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PORTLAND, MONDAY, MAY 1. 1003.
.MOROCCO. GERMANY AND FRANCE.
It is hard to understand the motives
leading the Kaiser to stir up trouble
with France about Morocco. This turbulent-
and ill-governed Mohammedan
state lies along the extreme northwest
coast of africa. So far, Spain, across
the Straits of Gibraltar, is her Euro
pean neighbor, and France, by reason
of Algiers, is her African neighbor, their
frontiers joining for several hundred
miles. By reason of the Moorish town
of Tangier fronting Gibraltar, across
the narrow strait. Great Britain thinks
she too is interested In having Morocco
peaceable and decently governed. A
considerable commerce between Europe
and North Africa passes through Tan-
gior. In this the native Moors compete
with the " mixed multitude of traders
that -swarm In Mediterranean ports.
Jews, Greeks, Armenians, Levantines,
Egyptians, Syrians, strive with Span
iards. French, German. British, Italian
and Austrian merchants, who each and
all claim the support and protection of
their governments at home.
Morocco has been a seething caldron
for several years, sinoe the present
weak Sultan mounted an uneasy throne.
Even America has been forced to inter
vene and Secretary Hay's success In
recent months Is not forgotten. France,
Spain and England, after much back
Ing and filling, came to an understand
ing. France's interest in Morocco, by
reason of her Algerian frontier, and
the relations of the fighting Mussulman
tribes of the interior, was admitted.
and she undertook to enforce and keep
the pence, while allowing the Sultan
to hold on to hLs tottering power. The
open door was to be maintained, and
the commercial rights of all nations re
spected.
But Kaiser "Wilhelm was not invited
to the conference, nor made party to
the bargain. Hence these teurs. Prob
Hbly he has some wish to pose as the
Christian emperor who protects the
Moslems. He has already been quite
busy in Palestine, and is the Turkish
Sultan's best, if not his only, friend.
So Germany must take a hand. The
Kaiser visits Tangier in his yacht, and
makes the usual speech. Then he sends
a special mission to the Sultan of Mor
occo, with a higher grade of ambas
sador than the necessities of diplomacy
appear to ask, and gives public notice
that the recent Franco-Spanish-British
agreement lacks his adherence and is
therefore of no account. Whereat
France takes offense, and an ugly pos
slbllity of serious trouble shows itself
on the European horizon. England and
France exchange visits. King and Pres
ident, to be followed by fleet and fleet.
They stand by their bargain, and now
the question is, What next?
A rumor Is abroad that the Sultan is
seriously ill at Constantinople, with a
dangerous operation in prospect. His
'death would release all kinds of forces
round the Mediterranean into a general
melee of desperately uncertain issue.
What is known as the question of the
Near East would suddenly eclipse in
many cabinets and round many council
tables the question of the Far East,
now in balance.
ANESTHKS IA BY ELECTRICITY.
There seems to be no limit to the
functions that electricity can fill. Not
satisfied with lighting our houses and
streets, propelling our vehicles, cooking
our meals, conveying our messages,
heating our furnaces, melting our ores
exciting our nerve power, it has now
heen turned to account by a French
physiologist in Inducing a form of sleep
in which sensation is suspended while
the current in the new form flows
through the human body. The short
account of the new method In the
"American Inventor" ascribes Its dis
covery to Dr. Stephen Leduc He uses
a-galvanlc current applied Intermittent
ly. . "A direct current of ten to thirty
volts was interrupted by a vibrating
make-and-break device at a rate ap
proximating 150 to 200 times a second."
The first experiments on dogs and rab
bits developed the inducing of sleep fol
lowed by complete anesthesia in a few
minutes. ..But the switching on of the
current was followed At first by con
traction of the muscles, and then by
convulsions. If a chemical anesthetic
had been in question, it would have
been discarded at once. But Dr. Leduc
attributed these harmful results to the
fact of the maximum power of the cur
rent being: brought into immediate ac
tion. He therefore interposed a non
inductive resistance in the circuit. The
current by that means started at zero,
and the full strength under a pressure
of 50 volts was reached in from three
to five minutes. Subject to these condi
tions the progress of the electrically In
duced sleep was both gradual and cer
tain. The breaking of the current was
followed by immediate return to con
sciousness, and at no period was the
heart subject to depression. The dis
covery is yet in its infancy, but enough
seems to have been done to demon
strate the possibility of inducing-? anes
thesia by the action of electricity In the
manner described.
FREE ADVICE TO PROHIBITIONISTS.
For the sake of illuminating the path
way of our troubled friends, the Pro
hibitionists, The Oregonian points to
the victories won for the Prohibitionists
n the recent city elections of Illinois.
Our valuable contemporary, the New
Voice, is Just at hand with a full ac
count of the "magnificent co-operative
triumph" won in 148 elections in a
total of 290. "Co-operation was the
keynote," says the New Voice. "For
the purposes of the local election, all
the enemies of the saloon left their
parties and combined into a Prbhibition
party under the name of the 'Citizens'
party, or something of that sort. The
result was a sorry -day for the saloon.
