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Careful observers pre dicted that Japan would be disposed to make concessions during the confer ence and. thus far at least, the course of events fulfills their prophecy. In Corea the Japanese obtained exactly what they demanded before the war. a "preponderating influence" and the withdrawal of all Russian pretensions. The details about "the suzerainty of the Telgnlng family" arc of no conse auenCe. Corea will become a Japanese "province, as Mr. Witte remarked the other day; but his effort to frighten the world over the matter will not succeed The Mikado must annex many Coreas before his territory will begin to com pare in area or population with the Czar's. The benighted peninsula had to go to one of the contending empires. Russia's treatment of her own people promised nothing for the Coreans but tyranny and repression. Indeed one of her great bugbears is the probable growth of the Asiatic peoples in civil! zatlon and power under Japanese in fluence. Under Russian control they would be kept down, Mr. Witte may make a merit of this and bid for sym pathy on account of it. but enlightened men do not believe that it is for the permanent interest of the world to hoid any people In barbarism. Japan stands for progress, civilization, free religion and free commerce. Russia for perpet ual barbarism, an exclusive church and the closed door. Russia ha been a menace to Scandinavia. Turkey, Persia, China and England for many years. She has seized territory by diplomacy and war both In Europe and Asia with out scruple and with limitless greed. No charge of this sort can be brought against Japan. That nation has men aced nobody. To say that she will threaten the Philippines, or China, at some time in the future is to say so; nothing more. Prophecy is not fact. And suan prophecies come with poor grace1rom Russia, whose maw is dis tended with the undigested corpses of Poland. Finland, Georgia. Turkes tan and Manchuria- Manchuria she is now forced to dis gorge, and In connection with this fact, it seems, the Russian envoys per ceive a diplomatic "victory." It is much such a victory as Kuropatkln won repeatedly over the Japanese armies, and Is probably due to the spirit of concession which was to be ex pected In the Mikado's commissioners. Their first demand was for the Rus sians to leave Manchuria In Japanese control until China could restore the machinery of civil administration. But this was too much like the demand Russia made ten years ago with Ger many and France to back her; Mr. "Witte probably feared the Japanese would follow the example of his own country in keeping their promise to evacuate. He demanded a simultan eous withdrawal of "both armies and Baron Komura conceded It. Where in this is the cocky, bullying spirit the Japanese were to display? China gets back her province after a decade of Russian broken promises, and the world gets the open door which Russia had deflnitelv denied in Manchuria. If this Is a diplomatic victory for Witte, may he go on winning such throughout the negotiations. It is certainly a victory of good temper and common sense for Komura. The railway south from Harbin has been ceded to China with the under standing that Japan may receive com pensation for repairs and altering the gauge. In language less diplomatic, the road has been turned over to Japan to sell to China for whatever she can get Thus stated, the transaction amounts to the payment of an Install ment upon the war indemnitj. Con cerning the Llao Tung peninsula, little difficulty was expected, and In fact the matter was easily adjusted, Japan is the equitable owner of this territory by cession from China. Her right to it was precisely like that of Germany to Alsace-Lorraine before the present war. Now she has again conquered It, this time from Russia and it is fair and just that her double title should be recognized. The ulanipotentlarles have followed the wise plan of agreeing upon every thing possible before they touch the real points of difference; probably in the hope that the strong desire of the world for peace will ultimately force which ever party proves obstinate to yield when the critical moment' comes ac tually to choose between concession and continued bloodshed. Meanwhile Rus sia with subtle astuteness works to cre ate sentiment against Japan. Her principal card is the "yellow peril," which has become rather funny, though she does not seem to know it. More laughable still Is the tale sent on from China, evidently under Russian aus pices, that Japan is responsible for the anti-American boycott. If Japan were inclined to get up a boycott in China she would not strike at her best friend first, when there are Germans, and French at hand. The little brown men may not be very pious, but they have plenty of common sense. EASTERN PEOPLE AT THE FAIR. Nearly 40.000 visitors came to the "Lewis and Clark Exposition from the East and the Middle West before Aug ust 1. A moderate estimate of the ag gregate to be attained by the close 'of the Fair is about 100.000. Each of these persons will perhaps have passed through the Exposition gates five times. Therefore.