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The laws that regulate the descent of property by inheritance, a friend who writes The Oregonian tells us, are all wrong "becaufie they perpetuate In equality, maintain an aristocracy of wealth, and leave the masses without hope of improving their condition." This is too general. It needs closer examination. Descent of property from parents to children Is the chief bond of society. It is the main thing that con nects one generation with another. It makes stable conditions, necessary for the Industrial and mora, progress of the race. It is. not denied that the state may do what it will with all property within Its Jurisdiction. Under our system the state may take any property or all property, for its purposes, by allowing reasonable compensation; and under revolutionary conditions it may go as far in sequestration of property as gov ernment may will. There is no limit, in fact, to the power of the state over the property of the individual -or himself. But it is a matter of Judgment and of expediency. No community could exist without property. No community has been able to thrive without Individual property. Man has an ethical and nat ural right to property which he has accumulated by his own efforts, In a lawful way; and the civil power can jistly ignore this right no more than it can ignore any other natural right. Only through property, and on prop erty, as a basis, can the state exist; and the property necessary for the basis of the state will not exist, will not be created, unless It can be Handed down from parents. For the family spirit Is the leading cause of the production and preserva tion of wealth. Parents, to insure their children an inheritance, will perform labor and undergo privations to which no other considerations would induce them to submit. All parents, in all walks of life, know this is true. In deed, if the wealth of a man were not to pass to his descendants, he could scarcely derive any real advantage from . his property, even during his own lifetime. A nation in which chil dren were excludedfrom succeeding to their parents would fall "quickly, and of necessity, .to a stage below civilization. There can be no doubt about it. Yet the etate has a right, as it has power, over property; which, however. It must exercise within reasonable lim its, or it will destroy its own founda tions. "It may lay a tax on inherit ances, to an extent moderate and rea sonable; and such tax, in almost all states, is coming Into vogue. But the state, without destroying Its own basis of existence, cannot push this right to the extent of destruction of the right of Inheritance that is, to confiscation. Denial of the right of Inheritance Is not a part of the creed of Socialism, but has affiliation with it. Socialism would practically destroy private prop erty, or become the negation of It, by placing all the means of production and distribution In the hands of the 6tatc So the Individual all sources of profit or accumulation being cut .off would have no way to build up or maintain further store. Of course no individual member of the state has the right to use his property as he pleases. If he should please to use It for Injury of the state, or in ways hurtful to his neigh bors, the state, through Its .govern ment, will put a limit upon his use of his property, and If necessary partlc ularly If he use his property to abet an enemy In time of -war will deprive him of it altogether. These things are all obvious, they all come within reason; nor is denial of the general rights -of property supported by them, nor'denial of Inheritance, either. .For on these rights rest the whole structure and" tab rlc of states and of government. Care for .posterity is ahe bond that holds so clety together. and marks the difference between the human race and the flies of a Summer. If the Legislature will make it e .con dition that every teacher In. the public sc&oo1&-o Oreroo. ehall be a graduate of one -or another of the. state's, nor mal schools, there may be an argu ment "then for normal schools support ed "by the -state, for -preparation of teachers for their work. But the Legis lature will not do his at all. Not 5 per cent ox me teacnera ol uie auiic uc graduates of Its normal schools. The so-called normal school Is simply an expedient of supporting local high schools at various places at the ex pense of the state. Let all pretense be thrown aside, and the fact, plain and straight, he admitted. Anyway, nobody is fooled; though the normal school towns seem to think they are fooling others. There is one principle of equity in this business, namely: If you want your local high school, tax yourselves and pay for them. The nor mal schools are subterfuges. They don't furnish any appreciable number of teachers for the public schools, anU as good teachers or better are sup plied from other sources. A NEW CAMPAIGN ISSUE. It requires no prophet to foretell at least one of the issues of the political campaign In Oregon in 1906. Discus sion of the million-dollar appropriation bill and of the normal school question has already proceeded far enough to make it certain that the subject of ap propriation bills will be debated at every party rally when candidates for seats In the