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7 . ; rOKTLlM). OMBO!. CIKCILATIOX STAIXMTXT. Duria t mmh of April. 1911. "a aver. f CITCU.1UOI HI AAA si timii lail cireaUtloa in g toa moma ai m'i. - April April ArU Asm April April April 1 J April 1 . I.... 4..., t. ... . .?.: ....5 April 17 i April IS SS.SeS April 1 Arm o April 21 Sl.liS AprU S3 51.404 April 23 April 24 Sl.set April SS M.40 April 2 April 11 1.X April IS Sl.eee April 2 April 10 3.4 ... a. .M.100 T 4.:7 8 .T i.J April April 1. w...aAie Anrll 11 4.1i " April April IS 4.-U April 14 M.til A P. "U 13 SO.UJ Tatal Qrealailaa County nf Multnomah. Stmt of Oreioo Thla U to certify that tha -tuml lrnla ttoo oX turn iroaia lor la mooia of April vll as iMvt Bt forth. E. P. HOPKOOD. Clrcuiatloa Manager. Pubrlbd an 4 awora to bcfora mo tola flrat lar of Mar. lvll laKAL W. E. HABTML'a. Notary I' utile 2 Tha above circulation , followa: (Varna was distributed as Diilr. Sunlar. 4I.4 31.184 s.ioi t.4l t vvati!na;:on a AJ oiar ataiaa Vurh cf tha Waahlnrtm rtreulation la I dtrct:y trtbuiarr to Portland It locludea a ji-h tovra dtrac-ilj acroi th liver aa Van- r couvf, WaaoougaC Camaa, etc. ) . i I-ORTLA.VO. Tt'EMtAT. MAT . Isll. Bjxmocm ix tiix senate. The approach of the Senate to the business of the special session Is de liberate, not so say dilatory. For three weeks, while the House of Representa tives has been firing- one legislative run after another with much sound anJ some effect, the leisurely and dignified upper branch of the National Congress has been more or less busy organizing Itself. At last, however, the portentous task of getting organ ized seems to have been completed. The Senate Is ready to go to work, but not very willing unless appearances are deceitful. We venture to predict that no furi ous haste will be displayed In attack ing either reciprocity or the Investiga tion of the odorous Lorlmer or In pass ing the resolution for direct election of Senators. All these and the other measures which will come up from the House will be pondered with that 1 scorn for expedition which la charac- . teristlc of a legislative body largely I Independent of public opinion. Like the wind the Senate bloweth where it llsteth andno man can tell whither it goeth. No living prophet who cares a fig for his reputation would hazard a guess as to what the Senate will do with the reciprocity agreement or with anything else. The safest vaticination Is that It will do nothing. The House of Representatives Is using Its best efforts to make a record. It has taken the advice so liberally dealt out by Mr. Bryan, Woodrow Wil son and others, and is trying to Justify the confidence of the people. Of course the expectation is that more confidence and more offices will fol low, but if men are faithful In few things there la excellent precedent for making them rulers over many things. No candid observer can doubt that the Democrats are really exerting them selves to lay up merit In the eyes of the people. They attack the questions of the hour one after another without hesitation and settle them. Opinions raturally differ as to whether they settle them right or not, but it must be conceded that they are moving. Mr. Taft was constrained to com pliment the Democratic House for its Industry In his New York reciprocity fpeech. The press of the country In a general way seems to agree that com pliments are in order. It Is a working body evidently bent on doing the best lTcan for the country. Incidentally it also expects to do the best It can for the Democratic party, but fortunately in a land where party government Is the natural order of thing the two ends are not Incompatible. Many po'.l ticians of the modern school have come to believe that men who wish to benefit their party will achieve their purpose best and most rapidly by working for the public good. The day cf tricky and selfish politics Is probably verging toward its sunset. The Senate apparently has no sus picion of this truth. In that august and' twilight-haunted Chamber many members, perhaps a majority, are try ing to play the game in the good old Gorman style. Back In 1SJ, when the Wilson tariff bill came up from the House, the Gorman school of Sen ators transformed it Into a monster of -perfidy and dishonor." to quote the words of Mr. Cleveland. No doubt there are plenty of Senators, some from each party, who would rejoice to do the same with the reciprocity agreement- They do not like it be cause It makes the first real breach that has been effected for fifty years In hte gorgeous old citadel of protec tion. To be sure, the fatly opulent . trusts do not lose anything in partlcu " lar by the agreement, but they have their eyes on the far future. Today the farmers lose their tariff plrktngs. Thin and gristly are the farmers" pickings from the dry bones cf the tariff banquet, but reciprocity , takes them away and the howls of the trusts over the outrage move one to tears of sympathetic sorrow. Alas poor farmer, how v. Ill he ever live i' without the duty on wheat? To be sure it never paid him a penny, but the loss of it will be something terri ble to think of. It will cause Mm " spiritual woe even If It does not affect .his pocket, and what are dollars com pared to soul throes? So the trusts and their agents In the Senate are weeping drops over reciprocity for the farmers' sake. At least they say it is for the farmers' sake, but the country knows it Is for their own sake. If reciprocity passes the corpulent beneficiaries of the tariff understand perfectly . well that their turn