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STATE AID IfK LOCAL KOAtl.
Less than one cr has rawrd
sine the State Suprrme Court de
clared the appropriation of 1 100.000
for the Crater Lake Road unconstltu
tlnnal. yrt some of the good roads ud
vocate are proposing an appropria
tion of IH0.U0O for aid In ronstruc
tlon of local highways In every part
of the state. It 1 planned to divide
this fund equally among the Jl coun
ties of the state. 15000 yearly to be
available In any county that raises
J:0.000'to be used Kith the 15000 of
state monfy.
The bill as drawn plainly contem
plates the expenditure i f IhU 1310.000
on local ro.nl.. It reads:
After havttia prnvMed au. h fund, th
Ointf ( nan a.iall a.-!-. I the particular
location of tl-a e-d 1" 1 Conalru. I'd and
"all d--lirnle Ih. r;ec of r-iiminrl and
flntt-l rtraorir tha location of the rd.
a: of wril-n af-all ha on lha Journal of th
eurt. su.-h roa4 ahall baictn t Ih prlml
nal ene'B-t plac In lt rount). or aball
cenatft nlth n permanent road loading (.
aiirh n!e. and B-aII b no lovated that
hn innlni-1ril. a herein prolded. tt
ntll eonfll'ure one of thr nain traveled
roada to the ptnre ahrnci It atarta.
In other words the sum of 1340.000
of state funds Is to be expended In
Improvlnic roads leading- from numer
ous points In each county to the prin
cipal market place of that county. f t'p
.Medford y even this bill Is not
wholly satt-Hfactory. for a newspaper
In lht locality declares that the state
should spend dollar for dollar with
the county.
If there Is any distinction between
the appropriation for the Crater Lake
road and the proposed appropriation
for numerous unlocated local roads,
except in amount appropriated and
deslcnatlon of where the money ehall
be spent. The Oresonlan falls to de
tect It.
The constitutional inhibition against
state appropriation for local high
ways was not changed by adoption of
the food roads amendment, which
merely removes the limitation on
;ounty Indebtedness when contracted
for permanent road work approved by
vote of the people.
Probably the extremity to which
the state may no in giving aid to
county road work Is In providing sal
aries for a state highway engineer and
an office and field force. In a state
where population and highly taxable
property are o unevenly distributed
as they are In Oregon, this Is as much
as the counties should reasonably
rect.
a niiEn i rAscroK
The World- Work for IX-ceniber
gives a lively account of the experi
ence of young minister who went It
direct the fortunes of a tumble-down
country church. Piquancy is given
the narrative by his confession that he
did not need to begin his career in the
country or with a decaed congrega
tion. He had a call to a flourishing
marge at a larger salary, but Provi
dence, contrary to Its usual practice,
moved him to rhoore hard work and
poverty when he mlsht have had ea.-
and comfort. The church he went to
was In a neighborhood of rich fann
ers w ho had tine houses and macad
amised roads, but they had sadly neg
lected their spiritual welfare. Wealthy
as they were, they had borrowed
money to pay their previous pastor's
salary.
The meeting-house was a forlorn
structure with only one room. No
doubt panes of gluss were missing from
the windows, the paint was peeling
fit. and at one corner where the un
derpinning had sunk away the build
ing was supported by rails laid cate
rornered. The Sunday school was the
natinl thing in such forsaken churches.
The poor children spent an hour once
a week henrlng about Jonah's whale
and Ihe beiirs tliut devoured the
wicked children who Jeered at the
prophet. The teachers, who were
young ladles all from the same de
voted family, knew- nothing about the
Hible except the current Impossible
traditions, and what they did not know
naturally they could not teach. So
the Sunday school pined and faded.
One gathers that nobody ever went to
meeting in that neighborhood who by
hook or crook could conjure up a de
cent excuse for slaying away. The
church was sixty-seven years old and
it was all played out. It had gone to
seed about as badly as an Institution
could. Nobody wa lnterest-d In It.
Nobody expected anything of It. and It
lived up to Its fame.
Our young hcphcrd chnnged a'.l
this In a year or two. How did he do
It ? Not by any magic arts. Seem
ingry he did not even pray a great
deal. Very likely he attended to lits
orisons shut np In his chamber,
the Savior directs, but It Is pretty clear
that he relied for his results on some
thing else. The secret of It all is that
he set his congregation to work. He
persuaded them to do things, and it is
noticeable that many of the tasks he
set about were secular rather than
holy. He whs psyhcologist enough to
understand that a person who has a
regular task to perform, however un
Important, becomes attached to it in
nine cases out of ten, unless it Is ex
cessively ainful.
