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CIVIL BEKYICE AXI stFFlCIXNCT.
The Portland police force prumW
an Impressive example of the effect
of a beautiful theory pushed to a dan
serous extreme In Its application. The
theory in question la that of "civil
en-Ice." Tears ago. when political
conditions In the United State were
somewhat more deplorable than they
are cow, perhaps. It was supposed by
men like George William Curtis and
Grover Cleveland that strict civil serv
ice rules would cure every HI. The
subject was agitated In every possible
way. Civil service reform was
preached from advanced pulpits, her
alded In political platforms and shout
ed from the stump. Finally we got It.
and, as usually happens with cure
alls, it has not turned out quite as Its
apostles expected. Even in the Fed
eral departments at Washington,
where civil service rules ought to work
better than anywhere else, the system
exhibits serious defects. In practice
It has niled the Government offices
with- decrepit, worn-out clerks who
cannot to save themselves give a fair
day's work for the pay they receive.
In some departments the Federal serv
ice has become a sort of asyluin for
the Inefficient, feeble-minded and aged.
Clerks who Ion since lost their use
fulness cannot be discharged because
the civil service rules protect them.
No doubt this Is one of the reasons
why the expenses of the Government
are some 1300.000.000 a year greater
than they should be, if we may believe
Mr. Aldrlch.
The effects of civil service rule car
ried to an absurd extreme are even
more apparent In Portland than at
Washington. Readers will remember
the struggle which Dr. Harry Lane
made when he was Mayor to get rid
of a bunch of Incompetent detectives.
After trying every way the charter
permitted to oust them from their soft
nests, he finally took the bull by the
horns and discharged them unceremoniously-
What was the ocnse
quence? The detectives, worthless as
they were, took their case Into court
and were not only restored to their po
sitions, but also collected pay for the
time they had spent In Idleness.
This Illustrates the difficulty an offi
cial has In dealing with his subordi
nates under Irrational civil service
rules. In order to get rid of an In
competent or treacherous underling be
must prove a case against him In
court, overcoming the technicalities of
the lawyers and the subtleties of the
law. This can seldom be done. The
most worth leas subordinate commonly
refrains from committing overt acts of
disobedience. There are many other
ways of evading his duty. If he actu
ally disobeys orders, he is usually cun
ning enough to hide his tracks. To
convict him in court upon any definite
accusation Is commonly out of the
question, even though the good of the
service and the morals of the city im
peratively demand his retirement.
Recent efforts to Improve the efficiency
of the police force seem to be system
atically wrecked on the same rock. It
cannot be done because the civil serv
ice rules stand In the way. No mat-
-- kmw nnfli a nilrnlman Tn a V be for
his position. It is Impossible to dis
place him. because no case can bo
made out which will stand trial in
court.
How would a railroad corporation
thrive under this kind of manage
ment? No wonder the city govern
ment always Is expensive and ocea
. stnnally futile. What else could one ex
pect when it is Impossible to discharge
police force la stained with graft and
the patronage of vice. The tempta-
Won Is great and the danger of pun-
' lahment almost necltrtble.
The simple truth Is that a charge
against a subordinate really puts his
; superior officer on trial. The presump
i tlon is that the superior acts from ma.
- llcious motives, that he wishes to build
up a political machine, that be has
' some favorite to take the place of the
accused underling, and he has to clear
. himself of these suspicions before he
can - make any headway against the
. worthless employe whom he is trying
to sen d aoout nia uunnicio. a
of things like this would appear very
seemly in a lunatic asylum, but It Is
' scarcely praiseworthy In a city inhab
' ited by rational men and women.'
Many persons who well know the
disastrous effects of foolish civil serv
ice rules still cling to them because
they dread political machines. Give
- the department heads authority to
discharge subordinates summarily.
they argue, and you plunge at once
into low politics. This objection had
some force under the older form of
cltv government, but under the com
mission form it is pointless. With a
correctly framed commission govern
ment It is impossible for 'anybody to
build up a machine. Power la so em
t-lently concentrated and the corre
sponding responsibility so clearly fixed
that chicanery Is virtually out of the
question. If any official attempts to
play politics, the voters have the
power to displace him at once. Vn
der a government of this kind.-where
responsibility Is always unmistakably
fixed and cannot be shifted or evaded,
civil service rules are an Inexcusable
blunder. They Impair the efficiency of
the department heads with no benefi
cial returns whatever. The employe
does not need civil service rules for his
protection because he Is sufficiently
protected by public opinion. His su
periors do not dare to wrong him.
Civil Service rules are not needed to
protect the city because It Is In a po
sition to protect Itself. They are a
useless incumbrance to which we
..ii., with superstitious fondness be
cause thev once helped mitigate a
greater evil than they ar tnemseives.
But new that we have found a wiy to
cure the greater evil completely, why
burden oumelvee wlththeleser one?
MORE WIrBH.UOtlXO.