evill come next. Their wise maximum Is to nip the dreadful process In the bud. Kill reciprocity and you kill all' that would naturally follow upon reciprocity. The Steel Trust has been selling steel rails la Mexico for $24 a ton for many months. Here at home It cannot possibly af ford, to sell them for less than $-$ a ton. Were reclprocltyto pass It would point a fateful finger at the hundreds of little games of this sort which the trusts are playing at the expense of the long-uffrlng American con sumer. In this country the protected ixnnonniiH at-, totterlnr Infants whol ly unable to go alone, la Europe and Mexico they "are titanic power com petent to wage battle with the com mercial world and rout all Its armies. Reciprocity Is the entering wedge to a genuine revision of the tariff which will render long-delayed Justice to the American consumer. - KEITRODl'M THAT MIOtXD rAIU The Malarkey Fubllc Service Com mission bill, which a small Portland clique Is attempting to hold UP by means of the referendum, baa been Indorsed .by some of the. most emi nent and best-experienced authorities on the subject ia the country. The bill Is thoroughly adequate and pro vides a " means" of relief Irom high rates, poor service and tax-dodging In publlo utility lines In all parts of the state. It creates no new officers, but enlarges the powers of the Railroad Commission, and it add to the ex penditures of the state but $17,500 yearly.-- ' - - - - ' If the local- bill presented in Port land had equally effective provisions, the one factor of cost to the taxpayers ought to bo ample reason for its de feat and for the failure of the refer endum on the Malarkey measure. Portland would pay about one-third of the additional appropriation grant ed the Railroad Commission by the Malarkey bill oh approximately $5 800 annually. There -would be no addition al cost. The local Initiative measure pro vides for the appointment of three commissioners at $5000 each, or a to tal yearly fixed expenditure for sal aries ' of $15,000. Under the Malar key measure no part of the appropria tion will g for commissioners' sal aries. It will be used for clerical hire and other necessary expenditures. Under the local measure an indefinite amount may be spent in employing clerks. Inspectors, experts, attorneys and for other as lstance,' and for trav eling expenses, witness fees and Inci dentals. The bill Axes no limit. The proposed commission even may pay the City Attorney an additional salary for serving it. The Railroad Commission now has a clerical force which could be of as sistance If the Malarkey bill is permit ted to go Into effect, so it is a reason able conclusion that under the local commission plan expenditures, aside from salaries, would equal at least the appropriation named In the Malarkey bill. Therefore it is proposed to ex pend at least $3 8,000 annually for service that can be obtained for $5800. In addition to this, the local meas ure Is loosely drawn and la worded apparently on the false theory that .v.. nin-- r Portland's charter ex tends to all parts of the state and gives the city Jurisdiction over state and district courts, the Governor and county officials." It would be Inopera tive In many particulars. There Is not the smallest excuse or slightest reason for calling the refer endum on the Malarkey bill. If done, it will merely postpone the day the act 'becomes effective, for state-wide senti ment will not uphold an attempt by Portland to deprive other sections of the benefits of the law. As here tofore suggested by The Oregonian. the effectiveness or weakness of the Ma larkey bill will be demonstrated be fore another election If It is permitted to become law at once, it wtanera are disclosed, they can be remedied by initiative amendments In the next election. Voters who study the Malarkey bill and the local measure will find no Jus tification for signing the referendum petition, but strong reason for disap proving the proposed expensive local makeshift. This Is one referendum that should fail in the petition period. IMPROVED ORIENTAL SERVICE. The announcement that the Water house line of steamers operating be tween North Pacific ports and the Far East would In the future make regu lar monthly sailings from Portland Is interesting to Portland shippers. This service will enable shippers to accept, with certain degree of assurance of ii.iiv.rv orders for shipment on a certain month. It is also announced that this new line, which Is operating the finest freighters on the Pacific, will also handle Inbound freight from the Orient and may establish a steer age passenger service. Since the in ception of the Orlential steamship business out of North Pacific ports, steamers sailing out of this port have handled a larger percentage of locally originating freight than has been se cured by the steamers sailing out of any of the Northern ports. It Is equally true that .since the in ception of the business, this port has never had a service anywhere near adoquate for the traffic that is avail able. A steamship service that offers one or two, and on rare occasions three steamers in one month, and then no steamere for nearly two months, can perform excellent work In killing I the trade of a port by driving it to a rival port where space can always be ! booked for use In a given month. For nearly a year the Waterhouse steam ers have been coming to Portland with - f.i. A -rr. nf rularitv. desDlte the ! fact that their lack of railroad connec tions at this port has prevented their securing any Inbound freight