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DUBOIS A Nib HIS "CAMPAIGN." The campaign which Dubois Is mak ing in Idaho is the desperate expedient of a bankrupt political adventurer, in eearch of an "issue" for a present emergency. He has been everything; by turn and nothing long. No longer having credit with the Republican party, he swung, through Populism and the ellver lunacy, Into the Democratic party. "Gone broke" . there . also, . he now sets up the pretense that the few Mormons in Idaho are a peril to that proud state; and of course he is the only man who can be Idaho's rescuer and deliverer. Nothing could be more pitiful than the career of such a politician. All "the great principles of the Democratlo party," which Dubois was wont to laud so much, have passed into utter and irreclaimable bankruptcy. Should Du bois again go about through Idaho bawling for silver, as he did a few years ago, when he was proclaiming his free-coinage nostrum as the only hope of salvation for the country, he would make himself utterly ridiculous. People would laugh him oft the stump. He knows it. So he invents something different. He is now running a tilt against expiring Mormonism endeav oring to make the people of Idaho be- lleve that upon his re-election to the Senate depends their hope of deliver ance from the threatened union of church and state, under a Mormon the ocracy. Ever) in Utah, the home of this creed, the Mormon Church has lost most of its power and is fast losing the rem nants of !t. Influx of people from all parts has reduced the influence and power of "the apostles' in affairs. Po lygamy has been virtually destroyed, and soon will wholly disappear; for, though It is asserted,, for political or party reasons, that plural marriages continue, there has been no proof of it in a single instance, and the last of the old polygamous Mormons, now only a handful, will presently pass. Since this is the situation in Utah, why pretend; that Mormonism is about to get the up per hand in Idaho, where the Mormon population is comparatively small, and where, such Mormon population as ex ists Is confined to limited districts on the Utah border? "Get thee glass eyes," exclaims old King Lear, "and like a scurvy politi cian pretend to see the things thou dost not." The scurvy politician the old man had in mind must -have been the present candidate for re-election to the Senate from Idaho. To prevent and punish polygamy is a proper concern of the state. But everybody knows that polygamy, as in stituted under Mormonism, Is virtually at an end, and soon will be wholly ex tinct. H cannot bear the pressure of the forces that have been encompassing it on all sides these twenty years. As a religious creed, the Mormon "revela tion" le no more at variance with av erage reason than many other creeds and revelations, ancient or modern. Besides, such things are in no wise the concern of the state. In the matter of religious faith, creed and doctrine, we allow every person to be as "absurd" as he pleafies. No religious sect can control any American 6tate not even Utah. Dubois, reduced to extremity, is play ing in Idaho the part of a desperate political gambler. The factitious "issue" which he now throws into the game is apparently his last stake. He was "out," absolutely, through hie former follies, and snatched at this expedient because neither the course of events nor his own Invention could supply any other to the bankrupt political adven turer who is forced this year to meet the people of Idaho. "PROBLEM PLAYS." The Literary Digest sees "something symptomatic in the fact that Ibsen is displacing Shakespeare as a dramatic ideal." But is Ibsen displacing Shakes peare? Perhaps, with superficial per sons. It would be idle, no doubt, to deny Ibsen's vogue; but who can say it is more than temporary? In the In dependent Review (London) a writer attributes the phenomenon of Ibsen to the fact that his Ideal is a vision of life, different from the old, determined by circumstances of our age. A state ment which may mean much or little dependent on the question whether it is an evanescent vision or a permanent reality. Ibsen's first playv "Emperor and Galilean," the Review writer eays, is a world-tragedy on the scale of "Julius Caesar" or "Antony and Cleo patra"; but "already the dramatist is preoccupied with a problem, the prob lem of the -will." "Is my hero sound?" he seems to be asking. "The question grows more and more urgent with Ib sen until it becomes an obsession." It is as though Shakespeare had become so possessed by the idea of Hamlet, says this critic, that he could no longer conceive any otjier type. Here is excellent judgment. But the object of this introduction Is to present an extract of some length from the pen of the critic, in which there is attempt to sound the real depth of Ibsen's work, which is social criticism, but lacking the powerful element of poetry. Perhaps the subject does not permit it. Ibsen's dramas, our critic says, are "problem plays." We quote: This kind of drama somehow belongs to this age. just as socialism does; and for the same reason. There la a very general, very pro found, and constantly increasing sense that our social institutions are wrong, and this sense Is preoccupying all our beat Intelligence. There was no such sense In the age of