-the United States, exclusive of the Pacific Coast, will have contrib uted to the great Oregon enterprise an attendance of one-half million. The fig ures are highly satisfactory. They ex ceed by far all reasonable expectation of all jersons who made estimates as to attendance prior to the opening of the gates. They attest the enormous interest created all over the United States in Portland's beautiful show. These people come because they are in terested in the West and incidentally In the Exposition. The railroads have done a fine thing for Oregon in making an attractive rate for all excursionists. We hear some complaint that they have not taken, care of the traffic as well as they should have done, and It Is un doubtedly true that there have been many Individual Instances of hardship and Inconvenience. But we think on the whole the railroads have tried to do their best. What does all this mighty flood of people mean to Oregon? It Is the uni versal testimony that everyone who comes Is pleased with the Exposition and astonished at ,the beauty and re sources of the state. We have been under inspection by all kinds and con ditions of people from a Vice-President and Governors of states down to com mon laborers. The Governors come be cause they have learned that former residents of their respective states have made complete arrangement to cele brate on special days. Thes brought and they will bring their military staffs and other attaches with them In order to give these occasions the mark of their official approval. We have been honored and we shall be honored in this way by the presence of many dis tinguished men like Governor Folk, Governor Pardee. Governor Herrlck and others. The laborers and farmers come. many of them, because they are seek ing a place where by their own toll and industry they may make for them selves a home. There is much room in Oregon for hard-handed. Industrious and respectable men, who find condl tlons and life Irksome elsewhere and who mas reasonably hope to get along a little better here. Of these 100,000 Eastern people, then, we may certainly expect that a considerable proportion will remain permanently, or will go and come again to stay. Meanwhile, they have 6een us. they have found out what we are like, and they will tell their neighbors and friends. We know that those who go back not to return are for ever after living advertisements for the state and people of Oregon. BOOKS MADE CHEAP AND READING EASY. There Is some difference of opinion as to the wisdom of the polIc of mak ing books so cheap and eass to procure that no Individual effort is necessary to obtain them. "Our few books," said Whittler. speaking of the conditions of Winter Isolation that existed In New England In his earls s'ears. "were drained of their last virtue." It Is un necessary to cite the fact that New England, under these conditions, pro duced readers and students, poets and preachers, whose names and ivories j'ct abide with the world. The few books drained of their last virtue books that have been carefully selected and pur chased perhaps bs self-denial became a part of their world, while the many books hurriedly skimmed and passed on make relatively very slight Impres sion on the mind of the reader. This assertion, we presume, no one will gainsay. But we are told, and verily believe, that "times change and people change," and when It is added "if we do not change with them, so much the worse for us." we turn, half-convinced to the scheme of supplying books to the mul titude as substantially endowed bs An drew Carnegie, and worked out in de tail bs traveling librarians and school libraries and village libraries all free and urged upon the public attention and add thereto our feeble indorse ment, being told that we must. Truls we roust admit that it is a condition, not a theors. that confronts us here. The world Is literalls flooded with books and everv one is asked and urged and entreated to read them, lest he be given over, irrevocably, to ignorance. To control and in a was' direct the ebb and flow of this tide of books has become, not the pleasant task, but the bounden duts of the state.' In accord ance with this view the last legislature created a Hbrarj' commission and this body held Its first meeting at Salem last Mondas. Three of the four mem bers of the commission being present, its general pollcs was set out, care fully and somewhat elaborate', along five main lines of effort. These have alreads been given to the public in detail. It is sufficient here to sas that, if the work as planned is carried out, Oregon will become a community of readers, alwas-s providing that every one rises to meet the opportunlts. We are to have at the public expense (that Is to sas. "free") public school libraries, encouragement through ss'stematlc ef fort of the establishment of libraries in the larger tctvns. the organization of traveling libraries, the Improvement and arrangement of the libraries at the state Institutions and the collection of, reference works for the use of mem bers of the legislature. A clearing house for old magazines and some other things of minor importance are also contemplated in conjunction with this effort to make the people readers by moral suasion. This Is. -of course, merely the begin ning. The work and the salaries will grow from year to year. Let us hope that it mas not result, a generation hence. In making reading a dissipation rather than a healthful mental stim ulus, an excuse for indolence, rather than a spur to energs. TREATMENT OF THE INSANE. To the attendants at the Insane Asy lum a method of dealing with "ag gravating patients." described by Charles Read in Hard Cash, Is recom mended as safe, for themselves, and