was a young
woman prepossessing in appearance, win-
some in manner, with a quick wit which
amused, while her dignity effectively re-
buked slight attempts at familiarity at
first indulged in by some of the younger
boarders. Her ability as manager attracted
custom, and the long table over which she
presided was well filled with lawyers,
clerks, and numerous transient guests.
From the moment of his first glance at
her bright eyes and graceful figure,
Samuel Quigg had become Minerva's help-
less captive. As permanent boarder among
transients, he was given the seat of honor
at her right hand, and the struggles he
underwent in his efforts to make himself
worthy of such distinction entitle him to
rank with martyrs.
As the usual supper hour drew near,
Samuel concluded his meditations.
"If I could only feel sure about her tem-
per, I'd ask her to-night !" he mused.
Rising, he bathed his perspiring face
and wet his hair, which, thick at the sides,
was thin on top, and afforded glimpses of
a shiny pink scalp — a sad trial to Samuel.
It was a task requiring time and infinite
patience to arrange his scanty locks ad-
vantageously. Having finished, he picked
up his discarded collar, scanning it du-
biously.
"Fourth to-day ! But I'll have to get a
fresh one," he decided.
Opening the top drawer of his dresser
he stirred the contents vigorously, draw-
ing out at random a confused tangle of
masculine belongings. Extricating a very
high collar which he hoped would hide his
prominent "Adam's apple,'' he jammed the
remaining mass back into the drawer, and
attempted to adjust his collar. Mental
agitation must certainly have affected his
grasp, for the collar button slipped from
his fingers and rolled down his back. A
second went the same way. The third re-
mained firmly in place, but a jerk to bring
the collar to terms wrecked the neckband
of his shirt, rendering necessary an en-
tirely fresh start.
One would hardly suppose it a matter
of vital importance to arrive at a hotel
table at the precise moment when the din-
ing-room doors should be flung open to the
public. Such, however, was Samuel
Quigg's daily ambition. In his endeavor
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to attain it he completed his toilet in
frantic haste, rushed across the street and
appeared in the "Hotel office" panting,
perspiring, five minutes too early.
"Hello, Sam! Runnin to a fire?"
called out the host.
"I thought I was late," replied Sam,
stiffly.
"No great harm done if you was. I
guess Mi nervy M a' saved your seat for
ye I'' with a wink at the company.
A snicker followed tliis pleasantry.
Sam's state of mind had long been ap-
parent to all beholders. Before he had
time to reply the doors were opened and
he slipped into his place, receiving from
Minerva a smile which, as he afterwards
confessed, "broke him all up."
^linerva, fully conscious of her lover's
embarrassment in her presence, could not
resist the feminine impulse to tantalize
him.
"You must eat, Mr. Quigg; indeed, you
must, or we shall think you are ill," she
said, plying him with dainties, and gazing
at his agitated countenance with affected
concern which sent little shivers of delight
along his spine.
Minerva could not understand Samuel's
hesitation.
"What is he afraid of? Can't he see
that after all Fve suffered I'd fairly jump
at an offer from a good man? If he doesn't
hurry I'll have to take the matter into my
own hands and show him how a 'progres-
sive woman' assists Fate." She smiled, a
little bitterly.
Su})per over, Sam drew the host aside.
"I want to talk to you, Dan. Come
over after I shut up store, can't you? I
want you to advise me — you've always been
a good friend to me, Dan,*' he added,
nervously.
Dan reflected.
"Maybe I might drop up 'long 'bout
nine o'clock," he said.
Dan waylaid Minerva in the hall.
"\Mien you're through, come upstairs.
I want to see you."
"I'm through now," said Minerva, lead-
ing the way to her own room and setting
a chair for her uncle, who tip})ed com-
fortably back against the wall. Minerva
fidget ted under his steady gaze.
"Did you want amihing special?" she
asked.
"Yes, but — I'm darned if I know how
to get at it," Dan replied.
Minerva smiled, roguishly.
"Something about the business?" she
inquired.
"No, 'tain't — and you know it. Say,
^linervy, tell me, honest, would you marry
again if you was to have the chance?"
"I'm not likely to have a chance," she
answered evasively.
"Xonsense! You ain't blind, and you
can't fool me. You know 's well 's I do
that Sam Quigg just about worships you.
I've seen him edge all the way 'round thr*
room just to get the chair you'd been a
settin' on ; and when he fin'ly got it, settle
down as contented and happy as a settin'
hen, or 's if he'd struck a ledge of pay dirt ;
such signs as them can't be misunderstood.
Whtit I'm want in' to know is what you
think of Sam. Do you like him?'
"He seems a very worthy man," Min-
erva replied demurely.
*'See here, Minervy Sands! Quit your
foolin', and talk sense. Would you marry
Sam Quigg, if he was to ask you? He's
asked me over there to-night, and I have
an idee that's what he wants to talk about.
Before I go I want to know how you feel
about it, so's not to make no mistake. If
you do want him, say so; or if you don't,
and I'll act accordin'."
Minerva hesitated a moment, then rose,
nnd going close to the old man placed her
hands upon his shoulders. Ijooking
straiirht into his kind eyes, she said:
"I'nele, you know what my life has
been ; you must know that to be loved and
honored by a good man, like Mr. Quigg,
would make earth a heaven to me." Her
voice broke, and she sobbed upon his
shoulder. Dan let his chair Aown upon
all fours, and drew her to him.
"There, Minervy, don't cry! Yes, I
know all about it. You've had a mighty
hard row of it, poor little girl! Lots of
times I've wanted to take you away and
bring you here. But no man had ought
to interfere between a woman and her hus-
band, 's long 's she's got the grit to stick
to him. That's all over now ; 'tain't no use
thinkin' of it. I just want you should
understand that you're goin' to be took
good care of 's long 's / live, and all I've
iM)t 'II be yours when I'm gone. You ain't
obb'nfed to marrv no man, 'nless you'd
ruther 'n not; but if marryin' Sam Quigg
is goin' to make you any happier 'n you
be now, I'm ready to help along; thafs
all."
SAMUEL QUIGG'S EXPEKIMENT.
335
"How good you are!'^ Minerva ex-
claimed, wiping her eyes. "I don't know
what I do want; Fll leave it all to you,
Uncle/'
"Well, I'll act accordin' to my best judg-
ment. It's time I was goin'. I'll let you
know in the mornin' what he says."
Dan loitered on the porch before keep-
ing his appointment. At last he put on
his hat, and slowly crossed the road.
"Come upstairs, Dan !" Samuel called.
They seated themselves by the open win-
dow. Sam's words were slow in coming.
After several false starts he gave up ef-
fort, and helplessly waited for Dan to
begin a conversation.
This Dan perversely declined to do;
after a long, uncomfortable silense he rose,
remarking :
"If you ain't got nothin' more to say,
I'll be goin'; I've been broke of my rest
consid'able lately, and it's been rut her a
tryin' day, what with the heat an' all — ''
"Oh, it's early yet; sit down. I want
to consult you, to get your advice. You've
always been like a father to me, Dan — "
then abruptly:
"You know vour niece, Minerva — ''
"Yes, I know her."
"Well, I've been thinking for a good
while that I'd like to talk to you about
her. The fact is, Dan, I — I love her!"
"Tliat's natural," said Dan; "most folks
do, come to know her."
"But I mean more than that. IM
like to marry her, if, after a few ques-
tions, everything is satisfactory."
"I'll save you the trouble of asking
qmstions," said Dan, his face darken-
ing. "I s'pose you've heard some talk
about her getting a divorce from her lius-
band. Slie was married at seventeen to a
scamp, who abused her for eight years,
and wound up by running away with an-
other woman. She wouldn't ask for a di-
vorce, thinkin' he'd get tired of the otber
woman and come back to her. He did
leave the otlier one, but only because he'd
found a fresh fool to listen to him. Wlien
I heard that, I went to Mi nervy and in-
sisted on her gettin' a divorce. 'Twan't
no trouble, the facts was well known. Soon
's it was over 1 brouglit bcr here, bag and
baggage; and here she's a goin' to stay,
long's ever she wants to. I shoukln't
think she'd bave the courage to try an-
other man. I wouldn't, if 1 was her."
Dan spoke with much warmth. Samuel
hastened to pacify him.
"I wasn't thinking of that; I shouldn't
have spoken to anybody but herself on
such a subject. What you say makes me
the more anxious, if — if — everything is all
right."
"What in thunder do you mean ? Ain't
you satisfied ?"
"Oh yes, yes ! It isn't anything serious;
most men wouldn't think much about it,
I suppose. But you know I've never had
much to do with women. I don't feel
capable of judging them without — with-
out a little practice, as you might say."
Dan's features relaxed into a grin.
"Experience wouldn't help you none, if
you had it ; there ain't no two women alike
in the hull creation, and you can't calki-
late with no manner of certainty on the
best of 'em; the best way is just to go it
blind, and take your chances.''
At this somewhat pessimistic view of
the subject, Sam's face lengthened.
"Maybe; but straws show which way the
wind blows, and I've been thinking how it
would be to try a few little exyerimenis,
just to test her, you know."
"To find out what your chance is, you
mean? The quickest way 'd be just to ask
her, no beat in' round the bush. She can't
more 'n say 'N'o.' "
"You don't understand, Dan. 'Tisn't
that. I'm afraid she's got — well a tem-
per, and I might run up against it, un-
knowing, and there might be a lot of
misery for both of us if I didn't find out
beforehand the things that are likely to
rouse it, so's to avoid 'em afterwards.
See?"
"Vrdl, yes, I see — and I can't deny
that ^li nervy has the Sands spunk.
!Miglity good thinjr to have, too, if it's
well kep' under, 'f I was vou, 1 b'lieve I'd
take my chance of bein' able to steer clear
of it, rutber 'n resk stirrin' of it up.
^leddlin' with a woman's temper is tick-
lish business."
"I know," Sam assented, "but stems to
me the best way will be to — to take a little
more tiuie, not to be in too great a hurry.
I'm just as much obliged to vou, Dan,
and—"
"Well* Samuel, you asked for my ad-
vice, and I'm goin' to give it to you,
straight. Don't you be such an everlastin'
idiot as to qo to triflin' with Minervv
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Sands, or you'll get slipped up in your
reckonings. Slie's able to take care o' her-
self, and don't need to ask no odds. If
she wasn't, you'd have me to deal with
if you hurt her feelin's. That girl's the
apple of my eye, Sam.'*
"I know it, Dan; of mine, too, if you
don't mind my saying so. It's for her
good* a*s well as my own, I'm taking all
this trouble, before I let her suspect my
feelings towards her."
Dan turned away to hide an involun-
tary smile.
"You're just like everybody else askin'
advice — sot on havin' your own way,
whether or no. I've give my opinion.
Good-night."
"You won't betray me to her, will you?
Don't let her suspect — "
"Lord, no! That would upset your
dish. I don't mind sayin' 't if Minervy
does feel like takin' another resk, you'd
suit me as well as anybody I know —
'round here/' he added, conveying the im-
pression that outside the limits of the vil-
lage stood numerous waiting suitors much
more to his mind."
Sam slept soundly that night, satisfied
to have made the first move toward the
realization of his hopes. Without being
a vain man, he yet estimated himself
highly, being well aware of the respect ac-
corded him in the town. Xo doubt of the
final outcome of his suit harassed him.
T]>e successful manipulation of the details
of his somewhat novel courtship perplexed
him; but these, he reflected, need not be
hurried ; he would take plenty of time to
perfect his plans, and trusted to be able
to carry them out without arousing Min-
erva's suspicion.
To Dan the prospect appeared less
promising.
"Who'd ever suppose Sam Quigg 'd
take such a crazy crotchet into his head,"
he mused. "Him that's so prompt in
business, to hang back and squibble, and
hunt up 'bjections to the very thing he
wants the wust way. It does beat all,
what a fool a man is w^hen he's in love !
Seems to deprive him of common hoss-
sense. And Minervy! What in Tophet
'11 I say to her? Have to tell her he's
\veighin' her in the balances to find out if
she's quite good enough. 'T wouldn't
s'prise me none if she did let fly her Sands
temper at that. Xo, I can't tell her that,
either; I promised Sam not to let on what
he's up to. Darn him ! I'll have to fix
up some yarn, but 'twon't do no good. Mv
lies never fool nobody."
Dan tossed and tumbled until daybreak,
and when he rose was still in doubt how
he should satisfy Minerva's natural cu-
riosity in regard to his conversation with
Samuel Quigg. She did not approach
him, but all through breakfast Dan felt
that she was studying him, only biding
her time to question. When Sam, by an
awkward movement, spilled his coflfee
over the spotless tablecloth, Dan regarded
her with anxiety, realizing that Sam was
already experimenting. Minerva betrayed
no annoyance, but skillfully repairing the
considerable damage, refilled Sam's cup,
bestowing the usual liberal allowance of
cream and sugar, and appearing in nowise
ruffled by the mishap.
Knowing that an interview with his
niece was inevitable, Dan strolled care-
lessly in her direction, when he observed
that she was at leisure. She withdrew
out of hearing distance of her maids.
"Well, Uncle?" she inquired.
"There ain't much to tell you, yet, Min-
ervy."
"Did — didn't he say anything?" she
asked, her face flushing.
"Yes — yes, he said consid'able; but —
fact is, Sam's got a good deal a-weighin'
on him just now, and he didn't quite get
to it to make no def'nite proposal exactly,
not yet, that is. He will ; give him time,"
"Was it about me he wanted to talk to
you?"
"Yes, you — and some other things I
can't tell you about now; private matters
't he wouldn't trust to nobody but me —
matters that's troublin' him."
"Xow, Uncle, tell me! Did he say he
wanted to marry me, or didn't he? I
ought to know."
"Lord bless your heart ! Yes! He said
it a dozen times over ! But before he can
come out flat footed and tell you so, he's
got to settle up these other things I'm
tcllin' you about, and it may take him
quite some time. Don't you begin to worr^-
and get impatient if he don't say nothin'
right away, — and don't 'pear to take no
notice if he acts kind o' queer sometimes.