which was obliged to move out of Portland by rail. Meanwhile the Harrlman line, with greatly Inferior steamers, has been unable to maintain anything approaching a regular schedule, and. with all of the advantages of rail con nection and long possession of the field. Is today handling less outward freight than is being handled by the Waterhouse line. . Not only does Portland' supply a larger proportion "Coast cargo" for the Orient than Is supplied by the Puget Sound steamers, but the im ports which are brought from the Orient by Portland Jobbers for dis tribution from this city are much greater than those which are. received at either of the Puget Sound citlps. Seattle. Tacoma and Vancouver all get the credit for most of the Importations that are brought in by Portland Im porters for tha amount of Portland merchandise I m ponced fro"rn the Orient through those three cities is many times greater . than that which is brought here direct by the erratic and uncertain steamship line now operated In connection with the railroad. -. The- big railroad systems which ra diate through the Columbia basin and bring the products of an empire down to this city over a water level grade drain a rich region many times greater than that which is tributary to Puget Sound, and there Is an Increasing ton nage of these products that will find a market across the Pacific. This port, by reason of the business If can sup ply, and on account of Its location. Is entitled to a better steamship service aronxTxo to the Orient. The Waterhouse line, or any other line that will guarantee regular sailings, should be supported. BEAT-TT AJfD THE COCBTS. A Brooklyn woman has Just won a suit in the United States Supreme Court after a long and determined fight. It arose In this wise. In the sunny days of her honeymoon she had her photograph taken to give to her husband. No doubt he was charmed with the gift, for she was beautiful, so beautiful that the greedy gaze of a trading-stamp storekeeper fell upon her features and forthwith he coveted her photograph for an advertisement. Without the woman's knowledge or consent he printed her picture on his cards and scattered them broadcast. If you bought five cents worth of gum you got a photograph of this beaute ous dame' along with it. Naturally the sale of gum and other edibles was greatly magnified at the store In question. And all the time the poor woman remained In Ignor ance of what was happening to her picture. But murder will out and a time came when she learned what was going on. Fancy her Indignation. The thought that every Tom. Dick and Harry in town was basking in the beams of her counterfeit presentment fired every angry ralon ln her BOul She resolved to put a stop to the enormity. So she sued the storekeeper and beat him ln court after court until now the Supreme Court has finally settled the matter. The creature must stop printing her picture, and, probably, must pay damages for the insult to her vulgarized beauty. We do not learn that it Injured the health of this excessively sensitive woman to have " her ' picture Indiscriminately gazed upon. The sight of It delighted the hungry-eyed mob and it didn't hurt her. Was It reasonable for her I., mn ane-i-v over the matter? Is beauty a private affair? Does not the Lord make a woman pretty for the common good of humanity? If he does, then it Is the right of humanity to buy her picture and keep it hung on a pink ribbon next its heart. If her face is sweet and angelic and al together enchanting it would do the Brooklyn mob a world of good to be at liberty to linger over it. perhaps to worship It, In our opinion If she lived up to her duties she. would let everybody buy her photograph who wished. TARIFF AS A SCANDAL PROMOTES. The Lorlmer scandal has reached a degree where the public will hardly be surprised at any developments that may take place regarding It. For that reason, the report that the big trusts Interested in a perpetuation of the in iquitous tariff on trust staples were liberal contributors to the "slush fund" will be accepted without much doubt as to its reliability. Nothing that can be said for Senator Lorlmer will offer any excuse for' the alleged bribing of his way Into the United States Senate. It Is noticeable In this case, moreover, as well as in others of a similar nature, that the trail of bribery generally leads to "trust" sources. The protective tariff in which the word "protective" Is a misnomer has, since its Inception, offered a premium on dishonesty and political rs5cam. i, -onti1 an artificial economic situation. Attendant conditions must accordingly be maintained by artuiciai means, so the trusts who profit most by this artificial situation have always proceeded on the principle that "the end Justifies the means." The two principal interests men tioned ln Washington 'dispatches, as Ttith tha Lorlmer scandal. are wool and rubber. The American consumers have been robbed or more n- moans, of the Jug-handled tariff on wool than by the unwarrant ed tariff tax on any other commodity, with the possible exception of steeL Senator Lorlmer had so many of the required qualifications for a trust Senator that it is natural and logical that the trusts should select him and spend their money to elect him. In their efforts it la also natural that .honlrl rail ln the rubber Interest. and possibly the steel and other trusts, although the Immediate aid of all of the others might not be needed, for the reason that, to paraphrase some of the words of a popular song, "every little tru?t has a Senator