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1 8 TILE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1906. Entered at the Postoffles at Portland. Or, as Second-Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. E7" INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. .XJ (By Mail or Express.) DAILY. SUNDAY INCLUDED. Twelve months .. . $ 0 no t:x month .....-.. Three months One month -JJJ lllvered- by carrier, per year ... 8.00 Ietlvered by carrier, per month ."5 Less time, per week -JO Funday, one year ISO W eekly, one year Ussued Thursday). . l.nO fundav and Weekly, one year S R0 HOW TO REMIT Send poetoffice money erder, express order or personal check on jour loral bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The R. C. Beck with Special Agency New Tork. rooms 43-M. Tribune building1. Chi cago, rooms 510-512 Tribune building. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex. Postofflca 'twi Co.. 178 Dearborn street. frt. Paul. Minn. K. St. Marie, Commercial Station. 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This year the Republican party of Oregon la not under control of the plu tocrats of Portland. Their agent of two yearn ago. Jack Matthew, is not In command. Besides, Just now, there Js no franchise loot in sight. Moreover, the Republican party repudiate the whole gang. The looters, therefore, are for the Democratic ticket. They haven't Mills up for the Legislature now, nor Llnthicum, nor any of the agents or factotums of the "first families"; so they resolve to be Democrats, and they t-ell their organ to support Chamberlain and Gearln and Word, and the whole Democratic ticket. It is a rare and notable farce; the more entertaining be cause the authors Imagine the public do not see through It. Tet It Is more than a farce. It Is a shameless piece of business. A group of Republican plutocrats, who, by methods of secrecy and stealth, work ing through the Republican party In former years, have gotten away "with pretty, much everything In sight, now pretend to an exalted virtue, pose for "reform," turn to the Democratic party as the lovely agent or Instrument through which they are to secure It, and make their organ shout for Chamber In In and Gearln, and for the Democratic legislative ' and county tickets. The people, however, are awake; no more franchise loot Is to be had certainly not through the Republican party, and the plutocrats and their organ declare for the Democratic party and fix their hope for redemption of the country upon that virtuous organization. No one will make mistake as to the principles and purposes that inspire this effort. It Is the very same that has looted the franchise properties of the City of Portland, and turned mil lions of public values Into private pockets. These people pose as the refined es sence of political, private and public virtue. They make their organ sing their song of non-partisanship and self righteousness every day In the year. Rut while they continually thank God that they are not as other men are, other men must devoutly thank God they are not like unto these. There Is cant In politics as well as In religion. Some are adept in both kinds. IF THIS BE TREASON ! With mingled emotions we have perused a document coming from the office of Governor Chamberlain which gives a complete resume of the reasons w hy Ke should be re-elected to fill the .exalted position which he now so con spicuously occupies and which. In his own opinion, he so highly adorns. It is to be feared that the Governor lacks a sense of humor or he never would have Included the following among hie rea sons: It Is notoriously true that It is , better for the Governor and Legislature of a mate to be of different political parties. Why? Be cause If the Governor be a Democrat and the Legislature be Republican' each is a check upon the other. The natural conclusion to be drawn from this is that Mr. Chamberlain wishes to see a Republican Legislature elected in June, with a Democratic Gov ernor whom modesty forbids him to name more explicitly. This is cheering news for the unhappy .Democratic candidates scattered here and there over the state, a forlorn hope at best, who are, or Imagine that they are, running for the Legislature. What loyal enthusiasm It must stir in the breast of "Josephine" Smith; what seal for our great and good Governor's suc cess it must awaken In yie bosom of Milt Miller. There Is nothing so noble b self-aacriflce. Mr. Chamberlain calls upon all Democratic, candidates for the Legislature to come forward and sacri fice themselves In his cause. Doubtless they will hasten' to respond with Joyous za 1. The knowledge that Mr. Chamberlain desires, a Republican Legislature and is working to elect one will also warm the heart and stimulate the gratitude of Mr. Gearln. One can see in the mind's eye the grateful glow upon the Sena tor's cheek as he peruwei this Invitation to lay himself upon the altar for the Governor's benefit, though it Is possible, after all, that he may take a different view of the case. It may occur to Mr. Gearln that a Democratic Legislature with a Republican Governor would pre sent all the advantages of Mr. Cham berlain's scheme without Its more poig nant effects. Why not? What we want, it seems, is a bi-partisan state administration and & Republican Gov ernor, with a Democratic Legislature that would effect that desirable con summation Just as well as a Democratic Governor with