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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MArJSHFlELD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1907.
Current Opinions on Live Topics
No Step Hnckwni-d.
(Chicago Tribune.)
Secretary Bonaparte's suggestion
that habitual criminals bo condemned
to death upon a fourth conviction
will receive no support. It Is con
trary to the spirit of the age, which
is everywhere In favor of less capi
tal punishment Instead of more. In
some countries where capital pun
ishment has not yet been abolished
by law It has fallen Into disuso
through executive action; in no coun
try has there been an addition to the
list of crimes punished by death. No
legislature in the Union would pass
a law such as Secretary Bonaparte
suggests.
The Idea that something ought to
bo done to protect the public from
habitual criminals is a good one and
a fit corollary to Mrs. Balllngton
Booth's principle that most criminals
can be redeemed if subjected to the
right influences in prison and given
n helping hand when out of prison.
Save every man capable of reclama-'
tlon, shut up those who are beyond
reasonable hope, and the world will
be a much more agreeable place for
those who are not criminals.
Hanging does not reform a man.
Neither does it protect society any
more thoroughly than any other
form of punishment which keeps the
inveterate criminal away from his
fellow men. Whether or not It is
true, as some criminologists assert,
that there is a large class of crimi
nals who are really not responsible
for their actions, since their mal
formed brains or other physical char
acteristics make it impossible for
them to lead normal lives, it is cer
tain that some criminals will inevi
tably relapse into crime at the first
opportunity. They should be pitied,
but it is best both for them and for
the community that they should be
Imprisoned.
Tho death penalty ought not to bo
abolished. It should always remain
In the power of a jury to punish re
24th PROPOSAL
WINS HIM BRIDE
Ardent Suitor's Persistency Softens
Heart of Girl He Couldn't
Live Without.
Chicago, Oct. 5. If James O'Don
nell has become discouraged the
first time that Miss Maymo Curtin
declined to become Mrs. James
O'Donnell, or if ho had become dis
couraged the fifth time, or tho fif
teenth, or even tho twenty-third
time the announcement would not
have been made of the marriage of
the two.
But he was not discouraged the
first or the fifth or the fifteenth or
the twenty-third time, so on the
twenty-fourth time that he brought
up the subject he brought down
Miss Curtin, with the resulting an
nouncement. And now both of them
are glad that ho did not get dis
couraged. So aro all their friends.
O'Donnell and Miss Curtin were of
n large company of young people
drawn together frequently through
mutual interest and activity in the
affairs of St. Plus church. All of
these young people tried their best
to prevail on Miss Curtin to accept
her loyal suitor.
And so did the mother, Mrs. B.
Curtin, 659 West Twentieth street.
And so did Miss Frances Anderson,
her dearest friend. And so, of
course, did O'Donnell.
Miss Curtin was drawn to him all
along, but she felt that she would
rather give herself to religious work,
and so she told him she would just
be a friend.
Once more he became discouraged
and left Chicago to take up a courso
of study for tho ministry, but ho
could not forget, and came back.
Btill the girl was obdurate. Then her
friend, Miss Anderson, was married
last spring to J. F. J. Heldler of Oak
Park, and pretty soon tales of her
happiness began to melt tho heart of
Miss Curtin.
And then tho twenty-fourth time
came, and then tho rest of it.
They were married Tuesday at St.
Plus' church and went away to talk
it over in tho dells of Wlsclnson.
When they come back they will live
In Oak Park.
Ono of the wedding presents from
O'Donnell's father was a $3000check,
which he had promised to give his
son If ho ever succeeded in his suit.
That, however, had nothing to do
with his success.
Notice.
Holders of Kinney & Walto con
tracts for lots in Plats B, C and Bou
levard Park are herbey notified to
call at First National Bank of
Marahfield and settle all payments
now due or suit will be commenced
at once. F. B. Walto.
Show caBes In stock and to or
der, cheap, At CortheU'o Delica
tecaen, 0 street.
voltlng crime by ending tho life of
tho offender. With the Increasing
mercifulness of juries tho presump
tion is that 'that power would not be
used so often as it should bo. But
it is useless to advocate tho extension
of capital punishment. Tho tide Is
running the other way. If Secretary
Bonaparte had recommended the life
Imprisonment of professional Irre
claimable criminals he would havo
found many agreeing v.ith him.
Subsidies.
Japan shows no sign of letting up
on her policy of developing an ocean
marine by extending heavy subsidies.
Those who arc responsible for the
subsidy program pay especial atten
tion to tho promotion of European
and American runs, and during 190G
tho government paid out $2,216,000
to make the Japanese flag a familiar
sight in the ports of Europe and
America. The course pursued by
Japan ought to bo carefully studied
by the free traders of this country,
who profess to believe that the fail
ure of tho United States to develop
an oversea trade of consequence is
duo to the protective tariff. Japan
has a stiff tariff of that kind, but her
shipping Industry is expanding rap
Idly. The explanation is simple. Al
though she can man her ships with
cheap labor and ought to do pretty
well with that advantage, she Is not
contented to let the matter rest at
that, but adds heavy money bounties.