He began by starting an old-fashioned
sinning school, to which every
body carue. The singing school and
spelling bee were precious eocial op
portunities In their day. They have
sunk Into desuetude and nothing has
replaced them. All the children
learned to sing by note. Of course a
flourishing choir for the church was
one of the prime consequences, but
there were others. The dismal farm
houses were dismal because, the own
ers did not know how to spend their
money to make them cheerful. Some
of them thought cheerfulness as a
sin. The new minister taught them
the salntliness of a good time. There
was an influx of auto-pianos. The
young men organixed a string band,
which even ventured upon dance
music now and then. And all this
rich outburst of life flowed ultimately
toward the church. Then the minis
ter organized a dramatic club. He
positively had plays acted in the house
of God. Just as Christians did In the
olden time, before we all became puri
tanical and pharisaically conceited.
This gave him means to make the
Sunday school concerts and mission
ary meetings Interesting. He had
something more lively for them than
texts from Daniel.
So It went on. This marvel of a
minister was all things to all men.
Emphasise the word "men." We do
not read of his purring among the sis
ters at tea parties. He did "a great
deal more than preach and visit his
fl'Kk." His duties varied "from Jani
tor to head flnuncler." At the end of
ten years he had a grand new church
all paid. tor. a nice salary, a flock In
love with Its shepherd, a wife and
children of his own. and a long tale of
saved souls to his credit In the book
of gold. Who rould ask for more?
WASTINC! OVR REMH'Rrr..
The innnunrmnittht "many mil
lions of feet of excellent yellow pine
timber In the Crater Lake National
Forest reserve are deteriorating from
old age." will occasion no surprise
among practical tlmbermen who are
familiar with the forestry problem.
What Is true of the Crater Lake re
serve Is likewise true of many other
forest reserves where great bodies of
valuable timber are being "Flnchot
Ised" In the Interest of future genera
tions. Just how these future genera
tions will profit by a system of con
servation that permits an enormous
annual waste of over-ripe timber is
not understood by the practical tirrt
bermen of the present day. but the
Kastera faddists who are responsible
for the loss undoubtedly have no In
terest In the practical sldo of the ques
tion. In mnny of the forest reserves
where this timber has matured and
Is now decaying there is much excel
lent underlying agricultural land.
With decay of the timber If the land
were available for settlers, it might
be brought under cultivation and
made to return something, but so long
as It remains "conserved" for future
generations It will prove a dead loss
to the jiresent generation.
It la fortunate Indeed that coal de
posits do not deteriorate with age. If
such were the case the "conserved"
Alaska coal lands In due time would
become as worthless as an over-ripe
timber claim. Some day reason will
regain its sway and then we may ex
pect a forest reserve policy that will
protect the interests of the people of
the present day as well as those of
generations yet unborn.
rROSPEKlTT STILL RAMPANT.
Portland bank clearings" for the
week ending last Saturday were more
than 2.S0o.0OO greater than for the
corresponding week last year. The
degree of prosperity reflected by these
remarkable rigurea can best be under
stood when tt Is noted that Seattle
bank clearings for the same period
showed a decrease of more than $1.
SOiTboO w hen compared with the same
week a year ago.
The causes of this continued pros
perity, which neither the Winter sea
son nor pessimistic reports In other
parts of the country can check, are in
evidence 'on every hand. Railroad
work is being pushed In all parts of
the state, and In the city' there has
been no slackening of building oper
ations or In any branch of Industry.
Oregon orchardists are still shipping
high-priced fruit to the world's mar
kets in train loads, and In the six
days ending Saturday receipts of
wheat at Portland were 267 ear load
greater than for the same week last
year, while livestock receipts were
;000 head greater. A slight surplus
of saw mills along the Columbia
Klver has caused a temporary weak
ne. In the lumber market but the
output In the aggregate continues to
break all records and. If the demand
continues to improve, it will in due
season catch up with the excessive
output that the new mills are placing
on the market.
A very encouraging feature of the
week's business was the decided im
provement In financial conditions in
the Fast. The New York bank state
ment which appeared Saturday was
In every Item much more favorable
thnn at this date last year, and dur
ing the week there was a pronounced
decline In rates both on call money
and time loans. Recent statements
of Western banks have been uni
formly favorable, and for that reason
the recent temporary stringency re
ported in the Kast caused but little
concern here. At the same time,
neither Portland. Oregon, nor any
other part of the country can reach
the maximum of prosperity if some
other portion Is struggling under ad
verse conditions. Portland and the
tributary territory will forge ahead in
srlte of th-.- troubles In the East but
naturally if would prosress more
rapidly If the Kast were enjoying the
snme decree of prosperity. We will
all rejoice to see the Improvement
noted continue Indefinitely.
Ml HARMtin AMI NO IOAI.
No battleship fleet will be stationed
on the Pacific Coast. Coal fuel would
cot too much, says Secretary Meyer.
The extra expense for coal would be
$4,000,000 a year.because the Gov
ernment would have to Import Navy
cosl. Though it has vast supply un
used in Alaska, none can be got out.
Pinchot conservation prevents. Offi
cials of this new Ism say that should
the coal In Alaska be opened for use
It would be stolen.
Great Government, this, that expects
to fight a foreign foe by means of coal
Imported from foreign lands, perhaps
from the very shores of the foe. Great
Government, this, that cannot allow
its mineral resources to be. utilized by
and for the people, lest thieves break
in and steal. What Is government for
if not to make away with thieves?
