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Pitts. 1008 Market: Frank Scott. SO Ellis; N. "Wheattey, S3 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis News Stand. Washington. D. C. Ebblt House News Stand. PORTLAND. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1905. - 1 SHIP SUBSIDY BILL POSTPONED. For the present effort in Congress for the ship subsidy bill has been complete ly superseded by the demand for reg ulation of the railroads. For ship sub sidy there is an earnest group, that would give this subject preference over all others. But this group hasn't power to carry forward Its purposes, against any earnest demand for attention to another subject; so now it must give way. It reluctantly admits that it can do nothing this session. But let it not be supposed that we are taking final leave of this bill. It will reappear. It Is -well enough, therefore, to keep In mind what this scheme is. The pre vailing note in It Is subsidy, pure and simple, its main feature being payment of five dollars per gross ton to all ves sels now registered or that hereafter may be registered In the United States, which may have engaged. In the foreign trade for one year, with proportion ately smaller amounts for periods of nine months and six months. In pro fessed or alleged return for this sub sidy the vessels receiving It may be taken by the Government for the Na tional defense, or for any public service. upon the payment of a fair compensa tion; they shall carry malls whenever the Postmaster-General requests it; one-sixth of their crews shall be citi zens of the United States, and all or dlnary repairs or overhauling must be made in the United States, even in cases where drydocking Is necessary, ..provided a drydock of sufficient capa city is within 500 miles of the location of the ship. There are provisions also that after a certain number of 3'ears a fixed proportion of the crews shall be enrolled as naval volunteers, and that no ship is to receive a subsidy for a longer period than ten years. Besides, there are' provisions for the payment of mall subsidies to steamers for the pur pose of establishing regular routes to countries not now reached directly, and it is provided that no portion of these mail .subsidies can go to any one of the five contract ocean mall lines already established. It Js proposed to levy an increased tax on all tonnage entering the United States from foreign ports. but?in the case of American ships to pay back to them 80 per cent of It, pro vided certain requirements are fulfilled regarding the carrying of boy appren tlces on such a voyage. Joined with these plana for helping our merchants to increase the number of their ships is another for the establishment or a naval reserve by paying officers and men employed in our merchant marine and deep-sea fisheries an annual re taining fee varying In amount from $100 down' to $15, and by requiring ship owners to have a certain proportion of such naval volunteers among the crewa of their vessels while receiving a sub sidy for Balling in the foreign trade. This scheme "would cost the United States a lot of money, and the more effective it might be the more it "would cost There is no probability that it would reduce the cost of ocean trans port; and if it should, it -would only re quire subsidies greater still, to make up. the difference or loss. The com plaint now is that freight rates are too low to afford any profit to American shipowners; hence the need of subsidy. It Is a contradictory argument. throughout One corollary is presented that has plausibility, namely, that we need a merchant marine as a school for seamen for the Navy, and shall not be able to develop and maintain an ef fective naval force, unless -we bring up seamen for it Of course this -argument has no weight -with those who think tnere is no good reason why -we should have a large Navy. The Oregonlan prints today a long communication from Representative Smith, of Josephine, notwithstanding large demands on its space, to permit the best possible argument to be made for a. State Railroad Commission. The former commission was abolished be cause it was Inefficient and impotent First the Governor appointed and the commission did nothing; then the Leg islature elected a commission, which, according to Mr. Smith's statement was about to accomplish something when a succeeding Legislature elected another commission which did nothing. Mr. Smith appears to recognize the fact that politics and railroad influence de- stroyed the usefulness -of former com missions, and now he, proposes to have one elected by the people. Still politics, The Oregonlan cannot see that he will do .any thing by his new arrangement except to provide three fat Jobs for three more office-hunters. RUSSIA'S HUMTIXATIOX.' The people of Russia clamor loudly for peace. To them conquest In the Far East Is nothing; the need and the opportunity to meet pressing necessi ties at home are everything. Pride of empire, patriotism such as opposes the effort of Russia in Manchuria, are swal lowed up in the great slough of abject wretchedness in which the masses are struggling. It is apparent that peace abroad can alone restore peace at home. Th. rjwir. wispr for all hli wMknesa than his uncles, the formidable Grand Dukes, sees this, it is said, and is not only ready, but anxious, to make peace with Japan. . In support of the wisdom of this con tention the press of Russia unmuzzled at last speaks encouragingly. To let the war party down easy, as we would say, it is pointed out that conditions which could, not be foreseen at the be ginning of the conflict have