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ArTt-K I HOVCHT8 OX THJE TTTAMC.
No doubt many precautions had
been omitted by the officers and own
ers of the Titanic which might have
saved Uvea when the collision with
the Iceberg occurred. Warnings had
been received that the ocean was be
set with more Ice than usual and the
ship was In the region where the bergs
are most numerous ana dangerous.
and yet the vessel kept on at Its best
speed. The Iceberg which It rinaiiy
struck was a quarter of a mile away
when It was sighted. Had the speed
been more moderate the damage might
till have been serious, but it need not
have been fatal. The momentum of
a moving object Is In direct proportion
to Its velocity and of course the effect
of a collision varies with the momen
tum. Had not those responsible for
the Titanic been far too contemptuous
of the perils of the sea and the Ice,
they would certainly have diminished
headway as they approached the re
gion of known danger even If by do
ing so they lost the opportunity to
make a record-breaking trip. The trip
they did make certainly broke all rec
ords, but not In a way to be envied.
Again It appears as If more atten
tion might have been paid to the vari
ous indications that Ice was near. As
we have said, the Titanic had received
wireless warnings of danger which, to
all appearances were unheeded. It Is
admitted by all that the Indications of
Ice floating near a ship are vague and
unreliable, and yet with such a freight
of human life it would have been well
had the officers erred on the safe side
and shied at shadows instead of de
spising them. An Iceberg has little or
no effect upon the temperature of the
water a few rods away. Water Is a
very bad conductor of heat horizon
tally. The ordinary process of warm
ing it Is by convection, which takes
place vertically oialy. The particles at
the bottom of a vessel expand and rise,
thus heating the surface, but If con
duction Is relied upon two walls of
water may exist side by side for a
time with one at the freezing point
and the other almost ready to boil.
The Gulf Stream flows alongside the
Arctic current for many miles, one
warm and the other Icy cold, and the
line of demarcation between them Is
so sharply defined that the stern of
a ve.scl may be In lukewarm water
while the prow is among floating ice.
Still Icebergs announce themselves,
though with a good deal of uncertain
ty. Naturally they send off current,
of cold air which are noticeable to a
sharp lookout, and It is said that a
glint or shimmering light may be seen
hanging over them on a clear, dark
night such as It was when the Titanic
struck. All navigators agree that
the greatest peril comes from the sub
merged part of the berg which Is en
tirely Invisible. Unquestionably it Is
the plain duty of ship's officers in the
Ice region to observe the greatest cau
tion In every possible way. This, from
all accounts, was not done on board
the Titanic.
In the matter of lifeboats the reck
lessness was undeniable. With room
on board for 3500 passengers, there
was provision In the boats for barely
950. or something like one-fourth. No
doubt a similar disparity of life-saving
apparatus will be found on every large
Atlantic liner. For this reason, while
agreeing that this neglect is reckless,
we are not disposed to call it criminal.
Any man may reasonably assume that
he has the right to do what every
body else Is doing with Impunity, and
It Is a hardship for him to be punished
if lurk turns against him as It did
aralnst the owners anj officers of the
Titanic. Still, even if the practice of
cutting down Ufeavlng apparatus Is
not criminal now, there ought to be
no delay In making It criminal. Hu
man life Is too precious to be sacrificed
for the sake of anybody's convenience
or profit.
I'pon the whole, the story of the loss
f the Titanic reveals some careless
ticss and a good deal more attention
to record-breaking speed than to the
yafety of the passengers. We must not
attribute this sad state of, affairs to
mere greed. The desire for dividends
no &oubt played a disastrous part In It,
but there were other factors. Immun
ity in th midst of danger always
breeds overconfldence. If it continues
for long, and It had been years up to
the lies of the Titanic since any fright
ful accident had happened to an At
lantic liner. Because no mishaps had
occurred within easy recollection men
had begun to believe that none ever
could happen. They have learned bet.
ter now. It will be a long time before
we hear any more foolish talk about
building a ship which cannot sink.
