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HranawKa batiolns- CBl atrc.r bullairs. rotiLiND, mooav. nrc. - OOPITU AND JiOtlXTlE n COS- TrTVTOM. It Is Interesting to note the widely different comments on the connnu tion a.loDted bv the Arlxona conveu in n- the conservatives It Is branded as an unstable freak, but by those observers who style themselves progressives" It ta accepted a an advanced type of charter for govern ment by the people. In the following are listed what are termed the -progressive"' features of the constitution: tnitlatlva and rfer.n4ura with parcenl aa of la aad X raapartlralr- Anttndmtot ta th -aiitllulln tr m joriir ota af tn popla noon the Initiative of I. aer rant of tha .tara. Tna rarall of all lacllva offlcara. Inrai-t rlnarvra. Hrer! aiirlaorv primary t'T I'BllrJ Ststaa Sanatora. laatrurtiona ta tha Lel..alura to enact a corrupt practices law. Antl-iobr-vtn law. Sonpartiaaa alrvtioa of the Judiciary. Afirl-rhtid Uror pr.lim. javrn.l- t'ourt tha ace of criminal r-Din9fMllt, rtwrl at 1 ara. Inltttlnn of titrarraratloo of chlldrao with (rva offrndra. ILiytd rorporattoo raa'llatlon. with a pro la.oa dcalanvl ! abtliah wttd-rattlns- rbxlral aluatloa of railroad, a, a baais tor rat rctrlatln, i-nratioa mmmlMlm with wWa pow'r l;mpl)-r' nabllttT proMon abrottatlnc fallow rtant drtrln. laa!ala for Iba rnftm.nl of a working man r'wp'iifnrjr ronp-n,atlon law. r limmau -n of Probata court,. K,(Ular artalona of tha rand Jury, wtln criminal prvarcutioa by Information or In dKtmcat. . Kcatriillon of tha ,ala of public lands to . pravnt !aol srabblna. A tout ton of tha fa tm of all publla afti-aa. Aothorllv to rltlea of over SiOO population to frame thalr own chartrra. ProMhiU'o of tha employment of aliens on public work. It wilt be observed that the ma jority of the provisions have a famil iar nnd In Oregon. Analysed ckwe ly the Arizona document la found to differ chiefly from the mado-over constitution of Oregon In the Incor poration of self-executing, sections. Several features enacted by general statute in Oregon have been Included in the ArUoDi constitution. Among thesa are the direct primary, embrac ing popular expression of" choice for United States Senator: the employers' liability act; physical valuation of railroads and several othcra. The Initiative and referendum have been provided for In milder form In Arizona than In Oregon. For exam ple, initiative petitions in Arlxona must be signed by a number equiva lent to 10 per cent of the total vote cart fr Governor In the last preced ing election. In Oregon the number of petitioners must be equivalent to eight per cent of the whole number of votes cat for Justice of the Su preme "ourt. The ArUona plan not only has a higher percentage but bases that percentage on a total vote almost Invariably larger than the basis selected in Oregon. In Arliona, amendments to the constitution may he initiated by petition of IS per cent of the voters. In Oregon the percent age H but eight. The referendum percentage Is fixed at five per rent In both conetltutlons. Either constitu tion may be amended by majority vote of the elevtora voting on the ques tion. In other respects the Oregon con stitution has been practically copied in the Arlsona document, wherein the Utter relates to the Initiative, refer endum and recall, but these Initiative and referendum features have been elaborated by the addition of provi sions found In the Oregon general statutes. In view of the similarity of the wording of the Arlxona and Oregon constitutions on the Initiative, refer endum and recall It Is to be pre sumed that the delegates also studied the Oregon corrupt practices act but almort stopped short In despair when they observed Its length. Radicalism did not go so far as to Incorporate in the constitution, a document of some i:.00 words, but the Arizona dele gates adopted a section Instructing the Legislature to enact a -corrupt practice law. This Is a peculiar provision In the light of the reservation by the people in the same constitution of the right t.ttiar taws. Whv instruct the Legislature to do anything at all when the peop'e. have the power to aaopc i-..- ii.' mav desire? The Initia tive In itself Is a notice to the Legis lature that ir it noea not " people what they want the people will take It by their own, efforts. T...t- tmm the varietv of these IIIU,MiM " ' - "progressive"' features the Arizona convention was possessed of peculiar i...intinm Its constitution Implies In one place an unbounded trust in the Judgment or me people, anu -. i- .laa a arava doubt as to the probability of the people lnltlatlrg measures that tne convention oriin should he put into the general siai The convention put laws Into the constitution that It apparently could not trust the Legislature to enact. r.ait aVintit and Instructed the Legislature to pass laws that It feared the people would not enact, in cap t . -- t ui.uinf, was not nermitted an. toe - - - to amend the constitution but the peo ple were given the right to do so by majoritv vote even to the extent of overthrowing the whole thing two ear after they nan approeo it. In truth, the most pronounced rad icalism in Arlsona l found In the de parture from the old accepted theory that the constitution should be a per manent fundamental hasi fr law and government. ThU departure Is In the ease with which the constitu tion may be amended and la Us In iorporati"n of measures usually found In the general statutes. And after all. Arizona will not have a real constitu tion If this document Is finally ap- proved, Oregon, tctuallj has no con stitution. What we call our consti tution l now simply a restriction on what the Legislature may do without referring Its acts to vote of the peo ple. 3Ul me pt;oiw .......... pass D" simple majority i" vow -tion any law whatever that pleases .nininn raniv rr clamor. simply by calling It a "constitutional amendment. W Kr RE ABetRUITr I rONMMJtEJfTI.1. Representative Macon, of Arkansas, has taken an indefensible, position. He threatens lo fight the Peary bill to the last gasp because "there is no more proof that Peary discovcrea tne ,uriii EI V. - n ih.ra la that Cflok did." This Is absurd. Peary's proofs have . . . i .i been submitted to tne iearni-u and have been approved after, close w I.. -.