a. Republican Legisla ture. Mr. Gearln might probably hold that it would effect it a good deal bet ter. We have no wish to call Mr. Cham berlain a traitor to the tattered and despairing band who have entered upon this hopes campaign under his ban ter. SUH, la - .Uus, titsuiat he contem plates their political slaughter with a cheerful resignation which might seem to his traducers to hover on the verge of treason. What does he expect them to say to it when they read it? Or does be think they are too stupid to see what it means? If this is his opinion of his fellow-candidates' intelligence, we shall not contest It, but we may venture to doubt its correctness in all cases. We are of the opinion that theS are Demo cratic candidates shrewd enough to un derstand the purport of the Governor's circular and malignant enough to pay him in his own coin. Almost anybody can use a knife. SEATTLE'S NEWEST GRIEVANCE. If there has ever been a lingering doubt that the Alaskans had a just grievance against Seattle for excessive charges and unfair treatment, that doubt has been dispelled by the protest being made over the new tariff adopted by the Northern Pacific on Portland shipments for Alaska. . This tariff of $1.50 per ton from Portland to Seattle is paid by the Portland shipper. It is not absorbed by the steamship compa nies, and it is not paid by the pur chaser. And yet the Seattle Trade Reg ister hysterically denounces it as "un just and unnecessary," and in the same breath assures us that "Seattle ship pers are prepared to give the best mar ket in variety, in prices and delivery of goods, and must and will have a lower rate on shipments to the north, than more distant and poorly-equipped mar kets.' Th action of the Northern Pacific In establishing the rate did not deprive Se attle of a "lower rate" than Portland is favored with. The $1.50 per ton whjch is paid by the Portland merchants themselves stands today as a differen tia! in favor of Seattle. The amount, under ordinary business conditions, would be regarded as a very fair mar gin of profit on many commodities. But, according to the testimony of the Alas kans, as well as that now offered by the Trade Register, a margin of $1.50 per ton is insufficient to protect the Se attle merchants against the aggressions of the Portlanders. The latter through long years of fair dealing and close competition, can pay the. $1.30 , per ton freight differentia! and still undersell ths Seattle men. These are the condi tions that have caused the disturbance in Puget Sound trade -circles. ' The Trade Register concludes itB philippic against Portland with the calming statement that "Seattle is and will re main the natural and best market for Alaska, and our jobbers can be depend ed upon to hold it against any efforts of Portland to break in at this late day after development." Accepting this statement of the Reg ister as the truth, what is the grievance of Seattle? Why all of this uproar? The Alaskan buyers are not all Idiots and will not avoid the "natural and best market" for the purpose of doing business with one that is "more distant and poorly equipped." Such assertions ar the stillest kind of "rot" when coupled with the statement that the rate on which the trade hinges la "un just and unnecessary." If Seattle has not been robbing the Alaskan buyers by excessive prices, she has nothing to fear from Portland, which has a dis tance handicap of $1.50 per ton. This is a self-adjusting proposition so plain and easy that there Is but one side to the argument. Another foolish state ment made by the"" Trade Register is as follows: , Seattle Jobbers state that if the Northern Pacific can carry goods from Kalama to Sound porta at the rates given in the new tariff, then It afford a basis of reduced rates all over the State, of Washington to our man ufacturers and Jobbers through the Railroad Commission. s That queer piece of political patch work, the Washington Railway Com mission law, is slightly vague on a good many points which It sought to cover, but It Is unmistakably plain in pro viding that there shall be no changing of rates or infliction of penalties unless an Injury can be showno It will, of course, be impossible for Seattle to prove that she has been injured by this rate except through her own rapacity in exacting such large profits from the Alaskans that they have placed their orders elsewhere. . This Is a matter In which the Railroad Commission has no concern and over which It has no con trol. At various times In the past the Northern Pacific has placed in effect a rate of $1.50 per ton on flour from Port land for shipment from Seattle and Ta coma to the Orient, and special rates have also been made at various times on oats and other Government supplies for rephipment from Puget Sound. It is needless to state that no violent prof-eats followed the institution of the $1.60 rate on such occasions. If the Northern Pacific had placed in effect an abnormally low rate, or ear ranged for Its entire absorption by the steamship companies, the Seattle Job bers would have had a legitimate com plaint and could undoubtedly have se cured redress from the railroad com pany. The rate complained of, how ever. Is not abnormally low, and It is all absorbed by the Portland shippers. To enter a protest against such condi tions Is the plainest kind of confession of weakness on the part of Seattle, and Is confirmatory of the frequent charges made by the