arisen, making it practically Impossible to push the war to a successful termination at this time. The valor of the Russian soldiers is unquestioned, now as ever. Strong in endurance, brave in battle. unquestioning in obedience, they have maintained the honor of their country even in defeat " They 'have attempted -what under the circumstances has proved impossible, and, through Intense suffering and discouragement, un- cheered by a single substantial victory. they have failed. The world looks on and sees that the cause of this failure is not to be -at tributed solely to the activity and per sistence of the Japanese army. It sees Japan feeding and clothing her soldiers honestly and -with the purpose of mak ing them efficient; treating them hy- gienically when sick and scientifically and promptly when wounded. It ob serves a singleness of purpose inspired by patriotism In all branches of the Japanese government that extends to the lowliest subject of the Empire. Over against this stands a Russian commissariat ruled by peculation and utter disregard of the needs of the army in the field, fortress and camp; a hospital service -wholly Inadequate to the demands that press upon it, and sanitary -conditions that -destroy or ren der unfit for service -whole regiments. No wonder the cry for peace is heard throughout the realm of the Czar, or that he, seeing the utter impossibility of bringing the war with Japan to a termination that will reflect honor upon Russia, Inclines a -willing ear to the demand. Rotten to the core is the Russian sys tem of government civil, ecclesiastical. military and naval. Extravagance rules in high places, grinding pars! mony in Jow, and dishonesty all along the line between. Disguise these facts and seek to soothe the wounded pride of empire as it may, by urging unfortu nate conditions at home as the cause of its failure in Manchuria, it is still patent to all the world that the vaunt ed power of Russia is a great, unwieldy bulk drained of efficiency by a system that has been outdated by civilization. of the ability to deliver a telling blow upon an alert, progressive adversary. THE FOREST RESERVES. Official publication has Just been made of the transfer of the care and administration of the forest reserves from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture. By a circular dated February 1, 1905, Secre tary Wilson haB defined the principles to govern henceforth. The first aim he states to be the permanence of the re sources of the reserves. He names as these water, wood and forage. But the conservation of these Is to be made as far as possible consistent with the use of the resources of the reserves in question. The first party In interest to enjoy these resource s is to be the home builder, who is to be the first charge of the administration by the Governmen of the reserves. Obviously, therefore in future the interests of the individual worker and home-maker are to be pre ferred to those of the wealthy stockman or corporation. This Is as it should be, and Is notice of another stage In carry ing out President Roosevelt's desire and intention that every man shall have his equal chance. The circular is stated to be based on the Congressional act approved Febru ary 1, 1905, making the transfer of con trol of the reserves. The third section directs that the forest supervisors and rangers shall be chosen, when practica ble, from qualified citizens of the states containing the reserves. By an order signed December 17, 1904, civil service rules were made applicable in the for est reserve department By the fourth section of the act rights of way in and across the reserves for construction and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, water plants, ditches, flumes, pipes, tunnels and canals are granted to citizens of the 'United States for "municipal or mining purposes, and for milling and reduction of ores." It Is matter for remark that such beneficial use of water should not have been extended to those desiring to d velop power for motive or manufactur ing purposes. In view of the published resources of the Santlam and McKen zle water systems In abundant water power (all included in the Cascade re serve). It may be asked if it be too late to provide for extension of the privilege in question for these last-named pur poses? This matter may probably be of urgent importance to. the citizens of Oregon in the near future. NEW JERSEY, HOME OF CORPORATIONS. Happy little state! Where gentlemen of large means send their little office boys and other hangers on to lay the foundations of the enterprises which are to overshadow the states; where the air is so salubrious for the incubation and growth of corporations that It has become a kln'd of Santa Barbara for the weaklings; where the kindly state shelters them from the hard life they might be exposed to in more scrupulous and difficult headquarters such Is New Jersey. So the Northern Securities; Company and the United States Steel. Corporation and the Shipbuilding Trust and many other Innocents which had as little to do with New Jersey as with Oregon there have found nests for themselves. Why? The chief points are that, once born In New Jersey, the corporations can go where they please to do their business, and have all the directors they wish, regardless of residence. A modest of fice is kept in the home of their birth, and there they can at light expense maintain their organization, holdLlhese quiet meeungB wncre proxies represent the stockholders and are voted strictly. according to instructions, and jio ques tions asked. No heavy continuing tax ation is imposed, but