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SOI. TAfT OX BXC1PROC1TT.
Mr. Taft's New Tork speech on the
Canadian reciprocity agreement will
Impress the country by its candid
fairness. Addressing one of the mo
Intelligent bodies of men In the world,
he Associated Press and the Publish
es Association, he shunned none of
Jhe difficulties of his subject and en
deavored to persuade by straightfor
ward reasoning.
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xne contrast tx-tween our government
r Aiasaa ana mat wmrn canaaa pro-
rides for hi-r crrit N'orthwest. In
ftur territory we see a species of an
archy prevailing which is no especial
credit to ourselves and no great at
ractlon to orderly settlers. The courts
have been more or less under suspi
cion of connivance with malefactors
f one sort and another and the laws
Ire laxly administered.
In Canada. Just over the line from
Alaska, the courts are as much, re
spected as they are In London and
Ihey merit respect as profoundly.
The mounted police maintains almost
perfect order. Life la as safe and as
well regulated as In old communities.
Mr. Tart used this disagreeable con
trast with no little skill to show the
emptiness of annexation talk. Why
should Canada wish to Join fortunes i
with a nation which Is so apt to let Its
outlying possessions be misgoverned?
Why should we desire to undertake
new problems of government with so
many old orvs still on our hands wait
ing for solution?
The most convincing argument
which Mr. Taft made for the reciproc
ity agreement Is to be found In the
following quotation: "But there Is
ene way. and that a conclusive way.
of demonstrating the fallacy of their
fears, and that Is to try It on." He
referred to the farmers who have been
Industriously Instructed that the
agreement treats them unfairly. It
abates the duties on their products,
they are told, while It maintains those
en manufactured e.rtirla which thv
must buy. Thus their purchasing
pomer is diminished while high prices
are maintained against them. The
President believes that this is all
humbug. He ridicules the notion that
the abatement of the duties on grain
and wheat will diminish their market
price. At the same time he tries to
prove that the tariff between us and
Canada on manufactured articles does
not make them any dearer.
No instructed person will question
the soundness of the former point.
Since the price of wheat ad corn Is
usually fixed in the European markets
It cannot be affected one way or the
other by the tariff wall between the
United States and Canada. Both
countries must take what they can get
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In the world market, since both are ,
exporters. But it may be that Mr.
Taft erred in asserting, as he did. that
the cost of producing food products
Is substantially the same on both sides
of the line.
"On the whole." he said, "the con
ditions are substantially the same. On
the price of farm land the differences
are no greater between Canada and
the United States than between the dif
ferent states of the Union." This must
be taken with some reservations. Out
aide of the South, there Is not much
farm Land In the United States which
caa be bought at a low price, while
the land in the South Is not suited
to grain-growing. Canada, on the
other hand, as Mr. Taft himself says
In another part of the address, "has
enormous tracts of unoccupied land."
which is as fertile for grain as any In
the world. On this area production
Is far cheaper than it ever can be
again In the United States, so that the
Canadian farmers could undersell
those of this country if they chose to
do so. Of course they never will as
long as both can find markets In
Europe.
More serious disagreement will arise
with Mr. Taft's opinion that lowering
the duties on snanufactured goods be
tween us and Canada would not af
fect the price here. His argument on
that point la curious. The Canadians
do not want the duties taken off. he
says, because they know that our
manufacturers can produce the goods
cheaper than they can. and therefore
can undersell them. And since the
goods are made here cheaper than la
Canada, how could the removal of the
duties lower the price In our markets?
This sounds convincing until w re
member that a great many of our
protected manufacturers actually sell
their goods abroad cheaper than at
home with the help of the tariff.
Without the tariff they must maintain
the same price In both places because
ef foreign competition which the du
ties exclude. We thus see very easily
how tb removal of the duties between
vi and Canada might lower manu
facturers prices here even If we can
make the goods for less than they can
across the border. It would admit
competition the Instant prices exceed
ed a certain figure. At present this
competition Is shut out by the duties.
Mr. Taft correctly argues that the
farmer has no real grievance because
the duties are to be taken off his
wheat and ere, bat it Is by no means
so certain that ha ought not to com
plain because they are maintained on
the articles he mast buy. The Presi-
dent seems to thick that the removal J
ef the duties would confer a favor !
en Canada for which w would receive
tit return. The favor would be wholly
to our farmers. The Canadian manu
facturers could sell nothing here be
cause, as Mr. Taft says, their cost of
production exceeds ours. But their
threatened competition would sot pr-
mit prices to rise above certain level
and by that the farmers of this coun
try would profit.
THE MOROCCAN" TROUBLE.
