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8 TIIK MOKXIXO OUr-GOXIAX. SATURDAY". MAY tJ. 1IX0. ! PORTLAND. ORKCOX. Entered .t rortlsnd. Ors wtm. ponotflc. mm katMcripUoM KrnUa Imtbkly (By Mao.) I'ty. gander Included, on. rw Daily. Sunday Included, in month..... Da.Ur. Ejndar Included. thrM month... Xally, Sunday included, on. month.... ra!ly. without Sunday, on. year ..... Daily, without Sunday. a:x month...... D.liy, without Funday, thrM month... Dally, without Sunday. SB. month Weekly, on. year Pun lay. on. year Sunday and weekly, on. year , 8 00 4 21 i3 . TJ oo t ti , in so t 5 t AO M tBf Can-Mr.) Dally. "niHty included, on. year ea Drily. Sunday Included, on. month... .7 How to Remit Send poutofflce money order, expreee order or pereonal chock oa y-ur local bank. Btampl. coin or currency r at th. feeder, nek. Olv. postofrlc. ad area, la tull. Inclodlna county and .lets. Postage KatM 10 to 14 pagea. 1 cant: 1 to 28 race. 2 c.nta; SO to 4 pages. 3 cent.: 4S to o- panel. 3 :nta. -foraiga Boelage double rata. Eaatei-a Baalim. Office The a. C- Bock- wlth Special Agency Sew York. room. -60 Tribune building. Chicago, room. 610-.1J "Tribune bulldina. FORTlAfn RATX'RDAY, SLAT . ISO. MAKCHTXO OX. From the sketchy reports of their action available it is not understood that the delegates to the Presbyterian Oeneral Assembly have gone so far aa to make' abstention from whisky and tobacco a condition of membership in the church. Perhaps to the ministry those depraving: luxuries are utterly forbidden, but to laymen, one fears, they are still permitted. What the assembly has really done Is to counsel abstinence, not impose it. Long: ago the Methodists forbade their ministers to smoke, chew or drink, and it is en couraging; to see the Presbyterians overtaking, even If somewhat tardily, their more zealous brethren on the good way. Some day perhaps, we shall see all -clergymen roregoing tobacco and strong drink. Most of them may acquire so much grace that they will resist temptation of their own accord, but naturally there will remain a rem nant who will cMng to their Idols until they are separated-from them by the chastening hand of the church. It will be a cleaner and. "sweeter worTd lm both ministers and . laymen have emancipated . themselves completely from alcohol and nicotine. Whether tobacco or whisky Is worse for the health it is a little difficult to decide. While dram-drinking petrifies the walls of the arteries, pipe-sucking ruins the heart. Gin seems to wreck its most evil effects on the lungs. To bacco stupefies the brain. Both are often spoken of as comforters, but In reality they are insidious traitors who sap the foundations of the citadel which they pretend to cheer. Rqually dllTlcult Is it to determine accurately whether booze or tobacco makes a person more disagreeable to be near. It may be said with confidence, how ever, that the effects of the dram are more circumscribed than those of the pipe. The fumes of the former are n.jxlous enough as far as they go, but fortunately they only go a little way. A sot cannot be smelled across the street, while a smoker can. He loads the atmosphere of an entire block with fetid odors and makea people miser able all the way down town as he pursues his desolating course in the morning. Few public places are pol luted with the smell of rum, while the scent of tobacco Is everywhere. In the Public Library or an evening, it plays a racking duet with the fumes of es caping gas. The City Hall reeks with It. The air of the whole town Is con taminated. Portland is happy in having ban ished tobacco from 'her streetcars, but on the railroads It still reigns supreme, and whoever rides on the train runs the risk of suffering rrom tobacco sick ness if he has not made himself Im mune by soaking his body with the poison. The pretense of confining the smoke and the smell to a single coach compares passably well with some other social conventions, but it affords little relief to the traveler. The per vasiveness of tobacco Is one 'of the most hateful qualities of a thoroughly hateful weed. The wretched poison is one of the few things In the world of which it can be truly said that it does no good whatever, while It causes Im measurable harm. The man who sup poses that he can think or write bet ter under the influence of tobacco simply deceives himself. In some cases the fact that he thinks tobacco helps him illustrates its weakening effect on the mind. An Intellect must have be come somewhat debased from its orig inal proud emihence before it could believe such nonsense. If the smoker could envelop himself in some sort of an impermeable mantle he might be forgiven. The world would then give him Its' blessing and let him smoke himself to a luscious brow"h in peace. But the fact that he is so odorous and so widely expansive in his obnoxlous ness makes. him unpardonable. Every thing else under heaven can be for given to a man except making a nuisance of himself. This the public smoker Inevitably does. Civilization has not yet reached the point of treating the nose with decent respect. From hideous and obscene things, the eye is pretty well guarded, though even this might be better done, and something has been accomplished In the way of protecting the ear, how ever little. Profane swearing Is not per mitted ' under the law, and if a dog barks persistently by night for a week or two; the police will sometimes take note of his obtruslveness; but in a cold and hostile -X-orld the nose is left with out friend or protector. Anybody can Smell as offensively as he pleases and there is no way to punish him. Con sider the people who eat onions and then bestow their, abundant breath upon the community.