from the immense number of corporations, ach paying a little, enough comes in to p"a$' the greater part of all the state expenses. maintain the charitable and educational institutions, and keep up and develop a road system, which embraces, we are proudly told, one-third of the macad amized roads in the United States. It is perhaps not generally known that there Is as much diversity be tween the laws governing the forma tion and life of corporations in the vari ous states as In the divorce laws. Some require all the directors to be resi dents, some one-half or less, varieties of regulation as to annual and other meetings, and a wide range in fees re quired and taxes to be paid are found. Oregon is on the side of the easy ones as to formation, the moderate ones as to fees and taxation. If a suggestion in The Oregonlan a week or two ago were taken ud, and a commission named by the Legislature now in ses sion, to present to the next Legislature report on such laws as should be amended or passed regarding common carriers, it would be well to extend lis functions to cover the field of the crea tion, management and taxation of cor porations generally. With the devel opment now In the air of the manu facturing, mining, colonizing, fishing. wood and stone working, hrlck and pot tery making, and other resources of the state, abundant use will -be made of the powers for creating and managing cor porations for such purposes. In view of the growing tendency of corpora tions everywhere to escape restraint and regulation, and of the difficulty of bringing them to time after their strength has been developed by use and immunity, the path of wisdom would seem to be to study, to define and to limit their powers in advance. One field that needs most careful study Is that of local control of corporations op erating in Oregon but which have a distant birthplace. SILKEN DEARS IN HOMESPUN. If Americans have one great fault it is that of Impetuosity. They fly from one extreme to another, and run the fad of the moment into the ground, as the saying is. Some time ago the "strenuous life" was the battlecry of the people. Today it is the "simple life," and American society is deter mined to be quiet if it has to raise Cain In the attempt A few recent enter tainments in New York show how slm pllcity has become the fashion in cir cles where unlimited wealth might tempt to extravagance. Mrs. Stuyve sant Fish gave a roof-garden party. James Stillman gave a modest dance and James Hazen Hyde a small enter talnmcnt of sorts. These names have a golden ring. Mrs. Fish engaged the "Lady Teazle" company to amuse herNguests, and her guests and her chorus girls vied with one another in staring. There was nothing to mar this quiet little enter tainment, except the hateful notoriety consequent upon Lillian Russell's re fusal to appear, and the $2500 paid the managers of the "Lady Teazle" com pany was well invested. Simplicity, even rusticity, marked the Stillman dance. The dining-room was converted Into a small forest, and here a "picnic supper" was served. Real trees and real grass, as the theatrical advertise ments say, were employed to hide the walls and to carpet the floor. A stream of real water nothing ostentatious, such as champagne trickled through the room over real stones not dhv monds, hut simple gravel. As no ac tresses were Invited to this Forest of Arden entertainment none had the op portunlty of refusing, to attend. Mr. Hyde, doubtless out of deference to his younger friends, gave an "Efght eenth Century Costume Fete." He himself, however, avoided the ostenta tion of either eighteenth century cos tume or the gaudy evening dress of modernity, by wearing the uniform of the New York Coaching Club, "with black knee breeches, black ellk stock ings and pumps." The ballet corps of the Metropolitan Opera-House ap p eared, and then Madame Rejane and several members of the company pre sented a comedietta written for the oc casion. - Everything was entirely In harmony with the doctrines of -the slm pie life, even the decorations repre senting the gardens of Versailles. But after supper things became a little live Her. After supper one Is ready to be Jocund with the fruitful grape. Madame Rejane, whose art Is so dell cate that the critics have had to drag in the French word nuance to hint of its fine gradations, also, It appears, excels In the more robust requirements of the stage. Anyway, as the story goes, the gifted Parlslenne forsook the smiling Thalia for her looser-Jointed sister, Terpsichore. To be out with It, Madame Rejane skipped up on a table and danced an ecstatic cancan. We greatly fear that Pastor Wagner would not commend this embroidery of the homespun life, hut youth must have its way, especially after supper. The only event to be feared Is that simplicity will be so overdone that It will become in Itself ostentation. There is the pride that apes humility. IK MEMORY OF MISS WIIXARD. The New York Mall notes that among the statues in the old Hall of Repre sentatives at Washington now a stat uary hall the figure of one woman will, after March 17 of this year, keep com pany with thy figures of the great men of the several states that have been and will yet be placed there. Each state In the Union has the privilege of placing there at its own expense, sub ject to the ultimate approval of Con gress, statues of two of its greatest men. It is among these that this soli tary figure of Miss Frances E. Wlllard will stand, serene In the simple maj esty of womanly purity and conscien tious purpose. It is not necessary to Indorse the methods whereby Miss Wlllard sought to purge the land