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POETLASD, FRIDAY, JCL.Y 1, 1910.
PRIMARIES IN KEff YORK A5D
OREGON".
Theodore Roosevelt, like Governor
Hughes, urges direct prl.Tiary nomina
tions following recommendations by
assembly. In Oregon, recommenda
tions are to be by representative as
sembly. Thus, the plan in Oregon
brings "suggestion" of candidates close
the people like the plan urged by Gov
ernor Hughes and ex-President Roose
velt. Roosevelt's letter to Lloyd Grlscom,
chairman of the Republican commit
tee of New York County, commending
the Cobb direct primary bill for en
actment by the Legislature of that
state, is a signal vindication of the
Oregon plan of naming candidates for
primary nomination by party assem
bly. The Cobb bill was rejected by the
Legislature in its regular session and
Governor Hughes summoned the law
making body back to its duty in spe
cial session. But the lower house of
the Legislature yesterday rejected the
bill again.
The Cobb bill was the product of
compromise between the direct pri
mary faction of Hughes and the con
vention faction of party bosses of both
parties. Each facticn was defeated in
its purposes of legislation in the regu
lar session. They succeeded in patch
ing up a compromise bill, which elim
inated nigh offices from direct nomi
nation and allowed direct nominations
for minor offices. But the compromise
bill also failed to' run the gauntlet of
the political bosses.
Defeat, however, is certainly only
temporary. Demand for direct nomi
nations in the Empire State is too
strong to be long resisted. But the
primaries will not be the go-as-you-please
and free-for-all kind heretofore
in vogue in Oregon. They will not be a
bourne for self-invited candidates, nor
an inciter of minority faction nomina
tions. They will be guided by a cen
tral, recommending body, that is, by
an organization of party. .
This essential principle of party ac
tion is well understood by Governor
Hughes, ex-President Roosevelt and
President Taft. The wonder is that
any political faction in Oregon would
have effrontery to deny it.
THE PERPLEXING KATE DECISION.
Details regarding the Interstate
Commerce Commission decision on the
Spokane rate case do not add much
In the way of explaining the probable
result of the sweeping changes the or
der provides for. The Commission
- has set in motion a mighty force, but
seems unable to determine what the
consequences may be to the localities
where this influence will be felt. That
, portion of the decision which provides
for a three months' test of the reduced
rates appears to be-a kind of an anes
thetic administered for the purpose of
permitting an examination of the pa
tient. Pending announcement of the
result of this examination, the invest
ing public, which supplies the funds
for building and operating railroads,
will be in such doubt as to whether
the malady is fatal or curable that
Investment in any kind of railroad
securities will be far from attractive
Not since the panic of 1907 has the
stock market been In' such a badly
demoralized condition as it has been
during the forty-eight hours following
announcement of the decision. The
three months' test, instead of alleviat
ing the fears of the owners of rail
road securities, as was the intention
of the provision, has only served to
increase the uneasiness. It Is not at
all comforting to the owner of rail
road stocks and bonds to know that
"his investment, which may pay hand
somely for three months and show a
loss for the succeeding quarter year,
Is to have its future earning powers
based on the "fat" months instead of
the "lean." If, however, the new
rates become effective, and there is
- no readjustment which will admit of
the roads - meetng water competition
on the Pacific, it may force them to
encourage the development of local
' traffic.
Both the Harriman and the Hill
" lines, the two systems most affected
by the decision, have in the territory
' west of the Rocky Mountains, a won-
. derful field for development.-' Rather
than continue to compete with the
water-carriers by making the long haul
across the continent under the reduced
rates that will be necessary to attract
; the business, these roads may prefer
the more profitable distributive haul
from Pacific Coast ports, where the
traffic can be assembled by the water
carriers. It has been repeatedly dem
onstrated In fact it Is openly admit
ted in the 40 per cent differentials
publicly posted that the railroads
cannot haul freight from the Atlantic
seaboard territory to the Pacific coast
.. at as low a rate as it can be handled
by steamers. On the greatly reduced
haul from the coast to the Rocky
Mountain country, the profits In rates
are so much higher per ton per mile
that, in conjunction with those water
carriers, the railroads can make more
money than will be possible under the
rates ordered by the Commission for
the long overland haul.
The opening of this new route for
Atlantic seaboard freight and the in-
ternal development that Is already be
ginning and. will be greatly increased
from year to year, will eventually
. make the local field west of the
Rockies such an attractive one for the
railroads that the transcontinental
; business by rail will be more lightly
regarded than it Is at present. In
: natural resources and in area of coun-
try, the Pacific Northwest, Is incom
parably superior to the rocky sterile
New England region. Yet local traffic
there has been developed to such a
,' high degree of completeness by the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad that its business makes a
very imposing showing compared with .
the big - transcontinental railroads I
which eprawl over half the states and
territories of the Union. Transconti
nental business tvIII seem insignificant
by comparison with that handled in
local territory west of the Rocky
Mountains, when the railroads have
developed this region to its limit.