all its own." These Senators, being tarred with the same" high-tariff brush, can be de pended upon to stand together ln the you-tickle-me-and-l ii-ticaie-you biu. Senator Lorlmer would probably have ..,,.:t-nwn1 had there been no protective tariff, but it Is the tariff more than anyming eiso um made It possible for the big trusts to land such men ln the United States Senate and to keep them there ln the face of a growing resentment that -..iin,Ai4 i-iut November In a begin ning of National housecleanlng. This 1UUSCI.ICB'0 - - I ... it ivm nrnmlse of being attended u..tn. tair la not vet commeiea. by "good results ana in mn rrurauom to private life of quite a nuniuer w Lorimers and kinarea poiuicmna. IECItEASINO RAILWAY EAJtNTNOS. pAmni.tA rttimi roverln&r the busi ness of 88 per cent of the railroads of i the country lor tne monm ui twiu- ary and for the eight months ending 1 February 2S appear in the current number of the Kew iora rinsnciai i-t...nioio ThMA figures are suffl- Il.VU.k.v. clently Impressive to account for much of the aversion or the pumic to rau .sioi Mirlries. The most Important feature of the returns is the fact that for the first time since X.ovemtjer, ten there Is a decrease In gross re ceipts. Net receipts have been shrink ing for months, but until reDruary u-- .nnurh new business com ing in to keep the gross above the figures of the corresponding month .of last year. The decrease was compam .i.iv .mult when the amount involved was considered. It amounted to but iiinaitl hut it was accompanied by an Increase in operating expenses of $3.52,577. which cut the net earn i, Arm-n ts SSI. 744. representing a decrease of 12.18 per cent over the earnings for February. 1910. Regarded from the standpoint of railroad earnings, the South must be the most prosperous part of the coun try at the present time. The 156 roads ti.. in the. Southern btoud showed an increase of 6.83 per cent in gross earnings ana or z.o per cent in net. earnings. The Southwest group also showed the slight Increase of $64,043 ln gross earnings, but this was more itian mHrtArl nut bv a decrease of 2.61 per cent In net. All remaining groups showed very heavy losses, tne net d i irallv worse than the gross ninety-two Middle Western roads .hninir s 97 ner cent decrease ln gross and S1.75 per cent decrease la net oregoman. Tuesday, earnings. The Pacific group of sixty seven roads showed a decrease of .03 per cent net and 15.64 per cent gross. Perhaps the most significant of all these losses in earnings Is the showing made by the Union Pacific and South ern Pacific. The former reported a decrease of $7 $3,8 35 in gross and $723,661' in net earnings, while the Southern Pacific decreased $154,330 in gross and $357,483 in net. . These two roads, since their reconstruction by the late E. H. Harriman, have been models for economy in operation and are in better physical condition for the production of dividends than any other system in the United States. The fact that they are unable to hold their owa at this time is not very encourag ing for weaker and less perfect lines. The poor showing made by this re port no doubt affected the stock mar ket last week.. Until there Is an im provement there will be no demand for either new or old railroad bond and stock issues. The report contains one gleam of local sunshine, for the Astoria and Columbia River Railroad looms large on the, ledger, with a gain' of more than $40,000 In the net earn- l r,, v rahmarr THa SnOkaDS. A , " " . J . Portland & Seattle also registered a gain of about $90.000. la net for Feb ruary. SnnimnA riicxnAf cries announce the . . w , nlar-inir nf nrriora fnr steel for the con necting link that will bring the North Coast Railroad into direct communica tion with Portland and materially shorten the distance between this city and the Eastern Washington metropo lis. While the details cannot be urnriiAii nut iinMl the comDietlon of the line It is believed that when the new line Is ready for operation, me time between the two cities will be shortened to ten hours. This means much for the new territory traversed by the North Coast, and It also means nuh fnr Portland. Raold and fre quent transportation does more to de velop a country than -any otner inai vldual factor, and the North Coast mm ihrnnirh tL reirion that is rlCn in possibilities. The railroads worked wonders In changing tne map ox mo vH)vpt lant vear. but the various projects now being hurried to com pletion indicate quite cieany mat iuo 1911 results -will be even more sitikjub than those of last year. ihnnt hr hundred ReDublican employes at Washington have been Jarred loose by the return or uemu aa a nmr.r ArM thev are now pack biaw V" " ing up their personal belongings and preparing to depart, wasmugiuu u patches state that some of these clerks ..