quieting to the patient. He should first be gagged. He Is then stripped and thrown, and. everything being in read iness, one attendant holds his legs while another walks with his knees up and down the bare chest, giving Ju dicious bounces at carefully chosen spots. The collar bones, the ribs, and even the breast bone may thus be frac tured with no external signs of violence left upon the patient. This method of discipline seems more discreet, to sas the least, than "severely thrashing" the maniacs, which many sentimental peo ple think barbarous. At the town of Gheel In Belgium, "murderous maniacs" mas be seen strolling about, prattling and playing with little children In the streets. The children are not harmed and the pa tients need no "discipline." But that Is a method of scientific mental therapeu tics which would, of course, be Impracj tlcable under "American conditions." THE CIVICS CONGRESS. Speaking generalls. the subjects so far considered at the Civics Congress fall under these heads: The causes of the city's too rapid growth whether essential or artificial: the evil Influences attending cits life, and how far and In what directions thes can be rem edied: the possibilities of Improvement in cits life, both In tendency and In actual practice. Dr. Strong, on the first head, referred to only three powers, as drawing from the country and heaping population In the cits. He cited the application of machinery to farm labor, (bs which four men do the work of fourteen) as drlvinsr the released laborers Into the citv. because the world cannot eat food enough to keep them busy on the farm at "production: second, the substitution of mechanical labor for muscular in manufactures, and consequent concen tration of population in factory centers; third, the railroad, carrying people from country to cits and enabling the cits to be fed. As to the first of the three causes suggested the reasoning is not satls factors. Issue mas be Joined In the proposition that improved farm ma chinery diminishes the demand for la bor. Contrariwise, improved machinery indicates higher farming and can em ploy more, not less, labor on the farm. Increased production will result, and. In the end. reduction In price of products if but only if the demand falls below sunnls-. How far the nation Is from anv such condition, let the ever-rising prices of what comes from the farm testlfs. No. improved machinery on the farm demands more labor and of a higher qualits. therefore at a higher price. That farm labor of a good class is harder to get, and Is dearer than ever before, every farming state In the Union will proclaim. The constant flow of men from farm to cits results from the attraction of the cits and Its life, not from expulsion from the farm. Take then the second point. True It Is that manufacturing by machinery Involves factory life; and that the city Is at present the most convenient cen ter for shop, factory and workmen's dwellings. True, also, that hence come mans of the aggravated evils making up the problem of the city. These con ditions are not fixed and essential, but are remediable. The remedy lies In recognition by cap italist and manufacturer of his duties to the men. women and children whom he attracts b offering work and wages. Where the factory is built thither will the working population follow. If the factory Is set up where success of the manufacturer is possible, (this is the first requirement) but where homes, not houses, can be had for the people, the grade, quality and worth of labor will be raised. That virtue In the manu facturer will be Its own great reward. In such case railroads will aid, not hinder, the cits' from coming to the country. So wljl the railroad help the Intermixture of city and country of factory and farm. The, city has grown enormously, so fast, 'indeed, that It has outrun the rights of Its inhabitants to healths life In bods, mind and spirit. That Is true, and the w'elcht of the problem does press heavlls on every thinking man. But that a world movement has started in the other direction, and Is fast gathering force. Is also plain. Not in one place, but In mans, not In this nation only, but the world over the "narden cities" have taken root. There Is the solution. If answhere, of the problem of the city of which we are hearing so much today. FROM RANGE TO FARM. On the first day of September of this year, the state of Texas will place upon the market 6.000.000 acres of land. This means the breaking up into farms of I mans large cattle ranches In Western Texas. At present, and for many s'ears past, this land has been under lease by the state to cattlemen. Until within recent s'ears It was thought that it was valueless as farming land. The agri cultural element kept going farther and farther west year by year, until It was discovered that the land dedicated by common consent to grazing was more than pasture land and that it onls Awaited the plowman's stern decree To laugh Into plenty beneath his feet. Then came the contest for supremacy, and. as in the great Eastern Oregon wheat belt, the farmer won. Finally the demand for land for new settlers became so great that the state could no longer Ignore it. and resolved to abandon its policy of leasing 6,000, 000 acres of Its public domain to non residents in order that people who want homes and will bring families and social 'conditions and schoolhousea and churches in their train, might find what thes sought in Western