A few years ago one Mulal Hafld
could be depended on to start a revo
lution In Morocco at least once a year
and not infrequently he would pull off
two or three In a single year. The
last revolution undertaken by Mulal
' " Perec that he succeeded in
toppling nis oroiner Annul azu irom
the Moorish throne. Mulal, finding
the throne a comfortable fit. and feel
Ins; good over guiding to success at
least one revolution, neglected to take
the usual precaution of removing Ab
dul Asis from this earthly SDhere.
Abdul Axis was reluctant to become
, permanently Abdul "Asls-n't." so he
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entered the revolutionary game on his
own account. Long experience In de
fending the government against simi
lar revolutions has undoubtedly given
Abdul some valuable pointers In the
game, with the result that he Is now
af the head of a revolution fully as
formidable and troublesome as any
that Mulal Hafld formerly engineered
for the purpose of unseating Abdul
Axlz.
This present revolution has Indeed
become so serious that the deposed
Sultan Is believed to have' the secret
backing of some European power.
With Mulal and Abdul literally and
actually "fighting like brothers," there ,
lt also firowlna- friction amonr the i
European powers over the question of
who Is to referee the scrap, or, in
other words, who Is to preserve order
and prevent any damage to foreign
Inteerrts while the revolution is re-
volvlng. France, in accordance with
i the agreement reached at the Interna-
tlonal conference held at Algeclras,
Bpa!n novr recOKnized a, having
erlor Jurlsilctlon , Morocco and
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has for vears been entrusted Jointly
with Spain with the duty of policing
the country. Just at present there Is
a slight disagreement between these
two international police forces as to
which shall have the larger beat.
While not apparent In any outward
signs, it is believed that Spain's conten
tion is receiving the secret support of
Germany and that the cause of France
Is being secretly aided by England.
Germany never has been entirely sat
isfied with the result of the Algeciraa
conference. She is also anxious to se
cure a foothold on the Mediterranean.
But so long as France has the back-
Ing of Great Britain there Is not much
danger of Germany pressing her
claims or airing her grievances. The
Jealousy among European powers was
always one of the strong cards played
by Mulal Hafld when he was engaged
in promoting revolutions In the coun
try, and If Abdul Axis can now keep
thorn making faces at each other, he
will probably be permitted to carry
on his warfare against his reigning
brother indefinitely or until they ex
change places.
Morocco, without an opera bouffe
war or a revolution, would not be
Morocco.
CANADA'S COION1STS.
The recent coloolst movement of
the transcontinental railroads broke
all previous records. This movement
mas merely a shifting of the people
from one part of the United States to
another, and while both sections In
volved may have profited by this re
distribution of population, the Nation
gained no new recruits. Almost sim
ultaneously with our own colonist
movement there has been a similar
one in Canada. Our northern neigh
bors, however, have been more fortu
nate, for while some of their people
have shifted from Eastern to Western
Canada, the greater part of the move
ment has been by newcomers. During
the season Just closed, there entered
Canada through the port of Halifax
alone more than 40.000 new settlers.
Canada is thus drawing on the Old
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and at the same time Is luring msny
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highty desirable citizens from the
American side of the line. Accurate
statistics on the dimensions of this
movement from the United States are
not obtainable, but American citizens
are flocking over the border all the
way from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
The United States is a distinct loser
by this operation for the reason that
nearly all of the people leaving the
American side are comparatively well-to-do.
They are taking the money
that they have accumulated in this
country and are using It in the de
velopment of Canada. We do not get
anything like a fair exchange In the
t newcomers that enter the United
States from Europe, for as a rule the
Incoming European seldom has more
money than the minimum allowed
by law.
Canada, for some unknown resson,
seems to be getting a much better
class of Immigrants from the Old
World, as well as from the United
States. Of the 40.000 who enteted
through Halifax this year, more than
S0.000 were of British origin, the
Scotch predominating. The habits
and industries of this (lass make them
preferable to the type that enters
through the Atlantic ports of the
United States. The completion of the
Panama Canal will tend to give the
Pacific Coast a better choice of Im
migrants. Oregon. Washington and Idaho still
have resources that can be developed
to great advantage by these new cit
izens, and both the immigrants and
the people already here will profit
greatly by such additions to our pop
ulation. A COXPANT or GIANTS.
Members of the new Spokane ma
chine gun company must be more
than five feet eight Inches tall. The
average height of mankind Is some
what under this figure, so that diffi
culty may be expected In filling the
ranks of the new organization. But
when the feat la accomplished the
beauty of the men will more than re
pay the pains spent in finding them.
Up to about six feet, additional height
multiplies the comeliness of the hu
man male In a geometrical ratio.
