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PORTLAND. TlratSDAY. APRIL 88. 1809.
DEMOCRATIC DISCORD.
The Democratlo party has become
mi oDject of sorrow to lta friend- or,
Pity to lta enamles. Nothing la hoped
longer from lta disintegrated frag
menta and nothing feared. It la r.
quite acephalous, for Mr. Bryan sUll
etanas with self-denying fortitude at
the helm, ready to guide the scuttled
old hulk upon rocks unknown and Into
maelstroms yet untried; but the dls
t'nuragcd and depressed Democrats are
almost ready to confess that It Is bet
ter to have no head than one so
queerly furnished forth with brains.
At the recent "harmony dinner" of the
party, in New ork. the most substan
tial element of unity lta orators could
rake up was the memory of Jefferson.
lmleed.vwhat more recent memory
does the party possess of which It Is
not ashamed or which Its more numer
ous faction doea not execrate?
A party which had not descended
far beyond the verge of senile de
cadence would glory In the memory of
Grover Cleveland, Since early times
he Is incomparably the most respect
able figure the party has possessed, but
to far as appears from the reports hla
name was carefully suppressed at the
harmony dinner. There was good
reason for suppressing It. too, because
out of every four Democrats In the
country at least three detest Cleveland
ns heartily as they love Bryan. As
for Jefferson, like all unique heir
looms, he is terribly overworked. Hla
memory Is like that of mothers pies
something inexpressibly dear and de
lightful, but also one may hear too
much of It if no other topic Is ever
discussed. The changes have been
rung on JefTersqn's praise until the
music decidedly Jars. -The sweet bells
jangle out of tune, from excessive use.
Not having any real great man who
can serve as his occasional substitute
at harmony banquets, why do not hia
ingenious followers invent somebody?
Rut paucity of great men la not the
worst lack of the Democratic, party.
They could make shift to do without
leaders If they had any principles. A
howling mob, animated by a common
rurpose, "rill sometimes do mischief
effectively, even If it can do no good.
But the Democrats have no common
purpose. The mob of them can only
howl. Further achievement Is beyond
their power. When they come face to
face with an opportunity to accomplish
something, it seems to paralyze them.
At every crisis they fall Into a panic
and do bewildered deeds which bear
no resemblance to each other except
that they are all foolish. In critical
moments, like the time when the revis
ion of the House rules was In question,
the Democrats act like a certain cele
brated family whose dwelling was on
fire. The father put on his high hat,
but forgot his trousers. The mother
left her diamonds on the bureau and
rushed shrieking into the street with
a feather duster clasped to her bosom.
From Its dilemmas the Democracy
never emerges with anything of value
It manages to get disgraced in every
contest as well as defeated. It never
can say iwith King Francis that "all is
lost but honor," for honor is always
the first thing the party of Bryan casta
away on the stricken field.
Let us not speak of honor' In con
nection with a party whose leaders in
Congress, such as It has, stand ready
In emergencies to go over to the enemy
and betray their cause. One need not
recall the conduct of Mr. Fitzgerald
when the proposed new rules for the
House came to a vote. Thoroughgoing
revision of the rules may or may not
have been desirable, but for years th
Democrats had been clamoring for it
and belief In It was as much of a
common principle as they possessed.
But when the vote ovas taken, Mr.
Fitzgerald stood with the declared ene
mies of hia party. Thus It always is
with the forlorn Democrats. They trust
the enemy more than they do each
other, and for good reasons.
The only National election they have
Indisputably won since the Civil War
was decided on the Issue of a lower
tariff. Revision downward was their
battlecry and their promise to the
country. How did they keep the prom
ise? By framing a tariff which heaped
greater favors on the protected Inter
ests than they had ever received be
fore. Since then, although a low tariff
is their winning Issue, and they know
It, the Democrats never have had the
sense and courage to fight upon It, but
have wasted their strength and di
vided their counsels over perplexed
questions for which the times were not
ripe. Finally, the Republicans have
captured even the tariff reform, and
nothing Is left to the Democrats but
to help or hinder a work In which they
might easily have been principals.
Some of them are Inclined to help,
but mora seem disposed to hinder. If
tariff revision becomes a mockery In
the Payne bill. It will be the fault of the
Democrats. Some of them have done
so much to make It a mockery that
they have won praise from Leslie's
Weekly. Of Mr. Fitzgerald, for example,
that paper says that "By his sane
views on the tariff he la doing much
to aid the Republicans to prevent the
tariff from losing its protective fea
tures," the 99 per cent on petroleum
among others. The Republican major
ity Is trying to keep Its platform prom
ise by giving the country an honest
revision. Mr. Fltagerald and his Dem
ocratic following are In league with a
rag-tag Republican remnant to prevent
It. Leslie's Weekly, which notoriously
peaka for the Standard Oil Company,
praise Mr. Fltagerald. Clearly, Mr!
