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8 THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1910. 23; !tetmtmt PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland, Oregon. Fostofflce as Second-Class Matter. Subscription Rates Invariably in Advance. (BT MAIL). raily. Sunday included, one year J8.00 Oaily, Sunday included, six months 4-2 Dally. Sunday included, three month.. 2.25 Bally. Sunday included, one month.... . Daily, -without Sunday, one year 6.00 Daily.? without Sunday, Bix months.... 3.25 Bally, without Sunday, three months... 1.75 Tjaily, without Sunday, one month w Weekly, one year 1 J2 Honday, one year 2.50 Sunday and weekly, one year 3.50 (By Carrier). Daily. Sunday Included, one year 9.00 Dally. Sunday included, one month How to Remit Send Postoffice money or der, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. Give Postoffice address In full, including county and state- PoMate Bates 10 to 14 pages. 1 cent: 18 to 28 pages. 2 cents; 30 to 40 pases. 3 cents; 0 to 60 pages, 4 cents. Foreign postage double rate. Eastern Business Offlre The S. C. Beck wlth Special Agency New Tork. rooms 48 fo Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 510 512 Tribune building. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1910. ASSEMBLY AND MAJORITY BTJLE Democratic bosses and organs have overreached themselves In fighting Republican assembly. Their very op position has aroused their rival party to hold conference for abatement of minority nominations and party dis sension. Their "fear" that assembly will "ruin" the Republican party is not believed. More rational Is It that Republican assembly will injure Dem ocratic plans for continued Republi can factionalism. Minority Republican nominations have enabled Democrats to seize all the big offices that they, hold in this state. Majority opponents of such nominations have refused to be "whipped into line" for their election. Because assembly will contain less than 2 per cent of the members of the Republican party. Democratic foes of assembly profess to think its recom mendations will aggravate minority troubles of plurality primaries. But that was not the effect last year in Portland of the city assembly, which named the members of the present municipal government. The candi dates then recommended were nomi nated in most cases by majority vote and elected by big leads over their op ponents. Besides, experience of democratic government has proved representative assembly the best of all means of averting factionalism and promoting rule of the majority. Conference of representatives of the people is the only Way the people have of discussing political issues and determining poli cies, xne io.vuv nepuuucaiia oi ui e gon, cannot meet to reason together. Conference is essential to all political action. The people can confer solely through their representatives. This is such a primer principle of politics and government that it is amazing to hear supposedly intelligent men denying it. The foundations of our National Government and of every state were laid in representative assembly. That Is the people's way of framing consti tutions and establishing and maintain ing government. This venerated rule of government and politics TTRen is trying to supplant with his "system." HEALTHY FINANCIAL SITUATION. Portland's National banks on June SOth showed deposits of $34,137,390.21 as compared with 125,773,898.01 on June 23rd, 1909. This increase of more than $8,500,000, or approxi mately 30 per cent, reflects the general prosperity prevailing in thi-s city and throughout the territory for which Portland is the financial headquarters. The detailed statement, which ap peared in The Oregonian Monday, also shows the exemption of the Portland banks from any possible financial trouble which might affect some of the less conservatively managed banks In other parts of the country. The stocks of cash on hand are unusually large, so large in fact that the bank's profits might be increased, If less cash were to be kept in reserve. This favorable bank statement, showing the remarkable increase in purchasing power of the people of the "Jjity and state, indicates that there fHll be very little, if any, money ifeeded from the East to finance the g crops of the Pr iflc Northwest. Jast Saturday's New Tork bank .atement disclosed a heavy decrease n the surplus reserves of the clearing i.ouse banks of the metropolis; but I he decrease was accounted for by the leavy disbursements on July dividend ind interest account. These disburse ments we-e the largest on record, iompilations made by the New York Tournal of Commerce show a total for iividends of $96,842,700, while the interest-payments were $1' 7,414,549. Ij I Of this total of more than $200,000, f 00, over $125,000,000 was for railroad JJvldends and interest. While this rhormous sum of money has consider ible temporary effect on the available prplus, it will be felt only as long as rriay be necessary to get it distributed. jj"he holders of t'-ie railroad bonds and Stocks cannot eat :t or drink it, and It. will earn nothing so long as It is rrot Tn circulation. It will accordingly be but a short tine before it is again available for investment. The recent fear that there would be a tightening f the market to such an extent that unds for crop moving would be carce has been dispelled in the East. the West is abundantly able to rovide its own funds for harvesting nd marketing the crop, the financial d industrial situation throughout the country would seem to be helthy Sespite the unsettled condition of the itock market. j ; This disturbance is almost wholly $ue to the uncertainty regarding the recent Interstate Commerce Commis sion decisions. As there will undoubt edly be