In apportioning the blame for the
accident, if blame there be. It must be
remembered that the ship's officers
mere obliged to heed the orders of
their superiors They had baen com
manded to make all the speed of
which the Titanic was capable, disre
garding icebergs and everything else,
and they could only obey, no matter
what they might have hought. In
the terrible hours which followed the
collision we hear of no act of coward
ice with one exception. Every ship's
officer did his duty. Every sailor was
a hero. If any man preferred to live
basely rather than to die nobly. It was
one of the owners of the vessel. There
was no panic, no bestial struggle for a
place In the lifeboats. The women and
children accepted safety as the mel
ancholy penalty of their weakness.
The men chose death as 'the right of
the stronger. Human nature showed
at Its best during the three or four
awful hours while the Titanic was
sinking. What w-as done there tells us
that Christian civilization has pene
trated to the soul of man and suffused
his whole being with unselfish love.
The men bo went down with the Tl-
i
tanlc have elevated the standard of
conduct for the race and glorified the
annals of their time.
CHOOMING AMO.NO IWENTV-X.
The puzzled Republican voter was
given the choice, yesterday. In Mult
nomah County, among twenty-six can.
didates for Representative In the Leg
islature, from whom he was Instructed
to vote for twelve.
How many discharged their duty
with fidelity and discrimination? How
many gave up in despair and disgust
and put a cross before two, three or
four and left the balance to merited
obscuration?
. Few citizens knew by reputation
or In person twelve of the assorted
twenty-six. Some of the number were
known, where known at all. to be on-
of confidence
l nrnnortlon were gen
Only a small
proportion were generally acknowl
edged to have the desirable qualifica
tions of a legislator. Tet twelve have
been nominated, and Multnomah will
be represented in the lower house at
Salem by a job lot dozen of all sizes,
proportions and dimensions. It will
be a happy family of discordant. Inex
perienced and quarreling units. It will
not fitly represent Multnomah or the
state.
Oregon is almost unique among the
states In Its election of members of
the Legislature by counties. The state
ought to be divided into Representa
tive and Senatorial districts, so that
one Senator should be chosen for each
Senatorial district, and two or three
Representatives from each Represent
ative district.
The experience of Multnomah in
the past several elections demon
strates that here is a reform that
should no longer be postponed.
PAVTNG THE OTHER JT.I-IOWS TAXES.
We are obliged to say to Mr. Per
kins, of Bandon, that he ought not
to place too great trust on his memory.
Anyone's memory at times plays him
strange tricks, and Mr. Perkins ap
pears to have been singularly treach
erous In its response to his demands
that It Inform him as to what The Ore
gonian has said about the saloon
business.
The Oregonian does not think, and
never has thought, and therefore" never
has said, that society would not
"bother with the saloon business ex
cept for the revenue." Society's In
terest In saloons does not lie wholly
In the amount .of the license tax. The
impost in money is a mere Incident to
the traffic. Society imposes an excep
tional tax on saloons as a means of
restraint and control.
Single tax would abolish the saloon
tax. and therefore liquor would be
sold freely everywhere at the corner
grocery, at the cigar store, at the
candy stand, everywhere to meet any
possible demand. Who can doubt that
llquor-drlnklng would be greatly en
couraged and would Increase material
ly with free whisky?
The license tax on saloons for Ore
gon is nearly 11,000.000 per annum.
Single tax would wipe it out and add
the burden directly to the farmer, the
home-owner and all other unfortunate
proprietors of land. The argument,
carried to Its logical conclusion. Is thut
the land-owner would pay everybody
else's taxes. Including his own.
FACTS DISPROVE THEORY.
The forest conservation cranks suf
fer a severe blow from a report of
John T. WhiMler, published in a bulle
tin of the United States Weather Bu
reau, on the water resources of Ore
gon. One or the strongest arguments
of the conservation cranks, as distin
guished from rational conservationists,
for forest preservation and reforesta
tion is that forests preserve the water
supply and muke the stream-flow more
regular than In the arid belt. ' Now
comes Mr. Whistler with cold, scien
tific facts, ascertained with the civil
engineer's unprejudiced desire to as
certain the truth, whether it supports
any preconceived theory or not, and
proves the crank's theory to be di
rectly contrary to the facts.
