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tricate himself and the government from
the moraSS of years of trouble that he
in despair The war spirit was again
rising. The people were beginning to
think once more of Santa Anna and his
sainted leg. They were tired of an hon
est man in the presidential chair. 1t
was too tame. too dun, too commonplace;
there We're none of the grand exhibitions.
the fetes. displays of military pomp. the
fervid oratory and other things with
which Santa Anna and his kind had di-
Verted the minds of the populace. Her
rera sorrowfully informed Slidell that
he could do nothing; that the MeXicans
We're in no humor to consent to pro
pOSalS of peace. On January q 1916.
there was a revolution and Herrera was
hurled from office. This time Gen. Mari
ano Paroles came into Office. Strange to
say. he was a good deal after the type
of Herrera. For the first time in it's his
tory as republic Mexico had had two
honest men as presidents in succession.
-.
But Paroles had no desire for compro-
mise with the United States For nearly
three months SlidelI waited. hoping for
some favOrab BILE turn, possibly another rev
olution that would change the aspect OF
affairs. Then Paroles sent him his pass
ports and he sailed away.
Ii sad for Mr. Buchanan because
he had banked much on SlidelI and Her
rera. and he almost had given up hope
of peaceful solution when one day he
was sladdened with letter from Ha-
V&na. The consul general there gave at
length the conversations he had had
with Santa Anna. He said the general
was burning with a desire to punish those
enemies who had driven him from Mex
leo.
Against the United States he felt no
bitterness and he had little sentiment in
regard to Texas. He thought Mexico
would be we'll rid of that troublesome ter
ritory. In fact, so long as Texas was to
be severed from Mexico he favored its
absorption by the United States. If IT
remained a republic or if it became
province of England or Of France he saw
in 1t menace to Mexico, commercial
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as much political menace, for its
whole border would be playground for
smugglers and the customs system of
Mexico would be a farce.
No one knew Mexico better than Santa
Anna, and no one believed himself more
capable of bringing order out OF chaos.
His was the iron hand, his was the most
skillful political mind. Mr.. Campbell
pointed out that with Santa Anna per
sonal wrongs and personal animosities
ranked higher than national wrongs Or
national needs. Nothing hurt him so
much as the remembrance of how the
mob had invaded the great cathedral OF
Mexico. taken his sainted limb from out
of its Sepulcher near the tomb that held
the heart of Hdalgo and had dragged it
in scorn through the muck and miTe OF
the city, and how hangman's Moose had
Annals equestrian statue in the great
public square. He held Herrera and
Paroles responsible, and once back in
Mexico, once restored to power. he was
willing to pay any price to wipe out these
debts of hate.
Buchanan the statesman sat long into
the night and pondered over the prob
lem that the letter of Compbell pre-
scented. He did not delude himself as
to the man with whom he would have
to deal. He knew him as willy vain
treacherous. deceitful braggart. but he
knew him, too, as probably the strong
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inetOn. Their Portland establishment IS
being kept up by their son, DR.. Charles
Chamberlain. and the senator and Mrs,
Chamberlain take deep interest in his
accounts of the opening of the flower
and vegetable season. They miss the
beauty of the Pacific coast and. like all
newcomers. they are inclined just now
to have small touch of heimweh. They
intend to pass the summer on the Allan
tic coast, as the sessions of Congress
promise to be prolonged and the younger
children must be here for the opening of
the school year in September.
But We will enjoy Portland all the
more for our temporary exile remark
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beauties of Mexico. girl of fifteen, and
she shared his exile. He had brought
with him. too. all his famous fighting
cocks from Mango de Clavo, and every
Sunday he pitted his champions against
th, best birds that Havana could furnish.
and usually he won. Each night. too, ne
dealt monte for those aristocrats OF tnt
Cuban capital who were within his circle
of acquaintances. and his luck had been
such as to make some persons wonder
if the play was honest.
Once a week or more the United states
consul general. Robert E. Campbell Nls-
tied the fallen chieftain. Much OF the
news from Mexico came to Santa Anna
through Mr. Campbell. For the men who
were trying to rescue his country from its
multitude of endorsements Santa Anna
had nothing but contempt. Gen. Jose
Joaquin Herrera. who became president
adj interim on the fall of Santa Anna. and
who was regularly elected president
September II. 1919. he declared block
head, a traitor and an migrate. Paredes
he scorned. BuStamante, whom he had
baniShed from Mexico and whom he had
the misfortune to meet in Havana the day
he landed. he gladly would see dead. And
now Bustamante after exile in France.
was back in Mexico. gloating over the
fall of the man who had been his arch
rival.
Nominaly the United States was at
war with Mexico. In May, 1S4o. the
'nited States had declared war. and a
few days before the formal declaration
Gen Zachary Taylor. on the fields of
Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, had
defeated the Mexicans under Gen.
Arista Then there had been a cessa
ton of hostlitieS. But the United
states could feel no pride in its posi-
tiOn. Mexico was PROSTATE 1t was
in a state approaching anarchy. To
bring order ont Of chaos would have
Il man Of extraordinary ability.
Gen. Herrera was Il good. honest man,
but with an empty treasury and an in
famed and disordered people. wild
and corrupt band OF politicians. null
titUde of conflicting laws. and the great
body of the church and conservative
population in opposition to him he
could do little. He had no false notion
about Mexico and the Mexicans. Down
i'm his hear: he believed that nothing
worse could happen for his country
than war with the United States. and
he gave private assurances to the Unit
ed States representatives in the City OF
Mexico that if it was within his power
he would have the independence OF
Texas acknowledged. and would have
such differences as existed between the
two countries adjusted satisfactorily.
A few days before Herrera took office
James *. Polk had been elected Presl-
dent Of the United States on plat
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What Is a Bore?