The Pacific Coast has coal enough
to supply all the navies of the world, if
mines could be opened in Alaska. But
whenever anybody offers to start a
mine there he is pounced upon by the
Plnchots and the Gartields and the
Glavlses as a "Guggenheim" and as
"an enemy of the people."
Meanwhile big coal mine owners of
the Atlantic Coast are enthusiastic
"conservationists" of Alaska coal.
They boost the "lock-up" policy that
makes a market and high prices for
their JyroducU Coal barons ot tlM At
lantic wish no Navy transferred to the
Pacific.
It was the same, some time ago,
with great land barons they were ar
dent champions of lieu-land forest
conservation.. It was a fine thing to
create reserves around mountain
crags and desert wastes and logged
off areas and then to exchange the
bad lands with the Government for
good lands elsewhere by means of the
lieu system.
Many sins and omissions have been
committed In the name of conserva
tion. There are still many wonders
of performance. Right now the Pa
cific Coast of the United States Is de
fenseless against a naval foe .because
It has no coal for war vessels and the
Government will not permit it to ob
tain any.
t'EXSl s) AND MALTHIH.
The population of the United States
has greatly Increased In the past
decade. The price of food has also
Increased largely. There Is pabulum
for thought here about the pressure
of population upon food, supply. After
long, retirement. Is Malthus again
coming to the front and to his own?
There Is no danger thnt the world's
population growth will soon exceed
means of subsistence. Great areas of
new land are yet to be brought into
production and modern enterprises of
tillage und transport will continue to
make food surplus, at least. In the
nations of the New World.
And yet. In the United States, we
see the population consuming more
and more of Its food product. Every
little while Mr. J. J. Hill sounds the
warning that the day is not far off
when this country will cease to export
grains: that it will need all its food
for Its own people and may even
change to an Importing Nation.
Alongside this prophecy is the spec
tacle of higher cost of living the
chief factor of which Is failure of
production to keep pace with con
sumption. The query with Malthus was "How
shall the nations be fed?" But for
many years the query with the nations
of the New World wns: "What shall
we do with our surplus food?" In
the United States the Increase of pop
ulation Is solving the latter question.
Up to this time, the value of wheat
at home has been determined by the
value of our surplus wheat In foreign
markets. This may continue a con
siderable time longer, yet In the end
our own needs will be the determin
ing factor, subject, of course, to the
general movements of trade between
nations.
During the Inst several hundred
years the growing expanse of the till
able surface of the world has re
moved ancient limits of production.
This has been especially true during
the last half-century. In which mod
ern methods of communication and
transport have brought consuming
exporting countries close together.
But the world's productive surface
will not be unlimited for future gen
erations. Already we see the Ameri
can continent filling up, that two or
thye generations ago was thought of
as practically boundless In the West.
After all, the Malthus doctrine Is
one of the abiding ones. Its applica
tion has been postponed, however,
until the distant future, yet that
future may not be so far distant as
has been supposed. In the United
Stutes we sea the doctrine vindicated
In a small way by pressure of Increas
ing population upon means of subsist
ence. The population of the United
States has increased 16.000.000 in ten
years. These additional mouths con
sumed a large share of the soil's food
product. The problem presented is
not yet serious In the Malthuslan
sense, but It will grow more serious as
the years progress.
IMPROVEMENT OF LONK FIR.
The plan looking- to the improve
ment of Lone Kir Cemetery, so that
instead of being an unsightly place of
neglected graves, leaning monuments
and moss-grown slabs, it will become
a veritable beauty spot of nature, is
one that should meet with public ap
proval, and especially of the approval
of those whose dead lie there In
eternal sleep. A faraway place in
the wooded suburbs of a pioneer city
In a beautiful wilderness when the
first grave was made In the tract.
Lone Kir Cemetery has become the
center around which thriving homes
cluster, and, by means of quick car
service, is In close touch with the
business center of a growing, opulent
metropolis.
The suggestion . of the removal
of these graves -to some more se
questered spot would not. Indeed
could not. be entertained. Perhaps it
is possible to prohibit all further in
terments on lots already In family
possession. But the sale of lots for
burial purposes might be stopped and
the tract made beautiful as a park,
and to this no reasonable objection
can be offered.
Portland has overgrown the frac
tion of God's acre to which the
bodies of l:a early dead were con
signed. Some persons yet remem
ber the primeval wlldness of Skid
more fountain, in which graves were
made In the early fifties, and
the slabs that marked the cemetery
on the river road to the south of the
city, where the early Jewish residents
kept the "long mysterious exodus of
death." The bodies, as far as they
could be recovered, were some years
ago removed from these burial places
and homes and business blocks have
risen on the sites. This being Im
practical In the case of Lone Kir
Cemetery, In which fully 30.000
bodies have been Interred, the only
thing that can be done Is to beautify
the tract In conformity with its sur
roundings and let the dead rest.