Texas. In most Instances the cattlemen who have these lands leased for grazing purposes took the precaution to pur chase a few sections as a nucleus for their great ranches. With the abolish ment of the lease system, these lessees will be forced to turn stock ranching Into Btock farming upon their individ ual holdings or quit the countrs. Many of them will pursue the latter course. J some having already purchased or leased large ranches In Mexico, whither they will move their herds and ranch ing outfits. This represents at first glance a distinct loss to the state, but inasmuch as a multitude of homes is better than a vast area devoted to cattle raising, the loss will In a few years prove a decided gain. The "area ofTand which the state pro poses to place upon the market two weeks hence aggregates about 9100 square miles. It Is larger than Massa chusetts, New Hampshire or New Jer sey, four times as large as Delaware and twice as large as Connecticut. It is to be sold In lots of one to eight sec tions each, no purchaser being permit ted to acquire more than the amount last named. Thus disposed of It will provide homes for about 5000 families. Evers Inducement will be offered to settlers, each of whom must reside three sears upon his holding before he will be able to perfect his title. The policy of withdrawing this vast tract of land from lease Is Justified by a careful glance Into the near future. It means a quick multiplication of I homes and the dedication of a vast tract of beautiful wilderness to the uses of civilization. Texas has In this Instance acted wlsels. especlalls so since the state has stfll 12,000,000 acres which It will continue to ledse to cattle men until such time as the settlers demand for more room becomes imper ative. The Van Dran investigation seems to have been ended. It is agreed that the unfortunate woman was poisoned, and it Is also agreed that no one knows how It was done. It seems to have been expected from the start that the police force would learn nothing, for it was recognized that it was a case entlrels beyond its skill and Industry A detective made a half-hearted effort to find out from various drug stores who had recentls bought cs'anlde of potassium, and of course he found out nothing. Because the druggists told him that they had sold no such poison to suspicious persons, he prompt's gave It as his expert opinion that death was due to accident. Certalnls. Such a theory formed on such premises Is enough to satisfy the local sleuths that there is no need of more' work, when thes have other more congenial things to do; but It will not convince the public that all has been done that should be done. The detective who dis poses of a baffling death mystery In a few hours by the dictum that It was all an accident Is a wonder. D. R. Francis was at the head of the greatest exposition in the world's his tory. He was Its maeter mind, and Its magnificent success was due in no small part to his genius for manage ment and exploitation. Not everybods from the Pacific Northwest went to the St. Louis Exposition: but many did. and all came back impressed with the stupendous achievement of the enter prising citizens of St. Louis and Mis souri. Mr. Francis comes to Portland to see what we have here. We do not invite comparison with St. Louis, but we may be sure that he will find here an exposition in Itself complete, attrac tive and worths of his commendation. No more Important visitor has come to Portland since the Fair began than Mis souri's distinguished citizen. The most that may be hoped for is that when his 6tayis -concluded he mas go awas with as pleasant an Impression of Portland and Oregon as we alreads have of him. The men who come from the East to talk on civic rights and duties, on economics and the obligations of the citizen, on municipal government and Its abuses, tell us that the worst of all offenders those against whom we should be most on our guard are fran chise thieves. Which causes us all to remember that certain franchises of Portland, got for nothing, except the work necessars for corruption of the various branches of our municipal gov ernment, were recentls sold for 56.000, 000. and representatives of the first families the hercditars plutocrats of Portland put the mones In their pock ets and their newspaper applauded. The people of Portland and of Oregon will deal with their franchise thieves later. In Washington. D. C. those who are looking three years ahead figure out that It Is to be Root or Taft. As there Is no danger of an injunction against guessing, perhaps the dull season may as well be emplos'ed in picking the win ner. Other things being equal, the Re publican parts Is not Hkels to go to New York for a candidate. Its natural choice would be for a man west of the Allegheny Mountains, and there are several men available outside of the state of Ohio. Japan has shown a spirit of conces sion unlooked for under the circum stances In letting go of Manchuria. She Is not Hkels to be so accommodating when it comes to Sakhalin. Japan has falrls taken or retaken that island; she needs it from a national standpoint, and is most likely to hold on to It. Otherwise the world may well look on In wonder and ask what her hard won victories have brought her. A drinking bout with fatal results at Weatfall. Malheur County, last Sunday, serves in recital to remind us that there are still frontier communities in this state where the