Portland from its earliest days has
been the gret-t commercial entrepot of
the Inland Empire. It held that posi
tion when the bateau and the pack
train carried to the Interior the goods
brought round the Horn in sailing ves
sels. It lost none of Its early prestige
when the steamboat supplanted the
bateau, and it has steadily gained since
the railroads have made the steam
boat a back-number as a distributing
agent. With this record of the past
and the bright possibilities of the fu
ture we have but little to fear ovvr
the ultimate settlement of the rate
trouble. We may feel some temporary
effect from the blow that has been
dealt the railroad companies, but it
will not be lasting. In the readjust
ment made necessary by the change
this city and other Coast ports will ret
about all to which their location en
titles them.
A COURTHOUSE MACHINE.
The county of Multnomah has a
bunch of courthouse officeholders, who
are very sure that the people need
their services and more to the point,
that they need the taxpayers' money.
They do not wait to hear the voice of
the people calling them, nor that of
any body of worthy citizens, like the
assembly of 827 Republicans, that will
meet in Portland July 16. But their
desire for continuance in fat office
Impels them to declare themselves the
tribunes of the people and the 827 rep
resentative Republicans the "ma
chine." This would be funny, were these
self-seeking patriots .of the public
salary roll in less serious need of keep
ing their seats at the pie counter.- Ho
long must the people of this county
retain the services of these gentlemen ?
Some of them have enjoyed two and
three terms, and have managed to ob
tain increases of salary from the Legis
lature for themselves and their depu
ties. Now they are unwilling to sub
mit their merits for re-election to. 827
delegated Republicans.
- The people heretofore have not had
much sympathy with men who have
wanted office so badly end have con
sidered their own selfish interests
above the public's. It remains to be
seen whether there is a courthouse
clique In this county strong enough
to run the people's politics. A non
office holding assembly of nearly 1000
representative Republicans Is evident
ly not to be cojnpared, as a machine,
with the courthouse band of office
holders. THE FIREPROOF SCHOOLHOUSK.
Citizens of Mount Tabor, within the
limits of School District No. 1, are ask
ing that the new schoolhouse that
must be built to accommodate their
growing juvenile population be con
structed of brick or stone or steel, or
the three in combination. In brief,
they want a. "fireproof" schoolhouse,
regardless of cost; a schoolhouse that
will, by virtue of the materials of
which it is composed relieve all care
takers, janitors, teachers, principals
and heads of departments from all
responsibility for the safety of children
who attend school therein.
In point of fact, what they really
need is a large, airy, well-ventilated,
well-lighted building, substantially
built of wood upon a concrete founda
tion, with wide halls, broad steps and
adequate exits, and the Installation
therein of a modern heating plant.
Given this and human responsibility in
the care of the building, In the disposal
of its debris, the storing of its
fuel supply, and as an emer
gency precaution the systematic prac
tice of fire drill with the pupils, and
we have, to all intents and purposes,
a fireproof school building divested of
all false ideas 'of indestructibility and
as ' safe as modern architecture and
engineering skill can make It.
Owners of stone quarries, concrete
mixers, steel contractors and the like
may demur at this; but the attempt
to eliminate human responsibility in
connection with the care and safety
of children is most unwise, and when
put to an emergency test will surely
fail in its purpose.
TOO MANY WORLD'S FAIRS?
George Westinghouse, of the com
mittee appointed by Mayor Gaynor, of
New York, to consider the advisability
of celebrating by a big exposition in
1913 the 300th anniversary of the set
tlement of Manhattan, announces that
he is opposed to the project, giving as
reason therefor that, there are, in
his opinion, "too many world's fairs."
John Claflin, temporary chairman of
the committee, upon requesting the
opinion individually of his fellow com
mitteemen on the subject before the
committee held its first meeting, re
ceived thirty-nine answers to the forty
letters of inquiry which he sent out.
Of these twenty-eight were unfavor
able to the proposed fair. Most of the
writers contented themselves with a
simple statement of disapproval. A
few of ' them gave reasons. One of
these reasons was that New York could
not afford to hold a world's fair that
would fall below the standards set by
Chicago and St. Louis; another was
that New York has attractions enough
already to tax to the utmost the time,
wonder and resources of sightseers.
The reason given by Mr. Westinghouse
has already been quoted.
In the view of the New York Com
mercial, all three of these reasons are
excellent ones, the first being by far
the most potent. While the world's
fair idea has not been exactly "played
out," it has been badly overworked. A
great event of world-wide importance,
like that of opening the Panama
Canal, may Justly be celebrated by an
exhibition of world-wide scope. But
certainly New York does not need to
call on elements from without to mark
properly the 300th anniversary of the
date' (1613) when, as stated by Peter
Parley in a little book of rhymes cal
culated to fix 4ates of important
events in the minds of children he
declared:
Some Dutch from Holland settled pat on
An island they called "Manhattan."