Another result was that scores of Pro
hibitionists were swept into office all
over the state." which must have been
an exhilarating experience for the
Pagets. McKerchcrs and Amoses of Il
linois, who have heretofore uniformly
practiced great self-denial in refusing to
adopt any practicable scheme of getting
votes. Running for office was all the
fun they wanted, or ever got. Twenty
per cent .of the successful Illinois can
didates, we are told, were party Pro
hibitionists, a number "far out of pro
portion to the party voters in the vari
ous towns."
The way for a Prohibitionist to put
the "whisky" parties to rout, then. Is
for all Prohibitionists to forget the
glorious memories of past vicissitudes
and run on some other ticket a com
mendable dodge that the cold-water
organ calls by the euphemism of "co
operation." The late Portland city Pro
hibition convention seems to have had
some vague notion of the great merit
of this device, but to have been ex
tremely reluctant to acknowledge IL
The assembled delegates adopted a
series of resolutions, in which they un
compromisingly announced their dis
trust of all other party candidates, and
expressed the candid conviction that
"no candidates will, or can be, nom
inated who can be so fully trusted to
combat the evil political tendencies of
the day as the candidates of a party
which "stands unequivocally for the de
struction of that consummation of pol
itical villainy, the organized liquor traf
fic": but the resolutions then go on
with the unexpected declaration of a
desire to "unite with other reform
forces after the primaries." Where was
Brother Amos when this unprecedented
conclusion was reached? And where
was Brother McKercher? We know
where Brother Paget was, for he was
nominated for Mayor, after much tra
vail. He accepted with certain elo
quent qualifications, wherein it ap
peared that he would withdraw, after
the primaries, if he could thus best
serve the Interests of the party. "But."
he added with great fervor, I will not
do this unless the candidate in whose
favor I resign shall be known as the
Prohibition candidate."
So It is up to Mr. Albee. If he shall
be depeated for the Republican nomina
tion, he can still have the Prohibition
nomination, which Mr. Paget has vicar
iously accepted. But it he shall get the
Republican nomination, farewell to all
hope of Prohibition support; and if he
desires to run Independent, he may do
so. so long as he abjures the name "cit
izens'." or anything else but "Prohi
bitlonlst." It is a heavy price for Mr.
Albee to pay. He is between the devil
and the deep blue sea (no allusion to
cold-water), between the "legally legiti
mate" saloon and the water wagon.
Of course this is not co-operation.
The only way for our friends the Pro
hibitionists to co-operate is to co-oper
ate. Evidently they are suspicious of
Mr. Albee. If he were to be elected as
a Prohibitionist, woe to the saloon. If
he were to be elected as an "inde
pendent." woe to the Prohibitionists,
That's the way they figure It out. Ore
gon is a long way from Illinois.
PORTLAND'S SOUTHERN COAST TRADE.
Portland merchants are handling a
steadily increasing business with Coos
Bay ports and Eureka. Cal. The latter
port is much nearer to San Francisco
than It Is to Portland, but because Port
land merchants are better equipped for
supplying the goods most needed there,
we are gaining quite a foothold. It is
only within the past two years that
the business with Coos Bay has reached
proportions of importance, and no small
share of the credit for" Its growth is
due to the efforts of Mr. F. P. Baura
gartner of this cits. The interest of Mr.
Baumgartner, who Is a steamship agent
Is, of course, a selfish one, but, through
his persistence in drumming up freight
for his steamers, he has- at last suc
ceeded in convincing a number of
Portland merchants that there is
large amount of business in Southern
Oregon and Northern California that
can be had if the field is industriously
and judiciously canvassed.
That territory has been controlled by
San Francisco for practically half a
century, so long, in fact, that the mer
chants of the Bay city assume com
plete jurisdiction over everything south
of Tillamook, as well as a large share
of the trade of. that port. It is not an
easy matter to get either men or com
munltles out of a rut in which they
have rested for half a century, but the
persistence of the Portlanders in this
new field is showing results. California
still enjoys a monopoly of the trade of
Crescent City, Port Orford, the Smith
River country, and a number of other
small ports between Eureka and Cres
cent City, and an effort should be made
to break into these fields.
The Smith River country is one of
the richest dairying regions in Califor
nia. and. the Californians who operate
a boat charge 510 per ton freight on
Gutter coming out, and the same on
merchandise' going in. The greater part
of the ingoing freight consists of grain
flour and feed, which is much cbeajer
in Portland than in San Francisco, and
with s. freight rate In keeping with
that to Cooe Bay ud Xureka, Portion
merchants could handle a large share
of the buelness of that section. It is.
of course, impossible. In running into
these smaller ports, to utilize steamers
of the size available for Coos Bay and
Eureka. What seems to be needed is a
small steamer that can enter any of
the ports, to ply between Coos Bay and
Eureka and act as a feeder to the
larger steamers landing at those ports.
