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BUt H. UU rUTIXO IOB THE ITTUHX. Tha Duluth HeralJ to pleased to re print In full tha editorial dlacu.-slon by Tha Oregonlaa of Mr. La Follette'a blank prospect of being President of tha United State, arm If ha should ba nominated In Including tha state ment: If La rotlett. ariaa aa aorr.triat.4, the R partr M be Irr-trle.et. y d-moraJ-laNl and hap.'.e.lv rkJ. wau.d ba I.a t .r.tte. 1 'urne. J:rtoar and all tha incrmtn, T lorm.r roilt appaar la tm ao great a ca.amiijr: the ia-.l-f ou:d deubtl.afl mm a. Tfc.ir fcat cha:.-e la t ba aul of tha loronotlve -vhn Ilia Ke aub.lcaa traia laaraa Iba iraca. The Herald, which U rmllcal'.y In aurirrnt nd much Inclined toward Lav FollcUa. admits that The Ortft nlan'a conclualorj are well reasonrd. logical and undoobtedly true." But. continuea tha IHiluth paper, "la It not also true that If tha conservative wins of tha Republican party prevails the radical win will throw tha switch and ditch tha Hepubtli-an train T" Obviously the Keupbllcan party ta In a deuce of a fix. If the conservative win. tha radicals will wreck the train: and If tha radical win tha Presiden tial nomination, tha regulars will do tha same thing. Hither alternative makes a sad mess of tha Republican party and tha Republican candidate. But Tha Oregonlan hopes for brighter and better day. Things may not ba so bad. though they are bad enough. This paper sought. In the ar ticle to which the Herald replies, to how the result of a National conven tion victory on th Insurgents them eelveei rather than on the Republican party. Defeat net year will not wipe out tha Republican party; but It will wipe out the Inaurgente If La Fotlette hall be tha nominee. It must be clear to them that La Follette cannot ba elected If nominated. He would carry no Democratic states: ha could carry few Republican stale. Ha would ba the worst beaten candidate since Greeley. What. then, la tha strategy of the In surgents; What la tneir expectation r What la their philosophy! What I their real purpose? They know that th La Follette causa for 111 1 hope, leas. They know that control of th party then would be their complete ruin. They know that tha Taft fac tion could not render them a greater disservice than by turning tha nomina tion over to them. Tha La Follette campaign Is a sham, a mock, a falsa pretense. It la a play wholly for tha future. It la entirely a battle for position In 11. Then tha real La Follette campaign will be un dertaken If La Follette Lists so long. A rurncAL i-hookammk. A general educational programme for tha nsa of tha subordinate Grange of th state covers tha year beginning October, 111. and ending with September. 111. A glanca through It shows the timeliness of tha topics to be presented each month by the lodge lecturers to the great body of tha Patrons of Husbandry to ba striking. Tha Initial subject ef this educational course la "Roads and Road Laws." and there Is no better time ta consider It than In October. For De cember Is scheduled "The Proper Time and MethoJ of Applying Fertilizers": January, the agriculturist's leisure month, la given to consideration of '"Systems of Taxation"; February to "Planning tha Orchard"; March, it still being rather early for rpl'd ag riculture, to the "New Ideal In State and Local Government." and so on through the year, ending In Septem ber with a presentment of "Our Atti tude Toward Intemperance in Eating and Drinking." Not all of the subjects presented are agricultural, but all ara educational and each treats of a toplo npon which Intelligent citizens should be Informed. Tha progremma represent In a Con crete form tha growth along lines of thrift and good citizenship of th Orange movement. It shows that tha rural dletiicta ar keeping step, so to apeak, la tha march of development with tha urban: that the producer does not propoea to lag behind the con sumer In matters pertaining to tha reciprocity of Interests Implied In thee term, and that farming la no longer a matter of following routine. In rats worn by th wheel of th ages, but In Itself represents a progressive scler.ee, with time to give to tha ac quisition of knowledge pertaining to social enjoyment and atate-wlde actlv ttlea Tha farmer who performs tha tasks cf his fields by main strength; who cul tivates his fields as his father did be fore htm: whose stock la scrub stock; whoaa poultry la of many breeds of chance blending and whose crops are ever and ever the same, belongs dis tinctly to a past era an era anteuatmg tha progressiva Grange, tha Agricul tural College and the farmers' demon, at ration trains. His successor Is with ua and his name la multitude. Tha O ran -e la his medium of expression and tha pursuit of knowledge along lines pertaining to his vocation and to good cltUenry la featured In farmers Institutes and In educational methods ss above outlined. Tha dreary envi ronment and endleaa drudgery of the old day drove tha farmers' sons away from home, their d-iushtere Into unfit marriage, their wives, too often, into Insane asylum and caused themselves to become narrow and hard and nn sympathetic Tha new conditions that wait upon agriculture have sound, ed the return call, and "back to tha land" la heard on every hand. This call Is full of promise only so far as It Is answered by conditions of Intelli gent growth. Factors in this growth are tha rural postal delivery, suburban electxlo railroads, educa'Jcmal method above noted and tha Orange aa a social center and an Inspiration to farmer folk to get the best that Is possible out of their opportunities and their envi ronment. RAX ITUNn'HU San Francisco could not afford longer to carry tha load of McCarthy. Ha was no better for San Francleco than tha odorous Schmlta. Probably h haa mora personal Integrity than Schmlta, for Schmlta had no Integ rity: but McCarthy typines in nimeeu Kmtai rf.eiana. of the decencies and contemptuous disregard for - the ex pectation, tight ana privileges m .h-.