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CHURCH AND STATE IN FRANCE.
Further to illustrate the contention
between the government of France and
the Roman Catholic Church, we make
use of an article In the latest number
of the Outlook, which itself is a review
of two articles from the French press;
one on the conservative or reactionary,
the other on the radical or liberal, side.
The new law requires every religious
association in France to be registered
as an "association cultuelle." The term
itself jars the sensibilities of devout
Catholic religionists, since in their eyes
It lowers the claims and dignities of
the church, and puts a great historic
and divine institution on a lever-with
other associations that have no such
claims nor can rightly pretend to them.
The first of the articles from the
French press, brought forward by the
Outlook, is from La Croix, as indicat
ed by its name, an orthodox Catholic
journal. It puts ite protest against the
new law 1n the form of a dialogue be
tween a country priest and one of his
' parishioners. The parishioner did not
understand why the Pope should con
demn the law, since the French gov
ernment only asked submission to the
general law of association, whether
secular or religious. . The Outlook,
translating, givee this as embodying
the substance of the priest's reply:
What would you think of your children If
they accepted the gift of a farm or a field on
condition that they should recognize no longer
your paternal authority, that they should deny
It? Well, the government has, as Its mem
ber acknowledge, left the Pope, our father,
our chief, outside Its deliberations: It has even
arranged matters so that the bishop, repre
senting the Pope, should not necessarily be
chief of the particular "association cultuelle."
2f I Bhould accept this, my supreme chief
would be no longer the Pope; It would be the
Council of State. I would resemble a soldier
who should Bay to his Colonel. "You are no
longer my Colonel." Could the Pope admit
that the Council of State, composed of politi
cians, and perhaps of Protestants and Free
masons, could be the court of last resort?
No. The Pope In accepting such a law would
destroy himself, for if the Pope Is not the
Eupreme chief in religious questions he Is no
longer the Pope.
The other article appeared in La
Tempg. characterized as "perhaps the
most reliable of all French Journals."
It is presented as the Joint work of "a
group of eminent Roman Catholics,
priests, magistrates, academicians and
men of letters" though the parts are
unsigned and may be the work of a sin
gle hand. But since the Pope has con
demned the law good Catholics would
be cautious about expressing approval
of it. These letters express surprise at
the Pope's wholesale condemnation of
the law; for the church is not a govern
ment analogous to those of the world,
and "you. Most Holy Father, are
greater than your adversaries. Tou
are the vicar of Jesus Christ. Tour
kingdom is a kingdom of peace, mercy
and pardon." The authors of the arti
cle, the Outlook tells us, call the Pope's
attention (for the article is addressed
to him) to the practical advantages of
the law, and to the moral and material
distress that would result from its re
jection by the church. Among these
advantages are:
The liberty of ecclesiastical nomination (of
bishops) by the Pope, putting an end to the
unholy alliance by which secular politics have
counted for much hitherto In the nominations
made by the state to the Pope for episcopal
preferment, in return for which the state paid
the ecclesiastical salaries. It now gradually
abandons such payment.. If the French hier
archy does not comply with the law requiring
each church to bo registered as an "associa
tion cultuelle. It loses the control of many
million dollars' worth of property and of many
thousand churches. Furthermore. Catholicism
Itself will be diminished, while Protestantism,
by reason of Its "associations cultuellee," al
ready constituted and enjoying the favor of
the state, will speedily occupy some of the
positions of vantage which the Roman Cath
olics would be compelled to abandon. The
namo ' "association cultuelle" certainly does
not sound orthodox to Roman Catholics, but
the liberals among them are ready to adopt it
as denning their place under the law which
applies to any religious body.
From the standpoint of the priest, in
the article in La Croix, the situation
. for the church in France 19 a very em
barrassing one. And his standpoint is
that of historical and dogmatic Roman
Catholic Christianity; For the church,
both in its historical and dogmatic
claims, is attacked by the new law, and
Its claims virtually denied. But the
church is a law unto itself; it exists
by divine authority, and its law comes
from lips that pronounce the infallible
word. The church is a supernatural
institution; a sacerdotal and hierarchi
cal institution; it is of -miraculous and
divine origin; it is, and ever has been,
under divine guidance, and therefore
and thereby protected from error. To
be regulated by the state and to be
brought under the law of "associations
cultuelles" Is equivalent to dispute of
its sacred and historical claims. What
the result of this new departure in
France will be, through which secular
legislation is to be attempted in the
government or regulation of the church,
cannot be determined now or soon; but
it Is almost a safe prediction that the
church, thrown upon voluntary support
and receiving new strength through in
dependent spiritual zeal, will be vital
ized, not weakened, by it. For we
think the people of France will adhere
to the policy of this new law of dis
association of church and state.