Legislature are before the people next Spring. Should the appro priation bill be referred to a vote of the people, as now seems certain, the ques tion will be. Shall the bill be Indorsed? Every candidate for a legislative ofllce will be called upon for an expression of his views. If the referendum petitions should not be filed, and the appropria tions be permitted to stand, candidates for the Legislature will be asked to pledge themselves on the manner of drawing appropriation bills. If the present temper of the people continues until June, 1906. it will be difficult for any legislative candidate to be elected if he indorses; the manner in which fhat appropriation bill was drawn. It 1b quite certain! that no man can be elected if he should go on the stump and tell the people of his county that If elected he will favor putting th Nor mal School appropriations as riders on the. bill for the maintenance of the Asylum, Penitentiary, Reform School, etc. 2t is safe to say that there will be a rush for the band wagon and that every candidate for the Legislature next year will be hammering at the omnibus bill of the session of 1905 and will be assuring the voters that he won't favor any" such measure during his term of service In the legislative halls. All remember how candidates for offices in 1902 took up a popular measure and used It to help themselves in securing votes. The initiative and referendum amendment was before the people in that year. Anticipating that the Democratic State Convention would indorse the amendment and thereby gain popular favor, the ""Republican State Convention Inserted a plank In Its platform favoring adoption of the amendment. The movement gained in popularity until every candidate for ofllce, from Coroner to Governor, had printed on his card: "Vote for the ini tiatlve and referendum." No wonder ihe amendment was adopted by an overwhelming majority, for no man dared go on the platform and oppose the measure. It will not be surprising if in the campaign next' Spring we see every candidate for the Legislature handing out cards bearing his name and the words "Opposed to omnibus, appropria tion bills," or, "Favor abolishing two normal schools." The demand for re form In this direction is already too strong to die out before the next politi cal campaign begins, and candidates for office will not be slow In getting on the popular side of the question. As a consequence, we may expect that in the next Legislature there will be an overwhelming majority of members pledged to oppose any such bill as that which has aroused each a storm In the last three weeks. THBORr VANQUISHED BT. PRACTICE. The well-meaning but misguided in dividuals who are ever seeking to ex periment with some new theory for the correction of sailor abuses will learn with' surprise that British Columbia, after endeavoring for years to preyent payment of advances of more than 5) cents per man, has at last been forced to abandon the policy and permit the business to be conducted in the same manner as it is handled in other parts of the world. It has been many years since the law was placed on the Cana dian statute-books, and, as laws are generally enforced across the line practically all of the vessels loading at British Columbia ports were forced to go to Port Townsend to secure their crews, it being Impossible to pick up a crew by the payment of a fee of but 50 cents. This worked a hardship on the vessel-owner in two directions First, his inability to secure men In the port where he loaded caused delay In shifting to the port where they could be secured; and second, the fact that the Port Townsend boafding-house master, taking advantage of his load ing at an alien port, had no compunc tions against going 'the limit In his charges for blood money. The result of these years of discrim lnation against the Canadian ports in the matter of shipping sailors was growing tendency on the part of ship owners to steer clear of those ports and give Puget Sound ports the preference. The Canadians, In their efforts to lighten the burden of shipping, had In reality added heavier burdens. The oretically, Imposition of a 50-cent fee. Instead of the ?S0 to 550 fee exacted on the American side of the line, was an advantage, but in practice ah of the advantage vanished for the reason that. while men could be secured when need ed at the higher price, they could not be secured at the price fixed by law by the Canadians. After years of expert menting, with nothing to show for their work but trouble and expense for the ship, the Canadians have at last amended the law so that shippers may pay to the shipping masters a "reason able fee" for their services. As there is nothing In the amend ment that states what may be consid ered a "reasonable fee." It may be taken for granted that the framers of theamendment nave made a thorough study of the sailor business and recog nlze that what is a reasonable fee at fine time might he too high or too low at anpther. There Is something In the traffic in sailors that Is always repug nant, and the term blood money" has jl harsh soand. but so lonjr as shlDS sail the sea and the sailor remains the same .Irresponsible, .devil-may-care eort of an Individual that he has "been since ne was before the mast