six-shooter Is the arbi ter In the free-for-all fight In the cross roads. saloon on the border. The casual ties are one dead and three or four, including the town marshal, more or less seriously wounded. Our .visitors, who talk of municipal abuses, tell us that all the party and political thlevers of the country Is noth ing, in comparison with that of our franchise thieves. Portland knew it al reads. but emphasis on the fact js profitable. But for Thomas Jefferson there would have been no Lewis and Clark Expo sition. But for Henry W. Corbett there would be no Lewis and Clark Exposi tion. We ought to have a Jefferson Day and a Corbett Das. Let there be no perturbation of spirit Just as many good race horses will be bred as if Judge Frazer'a decision had been the other was. For this das. Portland's colors are purple and white, though thes are al ways combined with the red, white and blue. The addition of three detectives on tfie city payroll will greatly assist the force In doing nothing. We hope Captain Spencer feels better. OREGON OZONfc. Dont. If the world has gone awry And you're stranded hlsh and 'dry. And It scorns that Fate has got you with a clutch upon your collar. 'Twill not help you out at all If sou Just sit down, and bawl Don't holler! Another of the late Mr. Zlegler's North Pole expeditions has been rescued, the men three-fourths starved and out of ! provisions. But the North Pole Is still ! there, wherever it Is. and the American I flag Is not there S'et. N. B. The same i microbe, or bug. induces some men to go up In airships and others to hunt for the j North Pole. St. Louis brewers are bltterl- opposed to the plan to prohibit the sale of In toxicants in the coming new State of Oklahoma and are organizing to prevent Congress from including such a provision In the bill admitting the new common wealth. Thes are reckoning without their hostess. Carrie Nation Is running a pa per In Oklahoma called "The Hatchet," and what chance have the brewers against her weapon? Young women who call themselves Ed;th. Allyce. Carrye and Male mas be superior to the girls we used to know as Edith. Alice, Carrie and Mas, but we have our Inborn and deep-rooted doubts. No Excitement at Cnsper. Things are quiet Just now at Casper, Wyo. The Arlington Appeal has received a let ter from a resident of Arlington. W. H. Colwell. who recently took a train-load of Morlno aheep to Casper. t Mr. Colwell writes: "There has been no excitement here since I came that Is, to speak of," and then he goes on to sas that "there was a follow came In with m wool the other das, and another follow took a couple of shots at his head and he thought he might hurt him. so he Just shot one arm oft and shot a hole In the other Just to stop his shooting." The language Is a trifle ambiguous, but most of us wild and woolly Westerners can Interpret It all right. It reminds one of Ople Read's story of BIrdvlUe. Ark. When Mr. Read was a newspaper reporter he covered BIrdvlUe for his paper, by Interviewing citizens from that village and Us vlclnlts. One day he met old Bill Simmons, who re sided near , BIrdvlUe, and asked him If there was an' news In the neighbor hood. "Nope." replied Bill: "everything quiet as death." "No weddings, or anything of a so cial sort?" asked Ople. "Wal. no." said BUI; "the would 'a be'n a marryln ovef at Sim Smith's place las night, -"ceptln thet SI Jones wuz plumb gone on Sim's darter, which Hank Thompson wuz gwlne ter many, an Jess afore the hltchln-up wuz ter take place SI mot up with Hank on the Yellvllle turnpike an shot his right arm off. an then Hank tuck his gun In his left hand an' dropped Hank ter the ground., an Jess then old man Thompson. Hank's paw. come up an' plunked three bullets Inter SI. an Si's stepuncle. Jim Rivers, come a-lopln down the crick bottom an shot old roan Thompson's head' clean orf his shoulders afore he could say' Jack Robin son. 'Course thet sp'lled tHe weddln plans, an so I hain't got no nooze fer ye ter-dny" "Walt a minute. Mr. Simmons." urged Ople. who wantod to get the stors In detail. "I can't wait." replied the man from BIrdvlUe. where It was quiet as death; "I got ter go over to the undertaker's shop an order three coffins right orf. I'll lot se know when the's ans nooze down BIrdvlUe way." A St. Loulsan. who confessed to having killed a man In a fight, has withdrawn his confession because the fight In which he engaged took place at 1 A. M. on a certain corner, while the man who has been found dead, according to the evi dence of the detectives, was slain at 2 o'clock on a corner fulls a block away. The police department. It Is said, will release, the prisoner. Some towns have queer moral Ideas. The Unofficial Autocrat. "If I lacked the brain-power." says the Unofficial Autocrat, "to sit through an address bs a man who talks through his brains Instead of his Panama. I should never permit myself to enter a hall where such a man Is speaking; I'd go fishing, which requires no brains, or I'd attend a baseball game, ditto, or I'd sit down somewhere and stare at the ground for 40 minutes, or I'd He down on the grass and go to sleep and let the files gambol In my open mouth. For ms part, I never could understand Just whs some people persist In going Into assembls halls such as the Auditorium at the Exposition, where conventions, such as the Confer ence on Civics, are In session, when thes haven't brains enough to absorb anything above a ragtime rafeout In