The manner in which Portland is shut
out of many of them is illustrated by
the rates. Freight from Portland No
Coos Bay, a distance t)f about 350 miles.
is $3 per ton. Anything shipped from
Portland for Port Orford must be
turned over at Coos Bay to a California
line, which has a monopoly In the small
ports, and the charge for the 42-mile
voyage from Coos Bay to Port Orford
Is H per ton. If Portland and Oregon
had received from the railroads the
treatment to which they are entitled,
branch lines of the Southern Pacific
would have long ere this given us direct
access to those trade fields, compara
tively small in area, but rich in natural
resources. As no relief seems possible
from this source, an effort should be
made to cultivate more thoroughly the
fields that can be reached by water.
A PROMINENT ELDERLY MAN'S LETTERS
Love-letters, as a rule, should never
be made public. If not of too imbecile
a nature, they are probably too Intim
ate to be exposed to coldly critical
readers, and the people have no legiti
mate reason for seeing ruch outpour
ings of a love-diseased ijfart. Yet there
are instances in which public curiosity
is aroused to a high pitch, and out
siders may be excused for desiring to
peer into letters that were never in
tended for their gaze. Such a case
is that in which a "prominent elderly
man" and a former employee of the
Postoffice are concerned, the prominent
elderly man being Senator and Bene
dict Piatt and the former Postoffice em
ployee Miss Mae Wood. Miss Wood, It
will be remembered, came into the lime
light at the time -of Senator Piatt's
marriage. She had been engaged to
the aged amorist, she declared, until
his present wife came between them,
and now Miss Wood seeks $35,000 dam
ages -from Secretary Loeb. Consul
General Wynne and Consul Miller, be
cause, as she alleges, they sneaklngly
obtained possession of the sugary let
ters Senator Piatt had written to
her.
The mere loss of such correspondence.
however loving its tone, would hardly
be worth the sum asked by Miss Wood,
but she discloses In her petition that
she. was about to publish a book en
titled, "The Love-letters of a Bess,"
to be made up largely of the Senators
letters. As the petition says the book
would have contained "verbatim para
graph after paragraph of the silly love
expositions contained in said letters,
which were mixed with political animos
ities and news." It Is always Interest
ing to the people to sec their promi
nent men, so to speak, in undress, and
a mixture of love and political animosi
ties and news would enable readers
to form an accurate idea of one side
of Senator Piatt's character. That "The
Love-letters of a Boss" will not see
the light is somewhat of a loss. We
have had "The Boss" by Alfred Henry
Lewis, and a number of other political
studies by various workers, but there
is an evident niche for "The Love-
letters of a Boss," which would doubt
less have been mentioned In all the
lists of the "six best-selling books of
the month." According to Miss Wood's
account of the affair. Miller, now Con
sul at Alx La Chapelle, represented
himself as a publisher, and thus ob
tained the much-desired manuscript.
which would probably have brought In
$35,000 if fittingly advertised. Miss
Wood thus lost her book, the public a
sensation, and Senator Piatt his un
easiness.
At first sight it appears a pity that
American literature was not permitted
to be enriched by "The Love-letters of
a Boss," but on second thoughts It Is
perhaps as well that the volume was
suppressed. There is enough imbecility
now published in the guise of fiction
without adding any real documentary
Imbecility to the amount.
RAILROAD COMMISSION IN ACTION
When ex-Governor Henry McBride
was engaged In the creation of a public
sentiment favorable to a railroad com
mission in the State of Washington, he
had much to say about the defunct
Oregon Railroad Commission. In the
mind of the Skagit statesman who first
rode this hobby into Washington's pol
itical arena, the Oregon Commission
was "a poor, weak, nerveless thing,"
not to be compared with the one he had
framed up for Washington. McBride
got caught in the political undertow.
and was swept out of sight at the Ta
coma convention last year, but the
commission bill which was "jobbed"
through the last session of the Legis
lature at Olympia was sufficient to
quench the most exacting thirst for
power.
There is nothing weak and "nerve
less" about this measure whose en
forcement rests with Mr. Harry Fair-
child, of Whatcom. Mr. Fairchlld ap
parently understood the possibilities
that lurked within the bill, for. In an
impassioned appeal before, the legisla
tive committee, he said: "My God, pass
this bill and you will be in power for
fifty years." The bill was passed and
Mr. Fairchlld. according to programme.
was appointed to head the commission
The machine which is to see that the
power of the commission ls properly
distributed may slip a cog, or perhaps
land in the scrap heap in its entirety
before expiration of the half-century
limit set by Mr. Fairchlld, but a very
auspicious start has been made. Mr.
Fairchlld has been appointed chairman
which, on account of his close affilia
tions with Governor Mead, makes It a
matter of Indifference whether any
more commissioners are appointed or
not.
The official announcement of Mr.