with the fleets of Ulysses on the. Aegiart Sea, lie will necessarily be handled from a practical and not a theoretical standpoint. The Oregonlan has frequently in the past called attention to this matter, and mentions It now only because. In former discussions, we have had the British Columbia law held up to us as a model measure for prevention of sailor abuses. No law that Is rendered: In operative by its own provisions can. be good law, and the Canadians In adopting American methods for deal ing with a question that has never yet been satisfactorily dealt with acknowl edge their own failure. This, however. will not discourage the theorists and dreamers from continuing to work out the salvation of poor Jack on lines de void of all of the elements of practi cability. A maXY. ALARM. In voicing the opinion that the type of tuberculosis prevalent upon the Pa cific Coast is much more virulent and rapid in Its progress than that which Is known upon the Atlantic Coast, Dr. "Woods Hutchinson presents a com monly accepted fact which has' been commented upon In a less learned way in this section for many years. There have been many cases within the knowledge of all observant persons wherein those In ordinary health, with perhaps the physical tendency to con sumption, but as yet without the In fection, have been attacked by the dis ease and died within a year after the first indications were noticeable, while all who recall instances' of decline sad death -from this malady in rigorous New England or west to the Mississippi River remember the slow years in which1 patients thus afflicted coughed and wasted and still lived on. As long as consumption was consid ered absolutely incurable, the swifter type of the disease was the more mer ciful, since the pathetic and hopeless struggle was the sooner ended. Now, however, that the pathology of con- iptlon- is clearly understood and medical records abound of Instances in which persons In the first stages of the disease have been cured and those fur ther advanced have been relieved and returned to the activities of life for longer or shorter periods, the sufferer from the sluggish or from the more virulent type is not without hope of recovery, though with the latter prompt and decisive measures are more neces sary for putting the foe to rout. "With this enemy there can be no temporiz ing, no giving truce of battle, no drug ging of the sentinel at the gate .of life with cough-allaying potions. Nature, attacked in her citadel by an unseen foe, must make prompt and bold rally of her own forces for defense. These forces are fresh outdoor air, pure water. nourishing foods, sleep and gentle ex ercise. Nature Is the physician. vThe intelligent man of science only points the way to her vast free pharmacy. and. sounding a call of alarm, bids those who have contracted consump tion go thither without a moment's de lay, leaving all drugs behind them. HEAVY. DECREASE T EXPORTS. The monthly bulletin of the Bureau of Statistics in the Department of Com merce and Labor shows continuation of the heavy decrease in domestic exports from this country, the value for Feb ruary this year being $12,000,000 less than for the same month last year. Practically the only commodity on the list which failed to show a decrease was corn, and even in this staple an increase could not be shown had It not been for the abnormally small ship ments a year ago. The statistics con tained in the bulletin just received place Portland well in the lead of all other American ports In wheat ship ments, not alone for the month of Feb ruary, but for the first eight months of the current cereal year. This lead is not held by a narrow margin, for In February the Oregon metropolis shipped nine-tenths of all the wheat shipped from the United States, and of the total shipments for the first eight months of the season more than one- third were from this city. It is In the heavy decline in exports of breadstuffs lhat this country is rap idly shifting the trade balance to the wrong side of the ledger. Last year. in the eight months ending February 2S, the breadstuff exports were valued at $114,927,648, while this year they have fallen away to $63,067,540. This loss of more than $51,000,000 promises to be in creased in the same ratio until the end of the fiscal year, June SO, (and, with but few gains in other directions to offset it, the outlook is rather uhsatis factory. There Is quite an increase shown In the quantity of cotton shipped, but as an after-effect of the corner of last year the price is de pressed to such an extent that the value or tne exports nas snrunK irom a total of $205,754,043 for the season to February 28 -last year, to $277,063,149 for the same period this season. These losses, together with a decline of $11, 000,000 in the value of provisions export ed this season, bring the decrease In this particular branch of our export business up to a total of more than $92.001000. with the end of the season yet four months away, and no pros pects for a change for the better. "With the exception of corn, the only com modify mentioned In this latest bulletin as showing an Increase over last year's exports Is mineral oils, of which' 35, 000,000 gallons more have been exported this season than for the same period