This la the rule, though there are
some exceptions. When a man runs
all to altitude beauty does not Invar
iably Increase so rapidly. There must
be a certain harmony between the
width of his shoulders, the depth of
his chest and his perpendicular height
to mak of him an Apollo. Extremely
tall men are singularly liable to the
ravages of tuberculosis, according to
soma authorities. Their chest expan-
slon seldom keeps pace with their pro
longation, and the consequence Is un
fortified lungs. Indeed, all excep
tional dimensions are rather undesir
able In the human figure. The nearer
a man comes to the normal average
the more certain be la to have a sound
' constitution and to be more secure
from disease. There la safety In me
diocrity in more than one direction.
Military people often have a pro
pensity for collecting giants. The
Spokane company v. ill not be exactly
giants, to be sure, but they tend in
that direction. No doubt the successor
of Captain Wise will raise the limit to
six feet, and In the course of twenty
five years we may behold an ar
tillery company In Spokane of which
each member will be ten feet tall,
truly a terrible, though fascinating,
phenomenon.
The father of Frederick the Great,
of Prussia, collected a company of
giants, which descended with his other
treasure to his illustrious son. The
old King loved to drill this astonish
ing bund, which he had gathered from
every country in Europe and endowed
with exceptional military privileges.
He even went so far as to select suit
able wives for the men, without re
gsrd to former connections, so that
the race might be Jmproved in the
upward direction. We are rot In
formed what has been done in Spo
kane along this line.
A SEW CRYPTOGRAM.
It Is amazina- to read of the mar-
I vels which the Baconians find in . the
Shakespearean plays by means of their
various "ciphers." Each new disciple
of Ignatius Donnelly discovers a new
cipher Imbedded in the plays and each
new cipher reveals the most aatonish-
In taX about Bacon, his ambitions
j and his deeds. The last revelation
j comes from a Dr. Owen, to whom a
cryptogram in the plays has disclosed
that Francis Bacon murdered William
' Shakespeare and burled his sacred
I head deep in the mud of the river
Wye.
If nobody had deciphered the cryp
togram this awful secret would have
! remained unknown till the Day of
Judgment. Then It would have come
out with a shock of surprise which
might have been disagreeable to the
angels. Fortunately Dr. Owen has
forestalled any such calamity. Hav
ing dug the mystery out of the cipher
Imbedded In the plays, he is now dig
ging for Shakespeare's head in the
river bed In the full confidence that
he will find it.
What a store of useless ingenuity
Dr. Owen must possess. First he In
vents a cryptogram. Then with per
fectly amazing deftness he makes the
Shakespearean plays deliver It up to
i him In spite of the fact that they
never had it. By proper manipulation
any crytogram whatever can be made
to emerge from any one of the plays.
So it seems at any rate. And think
of the marvels they disclose to the
wondering .-world when they come to
light. Why should Lord Bacon have
wanted. to murder Shakespeare? Evi
dently to make It more easy to steal
bis glory.
According to the new light Bacon
did not write the plays. Shakespeare
wrote them and Bacon stole them.
This Is the more disconcerting when
we remember that for many years no
body cared enough about the plays
even to edit and print them.
What possible reason could the Lord
Chancellor of England have had for
first killing their obscure author and
then stealing them? The question
becomes piercingly pertinent when It
Is kept in mind that the theft was not
consummated until the maturity of
the Illustrious Ignatius Donnelly,
who. as it were, delivered over to Ba
con the fruits of his iniquity.
We await with some trepidation the
revelations of the next cryptogram.
No doubt It will prove that Bacon
killed Queen Elizabeth.
JiOTIvXg FOR INSURGENT TEMANDS.
Imagining that they hold the bal
ance of power. Insurgent Senators
seem no longer content to wage a
guerrilla warfare on the floor of the
Senate, but demand a controlling
voice in the shaping of legislation at
Its Inception In committee. As the
granting of their demands would have
given them, in combination with the
Democrats, a majority In several im
portant committees, the regulars
fought them to a finish, and, the Dem
ocrats being unwilling to Interfere In
a family quarrel, the regulars have
won.
Each of the insurgent leaders had
picked for himself the committee
which deals with the subject of which
he has made a special study and on
which he advocates a definite policy.
Thus La Follette. the first of the in
surgents, wishes to see railroad regu
lation radically extended, to have the
Government make a physical valua
tion of railroads and establish rates
based on that valuation; also to regu
late future stock and bond Issues. He
would have a fine opportunity to
advance, his views as a member of
the committee on interstate commerce.
' which prepares all railroad legislation.
Brlstow was one of the most deter
mined critics of the Payne-AIdrlch
tariff and gave Aldrlch as much trou
ble as any one Insurgent, When the
Democratic free-list bill comes up
from the House It -will go to the
finance committee, hence Brlstow de
sired a place on that committee, for
he may wish to let some provisions
of the bill pass. But If he got that
place, the Insurgents and Democrats
combined could dictate tariff legisla
tion, and Republican control of the
Senate would be gone.
Bourne's motives were questionable.