Nor yet does the great metropolis
need a world's fair for advertising pur
poses. Moreover, an exposition with
all the world to draw upon could
hardly be made so wonderful that it
would not be obscured by the many
attractions that New York every day
presents to its visitors. In Itself a
great and grand exposition, the most
cosmopolitan city In the .world, It
would have to put forth strenuous ef
forts indeed and spend money withdut
stint to give to the world a greater
exhibit than Is open every day of the
year upon the Island of Manhattan.
The proposition Is, however, still
under consideration by a subcommit
tee of the general committee appointed
by the Mayor. With twenty-eight out
of thirty-nine opposed to it, the ver
dict of the committee can be forecast
with a reasonable degree of certainty.
AGAIN THE PISTOL, HABIT.
The chances are that if Operator
Fuller had not had a revolver in his
pocket he would not have murdered
Conductor Stewart. If it had been
necessary for the irritated young man
to go to his room before he could pro
cure the weapon, his anger would
probably have cooled on the way, and
he would now have a happy future
before him instead of the blighted life
of a criminal.
Opportunity is more than half the
story with most crimes of passion.
Give the man a moment or two for
sane reflection and his fury calms
down. The desire to kill vanishes and
reason resumes its sway. That is why
it is so dangerous to carry deadly
weapons. It is dangerous both to the
man who bears them and to every
body with whom C.e happens to have
a trifling discussion. Who knows
when the most friendly argument may
not develop into an angry dispute.
Jesus knew very well what he was
about when he prayed "deliver us
from temptation" that is, from the
opportunity to commit sin or crime.
Without the weapon the opportunity
Is removed and the awful consequence
Is escaped. No doubt in the miserable
days and nights which must follow for
him young Fuller will bitterly rue the
habit of carrying firearms. He will
curse the persons who taught it to
him. He will bewail the custom of
the country which makes this rash
and fatal practice common. Men can
not avoid discussions. They cannot
prevent arguments from passing on
into, heated wrangles. But if neither
disputant has a deadly weapon at hand
the tempest will pass over and no
harm will be done, while if the gun is
accessible the irrecoverable shot is all
too likely to 'be fired, and human life
and happiness must pay the penalty of
human folly.
PLURALITY PRIMARY RIOT. "
Minority nominations in plurality
primaries cannot command support of
majority voters of party. This is a
truth demonstrated again and again in
Oregon. To expect majority to accept
candidates of minority in this manner
is absurd. To try to force acceptance
would 'be tyranny. The only possible
means of purposeful party action, is
representative assembly. Party ob
ject has been thwarted too often by
minority nominations.
When Mayor Simon was named by
assembly, party members united to ac
cept him and they nominated him by
big majority. Then they elected him,
also by majority vote. Same way with
other nominees of the city assembly
last year.
A candidate for office Who gets but
small fraction of the votes cast in pri
maries for nomination wins nomina
tion by plurality, does not represent
the majority of his party and seldom
secures its support in election. This
made it impossible for Republicans in
Oregon to elect United States Senator
last year in the general election, al
though they outnumbered Democrats,
in registration, nearly three to one. A
Democrat was elected who, in the pri
maries of his own party, received less
than 7000 votes for nomination, while
the Republican candidates between
them polled 49, COO. Yet Chamberlain
is falsely called the "people's choice.'
Such is the fraud of pluralities and
Statement One.
Party assembly can remedy this po
litical riot by naming candidates whom
majority of party will accept.
' DR. YOAKUM'S MIRACLES. .
It would toe rash to say that all the
persons who declare they have been
cured of various ailments through the
ministrations of Dr. Yoakum are self-
deceived or worse. No doubt many
of them speak in perfect good faith
and have actually obtained relief from
suffering. It is well understood in
our time that a number of complaints
yield more or less readily to the influ
ence, of the mind on the body, or of
the body on the mind perhaps. Dr.
Yoakum's ceremonial of smearing a
little magic oil on the patient's fore
head is strictly in accord with theolog
ical precedent. It was in use among
the early Christians and had the sane
tion of the Apostles themselves, who
wrought their miracles of healing in
much the same way. It makes no dif
ference, however, by what rites the
disease is attacked. If there is suffi
cient mental disturbance of the proper
kind the patient will often be relieved,
and he will look upon his benefactor
as one possessed of miraculous power.