STREET IMPROVEMENT IN PORTLAND.
iA relic of mossbackism in Portland is
a provision in the charter giving own
ers of two-thirds of the property on a
thoroughfare power to prevent im
provement of the street. It enables
parsimonious persons and stingy es
tates to save themselves a few dollars
at the expense of the city's progress.
The sums 6aved do' nobody any partic
ular good; only afford spending money
for fogy individuals and idle heirs,
bringing them no material benefits and
holding back the advancement of them
selves and the community.
The remonstrance power is used
chiefly by poeoesors of large tracts of
land, held either as estates or for spec
ulative purposes, or both. The individ
uals wish to "realize" the full worth of
the land, not alone for today and to
morrow, but for years to come, but
want their properties brought into high
values by improvement of other streets
than their own. They wish to benefit
from the progress of the city without
sharing the cost. They are land drones
and "mossbacks," and do more to hold
back the enhancement of the city than
any other class of citizens.
Improvement of streets is one of the
most important subjects of charter en
actment in cities. It has been found in
the best-improved cities that the city
government should have power to make
street improvements, whether abutting
owners want them or not. Large own
ers naturally prefer to retard many
improvements "for the future," when
there shall be "more need" of them, in
tending, of course, to have them made
"some day" when not spending so
much money elsewhere. Parsimonious
conservatism should be denied this
remonstrance privilege. Portland can
not afford to have its growth held back
by poor streets. Its increasing com
mercial importance demands smooth.
well-drained thoroughfares. Realiza
tion of big land values requires them.
Every piece of highly valuable land in
Portland has been made Immeasurably
valuable by street improvement. Stin
giness in this respect is short-sighted
and Injurious to the interests of the
municipality as a whole.
' BA8ZBAIX.
Chicago wins both the major baseball
pennants this year, that of the Ameri
can and that of the National League.
Thi3 is an unheard-of distinction. Al
most every one of the great cities of
the East has flaunted one of the pen
nants; hitherto none has won both. The
first game of the series to decide the
championship of the world was won by
the American League club.
The perennial popularity of baseball
is one of the curiosities of our current
history. Those who call the age degen
erate and say that the taste for prize
fights and football shows that we are
lapsing into barbarism may grow
cheerful over the wholly healthful pas
sion for baseball. In this game there
is no brutality; no exhibitions of crafti
ness; no subtle scheming. As far as
human things can be, baseball is de
cided by skill alone. A game is a con
test fairly played between two teams
perfect in physical condition, graceful
in effort and marvelous in accomplish
ment. The man in the field who calculates
the trajectory of the lofty ball and re
ceives it accurately in his hands as it
approaches the earth is no mean
mathematician. An old college presi
dent was once heard to recommend
baseball to his boys because it improved
their geometry. Most certainly it im
proves their health, both physical and
moral. There is no game which affords
such an exhibition of pure beauty as
baseball, beauty of motion and of skill.
It is played, too, in circumstances of
ideal charm. The enthusiastic audi
ence affords inspiration; the applause
comes, not to reward some low trick,
but to show appreciation of real and
great achievement. The open air is
good fcfr players and lookers-on. The
excitement is deeply moral.
Much as one may deplore football and
the le6S degenerate prizefight, it hap
pens sometimes that the exquisite skill
of their practitioners almost disarms
criticism. Baseball we can enjoy with
no apologies to an accusing conscience.
Our love for the National game con
firms what Baron Speck von Sternberg
has said of us, that we are at heart
idealists. No people thoroughly ma
terialistic could find lasting pleasure in
a purely esthetic sport like baseball.
DOINGS OF THE EQUINOX.
The equinox was a bit early with its
Portland storm this year, if that of
September 13-14 was its doing. This
city usually has a blow of wind and a
fall of rain about that time, or a bit
earlier, but occasionally it is followed
by a storm nearer the equinox and then
by several weeks of clear weather.
At the equinoxes, September 22 and
March 21, day and night are of equal
length. The sun follows the line of the
equator in his path around the earth.
The sun's disc is just above the hori
zon at the north and the south poles.
Just now "Winter's dusk is falling on
the north pole and Summer's dawn is
rising over the south pole.
Very severe storms have occurred
about the time the sun is wont to cross
the equator. The Gulf storm of two
weeks ago Is an example. Hongkong
had a hurricane September 18. Port
land was drenched with heavy rain
September 13-14. A storm occurred in
the English Channel October 2. The
Galveston cyclone and tidal wave were
on September 8, 1900, and the great
storm in Samoa March 15, 1889.
The change from Summer to Autumn
in the Pacific Northwest is always her
alded by disturbed weather conditions.