Shakes peare, nor In the age of Aeschylus. Both those poets, indeed, give abundant expression to a sense of injustice and cruelty in the world. But this la part of their general sense of the tragic. They conceive It as fate, or an in dividual guilt, but the modem dramatist con ceives It as social evil. He sees man Involved In injustice, of which he la himself the author. He sees him the creator and perpetuator of the very aystem by which he Is destroyed. He see him vicious, not guilty; contemptible, not sublime. Pitiful victims and mean oppressor creep serosa the stage. Strength disgusts; weaknees exasperates. Men and women are cracked and flawed, like the system In which they live. They make it, and it mans them. Drama of thia kind is revolutionary. It leaves1 a man saying, not "How tragic, and yet how great, is Alan," but ''How mean and how in tolerable is Society I" ' THE DIRECT PRIMARY. From many quarters The Oregonian receives inquiries as to the effects pro duced by the primary law of Oregon on the course of politics in the state. It is difficult to say much, since the ex periment is so new. One thing, how ever, is certain, namely, that the method of primary nomination, as tried thus far in Oregon, indicates effective suppression of the old machine meth ods of politics. A minority, and a small one where there are many can didates for an office, may make a nom ination not acceptable to a whole party; but party managers can no longer make nominations. Formerly the candidates were all, or nearly all, the candidates of the politicians Now they may be the candidates of the peo ple, or of a considerable body of them. To one objection, however, our pri mary law is open; and it is a serious objection. It compels men who might be willing to take office to become office-seekers; to get out "petitions" and get them signed; -to make direct appeal to the people for nomination; to trum pet their own merits and push their own claims. This Is a sorry business. No reflection is intended- on any; but office-seeking is a pursuit in which men of worth and sensibility, do not like to engage. It is felt, indeed, to speak plainly, that office-seeking is not the calling of a gentleman. There is something In the greed itself or in the desire, If a softer word is wanted and more in the immodesty of the dec laration and effort, which make the man an object of critical remark. And the sensitive man -is hurt in his own estimation. On the other side it is urged that this is less an evil than that of contriving and scheming to control conventions, elect delegates and get nominations, in the old way, through the aid of ma chine organizations. Without attempt ing to reconcile differences of opinion on this point, it may be said with cer tainty that the new system will stand in Oregon because the advantages it brings seem to overbear all possible ob jections to it. Of these advantages the chief one is this, namely, that the new method breaks machines, smashes rings and puts the professional politician out of business. Against such a fact no sentimental objection, thus far, could have any weight with the body of the people. WHERE PORTLAND LOSES. There is, at the present time, en route for Portland from Coast ports a fleet of thirty-three vessels, and in port loading for Coast ports another fleet of twenty two vessels. These craft are nearly all owned In San Francisco. Their officers and crews reside in San Francisco, and everything used in connection with their operation is purchased in that city. Their number is receiving sub stantial additions every month, and at the present time there are building or under contract to build for San Fran cisco owners at the various Coast yards no less than ten large, modern steam freighters, at least half of which will be used in carrying lumber from Portland to San Francisco and Southern Califor nia ports. When the lumber business slacks up a little these vessels are sent to other ports. The steam schooners go to Alaska, to Puget Sound, and to ports lying well south of San Francisco, and the sailing vessels find profitable en gagements In offshore business. But, regardless of the nature of the work in which the vessels are engaged, the freight money earned is all paid over and banked in San Francisco, a port which supplies less cargo for the coasters than any other port on the Pa cific Coast. Here in Portland the lum ber manufacturers supply the cargo for the coasting vessels and take care of it at the other end of the route, either distributing it from terminal yards or shipping it inland by rail. In all of this Vast volume of business the San Fran cisco shipowner has no interest beyond the collection of the freight money, and yet the business of shipownlng and out fitting has been one of the greatest fac tors in the growth of the Bay City. Around this coasting trade has grown up an Immense foreign shipping trade, and today practically all of the lumber vessels which are chartered to load foreign from Puget Sound, and not a few of those which load at Portland, are chartered in San Francisco. This, quite naturally, is an agreeable state of affairs for San Francisco, but there is no valid reason why Portland should continue to pay such wholesale tribute to a port of which this city could be independent, and whTch, in many lines of trade, is in