TRADK AND THE LAU.
' The export trade of the United
States for the first ten months of the
calendar year offers some very inter
esting figures for, people who have
been led to believe that this country
Is handicapped through lack of ship
ping. It will be remembered that
South America has been held up moat
frequently as the "awful example" of
the loss of trade through lack of a
ship subsidy. With so large a number
of vessels of all classes carrying our
exports to Europe at remarkably low
rates, it of course would be absurd to
complain of lack of facilities for
either mall or passengers and there
fore, applying the South American
argument of the ship subsidy seekers,
our European trade with its' perfect
facilities must naturally be progress
ing by leaps and bounds. But Is it?
We find by consulting the official
figures compiled by the Department
of Commerce and Labor that our ex
ports to the United Kingdom, with
which we enjoy the most perfect fa
cilities for shipping, for the ten
months ending November' 1, were
393. 440.979. and for the same period
a year ago were 1404.878. 578, while
with France, Just across the Channel,
and also admirably supplied with
transportation . facilities across the
Atlantic, the decrease this year, as
compared with last, was more than
$12,000,000. Let us turn from these
perfect facilities, where there is an
abundance of shipping, to South
America, where the ship subsidy peo
ple assure us we are losing heavily
through lack of ships to carry our
exports to market. For the ten
months this year, .our exports to the
Argentine increased $7,000,000. while
Brazil, with a smaller total, showed
an increase in imports of American
products of more than $5,000,000.
Shipping is so plentiful on the Pa
cific that we can ship a ton of freight
to China and Japan at the same price
that Is charged for earning it to
Lower California, a few hundred miles
down the coast. But with ships run
ning across the Pacific with hardly
sufficient cargo for ballast, exports
to China for the ten months declined
nearly $4.0,000. and there was a
slight decrease In the exports to
Japan. These figures show most ef
fectually that therfe are ships avail
able to carry American products
wherever they can be sold. The
South American trade figures also
show that the countries In the South
ern hemisphere are actually Indicat
ing a favoritism for American trade,
for. while the Brazilians increased
their purchases from u for the ten
months to the extent of nearly $5.
000,000, our purchases from Brazil in
that period were $2,000,000 less than
the- were In the same period in the
preceding year. "Trade follows the
flag." but the flag it follows is the
one which trails over the stern of
steamer, and trade does not care a
fig what the nationality of that
steamer may be.
The dairyman's foe. the manufac
turer of oleomargarine, turned out
1 41.862. 282 pounds of what was once
in scorn called "bull butter" last year
an Increase of 50.000.000 pounds
over the output of the previous year.
A substantial Increase, truly, and one
that Is generally satisfactory, since
under the law. which Is universally
observed, the article is sold under Its
own name and strictly on its merits.
Large as the Increase in the consump
tion of oleomargarine Is, however. It
pales Into utter insignificance when
compared with the increase in the
consumption of cigarettes. Of these,
one billion more were consumed in
the United States than during the year
ending June 30, i909. wherein "only"
6.830,000,000 were consumed. To
those who have noted the effect of
cigarette smoking upon boys and
youths, these figures are appalling.
And to make apprehension of the re
sults of this enormous consumption
of cigarettes more startling, the habit
has extended to a considerable extent
to schoolgirls in some of the larger
cities and to young women of the leis
ure class. Six billion, eight hundred
and thirty million cigarettes consumed
In the United States in a single year!
Computation Is lost in wonder at the
gigantic waste thus presented, while
censure for the wastrels Is lost in ap
prehension for the physical and men
tal stamina of the race a few gener
ations hence.
In a dispatch sent out from Seattle
a few days ago announcing the death
of one of the "Mercer girls," it was
stated that she was "one of the 300
women who came around Cape Horn
as the famous 'cargo of wives' for
Seattle settlers in 1866" and that the
ship Continental had been chartered to
convey them around the Horn. There
were not enough settlers In Seattle In
need of wives in 1866 to require one
half of 300 women and the Continen
tal was not chartered by Mr. Mercer,
who conceived the plan for bringing
the Eastern women out West to look
for husbands. The steamship Con
tinental on which they reached the
Coast was brought out by Ben Holla
day to ply bfetween Portland and San
Francisco, and It was many months
after her arrival that she visited
Puget Sound. The Mercer party con
sisted of A. S. Mercer and wife and 28
unmarried women, most of whom lo
cated in San Francisco, Astoria and
Portland, although a few may have
worked their way to Seattle after the
voyage of the Continental terminated
at San Francisco.
The Burns Commercial Club has
started a movement to secure the en
actment of a law providing for a
bounty on Jackrabbits. This measure
would seem to conflict Indirectly with
that which Is to provide a bounty on
coyotes. The men who kill coyotes
In order to secure the bounty remove
one of the greatest Jackrabblt ex
terminators that can be found, and
every coyote that Is killed means pro
longed life and good health for a
large number of Jackrabbits. The
passage of a jackrabblt botlnty law
would thus leave the state In the con
tradictory position of paying a bounty
for the extermination of Jackrabbits
and also paying a bounty for the ex
termination of the greatest of all jack
rabblt exterminators.