That is doubtless the reason for the ex
odus of people from the sea beaches,
late in August and early in September.
Beach residents have acquired a sub
conscious knowledge that early in Sep
tember the sea resorts are to be
drenched by heavy rain. It matters
not if the rain is to be followed by clear
skies; Instinct takes them back to their
Winter home, like wild ducks seeking
Southern climes. That instinct telle
them dry weather will probably last
through August, or very near the end
of that month, and then wet rain will
come. . That is why they nearly all
troop home at once. They go to meet
the equinox.
Yet there are learned men, plenty of
them, who would derive the cause from
another source. They deny the equinoc
tial storm theory. They are called by a
big name meteorologists. Some of
them know a great deal, while others
know not so much. The ones who
know the most are commonly those
who profess to know the least. They
behold their science in swaddling
clothes, yet a pretty big giant of ob
served facts, none the lees. When the
humble weather observer speaks of
equinoctial cause of storms, oftentimes
these learned men, whose conclusions
are based on theory, say his are based
on superstition. This puts him down
and out. It would be interesting to
hear from Jim Thompkins, of Mount
Hood, the man who predicts a hard
Winter from an uncommonly large sup
ply of acorns; also from a number of
authorities who foretell the weather, all
the way from one week to one year
ahead, merely by making observations
on the goose bone, the squirrel's fur,
bird songs, the hardness of nutshells
and the shadow of the groundhog.
But, getting back to the equinox, it is
a fact well established that schools re
open about the time of the Autumn
equinox and that young Johnny and
Mary aln'ays feel the equinoctial force
drawing them away from the beach
back home, a little while before.
Johnny knows that about that time,
also, he goes down to the store for a
new suit and must be more careful of
his clothes thereafter. He feels, fur
thermore, that he must keep his hands
and face cleaner. Oftentimes he dons
his first pair of "long pants," and Mary
dons her first long dress and puts up
her hair. Their father puts in Winter
fuel at $4.50 a cord for wood and J8.50
a ton for coal, and frequently must pay
for calcimining, the walls, so that the
family exchequer is at low ebb for
funds. All this is the effect of the
equinox, nor has any meteorologist
ever successfully disproved it.
SPIRITISM.
Elder Snyder, in his statement last
Sunday that the Bible imputes all com
munication between the living and the
dead to the influence of the devil, was
strictly correct. The devil, as we now
call that interesting personage, was
known to the primitive Jews as Satan,
and he was the avowed enemy of Je
hovah, the tribal deity of the Israelites.
Jehovah had established a regular sys
tem of communication with the spirit
world through the divinations of the
priests in the temple; and naturally he
would use this when he had a message
to deliver. Any other messages, there
fore, necessarily came from the devil;
or, at any rate, from some power hos
tile to Jehovah. With the downfall of
the Jewish hierarchy Jehovah's estab
lished method of communicating orders
and predictions fell into disuse. The
Christian church then assumed the
function of delivering such messages as
the Almighty wished the world to hear,
and again the conclusion was natural
that all other communications from the
spirit realm must come through the em
issaries of Satan,, or through the ad
versary himself.
For this reason orthodox Christians
reject such revelations as those of Jo
seph Smith and Mr. Dowie, as well as
those of the spiritists. They reason
that if any spirit had a message to
communicate which was acceptable to
the -Lord it would come through the
established channel, that is, through
the church. The rarity of messages
from the spirit world sent through the
church in modern times would seem to
indicate either that the Deity was not
much concerned with human affairs
nowadays or that there was something
wrong with the medium. ' Still, though
the machinery has almost or quite
ceased to work, the organized churches
claim to be the only authorized trans
mitters, of intelligence between the
world of spirits and that of living men.
Every denomination claims the power
to communicate with the Almighty
through prayers and more or lees elab
orate incantations, and Individuals in
all sects assert that they receive mes
sages in return.
This is a survival from the earliest
times. In the primitive world each
tribe had its local Deity who was in
direct and frequent communication
with the priesthood, or body of medi
cine men. Among the Jews this duty,
or privilege, was confided to the Le
vites; but in all other tribes there was
a similar social group. It mat be sus
pected that the practice of spirit di
vination which, as Elder Snyder well
says, the Bible utterly ' abhors, was
nothing less than an intrusion into the
Hebrew world of religious practices
from the outside. It is known that the
early Israelites were somewhat prone
to lapse from the worship of Jehovah
and adopt the beliefs and ceremonies
of "heathen" tribes. The reader who
wishes to trace the progress of religion
from its origin in the animistic cults of
primitive men to the present time, will
find a useful and accurate guide in
Tyior's "Primitive Culture."