He's worried pretty nigh crazy."
"Then why did he speak of me at all ?"
"Why, he — he — sort o' wanted to feel
SAMUEL QUIGG'S EXPERIMENT.
337
his way, you know — see where he stood,
and what his chances was."
"Uncle, you didn^t — surely you didn't
tell him—''
"Course not ! Take me for a fool ? T
told him — not in them words exactly, but
that's the sense of 'em — ^that if he ever
expects to get you he'll have to mind his
Ps and Qs; that you're all-fired particu-
lar, and ain't goin' to take up with no
man that don't come up to your ideeg of
what's what. It discouraged him some,
but he'll come round all right in the end."
Minerva studied her uncle's counte-
nance.
"You're keeping something back; but
I'll just have to trust you."
"That's right," said Dan, relieved to
have the interview safely over.
"Minervy's sharp 's a weasel. Lucky
I happened to think of callin' them ex-
periments ^private matters.' Nothin' like
a little mystery to keep a love affair
a-goin'," he thought, complacently.
Sam, refreshed and invigorated by a
calm night's rest, planned an active cam-
paign.
"What would make a woman mad, I
wonder?" he queried. Taking pencil and
paper, he jotted down ideas which occurred
to him, chuckling as some particularly
happy thought struck him. Wlien he had
evolved what he considered a sufficient
number of tests, he rearranged and care-
fully copied his list in ink upon a sheet
of foolscap, folded, and put it in his
pocket.
Minerva, conscious of being under in-
spection, not only by her presumed lover,
but by her uncle also, resented the latter's
reticence.
"It isn't fair. He might give me a
hint — I wish I hadn't let him know that
I care ; but he's so good, he wouldn't con-
ceal anything I really ought to know."
Consoling herself thus, Minerva
watched, alert to perceive indications of
Samuel's hidden anxieties. Could he be
financiall}^ embarrassed? A guarded
sounding of her uncle's knowledge upon
this point dispelled the suspicion. Had
some other woman claims upon him ? In-
vestigation proved this theory absurd.
Samuel's entire life had been passed in the
village; he was known to every man,
woman and child. No scandal had ever
touched him. Moreover, his admiration
for herself was strongly in evidence.
Clearly she had no rival in his affections.
Puzzled, she settled down to the convic-
tion that Samuel must believe himself
threatened by some obscure disease ; possi-
bly the dread of insanity haunted him,
filling his mind with dire forebodings.
Dan's warning to her not to be alarmed
if at times Sam "acted queer," frequently
recurred to her during the year which fol-
lowed their conversation. Samuel certainly
gave reason for wonder by his erratic be-
havior, his frequent marked avoidance of
her, invariably followed by abject apolo-
gies and redoubled attentions ; his unprec-
edented neglect of personal appearance.
Many things conspired together to arouse
in her doubts as to the wisdom of leaving
the sure refuge of her uncle's home, be-
sides the important fact that as yet she
had not been requested to forsake it. Al-
together, the situation was one calculated
to try the nerves and patience of a sensi-
tive, high-spirited woman.
Light was shed upon her darkness by a
trifling circumstance. In clearing the
dining-room one day, she picked up a
folded paper, inadvertently dropped by
one of the boarders, opened it, and glanced
at its contents. Her first look of bewilder-
ment was succeeded by one of deepest in-
dignation, and she angrily tore the paper
through. Changing her mind, she tucked
it safely away for future reference.
"I wish I didn't love him ! But I do,
so T can't punish him!" she lamented.
Dan was becoming disgusted by Sam-
uel's clumsy maneuvers. Minerva's meek-
ness also disturbed him.
"I can't make her out," he mused. "She
has got the Sands temper, enough to raise
the shingles off the meetin' house roof,
but she ain't showed a trace of it. When
Sam made out 't he'd plumb forget 't he'd
asked her to drive to S — . with him, after
she'd rigged up an' waited three. hours, I
thought she wotdd go for him; but she
never even peeped. Then, when he brought
that triflin' Hobbs girl here to supper,
right before her eyes, an' took her to the
show afterwards, Minervy felt it, I know
she must of, but she didn't say a word.
Sam '11 carry them experiments of his too
fur, one of these days. Minervy's spirit
must, have been broke by her fust hus-
band, 'r else she's mighty deep in love
now. Sam's a fool. I wish 't she would
let out a little on him. He needs fetchin*
up short."
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Minerva's virtue of patience was finally
rewarded. Samuel Quigg proposed in due
form as soon as he was convinced that the
completed list of experiments had failed
to stir to action the dreaded "Sands tem-
per/^
"So long as she hasn't fired up at what
I have done, she'll he able to stand any-
thing Pm likely to do," Sam reasoned.
His offer becomingly accepted, Minerva
despatched her lover to announce the en-
gagement to Uncle Dan.
"Them doubts of yours all settled?" he
inquired.
"She has the temper of an angel T Sam
exclaimed, rapturously.
"Didn't say nothin' about the way
youVe been a carryin' on ?"
"Not one word ! I tell you, Dan, she's
just about perfect ! I'm a lucky man !"
"That's what you are!" assented Dan,
with conviction.
"I'm glad it's all settled. Sam ^1 be
good to her, and he's a nice feller, for all
his foolishness. But it's awful queer about
Minervy. I can't believe she's real happy.
'Tain't liJce her to be so humble."
Minerva, however, betrayed no lack of
happiness, but at once set about prepara-
tions for her wedding, in the following
September. The days were too short for
the tasks with which she planned to fill
them, and she often worked late into the
night. A feverish zeal possessed her, im-
pelling her to undertake unnecessary
labors. She put the hotel into the best
of order, personally superintended the
canning and preserving, and stored the
pantry shelves with homemade goodies
such as boarders love. Her exertions
worried Uncle Dan.
"What's the matter, Minervy? You
don't need to do all this. You'll be just
across the street ; 'tain't 's if you was goin'
out of town."
Minerva looked thoughtfully at him.
"Something might happen that we did
go out of town," she said. "I want to do
everything I can while I'm here. Nothing
will ever be the same — afterwards.''
"Now don't you go and get low-soir-
ited. You're all tired out, I c'n see that.
But if you have any doubts about bein'
happy with Sam, don't be afraid to speak
out. Now's the time."
"I haven't," she replied, smiling reas-
suringly.
Samuel Quigg was sparing no expense
in fitting up apartments for his bride, and
was as pleased as a child with the results
attained.
" 'Tain't a bit better than she deserves,''
he would say, in response to admiring
ejaculations.
*The wedding ceremony was to take
place in the parlor of the Sands Hotel.
Samuel's wide acquaintance, and Min-
erva's popularity, combined to make the
list of guests include well-nigh the entire
adult population of the town, and they
fille;! to overflowing the lower rooms of
the hotel as the appointed hour ap-
proached.
Guests occupying coigns of vantage in
the hall saw Samuel Quigg ascend the
stairs, closely followed by the clergyman
and Uncle Dan.
A long wait followed, and the company
grew restive. Upstairs consternation
reigned. The bride could not be found,
neither was there a scrap of writing to
serve as a clue to the cause of her disap-
pearance. The three men stared at one
another dismayed, at a loss what to do.
Just as the clock struck eight, the hour
appointed for the ceremony, a boy came
tearing up the back stairs, three steps at
a time, and thrust a letter into Samuel
Quigg's hand.
As he opened it a folded paper, torn
through the middle, fell to the floor. A
glance at it drew a groan from Sam. He
read the note addressed to himself, then
silently passed it to his companions. It
was as follows :
"Dear Sam :
"The enclosed sheet will explain my ab-
sence. Now that you have had the bene-
fit of your experiments, I claim the right
to try one, and shall hold my "Sands tem-
per" in reserve for future use. I love you,
Sam, and do not recall my promise to be-
come your wife. But first I wish to test
the '^ Quigg disposition/* If it endures
this strain, come to K — one month frora
to-day, and we will be quietly married
there.
"Yours,
"Minerva Sands."
While Samuel Quigg and the clergyman
conferred together as to the best method
of dispersing the assembly below. Uncle
Dan communed with himself, thus:
"I guess I hadn't no call to worry about
Minervy's losin' all her spunk. She's got
enough left to do business with."
AN ARTIST OF THE PLAINS
By Katkryne W^ilson
ARLY in the
winter of
1 8 8 5 - G, a
northern wind
swept over the
rain - soaked
► ra i ries of
Eastern Mon-
t a n a and
shrunk the
mercury to a
mark far be-
low zero. In
the space of a
few hours the
cattle ranges
were tight in
the grip of the
ice - god, and
all forage was
hidden deep beneath billows of snow. The
change came unexpectedly and caught the
stockmen unprepared. As a result, the
great herds of cattle ranging everywhere
were reduced to pitiful straits, and week
by week the rangers reported an appall-
ing number of dead and starving live
stock.
The Helena owner of the Bar R outfit
wrote to inquire concerning the welfare
of his five thousand cattle, of which his
superintendent found it rather embar-
rassing, under the circumstances, to make
a report. A red-haired cowboy, who hap-
pened to be present on the receipt of the
letter, hitched up his "chaps," shifted his
sombrero to the back of his head and vol-
unteered to answer the communication.
Seating himself by the deal table, he took
out his pencil, set to work, and after an
interval of soft scratching on a piece of
rough paper, he ended by tossing his effort
to "the boss'^ for inspection.
On the sheet was a sketch of a cadav-
SIONALIITQ.
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erous steer standing huddled up against
the onslaughts of the blizzard, his hide
fallen in around his ribs, his joints stick-
ing out at every conceivable angle, his
head hanging helplessly between his fore-
legs— a miserable, dejected wrack of
bones in its last extremity. In the back-
ground of snowy wastes, the gaunt form
of a hungry wolf lurked in anticipation of
his prey. Beneath the picture was the in-
scription, "Waiting for the Chinook — The
Last of the Five Thousand.''
The drawing was sent to carry its mes-
sage of disaster, but it was destined for
another mission, for the recipient appre-
ciated its value and showed it to his
friends. In this way it came to the notice
of the Society for the Prevention of Cru-
elty to Animals, the promotors of which
straightway appropriated it for its graphic
lesson and sent it broadcast with their lit-
erature. The result was that a cowpuncher
of the Western ranges promptly became
the center of interest of a goodly number
of appreciative friends, and when it was
discovered that this plainsman could also
paint in oils and water colors, draw in pen
and ink, and model in wax and clay.
Charles M. Eussell found himself an ob-
ject of curiosity and a figiire of unusual
picturesqueness to an approving public.
To-day the work of the "cowboy artist of
Montana" commands tempting prices, and
Mr. Eussell is no longer a cowboy by pro-
fession.
There are two circumstances which
render the work of C. M. Russell unique.
One is the fact that, with the exception of
a little elementary instruction as a school
boy, he has never had a lesson in his life.
The other is his perfect familiarity with
every detail of the life of both the cowboy
and the Indian.
Born in St. Louis thirty-five years ago
of a family in comfortable circumstances;
a self-imposed wanderer at fifteen because
of an irresistible fascination which the
West possessed for him; the associate of
an old trapper for two years; a cow-
puncher at seventeen; a dweller with the
Crow and Blackfeet Indians for a year,
'and a free-lance always, the course of his
life has been sufficiently unrestrained to
satisfy the requirements of a nature as big
as his. Chafing under the restrictions of
conventionality, ill at ease anywhere but
in the open stretches of the plains where
one may breathe comfortably, a lover of
big things and of the primitive, Charles
M. Russell is of the West, western.
He has dabbled in paints more or less
all his life. To quote his own version,
"WTien I came here, I brought some paints
and one brush in an old sock, and I've
been dobbin' away ever since." For several
years he painted desultorily and purely for
his own pleasure. Wlien funds got low he
occasionally disposed of a picture to the
ever-ready purchaser for a nominal sum,
and painted again when the mood seized
Here ii illustrated the battle herd on the trail from Texas to the ranges of Montana. Mo one can
fail to admire this superb representation of the range-rider and his horse in the forecround, as thej
both watch the long and slowly movingr train. The unerring pen of the artist has accurately por-
trayed the oowboy, as he easily rests in his saddle, and also the horse of the plains, brave, strong
of limb and tireless. From a drawing by Charles M. Russell.
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him. Not until recently has he been will-
ing to paint to order, and what he for-
merly did consent to do under such condi-
tions was not usually up to his own
standard.
In 1892 he drifted to Great Falls,
where he first took his work seriously, and
in 1896 he was married to Miss Nancy
Cooper, of Cascade, an energetic, well-bal-
anced woman of the true Western type,
whose nature fitted antithetically into that
of her husband with the happiest results.
She is devoted to his interests, confident
of his genius, ambitious for his success,
and it is wholly due to her influence that
he has finally exchanged his avocation for
his vocation.
A few years ago, interested friends, ap-
preciating Russell's extraordinary talent,
succeeded in persuading him to go East
and take instruction in technique. He was
put to work on first principles and told to
draw straight lines. After a day or so of
this kind of thing, he suddenly turned to
the instructor.
"Say, can you draw an Injun?'' he in-
quired.
"Why, yes," replied the artist, "I can."
"H'm! A Fenimore Cooper Injun,"
grunted the Westerner. "I'll draw you
one that'd scalp you," and with a few
strokes he evolved a portrait of a very
savage red man, quite in accord with his
own feelings at the moment, after which
he put on his sombrero and left the room.
He has never been back.
In a picturesque log cabin studio filled
with Indian and cowboy relics among the
surroundings for which he cares most in
the world, with the association of his wife,
his ponies and his friends, "Charley" Rus-
sell lives his life and does his work as he
finds it — a work that is rendered doubly
important by reason of the rapid passing
of the old West and the birth of the new,
where the cowboy is already an object of
curiosity and the Indian is no longer seen
in his native haunts. It is no inconsidera-
ble thing that these characteristic features
of the West that was, are being put into
permanent form by one who knows his
subj^t in all its phases with a knowledge
that is absolutely accurate and authentic.