-Wsuaa. nfilnlntl ... i a. si at r irnnnrtinrc dream of doubting that he discovered the Pole. Mr. Macon opinion is 01, no cunw .a M hniavsf t Ai'lpnce. but. tin 14 U v-1 1 . a a - fortunately, ne Is a member of the committee on naval affairs uia tncca fore In a situation to do eaentlai Injur'- An Ignoramus who would only k 1. nr tinrfar normal condl- w ! m n. 1 - - - tlons may become dangerous when he gets power Into his nnnas. Tk. -1 , .- in aivin prv nromotton for his great discovery Is not credita ble to the Cnlted States. In the eyes of foreign nations It seems to prove 4 ..hlnnnantl and hSVC not th sense to appreciate them. That men of Mr. Macon cauoer snouiu ue - . t.r.H atha effort to ren- Miaitoii iv . der tardy Justice to Commander Peary Is a National scenaai. i.r ai-h a thins- as restricted suffrage In the House of Representa tives, is out or tne question. tion It only to lament that It can not be applied to such cuses as Mr. Ma con. If he and some of his compeers from tho backwoods were allowed to i ..ihlecta which they were competent to handle the country would be spared many a i""""" ...1. t . r.,.1,1 be better still if they were forbidden to make speeches until they had snown dv iiiii8 examination that they knew what thev were talking about. o person 1 . ...i.torf in ti-ni-h a class In arith metic In the public schools until he has demonstrated his ability in a Vig orous examination, but men like Ma con mav freely display tneir Doununn in.- unrt asinine folly In Con gress and there is no help for It. Libertv is a precious treasure om 0 possession has unpleasant accompani ments sometimes. Bl IUMNC PERMITS AND POl'l U4T10X. c. . t a l...l):i. rif-rmltjt for ihG ruiuaiiu '"" P r month of December will exceed In value those of any previous month In the history of tho city, and for the year tho total win orean n 4- kv maiiv millions. This splendid record will be attained with out including more than one-half of the w ork for w hich plans, have been drawn, money proviaea aim 01. ran ferments completed for commence ment so soon as the force in the building inspectors offlco can finish checking up the plans and Issue per mit. There has been nothing spas modic In the building movement which has been In full swing In Port land for more than two scars, for the gains have been uniform throughout the calendar year. The November figures on building permits In various American cities taken In connection with the population figures, when ..i...nfl r made, show in a striking manner the rapid growth Portland is maning. For that month. Portland stood in eighth place among the American cities, being led In the order named by New York. Chicago. Los Angeles. 1. L-.c.a. citv St. Louts and Cleveland. The tatter city. In sev enth place, and PItisDurg. in mi-i place, were very close to Portland In the amount of new buildings planned. Cleveland's permits amounted to $1 1S1 000: Pittsburg's to $1,011,000. those of Portland to 11.119.000. But while Portland Is credited with a pop ulation of :0.000. Cleveland has 660. ... . ntM.k,,.. Kit nun Even St. Louts with a population of SS7.000 people w-a less man of Portland In the value of permits Issued. Turning to cities of Portlands class In population, we note that St. Paul with :H.;4 population Issued $764,000. Denver with 51J.SS1 pop ulation had November permits of $103 5 and Indianapolis with 133, S0 population shows but $480,000 In new permits. San Francisco with double the population was, more than $100,000 short of Portland In the value of November permits. In No vember. 1909. San Francisco was In third place and Portland In sixteenth place. This year San Francisco is eleventh in the November list and Portland eighth. t HABLM M. SIARKHAM. The number of Oregonlans who will note with genuine pleasure the rise Of Charles H. Markham to the presi dency of the Illinois Central is not limited to his old neighbors and friends In Portland. Throughout the Ylllamette Valley and Southern Ore gon. "Charley" Markham made a reputatioji that will linger long In the history of agricultural development work in Oregon. Mr. Markham was not the original advocate of diversified and better farming In the Willamette Valley, but It was during his administration as general freight agent of the Southern Pacific at Portland that the work now being carried on by the numerous de velopment leagues, received its great est impetus. Realizing the possibili ties of the Willamette Valley, and that grain growing was not returning a sufficient amount of traffic for his railroad or of dollars for the tarmers. Mr. Markham rodo up and down the Vallev preaching the gospel of di versified farming. He urged the farmers to turn from wheat growing to dalrvtng. fruit growing, and to make one acre produce as much net revenue as was then being secured from ten acre. He materially aided In laying