He will learn from that work that in
modern spiritism there is absolutely
nothing new. Both the orthodox,, or
ecclesiastical, spiritism and the irreg
ular, or Satanic, present nothing that
is not as old as humanity. The two
cults differ not at all in their origin,
but one of them has had the fortune to
rise to great power and dominate mod
ern civilization, while the other is hum
ble, persecuted and disreepectable. The
term "Satanic" is applied to it in re
proach by its more powerful rival;
though there has been more than one
occasion in the history of the world
when Satan became a formidable com
petitor with Jehovah for the worship
of mankind. To illustrate this remark
one need only recall the spread of the
Manichaean heresy in Southern Europe
and the terrific and long-dubious strug
gile of the Church of Rome to eradicate
it. The Manichaeans were worshipers
of the devil, though they did not ex
clude the Christian deity from their
pantheon. The difficulty in pursuing
this subject lies in the fact that the
names of the two beings are often in
terchanged and the deity which one
nation names God is called Satan by
others, and vice versa. So far as prac
tical power over human affairs is con
cerned, Satan holds a high hand today.
The case Is quite similar to that be
tween Croker and Mr. Low in New
Tork politics. Mr. Low got the glory
and brass-band music, but Croker got
the delegates.
Whether or not it is really a re
proach to spiritism that It is Satanic
need not be decided here. It is much
more to the point to observe that no
alleged revelation from the world of
spirits has ever imparted to mankind
a single bit of useful knowledge. The
advancement which the human race
has made has been achieved through
its own efforts, unaided by communi
cations from spirits either great or
small. It would be hard, therefore, to
point out what benefit spiritism has
conferred in any of its forms, and very
easy to enumerate evils. There is noth
ing, for example, so unsettling to the
mind as the habit of conversing with
the other world; and the form of this
converse seems to make little differ
ence. Believing that an intelligent will
has ordered human affairs, we should
be obliged to conclude that occult
knowledge was forbidden to us, not be
cause we cannot attain it, but because
it drives us mad. Peculiarly suscepti
ble to the disastrous effects of spirit
converse is the mind of woman, though
there are many men who go to wreck
on the same shoal. It will, in fact, be
a happy day for mankind when the
whole field of the so-called supernat
ural has been analyzed and reduced un
der the categories of the Intelligible.
Some progress has been made in this
direction by the psychologists, particu
larly by those who investigate the dark
realms of hypnotism and thought trans
mission; but nothing whatever by the
devotees of the cults.
Residents of Irvington, Holladay
Park Addition and other districts that
suffered from a shortage of water last
Summer will note with satisfaction the
announcement that the new pipeline
from the upper reservoir at Mount Ta
bor will be completed and the water
turned on in a few weeks. Completion
of this line was due three months ago,
but from various causes, chiefly, it is
said, the scarcity of labor, the con
tractors were unable to finish the work
in the specified time. While the stress
of the season, due to the large amount
of water used for sprinkling lawns, is
over for the present, those who suffered
annoyance from the delay to the pipe
line will be gratified to learn that this
annoyance will not be repeated next
Summer.
The number of rural , free delivery
routes in operation October 1, as shown
by a report of the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster-General, at date was 36.566,
with petitions pending for 2424 addi
tional routes. The extension of postal
privileges to rural districts thus shown
is a credit to the intelligence of the
American people and a compliment to
the sagacity and energy with which the
poatal affairs of the Government are
administered.
A correcction of a wide misunder
standing of Mr. Roosevelt's spelling re
form is made editorially in the New
Tork Times, The President's order has
nothing to do with phonetic spelling.
His simplified method is not an atom
more phonetic than the common one.
The misuse of the word "phonetic" to
characterize Mr. Roosevelt's spelling
shows how little use we, as a nation,
make of the dictionary.
The teacher who is sick, but is not
permitted by her religious belief to ad
mit that fact, is dangerous as a crank
only through the nature of her indispo
sition. If her ailment be diphtheria,
scarlet fever or any other malignant
contagious disease, no amount of
sophistry can construe her violation of
the rights of others by appearing in
the schoolroom into a personal or re
ligious right.
Hoity toity! Emperor Bill is highly
indignant because a diary has been
published which tells of the differences
between himself and Bismarck, which
caused the latter's retirement. Bill
wants to know how it could have been
published without his permission. "I
am It," says Bill; "and everybody In
Germany must ask me." We order
these things differently in America.
German wire is driving American out
of Australia by virtue of lower freight'
rates. Here is a lovely argument for a
ship subsidy. Tax the people to help
the steel trust meet German competi
tion in Australia. Nothing could be
kinder to the trust, while, as for the
people, they can perhaps be fooled into
believing it is kind to them also.