- We should all live longer If . they could bo sent to the penitentiary together with the de vourers or certain varieties of sausage, but they are not. They stalk abroad In all their horror, and the law smiles upon them as blandly as It does on the righteous. But onions and sausages are Innocent, indeed, compared with tobacco. Between the frisky cowboy who shoots his revolver indiscrim inately abroad in a crowd and the fiend who poisons ua with the reek of bis pipe, which is the. worse foe to society? Everybody knows which Is the worse of the two. -though some may deny their honest convic tion on the subject: and yet the poor cowboy Is haled to a dungeon while the smoker is oftentimes a petted denizen of oar best circles. Oh! Justice! thou art fled to brutish beasts. The belated atclon ef the Presbyterians in banning amok and drink is to ba praised in pite of lt UrdlDMi. Mar their good example be followed speedily br all the other rharrhn. I LET IS t Ol T TIIE COHT. el The proposal to go Into the busi ness of municipal ownership and op eration of an electric lighting and power plant ought to be determined on its merits. The aole question to be answered is whether It will par. Mr. I Kell&her. who la father of th project. aoes not permit ftlmaeir to worry about such practical considerations. He wants to have twice as many lights aa we have now, because Seattle haa them, or Kellaher thinks It has. But The Oregonlan has heard little com plaint from any source that the city has not .been tolerably well lighted. It will approve any reasonable sugges tion, however, for better lighting wherever it may be needed. But it Is bound to regard the Kellaher plan as unsound and costly, and It Is unwill ing to go ahead on that basis. Here Is the Kellaher scheme In a nutshell, as shown succinctly and un answerably by the Campbell figures: Bond, proposed $2.noooit Internet .t 4 per cent an mni Sinking fund. 3 per rent Deterioration of plant. 3 per rent.. IOO. OOO Should be 10 per cent, consider ing the Infancy of electric engi neering and the new dlaenv.rle and Improvements continually pe ine; made Total 1 fixed chars- vaarlr a nAAM -'peraung expense. t'nknown r-amsg. from accidents t'nknown Repair t'nknoaa Other Incidental. lnknoaa The sum of $800,000 per year is a .moderate too moderate, doubtless estimate of the total expense to the city under the Kellaher scheme. On the other hand, the city has a definite proposal for public lighting from the electric company at 182.000 per year for five years on the basis of present lamp installation. How can the Kellaher scheme be defended on any ground of prudence, or economy, or good business Judg ment? A ItEW MARVEL. Another marvelous medium haa been discovered. He la a boy this time, living in Mount Horeb. Wisconsin, and hla familiar from the spirit land la not Little Bright Eyes, for a wonder. In fact, he has three ghosts hovering over him all the time, according to one who Is capable of seeing such things. Two or them are women and the third a man.. Their names are not given. The account also falls, unhappily, to tell how old the- miracle-working boy la. but clearly he haa reached the age of discretion. He Is old enough to fool his grandfather and all the neighbors, to say nothing or the- local clergyman. The boy's specialty Is to make things Jump around the room without touch ing them, an old. old humbug which has scared people In many different places and always been detected as soon as competent Investigators looked Into It. This boy seems to be particu larly bright, and evidently he enjoys the celebrity his Intimacy with the spooks has won for him. The more visitors he has, the more vigorously trie dishes and furniture perform. Of course the family and neighbor are frightened out of their wits. If they ever had anr. Instead or giving the boy a good trouncing when he first he (tan to play hla antics, his grand parents, with whom he lives, fell Into a panic and Invited In the entire neigh borhood. The urchin's vanity was stim ulated by this, as always happens In such cases, and the ghostly manifesta tions became worse than ever. A hick ory switch would have laid the spirits In three minutes. If It had been applied In time. As It turned out. matters got so disturbing that the family took the tricky youth away to a nerve special ist, who appears to have done him some good in spite of the roily or hla guardlana. It Is well understood how this sport of spirit manifestations la produced. Some person who has the natural gift of legerdemain, as thla boy probably haa. ties a few threads here and there to a plate, a cup a book and so on. His skill and the hysteria of the spectators do the rest. Still we must not be too dogmatic about these things. In spite of all the fraud and sickly excitement connected with them, there seems to be a basla of fact which has not yet been ex plained. Under the tricks there Is an Irreducible minimum of true mystery which ought not to be despised. RAILROAD INVESTMENTS I'NATTB C Tlt K. The discrimination between alleged good trusts and bad trusts, which was such a prominent feature of the 10T financial crash, la still showing Its ef fect in the dividend and tnterest ac counts that appear rrom month to month. Great Industrial monopolies like the steel trust, which at the very height or the panic was permitted to absorb Its sole remaining Important competitor, are still paying the regular dividends, and there is very little shrinkage In the surplus reserves. The railroads, however, good, bad and In different, had to suffer alike rrom the Indiscriminate swing or the big stick, and have not yet recovered rrom the campaign against them. A striking Illustration or the effects or the. anti railroad crusade and the immunity that the big industrial trusts experi enced is shown In the June Interest and dividend accounts. The Wall-Street Journal, an excel lent authority on such matters. 