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Haskell, of Oklahoma, Is by no means
a lonesome figure in what Is left of the
party of Jefferson.
THE GREAT KJ.INSTKIX SCHEME.
Of course, Mr. Reinsteln and hH
confederate had no purpose of helping
along the anti-saloon crusade when
they made their nocturnal visit to the
City Hall for the purpose of mutilat
ing the McKenna petitions, but that is
exactly what these two worthies have
accomplished. They have focused pub
lic attention upon the trepidation that
exists among brewery and saloon In
terests over the McKenna ordinance.
They have advertised the desperate
purpose of the saloons, or some of
their less decent representatives, to re
sort to any expedient to defeat the pro
posed scheme for regulation, and con
trol of their business. They have
shown that the saloons are not willing
to let the people say how they shall
be run. They purpose that the sa
loons shall say, as, the saloons have
always said.
How often have the saloon interests
maintained their control in Portland
by Just such methods? That is a
question that will naturally occur now
to many people. It Is a question that
has a partial answer in the mysterious
occurrence in the Auditor's office two
years ago, when several sheets of an
Initiative petition for a similar saloon
ordinance were mysteriously missing
Who stole them ? Who could have had
any motive for stealing them?
The McKenna ordinance Is very se
vere. It contains provisions that will
work a great hardship on the saloons
and breweries. It will put many sa
loons out of business, ft will do great
uuiuage to xne Dreweries. It will
probably decrease, iho i-ir-i.-'.,
from the saloons. It may and probably
itiu iu me estaDiisnment of many
miscellaneous "speak-easy" and "boot
legging" Joints and to the surreptitious
sale of liquor by disorderly establish
ments. The ordinance, in the opinion
Of most Judicious nprsnna to or, ! -1 ..
too sweeping. That is the trouble
wnn xne initiative. The people must
either take the McKennn
without amendment or defeat it. If
tne saloon Interests of Portland had
heretofore niaiilfptii n
willingness to obey the law, or to come
more neany in accord with public sen
timent on the saloon question, they
need not have been so greatly alarmed
over the emergency that now confronts
them. Thev ml?ht mcIIv ,o,,
pealed to the public ror the substitu
tion of a more reasonable measure than
me Mcnenna ordinance, "with confi
dence that their Just complaint of the
McKenna bill would b
and any fair ordinance accepted In its
place. But how is It now? Reinsteln
and his pal have made a sad muddle
of the saloons' case.
RECKLESS MOTOIUN-G.
Ex-Governor Geer. in a
tlon, published yesterday, relative to
the abuse of automnhlloa 1a i-..
severe. Indeed, he Is almost savage in
nis denunciation of speed maniacs; yet
his Indictment is in many particulars
Just. While only a few of the many
nno operate motor cars In Portland
need to plead guilty to' the charges he
presents, all owners and drivers -m,,.,
share, more or less, in the blame that
me pudhc rightfully attaches to dis
regard of human life. Pedestrians have
rights which professional nnr1 nmt,.
chauffeurs must be taught to respect.
r-uruana nas Deen reasonably free
from serious and fatal street acci
dents, but this Is due largely to the
Caution of thrtae nhrt ti-o 7 -
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sideration from boys and men at the
inrotue. Unless the Drespnt ordi
nances are more strictly enforced,
some day there will be a terrible
smash-up, followed by vengeance,' A
campaign of law and order hv nntmi.
men, mounted on motor cycles, would
work reform here Just as It has done
in otner cities.
The Automobile Club could An
great deal if the members, by precept
aiiu oy appeal, taught other owners
and drivers the necessltv of rfl.t I nnn
speed within city limits. On crowded
streets tne maximum speed should be
little more than a brisk Wflllr? turn It.
corners faster than a walk. RhnuM k
punished In the same spirit that a com
munity would display if some one tried
to Introduce the bubonic plague. Then,
try imprisonment. No fine. horftgftaT.
The Municipal Court can serve as an
enecuve rerormatory agency. A reck
less miscreant will remember ten days
In the City Jail where he now laughs
at parting with ten or twenrv flnllu ro
The prospect of thirty days in prison
for a second offense will be a deter
rent. To those who turn corners faster
man a walk, give the full limit rr in
carceration, coupled with a. fine.
Rational persons who drive mntn,.
cars owe it to themselves to aid In
weeding out all lawless drivers. They
should be vigilant and should assist
the authorities In rnnnlnir rlnwn
punishing every speed maniac. Wild
uuja uugnc never to be allowed In a
position where. thev can commit hr.mi
clde without paying the penalty. Reck
less motoring must be stopped.
OUR IJiCREASINGMMPORTS.
The March fiiru rfifl nn fArotom .....
of the United States show that, with
me single exception of the month of
December. 1906. imrnr n ut
try have never before reached such
imposing figures as for last month.