The name of John F. Caples has stood
for energy and public spirit in this
community for nearly forty years.
While according to Nature the effective
period of his life is in the past, his
many friends hope that he may recover
from his present illness and remain in
the enjoyment of the quiet pleasures of
life for more years.
Howard Gould and Frank Gould and
Anna Gould all seem to be having do
mestic troubles of their own; but there
are sundry accommodating gentlemen
who w ould be willing to take a chance
at matrimony with Helen Gould.
Mr. Heney insists on postponing the
remaining land-fraud trials till Decem
ber. The defendants would take it
more goodVhumoredly if Mr. Heney
would permit them to name the par
ticular December.
To say that a man has been hanged
Is regarded as rather coarse and vulgar
nowadays. It would, however, be cor
rect to say that his death was due to
apnoea, superinduced by pendulous
illaqueation.
The San Francisco courts are finding
in the insurance cases that "there is
no evidence to justify the conclusion
that the fire was caused by the earth
quake." It must have been Mrs.
O'Leary's cow.
A small boy whose touching loyalty
led the police yesterday to release his
father from jail deserves a better
father. It may be hoped that the father
will strive now to deserve such a son.
Just to show his impartial attitude
toward everything and everybody, Sen
ator Bailey offers his services to the
State of Texas to prosecute the Stand
ard Oil Companyi What's the fee?
It is a pleasure to note that Hon.
John D. Rockefeller has still his old
time appreciation of the duties and re
sponsibilities of an American citizen.
He registered yesterday.
Mr. James J. Hill continues to be
considerably exercised about what is
going to happen aldng about 1950. But
we scarcely think it will happen to him
or to Mr. Harriman.
They are also having a dry and
dusty Fall back in New York; but,
judging from the activities of the can
didates, there is no danger of the mud
supply giving out.
Senator Beveridge says that even the
Democracy "has goed qualities." Is
this a graceful acknowledgment or a
great discovery?
The very best that Mr. Hearst and
Mr. Hughes seem to be able to do is to
say something pleasant about them
selves. Referring to baseball championships,
that's the way Chicago likes to play it.
Whatever happens, Chicago wins.
PAUL AND THE EXDOR WOMAN
Rev. Mr. Snyder Does Not Envy the
gutter's Defender.
PORTLAND, Oct. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) I have Just read Mr. A.'s apol
ogy for spiritism in this morning's
Oregonian. He thinks that "Paul was
just the same kind religiously speak
ing of a human being as Is Mr. Sny
der." Mr. Snyder does not think that
he deserves to be ranked as highly as
the Apostlo Paul. Of course, Mr. A.
only intended to degrade the apostle
by ranking with him Mr. Snyder. Mr.
A. evidently thinks that Elymas, the
sorcerer, was more of a Christian than
the Apostle Paul. Well, the record
says that Paul rebuked Elymas, who
was forthwith smitten by blindness by
the hand of the Lord. If the record is
true, the Lord vindicated Paul and se
verely rebuked Elymas. Paul was not
intolerant. He merely told Elymas
what he thought of him, and the Lord
did the rest. Intolerance is the use
of human methods of coercion to com
pel observance of some religious
dogma. This Paul did not attempt,
any more than we attempt to compel
others to become Adventists, and ob
serve the seventh-day Sabbath. All
we do is to tell people what we think
of them, and quote scripture to sustain
our opinions. They can still go on
and do Just as they please, and we
will still respect them as men, though
we may radically differ with them in
matters of religion. Christ himself,
whose spirit of toleration Mr. A. recom
mends, once said to the Pharisees:
"Ye are of your father, the devil."
Mr. A. refers to the presence of
Moses and Elijah with Christ on the
Mount of Transfiguration to prove that
Christ, believed that "other spirits of
so-called dead people could do like
wise." Will Mr. A. give us the date of
Elijah's death, and prove that Moses
was not resurrected previous to his
presence on the mount? Most children
know that Elijah was translated to
heaven without tasting death, and
from Jude 9 we may reasonably infer
that Moses had been previously resur
rected. Mr. A. promises to defend the woman
of Endor as "a medium and an ideal
character." . Very well; we do not
envy him his task. The 2Sth chapter
of I Samuel contains the whole nar
rative of Saul's night seance with "the
woman of Endor. Verses 6 and 7
reads thus: "And when Saul inquired
of the Lord, the Lord answered him
not. . . . Then Saul said, seek me
a woman that hath a familiar spirit
that I may go to her, and inquire of
her." Saul did not consort with the
woman of Endor until after he was
rejected by the Lord. After the woman
had described to Saul some sort of a
spirit manifestation purporting to be
the dead Samuel, this spirit manifesta
tion itself said to Saul: "Wherefore
dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord
is departed from thee, and is become
thine enemy?" This woman's charac
ter certainly needs defending, but
those who defend her voluntarily class
themselves with her, and with the re
bellious and apostate king who con
sorted with her after he was rejected
by the Lord.