last season. It may speak well of the prosperity of a country that can suffer such slump in business with foreign coun tries without showing visible signs of distress, but at the same time it is not pleasing to reflect on the fact that, like the bear which goes Into "Winter quar ters, we are living on our "fat' and at the end of this enforced period of hibernation may emerge lean and wobbly on our legs. Dollar wheat Is a great blessing when we can sell it to the foreignerand spend the dollar. but when we become the consumer that must pay the dollar, and the money of the foreigner ceases to flow In our di rection, there is a strain in our eco nomic system that Is not pleasant or profitable. About the only consolation that can be drawn from this un favor able statistical showing lies In the fact that the Pacific Coast -makes a better comparative showing than any of th Atlantic or Gulf ports, and of the Pa cine ports Portland exhibits a smaller- decline than any of her neighbors. Our new jtossesslons In the Far Bast to make a favorable anneal to American capitalists. The entire Issue of $2,500,000 puDiic worKS ana improve mAnt 'Phlllnrilne bonds Was sold In : St. Louis trust company at a fraction over $1-09. There were thirty-one bids for .the Issue, -and the lowest bid sub mltted was' U4 The bonds bear) 4 per cewt, sad are payable in tea years. sad due la thirty years. The price i nearly 2 per cent higher than was paid.' for the friar land bonds. An Interest ing feature' of the bids was the much higher prices offered by the "Western financiers than by the New York and Boston men who submitted bids. Okla homa and Kansas City bidders who captured some of the friar land bonds made much more favorable offers for this latest issue than were obtainable from the Eastern men. "Whenever anybody talks about De crease of taxes being due to Multno mah comity's demand or support, two ears ago, for an appropriation; for the Lewis and Clark Fair, and for the portage railway at Celllo, he talks sim ple demagogic stuff, that should dis gust everybody. First place, the ap propriation for the Fair was $400,000, not 5500.000; for $50,000 was for the ex hibit at St Louis, and $50,000 for a me morial building not likely to be erected, and the money will go back to the treasury. Next thing, this appropria tion Is as much for every other part of the state as for Multnomah. Again, Portland has put up for the Fair, by subscription, more than the whole state has appropriated, and Multnomah, moreover, pays one-third of what the state has appropriated. As to the ap propriation for the Celllo portage, it is as much for the Interest of the whole' state as for the Interest of Portland, and more. That there may be no mis take, let The Oregonlan say, specific ally, that these statements refer to cer tain cheap stuff in a letter from the President, of the State Senate, printed in another place today. The determined little men of the East, who can die but cannot fail," have been again victorious over the fleeing hosts of Russia. Events of the past week In Manchuria have given stern rebuke to the blind insolence which thought to crush the "impertinence" of the yelow islanders. Japan went to war in support of her right to live. Hojv bravely and successfully she has upBeJd -this right is told In the captured fortress left behind and the grand prog ress of Oyama on to Mukden and be yond, sweeping the hosts of Russia be fore him in wild confusion and hope- ess defeat. Japan was practically un known to history for centuries, but she- is writing her name Upon its pages now with the sharp point of a victorious sword. The fruits of her victory over China, when, ten years ago, she sprang Into the arena fully equipped for war, were wrested from her by arrogance sfnd power. The "fruits of her present and swiftly coming victories she will, it may be hoped, garner for her own using. A. J. Ap person, whose death occurred at his home In this city yesterday morning, was among the oldest of the second generation of Oregon pioneers. Born In 1839, coining across the plains to Oregon Territory in 1847, attending the pioneer schools of Portland in his childhood, working In such industries as were prosecuted In those early years during his boyhood, a volunteer in the Indian wars in his early manhood, a local politician of some prominence In his middle life and an exemplary citi zen all along the way, A. J. Apperson lived, performed his part and passed on, honored and respected. The funeral will take place at McMInnville, the home of Mr. Apperson during many active, useful years. The burial will be In 'the Masonic Cemetery at that place. Attention of the International Sail ing-Shipowners' Association is called to the fact that, while more than forty of their vessels have been obliged to leave San Francisco In ballast for Australia, Portland Is still supplying lumber car goes for those which failed to secure wheat charters. Inasmuch as the own ers' combine levied a differential of 5 shillings per ton against Portland In favor oCSan Francisco, the justice of such action would be a little more-ap parent If they could get something be sides ballast for their vessels to carry away from the Bay City. Thus far about all that the combine with the im posing