He had "Insurged" because Taft In
sisted on reappointing efficient public
servants In Oregon without regard to
their opinion of the Oregon idea.
If he is a convert to the Cummins
or Brlstow tariff programme his
change of front has been very recent.
It will be recalled that not so very
long ago Bourne admitted on the floor
of the Senate that he knew nothing
about the tariff and would therefore
follow the lead of his friend Aldrlch.
His stand-pat friend Aldrlch Is no
longer In the Senate and Bourne may
of course be now blindly following
another leader. Knowing nothing of
the tariff, however, he would be out
of place on the finance committee,
where some Initiative Is essential, and
,we do sot recall having seen any ex
pression of his Ideas on railroad
problem that will go to the committee
on interstate commerce.
But Bourne is conversant with the
political game and talks learnedly of
the Federal patronage. He showed
his venom toward the President in a
bitter personal attack In the last ses
sion of Congress. Now, through the
unwillingness of Crane to give up his
place as chairman of the committee
on rules. Bourne has succeeded to the
chairmanship of the committee on
postofflces. That committee reports
favorably or unfavorably on all postal
appointments. It prepares the post
office appropriation bill and all other
postal legislation and steers it through
the Senate, President Taft is particu
larly Interested In postal legislation
and Bourne may have a fine chance
to "get even" by butchering some of
the President's pet measures. As a
member of the committee on appro
prlatlons, which has general charge
of all appropriations, he will have
similar opportunities.
In the demand of La Follette and
Brlstow for committee places, one can
see a question of principle, but Bourne
seems to seek chiefly the power of
patronage and the gratification of
revenge.
Sibyl Wolfe, whose case has at
tracted so much attention, both in
this city and In Vancouver, at which
latter place she was tried for theft.
convicted and sentenced to fifteen
years In the penitentiary, has been
pardoned by Governor Hay. The par
don carries wholesome restrictions,
designating the girl's place of resi
dence until she is able to work (the
Louise Home in this city), requiring
her to report once a month to the su
perintendent of that Institution, when
she goes out to service, and providing
that she shun all evil associates. It
may be hoped that the identity of
the boy born to her will be merged
with the family life of a suitable and
reputable home, and that the place
and circumstances of his birth will be
forgotten. As to the young woman,
she will be given every chance to re
deem her name and character, and it
may be hoped that she will rise to the
opportunity and in later life become
an honest wife and mother, thus dis
proving the popular fallacy that a
woman who falls from virtue can
never regain her footing.
'Caruso Is said te receive IJ000 for
every appearance at the opera house
in Vienna. The amount excites won
der and envy but It la a mere pit
tance when compared with the
amount received by the Emperor Nero
who, according to Sentonius, was the
Caruso of his period. According to
the same authority, he was once given
1,000,000 sesterces, equivalent to
137,500 for a single appearance. To
be one of the tyrant's auditors was
a trying experience, as his perform
ances were given in the form of sing
ing monologues, often lasting four and
five hours, with soldiers distributed
among the audience with orders to
kill those who attempted to leave, or
who yawned or gave signs of Impa
tience, Sentonius states that on one
occasion several leaped from a second
story window to escape, lending sus
picion that the fabulous amount paid
was because Nero was emperor of
Rome, and not because of his trans
cendent powers of song.
Restricting production, or In any
way setting aside the natural laws of
trade, has never yet proved very suc
cessful. It has been tried with to
bacco by the Night Riders in the to
bacco districts of the South, by the
Brazilian Government with coffee,
and now the French Government Is
attempting to Limit the area of terri
tory in which champagne can be man
ufactured. As a result. 5,000,000 bot
tles of the sparkling water have been
emptied in the gutter in the town of
Ay, which is but one of the French
towns affected by the wine riots. The
Government has defined the limits of
the country where the wine product
may be made Into champagne. The
wine growers outside the restricted
district broke over the line and gave
evidence of their displeasure by a
destruction that would have made the
late Carrie Nation's raids appear tame
and inconsequential.
The oft-vaunted "Seattle spirit"
fades Into Insignificance before the
newly awakened Spokane spirit. This
last Is to find expression next week in
a banquet at which 25,000 plates will
be laid, and last from 11 A. M. to 10
P. M. of a day designated in the Trav
eling Men's Carnival, to be held in
the Inland Empire city of Washington
Spokane delicacies alone will be
served and 600 Spokane women will
appear In the role of waitresses. As
a gastronomic feat this will exceed
the annual dinner served to the Ore
gon Pioneers in this city In June of
each year. Truly, the people of Spo
kane may be said to approach the
carnival "on hospitable thoughts in
tent." and being modern housewives
of the first class, will score as being
able not only to know how a meal
should be served, but for their ability
to serve one deftly and daintily.