an early readjustment of the ate problem, even this will have no erroanently baa effect on the general rade situation. Viewed from almost ny standpoint, we seem to be enter- g the last half of the year under ally as favorable circumstances as ombined to make the first half a cord-breaker. j According to news reports, the effi cacy of prayer Is just at present being Aut to rather severe tests, and the re sults achieved must be somewhat per plexing for the prayerful. For exam ple, down in the black belt the religious-minded colored people have been quite unanimous in asking divine aid for Mr. John Arthur Johnson in his little bout with the late Mr. Jeffries. Up in the wheat belt of the North west the owners of the parched fields have been praying for rain. It can hardly be said that the conquering of Jeffries was of more importance than the rain on the wheat fields, yet the prayers of the colored people were ap- parently answered, while there was nothing doing up in the wheat fields. Nothing in particular is proved by this seeming discrimination In favor of the black race, but. In view of past per formances, it might be well for the Dakotans toesend for our own Inimita ble rainmaker. Colonel Hofer. COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S BLUNDER. The Roosevelt-Poindexter alliance if there is an alliance to elect- that irresponsible insurgent United States Senator from Washington, is based on a most astonishing misunderstanding of the facts on the part of the ex President. Colonel Roosevelt, it ap pears, has agreed to support Mr. Poin dexter as against Senator Piles, who is described in the obviously inspired Oyster Bay dispatch as "a candidate for re-election." The basis for the Oyster Bay opposition is chiefly that "Mr. Piles has Secretary Ballinger's support" for "another term." Colonel Roosevelt has been led Into an extraordinary blunder that does no credit to his sagacity or prudence or his knowledge of affairs. Mr. Piles is not a candidate for re-election, haying publicly announced that he would re tire with the expiration of his term. Secretary Ballinger is therefore not supporting Mr. Piles, nor is he sup porting anybody for Senator, so far as is known in the Pacific Northwest. Nor Is Secretary Ballinger the "head" of the "wing of the Republican party" opposed to Mr. Poindexter, as the dis patch states. That wing of tho party has several heads, represented by as many candidates for Senator. How does it come that Colonel Roosevelt has the facts so strangely twisted? Is Mr. Poindexter the source of his Information? So it may be supposed. If the ex-Presldcnt can be persuaded without warrant and - with out correct information to lend his great name and large Infiuenc? to the schemes of demagogues and political malcontents throughout the country, there is promise of the greatest hurly burly in public affairs the Nation .has yet seen. SUMMER SCHOOL AT CORVALLIS. The character of the courses of study which are offered in the Summer School at Corvallis is dis tinctly encouraging to the friends of sensible education. It is all very well to talk about the desirability of teaching agriculture In the rural schools, but how is It to be taught unless the teachers know something about it? How much, to be a little more specific, does the ordinary school ma'am with all her beauty and her wit understand of clover bacteriology, of the rotation of crops, of commercial fertilizers and of soil mulches? These subjects form the very foundation of profitable agriculture under modern exigencies and instruction in the pub lic schools which is worth while must deal with them. Recognizing facts of this nature the Agricultural College has offered in its Summer school an attractive list of lectures and lessons in "Agricultural Pedagogy," that is agriculture for schoolteachers. There are other classes in the programme which it would seem that ' farmers themselves might attend with profit. None of them as yet know more than is good for their souls about the "Pro duction and Care of Milk," "Plant Propagation," Landscape Gardening," and various subjects of that nature which are to be taken up by competent instructors at the Summer school. AVe do not wish to imply that the Summer school which Professor Ress ler has organized at the Agricultural College is limited to courses in agri culture. That is not by any means the case. There are classes for all sorts of people, particularly for teach ers, and almost every topic in the uni verse seems to be covered. The list of instructors is remarkable. It In cludes not only the faculty of the college, but men of standing from other states "besides. It is noticeable that Superintendent Rigler, of Port land, is to lecture on a number of at tractive themes while other leading educational men of the state will lend a hand. Among them it is pleasant to read the name of Superintendent Churchill, of Baker City, an able pioneer in the high school work of Oregon and one who has for many years enjoyed the confidence of a thriving community. Mr. Churchill is to lecture on such practical subjects as "The Janitor and His Du'ies," "The Principal and the School Board," and others like them. Only persons who have been in the educational harness a long time can really appreciate the value of such discussions. Of course President Kerr is at the head of the Summer school. It is dif ficult to imagine any good work go ing forward at Corvallis Without his active and masterly guidance. Cl'RE FOR SCARLET FEVER. Scarlet fever is one of the diseases which have not yet yielded complete ly to serum treatment. It has a virus of its own and undoubtedly in course of time an anti-toxine will be discov ered to neutralize it; but the disease is among the most baffling in the