Science is slowly discovering the
curative qualities of whisky. Its
fumes combined with the balsam of
seasoned oak. it Is asserted, will kill
the tubercle bacillus. Ever since the
days of Lewis and Clark its efficacy
as an antidote for snake-bite poison
has been well known.
With railroads opening up for set
tlement various rich sections of Ore
gon hitherto Inaccessible, Isn't it en
tirely reasonable to predict the dou
bling of population for the census of
1920?
Portland swimming enthusiasts are
surf bathing at Clatsop Beach. It Is
said to be more fun than shoveling
snow in New York.
The octopl off Gearhart are more
gallant than their California brith
ren. Not one grabbed the toes of. a
fair bathetj
There Is no mystery in a murder
beyond two motives robbery and re
venge, and these mean money and
women.
Every penny spent for Red Cross
seals helps to preserve human life.
Start the week right Do what
shopping you can. today.
CONSOLIDATION NOT PRACTICABLE
Combination of Horticultural Board and
Society Discussed.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Dec. 8. (To
the Editor.) I cannot endorse the edi
torial suggestion in The Oregonian
that one organization can do the work
of the State Board of Horticulture, and
of the State Horticultural Society. Their
fields of activity are entirely and nec
essarily distinct.
The state board is an official organ
ization of six persons, appointed by the
Governor. Its function is to enforce
horticultural laws, to exercise police
power over fruit industry. Such func
tion does not include conduct "of apple
shows and conventions. Its small mem
bership counts for efficiency. Its de
liberations are not open to public, and
should not be. Individual fruitgrowers
have no voice in framing its policies,
and should not have. It is purelv au
executive arm of the state's political
organization. Expansion of Oregon's
fruit industry will make increasing de
mand on this board, and warrant in
creasing appropriations for its support.
Time was when we had but one if
these organizations, the state society.
It had a numerous membership. It
felt, however, need of a smaller body
to enforce horticultural laws, it agi
tated for such organization, until pres
ent state board was created in 1889.
The State Horticultural Society is a
non-official organization, composed of
many .individual growers, voluntarily
associated for discussion, education and
mutual benefit. Its function Is to hold
apple-shows, to educate Its members, to
arouse public sentiment, and to stand
behind enforcement of, but not to en
force, horticultural laws. Its large
membership counts for efficiency. Its
deliberations are open to public, and
should be. Every Individual fruit
grower, who pays. its membership fee
of $1, has equal voice in its manage
ment, and shoujd have. It is purely a
deliberative. democratic and non-political
association.
The State Board of Horticulture
bears same relation to the State Hor
ticultural Society that the State Dairy
Commissioner bears to the State Dairy
men's Association. Certainly you
would not think of combining the latter
two. Management of an apple-show is
peculiarly within the province of the
state society, because sympathetic co
operation of many growers is an im
portant element of such shows. For
that reason a grower's apple-show can
be run on less money than one con
ducted as a corporate enterprise.
In speaking of desirability that there
should be some officer qualified and
equipped to supply to prospective in
vestors reliable information regardins
our horticultural resources, you over
look, the very efficient and absolutely
reliable Secretary of the State Board,
H. M. Williamson. His office is in
i ortland. He Is paid by the state to
tabulate and disseminate such infor
mation. To my personal knowledge, he
Is doing large amount of that work.
Members of the state board, through
various fruit Inspectors, are in close
touch with local conditions In their
districts. Through the state board and
its secretary we have the machinery,
already organized and paid for, to
gather and distribute accurate horti
cultural statistics. Although I answer
many Eastern inquiries, I do it, not be
cause I think no other source of in
formation is available to the inquirer.
In all cases of doubt, I refer to Secre
tary of the State Board.
Attempt to eliminate the State Hor
ticultural Society would present an em
barrassing problem, because the society
has acquired a considerable fund, do
nated for furtherance of its educa
tional work. This fund is held by it
In trust.
The whole difficulty arises from fact
that both organizations are seeking
state aid. The state board, necessarily,
because it can look only to state for
support. The state society, two years
ago, and for the first time, received a
legislative appropriation of $1000, for
ensuing biennial period. This was
given largely to cover expense of sta
tionery, postage and printing of pro
ceedings. Most of our expense, except for print
ing our proceedings, and nearly all the
work of our officers are connected
with the annual apple-show. Interest
In our recent show, displayed by citi
zens of Portland, by the railroads and
by various commercial clubs of the
state. Indicate that we may expect in
future liberal contributio-s to our
premium list. I am confident also that
our membership will gladly co-operate,
as did our exhibits committee, in
greatly reducing the work of our offi
cers., Portland will no doubt furnish
us adequate quarters for our Bhow. I
do not'-think. then. It is necessary to
discuss consolidation of the state board
and the state society, as a means for
working off any excessive drain on the
state treasury. I might add that, if
all interested In Oregon's horticultural
Industry would show that interest, by
taoing out membership In the State
Horticultural Society, It would not be
necessary ever to ask aid from the
state. H. C. ATW'ELL,
President Oregon State Horticultural
Society.