Italian crime statistics regarded in
connection with the terrible develop
ments appearing at the Camorra
trial offer an interesting study
In cause and effect. The testimony
at this trial Indicated quite clearly
that the Camorra had done more to
educate the common people in con
tempt for human life than any organ
ization that ever existed. The effect
of this light regard for human life
and the necessity for extermination of
the Camorra are revealed In statis
tics showing that Italy has 81.2 mur
ders for each million of her popula
tion. The enormity of these figures
can be appreciated when it is noted
that France has but 15.6 per million,
Germany 11.1, while England has
but S.l.
The charge that forged tags are
used on automobiles In Portland seems
ridiculous. The man who can afford
to own a machine Is able to pay the
license. In the case of a dog tag, it
might be different.
Men who accost women on. the
streets should be punished, not given
a suspended sentence. Drunkenness
Is not a mitigating circumstance,
either.
A crazy American thinks Bacon
killed Shakespeare and buried his
head in the River Wye. Bacon should
have used dynamite and scattered all
the evidence.
One Episcopal clergyman thinks
the Ten Commandments too long. Tet
they do not cover all the technicali
ties now.
This is Raisin day, and the end of
the month, too, but many will notice
that the boss is doing little raisin.
Mr. Buddy Ryan is the here of the
day, for it Is not given to every man
to knock the ball over the fence.
Strawberries
proper flavor.
them. have not' yet the
One tastes money In
Pretty soon will com the Chautau
qua and W. J. Bryan season.
FRENCH LIKE FRIED POTATOES. J
Poa
Frltee Are Veaded Like Pop- 1
corn or Peanuts. i
T vunoumrJ t V ; T. D. Morrison, a Portland newspa-
The street vending of pommes frltes, per man ha8 a utla aaUKhter. vlr
or French fried potatoes, is peculiar to , ginla, who Is far beyond her years In
the northern part of France. Pommes wisdom. "Dave" took her out for a
frltes take the place of peanuts and pop- I stroll Sunday afternoon and they passed
orn and are sold in much the same j through one of the large
, . . . , . I cratic additions which is building up
tashlon. Not only Is this trade carried rapidly- Virginia saw a number of
on in some Instances as a regularly es- 1 agents with customers In tow looking
tablished business, but workmen wishing ( over .home sites and she asked who all
to increase their earnings come out on I those people were. Her father had to
the streets in the evening and sell these
fried potatoes from pushcarts. Their
profits often exceed thalr day's wages.
The pushcarts are of the ordinary type,
but covered. A coke brazier is Inserted
through the flooring, over which Is
placed the large iron cauldron holding the
fat obtained from beef suet. Raw pota
toes, after being pared, are pressed
through a special cutting machine, com
ing out in long, narrow, four-sided pieces.
These are immediately put into the boil
ing fat and In several minutes are thor
oughly cooked. They are then salted
and sold In small paper cornucopias
holding 1 or 2 cents' worth.
Pommes frltes have the advantage that
they supply a satisfying and nutritive
meal for a few cents. This is especially
appreciated by the mill employes during
the noon hour, as they are thus enabled
to have something hot with their other
wise cold lunches. Rather than go to
the trouble of preparing the dish, to say
nothing of fillins' the house with the
odor of boillnir fat many families prefer
to purchase the freshly-cooked tubers
from the nearest vender. These . frleo
potatoes are not sold merely at meal
times, but during the day, and are eaten
like popcorn.
The trade Is decidedly profitable even
If conducted on a small scale. The usual
price of potatoes ranges between $140
ana i lor zzu pounas. mho b
costs 19 cents for 2.3 pounds, one kilo,
and with that amount of fat It is esti-
matea mat it pounas or potatoes can iw
cooked, the fuel cost for the same
amount not exceeding o cems. uo
quantity of pommes frltes sold for 2
cents, while enough to satisry an appe
tite, does not equal two ordinary-sized
potatoes in amount, and It will there
fore be seen that one kilo of cooked po
tatoes, costing 6 to 7 cents to prepare.
and sold at 18 to 28 cents, leaves tne
vender a handsome profit.
A license must, first be obtained from
the municipal authorities by those who
wish to engage In the traae. r ermissiou
Is then secured from some cafe or es
taminet proprietor to allow a cart to be
drawn up In front of his establishment.
If this is a Kood center the profits will
be considerable, as 50 to 100 kilos of pota
toes will be sold In an evening.
A each eitv and Village In tne sur
rounding region holds an annual fair at
some period of the year, it is a regular
business of certain venders to go irora
town to town where the fairs are being
held, erect their portable houses or
booths, and sell pommes frltes with
other lirht refreshments. These booths
are oiten eiaooraieiy cuinuuraou
tables, chairs, mirrors, electric ngnui,
etc nresent aulte an attractive appear-
nce. and sell as much as suu to iww
kilos of potatoes a day, special paring
machines being used.