aiO-cent vaude ville Joint or a band concert of concate nated concorda I observed yesterdas that, when a distinguished sociologist from the East was delivering a learned and vitally Interesting address upon the government of great cities, dozens of people got up. In various parts of the hall, and creaked their way to the exits. Even If I lacked the brains to stay till the finish, I most certainly should remain seated, just to show that I had been properly bred and was not a maverick or an uncaught wild steer. If you ever delivered a public address to an audience of people in which there Is a sprinkling of persons who don't know why thes happened to be present, s'ou doubtless have acquired some notion as to how hnppy It makes the speaker feel to see a dozen or so of his audience, one at a time, turn tall and make for the exits. When I observe persons taking this method of advertising to the rest of the audience that thes laclc brains and breeding. I want to get right up In meeting and hlsn a few hot adjectives In their direction and If I could do It without disturbing .the speaker ans further I'll wager my chance of a vacation this s'ear that. I'd sas my sas in such simple but expressfve language that even they would compre hend." ROBERTUS LOVE. Wanted an Older One. Modern Soclets. "Yea." said tho old man to his young visitor, "I am proud of my girls, and would like to see them comfortabls married, and as I have made a little mones, they will not go penniless to their hUBbands. There is Mars. 25 years old. and a realls good girl. I shall give her $5000 when she mar ries. Then comes Bet. who won't see 35 again, and I shall give her $15,000. And the man who takes Eliza, who Is 40. will have $25,000 with her." The young man reflected a moment and then Inquired: "Yo1- --n't one about 50, have your YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC AT NEW ORLEANS Apply Modem Medical Knowledge In the Treatment of Cases Not the Club of Frantic Quarantine. American Medicine, of Philadelphia, Pa. In the present epidemic at New Or leans, s'ellow fever Is perhaps making Its la3t serious demonstration on American soil. If nothing less than a great object lesson will suffice to quell the stupid panic and to prove the suf ficiency of modern knowledge concern ing yellow fever. New Orleans Is the best place for that demonstration. We do not expect a great epidemic The sufficient armament of New Orleans In Its present emergencs Is the will and j ability of her people to appls modern medical knowledge to the suppression of s'ellow fever. At New Orleans, in Mas. 1003, Dr. Stanford Challle, the veteran of many S'ellow fever campaigns, in an address to the American Medical Association, after asserting his belief that stego myla is the essential agent in the dis tribution of s-ellow fever, he pro nounced the theory of transmission by fomites to be dead and reads for bur ial, and concluded with the words of the popular undertaker: "Gentlemen, please do not crowd the mourners." - Quarantine regulations of the most stringent sort have been aimed at New Orleans. To prevent all travel to and from New Orleans Is not nearly enough to satisfy some of the neighboring towns. They will have no fruit from New Orleans, no dry goods, no dressed moats. In some places freight cars must be fumigated before the doors are opened. Alabama. Arkansas, Mis sissippi, Tennessee and Texas have quarantined New Orleans. Through passenger cars from New Orleans must be locked while traversing Mississippi and Texas. Passenger coaches from New Orleans are not allowed to enter the State of Alabama. At the state line passengers must change cars. Passengers bearing the health certifi cates of the United States Public Health Service, granted after live dass In the detention camps, are turned back bs the health authorities of Mis sissippi. Louisiana, in order to avoid being quarantined, has Imposed quar antine on her own chief city. Memphis and Chattanooga have not been restrained by medical advice. In Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, the medical members of the Board of Health resigned because their views were publicly denounced by a large mass meeting. In Texas all the possi bilities of sanitary government, fbr good .or evil, are entrusted to one med ical man, and he has aimed at New Orleans a kind of quarantine that Is best described as rabid. Hardly less ferocious is the quarantine by Missis sippi, for which Governor Vardaman Is the official sponsor-. Those who are not firmly rooted In their belief that humane impulse is a dominant power In modern civilization, should turn their backs to the South until this fourteenth centurs spectacle Is played out. The present outbreak caught New Orleans without an effective notifica tion law. The first half dozen or more cases went their several wns's un known to the authorities, but not un known to other persons, and physicians among them, who saw their duty and did It not. In this way mans foci of infection were established before the authorities were informed. Among large cities In this countrs. four at most are better off than New Orleans In respect to notification of Infectious diseases. There are plents of paper dofenses. but few substantial safe guards. Governor Vardaman. of Mis sissippi, charges the authorities of New Orleans with concealment of the faots. Thes did Indeed wait for au topsy findings before Informing other health authorities, but since the