-..., maen i.niPA fnr the rjast twenty- five years. Before the Incoming three take their places become too firmly fixed in the rut they might get a few pointers irora sumo of those who have, had such long ex perience in Government Jobs. From n-hn kin (ntellitrence enough to secure employment in any other line of work they will learn tnai mug tserv t. in .,,oh nrnrir means Dractlcal elim ination of ambition, power of initiative and desire to be anytning more -i-.ri.ni rns- In a vast Diece of political machinery. Most of the three hundred would nave oeen Dencr n finonxioiiv and otherwise had they been kicked out many years ago. Snnnr l-r inches 'deeo on May day is the boon of kindly nature 10 in xniriiA wst. No wonder there is an exodus to Oregon from those Icy climes. Come on, good people. Come to the land of rosea and strawberries, ira,. thA pnhvrs are balmy and the first day of May is a day of bloom, not of Icicles. There is room ror an or you. poor shivering souls. Come and get warm for once ln your lives. tvia,' earlv oneninfr of the residue ior,o nf thn Umatilla Indian reserva tion Is foreshadowed. Of these lands ,a,. anmethins- like 75,000 or en anA iim A small Droportlon of this area la agricultural land. The usual rush may be expected wnen mo opening day is fixed, followed by the usual disappointment oi mo iojiu hungry multitude. i ,t lumnerl on a table 'and upset ii.i,iAii tnmn Sundav nlcht and the knoA htimod to tne ETOUI1U. d. belntr In attendance on a picture show. Herein is text for a At-mon next Sunday. II me iamny ,oj A'MniriilKhed the liirhtvn leaving, -...-umH nn mL and had been at church burglars might have " ran sacked the place. Th. nnfiaeratlon at Bangor again reminds us how much better it pays to erect rireproor duiiuiubs uiu inc traps. If American cities spent half the money on fire-proofing that they do on flimsy ornamentation, insurance rates would fall and fire departments min-ht take a vacation. Our fire losses are the heaviest in tne worio. rrv. - T-r, 1 1. fitfltA4' mav do what it likes wltn its own jjruperij, 1 . Qtmrpm. court. Our Govern- BdJ 9 IHC j ment Is not a minor nor an Idiot, It does not require a guardian. It can use the people's property for the peo- . . . . ! . mLt. n .1 a oma,lnrlv pie s oeneiit- xi-o owv.v.s, j like Common eeiisc. n-Aw it l eald Alfonso has tubercu i i. Tf rVioT-o is an ill that young man Is not heir to it is not given ln the symptom blank. To the Impoverished and homeless people the catastrophe at Bangor is as big as the San Francisco earthquake and fire. i The taming of Central Oregon will be complete next week when a three- ringed circus, traveling by rail, reaches Madras. The Queen of the May ln the Middle West needed a few blankets to help the adipose and other tissues stop the shivers. Hereafter local taxicabs must be fumigated. One would suppose they went fast enough to dislodge every germ. ' The memory of the men who pinned . n tv,A man nf tha TTnltAH fitnfA-i UlCftuii .v . . Will DO OOUvICU c.b wiaiuvuce ivu.j. Cornell needs a white man's hope, for a West Indian negro won first prize as essayist. This Is great weather for roses for the Festival a month hence. Tacoma is calling, calling and re calling again today. The dynamite trial has a slow fuse. 1911. STEADY Cl'STOMEB AND PHOKE, Rrajrrta Better Service Tham Suspicions .Marketer, Says Writer. pnpTT.ivn Anrll 30. (To the Edi tor.) Just a word in addition to The Oregonian's fair and impartial editorial on "Marketing by Telephone." froui one who has had a little experience with this metnoa oi iransacuus ness. a In tne first pl&ce, I venture to say that the steady customer of any estab : : v . .nntinnfiiiv ueas the tele phone gets more courtesy, better service and has less worry lor me aama .-, than the one who In the morning sets out. basket ln hand, fo watch the "dis honest rascals" who are paying their clerk hire ty tne suoue roeiuuu i , ping the scales not a la f unman, juii.u you just a slight pressure while her. ladyship Is looking to see the weight she is getting. It might-be well to suggest in this latter case that she In sist on the clerk putting his hands in his pocKets or oemna ma vm.. - precaution. In the second place, tne Duicner v,n would send a steak from the region of the decapitation Joint to a customer n-t-n.a lr,H. h. A n tl TOC I ft t P '1 WOUld GOOB discover that he was lacking in that other element which Is located directly in front of said Joint, an element of which some people possess a sufficiency, while the supply of others is very lim ited. Thlrrtlv. I ventura to assert tnai u per cent of the people in business would preler to nave inair tuniumci. come to the store and make their pur ..v. .. tnw v fniintt'intr reasons: ! n the meat business, at least, it saves time and expense; second, a customer win trht that you would not dare send them on a phone order; third, if they pick out lomeuu-s .'- is not satisfactory they cannot blame .ha tiiihn, aa tlipv mada the selec tion themselves. On ta other hand. ine customers wno teiejjiiuno -dn hav tha advantage of trading ln any part of the city and very often Keeping tneir traae relations im v. .. . .. j u- nM n.lfrhhnrhnrtll after ...Hn. on-av hi,ti in ItAAlf 1 aome ad vantage after you have educated him how you want your roast tixea ana your cuups trimmed. I suggest mat a iew oi it latter state their views on this sub ject, rather than accepting which I am glad to see The Oregonian does not the theoretical teachings of these hired angels who find little honesty outside officials wno nave to tai their Job. Orsr- Ut xtir-ai. PRICES SOAR AT A BOOK SALE A Copy of Blake's "Milton" Got For S130O Sella For VUO00. New York Sun. Prices went kltinc at the Hoe book sale at least by comparison with what Mr. Hoe paid for some of the books. The two days' sales total iziu,zii.ou. of which $115,690 was realized yester day, $71,488.50 in the afternoon and $44,201.50 at night. There were emphatic discrepancies between the prices Mr. Hoe paid for many of the books and the prices of this sale. -For Instance, there was No. 92. William Blake's "Milton," printed by Blake in 1804 and the original edi tion of- the rarest of all Blake's pro ductions. Only two other copies are known to exist one in the Brltisn Mu seum and one in the Lenox