The total was $133,419,297, an In
crease of more thfln til nnn nnn
compared with March, 1908, and less
man i,ouo,O00 under the record im
ports of December, lflnn .v,n
country was booming along on a wave
' l"o Bxeaxesi prosperity it had ever
known. This showlne- la nil tv,.
remarkable In view
pectation that pending tariff legislation
wouia nave a tendency to check busi
ness until It was settled. It Is need
less to say that the general business
situation is in far worse shape than It
was in 1906, when foreign trade was
ureamng records.
For a reason for trila mnmn.nn4.
we must accordingly look beyond our
own affairs in this count a .io
at the trade situation in foreign coun
tries oners some explanation of this
seemingly great prosperity, which ad
mits of such enormous imports. The
United States has haa plenty of com
pany in its commercial misery of the
past two years and. while w y,a
no 'means recovered, we have done so
mucn Detter man the foreigners that
we are in a position to buy heavily
from them. The British Board of
Trade has just compiled some Interest
ing statistics showing In detail the Im
ports and exDorta of tb nrinnir..!
countries of the world for 1908, and
in nearly every case there is a falling
off In both imrjorts and exnorla Tn
the aUnlted Kingdom there was a de
crease of $256,000,000 In imports and
TOE MORNING OREG0XIAX. THURSDAY,
$238,000,000 In exports. Germany lost
1100.000,000 In imports and was $23 -000,000
behind on exports.
Some recovery has probably taken
plaoe since the close of 1908, and our
heavy importations, that are now com
ing in. undoubtedly represent conces
sions that have been made In prices in
order to stimulate trade. That this
can be successfully done is apparent
when we consider that our own manu
facturers, well barricaded behind the
tariff wall, are not inclined to cut
prices even when the purchasing
power of our people Is curtailed by
hard times.-
SPOKANE RATE MISREPRESENTATION.
The Spokane rate case has got Into
the magazines. In the current issue
of the Hampton publication that emi
nent muckraker, Charles Edward Rus
sell, devotes several pages to the sub
ject. The article wyi prove disap
pointing to any of Mr. Russell's friends
who are familiar with the facts in
the case, for on the basic principle of
the entire controversy Mr. Russell dis
plays astonishing ignorance. In re
gard to the beginning of the water
competition, which always has and
always will regulate freight rates be
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific, and
much of the intermediate territory
Mr. Russell says, "Not one shipper In
ten thousand knew of the existence
of the water route; not one in twenty
thousand could use IC. Yet because
of this competition, which existed only
In name, the railroads put on an extra
rate to the Interior points, asserting
that the lower rate to the Coast cities
was the result of water competition."
Had Mr. Russell tnlrsn - v-i-
to familiarize himself with the facts
he would have found that this water
competition, which he regards so
lightly, was making rates when the
railroad first came Into the Pacific
Northwest and the railroads were
forced to meet these rates or get none
of the business. The density of the
ignorance displayed by Mr. Russell
is further shown In the positive state
ment that "admitting that a man
could ship something from New York
to the Pacific Coast by one of these
occasional sailing vessels, he certainly
could not ship It from Pittsburg, Chi
cago, Alabama, Muncie, Columbus,
Atlanta or St. Paul." Mr. Russell la
apparently unaware of the existence
of a regular steamship service which
lands New Tork freight in Portland,
Seattle and Tacoma in less than 25
days after It leaves the Atlantic sea
board. A brief study of the testimony In
troduced at the Spokane hearing held
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion would have shown that a man
"certainly could" ship from the In
terior points mentioned by either
sailer or steam vessel. The sworn
testimony at that hearing revealed the
interesting fact that the water carriers
were taking freight from points as far
west as Detroit, absorbing the rate to
tidewater and after carrying the
freight around the Horn and paying
the local rate from Portland and
Puget Sound to Spokane were still
making lower rates than were made
by the railroads. Interrogated by the
commission as to the base on which
such rates were established, the man
ager of the steamship line testified
that the rate was determined by the
amount of space disengaged on the
Bteamer as sailing date approached.
He further volunteered the Informa
tion that the rates could be changecl
every ten minutes if the steamship
people so desired.
Portland and other tidewater ports
on the Pacific will always have over
Spokane the advantage of the cost of
the rail haul from the Coast to Spo
kane. The railroads must meet this
low rate, over which the Interstate
Commerce Commission has no juris
diction, o,r. they will get none of the
business. Mr. Russell has shown such
ignorance of this matter and has so
clearly misrepresented the. situation
that his readers will now be unable to
determine how much was true and
how much was false of his previous
anti-railroad articles.
A MODEST REQUEST.
The request which Charles Loper
has made of the Sheriff of San Quentln
County, California, appears to be not
unreasonable, all the circumstances of
the case considered and weighed.