first case notified was alreads fatal, this delay was probably of little conse quence. Prevarication and conceal ment are not unknown in the past his tory of s'ellow fever at New Orleans, but there is no evidence whatever of bad faith In connection with the pres ent epidemic. If, however, the truth had been withheld overlong. the guilt of the authorities would have been ex- THE RAILROAD HOG. Bend Bulletin. In an addess at the Harrlman banquet In Portland Tuseday night. General Coun sel Cotton Is reported to have said: I have been at Bend. That la a project In which nearly $300,000 has been spent. The land Is not yet under Irrigation and tvllt not be for some time to come. To ask us to build these lines and then have these Irriga tion projects developed Is a burden upon us and an Imposition upon the community. Pardoning something for rhetoric, and something more for the instinct of the advocaje trying to justify his client In an lndefenslblo course, we still find some thing to criticize In Judge Cotton's broad declaration. There Is land under Irriga tion here, thousands of acres of It A quarter of a million more acres will be Irrigated and producing by the time a means of transportation to market shall be provided, no matter how soon that mas be. Nobods has asked a railroad to build "and then have these Irrigation projects developed." The Irrigation proj ects are developing right along. What Is asked Is that the railroad hog shall get Its feet out of the trough and do some rooting to provide jart of Its own sus tenance. Now It has all four feet and snout In the trough and is squealing for othera to bring in more food. It Is a rather novel Idea, that railroads should not be built Into a new field until the traffic Is there to move. Do sane men expect farmers to get out and clear the land and water and till crops and harvest them and let them rot on the ground a few seasons In order that the railroad shall find traffic waiting for It? That blessed, sacred railroad must not be asked to push out Into the harsh world and do something for Itself. Everything must be done for It. Doubtless man was made for the railroad, not the rSUroad to serve man. ' There Is more than Irrigation In this country. answas a great deal more. We have billions of feet of timDer and an abundance of power for manufacturing. Our livestock Interests are alreads large. No railroad can get here so qulcklj that It will not find Immedlatels all the busi ness It can handle. But such business won't come and tie Itself up and sit and wait for transportation. Fools don't push out so far from the metropolis. Maine's Liquor Law. Springfield Republican. Maine's liquor law enforcement com mission Is busy going from county to county stirring up things. The result Is the arrest of many liquor dealers and the Imposition of many fines. The out come of all this activity Is likely to be a strong sentiment calling for the resub mission to the people of the whole ques tion of the prohibitory pollcs- The spec tacle of having a commission to do the work which the Sheriffs are paid to per form Is not generally relished. The ulti mate result mas be that Maine will come to the local option law, which prevails In Massachusetts. There Is no doubt that the present order of things con stitutes such a farce as does not com mand the respect of the people. I Juvenile Bostonmns. Boston Herald. Visitor (to i little girl of the house) Thanks, darling, for the pretts tune. And can your brother plas the piano as well as you? Little G'H Vpnmfullv) Nol He plays tho races. tenuated. If not quite extinguished, by the circumstance that most of the au thorities In neighboring states are unable to make rational use of such In formation. According to newspaper aCconnts. Ha vana is operating a quarantine against New Orleans Just as our own compatriots In the South are doing. Every day a chronicle Is made In American news papers of the vessels arriving at Ha vana, and of the disposition of people and cargo. Trisconla detention camp Is said to be crowded, with 15 or so per sons under observation. The quarantine operations at Havana are. howerer. In amazing contrast to those of the frantic American sanitariums. The huge caMe which formerly closed the harbor movth continues Its everlasting rest on the bot tom. The same calm and orderly pro cedures which were instituted under Gen eral Leonard Weod go on now tractor Flnlay and Gulteras. Arriving ships from Infected ports anchor midstream within halloaing distance of Havana wharvw. If a fever case is on board, the patient Is placed In a screened boat and taken ashore, where he Is transported in a screened ambulance through the streets of Havana, without haste or excitement, to Las Animas Hospital, and there he awaits the result in a screened room. Patients suffering from other diseases lie within easy conversation distance, and the onls barrier is a double-screened door. The shlp3 passengers are trant ferred to Trisconla. on the opposite std of the harbor, for five days' medical obeer vatlon. Trisconla Is not crowded, nor can its capacity be overtaxed b any pes tilence of less than Oriental magnitude. The infected ship Is fumigated for the cte structlon of mosquitoes, and for no ot he purpose. The cargo is promptl- lightered ashore. By this simple means Havana has been perfectls defended since th American evacuation. To the list of In fected ports in Central and South Anter lea two ports in the United