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PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 28
A QUESTION FOR PORTLAND.
rtrhat hnii hp done with Front street.
TTwint street? It is the one avail-
i,i a.Anu rv which the South
ntir "Portland. Not only this,
v,,f it thn one available avenue by
which the freight traffic of the south
and north -ends of the city may be
unitrfl nnd the heavy business of the
city along the water front brought into
connection with railway transportation.
A railway track along Front street,
therefore, seems indispensable. For
electric .nnd steam service it is alike
meceseary. The question is. under what
conditions shall we have this sine qua
linn?
Several parties are contending for the
franchise. How is Jt to be decided?
TTnon conditions so framed that trans
for of the cars of all lines, on equal
terms, may be required of the party
who m'ay be permitted to build, with
adequate compensation to the city for
the use of the street? Or shall the city
itself build the road and operate it
upon such charges as the city may
think proper for the interest of the rail
roads and the shippers, and itseli?
The city cannot lend its help or credit
for construction of the roadv No doubt
it might construct and operate the Toad
itself, or authorize some person or cor
poratlon to operate it on terms fixed
and definite. That would lie within the
scope of municipal administration. At
the same time it would be a new de
parture or undertaking. It wouldn't
cost the city a great deal to build the
road, say from Jefferson street to the
Union Depot. It would remain to find
means of getting the money.
The Oregonian hesitates to say that
the city ought to undertake It. At the
eame time it would hesitate to say that
the city ought to part with the fran
chise. Certainly it ought not, except
upon the most closely guarded condi
tJons, with reserve of the right to take
over the line rand the franchise, should
it see fit to do so.
We shouldn't think It hazardous, to
make an experiment in municipal own
orshlp. for It is a small matter. If not
successful, the experiment would not be
ruinous. If successful it might open
and doubtless would open the way to
future movements on the same or sim
ilar lines.
But the country has a right of access
to Portland, and Portland has a right
to reach out to the country. Increasing
facility of movement is ono of growing
requirements. Portland, moreover, must
make transit and transport easy, ready
and cheap, -within her own limits, and
through them; for freight as well as for
passengers. The Oregonian regards a
iine'on Front street as the present chief
necessity, both for city and country. It
can have no positive plan, but would
like to see a way open through which
the city might fully control the Front
street line.
THE NEIIALEM rCZZLE.
Most singular that the nature of the
material called Nehalem beeswax can
be settled for good and all. The ques
tion nms oeen discussed many years
yet it seems impossible for those who
have examined the material with ut
most care, and are well qualified to
form an opinion, to come to an agree
ment. The Oregonian has long been in
clined to think it mineral wax. J. H.
Fisk, who wrote on the subject yester
day, appears to think so, too. One and
another who have discussed the sub
ject have shown that their minds were
in a state of uncertainty about it.
Professor J. S. Diller. of the United
States Geological Survey, some years
ago made careful examination of the
material and of the locality in which It
has been found; and he rather In
clined to the opinion that it was bees
wax, but wrote as if he were by no
means .certain. It remains a singular
puzzle. Possibly some of the pieces are
beeswax, and others a product of min
oral oil. Professor Diller was 1m
pressed with marks on some of the
pieces, which In his opinion were marks
of trade. By these marks he was
much impressed, and his opinion seems
to have been formed mainly on them,
He said, however, that the situs of the
material and its mode of occurrence
clearly indicated to his mind that the
material is not a natural product of
Oregon, but did not prove that it is
wax, ' and not ozocerite, brought from
elsewhere. C. D. Hiscox, in an article
in "Science" some years ago, expressed
the -firm opinion that it was mineral
ax, such as' Jas long feeea known to
be of considerable "economic hnportace
In various parts of the world.
On the other hand. Mr. H. N. Stoke.
one of the chemists of the Geological
Survey, after testing: a piece of It; said
confidently: "The substance is eharpiy
distinguished from ozocerite and other
paraffins by Its easy decomposition by
arm. strong sulphuric acid, ana oy
being saponified by boiling: with alco
holic potash, giving- soaps which dis
solve in hot water, and Trqm wnicn
acids throw down insoluble fatty acids.
In view of this behavior the material
is evidently wax, and not osoccrlte.
"Who shall decide when doctors disa
gree? But we must rememoer were
has been as yet no solution of the ques
tion, "How old is Ann?"
THE
NORTHERN" PACIFIC RAILROAD
BRIDGE.
Perhaps it is tas well that the Port of
Portland Commission should aajourn
for a few days before bringing to a
otc the pending controversy between
the three members of the deputation
ho went East to see bridges, and on
their return, pour out their accumu
lated information for the benefit of
their stay-at-home colleagues. It is
hard to Imagine any other cause for
delay, when the Commission shall meet
gain. For one thing, Mr. wnceiwrigm
will be present, and his fellow-citizens
exDect him to live up tt his character
for quick decision on logical grounds.