Loper Is to be the principal character
In a hanging at San Quentln on June
25 and rather naturally he desires to
become perfectly au fait in the eti
quette of the event: Accordingly he
has asked the Sheriff to permit him
to witness an execution before his own
performance comes off. The hard
hearted official has refused. Conse
quently, if there are any little
gaucherles in the conduct of Loper on
the gallows we shall know who is' to
blame. To be quite fair to criminals
we ought to permit them to rehearse
the one great event of their lives be
fore It takes -place as. ambitious brides
rehearse the wedding ceremony, the
cook acting as bridesmaid, the broom
stick serving as groom and the coach
man being called In to personate the
bishop. Similarly, who could com
plain if a murderer were granted the
poor privilege of acting his transient
role a few times in play before he is
called upon to act it once for all in
earnest?
But Loper does not ask so much as
this. He only wishes to look on while
some other man leaves the world by
way of the rope and trapdoor. Thus
he would perfect himself in those lit
tle niceties of conduct which a critical
public so much admires on those oc
casions. To be sure, history would
provide him with models of every
sort, grave, gay and indifferent, from
poor Buckingham calling on all good
men to pray for him to Sir Thomas
More cracking his little Jest as he
bares his neck for the headsman, and
so on down to Dick Turpln smoking his
pipe and helping the hangman adjust
the knot correctly, with Infinite sang
froid. It may be supposed, however,
that Loper has never enjoyed the ad
vantage "of full acquaintance with his
tory. Knowledge to his eyes her ample
page has but partially unrolled. Per
haps it was penury that checked his
noble rage and froze the genial cur
rent of his soul, perhaps it was read
ing dime novels. At any rate the cur
rent was frozen and now the gallows
confronts him In all its majesty. Why
not permit him to learn how to con
duct himself properly there? Prob
ably he never has conducted himself
properly anywhere else In all his life.
The fame of Portland as a livestock
center is spreading and at the annual
Spring combination sales to be held
at the Country Club track next week-
there will be offered the largest field
of high-grade animals that has been '
rjUt Un frrr Rflla In tha Ponlfin "NT .V. .
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west. Among the consignments la one
t?h f Belect harness horses from
Illinois, and from Montana over one
hundred head will be sent here for
sale. There are also offerings from
Oregon, Washington, Idaho. California
nd British Columbia, there being
nearly four hundred head of stock al
ready listed for sale. At the last pub
lic sale by the Portland Horse Sale
Company, the average prices secured
were very close to the best on rec
ord, and, with the increased Interest
in the Industry, a similar showing will
be made next week. These semi
annual sales are not only valuable for
the buyers and sellers of livestock, but
they also spread the fame of Port
land as a center for the livestock In
dustry, and the visitors attracted do
not confine their purchases to live
stock. .
After many years the Canadian gov
ernment seems to Tiave turned the
tables on Uncle Sam. Away back In
the "eighties," before the United
States Government had learned how
expensive the pastime was. our rev
enue cutters were sent out to chase
Canadian sealers and make "the balls
whistle free, o'er the bright blue sea"
In case the Canucks failed to heave
to. The Government paid up in full
with interest for this target and cruis
ing practice more than ten years ago.
but Canadian dignity has never quite
recovered from the shock. Now comes
the Canadian government cruiser Kes
trel and fires a few shots at a Seattle
fishing schooner, whlcn was making a
frantic attempt to get away from the
three-mile limit. The nHr-o nr -ntiov.
consols will hardly be affected by the
incident, but it will give Uncle Sam
something to ponder over, and If the
master of the Kestrei.was no nearer
within his rights than the American
revenue cutter's men were twenty
years ago, Canada will pay the bill
without haggling.
Tuesday, with Mr p.cn j
and said to be buying heavily, the
..nv.BU wneai market broke nearly
4 cents per bushel. Yesterday, with
Mr. Patten out of the market and
scouting around the country in search
of -wheat, there was an advance of
vearly 2 cents per bushel. This Is
rery disappointing for the - "shorts"
and their friends who have been sell
ing wheat that does not exist except
In the figures of Secretary Wilson,
but it oniv ornvea fhat v. i .
supply and demand Is doing business
at the old stand. Incidentally it Is
uLcreaung to note that wheat sold
yesterday in Portland. Or fr n 9c
per bushel. As yet none of the theor
ists nave accused Patten of manipulat
ing the Portland market.
From Ontario again comes the news
(which is old news) that private cor
porations nr til
- . iudiucur
Irrigation project. There will never be
any change up there while these land
grabbers have a word to say, and the
real settlers will continue to suffer.
The present holders of these rftad
grant lands are Innocent purchasers, tr.
be sure about as "innocent" as the
man who buys a stolen horse; for the
roads upon which the grants were
based -were not built so that anybody
could find them. Before this region
as fine as there is on earth can be
developed, somebody or something
must be held up for big money the
general Government,, probably, as that
is becoming the fashion.