of drunkenness in order to admire the traits of character for which her name" stands. Patience, persistence, faith In human nature, love of home, sympathy for the oppressed of her sex these were the well-springs of Miss Willard's endeavor. The State of Illinois stands sponsor for this innova tion in thex personnel, so to speak, of Statuary Hall, though Miss Wlllard was born in New Tork. In the view of the Journal quoted: Politics and war hare monopolized too long the niches wherein the effigies of the Nation's great have stood. The works of- social moral ity and virtue, of life and growth, deserve to be commemorated as well as those of pure statecraft and those of death and destruction. And the part which women are now playing In the moral upbuilding of America certainly entitles them to the honor of this great woman's Inclusion In any such, hall of fame. If this view Is Indorsed by any con siderable number of citizens of the sev eral states -that still lack their quota lri furnishing the "Hall of Fame," we mayr well believe that the statue of- FrancesJWillard will not be left alone to represent woman's- endeavor In the niches occupied by the "Nation's great." The intense cold that prevailed dur ing the first week in February in East ern Montana did not result as It was feared would be the case, In heavy loss of stock. A few years ago a tempera ture sinking in some places to 52 de grees below zero would have swept the ranges of every Jiving thing, and. abat ing, would have left the gulches piled and the plains strewn with" carcasses. Now, however, the ranges are practi cally swept of stock by prudence and thrift (and let us hope humanity has a hand in the clearing), in advance -of the storms of the two last months of Win ter, with the result that the loss is nominal. Chance -for many years played an important part in stockraising on the great ranges of the Interior, from Nebraska to the Cascade Mountains. Little or no provision was made for feeding and sheltering the Winter con tingent of herds and flocks that was left after the Fall selling, and as a result at least once In five years thousands upon thousands of animals perished miserably. Stockmen have in late years, however, got their commercial second sight, and the loss from s"tress of weather is now relatively small any season, and never utterly disastrous. The National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals put In some excel lent work In behalf of plains cattle and sheep some years ago, but It is proba ble that pecuniary interests took the lead in effecting such change in condi tions in the care of stock as has been noted. The State Senate has on its calendar the Newell bill to provide for the trans portation of insane asylum patients. It had been made a special order for last Tuesday at 3 P. M., but for some rea son it was not considered at that time. This is the measure that proposes to take from Sheriffs conveyance of pa tients to the Salem asylum and place it In the hands of experienced attendants. It passed the House by an overwhelm ing vote, and it should not be defeated in the Senate, either by open opposition or by failure to act The Senate com mittee on medicine, of which Senator Coe is chairman, has made a favorable recommendation. No doubt Senator Coe, who understands perfectly the rea sons why politicians and others Inter ested in the graft do not want the New ell bill to pass, will urge speedy action. "President Roosevelt has not only stolen our thunder, but .our lightning as well," remarked Mr.. Bryan when discussing proposed freight-rate legis lation. But It was lightning and thun der that Mr. Bryan did not Invoke dur ing tne last campaign, and never thought of. Nor did the Democratic party. True, it was one of the "de mands" "of the Democratic platform. but It was lost In that pitiful recital of the Nation's woes. The Issue was distinctly made by the President after the election. The entire agitation has been carried on since then. The House has now passed the Esch-Townsend bill and the Democrats were forced to sup port It Now It is up to the Senate, and It seems likely to pass there. We have now a President who addresses himself to real abuses, and does things. untnas ancient civilization nas ap parently left human nature there much as it is in newer countries, and even in the somewhat, dull pages of a Consular report one may find Instances. In say ing that there is a strorig demand for very cheap ribbons, Consul Anderson adds that "in this line almost anything which will enable the Chinese woman to make a show of finery at a low price can be sold profitably." Referring to the increasing demand for porcelaln- llned wash basins,, the report says that such -utensils "may be used Indiscrim inately for washing a face or a vegeta ble, but they are popular," and If put down in China at a low price their sale would be enormous." Another demand noted is that for cheap 'pictures to dec orate the homes of the people. The late epidemic of smallpox at Bill ings, Mont, caused the health authori ties of Dawson County to Issue an ar bitrary rule In regard to vaccination. This rule requires all persons resident In the county, permanently or tempor arily, to be vaccinated or show a cer tificate that they have been success fully vaccinated within two years. It Is not probable that a rule so sweeping In, Its requirements can be successfully applied, but Its promulgation shows the faith of the board of health, Just emerged from a bitter contest with smallpox, in the value of vaccination in combating the disease. An Eastern W. C. T U. branch Is about to begin a crusade against