Nothing in literature has yet been done
so graphically to portray the one-time
West, as do these achievements of the
"cowboy artist.'*
One of the first characteristics with
Charlea M. BusseU.
which one is impressed in viewing one of
Russell's pictures is the remarkable action
which he infuses into all his subjects, no
matter how prosaic. It may be a strag-
gling pony or an Indian raid that he is
depicting — a poker game or a cowboy
"jamboree." But whatever it is, the very
essence of the West is incorporated in the
vigorous freedom of attitude, the uncon-
scious breeziness of manner, that distin-
guish all his figures.
Russell's chief fault is a tendency to
neglect portions of his picture that he
considers of too little importance, and
the result is often an unfinished work
whose imperfections show up glaringly in
a reproduction. This fact lays him liable
to an accusation (that may seem partly
justifiable) of carelessness, and yet it is
quite in accord with the nature of one
who has no time for small things at close
range. "I like to live where I can look a
long way off without seein' anybody," he
says, and his pictures prove it. Much of
his oil work betrays, also, the influence of
his practice in water color through the
broad sweeps of suggestive tints, almost
impressionistic in their effects — a device
that is all very well in its place, but which
is not always used discriminatingly by
Russell. However, it is quite probable
that his fault in this respect is due pri-
marily to ignorance. There are many
tricks of technique well known to the ver-
iest dilletante of the studio that Russell
has not discovered for himself and whose
value he himself appreciates. "What I
would like most," he says, "is to know how
artists lay on color. I would like to have
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
AN APACHE INDIAN.
From the sketch by Charles M. Russell.
a chance to study this in some good
studio." It is in just such simple things
as this that he encounters his greatest
drawbacks. A few fundamental princi-
ples of technique would work wonders for
him, could he manage to hold himself
within the narrow confines of indoors long
enough to be taught.
Early this spring Russell went to New
York to dispose of some of his pictures,
and attracted attention first with a model
in clay of a cowboy on a broncho "smok-
ing up,'' as the artist called it, with his
revolver — a bit of work pronounced by a
leading sculptor to be the best of the kind
he had seen. Russell stayed six weeks,
sold all of his valuable paintings, executed
orders for book and magazine illustra-
tions, got acquainted with the art circles
of the metropolis and then had had all he
could stand. He took his palette and
brushes and went back to Great Falls.
FOOTSTEPS IN THE ROAD
By E. Foltz
OLD Henry Kausch came out of
of the garden, where he had
been at work all morning. His
wife was washing milk crocks
on the back porch and hanging
them on the picket fence "to get fresh/^
Washing milk crocks was a daily task,
which constant repetition had made pleas-
ant. This morning the work would have
given the same satisfaction as heretofore
had it not been for the fact that at the
moment the last crock was disposed of
Mrs. Eausch saw her husband take a plug
of tobacco from his pocket and bite off a
large piece. The proceeding met her dis-
approval, and, as she never could "put up
with'^ feuch a habit, she felt called upon
to remind him of his fault.
"Now thet's nice, ain't it, Henry?"
Henry misconstrued her and looked
toward the barn, expecting to see some-
thing unusual.
"Hay? Where?" he asked. "I don't
see nothin'."
"Oh, you never want to see nothin' what
you ought to."
*^ell, you git me, maw! What's the
matter?"
"Yes, thet's it— Vhat's the matter!'
You alwus want to know what's the mat-
ter with me and never think what's the
m;atter with yourself! Here I can work
and slave and save day after day, and you
lay around and do nothin' but chew to-
bacco! I git so disgusted some times I
don't know what to do. I think ef I
didn't want to work I'd at least stop
chewin' of tobacco !"
The quizzical expression in his face
faded. He did not reply, but put his
tobacco into his pocket and gazed wistfully
at the garden.
"Yes, I think I'd stand there and say
nothin', too, ef I was you," the wife said,
resuming her reproof. "It's easy for an
able-bodied man to work a little in the
garden and chew tobacco while his wife
cooks and washes and saves for him. I
should think you'd go and hunt for work
instead of layin' around the house every
day."
The old man looked down the road
toward town and nervously scratched his
grizzly head.
"Well," he said, "I ben all over the
country for miles about after work and
couldn't git any. I even ben over to
Marsh vi lie thinkin' mebbe I might git a
job there, but it wan't no use."
"Oh, you didn't try !"
"Yes, I did try. I tell you, maw, there's
mighty little work agoin' this summer.
When there ain't anything adoin' you can't
git a job."
"I guess you'd git work ef you'd go
about it in the right way. You're afraid
you'll hev to work a little."
Mrs. Eausch hurried with her duties as
she scolded and her husband stood well
out of her way.
"I tell you when there ain't any work
to be got you can't git any," he repeated
earnestly. "Times is too hard."
"Yes, but I notice times never git too
hard but you've got to hev your tobacco."
"Oh, my goodness ! Got to harp on thet
again ! I should think you'd git tired of
thet subject some time, maw!"
"And I should think you'd git tired
a-hearin' me."
"I do!"
"Well, then, why don't you give it up ?''
she asked, suddenly facing him.
"Xow, maw," he answered good-na-
turedly, "you know as well as I do thet
I've ben a-chewin' all my life. Ef I was
to quit now it 'd injure my health — "
"Injure your health ! And what do you
think of my health, say? You don't think
anything about my health, do you? Ef
you'd saved the money you spent for to-
bacco we'd be a good deal better off to-
day."
"Not very much better off. The tobacco
I bought didn't cost a fortune and I don't
chew near so much as some men."
" ^As some men !' Some men is hogs !
What do you want to chew at all for?"
"I git a lot of comfort and satisfaction
out 'n it."
"And what about me? I should think
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you'd git some sense and hev some consid-
eration for your wife."
"I hev."
"Yes, what kind! You'd rather hev
your tobacco to satisfy yourself than to
stop a-chewin' of it to please me. Thet's
the kind of ^consideration' you've got for
me!"
"You don't look at it in the right light,
maw."
"No, I never look at nothin' in the right
light, 'specially the question of a-chewin'
tobacco. A woman never looks at thet
question in the right light."
After an experience of many years of
married life Henry knew that no argu-
ment could induce his wife to look with
favor upon the tobacco question. There-
fore, he shifted uneasily about and when
she went into the pantry after some glass
jars he slipped away to the garden.
There was a patch of onions to be
weeded and several rows of beans to be
looked after. While the old couple were
not exactly poverty-stricken, their indus-
try had never brought a reward sufficient
to place them beyond the necessity of
daily toil and careful economy; and as
Henry pulled up the weeds he estimated
how much the few acres of vegetables
would net him in money.
Times indeed were hard that summer
and there was little work at the carpen-
ter's trade, which he followed ; and, what
was worse, there was no improvement in
sight, which greatly depressed and dis-
couraged the old man. But while the hot
sun beat upon him as he pulled the weeds
from the dusty onion patch that morning
there came to him a thought other than
that of hard times. It was the thought of
what his wife had said — "thet's the kind
of consideration you've got for me," and
it hurt.
It was not so much her words as her
manner that touched him. He paused in
his work as if listening. He heard a song.
It was the sweet melody of an old song
half forgotten which brought up the re-
membrance of a time long ago when he
learned to love a young girl. It was thai
same girl who was singing, the wind carry-
ing the tune over the garden fence.
It was all so long ago, that little i)ietuie,
that he thought it must have been a
dream; but now he saw it as plainly as
then. He remembered the wooden seat
under the old cherry tree on which tlwy
sat, and he remembered how, one moonlit
night, he put his arm around her slender
waist and kissed her red lips, and how she
trembled and hung her head. Now every-
thing was changed. Old surroundings had
disappeared, mutual friends had gone to
return no more, and they two had grown
old together. Even the cherry tree, with
its black and knotty limbs, was gone. But
there was one thing that never died. The
sun's rays that burned the old man's arms
and neck as he worked were not warmer
than his love for Mary Ann, the sweet-
heart of long ago.
The hot dust settled upon his sweaty
face, but he gave it no attention. Many
of the weeds were stubborn, but the rough
hands that seized them were strong. A
tear gathered in his kindly eyes, but was
quickly brushed aside. The heat and dust,
the weeds, the tear were forgotten be-
cause she told him that he had no consid-
eration for her. If she only knew the
many weary' miles he had walked in search
of work and the disappointment he suf-
fered, if she knew what it is for a man
to work all his life at an uncertain trade
and find his savings disappear in a few
months of hard times, if she knew how
much he cared for her all these years,
would she say he had no thought of her?
Again he brushed away the tears and
from his pocket he took the plug of to-
bacco and threw it into a heap of weeds
by the fence.
"I'll show her thet I do care for her,"
he said to himself, as he went to the house.
She was canning berries and as the
steam arose from the boiling kettle it en-
veloped her and she wiped her face with
an apron.
"Goodness!" she muttered to herself,
not knowing that he was watching through
the open door.
"Maw," he began.
"You back here again to bother me when
I'm at work?" she peevishly replied.
"Maw—"
She paused and looked askance.
"Maw, I stopped chewin'."
"Oh, go 'long," she said. "How long
till you begin again?"
"Never '11 chew again. Maw, do you
remember back in the fifties, when I used
to come to see you?"
She turned away and went on with her
canning, while he leaned against the door-
post.
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347
*T)o you remember one evenin^ when we
was both settin' on a bench out in the
yard/' he said, with emotion, "and I
kissed you?^'
He waited some moments for an answer,
but she said nothing. She went about her
work and presently spilled a ladle of ber-
ries.
"Now see what you made me do!'' she
exclaimed. "I wish, Henry, you wouldn't
hang around here when you see I'm busy.
You git in my way."
The old man got a bucket of water and
a rag to wash up the berries.
"Oh, never mind," she said. "I'll do
thet. You wouldn't git it clean, any-
how."
"Yes, I will," he protested.
"Well, ef I clean it up myself I know
it '11 be done right. Here, gi' me thet rag !"
He handed it to her and silently stood
by as the process of scrubbing went on,
and when it was finished, drew a long
breath.
"Maw, I'm goin' over towards Brush-
town to look for work. There was to be
a house put up there some time this sum-
mer and mebbe it'll soon be started. I
ben watchin' it for a long while."
"Well, go then, ef you're goin', and
don't talk so much about it."
He went away and she continued her
work. When the noon hour came she
waited for him ; but as he was late, she ate
alone and hurried back to work.
"He'll come stragglin' along after
while," she said to herself. "It seems to
me Henry's gittin' more shiftless every
day. I wish he'd git somethin' to do pretty
soon so he'd be out'n the way."
She inspected the place where the ber-
ries were spilled and as the stains had
not all been removed, she scolded.
"Thet's a nice spot! What '11 people
say when they see thet spot ! They '11 say
there's pigs live here instead of people,
thet's what they '11 say ! I'll hev to lay a
piece of carpet or oilcloth over it to hide
it. But then, I don't know — I hate to see
grease snot and stains covered up with
pieces of carpet. Of course people wouldn't
Tcnow it was there, but I would, apd thet's
enouffh for me. I'll git some lye and
scrub it out."
In the back lot was an ash-hopper and
when she went after the lye she wondered
why Henry was bo late for dinner. But he
wrould come soon ; so she would hurry with
her work and finish before he returned.
The kitchen was scrubbed and the berry
kettle hung upon the picket fence with
the milk crocks. It was late in the after-
noon, but she could do some mending be-
fore Henry returned.
She looked at the clock.
"Well, he'll not be home before supper
now. I wonder what keeps him."
She was preparing supper when a neigh-
bor called to borrow a cup of sugar.
"I jest got out," she said, "and thought
as my John 's goin' to town to-morrow I'd
run in and borrow it of you and pay you
back to-morrow."
"Oh, thet's all right. Your man's goin'
to town?"
"Yes ; he said he heerd they needed men
on a new buildin' the/re puttin' up and
thought he'd see if he couldn't git a job
there."
"Henry started off this forenoon before
dinner to look for work, too."
"He did? And did he git it?"
"He hain't got back yit. I'm lookin'
for him to drop in now most any minute.
I don't see what keeps him."
"Oh, that's the way with men. They
hain't got no feelin' for a woman. I know
my John hain't. He jest picks up and goes
and stays as long as he sees fit 'thout
sayin' a word about it to me," the neighbor
said.
"Well, thet ain't the way with my man.
I wish he'd go more. When he ain't a-
workin' he jist lays around and chews to-
bacco. Henry never hardly goes anywhere
unless he tells me where he's a-goin'. To-
day he's stayed away longer 'n usual. I
wonder what's a-keepin' him. It's not like
him to stay so long."
"Oh, he'll come back purty soon. Well,
I must be goin' or the children '11 think
I've run off."
Supper was getting cold, but Henry did
not return. The old woman went out to
the barn to milk the cows, thinking when
she came back to the house Henry would
be there. But he was not.
"I declare, I don't see what keeps him.
I'll put the milk away and mebbe he'll be
back by the time I git through. And I'll
hev to make a little more fire to keep the
supper warm. I wish Henry wouldn't go
awav and stay like thet."
She took down the crocks from the fence
and after wiping them inside and out with
a damp cloth, ranged them on the hard
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ground of the cellar floor and poured in
the rich milk. Then she remembered for
the first time that Henry said he had quit
chewing tobacco.
"I^m glad of it and hope he'll stay quit.
But I declare, I don't see why he don't
come home. Here it's gittin' dark and he
hain't come yit."
She lit a kerosene lamp and set it on
the table, then went out on the porch to
listen for his footsteps in the road ; but she
only heard the katydids calling to each
other. She half wished he had remained
at home.
"I don't see what he's got to go and
stay away like this for and worry a per-
son to death. I don't see what's keepin'
him.'^
Ah, somebody was coming down the
road ! It must be he ! The footsteps came
nearer and she walked down the path to
meet him at the gate. No, it was not
Henry — ^the person passed by.
She returned to the house to see what
time it was, and again went out to listen
and to wait. She was leaning on the gate,
peering into the darkness, when she sud-
denly recalled what Henry had asked her
that morning — whether she remembered
the seat under the cherry tree and the
moonlight night many years ago.