Then there can toe no chance ior more
pilots to give their opinion on the Im
mense difficulty of taking vessels
through two channels, possibly 230 feet,
certainly 205 feet, wide.
Nor will fresh ideas be required on
the comparative damage to the channel
by one pivot pier forty-five feet wide.
between two spaces 230 feet wide, and
by two bascule pl-ers 300 feet apart, each
standing seventy-five feet wide against
the stream.
If Mr. Hill is to be held up, and his
way into Portland so obstructed that
he either cannot or will not overpass
the obstructions well tand good. Pos
sibly this bascule fancy will serve an a
stick to beat him with as well as any
other that the imagination of some
members of the Harriman party could
devise.
Certainly it has served its turn by-
making delay. All whose opinion stood
for something knew from the first that
it was swing draw or no bridge at all.
As the people of Portland Intend that
Mr; Hill shall come into the city, and
shall build a bridge and run his trains
over it let us hope that the Commis
sion will stop what the boys call "fool
ing" and let the bridge-builders get to
work.
THE WATER
PROBLEM.
The "WilJameUe PJver is a common
sewer for' the entire valley between the
Cascade and Coast Ranges of moun
tains from Cottage Grove to the Co
lumbia. All the filth, the defilement,
the infection, from this wide territory,
unless it Is burned or incorporated with
the soil, ultimately mingles with the
"Willamette and every person wno
drinks the river water consumes his
portion of these appetizing Ingredients.
The ancient superstition that running
water always purifies itself no longer
prevails among people of education.
Still water may purify Itself under xa-
vorable conditions. It -will do so In a
septic tank. Contaminated Thames
water carried In barrels for snipy use
on long voyages is said to undergo a
process similar to what takes place in
a septic tank, and finally becomes sweet
and safe to drink. A stagnant pool
may free itself from infection more ef
fectually than a slow-running stream;
for the septic bacilli which destroy the
contaminating matter can only subsist
and mutlply when undisturbed.
Water running rapidly will often kill
typhoid germs by the violence of its
motion in the course of a few miles;
but in a comparatively quiet stream
like thev Willamette they -may be trans
ported alive and ready to begin their
deadly work for hundreds of miles. The
excreta from the typnoia patients at
Eugene, which are discharged into the
river, have infected the whole course of
the stream below that city. There Is
high scientific authority for the opinion
that analysis of the Columbia water at
Astoria would show the presence of the
germ? even t that distance from their
origin.
Thus, by using contaminated water
the people of Eugene not only place
their own health In jeopardy, but they
endanger the lives of all who dwell be
low them on the banks of the Willam
ette and Columbia, and whoso water
supply comes from thOBe rivers. Both
wells from which water is supplied to
Eugene are infested with typnoia
germs. These germs, tofter passing
through the systems of the people of
Eugene, are discharged Into the river
and carried down by the current to be
reconsumed at Corvallis, Salem and
every other place on the lower Willam
ette and Columbia where river water is
used for drinking.
In densely populated countries there
is no such thing as pure running water.
All the streams are contaminated with
filth and disease germs, while the wells
are still worse. Even springs of clear.
cold water are found to be infected In
their underground sources. A moun
tain watershed like that of the Bull
Run, which can be kept clear of In
habitants, furnishes a pure supply, but
no other source can be trusted. Con
sldcr what goes Into a stream like the
Santiam before It reaches Albany.
And the Santiam is an unusually clean
riven The belief that the water cllm
inatcs or destroys the filth which it re
ceives is false and dangerous. People
who consume unfiltered river water
consume, filth, to say nothing of dis
ease-
But -by a properly constructed filter.
all water, no matter how badly contam
inated, can be purified and made safe
to drink. Most European cities which
lrave good water obtain It by passing
contaminated river water through
filters. The cities of the Willamette
"Valley could all obtain a wholesome
supply in the same way. All of them
undoubtedly will resort to this method
when the public awakens to the dan
gers which lurk in 'the defiled liquid
The principle of the large municipal
filter Is very simple. A bed of sand Is
Inoculated with . certain bacillus
whose disposition is to devour whatever
germs water may contain. Through
this bed the water slowly passes, glv
ing the bacilli access to every drop, and
it emerges fit to drink, no matter how
vile it was when It went in. Once in
working order, the filter is cheap to
maintain and dutiable. Berlin gets clean
water in this way from the Spree, which
is a dirtier stream than the Willam
ette. Philadelphia, now that her thieves
are in jail, will soon have such a filter
producing clean drinking water from
the poisonous Schuylkill. Many cities
H-fte them. They contain tte mmptc
economical and permanent solution of
the water problem for the "Willamette
Valley.
WILL THERE BE WAR?