all kinds of slang. Among the expressions to be classed as "swear words" are "By gosh!" "Oh, fudge!" "Rubber!" and "Knocker!" The "gosh" and "fudge" part of the list may be cheerfully rec ommended for elimination, but it would be robbing the language of two excellent words to kill "rubber" and "knocker." So useful have these words become that one is inclined, to wonder how Shakespeare managed to give Beatrice so much to say without dis covering their modern application. Attorney-General Moody, acting, no doubt, under direction of the President, has Issued an order that United States Attorneys and Marshals shall take no hand In directing the affalrspf Statf Legislatures. One more Impertinent In terference by the National Administra tion with our local statesmen. Thinking persons are much distressed over the lack of capable younger men to take the places of the great Na tional leaders of the present genera tion. Not that such a lack lsevldent in the vocations of politics or business. but there is an utter dearth of capable cotillion leaders in New York. We are to have flat salaries for state officers after January 1, 1907. We have had flat salaries since the constitution was adopted in 1S57, but the trouble has toeen that the state ofllcers have thought they were not enough. The new salaries will do till the state offi cers want more. The recent agitation for increase in teachers pay has had one specific result The salary of the City Super intendent has been Increased from $3000 to 54000. John L. Sullivan has such a bad cold that he has lost his voice. Fortunate ly he has retired, from the ring. Recent peace taut snows mat Russia. i Is not SO BW.eet on, the bitter end; NOTE AND COMMENT. The abandonment of our land-fraud. cases would be regretted by several per sons, among them being the paragrapher of the Washington Post. One question we arc sorry Adam didn't take the opportunity of setting at rest while he was in Eden: Was the beet cre ated with any idea of its being eaten as a vegetable? If we were a dramatist wc should end all our plays about the middle of the last act and then have the curtain dropped a few minutes too soon. These devices would prevent the last scene of the play from being rendered inaudible by the shuf fling of anticipatory feet and the ru3tljng of hats and wraps. 1 The Beef Trust packs most everything but juries. A Chicago woman thought she had a divine call to burn herself. Most of us are content to leave that to a personage who is anything but divine. St. Petersburg papers think that Rus sia has not lost any prestige. It Is rather hard to lose something you haven't got Another uncharted reef has been "dis covered. This one cost a 10.00-ton French cruiser. The Senate has passed a bill authorizing the acceptance of the Goldsborough. Re member the Goldsborough? Ambassador Porter wants $35,000 to search for the bones o John Paul Jones. That's a lot of money for a skeleton that isn't even guaranteed. Excellent! The Czar is reported to in tend sending a Grand Duke to the front The further in front he puts the Duke the more every one will be pleased. Borelli's comet has hove in sight again. ( The giddy thing scoots around the sun every eight years or so, without any ascertainable purpose, except that of keeping on the move. Portland now has a "locktwlster." The police hope to make him a lockstepper. City Detective Green, of Denver, voted 5S7. times In one precinct He must bo the original long green. "John L." may open a saloon, in Port land. Told you the Development Leaguo would bring results. Irrigation is said to be lowering tho temperature of Egypt. Yet the same thing Increases a man's temperature. At an evening party slven by the Grand Duke Alexis, the Grand Duke Vladimir, overjoyed at his success in having Quelled the disorder In St. Petersburg, became in toxicated and danced a Cakewalk. M. Pobied- onoatseff. the Procurator of the Holy Synod, said that he felt 20 years younger, and that it should havo been done 20 yeara ago. New- York Evening Sun. Nice, genial fellow that Vladimir, and what a dear old priest is the other man with tho lone name. Ice cream Is the latest haunt of the microbe. Boll your Ice cream. In a recent trial In a London court an old man. summoned as a witness, wa3 unablo to tell the namo of the street or number of the house In which he lived. To the judge, who expressed his surprise. the witness replied: "I didn't know thero was any need to know, as long as I could find my was home." There Is a sensible man. what is mo use ot ouraemng tne memory with uninteresting and non-es sential details? Take life easy and don't worry over dry names or numbers. Lot the memory busy Itself with love songs or something that will "pleasure the ear," and away with the multiplication table and the price of beef. Beating Hearts. An eel has two soparato hearts. One beats 60, the other 100 times a minute. When Mr. Man And sweet Miss Girl, With both their hearts In a fluttering whirl. To the altar go. And the preacher's done. Two hearts, they say. Now beat as one. But when Mr. Eol And slim Miss Eel Tho thud of deep S Affection feel. And leave tho life Of single rue. Four hearts, it's clear, Must beat as two. Tho Fairbanks News, which cheers the Alaskans of that bustling town, has issued a good special edition devoted to the growth of mining and business in general in the district The News also takes tho opportunity to tell something of Its own growth, and refers to its pet machine as follows: The Mergentbakr linotype that puts read ing matter Into print faster than the speed! est operator of a typewriter can put letters on a