^^It was mean of me not to \e an-
swered him,^' she said to herself. "I de-
clare, I git pervoked at myself some
times. Seems I jist say what I oughtn't
to at times and keep quiet when I ought
to say somethin'. I know he'd liked it ef
I'd told him how much I care for him.
And he's ben so good, too, lately. Bein'
out of work must be awful discouragin'
and yit he didn't complain; jist did the
next best thing — worked the garden, f.
wish I hadn't ben so cross at him. T
wonder what keeps him. Ef somethin's
happened ! Oh, ef it has I'll never forgive
myself r
Tears will tell what is in the heart.
Far into the night she sat weeping and
waiting for his return, and as she cried
a thousand incidents recurred to her. Lit-
tle kindnesses, little courtesies that Henry
had shown her were recalled. They
seemed so trivial at the time that they
were accepted without a thought. Now
they appeared in a new light. Henry was
so good, so much better than other men;
<!0 honest, so sturdy and kind.
The lamp was beginning to bum low,
but the tears came faster as her anxiety
increased. The clock struck twelve, and
as the sound died away, the gate down the
path creaked. She ran to the steps to
see who it was and in the darkness al-
most ran into Henry.
"AVhy, maw, you up yit waitin' for
me?"
She could not reply. She was glad it
was dark so she could wipe her eyes with-
out him seeing her do it.
"I didn't expect you'd set up and wait
for me."
"Yes," was all she said.
While he ate supper in the kitchen she
stayed out on the back porch. When she
came in to put away the dishes she turned
her face so he could not see her eyes.
"This lamp's so dim," she said ; and he
lit another.
"I didn't expect to be so late," he said.
"I walked all over the country to-day and
went over to town towards evenin', as I
heerd there might be a chance for me
there. They^re puttin' up a big brick
buildin' there and I'm to go to work
dressin* lumber for them Monday mom-
in\ I'm awfullv sorry I was so late
gittin' in."
"Henry?" she interrupted.
"What is it?"
"Henry, I was jist a-thinkin' I'd rather
not hev you stop chewin'. You wouldn't
seem like yourself any more ef you did."
He glanced sharply at her and the old
fire within was quickly fanned into a new
blaze.
"Well, all right," he said; 'T)ut, maw,
I'm awfully sorry I — I worried you by
bein' so late."
She looked up at him through her tears
and their eyes met. It was enough. He
threw both arms around her and drew her
closely to him.
"I'm glad you did," she whispered.
The old man fervently kissed her wan
cheek and, as in the days of old, she hung
her head ai:d blushed. For some moments
only the ticking of the clock broke the
silence, and then she raised her eyes.
"Henry, do you think the angels is hap-
pier 'n us?" she asked.
"No," he said.
A good spirit passing that way looked
upon them and blessed them, for the old
couple were again young lovers.
^A^iUiam Lovell Finley
Illustrated witk pkoto^rapks hy AA^illiam BoUman
EVEBY fall when the ocean be-
gins to beat heavily along the
Oregon shore, a white-winged
fleet sails up the Columbia and
Willamette rivers and winters
When most of the other flocks have gone
to the southland, this feathered fleet skims
about the wharf-lined waterfront. Like
about the waters of the inland harbors.
the white-sailed craft of the summer, these
gulls add life to the landscape as they
float about with grace and ease. They
add beauty to the river as they swim idly
on the water. Most of us are too busy,
however, to look at the aesthetic value
of these birds, but we can^t get away from
their economic importance.
The Western gull comes not for fishing
"Mottled gray sea-grull chicks.'
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"Alonff the ffimtsy slope."
alone. He pays for his existence in the
amount of garbage he picks up along the
river. He is a successful scavenger. He
skirmishes the river for dead fish, putrid
flesh and waste stuff of every kind. But
he's not particular as to his food. If it
runs low along the river he hunts over-
land. Yes, he even takes to the farm. I
have often seen a great flock of these snow-
plumaged gulls following the plow, walk-
ing along and hovering over, just like a
flock of blackbirds, to grab every worm
that is turned up. Feed them along the
river and they return as regularly every
day as a cat for his dinner. They become
just as tame. They are experts on the
wing and will take a crust of bread in
mid-air, rarely missing a catch.
Summer before last we visited the na-
tive haunts of the Western gulls and
climbed about their homes on some of
the haystack rocks off the Oregon coast.
We found them even more picturesque, as
they flashed their white wings against the
"Efffs of §rTeeii hoe, blotohod with brown.'
THE WHITE-WINGED FLEET.
351
"Bwimminir idly on the water.'
rough brown rock, than they are about the
bays and rivers. We climbed the rocky
slopes to the crevices where these birds
had carried a few handsful of grass for a
nest. We saw them building on almost
every suitable table-ledge. But the largest
number of nests were scattered about the
green slopes on the top of the rock. Here
each gull scratched out a little hollow and
lined it with dry grasses. Two or three
eggs of greenish hue, blotched with brown,
in each nest, were so closely matched in
coloration with the green and dry grasses
that we had to watch at every step to keep
from treading on them.
Later we found the top of the rock
fairly alive with mottled gray seagull
chicks. A pair of these chaps are about
as interesting as anything I've seen in the
bird line. They show little fear, but there
is generally a look of surprise in their
eyes when you stoop to pick them up.
These young gulls retain their mottled
dress until after the first vear. The snow-
"Ridinff the anchor chain."
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white breast and pearl-gray coat are only
worn by the more mature birds. The
brownish looking fellows, perched along
the docks of the city, are not a different
species, but only immature gulls.
He who would study the art of aerial
navigation would do well to watch the
gulFs flight. I have often looked at these
birds as they hang in the air, or move
straight up the teeth of the wind at the
rear of a steamer. They poise, resting,
apparently motionless, on outstretched
wing. It is a difficult feat. A small bird
can't do it. A sparrow hawk can only
poise by the rapid beating of his wings.
The gull seems to hang perfectly still,
yet there is never an instant when the
wings and tail are not constantly adjusted
to meet the different air currents. Just
as in shooting the rapids in a canoe, the
paddle must be adjusted every moment to
meet the different eddies, currents and
whirlpools and it is never the same in two
different instants. These gulls are com-
plete masters of the air. A sailboat can
only tack up against the wind. A gull,
by the perfect adjustment of its body,
without a single flap of the wings, makes
rapid headway straight in the teeth of the
wind. I've seen them retain a perfect
equilibrium in a stiff breeze and at the
same time reach forward and scratch an
ear.
We were interested last winter in study-
ing the great flocks of gulls that live about
San Francisco Bay. Every morning at
eight o'clock the garbage is emptied at
the long dock of the navy training sta-
tion. The gulls about the vicinity knov/
this as an ordinary laborer knows the
lunch hour. They flock around by the
thousands. It looks like some one had
poked a stick into a hive of big feathered
bees.
Protection has made these birds very
tame. "Old Whitey'' used to be known to
almost every sailor on the Pensacola. Ho
always wintered about the ship and
showed up for meals as regular as the
bugle blew. He had his own perch on
the bowsprit and would take bread or meat
from the hand like a pet pussy. There
were always several others riding the
anchor chain waiting for scraps from the
table.
The minute a new food supply is found
anywhere about the bay, the news spreads
in the gull world by wireless telegraph.
A flock of half a dozen gulls will increase
to as many hundred in an hour or so.
You can't see just where they come from,
but they come. Wlien the steam dredger
started to deepen the channel of the Oak-
land estuary, a whole flock of gulls sailed
in and settled at the mouth of the long
pipe, which was belching forth a mixture
of mud, water, rocks and clams. It was
as bad as a crowd of a thousand noisy
newsboys. Such a shoving, clambering,
flapping, grabbing! Every clam was gob-
bled up the minute it struck ground.
"Perched alon^ the dooks of the city."
By WILLIAM BITTLE WELLS
The lowest rates ever made by the railroads from Mississippi River points
to the Pacific Coast go into effect next year on account of the Lewis and Clark
Exposition in Portland. By this very commendable action a large attendance to
the fair is assured, and the exposition may already be called a success. Owing to
the low rates, thousands who have long desired to visit the Coast will come to the
exposition and travel will be greatly stimulated. Of course, it may be urged that
in taking this action the general passenger agents have been actuated by a selfish
motive, but we do not choose to see it in that light. The truth of the matter is
that the greatest factor in the upbuilding of the West, apart from the resources
themselves, has been the persistent advertising done by the passenger departments
and the broad-minded attitude that they have assumed. The Pacific Monthly has
urged in the past that there is a debt of gratitude due the railroads from every
man who has even the smallest financial interests on this Coast, and it is a pleasure
to call attention to this fact when the railroads have shown such a signal interest
in the success of the Portland Exposition.
A great tribute has been paid Theodore Roosevelt. It has been freely given
because it has been richly deserved. Roosevelt has demonstrated that he is able
to stand alone — ^the severest test of greatness in men. He is a man of action. He
is honest. Even his enemies will admit that he has done what he believed to be
right. Naturally he has made mistakes. He has antagonized the South. But his
record as a whole, his fearlessness, his integrity of character, his energy, his en-
thusiasm and undoubted ability overshadow any errors in judgment. He is the
li\nng embodiment of the spirit of the times. There is no other living man who
is a better exponent of the best in American character. He is the typical American.
Yet he has his faults — some very grievous. But in his faults he is still representa-
tive of the American people.
Roosevelt has a great opportunity — greater than that which has been given
to any President since Lincoln. It is in his power to break the "Solid South."
It is in his power to guide the nation toward the "manifest destiny" which is
unmistakably ours, and yet steer clear of the shoals and dangers of imperialism.
The years before us are years of great promise and greater responsibilities. A
firm, upright, patriotic, honest, energetic, statesmanlike man, loyal to the highest
and noblest traditions of our country, is needed at the head of the Government.
Roosevelt is all this, and there is no reason why he should not make the most of
his great opportunity, cementing the nation, preserving our traditions and yet ris-
ing to our newer responsibilities and opportunities for a greater nation among the
nations of the earth. We have a part to play as a nation in the world. It is not
a part of sniveling, not a part of timidity. It is a great part and we will not shirk
it. Roosevelt is the man. The people have said it. Vox populi, vox Dei.
A Review of tkc most important activitiea of ttc
montb in Poll tic », Scieiu^c, Art, Education
anJ Religious Tnau^nt
Roosevelt and Fairbanks have been elected President and Vice-President of
the United States by an immense majority. They carried all the doubtful states,
only the Solid South voting against them. The silent vote had com« to the polls
and proclaimed aloud its convictions. At this writing, the morning after election,
it is even believed that Maryland has gone Republican. The present count shows
the vote in the electoral college will be 325 for Roosevelt and Fairbanks to 151 for
Parker and Davis. McKinley's vote was 292, in 1900, an5 Bryan at the time re-
ceived four more than Parker. Roosevelt's plurality in New York exceeded
McKinley's of 1900 by 41,500. He received 185,000 more votes in his native
state than Parker, and even in Greater New York, traditionally Democratic, he
ran much nearer to Parker than was expected. When it had become certain that
Roosevelt had been elected President, he immediately announced that he would not
be a candidate for another term.
The world was contenting itself with news of Russian advances and repulses
in Manchuria and partisan reports of how the presidential election would swing
when, on October 21, the Baltic squadron passing through the North Sea, for a
yot unsatisfactorily explained reason, fired upon a fleet of fishing boats on Dageor
Bank, off Hull, England, sinking one and injuring two others. The news did
not get abroad until Sunday, October 23, but for a week after that date, inter-
national complications of an extremely serious nature were threatened. The dip-
lomatic forces of both England and Russia had never been thrown into such a
fever of work, made none the less easy by the ridiculous story told by Admiral
Rojestvensky, in command of the fleet, who said the transport Anatol was at-
tacked by torpedo-boats and he flred upon them to protect the transport. There
was a distinctly warlike feeling all over England at the outrage. The Czar has
expressed his sorrow, and the matter will be laid before an international coui-
mission under the Hague convention. At one time it was suspected that the act
was deliberate, and that Russia wished to draw England into war. Russia could
then sue for terms with both England and Japan, on the plea that she could not
fight them both, and thus save her damaged military fame from worse injury.
After a long period of almost continuous retreat, the Russian army in Man-
churia under General Kuropatkin on October 9 took up an offensive Smovement,
marching to the southeast across the Shakhe River to Hamantung, 20 mileg below
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365
Mukden, and 20 miles north of the Yentai coal mines held by the Japanese. Field
Marshal Oyama concentrated the Japanese troops about the mines and for six
ilays one of the bloodiest battles in history was waged. By October 20 the first
decisive victory was won, the Japanese capturing 30 guns. The Russians were
caught unprepared while changing the disposition of forces and were hammered
at l)y both wings and the center of the Japanese army. On this day and the fol-
lowing days the Russian losses were fearful, the Japanese suffering much less.
Oyama estimated the Russian dead at 30,000. The world scanned these move-
iiieuts with interest, as it seemed as if a turning point in the war might come,
1)11 1 in the end the Russian army entrenched itself on the north side of the Shakhe
Riv(T and then it was certain that the object of the advance movement, the recap-
ture of the Yentai coal mines, was a failure. The Japanese interfered constantly
with the orderly Russian retreat. General Oku with the left wing of the army
pressing Kuropatkin hard. By this movement the Russians were forced to take
the offensive, holding Lone Tree Hill, the key to the situation. With both armies
ready for battle and close upon each other, they remained without movement from
October 18 and to November 7. On the latter date the eituation was still un-
changed, the Japanese waiting for reinforcements and the Russians apparently
unable to move forward and unwilling to give up the advantage they held.
p. . . In the parliamentary elec-
fclectionflm ^.^Q^g f^p ^j^g Dominion of
Canada Pflnada, held November 3,
the Liberal government was re-elected
with a gain of about 15 in the House of
Commons. This vote of confidence in
Laurier was expressed on both sides of the
continent^ in Nova Scotia and on Van-
couver Island. The Conservative leader,
R. L. Borden, was defeated in his own
constituency in Nova Scotia and the Prov-
ince of Quebec, Laurier^s home, sustained
the premier with a large majority. The
leading question in the campaign was the
construction of the Grand Trunk Railway
with government aid, which was favored
by the Liberal government. Otherwise the
campaign was free from questions of
policy.