Acros the first page of the Eugene
Guard. Monday, appeared In bold
black type the headline "Alaska Dele
gate Make Charges." In The Orego
clan yesterday a brief new dispatch
contained the Interesting information
that Delegate Wlckersham. of Alaska,
being greatly disgusted with the cold
Indifference of the Investigation com
mittee, was packing his trunk to go
home, where he purposed to meditate
for the remainder of his days on the
heartlessnes of a Congress that re
quired proof Instead of mere unsup
ported "charges." and where also he
would keep a solemn vow "never to
vote the Republican ticket again."
Her endeth the great Wlckersham
brass-band campaign against Attorney-General
Wlckersham: but there is
no end. aod It was always intended
that there should be no end or limit,
to the effect on the public, mind of
such sensational newspaper publicity
of a fiaah-ln-the-pan episode as was
given by the Eugene paper.
Delegate Wlckersham braxenly ac
cused Attorney-General Wlckersham
of shielding criminals in Alaska, but
he gave no proof, had no rroof. and
could get no proof; and he was bluntly
told by the committee a- Demo
cratic committee that mere hearsay
evidence was Insufficient and ceuld not
be tolerated. Therefore Wlckersham
will go back to Alaska and wlcker
sham around Into another political Job.
or . perhaps Into an attorneyship for
the Guggenheim that will pay better
and longer than mere four-flushing
about Washington with bogus accusa-
- -a t.i,nnmHo lamentations
uum " - . .
about the malfeasance of the Federal
higher-ups.
,. . .... . man with little con
science and no regard for truth to
make charges: it is not so easy i
prove them. It is not alway neces
sary. The harm la done, as it is de
that it should be done, when
the newspaper play up the charge on
the front page. '
MBA. LAGIXY8 BTSBAXD.
Tii.ra ara aoma men who are not fit
to live, and for whom no tear will
whan thav die If perchance
society 1 thu fortunate enough to es
cape the blight of their presence. Such
a man was James Langley. Thl 1
not to say that Mrs. Langiey wa jua-wfiiina-'hlm.
But sometimes
one wonder why it is not possible. In
- - - J I n Jafa-aa
the name or aecency,
Kof sound morality, for society to au
thorise the ummary anniniiauun
the Langley on the broad ground of
unworthlness.
Langley had Imposed on his un
t..o.nw ami too forsrlvlnr wife the last
-i.ni.v a liir and worthies man
may invent. He lived off her earn
ings. He abused ner. iw
money to lend to a saloon-keeper. He
humiliated her at every turn. He was
utterly Incapable of appreciation or In-...-.-
. rirht livlna- He deserved to
die. It la not very surprising that the
beaten spaniel or a wire lurueo ws
and avenged her wrongs.
Of course, tn woman nw al
ternative of divorce or of appeal to th
i , awtmnai him to maintain her.
but resort to those alternative Implies
cool deliberation. Apparently her
temperament is such tnat sne coum
not be roused to revolt except by sud
den, extreme provocation, and then
..i. ha last nenaltr would satisfy her.
Ignoring the law and falling back on
her Instinctive sense of Justice, she
say she did nothing wrong. In her
case "a hot temper leaps o"er a cold
decree" and any average jury wn im
apt to do likewise In Judging her ease.
WOK IN WALL STREET.
Ti-.il .t.aat "haa the blues." The
causes of complaint over which It has
been moaning for tne ibsi year hbtw
been removed, but still It complains of
h..ainaaa." Stocks declined In ltlO
to a depressing degree, and the expla
..Hnn nfrared was uncertainty as to
the anti-trust decisions, decrease in
net railroad earnings, depression in
.taai trana which reacted on all
other Industries, suspension of invest
ment and railroad improvement. w
onnthar ItlHO UUIM of depres-
slon have been removed. The trust
cases have been decider; tne rate m
haa been denied, but railroad
earning have been larger than in any
year in railroad history, wun one ex
ception; only one Important railroad
baa reduced it dividend, and stock
have risen 10 to 40 points; steel stock
has risen to boom price and the trust
ha paid Pr cenl on. "a lo""u"M
atock. .
With all these straws pointing
prosperity. Wall street . still crle
There Is no business." What Is the
reason? It Is simply that speculation
t. .lmn.i n.ad. There Is more buying
of stock for Investment than ever, but
that is not what Wall street cans uuai-
ir ail nurchase were for in
vestment, the brokers could not pay
expenses. They make tneir money o
the continual buying and selling of
stocks, which marks speculation, for
every time a stock cnanges
get their commission. If a man buy
,aaa .k,,.. tr atock outright and puts
It in his aafe to remain there until his
estate Is administered, tne oroner
i- Mmmlnlon in twenty years.
it .w. ..n.a man sells It acaln the next
Al lll . - - m
week and it goe from nana to nw
like a ball, a commission pm
each transaction and In a year the
commissions paid may aggregate the
par value of the stock. Wall street
grows fat on speculation, but would
. Maath an Investment.