NO OVER-PRODUCTION OF R TIBER
New TJaes Create Demand tr Increase
In World's Supply.
Consular Reports.
Aa the area of Para rubber euinire In
creases In the Malaysian Archipelago at
th rata of several millions of 'rees a
year, the question arises, Will cot the
supply so far surpass the Jemanl that
the price will fall below the prjf't-giv-lng
line?
Aa the soil of most of the Malaysian
Archipelago is well adapted to rubber
culture, and as rubber can tie proau. ea Badly frightened, the colored barber
at a cost of 25 cente a pound and the . dropped his tools and hastened with
field for the consumption Is extending . tn0 peopie of the town to the forts on
rapidly throughout the world, It would j the edg;e of tho towlli where they re
seem that there Is no valid cause for ; mained for about a week, when re
alarm among those who are interested i inforcements arrived and the Indiana
In rubber estates which nave Deeu
started right and are managed right.
The tuses of rubber are becoming
so varied that the supply must con
stantly and largely Increase In order to
meet the demand. Aviation affords a
new and ever-augmenting field for the
consumption of rubber. The tire Industry
Is as yet In its Infancy. Food anl liquid
preparations, which are ever Increasing,
need rubber to keep the. Jars air-tight.
Formerly balloon fabrics were manufac
tured solely of varnished silks, now
rubber-coated cottons are coming into
use. three plies of which weigh If ss than
i ounces per square yard and stand a
far greater strain than varnished ailks.
The patent pipe lighters have rubber
pluge. The shock absorber to reduce i
brations on all kinds of vehicles, as well
as machinery. Is made of rubber. La lies
dresses are trimmed with rubber beads,
and white rubber shoes for evening
toilet are becoming fashionable. We have
rubber etalr treads, and all kinds of
special rubber shoes and boots are being
manufactured and widely sold. The fuses
used In mining will be painted vlth a
rubber solution to avoid misfiring be
cause of dampness. For taking nails
from packing cases a rubber pad has
been Invented. Trays and dishes used In
photography are being made of rubber,
and many articles made of papier-mache
are giving way to rubber substitutes.
The printer and the laundryman aro
demanding more rubber In the various
articles employed In their trades. In sub
marine vessels it has begun to play a
large role, and In shipbuilding generally
Its UBe is constantly increasing; cover
ing for the decks of vessels and com
pound rubber flooring for various build
ings la a probability, and even an adul
terated rubber Is proposed for pave
ment. Rubber tips for chair legs and
toe caps for boots will come into com
mon use.
The field for the use of Para rubber
seems to have no limit, and the money
put Into sound rubber companies vhich
have bought land by the acre and not
by the square foot, and are cultivating it
with care and managing the estate on
good business principles, Is ss so-.cd an
investment as can be found in any
country.
Lessen in Spaniak Art.
London Globe.
An amusing story is going the rounds
of the French press. It is to the effoct
that King Alfonso has an objection to
gloves, which he carries so far as to
appear at gala receptions ungloved. On
a recent Journey to isaragossa nis ma
jesty was surprised to find his portrait
in one of the station rooms wim biuus.
A railway official enlightened his ma
jesty. The king's late father, it ap
pears, presented his portraits freely,
and one of these In oil -was placed In
the room In question the royal wait
ing room. The administration of tho
railway works on economic lines, so It
was thought that when King Alfonso
XIII came to the throne a new portrait
would have to be obtained. But the
economist of the line brought his In
tellect to bear on the subject, with the
result that a portrait painter was
called In to paint out the head of the
dead king and substitute that of the
reigning monarch. But the artist for
got to paint out the gloved hands.
Hobble Skirts and Reciprocity.
Washington (D. C.) Cor. New York Sun.
Representative Webb, of North Caro
lina, who Is opposed to the Canadian
agreement, compared the Democratic
party to a girl In a hobble skirt he had
seen on the street recently. "I watched
her closely," he said, "and know she
could not step more than six Inches."
He thought his own party was hobbled
In the same way by the Canadian agree
ment. "Well, even a six-Inch step is better
than nothing-." suggested Representa
tive Thetus Wlllret Sims, of Tennessee.
"But she was not even going In the
right direction," retorted Mr. Webb,
amid laughter.
Timely Tales of the Day
explain.
"Papa," she exclaimed,, after .a few
minutes' silence, "I'm going to be a real
estate man and sell you a house."
"All right, my lady; I think Id like
to buy that big, nice one over yonder.
How much will you sell It to me for?"
"Seven dollars," replied Mies Virginia.
"Well, well; that Is very cheap. Now,
what kind of terms can I .have on lthe
house?"
"Ten dollars down and $10 a month,"
came the reply with a suddenness that
took the prospective - "purchaser's"
breath away.