a tine lounaauon ior iuc , avalormcnt work that has fpiruuiu " - - followed, and he will not soon be for gotten for his work in this Mate. Aside from the special interest that Oregonlans will always feel in the succe- of Mr. Markham. the Nation at large is a gainer by his success. His career again demonstrates that merit still wins rewards. A contem plation of his rise from the ranks w ill act as an Inspiration to the grow ing army of youngsters from which will toe recruited the railroad presi dents, bankers, statesmen, and other TIIE HORNING ORECONIAN, MONDAY, DECE3IBER 19, 19101 great men of the future. The United States of America Is still a land of great opportunities for the poor boy provided he does not spend his time on the street corners listening to the anarchistic mouthlngs of lazs agi tators. M.UUNO COMMONS SfRKME. Unionists have been divided among themselves In Britain, and voters, who hold balance of power, have shown themselves distrustful of their politi cal schemes. The victorious Liberal party Is pledged to Home Rule for Ireland and to destruction of the veto power of the House of Lords. One of tho curious results Is rejec tion of the referendum. Unionists proposed referendum of the tariff and the Irish questions that Is, Balfour did. But Austen Chamberlain, leader of a rival faction in the Unionist party, repudiated that political proj ect. In Oregon the political situation has been such, during a number of years, that no candidate for olTlce could be elected who opposed the ref erendum. Obviously, political affairs are ordered differently in Britain. This outcome affords little encourage ment to enthusiasts In Oregon, who were quite sure some time ago that Great Brltuin.was about "to adopt the Initiative and the referendum. Tho referendum would present Im portant constitutional changes In Great Britain, but for the present, at least. It Is put out of the way. The plan of destroying the powers of the House of Lords will entail serious constitutional changes. If carried through it will make Parliament practically a one-chamber body, with the House of Commons possessing su preme power. The old, .hereditary House of Lords obviously Is doomed. The American 1- - mi ..nn.il.in tliolr British cousins when tho improvement shall I bo effected. But wnetner elimination of a second chamber from participa tion In Parliamentary legislation should be accepted by the British ttfnnla makes a debatable question. The Liberal programme proposes that the House of Lords be disabled from rejecting or amending a money bill and that Its powers as to other bills bo so restricted that any bills which have passed the Commons In three successive sessions, and which have ed bv the Lords, shall nevertheless become law. Hitherto the Commons have been supreme in dealing with the Budget. Recent assertion, by the Lords, of the power to veto a money bill until It should be submitted to Par liamentary elections, has raised the present issue. Now tho Liberal party proposes to eliminate that power alto gether, and it goes much further than that. It proposes, also, that other bills may be passed over the Lords by the Commons. It Is true there will be delays In tho latter procedure, until such bills shall be passed by three successive sessions of the Com mons. But this makes the . one house of Parliament virtually su preme over the other. The hereditary House of Lords has become Intoler able, but there Is good reason, found ed upon history, for believing that a second chamber In Britain, a popular body, would serve the Interests of the British. In the United States there is protest against the National Senate, not. however, on account of Its large powers, but on account of the unpopular method of choosing Its members. This may be rectified shortly. Students of politics will re gret the British shall not effect sim ilar reform in the method of choos ing members of the upper branch of Parliament. It may be added that the bicameral system guarantees safer deliberation In legislation than does the one chamber system. It secures better balance of opinions and interests. In our own Oregon Legislature we often have seen the advantage of scrutiny and criticism by the one House of the w ork of the other. Besides, there Is ground for asserting that two law making bodies preserve the balance between legislative and executive de partments and safeguards against oligarchy, anarchy and despotism. TUB PANAMA EXPOSITION. The Kahn resolution calling upon the President to Invite foreign pow ers and nations to participate In the World's Panama Exposition and fix ing a date when Congress shall de cide where the exposition shall be hold has been favorably reported, and January 17 is the date when the mat ter will be settled. Viewed from almpst any standpoint, there does not seem to be very much that is favorable for New Orleans in the situation. Tho Callfornlans very early In the proceedings aoanaoneu the Idea of asking any financial aid from the Government and In a prompt, business-like manner got to gether the largest fund ever pledged by any city for a similar purpose. This fund of $17,500,000 without any Government aid Is of sufficient pro portions to carry to successful con summation an exposition in strict keeping with the importance of the great event It is to commemorate. Not one dollar -is asked of Congress and the only reason for appearing be fore Congress In connection with the event is to receive official sanction and get for the big show the recogni tion that will commend It to the rest of the world. As a counter-Inducement, the best that New Orleans has been "able to offer is a fund of $7,600,000 and the Southern delegation now at Washing ton boosting for New Orleans Is en deavoring to secure an appropriation of $1,000,000 from the Government Even with this million of Government money, the Southern city would still be $9 000.000 behind San Francisco in the'amount of available funds, and half that sum would mean the differ once between success and failure of the big affair. The Independent, self-reliant atti tude of the Callfornlans can hardly fall to commend their project to .