A In gambling, the only sure winner
is the man who runs th game, so in
stock speculation th only sure winner
is the broaer. a woma.i -fortune
left her and invested it in
stocks recommended by a certain bro
ker. Before long the broker advised
w-- mnnav in another stock.
O" ID fUi
and he did so.. paying dn commis
sion on the sale ana anotner on iu.
Thr was an odd sum
nvw puav i- - .
resulting from the sale which she used
ta paying- household expense, rein
vesting only even money. The broker
persuaded her to repeat the operation
agsln and again, ana on " ,
w. -iinn-wi hia commission off her capi
tal and she reduced It by spending the
odd sum. Finally her Income be
came so reduced that she had to re
duce her expenses, her fortune having
bean frittered away in spending the
odd money and enriching tne oro.fr.
I-..,., nf bonds and stocks are
a necessary of life to Wall street, for
as the old ones acquire a
and become sure dividend-payers, they
are bought for investment and with
drawn from the maricsi. i
. i - . aiinDlv to trade in
and welcomes a period of business ac
tivity accompanied by many promo
tion and flotation. It also welcomes
Till: MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. FHIDAY. ' "AUGUST 4. 1011.
times of excitement, whether occa-
alnnatt hv rtrnanerltv Or adversity, for
then stocks move with feverish activ
ity and "the street" Is busy raking
In It percentage. Speculation In
af Ark. -Is a "sure-thlnsr" timt in which
the broker always get the sure thing
and the speculator always loses unless
he haa sense enough to "quit winner.
Few have that much sense. .
THE ORJM.O AT PANAMA.
When the keel of the battleship
Orejron was laid, in 18)1, the builders
began a chapter of American history
that reached Its thrilling period In the
eventful Spring days aeven years later.
when all the world awaited with bated
breath the news from port to port as
she raced down and up the South
American coast In record time and
trim, ever fit to meet an antagonist.
There was never a trip its equal, and
her arrival was cause for Joy In the
warlike hearts of all Americans, who,
without cause, as afterward appeared,
feared th.e strength of the enemy"
fleet. In the days that followed the
Oregon met all expectations.
When, a few years ago, there was
danger of the Oregon dropping Into
the obsolete class, the country shared
the sentiment that preserved the frig
ate Constitution and demanded recon
struction though it cost much exceed
ed estimate of departmental Icono
clasts, and today the grand old fighter
Is as much up to date as when Captain
Clarke brought her to Jupiter Inlet to
meet and conquer Cervera.
Congressman Fobs ha touched a
chord in the heart strings of the loy
alty of this country with his proposi
tion to give the Oregon the honor of
being first to steam through the Pan
ama Canal, to lead the pageant when
all the nations of the earth shall as
semble their fighting ships at the wed
ding of the water of the Atlantic and
the Pacific. The Navy Department
agrees with Mr. Foss, provided the
sentiment of the Nation is Bo inclined.
There need be little doubt. A coun
try that delights to honor Its heroes
as they are about to pass from scenes
of mundane endeavor will do.no less
to the craft that ha earned lasting
recognition.
In 1U the Oregon will be almost
a quarter-century old. This Is extreme
age in a modern battleship and she
will be eligible for the retired list, as
ships and armaments go, unless there
should arise occasion In which sne win
tell another story of her prowess: but
that Is unlikely. The Oregon deserves
the honor that Mr. Foss would confer.
and there will be none to dispute her
right to it. Afterward, when the time
shall come that it will be found neces
sary by advancement of progress In
naval science to dismantle and retire
her, perhaps there shall arise a. poet
equal to him who wrote- .
Ara. tear kar battered cntlga down,
and the grand old fighter, namesak
of a grand state, will. too, be preserved
In feature a well as tradition in the
hearts of the people she served.
THE ANIMAL WHO DINES. :
It 1 a thousand pities that Charles
L. Fox. of Albany, did not weigh the
varloua articles which he devoured in
that hlstorlo eating contest. If he
had done so, we then should have been
In a position to compare his feat with
other similar one and accurately
measure out his meed of glory. What
boot It to say that Charles ate "an
order of ham and eggs, a T-bone
steak, two shrimp salads" and a host
of other good things, when we do not
know how much the steak weighed,
how many shrimps there were In the
salads, nor any other of the really es
sential scientific facts? It Is sincerely
hoped that Charles will be a little
more particular about these matters
the next time he enters upon a Gar
gantuan contest, so that the learned
world may profit by his gastronomic
valor. It would be truly precious to
learn Just how much the human stom
ach will hold when It Is stuffed to Its
utmost capacity. The text-books say
"about a quart." but how vague such
a statement sounds and how Inaccu
rate. Charle Fox etomach must hold
a tubfull. to aay the least. .