whole list of human ailments and more investigation will be required before its treatment is thoroughly mastered. In the meantime two German physi cians, Jochmann and Michaels, have made some encouraging progress with scarlet fever cases of the most malig ant variety. According to their theory, the fatal consequences of the disease are apt to result from secondary in fection with streptococcus bacillus and they employ therefore two serums. one directed against the scarlet fever virus and the other against the strep tococcus. Operating thus on 62 ex tremely maligant cases "which all the doctors had given up as hopeless," to quote a familiar expression, they saved no less than 38. This is pretty well for a disease which admittedly the re sources of science have not yet 'been sufficient to conquer. To pursue their investigations con cerning scarlet fever, physicians must experiment either upon human be ings or upon animals. No doubt there are persons in the world heartless enough to prefer to let the ravages of the disease go unchecked rather than cause a little inconvenience to a dog or a guinea pig. There are others who think it better to let count less generations of children suffer and die than to make those experiments on living animals which are necessary to before the disease can be understood and cured. But the humane judgment of man kind does not agree with the opinion, of the sentimentalist. The fact of the matter is that ignorant senti mentality is not only one of the most cruel agencies in the world, but it is also extremely Immoral in other ways. The anti-vivisectionists, for example, do not scruple to tell outrageous false hoods to justify their calumnies against the scientists who conduct ex periments on living animals. To be lieve them everything in the labora tory of the investigator is done as cruelly as possible. The investigator fairly revels In the pain of his victims. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Animals which are used in the study of diseases and the search for cures are almost invariably anesthet ized, and when the operation maims them they" are killed as soon as pos sible after -the close of the experiment. Since the Investigator wishes to study physiology under conditions as nearly normal as possible, he tries In every way to avoid inflicting pain. Those who really care to know the facts about vivisection will find much to instruct them in the July number of the Atlantic Monthly, where the sub ject is discussed by- a competent scientist with full knowledge and ab solute veracity. SURF-BATHING VICTIMS. Another "good swimmer" was drowned while surf bathing at Clat sop Beach Monday. Regardless of the warnings of experienced . surf bathers or of the many tragedies which have taken place at the beach resorts, hardly a year passes without a fatality. Surf bathing or swimming in and beyond the surf is so different from ordinary swimming in still water that It annually claims large numbers of victims who ordinarily would exer cise more caution. There is always an element t dan ger in surf-bathing when Indulged in by novices. The "safest" beaches in the country have fully as large a death roll as any others. This ia due to the ever-changing tides and currents, which can never be depended on with any degree of assurance. A slight shifting of the sand, caused by a high wind and heavy sea, will in a single night change the contour of the beach sufficiently to cause a strong current where none existed twenty-four hours earlier. Unless a bather is familiar with the action of that mysterious cur rent commonly known as "the deadly undertow," he will do well to keep in shore or close to the lifeline which is so necessary a part of the equipment of every first-class beach resort. Even the undertow, which strikes terror to the heart of the victim whom it catches, can be conquered if the "good swimmer" will keep a cool head and not endeavor to fight against it, but instead drift with it until it has spent its force and he can make his way back to safety. Surf-bathing is a healthful and pleasant exercise, and when the proper precautions are taken by bathers the liability of accident is probably as small as in any other form of sport or exercise. When engaged in by novices, however, great care should be exercised, for the ocean is vastly different from the still waters of a lake or river. 1H3 STATUS FIXED. According to the estimate of Booker T. Washington as made after the vic tory of Johnson over Burns at Sidney, Australia, the pugilistic victory of the black man is a good thing for the negro race. It shows the race wherein it can excel. It will have a tendency to encourage the development of physical strength and qualities of en durance by which the negro race can solve for itself the vital, ever present problem of making and holding a place for itself in the world. A colored man who is able to do a good, honest day's work without fa tigue; who knows how to work and is willing to work and is withal rober and content with his place in life, has no problem that ha - - not able to solve. He can become a land owner, a home holder, a h'me builder, an offense to no one and a very present help in the labor world in localities wheie his labor is in demand. He need neither be ignorant in the dense sense of that term nor "educated" in the modern sense of useless knowledge of books. His place In the world is a distinct one, and if the victory of the colored mn over the white in pugi listic encounter helps him to find it and causes him to rlory i - it, the bat t'e between black and white that took place at Reno last Monday will not be without beneficial results in the econo mic world. Let the colored man rejoice in his strength. Why, indeed, should he not