-tKinVirtr law-abidlns- and clean- llvlng element of th population. He la besides the political prouun class war that has ehaken San Fran cisco to Ita foundations and damaged Irreparably the prestige and prosperity e . - rh. uhnr unions have tha tudnstiiea of San Francisco In their grip. Th triumphant election oi -i--Carthy was a demonstration of their number and power. Tns ceieai w McCarthy doe not necessarily mean that the unions hava lost ground; for Mr. Rolph Is a large employer and a declared friend of organized labor. It ,h.. .Km itninni have repudiat ed Mf.Carthy. It means that the peo ple have revolted againsi me .4. n... nf a nniirv which had for Its aim the making of Sn Francisco the "Paris of America." va-w w.'arth. the tenderloin has been the object of tha city's xealou car and protection. A aaioonaeeper I. iv...l.t.n( nf tha. TtnSrd Of PollCe Com miss Ion era. There have been four Chiefs of Police. Saloons nava run i i. nnn nmhlinr has been under no real restraint, and the social evil has been capitalized for profit ana an. hrlilled pleasure., t-verjtning wenu The lid was off and lost. San Francisco will give a great ex in tats It is well that the city should have decided that It was niM-iui m ihnw itself to the world at Its worst under McCarthy and will put forward Its best root unaer noipu. reputable citizen, an expenenceu ad ministrator and a presentable official representative of a great city. DrXIJO A rRrSJDKTTT. Tha rnmm.raiil club of Portland will not serve Oregon pheasants at the dinner to b given the Provident of tha United Statea. It la clear th it the club would be entirely within Its lights aa host and within the law If it ahnni.4 inaiat that the President should be thua treated to a delicacy peculiar to Oregon ana paiaiaoie m any taste; but people with nothing bet ter to do have started to raise a fuss and the club has promptly decided to void controversy over the subject over nothing at all. indeed by serving some other dish wnicn win noi cuivnu i v . ..alnii, ehamntona of the Dheas- ants and will leave that unfortunate bird to the tender mercies or tne gour mand and the game hog. The law. sound custom and plain sense com bine to aay that birds pheasant cocks reared In captivity may be disposed of directly to the consumer. What else should be done with them? The great majority are superfluous ana ar In the way. making trouble for all hands. Should they be made to drag out a weary ceuoate existence snu ei..n a rilaannolnted old see? Or should they ba killed and eaten as domestic chickens ana omer pouurv propagAted In the sum manner ara killed and eaten T Th. r.mmn-ui Club will not in volve Ita entertainment of the Presi dent of the United Statea in criticism or auggeatlon of controversy, whether provoked with reason or without rea- - wttl nrenarn a menu that Will causa no discussion (by outsiders) as to Its merits. But It win pa a gooa ... ....HhaUia Rut what fitter food for a President of tha United States than Oregon pheasant? AXOTHEIt LAST gFIKB. tf Jamas J. Hill had a railroad splka for every last spike that has been driven on roads ho has Duut, na wouia have a goodly collection; oui none ,ii4 Km accompanied by more good will than that which will commemo rate the completion of tha Oregon Trunk Una to Band and Redmond. By opening Central Oregon ha has en tered a virgin field which had been neglected far beyond Its time. But thla last splka wlU really mark only a stage In tha progress of his road from tha nortnern to me kjuihiu hnufiAarv at Oreron. from which other lines will radiate to tha east and west. The beat evidence or the wieaora oi Mr. Hill and his associate In making thi in.utmtnt la tha stream of set tlers which la now following tha line of his road into Central Oregon, intj but needed aoma man to open the way with a railroad, as In colonial daya the pioneers blazed a trail with an ax. and they quickly follow. The next census will find a great change In tha balance of Oregon' population be tween the country east and west of h. ciu It will ba due mainly to tha development of farm and or- charda In the wake or tne great pain finder's construction forces. His great eat monument will be mlllloua of homes wher he found a wilderness. TlIX KAISER AS MEDIATOR. 1-i.n.anv haa Mvaral motives In try ing to prevent war between Italy and Turkey. She desires to retain the good will of Turkey because her sub jects are building the Bagdad rail road, are Interested 1 n many other concessions In the Ottoman empire .