Fielding thought he had presented
Tom Jone as rather a valiant trench
erman when he made him consume a
two-pound beefsteak for supper: Al
though Fielding wa a novelist, he had
a good concept of scientific rigor and
did not fall to give the figures. If
Fox T-bone steak weighed two
pounds, which we may be permitted to
doubt for the present, he Is a far big
ger eater than Tom Jones. But he
cannot come up to Rabelais' hero, who
devoured a whole city with Its inhabi
tant at a single bite one day.
There Is a reliable story of a man
who ate "ten doxen hen eggs and four
doxen goose eggs" at a meal, with the
necessary condiments, and kickshaws.
At a certain Fourth of July celebration
the orator sitting under an umbrage
ous oak to repose his brain after the
exercise were over, consumed a keg
of teer. large slxe. while the crowd
punctuated his prowess with fire
crackers. Th celebration committee
said for the beer and would gladly
have bought another keg to see the
show continue to the bottom of It.-But
even orators are human. The Cyclops
In the Odyssey required one Greek a
day for his supper. But It la not fair
to compare him with cnaries r ox, De-
cause It Is conceded that a Cyclops Is
not In the same class with ordinary
gluttons.
T CACHING SEX AND MORAUTT.
The University of Puget Sound, a
college maintained and governed by
the Methodist Episcopal Church, haa
set Itself to a task the Importance of
vl.li.li I - .a otbbi aa Ita execution will
be difficult. Thl 1 the purpose, to
give Jt course in sex ana Bior.uij w
students of both sexes, by an alumnus
of the Northwestern University, Dr.
Alice Smith. This course Is the out
growth of years of study and will
comprise a series of clean lectures cal
culated to correct the Ignorance which
makes the young a prey to misdirected
Instincts and ungoverned passions.
While this Is indeed a daring de
parture from regular lines of instruc
tion In schools or elsewhere. It cer
tainly touches the sources of a knowl
m.A that ta nf vast ImDortance to the
human race In matters vital to Its
health, happiness and self-preservation.
It can hardly be conceived that
this course will be given to mixed
classea. but It Is conceivable that the
same knowledge of the fundamental
facta of life may be Imparted, not only
without offense, but with great profit
to separate classes oi young mm ovum
arai ara1 In linlverSitV WOfk.
The public has heard much In re
cent month concerning the "new
preachment of scientists" along lines
.o ar.t mora III v. Medical and san
itary eclence has set for Itself no
greater task than that of devising way
and means for the purlflcaton of the
blood of the race that ha become
atiw tainted bv- the infraction of
moral and physical laws, due to a
great extent to tne ignorance oi io
vnnnr. Thoue-htful. earnest men and :
women who are teachers In our high
shcools and colleges have in many
cases turned desperately away irom
iha hollar In rn-aducatlon because of
the annoyance that I Inseparable
from educating ooys ana gir.a ivf
gether at the period designated ' by
Tennyson as
Whan the new warmth of llfe'B
Aacandlns . un la fait by elthar.
T-iaiiv rnnttft. vaa-iia aiiareestlon and
utter' ignorance of the, basic principles'
of life form a comoinauon aiiuiioi
which young people at this period
.t.tro-ta unVnow Inc-lv and - untaught
and the unthinking or forgetful among
their elders marvel at tneir Diunu
and perhaps assess their Ignorance as
baleful knowledge and their weakness
as wickedness.
Tha inliistira and stuDldlty or tnis
-nn..i.AmAnt ara annarent It is be
lieved that the" remedy will be found
In a careful, clean presentment, ui
facts that will lift the basic principle
of life from the mire of vulgar Imag
inings and Indecent suggestion and
establish it In the temple of clean and
reverent minds. It has been said that
this will be a difficult task. To say
that It Is an lmpe-slble one will be to
assert that the most enlightened of
th human race are powerless to snape
Its destinies.
a rntm. worn An o f San Francisco,
having vainly tried for fifteen months
to "make a man" or her nusoana .
e to Induce him to seek and perform
1. .h..B.hv th.v hoth mleht live
became discouraged, sought and found
th. ihi.i- in a saloon ana snot nun.
This Is a new and certainly a very con
clusive way of closing accounts with
a husband who prerers tne asoi..ii
tiona of the saloon to those of home
and Idleness to honest labor. Being
contrary to law, however, it can, un
fortunately, be commended only upon
the basis of Its effectiveness.
rv .iiohiiahtnfiit of a Dubllo mar-
i... hr farmers, without paying
rent, could dispose of their produce
directly to consumers, wouia mcrea
ria.tVo nrnsnerltv and comfort.