-. - Tha Government has spent 4U IIS 1 . . ' a great many millions in expositions. and many or mem. ww... -. . 4 Kava n roved lamentable tTinQLIUIl". " failures. For this reason there is a gpncrai i . . n - . .!. .t.airo an exposition to 1 ..Hnr that It IS DP to lilt: provide funds for It. This California Is willing to do and this New Orleans is unwilling or unaDie to to the sufficiency offered by the West ern city. Aldc from any financial consider ations there are " geographical, his . . i ... i ,Aniim,nifll and commercial reason's for holding the exposition at San Francisco that are out. snsim? . . . t v:.w Drains. Unless some- r luruce - .- - thing unusual develops, tile J cst- era city will surely be selected as. the site for the great exposition and even if Government sanction or approval Is withheld for a time, the showing which San Francisco will make will be so stupendous that it wilt actually force Government recognition. "CONSERVFIV TREES WASTED. Much timber "reserved" by the Government is "overripe" and going to waste. This tardy discovery Is made In the Crater Lake district and prep arations are making to put the tim ber on the market. Of the cash pro ceeds. 25 per cent will be given to the state for roads: the other 75 per cent will go Into the hands of the forest bureaucracy in Washington and else where. In this business the need of home rule conservation, by people of the State of Oregon, presents Itself with added force. Local ' administration would minimize this waste of overripe timber. Besides. It would turn into the treasury of the people of Oregon the proceeds of timber sales. This money would serve the uses of resi dents of Oregon; would build roads, support schools and colleges, and re lieve property owners of tax burdens. In many places of this country trees are wasting in the reserves. Such places, wherever possible, should be growing new crops of timber. Con servation should mean production of new crop as well as protection of growing crop. These are matters which can be attended to best through local control. Even the Na tional Government, in order to carry on Its official system. Is forced to re sort to a pretense of local administra tion, with offices in the Beck building, Portland. People of Oregon have Immediate and direct interest in the resources of their state. Compared with their In terest, that of the people of the whole United States is remote. This differ ence means a great deal in the busi ness of real and honest conservation. We are living in an age of wonders, but nothing more wonderful or ap proaching so near tho uncanny has yet been reported than the stopping of a speeding train by a wireless wave. The Invention reported in an Ottawa dispatch In yesterday's Orego nian. If perfected so that it can be depended on at all times, win no or Invaluable aid in saving life and rlv- all of the greatest railroad wrecks of the past half , cen tury have been caused by misunder standing of orders and the inability of those who discovered tho error to reach the flying trains. The westing house air-brake made high speed on ..uMDria nnacihio thA Mock sitmal contributed largely to the safety of fast trains and tne wireless control over the trains would seem to be the moat imnortant aid to the other safe guards that has yet been Invented. rnmmamler Hodges, of tho Depart ment of tho Great Lakes, is the last prominent man to call attention to the alleged ease with which the Jap onra fnuM lnnii an firm v on the Pacific Coast. If wo grant for the sake or argument tnat inn vie a oi rcannr-al Hnritros are correct mere still remains a question to answer: Why should tne Japanese iauu uuu capture the Pacific Coast? Japan bnnu-a n-oli enotizh that the United States, with all of Its population and . . - a wealth, could not no conquereu, nu that In the end. the Nippon army n-miM a-n down to fl. defeat that would become historic. This being tho in evitable end of any kind or a ruc tion" that Japan might care to start, there docs not seem to be any Imme ji.i. riQtiM, r tho little brown men starting the preliminary successes that are to end in ultimate aeietu.- Tt aartnn A . of Portland music lovers to the invitation to a concert ac tne TTaiiiar i-sterdav afternoon was so hearty and genuine, and the perform ance was In every way so excellent that It safely may be assumed tne .i.manil la hora for the semi-monthly entertainments proposed for the Wln . .. ... . . . i tat- ArnraMa.Tlnn IS all tnat 13 asiwvu .. .. ..ti.m ine-er who arenerouslv volunteered their talent to the mus ical uplift of the community. thin ft mieht be well for Mr. ITRen to offer a part of that Fels .tn-u ur fund aa a nrize for the best .ni..inn r the latest initiative prob lem what was the whole number of votes cast for Justice or tne uupreme Court In the recent election i t.. .n AOTr,i nf the telecra'Dh op erator, Portland's bank clearings were made to show a decrease of 8.2 per cent, when, in fact, there was an i aaA nr 93 ner cent Here Is illV.l I