^ - I That Port Arthur was
Fort Arthur ^i^oj^ed to fall within the
month was reported from Dalny as late as
November 2. The Japanese were in pos-
fiPSQion of all but the main forts and the
highest j)oint8 of the eastern hills and had
tvcH ps in numbers to advance on these and
finally take the city. It was prophesied at
that time that before the Pacific squadron
could reach the scene of action the Jap-
anese flag would be flying over the city.
Congress of The event in the scientific
Arts and world which has been most
Sciences noteworthy during the past
autumn was the International Congress
of Arts and Sciences at the World's Fair,
September 19 to 25. There was a collec-
tion of scholars at St. Louis such as rarely
comes together. Science in its most va-
rient forms came before the congress, and
the leaders in all branches were present.
The convention listened alike to Josiah
Royce, the foremost American speculative
philosopher, and to James Bryce, M. P.,
the best known writer on political econ-
omy. To keep order in the conglomera-
tion of sciences, seven general divisions,
and 24 subdivisions were made. The con-
gress was attended by hundreds of bril-
liant men and women from all the civil-
ized countries of the world, and the ex-
position authorities received the distin-
guished foreigners with marked attention.
rjft A- 1- Captain Thomas S. Bald-
1 he Airship ^Ijj^ ^f g^jj Francisco, has
invented a dirigible airship. The "Cal-
ifornia Arrow^^ made by him and sailed by
A. Roy Knabenshue at St. Louis in the
airship competition on its first trip, Oc-
tober 25, went ten miles over the city, and
though it became unmanageable, kept
afloat. Later, on October 31 and Novem-
ber 1 the same aeronaut took the airship
on short flights, proving it not only to be
dirigible, but capable of making headway
against a fair breeze. Several days later
the machine became loose and flew away
by itself and was later found a considerable
distance into the country. The flying ma-
chine is sustained in the air by a cigar-
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shaped balloon and has attached a long
frame work, carrying a gasoline engine ca-
pable of driving the air propeller 2,000
revolutions a minute.
Tke The New York subway ha?^
New York finally been completed after
Sutway several years, during which
the leading streets of the city constantly
resembled a mining camp. The tunnel-
ing was done through solid rock. Most
of the 22 4-5 miles is completed and the
entire cost when in working order will
be about $60,000,000. The contract for
building the subwav was given John B.
MacDonald for $35,000,000 in 1900, a
company was formed, with August Bel-
mont as president, to carry on the work,
and funds were raised on 3^ per cent
bonds to the amount of $55,000,000. The
property has now been leased to the In-
terborough Rapid Transit Company for
fifty years at rental which pays the in-
terest on the bonds and 1 per cent on the
whole amount besides. The tunnel under
the East River to connect with Brookl\Ti
is now under construction. By the use
of the new subway the length of Manhat- •
tan Island can be run in fifteen or twenty
minutes.
-J . Practically the entire time
ArT^rJ*^* of the Episcopal Generol
After Divorcc(^()nvention which met in
Boston early in October was taken up with
the matter of remarriage after divorce.
Previously the convention had been en-
gaged in discussing the requests from
many dioceses to use the revised version
of the Scriptures in the public service.
This was refused and a report from a
sub-committee brought before the conven-
tion the following resolution to be voted
on : "No minister shall solemnize a mar-
riage between two persons unless by in-
quiry he shall have satisfied himself that
neither person has been or is the husband
or wife of any other person then living
from whom he or she has been divorced
for any cause arising after marriage."
The House of Bishops supported the res-
olution, but the laity objected. The stand
•>f the latter was that it was too advanced
a movement and that it ignored the Gos-
pel of Jesus Christ. They recommended
that the movement against divorce should
be taken up more generally, that the
churches should make a united protest
against it and that public opinion should
be aroused to the extent that divorced
persons would find themselves fallen from
their caste. The vote of the committee
of the whole was 214 for and 191 against
the resolution, but when the vote was
taken by dioceses and orders the resolu-
tion was lost by one vote in the clerical
orders and by five in the lay.
Peace At the Peace Congress held
CoD^rea at in Boston during the early
Boston days of October, just before
the fearful carnage of Mukden, there was
much talk and little action. In fact, there
was no opportunity for action. All the
congress was called upon to do was to
say that the Hague Tribunal is a very
fine institution and that fighting is ob-
noxious. All Boston was pleased to ex-
])res8 such sentiments and the press dis-
patches found space to tell how some
Baptist organizations in Kansas sent tel-
egrams expressing their support to the
peace movement. The remarkable thing
about the congress was the number of
brilliant men and women who took part.
Secretary Hay represented the United
States.
Peace \Vhile the Peace Congress
Congress at was only a general move-
St. Louis ment and served merely to
express public sentiment, on Septem-
ber 24, a World's Peace Conference
took place at St. Louis at which there
were 260 delegates, 240 of which were
actual legislators, representative of almost
every parliamentary and legislative body
in the civilized world. The men who
took part in that conference shape diplo-
matic history. Their meeting was nota-
ble and their purpose definite. They
elected Richard Bartholdt president of the
Interparliamentary Union and voted to
meet at the Hague at the call of the Pres-
ident of the United States. Their pur-
pose is to give to the International Court
power to execute its treaties, so that its
decisions will be law which the powers
will respect. If this can be done, it will
be the first step towards enforced arbitra-
tion and final peace among nations.
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857
_ . The American Board of
rore^n Commissioners for Foreign
Missions Missions held their annual
meeting at Grinnell, Iowa, October 11-13,
and reported the expenditure during the
last year of $750,000, leaving them $22,-
000 in debt as a result of the falling off
in legacies. The church contributions at
the same time have increased $55,000. It
was also reported that the number of
churches making themselves responsible
for individual missionaries is greatly on
the increase. The work of foreign mis-
sionaries has not spread geographically
in the past two decades, with the excep-
tion of the added island territory, but in
the meanwhile its intensive progress has
been marked. There are now 900 trained
missionaries in the field and some of the
missions are self-supporting.
An Art A separate building has
Museum for been given by Mrs. W. S.
Portland Ladd for the housing of the
Corbett collection of classic statues be-
longing to the Portland, Oregon, Art Mu-
seum. In the new quarters the statues
will be placed to better advantage than in
the present location in the Library build-
ing and greater possibilities for study
have been provided. Now the artistically
inclined will have an opportunity to
study art advantageously. It is even ex-
pected that a competent teacher of art
will be secured. At present the most use
made of the collection is by a few after-
noon classes of ladies who take up the
study of art as a graceful accomplish-
ment.
•D zii 1 • ^^^ launching of the bat-
Jtfaftkship ^i^hip Nebraska at Seat-
Nebraska ^.j^^ October 7, was the end
of a remarkable piece of enterprise.
Moran Brothers, of that city, shipbuilders
on a small scale, suddenly made a bid for
one of the largest battleships to be built
in the world. Their offer was taken and
the citizens of Seattle raised a subsidy of
$100,000 to enable the bidders to meet
Eastern prices. The situation was almost
unprecedented. A shop had to be built
up right about the growing hull. Tools
and machines had to be purchased before
the work could be done. But it was
finally built after long delays, and the
cause given for the various strikes, that
there were too many boys at work on the
vessel, had reason in it. Boys wore
used where they were of as much service
as a man, and the remark that the vessel
was built by boys had something in it.
But so far it has shown itself perfectly
well constructed and is undoubtedly as
strong as if it had been constructed in a
large navy-yard. At all events, Williams
and Shannon Moran are to be praised for
showing more enterprise than any other
men in the Northwest.
Free A remarkable convention
Tkinkers' was held in Kome toward.^
Convention the middle of October, at
which there were 5,000 free-thinkers. Of
this number only ten were Americans,
though other countries, mostly the older
ones, were well represented. Striking ad-
dresses were made on religious questions
in the very stronghold of orthodox relig-
ion by Professor Haeckel, of Jena, and
Professor Lambrose, an Italian philoso-
pher. The assemblage aroused public in-
dignation by the expression of their sen-
timents, but were not disturl>ed.
Assaults on The battleship Connecticut
Battleskip which was launched in the
Connecticut Brooklyn navy-yard within
a few days of the first dip of the Ne-
braska into Seattle harbor, was the victim
of peculiar assaults. Three separate at-
tempts were made to sink the vessel, any
one of which might have resulted in se-
rious damage. On two occasions portions
of the hull were found where a rivet and
a plate had been bored through, appar-
ently with the idea that as soon as the
vessel struck the water, she would fill and
sink. Both these attempts were discov-
ered before harm was done. But not to
be frustrated, a third assault was made
on the vessel. An obstruction was placed
on the ways under water in such a posi-
tion that the hull would have been badlv
damaged when being launched, if it had
not been removed. Who is guilty, was
the imanswered question about the
Brooklyn navy-yard. The at tempt e(t
crimes have been laid to labor unions and
the idea has been scoffed at. It has been
with more apparent justice laid at the
door of anarchy, but even the repetition
of the attempts gave no clue that could be
relied upon.
A religion u 'wortk no more tkan ita net result in making men better anJ bappier.
Tke Nortk Sea Incident
Had England been as great a bully as the United States, the firing on her fishing
fleet by the Russian squadron would have been good cause for war and there was a jingo
party in England which desired it. Some day Americans will blush for a declaration of
war because of the blowing up of the ** Maine/' a declaration by an overwhelmingly
superior power and made while Spain was on her knees disclaiming all knowledge of the
matter and praying for mercy and asking that the whole matter be referred to a tribunal.
We did not think that course consistent with our dignity as a world power. England
does. Who believes to-day that Spain as a nation had anything to do with the blowing
up of the Maine?
Tke Railroads and tke People
Every railroad is of necessity a monopoly. There is a limit beyond which paral-
leling and competing are impossible and within a certain territory every railroad has
monopolistic control, precisely as a street railway has a monopoly.
Every monopoly of necessity exercises arbitrary power. The possession of this power
makes it a matter of self-interest for railroads to preserve it to the full by combina-
tions and agreements among themselves against the common customer, the public; and
the possession of it enables the stronger line to absorb the weaker. The charges paid by
the people furnish abundant funds, because they partake, to a certain extent, of the
nature of an enforced tax. You must pay the railroad's rate, whatever it be.
I have found it so impossible to write anything which can not by some one be mis-
understood that I will say now that railroads are certainly worthy of their just hire, and
I do not believe in national or state ownership or control of railroads. Paul Morton,
now Secretary of the Navy, testified that the Interstate Commerce Commission had had
no real effect in controlling railroads, and that, by one method or another, the railroads
conduct their affairs as if there were no commission. Every one ought to know the use-
lessness of commissions and laws to control private interest. Laws only drive the railroads
to still further control of the legislatures or to other devices for evading the arbitrary,
inflexible, and often absurd, provisions. In fact, law can not ever regulate trade, nor
control a monopoly if the roots of the monopoly are allowed to exist.
I believe in allowing the railroads to conduct their business as freely as you conduct
yours or I mine, but I believe in removing the monopolistic power from them and putting
it where it belongs, viz., with the public, but not with the state. That there is a monopo-
listic power exercised by railroads is instinctively felt by all. It is this instinct which
drives courts into the illogical position of saying that railroads and telegraph companies
may bind a ticket purchaser or message sender by the conditions printed on the ticket or
blank, provided those conditions are reasonable. This provision shows that it is not a mat-
ter of contract at all between company and individual, but it is a regulation of the busi-
ness by public policy, speaking through the courts. If it were a contract, it would bind
the individual in all its terms, and the court would have no right to make a new contract
for the parties. The impossibility of its being a contract is felt if you picture yourself
in the long line before the ticket window, the agent's stamp working like mad and the
tickets flowing out in a steady stream. What would the people do, what would the agent
do if you stopped to read all the conditions on some ticket a yard longf Or suppose you
took a seat and read the ticket all through and thereby missed your train, and came back
to the agent and objected to the condition that you would not sell the unused part of your
ticket, or to any other condition. The agent would tell you that he had no power to alter
those conditions, and you could take that ticket as printed or walk. Or in case of a tele-
gram of life and death haste, suppose you are told that you must either sign that blank or
do your business by letter. Now, it is true you could walk or you could write, but
steam and electricity belong to this age and its populace. They are a part of the very ex-
istence of modern society and are the common right of each member of society; and no
one has recognized for a moment, not even the companies themselves, the right to say
* * You can walk, " or * * You can write. ' '
IMPRESSIONS. 359
The point I now make is this: Where there is no mutuality, where the parties are
not on the same footing, where one is wholly ignorant of the contract or where he must
contract as the other dictates or **walk," there can be no contract. True, some of the
conditions are upheld, and the party is said to have agreed to them, which, as a rule, he
did not, even by implication, for he never knew them. In fact, he agreed no more to the
reasonable than to the unreasonable ones. He never made a contract at all.