A va t,iw.u
Next to the parcels post, we can thlnK
of nothing whlcn wouia o o uchch
clal to the city householder. To the
farming community, however, It Is of
very much leas consequence than the
parcels post, tecause oniy umo
dwell within driving distance could
use the privilege.
imiotmiinit Is nrone to picture the
consequences of -the sweeping arbitra
tion treaties by which the United
States, England and . France have
bound themselves. - These three pow-
.r. KmiM rnmnel a general oiminuuon
of armaments If they should, give the
word. They might have to fight to en
force the order, but one good, rousing
a, would settle the matter forever
.-.a t ..nnirf -oat verv much less than
ten years of the armed peace which
now prevails.
a monv citizens who have. been
pestered and. poisoned with adulterat
ed food will agree with, the Consumers'
League that If anybody Is to be dis
charged from the uepartment oi Ag
riculture It ought not to be Dr. Wiley.
..ii. him the. most useful man in
outlaw vaw.
the Government service. His. techni
cal superior, secretary wuson, is
. man whos ludement was a great
deal more reliable ten years ago than
It is now. , .
Thar. ,mi to be no endf to the in
terpretations of that story of AdAm,
Eve and the apple. Eve has been de--.iA,t
a. tha temntress: . Adam - as
mean enough to shift the blame to a
woman, and now a xacoma lawyer
s.iio tha somen t a stool pigeon in ex
cusing detective who used that means
to detect crime, rno reputation is
these days.
Look out for Upton Sinclair' next
novel! He has spent eighteen hours.
..von on tha stone rockplle. In the
Newcastle County workhouse, the re
mainder In a cell mrestea wun ioui
vermin." and has returned to Arden,
his single-tax home, to write It out.
ki,. TTivaraitv of Puget Sound be
lieves It Is better to teach the young
v.. hooi rata of sex and morality In
the right way than to let them dis
cover those facts for tnemseives in wio
wrons- wav. It Is a daring step, but Is
In the right direction.
An open Columbia to Wenatchee is
the next step to be taken in the deep
waterway movement. One step at a
time we shall deepen, the river to the
boundary to Join hands there with the
Canadian river Improvers.
The world can contemplate with
satisfaction the possibility that Edison
may live 150 years, but if some men
should enjoy such longevity we should
be reminded of what Abou ben Adhem
calls "the utility of death."
Capital combines as naturally as
globules of mercury. Attorney-General
Wlckersham may soon endeavor
to break up the combination of banks
and trust companies, which are the
newest form of trust.
- Things have Indeed reached a pretty
pass. Conferees of both houses yester
day agreed to elminate the graft of an
extra month's pay to departmental
employes.
There will be room for another Ore
gon ?atesman in the next House of
Representatives, but that is hardly
enough to accommodate all the latent
talent. '
' The town of Woodburn wants bet
ter water. Why not wait until Dr.
Wiley has settled the better beer mat-
ter? - -
Arnold Owen may prove the possi
bility of water transportation from the
ocean to Lake Coeur drAlene.
Where do the women and girls who
will pick the Oregon crop of 30-cent
hops break into the profit? . '
The Income-tax amendment still has
a fighting chance, but the fight will
be prolonged another year.
A Congressman from Multnomah
creates a modern Pandora' box east
of the Cascades. -
There Is a very poor counterfeit tl
bill at hand for popular circulation.
Mr. Wilde' attorney would do well
to gag him temporarily.
8haklng up 1 a sequence of "shak
ing down."
Gleanings of the Day
Guinea fowl . have been termed ."the ;
policemen of the poultry yard, tor ioj
serve as a guard to all the other fowl,
and If an enemy whether hawk, crow,
dog or thief, approaches, they lmmedl-
tely set up a furious chattering wnicn
alarm the owner, says the Irish Home
stead. It is' said that the noise which
they make also frightens off hawks,
magpies and other birds of prey which
do so much damage to poultry keepers
by carrying off chickens, ducklings, etc
The Washington Herald's announce
ment of the opening of a new hospital
will look timely to Mr. Bailey, of Texas,
say the Louisville Courier-Journal. He
must go somewhere to recover from hav
ing been bruised under the weignt of
public sentiment as the reciprocity tiu
passed over his matchless but prostrate
form with the ' people of the United
States riding on top of It.
tvhiia .Tcavitlno for a cellar a few
days ago at Bloomfleld, N. J., the work
men came upon the skeleton of a norse
oni two llva turtles- eight feet under
ground. The place was formerly a mill
pond and was filled In wltn dirt in wou.
It Is suppose! the horse was In th
pond at the time of the filling and that
the turtles consumed the nesn or tne
animal.
The word tariff, now in the limelight
politically. Is derived from an ancient
town In Spain that levied a small tax
upon ships that used Its harbors.
The fees of an artist are never made
public nor regulated by law. And aa
medicine was long regarded as an an.
rather than a science, medical fees have
never been fixed by law. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
.Plans are under way to merge all
the lines of the Vanderbilt system Into
one company. It Is proposed that the
new company Issue new bonds to take
up all outstanding obligations and
provide funds for-future capital ex
penditures. The whole system has 13.
280 miles of track. Is capitalized at tL
171.223,089 and has-gross earnings of
$285,109,708.