'prints some comparative tables showing the figures for 109 and for 1907. the lat ter being the year preceding the panic and naturally more valuable ror com parative purposes than the following year, when the work of reconstruction was Just getting under way. These fig ures on June dividend disbursements show a total of $. 15.000 for railroads and $30,642,000 for Industrials, a de crease for the railroads as compared with the same period of 107 . f more than $3,100,000. while the Industrials show an Increase or more than $10 200.000. The Interest disbursement ac count or the railroads Is given at $ 37.. 11.000. compared with $24 81.000 In 1S07. and that or the Industrials Is $S. II 1.000. compared with $4,120,000 in 107. The figures, together with those which have preceded them for the past year, demonstrate beyond the ne cessity or argument that the protests or the railroads have not been unwar ranted. They also show that Indus trial enterprises have fared much bet ter and must naturally become more attractive from an Investment stand point. This Is unfortunate at a time when there la greater need than ever for new capital for railroad purposes. We have not yet forgotten the con gestion whlc(T"was so pronounced on nearly every railroad In the United States Just prior to the appearance of the panic. The volume of business then moving was the largest on record, and the delays and difficulty In han dling it demonstrated quite effectually the necessity for mere railroads and more equipment. With the revival of business which Is now trnder way throughout the country, there will be greater need than ever for Increased railroad facilities, tnd. until these are provided, an effort should b made to ease the strain of too much legislation by which a:l railroads suffer for the Iniquities of a few. Capital will not flow to railroad securities until It Is assured of the same treatment that Is given Industrial Investments. Fortu nately, the attitude of the present Ad ministration is broad and generous, and the laws wl'.l be enforced Impar tially, without unduly hampering oper ation of the rallroada or preventing construction of new ones. Ixtadixo th k rrorura -"unirr. The Taxpayers' League has waded through the mass of Initiative pro posals. $S In all, to be voted on June 7. and has reached the conclusion that It are good and that 17 should re jected. The League haa performed US self-allotted task with rare discrimi nation and care, undoubtedly, and Ha work will be of great benefit to those who arc looking - for advice of thla kind and have confidence In the league' Judgment and Impartiality. But where do the sovereign people come In? If the league's recommenda tions shall be followed, then we are not havng the people's will embodl'-d Into law, but the league's will. Of course the sovereign people cannot ab dicate their privilege and power to make what laws they please, and to unmake whatever other laws they please, to an upstart body like the Taxpayers League. It makes no differ, ence whether the people know what they are doing or not. they must not be trammeled or coerced or bulldozed or unduly Influenced In the exercise and assertion of their constitutional right to legislate for themselves. Undoubtedly the case of the Taxpay. ers' League should be brought to the attention of Lawgiver l Hen. home ornruL nct tu. One P. 8. raly. apparently an enthu siastic victim of the Seattle spirit, had a communication In yesterday's Ore gonlan In which he objected to some of the congratulatlona which we have been showering on oursetves. "In howling about the progress of the city." writes the Intelligent Mr. Ialy. "Just figure op some or the other cities on the Coast, publish the figures bo the public can see where Portland stand, at the bottom or the list." Wherever It Is possible to do so The Oregonlan endeavors to grant any rea sonable request of Its correspondent a In order that Mr. Daly, of Seattle, will have no reason to complain, we shall "figure up" Seattle so that "the public can see where Portland stands" In comparison with what Mr. Italy seems to regard as the most prominent of "the other rl'.les on the Coast "" Take, tor example, the building per mits or the two cities ror th first twenty-five days or the month of May. these being the latest complete figure available. According to the Seattle Dally Bulletin, which ia published un der the auspices of the Seattle Dally Times and must be Infallible, there were issued 1n Seattle in the first twenty-five daya of the month 107$ building permits with a valuation of $771. 4IS. The official figures of the Portland Dally Abstract for th same period show that there were Issued In Portland III permits of a valuation of $S1$.S0. Next to building permits, nothing more accurately reflects the growth and prosperity of a city than the real estate transfers. The author. Itles to which we are Indebted for the building permit figures also show that In the first twenty-five daya of "May there were filed for record In Portland 120 real estate transefrs In which the consideration waa $!.