- hnn. t obtain more. She Is an ally of Italy and therefore dlepoeed to forward trial counirys ueaigna. ow .m.M Haw artth eauartlmltr the acquisition of Tripoli by Italy as a check on further Tencn aggression on the North African coast. With Tunis. Algiers and Morocco In her power. Franca will rule half of that coast. If she were to secure Tripoli or it were to fall Into British hands, tha whole of North Africa would ba ruled by Germany's allied enemies. tw t.ht than ha aul A to rule the Mediterranean, for Britain already holda Gibraltar, aiaiia, Cyprus ana Egypt and th other Mediterranean ...i... Bntln. Ttalv. Greece and Tur. eTcould not hold their own against such a combination. Germany must also see the danger that a war Involving Turkey will draw In other powers. If Italy were to car- . w - - - intn Turkev r roner Aus tria would not remain quiescent, for aha la credited with a lire-long ambi tion to an next Macedonia and reach the Aegean Sea at Salonika. Russia's amhirlnn tn aelxa Constanti nople would be revived and Britain'e determination to prevent the Musco vite from aecurlng an outlet to the Mediterranean would causa violent -.l-.f1nn Thua we mar expect a new aroof of tha fact that tha Turks retain their foothold In Europe, not through their own Inherent strength, but through the dread of all the powers that any move of any one of them against tha Turks will draw In all of them and provoke a general European war. The greatest danger of war rests In tha changed mood of the Turks them aelvea. Abdul Hamld would have been coerced by a show of superior fore to make such concessions to Italy In Tripoli as would satisfy her, but-the Toung Turks have shown a disposition to fight rather than yield anything. If they Insist on fighting. It may be Impossible to restrain Italy and the war may begin and grow to great dimensions. TUB! ORIGIN OF rUTHTm. 1 nan who lives at CllftOn asks The Oregonlan "when and wher prize fisticuffs was first Introduced to tha civilized world." We hope his In terest In the subject does not go to the length of an ambition to oe a pr flghter. If It does we urge him to choose some other profession. As a prizefighter he may be successful If he ta exceptionally muscular and sound In every way, but the chances are that he will fail. If he is success ful hi friends will bo toughs, law breakers and sots. No decent person will want to have anything to do with him. He may earn a good bit of money, but he can only spend It In place of low resort where he will swiftly dlsMpate the prowess which won his victories. . - . .h. i.i.,iilnn if rjrlxefla'ht- Ing, history luckily leaves us tn no doubt when It took place. The art heran when Cain set upon his brother and slew him with a club. No doubt the two young men began their in counter with bare knuckles, and It was only when Cain found the en counter going against him that ha picked up the fatal cudgel and used It, Most tribes of savages have sports somewhat like our prizefights, though they are usually more murderous. If that ta possible. The medieval tour nament was a prizefight on a grand scale with two or three score combat ants sometimes Intsead of merely Jen and Jack facing each other In the ring. In those days fine ladles looked on at the fight. Tho epectators were not mere tipsy toughs. The ancients were devoted to the manly art. but among them prizefighters went by the title of gladiators and the fights usual ly ended In death. One of the Caesars pulled off a fight between two bands of 10.000 on each side. It must have been entertaining to the sports who looked on. But these matters are not quite h.t vnina- fHn,l aska about. Ho Is Interested In the origin of "fisti cuffs." According to the best authori ties the first bout of fisticuffs took place on that memorable night when Henry went home from cnurcn wuu George's best girl. la IT EVER RIGHT TO TA1US urcr T.-h.,h.. nnt It la Hht tO take human life to cut suffering short ta a question which haa been aiscusseu rather Inconclusively ever since mur der became a crime. The Florida Shakers who chloroformed one oi their woman colonists to put her out of hopeless misery have given the de bate new Impetus. Some say tneir aci A- .i aa ft was merciful. It la justified by humanity and common sense and none but superstitious ou i..tim. enn he raised aarainst It. Oth era say that the Shakers, good as their Intentions were, commuiea jnurucr ainr tn take human life without the sanction of the law la never permis sible. These are extreme views. u man of ordinary common sense will be likely to halt between them. While he will not approve theoretically of tuklng life even to end suffering, prac tically he will admit that cases msy arise when It la allowable. It Is with this micstlon very much the same aa with that 7the right of a people to rebel against Its government. Few -n.iA onncrr'.a the rlrht as a definite and unabashed principle, while many would admit that occasions win ci talnly arise when It must be exercised. The sacredness of human life Is a comparatively modern doctrine. Tha ancient knew nothing of It. The Spartans deemed It a merit for their bright young men to kill helots. Pris oners of war were suffered to live only when they were needed as slaves. The Roman head of the family might lawfully put his son or his wife to death If he saw fit. The Roman slave was a chattel which might be butch ered with other cattle if the owner wished. Down to the time of tha French revolution no value was set upon tha Ufa of a peasant In conti nental Europe and no great value even in England. The "stealer of sheep and tha .laver of men were strung up to gether again and again" In George Ill's enllghtsned realm, ine great ottnuro In France fixed new valuations for hu man life, as for many other things. but some of us are