He quotes Willis L. Moore, chief of
the Waether Bureau, on "The Influ
ence of Forests on Climates and
Floods." as believing, "like most of
the meteorologists, that the broken.
cultivated, permeable soil is equally as
good a conserver of rainfall as the
forest area Itself, and weather statis
tics favor the opinion of those who
question the value of forests In pre
serving stream-flow." He quotes John
R. Freeman, one of the most eminent
engineers in New England, as saying
that "to his personal knowledge no
perceptible change had taken place In
New England streams from deforesta
tion within his lifetime, nor, so far as
available records show, since defores
tation began."
Then he proceeds to prove that, far
from producing regularity of stream
flow, forests exist where the variation
Is greatest, and that where the water
shed Is treeless the variation is least.
He proves this from observations made
in Oregon and California by John C.
Stevens, of Portland, an engineer of
the Geological Survey. Simultaneous
measurements made In 1909 on the
Donner and Blltzen River, In Eastern
Oregon, which has a treeless water
shed, show that the maximum dis
charge is less than twelve times the
minimum, while on the Sllvles River,
which has a forested watershed, the
highest discharge was 125 times the
minimum. The records of the same
year show that the Willamette River,
the watershed of which Mr. Stevens
describes as "one of the most densely
forested areas In the United States,"
has a maximum flow fifty-seven times
Its minimum, while the Deschutes,
only (0 per cent of the drainage area
of which is forested, has a maximum
flow only Ave times Its minimum.
Crooked River drains the western
slope of the Blue Mountains, the for
ests on its headwaters being almost
aa dense as those qn the headwaters
of the Deschutes, but Its maximum
flow la 111 times its minimum. In Its
choice of a source of waiter supply,
Los Angeles has gone, not to a stream
like King's River, draining the heavily
forested western slope of the Sierras,
but to Owens River, which Is practi
cally without -forest of any kind, for
the maximum discharge of Owens
River is only five times the minimum.
while that of King's River is 110 times
the minimum.
Mr. Whistler also corroborates the
statement often made by The Orego
nian. that Irrigation is as much needed
in certain seasons in the Willamette
Valley as In the belt generally called
rid. He says: "It Is a fact that the
average precipitation in this valley
during the growing season Is less than
In many of the arid regions." He
gives a diagram showing precipitation
In the Summer months to be 20 Inches
at Charleston. IS inches at New Or
leans. 13 Inches at New Tork. 10
Inches at Chicago. Inches at Santa
Fe, 5 inches at Cheyenne, 4 Inches
at Denver, but only 2 V Inches In the
Willamette Valley, though Santa Fe,
Cheyenne and Denver are In the-arld
region.
Against the theories of the Pinchot
crowd may be set the practical obser
vation of William Hanley, which ex
plains the constant flow of the Donner
and Blitzen River from treeless Stein's
Mountain in contrast with the great
variation in flow of the Silvies River
from the timbered Blue Mountains.
He says that on the summits of moun
tains without timber, or even under
brush, where the wind can get under
the snow, snowdrifts are formed in the
canyons and rolls on the summits,
which make the greatest reservoir
that can ever be built by holding the
moisture till late In the season.
Mr. Whistler further says that the
heavily forested areas deliver less wa
ter in proportion to rainfall than the
deforested areas and he also states that
recent experiments In Switzerland show
the run-off from forested areas to De
frequently but 60 per cent of that
from cleared watersheds. The forests
are of value to prevent erosion, and
Mr. Whistler proves himself to be a
true conservationist by proposing that
lumbermen be required to reseed and
maintain one acre for every acre of
forest logged.
BFKS AND TKKES.
It astonished one to think how lit
tle attention Is paid to beekeeping in
Oregon. This is supposed to be a state
pecullarly,devoted to fruitgrowing. In
order to produce fruit the blossoms of
the trees must be fertilized and this
requires the help of insects. To be
sure the process of fertilization will
take place sometimes without outside
aid, but it is uncertain. Many differ
ent species of Insects lend their good
offices to help It along, but none of
them compare In usefulness with bees.