Thoughtful men do not expect wwr
between France and Germany over the
Moroccan difficulties. In splto of Em
peror "William's love of military display I
and his intemperate language, he is a
peaceable monarch. "While he has
spared no effort to maintain the mili
tary efficiency of the German army and
to construct & modern navy, neverthe
less his reign is likely to be famous in
history for the peaceful development of
Industry and commerce rather than for
military triumphal Under William,
f .T,lr If Internal -rr- I
sources have been exploited, its clUes
have grown, in population as fast as
those of America, its merchant fleet has
become numerous, it has founded colo
nies in Africa and acquired a para
mount Influence in "Western Asia.
Bacon said a man's children were
hostages to fortune. Colonics bind a
nation to keep the peace. They extend
markets, but every colony is an Invita
tion to an enemy's fleet. In 1S70 Ger
many was a compact area in the heart
of Europe; now the empire is vulnera
ble In Africa and has large interests in
"Western Asia, lying at the mercy of an
enemy superior by sea. The foreign
commerce or the empire is a vasuy
greater matter than it was thirty-five
years ago, and with this commerce.
-k,. TT--1T- vnntH Trtnv I
havoc Moreover, in thinking of a for-
lgn war Germany must reckon with
the 4,000,000 ndult males of its popula-
tion who hold socialistic principles. The
socialists ore radically opposed to war.
-and would seize the opportunity of a
serious reverse upon the battlefield to
incite internal troubles.
Both tho domestic condition and for
eign relations of Germany make war a
more eerloua undertaking than it waa
in 1S70, while France as an enemy is
incomparably more formidable. Then,
under Napoleon HI, the most preten
tious and fatuous of monarchs, its gov-
rnment was a huge graft and'lts army
a chimera. Thjs Bismarck knew, and
he made his attack in the moral cer
tainty of victory. Today, Germany has
no Bismarck, and If it had, he could
feel no such assurance of success
against France. The French army is
as numerous and efficient as the Ger
man, so far as observers foreign to both
nations can judge. France has a so
cialist party, but, unlike its enemy's. It
is not hostile to the government. The
French socialists are under no ban and
have no reason -to be disloyal; with the
exception of a few royalists and dis
gruntled priests, the nation is united.
So far as military spirit and fighting
qualities go, history shows no Inferior
ity in the French soldier. When well
officered, he might be called the best In
Europe, if the tale of victories were to
guide our Judgment, nor has the- ability
to command with supreme excellence
been withheld from this enlightened
and progressive race. The roll of honor
for European Generals contains more
names of Frenchmen than of any other
people. France is not a nation to be
lightly attacked, even If It stood alone.
The exact significance of .the alliance
wtlh England Is, of course, not known,
but it must mean something. English
public feeling Is bitterly hostile to Ger
many. A war with the Kaiser would be
popular, and, if it cleared the sea of
German ships, might be profitable.
William aspires to become a Mediter
ranean power. He Is established In
Asia on the borders of Egypt. He has
just acquired an .island on the way to
the Suez Canal. If he should control
Morocco he could make Gibraltar
worthless. England knows all this and
the danger it involves. Should Ger
many attack France, Britain would not
remain neutral. It would seize the op
portunity to annihilate the Kaiser's
navy and conquer his colonial empire.
under such conditions the probability
of war between Germany and France
scents slight indeed. One may cucss
that William will release his claims
upon Morocco in return for the peace
able possession of his Turkish Island
when the psychological moment arrives.
He has no real wish for war, and his
Interests are all against It. We may
therefore boHeve that he will not fight.
CONDITIONS AT PANAMA.
"Panama Without Prejudice" is tho
heading ued by Frederick Palmer over
the first of a series of articles portray
Ing conditions in the canal zone. Mr.
Palmer is a writer with a reputation
fully equal to that of Poultncy Blgelow,
who In a recent rapid-fire review of a
hasty visit to the Isthmus placed in cir-
cuHtlon some very unfavorable com
ment regarding conditions at Panama
and Colon. Mr. Palmer's views, natur
ally, arc at wide variance from those of
Mr. Blgelow. This can readily be un
derstood when it is Temembercd that
Mr. Blgelow was on the Isthmus less
inun iwcnij-iour nours anu mauc ud
the most of his story from "hearsay"
evidence, collected from disgruntled
employes who had returned to this
country. Mr. Palmer's story Is the re
sult of a protracted stay on the Isth
mus, In which all phases of the big un-
dertaklng were carefully studied.
This first article of Mr. Palmer's in
the current issue of Collier's deals with
the health problem, and makes c!ear
that to the failure of the Government
to pay early attention to this Import
ant matter is due much of the expen
alve troublo and delay that have re
sulted.
"In their endeavor to win the favor of
the public and of Congress," says Mr.
Palmer, "the adherents of the Panama
and Nicaragua routes had reduced the
problem of an Isthmian canal to the
simple feat of cutting a ditch across a
neck of land." This, according to Mr.