etill incunea to ieei that more Is lost to the world by a klng"a death than by a peasant's. Religion haa not spoken very decis ively upon thla aubject. According to some faiths It Is a praiseworthy prac tice to put the old and decrepit out of their misery. Many wandering tribea of aavagea uniformly slay their sick and aged with tha approval of their priests. In parts of Hindostan It la permissible to etuff a alcJt parent'e nose and mouth with mud. thua glvli.g him a awift and easy passage to para dise. In ctvlllied lands, with our more humane faithe. we are often con fronted with tha necessity of choosing between one life and another. Some times a physician must decide whether an unborn child or Its mother ahall b sacrificed. What right has he to kill the babe? What right has he to kill the mother for the babe's sake? Some spiritual guides tell us dogmatically that the mother must always be the one to perish In these circumstances, but It Is open to doubt. Theologians never hava been Inclined to regard the rlghta of women very favorably. In their view all women are doomed to Buffer for Eve's sin and the hypo thetical value of an unborn babe ex ceeds tha proved value of any living mother. A civilization progressea mankind becomes more reluctant to permit the taking of life for any cause whatever. There Is a belief that even legal execu tions ought to be forbidden. Some atates. like Wisconsin, abolished capi tal punishment long ago. One fre quently hears the question, "What Is to be gained by killing criminals?" with the additional remark to give It point that all life ta sacred. But. how ever that may be. evidently something la to be gained now and then by chlo roforming a suffer who must In any event pirish" within an hour or two. Something may also be lost. Doctors aa a class are wise and merciful men, but ara we ready to entrust them with the power, of life and death to be ex ercised at their discretion? If we rant that a nhnlnllUI HIT rightfully chloroform a patient to end hla suf fering, certainly some rules of pro cedure must be laid down. Shall a single physician decide that death Is Inevitable, or shall we oblige him to call a consultation? Shall the euthan asia be private or public? How long before death would occur In the nat ural cOurse of the disease shall we per. mlt our attending medical men to administer poison .- , After these polnta hava been aettled J there ta etill another which deserves a , little attention. If the right to poison j their patients were conferred upon j doctors, how would It affect their : standing with the public? Would we j be disposed to oonflde our destinies to 1 a man who waa authonzea to give dose of painless poison at any momem when he made up his mind that a patient could not be cured? Would not the lingering suspicion of physi cians which pervades the world deepen Into loathing? We Imagine the doctors themselves would be the last persons on earth to ask for the right to kill their patients In any circumstances. Nor would the patients wish for them to possess it except here and there In rare instances. The Florida Shaker no doubt connived at her own murder, but almost everybody hopes and struggles to the last, no matter how painful his malady may be. When one doctor gives up his case he wants the right to try another and another, to call In a Christian Science healer, to see what prayer can do, to Invoke the powers of the subconscious mind. Hope springs eternal and to a normal tn.iit.iirt.i lie. f. mrt nreeloua that no extremity of misery makes death wel come. It Is pretty safe to say xnai the right to kill their patients would never be conferred upon the doctors even If they desired It. But alnca they profess to abhor the very thought, whatever their practice may be, wa may as well dismiss the subject If young Jessup, who disturbed Ta coma by praying to the Sun on the street, had obeyed the command to shut himself up In hla closet for his devotions ha would have kept out of Jail. Perhaps his case ta one of atavism or reversion to the original faith of mankind. No doubt all re ligions arose historically from sun, or fire, worship and animism combined. According to some scholars the cross represents the aboriginal tools for kindling fire, namely the perpendicu lar rod and the cross bow by which It was twirled In the socket. Most of our great annual festivals are survivals from the days of sun worship. If the law forbidding the representa tion of the acts of criminals on the stage were Impartially enforced, there would be a panic In all our theaters. The plcturea of the "tobacco war" are very likely too savage to please some tastes, but their subjects are no more criminal than that of "The Merry Widow" and not half bo debasing. We have not heard that the police were disturbed by "The Merry Widow" or that the "unofficial Board of Censors' found any fault with It. . Whitman College ought to be able to raise the rest of Its 11,000,000 en dowment without much difficulty. A million dollars la a modest endowment nowadays. It providea bare educa tional necessities with no luxuries. The day when a great teacher and a boy sitting on a log together made a uni versity is gone. It may return some time, but while we are waiting for it the colleges must have money. Whit man la probably asking for about half of what It really needs. Many people In Portland might have wished yesterday that George W. Jessup would pray to