direct compe tition with Portland. There was a time when Portland merchants labored un der the delusion that they could not ship wheat direct to Europe, and In consequence everything that was sent foreign was first shipped coastwise to San Francisco. A generation has passed since that practice, and today San Francisco as a wheat port is no longer considered as a factor in the wheat trade. Then came the Oriental flour trade. In this, as in the wheat trade, San Francisco reigned supreme for no other reason than that it had built up a great shipping trade at the expense of and on the business diverted from other ports. Now its Oriental flour trade is sinking into insignificant proportions, and the northern ports are not only handling the business direct, but they are also supplying California with flour and wheat needed for home consumption. Through all the .changes in the busi ness of freight production and freight transportation, and with the northern ports doubling, trebling and quadru pling their business, San Francisco has still retained a firm grip on the ship ping industry, and thj northern ports are today paying its shipowners greater tribute than ever before. It is perfect ly legitimate for San Francisco thus to retain its hold, but the practice reflects no credit on the commercial sagacity of the freight producers of the northern ports. In tho interest of economy and the attendant enhancement of their profits, some of the big lumber manu facturers have now engaged in .operat ing logging camps, thus saving the profit which formerly went to the log ger. This saving, however, is insignifi cant and trifling compared with that which they could effect by owning and operating their own vessels in the lum ber carrying trade. Portland is the greatest lumber ship ping port in the world, and ranks close to the top of the list in wheat and flour shipments, but, despite this prestige, le still dependent on San Francisco ship owners for moving the immense ton nage which originates in this port. It is shut out of the Alaskan trade, not by geographical handicap nor by inabil ity to undersell competitors, but sim ply because San Francisco shipowners operating out of Seattle and San Fran cisco have established terminal facili ties and trade routes from which they will not deviate unless forced. If Port land gets into the Alaska trade, it will do so through its own efforts and with its own steamers, and a start might well be made on these lines before the permanent grooves in which trade runs have worn any deeper. REPETITION HAMMERED ON THE EAR. Dr. S. A. Knopf, now in this city, adds his testimony in support of the assertion that consumption Is curable if Nature's methods of healing are sim ply but closely and persistently fol lowed. Dr. Knopf spent o. number of his earlier years in Portland, but is now a resident of New York. He is a spe cialist who has devoted much tune to the study of tuberculosis in its various forms. As a man whose opinions carry weight in medical circles, his assertion that this disease of the masses can be cured is received with the confidence and respect to which the statements of a careful student and man of wide ex perience are entitled. "Rest, food, fresh air" these are the essentials In the cure of this Justly dreaded malady. Climate, which a pale and suffering host has followed round the world in the vain quest of relief, plays an unimportant part in this cure. The fatigue of travel is often an ele ment in the weary patient's continued decline. The stuffy air of the railroad coach and the unappetising food that is an accompaniment of going from place to place add their quota to the failure of the wistful quest. While there is nothing new In this estimate, it needs emphasizing in every possible way. The pale host, moving constantly from place to place, in the vatn hope that change of climate will work the miracle of restoration, is evi dence of the fact that relief is still eagerly sought in this way, though the futility of the quest has been" attested many times, in every community, by the return for burial of the wasted bod ies of those who have died far from home. Dr. Knopf says the warfare is against great injustice to the honest consump tive, adding, "If the patient is careful and conscientious, it is safe for other people to associate with him, while ex aggerated fear of consumption Is a great injustice to the honest consump tive." It is a fact, however, notwith standing' the assertion, that warfare is not waged against the consumptive, that such warfare. Is waged in many cities, which have acquired fame and wealth as health resorts. It has be come relentless in many places notably in Los Angeles, Denver and Phoenix, where it is practically impossible for a consumptive to obtain wholesome and comfortable lodgings. There is some Justification for this In the fact that all consumptives have not been taught to protect others from the possibility of infection by the simple means of de stroying their expectoration, in which the sole source of contagion lies. This fact, not less than the exaggerated fear of the masses, emphasizes the state ment that education in the simple de tails, embodying the cause, treatment and cure of consumptives, should begin in the schools and be carried through the home and out upon the highways and byways of