Library. This one, the finest of the three, cost Mr. Hoe about ?1200. it was sold to the dealer, George u. Smith, for $9000. Mr. Smith again sat beside Henry E. Huntington, for whom he bought the Gutenberg Bible on Mon day night for $50,000. Another extraordinay sale was mat of Willianv'Cullen Bryant's "The Em hirro." written when the poet was 13 years old. It is a first edition, of which Only four or nve copies are Known. J"'- ttob bouerht it for JZ in tne uenerai Rush C. Hawkins' sale in 1888. It went yesterday to Walter T. Wallace lor $3350. Then there was a copy of Robert Burn's poem, that rare first or Kil marnock edition, wnicn air. smiin bousrht for 15800. said to be far more than was ever paid before for a Burns. Th book was accompanied Dy an autograph letter from Burns to Cap tain Hamilton, of Dumfries, explaining that Burns couldn't repay at present money he had borrowed from the Cap tain because "In a moment or impru riAnca. I lent mv name to a friend, who has since been unfortunate," and add ing, "God forbid, sir, that anything should ever distress you as much as writing this card has done me." Mr. Wallace went after this book too, but dropped out of the bidding at $2500. A Boccaccio (No 414), the first French edition and .the first book with a date printed by Coiard Mansion at Bruges, was bought by Mr. Smith for $9000. Mr. Hoe got it for about $3400 ln the Ash burnham sale. This book has capitals printed ln blue and red and Jias finely printed miniatures. It was Issued in 1476. , lae Battleships as Forts. Baltimore American. A writer ln the Scientific American, who seems to have a technical under standing of the proposition which he discusses, argues that obsolete battle china ilka the Texas, can be used by the Government to advantage as sta tionary fortresses. It is suggested mat an obsolete battleship might, with ad vantage, be placed on Nautilus shoal, off Cape Charles, and another near the beach at Cape Henry, to aid ln de fending the approach to Chesapeake Bay. He would have others placed at the capes of the Delaware, at the head of Long Island Sound, at Hono lulu and at Manila Bay. Plans are outlined for grounding the ships and protecting them with cement wails. It Is declared that 14 ships of the Wavy are no longer eligible to service ln the first line. The ships mentioned are the Alabama, the Illinois, the Indiana, the Iowa, the Kearsarge. the Kentucky, the Massachusetts, the Oregon, the Wisconsin, the Ozark, the Tonopah. the Tallahassee, the Cheyenne and the Puritan. Salary of. Secretary of State. PORTLAND, April 27. (To the Edi tor.) Why does the Secretary of State receive a smaller salary than any other member of our President's Cabinet? H. L. K- The salary of the Secretary of State was reduced to $8000 from $12,000 by act of Congress to permit Philander C. Knox to accept the post. Mr. Knox had voted for the Increase when a member of the Senate and thereby had became barred from accepting the port folio at the higher salary. Ltrht at SOO Fathoms Depth. London Standard. Distinct traces of light have been detected at the great depth of 600 fathoms below the ocean surface by Sir John Murray's oceano-graphical ex pedition of 1910. More recently, bright ly colored organisms have been dredged up from an even greater depth, ln the form of rose foraminifers with rose pink shells. Deer Going to a Yankee School. New York World. Children attending the Center school in Barhamsted. Conn., were astounded, as well as the teacher, the other day. to see deer at the schoohouse win dows. The session was temporarily in terrupted to permit the pupils to count the herd, which numbered 24. Oldest City ln World. What is the oldest city mentioned in the Bible still in existence? M. L. tCOLLINS. Damascus la said to be the most ancient city la the world. BITS OF COXGRESSIOJTAI. FU3f Discuaalon of Agricultural Implements, Cereal Foods and Kentucky Whlaky. Washington, D. C. Cori New York Sun. Majority Leader Underwood, Mi nority Leader Mann, Representative Gardner, of Massachusetts, and sev eral other "spellbinders" talked. Mr. Underwood had a good audience, but Mr. Mann received flattering attention and is admitted on both sides of the chamber to have made a good speech for the opposition. To the delight of his colleagues it was anything but pro found in spots. ' Discussing the iniquities of the Democrats, Mr. Mann called special attention to the fact that "their bill puts sausage on the free list, but leaves a tax on dogs the raw ma terial." Then the minority leader turned to the Democratic side and made one of his polite bows. "Pray," he said, "can anyone over there tell me what a prepared cereal food is?" ( After waiting a moment for a reply Representative Mann began to score the Democrats -on the vagueness and itiii u. Hfdrraii fl rst tn the. section putting all "prepared cereal foods" on the rree list, oaia ne: "We all know, or at least .we De- lieve, that many breakfast foods are prepared cereal foods.' But what about macaroni? Did the Democratic mem ia a nnH mAanR committee consider that we got more than $1,- 000.000 revenue irora, macaroni h.uu mi mlcelll last year?" TiAnresentatlve Gardner, of Massa chusetts, interrupted: "I would like to nave tne genuc man's opinion." he said, "as to A-huthAr nr not distilled rve or corn are prepared cereal foods?" Before Mr. Mann coma answer, Antatira Jnmes. the Kentucky giant. jumped out of his chair. The House was enjoying ltseir. "Anybody who has ever drunk good Kentucky whisky," he rumbled, "knows that it is not a food." "Ah, ha!" cried