While Agricultural Department offi
cials were making a great fuss about
the $1800 a year, which Dr. Wiley, of
pure food fame, "paid Dr. Busby, a
House committee was uncovering the
heavy expenditures of the Remsen
referee board which overruled Wiley's
benxoate of soda decision. This board
spent $175,527. of which 1120.0,5 was
for salaries, and has rendered only two
decisions, the one on benxoate of soda
and one upholding Wiley on saccharine.
The expense acount reads like a cata
logue of a general supply house. Mon
keys, bull terriers. Ice cream, water
coolers, electric griddles, fireless cook
ers, dog cages, monkey cages, horo
scopes colored peas, carpets, fruits,
vegetables and what not are included
In the Items of expense. Here and there
is mentioned a payment to a "colla
borating subject," who belonged to the
Board's "poison squad." The "subjects"
of the Board's investigation received
anywhere from $1 to 160 per month.
In consideration of the fact that they
allowed themselves to be experimented
upon. The dogs and monkeys received
nothing. Dog cages came high when
purchased by the Remsen Board, and
so did monkey cages. In fact, the
cages cost more than the dogs and the
monkeys. Here are the items:
o .. ,... ..." S28S.00
S bull terrlar pups
( monkey casaa ,2 o
4 monkeys " 0B
It is not explained how two dogs oc
cupied eight cages, or why five cages
were needed for four monkeys. Among
some other Items of expense that fell
under the scrutiny of the committee
were: - ...
One electric rriddle "
Ona horoBcope ,,!:
Colored pass i, S.
Ona collaborating- messenser, per month ij.oo
Ona nrele.s cooker
Richard Norton, director of the ex
pedition from the Archaeloglcal Insti
tute of America, to excavate the ruins
of Cyrene, In Tripoli, a member of
which was murdered ty AraDS last
March, says that the uncovering of the
ancient Greek colony at Cyrene In the
Libyan desert was of great scientific
Importance. Among the discoveries
are terra cotta figurines which give a
new .Insight Into the religion of the
times, many Important Inscriptions and
some of the finest Greek sculpture
which has been found In maciy years.
There are statues of the fourth cen
tury before the Christian era which are
representative of" the flowering time of
the art. The figures are also found as
late as the second century after Christ.
Among the Interesting remains Is a
statue of a woman with a veiled face,
showing that the eustom of concealing
the features of the women of the East
was of ancient origin. Professor Nor
ton ,said that It would probably take
twenty years to complete the explora
tions. Cyrene is eight miles from the
coast of Tripoli, and was established
there on account of the presence of
springs of water of great purity, which
still exist, and from which the explorers
draw their supply. The expedition
found that the site had been ploughed
over and was under cultivation, and
after considerable negotiation arrange
ments were made with the Arabs to
permit the search In the burled ruins.
The excavations are being made under
the direction of the Turkish govern
ment, but In consequence of the mur
der of Herbert da Cou have been sus
pended until October, when an Ameri
can warship will be sent to cruise In
the neighborhood and protect the party.
8oma Gswos.
Carolm Well In Harper's.
Fair woman I lova and adore.
Abjectly I bow 'neath their away;
Their baaoty 1 sins o'er and o'er.
Their lightest behest I obey.
I approve of their sorssous array,
I want them to drees as they pleaae;
But I really must voice my dismay
At those sowns that axa tied round tha
. knees!
A fluffy mass tralllnr the floor
I( a graceful and charming display;
And even the sheath (awns they wore
Were pretty enough In their day.
' A costume of stiff white pique
With my notion of order agrees:
But n worda can my horror canvey
Of tboaa (oval that ara tied round tee
knees!
rm csrtaln that -never before
Was a fashion so sadly astray;
When ona wabbles In at the door,
- My amusement I fear I betray.
Tbey try to look happy and gay
The ladles at afternoon teas
But they walk euch a comical way
In those gowns that ara tied round tha
knees!
L'ENVOL
Dame Fashion, you hear what I Bay.
Oh. please put your bas apon theee;
Bemore from my vision. I pray.
Those kowns 'that ara tied round tha
. knees! -'
GOOI WORDS FOR SAW FRAXCISCO f
Slight Shock ef July 1 Showa to Be '
Flae Test of Rebnlldlaa; Work. . .
i aiat.mant nranared by the News- I
paper Publishers, of 6an Francisco, In
connection with and under the direc
tion of the direotors of the Panama
Pacific Exposition:
After an exhaustive investigation, Jt
has been determined beyond question
that the only harm done to San Fran
cisco, by the earthquake of July 1,
1911, was accomplished through the ex
aggerated reports sent out.
Fully supporting the conclusions of
this investigation are the statements
officially Issued by the following au
thorities: Hiram Johnson. Governor of California.
Dr. Armln O. Leuschner. professor of. as
tronomy and director of the students' ob
servatory, university of California.
SLurla Elnarson. Instructor In practical
astronomy. University of California.