GEORGE A. SNYDER.
ALWAYS THE WORK OF SATAX
Views of the Average Adventlst on the
Subject of Spiritism.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 8. (To the
Editor.) I see in today's paper that the
Rev. Snyder, of the Adventlst faith, has
delivered himself on another of his per
iodic attacks on modern spiritism or spir
itualism. For the Rev. Mr. Snyder I have a
great respect as a man, and have lis
tened with pleasure to several of his ad
dresses on civic liberty, Sunday laws,
etc., but on the question of spiritualism
he Is as narrow and prejudiced as any
other member of the Adventlst denomina
tion. His contention that modern spiritism is
of the devil is in strict accord with his
(Snyder's) narrow theology. There is
nothing the average Adventlst minister
knows so little of and talks so much
about as modern spiritualism. t To him
the Bible, according to Adventist inter
pretation, is the court of last resort, and,
learning wisdom by experience, he sel
dom gives a well-posted spiritualist a
chance to answer his attacks by meeting
him in public discussion. The devil is
his explanation for everything wrong, and
he cleverly dodges the texts of scripture
which contradict his narrow views by fit
ting in the devil where he is needed.
Thus the Interview between Saul and
Samuel was a trick of the devil, who
personated Samuel, though nowhere does
the Biblo say so. But, he argues, it
must have been the devil, for Samuel
was dead, and the dead know not any
thing. For the discoveries of modern research
in mental science and phenomena con
nected with spiritualism, ho has the
greatest contempt, and the one answer
it is the work of the devil. It makes
no difference how pure and spotless may
be the lives of those connected with the
spiritualist movement, they are of the
devil and will be destroyed with the dev
il at the last.
The limits of a newspaper letter are
too small to reply to all the mistaken
statements made in an address like the
Rev. Mr. Snyder delivers at these times,
but, If he or any other minister or lay
man of his faith, will undertake a public
discussion on the subject, I will supply
someone for the spiritualist side who will
ably defend that side, and those inter
ested may decide who has the best of it.
D. E. LUNSFORD.
Sagacious Observation!.
H. G. Wells presents in Harper's
Weekly "An English View of An Ameri
can Problem." It is a discourse on cor
ruption in politics. He has some excel
lent observations. Here are some of
them:
It seems to me that the political corrup
tion that plays so large a part In the Ameri
can problem is a natural and necessary un
derside to a purely middle-class organization
of. society for business. Nobody is left over
to watch the politician. And the evil Is enor
mously aggravated by the complexities of the
political machinery, by the methods of - the
Presidential election that practically prescribes
a ticket method of voting, and by the absence
of any second ballots. Moreover, the passion
of the simpler-minded Americans for aggres
sive legislation controlling private morality
has made the control of the police a main
source of party revenue and dragged the sa
loon and brothel, essentially retiring though
these Institutions are, into politics. The con
stitution ties up political reform In the most
extraordinary way: It was planned by devout
republicans, equally afraid of a dictatorship
ini the people; it does not so much distribute
power as disperse it: lhe machinery falls
readily into the hands of professional poli
ticians with no end to secure but their im
mediate profit, and is almost Inaccessible to
poor men who cannot make their Incomes In
its working.
Advance Funeral (Hearsed) Notes.
Wall Street Summary.
They are now calling him Willie Ran
alsodolph Hearst.
Hearst says he's not for Murphy. May
be Murphy won't be for Hearst at the
polls.
It now looks as if the people of New
York State would enjoy this election
Hughesly.
The receiver is as bad as the thief.
Murphy stole the nomination at Buffalo
and Hearst accepted it.
A man may be rich enough to buy a
nomination but too poor to buy a state
election. '
New York State is not for Socialism.
Preaching Socialism may win Socialists
It can't get the majority of the people.
Coney Island As a Barometer.
New York Herald.
City Engineer reports that Coney Island
is sinking into the sea. Probably it is
trying to get away from that Buffalo
ticket.
THINGS DOING IX OREGON.
Stonlna; Cousar to Death.
Roseburg Review.
J. B. Young and the three McClain
brothers stoned a large cougar to death
at Bristow Prairie, near Hazel Dell. Lane
County, a few days ago. The men and
their dogs fought the beast for over two
hours before it was killed.
Yield on Yonag Apple Tree.
Cottage Grove Leader.