life. The story is not an old one, but it has been many times repeated. It must be repeated again and again until it makes an impression upon people of all stations in life. First let It be under stood, consumption is not directly in- Jierlted; the only thing that is inherited Is the predisposition to the disease, the fertile soil in which the seeds of care lessness, sown broadcast on every street, will readily take root. Poverty and bad housing are other predispos ing causes. As to the treatment, it 6hould begin early and be pursued with persistence and patience, the cure re quiring from six to twelve months. Twenty-four hours out of the twenty four should be spent In the open air; exercise that can be taken with com fort should be taken, and all fatigue 6hou1d be avoided; good, wholesome, nutritious food fruits, grains, 'milk, eggs and fresh meats should be eaten in sufficient quantities, and financial and other worries should be dismissed. Depression of spirits fosters the disease by breaking down the defenses that a cheerful spirit raises against its in roads. These are the points that are brought out in every new chapter that is added to the story of the cause and cure of consumption. To those who have given attention to the recital, from time to time, there Is nothing new in the latest chapter. But If the plain truths pro mulgated are ever to be effective in rid ding the world of Its greatest scourge, they must be reiterated until they reach the earn and Impress the understanding of the masses. The lesson should begin in the public schools. - No teacher should be employed in one of these who is consumptive; children should be taught how to breathe, and not to spit, and given exercise in the open air at intermissions. Basement play is a fruitful disseminator of the scourge. Stout shoes, comfortable clothing and a sanded playground furnish the neces sary elements for an outdoor romp for both boys and girls. This is in the line of prevention, and, together with the periodical inspection of school children by competent physi cans for infectious and communicable diseases, would close, to the next gen eration at least, the most active re cruiting office of consumption. A boy of 16, a murderer or a murder er's accomplice, lying in .Jail, unable to 6leep and suffering remorse because of the bitter sorrow that will overwhelm his mother "when she finds it out," is an object of the eincerest pity. This boy, Hugh Saxon, seems to have been an aimless, idle lad rather than a vi cious one. He drifted into his present plight, and too late repents that he did not follow the advice of those who sought to direct and restrain him. The story of his leaving home is told in a few words: "I thought I knew more than they did." To this common char acteristic of lads between the ages of 15 and 18 years is traceable the fact that so many inmates of the penitentiaries of the land are young men many of them mere boys. The hands that steer restlees, 'self-important boys safely over this period in their lives on into honorable, responsible young manhood are the hands that mold the destinies of nations. Sad indeed is the lot -of parents who find in the bitter stress that has come to the mother of Hugh Saxon, that their hands have not been strong enough or deft enough or pa tient enough for the trying task. After we "see America first," by which, of course, the general passenger agents mean the United States, there will be the opportunity to view some rugged mountain scenery farther south. Half of the trans-Andean Railroad has been finished, and, trains are running from Buenos Ayres to. the mountains, a distance of about 900 miles. On the west slope, Chile is building a line to connect with It near the summit, but the work is slow, because steep grades are to be surmounted, much rock work is to be done, and many tunnels bored. If all goes well, the new highway, from sea to sea, will be completed within three years. The Andes are higher than the Rockies, .which we cross at 12,000 feet, steeper and have a heavier snowfall. Experience . must prove whether the line can be operated through the Winter, though ample preparation is being made to resist snow. The new railroad will be a bond between the two great states which are rapidly developing under a spirit of twentieth-century progress, that does not attach to the Latin races elsewhere on the Western Continent. New Tork City has twice the popula tion of Chicago and its running ex penses are four times as great. Hav ing barkened to the tales of graft and misrule in both cities, one is at a loss to conjecture how this discrepancy in expenses could be. The census bureau 1s authority for the .statement, however, that ' New Tork gets away with more money per capita, in conducting mu nicipal government, than any other city In the land; that Boston staid, puri tanical Boston comes next on the list of profligacy, while Philadelphia makes a good third. It Is gratifying to note, however, since It refreshes one's lan guishing faith in human nature, that the enormous expenditures of these cit ies were not wholly absorbed by mu nicipal stockjobbers and corporation and franchise thieves, but that much of the increase in expenditures during the past four years was due to the construction of permanent works, de manded by public convenience and ne