Palmer, was the view tnut Engineer
Wallace accepted berore he made his
spectacular appearance and disappear
ance at Panama. It was "the same
thing In principle as making a drain In
your own yard. All that was required
was a crowd of workmen, who would
make the dirt fly." XocaI conditions at
the Isthmus were entirely overlooked
by Wallace in his hurry to make the
dirt fly. To quote from Mr. Palmer:
Jie ukhc io tne innnruR the stasdutls of
Illinois 'whrr lie hid white laborers -who J!d
not work In the face of yellow ferer and acute
malaria, where mutilation did cot concern
hlra. where hln only problem wan jjeuinsr out
tne flirt, where he waa In the center of an
elaborate railroad rtem. and if he wanted
a part of a machine he could have It on twen
ty-four hours notice.
Wallace proceeded on the Illinois
standard and almost Immediately on
arrival began making the earth fly in
the softest part of Culebra cut, or, as
Palmer says, by the same method "as
that of the boy who eats the custard
out of the pie and leaves the crust-'
This was easy so long as the good
weather lasted, but with the advent of
tile Talny season tracks, carts ad
everything else were floating arend in
a sea of mud and the health of the
workmen became so bad that the cost
of excavation rose to exorbitant figures.
At the period when chaos reached Us
climax Mr. "Wallace resigned, leaving
the canal project, as a whole, in infi
nitely worse shape than he had found
it. And it was at this juncture that
there came a chance in the method of
reckoning time in the canal zone. The
change in the new order or tnmgs was
so different from the old that the dwell
ers along the Isthmus all dated events
from "before "Wallace went" or -ociore
Stevens came."
Thn ranai will be dug. however, ana
means will be found to overcome the
jinm.iiii. vhih have aeiayea inc
-work; this. too. Without the IOW Of WO
nnd treasure that foes or me cn
held up before the American people as
spooks to scare them out or tne project
Mr. Palmer shows that tne aiseaac
menace aireaay is erauiww.
four white employes out of lw diea m
December, and two of the cases, were
malaria. For more than two mow win,
says he, there has been no yellow fever.
"Out of 22,000 men on the istnmus, ono
out of 1000 are absent daily irom
work on account of sicKness una
against 27 per 1000 In the New loric
street-cleaning department."
Experiments in construction are cost
ly. This is esoeclally true In construc
tion by the Government, slnco contract
ors and designers do not thinK it neces-
aarv to wun&oid tncir ntuiu m
public treasury. An example of the
way they can run up the cost, when
given a free hand, is shown In tho re-
port submitted by the Secretary of the
Navy, which carries an aaaiuonai ws
In construction of the battleship Con
nectlcut for 5112.000 and that for the
Louisiana for 5132,955. The larger part
of these larsrc sums Is due to experi
ments made since the ships were orig
inally designed, and may or may not
be of value. Modern battleships arc at
best exbensivA toys, but If we play the
great game of liatlons we must nae
them. And since ibe term mooern
represents little mord-tnan the conceit
or experiment of the present year in
naval construction. It is inevitable tnat
battleships "come high
Fame is lavish In the bestowal of
fax'nm iirvin "Priident Roosevelt. ItS
latest demonstration came in the shape
of a wonderful gourd, grown by the
greatest eourdralscr In the world Al
fred Lookablll, of Indiana, christened
Roosevelt" and sent to the White
House with the compliments or tne
grower. The specimen sent is of the
sugar-bowl variety, and has four arm
like projections upon which spoons can
be hung. The President came into tne
world too late to have any sentiment
unon the subject of the drinking gourd.
a specimen of which hung over tne oia
oaken bucket that stood on the three-
cornered shelf In the kitchen of the
irreat-jrrandmothers of the present gen
eration, but he received the gift as his
namesake graciously, and will no doubt
find a place for it among the trophies
that will tell to his descendants of his
popular triumphs at the White House,
Much anxiety has- been felt t tho
Navy Department for the safety of that
bltr official blunder, the drydock Dewey,
which Is being towed laboriously, ana
in dally danger of wreck, to the Philip
pines. For some days the department
was without news of the craft, but
finally It was reported at the Canary
Islands. Th hydrographer of the de
nartment has plotted the course of the
dock since It left the Chesapeake, and
It appears to have started off at a good
speed, averaging about 100 miles a day.
This has been greatly reduced, indicat
ing that something must lrave gone
wroncr with the towing gear. A month
was consumed in making 1000 miles
The tension at the Navy Department
will not be relieved until the dock shall
arrive at her destination Mr shall be
lost on the was.
The sheepmen of Eastern Oregon can
afford to carry the manifold troubles
of the range smilingly. Sheep are
bringing high prices, wool Is soaring
and buyers with plenty of money are
in substantial evidence. Stockmen of
Umatilla County last week disposed of
10.000 yearling sheep and arc. J30.0M
richer by the transaction. The Winter
has been devoid of bllrzards. Spring is
Just at hand. There is a truce to the
war witn cattlemen, ana aiiogetner
sheep-owners are upon the top wave of
prosperity, not only In Oregon, but
throughout the great range country be
tween the Missouri and the Columbia
Rivers.