W. A. Hartung has a young Northern
Spy apple tree that began bearing fruit
this year. -Mr. Hartung allowed 65 im
mense apples to mature on the tree, but
had to prop all the limbs up carefully to
hold up even that number, and he thinks
he cut off fully 200 apples in order to pro
tect the tree. The growth of the fruit
here this year has been tremendous.
Hood River's Rival.
Medford Mail.
Those who have Newtowns and Spitz
enbergs aren't losing any sleep herding
the wolf away from the door. Growers
of fancy fruit of these tw0 varieties can
figure on "velvet" to the extent of at
least a pair of plunks per box this fall.
And why is all this thus? Quality, my
boy, quality; that's all. Color, size, keep
ing quality, shipping quality, packing.
That tells the story.
Oregon Pin Money.
Independence Enterprise.
The Fishback family took the record at
hop-picking this year. Mrs. J. L. Fish-
back and sons, Russell, v nliam, Robert,
Perle, Leonard and two daughters, Ina
and Letta, earned $550.15 picking in the
Sam Orr yard. The family worked 18
days, averaging $30 a day. The Fish
back family have picked in the Orr yard
for a numb'!'' of years, and there is no
stuffing baskets or unclean picking with
them.
Cause nnd Effect.
Athena Cor. East Oregonian.
John Bell & Son are among the largest
wheat growers in this neighborhood, and
this season they had a bumper crop.
Saturday they totaled 19,964 sacks of
wheat.
One of the largest checks ever drawn
in Athena in payment for a crop of wheat,
was written Tuesday by M. L. Watts,
cashier for the Preston-Parton Milling
Company. It was in favor of J. Bell &
Son, and was for the sum of $23,9S3.S3.
An Oregon Possibility.
Albany Herald.
Here is a new one. From casein, by a
recently devised process, threads are
made, long, strong and silky, with a
beautiful lustre rivaling the product of the
silk worm. It seems that like coal tar,
the milk pail offers great variety in its
list of possible manufactured products.
Perhaps after a while a pail of skimmed
milk may be sent to the dressmaker and
returned a handsome gown. Possibly if
the cow were fed on the mulberry the silk
worm would have to retire from business.
Oregon Garden Huckleberry.
Prineville Review.
One of the most practical exhibits
shown at the Redmond fair was a plant
of garden huckleberries grown by Z. T.
McClay on his farm near Redmond. The
branches of the plant were loaded with
the berries and altogether the bush must
have contained a full gallon of the lus
cious fruit. The terries greatly resemble
huckleberries in appearance, though they
are larger and more solid. They are very
insipid in taste, however, until put in
the form of preserves, when they become
the equal in taste of the old-fashioned
"olallie" gathered from the mountain tops
by the klootchmans and peddled in town
at the price of $1 a gallon.
Evergreen Blackberries in Alsea.
Corvnllis Times.
They tell of the thrift of evergreen
blackberries in the Alsea Valley and of
how on account of their great size and
fine flavor somebody ought to preserve
and put them on the market. Some who
have seen them claim there is opportunity
there for a big industry. The sweetness
and the size of the berries are not the
only inducement. On the Ruble farm, for
instance, the vines have grown with
such thrift that 30 acres of fine bottom
land has been literally taken by them.
The vines climb the small trees and the
berries hang in great clusters like grapes,
making a picture of great beauty. On
another farm in the vicinity there are 25
acres literally gone to blackberries, and
in this tract, as well as on the Ruble
farm, practically the whole crop goes to
waste. Here 13 another circumstance
favorable to a cannery for Corvallis.
A (tuinlnnlt Dlann.
Hoquiam Washingtonlan.
The story of a woman at Netarts. Or.,
having killed a bear, is equaled. If not
exceeded by Mrs. Anton Kistner, who re
sides at Quiniault Lake. Two weeks ago
Mr. Kistner, having business in Hoquiam,
left his wife and young family alone at
their lake homo. One morning Mrs. Kist
ner heard the dogs barking, and soon
found that they had something treed. She
went to the house, getting a rifle, and
proceeded to the tree, where the dogs
were, when she espied a huge cougar or
mountain lion upon a limb furiously lash
ing his tail. Nothing daunted, the in
trepid lady took a fine bead and tired,
bringing the animal tumbling to the
ground, when she soon dispatched it with
another shot. After performing the feat
of killing an animal which was the terror
of the neighborhood, she proceeded to rid
the beast of its hide, which measured
seven feet four Inches from tip to tip. The
hide will be tanned and made Into a rug,
which it is hoped will long grace the
home of this courageous Diana.
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GOOD DEED WELL DONE.
Rescue of a Drowning Boy by a Cooa
Bay npMullst.
North Bond Harbor.