Falrchild's appointment Is not yet a
week old. although It is rumored that
Mr. Fairchlld knew of It "before Gov
ernor Mead was elected, -but two days
after the public was taken into confi
dence regarding the appointment, Mr.
Fairchlld announced his plans. The
first duty of the commission will be to
gather its corps of stenographers and
clerks and journey at once to the varl
ous states where similar public snaps
are enjoyed. The Itinerary has not yet
heen announced, but, as the chilling
hreezes of a belated Springtime are
still blowing through the Northern
states, a start will probably be made
for the sunny South. Texas would be
& good place to make a start if the
railroad wold provide cyclone-proof
cars. From Texas Mr. Fairchlld a ad
his commiceioa can journey eastward
j-fey easy stag until the fcot wave of
Summer tell them that the railroad
commissions of the Northern states are
waiting to be investigated.
By the time this little swing around
the circle is completed, the Lewis and
Clark Fair will be ending in a blaze of
glory, and it might be- to the advantage
of the commission to come down to
Oregon and out of the archives of the
past dig up some good and sufficient
reason for the "nerve" affection of ihe
defunct Oregon commission. The gen
erous State of Washington provided
about $60,000 for expenses of the com
mission, and with this amount of
money and an occasional free pass on
the railroads, the commission can lead
a life of ease until the next Legislature
meets and repeals the law and stops its
pay.
In the April -number of the National
Review a member of the German Gen
eral Staff discusses "The Future Func
tions of the German Navy." After
showing hbw easily Britain could be
brought to her knees by a sudden blow.
this, military sage remarks of the
United States. "During the last year
political friction with that state, espe
cially friction arising from commercial
causes, has not been lacking, and the
difficulties that have arisen have most
ly been settled by our giving way." But
'this obliging attitude has Its limits,"
says the member of the General Staff,
so he proceeds to 3how how the German
navy would scare the Americans into
the shelter of fortified ports, and how
transports would land on American soil
a body of troops which would easily de
feat the small regular Army, little con
sideration helng paid to the militia, "of
whom the larger part did not come up
when they were called out during the
last war." The member of the General
Staff then sees the navy and the expe
ditionary force take one after another
of the great, seaports of the Atlantic
Coast, and so, "by interrupting their
communications, by destroying all
buildings serving the state, commerce
and the defense, by taking away all
material for war and transport, and,
lastly, by laying heavy contributions.
we should be able to inflict damage on
the United States." A beautiful pic
ture indeed, and highly creditable to
the General Staff's imaginative powers.
There seems to be no end to the les
sons Japan is teaching to the na
tions of the West. Not content with
showing the most evenly perfect exam
ple of a nation in arms in the field that
history records, the story of the nation
behind her fleets and armies is more
wonderful still. Her soldiers die for her
still more bravely that they know that
in dying they bequeath to their country
a. sacred and ungrudged charge. The
news of the soldier's death is followed
instantly, by the service of the nation
In sympathy and help. The widow re
ceives, not the dole of charity, but con
tinuous employment, and the children
are at once the nation's wards. The
promptness, the thoroughness, the. seek
ing out and saving of the individual.
is what appeals to all. Numbers do not
obscure the necessities of the one, and
to know Is to relieve. Japan is going
beyond, far beyond, the injunction to
visit the widows and fatherless in
their affliction."
The Marlon County grand jury. In
reporting its findings in the state land
investigation, declared that if the state
should recover the ' lands sold within
the proposed Blue Mountain Forest Re
serve, these lands will be worth $5 an
acre to the state when the reserve Is
permanently established. The Increase
In value would be due to the fact that
the state could use the lands inside the
reserve for the selection qf lieu lands.
This made a very pleasing statement In
support of the recommendation that the
state proceed to recover the lands, but
the Jury, or whoever wrote the report.
overlooked the well-known fact that
Congress repealed the lieu-land law
some time ago.
County Assessors will doubtless be
thorough in the work of making the
state census this year, but no harm
will be done If the various commercial
bodies give the matter a little atten
tion and see that all the people are
enumerated. After the returns have
been compiled, it will be too late for
a push club or other commercial or
ganization to do good by complaining
that its town or county was credited
with too small a population.
Senator Piatt Is 71 years old, but
he's a gay dog. He marries a young
widow, and thus breaks the heart of a
good-looking stenographer. When she
tries to assuage her grief by resort to
literature, he causes her valuable mate
rials to be stolen so she says. We may
be sure that nothing short of kidnaping
by the bold and energetic Piatt can
now prevent Miss Mae Wood from go
ing on the stage.
Count Michael MIchaelovich Barzi
moff says London is gambling on the
attendance at the Lewis and Clark
Fair. "One can get as high as $5000
that the attendance will exceed 1.000.000
people." says the count. This is gratify
ing, but the excitement in London will
we hope, cool off when it is learned
that odds are to be had In Portland
that the attendance will reach 5,000,000.