The Supreme Court of Washington
says the inferior courts must not enter
into an unholy alliance with rascals
who wish to. commit -fraud under the
forms of law. This savors of an assault
upon vested interests. One may ven
ture to hope that the Supreme Court of
Washington will reconsider Its danger
ous utterance. What Is law for If not
to further the schemes of rascals?
this anarchistic spirit Is not checked
the New Tork court will order Rogers
to answer Hadleys questions before
long. When the courts fall them,
where will our aristocratic thieves flw
for refuge?
The official appointment of the first
Japanese member of the faculty of Tale
University was announced a few day
ago. He will be known as Professor K.
Asakawa and will be instructor in the
history of Japanese civilization. He
has been a student at Tale and a lec
turer at Dartmouth, and is himself an
example of what civilization can do for
his race. He is now in Japan collecting
books upon the subject he Is to teach
nnd will be well equipped for the work
which he- will take up next September.
Democrats who charge Republican
with ignoring the primary law as
to
statement No. 1 should not fall to note
that their own candidate for United
States Senator. John M. Gearin. is Ig
noring that law as to registration. The
law Intends that every elector should
register for himself in his home county.
and not by proxy.
If, as reported, the Mllwaukie Club
has met with disaster, there Is the com
foiling thought that it stands alone.
Every other business concern in this
neighborhood Is prosperous.
If the conspirators of the Inner circle
of the Western Federation didn't mur
der ex-Governor Steunenbcrg. who did
It raises a question. Did he blow him
self up with dynamite?
No ncrson who lends himself to the
Harrinran Interests to keep- the north
bank railroad out of Portland is
friend of this city.
THE SILVER LINING.
If tho world were sunny weather.
If joy and woe came not together.
What would you and I care -whether
Friends proved true or not?
But the world is often drear.
So at an times of the year
It Is very sweet, ray dear,
Not to be forgot.
A. II. BAILARD.
Whatever may be said of Mrs. Mizncr's
taste, she certainly is not dull.
Will the royal marriage In Germany to
day mark a royal road ta blessedness, or
the opposite? Marriage, of course, is a
divine Institution calculated to keep up
the general supply of human mischief and
trouble, and to guarantee Viat the world
will not become stupid. , Yet, the ever
lasting holler that goes up each timo
some couple connected with rulers of the
earth gets married Is progressively wear
isome. An ordinary man can get mar
ried and bother no one but his unfortu
nate wife. There are some compensa
tions In not being prominent.
Tho most successful man is usually the
most careworn, and. therefore, tho most
unhappy. A tramp has no cares at all.
and In the opinion of some philosophers
the tramp approaches very near happi
ness. Every healthy man once In a
while feels like going to Japan and bask
In the smiles of the geishas dropping: du
tie and throwing dull care to the lotus
winds."
a I
As Bret Harte was In tho habit of re
marking. It is worth while going away
from home once in a while, because home
looks so good when you come back.
Who wants to lay a wager that there
will be no snow In Portland this Winter?
It was rather chilly yesterday, but tho
chances are not good for skating here
this year. Let's hear from the weather
prophets.
Serious unrest and turbulence brew
apace in all parts of the world except in
tho United States. Perhaps our country
Is a good place to live In, after alL Our
Government hangs together and seems
practicable, notwithstanding the alarm
ists, tho Standard OH pilferers and some
local Portland miscreants.
Every man has a world to conquer.
Every woman has a temper to conquer
and a whole lot of things besides.
The only quality about which you can
be sure concerning a ball Is that It is
round. It may be hlBh. low. Scotch, or
a dance. But It's round, anywav.
Shooting, hanging, flogging In Rus
sia; and still you wax indignant at the
little flea that bites you. and wot not
of your manifold blessings.
m m
When Congress seriously considers a
bill to make Government clerks nav
their bills It Is surely time to laugh.
Create your chance, and make good
with it.
Respect yourself and the public will
respect you.
If you can't play the, piano play
pinocle but see to it that you learn
the game and play well. If pinocle
seems too difficult, try editing a news
paper. Some people right here In Port
land think that's easy.
m
uon t asK anyono else to help you
out of a pleklo. Wriggle out yourself.
You'll love tho cry exercise It the
right stuff Is In you.
A cat oan look nt a
Queen. But
to look the
many people are afraid
world In the face.
The language of the street Ik often
more expressive than the Psalms of
David. Tho most eloquent phrase
known" to modern times is: "Twenty
dollar."
We are all making pictures constant
ly. Remember, you arc always In the
picture. Some one else sees you. even
If vou do not sec yourself. Well then.
vitalize things, and make the back
ground atmospheric. You can always
be picturesque If you will study the
matter In hahd. Wo aro all artiats to a
degree Try to be a good artist.