&0.7S. For the same period the Seattle transfers numbered IJIS with a total valuation or $1.41.44. Of course the Portland transfers do not begin to represent the full value of the property transferred, for some of them. In which the consideration was placed at from $1 to $10. In reality w-ere transactions Involving from $100,000 to $350,000 each, while In Seattle the advertising spirit runs so high that studied effort la made to keep valuations on the records up to the maximum figures. There la another Interesting feature of the building permits to which Mr. Daly's attention la called. While Port land's $115.60 worth of building per mits shows an average value of 24t( each, the $771,425 worth or permits Issued in Seattle averages In value but $71$ each. This striking difference In the average value of Seattle buildings and those of Portland la probably to the construction or an unusually large number or peanut stands and candy kitchens which have been built to add to the glory of the A-T-P Ex position, while Portland .was building more expensive structures. In considering these figures Mr Daly should also take Into considera tion the fact that Portland la Just plod ding along without any unusual feat ure on the programme, while Seattle Is In the midst of a building boom In anticipation of her big show. The re maining days or the month or May will make a atlll more favorable showing building permits for the past three daya bringing the total well up above $1,000,000. These additional ofTlclaJ figures, however, will be available for Mr. Daly on June I, and we trust that those submitted will satisfy his de mands lor the immediate present. lAtT t BE t.iLATEt-1 L. From the doleful tone In which the brethern of the Southern Presbyterian Assembly announced In open session a few days ago that the rigors of old time Sabbath observance had become obsolete, one would suppose that be cause or this a real calamity had he fallen the country. To those who really deplore the passing of the old-time Sabbath: those who yearn sorrow fully ror the gloom that settled down over the home, the weekly return of which was met with dread by the young and hy a sense of shuddering responsibility by there elders there is little that can be said In the way of consolation. Perhaps, however, there Is some one among these sad-hearted brethren who would like to warm up a little and kiss hla wife w hen ah" comes down dressed In her Sunday best and looking her prettiest on Sunday morning. If so. It may comfort him to reflect that there Is no law against his so doing. Or per haps, having worked hard all week, he feels the need of rest on Sunday mom. n:. Very well; he can Indulge in the extra hour's sleep which Nature d. manda as a restorer, and mlea attend ance upon church In consequence, without being haled before the e-rcleaU. astlral board and subjected to her dis cipline, provided for f.agrant derelic tion of duty. Or if he prefers the tonic of the air he may walk abroad and take loll from the fragrance of the woods uncenaured by the elder, on the only day In seven that his time Is his own. If our forefathers enJo4 doing penance on Sunday by denying them selves th simple pleasures of life, thst was their privilege. They had their day and way and from what we know of them through the records that have com down to ua. they took gloomy satisfaction In availing themselves of th privilege. Rut w submit that It strains our veneration for them to sup pose that they would If they could compel us to think as they thought, live as they lived, believe aa they he ileved and order our live In accord ance with the Ironclad rule that bound them to outward ohservancee In the name of religion. "Times change and people change; and If our hearts do not change with them, so much th worse for us. "We ar persuaded." say the commit, tee on Sabbath observance of the evan gelical body named, "that the observ ance of the Lord's day after the Scrip tural manner as practiced by our fore father is to a Urge extent a thing of the past." Betng also thus "persuad ed." let us he duly grateful. This Is the last day on which th follower of Secretary Wilson will have an opportunity of swamping Mr. Patten with actual wheat that they have promised would b delivered him before th May option expired. Tea terday th eloao was $1 11 per bushel, and the fact that It closed at the high point of the day would Indicate that there was no serious congestion Jn th market. As this figure is $ rente per bushel higher than th price predicted by Mr. Patten when Secretary Wilson. Tom Lawson and a few Ignorant but well-meaning ministers were belabor ing the wheat man for creating an al. leged corner. It would seem that th vindication of Mr. patten and the con fusion of Secretary Wilson have been overwhelming and complete. That there were wonderful opportunities for a comer no one can deny. and. had Mr. Tatten been of the "Old Hutch" or Partridge type of wheat operator, the foolish shorts would today be paying anywhere from $1.10 to $2 per bushel. It Is greatly to Mr. Patten's credit that he did not take advantage or his op portunity and "squeeae" the men who sold wheat which they did not posse, and could not get. Twentieth-century civilisation has brought with It many startling changes both afloat and ashore; but there are some feature, of life on th high as that are fas unchanging as the old ocean on which the Luettan'.a leaves no greater mark than the cara vels of Columbus. Th story of mu tiny at sea. brought Into trie 'port of Victoria yesterday hy th Herman ship Ella Lihn. differ but little from th romances and tragedies of th ar, as told by W. Clark Ituseell. Th mutin ous crew made a savage attack on th officers, and In th meie on of th mutineers waa killed and a number of others Injured. Th stage setting, were exactly th earn, aa they ar In all of the old sea talcs, and It require no great stretch of th Imagination to fill In th details and mak up a story of th sea as full of thrills aa almost anr of those which hire been supplied by th regulation sea story of th past century. Julius Ordway. whoa death oc curred at St. Vincent's llepltal Thurs day morning, was a third of a century ago on of Portland's most prominent and strenuous lumber manufacturer. Active and upright In business, he