The real truth is that the court says to the railroad as a public corporation: "You
owe a duty to the public and you may run your business under certain of these regulations
because they are reasonable, but certain other of your regulations are set aside and de-
clared void because unreasonable and inconsistent with your duty to the public. Your rea-
sonable regulations are binding on Turk or Dane, foreigner or idiot, on those ignorant of
them, as well as those knowing them, because they are the conditions necessary for a fair
conduct of your business in the public interest. But there is a mutuality between you
and the whole public. You owe the public a duty by reason of your existence as an in-
evitable monopoly in its midst, and you shall not tyrannously and unjustly exercise that
power. ' '
Thus we come to our first conclusion: That the public, or, if you please, the state, dic-
tates terms to the companies through the legislatures and the courts, and does so on the
ground that the companies are not absolute owners of their property, but hold and operate
it on trust and on condition that they will fulfill their duty to the public. This duty to the
public and this right of control over the property of the companies is said to arise out of
the very existence of the companies as creatures of the state; that is, as corporations,
created by the public law and allowed to exist by will of the people, and also because as
corporations they are allowed a power never allowed to any individual or set of private
individuals, viz., the right of eminent domain, that is, the right to condemn and take a
man's property against his will. But these donations of corporate life and of right of emi-
nent domain are only a part of the concessions made by the people. Suppose Mr. John
Rockefeller, Mr. Wm. Bockefeller, Mr. Boger?, Mr. Harriman and Senator Clark form a
partnership to build a railroad; or, as he is said to be worth a billion, suppose Mr. John
Bockefeller alone builds a transcontinental railroad, or any other railroad, and buys every
foot of his right of way by regular private purchase. Does any one feel for a moment that
he could or would be allowed to occupy that right of way and run that road as he pleased,
that he could make arbitrary conditions and tell people they could accept them or
**walkf" The private road of Mr. Bockefeller would be subject to precisely the same
necessary regulation in the public interest as any other road. Suppose he said, **This is
my own private property; 111 shut it down for a month or a year.'* Probably people would
first try to buy it from him, but in the end they would force that road to open, if they
had to condemn it and take it from him. Suppose he never opened it to the public at all,
but said, **This is my personal, private line to the Pacific Coast." If he closely paral-
leled another line and the public were served as well by the other line, the public would
laugh at him and let him have his way. If he occupied new territory and occupied the
best feasible right of way, the people would surely take it away from him. They would
have to do so in self-defense. They would pay him a fair price,* that is all. But he would
say, ''This is my 'vested right.' " To which the people would reply, "As against the
whole people you have no ' vested right ' in a right of way necessary to the whole people
nor to anything you have placed thereon. A vested right you have to the fruit of your
labor, the fair price for your rolling stock, your rails and labor of construction, and
when this price is paid you, every right you have in the premises is satisfied. ' '
This, as it seems to me, is the only vested right any railroad or telegraph line can
be said to have: the right to fair compensation for the products of its labor — the monop-
olistic right to use any certain right of way it holds in trust for the public and on condi-
tion that it will serve the public better than any one else will. This is an important
point to remember. They are trustees for the people, holding their right of way only on
condition that they will serve the people better than any one else is willing to serve
them on that same right of way. Why, then, should the public leave its inherent rights
in the hands of one if another will serve it better!
Wherefore I conclude that the rights of the people in railroads (and some such rights
are universally acknowledged) flow not so much from their permitting the company to
exist as a corporation or from their conferring on it the legal right of eminent domain as
from a broad general law of self-defense which is part of the structure of society, viz., that
no monopolistic use of the earth 's surface for the exclusive benefit of a very few can exist
as against the needs of ail society. Therefore the monopolistic occupation of a certain ex-
clusive strip of soil and the erection thereon of a highway which, by reason of its
strength of situation and the financial strength flowing therefrom, makes duplication of it
impossible, is consented to by society only on condition that such highway will give soci-
ety the best service possible or take its pay for its work and leave the soil and the fix-
tures thereon for the use of those who will give the best service.
I am opposed to the theories of socialism. I believe in individualism. It seems to
me the only stimulus and from it has come all progress. But individualism does not mean
the right of any one or a few individuals to any particular part of the earth 's surface. AU
our property rights and so-called "vested rights'' exist only by consent of that generai
3G0 THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
mass called society. The vested rights of the feudal barons are gone. Many of the old
vested rights of individuals over the seashore and fisheries are gone. The vested rights
of the fifteenth century are not the vested rights of to-day. No man to-day has a vested
right in his own house against the will of sotfiety to cut a street through it. The earth's
surface no man created. To occupy any part of it is a monopoly and subject always to
the welfare of society. He who can monopolistically fix the cost of carrying any product
to the consumer owns both the producer and the consumer. He can make the freight
rate **all the traffic will bear.'' If oranges were a dollar apiece in New York and a cent
apiece in Los Angeles, and the railroad fixed the freight rate at ninety-nine cents, what
would be left for the producer! There is a true cost of production, which, with the mar-
ket price and cost of reaching market determines the profit, if any; and there is a true
cost of haul, and sometimes the latter of necessity absorbs a possible profit to the con-
sumer; but that the profits of the railroads are excessive, reckoned from actual cost or
actual value of the railroad and a fair reward for the cost and labor of operation, no one
doubts. To fix rates each railroad must be opened to competition on its own track, not
by parallel competition, but by competition on its own track.
The cry everywhere to-day is regulation of the railroads as monster monopolies hav-
ing the country literally in bands of steel. To open this competition on its own track and
to execute the trust it owes the public, I propose that roads be left in the hands of pri-
vate management, with the clear idea in the minds of the people that the present owners
and managers occupy their right of way in trust for the people, subject to the condition
that they will give the best service possible, and whenever any responsible syndicate or
other corporation shall under proper conditions offer to perform the same or better serv-
ice at better rates (all to be particularly specified), then, unless the existing occupant of the
right of way meets this offer, it shall by the new bidder be paid the then fair market
price for its personal property and appurtenances to the soil and labor of construction, and
be dismissed from, its trust, and the new trustee or competitor be installed, precisely as we
are doing every day with private trustees who are not acting faithfully in the best in-
terests of those they represent. And this to apply to any single unit of a system, as well
as to the whole system.
Also I would allow every private shipper to sue in his private capacity and recover,
say, ten times the amount of his damage for any breaches of the railroad's trust, as a
carrier, toward him, as one of the public. Such a law would have prevented the secret re-
bates to the Standard Oil Company by the Pennsylvania railroad, and would to-day leave
it in the hands of the injured party to work a correction of unjust discrimination as
the Interstate Commerce (.'ommission never can.
Also as another but lesser corrective of the abuse of the '* right of way monopoly,"
T would compel a railroad to haul at the lowest profitable charge the private freight car
of any shipper who proved that he was charged an excessive rate, the burden of proof to
be on the shipper as to what was the lowest proper rate.
Neither the first nor the last of these would probably ever be enforced, but just as a
river fixes rates on a parallel railroad, though no freight is really carried by river, so the
possibility of these redresses would compel a proper execution of that trust with which
we all feel instinctively the railroads are charged, but which they disregard, and lionestly,
too, because of the general misconception of 'tested rights."
Finally, let me say that nothing is so conservative and so little progressive as the
legal mind. It clings to the branches of the past till the common sense of the age knocks
its fingers loose with a club. For example, when, under Henry VIII., wills affecting real
estate were made possible, the highest court decided that the will could only operate on the
real estate a man had at the date of making the will, not at date of death — **For no man
can convey that which he hath not," a maxim wise enough as to deeds between the liv-
ing, but utterly stupid as to a will. The law began by considering these monopolies, the
railroads, in the same light as the competitive carters and carriers on the highway from
London to Manchester, which highway was open to all competitive carriers and none of
them held monopolistic powers. The result was a lot of foolish clinging to old branches,
but the knuckles of the courts have been pretty well rapped by the inevitable. The courts
still are in the dark about the railroads because of following old analogies, and still sanc-
tion many tyrannies by the roads. The legis'.atures we expect to find secretly on the side
of the railroads whenever it becomes worth while — that is whit they are paid for.
If you conclude that the railroads really are trustees for the people and owe the pub-
lic a duty and that the special monopolistic privilege given to them in trust is their right
of way, then the remedy for an abuse of the trust is precisely the same as is applied to
every other trustee who is dishonest or incompetent: remove him and replace him by one
who can and will execute the trust. That *'one" is not, in my opinion, the state, with all
its complications of politics and lack of individual initiative and ambition, but is a com-
petitor who shall bid for the special privilege for selfish and personal reasons, the reasons
which animate all forceful actions. It is absurd to say that there can be no competitor.
Such an admission at once confesses slavery to a plutocratic oligarchy. The people are
wealthier than even Mr. Rockefeller and the group of overlords they still work for.
Given the right to bid, bidders will be found, and the fear of bidders will compel the ex-
ecution of the trust.
The gi'eatest thin|^ are invisible. What a man accomplishes is not to be com-
pared to what a man is. A great and magnificent temple, a wondrous painting, an
extraordinary engineering feat — these things are insignificant compared to the
minds which created them. It is the invisible man, not the outward thing, that
is great. ♦ ♦ ♦
No great undertaking has been accomplished by those who stand for negation.
It is the man who believes in himself, the positive character, one not afraid of any
obstacle, however great, who accomplishes things. Timidity is fatal. The world
has a place for the man- who-is-af raid, for the timid, the ultra conservative, but it
is not a place of much honor, not worth striving for, not an enviable position. We
want men of action, men with confidence in themselves, men of nerve, fowadays,
men who dare and do. ♦ * ♦
If you would be happy, if you would be progressive, if you would be a doer
and not a dreamer, get out of yourself. Look at external things and not at small,
insignificant, internal and personal affairs. Health, progress, success depend
more upon an attitude of mind than upon any other one thing. If you would be
great, think great thoughts, worthy thoughts, pure, noble thoughts. Then you are
great. Smallness is in the mind, not in the body. Put aside frivolous things and
incidental worries. Dare to do and do! Be broad-minded. Stand straight like
men and with indomitable will, courage and belief strive for the height above.
It is yours. * ♦ ♦
"Genius," says Emerson, "believes its faintest presentiments against the tes-
timony of all history; for it knows that facts are not ultimates, but that a state of
mind is the ancestor of everything." Mind is greater than matter. Facts, im-
possibilities crumble before belief. The furnace fire of this world that has moulded
nations, made great, strong, splendid men has been belief. What are the pusillani-
mous obstacles in the path of success and righteousness compared to inconquerable,
unquenchable, high-minded belief — faith! "Are you in earnest," says Goethe,
"seize this very minute. What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has
genius, power and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated.
Begin, and then the work will be completed."
* * *
There is a spirit in the air of optimism, of promise, of achievement. It is
almost possible to put out our hands and through the invisible air grasp an in-
visible yet unmistakable evidence of great things to come. But not the sluggard;
not the man-who-is-af raid ; not the timid. The man who believes in himself, who
has faith in his oivti ability, who is undaunted at ALL obstacles — he it is who can
SEE. He knows that life is worth while and its rewards are sure. But blind, blind,
blind, worse than blind, is he who trudges always lifers pathway crying that there
is no opportunity. Opportunity ! Upon every side and at every turn there is an
opportunity waiting for men — for MEN. The crv goes reverberating throughout
the world— for MEN, MEN, MEN !
A SHORT HISTORY OF OREGON has just
been issued by A. C. McClurg & Company, of
Chicago. The author, Sidona V. Johnson, has
made a careful study of the subject and a
book of undoubted interest and value has re-
sulted. Just such a work has long beefi
needed, and it has already been adopted by
some of the leading schools of Oregon as a
text-book.
« « «
AN ISLiW^D CABIN, by Arthur Henry,
deals with life in a cabin on a hitherto un-
occupied island. The story is dragged out to
a length of almost three hundred pages with,
out an incident other than commonplace. The
book is made up for the most part of descrip-
tion and dialogue, the one well enough done,
the other unnatural. However, the air of the
sea pervades the pages, and the author's evi-
dent enthusiasm for his hobby is a saving
grace.
(A. S. Barnes & Company, New York.)
It seems unfortunate that at this time, when
the reading public is as tired of the historical
novel as the theater-going public is of the
comic opera, so really excellent a book as
ROBERT CAVELIER, by William Dana Or-
cutt, should be published. Dealing with the
life and times of the great Seur de La Salle,
the author has taken the usual liberties with
facts, and has written a story of unusual in-
terest and charm.
(A. C. McClurg & Company, Chicago.)
In THE LAW OF THE LAND Emerson
Hough, who wrote THE MISSISSIPPI BUB-
BLE, has not written a book which will enti-
tle him to recognition as a great writer, but
he has told an intensely interesting story.
With a conventional beautiful heroine, a con-
ventional lawyer-hero of the Opie Reed breed,
a conventional slippery villain, a couple of
conventional weak villainesses, a conventional
Southern planter, also of the Opie Reed type.
A regulation Opie R*#d aettuig, and a Sher-
lock Holmes plot, hp baa created a story tb»t
hoUla thf? int^^rt^st of the reader from begin-
ning to emi.
* * *
(The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis.)
Everybody likes a hero, and a hero, it
seems, must, according to most precedents, be
a soldier. A SOUTHERN GIRL, by Stanton
Winslow, is a typical war romance. The book
is oftentimes crude and its situations at times
melodramatic. Until some one shows in an
entertaining way that the hero who keeps
books or shovels sand is as good a hero as the
man who risks his life for his country, stories
of the type of A SOUTHERN GIRL will con-
tinue to fill the shop windows. Mr. Winslow 's
book is neither better nor worse than others
of its kind.
(The Whittaker & Ray Company, San Fran-
cisco.)
« « «
That Brand Whitlock, whose latest book,
THE HAPPY AVERAGE, has just been pub-
lished, knows life in a small, Middle West
town, as well as life in a city, no one will be
likely to question. The Happy Average is a
love story, simple, unpretentious, but it forms
most agreeable reading and is wholesome and
clean. It is the story of the college gradu-
ate, who, unsuccessful in his little home town,
goes to the city to make a living for himself
and the girl he loves — a theme not new, but
presented in a new way. The few characters
are graphically drawn, and a delightful hu-
morous touch takes acidity from the satire.
(The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis.)
Paul Elder & Company, of San Francisco,
deserve unstinted praise for the high standard
that they have maintained in the many beau,
tiful booklets and more pretentious works
that have been published by this enterprising
firm. Two recent books from this house,
YOSEMITE LEGENDS, by Bertha M. Smith,
and UPLAND PASTURES, by Adeline Knapp,
show a discriminating taste in press work and
binding that is a great relief in this day of so
much slipshod book work. Artist, author and
publisher are here found in the happiest com-
bination. The books are well written, well
printed and well bound, and it is a pleasure
to say so.