Naturally in their enthusiasm the
witnesses will be disposed to stride a
little ahead of the facts. The woman
who was "Instantly" cured of a huge
tumor by Dr. Yoakum either had no
tumor to begin with or- else she has
it still. The miraculous power- of the
faith healers does not extend to the
Instantaneous working of major physi
cal changes in the body. They can
sometimes produce such effects, but it
takes a long time. The stigmata which
appeared on the body of St. Francis
are a remarkable instance of this sort,
but he only obtained them after years
of mental striving.
Very likely the faith-healers occa
sionally succeed with a disease which
has baffled regular physicians, but this
is because of some idiosyncrasy in the
patient. The physicians can usually
cure the same disease in other patients
easily enough.
MAINTAINING SEAPORT PRESTIGE.
Liverpool, despite the handicap
which nature has placed upon her
does not purpose to relinquish her hold
on. the shipping that has made her
great. The remarkable increase in. the
size of the trans-Atlantic liners and
the competition of Southampton and
other ports have caused some anxious
moments for the men who guard the
commercial destiny of the large Eng
lish port. But through all the years
in which she has been building up
her wonderful maritime business, Liv
erpool has met every emergency and
has managed to retain her prestige.
That this policy which has brought
such splendid results will be continued
is made clear by the announcement
from London that the Mersey Dock
and Harbbr Board has decided to com
mence at once construction of docks
large enough to accommodate 60,000
ton steamships. This preparation is
discounting the future but slightly, for
already the 50,000-ton steamship is
building and at the rate at which the
size of these leviathans is increasing
the 60,000-ton ship may be here as
soon as the new docks are ready for
her.
The new record-breakers which are
now building iwill be 840 feet long, and
It is expected that the 1000-foot steam
er will be racing across the Atl-ntlc
within the next ten years. The news
from Liverpool has renewed agitation
for greater docks in New York, where
the piers most used are but 825 feet
long. Thus far the War Department
has prevented the city authorities from
extending the piers any farther out
into the channel, but it may yield to
the pressing demands of commerce and
narrow up the harbor channel and
thus increase the pier space. Appre
ciating the value of her seaport pres-
tlge, Liverpool never 'ceases work on
the haibor and entrance from the sea.
Throughout the year dredges are con
stantly (working, and, while big ships
must still wait for high water, the
channel seaward is steadily deepening
and the commerce of the port con
tinues to grow.
This policy of keeping a deep chan
nel tp the sea and plenty of water in
the harbor must be followed by Port
land to a greater exte"nt than ever, be
fore. TheT Columbia Is a mighty
stream compared with the 'diminutive
Mersey and the problem of maintain
ing a deep channel from Portland t
the sea presents no such serious obsta
cles as have always confronted Liver
pool. Unabated effort, however, is a
necessity in order to maintain our
present prestige and provide for the
future. Our ocean commerce is grow
ing more rapidly than ever, and we
must keep Just a little ahead of the
demands it is making on our facilities.
With a satisfactory channel to the sea,
Portland will always be in a large de
gree independent of transcontinental
rail rates and will make increasing use
of the highway which nature has pro
vided. The Chilean government has placed
an order for a 32,000-ton battleship to
cost $15,000,000. Chile is not a very
large country. While it has the period
ical revolutions that are so character
istic of all the fiery republics down
south, its general reputation has been
such that the necessity for the largest
battleship afloat is not very great. So
far as known, there are tewer children
crying for bread in Chile than in Eng
land, Germany and some of the other
great countries which are engaged in
the battleship-building race, but it la
quite probable that much better uses
could be found for $15,000,000 in
Chile than tying it up In a great fight
ing machine. There is, of course, a
possibility that Chile is buying this
battleship as an Investment. With so
many war clouds hovering around at
various altitudes, there is always a
possibility of a brisk demand for new
and second-hand battleships. When
they are needed they are needed so
badly that a first-class one might com
mand a good premium over the origi
nal .cost.
Governor Clark, of Alaska, in - pro
testing against the game lav- of Alas
ka, says: "The laws now in force do
not ' fit the conditions. Under their
provisions the Secretary of Agriculture
makes the regulations and defines the
closed seasons for game." It is sur
prising to note that the Honorable Sec
retary Wilson, who has displayed such
admirable genius for finding two
bushels of wheat where only -one has
grown, should not be competent to
make game laws to fit Alaska. It may
seem strange that a Secretary of Agri
culture should be selected to make
game laws for a country 7000 miles
away from his headquarters, but the
Honorable Secretary is undoubtedly an
expert at the business. It will be re
membered that he has most persistent
ly advocated the growing of goose
wheat, and any man who can see any
merit in. that coarse substitute for real
iwheat must have more knowledge ot
geese than he has of wheat.