was for many years prosperous, but later he was pursued by financial misfor tune, from th losses of which, he was unable rully ti recover. Th death within two year of each other of hi two sons, young men Just entering manhood, waa a severe family afflic tion, w hich, added to his financial loss, greatly depressed his spirit, and with advancing years rsused him to drop out or actlv business competition. II goes to his grave honored for hla en deavor, and leaves behind him Ih sim ple record of an upright life. The advice to te your wife every, thing needs amending. To tell her all that la good is all tight, hut to tell her of crookedness or criminality la dangerous, for woman la Instinctively honest, and her honesty rise In par allel column with her "dander. So a Portland man finds. II refused to pay her gas bill, and w hile she was Indignant she revealed his lltt'.e a r rangeroent to beat th meter. California courts and lawa ar most accommodating. A night session was held at Redding lo grant a divorce ta a woman w ho wished to be married to a man upon whom an operation of doubtful result waa to b performed. The operation took place, however, be fore the ceremony, and the man la In a critical condition. Perhaps he 1 In luck, too. Illinois has passed the f-foot sheet bill, and Chicago papers now treat the great, reform with reaped. In Oregon everything la lovely In the country hotels, with eighteen feet of sheet In every bed. Trans-Atlantic liner goe aground twice In New Tork harbor. We await with Interest comment rrom Puget Sound on New Tork's vain hop or building up a great port. The Raffle cheat, rraud and hum hug haa been brought to an Inglorious finish. How s-irh "friend f th peo ple" love to bunco and swindle the people! Th Illinois Legislature ta struggling to abolish capital punishment. Hang. Ing la becoming an obsolete fad. with the aid or "technical" lawyer. Oovemor Haskell' new indictment would appear to poet pone for another brier season th great day of hla com. plrt vindication. Double th street lights, cries fr. Kellaher. Very well; but let u not treble the expense of llchtlng. Rain assure full crop or wht throughout th Inland Empire. Patten had nothing to do wi;h It. Mr. Kellaher ta willing for th other two reformers to withdraw. Why not mak It unanimous? Now watch for that flood. Bui It will b a near-flood probably. ore o- o a tut. tvn o iits Tw tv Othsa eat at resale Kese-ts I AiseswB. I aaakraM t try. roRTUMt. May J iTa th Fd llor.i prior t IfC the bonoed 4tM of lb. rlty tkoai iteMM. Tn elec tion ef June. !?. authorised tb tosat aac ef $.:: ef bonds for vartoua purpeerc. and now again w see th feliowlrc fx i rid issue alarm ua ta the far-: f : ee w-e for a bata brt 1 a acres, tha Willamette River at lro4way etrawt. i.e--e eoe for a municipal light ing plant. Illoeoea for a bride at rihertnan .tre-et. 4ae for a brtJae at Market street, and Hi for a cuv rrenet orr. making in all th sum ef l. !. which taken together with 1 1 I fc eoe. roach the vnormoua total of $l.l:Vo. If th present proposed Isou ef bend, la authorised at th coming city election, th people, of th city will hav to bar $:: a day for Interest alone, or $:! a tear. This eum Is In addition to th coet of operating th police, fir, park. .Ireet-clearilnc and other departments of th municipal govern Jtent. Taxes tor laet year were from 11 1-1 to $ per cent trior than for th pr. reding year, notwithstanding th large ly increase, assessed valuation of prop, ert y. and th fart that th levy did toot Include th Interest on Ih bond taau of $::i.seo authorised at the June election. HOT. It must be apparent to all from thla showing that toe taaea for next year will t almost doubled again. If t h proposed Isau rf bond la author! ted and tha usual Increased demands ar mad for th irtelatenene of state, county and municipal government. Th question I: Can poo pert y and business aland thla taT I. personal ly. think not, and f-r this reason I In tend to trot against vry p reposed Issu of bonds, and ballev that every property-owner, except those who will h pecuniarily benefited, wilt do th seme. t i. high tltn. to put a atop to theae wholes. attempta to bankrupt th rlty. There la no preaeing need at thla time to rush through tbese dif ferent measures carrying authority to Issu bonds. Th peopl ahoutd hare opportunity to know and understand the motive, that prompt lho who ar pushing the mraawree pledging th city'a credit. In order that they can vote intelligently. It occurs i an that th ft. P. Rail road Company should be required to construct an upper deck on their pro posed bridsr to repiac th present Meet Bridge, and It should be mad the-full wl.llh of th street The, If after this don It Is found that th bride will meet with all present de rnanda. It will not b n ce.eary t build the bridg at Proadway until som future lim. This plan will save 1 Se city $,. or more. Hurelr this hotiid be Inducement enough for the people to delay th ftmadway and ll other nw bridge, tantll thi. plan he be'i'n tried It will not rcqu1r nr. or than on year's time t do PHIL MKTrK-HAN. WALTWt srr.t.t.l w o K WOMK 1 aeeilke-f e C aasiil as Ml Ate ship Kspevdiltaw I lb reW. New York Hun. It I. at Jiaet this balmy and ewar going aeaaea of th rar that th anlnd Is prepared for th announce ment of another Weiiman airship pedltlon In Ih general direction of the North IN1 The earth. I beginning to warm un. A vernal profusion sur rounds us on all side, ftow.r bloom upon the sonny wai'.s, th locust saw hi tuneful lege, and th email gilded bug makes loe betor our timpaihit na. latr eye. To hear at this time that Welln en I. about to venture en another poleward flight I. t o renew acquaintance with Ih half dream, of past ea re and re-peat alealaa