The latter are far more Industrious
than any of the rest and their large
size enables them to carry more pollen
with them as they fly from tree to
tree.
A single bee may mix the pollen of
a hundred different trees In the course
ofaher day's work and Impart some of
it to thousands 'of blossoms. It Is
cross-fertilization of this sort which
brings about the best results in an or
chard. Even if each tree could fer
tilize all its own bloom It would not
be desirable. Pollen from other trees
will communicate more vigor to the
fruit and produce a more marketable
crop.
Some varieties of apples cannot pro.
duce any fruit without cross-fertilization.
Scientific growers provide for
this by planting a row of trees at in
tervals to pollenlze the rest of the
orchard. When a very large group of
trees all of the same variety Is planted
solidly ' the results are never entirely
satisfactory. The variety may be self
fertilizing In theory, but In practice it
usually turns out to be only partially
so. But apart from their virtues In
the orchard, bees are worth keeping
on their own account. Some people
are afraid of their stings, but If mod
ern appliances are used there is no
danger.
With proper apparatus for the work
bees can be handled like bits of wax
and hoiey can be taken from the hive
without . making any disturbance
among Its inmates. The queen can be
removed and a new one supplied. If
the old queen -should happen to be
lost a new one can be bred and the
work of the swarm go on without In
terruption. There Is no more fascinat
ing art in the world than beekeeping,
and. by good luck. It happens also to
be fairly profitable.
TIIK rAPTI RE OF NK1V ORLEANS.
The capture of New Orleans toward
the close of April, 18(52, must be
looked upon as one of the most im
portant events of the Civil War. For
one thing. It checked the intrigues of
Napoleon III, who was planning to
operate from Mexico against the in
tegrity of the Union. That unprinci
pled adventurer was a bitter enemy of
the United States, and if the South
had retained New Orleans and the
command of the Mississippi, he would
have been able to curry on his hostile
maneuvers with good prospect of
success. On the west side of the Mis.
sissippi three states had rebelled
Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. As
long as the Confederacy had control of
the river, these states, which were rich
in men and supplies, were able to com
municate freely with the eastern por
tions of the Confederacy. The capture
of New Orleans began the work of Iso
lating them, and when they were left
to themselves they fell a comparative
ly easy prey to the Union arms. .
The possession of the mouth of the
Mississippi was important to the Con
federacy from another point of view.
The Federal blockade had become so
effective along the entire extent of the
southern seacoast that trade with the
outer world was almost extinguished
but Internal navigation supplied its
place In part. The navigable waters
within the seceded states permeated to
every section of their territory and
permitted a commerce to exist which
was highly valuable to the Southern
cause, while the ordinary processes of
the blockade could not interfere with
It. The .Confederate government
hoped, too, that by closing the Missis,
stppl to the Western States those agri
cultural communities would ultimately
be obliged by the loss of their mar
kets to Join fortunes with the South.
This, of course, never would have hap
pened, but it was a danger to which
Federal statesmen were not blind and
It spurred them to vigorous efforts to
obtain command of the Mississippi
throughout Its length. When Grant
had captured Forts Henry and Donel
son. no Important fortified places re
mained to the Confederacy along the
course of the river above New Or
leans, except an island In the great
bend at New Madrid which went by
the name of Island No. 10. Here a
strongly fortified post had been con
structed and garrisoned with some
7000 troops, but the Federal gunboats
turned the position by one of the most
ingenious devices in the history of
warfare, and Pope, Who commanded
the land forces of the Union, by a
timely advance, secured the surrender
of the entire rebel army. This hap
pened almost precisely at the date of
the battle of Shiloh.
Vlcksburg was not then very well
fortified, and after the Federals had
taken possession of Corinth it could
have been captured without difficulty
and probably without much loss of life.