V- ' - evidence of what damage a misplaced thing Ilka this - can go. With Japanese moving freely in ... .,.) nt the United States and thousands of them domiciled on the Pacific Coast, does any American tiat . himself into the belief that the Mikado is not advised as to our mili tary unpreparedness? At last It has dawned on the minds of a few military authorities in vvasn . . hal the Pacific Coast is VUl ki. ThU weakness can bo cor rected by a battleship fleet. The cost of shifting this defense from the Atlantic is negligible. That poor, old, off-colored Queen of tho Sandwich Islands wouia do si- ifio -a-ith $200,000 from tno terr n,i.i tT-onsiirv. As she gets a pension of $25 a day. it Is likely somebody is using her. Th n riven t of twins in "Mr Doolev's" family may account for his ihiiitv to furnish "copy" for The Sunday Oregonian. There are times when a humorist just can I oe runny, His bean crop pays an Applegate valley , farmer $150 an acre. The lowly "bean .is not so big or so handsome .as the red-cneened appie, but is fully as dependable. If any thirteenth census officers 1 1 ..nAn tn Innrnar tin or rlown ,r, laucu u .u .w j.. . the North Pacific Coast It Is safe to presume tnat tney win pass over - poma Dy atrsnip. The fact that there Is $2,000,000 m tho Capitol building fund is no little cause of agitation for removal from Olympla of tho Washington seat of government. In allowing women to 'smoke in public places, the Bay City is again tempting froviaenco. A STENOGRAPHER OF EARLY DAYS Beaa pftinaa. Brother of Deviser of Shorthand, Reported Surratt Trial. Boston Globe. Millions of oeoDle have heard . of Benn Pitman, who for more than half a century has been master or snort hand. esDecialy in America, and they readily associate- his name with the teaching of stenography, or phonog raphy, as it was called in his earlier days. As to his Interesting history and dual accomplishments, however. the public knows little or nothing. He was born in England in TS22. and was educated in a school taught by his brother. Sir Isaac Pitman, who was eight years his senior. It was Isaac who first devised a system of short hand In 1837. and the 15-year-old lad begun Its study at once. Soon he was teaching Isaac's classes, forming ones of his own, and-by the age of 20 was traveling, all over Great Britain win two of his brothers and one or two other enthusiasts in promulgating the new art. Early in his boyhood he became Im bued with a love of decorative archi tecture, and apprenticed himself to that calling and Joined a brother In Australia, hut was soon called ack to take the phonography classes of his brother, Jacob. This vocation Benn found more Immediately remunerative, i ajid In 1849 he married, and three years later came to America, and after a Drier time In Philadelphia he went to tne iar West and settled in Cincinnati his J home ever after. It was not long before he was called to fill the role of official recorder of military commissions. Congressional Investigations and other official pho nographic work, and after the assas sination of President .Lincoln he re ported the trial of Mrs. Surratt ana other rnnanlratnrs. and subsequently the Buell Investigation, the Ku-Klux trials and other famous proceeainga, assisted by his wife as copyist up to the time of her death In 1873. DOUBT OF SPIRIT COMMl'SICATIOJr Opinion Expressed That Many 'Ques tioners Will Not Believe. PTTPVC1 rtw TVtn 1 (Tn t llA tor.) Ideas regarding planks that bridge . I. infi.it- ..IcIKIa nsl Inviaihln KAlmS as set forth In a communication In The Oregonian of this date are certainly evi dence, at least, of an Interest In some thing beyond the "vale of materiality." What would mankind do without an in telligent hope, at least, of something be- . i- tha nrccptlt Is jUUUi Ll.TltH. I'U" - -' good and well in certain lines "Content ment with Godliness," as tne oooa says, "is great gain," but aspiration for the future is necessary to happiness com plete. To say that the eounas 01 tne earui .. nMunl -re ennAhla'of Sat isfying all our hopes Is hardly true. How oan this be remedied? By the trans mission of intelligence from the higher or spirit realm to this. The evidence that this has been done is pieiiuiui, ex amples and incidents throughout history - i i ...ih-nilMlan The rloubt or questioning of the same are due not so much to evidence or capacity to :juiiio.. . J J. ) .aetfmnnv or evidence. aS B.I1U Wloi iiwiiq - . ., to the will to admit or acknowledge as certained fact to tne win, in suuit, nui to know, as said in tne oia pnra.se. A man convinced asalnst nta win Remains a disbeliever atllL t m (. nntv irnnim. there are but few who disbelieve the future existence and the consequent necessity of a pos sibility of communicating with the same. They may say so, but in their heart of . .i . Kelleve nthersriae. To auote Cato, "Else why this longing for lmmor- tality jAiu.a j,wwx-j. The Boy and the System. Cleveland Plain' Dealer. This Is the story of the boy, the bank. and the system. The boy came into me uann. - k-ii Hniior- ariih hit bankbook on the receiving teller's window. "We don t receive aevwua a dollar." said the teller. m4-- -.i-i-4.4 -eiiiMnntiv to the sys- jLnta uuj 3 i u . -..- . tem wnd drew back. But he did not leave the bank. He crossed tne cornuor o...u seated himself on a settee. , . ..i, ,inrf him alttincr there. 