John W. Daniel, representative In
Congress from Virginia and member
of the United States Senate from that
state from the forty-ninth Congress
to the time of his death inclusive, was
a typical Virginian of the old school
of politics in Virginia. He entered the
Confederate Army at the age of 19
and shared the triumphs and defeats
of the "Stonewall Brigade" until the
close of .the war. Senator Daniel was
not an old man at the time of his
death, having been born in 1842. How
ever, he suffered more or less from
wounds received in the Confederate
army and the paralysis with which he
was stricken some months ago was
directly due to the impairment of his
vitality from this cause. -( By his death
a vacancy occurs on the Democratic
side of the United States Senate.
Gussie Ogden Drewltz, millionaire
suffragette, Just divorced. Is "so hap
py" over getting the decree that she
takes up with increased ardor the
fight to help women get free from
their "matrimonial misfits." Gussie
will forget it when No. 3 happens in
sight.
The correspondent who writes of
mock auctions emphasizes the fact
that the place to buy watches and jew
elry is in an established store. One
never sees the sign "Caveat Emptor"
over the door of the auction shop and
fa-ar wnnM remfl It if It wpta thprfl
Has the auto disaster on the Van
couver road joined the great body of
mysteries, along with the looting of
the safety deposit box, the disappear
ance of Hannah Smith and other
much-considered trifles that made
news of the day in their time?
Formerly the great overshadowing
thought on .the Fourth of July was
that of National Independence; now
well the columns of telegraphic dis
patches sent out from Reno tell the
story.
Portland will have a sane Fourth,
with everybody out of town or "tired
to death" over Sunday. Is patriotism
a failure and is Daniel McAllen dead?
The Deputy Sheriff of Grant County
who allowed a prisoner to be lynched
was found guilty of murder yesterday.
Justice is wide awake in that region.
Senator Gore's committee is without
funds and Its chairman cannot see his
way to do any investigating before
December.
Only three more days of these ful
some preliminaries and the reading
world will have a rest.
The Beavers are running lap and
lap with the mercury and live hogs in
the upward climb. - t ,
Coincident with the raise in tobacco,
why not have a semi-annual swearing
off today? v
FARMERS DEMOLISH BILLBOARDS.
Lawless Act Used as a Text lor Re
marks on Advertising;.
Washington Herald.
Any One who has traveled from Wash
ington to New York must have been
struck by the monstrous signboards
that flash by the car windows for the
greater part of the route. Hideous
things they are; boards built into all
sorts of fantastic shades, shrieking at
the passerby to the exclusion of the
landscape of the merits of this man's
liver pills, that manufacturer's shoes,
cure-alls, window screens, toilet arti
cles, and what not.
Along that part of the railway lines
that run through New Jersey the of
fense of these grotesque billboards is
greatest, and it is small wonder that a
party of New Jerseyltes. farmers and
others, rose In indignation the other
day, and with crowbars . and axes
smashed many of the signs into kind
ling wood. It ia probable, of course,
that the advertisers had paid rent for
the space they occupied, and that the
indignant New Jersey people were vio
lating the law, and yet their action
seems to have met with little but ap
plause. It may be within the law to smear
the landscape with these atrocities, but
It has been clearly demonstrated that
it is done In utter disregard of public
sentiment, and often without regard for
private rights; and the action of the
New Jersey men goes to show that
when an evil cannot be abated by other
means the people, long suffering, will
take the matter into their own. hands.
The New Jersey episode is a symptom
which the billboard advertiser will do
well to heed.
For, after all, this hideous disfigure
ment of the landscape is all so wasteful
and unnecessary. There is a proper
and dignified channel for advertising
the daily newspaper; and as a medium
reaching directly Into the homes of the
people it has never been, nor ever will
be beaten. It is one of the necessities
of our age that the merchant and the
manufacturer should tell the people
about their wares, and this can always
be best accomplished through the
medium of the dignified, high - class
newspaper.
Indeed, the readers of the modern
newspaper owe much to the advertiser,
for it is not too much to say that the
making of the modern newspaper, with
its cables from abroad, its various de
partments of interest, its wide informa
tion, and the atd 4t is able to give in
the, comprehension of public questions
would be impracticable without the ad
vertiser. COMMANDMENTS FOR HUSBANDS.
These Are No Joke, hut to Be Taken
Seriously.
Berlin Correspondence New York Sun.
Germany has taken over wholesale
the brilliant Idea Initiated by the of
ficial Italian marriage gazette, Ga
zetta Delgi Spozi, and there Is now
published the German edition of the
Ten Commandments for husbands.
It should be explained that the Ten
Commandments, which here follow, are
intended to be taken seriously, and
are by no means a Joke:
1. Don't quarrel with your wife,
even when she annoys you. Hear and
Judge Justly, but not weakly.
2. Endure the frivolity of your wife,
but don't let it go too far.
3. According to your income provide
the necessary money for your house
hold, but do not let more be spent than
you can afford.
4. Take care that your apartment
and the clothing of yourself and wife
match social position.
5. Don't allow your wife's intimate
female friends to settle in your house,
and don't bring your male friends In
too often.