sheet of paper, is the pride of the shop. It Is the most famous machino of its kind, having a varied history. Besides the double distinction of being the most northerly lo cated Mergenthaier in tho world and having been the one upon which the world's rec ord for speed was made, more money has been paid for No. 5801 than for a"hy other linotype made. To date Its cost has been $14,000. The greater part of this was freight charges, as tho machine was brought in over 500 miles of trail to Dawson, and then shipped at great cxpenso to Fairbanks by river steamer. It was quite unnecessary, however, for tho News to say In so many words that It had a linotype, for a little higher up the column occurs this: . . . This Is sue contains forty columnsscmfwypy umns, divided among the various de partments. llaybe you think this Isn't a hard life, Read this from the Cleveland Leader and learn: - Sunday editor Why did you fire the joke- WTltcr? Managing editor He got scooped. Sunday editor Why. how's that? Managing editor Neglected to write a Joke about the recent appointment of a Phila delphia man to the auperlntendency of tho dead letter office. All the other papers in tho country had one. s If It had been a Tacoma man wc might not have been so remiss. WEX J. Our Envious Critics. Tacoma News'. Senator Mitchell has been indicted thrco times and then Indorsed by the Oregon Legislature. Washington Post. Senator Mitchell probably wants it un derstood that his explanationsvas intend ed to cover a multitude of indictments On the Proposal to Erect a Statue to Shakespeare In London. (Alfred Austin. Poet Laureate of England, In inaepenaent.) Why should we lodge In marble or.In bronze Spirits more vast than earth, or sea, or eky Wiser the silent worshiper who coca Their page for Wisdom that will never die, Unto the favorites ot the passing hour Erect a statuo and unveil the bust. Whereon contemptuous Time will slowly ataower Oblivion's refuse and neglectful dust Need no memento to transmit their name; Throned on their thoughts and high Imaginings, Thev are- the lords, not servitors, ot Fame. I jialse pedestals to perishable stun; J Gcds for themselves are monument enough. , A CORELESS APPLE. Oregon's finest fruit is threatened with eclipse in the shape of a newly-produced coreless apple. This new apple, whlch is both coreless and seedless, has been in troduced by an old fruit raiser, a Mr. Spencer, from whom the new fruit takes Its name, who has been experimenting for some 12 years to obtain this result The coreless apple," as described by a famous horticultural authority in the Nineteenth Century Magazine for Decem ber, is the product of a blossomiess tree. The new tree bears a stamen and a very small quantity of pollen, but there is no blossom, properly speaking. Cold, there fore, does not affect the mm, ana tne aonle erowcr has little to fear from late Spring frosts, which oftentimes do seri ous damage In apple orchards. .Being ae- vold of blossoms, it Is claimed, mat mo fruit nffprs nn etTfietlve hldinc Place in which the codlin moth may lay its eggs. The producer ofthe new apple claims au- solute immunity from the codlin mom. but this Is Questioned by experts, wno assert that codlin moth eggs are often times deposited on the skin of young fruit. But the fact remains that no moth has yet appeared In the orchard In which the new fruit Is crown, and there being nothing In the way of perfume or flower to attract the moth. It is hoped that it will bo practically Immune. The color of the new apple Is red, dotted with yellow on the skin. As with the seedless orange, so with the seedless apple, a sllshtly hardened substance makes its appearance at the navel end, This it is hoped to obliterate by culture, The originator of the coreless apple states that the further "we set away from the original five trees the larger and better the fruits become In every way.' as tne results of tests. It has been Impossible for coreless aDDlc trees to bear fruits that have seeds in them; that is, of their own accord. Still, when grown In the vicinity of ordinary apple trees, with their branches Interlocked with each other, a small percentage of the coreless trees have sometimes produced two or thrco oonAn thinrli vvtr Insf n ant to bo foun(1' nCarthe skin as in the center of the fruit A seed has been iouna wiuiin onc-olchth of an inch of the rind. These fortuitous seeds owe their origin to tho transference of the oollen from the mos f th sslv anDle trees to the stigma of the coreIes3 apple tree. The flavor of the coreless apple is be yond question, but there is some doubt about its size. Specimens thus iar se cured are below the size of the standard commercial varieties, although the fact that the fruit is coreless gives to a rela tively small apple an amount of pulp equal to many apples which find favor in the markets. There are now 2QQQ coreless apple trees available for propagation to supply tho orchards of the world. It Is estimated that by 1906 2,500.000 trees win bo put upon the market There seems no doubt about the demand. While even In tho experimental stage, and before the discovery found its way Into perfection hundreds and even thousands of demands came to the discoverer for young trees The aDDcarancc ot one single variety of seedless apple cannot seriously affect tho commercial applegrowers of the. world, it tho Introducer ot the new fruit can dc veloo seedless forms of the various lead ing apples of commerce and he claims that he can do It tnen the coming of tno coreless apple may In due course disor rranlze tho apple industry. Apple culturo continues to be tho backbono of tho fruit