rejoice In it? It is a racial endow ment well worth cultivating. His claim to political equality with the white man may be successfully dis puted; 'his claim to intellectual equal ity, in the light of science and achieve ment Is difficult, if not inpossible to establish; his financial ability is a negligible quantity. But his rhyslcal superiority to the. best trained, most confidently, vaunted member of the white race has been proven beyond question by the determined effort and Titanic strength of a man of his race not once, but twice. It is fitting that the world's champ ion in the prizering is a negro. The outcome of the fistic battle at Reno has gone a long way toward estab lishing the status of the negro. The result was as it chould have been. Why should Jeffries feel sore about it, except temporarily, as he nurses his battered face? Why should any one regret the outcome of the battle, ex cept the man who staked money on the white man against the black, and lost? The line In which the black man is superior to the white has been definitely fixed. Let that suffice. DEEPENING THE RIVERS. Every inlet. from the sea that can be made navigable at a cost not dis proportionate to the advantages which will result should be improved. The Government has in the past wasted so much money on unworthy waterway improvement projects that it is stead ily becoming more difficult to secure Federal aid, and communities and dis tricts are thus thrown more on their own Immediate resources. Portland has spent millions in building a . chan nel from this city to the sea, and the result of that expenditure is felt bene ficially by every producer of freight in the entire Columbia basin, although no assistance has been given Portland by other communities which share in the profits of the Improvement. The example set by Fortland in perform ing a task in which the expense should have been shared by the people of the entire Columbia basin has not been without value, however, for a number of other ports have since begun work ing out improvement projects planned on similar lines. The latest to announce a channel improvement to the sea is the Port of Toledo, a thriving little city on the Yaquina River, at present inaccessible for any but very small seagoing ves sels. Toledo Is located on the Corval lis & Eastern Railroad and is in the heart of a very fine timher region. The California market always supplies a heavy demand for cheaper grades of lumber than can be shipped to ad vantage b:' rail, and it is proposed to improve the Taquina River from Toledo to the sea in such manner that vessels of 16-feet draft can load at the Yaquina mills. Lumber-carriers of this type can handle freight at a profit where smaller vessels would be impracticable. If the Port of Toledo is successful in its efforts, a large area of territory in Lincoln County will feel a direct benefit. There is at the present time, and will continue to be, considerable north-bound business be tween California arid the lumber ports of Oregon and Washington. Lumber vessels bound up the coast for cargo will usually carry cargo -on the north-bound trip at a very low rate of freight, which of course is ad vantageous to consumers ln the fa vored locality. A 16-foot channel In the Yaquina River up to Toledo would do something mora than Increase sub stantially -the value of every foot of timber In that portion of the big county. It would increase develop ment of the timber industry and give employment to more men. These in turn would have to become consumers of fruit, vegetables, dairy products and other Lincoln County staples, and other industries would accordingly Improve In keeping with what for awhile would be the premier industry of the county. The port of Toledo, like the port of Tillamook or the port of Portland, can, if supported as it should be, prove a pre-eminent factor in development of the region it will serve. J. Ogden Armour, who Is good authority on the subject, says that the business of exporting meat from the United States to Europe is dead. The reason assigned for this is as simple as conclusive. South America is furnishing an ample supply of cheap meat to Europe. The great' plains of Argentina, of Brazil and of other outh American States are the feed ing grounds for immense flocks and herds. Conditions there are such that the competition of our Western plains cannot meet them. In brief cattle can be raised cheaper in South Ameri ca than here and they can be mar keted at less cost. The meat is not as good, but it Is accepted as good enough In European markets. Hence the decline In the meat exporting busi ness in the United States. Our own market is, however, stiff and clamor ous and the meat business is not by any means on the decline. Indeed, to judge from the retail prices paid, it never was more active. The passing of Chief Justice Fuller is widely deplored for he was an able jurist. The manner of his death was ideal. Quietly, without suffering, or dread of change, the eminent jurist took his leave of life in a room in his restful Summer residence, made sacred by the death therein of his wife a few years ago. An affectionate daugh ter was within call and at his sum mons came forward to receive- his last sigh. The busy wires summoned other members of his family and all are hastening to Chicago the home city of the Chief Justice before he was called to the Supreme Bench. In Chicago the funeral will be held. He had attained the age of 77 years and died as he had expressed a wish to die when his time should come, in the quietude of his Summer home. The great Northwestern wheat belt in Minnesota and Dakota is still suf fering from a remarkable drought, and as. a. result some farmers are abandoning their fields for pasturage. The