Mr: Mann, "and yet I have known Kentuckians who re garded it as both food and drink." There was more laughter and ap plause, and Representative Stanley, of Kentucky, defender of mellowed goods at the. time the pure-food law was under consideration by the House, Jumped to his feet. "The people who drink whisky made in Peoria, III.," he declared with an expression of disgust on his face, "seldom know anything at all after ward." Mr. Mann admitted that he thought there was a deal of truth in what Mr. Stanley had said. "What are agricultural implements?" asked Mr. Mann. "Do they include horticultural Implements? Do they in clude market garden Implements? I suppose every one believes that a mowing machine Is an agricultural Im plement, but Is a wheelbarrow? I am an agriculturist myself. To me an ax Is an agricultural implement. I cannot wNhnnt An AY. Are fLXCS airricultural Implements? Are they to come in free?" "Can the gentleman run his rarm without a hat?" Mr. Stanley inquired. "Oh." replied Mr. Mann, "I go bare headed not quite so much bareheaded as the gentleman from Kentucky, how ever." And the House laughed, as Mr. Stanley stroked his shining dome. CLERGY CLASSED AS GOOD ACTORS Amelia Bingham's Opinion of Some of Sew York City's Clergymen. New York Tribune. Some of the best actors in New York are the ministers, according to Amelia Bingham.' And even though ministers and actors alike heard her say It, none there was to dispute her. When this reaches the ears of the Broadway managers there is no telling what will happen. Robert Mantell heard her say it, and Bishop Greer also heard her, and both looked as If they believed It might be true, although neither said whether or not he thought the mana gers woulH be able to persuade any of the preachers who are such good actors to desert the pulpit for the stage. No opinion was expressed either as to whether or not the publio would agree with Miss Bingham. But she was sure she was right, and she went further. She was speaking yesterday at the luncheon of the Actors' Chuch Alliance of America at the Astor. "Often as I sit ln church," she said, "for even if I am an actress, I do go to church, I think as I listen to the minister what a nice leading man he would make. Grand as some of our ministers are, and sreat as are some of the things they say, there are plays that teach Just as great things as they do. The churches and the theaters must go hand in hand ln uplifting the people. God forbid that the time will ever come when his city shall be with out its theaters, from its grand opera down to its moving-picture shows!" Fat People Are Not WItted, London Tit-Bits. It Is frequently averred that fat is deadening to the brain, and consequent ly a foe to Intellectual activity. But is this so? Some of the greatest men the world has ever known were plump even to obesity. Napoleon was decidedly em bonpoint. Dr. Johnson was fleshy even to fiabbiness. So was his biographical shadow, Boswell. Balzac, the great French novelist, was so stout that it was a day's exercise to walk around him, and he was encircled with band ages as If he were a hogshead. Rossini, the composer, was a regular Jumbo, since for six years he never saw his knees. Jules Janin, the prince of critics, V 1 . ,fg hA AVAT Rflt dnVH UDOD. Ul cr.j ' " - - Lablache, the great singer, was charged three fares when he traveled. Dumas pere was stout, and Salnte-Beuve car ried the stomach of a Falstaff, as Renan .i - -,t riiA.nA Run had such aver sion to his growing corpulency that he drank vinegar to keep It down. -x Powers of Vision of Savage Races. Scientific American. More or less wonderful accounts have from time to time been given of the powers '. of vision possessed by savage races. During a British an thropological expedition to Torres Straits the visual faculty of the natives was carefully tested.' and from these tests the conclusion was reached that the excellence of vision shown by the j savages has a psychological origin; that IS to say, it anuwa uum what to look for. When the civilized man acquires familiarity with the en vironment he can see as far as they can. Thus the power of an Indian to tell the sex of a deer at such a dis tance that distinguishing features like antlers were invisible was found to rest upon his knowledge of the pe culiar gait of the male deer. - Cupld-Speclal for Southerners. ' Washington (D. C.) Post. Running a "Cupid special" is the oc cupation of a Richmond (Va.) woman. Twice a year she finds enough young persons ready to wed to warrant the hiring of a special train to run be tween that city and Washington, D. C. Many Richmond folk like to be mar ried in the shadow of the capitol's dome, so the train runs every Spring and Fall. Only persons desirous of getting married in Washington, D. C, are permitted to ride ln the train; hence the nickname. , X-Raya ln Oyster Growth. Indianapolis News.. Instead of destroying the oyster to see if it contains a pearl, it is sug gested that X-rays might be used and if nothing were discovered the oyster might be put back into the sea to continue growing. .7. Advertising Talks By William C. Freemna. a r n. nammnlibr. Western man ager of Collier's, wrote me the follow ing recently: "Your article calling attention to the Advertising Family Is good stuff. It seems to me it is all wrong to underrate the value of any medium of publicity ln comparing it to some other. "This very thing was called to my attention forcibly about three years ago by the advertising manager of a big rubber concern. They were plan ning