Alaskans of unfair treat ment and excessive prices at the hands of the Seattle Jobbers. , AGE LIMIT FOR COLLEGE, PROFESSORS. The interest of the college world has been aroused in the Cornell decision that professors must retire at the age of 65. If this limit is applied to college professors everywhere, it will add new dread to the teacher's calling, unless the rule la accompanied by a systematic and adequate pension system. Very few men who give of themselves studiously and conscientiously to col lege work from the time of their gradu ation in early manhood to the age of 65 years are able to retire at that time with enough to keep them the rest of their natural lives. Tet they have gen erally lived frugally and been charita ble, just and kind. The writer has in mind one of these men. now well advanced in years, who has been a conscientious teacher of the classics In a college for perhaps forty years. He Is amiable, just, indefatiga ble, a scholar and a gentleman. He has brought up a family, has met the common lot in sickness, death and dis appointment, but through all has been cheerful, hopeful and helpful a factor in the higher life of the college town. His salary has never been large, and, though frugal in his mode of life, he has not accumulated means whereby to live, should his sturdy New England blood carry him on to three-score and ten or four-score years. He is still a thorough and competent teacher of lan guages, and to displace him now by means of an arbitrary age limit would be to frrrcs him and his gentle wife to eat the bitter bread of dependence. This case is not an isolated one. It has its parallel in every college com- kjnuall, and In Utt lagr of Uiosa such. cases are painfully frequent. It is plain that suitable allowance in the way of pensions must be made for cases of this kind, or the college professor, devoted to his work and pursuing Its tasks with singleness of purpose, will in another generation be but a memory. No man can afford to work all of his effective years for little more than a frugal maintenance, with the certainty before him of being displaced by a young man while yet ten years of such usefulness as only a well-furnished brain and richly endowed experience give remain to him. If such a man Is to be set aside by an aribtrary rule at 65, this rule should carry an appropriate clause that will insure him a modest living, un harassed by doubt and dread. Sensitive, accustomed to run ip a spe cific groove, without knowledge of the business world, the college professor, deprived of his accustomed line of work, though shrinking from pity, is its le gitimate object, and though revolting from the thought of charity. Is likely to become the recipient of Its dole. Hence it is that the vocation should either pay a man who pursues It conscientiously throughout his effective years a salary that will enable him to accumulate a modest competence for the winter of life, or It should carry a pension that, after the line of effective endeavor has been passed, will Insure such competence. AN INJUNCTION FOR THE GAS TRVST. In "The Scarlet Empire," a recent and interesting novel with a purpose, the hero, speaking for the plutocracy, says that the ttfte is their servant, not their master. The author meant this for praise, not reproach, and beyond all question it is true. All the forms, ma chinery and Institutions of government and society are at the disposal of the plutocracy to effect their purposes. They buy the connivance of many churches; they bribe the colleges to form an, actlva alliance with them; they control a certain part of the press. As The Oregonian has said, they have no politics. Here they are for one party, there for another, as their in terest dictates. Without principle, con science or scruple, they rob under the mask of piety and plunder under the forms of law. Not a few of their re cent exploits have raised the disquiet ing question whether the Federal courts have wholly escaped some of the more subtle and insidious forms of their In fluence. Senator Bailey boldly intimat ed in the course of the historic debate upon the rate bill that he could name Judges who were susceptible to pluto cratic persuasiveness. Such transac tions as the issuance of the Injunction by Judge Laeombe in New Tork sus pending the 80-cent gas law seems to look In the same direction. Mysterious, savoring of monarchical tyranny, sinis ter of aspect, the exercise by one man of powers so vast, so far from the ideal of the authors of the Constitution, ex cites the inquiry in many thoughtful minds whether, under a more or less rigid respect for Its outward forms, the essential nature of our government is not changing. The law in question, passed by the, New Tork Legislature, fixed the price of gas in New Tork City at 80 cents per thousand feet. As usual in such cases, the gas trust refused to obey the law, appealed to the Federal court and ob tained an Injunction forbidding the state officers to execute tha act of the Legislature. Judge Laconibe is about to try whether or not the law conflicts with the Constitution of the United States. Pending his investigation, he assumes that it does so conflict, and, temporarily at least, he nullifies It. It Is possible that he may finally decide that the law Is constitutional, or the Supreme Court may so decide even If he does not. Such things sometimes happen, even against the interest and influence of a trust. In that case Judge