situation is so critical that wheat prices jumped 4 cents per bushel in Chicago yesterday, and it is feared that the crop will be cut down so much that there will be an insuffi ciency for home demands. While all of this Is going on in the Middla West and Northwest, the'farmers of the Pa cific Northwest are already at work harvesting what promises to be an un usually large crop. "It Is an ill wind," etc., but if the present season Is a total failure for the Middle Western farm ers, they may come to Oregon, where there are still plenty of farms and crop failures are unknown. The fire yesterday morning at Mon tavllla emphasizes the fact that the city is not keeping faith with that growing section. There should be suf ficient apparatus on the ground to pro tect it The firehouse and equipment on Mount Tabor hill are at best too far away. The interests of Montavllla can be best served by an engine com pany in its midst, and there should be one in place without more delay. Another search for the fountain of youth has ended. "I was too old to come back," sobbed Jeffries as his friends carried him disabled from the scene of his defeat. It is thus that old Father Time calls his bluff by means of which men seek to win back the lost stake of youth. Roosevelt, it Is said, will support Miles Poindexter for United States Senator in Washington. He is appar ently going to mix In everywhere in state and local contests. He is trifling with his own enormous popularity. Merely as a reminder of last Winter and every other Winter for the past thirty years, be it said that street im provements should be started now and finished before the rains set in. An ex-Congressman of North Caro lina dropped dead in the role of Cln cinnatus.. Ex-Congressmen of Oregon sit in their automobiles and boss the work. , Now that the. time has passed for guessing on the fight, Portlanders may amuse themselves with opinions on I the location of the new Postoffice. This is the week when Portland an nexes as her principal Summer sub urbs Seaside and North Beach. The. wool market is reported quiet, which seems humorous, for it was not a silk affair, by any means. Along about this time of year it is not easy to suppress a desire for the third slice of watermelon. Let the shorter than usual list of fatalities justify the campaign for a safe and sane Fourth. This week the call of old ocean is almost loud enough to be heard plain ly in Portland. Certainly it was not a prizefight. It was a surprise fight. ' News of a dark hue must be ex pected these days. BRYAN ON ROOSEVELT'S FTJTURJS Calls to Mind the Fate of Admiral Deney and J. G. Carlisle. New York World. William Jennings Bryan, who landed at Quebec late last night after five weeks' absence in Great Britain, is In haste to reach his Nebraska home, where politics is at white heat, but he remained over in Montreal to keep an engagement to make an address. "What do you think of Mr. Roose velt? Is he to be a Caesar or just an ex-President?" "I will not discuss the ambitions or plans of individuals." "Mr. Bryan," persisted the World cor respondent, "you have declined to an swer the question in regard to Mr. Roosevelt's plans as you term it; would you be willing to express an opinion as to the Influence he is likely to exert in politics?" "That question can be answered," re sponded Mr. Bryan, "without violating the rule I have thought it wise to adopt in regard to discussing individ uals. "Mr. Roosevelt's wide Influence in politics will depend upon two things: First, his inclinations; second, his at titude on public questions. - He can. If he likes, refuse to discuss partisan questions and devote himself to those subjects which, while National in scope and political in character, are not dis tinctively party questions, as, for in stance, the peace movement; or he can enter actively into the discussion of measures before Congress and state Legislatures, platforms and candidates. With the prestige of the Presidency back of him his words are likely to have Influence in his party If he as sumes a partisan attitude and with the country at large if he assumes an inde pendent attitude. . "The personal element is likely to.be overestimated. Nothing is more wide ly misunderstood than what Is called personal popularity. We had an Illus tration of that in the case of Admiral Dewey. The world applauded his naval achievements and many believed that he would make a very popular candi date for the Presidency. "Another illustration Is found in the case of John G. Carlisle. He was the leader of his party for years and the Idol of the young Democrats of his state. Mr. Carlisle's speeches on the tariff question were the Alpha and the Omega of the subject. But when a question arose upon which Mr. Carlisle differed from his party in the Nation and from the Democracy of his state he retired from public life. "Mr Roosevelt, while occupying a large place In the public eye and while able to command a hearing. Is amen able to the same rules that govern other public men, and will be potent or impotent according to his attitude upon the question in which the people feel an interest." JACK MORGAN, HEIR TO $300,000,000 Sketch of the Genial Young; Man Who .Will Succeed J. Plerpont. Adams in the Boston News Bureau. Although the Impression Is far from general, young Jack Morgan is in many ways much like his father. He may not have the latter's organizing genius; that remains to be seen. But he has the dominating personality and aptitude for business that made the elder Morgan even a decade ago and Derore He crowned his organization ex ploits with the formation of the greatest or alt Industrial combinations the United States Steel Corporation such a tower ing figure in the financial world. And for years the