6. Women hate newspapers and ser
ious books. Don't let your wife rob
you of your library pabulum. Insist
on saving time by reading in bed or
at meals.
7. Have one sleeping apartment. You
don't want your wife to be too inde
pendent. 8. Treat your wife affectionately.
Talk over household affairs with her
and conceal nothing of your life from
her. Insist that she do the same.
9. In your home your wife must be
mistress, but you must provide the
final court of control. :
10. Respect your wife's parents, and
see that she respects yours. Accept
the advice of her parents, but follow
your own opinion.
PREPARATION FOR UNIVERSITIES
Boys From the Public Schools Do Much
Better Work.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The annual Yale report. Just issued,
makes an interesting comparison be
tween the public high schools and the
private preparatory schools as feeders
for the universities. Despite any pos
sible academic preference for the lat
ter, the report places the training of
the public high schools in a favorable
light.
In a few words, the result of the
comparison is this: That while the boys
from the private schools come to the
universities better prepared, the boys
from the public schools do the better
work after getting there.
The great point is not what a boy
actually brings, but what he can de
velop after coming.
- The boys from the private schools
represent a higher average of wealth
and opportunity. With them effort is
not so necessary, and struggle is all
but unknown. The boys of the public
schools are likely to be the product
of moderate circumstances. They have
grown up in a democratic atmosphere
of give and take. Their future is large
ly in their own energy, application and
ambition. They must make gooa cruel
ly through their own exertions.
Perfection That Repels.
New York World.
In Kentucky, opposite Evansville,
Ind.. a Golden Rule town is being built.
There are to be no saloons, no public
officials, no graft, no monopolies.
There is an idyllic group of islands in
the Straits Archipelago. No drunken
ness is known there, no crime, no po
liceman, no jail. Money is a forbidden
plague, all trade being by barter. We
do not learn of a concerted rush or
dreamers to Cocos-Keeling.
Tn Orsa, Sweden, there are no taxes.
In Broek, Holland, there is no dirt. In
Dcstard, Brazil, there are 13 choral so
cieties to 15.000 people. The immigra
tion to these places is negligible.
Man dreams of perfection and the
absolute satisfaction of desire. Yet he
is born contrary. He will not have the
supreme good thrust upon him. For
that which he shall possess he wills to
struggle. So long as the model town
on the Ohio remains that way it will
be the most tempting place in the
United States to keep away from.
Where She Found Comfort
Lippincott's Magazine.
At a prayer-meeting held In the
backwoods of Rhode Island, testimonies
were requested, and a very old woman
tottered to her feet.
"I want ter tell this blessed com
pany," her voice quavered, "that I have
rheumatiz In my back, and rheumatiz
In my shoulders, and rheumatiz in my
legs, and rheumatiz in my arms, but I
hev ben upheld and comforted by the
beautiful Bible verse, 'Grin and bear
it.' "
Uninjured.
. New York Sun.
Achilles was lamenting his vulner
able heel.
"But you can talk all right," they
assured him.
Thus he saw the main requisite for
a fight remained.
some: genuine deep sea yarns
Extraordinary Occurrences Vouched for
by Eye Witnesses to the Same.
Wlllapa Harbor Pilot.
Thursday afternoon a number of the
masters of the vessels now in port
met at the office of Deputy Collector
Egbert, as Is frequently the case when
they are out for a good time. When
Captain Burke, of the barkentine Ama
ranth, asked the assembly If they had
read of the adventure of the master ot
the schooner Mabel Gale with a flock
of flying fish when off San Pedro re
cently, they said no. they had not.
. So Burke told them that the afore
named vessel had recently, in the vicin
ity mentioned, ran into a shoal or flock
of flying-fish of such size and ferocity
tnat they had cut the 'foresail into
smithereens by their sharp dorsal fins,
artd that they were in such quantities
that there were sufficient of them fall
ing on the deck to throw the schooner
down by the head. i
This story was commented on by the
old salts, the majority of them being
Willing to admit the genuineness of the
tale, for, said one, there are constantly
happenings at sea to vessels that are
unbelievable to a landlubber.
This yarn reminded Captain Gus Ol
sen, of the Mayfalr, that "once he was
when one of those steady off-store
gales, called 'paminos, was a-blowing.
sailing by the coast of South America
All hands were astounded by the ad
vent of a number of large grasshoppers
or locusts that began to come aboard,
and as the wind increased so did the
insects until they were in such quan
tities as to blacken the sky, and gen
tlemen, you can believe me or not, just
as you d please, when the pam
plnl was over and the hoppers gone
there was not a stitch of canvas left
on the sticks."
One or two of the captains moved
uneasily in their seats as if about to
demur more or less when Captain
Charles Peterson, of the schooner Ban
gor, just in from Samoa, said: "Gentle
men I see that some of you are about
to question Captain Olsen's veracity
or sanity: You mustn't do either.