The prizefight with which the
boosters of Calumet. Mich., have en
hanced the attractions of Old Home
Week is to be praised for its singular
appropriateness. Old Home Week is
a time of tender recollections, dear
associations, sweet reminiscences of
father, mother and childhood. It Is
redolent of the old oaken- bucket, the
swimming hole and pumpkin pies.
Why was not the intimate harmony
between these things. and the prize
ring discovered long ago?
The young woman In Indiana who
shot herself because her husband of
a month refused to .kiss her was ad
mirably suited to the man she married.
A man who will not give his wife a kiss
when she wants one is too mean for
a woman to live with. A woman who
could kill herself for uch a man Is too
silly to live with anybody. Taken all
together the adjustments of this affair
are so nice that It would be a task to
suggest the least improvement.
People who appreciate aman's effort
at uplift despite a heavy handicap
will have genuine sorrow for McCants.
Stewart, the colored lawyer, who lies
In the hospital the victim of a street
car accident that may deprive him of
a leg.
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A traveler lately returned ' from
Turkey describes the Young Turks as
venerable gentlemen with long white
beards. The epithet "young" refers
to their spirit and resolution! not to
their years.
The Young Turks are willing to
accept the old Sultan, but Insist on
having their constitution too. Evi
dently they don't want to undertake
the Job of breaking in a. new Sultan.
Mr. Jeffries has dispelled the general
gloom by announcing that he will "re
claim" the world's pugilistic cham
pionship. There's nothing more to
do now but to lick Mistah Johnsing.
The muddle In Mayor Lane's water
department has materially helped
along the great Lane movement for
municipal ownership of the electric
lighting system.
One of these days a man who vio
lates a law by carrying a gun will get
bumped by a reckless chauffeur and In
the ensuing fusillade somebody will
get hdrt.
In the light of recent developments
Is It still Impolite to Inquire why the
salaries of the force In the water of
fice were raised ?
Admiral Evans approves California's
school policy. He fears no war with
Japan, which would be more of a
frolic if he were In It, anyway.
On one point. Mayor Lane is ever
lastingly right. The man who knows
how to shut the Bull Run water gates
should have an understudy.
Don't worry about that June flood
till you see It. There are many pre
dictions, but few floods.
Caruso's throat is said to be In bad
shape, but his fingers will sustain him
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APRIL 22, 1909.
warm defense: or jack loxdox
One Writer of Good Stortea Showa That
Jeu?k Muat Have Been Indaatrlona
SEAVIEW, Wash.. April 20. (To the
Editor.) Isn't It possible that you are
unjust to Jack London in your editorial
of April 19? It Is natural to Joke about
his quitting a self-imposed task, but
U seems to me unfair to say that "hard
work has been the bane of Jack Lon
don's life." nd "it is but natural that
he should prove a quitter." I'm not
well acquainted with London, nor do
I hold any brief for the writer as a
writer, for I'm perfectly well aware
that he is considered a non-producer
and a parasite. All that I am con
tending for Is the recognition of Mr.
London's real Industry.
Consideration of the manual labor
Involved In writing, typewriting and
selling the stories, books and es
says that London has published in the
last J2 years will show that he must
have worked an average of eight hours
a day every day in the year for the
whole dozen years. True, he has been
paid for it. It is this money that he is
spending now. Writing fiction Is
thought to be as graceful and leisurely
a job as mortal man has devised, as is
proved by the fact that between two
and three million Americans of both
sexes have chosen it for their recrea
tion. As a matter of fact, it Involves
quite as much labor as anything else.
It is also possible that a man's soul
is not saved only by physical toil. Mr.
London has been bold In trying to
convince people that he has solved
the problem of this weary life. I'm
sure I don't agree with him. But my
interest Is not deadened for all that;
things are slightly uncertain, spite of
the theologians, the politicians and the
philosophers. So I'm glad to hear what
an honest, if possibly mistaken, man
.u Dnjr. x naien me more gladly
because he has believed In it enough
to act on It, live It and give up every
thing else.
The Oregonlan has many times com
mented on the fact that we have never
seen the Great American Novel. We
never shall so long as the writer is
thought a subject for jokes, like a
baseball umpire. Probably no such bit
ter comment on a man's life would
have been made, as The Oregonlan has
made on Jack -London, In the case of
any other stumbling, honest citizen.
London is still a young man; he has
worked hard and long; he has frankly
acknowledged errors; he has high am
bitions; he is still at work;'why damn
him-, off-hand as a quitter, a man to
whom hard work iias always been a
bane?
I freely confess that I have more re
gard for the writer who devils away at
his poor, miserable attempt to depict
life than I have for the wheat king,
the magnate or the successful politi
cian all entitled to great respect and
honor, but achieving their reward im
mediately. We know nothing of Greece
or Rome apart from what is in books
and works of art. It is possible that
in another day nothing will be known
of the United States of America ex
cept what a Jack London, - a Howells
or a Bt- Gaudens has to say. How im
portant, then, that the writer be honest,
impartial, zealous and able. Why not
encourage him by friendly criticism,
due praise and personal respect, where
he transgresses no law and violates
no canon of decency?