Laeombe would' find himself In an ex traordinary, position.' . He would have exercised an authority which few abso lute monarchs dare to Claim in this age of the world the authority to nullify an act regularly passed by the State Legislature and in full agreement with the Constitution. The Constitution con fers this terrible, power upon no man Hnd no body of men. The President would not dare to exercise it. Congress would not think of claiming it. And yet it is freely, almost lightly, claimed and exercised by Inferior Judges who have no power whatever, except what Con gress and the President confer. It was exercised in this case, according to the New Tork World, after a star-chamber hearing where only the trust was rep resented. Our Federal Judges, by these so called interlocutory injunctions, exer cise a prerogative which was claimed by the tyrannical Stuart Kings of Eng land and was. wrested from them only by a long and bitter struggle. It goes in history by the name of Nonobstante, and was an assumption of authority to suspend an act. of Parliament. The Kings of England make no claim to this prerogative now. but our Federal Judges are gradually asserting and making good their title to it. It is an open question whether a court ought to assume to forbid the officers to enforce a law, even If It Is clearly un constitutional. A method far more In harmony with Anglo-Saxon history and institutions would be to let Injured per sons eek their remedy by an action for damages against the officials. This, with the writ of habeas corpus where personal liberty was Involved, would cover every case and would save the courts from that apparent taint of usurpation which is slowly but surely undermining their exalted position in American polity. Nobody denies to the courts the authority to declare an act unconstitutional. nd after such a dec laration it clearly has no validity; but this is a very different thing from treating a law as if It had no validity before Its constitutionality has been passed upon. Why, in cases of this sort, should the Judges always assume that the Legislature 13 wrong and the trust right? The presumption ought to be on the side of the law, not on that of the. lawbreaker. The interlocutory injunction throws upon the state the burden of proving that its laws are constitutional. That burden ought to lie on the other side. The man who attacks the constitution ality of a legislative act should be com pelled to make good his case in a sol emn and public proceeding, where the state can also have a hearing; and an order should never be made to suspend the act until no possibility of doubt re mains that It Is Invalid. When courts treat the law as a light and trivial af fair to be set aside without ceremony and held in scant respect, they set an example; which the public will not be slow, to follow. Every such Injunction as that which Judge Laeombe has is sued tends to relax the sense of obliga tion to obey the law, which, is the fun damental safeguard of eociety. It tends to bring law and lawmakers Into con tempt: to Imoress nrrm ua that tlu I of. obecrfnee in America Is not the leg islatlve will, but the arbitrary will of certain individuals; to loosen the hnnds f the mcial order and turn the course of the Nation toward anarchy. Strangest of all is tne fact tnat me plutocrats, who, more than any other class, are dependent for their safety and privileges upon the law, should in stigate these assaults upon it- How much will the franchises of the New Tork gas trust, or those of any other v. a n-ntK when the neonle have once thoroughly learned the lesson that legislative acts are chimeras with no real force and validity? one wouia ithin the Drecincts of a courtroom the most sacred thing on earth would be tne law. it sometimes ceema nn the contrary, that statutes are looked upon there as paltry affairs In comparison with, tne special privi leges of a pampered plutocracy. The opening of the San Francisco banks, unattended by any excitement or "runs" such as were in a measure expected, demonstrates what a valuable possession public confidence becomes in such emergencies. San Francisco's im mediate needs for money In large quan tities are comparatively small. The era of rebuilding has not yet progressed to a point where large sums are required, and the destruction was so complete that there was not much except the bare necessities of life to be pur chased. Had the depositors lacked con fidence In the, institutions and with drawn all of the money in the banks, they would have had no immediate use for it. The result would have crippled and perhaps wrecked banks, while the hasty depositors would have gained nothing by their action. When San Francisco begins in earnest to rebuild she will need large sums of money, but If her people retain their present con fidence In the banks they can easily be strengthened to meet any demand within reason that can be made on them. The reopening of these financial institutions has been highly successful. How could Mr. M. J. Jones bring him self to commit an act so atrocious? It Is useless for him to deny it. It Is vain for him to protest his innocence, for he has been-'caught in the act, flagrante delicto. 