cessity. Low water in the Snake River has caused abandonment of steamboat ser vice between Lewiston and Alpowa, and If the water continues to fall there may be trouble on the lower end of the run. The withdrawal of the boats dur ing low water has always beei a seri ous disadvantage, not only to people engaged in business at Lewiston, but to the farmers and orchardists along the river. Fortunately for all con cerned, this will be the last season when the movement of freight will be hampered, for when the Snake falls below a navigable stage next year the river line of the O. R. & N. will be handling the traffic and a , passenger can go from Portland to Lewiston In the same length of time that is now re quired to make the seventy-mile river trip from Riparia to the Panhandle me tropolis. This remedy for interrupted river navigation is some years overdue, but, like many other similar' improve ments, it is much better late than never. , Oregon has sustained a distinct loss in the death of O. F. Paxton. He was a well-equipped lawyer, had uncommon industry and a good grasp of big busi ness matters, which stood him well in hand as counsel for corporations that figured large in this community. He served Multnomah well as a member of the Legislature for two terms, and while he was not conspicuously bril liant, he was useful and clean. In an age of selfishness in public matters, he held to high ideals. His most valuable assets "were common sense and integ rity. He spelled success, yet was not turned by it from a certain cordiality of manner that made and kept him popular with all associates. The genu ine suavity that marked his movement among men bespoke warmheartedness toward the world. Government is buying silver for small coinage, of which there is now no abun dance. Demands of business call for more small change. This coinage is on the basis of 371 grains of Bilver to the dollar. But in the markets one good dollar will buy about 840 grains of sil ver. Government makes the profit, at the rate of more than two to one. This subsidiary coinage is limited, of course, both in amount and in legal-tender power. So, only, can it be kept at par value with standard money. .Here, In small compass. Is presentation of the facts that exploded the old silver craze, of which even its devotees are now ashamed. ' If Conan Doyle In his Sherlock Holmes stories had invented the tale of Cashier Hering, whom the entire Chicago police force was hunting, calm? ly seated in a public park and telling his connection with the looted bank for publication, he would have added to his fame. For this bit of newspaper enter prise the Tribune reporter may plume himself. It has an element of the dra matic that appeals to every one inter ested in criminal news. Hering's sur render to the authorities, as promised, completes the remarkable Journalistic feat. Fair bathers at Atlantic City this week are wearing socks instead of the conventional long stockings. If this fad reaches the Pacific the seaside trains and boats will not hold the ex cursionists looking 'em up. It is to be noted that several of the "authorities" who say that the South ern Pacific permit, or license, or fran chise, on Fourth street cannot be re voked, hold, or are Interested in, sim ilar grants from the city. They do things in Colorado's chief city when an rionest public is aroused. The president of the Denver Gas Com pany has been sent to Jail. These peek-a-boo waists seem to lie attracting even more attention than-the peek-a-boo trousers during the last Cleveland administration. DICK CROKER FAVORS BRYAN. Old Chief Advises Tammany to Coma Oat at Once tor Him. New York Sun. "Tom" Foley. Tammany leader of the second assembly district, who has Just returned from Europe, had a talk with Richard Croker In Dublin. Mr. Croker told Mr. Foley that William J. Bryan would be the next Democratic candi date for President; that nothing could stop it; that he would be elected even If Roosevelt ran against him, and that Tammany ought at once to indorse him or advocate his nomination. "When I got to Dublin," said Mr. Foley, "I heard that the "American millionaire,' as they call Mr. Croker in that section of Ireland, was In France. Nobody seemed to know much about it, however, and after a little inquiry I found that his place was about six or seven miles outside of Dublin. I telephoned to him, but he was not at home. I went to the theater that eve ning end when I returned got word that Mr. Croker would see me at the hotel where I was at 10:30 o'clock the next morning. He was there promptly on time, a trick he had as leader of Tammany Hall. "Mr. Croker has aged a bit, but he looks sturdy and In good physical condition. He wears his beard cut a trifle closer and it has a gray tinge. "We chatted for almost an hour. At that time he hadn't seen Bryan, who had written to him saying he would call a few days later. "There is no question about Mr. Croker's feeling on Bryan. He told me that he felt there was nothing that could stop the Bryan wave. 'Bryan will be elected, and no man, even Roosevelt, can stop him," said Mr. Croker. 