Spring rains are coming about the
right distance apart to keep the crops
supplied with moisture without cutting
off too much sunshine. If this succes
slon of rain and fair weather be con
tinucd. Eastern visitors during the Fair
will see in the Willamette Valley the
prettiest fields and gardens and orch
ards on the face of the earth.
Let us trust that the Seattle doctors
will nevertheless attend the American
Medical Congress in Portland. Natur
ally the Portland doctors will want to
show the Eastern doctors what a Seat
tie doctor looks like.
In the current issue of the Commoner.
Mr. Bryan finds much fault with Judge
Parker for describing free silver as a
"fad." Naturally Mr. Bryan is angry
Judge Parker really meant a "memory.'
The Japanese baseball nine sent to
this country to show us how to play
the national game, was defeated by
Stanford nine to one. There are no
Russians at Stanford.
One "George H. Williams" was de
claxed by the Portland Elks as the
"most popular candidate for a city of
fice." The gentleman named Is Mayor
of Portland.
Mr. Paget accepts the Prohibition
nomination -for Cayor, not necessarily
for election, hut merely as an evidence
of good faith.
NOTE ANDCOMMENT..
If Ltnlevitch finds things dull in, Man-
-churia, he might make a trip to Chicago.
"Make good" is all that Secretary Taft
says to Minister Bowen.
Courier Elmer Chapman: "The President
was kind of tuckered out." Can such
things be? The strenuous, the ever-doing.
tho perpetual-motion man, tuckered out?
Impossible. The President might be sick,
but never tuckered out.
The' Santa Clara aeroplane has flitted
over cornfields like a seagull, and Cali
fornians arc already thinking of selling
their automobiles to buy bird outfits.
Seattle is threatened with a brewers'
strike. And just as the warm weather is
coming.
A San Francisco woman sued for di
vorce because her husband smoked in the
house. To the innocent bystander it
seems that it -would be better to have
hubby smoking in the house than in a
saloon.
Russians greet one another with a kiss
when the guns boom out the "signal for
the resurrection." What numbers must
get mouthfuls of whiskers!
King Alfonso of Spain is about to visit
France. He will be escorted by a squad
ron of Spanish battleships, "and will be
met at Cherbourg by a strong French
fleet. A squadron of British ships of war
will also visit Cherbourg. It is just a
hundred years ago since French, Spanish
and British fleets met. The mceting-placo
then was off Cape Trafalgar.
Volcanoes arc spouting and earthquakes
are shaking up the earth all over Its sur
face, but Mount Hood and the w illamctte
Valley remain quiet.
Alfonso is still without a bride, although
religion and character are of no import
ance. Politics causes the delay, probably.
Norway and Sweden and Austria and
Hungary all want separate beds.
The Seattle Argus, which has been de
voting some attention to the revival up
there, says:
"Now that Dr. Chapman has condemned
card-playing, dancing, theater-going and
kindred forms of amusement, there's no
place for his followers except the amuse
ment offered in churches other than those
of the Catholics and the Episcopalians
A certain man in this city says that his
wife attended Easter services in the Cath
olic Cathedral, on Eighteenth avenue. On
her return, one of her friends, who is a
devout Chapman convert, asked about the
service.
It was very impressive, and the music
was splendid.' was the reply.
Yes. yes.' mused the friend. 'But
don't you think It was an awful way to
spend the Sabbath?' "
Dr. Wise complains that there is a
male caste" In this country. But what's
to be done about it? wc can't help being
born that way.
If autos continue to catch fire it may
become necessary to design a neat motor
ing suit of asbestos.
A careful observer in the City Park
yesterday counted three children that
were not wearing tan shoes and stockings,
It seems too bad that three months- in
jail should be the Jot of an ingenious
English caterer, of whom wc read in an
exchange. To thicken the gravy In the
meat pies he sold, this enterprising trades
man used large quantities of glue!
Everybody has troubles of some kind.
Perhaps the oddest of all Is that of the
conductor on the "Pollywog" railroad In
Northeastern Kansas. According to the
Kansas City Journal, the conductor in
tends to resign unless the road i3 straight
ened. He says the engineer at every curve
leans out of the cab window and asks him
for a chew of tobacco, and there are so
many curves that it takes all the money
he can make to keep the engineer In
tobacco.
Says the Argonaut: "Little Helen was a
firm believer in prayer, and was taught
always to attend family devotions. Dur
ing a season of drought, one morning her
father said to her, 'Do not let me forget
to have a special prayer for rain tonight,
as the want of It is causing much suffer
ing and many deaths among animals.
Her father had hardly left the house when
little Helen, thinking she would do much
good by anticipating her father's prayer
for rain, ran upstairs, and. falling on, her
knees, prayed for the much-needed rain.
That afternoon the town in which she
lived was visited by a severe electric
shower barns were unroofed and much
damage done. Helen, with the ready faith
of childhood, thlnkirig it was all in an
swer to her prayer, again fell on her
knees, exclaiming: 'Lord, what have I
done?'" WEX J.