Industry- In tho United States there arc 200.000.000 apple trees in bearing, from which 250,000,000 bushels ot fruit are an nually harvested. At the present time the applo consumption of the United States is 80 pounds per head of the population per year. Since the apple i3 grown more successfully in this country than else where It has an enormous value as an ex port crop. Tho annual Imports in Great Britain alone range between 4,500,000 and 5,000,000 hundredweight in addition to an apple-tree census of 20,000,000 In the Brit ish Islands alone. It Is noted In connection with tho devel ppment of the coreless applo that In 1S63 Abbe D. Dupuy. professor of natural his tory at Auch, drew attention to the Bon Chretien d Auch pear, which at Auch pro duccd fruits without seeds, though when removed to another locality the seed3 reappeared In the fruit in the usual way But the coreless applo remains seedless in any soil. It Is predicted that this new apple will produco as great a sensation when brought before the public as the seedless orango did 20 years ago. STRAIGHT GOODS ON PURE ENGLISH ""Indianapolis News. Tho announcement that Senator Pen rose, of Pennsylvania, has Introduced bill for the preservation of the English language is sure a not one ngnt on tne bat Tho general impression, at least on our beat was that when It came to hand ing out tho English language in a man ner that was dead right wo were pretty- fly guys. "Not only tho preservation, but the amplification of the English language has always been the long suit of tho American people, and no matter how fast new bunches or it were sprung, we are always dead next in a minute. What tho Senator's game is we can't see from here, but wo can give him a quiet tip that we're for the English language from soda to hock, and that if wo can give him a lift at this graft he won't find any of U3 with cold feet That la. of course, if It's a straight deal and he really wants to do the right thing by tho lingo that we are all so proud of. But if It's anything else ho wants to keep his eye peeled. We've a hunch that any man who tries to monkey with our mother tongue for political purposes is going to get In the neck all he has got coming to him. We of Indiana, where, perhaps, in politics and literature, we use as much English languago per capita as in any other neck of wood3 In the country, cer tainly won't stand for anything that gives the language the heavy end of the log. If thero Is anything we are touchy about It is our English, and whether It is being used for the hot air of political gabfest. or the perfectly lovely resolutions of tho Local Council of Women, we want It kept straight and used without any marks on the deck, and It will never lack for a gang of husky guys to see that it doesn't get the worst of it Us for English, pure and undented and oodles of it She Was Surprised. Now York Sun. The truth of this story is vouched for by the victim: "Where Is that old blue coat I knocked around in last Summer?" he asked his wife. She was not quick to offer an explanation. "It was here only yesterday," re marked the husband. "I know it was." "Yes," said the wife with a touch ot anger. "1 know it was. I Just got clck and tired of seeing that coat and a lot of other old stuff lying around cluttering things up, and I sold It this morning." "You sold It! Sold the coat tho old blue coat?" "Yes. I ;fibld It And I don't want you to go around moping about it" "Dear. I didn't want the coat but tomorrow is your birthday and I had hidden a ring and a nice yellow bill In the Inside pocket I wanted to sur prise you and I couldn't think of a better hiding place." The victim says that what happened after that is nobody's business. Mutations of Time. New York Sun. The chief trouble that we discern in our philosophic scrutiny of Colonel Bryan Is that he Is too conservative. But a few years since and Colonel Bryan was the limit of radicalism and the very Ideal of unre3t Things havo changed wondrously, oven marvelous ly. But we do not say that Colonel Bryan has changed at alL RUSSIA. DEEENDED. Pittsburg Dispatch. I have had my attention called to an editorial In your issue of December 25 in which you make an article in the Slovak Dally tho occasion for a discussion ot tne industrial outbreaks in Russia which I think does much Injustice. You say: "It Is stated that the Czar had promised to give tho people constitutional rights as rapidly as ho can." and that "the Slavs In this country who reply on such Infor mation will be woefully mislead." The truth is that tho American people as a whole were misled by tho talcs of ex traordinary slaughter and widespread revolution manufactured in England ana disseminated in that country, and this In accordance with the settled policy of tho English government and English press to injure Russia whenever they can. The facts now coming to light expose the ridiculous character of these exaggera tions, but to a writer familiar with tho conditions it was evident at the start that they were the work of the British anti- Russian press agencies. . If upon the occasion of a strike at Chi cago or Homestead and the shooting of a few rioters by deputy sheriffs or militia tho press of Europe were to announce that a revolution had broken out In this coun try, Americans would justly consider that it had made itself ridiculous. The occurrences in Russia no more constitute revolution than did the shooting ot strikers at Latimer a few years ago or the disorders of last year in Colorado. Utah and other places, and tho people- of Russia, as a whole, are no more apt to participate in a revolution than ai-e the