L. J. Simpson Wednesday morning
saved little Willie Noble, a lad of 7
years, from drowning. It was a nar
row escape for the boy, and Mr. Simp
son himself was almost exhausted
when the rescue was made.
Mr. Simpson was going out to Ten
Mile that morning with County Judge
Hall and Commissioner Anderson to
view the new road. Pete Robinson's
launch and the launch Union were tow
ing a scow between them, the Union
being in the lead. The scow had on
board the wagon and team of horses.
Mr. Noble, grandfather of the boy, and
Mr. Cox, of Ten Mile, were also on
board.
The boy had been playing. Jumping
from the boats to the scow when, as
they were entering the south end of
the canal in ten feet of- water there
was a sudden splash. Mr. Simpson
thought at first a dog had jumped
overboard, but Robinson soon gave the
alarm.
Mr. Simpson ripped the buttons off
his vest as he started for the rear of
the scow, and divested of hat, coat and
vest ho leaped into the water. Quick
as he was the launches had gone thirty
or forty yards beyond where the boy
fell overboard.
It was a race with death. Mr. Simp
son is a stronfr swimmer. He was
making for the lad with all his might.
He saw the boy sink once, twice and
the third time. lie had the spot
marked and dived. It was somd time
before he reappeared and those on
board felt some anxiety for his safety.
But when he did come to the surface
Mr. Simpson luul the boy in his arms.
He swam towards the shore and was
soon in shallow water. With the boy
slung across his shoulder and the
water pouring out of him he awaited
the launches that were backing up.
The boy was nil right In two hours
and Mr. Simpson went on to Ten Mile
with the party, wearing his wet clothes
all day.
MADE A SKETCH OF THE Sl'LTAV
Davenport Also Succeeded In Securing
Seventeen Arab Stallions.
Boston Transcript.
To few Americans has been granted the
privilege of a personal audience with the
Sultan of Turkey, and to only ono has
come the opportunity of securing a draw
ing of the famous ruler as he is today.
That one Is Homer Davenport, the well
known cartoonist, who recently arrived in
Boston on the White Star liner Caponic.
Efforts were made by the secret agents
of the Sultan to locate and destroy this
drawing, which Mr. Davenport produced
from memory directly after his audience,
but the arti3t concealed the precious like
ness in a bale of hay and thus managed
to convey it out of the Sultan's domains.
Mr. Davenport's visit abroad had for its
chief object the selection of some blooded
Arab stock of horseflesh, for the purpose
of establishing a stock farm in this coun
try, in which quest he had the companion
ship of two men who were as ready as
himself to "rough" It in the wilds of the
Far East In the accomplishing of their
purpose. They were Charles A. Moore,
Jr., Yale., '03. a strapping big man, of
athletic propensities, and Jack Thomson,
who, being something of a vegetarian,
was left in charge of the stock of seven
teen blooded stallions and ten mares.
It was while arranging for the transfer
of these horses from Arabia to the Medi
terranean that the cartoonist had his
meeting with the Sultan and managed to
secure a drawing of his features. Inas
much as all alleged photographs of the
Sultan which have appeared in the last
forty years have really been likenesses
of the Sultan's brother. Mr. Davenport,
as may be Imagined, values his drawing
highly, especially since It has become al
most certain that the life of the Sultan
will run its coarse within the next year
or so.
Mother of in Children.
New York Mail.
Mrs. Emma Shaplof. who Is said to have
been the mother of the largest family In
New York State, died at her home In
Tuckahoe yesterday. She was 44 years
old. and had borno 19 children, ten of
whom six boys and four girls are living.
She wa3 married in Austria 25 years
ago, and came to this country five years
later with her husband. The oldest of
the children is Julius Shaplof, 24 years
of age, who lives in Yonkers.
The eighteenth child, now four years
old, was baptized Theodore Roosevelt
Shaplof. The third birthday of the young
est. Arthur, occurred yesterday. Mrs.
Shaplof Is survived by her husband, who
is also about 44 years old. There are
three grandchildren living.
Wall Street Wntclilnir Seeretary Taft.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Wall street Is silently admiring the
work of "Governor Taft." He ts surely
carving his way to the White House.
Incidentally the President's handling oj
the situation Is also heartily indorsed!
No one seems to dream of sugge-stin?
that Congress ought to have been cone
suited. It Is a tribute to President
Roosevelt and perhaps something else t
Congress.
The Most Independent State.
Washington Times.
New York, on the record of the figures.
Is now a Republican state. On the record!
of fact it is the least partisan state in the
Union. It Is, In fact, the most independ
ent state. The leadership of a great met
ropolitan independent press has made it
that way. so much that way. In fact, that
it commonly votes against the advice of
the press. "41
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