younger man has taken an active part in the affairs of both the London and New York houses of J. P. Morgan & Co. But it was not until a year ago that J. P. Morgan, Jr., entered the domain of corporate finance and management. His election to the directorate and the finance committee of the United States Steel Corporation and his entrance to the National City Bank board of directors indicated unmistakably the purpose of the father to familiarize the son with more important views than devolved upon him in the ordinary routine of even so great a banking concern as that of J. P. Morgan & Co. Young Morgan is much like his father, physically as well as mentally. He is tall, robust and fine looking. The temperaments of the two men, however, have little in common. Morgan Sr., Is brusque and saturnine. Morgan, Jr., is- genial. What is called personal magnetism is one of the assets that have made him extremely popular in both business and society. He Is also an athlete and outdoor man. this heir to $300,000,000 and the most lucrative banking business in the world, and an ardent sportsman. Seldom does he miss the New York Yacht Club's races on Long Island Sound, where even in the worst of weather and In his oilskins, looking like the hardiest of Gloucester fishermen, he handles his smart 30-footer Ibis In masterly fashion. Funiton Waa a Bright Chapter. From the St. Louis Times. The illness of Brigadier-General Fun ston serves to call attention to that big little man for the first time in esveral years. For a passing day he was the source of as many good newspaper stories as a certain other illustrious American who recently returned to this country from Europe. Funston, like a good actor, "quit while his name was up." He did not attempt a series of spectacular deeds, once hie services in the Philippines were amply rewarded by his Government. He may. have lacked the versatility necessary to a repetition of his thrilling adventures. But therein lies proof of a certain un common kind of greatness. The man who knows he is only a chapter and not a book; a canto, and not an epic, is wise In his generation. In and About. Philadelphia Record. Revenge is sweet until it begins to fer ment. The people who buy their popularity can't afford to wait for bargain days. One difference between a statesman and a politician Is that the statesman is dead. It doesn't pay to be stuck up, as the fly discovered when he landed on the fly paper. Unfortunately the people who marry in haste are not the only ones who repent at leisure. ; When a fat girl marries it proves that love will find a way, even though she may weigh 250 pounds.. It would be probably just as easy to love a rich girl as a poor one, if there wasn't so much competition. Dog Beats Time With His Tall. Goshen Letter to Indianapolis News. Roger's Goshen Band, a musical organ ization nearly half a century old, has brevetted a big St. Bernard dog as drum major. The dog first attracted attention one day when the band was marching to a park. It broke away from the small boy that was leading it and took Its po sition at the head of the band. It climbed Into the band pavilion at the park and lay outside the double circle of musi cians. When the band began to play a selection it at once strode to the center of the circle and gravely sat up and took notice. The dog's tail- beats time to the music now. and the animal manages to keep perfect time when marching. Dazzled by the Illumination. All the electric lights in the new bandstand In Winfleld were turned on the other night for the first time, and the Fr"ee Press reporter was almost overwhelmed. He wrote: "The Illumi nation was beautiful, a perfect dazzle of light, reminding the beholder with Imagination of stars and diamonds, fireflies lighting fairyland, and lights seen over a vast expanse of water. SUED HER SWEDISH SERVING MAID Employer Gets a Verdict of f 123 In a Broken Contract Cclac Brooklyn Eagle. Most housekeepers will note with In terest the effort of Mrs. Ella L. Palmer, of West Newton, Mass., to solve for herself the servant girl problem, which most of the women's clubs of the United States have given up in despair. Mrs. Palmer brought from Sweden Hilmar C. Anderson or shall we say Miss Hilmar C. Anderson? Mrs. Palmer treated Hilmar as a sister, she says, and. therefore, the mistress will not object to the "Miss." Mrs. Palmer very shrewdly persuaded Sister Hil mar to put the $2.50 a week that was paid to her into a certain savings bank. Then, when Sister Hilmar, or Miss Anderson, took French leave by night, Mrs. Palmer "trusteed" the savings as the expression goes in Massachusetts law, and sued to recover $200 damages. She won her suit In part, getting a verdict for $125. Her testimony is re ported as follows:" "While I was on a six weeks' visit to Stockholm, Sweden, Hilmar came to me three days before I sailed for America and asked me to take her to this country with me. We made an agreement that she would work for me for one year for $2.50 a week, her board and passage money included. I brought her to this country as a first class passenger. We reached Boston on January 20." - It will now, apparently, be the Inevi table duty of the United States Dis trict Attorney for the Boston district to sue Mrs. Ella L. Palmer for the pen alty Incurred by the original importa tion of a servant girl. The anti-contract labor law. which went into effect February 26, 1885, provides a fine of $1000 for each case of violation. Meanwhile Sister HUmar's lawyer will appeal the damage case. He ex plains that Miss Anderson was not al lowed to have company, could not go out nights, could not go to the the ater, and was deprived of ordinary lib erties. It appears that he does not ac cept the theory that the atmosphere