It seems that it was a case of a little
pitcher with big ears, and Virginia had
frequently overheard her parents Mis
cuss houses and terms of .payment.
Judge Will R. King, who served' the
past four years as a Justice of the Ore
gon Supreme Court, and who retired
from the bench the first of this year, is
regarded as an authority on the law af
fecting water rights. His decision In
i th -.. , Hl, ff ra ?,-. Kos haon In.
corporated into legal text books as the
stanaara law on riparian rignts,
Judge King, who has resumed the
practice of law, was arguing a case re
cently in an Eastern Oregon court In
which water rights formed the bone of
contention and was reading a court de-
j cislon to sustain the point he was mak
ing when the judge Interrupted him.
-jir. King, I don't quite agree with
you Jn your construction of the opin-
ion you aro reading," he said. "I think
, you don't .exactly understand the point
the court made In that decision.
Judge King was quoting from one of
bis own decisions.
Judge W. S. McFadden of Corvallis,
who Is a well known pioneer attorney
of the Willamette Valley, when trying
a case in court recently was pitted
against a young attorney fresh from
an Eastern law school. The novice had
displayed considerabie egotism in hi
discourse on the law of the case on
trial.
When Judge McFadden arose to speak
he complimented his opponent on his
brilliant argument and then, turning to
tne court, said:
Your honor, there are only two
things that God ever made which are
greater when born than In older life.
and these are the grub bumble bee and
the attorney at law.
It will be 33 years July 1 next since
fail Metschan, proprietor of the lm
perial, was shaved, and then he was
only nair snaved. There is a reason
vhy Mr Metschan has always worn
lull beard, although that reason is not
known to even his most intimate ac-
quaintanoes.
On July 1, 1878, Mr. Metschan, who
was then residing In Grant County, was
in a canyon Ulty Barbershop. The col
ored tonsorlalist had shaved one side
of Mr. Metschan's face and had relath-
ered the other cheek when the occu
pants of the shop, as well as the clt
Izens of the town were startled with
the cry, "The Indians are coming:!
This alarm was sounded by Joseph
D. Combs, the famous Eastern Oregon
Sheriff, who, In true Paul Revere style,
dashed through the little town horse
back, spreading the news that the red
skins, under the leadership of Chief
Joseph, were about to swoop down on
, whites.
were driven away.
The precipitate haste of the barber
In deserting his customer provoked Mr.
Metschan so that he has not shaved
since. What is more, he has no inten
tion immediately of resuming the cus
tom. Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright, 1911. Gaorga Matthew Adama.)
Men so often say: "It's turning out
Just as I said."
Don't let a book agent decide your
literary taste.
Children are scolded for being pig
gish about taking the biggest, but their
parents are Just as bad.
It is not enough to admit that you
are a fool; you must try to get over it.
The nicest perfume for the person Is
the perfume of soap used frequently.
White men say It takes the Indians
a long time to become civilized. Some
white men are a little slow about It,
too.
Some men do not die until their
machinery wears out. Others explode
their boilers and die suddenly.
When game was plentiful, guns were
muzle-loaders and flint-locks. Now
that there Is no game, what beautiful
repeating shotguns and rifles we have.
When I was a boy the most terrible
thing ever known in our country com
munity was called "Jake Wagner's Sin."
One day my father, when In the woods,
was bitten by a rattlesnake. Jake
Wagner was a very religious man, and
when he heard of the snake biting my
father he said: "Why In thunder didn't
he soak It in mud!"
The average woman is permitted to
believe that it Is her business to look
after the higher life, leaving man to
look after the lower life.
From Savagery the Finger Bowl.
Harper's Weekly.
Civilized man did not invent the fin
ger bowl either in form or In use. It
was used in the South Sea Islands
some hundreds of years before Euro
peans and Americans found out that
they were necessary to their own re
finement. A bowl of water is handed
round to every diner in a South Sea
house. This South Sea finger bowl is
half a cocoanut shell, beautiful, use
ful, practically unbreakable, yet not
of sufficient worth to prevent Its being
thrown away tomorrow and replaced by
a fresh one from the nearest palm.
Mr River and I.
St. Louis Poat-Dlspatch.
JIv river and I are aa lovera that wander
- By ways that aro pleasant and fields that
are fair.
Nor reck of the work-a-day world wait
ing yonder
With Its burden of car.
O swift are the currents that wind
through the heather,
And bright axe tho waters reflecting the
ley!
O sweet is the song we are singing together-
My river and I.
Vy river and 1 are as one in the morning.
When the breath of Aurora is over the
deeps.
And one when the low, level sun is
bdornlng
The Infinite steeps.
O wide are the waters with purity glowing,
And fair are the fields that go galloping by!
O sweet to us both is the love beyond
knowing
My river and I.