the sun to show his face here and that the prayer would be answered. Unfortunately for them, the sun ta not all-powerful and cannot prevent the wind from hiding his face with great cloud-banks. The police could make Jessup move on at Taeoma, but the sun, being less pow erful, cannot make tha clouds move on. Humanity will breathe a sigh of re lief at the announcement from Kiev, Russia, that Dlmltry Bogroff. the as sassin of Premier Stolypln, has been hanged. Better a thousand times swift death at a rope's end than the slow tortures of a Russian prison that in the end means death. In sportive England, where the negro ta given all the rights of the white, there Is fear of black supremacy If Johnson wins; so the law Is Invoked to prevent such catastrophe. Twas the same Idea when John C. Heenan whipped Tom Bayers, barring the color. . -w.. T.on Hrott- who successfully resisted the attempts of two robbers, suspected to be embryo pugilists, to bind and gag her, set an example for many a plucky housewife. A woman who can best two prizefighters may qualify as tha long-sought white man's hope. The conservators at Kansas City yes terday "eased" the oruagery or tne farmer'e wife. When the farmer de cides to lift the burden he buys her labor-saving device to match th kind he uaea In the field. In the controversy between Gover nor and Game Warden over the Presi dential banquet, Mr. Finley haa the beat 'of It. It la 111 duty to aee that the law la "pinioned." Employment of young women to fill the placea of clerke who have struck on the Illlnole Central has an element of humor. Nerve Is required to punch the bead of a female strike-breaker. Having plenty of time while waiting for somebody to unlock their con served resources, the Alaskana amused themselves by hazing Plnohot. Even tha dogs Join In the sport. Ancther preclplc will adorn Aluer Btreet canyon when the proposed six atorlea are added to the Failing build ing. Italy will likely be the email sister who must be auppressed for fear of making big trouble. Prairie chicken In Kansas will whet the President's appetite for pheasant In Oregon The comet has fifteen degrees of tall. Now let her flirt it and show us. There may he other women mas querading aa man in Oregon. Gleanings of the Day An example of the difficulties over come in developing German West Africa Is found 'in the work done to bring timber out of the Echume, Sohagal and Megamba forests, whloh are about 4910 fast above the sea. A cable railway was built six miles long np this steep Inoline. To do this, a powerful stationary engine was hauled up the mountain by hand, over 100 negroes and two or three Europeans being employed. They fastened "the boiler on a railway car and ran It on rails, which were taken up behind and relald In front until th summit was reached. The work occupied seven months, the advance varying from 100 to 1000 yards a day. It was necessary to build bridges, widen . roads and blast rocks and at the same time guard against letting the car and Us load faU Into the abyss. At some points the cables had to span gaps of 1000 yards without touching earth. Here they had to be supported t each end by strong Iron towers 100 feet high, no piece of which oould exceed t pounds In weight, as they had to be carried by natives up special paths out for the purpose. Cement and other material waa oarried In the same way. From tha returna of the close vote In Maine on prohibition, the Boston Transcript draws the Interesting con clusion that electlona are decided not by those who vote, but by those" who stay at home. It finds that, although the rural districts were expected to be almost unanimous for prohibition, a very large proportion of the rural population did not vote, thus account ing for the bulk of the falling off of 10,000 from the vote of 1910. Elections in Maine have not been decided by in recent years at least Plalsted's majority for Gover nor was only 8173 in a toiai ui - 141.031. giving him only a small frac tion over the majority of the total vote. iam th. Rcr.uhllca.n Governor had a majority of about the same. 7838, so that the shift from 1906 to 1910, both off years, was very small indeed. As In Maine, so It Is in tne as a whole. We have been In the habit of talking of landslides, groundswells, .h.inin. victories, but there has been no such thing. The highest per centage of the total vote ever polled by a candidate for President was 6 for Roosevelt In wun ' Garfield. Cleveland and Harrison were minority Presidents. The figures ..... in, the following since io ' - . . . table, showing the percentage of total vote: Republicans. Democrats. Beymour .... Qreeley Tllden Hancock . . Cleveland ... Cleveland .... Cleveland Bryan . .---Bryan . .. Parker ...... IRAS Grant ES .41 .44 .80 .4a .48 . 4 . 48 .48 ..49 .7 .43 3RT2 Grant ... 1878 Hayta ... lf0 Garfield . Blaine .. jssg Harrlaon 18l3 Harrlaon 1KU6 Mc Klnley 11.00 Mc Klnley 1904 Rooaevelt . .63 . .48" . .4S . .4S . .47' . .41" . .01 . .81 . .68 10 Taft . .61" Bryan ....M.,.Ma number of the AJ. . ii J . v. kit whn atnved at homo in 1884 had voted they might have elected i i rh.,. wa nrobably enough stay-at-bome Democrats in 1888 to haye elected Cleveland or uepuuuu. 18i to have elected Harrison. Though there was Intense political excitement . . . - T.