The brightest day in the calendar will soon be with us again, though the sun
will have set its face towards the summer. The passing years have not dulled
the eagerness with which men cherish the Evangel of Bethlehem. There have
been many messages in these later days, but in the midst of our intellectual unrest
and social discontent, there is none so meaningful, so profoundly significant, so
deeply spiritual, none that the world of men needs to hear more frequently than
this : "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people,
for unto you is bom this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ tht'
Lord." This is the message that strikes through our earthly pessimism with :»
power that recovers and blesses our lives. The Christ-child is still the most splen-
did fact in the history of this cold cynical world. Cramped and crowded as we
are by the things that are seen, it means much that this fact stills the great world'.;
noisy machinery, closes the offices and work ships, causes the man on the street, as
well as the man in the Church, to move nearer to a knowledge of Him whose na-
ture and whose name is love.
It matters little whether the day fixed for the observance of this fact is cor-
rect chronologically, so long as something of the meaning of that fact comes
home to men, and the hope of redemption through the coming near of God springs
afresh in the great world heart, and discouraged souls are brought to rest in the
Divine Saviour, whose birth is the world's hope, and whose death is the world's
healing. From the cradle at Bethlehem there still streams forth, undimmed by
the passing centuries, the light of life to guide and direct the activities of man-
kind. The infant Saviour of long years ago is to-day the leader of men, the master
of every trade. He stands beside us in the home, in the public service, in the higli
places and the quiet places of life, shedding happiness into the hearts of the young
and old among us, and brightening the dark places of sorrow and suffering.
Christmas reminds us of God's unspeakable gift to us. The gift of Christ i:>
the highest expression of God's love for us. God so loved that He gave. Love
always gives. We give expression to our love in the grand old custom of Christmas
giving. It is possible to misunderstand this custom, and by introducing a spirit of
selfishness, misuse it, and rob it of all it's beauty. Christmas is the time of all
times to be marked by real unselfishness, and by the unselfish outflow of the whole
nature. If we have seized the spirit of the day, we will be brought very near to
the Kingdom of Heaven, for we will strive on that day to give pleasure and
happiness to others. The giving of gifts is not simply a question of paying so
much for value received.
Christmas giving should not be degraded to a business transaction, or low-
ered to the level of a bargain counter. Every gift should stand for a kind and
loving thought, not for the payment of a debt. If the coming of Christ means
anything to us, and if into our lives there has entered that joy of which the angels
spoke, we will remember some one whom no one else is likely to remember, an»l
bring joy and comfort to the homes of the poor and suffering.
rr-T
Devoted to the development, ^rowtK and progress of tke '^^
W^est. For a greater Pacific Coast
Lajid $500.00 per acre for farming purposes! Such, in the briefest possiJAp
summary, is the story of irrigation in the Pacific Northwest, Those tvho are not
in touch with the marvelous opportunities that irrigated land offers can only doubt
and wonder at the wonderful stories of success and opportunity that irrigation has
made possible. No mere enthusiasm for the possibilities of the West and especially
for the Pacific Coast could approach the facts in the case. The vistas of greatness
that are opened up by a knowledge of the resources made possible by irrigation
alone bewilder the mind. The imagination is appalled. We have a great country, a
loonderful country, a beautiful country, but it is so great, so promising, so rich
in all that man desires that we ourselves, even though filled with enthusiasm for it,
can not fully appreciate the greatness of the heritage tvhich is ours. Time will
make the Pacific Coast a veritable Garden of Eden, with a multitude of broad-
minded, prosperous, happy and optimistic people.
Increaaed Trade "with the Orient —
Though the "Chinatown" in San Fran-
cisco is decreasing in numbers, the trade
with China is largely increasing. Before
the passage of the treaty the "city within
a city" numbered about 40,000. Now
there are about 18,000. But the mercan-
tile class has increased in numbers, and
their various lines of trade have also ex-
tended. There are about six hundred
places of business in the "quarter," ac-
cording to the Chinese Business Direc-
tory. This does not include a number of
small shops in the alleys that "make no
sign,'' and various industries that are car-
ried on in houses, such as painting fans,
the manufacture of ornaments, etc.
During the past fiscal year our imports
from China were valued at, in round num-
bers, $6,000,000, and our exports were
about half these figures. To this sum
should be added opium to the value of
$1,500,000, imported by Chinese mer-
chants in the name of white men. Under
the treaty, Chinese can not import opium,
hence this ruse is adopted.
These figures include only the Chinese
Empire proper. Our importations from
the foreign possessions in China, accord-
ing to figures in the custom house, are
about $4,000,000, and our exports are
about half these figures. So our yearly
imports from China and the territory in
the gripe of foreigners is about $10,000,-
000, while our exports are only about 50
per cent of the imports.
Our export and import trade with
Japan reaches about the same figures, but
it should be taken into account that for
the past few years Japan had been se-
cretly preparing for war, and thus trade
was increased in unnatural proportions.
In addition, the principal Chinese mer-
chants of San Francisco are large import-
ers of Japanese goods, and while this
trade is put down in favor of Japan, it is
the Chinese merchants who are entitled
to the credit of the business. A nmnber
of the Japanese business houses in San
Francisco are practically managed by Chi-
nese, who are employed because they have
superior business qualifications. During
PROGRESS.
365
the last few months the Japanese have
imported from San Francisco large quan-
tities of steel, an article of commerce that
never heretofore figured in our imports to
that co^lntn^ Breadstuffs and other con-
traband articles swelled their importa-
tions to figures corresponding with those
of China territory.
Notwithstanding this contraband trade
with Japan, our trade with China is
larger than that of any other power —
counting China proper and foreign pos-
sessions in China.
Whether the new treaty shall be more
exclusive, or otherwise, our trade with
China will largely increase. Our mer-
chants have at last discovered what other
countries have known for years — that men
must be specially educated in the com-
mercial language of a country in order
to get its trade. They must also under-
stand the language and customs of the
people, and their needs. A number of
young men in the employ of San Fran-
cisco mercantile houses are being specially
prepared for Oriental business. They
are instructed in the commercial language
of Canton, which is the commercial lan-
guage of China, and will be sent to Can-
ton and the various treaty ports as busi-
ness agents of San Francisco houses. This
new departure is under the direction of
Dr. John Endicott Gardner, professor of
Chinese language and literature at the
University of the Pacific, San Jose. This
method of special training will create a
revolution in trade circles in China as
compared to our present system, but it
will take some time to make it very effect-
ive. In a similar manner, a number of
Chinese are being instructed in Western
commercial methods, especially as apply-
ing to San Francisco and the Pacific
Coast. By thus familiarizing Chinese
and Americans each with the methods of
the two countries, it will greatly increase
trade and open new avenues for business
and business men.
A Chinese bank will soon be organized
in San Francisco which will facilitate the
business of the Chinese merchants of the
Pacific Coast and in Canton. Most of the
business will be in exchange, yet it will
do a general banking business. At pres-
ent, the fishermen along the Oregon coast
and in Alaskan waters deposit their earn-
ings with merchants who keep the money
as an "accommodation.^' The bank will
give interest on deposits, and will there-
fore receive much of this "free trade."
HAKYESTINO IN EASTERN OREGON.
From a photograph by J. P. Kidd. Ontario. Oregon.
366
THE PACIFIC MONTHLY.
Several of the Chinese merchants lend
money at from one to three per cent a
month. The bank will take from these
pirates much of that business. As these
small borrowers are unknown to the Amer-
ican banks, and do not speak English,
they are thus held in bondage by these
sharks. Lee Yow, the so-called "King of
Chinatown/' has waxed fat, financially,
by this ^system of holding up his country-
men. Lew Ken and Tong Bong, the
wealthiest Chinese in San Francisco, and
well known throughout the Pacific Coast
among the Chinese, are at th^ head of the
enterprise, and the stock will be distrib-
uted among the merchants, generally. Both
American and Chinese notes will be is-
sued. The Chinese bank note is longer
and narrower than the American note, the
edges are prettily bordered in red, and
on each denomination there is a different
motto in Chinese characters. The notes
will be printed on the finest Chinese bam-
boo wood paper.
With the decrease in the number of
Chinese, gambling is also on the decline.
There are not so many gaming houses in
the "quarter'' as there were twenty, or
even fifteen years ago. In the "good old
days," when Chinatown numbered 40,000,
the "quarter" yielded a "graft" of about
$1,000 a week to — somebody. Now, the
pickings are only about half that sum.
It is mainly by the decrease of gaming
houses that the decadence of Chinatown is
mostly noticed. It is prospering, on the
other hand, commercially, and the busi-
ness is more concentrated. The better
clement of Chinese have been reforming
their town in reducing the number of
gaming houses and opium dens, and in
discouraging the wars of the highbinders.
But the professional guides, who live upon
the sins of others, have opened and main-
tain low resorts for the benefit of their
tourist trade. A number of Americans
have entered into competition with the
Chinese and have opened "wine rooms,"
thus diverting Chinese trade. The Chi-
nese den-keepers naturally object to this
intrusion of the 'Melican man, and are
carrying the war into the American quar-
ter of North Beach and the Latin quarter
of Telegraph Hill.
While the Chinese population is de-
creasing, the Japanese are increasing.
There are about 15,000 in San Francisco,
and 2,000 arrived last year. The Jap-
anese do not colonize like the Chinese,
but are found in nearly every part of the
city, depreciating property wherever they
open a store or restaurant. There is a
strong sentiment against them in San
Francisco, especially since they began to
force their way into the public schools,
and the public, generally, will instruct
California's representatives in congress to
apply the new treaty provisions to them as
strictly as to the Chinese. The Japanese
are very assertive, and even aspire to as-
similation with white people. This, and
the fact that they are increasing in large
numbers, has attracted the attention of
the people and the exclusion of the Jap-
anese will be a live issue henceforth.
J. M. SCANLAND.
Tkc WcaltL of tkc Farmer-
The latest bulletins of the Department
of Agriculture comprise a compilation of
crop statistics collected and tabulated since
weather conditions were of no further in-
fluence. They show the United States to
be the richest country on the globe, and
the farmer the richest of all classes and
grades of citizens. The total value of the
wealth the farmer owns, and has contrib-
uted to the wealth and to the prosperity
of the country, is placed at the enormous
total of $3,200,000,000, as against a total
of $3,073,000,000 in 1903, of $2,987,000,-
000 in 1902 and of $2,845,000,000 in
1901.
It is made up of corn of the value of
$985,000,000; wheat of the value of $551,-
000,000 — ^an increase over 1903, when the
value was $443,000,000; of cotton of the
value of $600,000,000, of hay of the value
of $550,000,000, of potatoes of the value
of $158,000,000, of oats, rye and barley of
the value of $356,000,000, and of tobacco,
of buckwheat, of vegetables, of fruits and
other agricultural products, making up
the grand total of $3,200,000,000.
AMOHO THE BIO OEDASB OF WABHINOTON.
Pboto by J. H. Le Balllster. Anacortes. Wash.
Written for the Pacific
Moutkly unl^M ott.
ieeignAteA
By
HUGH
HERDMAN
Whence the Bed DeyiL
The hosts of hell were assembled, and Pan-
demonium was in an uproar. His Satanic
Majesty sat on his high throne and smiled
in his peculiar satanic way. At his right eat
Moloch and Belial, and on his left Mammon
and Beelzebub.
Suddenly Satan rose and waved his wand.
Immediately the hubbub ceased. Low mut-
tered curses and execrations from one or an-
other whose tail was being trampled on, or
whose wings were being twisted in the crush,
were to be heard. Otherwise all was quiet.
For a minute or two Satan looked about him
triumphantly.
**Well/' he said at last, '*I did it."
They applauded vociferously.
**Did what, your Majestyf •' Beelzebub, the
privileged, a.sked.
**I corrupted Man," he replied, striking a
Xapolcon-at-Austerlitz attitude.
** Three cheers for his Majesty!" Moloch
shoute<l. And they responded in their usual
devil-may-care manner. Loud and long did
they cheer, because they delighted in the
news, and because they were more comforta-
ble standing and cheering than they were sit-
ting on seats of redhot rock.
**What else did Your Majesty do?" asked
Mammon, the unsatisfied.
Before replying, Satan curled his tail
around his left ankle, rested the tip of his
right wing on the floor, crossed his right foot
over his left, and chuckled with glee. Like
to the hissing of water dropping upon heated
iron was his chuckle. Then, pulling a fiery
feather from his left wing, he stuck it in his
cap.
**I left a relative of mine there," he re-
plied. And again he chuckled vaingloriously.
**They will not find him for several thousand
years, but he will be on hand, or rather." he
corrected himself, chuckling again. **or
rather on wheels, when he is needed for my
purpose. A devil on wheels he will be, too.
He will cause almost as many souls to jour-
ney to our delightful winter resort here as I
ft>uja if I were tli*?re/'
*'Yi>Mf relative, Tour Maj^rityt" H««Hal m-
t|airf*il.
**V(«i, sxnd TPsembling nie, Mun will vmR
bim the lied DeviL"
**Evcii iLur the reason thitt you au*i I are
red, to prevent the splattered blood of his
innocent victims from showing."
**And his namet" shouted the auditors,
**We would do him honor."
**Ah! that is where I showed my immortal
mind at work. I have christened — I mean,
deviled him Automobile. Man will stop t*»
pronounce his name, and we will get another
victim."
'*The victim will be he who is caught by
your relative?" Belial asked.
**Xo, unfortunately, never; only the oup
who rides seated on my relative," Satan re-
plied, pulling another feather from his win^
and putting it in his cap.
**A11 hail to Your Majesty and your kins-
man Automobile!" they shouted, springing
eagerly to their feet, for the janitor had be^-n
zealous in the performance of his duty.
• • •
Easy to Answer.
Jinks — Here, Binks, you are up on all the«^
Russian names. How do they pronounce the
name of the Russian commander-in-chief?
Hinks — Well, most people who read the pa-
pers pronounce him a failure.
Hie Firat Monday
From ** The Entirelr New Cynic's Calendar**
Copyright, Paul Elder and Company, San FraocuCD
HUMOR.
Just an Inkling.
The Blotter — I understand that our master
is going to write a play.
The Writing-pad — Yes, he gave me an ink-
ling of it this morning.
* « *
A Ck>mmon Origin.
''Honeymoon, honeymoon, *' mused the
etymologist, ''I wonder if that word isn't
derived from luna, just as lunacy is!''