Balm for Disappointment.
London Chronicle.
Struggling authors in China find it al
most as pleasant to have a manuscript
rejected as to have It accepted. Accord
ing to the Journal des Debats the editor
of one of the leading perlodica's of Pe
kln. writes "We have read thy manu
script with Infinite delight. By the sacred
ashes of our ancestors we swear that
never before have we reveled In so en
thralling a masterpiece. If we printed
it, his majesty the Emperor, our high
and mighty master, would ordain us to
take it as a model and never henceforth
to print anything Inferior to it. As it
would be Impossible to And its equal
within 10,000 years, we are compelled,
though shaken with sorrow at our action,
to return thy divine manuscript, and
for doing so we ask thee a thousand
pardons."
Results of Pasteurised Milk.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The infant mortality in New York
when Nathan Straus opened the pas
teurized milk depots was S6.5 per 1000.
Last year the death rate was but 52.5 per
IOiiO. Mr. Straus' great benevolence has
been made the target of vindictive and
persistent criticism, which not even the
statistics could silence. New York Is
to be congratulated hat Mr. Straus has
reconsidered his earlier determination to
close these stations, as the result of the
Unjust and Ignorant abuse that was di
rected against his fine philanthropy.
Elijah and the Tariff.
Harper's Weekly.
"Now, Johnny." said the Sunday
school superintendent, "can you tell me
what it was that caused the prophet
Elijah to go up?"
"Yeth, thir," said Johnny. "It wath
the Payne tariff bill."
Suspended Sword Nothing-.
New York Sun.
Damocles saw the suspended sword.
'That's nothing," he cried. "I've sat
between two women with hatpins."
Thus they saw he could not be scared.
Natural Consequences.'
New York Herald.
The latest edict of fashiJn extends
the "hobble" Idea to nightgowns. We
should think a hobble "nightie" would
give any one the nightmare.
She Wouldn't Laugh.
Boston Transcript.
"Had a most enjoyable time at the
dentist's today." "Eh! Enjoyable?"
"Tes. When I went In another dentist
was Ailing my dentist's teeth."
' T HRI.P.Vt GROWS LONELIER.
Ne Longer Port of Call, Island Is Re
duced to Poverty.
New Bedford Standard.
O.UnA ...on a HaV whOTI tVlA IslAnil
of St. Helena was a household word in
many of the homes of New Bedford
Many of the seafaring men of the com
munity were as familiar with the is
land as they were with Water street.
St. Helena was a port oi can iur me
whaleships engaged in South Atlan
tic whaling, where they would take
on supplies and receive mail or leave
their catch of oil for shipment home
while they returned to the fishing
... . . , . ti.i
ground, wot mucn is neara ui dl. uw
ena in this connection in these days,
but word comes of It now in a very
different way and picturing it In vast
ly different conditions from its pros
perity at that time. In the days be
fore the opening of the Suez Canal,
when England's trade with India was
carried on by means of sailing vessels,
they too found St. Helepa a conveni
ence on the voyage, and Great Britain
kept the island heavily fortified and
garrisoned. Now its day of service to
v.A nKI1n hoc trnna hv The East In-
dian traffic is diverted by way of the
canal, ana a wnaiing vessel is
seen there nowadays. The British gov
ernment withdrew Its garrison some
four or five years ago, the docking
facilities have fallen into decay, the
population has decreased In 35 years
from 6300 to 4000, the resources of tha
island as ever are inadequate to sus
tain the people, and the absence of in
come from without has brought .the
people to a state reported to be bor
dering on beggary. The island never
had any internal sources of Income, Its
. aA ...i.i. t,A .hlns holnt. in Imnorted
II OVIT. o hi. in.? .,...)-.. - - - - n i
..innlla, Honlt O.MT lltirler SUCil COndi-
ttons as' left a good margin of profit
wttn tne wunarawai oi nuoimti
nrrtnldl, Mrrlann and merchants, the
population goes back chiefly to the
natives of mixed European aim
origin and West African Negroes. Of
..nl.. .. I ,ir!n an A wifh milch Of itS
substance rock and lava, there Is still
a considerable area oi productive auu
that, with the salubrious climate,
i.a .vncMoH to CO far t O W Si T 1
supplying the needs of the people, if
not to leave a surplus iur en.
i,o mriuonoo of the earlv days was
away from agriculture and apparently
the people nave never itm ucu mo "-
sibilitles of the soil. With fish plenty
i ..ii.. WMu,m o ml nArtakinir
uuu iit'o r n.ii i j r-1 " ,
of the characteristics of tropical peo
ple, the personal incentive to ihis
ress has not been felt. What will be
the outcome of the little island Is hard
to say. France still maintains the
Napoleon house and valley. which
comes in, however, for small attention
on the part of the public. When the
Panama Canal is opened, England may
find tne island a convenience for its
steamers, but It is hard to sea how
this will bring much measure of pros
perity to the people.