-..n,ati ware torn In 1888 ana mi -- in two, McKinley ony had 61 per cent of the total. His administration waa indorsed In 1900 by the same slim ma jority. Roosevelt's success In 1804 waa great by comparison, but 66 per cent la not a landslide and It waa due large . . .t home of about a iVoTooo Democrats. For Taft In 190. the majority again dropped to " per cent and would have been less if many "safe and sane" uemocrava . , . f. Brvan. The con- So. U That pomical opinion ,n Sta country la very evenly divided and r'lTng. of sides of abstention from '"br a few hundred thousand In U.ooo'ooo'vot.. 1. .nougB to change tha Government Servla has adopted an earlyj losing law for stores in Belgrade, and has UnTlte'd th. hour, of work in hotel, -d restaurants to 12 a aay, a to 10 a day. Employes are not allowed , ork on Sunday, or - Th. Swiss commission which has been investigating the electrification of the inveaug .xoected to recom- nationax i & .... - - mend the overhead In preference to the Jnlrd-rall ay.tem. The first work to be taken In hand will be the ow- j the St Gothard Railway. The total coat of conversion to electric tract on upon the overhead system .la estimated at 813 140.000. while the running costs are estimated at about 10 per cent less than the present cost who - tlon. Water power win u - arate electricity. The City of Stafford, England, pre vents strikes of the employes of Its municipal gas works by paying them aa a bonus one-iourxn oi they make on producing and dlstrlbut lnsr gas at 30 cents per 1000 oublo feet h.. h..n Industrial peace for 'ine raeu. - - six years, during which period tha bonus ha. increased steadily fro . T cer oent of the wage, paid ta 1906-T per u t- iiin.il to 10 H per oen or m ---- At th. gamo time the gaa department haa paid 817.081 a year, or . 1000 olublo feet of gaa Bold, for the re lief of taxation. , The country people of tTrug-uay have found a new use lor m. pe.ui.oa . . -i. Mi.ht h adonted In the Southwest A whitewash 1. used on farm buildings which is made with the llced leave, of the common oaotus. macerated In water tor i . .nintinn of oreamy conaist- aucina " ence: to this lime 1s added and well .. . nv... annlied ta any surra. ca. Enixaa. " ' " - - b. It of wood, brick, iron or other ma terial, a beautiful pearly white ap pearance la produced whloh will endure through storms ana i" years. T..r4an T)1t ha. COSM tO the 1Q9 1 conclusion that speculation In farming lands is an evil, and has passed a law providing that In future the village communities ana agncunuiaj "-"u". .i.tinni win In every case hava the right of pre-emption In case farm ers desire to sell land. The profits In speculation In the last II years are plaoed at 114,280,000, and the expanses at 17.140.000, all of which is set down aa a loss to the arming population. The output of gold In the Transvaal Increases month by month, and August haa broken the record. In' that month lt waa 718,407 ounces, as compared with ... n.T in jnna anil 640.269 In Auirust OUl.u. i - 1910. The Increase for the year 1911 ever 1910 Is estimated at par eeuw BECAUSE of Its piquant tantalums- atvla and not by Its wisdom a new book "Dangerous Age." being letters and fragments from a woman's diary, and translated from the Danish of Mrs. Karin ilichaells. win arouao .ntiio-h mipfnGltv tr rA lt thrOUSh. Just to see what lt la all about The . . j ill.. onI story is aiso wicitea anu a., therefore lt Is certain to cause dis cussion. The heroine. Elsie Llndther, is a wo man wuuse IIIUI l leu in. uas. u wardly satisfactory, but who disagreed to use a mild term with her hus band to such an extent mat ine iwo were aivorceu. iici uu.w.uu ........ breathed easier. Mrs. Lindther, over 40 years old, goes to a loneiy oouso - 1 . 1 .. iDian D.i.nmTianW hv tWO . - . .ki.u .hmi. cr.ttlnsr older. acrvauba. i. n .mi. i . o . . , . i . . hA- hit... lucre, dir.. jjinuiiiwr ic " -. - - diary, the words of which must be sweet morsels to the woman with a grouch or the other womin who thinks, because she has not caught one", that all men are lower than tho brutes that perish: "If men aaarected ..." 11 may aareiy oo - surface of the globa not one man exists wno really xnowe a wuiuu. If a woman took livflnlta pslna to . . . . , ,i .... iv.T- luat as reveal neraeii w a n ii" ... - - he really la, he would think .he was u ferlng from some Incurable mental dlaease. A few of ue Indicate our true natures In hyaterloal outbreaks, fits of bltterneaa and uspiclon; but thla Involuntary frankneaa 1 renerally aiscouniea oy eum. -- - - .... t.ii .ur-h other uo men bdu " - - - , tha truth T How often does that happen T . . . . . I 1 . rrh V (I.Hi In More onen man not, i m"""- ;J ; , , half-llea, hldln this, embroldertns that, fact. . . Between th. sexes rains an inaraoic hoatllity .. . . A woman may u a . own life; may .senile, har tlma . her health, her exlatence to him. But If .he la wholly a woman, ah. cannot lv. him har confidence. She cannot, because ana usree u- . , . h.a never Ml ine n i i u i hi -"' - written, almply because th. few womn "'I sable of writing It would not betray their sex. Aa to men. they ar. as Ignorant on thla point at on everythlns elea which con eerna women not excepting- love. Who has never caught mother or slater in a falaahood or subterfuge? Who has ever really understood nia momer wi Women', doctors may b. as clever and BIT aVal tnT DlSUBi DUi ku-cj " Warn tn- of th. thin, that women eon flda to a.ch otner. 