JOHN FLEMING WILSON.
PREPARING FOR AERIAL RACES
Speed Contests Wirt Flying Machines
Promised for Summer Sport.
Baltimore American.
Ballooning for sport is a pastime that
has already developed international pro
portions; but the old style of balloon,
drifting helplessly with the wind cur
rents, affords a vastly Inferior method
of navigating the atmosphere to that
7 x, .l8,j;OW made avaable by either
the dirigible gas-bag type of airship or
the aeroplane. A Joy ride In a mlle-a-minute
road machine isbut tame and
commonplace In comparison with a mile-a-mlnute
dash 200 feet above the surface
In a Wright aeroplane. It may be some
JIm,Hi.i,efore either the aeroplane or
the dirigible balloon Is sufficiently per
fected in mechanism to meet the hum
drum exigencies of traffic or the unsen
timental needs of the traveler who sim
ply wants to "get there." But to the
sportsman the man who is out on a hunt
for nerve thrills the aeroplane in partic
ular, even in Its present stage of devel
opment, holds out a fascinating allure
ment. Among the noted sportsmen who, ac
cording to recently published reports,
have been taking an interest in aero
planes J. Plerpont Morgan Is mentioned:
The New York banker, art connoisseur
and yachtsman is now in Rome and a
cabled Interview represents him as say
ing that while he has not yet contracted
rpP'ane, he has great confidence
In the Wright machine and may yet pur
chase one. Doubtless there are many
other sportsmen on either side of the big
water in pretty much the same attitude
of mind There is no reason for suppos
ing that the cost of a Wrlpht aeroplane,
complete from gasolene tank to wings
will cost more than a hiKh-grade touring
car. Probably the aeroplane can be fur
nished at ' a good profit to the builder
after paying the stipulated royalty to the
inventor, for less than the cost of a
touring car. In other words, aeroplanes
should snnn Vw wlfV.lv. 1 ,
, " " icn or a
good many; and it will be ho occasion
for surprise if. before the Summer is
past, the aeroplane race is listed among
the sporting events. In France there Is
now an aeroplane manufacturing plant
which has some form of contract with
the Wright brothers for constructing
aeroplanes after their model.
President Tar fa Cabinet.
WESTON. Or.. April 20. (To- the
Editor.) Please publish the names of
the present Cabinet officers, and oblige
N. L
Secretary of State Philander c.
Knox, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Treasury Franklin
MacVeagh, of Illinois.
Secretary of War Jacob M. Dickin
son, of Tennessee.
Attorney-General George W. Wlck
ersham. of New York.
Postmaster-General Frank H.
Hitchcock, of Massachusetts
Secretary of the Nevy George Von
L. Meyer, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of Agriculture James s.
Wilson, of Iowa.
Secretary of the Interior Richard
A Balllnger, of Washington.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
James Nagel, of Missouri.
You Know What I Mean.
PUCK.
Th!re'da' hra lmheclle ne hears avery
You know -what I mean
Attested by persona with nothing to aar
You know what I mean
8o much of their arid, inana conversation
Consists of this wearisome reiteration.
It gets on one'a nerves in a maddening
-w ay
You know what I mean.
"When they babble thla phrase every sen
tence or two
Voil Wnnw what T vn n
One la tempted to aay: "No, Tm ed If
1 QO!
- ...... r. WI1BL jl 1 11 TTtX 1 1 .
Or suppose that one knows, what the deuce
does it matter-
The setting or missing the point of their
One listens politely untllthey are throua-h
VOII know what T maan
One can stand "don't you know" forty time
in a chat
You know what I mean.
One endures "do you see" one ie hardened
to that
You know what I mean.
But of all the Inane and superfluous phrases
The one which the very least meaning- con
vey Is
That abstract of all that Is silly and flat.
"You know what I mean."
You know what I mean.
WHO OWNS THE PRESCRIPTION
Haa a Patient the Riant to Have It Re
filled Without an Order f
Medical Notes and Queries.
An Interesting question for every
body who gets a prescription filled Is
Just what right a person has in the
bit of Latin which he has paid the doc
tor for and for the translation of which
Into drugs he now pays the chemist.
Has he a right to .retain the paper
in question and later to present It
for. a second or even a third and a
fourth filling? The druggist and the
doctors don't think he has. They think
that it would be pretty much like pre
scribing for himself over their signa
ture. Chicago druggists- and physi
cians have adopted the following
views:
First The prescription Is an utter
ance of the prescribes who alone
should direct and control its employ
ment. It should, whenever practicable,
carry the name of the patient, the age
In years, if a minor, and the date when
written.
Second The pharmacist who pre
pares the medicine should retain the
prescription as reference for his ser
vices and as record for a certain limi
ted period, not less than five years, for
the protection of the prescriber him
self and the patient.