name has accomplished has been the retirement of most of their vessels and the dispatching on ballast voyages of the others. Every community In Christendom wrestles with the problem of caring for ex-convicts. Few towns or cities in this country are free from the hard ened criminal typified by "Victor Hugo's Jean Valjean. He happened to get a fresh start In life through a Christlike bishop. Unfortunately, men of this stamp are rare, hut there is an Amer lean woman who is trying" to do for re leased convicts what Hugo's bishop did and without lying. This woman i3 Maude Balllngton Booth. She has es tablished three homes which she calls "Hope " Halls." Her methods are de scribed in a very Interesting article to be published In The Sunday Oregonian tomorrow. r The Seattle western Central Labor Union proposes to fine all members who attend the Lewis and Clark Exposition until and unless It shall first have been declared "fair." The Seattle union may reasonably contemplate the prospect of an overflowing treasury. Chancellor Von Buelow crushes hos tile criticism in the Reichstag by show lng that German neutrality, like that of several other nations, was strictly ob served up to the point beyond which It would cause a loss of money. A party of Senators and Represehta tives will make a voyage to see ih Philippines. As the Philippines will thus see the Senators and Represents. tives, the surprise is likely to be mu tuaL Los Angeles sends out the news that the "sun is shining brightly today.1 monotony of the' Southern California wet season. Apparently the Czar has never heard of Dr. Osier. General Liae'vitch is more than iu years ot age. Fire engine horses are said to be growing too fat. Nothing like work lng for the city. Peabodys "'strategic movement .to the rear" was better planned" 'than Kuropatkln's. It is evident that General Kuropat kin's next orderly retreat willbe to -St. Petersburg. " 1 Perhaps the mostperfectly organised fightings force in the world la the Brit ish navy. In what other service could such an incident as that reported from Sydney be possible. The cruiser Py- lades, on her way home from Australia, ran upon a reef In Torres Straits, exact ly as she had done a couple of years before on her way out. Could there be better proof of method, organisation, attention to detail? Colorado strives for peace with dis honor. Binger Herrmah's portrait is missing from Ilbe Land Office. Could some Roosevellian clerk have taken it home to scare the babies into beingVmiet. or could some admirer' have swiped the picture to brighten up his home? The Russian army is strunsr out along, the" railroad." Perhaps Kuropat kin can answer the question: How long is a piece of string? Public interest keeps from boiling over in the matter of the draughts or checkers games being played between British and American experts. "When a dull affair, such as u polo game or an' America's cup race, arouses the people. it is strange that the exciting game of checkers, so beloved of the Scotch, does not create a furore. To watch a good game of checkers is only a little less exciting than to watch a man laying bricks just before "quitting time." The visit of 60 Congressmen to the Philippines will bo a great thing for the nation; especially if anything hap pens to keep the Congressmen in the islands permanently. Making goo-goo eyes is now placed In the same category as spitting on the sidewalk, and the offender Is liable to arrest In either case. "We look for some nice decisions by Judge Hogue on just what turns an ordinary oye into one of the goo-goo kind. Is the glance of respectful ndmiraf?on to be withheld from the sweet creature whose appearance demands it, and must the stare of surprise and wonder be de nled the fa' r creature whose attire is skillfully designed to take away the beholder's breath? Let us hope these Important questions will be settled be fore the suns of Summer bring forth the musliny, .lacy girls from their co coons of covert coats. "Whisky In Kentucky has a religious savor, or porbaps it Is that religion has a splrltous savor. In telling of a "moon- Bhine" raid, the Louisville Post men tions that "The, Rev. Jeff Edwards, charged with selling whisky without a license, was also captured while en gaged In a meeting. Otto Frag- has lost als star; He don't know just where be are. But It behooves the tyrant Mayor to double his guards. A man who can "locate wild bees' is to attend the Fair. The. best way to locate a "bee, so far aa we can discover, is to let it sting you. Frogs are being shipped from Puget Sound East for vivisection. Has the frog no friends? If the world can pity, with Mrs. Leo Hunter, the animal or is a frog an Insect? that inspired the magnificent lines , On a lor, , Expiring frog "Will no one raise his voice in favor of the poor frog that must expire upon the operating table? Of Kuropatkin let it be saidVsimply that ho done 'the best he knew how to. Venezuela will provoke France into taking off her slipper pretty soon. The Duke of Manchester finds that his wife will not let him have money to bUrn. That's another advantage of marrying an American girl. Patriotism reaches Its zenith In the Irish girl with red hair who wears bright green ribbon in honor of St. Patrick's day. Over in Paris the