'He is the man for the Dem ocratic party to follow. There is no doubt about his strength, and it is going to grow. I should say to you as an executive member of Tammany Hall that Tammany should pass some sensible resolution advocating the nomination of Bryan.' "Mr. Croker seems well informed on political conditions in this city and the country," continued Mr. Foley. "I don't know that he has any particular line of information from this city, bat every year. he sees a number of Amer icans who could keep him well In formed on affairs here. "I spoke to Mr. Croker about com ing to this country again. I told him that there were a number of persons in this city who had a warm spot in their hearts for him. He was pleased. 'I have a warm spot in my heart for New York," he said, 'and I am going back there again some time before I die. But if I went back now some body might expect me to get into pol itics again. I don't want to do that. Let the young fellows have a chance. I came here for quiet, and I am hav ing it. I might not If I went back." " Roosevelt Gets the Blame. Boston Globe. More or Tess interested discussion has taken place here among ourselves of the problem of marrying teachers, but in the West, and more especially in states like Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, the matter has become one of urgent concern to the public school authorities- In those three states alone a shortage of 1000 teachers will have taken place when school opens at the end of the vacation season. In Nebraska the school teachers are reported as getting married at a rate unknown in the last three decades, and there is a demand already for 10J teachers, with the want list growing. In Iowa the total shortage for the state Is placed at 400 country positions. President Roosevelt, who is praised and blamed for so many things, Is held largely accountable for the condition described. It is said that his gospel on anti-race suicide, and of the arge family as a patriotic distinction, with the glorification of motherhood to an extent hitherto unknown, has obtained eager acceptance among the people of the West, with whom he has been so potent a prophet. Chloroforming a Dog. New York Press. Oscar had arrived at the canine age of Oslerization 14 years. Ke was a cocker spaniel, and had In his prime taken blue ribbons at bench shows. Disease overtook him and the doctor said the only thing to do was to kill him. He suggested chloroforming, and Oscar's owner, purchasing four ounces of the anaesthetic, took the dog into the cellar on a dark night to end his sorrows. Oscar was placed in a wash boiler and securely chained. His head was completely covered with bandages and when the four ounces of chloro form had been - poured upon them, soaking them through and through, the top was put on the boiler and an iron weight was laid thereon to hold it down. Ten hours later, 7 A. M., the mas ter went into the cellar to remove the body, and there stood Oscar outside of the boiler, wagging his tail and bark ing Joyously for food. Hatleasj Glrla Rare Thia Year. New York Press. Girls who last season went about hatless are draping veils across their noses this Bummer, and are even car rying parasols. Love for these dainty things, says an observer of woman's ways, seems an ineradicable part of the feminine makeup. Certain it is that the Summer girl of 1906 thinks it neces sary to have a separate parasol for every frock. A sunshade for .morning use is of heavy linen, scalloped and buttonholed around the edge and hav ing a big monogram as Its only orna mentation. , Loud Cries for the Reformers. Emporia Gazette. If you see a person dressed up most of the time it is no sign that he or she owns lots of clothes. Last March an Emporia girl bought a new hat. A friend dropped in the same day, saw the hat, borrowed it and didn't return it until last week. A short time ago an Emporia boy borrowed a dress suit and wore it to three open-faced clothes affairs which the owner of the clothes had to attend in a sack suit. An Empo ria girl borrowed a pair of long-handled white kid gloves and never did re turn them, but wore them out. Why don't the reformers get after these people? "Cut Lnborea Sed Patro." Chicago News. That new universal language Espe ranto Is getting a firm grip on humanity In all parts of the world. Some readers may not know what it looks like and sounds like. The following translation of the chorus of "Everybody Works but Father" may enlighten them: Cul labores sed patro Li sidas clrkau vio tagro Kun lla piedoj sur des fljaro-loco. Fumiant lla arglla pipo. Patrlmo emprenas des lavo. Tiel faras nlino Anne. Cio- laboras en mla domo Sed mla maljuna vlro. Love Afield. "Woman's Home Companion. If I were a bit of sunshine. All warm from the heaven above, rd touch you in golden glory Till your heart was aglow with love. And if I were a cloud of Summer. Then the sun would forget to shfhe, I'd shadow the world about you Till you put your hand In mine. If I were a bird, my lady, I would sing you a song so sweet That your heart of "hearts must listen To the lover at your feet. If I were the breexe above us, I would whisper as men might pray. Of faith and of trust and honor. Till I drove all your doubts away. RIVER TO BE MADE DRY LAND. Thomas A. Edison's Plan to Continue Manhattan Streets Into Brooklyn. New York World. It 1s the belief of Thomas A. Edison, the Inventor, that within a decade all the transit facilities we may construct over and under the East River will be insuffi cient to relieve the congestion which has hitherto