an extensive campaign and were considering the use of newspapers, magazines, billboards and streetcars. "What the representatives of these different mediums said about each nthAr hrnuc-ht forth the comment that j It seemed unwise to do any advertis ing; Decause mere weie no mauj .n. in these various mediums." That's Just it. That has been the principal cause of creating so much doubt about advertising. It is a shame that there are men in the advertising profession who are not big enough and who do not possess knnno-h l iinnLdf, tn ha able to talk advertising from every angle, giving every lorm or puoucity uue creuiv, u cause every form has its value. The advertising man who does not make it his business to study adver tising to know it Just as a success ful lawyer masters all points of law had better not stay ln the advertising business. he periodical of whatever sort that flings a brick at some other periodical, which is frequently done, usually loses business in the long run. I have seen it happen a number of times ln my career. The advertising representative who develops an account for his own pub lications alone who does not counsel the advertiser to use as many publi cations as possible, based on the sum of monej- he can afford to spend, is not fair to his publication, to the adv ertiser, or to himself. The advertisers who stick to adver tising and make it pay are those who broaden out and use all the media they can afford. Sometimes It is necessary to make a start in a very small way then perhaps one publication will suffice to start the ball rolling, but as a rue It Is a dangerous experiment. (To be continued.) Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright. 1911, by Georga Matthew Adams.) tx- ..-, k wa wArA a woman. A woman can improve her looks so much. It is not only a fine thing to refrain from kicking a man who is down; you should not kick a man who is up. either. Women patients are more popular ln hospitals than men patients. They are easier to get along with and complain less but men are more popular than women in boarding houses. Ever notice how quickly a woman can stop, when you step on her dress? Long ago I learned to mistrust the Judgment of other people and lately I am learning to mistrust my own. We punish each other and then tell how active the devil Is. A man must be mighty crooked these days to get Into the penitentiary. You may talk about Genius until you are black ln the face, but the fact re mains that nothing ia admired so much as Industry. Did you ever notice that the mean men who make up your enemies have about as many friends as you have? When a man looks glum and cross, usually it isn't because his pastor is a disappointment. Half a Century Ago it. T" K HrAAnnlAn. ATn V 2. 1861. IlUUi a iic ' -n - We yesterday saw a party of small DOys some eight or ten ln number marching down the sidewalk, on First street, one of them beating a drum, another bearing the flag of the Sarts and Stripes. A laboring man. in his shirt sleeves, was observed looking at the movement of the boys with ex ceeding interest. In a moment he was at their lead, leading them Into the con fectionery store of Frank Dekum the flaa- waving and the drum beating. "Boys," said he, "Glorious boys! this does roe good; follow me you shall have a treat!" It was given; and we again saw the boys parading down street, drum beating, and the Stars and Stripes waving in the breezs gratify ing all who saw them with this pleas ant illustration of the spirit of the times. Would not such a sight, if wit nessed by the leaders of the secession movement, cause them to hang their heads ln shame? The Julia left yesterday morning, crowded with adventurers destined for the new mines. Blue-Bottles, Vanguard of Files. South Bend (Ind.) News. Perhaps you have noticed that a few large blue-bottle flies have been buz zing against the window pane, and possibly from some unknown place a housefly has come out on a tour of in spection. These are the avant-hour-tiers of the horde that will soon make its appearance with disease-laden feet. They will be attracted to the house by the smell of food and if the entrances are not well guarded they will get ln and carry with them some deadly in fection. The sanitary garbage can, the door and window screens, the "swat ter" and the fly poison are the only means of protection. It will be prudent to provide these means of defense be fore the flies arrive. Victoria's Rabbit Pest Declines. London Lancet. The rabbit Industry in Victoria Is stated to be slowly but surely disap pearing. The first export of frozen rabbits was made in 1894, In which year 14,928 rabbits were sent to England. Next year the total was 431,716. In ' 1900 the total was 5.678,224, and in 1905, 10,258,356. Since that year the total has gradually declined till last year it had come down to 2.841,648 rabbits exported. Exporters and agri culturists alike are pleased at this re sult. The former have all their avail able freezing plants occupied with meat and butter and cheese, while the latter view the' gradual extinction of the rabbit pest with composure. Prizeva'for Most Car-Coaatlng. New York Sun. The Interborough Company has started a new llan to save power on the elevated railroads ln this city. Each motorman hasa clock attached to his train, which registers the amount of coasting done by him. A motorman the other day coasted for 13 minutes ln his 35-minute run. This is the record. The company Is giving prizes each month for the motorman who does the most coasting. The first prizes ia 75,