11 '"ut . . th ieii lies not only a deP. atarnal hoa .... a . v. m Virtw-i Hla nhrai of a complete lack of reciprocal comprehension. - . . . a nntw HsfaY1Is t lift T represent tha youthful neneration which muse sooner ur ii . - A rea nose i n - that can befall a beautiful woman. I al ways suspected that this was the reason why Adelaide svaiisT.riia wa. y - a a i vtn nt - "Rftrtnllections of Guy de Maupassant by His Valet, Francol..," will soon bo published In this country- II fle Maupassan. c a hero, one of the proverbs will have to be rewritten. t- ..,.. a.. at Ti n mi need of The Ne'er-Do-Well," by Rex Beach; Marlt Twain's "Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Kirk Munroes 'Canoemates." . - . n -m rf DnliArt Tne nni rti " . Browning. rai. " , - " . , reprinted, accompanied by considerable Introductory matter prepared by . . . . t-. n l. Ti...n Th A lntro- unrisiina ' uuul-li . n . . - duction Is intended to help the reader to a comprenenaivo u n m i . w .. o the poem. The volume Include, a bi ographical sketch of Paracelsus and an exposition of his philosophy. aee XT - iF-n n nnvftV to be published next month, will bear the fi.i. v.fir.iv fltorv" Instead ox "Blanoa," as previously given. There are sala to do tare, uiouw. ini " -Into this story. One Is the married u. ... . fh.i.AA artist, another Is a tale of pore love carrying the reader ... i . . 1 ,i4 flnollv bade 4uu year. ia i lo.i j. , . the romantlo story of a girl of the present day. Eleanor Qlyn's new novel "The Kea- mi.." i- nut Ttia lararer nortlon of the book depicts the married life of the hero ana neroine, uom m belong to English "high society" and i 1 ... . mntnal love and under standing of the existence of whloh they were not aware wnen mey wore mi united. ... Fonr novels recently published are "Marcla of the Little Home," a humorous and pathetlo story of the help given by a child In the struggles of a family against poverty, by Emily Calvin Blake; "Desmond Rourke, Irish man," a story of adventure and In trigue, the scene of whloh Is laid In Martinique; "The Autobiography of a Woman Alone," giving the experiences of a woman who came to New Torlt at the age of 19 with about 17, repre senting all she had In the- world, pub lished anonymously, and "The Drift," a series of letters giving the emotional autobiography of a young literary wo man who supports herself by Journal ism In New Tork, by Marguerite Mooers Marshall. ... "City Government by Commission" (Appleton'.), edited by Clinton Rogers . 1 ... nr. nf th. NAtlnnA.l U U U i 11 11 , it, ...1 j Municipal League, alms to give In ... . . ...A compact rorm a ucar uenmuuu mi-, description of the commission system of government under whloh over 100 cities are now operating, a discussion by different writer, of the principles underlying It, arguments for and against It, aocounts of Its actual suo cess or failure, and a summary of the result, obtained. Texts are Included of several typical commission charters. Important tables showing the features of oltles governed by commission, and a large amount of atatlatloal lnforma- ... . How do you aooount for the popu larity of .ome of tho.. beat .oilers?" asked the .ev.r.ly literary lady. "I think." replied Miss Cayenne, of Boston, "that a lot of us are trying to catch Op with the dime novels our parents prevented us from reading when we were young." Washington (D. C) Star. Booth Tarldngton, at a banquet In Indianapolis whereof he waa the guest of honor, de.orlbed aoma of th. aspect, of hi. collaboration with H. L. Wilson. "All collaboration," said Mr. Tark lngton. "Is due to one motive. It Is due to the fact that each collaborator bopea that the other will do all the work. "Collaborators are very polite to one another. Their criticisms of one an other are not at all like the criticisms of their Joint work that you read in the newspapers. If I. for example ever disapprove of one of Wilson's passages, I say to hlmi " "Rather Shakespearean, Is lt notf "And If Wilson finds one of my scenes worse than usual, he will say: " 'A little too much like Ibsen, don't you think T " Indianapolis News, a a Although In London they say "Ton know, everybody has left town, and London Is no more than an empty shadow of Itself at this time," Mrs. Corra Harris, author of "The Circuit Rider's Wife," and "The Recording Angel" (the latter to be brought out this Fall) and her daughter, Mrs. Harry Leech, write that the British metro ooli. has been a kind hostess and that they have been able to see a gTeat deal of English life. While Mrs. Harris remains In London, Mrs. Leech Is making a tour through Scotland and Ireland. Conntry Town Sayings by Ed Kowe A woman enjoys kissing: so much, and objects so much to- men kissing her, that I often regret that the poverty of human nature is such that a woman can't kiss herself. I never knew a man who didn't often do good deeds. Tou probably do enough good, but are not caretul enough of your bad habits. I have noticed that when a man does a poor job of work for me, he can make a perfect explanation; noth ing I may say can convince him that' he Is In any way to blame. Some men hate to be husbands as naturally aa some boys hate to go to . school. Tour bad habits are exaggerated) another reason for having as few aa possible. If you are seen coming out of a saloon once a day, people will say they saw you coming out a dozen times. I sometimes fear, after I have been In a big crowd, that there are a good. many ugly people. I never knew any onewho worked! more than he should, but I