kept pace with the city's growth. In brief, with stx tunnels under the river bed and four or more huge bridges in full blast above it, each with a capacity of 30.000,000 passengers a year, the glut and gorge of transit now to be seen at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn bridge will still exist. Therefore, says Mr. Edison in effect, the only thing that will remain to be done will be to fill in the East River and to continue the Manhattan streets into Brooklyn. No student of social conditions who has watched the growth of this city for the past 15 yeaT will call Mr. Edison's dream an Idle ona. Year by year the East River Is becoming more and more of an obstruction to the free movement of two huge populations. Neither ferries nor bridge have availed to do away with the ever-Increasing con gestion. The huge Williamsburg bridge was com pleted, and lo! an apparently new army of bridge travelers sprang up and filled It almost to its capacity, while the old rav ening army continued to clamor around the Manhattan end of the old bridge. For years before the subway was built the elevated railroads carried 500,000 pas sengers dally. The subway was looked forward to for quick and permanent re lief. The subway has been completed and carries 475,000 passengers a day, yet the elevated roads have bated not a Jot in the pressure of their enormous traffic. The filled-in portion would consist of between six and eight square miles, and would cost, according to some estimates, between $400,000,000 and $500,000,000. When once completed, however, the great under taking would practically pay for itself in the acquisition of four or five square miles of made land in the heart of the greatest city In the world. It would add millions of dollars to the assessed valua tion of property. Some Saloonkeepers Detest Jack. Boston Herald. An officer of the navy has written us a letter In regard to discrimination against sailors. He says: A boilermaker from one of the ships now in the harbor went into a well known hotel in the North End. and asked to be served and was refused. Not caring to make trouble, he went out. An officer in the service, overhearing some of the conversation, questioned the man and also the manager. The man was perfectly clean and sober and was In proper uniform. In reply to questions by the officer, the manager said the proprie tor's orders were to serve all soldiers and marines in uniform, but no blue Jackets. Js it any wonder that with a good chance for this kind of discrimina tion men are not willing to enlist in the navy? It Is to be hoped that our new excise board will put a stop to this kind of discrimination on the part of hotel and saloon keepers. Our correspondent thinks that this ex plains in part why it is impossible to man the newest ships of the Navy with proper and efficient men without putting many of the old but still useful vessels out of commission. The recruiting offi cers find it very difficult to induce a suf ficient number of the right kind of re cruits to enter Uncle Sam's naval service. Possibly the hotel manager had experi ence with sailors In the past that led him to make this apparently unjust discrimi nation. We would suggest that a remedy might He in having the enlisted men of all services notified of those places that discriminate against any of Uncle Sam's uniforms. There is ample evidence to prove that all the places in the city where liquor is sold do not refuse to accept the patronage of the Jackies. LaFoIlette'a Alarm Watch. Topeka Journal.. While Senator IaFollette was spking at the Salina Chautauqua there wag a buzz and ringing somewhere like a fire alarm. The Senator stopped and shook his head and said: "No, that is not a telephone. That's my alarm watch. My wife gave me that and I promised her that I would set it for two hours at every speech. I was speaking in Iowa and the alarm rang at the two-hour limit. But the people allowed me to continue for a while longer. After I got through an old lady came up and asked me go take a message to my wife. . I said I would. "Well," she said, 'Just tell her that she wasted her money when she invested it in that watch.' " Then the Senator went on talking. Remember Sick Newspaper Workers. Omaha Bee. Joseph F. Sinnott, a distiller of Philadel phia, who died last week leaving an es tate of more than $1,000,000, bequeathed $10,000 In trust to the University of Penn sylvania Hospital for equipping and maintaining a room for one sick person at a time who shall have been a newspaper writer or a journalist in preference to any other calling. The endowment is in com memoration of his dead son, Joseph E, Sinnott, who was a reporter In Philadel phia. Varying Fortunes. Washington (D. C.) Star. Got to keep a-tryin Even if you fall; "Taln't no good o' slghln An1 a stahtln in to wall; Gntter do yon bes' an wait Til! de day Is-through, Sometimes fish don't steal de bait An' den ag'in dey do. Sometimes what you's cotc'nln Is fw an' mighty small; But, 'less you keeps a-watchln', i Why, you don't git none at all. It's bes' to min yoh hook an' line 'TlTout makln' no complaint. Sometimes de fish is bltln' fine. An' den ag'in dey aint. HURRY TO DINNER, CAN A CHIPMUNK CLIMB A TREE? Assertion In Affirmative by Oregon KovelUt Is Doubted. Philadelphia Inquirer. During the heated term, when