'Wha was this fearful deed? W shudder to recount it. We dread lest its horrid details .may keep the readers of The Orefonian-awake nights or haunt them with frightful night mares. Still the truth ought to be told, no matter what It costs. Perchance It were better upon the whole to let the cat, out of the bag once for all and close the fearful record forever. Mr. Jones, then, who is a butcher, has been seen to purchase lambs from a farmer who brought the carcasses to the Fourth street market in his own wagon 1 All good butchers buy their lambs the meat trust. None who shirk this sa cred duty can ever go to heaven.' If they escape hanging on earth they may be thankful. It is to be hoped that Mr. Jones will lee the error of his ways and repent before it is forever too late. This open rebellion against our legitimate trust masters is becoming far too com mon. There ought to be a law against it. The State of Idaho is to be congratu lated on securing for its School for De fective Touth so competent an in structor and manager as Mr. Watson, for so many years at the head of the Washington school at Vancouver. Dur ing his administration at Vancouver Mr. Watson had under his care a great many children from Idaho, and the character of his work is proven by the confidence which the Idaho people have shown In him. Mr. Watson was re moved from the Vancouver school for political reasons which reflected no credit on the men who engineered the deal. No complaint has been made about his successor, but the methods by which Mr. Watson were displaced and the lack of recognition or consideration shown for his many years of faithful services reflect no credit on the admin istration which' displaced him. - There are a few things in this world which should be kept clear from the contami nating touch of politics, and one of them is the care and education of un fortunate children to whom Nature lias been unkind. Not the least of the many Important industries struggling for a foothold in this state is that of flaxgrowing and linen manufacture. This Is an Industry for which certain localities in the Wil lamette Valley are admirably adapted, and, in 6pite of the unfortunate ex perience of the persons who started it and were repeatedly burned out, it seems certain of success. Conditions for the growt of the plant are excel lent, and there is an unlimited market for the manufactured product. This is a branch of diversified farming first ex ploited in a business-like manner by C. H. Markham, formerly with the South ern Pacific, and which has been fos tered and nursed along by his succes sors. A good idea of the possibilities for the industry can be gained by view ing the exhibit now being made at Third and Morrison. Seattle and Tacoma howl because Portland is given a railroad and steam ship rate within $1.50 per ton of the rate they enjoy. They can't keep the busi ness .unless Portland is handicapped more than $1.50 per ton. , Meanwhile the people of Alaska are finding out a few things for themselves about the exor bitant profits they have been paying the Puget Sound cities. The pluto-demf. organ says that "Dr. Withycombe ought to stay at Corvallis and attend to his Agricultural College work or resign." Why wouldn't it be as good a rule for Governor Chamber lain? Why shouldn't he stay at Salem, doing his little stunt as Governor, or resign; Instead of galloping over the state, begging the people to re-elect him? Brethren, let us be consistent. Everybody will be glad that the Elder has been Taised. We expect to see her restored to the San Francisco run, where she belongs, and where no doubt our children's children will be able to travel up and down the coast Just as theft- forefathers did. Judge Sears will not send wifebeating husbands to the whipping-post, because he doesn't believe in it. It is a coinci dence only that the husbands are alike skeptical about its wisdom or efficacy. It may be hoped that the objecting Cumberland Presbyterians will find consolation in the reflection that union with the Presbyterians was pre-des-tined. The man who habitually saves his money may have a pinched look, but he has the satisfaction that no one else did the pinching. Some railroad officials, we firmly be lieve, are almost as good and pure as ill, Baer says, the Reading officials are. BILL HELD IP BY REFERE.VDl'M Hessare to Be Voted oi sit the State Election Jsse A. The first measure upon which the people of Oregon will vote at the June election is the appropriation'bill passed by the Legislature of 1905 and submit ted to a vote of the pepple by exercise of the referendum power. This bill car ried appropriations aggregating $1,034, 429.S0, the largest Item being that for maintenance of the insane asyltrm, amounting to $403,000. This bill was passed by the Legislature In the usual manner and was filed by the Governor In the office of the Secretary of State. Before expiration of 90 days a refer endum petition was filed and thus the act was prevented from becoming ef fective. It cannot now become effective unless it receives a majority vote in its favor. "The vote required is a ma jority of all tha votes cast upon that subject, and not a majority of all the votes cast at the election. Should a ma jority of the votes be in the affirma tive, the bill will at once become a law and the appropriations will at once be available for payment of the ex penses specified. If the majority should be in the negative', the bill will be dead and the next Legislature will be called upon to make appropriations to cover the expenses of those institutions which have been conducted without funds owing to the appropriations be ing held up. Many people supposed that