But, unfortunately, Halleck assumed
the command at that Juncture and
with his policy of halting delay he
polled everything. Vlcksburg was
made almost impregnable, and the re
sults of the capture of New Orleans
were to some extent canceled by the
fact that the Confederates retained this
post. Lincoln had discerned the ne
cessity of taking New Orleans very
early In the war,' and as soon as essen
1 tial-operations against other ports per
mitted, he ordered an expedition to
be undertaken against it. Of course
the attack, had to be mainly naval,
since the city was protected by forts
farther down the river which must be
captured before It could be effectively
occupied by land forces. These forts
were St. Phillips, on the north bank of
the river, and Jackson, on the south
bank, some 800 yards lower down.
With the river open to New Orleans
the forts defended the city and the city
the forts, so that the first problem
which confronted Admiral Farragut,
the commander of the Union fleet, was
either to take or pass these fortifica
tions. It made little difference which
he did, because to cut off communica
tion between the forts and the cltywas
to make both positions untenable.
The attack on the forts began on the
morning of April 18 with a fierce bom
bardment from the mortar boats.
Shells were thrown into them for five
days and nights at the rate of one a
minute. The explosions of the missiles
completely wrecked Fort St. Phillips,
though the magazine was not de
stroyed, but Fort Jackson was not
much injured. The bombardment was
Admiral Porter's project. Farragut
had believed from the first that the
best plan was to run past the forts
with the gunboats. Then they would
fall of themselves. Seeing that the
bombardment promised to be inter
minable, he now began to carry out
this movement. On the night of April
20 two small gunboats, the Itasca and
Pinola, were sent up the stream to
break the massive chain which had
been stretched from one fort to the
other. Dismantled vessels had been
anchored along Its extent to entangle
the screw of any boat which might at
tempt to pass it. After mishaps of one
sort and another, the Itasca finally
slipped ar-und the end of the chain,
and, bearing down upon It with the
current and all the power of her en
gine, broke the massive links and
opened a nassage for the fleet. On
April 24, lit the. morning, when Farra.
gut gave the signal to advance, all the
fleet except fHc Hartford and Brook
lyn steamed slowly up the river to the
place where the chain was broken. The
Cayuga, Captain Thomas Bailey, went
through first, followed closely by the
Pensacola and Mississippi, names of
eternal memory in the history of the
United States. Farragut remained be
hind with the Hartford and Brooklyn
to shell the forts and in some measure
protect the gunboats during their pas
sage.
Just above the break in the chain
the Confederate fleet was stationed, so
that the Federal vessels had to en
dure both the fire from the forts and
that from their active foes in front.
There were some mishaps, but aston
ishingly few considering the peril, and
on the same day the fleet made Its way
to New Orleans. Nothing could now
save the city from capture, as Its in
habitants very well knew. Ever since
morning they had been burning cotton
and other valuables on the river front,
and when Farragut's fleet arrived it
was greeted by a mob whose fury was
equaled only by Its Impotence. Bitter
epithets were hurled at the victorious
troops. The Southern ladies especially
indulged themselves in strong lan
guage, but it was all harmless. A few
days later Butler arrived with the land
forces and under his rule the city
learned something of the real meaning
of war and captivity.
Ttaly. despairing of bringing the war
with Turkey to an early conclusion in
Tripoli, has carried the war to the Dar
danelles. Any attack on the ap
proaches to Constantinople sets all the
diplomats of Europe buzzing and Italy
probably hopes to force the great
powers to bring Turkey to terms with
her by this threat to reopen the whole
Turkish question. This seems to be
her only hope of securing what she
desires, for the sands of Tripoli have
shown a capacity to absorb Italian
blood as readily as they absorb water.
Advances In wages and Improvement
In working conditions are only a pre
text for the strikes called by the I. W.
W. The real purpose is to bring about
an Industrial revolution by harrying
employers Into giving up their plants
to their workmen. The I. W.'W. are
as bitter enemies of the labor unions
as of the employers and our whole
form of government. They are essen
tially a treasonable body and should
be treated as such.
A great disaster such as that to the
Titanic dwarfs others which ordinarily
would attract world-wide attention.
The loss of 80 lives In the wreck of
the steamer Cachapoat passes almost
unnoticed w-hen our minds are fas
tened on the loss of twenty times that
number on the Titanic.
The flood of sympathy for those
who are bereaved by the Titanic dis
aster should have enough practical
result to bring relief to those families
of the crew which are left fatherless.