My river and I are but rendered the nearer
Related in spirit for love that is sweet.
And Time In Its inarch but returns us
- the dearer
Each time that we meet.
O where then ia God with his beautiful
features
If this Is not ha in the lowlands and high ?
O sweet la the bond between these of his
creatures
Mr river and L
i
Advertising Talks
By William C Freeman.
The David Gibson Company, Cleve
land. Ohio, issues Gibson's Magazine,
which is brimful of nuggets of wis
dom. The following article taken from this
! little magazine points an advertising
moral which should be heeded by all
advertisers:
"We frequently hear the statement ,
that people want to be humbugged.
"They don't want to be humbugged.
"They are humbugged so often that,
in the absence of an explanation, they
seemingly seek the process.
"The reason is on the broad general
principle that people believe what they
want to -believe or possibly, what they
prefer to believe.
"For instance: The other day a well
appearing man walked into one of the
older established piano stores in Cleve
land. '
"After going over the stock followed
by some shrewd bargaining on the rep
resentation that he was a cash cus
tomer, he selected a J360 instrument,
gave the company a check for $500 of
a well-known concern made payable to
himself and received the piano concern's
check 'for J140 in change. .
"The check made payable to the well
appearing one proved to be forged.
"We naturally ask why this piano
concern did not Investigate a total
stranger before they fell for a very
old form of swindle, the principles of
which were doubtless known to them.
"Seemingly they wanted to be hum
bugged. "They did not want to be humhoKKed,
but they did want to make that piano
sale.
"Their desire to make the sale was
stronger than their desire to suspect
the supposed patron.
"In this predominating desire to make
that sale they hoped against hope
lust as all of us have done in one phase
of life or another.
"People believe what they want to
believe, and the desire for truth fre
quently overcomes their Judgment of
truth."
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian, April 39, 1861.
The arrival of the barks Samuel Mer
rltt and Industry replenishes tho stores
of merchandise in this town and affords
an opportunity to ship produce at a
reasonable rate.
St. Louis. April 12. A collision Is ex
pected. Private dispatches received at
Washington today from the South leave
no doubt that hostilities were com
menced at Charleston at an early hour
this morning.
The President has communicated with
the Governors of Pennsylvania and
Ohio and states that an attack on
Washington is apprehended. Ha desires
them to call out their militia and hold
it in readiness.
The later accounts reaffirm that an
army of 7000 men, with four Spanish
steam frigates, were ready to seise San
Domingo upon orders from the Queen.
Baseball IVlne af Ministers.
Grand Junction (Col.) Dispatch.
A baseball team composed entirely
of clergymen Is Grand Junction's latest
acquisition. The nine, which Is made
ud of Dastors of various churches here.
practices daily that Is. six days In the
week and have lssuea a cnaiienge m
any team in the state made up of mem
bers of one profession.
Special Features
OF
Tomorrow's
Oregonian
ARTICLES that are interest
ing, timely and vital, cou
pled with fine illustrations and
strong fiction numbers, will make
np the magazine section of next
Sunday's Oregonian.
Several subjects of special local
Interest will be featured in page
and half-page articles.
' An especially valuable page
deals with the charpitting system
of clearing Oregon stump lands.
Many farmers have tried charpit
ting, only to meet with failure
but the failure is the fault of the
farmer, not of the method as per
fected by experimentation and
practical tests. Much substantial
information on the subject is im
parted. Don't miss it.
John F. Stevens, railroad build
er and engineer, is a man of
achievement. Everyone knows of
the big things he has done in Ore
gon. But one of his newspaper
friends is drawing a pen picture
of the man that is altogethere new
and which will interest you im
mensely. Living in a honseboat on the
"Willamette River is a wholesome
experience and you are likely to
be seized with a temptation to try
it after reading the account of a
local houseboat enthusiast. There
is a half-page on the subject, with
seven attractive illustrations.
McDowell's Advance to Bull
Run is recounted in the next in
stallment of Civil TVar articles.
Major-General Fry supplies an
intensely interesting page, fully
illustrated with wartime pictures.
"Wonderful John Dory" is the
title of a tense adventure tale by
E. Phillips Oppenheim. It is the
ninth in his Peter Ruff series.
Philip P. Jacobs, Ph. D., sup
plies a valuable article dealing
with the subject' of tuberculosis
among children; Harry T. Quinn
gives you a graphic glimpse of the
wretches who are enslaved by
"dope"; there is a half -page on
the death-knell of green tea in the
United States and a raft of
other timely matter.
Widow Wise has a weird ex
perience in Spain, and Sambo and
Mr. Twee Deedle both find new
fields of adventure for their
pranks.
ALL THE NEWS, RIGHT UP
TO THE MINUTE, OF PORT
LAND, OF OREGON AND
OF THE WHOLE WORLD