Essays of Little Bobble.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
HOTELS.
hotels is places whare you sine your
name in a book and git ice water the first
thing when you walk.up next day; in "ho
tels thare is a clerk that stands behind a
desk and looks at you when you want a
room and he tells you it will cost, you so
much a day & upwards, befoar you go
it Is always upwards bekaus you see lots
of things around a hotel that you want,
and they come high.
there is different kinds of hotels; thare
Is the family hotels whare all the ladies
sit around In rocking chares and talk
about the lady in room 8 & how much
munny the men git that live thare. these
hotels are nice for young married women
beekaus while thare husbands are. at work
thare Is a nice warm place for them to
stay and roast thare naybors, & thare is
lots of company for them so that they
can play whist and not git the prize and
git mad.
other hotels arc mostly for show people,
beekaus thare rates are reesonabel & you
pay In advance, at these hotels you can
sec the show ladles in the day time and
that way you learn that they axe not so
nice off the stage without thare makeup
but some of them are pritty nice anyway.
I would like a job as bell boy In a hotel,
a bellboy can wear a nice uniform with
brass buttons and when he brings ice
water & thlng3 to the room ho gits nick
els and dimes and sumtimes 35 cents, &
when he saves this up he can git a nice
suit and a diamond and part his hair in
the mlddel and git to be a clerk.
Constituent Wants Bull Pup.
Washiacton Post-
Representative Burgess, of Texas has
a constituent who evidently thought,
from the discussion of the agricultural
hill that the Department of Agriculture
had other things to pass around free
besides garden seeds, for in. a recent
letter to Mr. Burgess he made the fol
lowiag request:
"Dear Mr. Burgess: Will 'you. please
aaV3L m a. bull sp frxa the Bureau of
AhIibxI Industry, and oblige."
HANS, THE WONDERFUL BERLIN HOR3?
He-rr the Reaaeaiks Ferrer Ha Apparently Bees Dcveleprd in aI&t
Brwte ScieHUnta Baffled, feiit for the est Fart Certain That the
rheaemcaea Is Geauiae.
HAV iu animals tne reasoning power
which has been assumed to be the
prerogative of mankind, their mas
ters? Some of the foremost scientists of
Germany have been quarreling over this
question for the past six months, writes
Edward C. Heyn in the May number of
McClurc's Magazine. The controversy,
which has become one of the popular
topics of gossip in Berlin, has- been stirred
up by the amazing achievements of the
stallion "Klugc Hans," or "Clever Hans." '
To visit the animal In his muddy stable
yard has become a fad. Society women
and noblemen have paid their respects to
him; educators and psychologists have
studied him. Official commissions have
even experimented upon him, with the
most remarkable results.
Baron von Osten, for many years a
Prussian nobleman schoolmaster, is the
owner and teacher of Hans. He insists
that the animal is capable of Individual
thought and an independent process of
reasoning. Nothing can offend the griz
zled and seedy old baron more than to
assert that Hans' tricks are merely the
remarkable results of patient training.
He has not trained Hans, he will declare.
with profane emphasis; he has "educated"
nun with the same process by which the
children in the lower primary grades of
Prussian public schools arc taught.
But, strangely enough. Baron von Osten
does not' consider Hans particularly
clever. He says that the average coach
horse can be educated to the same degree
of proficiency, and that he once owned a
horsy; which was far more intelligent
than Hans. He rejects with indignation
ail theories of suggestion, hypnotism and
telepathy by which the explanation of
Hans' acts is attempted, and stubbornly
proclaims that the horse's mental pro
cesses do not depend In the slightest de
gree upon himself. And, although few of
tho many scientists who have examined
Hans agree with the Baron upon this
point, few also have the least doubt that
the old schoolmaster is wholly sincere in
his belief.
Mr. Heyn writes that the first day he
went to see the wonderful horse he found
an assemblage strangely out of keeping
with tho squalid surroundings, including
the Turkish and Spanish ambassadors, the
Chilian Consul, officers of tho German
army, representatives of the learned pro
fessions. Mlcntirts of high standing and
several ladies of noble birth. The Baron
led liana into the yard and explained his
method of speech by stating that to Indi
cate numbers the horse stamped his fore
foot for every unit, turned his head to
the right for "yes" and to the left for
"no." Then, In response to questions put
by the Baron, Hans proceeded to count,
add. subtract, divide, multiply, spell and
read which accomplishments are beyond
many a German or Russian peasant, and
which, in a human child of the same age
S years old would be regarded as cer
tain indications of genius.
"What is the Kaiser's birthday?" de
manded the Baron. (It Is January 27.)
Hans stamped 27 times.
"What month?"
Hans stamped once, and was rewarded
with a carrot.
"What time is It?" asked the Baron,
holding out his watch, ,which marked 1
o'clock.
Hans tamped once.
"On what number is the large hand?"
and Haii3 said "twelve."
Then the Baron borrow a watch which
was five minutes slow, and said: "Tell
me, Hans-, how many minutes are lacking
to make It 1 o'clock according to thl3
watch."