A PHILADELPHIA veteran, apropos
of Decoration day said of Gen.
Grant:
He talked little, but his words were
to the point One night at Il banquet
here Il colonel weared us with a two
hour description of a minor cavalry
charge and Gen. Grant whispered TO
me:
The mans bore.
Then he leaned back and pulled at
his cigar, and, watching the smoke
clouds he said with his quiet smile:
But what is Il bore, after all, but
just a chap who keeps talking about
himself when | want to talk about my
Selfp''
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form taN0ring the admission of Texas
III the Union. For nearly ten years
Il IeAas had been an independent repub-
lie, and Mexico had been too weak to
recover its revolted province, but Santa
Anna had served notice on the United
states that the admission of Texas
would be accepted by Mexico as a
There should have been no clash be-
tween the forces Of Zachary Taylor and
Gen. Arista. The Americans were at
fault. Mexico had declared that it
would make no offensive move and that
1t would not act unless it's territory
was invaded by American troops. : The
Nueces was considered the western
boundary OF Texas. although some of
the Texans claimed all the territory to
the Rio Grande. Taylor crossed the
Nueces and approached the Rio Grande.
Arista insisted that he return to Texas
soil. Taylor refused. and Palo Alto and
Resaca de la Palma were the result
and this before formal declaration of
war.
In the cabinet Of James n. Polk there
was a man who dominated the President.
This was James Buchanan. who later
was to be in the presidential chair him
self. A man of the north he was in
sympathy with the south, but he had an
ambition as wide and as strong as the
Napoleon of the west himself. only that
Buchanans ambition was iii the field of
peace. He saw little honor and no glory
in conquerinG a weak and disorSaniZed
He saw no justice i'll visiting
upon suffering people the sins of fly
bynight and profigate rulers. He knew
the costs and the horrors of war. 1t was
his hope and his plan to bring about an
whereby there would be no
further shedding of blood. Having every
confidence in the private advices received
from Herrera. he sent an envoy extra
ordinary to Mexico. John Slidell, later
to be known the world over through the
Mason-Slidell affair.
But before SlideIl reached Mexico Gen.
II errera so haraSsed by new com
plcations into which Mexico had been
thrown and had been so unable TO ex-
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CHE Is a Delightful South
- ern Woman of the Old
Type, and Is Enjoying Her
First Season at the Capital
Mrs. Chamberlain, Like SO
Many Other Women in High
Official Circles, Was a School
mate OF Her Husband, and
Their Love Affair Began IN
Natchez, Miss, When She
Was Barely Twelve and Her
Husband a Few Years Older
She Is Devoted to Her
Western Home, But Still Re
members Her Old Associa-
tons in the South, and Talks
About Conditions Very En-
tertainingly.
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ed Mrs. Chamberlain. Then a complete
change is good for us all. ! may take
run down to my old home, in Natchez.
We love the west, but it is wonderful
the land where their father and mother
were born and lived and met and loved
each other. My older boy went to our
home for his wife, lovely Louisiana
girl whose name was Baetner. They
We're married in the old Presbyterian
Church of Natchez. where Mr.. Chamber
lain and 1 were united, and they chose
our anniversary for their wedding day.
My second daughter married Natchez
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The Secret.