What he has told you is the everlast
ing unvarnished truth. While I was
not on the spot at the time stated I
was due west of him about a hundred
miles, and the same hoppers came
aboard me in small numbers and, gen
tlemen, I noticed that every d d one
of them had on a canvas suit."
EX-PRESIDENTS AS MENTORS.
From Jefferson Down, They Have In
fluenced Their ' Successors.
Boston Transcript.
The influence of ex-Presidents on
the policies of their successors is no
new thing in our politics. Perhaps
Washington is not quite within the
category, for John Adams was not
easily influenced, but we all know
that Washington in the very last weeks
of his life was the object of appeals
to reverse his opinion on the "third
term," coming from Federalists who
feared that without him as their
standard-bearer their cause was lost.
Jefferson was the monitor of many Ad
ministrations. Monroe sought the ap
proval' of the "Sage of Monticello" for
his famous doctrine. Madison in his
retirement was consulted. Jackson,
when he left the-White House, left an
understudy in the Presidency, and at
the Hermitage was a power often in
voked. Martin Van Buren became the
Free Soil candidate for President in
1848, eight, years after his defeat for
re-election. Millard Fillmore, the ex
President, was the candidate of the
"American" party in 1856, and his can
didacy greatly complicated the situa
tion and contributed not a little to
Fremont's defeat. Even John Tyler
sought to be an influence, for he was
one of those who negotiated ir' vain
to prevent the outbreak of the Civil
War. John Qulncy Adams is an illus
tration of the legitimate "xpen exercise
of ex-Presidential influence, since in
his long Congressional career subse
quent to his retirement from the White
House he became the rallying point of
"anti-slavery" sentiment. Grant's in
fluence was far from negligible even
before hia third, - term boom was
launched.
STUDY OF PORTER CHARLTON.
Attempt to Analyze His Character From
Ilia Appearance.
New York World.
Porter Charlton is 21 years old and
looks no older. He Is of middle stature,
fair complexioned. with rosy cheeks and
a fairly athletic frame.
Blue eyes that shine brightly from
sunken sockets illumine a face that is
remarkable for the sharpness of its line
aments. His blond hair is Inclined to be
bushy, and he generally lets it grow to
something more than ordinary length,
though as he appeared yesterday it was
short, almost close-cropped.
His manner is open and frank, yet there
is a furtive expression about him, as
though he were in constant fear of being
watched. His mouth Is what physiogno
mists call weak, and around his eyes are
lines that should not be present in the
face of a youth of his age and training.
An inordinate self-conceit is Indicated
by his almost presumptuous bearing to
ward even his own father, and he proved
It by sending for all the papers to read
what was being printed about him. But
there is' a breadth over his eyes and a
well-shaped back head that would give
the Impression of more than ordinary
intelligence, which is carried out and
made more positive by conversation with
him. His language and his method of
expression are excellent, and in trying
moments he can preserve an aplomb that
is wonderful.
Ed Howe's Philosophy.
Atchison Globe.
We refuse to Judge any candidate by
his keynote speech.
What has become of the boys and
girls who played crack the whip?"
A woman's idea of shopping is to look
at Oriental rugs, and buy matting.
We have noticed that when a quack
advertises he always uses the word
"expert."
Every man has a notion that his
"principles" are better than other peo
ple 8.
We have been advised to quit smok
ing gradually. We tried that six
years ago, and we are. still quitting
gradually.
The man who works in a smelter, or
fires a battleship engine hasn t any
hotter Job than the gent who spends
most of Ins time watching the ther
moraeter.
An old-fashioned father learned that
his son was calling on a girl every
night and remaining until midnight.
The old-fashioned father went to the
girl's father, who happened to have
sense, and they arranged for a mar
riage. Now the young people have
recovered from tlieir Infatuation, and
are again attending to their usual
duties.
This Boy Has a Menasrerle.
New- York Sun.
There probably is no boy in Greater
New York who can boast of a stranger
collection of playthings than that owned
by the young son of a physician living
on Park avenue. The boy has the entire
playroom. Although he 'has plenty of
mechanical toys the boy prefers to 'play
with his menagerie. This consists of a
colony of frogs, a 'rabbit, a bull pup, a
turtle, two snow-white kittens and six
chipmunks. Through patient training the
boy has succeeded in getting the bull
pup. the rabbit and the turtle to eat
from one bowl at the same time.
No Chance for This Kind.
Washington Star.
There is no chance on earth for the
farmer who complains that sun and
rain make the weeds grow as well as
the crops.