other day a dram atlst disliked the criticisms' made by the editor of the Presse, so he chal lenged the critic - and gave it to him in the neck, "it" meaning his sword point. "We do things in a much more Informal and jolly style on this side. For instance, when Acton Davies ventured to criticise an actress, her husband bit hls Davies' thumb. far more sensible mode or express lng disagreement. Even our dramatic authors and "critics are Intensely prac UcaL Duels may possibly do on the stage, but for plain, American, every day use, biting Is far simpler and more effective. No capable man has yet stepped for ward to take the job of responsible editor of the Belgrade Pranda, for the owner is still advertising for an assist ant "by nature courageous and not en tirely Ignorant of the' use of firearms.' Sir Boyle Roche once began a letter from Ireland with 'T write this with a sword in one hand and a pistol in the "other." That's probably the manner in which editorials are written In Bel grade. Mrs. Gllman, an American lecturer. has been astounding audiences of Lon don women by telling them that men are more beautiful than women. "American women are now too short from the waist downward," says Mrs. Gllman, "because, from time immemor lal they have carried too much cloth lng around the waist." Further, says Mrs- Gllman: "When woman runs, is an agitated waddle; climb she can -not, and people take hold of her elbows and help her up and down things call it an insulting practice, unless woman has a wooden leg." Whatyer-thlnk-o-that! On the same principle man should now be too short from the neck down, because his clothes from time Immemorial have hung1 more less gracefully from his shoulders, and as for taking woman by the elbows to help her up and down things, ono must be on the safe side. How is man to know she hasn't a wooden leg? "WEX. J. "Jerrymander." Chicago Public- Persons 'who, speaking of gerrymander, call it "jerrymander," are Justly criticised by the Springfield Republican. The word should be pronounced as it is spelled. One might as well say "jormandlse" or "jet there as "jerrymander," simply as a mat ter of giving ita proper value to the "g" sound. But beyond tnat consideration the fact that gerrymander is drlved frost a man's name. Elbridge Gerry, one of the Vice-Presidents of the united States, name that was never pronounced Elbridge Jerry hx all the days of-his life. fNli?PQN DENJJ" IN THE FIELD iHtfaraate View ef Jayaaeae Tommy Atldas ea Xkrc aad la BattleFrem MANX fictions have" been printed In foreign papers since you took the center of the world's stage, Nippon Den JL They give you the quality of fatal- Ism; a true Mussulman's carelessness about death. "When Chefoo' lacks for j news, it tells the world that some offi cer has committed harikarL I have yet to hear of a single Instance within our army; Suicide, besides, ,1s not limited to Japan alone. "When a captain goes down with his steamer rather than save him self, the meaning la the same as the bariKari of a Japanese officer on a cap tured transport. Harikari is a particu lar form of death adopted because It tested tne victim nerve In the face of the inevitable. Harikari was never fre quent. Duels were not frequent in the last century; but to read Action you would think that gentlemen, fought every day. Of course, I have heard your officers use that stock expression, "to die for their Emperor." Their practice is bet ter. It is to make their lives just as valuable to their. Emperor as they can. Fatalism embraces the idea of "I don't care." And you d6 care, Nippon DenJL Fatalism says that you will die when your time comes why bother? It implies too ready an acceptance of the Inevitable to make a good soldier. Frequently one race uses It "as an excuse for another's courage, thereby, magnifying Its own a something- dependent upon a higher qual ity. In Asia you find many fatalists, but most of them will scarcely lift their hands to prevent death. The Chinese have that quality much more than you; for you never accept death as long aa you have the strength to send another shot at tne enemy. You must not and do not show your feelings, Nippon Denjl.- None the less. you suffer. I have seen you struggling forward with your limbs aching as. they took their short and stubborn steps; but It I smiled you smiled back. I have heard a groan from a cot in a field hos pital, and when the occupant saw a for eigner was present, he drew his teeth to gether and tried to smile. I nave seen that same convulsive effort ofl pride in white men's armies. The samara! youth were taught to bear pain area hardship without murmur. Besides, we foreigners think that your simpler life saven you from the "nerves" that curse Europeans. Or is It that you are simply trained not to have them, as the Christian Scientist trains himself to the Illusion that there is no Illness? Nowhere do you better show that you are a true samurai than on the march and in camps. You are obedience itself. Tour officer provides for everything In the text-book, and you do as he says. The fault with most armies is that human nature does not permit of everything In the text-book. If you are tired, you do not throw off your blanket and knapsack; you keep on with it. The road behind a regiment is" as