R lr rsy- ,n Mrs; rns Desmond lu, M.mDn
called-was condemning in New York
the frequency of divorce in America.
You Americans, she said, don't seem
TO possess the secret: the secret. I mean.
or matrimonial happiness. Perhaps You
might take a lesson from city clerk
1 heard of recently
y friend of this clerk. after yisitin.,
him at his home said
Excuse me. VIII, but how do you
manage, on your small salary. to ha,a
such well cooked and delicious meaIs1,
The secret is simple. VIII repIieI
every gay 1 KISS the cook and do all [
can to please her and make her b,nnx,
Out doesn't your wife object the
other asked nv
Dear, no, she's the cook was the
reply. 'e
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A Tart Tongue.

CoL' krSERT {. CO. Err, at a se..,-
vie banquet was talking about
campaign comrades.
linen there was Dash, of COMPANY
" he said Dash had the reputation
OF being the nastiest-tongued man il,
the regiment.
1t was Private Dash. you know. WHO.
out foraging one evening on a rich es-
tate. came accidentally upon the Owner
wife, grande dame i'm evening dress.
Dash asked her for food She refused
him. He asked again. But still refusing
she walked away.
No., she said, I'll give you nothing.
trespassng like this. I'll give you moth
ing. My mind is made up
p" Made UP. is it? said Dash. Like
the rest of you, eh?'''
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Out of the Mouths of Babes.

r N-GON. PENNYPACKER discussing
in Harrisburg the divorce evil, said
with smile:
Why. even the children are taking a
fippant view of divorce. A Reno lady,
have been informed. was calling on a
friend when a beautiful child entered the
room.
The lady drew the child to her.
And whose little girl ane YOU
4 don't know. the urchin answered
With laugh. The decree isn't expected
till next month"; -
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Washington and this is always an event
FIJI experience and in The present instance
pleasant one
~ am enjoying Washington. SAID MIS-
Chamberlain for, having wise friehus'
was advised not to- attempt TOO lnuch
No first season. and this sage council
have followed Tie result is That the
.oc.aI Guties / have performed have heeh
craving and not at all exhaustihS.
have been charmed with meeting so many
nleasant people and with tho general ar
of culture which makes Washington so
fascinating pace OF residence As the
capital of progressive nation there are
SO many phases OF life which appeal to
those who have not hitherto had the OPP
portunitv of studying the conditions or
The ground Having come from the south
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A Frank Answer.

A NEW YORK man. discussing the
Could Drexel wedding Of last
month. praised the bride
How pretty Marjorie Gould is. he
said She is clever, too. She's always
got reply ready.
You remember that dinner dance her
father gave for her last year y dim
ner, a dance. supper. and then. at
dawn, a ham-and-egg breakfast Well.
conversing with Miss Gould at this
StupendouS function, / said
What would You do if you had to
earn your own living?
Miss Gould shrugged her pretty
shoulders
'Starve,' she said"
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resident of Portland. The love of the
south is with all my family like the love
which foreigners feel for their father
land We admire and feel the deepest
affection for Portland. None OF us would
L believe go back to the old life. but
that would he impossible even il we
would. But down in our hearts We rev
erently cherish the memory of the Mis-
sissippi-not only Mr.. Chamberlain and
myself. but our children and our grand
children. Sentiment may have passed
away, as some contend. bur there are
some to whom the old ties and the sacred
of an old home appeal most ir-
resistibly. We family of this kind
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NnecdOfe8 COncelnin0
We'll Known PEOPLE.

tened toward an elderly gentleman, shout
ing as he ran:
You can put on Your hats again now.
It's all right
Some one asked him later on why he
had made all the people take their hats
off.
Why, he replied. I'd bet fifty with a
Dald-headed man. and | had to find him,
hadn't I""
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A Pusher.