I
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
A friend writes this department to
state that he has heard that the col
ored churches are offering up prayer
for the success of Jack Johnson when
he meets Jeff. He suggests that, if th
colored brethren have any fear on ac
count of Jack's past life that Provi
dence will find it impossible to help
him in the fight, they might frame their
petitions something like the old negro
preacher did when he was treed by the
bear. The preacher said: "Oh, Lohd,
please he'p me, an' ef yo' kain't he'p
me, oh, Lohd. fo' goodness sakes doan't
he'p dat beah." Denver Post.
Very much excited and out of breath
a young man who could not have been
married very long rushed up to an at
tendant at one of the city hospitals and
inquired after Mrs. Brown, explaining
between breaths that it was his wife
he felt anxious about, says the Detroit
New 8.
The attendant looked at the register
and replied that there was no Mrs.
Brown in the hospital.
"My God! Don't keep me waiting in
this manner," said the excited young
man. "I must know how she is."
"Well, she isn't here," again said the
attendant.
"She must be," broke in the visitor,
"for here is a note I found on the
kitchen table when I came home from
work."
The note read:
"Dear Jack: Have gone to heve my
kimono cut out. ANNIE."
The minister's class at the Kirk of
Tobermory had been reading the story
of Joseph and his brethren, and the
minister was asking the boys a few
questions in review. Their replies had
all been quick, concise and correct.
such as:
What great crime did these sons of
Jacob commit?"
"They sold their brother Joseph."
"Quite correct. And for how much did
they sell him?"
"Twenty pieces of silver."
"And what added to the cruelty and
wickedness of these brothers?" A pause.
"What made their treachery even more
detestable and heinous?"
Then a bright little Highlander
stretched out an eager hand.
"Well, my man?"
"Please, sir, they selt him ower
cheap." Housekeeper.
"Pony" Moore, the once famous min
strel, is dead at the age of SO. Moore
used to make his own Jokes. Once
when he played in Chicago he had his
toes run over and limped on that night
with a foot that resembled a white
pillow.
"Ah's ez tendah-hoofed as Liza John
sing," he said to the audience with a
chuckle. "Yo' know about Liza? Young
Calhoun White, he Bez to her, pro
posing " 'Whaffo yo' make a face like dat
when I propose. Miss Johnsing?'
" 'Well, Cal,' says Liza. 'Ah kain't
give yo' offah propah considoration
less'n yo' takes yo' knee off'n man
co'n.' " New York Tribune.
"The terrors of the deep," remarked
the captain of a transatlantic liner,
"were perhaps never more inrillingly
set forth than in the description by a
young lady who last year made her
first trip abroad. She kept a diary,
very much like that of Mark Twain,
when for seven days he recorded the
fact that he 'got up, washed, went to
breakfast.'
"There was, however, one important
exception. When she crossed the Chan
nel the experience was so trying that
she felt impelled to describe it 'I am
firmly resolved to stay on deck,' sha
wrote, 'although the tempest increat--to
such a frightful hurricane that it ia
only with the greatest difficulty that
I can hold up my parasol." " Brooklyn
Life.
Seasonable Notes.
Boston Transcript.
You can't keep a good thermometer
down.
Smite a fly on one cheek and he re
turneth to the other.
This is thirsty weather. Even the
mercury Is filling Its glass higher these
days.
If you want a high time on your
vacation hie to the mountains.
Undoubtedly many of our sweet girl
graduates will make good fudge.
A hook in the Jaw is apt to finish
both the fish and the fighter.
Hen ry asks what is good for mos
quito bites. Human cuticle is consid
ered very good, Henry.
Will Be Paid In Real Money.
Indianapolis News.
Meantime, no matter how acrimoni
ous become the differences as to the
total of the session's appropriations,
the treasury will continue to pay them
in real money Just the same.
In the Magazine Section
OF THE
Sunday Oregonian
WARM SPRING
. INDIANS OREGON
PIONEERS' FRIENDS
Their signal aid in defeating
the treacherous, murderous Mo
docs in the lava beds of Southern
Oregon. Their reservation soon to
be reached by the hew Hill lines.
FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP AT RENO
News and comment by Jack Lon
don, Rex Beach, James J. Cor
bett, Harry B. Smith and eight cor
respondents of the Associated
Press, together with records and
measurements of Jeffries ami
Johnson, profuse illustrations and
interesting personal gossip.
WORLD'S MISSIONARY
CONFERENCE FOR 1910
First of a series of letters from
Rev. Spencer S. Sulliger, D. D., of
Vancouver, Wash., who is one of
the delegates to the great interna
tional gathering at Edinburgh.-
REAL "INNOCENTS ABROAD"
WITH MARK TWAIN
Mrs. Nina Larowe tells of the
people on the steamer who accom
panied the great humorist on that
memorable voyage.
WORLD'S CHAMPIONS
ONCE; FORGOTTEN NOW
Great fierhters who are spending
the evening of life in comfort ;
others who are paupers; others
sleep in unknown graves.
ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR
NEWSDEALER