clean of Japanese equipment as that before it- You have a marvelous way of making yourself comfortable when you break ranks. That Is-"because you equat Instead of sit. and some cornstalks tied together make a shadv dace for you- A true samurai nrivate bathes frequently, washes his clothes, ana observes sani tary regulations. You do. That Is ono of the pleasures of being attacnea. to your army. Very rarely do you take too much ' THE NORMAL SCHOOLS. Jumping Over Each Other. Albany Democrat. Tanners through the country are Jumping over each other for an opportunity to sign a petition for tha referendum of the appro- prlatlon MI. tio sentiment Ijelng almost uni versal that -war regardless of party. Too Many Normal Schools. ! Falls City Logger. There- la ronch comment 3on the utility to the taxpayer of tha stats aupportlxs to many Normal Schools and the opinion la -freely ex pressed that the Sana amounts ot 'moriey eouM be more profitably spent In fostering the public school system. Normal School System a Farce. Eugene Guard. The whole Normal School system is a farce. The State University and the" Agricultural Col lege should take care of this wort and could easily arrange- to do so. To -make- the matter right, so far aa the country is' geographically situated, place & good school in Pendleton, Baker City or Ia Grand; and maintain these three schools and no more. Signing for the Referendum. Toreat Grove Times." It would nrobaly bo the -part of wisdom to hare a" special Session and fix this matter" tip. The referendum on the Ml win be called. Of that there rn x no doobt now because -In every community voters are algnlng -th peti tions almost unanimously. Over .200 hare signed here In Forest Grove and the same proportion Is reported elsewhere.' Cannot Cut Them Off. Athena Press.- ' The Eastern Oregon State Normal School will continue whether or no the appropriation hill will te pasted to the people by referendum. yamhlllers may Initiate to their heart's con tent, but their alms and purposes to throttle education in Oregon will be "cut off at the pockets" when the vote W taken. In the meantime the hoard of regents stands as sponsor for the financial condition of the school. v. 1 Value of Hindsight. Forest Grove Time. Some people say that It will be worth all It costs to 'sfrre tha legislature a. lesson. Per haps .that may be true. It may be .worth all It costs" for Russia and Japan to sacrifice hundreds of thousands- of Uvea and thousands of millions of treasure, but It would hare been 'more sensible to Save agreed on terms before the war began. It is the same way In this case. A little common sense, and a willing ness to concede that there may be some merit ha the other fellow side, would save an end less lot of bother and expense: From "Sore" Politicians. Sllverton' Appeal- The desire to repeal the appropriation bill Is not a nonpartisan movement. This Is evident from all sidea where objection Is rataed but It Is a. move on the part of sore politicians who tMitve that tier have found, reason to "croak" over ths action of the last Legisla ture and pronounce It legislative extravagance. Ck)1 jt what you may, can we afford to retard our. educational Interests supported by the 'state by any such action as bar been, suggested by the executive committee of Yamhill tJunty appointed to prepare referendum petitions? - v.llMt1 "M "" What Local Support Can Do. Ashland Tidings. The Oregonian wired Us Ashland corre spondent today asking if the Normal School here will contliroe If the referendum Is In voked on the appropriation bill. The answer given was that Irscst assuredly would. There "has of course" beanSno recent meeting of the seaeral board of regents, but the Question of dtecostlno&nce has not even been considered jjy- aKyoner coxnected with -the management of the school as far as known. The Southern Oregon State Normal School Is la the middle of the mot prosperous and successful year In Its "history, with -a, large class' of prospective gradaatcs. who are doing meat excellent' workv sake. Property may he left about care lessly. It Is safe from your hands. Not even horses are "taken" if not watched In this army. That is wonderful won You men ot tne Second Division, to. which I. am attached, have particularly won my heart- Your home is In the rug ged Northern Japan; you are. for the most part, country boys. Your gentle ness, your good humor, your smiles while you march, fan in hand, 'present a picture almost akin to effeminacy, wholly at odds with that when you are charging up a hill or firing steadily from a, trench. Your manners everywhere give war a certain refinement. I nave seen a needless cor respondent ride into the formation ot a regiment and stop a whole line ot tired men. If he ha a done it witn nis own army, blue things would have been said to him; but you looked at him curiously; as If you were about to poke your fin gers into the cage. You like to fight as squads, companies and regiments just as well as some white men whom I know use to ngnt individ ually. One common weakness you navo wit every soiaier ot tne worm is Home sickness. "When I have talked wita you as best I could through an interpreter. you have expressed your xmhapplnoss over a aeiay in camp in a strange uaa to' which you had