1 ne icuci nuu... ...... " and also noticed the reflective look on his face. ... , The boy waited for some time, think ing it over. Finally he arose and went to the paying teller's window. A mo ment later he confronted the receiving te,.re,w(1I,t to deposit this dollar-and-a-half." he said. Tha teller grinned. . . , i 4. . iif.n-n a dollar from ine Doy nau ------ - ---- his little balance and was using It as an entering wedge for the rejected half d And' so the system was beaten by the boy and a considerable accession or ' av a a na-a araa f A Paa bookkeeping laoor waa u. feat. ' A ' S 33,000 Tapestry "Find." London Chronicle. . ! tan.sfrv which TWO pieces vi i - were recently discovered at Langford . -, - T-nnhAan house near Rude, Cornwall, have been sold for $33,000 at Messrs. IutticK ana rooms. The purchaser was Captain H. Lindsay. . , The principal piece, measuring 13 feet 4 inches by 13 feet 9 Inches, was one of a set of panels of Fifteenth Cen tury Arras tapestry, originally belong ing to Cardinal Wolsey and represent ing the seven deadly sinsj Threo . - i, -oia are now hantrinST otner ol mo yjc. - at Hampton Court Palace. The second piece of tapestry waa p- - V'""' r. - . v... o reet a Inches, orisrinally made for Hampton Court Palace. Small pieces of the frieze still hang there in tne tjreai ria.ii. , . . nraa fnilD -lAf-lced &W&V In a box at Langford Hill. The house belongs to two maiaeu muico, ii were unaware, that their roof was har- 4 ...-, treasures. It was stated In the salesroom that some years ago the panel-, packed in a. mi anu u scrlbetl as a carpet, was sold at auc tion for $7.50. -' Streetcars and Ventilation. . . t iun n.n 17 rTo the Editor.) -,rv x . . Being a new arrival in this beautiful city. I have taaon auvaiiuiso i ,u pleasant day to see as much of it as pos sible Have been to Council Crest and various other show places on the, West and East Sides by streetcars. I request to say that. In every car without excep tion, the indifference to proper ventila tion was appalling- One little, dinky transom was at an angle of SO degrees. . . . nne.Kivteenth rjf an inch sumcieni w for the air of heaven to enter, if it eared to get polluted oy me .a.wua samples of breath within. The good sampieav devotim? their time this week selling stamps to fight tuberculosis, wny not "'" the proceeds to educate the streetcar employes and passengers to the advan taires of ventilating the cars? In this climate a closed car is scarcely a neces .1.114A. v,.,.. ,v,m let us breathe ty DUX. a- " v uncontaminated air. if possible, by keep ing half the transoms open. Respect fully. t Monoplane Named lor a Woman. . i- Vrtrlr World. Lonaon v-ui. " .. The news comes from Pau that yet another aviation scnuui, mo 4..... has oeen uii" ....- - maud, who has built a monoplane of an unusual type. i "Dunbar." for it was created for a most ambitious young an numou, n . . I.Ob heen HVtVPri Jeanne uuiiu4. --- men tin at Pau with a monoplane built IS years ago by a relative of hers. The machine is nearly Identical with that in which Llllenthal met his death but an attempt has been made to mine It moaarn ujr yuiioiB. noxsepower motor. HOW GRESHAM MAX CLEARS LAND Method Described aa Quicker and More Thorough Than Char-pitting. ritatraiiivf nr. Dec. 16. (To the Edi tor.) I have been reading with great in terest the articles appearing in ine ore gonian about how to get rid of stumps and clear land, and as I am always anxious to learn a new and better way I must say I am disappointed. Char pitting is the old slow system In use only in remote districts where home steaders are not In a position to apply a more modern and quicker process. There are disadvantages about char pitting which ought to be brought out also. Not all stumps burn alike. Many of them will not char at all: more will char only ha!f way. and the few dry, pithy ones char farly well, but the latter class can be burned with a great deal less cost and trouble by boring with holes in a manner hereafter explained and In one-twentieth of the time. A char-pitted stump will burn for Ave or six months, and during that time must be looked after frequently. After you nave nnauy ournea mem out - the ground and begin plowing. You will strike numerous roots that did not char. Then you have to clear your land In part over again if you want it clean. 11. . .1 1 ... 1 r la tint 11 11 1 alter an 11413 4,1444441, J the greatest obstacle In clearing land. What about the, windfalls, the rotten and half-rotten logs and, last but not least, the hazel, vine maple, alder ,and other roots? I have had four farms cleared in this county and have had all kinds of men at work. I never hire men that are not experienced in clearing land, as I consider It to be a trade of Its own. and as I am a close observer I learned from each one some things of advantage and how to produce the best results from this tiresome and tedious labor. T .(.!. n. .... .1 T1 haaW hrtish Sh OtllCl ua4iu nun " j not be taken Into consideration, as it is . . 1 . 4. 1 fiH, aVimild he too costly 4.U Clear 1 " slashed, burned, seeded down and pas- . .41 .v. -moll tured lor several years uiii.4i Biu and fine roots rot off, mostly small fir growth. To clear stump land it takes a team and stump puller, a half-Inch steel cable, . . - v 1 ...m, hellows. lOfcT iaCK.lt3 SHU UIUU444 a .o-, ' - chains, mattock, axes, shovel and peavey. lrst, tne logs snouio. uo ym- a-- . , . , . v. .. a tire Ktfl.rted in mtJ uiKKei- 144D wc.w. - the evening will consume all except a few bits by morning. After the logs are all burned the ground should be picked clean of all small stuff so it will not be covered up by the blasting afterwards. These fragments put in pa 1- 1 ,i..t irin not hurn and are UlSU. i!4 lUt)4 -"'- too heavy to move, oore holes every four feet to the center, one noio ..