Xxx lark TWAIN" said New YORK
1v1 ma ga zine editor liked TO TELL as
an illustration of persistence and push a
story about a Sheepshead Bay race.
HE said that at the end OF an I'M
portant race young man shouted 70
savagely Hats off. Hats off there! That
every one in hearing distance obeyed him
and stood bareheaded.
"A moment later the young man has
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and known something of that awful Wis
itatioI, the yellow fever Scourge j nave
a.Uavs been intensely Interested in the
scientific precautions against plaques and
the general crusade for sanitation and Tor
normal living. l can remember the horror
which the first case OF yellow Ie'eI
caused in community and the nishi
of all who could possibly get away from
the country The little city of NatcheZ
was almost depopulated during the cpl
dernic of 1872 and 1879 and those VINO
saw the sorrow and desolation cannot bat
pay grateful tribute to the scientists VINO
have allayed this scourge. sometimes
through their own martyrdon, for the
cause of humanity.
4 am often asked how the yellow fever
scourse has been wiped out OF the south
since il would seem impossible TO make
the negroes use the sanitary precautions
which the health authorities deemed nee
essary The screening OF the windows
and doors has accomplished wondei- 81
results and clearly proved that the fever
germ was carried by the mosquitoes. I ne
old ia shioned southern house until some
fifteen or twenty years ago knew moth
iu:. Of screens for fy or mosquito, and
70. sIunlber and comfort during the warm
DAYS they depended on netting bars. Now
rVerN house even the negro huts on most
ItanIa tons. have their neal screens and
in nearly all localities where the scourse
il most dreaded there is u prepared oil
10 spread over staguant water ana spots
where mia sma is rampant. All these pre-
CAUTIONS have worked revolution in
health conditions OF the south, and though
the fever is sometimes brought 10 the
country from alien sources I seems now
impossible that ii should work the havoc
il did during the late iOs
u ike all who are of the old south.
must lament the passing OF the beautii III
life OF leisure. the period when women
keep house and to guard and teach
their little ones and cultivate the gentle
arrs Of home. The south has probably
changed less than any other section of
the country. but the women even in the
quiet, secluded and picturesque little city
of Natchez have become strenuous and
follow the philosophy of the age. My
childhood spent in Louisiana and |
was born on a great plantation in the
low country about midway between
Natchez and New Orleans ! lived there
until ] was twelve. so | can recall the
golden of plantation life. | re-
call the slaves and their merry songs.
for all owned slaves in that section and
their immense holdings were almost eX-
clusiyely worked by their retaincTs. 1t
seems a most delightful existence and
the kind TO which can look back
with fondest memories. 1t was merry
life. fox hunting. dinner parties and the
picturesque life in the negro quarters to
give coloring 10 and add the needed
touch. Everything was done on the
plantations in those days. The cotton
was not only grown, but il was spun
and woven, as was the flax for the
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The Juvenile Buster.