It such a comfort nowadays to
think that Alice Roosevelt is safely
and irrevocably married. I. was afraid
that she might get away, or some
thing.
Thcro Is never any time better than
the present time for doing what ought
to be done.
The unpardonable sin Is admitting
that you have made a mistake. Do your
best aud stand pat.
The 12th commandmenr is: Carry a
good front.
Bo good and you'll flock by yourself.
Never
work as
spare yourself. Go at your
a dug files at a cracker.
Did you ever meet anyone who was
short of good advice?
a
The older a man grows the less ho
finds out. When I was 30 I knew every
thing. Pvo forgotten plenty since then
Cheap guys are plentiful. An ex
pensive proposition at least is admired
by his maker.
Don't hug women. Hug delusion:
they're safer, and Just as substantial.
A Little Knowledge.
Harper's Weekly.
A recent school examination in England
elicited the following definitions:
"Noah's wife." wrote one boy. "was
called Joan of Arc." 'Water." wrote an
other. "Is composed of two gases, oxygen
and cambrigen." "Lava," replied a third
youth. "Is what the barber puts on your
face." "A blizzard." Insisted another
child, "is the inside of a, fowl."
A "Gold Brick" of Old Time.
London Post.
In one of the Tell-el-Amarna letters,
written during the ISth dynasty, the King
of Babylon accuses Aroenophls IDT. of
Egypt, of sending him a mass of base
metal for gold. H says: "The twenty
mlnas of gold you sent mo contained
when melted down, only five mlnas of
pure gold."
"Everybody Works Trat Father."
Exchange.
Question, for the Squeedunk Literary
Society: Which Is the more to be .con
demned: The man who will let his wife
support hlra, or the woman who will
do it?
TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIA:
DO THEY PAY?
Printed by request from the American
Medical Record.
A recent issue of the Lancet contains a
symposium on this subject, the word
"pay" being usc4. In Its therapeutic and
economic aspects. Naturally a diversity
of views Is expressed, based apparently
upon the personal relation of the In
dividual writer to direct sanatorium work.
But from such men as Douglas Powell.
Broadbent, Williams, Fowler, Wcthercd.
Latham and Walters, we may look for a
dispassionate discussion of this popular
question. In a general sense the ver
dict Is far and way In favor of sanatoria.
That they are expensive no one denies.
That they attack the tuberculosis prob
lem on the side of the effect rather than
on that or the cause. Is admitted. Yet
the educational work which goes on In
all well-ordered sanatoria and the fact
that their graduates are missionaries of
good hygiene, is not overlooked.
Douglas Powell declares that the "em
ployment of sanatoria in the treatment of
phthisis is now recognized as essential
for the great majority of cases for the
reason that few people even amongst
those who are fairly well to do ean
command those conditions of locality.
house facilities, garden space, nuralng
help, and medical supervision which are
the ImDortant elements of the treatment.
And even among the more favored mi
nority there are some who. having coun
try houses with suitable aspects ana otuer
requirements, yet find the family condi
tions of life and temperament lncompat
ible with restful home treatment. As
regards the working classes, so dlscrim
inated against is consumption in our hos
pitals, institutions and convalescent
homes, that there is no alternative Be
tween the workman's own home or the
scanty spcclaT "hospital accommodation
that exists and treatment In sanatoria.
More attention should be paid to the
matter of providing suitable employment
for patients, so That they shall not become
demoralized by a six montna" idleness.
Moreover, the majority of those who are
benefited cannot return to the conditions
under which they have broken down
without tho probability of a relapse. Ex
perlence shows, however, and most hope
fully, that while they may return to tne
same eenerai conditions mey are oncn
able to create, in view of their Increased
hygenlc knowledge a new environment
for themselves.
There Is a eenerai ODDOsition by the
writers named to the erection of costly
buildings. What constitutes a costly
building depends entirely on one's own
conception of that term. Mere architec
tural adornment falls under tne ban. out
every institution should have at least
one substantial building, containing the
administrative features, cooking arrange
ments, laundry facilities, etc., which can
be depended on In all seasons and every
kind of weather. Around this the more
temporary structures may be grouped.
Moreover, sanatorium results must Inev
itably be disappointing unless we make
a sharp distinction between incipient anu
advanced cases, and segregate tnem ac
cordingly. The good results reported from
Saranac and Ray Brook In our own state
are due In no small measure to an
observance of this rule. It is useless
to send patients, who ought to be at
home In a hospital, miles away to a san
atorium, though, as one of the writers
in the Lancet pertinently suggests, every
general hospital and every special (chest)
hospital should be In relation with a san
atorium. Statistical evidence on all these points
Is in some respects contradictory, but on
the whole it Is decidedly encouraging.