We labor under tho disadvantage of
being compelled to pay very high
wages to the crews of vessels In the
oversea trade, and we refuse to ex
tend a helping hand to men who
would strive to overcome that draw
back. Under the circumstances it is
not surprising that our flag Is never
seen in foreign ports; it would be
amazing, under the circumstances, if
tho Stars and Stripes were a familiar
sight outside of American waters.
San Francisco Chronicle.
DOCTORS QUARREL AT
CLEVELAND'S BEDSIDE
Princeton, N. J., Oct. 5. Follow
ing a dispute between his physicians,
Grover Cleveland Is In the hands of a
new (specialist, Dr. 'Banks of New
York and Larchmont. Tho former
president Is believed to be In a se
rious condition.
Dr. Banks reached here today.
On the same train with him came
Mts. Cleveland's mother, Mrs Per
rlne Folsom, accompanied by a maid.
All three were rapidly driven from
the station In a closed carriage to
the Cleveland place.
Doctors Qunrrcl nt Bedside.
Dr. Carnochan and Dr. Bryant,
who have been attending Mr. Cleve
land, aro said to have disagreed as
to who was properly In authority In
the case. It is said their clash
reached so acute a stage that both
decided to retire, uniting in a re
quest to the family of their distin
guished patient that another physi
cian bo retained. Both of them re
fused today to make any statements.
The head nurse also left yester
day. Her departure created some
surprise, a3 she had stated no longer
than the day before that she would
be hero at least for a month, adding
that Mr. Cleveland could not possi
bly recover under that time and that
ho would have to have extraordi
narily careful attention to be sure
of getting up and about in a month.
She packed up and went yester
day afternoon. It is reported that
she quarreled with Dr. Carnochan,
Mr. Cleveland's Princeton physician,
regarding tho Invalid's diet.
Conflicting Statements.
Callers at Westlands today were
met at the door by a nurso. Sho
merely said Mr. Cleveland was "do
ing very well," and refused all other
information regarding tho former
president's condition.
Later It was announced on behalf
of tho fatrilly that Mr. Cleveland
had been outriding this morning for
an hour. A man who was on duty
just outside tho gates during the en
tiro day said ho had riot seen Mr.
Cleveland either going or returning,
had been out riding this mofning for
last Sunday and again on Tuesday,
but most of tho reports regarding
such outings aro believed to be fic
titious. Try our 5:30 o'clock dinner at
the Palace tonight.
County Valuation.
Tho assessed valuation of Coos
county this year, 1007, totals $13,
586,692, exceeding that of 1906 by
$3,553,735. While tho growth of
wealth In the county Is responsible
for this, the Increase In tho value of
timber lands, is quite an Item
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Lota In West Bunker Hill at
$100 to $250 See J. D. Johnson &
Co.
Crockery and glassware at Prentiss.
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HISTORY Of TYPEWRITER GROWTH
Thomas Hall, of" New York city,
wa3 the Inventor of the first practi
cal typewriting machine in the
world one which would print at the
will and touch of the operator, says
the New York Press. The first type
writen letter now in existence was
made on the Hall machine by Henry
W. Vail on February 13, 1S67. It
was to his sister on some personal
matters. The writing was entirely
in capitals, as there were- no small
letters and no shift key.
Mr. Hall's machine, in appearance,
was similar to the Remington; that
is, the type bars were arranged in a
circle and the type struck in a com
mon center, but without roller or
nlaten as In our modern machines.
The paper was placed under the ma
chine on a flat carriage, which fed
the space of a letter or character
upon tho stroke of each key, but each
letter and character had a space of
its own, but not all were alike, as
now.
In the spring of 1865, work was
first begun upon this machine. Mr.
Hall then working for the Florence
Sewing Machine Company, No. 505
Broadway, as an expert machinist,
told another expert, J. B. McCune, a
fellow worker, that he had contem
plated building a writing machine
ever since 1856, when he had made
the first drawings. Hall and McCune
agreed to work together on the in
vention and Hall was to give McCune
his ideas, while McCune was to build
tho machine or working model, each
to have a one-half interest in the In
vention and the profits from it.
The partners worked on this ma
chine for months, frequently burn
ing the midnight oil In pursuit of
their ideas. Finding It necessary to
raise more money for their enter
prise, to perfect their Invention, get
It patented and Introduced to tho
public, they admitted their employer,
George Buell, to the partnership.
Through tho money he contributed,
tho first machine was constructed,
and patents were obtained in the
United States, England, Franco and
Belgium. Tho stock of the new com
pany was divided Into three equal
shares.
Three months before tho comple
tion of tho machine Mr. Buell callod
in Mr. Vail to operate and exhibit it.