CHAMP CLARK. at dinner at
~ Bowling Green. said of the trusts:
The feeling against monopolies mas
reached even TO the nursery. | saw a
little girl the other day slip somethins
beneath her plate. Then she murmureu
angrily: .
la
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tracted country would call him back to
Mexico. In December. 1S4F he had been
overthrovn and cast into prison. and
five months later had been banished. At
Vera Cruz just before he sailed he had
issued farewell address, in which he
asked the people to forsive his political
errors and remember him only sol
dieT mutilated in the defense of his ma
tive land. He knew how 10 appeal to the
hearts of an iTnpressionable people. and
he was prudent. too. for few weeks
before losing the presidency he had added
To his immense fortune by looting the
mint at Guanajuato and confiscating the
funds of Lagos.
Poor Mexico Ii had thrown off the
Sanish yoke but was not able TO govern
itself. For more than twenty wears II
had been rent with strife. Revolution
Rad followed revolution and piunderer
had followed plunderer until the nation
was bankrupt OF all its rulers none had
been more oppressive or corrupt than An
tonic Lopez de Santa Anna, whose van
ity led him TO consider himself a second
Napoleon As politician he was adroit.
or military skill he had little Three
times he had been president. When Texas
revolted he led an army into that state
and was Overwhelmingly defeated ana
taken prisoner at San Jacinto by cen
Sam Houston. From this disgrace he
rose few years later to be Il national
idol. by losing a leg at Vera cruz when
the French captured that city Ihe dls-
nembered limb was placed in the great
cathedral in Mexico City near the urn
that held the heart of Hidal2o and was
q sort of shrine for his followers
However much the NAPOLEON of the
west bewailed his fate. his palace near
Havana was not place of gloom. His
wife had died a few months before he
had been deposed and he had been
plunged in grief but few weeks after
fhe funeral he had welded one OF the
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proportions of roses in this section fill US
VITA pity. We feel resentful that such
poor limitations should be called by the
glorious name of rose. Our finest rose is
the Caroline TeStout. For those who
know nothing of the andeur of this
blossom. attaining heroic proportions on
trelises and in the bush, adequate
description would seem eXaggeration. We
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have magnificen; Paul Neyrons, the flow
ers sometimes four inches across and as
sweet and aliuring as the fragrance of
our southern jessamine We boast of fine
Marechal Neils. growing to wonderful
heights and completely snrouding sum
mer houses and porches under their
golden blossoms. Indeed. every resident
Of Portland will talk for hours about
roses. The city is one vast rose garden
and people talk flowers there as eloquent
~ and extensively as they do politics
and base ball in this part of the country.
our land Is also the land of magniti-
cent vegetables, of luscious fruit. and of
the finest fish with which a beneficent
Providence has blessed mankind. / mean
the salmon of the Columbia. We are
good homekeepers in Portland and though
entirely progressive in many other ways
We have not graduated from the ancient
duties or woman, 10 mind the home and
make II happy for the inmates
Mrs. Chamberlain is dainty little lady.
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By Margaret B. Downing.

y r. of the genuine
acquisitions To the
women OF the sena-
torial set = the
wife uf the sena-
to- from Oregon.
MIS-. George T..
Chamberlain, fo'-
merly Miss Sale
Wel-h Of NatcheZ.
Miss. Mrs. Cham
berlain is spending
her, first winter in
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HE Napoleon Vf
the West was in
exile. His Eiba was
the Island of Cuba.
Three miles out
from Havana in a
fine old palace he
held his little court
and there he plot
ted and dreamed of
the time when a
fOrtjlitouS turn in
affairs in his dis
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AV7OW0Z N2yZ d. IANzYAM

cocks of the Santa Anna barn were
brought into the arena. Like the true
lover of the gamecock Santa Anna glo-
ried in handling his best birds himself He
was in an ecstasy while a battle was on.
There never was better main fought in
the Cerro palace than that one in honor
of Mckenzie. Then, after little play at
monte. the chieftain and the naval Of
ficer got down to business. 1t was under
stood thoroughly that Mckenzie was act
ing altogether i'm unofficial capacity.
He was there TO suggest what might be
done and what could he done, possibly.
if an agreement between gentlemen could
be reached. He WIS a clear thinker and
a clever speaker: he also was as clever
as the sharp-eyed, impulsive. auick-wit-
ted man with whom he talked. He point
ed out to Santa Anna that even If Next
co recalled him. even if there was a turn
in the wheel and the people clamOred to
have him restored to power, there was
little chance for him to return to his ma
tive land so long as the United States
maintained the blockade with which it
had closed all the Mexican ports. Every
Mexican vessel in the gulf had been cap
tured or destroyed; every harbor in
Mexico was sealed If the United States
so desired Cuba would be prison for
Santa Anna. He could no more escape
from it's shores than he could get out of
the massive walls of Perote.
The United States had no desire for
war. especially with stricken people.
Mexico was weak and helpless. There
could be but one result If war were
sumed. Santa Anna would be benefac-
tor to his people. would be benefactor
to humanity. if, when he returned to
power he would use his great influence
for the cause of peace and the settle
ment of strife. Common sense would
teach him that in the event of war
Mexico would be forced to pay heavy
tribute. Texas was lost irretrievably. If
the United States had to invade Mex
leo. Mexico would pay an additional and
staggering penalty by the loss of its
Pacific states. Would it not be better to
sink all absurd ideas about saving the
face OF the nation by an unholy sacrifice
of human life and further plunging the
nation into an abyss of ruin when there
was no need for such thing?