Third The medicine prescribed
should be supplied not more than bnce
On t h n finm a ti . .
. y.npuu- 1 1 11 or-
dered by the prescribed "not to be re-
tL V. , rop.j; (Z) ir containing
medicinal substances commonly called
narcotic or habit-forming drugs; (3)
If called for by some person known not
to be the original holder.
Fourth Copy of the prescription
nay be furnished and should be writ
ten on a special blank, containing a
declaration that It la a copy of a pre
scription which has been delivered to
the original holder and Is not to be
refilled except ton order of the pre
scriber. The copy Is made without re
course to possible error.
In Philadelphia a certain form of
prescription blank is often used. In
addition to the usual printed matter
upon the face of the prescription are
the words: "Note The conditions un
der which this prescription is written
will be found on the reverse side here
and on the otner side Is found
This prescription Is written for the
party whose name appears thereon, for
the present Indications only; hence it
Is not to be renewed without my writ
ten consent and no copy of same Is to
be given. The pharmacist compound
ing it will kindly preserve same on his
prescription file." This is then to be
dated and signed.
,AV1ien uch Prescriptions come Into
tne Hands of a pharmacist a printed
sticker like the following may be used
Your physician directs that this pre
scription Is not to be renewed without
his consent."
YALE 09 OX THE WATER WAGOX
lta Senior Claaa, In Years Agone. Strong
for Hop, Now Temperate.
New Haven. Conn., Dispatch.
The prohibition wave has hit the
Yalo senior class, and "09. academic
has announced Its vote for water as its
favorite drink. Beer has stood as the
traditional drink for Yale seniors, ex
cept for one year, when the class
played a Joke on Itself by voting for
milk.
In the past, Yale might as well have
been the University of Heidelberg or
Wurzburger, as far as its most popular
drink Is concerned, but this year Yale
frowns down Its past with a vote for
water as Its favorite leverage by a
ballot of '174 for water.
Coffee made a hot run with 19 votes,
and 14 stood for loyalty to milk. Of
the class more than half confess that
they have used stimulants. It votes
Crossing the Bar" as Its favorite poem.
ThA flnaa 1 1 1 . .
. . vc, iiciiimigiy KepUD-
llcan, 201 saying that they belong to
this party, with 29 Democrats. 16 In-
..... ... ouu x rrunipitioniBt.
Wedded by Platoona, in France.
Brest Correspondence, Philadelphia
Record.
The weddings en masse, which are
such a typical feature of Brittany,
have just taken, place, as usual, at
Languldic and Pluvlgner. two small
towns in the Department of Morblhan.
on the Bay of Biscay. Forty couples
were married on the first day. and SO
on the second. In the presence of 15.000
friends and sightseers, who thronged
the local churches. The newly-wedded
couples were arranged in the form of
a great crown, and the wedding feast
was served In the fields adjoining the
towns mentioned. In addition to the
ordinary Inhabitants who were invited
over BOO beggars and tramps put In an
appearance to share the good things
provided. For the feast 30 oxen, over
200 calves and a number of sheep had
been slaughtered, while every baker In
the neighborhood had been requisi
tioned to supply more than 20.000
loaves of bread, each weighing six and
one-half pounds. The beverages con
sisted of 675 barrels of cider and B0
casks of wine, besides all kinds of
liquors and homemade wines.
Never Poultice Your Eye.
Family Doctor.
Do lot poultice an eye in any circum
stances whatever. Binding a wet appli
cation over an eye for several hours muit
uii eye, me assertions of those
professing to have personal experience
. lo the contrarY notwithstanding.
I he failure to aggravate an existing
trouble by binding a moist application
over an inflamed eye. which application
is supposed to remain for an entire night
can only be explained by the supposition
that a guardian angel has watched over
that misguided case and has displaced" the
poultice before It had got in its fins
work. All oculists condemn the poultice
absolutely, in every shape and in every
form. Tea leaves, bread and milk, raw
oysters, scraped beef, scraped raw tur
nip or raw potato, and the medley of
other similar remedies popularly recom
mended are, one and all, capable of pro
ducing Irremediable damage to the in
tegrity of the tissues of the visual organ.
Probing Old Earth.
Scientlflo American.
Camllle Flammarlon has revived his old
scheme of digging a geothermic well 200
meters in diameter to ascertain the In
ternal constitution of the earth. The
Imaginative Flammarlon proposes to find
an economic and almost inexhaustible
source of heat, to verify the rate of calo
rlo Increase, to find out if the materials
constituting the terrestrial globe are In
a state of fusion In a word, to do ratlon
fi7jK.fnd "reo"y what has been done
slightly and a little by chance up to the
present times In mines. To carry out the
work the standing armies of the world
A I" A Tit nolln1 a, . ...
mio requisition.
Where Paul W nm Ignorant.