BIT THE DOG WOULD NOT TELL
Policeman's Plan to Find Rllnd Man's
Home Didn't Work.
Kansas City Times.
Perhaps It was canine sagacity, per
haps merely stupidity, but in either
case' if J. M. Batens. a blind man, is
tried for any offense it will not be the
dog who led him that "tipped off" the
police. '
Batens was locked up at the James
street station in Kansas City. Kan.,
yesterday for investigation. His little
dog, Phillip, which led him. went with
them to the station. In reply to the
question as to where he lived, Batens
said:
"Wherever I hang my hat. So he
and the dog were placed in a cell
pending "investigation." But someone
thought that it would be a good plan
to take the dog and see If it would not
guide them to the place where the
blind man resided. If he bad not given
the right address.
So a policeman attached himself to
the blind man's end of the chain and
went forth with the canine guide.
Phillip ran along with his nose close
to the ground. He led the officer south
on James street toward the state line.
At Central avenue he crossed the
street, then he turned north on the
other side of the street and back to
the station. At the door . the dog
looked up at the policeman and
wagged hia tall, apparently thanking
him for letting him have an outing.
"Guess he's right about his home,"
Patrick Lyons', sergeant, said. - "Turn
that dog out on the rock pile and let
him play around the jail yard awhile."
ELECTION CANVASS INEXPENSIVE
Ke-w York Candidate Wins 'In Expense
Account of 42 Cents.
New York Tribune.
James P. Cullen ,s an elevator con
ductor at 165 Broadway. In his spare
hours he takes an active interest in
politics and at the recent election he
was the Independence League candi
date for the Senate in the Fourteenth
Senate district. His chief opponent
was Senator Thomas F. Grady, so Cul
len did not find it necessary to spend
much monev in his canvass. It cost
him just 42 cents, according to the
report he filed in the County Clerk's
office. Cullen itemized his account as
follows:
Keceipts None.
Expenses Matches, two boxes, 2c.
Used in lcjoking for names in dark
hallways while convassing the district.
Postage 20c
Used to answer questions of people
and associations who seem to have no
time to read the platforms or study the
record of the political parties, whose
candidates they ask questions of at
the very last moment.
Medicine for throat to relieve hoarse
ness incurred in addressing open-air
meetings. 20c.
But the County Clerk returned the
statement to Cullen because he forgot
to swear to It.
Much Safer.
Pittsburg Post.
"Those centaurs would have been
great nags to bet on."
"Why so?"
"You could have gotten your infor
mation direct from the horse."
That Awful Silence.
Cleveland Herald. .
Herbert Latham, the aviator, says that
he is going to hunt big game from an
aeroplane. Will nothing make the Col
onel talk?
From Other Viewpoints.
Washington Post.
Some statesmen - when they are di
vorced from the Government pay-roll
act as if they were entitled to alimony.
Last Poem by Mrs. Eddy, t
New Orleans Picayune.
This is the last poom written by Mrs.
Eddy:
SATISFIED.
It matters not' what be the lot.
So love doth guide;
For atorm or shine, pure peace ia thine.
Whatever betide.
And of these stones, or tyrants' thrones,
God able is
To raiae up seed in thought and deed
To faithful His.
Aye. darkling sense, arise, go hence.
Our God Is good.
False fears are foea truth tatters those
When understood.
Love looaeth thee; and tifteth me.
Avaunt hate's thrall:
There ltfe la light and wisdom might.
And God is all.
The centuries break.
The earth-bound wake,
God'a glorified:
Who doth hia will, his likeness still.
(Written January. lon. Copright by Mary
Baker ddy.
Life's Sunny Side
Judge James R. Caton. of Virginia,
relates an Incident that happened
"down on the east shore." He said
there was a new and inexperienced
Justice of the Peace whose first case
was a man to be prosecuted for stealing
a yearling calf. The case was set by
the Justice for 8 o'clock one Monday
morning. He opened court with great
dignity. The only persons involved
that were present were the Sheriff,
defendant and his attorney. The Prose
cuting Attorney failed to put in an ap
pearance. The Justice called the case;
thereupon the attorney for the defend
ant moved to dismiss because the
prosecution was not ready. This put.
the justice In a quandary. Finally he
said: "Do I hear a second to the mo
tion?" The lawyer punched his client,
who, being thus tipped off, said: "I
second the motion."
"It has been moved and seconded," said
the Justice, with rare dignity, "that
the case be dismissed. AIL in favor of
this motion say aye." The prisoner and
counsel voted tor the affirmative. The
Sheriff cast the minority vote for the
negative.
"This motion is carried and the cul
prit air dismissed." Case and Com
ment. Major Frank J. Rice, in a Thanksgiv
ing speech at a newsboys' dinner In
New Haven, praised mince pie.