With tho dummy made by Mr. Hall,
the operator became so expert that
when tho machine was finished ho
was able without difficulty to attain
a high rate of speed. Mr. Vail could
produce typewritten matter faster
Ujaji tho speediest penman could
write, with readableness In favor of
tho machine
Then came tho task of Interesting
capitalists and moneyed mon In tho
enterprise. For several weeks the
typewriter was on exhibition at the
office of John Pondir, in Exchange
place, where many of tho Wall street
"bulls" and "bears" of that day
came to look at It. But none Invested.
It was next taken to tho Now York
Independent office, In Beekman street
where publishers, literary men and
others camo to seo It, declared It
wonderful, and went away again.
Hero Horace Greeloy saw it and said:
"With one of these machines I can
write so that any person can read It,
and I must havo the first ono made."
The Rev. AbBalom Peters, whoso
hands had become parayzed through
using th epen too much, found that
by placing one hand In tho palm of
the other and stiffening tho finger
of the gripped hand, he could strike
the keys of the machine properly
and put what he wished on paper.
Ho also wanted the first machine
marketed, but did not live to got hi
wish.
For two weeks Mr. Vail directed
the wrappers in which tho Indepen
dent was mailed, work usually done
by six girls, but all the girls could
see In the useof such a machine was
that it would, throw five of them out
of a job, not thinking that in the
days to come the typewriter would bo
tho key to unlock the business office
and tho counting room to thousands
of bright-eyed, eager young women.
Mr. Vail had it exhibited in a
prominent place at the office of
George Francis Train, on Pine street.
Train was a great financier In those
days, but neither ho nor his mon
eyed friends Invested.
Next It went to Bridgeport, Conn.,
and was exhibited to Ellas Howe, Jr.,
the Inventor of the sewing machine;
to Wheeler & Wilson, Major Mallory
and other manufacturers there. All,
however, looked upon it more as a
joy than a useful Invention.
Next It was shown In Washington,
D. C, at tho treasury, capitol, gov
ernment printing office, General Ben
jamin F. Butler's residence and the
quartermaster general's office. It
finally was placed on exhibition at
Jay Cooke's bank, now tho First
National, where senators, represen
tatives In congress and distinguished
and wealthy men of many national
ities called and Inspected It. They
looked, but would put no money in
the Invention.
Now there are in the United
States alone more than 5,000,000
typewriting machines of various
kinds and makes, and tho typewriter
agency and the business college,
where writing by touch is taught as
a part of our industrial system.
North role What and Where It Is.
Who can tell what tho notrh
pole is? Commander Peary says it
In tho nreciso center of tho northern
hemisphere of land, of population,
of civilization. It is tho point wnoro
tho axis of tho earth cuts Its surface.
It is the spot whero there is no lon
gltudet no time, no north, no cast,
no west, only south. It Is tho placo
whero every wind that blows is a
south wind. It Is tho placo whore
thoro 13 but ono night and ono day
in overy year, whero two steps only
soparato astronomical noon from
astronomical midnight. It Is tho
spot from which all tho heavenly
bodies appear to movo in horizontal
courses, and a star just vl3iblo
above tho horizon never sets but cir
cles forever, Just grazing tho hor
izon. Noon is tho point from which
wo estlmato time that is, tho mo
ment when the sun crosses tho meri
dian, whero wo aro, or some fixed
meridian that has been selected.
At the polo there are no meridians
or, rather, all tho morldlans of tho
globo aro gathered In ono point, so
there 13 no starting point for time,
tho north polo the geographical
polo Is an entirely different spot
from tho magnetic polo, tho center
of magnetic attraction, whero the
compass Is useful. The latter Is
some l.COO miles south of tho true
north pole. It is located on or near
the peninsula of Borthla Felix, the
most northerly mainland of North
America, about on the meridian of
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Students may graduato In Voice, Piano or Pipe Organ. Rapid and
thorough mothod for beginners. Classes in Harmony, Counterpoint, etc.,
vocal sight rending and piano ensomblo. Slngors coached in oratorio,
opera, or concert work by tho director.
ELMER A, TODD, O'Connell Bldg., Marshfield
Galveston. Tho four things which
seem to form tho conception of tho
arctic regions in tho minds of most
peoplo aro tno cold, tho darkness, tho
silence, and hunger. Almost Invari
ably thoy ask questions about theso
four things, and usualy in this order.
Beauties of tho Black Opal.
Black Beauty Jn tho mineral king
dom is tho black opal. Ono who saw
It for tho first time at tho Now Zea
land exhibition at Chrlstchurch says
it combines tho Iridescence of tho
dowdrop with tho colors of tho rain
bow set in the darkness of tho night.
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LINEN
It is a smothored mass of hlddon flro.
This fanciful description gives a
fairly accurato plcturo of tho wonder
ful and varied colorings of this remarkable-
stono. Somber at first
glance, Its beauty does not always
appeal immediately to tho obser
ver, but a closer Inspection discloses
tho hidden fire and a gom marvolous
ly handsomo. Its commercial valuo
is still problematical because It has
only recently been found and la un
known to the largo public.
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