know thou sands who do not work enough. AT nation Is civilized when lt haa a police force and a publio sentiment strong enough to make Its own out laws behave. Occasionally I meet people who say sermons are not long enough, but X have yet to hear any one speak w4 of the afternoon parties given b women. When lt Is said of a man that ha is in advance of the world, lt Is usual, ly the case that he Is wasting time advocating doctrines that won't work, If you are abreast of the world's progress, you are doing welL STORY OF WHALE APOOll 1 1'HAX, Jonah Waa Swallowed by Great Ftah, Not by Whale. PORTLAND, Or.. Sept. J8. (To the Editor.) It Is amusing some times to note the mistakes people who do not study their Bible, make about Bible atorlea and Bible teachings. A case in point 1. that of Dr. Hlnson. at the White Temple last Sunday night. He Is reported to have said! "If you go to hell because you couldn't find out whether a whale'a capacity 1b big enough to hold a man, when you get there Satan will have such a fool he will likely turn you out." In these remarks he aocepta the common belief that lt was a whale that swallowed Jonah. But there Is nothing In the story to Justify that conclusion. On the contrary, it is very clear that lt waa not a whale that swallowed Jonah. The word "whale" doee not appear In the book of Jonah at all. The Bible puts lt this wayi "Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah." Notice the word "prepared." It waa a fish spe cially prepared for that special oooa Blon to swallow Jonah then and there and for no other purpose, so far as the narrative la concerned. If a whale could have swallowed Jonah, why create a special creature with capacity enough to take Jonah lnT If a whale could have swallowed him, anyone that happened to be In that vicinity at the time would have an swered the purpose, or one could have been moved to the side of the ship by special oommand. But no, the Lord "prepared" a great fish, one larger than a whale, doubtless, for notloe the word "great."1 And Jonah waa In the belly of the "flab, three daye and three nights, and he prayed unto the Lord out of the fish's belly." And further more, "the Lord spake unto the fish . 4. Mm. Jonah uDon the dry land." So, lt Is perfeoUy plain that lt was a specially prepared fish that swallowed Jonah and not a whale. As I said, the word "whale" does not ap pear In the book of Jonah at all. I am afraid that Brother Hinaon la .i.r.n.4 as sadlT off and apooryphal about hell and religion aa he la on the fish story, but lest we get Into "Intel-! lectual difficulties," I forbear. Let me conclude by saying, and I think lt aafe to say, that the Creator knows how to deal with all His crea tures without the advice or counsel of anyone. He made all things la wisdom and goodness, and He will take care of all things by these same attributes and procea.es, and men hava nothing to do but to love and obey" Him, as they And His law written In, the great book of nature, spread all about ua and In the human soul itself, LEVI W. MYERf. A Wemsa . Count erblajrfc. iw nol In the mubW DO you Dura up Mw.ia. - - you smoke, you probably set fire to a leant xuav muiiu " ' J It would be hard to oompute the value In dollars of the efflclenoy thai you burn up with It. . Money, brains and health all go up In smoke. . , , One cigarette set fire to 600 souls la the Triangle Waist Company disaster. Men might be as good workers a women if they didn't use tobacco. It should not be necessary to hava "No Smoking" signs in faotorlea; re spect for the principles of hygiene and business sense should make of thla taboo an unwritten law. ....a.-' A man wouldn't set fire to a IBOO.OOd building, but he will light oiettea. Tou may not see the analogy, but there are more fires from thla cause than from any oth -'. ' A Boy's Study Oonoeutratleaw Cleveland Plain Dealer. ' The manager turned to the new boy. "Here, George," he aald. "go Into the next room and look up "collaborate. Tm not quite aure about the spelling. The boy disappeared, but did not re turn. The manager put the letter aside and took up some other duties. Pres ently he remembered the boy and went out to look for him. He found him studying the big dictionary with great lntentnesa. "What are you doing, Qeorger ha asked. The boy looked around. "I forgot the word you told me, air, he replied, "an' I'm lookln' through the book to find it." The manager gasped. "How far have you gotr "I'm Just finishing the second page, sir." k XVaiwe f Memory Mean. Death. ' T7-naaa "Mtv Tniimftl. nan-in v.. -.7 The Russlsche Korrespondens. under the headline "Forgotten." tells of the discharge from the Imperial service of three officers of the prison at Mlnus slnsk because of a lapse of memory on their part. It appears that last Winter a political prisoner of the name of Sachatschow was plaoed by them in an unheated dungeon and was then "for trotten" for a long time. When the poor fellow was finally thought of again he was found terribly frozen. He died shortly afterward. 20,500,000 People In II mill. Kansas City Journal. The estimated population of Brazil Is now 20.600,000, but no census has ever been taken of this vast country and to take one would be a work of almost Insurmountable difficulties. Uncle Sam, Electric Cook. Baltimore American. In the kitchens of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. T.. practically all the work Is done by elecy. irioiiy.