States have been added. This Is all. There te neither fear nor suprise In Havana, nor a brand ished club. In 1S62, General Benjamin F. Butler gave New Orleans such a cleaning-ua as the city never had before nor since. It is not certain that he ever saw a case of yellow fever, but he professed to have been a profound student of the disease. The parasitic theory of Infectious disease confirmed to a nlcets his views of th origin and transmission of s'ellow fever, and in ISSS he considered It his duts to publish his matured convictions. The medical science of ISSS supplied him with two facts. He was in possession of these facts long before, but in ISSS he consid ered them established In medical science Of these fundamental facts, the first was that the cause of malarial fever Is alwas's generated in the presence, and never In the absence of decasing vegetable matter. The other Is. that typhoid fev-r Is always generated In the presence, and never In the absence, of putrefying anl mnl matter. Yellow fever, he said, never appears where onl- vegetable decay .-r onls animal decaj is present, but requires, as a sine qua non. both sorta of decaying refuse. In the atmosphere charged with both malarial and typhoid germs, and not elsewhere, he sas's. the s'ellow fever germ will grow. Proceeding on this theory" General Butler believed It possible to pre vent s'ellow fever everywhere. Among his very numerous observations, but one seemed not to fulfil the conditions of hfe theors, and this one at last gave up its secret. Yellow fever appeared In a wild and sparsely settled district, where vege table decay abounded, but animal refuf could not be discovered. The mystery was flnall solved when the General learned that a number of cattle had died In this district and their bodies had been deposited in a shallow pond. This pond was the focus of infection. General But ler's apparent conquest over s'ellow fevsr in 1S62 profoundlj Impressed the public of that das. With the proof that s'ellow fever re quires an intermediate host, and that thU host is the Stegomyla mosquito, all eredtt for the exemption of New Orleans from S'ellow fever during Butler's occupation was lost to the sanitary astuteness of the General .and transferred, as Challle says, to the blockade. ADMIRAL CLARK'S RECORD. New York Post. Bear-Admiral Charles Edgar Clark.- a member of the General Board of the Navy, better known as the man who brought the battleship Oregon around the Horn from San Francisco to Kej West during the Spanish-American War was placed on the retired list.for age last Thursday. August 10. He entered the Naval Academy from "Vermont. In which state he vas born. In September. 1S60. remaining at that In stitution until 1S63, when he was grad uated. He was promoted to ensign In that year, was commissioned master In ISSS. lieutenant In 1S67. lieutenant-commander in 1868, commander In 1SS1. captain In ISSS. and rear-admiral in 1902. Rear-Ad-mlral Clark was on thrf steam sloop Os slppee of the western Gulf blockading squadron from 1863 until 1S65. taking part In the battle of Mobile Bay and the bom bardment of Fort Monroe. His next as signment was to the Vanderbilt on the Pacific station, remaining on this duts un til 1S67. From this vessel he went to the Suanee, which was wrecked off Vancouver Island on July 7, 1S6S. Though the fifth officer in rank on the Suanee he was left in command of 33 survivors on Hope Island. Before thes were rescued their camp was surrounded bs 400 armed In dians. He has also served on the follow ing vessels: Vandalia. Seminole. Dictator. Saratoga, Mohopnc. Hartford. Monocacy. Kearsarge. New Hampshire. Ranger. Mo hican. Independence, and the Monteres. It was while in command of the latter vessel that Rear-Admiral Clark was placed In command of the Oregon, relieving Capt. Alexander H. McCormlck, now a rear-admiral on the retired list. The latter was at that time In poor health. Rear-Admiral Clark was ordered to sail from San Fran cisco on March 19. 1S03. and covered ths 13.000 miles around the Horn in 66 days, the quickest time on record. Despite this long voyage, the Oregon Joined Rear-Admiral Sampson's squadron without ans ac cident or delns, and plas'ed a conspicuous part In the battle of Santiago. He was advanced seven numbers In rank for Span ish War service. After the war Rear-Ad-mlral Clark was on duts at the Philadel phia yard, and later at the Naval Home in that city. In 1902 he was appointed United States naval representative at King Ed ward" coronation, but he declined the po sition. No promotions will be made bs this retirement, as Rear-Admlral Clark Is an additional number In the list of Rear-Admirals. Reflections of a Bachelor. New York Press. A woman thinks she sees a great many things that she knows she doesn't. Having a "pull with most people Is be ing able to get for W something worth J2. It makes a girl feel awful queer to be hugged when she has a porous plaster on her back. A girl's Idea of being dressed is in a way that makes her feel uncomfortable for fear people will think she isn't. A man could be a great success la a lunatic asylum If he took all the advice he gets about how to run his business. T,he Sanguinary Rail. Chicago News. No. the announcement of 903 persons killed and 14,397 Injured does not relate to some great battle In the Far East. It Is simply part of the Interstate Com merce Commission's report on railway casualties for the first three months of 005.-