Baltimore American.
Ferhapa a concerted movement by the
churcaes to have their feminine members
take off their hats at services may abate
the epidemic of horrors now devastating
the nerves of the community. If the
hats cannot be worn where they can best
be seen their Interest will soon be on
the wane. It Is true that St. Paul
decreed that a . woman must not have
her head uncovered In church, but then
the architectural, gargoylish milliner
was unknown in his day. or his dictum
might have been Just the reverse.
Widow's Inheritance.
GRANTS PASS, Or., April 19. (To
the Editor.) In the case of a married
man dying without making a will and
leaving no children, does his widow
become sole heir, or does she get half
and his next-of-kin half the property'
G. O.
Under the laws of Oregon, the widow
would Inherit the entire estate.
SILHOUETTES
BY AHTHTR A GREEX53.
Many a faml,y tree n,ed!j sprayln(f
,J,M"0T,a man whoRe 'only exercise is
Patting himself on the hack.
fnr'T."-""' 10 b'e U' n,ural
lor matrimony.
-People who talk to themseives never
complain of the Inattention of tne.r au-
-
Young man. If you would rise quickly
begin at the bottom and touch a match
to a powder magazine.
Life is a-drama In which the" leading
man at the denouement usually holds the
stage alone.
The woman-hater Is foolish enough to
distrust the sex too much in general and
not enough In particular.
The pity of it is that we hate a worth
less woman and pity a worthless man
The man who has only brains has small
chance against the man who has only
money.
To those who have good looks a mirror
Is a good friend until they begin to grow
old, and then It's a designing enemy. .
The great majority of philanthropists
have only advice to give.
e
The most truthful woman loves to He
about the number of proposals she haa
had.
The average girls musical education
costs her parents a lot of monev and the
neighbors a lot of patience, and none of
them gets much Interest out of It.
When a man In haled Into Police Court,
it Isn't a hard matter for him to make a
name for himself.
No matter how proud a woman may be
of her achievements, she never boasts
of making her own clothes.
Although love is presumably the tender
passion. It Is always tough when It Is
hopeless.
All the world's a stage and most of us
are In the chorus.
I often wonder what recompense wise
men receive for explaining things to fools.
One reason why love does not remain
blind after marriage is that too many
husbands take eye-openers.
Figures and facts do not always coin
cide in the caee of a woman.
The person who sings his own praises Is
usually off the key.
It ie asking too much to expect repose
In a person who Is troubled with Insomnia.
The surgeon Is willing to cut almost
anything but his bill.
Quaintest Oath In lie.
Los Angeles Herald.
What is regarded as the quaintest oath
still In use is that taken by the high
court Judges In the Isle of Man, the
terms of which are as follows: "By this
book and the contents thereof, and by the '
wonderful works that God hath mirac- i
ulously wrought In the heaven above and :
the earth beneath In six days and six
nights, I do swear that I will, without
respect of favor or friendship, loss or
gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or
malice, execute the laws of this isle just
ly, between party and party, as indiffer
ently as the herring backbone doth lie ;
In the midst of the fish. So help me God
and the contents of this book."
WHERE ROOSEVELT
WILL HUNT LIONS
Beginning with the next issue,
The Sunday Oregonian will pub
lish a series of 6even preat Afri
can articles by the Right Honor
able Winston Churchill, Great
Britain's Under-Colonial Secre
tary. They will describe the condi
tions, scenes, adventures, perils
and" big-game hunting that will
fall to the lot of
ROOSEVELT IN AFRICA
Each article will be profusely
illustrated with photographs. Fol
lowing is a brief summary of the
British statesman's latest literary
work :
April 25 The Wonderful Uganda
Railroad Trip, from the seaooast
to Nairobi through the heart of
the world's greatest natural zoo.
How it feels to be charged by a
rhinoceros.
May 2 Nairobi and the Country
Round About, where Roosevelt
will live and hunt for six months.
Lion hunting, with all the at
tendant thrills.
May 9 The Journey Along Afri
ca's Backbone from Nairobi to
Lake Victoria Nynnza, with ad
ventures at pig-sticking and in
the jungles.
May 16 The Deadly but Beauti
ful Kingdom of Uganda, where
Roosevelt will be in the greatest
danger of his life because of the
dreaded tsetse-fly. Best account
published of this pest and how it
is fought.
May 23 "On Safari" through
the Heart of the Jungle. Experi
ences and adventures that will
befall Roosevelt when he leaves
the railroad and makes across
country with his train of porters.
"Human interest" in every line.
May 30 Hunting Elephants, the
White Rhino, and the hippopota
mus along the White Nile. A
wonderful chapter of hunting ad
ventures. June 7 Down the White Nile to
Civilization Again. An account
of river travel in Africa's heart,
-which brings out vividly the big
game hunting and the perils that
will be Roosevelt's to the very
last day of his year in Africa's
heart.
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