come purely for the purpose ot fighting. I heard you express the same sentiments that a Kansas man did one morning In the Philippines, when his regiment lay In line waiting for the order to charge. "Come out, Agulnaldo. and bring all your men and all your rifles,' he said. "Kansas is ready to fight you to a finish. A lot of U3 wifi be killed, but the rest will start back for the little old United States, anyway." Of course, there was no element ot fatal ism lnthe remark made by a white man. or in the frequent announcement of a regular going Into 'a fight, that every body has to die sometime and may be- it will be his turn today. Like every other soldier, you make your new land as much like home as .yon can. You lay out little landscape gardens in Chinese yards; you build paths out Jto the road. You paste rice paper that you buy at the canteen oh, that glorious canteen that has delicacies from Nippon! upon the walls' of your rooms fa a- Chi nese peasant's house. You nut a mat on the floor, after washing It, and yoa al ways take off your boots when you so In. If you have not a house you snuggle under the shelter tent that you carry In sections on your back and take oft your boots just the same. Oh, the joy of taking oft your boots! They are the hardest of all the samurai equipment to bear. a "We have' traveled far together, Nippon DenjL first over Core an roads and then over Manchurian roads. You are as truly a foreigner in this land as I, though yon can make Ideographs on the sand which Corean or Chinese -will understand. Homesick you may become; it will not make you less martlaL Rather it speaks your praise. One of these days, if you survive, you will return, a village hero, to the clean mats of your own house. According to popular chronicle, your mother will be sorry that you did not die for your Emperor. The truth Is that she is human and she will be heav enly happy; but either way she would ! smile. and the largest attendance of students ever known, at the . school, where splendid, normal work Is being done, under direction ef a most competent corp of instructors. Doubt Its Wisdom. ' Lebanon Criterion. Petitions askln? that the referendum be in voked on the -big- appropriation, blU have been circulated in this county and quite freely signed; yet there are many who, while they ftftnrtwrm tha action ot the Legislature, doubt the wisdom of-invoking the referendum. They feel thai it la not "Just1 the proper thing to tie up the "whole thing" In order to reach a. few Items, Some of theso parties bellev that tha Normal School Issue could be better met by an initiative petition carrying a law- that would govern the ease. Others think thai a special eesslon of tiro" Legislature should ba called. bellevlnr that the members, now that they have heard from the people, would' remedy the matter. PROVERBS REVISED. Literary Digest. "Opportunity knocks ones at every man's door." but often makes sura the man Is out before knocking. 'It takes two to make a ouarreH." How about husband and wife, who are. one? 'A fool and his money are soon parted. when the fool hasfrienda. "Whatever' man has dona man can, do" better. "Look before you leap" out of the fry ing-pan into the Are. "Honesty Is exact-to a penny," but not always to larger amounts. "The best things are not bought and sold;" they are stolen and kept. "Pity Is akin to love," but' kinship does not always signify friendship. "Tha second blow makes the tray. but not If tho first Is wall placed. "There's many a aup twixt." tne cranio and the grave. ''Rvftrvt'hln? comes to tha man who waits," except that for which Bo- waits. "A fool Is never wrong:' ;aaw or us are. "No -fool like "an old -fool" In the" toils of a woman. 'He who hesitates" when lying "Is lost." rtlaHl a. man finds a wife ha Is only hair; thereafter he is lesa. Two Wise Reflection. Prom a Letter by 'Sydney "Smith. If If be my-lot to crawl,-1 will -crawl rmitpntediv: if to flv. I will fly with alac rity; but as long as I can possibly avoid it I will never "tie tm nappy, xi witn a pleasant wife, three children and many friends who wlsn mo weu J. cannsc ne happy, I am a very silly, foolish fellow, and" what becomes of me la of very little consequence. Prom Bliss Carman's iTOenasnip ox Art. Indifference, may not wreck the man's Hf t jittv one tnra. hut it will" destroy him with a kind of dry rot in the long run. To keep your mm a aire stay maae up is to be- dull and fossiliferous; not to be able to make it up at all Is to be watery and supine. A Juvenife Convert. Chicago Tribune; The once beautiful doll was undeniably a wreck. ! It had lost both arms, its nose was gone, one1 foot was missing, . and nearly an the sawdust had run out through a yreatVgash in the -back.-: 'Poor, dolly!" mournfully exclaimed the little girl. "You. ain't no" 'tount-any-more. I deas TH have to tloroform you!" "Dottle's Prayer. Cleveland .Leader. "Please, God. make Hamle Ross a good girl. Please make her a awful good little girl. An1 If It: ain't too much trouble, please make her sd good that I can take her new dol aa she'll think. It's noble an self-sac-cin? never to aslc for it hack again. Amen!" A Hard One for Mamma. PiickJ Charley (who thinks) Say mamma, IC we're made of dust why don't we. get muddy wben-we drink? ";.