"Five," said Hans, and received another
carrot.
Then came ja. lesson in reading. Upon
one numbered' blackboard the word "Prue
gcl" (whipping) was written, upon a sec
ond the name of the Spanish Ambassador.
Di Riota, and upon a third the name of
the writer, Heyn. When Hans was asked
what he received when he was naughty
he walked up to the "Pruegel" black
board: when he was asked upon which
board "Heyn" was written he stamped
once, the board in question bearing that
number. Di Rlota's name was also recog
nized, and when the boards were shifted
into other positions Hans was never
baffled.
The horse then proceeded to distinguish
colors and indicate them by name. Racs
of various hues were suspended on a
ODD BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE
Now for the Anvil Chorus.
Independence Corr. Dallas Itemizer.
Two gentlemen from McMinnville have
rented the Fcnnell blacksmith shop and
will carry on blacksmithing.
Poor Use for Beer-Glasses.
Kent Corr. Grass Valley Journal.
Quite a little excitement was created in
Kent Sunday afternoon when one of our
clt-zens and the bartender got to striking
with beer glasses. It's bad the saloons
can't even be closed on Sunday, at least.
Nothing: Dry About This Subject.
Centralia News-Examiner.
Rev. F. S. Pearson received In the col
lection for missions last Sunday evening, a
metal "chip" that had stamped upon it
"Good for One Drink." He will use that
as a subject for next Sunday evening
discourse.
Expensive Literature.
Wasco News.
An Eastern literary publication claims
to have recently published a short story in
Its columns for which It paid the author 51
a word. That's nothing. A Wasco man
once paid $300 a word for a short story.
He told a girt that he would marry her
"and storied about it. A jury placed the
value on the story.
Tom Gosa, Life-Saver.
Coal Creek Corr. Kelso Journal.
There is some talk of organizing a life
saving crew on the creek and electing
Mr. Tom Gosa as captain. In return for his
many brave deeds. Only last Sunday ho
rescued three young ladies from being de
voured by a cougar. Ho says he knows
the beast was a fierce one, as his tracks
were large and awful.
Kev. Peter's Valiant Deed.
Laurel Corr, McMinnville News-Reporter.
As Rev. Peter Hcsler was enjoying him
self by his fire one night last week, at
about 10:30 o'clock, he heard a rumpus
in his chicken-house, so thinking he
would catch a chlckcn-thlef he grabbed
his lantern and a club and made haste to
rescue his feathered friends. On reaching
the chicken-house he found the door part
ly open. Peter entered, when he was
struck under the chin and knocked about
ten feet backward, with his breath all
gone. When he recovered himself he dis
covered his enemy to be a large skunk.
The battle waged hot and furious for five
minutes, with Peter victorious. It is
thought ho will be up and around In a few
weeks with plenty of fresh air.
When You're Short on Carfare.
Detroit Journal.
C. H. Hackley, of Muskegon, was worth
more than J7.00O.0CO, and still at the time
of his death he had In his possession only
3143 in actual cash, and If the bill for the
Winter's coal had come In. he'd have had
to borrow money to pay It Too wide a
publicity . cannot be given to statements
like this. They tend tq render the street
car conductor leas insultingly suspicious
when you find you haven't a nickel in
O'our cletbes.
lino and their corresponding names writ
ten on blackboards. Hans distinguished f-t
the colors as easily as the names. Then
in a lesson upon the rudiments of geom
etry Hans identified drawings cf a cir
cle, a square and an arrow with "perfect
ease. The baron next asked: "Now. I
should like to know how many corners
has a circle," and the audience enjoyed
a hearty laugh at the manner with which
Hans wagged his head to tho left for
"no."
Twenty-four hours after Mr. Heyn had
been formally presented to Hans by the
baron a lesson In spelling was given by
means of a blackboard upon- which was
drawn an alphabetical anu numerical
chart. "Now, Hans," said the baron,
"what is this gentleman's name?"
Hans stamped once, and then, after a'
pause, four times. At the intersection
of the first vertical and the fourth hor
izontal lines 'was written the letter "lu."
By 'the same method Hans spelled out
"e," "I" and "n," tho substitution of
the "i" for the "y" in tho name being
explained by the fact that tho horso
had been taught to spell phonetically.
Hans had been introduced to General
Koering ten days before, but remem
bered and spelled his name -with perfect
accuracy. Then Hans, in reply to tho
baron's questions, informed his visitors'
that the person standing nearest the
blackboard was a boy and that next to
him were ladies. When five men were
placed in a row and numbered from left
to right Hans told which was the tallest,
which the stoutest, which had his arm
in a sling, how many were officers, which
of them had umbrellas and .which had
swords. He was never mistaken.
Then the baron proceeded to showff
Hans' education included music A scale,
was drawn upon a blackboard and the
notes were numbered. When the school-;
master blew several notes upon a har-i
monica and asked Hans to tell which
they were by indicating their number's
on the scale the answers were given!
successfully.