Planters of enormous acreage of po
tatoes this year may not realize big
prices, but they will have put the
ground in shape for something better
next year.
Change In ownership of the Albany
Democrat will result in removal of a
landmark as conspicuous as a broken
down crossroads signpost.
"Be British:" exhorted Captain
Smith, and they were, and the Amer
icans were blood relations.
Just as expected. Major Butt stood
at attention, awaiting announcement
of formation of the parade of death.
Sorrowful details are assurance that
Anglo-Saxon blood Is red.
The Beavers need the medicine that
made the balky mule go.
Red fire would have a sulphurous
smell to many.
"All over but the counting"
that drags.
-and
Hillman goes to his Summer resort
today.
Heat Radiators Warm Bears.
New York Press.
An unexpected use of electric heat
ing radiators in New York City during
the excessively cold weather was to
warm the bear cages In the Bronx
Park soo. which are too far from the
power house to make it convenient to
pipe steam to the dens.
PTopoaal of a Cautions Lover.
Judge.
"You want to marry my daughter?""
"I'm not quite certain, but I'd like an
option on her hand, sir."
AT THE CAFETERIA
By Addlaoa Bennett.
For several days, at least four, the
three twins, as the blonde cashier now
spoke of the officers, stockholders, di
rectors and managers of The Cafeteria
Poultry Company, Limited, had not
made an appearance at their accus
tomed time, or any other time, and the
little blonde was Just wondering if it
could be possible that they really had
come Into possession of much money
and had taken themselves and their
trade to some more pretentious place,
some place where coy and blushing
maidens would be the tray-bearers and
tips would be expected therefor.
As she cogitated thus, meanwhile
trying to spear an unusually busy fly
with her hatpin, the door opened and In
came the trio and down the line they
went, trays in hand, each selecting the
dishes of his choice. None of them took
eggs, the cashier noticed, and the dys
peptic selected as a part of his modest
repast three wedges of mince pie, while
the fat man contented himself with a
half-dozon graham wafers and a glass
of buttermilk.
As they were seated at the table and
began plying their Implements of gus
tation the dyspeptic remarked that he
had Just come in from the poultry
ranch, after four days of mental strain
and muscular labor that would upset
any but a man with an Iron constitu
tion and herculean will power.
a a
"As you know," he went on, "I went
out to receive them hens and get them
started at their daily tasks and them
Incubators loaded. Well, the hens come,
all 600 of 'em, and I turned 'em loose
on the range and showed 'era the place
where they was to sleep nights, the
old barn, which we expected we could
use for a month or two. I am not
mentioning the two .roosters which you
sent along; to chaperone them hens.
But they don't count for much, being
the two most discouraging looking
roosters you ever saw.
"I fed them hens, and likewise them
roosters, for two days and harvested
In them two days seven eggs, when I
had them Incubators sot to load with
over 40 dozen. On the third day, that
was the day before yesterday, them
hens et four bushel of wheat and pro
duced nine eggs the Incubators agin
sot for 400.
"Of course, I knowed something was
wrong, but I couldn't understand what
the trouble was until yesterday, late
In the afternoon, a friendly and gentle
manly neighbor what keeps hens came
over and looked the flock over and
what do" you think? What do you sup
pose Is the matter? Have you fellers
what bought them hens any idear what
derned fools you have made of your
selves, of what a hole you have cut into
the n-nances of The Cafeteria Poultry
Company, Limited?
"This neighbor feller, what knows
all about hens, looked them hens over,
as aforesaid, and he found that them
hens is xnebbe 25 years old. .mebbe
more, mebbe not quite so old; but so
derned old that not a one of the hull
600 has a tooth in her head, not a
single blessed tooth!
"Do you see what you fellers has
done? Loaded us up with 600 hens .that
ain't even nt to sell for capons, let
alone Spring chicken, let alone hens to
lay eggs!