-J. .i .ino onmpci from, ana one from the top striking the other hole to make a draft. Take hardwood coals drop In the top hole and blow a little through tne side noie. 10. 4..... log if It is not too rotten and wet. Ihere will bo only pieces left to be gathered together again. Then treat your wind falls the same way, boring as close to the root as possmie. " - . , . 1. tvat vnu cannot a root ieit an i.44di - - , break off or pull out with a stump puller. . ni4l1 oat rllnPrfl. Some will not Durn h i""j - . . . . , , .iM hv throwing large DUl tnis can 141.4-- Thle chunks or small logs In the fire. This ail ought to be done ireioio ---- rains set In. Now, the land is in clean . j nan rrfir around yOUX stumps without difficulty. Some farmers call that cleared iana airuAuj vate around the stumps. Now comes the blasting of the stumps, which should all be done together. icK ii . -.11 cfrnff a era in. nut UP your UP an LUC oiiio. o ' - - r machine and ull your stumps Jn pieces first the best tnat you t", - -----: , j .a TUVi.r of them will loosen tne naiu - - . . ,i f,-TTi in two with come out oy ci-v.iw4i6 . --- --- : one stick of powder after boring a hole In them, rney win pu.. 4'" . vw e.nter: One the direction a7 """ r, - ., thing is sure, when they are pulled out they ur ---- AOW comes mo - - . . Save all the big holes behind the wind falls, start a nre in uie V .rr" and keep dragging your roots into them. They will burn well In there without be ing piled up, as would be required on level ground Blasting works best when the ground is soft, and one has to find out how much powder to use to crack a stump into four or five pieces and not throw It clear out. The blast should by ail means be set under the center of the stump, even 11 you u. several holes to get to the right place. Yeu will save by it. If the Oregon people who have tne development of the country at heart and " . v,e i4T.t o.leared. would who wisa to 64- . . . nibserlbe to stock enough, to start a Dowder manuiactory. auu -7 v tb invest- nntT there "won d soon be a change in meni, w-c.o T.,i!t would t Ponder tor i hundred Instead of wWch the trust charges. The cry now among.the farmers is th. Pm of powder-and stilt going A Girl's Esatay tm Girls. Exchange. A trirl Is a half educated animal o- . . t.1 her lfi:- who has learnea lorance by certain useless aocompllsh- obiective p'ronoun, a transitive, verb, tn osculatory adverb, a qualitative ad jective, a doubtful article, an incon stant conjunction, a frequent inter jection and sometimes a past perfect participle, and more often a future perfect, , She is conjugated thus. I flirt. I marry wed. You kiss. I am kissed. I will be engaged. . ' . , I can, should or would be married. To be divorced. Divorcing. ... She belongs to the feminine gen der, except as a suffragist, and is in any tense. She Is rarely declined, except when In the past perfect. Buffalo Has "Moving Picture" Censor. New Tork Tribune. Buffalo has a censor of moving pic ture films. He's Police Captain For restal. appointed by Superintendent Regan after a series of Juvenile dere lictions said to have been traced to suggestions In the views at 5-cent theaters. Captain Forrestal tells the Buffalo News that the pictures he's seen so far have "so many hugs and kisses" in them, and he proposes to reform that at once. Captain Forres tal's work Is made comparatively easy, as there Is one general clearing house for all the films used In Buffalo. The managers of the amusement places are not taking kindly to his supervision at all. They say that the films they use are all "censored"- in Chicago be fore they are sent out. . The Buffalo police retort that Chicago and Buffalo are not in the same class morally, and that their say goes. Oh, Glrta. Dltnplee Are Going; Out! New York Telegraph. Annabelle Whitford. makes the start ling announcement that dimples are go ing out of date, and she really should be considered an authority on the sub ject, since she lately had a slight op eration performed on her face which removed two of these generally termed beauty spots." "When dimples were solely a gift of nature," she says, "they were really attractive, and as much to be desired as a head of golden hair; but what chemicals have done for the would-be blonde, beauty doctors have accom plished for the women who crave a dimpled cheek, and now it is as hard to distinguish the surgeon-made dim ple from the real article m it is to tell the drug store blonde from the real golden head." Life's Sunny Side William H. Berry, recent Keystone candidate for Governor of Pennsyl vania, told this story during the cam paign, illustrative of one of the points in a speech ho sought to bring out with emphasis: "Mary and Charley went" down to At lantic City together to spend the day. They went in bathing in the afternoon. Charley was first on the beach and rolling In the sand, after. his first dip, when Mary appeared from thu bath house. "Charley Jumped up as Mary ap- ' proached, dressed in pink, and said with all the ardor of his pent-up af fection: " 'Gee, you're so sweet I could kiss you." "'Why don't you?" the girl retorted. " 'Well, because I have some sand in my mouth," stammered the bashful youth. - " 'Swallow that sand this minute and come kiss me.: the girl ordered. 