the filing of the referendum petition and the sus pension of the appropriation bill, would prevent the expenditure of the money, but this was true only in part. The asylum, penitentiary, reform school, mute school, blind school and three of the four normal schools have been run ning just the same as though the ap propriation bill had. not been held up, except that the normal schools have not received any acknowledgment of indebtedness from the state, as the other Institution! have. All persons who have furnished labor or provi sions or material for the asylum, pen itentiary or other institutions have been given certificates of indebtedness which are valid claims against the state and which the Legislature must appropri ate money to pay. Though the normal schools have not been riven anything that constitutes an evidence of valid claim against the state, the schools at Monmouth, Drain and Ashland have been running and ""will expect the next Legislature to appropriate money to pay past indebtedness. Some of the expenditures authorized by the appro priation bill have not been made, such as those for new buildings at the asy lum, University of Oregon, Agricultu ral College, etc., whera there was no existing law on the subject. Just how much of the $1,000,000 will be expend ed regardless of the vote upon the ap propriation bill, cannot be definitely stated, but it is probable that $600,000 will be, not Including the amounts ex pended by the normal schools. The in terest claims due to the suspension of the appropriation bill will probably amount to ' $40,000, and increased charges for supplies will add, it is es timated, about $20,005 to the cost of maintaining the institutions. The items of the appropriation bill are as follows: Maintenance of the asylum $ 400,000.00 New buildings and improvements at the asylum S7,2f0.00 Transportation of the insane o2,o"0.00 Maintenance of penitentiary llo.ouO.OO Transportation of convicts 15,000.00 Maintenance of the State Reform School 83,600.00 New buildings and improvements at . Reform School S.500.00 Maintenance of Mute School 87,500.00 Improvements at Mute School 3.600.U0 Maintenance of Blind School 15,o00.00 New buildings and Improvements " at the Blind School..-. 6,500.00 Additional maintenance at the State University 32,500.00 Library building at State Unlver- lsty 25,000.00 Girls' dormitory at State Univer sity 6,000.00 Agricultural Experiment Station at Union 15,000.00 Dormitory and drlllshed at Agri cultural College fi5.O00.no Maintenance of Monmouth Normal 36.000.00 Maintenance of ABhland Normal 31.0O0.00 Maintenance of Drain Normal.. 21.000.00 Maintenance of Weston Normal.. 25,000.00 Additional maintenance for Sol diers' Home 8. nno.no Improvements at Soldiers' Home.. 1. 22O.00 Expenpes of State Biologist 1.000.00 Support of nonresident poor 5,000.00 Arrest and return of fugitives.. 3,000.00 Rewards for arrests 900.00 Expenses and per diem of Presi dential electors 335.50 Expenses of the Irrigation Commis sion 624.40 Total $1,034.42.90 Passengers Had Better Take Notice. Hartford, Conn., Courant. The request to "step lively" with or without the "please" is given new sig nificance by a decision of the Appel late Division of the New Tork Supreme Court. A woman who had won her suit against the Metropolitan Street Rail way Company for damages sustained in a fall from a car has seen the ver dict In her favor set aside, apparently because she did not heed the conduc tor's familiar injunction. In asking for a new trial, the Metropolitan's counsel said that had she obeyed the "step lively" she would not have been hurt. The court in ordering a new trial, said that iier conduct was quite unusual for a young and active person. "She remained seated until the car came to a full stop," the Judge continued, "and she evidently took it leisurely after that. If passengers make no prepara tions while cars are slowing down, to alight, but wait until the momentum has ceased altogether, the long-distance speed of a street car will not equal that of a pedestrian.'l With this ruling by the court, and distinct recol lections of kindly warnings to "wait until the car stops," the woman in the case may be pardoned for letting her thoughts wander to some place be tween the devil and the deep sea. Season for Blushing; Brides. Chicago Inter Ocean. Bishop Olmsted of Colorado was talking at a dinner party In Denver about June weddings. "June is a lovely month," he saldf "and that it should be the month of all months for weddings is a fact easily understood. "I was amuned by the remark a Jeweler made the other day. "The Jeweler said that at this season It Is a very common thing to see a well dressed, handsome, intelligent looking young man come Into his shop and say, in a painfully nervous way: " 'I'm, ah. er er ah, er ha, um "In this contingency the jeweler simply calls to his clerk: " 'Get out that tray of engagement rings, Jackson. Under the Three-Minute Rale. Washington. D. C. dispatch. "Uncle Joe" Cannon and about half the members of the House went down the river to a planked-shad party given by ths local Board of Trade. They organized a ball game and put "Uncle Joe" In as umpire. He was as spry as a cat and made some marvelous decisions. His star performance was when General George Harries, having made a home run, started around the bases a second time. . "You're out!" shouted "Uncle Joe.'