"This neighbor man, who is a expert
on hens, although a sort of country
Jay. sort of a Reuben, but good and
kind to the core, willln' to assist a
neighbor to the best of his ability
this feller looked Into the mouths of
about 300 of them hens and found not
a blessed tooth. So he says to me,
says he. "you fellers has been handed
a gold brick by them commission mer
chants, for these hens is too ancient
to lay eggs. Now. a ordinary hen drops
the last of her 13 teeth when she is
about 14 years old, mebbe 15, some
times going as high as 16. So it is
safe to say that these here hens is on
a average of mebbe 20 years old, and
consequently they can't digest their
feed, consequently can's lay eggs, con
sequently they are worthless except as
meat. Mebbe if they was nussed along
on soft feed they might lay a egg
oncet in a while, but not enough' to pay
their board." " '
a a a
For the space of as much as five min
utes there was silence in the ranks
of the poultry sharps, complete silence.
And then the vegetarian spoke up and
said it was lucky that this honest
Reuben had appeared on the scene so
opportunely, else they might have
fooled along with them hens and lost
a lot more money.
"As I look at It." said the fat man,
who had been present with the vege
tarian when the hens were purchased
from the Front-street commission
house, "the way I look at it is Just
this: shall we britrg a lawsuit against
this commission man, or shall we
swaller the pill as a part of our ex
Derlence and sell the hens to this hon
est country friend, who says he will
buv 'em? My vote and my influence is
in favor of selling 'em at oncet and
buying about 800 young hens, say In no
case taking a hen over 10 years old.
strong and hearty ana aoie-Doaiea
young pullets.
So it was agreed unanimously, and
the officials of The Cafeteria Poultry
Company, Limited, sallied forth, after
paying their checks, in quest of 800
giddy young pullets, pullets in no case
over 10 years old.
As they filed out the fat man failed
to pick up the 30 cents laid down as bis
change, his check being 20 cents and
his lay-down four bits. The little
blonde quietly slipped it under her
palm, remarking "that makes 80 cents
today; when I get 20 more I will go up
to the Paris, London Scappoose Flt
outlng Company and buy one of them
new Summer suits for nine ninety
eight, the terms being a dollar down
and a dollar a year."
"WRECK OP THE TITANIC. .
Two nations bow their beads in silent
trrief.
Their tears commingling flow.
As lie their 'dead below
The mighty ocean ribbed with rock
and reef.
Titanic, victim of the mighty deep.
Whose waters dark and cold
Concealed the berg that tolled
Thy knell and made two kindred na
tions weep.
Thou virgin of the trans-Atlantic
fleet.
Proud type of strength and power
Swift death has been the dower
Thy nuptials sad have laid at Nep
tune's feet.
The fateful hour that sealed their doom
that night
Found men serene and brave;
Nor thought of self to save.
Their lives they gave to women as of
right.
Full many a hero sleeps beneath the
wave.
Both rich and poor the same.
No difference save in name, ,
In each there dwelt a soul both strong
and brave.
For them the day on earth Is done,
" but Oh.
What deathless glory theirs!
Released from sordid cares.
They're safe in realms above us this
we know.
J. B. Hosford.
Portland, Or. i
MOVEMENT TOWARD CHURCH UNIT
Writer Sees Faint Beginnings of New
Form of Worship.
EUGENE, Or., April 18. (To the Edi
tor.) The statements of a clerical
gentleman lately, in The Oregonian.
regarding the source of authority of
the Christian Church, or what church
is the true one, as to its organized pur
pose, are certainly peculiar and would
be amusing in a sense, if it were not
for the seriousness of the subject. The
church being the conservator of the
moral and spiritual interests of the
people, it is hence important that it
should be rightly organized and found
ed. 1. e., that the true church should be
generally recognized and supported by
the people, as Christianity furnishes
the foundation of our modern civiliza
tion. But what is the true church still
divides us to some extent. The Baptist,
Methodist, Catholic, Campbelllte and
others claiming, in large measure, the
supremacy of influence and authority,
for, despite the notions to the contrary,
the people have to have a central object
or source of organized activity to center
their devotions and religious activities.
The strongest nations generally In the
end cling to some one organization, or
society, the tendency in religion, as
well as government, being to central
ize or unify, or else disperse or break
up.