We must nofpln our faith only on re
sults achieved when the patients are
leaving the sanatorium. The crucial point
is as to the later history of these same
patients. On this latter point .Wethered
writes as follows: "The majority of
the patients who entered the sanatorium
in the early stages of the disease and
remained a sufficient length of time there
will probably have been discharged as
greatly Improved and fit for work. Other
patients will have been sent out as 'unfit
for work, and advised to take things
as easily as possible.' Inquiries Into the
future of these two classes yield peculiar
results. According to statistics at the
end of four years about an equal per
centage arc alive and able to do light
work. The explanation Is that those who
were discharged 'fit for work returned
to hard and unsuitable labor and sur
roundings, and many of them speedily
relapsed, whilst those 'unfit for work
led quieter and more sheltered lives.
capable, perhaps, of undertaking a little
light work, and being carefully looked
after by their friends or charitable in
stitutions. They are thus able to drag
on through an invalid life and did not
suffer from severe recrudescence of active
disease."
In both England and America the san
ntorlum treatment, especially among
wage-earners. Is perhaps too recent to al
low of entirely dispassionate views. This
much may be safely said, however, that
It has yielded better results than any
other plan thus far tried, and It has
given a powerful reflex stimulus to the
Ing this scourge of the human family
antituberculosis crusade, which is attack-
all along the line.
THINGS DOING IN COUNTRY
Tatrlots at Political Altar.
Newberg Graphic.
In several Instances the office appeared
to be seeking the man In this county, but
the balmy southwest winds of the past
few days have brought out several men
who signify a willingness to be sacrificed
and it looks now like full tickets woutd be
In the field, with some to spare.
.JFcminlnc Accomplishments.
Mount Scott News.
An exchange says that a dainty little
town girl who married a farmer can now
dash out In the yard, catch a chicken by
tho legs, put her foot on Its head and
pull the head off and then clean and cook
the chlckrn In ten minutes, 'mat is notn
Ing. We know a "dainty little town girl"
who married a farmer when she didn't
know the difference between a sawmill
and a cheese-knife, who can now work
five-horse gang-plow all day long.
Looking for an Honest Man.
Hood River News Letter.
Marshal Ganger placed his lanterns at
the big washout near the unitarian
Church so as to keep teams from running
Into it in the dark, and some one bor
rowed It before the Marshal got around
the next morning. Ho would like for the
party who took it to be kind enough to
leave It at this offlce or return it to him.
as he needs It frequently.
Only Jim Crcets.
Bickleton News.
On lapt Wednesday afternoon a well
dressed gentleman stepped into the News
offlce. At first we were unable to .tell
whether ho was a Governor, Congressman
or just an ordinary Justice of the Peace,
but upon a closer scrutiny we recognized
his celluloid collar as one we had seen
on several former occasions and we knew
It was our old-time friend Jim Crcets,
who had just returned from Sunnysidc.
Fleet Runner Is Discovered.
Huntington Herald.
It was discovered that Huntington had
a record-breaker foo tracer- on last Wed
nesday night.- The runner made tho
record time of S seconds for 1C0 yards
Several local sports are now preparing to
put him In -actual training with the as
sistance- of a Greek, who first showed the
Jyeung fellow what he could da
GRIP ON WOMEN
Harriet Quimby in Leslie's Weekly.
A leading New York pawnbroker.
whose up-town place of business is
graced only by patrons who have val
uable possessions to pawn, tells of con
stant visitations to his nlacc of mes
senger boys, porters and janitors: who
come hurrying In with jewels on whic't
they arc In a great hurry to raise
money at once. In his vaults are ring
brooches and pins Innumerable, tora
hurriedly from the fingers and gowns
of card-crazed women, whose interest
In the game could not be appeased even
when their last penny was gone. "Wom
en employ bell-boys and messengers
with such regularity that we have an
average of several calls a day, said
the proprietor of the shop. "Lace hand
kerchiefs with the perfume or faint
odor of cigarettes still scenting them,
furs and other articles of clothing,
come here, as well as jewels." The card
playing of women Is as serious as that
of professional gamblers and. as tne
following will Illustrate, it Is just as
exacting:
In one of the ultra fashionable up
town hotels a wealthy young woman
entored a game with some friends, and
in a few hours she lout several hundred
dollars. She did not seem to realize that
t"n debt wa one of honor, and when
she ro" from the table alio passed tho
matter on a a Joke. She really did not
consider the game In any other light
than that of amusement, but her
friends had. and they were consequent
ly enraged. The result was that the
Iosr was almost. If not entirely, os
tracized from her set, and her name
was stricken from the calling list of a
large number of women who had heard
of her action.