of intellect and culture inseparably as soclated with the name of West New ton, Mass., should have covered a mul titude of sins In its beneficent influ ence on the mind of a green servant girl from Stockholm. Thus the prob lem Mrs. Palmer tackled is brought back to its old, old form, and the story of another abortive experiment Is add ed to the material for discussion equal ly abortive in the women's clubs of America, when their circle of progress brings them around to the servant girl again. THEY VOTED FOR DEMOCRAT "Republican" Legislator Who Were Also for Statement One. ASTORIA, Or., July 4. (To the Editor.) Will you please publish the following list of Republican (?) legislators who voted for a democrat to represent the State of Oregon in the Senate of the Lnited States at the last Legislative assembly? By doing this it will, I hope. materially assist in getting their names and their record before the public at a most opportune time tor the accomplish ment of good results should they again desire to represent the state or, mis represent it, as some of us think: In the Senate the honorable gentle men were: Albert Abraham, H. R. Albee, A. A. Bailey. W. N. Barrett. L H. Bing ham, A. J. Johnson, T. B. Kay, Daniel Kellaher, Frank J. Miller, C. W. Not tingham, Ben Selling, W. T. Schofeld and N. J. Smith. In the House the-same kind. of gentle men and their names were: O. L. Hatte- berg. A. G. Llbby, Hal D. Patten, Allen H Eaton, George Jones, I. N. Muncey, Benjamin F. Jones, James U. Campbell, W. A. Dlmlck, Linn E. Jones, James D. Abbott, B. C. Altman. Fred J. Brady, J. C. Bryant, W. J. Clemens. K. C. Couch, L. M. Davis, E. J. Jaeger, L. D. Mahone, A. W. Orton, C A. Barrett, John P. Rusk, Stephen F. Richardson, H. C. Dodds, Charles J. McDonald. WILLIAM COURTHOPE. Cats Wanteds Fifty Cent Apiece. The greatest trust In the world is advertising for cats just plain, back fence, rat-hungry tabbies. The United State Steel Corporation needs 'em In Its business at Gary, Ind.. and has let that fact be known through the Gary newspapers. Fifty cents a head Is the price offered. The demand Is due to the number of rats that lnxest the plant. For many months the company has been pestered by rodents, and every known form of poison and trap has been tried without success. The final blow came when one of the" rats got tangled up in one of the great dynamos which give power to the blast ' furnace mill. This tied the work up for -lours and resulted in the loss of several thousand dollars. Gary was hunted in vain for stray cats, and, as a last resort, an ad vertisement was Inserted In a Gary paper. Alice "Spoke Her Mind." Minneapolis Journal. After Theodore Roosevelt had been ap pointed envoy from the United States to attend King Edward's funeral. Collector Loeb cabled his former chief that under the law Colonel Roosevelt would be granted the privilege of the port upon his return. He explained that this in cluded all Immediate members of hls family, excepting the married ones. Roosevelt never availed himself of this privilege, but the cablegram was seen by Mrs. Longworth, the colonel's daughter, then with him. She sent this cablegram Immediately: "Loeb, New York: Pig. Alice." So Mr. Loeb now knows what Alice thinks of him! When Going A-Ptshlnjr. Don't forget. Mackintosh Inverness coat, water proof fishing jacket, belt, flannel or outing shirts, sweaters, knickerbockers, waders, stockings, garters, cap or hat, waterproof hat, compass, drinking cup, rods, scales, baskets, gaffs, reels, lead ers, files and other tackle, kodaks and Alms and Thermos bottle. And these necessaries: Shaving brush, shaving soap, razors, strop, witch hazel, sponge, toilet soap, wash cloths, nail brush, tooth brush, tooth powder, hair brush, comb, nail file. Not Properly Phrased. Chicago News. Newwed I inserted an advertisement for a plain cook last week and there was not a single applicant showed up. Oldwed How did you word It? Newwed "Wanted A plain cook." Oldwed Huh! No wonder your adver tisement didn't pull. Try something like this: "Wanted A refined young lady to do plain cooking." and you'll have a hun dred applicants for. the Job. A Bow or a Row. Boston Transcript. Casey Next toime Oi pass wid a lady Mulligan, ye'll take aff yer hat. Mulligan An' suppose 01 refuse? Casey Then, be hlvins, ye'll take aff yer coat! What to Avoid. Boston Transcript. Arizona Is promptly taking steps to formulate a constitution. She should get a . copy of Oklahoma's in order to see what to avoid. Scarcity of Male Help. Washington Post. In addition to his need of farm hands the Kansas farmer finds a scar city In the supply of good chauffeurs. LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE An intoxicated young man, very much battered up, went Into a hotel about midnight and asked the clerk for room 23. "Can't give you that one," replied the clerk. "It's taken." "Who's got it?" asked the intoxi cated one. "A man named Jones.' "What Jones?" "Mr. A. B. Jones has room 23." The battered-up young man smiled. That's all right." he said. "That's me. I fell out of the window." Denver Post. "Repeat the words the defendant used," commanded counsel for the woman plaintiff in a case of slander being tried In the First Criminal Court of Newark recently. "I'd rather not," bashfully replied the defendant. "They were hardly words to tell to a gentleman." . "Whisper them to the Judge, then," magnanimously suggested the counsel and the court was obliged to rap for order." Lippincott's. The new minister in a Georgia church was delivering his first sermon. The darkey janitor was a critical listener, and his prayers seemed to cover the Whole category of human wants. After the services one of the deacons asked the old darkey what he thought of the new