.' "Why?" demanded Harrie. "I am en titled to run until they can find the ball." "Not at all." the umpire said firmly; "your time nas expired-'" BABY ASTOR OFF FOR EUROPE. Excitement Over Small Aristocrat's First Trip Abroad. N. T. dispatch In Kansas City Star. There was a flutter of nurses and ser vants all day Monday at S40 Fifth avenue. the home of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. It was not so much that Mrs. Astor was go ing abroad, for Mrs. Astor's house is one of the best ordered in the world, and not even the departure of its mistress for a tour abroad disturbs Its routine very much. The commotion was caused solely by the preparation for the departure of little Alice Astor. three and a half years old. the pet and darling and queen of the Astor household. One would have thought that there was a wedding or a christening inside so many flowers came In the course of the afternoon. The servants were all broad smiles, for never was a little princess more popular with her retinue than this same Baby Alice. Formerly Mrs. Astor has left the baby at home during her Summer trips abroad. It is hardly an exaggeration to speak of her as a princess, for not only will she be one of the greatest heiresses in the world, but if she returns to her baby looks as most women do she will be one of the real belles In New York society of the 1920s. She has heretofore passed the Summers, while her mother was abroad, at the fam ily country seat. Ferncllff. at Rhinebeck-on-the-Hudson In care of the nurses, but she will be a big girl, four years old "in the Fall," and It behooves her to have a trip abroad on her record. Baby Alice held quite a, levee on the steamer Tuesday morning, for this finish ing tour of a four-year-older Is quite an Innovation among the conservative fami lies of the Four Hundred. ' The trained nurse who attended Mrs. Astor at the advent of little Alice has re mained with the family ever since watch ing over the ventilation of the baby's nursery, her food and her general hy giene. In fact, Alice Astor might almost be called an antiseptic baby, so carefully have microbes been scared off by this Gorgon. Besides that, she has had her regular nursery maid to attend to her personal needs. The nursery maid will be dispensed with on this trip, however, and the trained nurse will go along so that Mrs. Astor may feel safe In leaving the baby In London while she runs over to Paris to do her Summer shopping, A "Woman Drummer's Big- Snccen, Boston Cor. Kansas City Star. The rapid rise of Mrs.- Cora B. AyTing from a small salaried advertising agent to a $10,000 managership of two big pub lication enterprise in this city is un equaled, it is thought, by any other woman in New England. Six years ago Mrs. Ayllng came to Massachusetts from the West to settle an estate of a relative who died here. She was born and reared In Chicago, and prior to coming to this city was a flour drummer for a wholesale , flour house in Minneapolis. She was one of the most successful agents the concern had on the road, and her business car ried her all over the country. She liked Boston, and made up her mind that she would settle here. About six years ago she went to work for her present business associates at $15 a week. Mrs. Ayling says that she did not find it any more difficult to sell advertising than to sell flour. "Selling any commodity is about the same," said Mrs. Ayllng. "If you have something that the public wants, and it has merit in it, you can sell It. But it is not easy to sell things nowadays, with the keen competition that 'there Is in every business enterprise. In selling mag azine advertising I found that if you could show a merchant results you could sell him the space, and once that was dem onstrated, it was comparatively easy to build up a business." Mrs. Ayllng Is about 35 years old. is a prepossessing widow,, has many traits f the breezy West, and is a thorough busi ness woman. . . Tears Barred In This Court. Kansas City Star. Because Etta Perdue cried in court room while telling the jury of injuries she received from a street-car. Judge Brumback. at Kansas City, Mo., dis charged the Jury in her case and called for another panel. "Tears tend to prejudice a Jury," Judge Brumback said. The young woman dried her tears while a new jury was drawn. Judge Brumback discharged a jury a few days ago because a young man cried while showing his hand that had been injured in a car accident. "Well, Inquisitor Hughes Earned It. Albany (N. T.) Dispatch. The cost of the Investigation made by the Armstrong insurance committee has been fixed at $100,000. The appropriation was put in the annual supply bill just printed. It is understood that Inquisitor Hughes' share of this sum is $15,000. The bill states that the appropriation Is made to cover counsel fees, witness fees, services of stenographers, clerks and other employes and lor the printing of 17,069 copies of the report. Believe In Men Over SO Years. Exchange. An Englishman who is a large employer of labor has been investigating the argu ments of those who say that a working man under modern conditions becomes at an early age valueless. He has kept a record of all accidents that have incapacitated- his men for three days and up ward, and he asserts that more accidents occur to men under 30 than to those over 50. He says: "I would much rather in trust an exceptionally dangerous Job to a man over 50 than to one of 30 years of age.". ' Father of American Shorthand. Exchange. Ben" Pitman, whose