Charges of fraud were made against
the baron, and accordingly a commission,
tho members of which wore scientists,
animal specialists and educators, was
appointed to investigate Hans and his
master. In reporting that the accusa
tion was groundless, this body stated:
"Another series of experiments was car
ried out where tho answers to the ques
tions asked by Herr von Osten could
not possibly be known to the questioner
himself. The majority of the under
signed, however, have personal knowl
edge of many individual cases where, in
the absence of Herr von Osten. correct
answers have been given to other per
sons. Among these cases were soma
where the questioner was himself In Ig
norance of the answer or mistaken as
to the proper answer."
Then the eminent Professor Stumpfr
with his assistants, descended upon Hans
and conducted an elaborate series cf ex
periments. Herr Stumpf contradicted tha
other investigators by asserting: "Tha
experiment failed in tho? a cases where
the answer was not known to any of
those present, as, for instance, when
written figures or articles to bo counted
were so placed before the horse fas to
be invisible to the persons presents
especially to the person asking tha que
tion. The horse, therefore, can neither
count, read nor reckon."
Herr Stumpf accounts for tho horse's
correct answers to questions put by1 tho
baron or by spectators by the following
theory: "In the course of the long train
ing in reckoning which the horse has
had he must have come to observe those
slight, unconscious movements of tha
body of the teacher, and to havs inter
preted these as signs. The movements
which thus produoc a corresponding- ac
tion on the part of ttnr horse are, la
the case of Herr von Osten, so Infinites
lmal that It is no wonder that they
should escape the attention of trained
and experienced observers. Herr Pfungst,
whose powers of observation have been
specially developed by laboratory work
embracing facial expressions of even
the shortest duration, has, however,
been able to detect various movements
of Herr von Osten, which constituted the
condition precedent to tha horse's
achievement. Furthermore, the same re
sult was attained when Herr Pfungst
made no conscious movements at ail,
but simply concentrated his mind upon
the desired number, slnco the appropriate
movement thus occurred unconsciously.'
THE JAPS EIGHTY YEARS AGO
In view of the important position held
by the Japanese nation at the present mo
ment, the following description of their
characteristics taken from tha American
edition of "A Geographical View of the
W6rld," printed in New York in 1S26, is
decidedly Interesting. At that time tha
population of Japan was estimated as
from 15,000.000 to 36,000,000. The writer
said:
Japan, that celebrated and imperial IslatK,!
bears a. pre-eminence amoiur Eastern nation.
analogous to that of Britain anion? the na
tions of tb West. The Japanese are repre
sented to be .a nervous, vigorous people wtesa
bodily and mental powers assimilate much
nearer to those of Europe than what & at
tributed to Asiatics in ceneral.
There could at that time have been but
little knowledge of their personal appear
ance, for the author goes on to say:
Their features are masculine and perfectly
European, with the exception of tho 'Tartar
eye." Their complexion imperfectly fair, in-,
deed, bloominff. the women of the higher
classes belnc equally fair with Europeans, and
having the bloom of hfalth mow prevalent
among them than ia usually found in Europe.!
In his estimate, however, of their lnteI-3
iectual development our author of three
quarters of a century ago shows knowl
edge not easily obtainable at that time,
when Japan was a closed country to tha
rest of tho world.
For a people who have had few. If any. ex
ternal aids, the Japanese cannot but reach,"
hish In the scale of civilization. The traits
of a vigorous mind are displayed in their pro
flciency in the acences, metaphysics and Ju
dicial astronomy. The arts they practice
for themselves and are deservedly acknowledged
to be in a much higher degree of perfection
than among the Chinese, trtth -whom they. ar
by Europeans so frequently confounded, while,
the slightest impulse seems sufficient to give
a determination to the Japanese character
which would progressively improve until it.
attained the same height of clvUrzailorr trith
the European. The women are by no me&SfTt
secluded. They associate among themselvCa
like the ladles of Eurorw
7 t
our xourseu xoaay.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Are you a time-killer? Do you stand
about talking when you should be dispos
ing of duties that press upon you?
Do you hang around home when' you
should be at your office?
Do you put off until D:30 o'clock the
things that might just as wall W done
at 3?
Do you Uu: throuzh a. task instead -i-
'attacking it with all the steam on and'
pushing it through briskly? ,
Do you fritter away a single hour pf
the day that might be made useful In'
benefiting your health, Improving yqur :
mind or helping your business? '
If so, stir yourself. You are out of the ;
American spirit. Totf are not even stand?
Ing still. You are golnsr backward, tir
you do not look out the rest of America
will leave you iar oemno.
Stir yourself today this morning.
. X
One Good Arm Is Left.;
Dallas Iteraizer.
George-Hinshaw bought th Dajr lots
tha schoolhausa and wm hww- there.
thy say n is RagetiauBg tor
keeper. Ha wa throws frM a.
asd bis arm broken. " "