An Incident, which caused consider
able gossip at the time, came to my
personal notice at a fashionable shore
resort last Summer. One of the well
known members of tne social set ap
peared on the scene with a very hand
some lace scarf, upon which she was
selling chances for the benefit of a
"distressed gentlewoman." The scarf,
perhaps worth $75. was supposed to
bring several hundred In chances. The
exact amount of what It must brlnK
was eternally uinned Into the ears of
all who would listen. No person at the
resort, not even the most Inquisitive,
could get an Inkling as to where the
assistance was to go. That the scarf
was raffled off and the money used for
something was evident, but to all In
quiry the answer came: "It is for a
gentlewoman in reduced circumstances,
and we would save her the humiliation
of exposing her name." Although the
matrons conducting the philanthropic
move were above reproach as to social
standing, that fact did not save them
from being the target of very pointed
remarks, especially from the men
friends who had been cajoled into buy
ing chances for the unknown gentie-
.woman.
LO, THE RICH RED-MAN!
Metropolitan.
Indian Territory as a name suggests
vain things to the mina oi tne average
dweller east of the Mississippi. The In
dian Territory is a territory with very
few Indians. The Five Civilized (and the
term civilized Is to be taken literally
here) Tribes Cherokees. Choctnws.
Creeks. Chlckasaws and icminoies com
prise about S6.CC0 persons. Only a small
portion aro full blood?, the rest being
descendants of the negro and mulatto
slaves of the era before 1S63; mixed-breed
Indians of various shades of dilution up
to persons who cannot be distinguished
from whites: and white men ana women
who have been adopted Into tho tribe?.
And there are fragments of eight tribes,
aggregating about 2000 persons, in the ter
ritory's northeast corner. As against
these SS.0C0 Indians, actual and construc
tive, there are six times as many whites
In the Indian Territory. These, of course,
constantly increase through immigration,
while the Indians, restricted to 'th(
growth In excess of births over deaths,
remain practically stationary.
The Five Tribes have schools, churcne?.
cultivated farms, towns with electric
lights and other accompaniments and ap
pliances of advanced civilization, vov
generations, through their local Legisla
tures, executives and courts, they have
been governing themselves. Their chiefs
Johnson df the Chlckasaws. Kieasani
Porter of the Creeks. Green Mccurtain or
the Choctaws. W. C. Rogers or tne encro
kces, and John Brown of tho Semlnolcs
arc men of education and ability. Out of
the 1.500.000 people of Oklahoma-Indian
Territory. 102.000 In tho aggregate aro
classed as Indians, and only about 27.0CO
of these are full blood?.
There are about S0O.00O children In the
schools of the combined territories, and
they have several Institutions of tho
higher learning. They have 530 newspa
pers and periodicals (33T In Oklahoma and
m In Indian Territory), 40 of them dailies,
and 51.000.000.COO property subject to taxa
tion. Oklahoma City, Guthrie. Ardmor
Muscogee. Shawnee, Lawton. Enid. El
Reno. South McAlester, Chlckaslia. Dur
ant. Perry and Coalgate are thriving and
modern towns.
The Five Civilized Tribes were made
citizens of the United States by act of
Congres In 1901. On March 4. 1S0S. their
tribal governments aro to be dissolved,
and their members will merge themselves
In the general mass of tho country's citi
zenship. A Bootblack's Estimate of Folk.
Llpplncotfs.
Of the many point3 of view from which
to Judge the success of a lecturer the one
reealed in this Incident is unique.
The bootblack at an Illinois Chautau
qua Assembly was asked, "Who. was, the
greatest lecturer on the programme this
year?
"Governor Folk," wa3 the quick reply.
"Why do you think Governor Folk the
greatest lecturer?"
"Why, sir, I made $6.25 the day he was
here."
The Ideal Legislature.
Houston Post.
What a great thing it would be to
havo one Legislature composed of men
not candidates for re-election or for
any further political honor. Then some
thing worth while could be expected.
Money Marriage.
Baltimore Sun.
It i3 declared that money
snr.nsible for the separation
vas ' rc
of the
Castellanes. Money was also responsi
ble for tho marriage.
Our Flnt. ,
Maurice Smiley In the American Masazlne.
There's always something doinx in our cozy
little flat.
And we'ri never down with ennui, you can
bet vour life on that.
Or courne. it's kind ot quiet in the llttls
hours of nijeht.
But when the daylight comes it s loud
enough, all rlcht.
TIa then the doors bej;ln to slam and the
kids bRln to yell.
And there ain't much chance o sleeping, and
I feel like saylns well!
And Just about the
time I turn for one
more snooze
I hear the man that lives
downstairs
a-wrestling with his shoes.
A bis; hoarse gone goes oft before it's, light
enough to see.
And soon I hear a voico next door a-hol-lerlng:
"Marief
The kids bepln to holler and the doors be
gin to slam.
And there ain't much chance of sleeping, and
I feel like saying fudge!
Sometime they get so mixed that I can
hardly tall
It it's the pesky kids that slam or the pesky
doors that yell.
There's Just a howlin? hodge-podge of a
dozen kinds of noise.
A wild old whooping Jamboree ot Marie and
doors and boys.
There' always something doing Ja our cozy
little flat.
And we're never down with ennui, you, caa
bet your life on-that.
GAMBLING'S