"Mince pie." he said, "is "the crowning
glory of a Thanksgiving dinner. I am
sure you all agree with me when I de
clare that It is impossible tor anyone,
at any time, ever to get too much mince
pie.
"Once upon a time a mother said to
her little son during the Thanksgiving
day repast:
" 'Tommy, this is the last piece of
mince pie you can have.
"Tommy frowned as black as a thun
der cloud.
" 'There was a little boy like you."
his mother continued sternly, 'and he
ate mince pie and he ate mince pie and
finally he burst. Yes, he burst from
too much mince pie.'
" 'No,' said Tommy, 'there's no such
thing as too much mince pie.'
" 'Then,' said his mother, 'why did
he burst?"
" 'There wasn't enough boy,' Tommy
answered." New York Tribune.
a
Wilton Lackaye the other day went
into his club shivering.
" 'The drear November days are
here,' " he chanted dolefully, "or al
most at any rate, and soon we'll all
be frozen stiff as we are every Winter
in this beautiful climate. The , only
thing we have to be thankful for is that
New York isn't as cold as Montana. I
can recollect one Winter while I was
out there, when a sheep, jump'ng from
a hillock, became suddenly frozen on
the way, and stuclt in the air like a
mass of ice."
"But, man," exclaimed one of his in
terested listeners, "the law of gravity
wouldn't allow that."
"I know that," replied Lackaye
gravely. "But the law of gravity was
frozen, too!" November Young's Maga
zine. a
When Professor Wendell, of Har
vard, entered upon his Sabbatical year,
he remained in Cambridge some weeks
after his leave of absence began and
persisted in taking part in the depart
mental meeting. The head of the de
partment protested.
"Sir," he said, "you are officially ab
sent. You are non est."
"Oh. very well," replied Professor
Wendell, "a non est man is the noblest
work of God." Success Magazine.
It is narrated that Colonel Brecken
ridge, meeting Majah Buffo'd on the
streets of Lexington one day, asked:
"What is the meaning, sun, of the con
co'se befo' the co'thou3e"?
To which the Majah replied:
"General Buckneh, sun, is making a
speech. General Buckneh, suh, is a bo'n
oratah."
"What do you mean by a bo'n ora
tah"? "If yo' or I, suh, were asked how
much two and two make, we would
reply 'foh.' When this ask a bo'n ora
tah he replies: 'When in. the co'se of
human events it becomes necessary to
lane an integeu ui me ocuuiiu ueituiui
nation and add it, suh, to an integeli
of the same denomination, the result,
suh and I have the science of mathe
matics to back me in my Judgment
the result, suh, and I say it without
feah of successful contradiction, suh
the result is fo'.' That's a bo'n oratah."
The Lyceumite.
Abuses of Initiative Power.
McMinnville Telephone Register.
The initiative and referendum amend
ment to the Oregon State Constitution
was adopted by the people of the state
for a purpose. And that purpose was
not to enable every vagarist who has a
"pet scheme" to procure the adoption
thereof Into law. On the contrary, it
was the purpose of the 'people of the
state, in its adoption, to provide them
selves with an Implement with which
they could procure the passage of such
laws as the Legislature refused or neg
lected to pa.s. But the provision has
not been thus lastly used. Every vagar
ist and demagogue has been over free
to call It into play to further insane po
litical notions. If something is not done
to call a halt in its indescriminate use
the people themselves will either do
away with It entirely, or it will become
so much In disrepute In their estimation
that no measure will be able to run the
gauntlet The constitution should be
amended so as to require that all pro
posed measures be submitted first to the
legislative session, and if that body re
fused or neglected to enact them into
law, then permit them, upon petition of
not less than 25 per cent of the voters,
to be submitted to the voters of the
state under Initiative petition. As the
law now stands there are enough of the
radical, rabid and unstable element in
society to initiate any measure. It should
not be so. The requirements of the pe
tition should be large enough that a
good proportion of the petitioners would
have to be made up from the conserva
tive elements of society who would not
be a party to indiscriminate petitioning.
We believe that a 25 per cent petition
would meet the requirements; if not it
should be made larger.
Business In Business.
Monroe (Mo.) Appeal.
A young negro walked Into the office
of a prominent lawyer in Louisiana, and
said: , '
"Boss, I kum to see you about gettln
me a 'vorcement"
"What's the matter, John?" said the
attorney, "can't you get along with Mary,
or have you found some other girl you
like better?"
The negro, with a grin, admitted that
he had found such a girl, and asked:
"What you goin to charge me-, Mr.
Charley?"
"Fifty dollars, John," said the attor
ney. The negro moved uneasily about the
office, scratched his head, but did not
speak. After a few minutes the lawyer
"What's the trouble, John?"
"I just tell you. Mr. Charley, there
ain't no S0 difference In them gals."
Sport Fatalities.
Cleveland Leader.
Incomplete statistics prove that hunt
ing is far more deadly than football, but
not one-tenth the fuss is made about
Jjta danger a.