that knw wot th grim hp-e. of apprehebtlna. Wellmaa la th atltht ef pr-cd Ing discoverer, and pioneer. The Is t ler hav ben given to da. he ever Ih lc and I failure under circum stances that called loudlr for eapedl enta of relief and re ecu a. VYllma flies. If It Is only a few rt.lles, and b lights always In safety and within reach of hot brick, and a com 1 or ta M. men. So far h has not one har rowed our fee'ings with Images of peril and adversity. II file boldly, but h al'gr.ts la perfect comfort, and w never hav to think ef freaes soli- tud and dark een.rgenrtee In raaaar lion with bl Joyous pathway. To taear that h la pluming l.ls pinions for another swoop is to feel ,o.ttr.ri1 ef aa and light and luaury. v drows on flow ery banks or swir.g la enervat ing hammocka and follow Weiiman with our half -closed ea. and bieeaed slumber come, to crown the sumptuous afternoon and sheds no murmur of nalety from Its radiant wing. We ar accustomed to thee Well maa excursions. They are Itke sensu ous If brilliant annuals that wrap th garden fenc with loveliness and never tear a pang. There may b sordid and degrading details. If so they rut no flgur Id? our foreground. A e only Ih balloon and Ih balloonatica. Ih showy start, th prudent recev. ery. th prompt appearanc ef th al -venturer aa If nothing In th world had happened, and the noisy proclama tion of another recrudeaewne w;th te flowers and Hi arphjra and th disheveled res t ma of th blaster and Ua andai. Lsl Weiiman go ' Whatever hap pen a. h wlli b with us In th russet Fall. -ith th swet Bounds of harvest homes filling all our ears, and wassail and dancing la th bar withal. at F.TIOa) Ftm taR. KRL1.AHRR. 1A bat ! He K w Abwwt (eal f Pwblle Uabtaagf PORTI-ANTTa. Mar ST. T th Kditor I would tak this mean, of asking Mr. Ketlaher a few question, regarding his lighting schem questions that com to m from reading his letter la Thursday s Crrearonisn. First A street lamp burning from sun set to sunns will b lit around eeo hours per year. What Is th ritr paving per lamp hour? Is It not about I 4 cents? Or what does th V.ghtlr.g rornr-anr re. reiv per kitowwt at Bwitchbnard for street lighting current? bacond hat ran a street lighting si s tern b Installed for per lamp cngnplete. with duplicate plant aeteeuwi. f nan water wheels t lamp, hung and burning? tar a commercial plant per hilowat of output cvenplet up lo anl Including ronaumrra' meter. ? TMrd Whaf would the electrical plant b worth In fit, lew oar ytira. witn lees than H per cent pee. ear put away lor deterioration, or up keep, aa som call h? Fourth Ar not Mr. Campbell s figure. In teeterday treg-nia correct, aa far as tacy go? I tbina act. lie a a answer. U C. tA k;ht. IJShllng tat loeer. trewlaa and rweklare - Ikndnn Time. Cenlu la ha youth Is apt to be irritat ing. str.ee t i. rot afraid of msk r.g rt:e tekea Aa for a.'wliey, ruen thought of h:m not aa a poet at all. but as a dan gerous and vleionery reformer Haa.. it I'aok Mm at Ih ty ps ef t h fanatic; ae a rrar.k who at no fV.h ard drar.k no wine, aha consorted with aoaurd peop: and uttered absurd eptr.v.r.. la a hign. s-r-am!r Vo!ro. Ilea. It had aveen Km hef'.re rt ary cf it. ffi w . and b IfojfM be red taken M measure. It would be eaev to mak the same uvs tehe aboaal avit If be wet ai!v .4-tv and perr-.araa toe me mistake era bctr.g r-iade about traea f A ftrrwr In ger.lu. lo ei!r ard Keats Tie moral u al r'l-ca and t - world genera;.') not trust to ietr irritated pre;:. t onsitui Mr: rti on ros tick Dcxr It I rala.d I Ike oral avaa.ee kerb leave fire wale m t- a Ike. I"HTIJIMi. Mar -T !-. luii ;or I Notir.g a new-, articl In T he Or-o. elan of laet Woomei.lav. en Suterts. tendent rlig'rr'e aequiaitMen ef an oral '- oer an believing the Irforreiatlon l.lern contained ta b Incorrect. I ran to correct lb Imrceaehei that would naturally b sained eeroe-tally from I - tt tMarsufrarh, roadlr.a. "aa the r wef hand and fr-gee method la out ot data It i dlfMcu.t to d.acus this euh.wt In le'.l '.gently In Ih spec to which I wus to conr.n ery(f ud to avoid a diatcw. lin which SHay appear academic. It will be admitted, however, that t h end and Ira of extatrwttoo la. or sooutd be. to fit to child to lab but piece in th world and tnake M. way there'. w hk h reeu:l la ec mt lla.'.ed not effectually ty what ta bnown to Instructor of tre deaf a. the -combined method." ttelng both the oral and s;n methods. Th turn ef fh boeomp-i.hment of th oral method la. wn. thlrkieelv. pe-rh.pe. summed tap In tv eorieludlrg senteree of th arttel re fee-red to; -"Th pupil ar taught to utter sounds and ale to understand Hp move Blent, so lhey can spesk quite rapMly " On th other hand, the ecvn htned meth od lurne otat men and women of rh. me ter, general Intelligence, know led re of human nature and affairs. t that they ar enabled fo hold easy and pleasant communication with other deaf of their locality, after finishing the standard htah cbool eoura la practically the ear tlma that It la accomplished by their heating brefVra, We hearing reorl absorb these " at trltute through all our years, not feo- eaue w happened t o ua vocal lan aruwge. but b'cause parents and teachers and assorts Imparted them ta us in aoaaon and out of season without thought of th medium, but only of th substance Th oral method ef eommanication and Instruction leave Its gradual lonely ll on a borderland between hi deaf fellow and hla hearing brother, with either of whom he eenmtmiralea only In forced, artificial way. If at alt Th flow of personal fntiuenc. the stream of Interpretation, the current of stimulus lo higher ihlnk'ng hav been So obstruct ed, eo habitually ehaped Into artricla! forms to tit a linguistic Procrustean Process, so reduced In quantltr beriwe of