politics lags and even the Thaw case has only occasional spurts of unusual interest, tRe newspapers of the country are discussing the very important question: Can a chip munk climb a tree? The problem seems to have reached a stage of virulent dis pute out of all proportion to its impor tance. It started in Milwaukee, where a poet referred to a chipmunk climbing a tree. Loud objections to this statement have come from all sections, as well as many affirmations, so that it is difficult for the unprejudiced mind to decide which is in the right. We have consulted authorities without much success. The Encyclodepia Brltan nlca gives no information, neither does the Standard Dictionary. The Century Dictionary seems to squint at the possi bilities of his climbing propensities by saying that the chipmunk is a connecting link between the ground squirrel and the arboreal variety. The latest work on ani mals leaves the matter in doubt, saying that it is "the genius of the woods" in the Far West, just as It Is "the genius of the fencerail in the East." In the open ing sentence of one of the most recent novels we find this statement: "A chip munk flashed up the nearest tree trunk and along the low boughs." We do not claim this as necessarily authoritative. It is written of a Pennsylvania chipmunk by a man living in Oregon. On the whole, we should feel inclined to believe that the Pacific species does not climb a tree and that the Eastern brand either cannot or does not. We have found no authority In books or Individuals in this section to confirm the tree-climbing propensities of the chipmunk. At the same time there seems to be no physiolog ical reason why our chipmunks may not climb a tree if they desire. They have sharp claws and are very agile, and as they have a fondness for nuts, it may be possible that they Imitate the flying squirrel or the ordinary sort, and go after food where it grows, instead of waiting for it to drop. We trust that some scientific observer of great reputation and undoubted hon esty will come forward and settle this question, which hardly sizes up In inter, est to the demands of the present season. Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., Quits Vaulting. Cincinnati Enquirer. Many stories are told of young Teddy Roosevelt's athletic aspirations at Har vard. Here Is one: Roosevelt is a light youngster, and some of his friends advised him to try pole vaulting as the thing he would be most likely to succeed in. Teddy reported early in the season to Coach Bill Qulnn, and was taught the rudiments of vault ing. After several days' work he succeeded in clearing the bar at 9 feet 8 inches, but on his second trial at this height his pole snapped, and Roosevelt plunged down into the soft bed of sand and saw dust that served as a landing pit. He stuck out his hands to push the pole away, and landed on his head in the soft pit. Hair, eyes, ears, nose and mouth were filled with sand, for the Presi dent's son dived In up te his neck. After finding where his feet belonged Teddy confided to several of his friends that pole vaulting was a very strenuous game, and that he thought his father would not approve of his risking his neck, and that If the track management did not seriously object he would keep closer to the ground in future. The management did not object, and so Harvard lost a promising- young pole vaulter. Pretty Girls Sell Their Tresses. Cable dispatch from Paris. The market-place at Limoges was filled with girls bargaining for the sale of their hair. It was the periodical hair fair, where dealers find the best tresses In the world. Girls stood demurely while dealers from Paris, Berlin, London, Moscow and else where critically examined their hair, and, a price being agreed upon, they accom panied the buyers to appointed places to have their tresses cut off. Prices varied from 43 to 53 francs a pound. One family unitedly parted with 86 pounds of hair, realizing for it 4600 francs, equal to $920. No Empty Pews for- This Chqrch. Springfield, Mass., Republican. The problem of empty pews will never be a serious one in the new Roman Catholic Church erected at Wllllams brldge, New York City, by an Italian baker of that locality. The church measures on the outside 23 by 16 feet, and not more than 40 people can be ac commodated at a service. It Is thought to be, possibly, the smallest church In the world. The baker was once ill with pneumonia, and vowed that if he re covered he would build a church in honor of the Madona. This Is the church. Man of 86 Yearn Has a Long Walk. Berwick (Pa.) Dispatch. Elijah L. Davis, 86 years old, of Hard pan, 10 miles from this city, walked from his home to visit his daughters here In exactly four hours. Notwithstanding his agfl, the hot weather and the fact that the road climbs two mountains, Duvis said he was not fatigued. He wanted to walk back home again in the morning, but his daughters prevailed upon hlrn to go In a carriage: Yes, But No Admlsxlnn to New Show. Kansas City Journal. Mr. Hearst thinks that "Bryan and Bailey" would sound too much like Bar num and Bailey. Why too much? Be cause Barnum and Ballsy had a show? Now He's (nimhl. Puck. He taught her how to skate. He tAught her how to swim They're married now and she is teacnlng" lots of things to him! WILLIAM JENNINGS From th Ft. Paul Pioneer PresB -t