''Um," replied the old bachelor, '*I
shouldn't be surprised. The symptoms are
the same! "
• * «
Playing His Part.
Mr. Rooster — Just look at young Gobbler
there. He is going to the bad fast. He keeps
low company and slouches around like a reg-
ular bully.
Mr. Drake — Ah, he's not so bad, after all.
You see, before Thanksgiving he conceived
the idea of pretending to be tough and must
keep it up now till after New Year's.
The Latest Invention.
Mike — Have yez hear-rd about thim baby
incubators, Patf
Pat— Sure, Mike! And a foine t'ing they
ar-re, too.
Mike — Phat ar-re theyf
Pat — I sees thira a^ Saint Louie. They ar-re
little air-tight gla^s boxes. An' whin yez
go to bed, yez jist put the brat in there an'
lave him in all night. Yez see, he can't cry,
'cause they ain't no air fer him to cry with.
Annyhow, yez couldn't hear him if he did.
Bridget — G'wan! Min don't know nothin'
about babies. It ain't to kape him from
cryin' that they shut the air off; it's to kape
him from gittin' wind on his stomick.
• • *
Fancies of a Philogynist.
All men are created equal; all women are
created superior.
» * *
Man's god is his stomach; woman's, her
heart.
In the winter of life man wraps himself
in the warm garment of memory; woman
wraps affection in it.
« « jf
Man can not live by bread alone; he needs
a woman's love.
« * «
The coming of a good woman into a man's
life is a gentle tap on the gate of elysium;
the going out is a cordial invitation from
hades.
» • •
Woman falls lower than man, says the cynic.
How can she when it is man who pulls her
downf
« * *
Woman's affection may be unworthily be-
stowed; it is never unworthy.
0\}fL 5EsST
^ BRAND
PERFECTION IN
CAMMED GOODS]
Peas.CornJruits
Tomatoes. Beans
Vejcta.bles. Catsup
Sailmon.OliveOil.
3Yrup5, Clams,
0Y5ter5.5hrimp,
Lobster^.
pRErcRRED Stock ,
Portjand. Oregon
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Or Ck>nr8e Not.
Senator — Your argument is very adroit, Col-
onel, but it will not hold water.
Colonel — My deah Senatoh, 1 did not intend
it to. If I thought it would, sah, I would dis-
own it, I assuah you, sah.
• • *
The Onrls of Yesterday.
Ah, where are the curls of yesterday f
The curls that little maids used to wear.
The golden tress of dainty Tess,
The raven jet of blithe Annette.
That hung so soft and wavy and fair
From heads poised light on shoulders slight
And forms that knew not woman *8 caret
Ah, where are the curls of yesterday,
The curls that little maids used to wear!
Oast Down.
The Comedian — Hello, TIamfat, what's the
matter? A little bit cast down to-day f
The Tragedian — Shades of Shakespeare, I
should say I am cast down! Why, prithee, man,
look here upon this. Here am 1, I, the cele-
brated Hamfat, who with reason expected to
play the part of Hamlet in the all-star pro-
duction, cast down, away down, the list as
the Gravedigger! Pah! **To what base
uses we may return Horatio!^' Cast down!
** Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!''
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beneficial on this West coast, where the patient can enjoy
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HUMOR.
To the Man Who Didn't Get It.
If you're yearning for an oflBce,
Don't boil up in a stew
Should the delegates have missed you
In their list of ** chosen few."
Just read the daily papers,
And be proud that you're not one
Of that vile class that editors
Are heaping crimes upon.
You should feel yourself quite lucky,
And, indeed for joy should weep
To know you're not the man they say
*' Stole all the widow's sheep."
You did not brain your baby.
Neither did you choke your wife,
And you're not meant when papers say
*'He should be in for life."
Thank Providence you're out of those
And of many other ills,
For the man that heads the ticket
Often has to foot the bills.
* * *
Frenzied Finance.
**It seems to me," said the Breakfast-fo<»d
Philosopher, **that nearly every man is a
phrenzied financier — frenzied trying to make
ends meet."
• • •
Wise BtotbttSf Dentists.
Failing Building, Third and Washington Sts.
Portlandt Of egon.
Btautinci and
Prcjcrvcs the CompLtxJon.
A fwisSiue tehe -till rUnpped
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Mrnntn'i fsLcm^n <:vvrybpx. Sold ewfiry^
where .or by mall. •$ cenis.
Avoid Harmfu Umitatioiu, Sample Free.
IXH^fUmiWS VIOLET TALCUM Stniii!:?
y^c
ROBERT LEE ALLEN, A^fi 3 Year*
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>" 'Gentlcmrn— Out b&by usetl Sutiipure Milk nnlil
et^hlcf^n luoEilh!! old, if tilling ho olh^r Food. Mr waA
UEirer sick a day tvhile using your food, aud wc liavc
had to call the tloclor qrjly ouci- since.
Vours very truly.
P. I.. ALLHK,
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Silenced.
Mr. Henpeck (reading Burns) — **A man's
a man for a ' that. ' ' When Burns said that —
Mrs. Henpeck (interrupting) — He didn't
say it; he wrote it.
* * •
Joyless Joy.
There once was a man named Joy,
Whose name did naught but annoy,
For when he essayed
To win a fair maid,
She'd always te-he, ''Oh, what joy!"
« * *
He Knew.
"Pa, what part of speech is woman!"
"Hush, my son I Not so loud."
"Don't you knowf"
"Yes, of course I do."
"Well, why don't you tell met"
"I will if you will not tell."
"All right."
"She's no part — she's all of it."
* • •
Bossia's Hope.
War Expert — The Japs are winning now,
but when winter sets in there will be a dif-
ferent story to tell.
War Novice — Sot You think the Russians
can stand the cold better than the Japs canf
War Expert — Ah, no, but they can maneu-
ver better in snow. They are so expert with
skis.
* • •
"Where ignorance is bliss" is a bad place
in which to live.
"The power behind the throne," is some-
times a dynamite bomb.
"It will be a cold day" when the North
Pole is discovered.
We don't know what the weather will be
in 1905, but it will certainly be a fair year
for Oregon.
"Distance lends enchantment to the view"
of a cyclone.
The man who tries to get something for
nothing generally succeeds in getting noth-
ing for something.
In the race for office the high and low run
side by side and frequently the low are ahead
at the finish.
Eternal investigation is the price of too
much official liberty.
Small minds are often more conspicuous
than large ones.
A fool may destroy in a moment what it
has taken a wise man years to construct.
The man who is in love with himself is in
danger of wasting his affection.
In an argument with some people physical
strength is more effective than eloquence.
Those who never appreciate kindness
should be given something they can appre-
ciate.
— Chas. E. Burnside.
Evelyn — Yes, my great-grandmother eloped
with my great-grandfather.
Cholly— J"ust fancy! Old people like that I
— Smart Set.
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PORTLAND. OREGON
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TWIN FALLS. IDAHO.
HOMES rOR HUNDREDS
One hundred thousand acres will be open for public entry on October aoth, 1904, by the State of Idaho, under
the mammoth Twin Palls irrigation canal, in the fertile Snake River valley in Southern Idaho.
TKR.MS* This tract has been set apart for entrv under the provisions of the act of Congress, known as the
"Carey Act," the terms of which are most inviting.
Actual residence is required for but a short period, and any person holding a filing can transfer his
right at any time.
Kntrie^ can be made in Government subdivisions, not to exceed 160 acres to one person and the entry
does not conflict with rights of entry under other laws of Confess, can be made by Power of Attorney.
A uniform price of $25.50 per acre for land and water right, with payment privilege extended over a
period often years, has been fixed by the State I^and Board.
SOII#« Rich, alluvial and very productive. It contains no alkali or mineral substances, and is very free from
gravel and stones.
IKTATKR SVPPI^Y. Secured from the Snake River, which will aflford abundant water for irrigation pur-
poses at all seasons of the year.
PRODVCTS. Alfalfa, timothy, clover (both hay and seed), oats, wheat, barley, vegetables, berries and all
deciduous fruits. Red winter apples and peaches here attain perfection.
CANAI^* Twenty six miles of the main canal, 80 feet wide on the bottom and 120 feet on top built to carry a
volume of water ten feet deep, is now completed, and laterals are being constructed to carry water to the
lands. This system is the largest in the United States and will ultimately cover an area of 270,000 acres.
POmrKR* Shoshone, Salmon, Auger and Twin Palls are immediately adjacent to these lands and will furnish
almost unlimited power. Work is already well advanced at Shoshone Palls and power will be available at
an early date.
CI^IMAXK* Is healthful, mild and equable. The winters are mild, the spring and fall seasons usually very
gleasant, while the summers are not uncomfortably warm, the atmosphere being cooled by the mountain
reezes.
The opening of this large tract comes under most auspicious circumstances. Those seeking homes
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Gumption ^ Gambling
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speculations dependent for success chiefly upon chance or unknown contingencies.*'
That's Waiting a Term of Years for Your Dividends
Hon. Wm. A. Fricke, formerly Insurance Commissioner of the State of Wis-
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extravagant competition, etc., is chargeable to the deferred dividend contract : All
that is good — equity, economy, actual cost — is due to the annual dividend account-
ing to policyholders.**
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the better investment?
ANNUAL DIVIDENDS
In 1890 an employe of the Studebaker Co.
insured in the Massachusetts Mutual Life for
$5,000, 20 Payment Life plan, with annual div-
idends. His death occurred in 1901.
The Company paid policy - - fo.ooo 00
Dividend additions - - - - 618 55
Total paid by Company - - $5,618 55
Which was a return of 33^% o^ all premiums
paid, besides face of policy.
Good dividend, wasn't it?
Had this policy been on the deferred div-
idend plan, only $5,000 would have been paid.
DEFERRED DIVIDENDS
In 1882 a Portland gentlemen insured in a
certain large company for $7,000 on the Life
plan. He made his last payment in I90i,an(l
died a few days after. His policy contained the
following clause: **No dividends shall be ap-
portioned or paid on this policy before the end
of the accumulation period. The accumulation
period is twenty years.*' As he failed to com-
plete the last policy year, having lived only
nineteen years and six days his entire dividends
were forfeited to the company.
Was that good judgment?
Had this policy been in a company paying
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the face value.
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"Ee Blue Moimtain Sanatorium
For the Core of Tobercolosis
IT is mistake to think that a warm climate is beneficial in Tuberculosis. On the contrary, the further
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A MIMIMUM OF RAINFALI, A I*OW HUMIDITY
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THB BLUB MOUNTAIN SANATORIUM is located in the heart oi the Blue MounUins, 30 mUes
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Patienu at the Blue Mountain Sanatorium have the additional advantage of receiving
DR. BINGHAM'S INHIBITORY SKRUM
This serum is harmless, non-irritating and is a positive remedy. It promptly arrests the progress
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In all institutions for the treatment or Tuberculosis, grest reliance is placed on bathing. This is
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Opinion
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THE MAN without an opinion never gets rich. Decision in
all matters is half the battle. Advice from many friends
is like taking everybody's medicine — sure to kill, and
causes the loss of many golden opportunities. Invest
with the Smuggler Gold & Copper Mining Company, a
sure dividend payer within the next two years, to say nothing of the
advanced value of its stock. A gilt edge investment is now offered
with the Smuggler Gold & Copper Mining Co.. of Portland, Ore.
These mines are located in the Index and Silver Creek Mining
District, Snohomish County, Washington, in which are a number of
the best mines in the Northwest. Surrounded on the Northeast side
by the famous Rockefeller mine, also the Cord and 76 mines and
Rainey mines. On the Northwest side by the Bonanza Mining &
Smelting Co., Bonanza Queen, Silver Lake, Silver Queen, Elite, and
45 mines. On the Southwest side by National, Golden Eagle, Ethel,
Bunker Hill & Sullivan. On the Southeast side by the German Syn-
dicate, Siinset, Wilbur, and Apex. The property lies two and one-
half miles from Monte Cristo Railroad, fifteen and one-half miles
from the Great Northern Railroad at Index and fifty miles from the
Everett smelter. Index District was awarded the first prize at Spo-
kane in competition with the entire Northwest, including British Co-
lumbia. The analysis of the Smuggler average consisting of 30 feet
cross-cutting the ore body is as follows:
ASSAY NO. 2.
Gold, 1.01; value, $20.87.
Silver, 3.59; value, $2.15.
Copper, 4 1-10 per cent.
Total value, $33.66.
ASSAY NO. 1.
Gold, .86; value, $17.77.
Silver, 1.04; value, $0.62.
Lead, trace.
Copper, 8-10 per cent.
Lime, 10^/^ per cent.
Silica, 28 25-100 per cent.
Iron, .42 per cent.
Nickel, none.
Platinum, .01 per cent.
Total value, $20.92.
The mines consist of seven full claims of twenty acres each, or
140 acres. There are seven distinct veins averaging from four to
thirty feet. Many assays have been made from time to time, the
lowest of which is $11.67. The last assay made, at a depth of thirty
feet, shows: gold $3.01, silver $6.12, copper $32.10 and in all $41.23.
The ore is becoming richer as depth is attained. An excellent wagon
road has recently been built by the miners of the district, with the
County's assistance, which is completed to within one and one-half
miles of these mines.
Now is the time to invest. We believe there is no other proposition
before the public in the Pacific Northwest that presents the induce-
ment to purchasers that will compare with the Smuggler group of
mines. We are selling a few shares for the purpose of operating the
mines, the purchase of machinery and other modern devices to make
the mine a dividend payer at the earliest possible date.
Mckinley Mitchell, Pres.
W. J. DOXEY, Vice. Pres.
W. J. MXEOD, Director
a FREIWALD, Director
W. J. WALTERS, Qea*l Sopt.
HARVEY BAILEY, Sec.
D. S. WILLIAMS, Treas.
Address an MaU
IMatterto
Smuggler Gold (2» Copper Co.
202 >^ Stark St., Portland, Ore.
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about transmission of power, approximate
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Calirornia's finest Tribute to the Dining Tables of the WorW
TlfMifflls lair fell 'hm
For the finest preservoJ and crystallized fruits
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Of
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