people of this country. The Russians are satisfied with their government ana what it Is doing for them, and the agi tation is carried on by the foreign cle ment, who havo a motive which, as it becomes better and better understood by the people, lessens the chances of any revolution taking place. This foreign cle ment 13 filled with socialistic and an archistic Ideas which are entirely con trary to the Russian as to the whole Sla vonic spirit. The agitation for a constitutional gov ernment in Russia Is conducted by He brew, Polish and English agitators, who believe that under it they would enjoy unlimited opportunities for fleecing the Russian peasants out of thoir holdings of land, against which fleecing the auto cratic government now protects them. The great mas3 of the Russian population was freed from serfdom less than two generations ago and given land upon which to live. It has been impossible in the time which has since elapsed to edu cate them and make shrewd business peo ple of them, and their government has refused to allow them to fall victims through their simplicity to the sharks who are hungry for chances to devour them. If theso sharks had been given the opportunity they wish for all the lands which were given the peasants at the time of their liberation would now be In tho possession of these persons. But a few cases of the shark arriving with his pack on his back ono week and own ing half the village the next were enough to show the government what was neces sary for the protection ot Its people',, and they will be protected until under a con stitution they shall some day decide that such protection is no longer necessary. That Russia will some time bo gov erned under a constitution is a reason able certainty of the future, but tha people are not ready for it now. Upon the occasion of the birth of his son last August corporal punishment was totally abolished throughout tha empire except that provision was mads for its occasional employment on some rare occasions in the army. At the same time the payment of certain dnes. upon the transfer of property which had prevailed for generations was also abolished. The political prisoners were all liberated excepting thoso who were charged with murder. The "govern ment also at the same time undertook to provide education for all tho or phan children of its officers and sol diers who might perish in war. Prac tically complete religious liberty haa been granted. The liberty of the press has been greatly extended. Tho school system is being extended so rapidly that It will not be long until educa tion has become as general and as tree as in this country. The education ot the people is ono ot tho chief cares of the government, and by doing all it can to promote it thoro Is no reason to doubt that It Is hastening the tim when constitutional government must replace the autocracy and that it knows it Russians enjoy under tho autocracy more liberty than do the subjects of many so-oalled constitutional govern ments. Russian Poland remains Pol ish. The Poles enjoy religious liberty. ?tThey havo their language and it is b niscd In the schools and In their courts. In German Poland the strength of tha government is constantly exorted to Germanize the Poles and to supplant them with Germans In the possession of tho land. Tho people of Finland have never suffered any such persecu tion at tha hands of the Russians as havo the Slavs of Hungary from tho Magyar rulers of their country or tha Bohemians and Russians In Austria. If the experience of tho Slavs of Austria- Hungary and of tho Poles of Germany 13 any criterion by whicn to juage. me people of these sections or tno empire have reason to congratulate mem- selves that they are ruled by a Rus sian autocrat instead of by a Russian Parliament P. "V. Rovnlanek. editor Slovak Daily; Pittsburg, Feb. 3, ISO. Monkeying With Monkeys. Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser. We shall watch with some interest the cxperienca of the California man who is going to try to teach monkeys to pick prunes. We remember the"1 story of the Georgian in the old slavery days who imported some mon keys to pick cotton; Ho reasoned that they would do tho work much cheaper than tho negroes could, but when ha found that It required all the time of two negroes to keop one monkey at work he saw his mistake. The Call fornlan may have tho samo experience. Patriotism. (Translated in Saturday Review from Rus sian of Lermontov.) I love my country, though in such strange fashion No reasons of the mind must rule this pas sion. Her dear blood purchased glory, The calm that best her haughty trust be seems. Her dark and ancient day of hallowed story: Tls none of these that prompts my happier dreams. I love her steppe (I know not why It is) Better, the steppe and the cold silences; Forests that wave illimitable and free: And river floods big brimming like a sea. And. oh. a sleigh that posts Along a byway track and unaware You meet a tardy beam that pricks tha proof Shadow of night (tho spirit of hearth and roof Far out upon the air!) The trembling Arc some 3fretched. hovel boasts! Give me the smoke of stubbleHelds alightl A caravan of nomad wains that winds .. Across the enormous ""weald; And on tho hill. In the dun fallowfleld. A pair of stems, two birches glistening white! I take such Joy as many men know not. To see a barnfloor heaped, a straw" thatched cot, A window and the carven shutterblinds. Some dewey holiday evening I'll sit by To watch them dance, long hours, nor tire not I Of the trampling and the whistling; how it glad3 The heart to hear their talk; these tipsy lads! ' -V