the shrinking from the strain In volved on both ldea. n lacking In th galvanle sronianetiy of natural language. teat th child become a man-goe forth Into world an artificial Imitation of Aaron, who could "speak well." but with out surgoat'on ef Uresis, who waa wis In Ih wisdom of hla ttm. Verbal Ian mare was lib warm fummer sunshine to th maor1ty of us. but to th deaf t-bftWt It la for long year a pale and wintrv t'ghl. beclouded often and misty witn rniidish tear It la not With th Intention of rrlttclem or Supenrlrnient Ulster ihaj I hav written this, nor with reflection tjpon me ar-tiiiu-a or siiaa eulllvan. but from the standpoint of nearly s tear of th most Intimate aeaoctatlon with th deaf. pert of which baa been spent In teaching deaf children, fr-wn a keen sycnr-aOy witn them. Ihal I feel that It la almost a crime that the in authority in local edueaitonal matter should net beta oon- aulted the opinion of the leaders In deaf education t 1e c Thar th w-o.d l ata learned Ihal tna method tHrb las al ready been Inelal'ed hcew will make of l graduate or ly a dreary ovate on th asieea of rtt 'llsattor. W1 1 hrl hop and without ambition, wnleaa r-ecrhanc. School iata aver, they tsar gala soma biui.Mra of lb true largwag of the deaf frv-m their fellow. I bora that these few word, aa In, quat ta capreaw th a-tt al aartoasnis of Ih qoaetaon may Influence sorn par. nt of deaf r hi Wren lo sand lber dear one la on of Ih rasny pledt4 state acHoola. laetead of an oral day school, and knew that tiey wtil graduate there, f coen- ready to tab and till a place In wrortd. bright, happy end altngetber rhoev-rul not a subvert foe th amthinkitig pity of othorwtea a-ell-edurated heencg r-sopl toward lb "deef and dumb.- who speak of schools for th deaf as "at luma I wish fo rbnewtedg tha aaeietanc of an articl by rVo'..or J A TiiJin. bast, of IVuitene College, ftpartanhurg. Ji C. In phrasing pans of this letter It It I-LOTD. nl-a--Bkl.-b Slluoip cor. a ot TTaeblsyta Haa a ad Head May ta t aeapleted by lUrif Fall. Po'k Onunt rteaa ever, blar 3S- Trscklaytng was begun yeaterday irinnv leg on t le rairoad rilerelea beta Italia and e'ew. TK croeeirg al the Southern P.cfr.c track red bern com. pvtcd on fbatutdsy. which permuted t.s work yosterdsy to b carried on without delay. Vtary load of tie. wer t.auled rrora ih tr ill srd by tram and dsirib uted along th grade, noon to be followed by the tr.ck stee gang and th construe lloa tr!n. t llh the laying of the track now under we, all of the aupplics will herearter b taken to 1 he front by train. K latere especially equ'rped for th mov leg of th steel h.re been provided, and Ih manual labor connected with th. handling of ih beaty rails will be re. duoed la th minimum. A large rare of men is employed, and th construction will he rarricd on with all poea-bl speed consistent with thorough Work. The gradlrg gang Ihal commenced work on the laslla. end of Ih line rew weeks ago has reached point about tr.idnay between Itrrry and tvola. Tie heavy cut on the Thirteen farm, tha or.ly ne of It kind between laallas and FJola. las been completed, and th grader ar pushing stead'ly on toward the croeeirg of the 1. . Craol River at the southeast comer of the T. V. Drunk farm Th Iafreol. bridge will soon be finished, as will also th Ire-sties between Ksjem and rtoia. TH grading gang on the Salem-Rcla di vision Is making good prr-grese. ard It Is expected that thai work will he f.nl.Sed In ample ttm to permit th tracklayers to proc-cd without Interruption after ttey hat reached Kola. Th last splk la the passing track at C.liiam s station, between 1-aliaa and Fall City, was driven last week. This Is nearly one-half mile In teng-.n. and the ore-rat i on of t.i re ruler passen. gcr trains will na torger be interfered with by tha long logging tra'.na from lli.ck Hock. te-nrTel Manager I-uka O rlirger. Jr and Chh-f lgmeer S H Taylor Vav all of th const ruction work under their personal supervision, and the It-mil ex. tension between I -ansa and sa'-m will ba rushed to an early completion, aa that regular tram service between lllscb Mock i.d the -ap:ts CVy may be estsl-Uarted betor lo Fall rains begin. . slealetwy. r been w her glaaa and allver shoe. Where wit was kee and leugkter gay; Where flute and t tol and taaaaooa Mad melody till break of day I'v known what meant by "chill as lea.'" fift with the lemon hav been paired; Iiorri go and taunts a stolid, slum. let $ for rerisur h.S V Sot cared. I've gurod at th church bata.r. " At country auct'or. hav had pare Fond lover and hi lad fair Hav rr. e ac-ciaimed witn Best and graoa. My family In swell set roove. lti thick not ef that tact Id boast! From friends ad enemies al.ke 1 v had ta stand fu.l trauy a roast' Rat Tim serve Great arid Pmstl th SSB-e I'v h a i try season ard my dey. fo tak I ' tip lo d'earpear; Meet graceruly ai.l fade aaav, le trans t fiela tnwndl. fneode' , N'-ne aart m aot for fry oe stew! Vlh I!u tv-lnt Clgeuy yield T'..l Peat "Wptemtar, then a-tfcru New lark FT. CITY Cl-:CTIO?t m mrus !-r!anattoi tf Me tar Perialnlnf to FWlrical V Iring. tn th 11 eaeeiioaa to b submitted I t.i city !!., under th laitlstlv ad rfrngrw. th m are proposed ey the electrical worker regulating the stringing ef electric wires, unquee- nonaniy ta th most difficult tor th iaiman la understand. It Is a maas ot technical t.rrr.e and conditions, treat ing wit the sub. ler l of eVeclne wiring. that nly a practical electrician can understand Thla preaoeed ord! nance snakes It eeceessry la allow 1 inches cf free ar Working spar between the wires on the poles, and re-qulres that tna high and low voltage wires be separate!. on orxiinanc was recetitlv pa -ert by the a-lty t ouncil over the veto of Mstor I - n protloing that e!