minister. "Don't you think he offers up a good prayer, Joe?" "Ah mos" suttainly does, boss. Why, dat man axed de good Lord fo 'things that de odder preacher didn't even know he had!" National Monthly. The old veteran had paused in hl reminiscences -and wus mopping his brow while his audience waited im patiently, thinking he had left off. "I recollect," he continued dreaming, "that at the battle of Alma I had a very excitin' time. Bullets were pelt in' upon us like raln, men fell righl and' left, cannon roared like thunder itself, and, worst of all, the enemy had managed to get within a hundred yarda of our position. I was mad with ex citement and wasn't thinkin' of any thing except just fightin' for all I was worth. All of a sudden I turned and found that my regiment had changed Its position and I was cut off left to the mercy of the enemy, sir!" The veteran paused; he always does at the most exciting part; he finds it amusing. "Well, what did you do?" asked an impatient listener. "Do?" said the old fellow, sleepily. "Well, I reckon I did a mile In three minutes!" St. Paul Dispatch. They tell in London a story of an elderly American lady who, while sight-seeing, visited Westminster Ab bey. After going about for some time with an air of eager curiosity, she ap proached a verger. "I wonder if you can help me?" she asked, hopefully. "1 am looking for the grave of King Ed ward II." "Sorry, ma'am," said the verger, apol ogetically, "but we 'aven't got Edward II." "But," protested the visitor, "I un derstood that the Abbey was the burial place of Kings." "So it is, ma'am. In a way," returned the verger, 'but we only 'av the odd numbers 'ere." Harpers' Weekly. Vessels of Wrath. Emporia (Kan.) Gazette. The automobile is a fine bird, but lk sucks blood. It has a song that lures men to destruction and women to vain pride that corrodes their happiness. Look not upon the buzz-cart when it is red and giveth stinkum to the evening breeze I for It chaweth scads and ducats like a hay baler; also mazuma and sesterces, and rocks and dough it lappeth up like a house afire. ' When the devil-wagon champeth and snorteth, flee to the moun tains of the Hepsldam and crawl in a hole; or the old boy will get you and carry you to the poorhouse. Man goetbi forth in the morning chugging and shak ing with pride; a halo of blue smok circleth him as a wreath; he patteth. his belly with pride and saith, behold, I am a six-cylinder bute; even a lallapaloolu am 1 in my pride. When lo, the Sheriff campeth on the front door of the shop and swipeth up his substance in a nisht and a Missouri mule hauleth off the available assets to the auction. The autc is a mocker and the touring car is rag ing, and whoso is deceived thereby shoulo soak his noodle in lye. Vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction are the devil carts that eat man's time and sap his securities and in the end turn over in a ditch and make his family into ham burger steaks. Woe Is his name who dal. lies with them; even pants is he called in the marketplace who twists the brass wheel and winketh with the other eye at fate. Whatever Ia Worn la Right. Boston Traveler. Of all the fads that have interested this blase world there is but one that is eternal, and that one Is closely asso ciated with the eternal feminine. In the days of the Pharoahs It was In high favor, and Its popularity has not dimin ished with the succeeding ages. Today It Is still In its prime, and gives prom ise to remain so until the end of time. This fad is clothes. All women have it. At an early age they mount this hobby horse and go galloping away in a mad steeplechase whose destination they do not know, or care to know. And very pleasant is this eternal fad to onlookers as well as to Its devotees. Art contains nothing more lively than a pretty girl, and her beauty Is doubled when she wears a wide, flower-crowned hat and a graceful, rippling gown. In this fad it is difficult not to excel. The motto seems to be, "Whatever is worn Is right." So no matter what size your hat or what shape your sleeves, be tranquil, for everything is accepted, and if you can manage to concoct a pat tern never seen before, so much the bet ter. Your sister faddists will look on with envy, and exclaim, "How original!" An Obvious Omission. PORTLAND. July 4. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonian Saturday ap pears an editorial, "Vices of 'Direct' Legislation," from which the word "not" seems omitted from the conclud ing words of the following paragraph: Mr. TJ'Ren and his element, however. Is so satisfied that he declares the peo ple are dispensing with legislative as semblies. This, then Is the fruitage of the "Oregon system." But the system will not be Dermitted to foread to further Impair, ment of representative, constitutional gov ernment. The people are beginning- to call a halt and to demand that initiative and referendum be reserved as a supplement to Assembly Legislation and be made a sub stitute. Evidently the word "not" belongs in the sentence, otherwise the sentenre contradicts foregoing statements of the editorial. INTERESTED CITIZEN. The correspondent is correct. The word "not" should have been included. Pointed Paragraphs. Chicago News. Optimism is sometimes due to a short age of experience. Many a man has. been stung by the po litical bee in his bonnet. ! The man who pays as he goes seldom gets beyond the Bpeed limit. Man is tow. woman a spark and hia Satanic majesty wjrks the bellows. On the other hand, did you ever hear of a man marrying a woman to reform her? The man who shaves himself might bo perfectly happy if he could cut his own hair. Many a man would enjoy being cast away on a deport island. Then he would not have to call on hia wife's relations.