Professor R. G. Altken. acting director or
the Lick Observatory.
Nathaniel Ellery, state Engineer of the
8tate of California. ,
H. D. Connlck, chief assistant to the City
Engineer of San Francisco. ., ,
Rev. Jerome 8. Rlcard. 8. J., J,"'0
selsmograpHlc station, Santa Clara College.
Santa Clara. Cal. ,
Otto Von Geldern, consulting engineer,
secretary of the Technical Society of the
Pacific Coast, member of the Seismologlcal
Society of America, member of the engineer
ing committee on the earthquake of JBOO.
American Society of Civil Engineers.
These official and authoritative re
ports fully conflirm the results of the
Investigation. Thev show that abso
lutely no damage was done by the
shock in question , to person .or prop
erty In San Francisco. They show that
the only place in the state which suf
fered In any degree from the quake
was the Lick observatory, conducted
by the University of California on
Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County,
75 miles from San Francisco and 25
miles from San Jose. Even there the
damage was nominal, except to build
ings injured by the earthquake of 1908
and not adequately repaired.
It is not true that any death ' was
occasioned, even remotely, by the shock
of July 1. It Is not true that anybody
was even slightly injured as a direct
or Indirect consequence of the quake.
It Is not true that San Francisco was
thrown Into a state of Panic or that a
condition of public terror prevailed. It
is not true that buildings were tnrown
out of Dlumb.' that cornices were
thrown down and plaster badly
cracked. It is not true that business
was paralysed and public amusement
suspended for the remainder of the
day. It Is not true that the shock was
nf lona duration.
The quake In San Francisco lasted
perceptibly Just 10 seconds. It was
aharn. but it lacked destructive force
ann' intensltv. Peonle did run out of
crowded - public places, such as stores
and theaters, but they went, back im
mediately. The Interruption of busi
ness or of pleasure did not actually
amount to live minutes. It was a fire
alarm without a fire thunder without
lightning.
Absolutely no visible or tangible
physical trace was left by the shock.
There was no displacement of ground;
no disturbance of telephone, telegraph,
electric light or gas connections; no
stoppage of streetcars; no -consequential
or annoylng disarrangement of
even the most unstable goods or. fix
tures; no falling of chimneys or plas
ter; no. fractures of masonry of any
kind; no throwing down of cornices;
no breaking of windows or crockery;
no money -loss of any description to
any person. .
In these circumstances San Fran
Cisco, which-has suffered much la the
past from such calamity as may befall
any city on earth at any moment, has
cause to feel aggrieved at the exag
gerated reports of a mild visitation
whereby she suffered nothing except in
the damage done her reputation ' by
those reports. The sources that fur
nished those reports would have done
the city only simple Justice if they had
used the Incident to show how well the
work of rebuilding has been done. It
was not, in truth, a severe test of re
construction, but It was the first test,
and so might have been given value as
news of a constructive and helpful
character.
Brad's Bit o' Verse
(Copyright 1911. by W. D. Meng.)
These poet fellows all the while keep
telling us that we must smile. When
all the world seems upside down, trot
out your smile and can your frown.
Smile when you're gay and when you're
sad; when fate is kind and when she's
bad. In this vile world of grief and
sin, there's nothing to it but to grin.
'Tls very good advice, forsooth, but
why not tell the cold, plain truth? The
kindest man I ever knew looked like a
case of chronic blue; and I have seen
a rascal smile, when scheming hard to
swipe my pile. There's nothing to this
lightsome chaff that tells us we must
always laugh. The man who writes
those soothing rhymes may be a
grouch at other times. To do what
little good you can, to walk life's high
way like a man. you do not have to get
in shape by grinning like a. hideous
ape. Smile if you will, and call this
droll; but when the trouble billows
roll, you'll seek for solace. In the end,
from some old good, long-visaged friend
whose smiles are not on dress parade;
and ten to one he'll render aid. The
smile may mask a villain's art; true
goodness dwells within the heart.
The Origan, of the Dollar.
Harper's Weekly.
The word "dollar" was In our lan
guage at least S00 years ago. for it Is
used by Shakespeare several times. It
Is supposed that the word was in use
In London In the latter part of the 16th
century, having been brought in by
the north German merchants, who man
aged the trade on the Baltic and in
Russia. . ,,
"Dollar" appeared first in an English
dictionary in 1745. It Is a borrowed
word, being the German "thaler. The
coins- Issued by the mint In. Joachims
that were called "Joachlms
thalera" When other mints were es
tablished, the "Joachims" was dropped,
and the . coins were called simply
"thalers."
The dollar was adopted by Congress
as the unit of our currency on August
5. 1785. It was to contain S75.64 grains
of pure silver; but when the mint was
established. In 1792. the requirement
was reduced to 171.25 grains of pure
silver. The coinage of dollars began
in 174.
Example la Hone Economy.
Chicago Record-Herald.