'If I guess right you need some of that sand In your system.' " Washington Her ald. a a a The class were having a lesson in geography, and were learning the points of the compass. "Now, Tommy Jones." said the teacher, "you have in front of you the north, on your right the east, on your left the west. What have you behind you?" Atfer a moment's reflection Tommy ex plained "A patch on my trousers." And to make the information more' binding Tommy continued in a shame faced manner: "I knew you'd see it: I told mother you would!" Washington Star. . As every Southerner knows, elderly colored people rarely know how old they are, and almost invariably assume an age much greater than belongs to them. In an Atlanta family there is employed an old chap named Joshua Bolton who has been with that family and the pre vious generation for more . years than they can remember. In view, therefore, of his advanced age. It was with sur prise that his employer received one day an application for a few days off in order that the old fellow might, as he put it. "go up to de ole State of Virglnny" to see his aunt. "Your aunt must be pretty old, was the employer's comment "Yassir," said Joshua, "she's pretty ole now. I reckon she's 'bout a hundred and ten years ole." "One hundred and ten! But what on earth is she doing up in Virginia?" "I don't Jest know," explained Joshua, "but I understand she's up dere living wlf her grandmother." Harper's Weekly. B. Davis Noxon was one of the ablest lawyers In Central New York. A young man entered his office as a student and was given Blackstone to study. At the end of a month he asked Mr. Noxon what he should read next. "Do you under stand Blackstone?" "Yes," was his an swer. "Read Kent," was the order. In another month he announced that he, had finished Kent, and "What next. "Have you read Blackstone and Kent. "Yes " "Do you understand them? "Yes" "Well," said Mr. Noxon. "you had better go at some other business; ' you are too smart to be a lawyer. Kan sas City Stan CANADA HAS GREAT WILDERNESS Area 15 Times the Slse of Ohio Has Population of 500. James Orville Curwood, in Leslie's. There are vast areas in Canada of .it- -An ih. Government has no definite knowledge, and there are thou sands 06 square miles where the foot of a-whlte man has never trod. Prac- 4., 44.. .11 Innn-leitira Of thlS blST. WM tlUitll 441 4VUV - .V.-.C- V r , country has been secured, again and again, along a ew " worn routes, outsiuw ol wh4 gatlon has seldom gone. One of these routes is to Hudson Bay by way of the Missinaibi, anotner to mm ram., j -. u -Mei.no. ft third to Fort Churchill by way of the Churchill River, a fourth over tne surveyeu proposed railroad to the bay, and the . .he rniinirv of the Atha basca is via the Reindeer Lake and Churchill River waterways. Imagine a dozen or so well-beaten vehicle highways traversing a country one-fourth as large as Europe narrow highways hemmed In by impenetrable wilderness and one may form some sort of an idea of the UtUe that is still known of 600,000 square miles of the North American Continent. Along these routes nearly all "explorers" have gone. Along them are situated most of the fur posts, and Beyond tneir i"""" but little is known. And in this world . - A 1 A rra rn nil n tfll Tl S and CteT- nal desolation, still buried in the mys tery and silence of endless centuries, are its "people." Approximately there are from 15,000 to 25.000 human souls in an area of 15 times tne aizo i . ee than 500 of these and mere " " "" , . . . who have not some Indian blood in their veins On the other hand, fully one- half of the total population strain of white bloody One Way of Obeying Orders. ' Youth's Companion. In one of the companies of a Wis consin militia regiment are two atu . . . t a t-ame rvtileire. who are oents 01 ii... . . wv.ii. v.o studying for the ministry. JVhUe the re .r.ment was - v-tn" w B. " - h hnvn of the com- Py thought to have a little fur, at H - v.a rw, ministers. the expense ui 4.1. - - , When the beer, which someone had sent to the regiment as a treat, was to be served, they asked their captain if the two ministers might serve it. it 4.41c lrrt,. Tha Viovs were He sain tno 414.0..- ----- Jubilant, and served new duty to tne twt, - " , them refused to have anything to do with it, but the other-Private Keith took the. notice, which read: Tne beer must be served on the grounds, and no man must get drunk." and said he would obey It. He went to his lieu tenant and asked him if the company might be held at parade-rest while he served the beer. He was assured that it should be done. ..', Private Keith then .rolled the keg ud in front of his company, knocked oSt the bung and let the beer out on thl ground. When It had all run out. he turned to his lieutenant, gave the salute, and said: "Lieutenant. I have served the beer on the grounds and I am sure no man Is drunk." Thunder and Lightning. Ladies' Home Journal. 4 bishop came to visit a church where a colored minister was pres d. ine Loudly and with much gesticula tion the preacher proclaimed salvation. When he had finished, he approached the bishop and asked how he liked the SeTben'bishop answered: "Why. pretty well: but don't you think you spoke too l "Well." said the preacher, "it's this way: What I lacks in lightning I tries to make up in thunder." Death From Misprint. . London Globe. A book ef anecdotes of famous physi cians by Gustav Hochstetter and George Zebden has been issued in Ber lin Dr. Marcus Hers is credited with saying to a patient who read medical books diligently In order to prcscribo for himself: "Be careful, my friend. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint. Professor Langcnbeck In speaking of the Increase in surgical practice said: "The Jiuman family may be divided into two parts one operates and the other Lis operated upon.