system of short hand Is used more than any other In the United States, is still living in Cincinnati. He is 83 years old. BUTTTN', BUTTIN', WHO'S L.rVI'G YOISO ENGLISH. Queer Mlxturo f Slang- and Extraor dinary Dialect Talk. New York Sun. Foreigners in this country sometimes ask us from what authors or sources, aside from conversation with natives, they can acquire the best command of colloquial English. It has. been our hahit to recommend them to the later works of Henry James; but these are no mi'.k for babes. Good, genuine nour ishment may be found In the baseball language, to which we again invite the thoujrhtful student of contempo rary English. Indeed, Mr. James himself might add to his masterly Jacobean some of these able expressions. Thus an artist of the Cleveland Leader tells how "Nops Tie the Socks." Take home an idiom or two: It moxed nix ous that we didn't win and it wouldn't have moxed much if we had lost. A contest that made me rise up on my southwest rear leg. Altrock walked in the ninth. The southpaw was equal to the emer gency. Meeting one of Townsend's straight ones right, to the nose. Only to have Altrock stop the chances by fanning Flick. O'Neill did a little highway robbery. Excellent practice this. Fortunately, the Cleveland Plain Dealer interviews "an authority on slang from coast to coast." This professor displays an assortment of figurative, poetical and peculiar speech, by the side of which the diamond dialect looks stilted. Thf-se are precious words: . Of course, slang's an art. Ain't it artistic to say, "Get Into your canoe and paddle fast you're drifting!" But most folks say somethin' commonplace like, "You're craay!" An' when you hear somebody tryln" to fairy tale you, an" you don't want, to call him any thing impolite, ain't it the proper thing to sing out. "Whistle! You're at a crossing." Then, if he don't sidestep, tell him to hold fast he's goin' round a curve. Of course, you might say, "Ring off, you've got de wrong num ber." But it all means the same, an' he'll know he's under de bamboo under de bamboo. What do I say to a bore? Easy. I tell him to take two trips on a merry-go-round. Get the brass ring an' rkle! If he ain't on, I put it plainer an' say. "Aw, go float a stone go float a stone!" Then he knows I got him beat from cowcatcher to caboose, an' he'll slide awav an' won't eome back till cherries are ripe. So don't let the wise boys tell you slang ain't art. Ask 'em to hang up the receiver th" line's busy. Then you'll have 'em bundlln' up, 'cause they're 'cold. How little do fhe dictionaries, for all tnlr plethora of words, know of the living speech! Vasaar Girls Vault Like Horrid Men. Kansas City Times. Two records were broken at the 12th Annual field day at Vassar College Sat urday. In the standing broad Jump the former record of 7 feet 7 inches, which has stood defiantly for four years to the credit of Dora E. Merrill, 1902. of Brooklyn, was raised an inch by Alice Belding, '07, of Poughkeepsie. who has held the baseball throwing championship for two years. M!ks Belding Jumped 7 feet S inches. She tried very hard to throw tlfe baseball' farther than her record of 195 feet 3 inches, but the best she could do was 188 feet 11 inches. The other new record established was in the 100-yard . hurdle race. In which Martha Gardner, '07, of Hartford, made 16 3-10. The former record was 17 1-10 seconds, made last year by C. Barnes, of Chicago. In the absence of any Intercol legiate athletics between women's col leges there is the keenest rivalry between the four classes at Vassar, and every girl in the contest was keyed up to the most exciting earnestness. So Intense was the tension that In the first event, the 100 yard dash, Miss Pauline Angell fainted and was carried into the infirmary. She was not hurt. Spanish Klsg Loves to Eat. Kansas City Post. King Alfonso of Spain is devoted to the pleasures of the table, and keeps a cook on duty until 4 in the morning so that he can have supper up to that hour. Five meals are served daily in the Escurlal Palace, Here Is the King's eating schedule for the day: At 8 A. M., breakfast, tea, coffee, chocolate, milk, rolls and cold meat; 11 A. M., luncheon with the Ministers of State, .soup, two entreec. Joint, vegetables, sweets and fruit; 4 P. M., tea or Spanish wine, cakes and sandwiches; 7 P. M., dinner, two soups, two entrees two Joints, vegetables, ices, sweets, fruits, Span ish wines, champagne; 9:30 P. M., tea, wines, cold meat, cakes and dessert. Their Flsrurea Run Into One. New York Sun. There was a fire in a Bronx junk shop the other night, and after It was all over a cop was telling the reporters about It. "Sure, they was two wax Aggers in the window, "was all melted and they run into one. They was Aggers of two proiri inent persons." "Did you get their names?" asked one reporter. "Sure." answered the cop. "One was Venus de Milo and the other was Apollo Belvedere." Are American Women Extravagant f C. D. L.. in the New York Sun. To the Editor of the Sun Sir: Are American women wickedly extravagant? I ask for this reason: I read daily that this one and that one are sued by modistes or milliners for enormous bills. I failed to find in a long residence in London, Paris, Vienna and other Euro pean cities any such litigation. That American women are beautiful, charming, goes without saying, but aro they wickedly extravagant? GOIN' TO GET A BUTTIN' ? -From th St. Paul Pioner-PrM.