"How do you manage to spend $5000
a year, when your Income Is only
I3S00T"
"I don't know. It's a thing that I've
been trying for a long time to get my
wife to explain, but she won't do it."
Example of a Frosrrcsalve City.
Indianapolis News.
Ealonlca is the most progressive city
of Turkey, as Is shown by the enter
prise of its inhabitants and the Indus
trial schemes under way and proposed.
In the newspapers. American adver
tisemeots are beginning to appear.
Advertising Talks
By William C. Freemaa.
The Richard A. Foley Agesey have
been doing some very unusual adver
tising for the Ivtas Baking; Co., of Phi
ladelphia. They have been running a series of
advertisements in the local newspapers,
Illustrated with cartoons by Herbert
Johnson, the well known cartoonist of
the Philadelphia North American.
The fact that Mr. Johnson is willing
to sign the cartoons and that the North
American Is also-willing to have him
do so Is a pretty good Indication of
the character of the advertising.
The copy Is edneatloaad that la, each
cartoon tells a story about the merits
of the Ivlns products, and a few well
written paragraphs are printed under
the cartoon emphaauilna- the Impor
tance of buyins enly sore foods.
The whole plan is very creditable to
the Ivins Baking Co. and to Mr. Foley,
It has had a lot to do with edneatlsuB
the Philadelphia public to the necessity
of pare food products and the neces
sity also of leaving severely alone ar
ticles that are not specifically grusrraa
teed by the manufacturer.
Incidentally. It has been a very pro
fitable campaign for the Ivins Baking
Co.. aa the business has increased
steadily each month. -
The value of educational advertising
Is becoming better known all the time,
and the success of the Ivlns Company
in getting Phlladelphlans to ask
grocers for their products is a practical
Instance that It pays.
Francis H. Leggett 4 Co, wholesale
grocers, of New York, are also con
ducting an educational newspaper ad
vertising campaign on pure food pro
ducts. Their advertising copy is not il
lustrated at all it Is Just atralarht-from-the-shonlder,
eoavlartng; argu
ment, - and It has been very success
ful. '
This Idea might well be copied in
every community by the manufacturers
of pure food products of whatever
nature.
(To be continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
tCopyright. 1911. by George Matthew Adams)
How necessary a thing seems when we
have it charged; and how foolish when
we come to pay the bill! 1
Ever notice that when you have sym
pathized with a man awhile, you become
very tired of him?
No one seems to have enough hair to
look good when It becomes soaking wet.
A man always has a lot on hand he
mver attends to.
Every man has a "scheme" he wastes
time in talking about, but which never
amounts to anything.
When you hear that a man is looking
for you, and is very anxious to see you.
It is usually something disagreeable.
A peculiarity about a fool is that he
will work harder for nothing than he will
for wages.
Fall never -comes as soon as' people
expect it.
If I were King of a great people, and
free to do what I thought right without
fear of assassination. I wouldn't permit
any woman to get married who had al
ways been an Idler.'- - - : ,.
A country town will gladly sell Its
Fourth of July orator to other towns,
but will not allow them to speak at
home. .
Birds of a Father.
Chicago Post.
"What's the bill for fixing my motor
car?" asks the strange patron.
"It figures up to U0. sir," replies
new1!6 Tn" have to give you a
check. I left all my money in my drug
8tWhy, are you a druggist?"
"OhT in that case the bill will be a
dollar and a quarter. We lellowa ought
to stand together."
BAFFLING MYSTERY
Marks Holmea Next Case la. .
THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
One of the most profound mys
teries that Sherlock Holmes has
yet had to fathom is taken up by
the famous sleuth character Sun
day. In "The Adventure of
Charles Augustus Milverton" the
crafty Holmes is at his best. Com
plete in the one issue.
Cupid's Eummage Sale, a fan
ciful tale of Love's domain, is the
week's short story feature. - It is
from the pen of Irving Williams
and is a live tale, told in the
lighter vein.
Camera stories of the Civil War
occupy a whole page eight pho
tos of vital scenes in the great
American conflict.
Islands that are made over
night afford absorbing material
for an illustrated half-page by
an able' special writer. These isl
ands belong to Uncle Sam and are
not far away.
Weather is the commonest
known topic of casual conversa
tion, despite the fact that few
people know much about its in
tricacies. There is to be a half
page of live reading matter on
the subject for the Sunday maga
azine section.
Joining Uncle Sam's Fighting
Force is told of in an interesting
illustrated special article.
"The Mnsic Man," Louise
Dresser's song hit in the comedy
success, "Dick Whittington," is
the week's half -page musical of
fering. The Funny Men give you ten
minutes of hilarity that cost them
ten hours of toil.
"Seeking Affinities for Royal
ty" is an unusual account of the
latest work of French occultists,
told by a Paris correspondent. .
The Widow Wise visits Ger
many; Mr. Twee Deedle goes pic
nicking; Sambo discovers Phar
aoh's tomb. . -