-.tri.- a ires s'.sll be ; Inches apart. Fleet rlcal worker Insist that thla does not afford suftl. rlent space for the men safely and sat lafscioriiy to work. Th provision In th ordiranc for whit h II. linemen are contending espe cially la that which directs mat all wires carrying an. volts and over shall be strung four feet-abev those of less vo!t.-.ge and that th right -voitag cir cuits shall be marked -danger - A fin of $ or elk months Impris onment or both is provided for viola tion of any cf th terms of th ordi nance. w.il.-h dor not specific. ly pro vide for another city elMce. However, another proposed amendment, submit ted by the City Council, provides for th appointment of an electrical In spector. It I. naturally to be eapected that the supervision or th work of re. StrlnglV.g tl.e electric wires In th cttj. which will ta ncaaary if the ordi nance Is approved by th Vetera, wauld becotn the duty of that official. The ordinance I strongly opposed by the offl.cr ef ih Portland l.alltar. Light -wr Company, which Insists that It Is now compiling with Ih tctma of an ordinance enacted at the inat.nc of th linemen In I . and In which a working space of ; Inches between the wires Is required. The company Is bow completing th expensive o ot rearranging Its wires to conform to the eondltlona of that ordinance, which waa drafted br the linemen themselves "If the pending ordinance should be enacted by th people." se I d an ot'icer of th company yesterday, "w would hav ta lake down every wire and do Ibe work over aaaia. It would simply provide a great amount of work for ti linemen at great cost ta tia The posi tion of the sponsor ef this ordinance appears ta be that of s'mply harassing the company and providing for theeit employment at ear eapene without any material benefit -resulting. rmsT on htk n a.Tow rtoi m Pad ta ay ta ta herb Me M aa Mtelew A keel t ksee-a IVik. W. K. Carta' lxter In Chicago Ree-ord-H era id 0. McCiook l a Secretary of IV, I nit, 1 g-ate fteeists. he decided la grt m a cried and Ih wedding Invitation w-er issued Atatortg lb aweenbere of the Itrnale at that tins waa Mr. Itoipb, of ttregna. f great d'.rnliy. as well a iai ty. and highly re peeled by hi reiiraiarn, but without snack sen of humor An other of th nvos popular men In i"- chamber was Jonathan chec. a Quaker cotton rnanutaturer front Rhode ar.d rich, geeiial and gr neroua-and w Sen h bear that th Secretary of t Se sienata waa to b married he set about rsiurg fund by ewrae-r-lpl tea ta hay I he br . it- a aeddlng pevw-ent He weeit front Senator ta ften.tor. asking tsetn lo c-ontribui. whatewr they could afford, and wuh I sa pco.ee Ja purr-.acd a Kaut.ful tail eevl'-. which wr.l he an r.e.Tioom In is Mci'w-.k fs ti' y for g-eoe rat Ions lo come W h 'e thews frtenrt y prone d ears a era In prog res on tiioe-nlrg Senator v'rt drew ..s chair eonflderstiallr to th side of ben a tor Manaiewa. w ho was kis meat, doe- aetght-or. and asked aa a tr y et.-rtoua ami vf a ay: "Msnderson. da ol know Chars prt- ty Welie- F' "f $ know Char pretty well waa tha reply. -Md It evr ee-cwr to (hat h waa a ltt queer? .V. I can I aav ihal It d d Have -row boticed any pec-uuarlly about him -Tea- i-ranonded th fU-nator from o-. "th qweereel thing happened yes. terday I cant quite make it out Cac ram aver to my seat during the esslon and whispered to me thst hi. cook .. going he married and that h was col. leetlng purse la buy her present He Jd vvervpodr was ch-rpir in c-.tv Bom were siting :. other $j(t other K and lo or three had given ard he wanted me to thcno something I told htm Ihst I I.! no f.hteeiion , rl. cook getting msrned. but I d:B't srt!v why I should contribute to a wdiV-g preent for her. He Boomed a i. prised, and remarked that I was the on t r-eo.tor on either s.de tj,u f.r w t.d perused ta oonttlhut anytMr.g ard h, hoped I would Ihirk better ef it ,, LSl'l.' " h' eem. f .T.r ln r about m.. m.tter that I am sorry refund to renmnuia. "-ll-ague to suttecns. fc , $3 ta buy . wedding preaen, rr h"rvii 1. would h sufficient - . .. i?"""' "'""'"xxl the .itua. -for Tr- "" P'-" '- aior Itolph. mi.t.ka . ,ookd a .rlo. .. h. rwuId ,BJ -Vv.TT "" "I- I. such a h.. I P-TV "n that wrou'l go thst much on anything he wanted. "?f Van' wo '.a" st ar na- r"ra' rlM ,b r" 4?'rh. ected a moment. 2nd i n , "l.1 V rh"-'l n-y mind. Bf give him $! biii - " 1 . I were la your lac.- ald Mr Sisaderwon. I'd sk Char to let rr - the Subscription paper and sign tar name l t. a. Ih. f or f don . All rlaht. adopt your sur.es-llan,- Bald Senator Itolph. -'hill thia la the first time ever wss a.ked taVon. ..out money la buy a wedding pres. nt for another tran a rock " About half aa hoar later Mr. ftc-ph cant bark witn a sheet of leg. psper In his hand and dropped Inia riia est. Turning to Oeneral Msnderson. be remsrked. -Th.re Is Chac Subscription I asked for It aa y.i sugg.eted. and h g.r l a me. hut h seemed a life hufTy about II I leid him I had charged my mind and bad concluded ta go in with Ih rest of the ben, tor, but he didn't eem ta tak ll klnd.v lie a.:d h 4 Inn car A a wr.th.r I dll of not. t wa. good deal surprised ic hear him awear. I dldn I uppoe that Sftaakere ever swore - And tb hews ler from Oceg n pr. reeded to ea a m I oe the harr :r l loa net pretty o he lurr.ed I Senator sisa derwon aad aatd I am afraid t pat way fool lata ll wltb thsee; there is a mlstsk seeee- WhctS 7 hi I. ubctl1ea I h-y a weC.dlrg presort for aienetaj Anson ,l Mcv-oek. secretary cf th braste. ar I 11 contribute to Ihal aa enui h a. se. . bode Ik-n ock a a parllruiar friend rf mm er.d m vr fcad cf im HI c dldn I say any t h'r. g about builrg him a present. He said ll wsa for h e coi-k I rrestime ke toek eftete. t tatlt I said It riser day.-