What Is the present American ten
dency? There is certainly an 'effort to
get together among the denominations
Also, there is discernible in faintest
lines or possibly beginnings in embryo
a new form of church worship. It, we
would say, aims to satisfy a larger
range of the human or social capacities.
Not only the utilitarian, but the aes
thetic, appealing to the later forms of
social development as well as in some
measure harking back so to say, to the
customs and views of the early Chris
tian period. There is much evidence
that such a movement is needed and
will take a larger momentum in. time.
The essential truths in religion and
civilization remain but the methods of
expressing them gradually change.
As expressed by one of the early
Christian writers of the period follow
ing the reformation, "Christianity must
retain forms of worship as well as
doctrine, but it is larger than either."
With all the modern forms of belief
and minds of doctrine still, as said of
old, "Salvation is of the Jews."
GEO. W. FRIKDK.
Single Tax and Saloons.
BANDON. Or., April 16. (To the
Editor.) Has it ever occurred to you
that you may be a bit inconsistent in
your arguments on single tax? In a
recent editorial you say single tax
means free saloons, free whisky and
free riot. Just what you mean by free
riot is hard to determine, unless you
want to scare the people. for the
adoption of single tax will not repeal
the laws against unlawful proceedings.
You have also stated at a former
time, if my memory serves me aright,
that society would not be bothered
with the saloon business and what
sane man believes it would? if it were
not for the revenue. Carry the argu
ment to its legitimate conclusion ana
you may find the motive that will
prompt a great many supporters of
single tax. F. N. PERKINS.
Dawn of a Better Day.
Christian Intelligencer.
Friend I suppose it was hard to lose
your daughter?
Father Well, it did seem as if it
would be at one time, but she landed
this fellow Just as we were beginning
to give up hope.
A Moment In Diplomacy.
New Orleans Tlcayune.
"Johnny, did you have a good time
at the party?"
"How could I have a good time? 1
had promised mother to behave my
self." As "Ed" Howe Sees Life
There is no distinction in owning an
automobile any more. Nearly as many
people own automobiles these days as
are going around the world.
The man who abstains from evil he
cause of fear of punishment is almost
regarded as a sinner, yet he is prob
ably the most reliable good man we
have.
The half-hour stroke on a clock
serves no other purpose than to cause
you to wonder what time it is.
There is this difference between a
piano and an automobile: All the boys
In the family will take lessons on an
automobile.
Since the Constitution says that all
men are equal, was Abe Lincoln uncon
stitutional? The man with an old automobile at
tracts more unfavorable attention than
the man who gets along without one.
The man who has none may say that
next year he Intends to get a better one
than anything on the road this year.
I have no great pictures in my house.
I don't need them. I can go outside and
see better ones the original master
pieces. r l,n.,- hcon fl&htint? fiprcelv for
liberty ever since time began, yet the
great majority OI umu Jln-ve 0.1 w a j a m-
... a iiHoftv Whv has the minorltv
been able to, continue the turmoil so
long?
Every riot emphasizes the fact that
riots are easily organized and that the
leaders are usually able to secure a
compromise.
Our way of waging war is better
than that adopted by the Mexicans. I
am a soldier, but my commander is the
editor of my favorite newspaper, and I
am at no other trouble or expense than
the 10 cents a week I pay for a daily
battle for my principle.
New Special Features for
The Sunday Oregonian
Will He Signal From the Spirit World? An eminent man gave
promise before his death, recently, that he would seek to communicate
with the world. A page of deep interest and importance is devoted to
the preparation for receiving his message, should it be sent.
The Candidates An intimate nonpartisan view of the lives and
fortunes ot the men who seek to serve as President during the next
four years.
Speedy Oregon Horses A page about fast horseflesh that has
been developed in the state.
Revolutions Made to Order A view behind the scenes of Latin
American intrigues.
Where Women Are Not Wanted An unusual account from the
Monk republic that will not let a woman cross the "border.
Love as the Poet's Theme Another of Laura Jean Libbey's en
tertaining letters, elaborately illustrated.
Two Short "Stories "The Door of Death," a love story, and "The
New Minister," about a new choir and minister.
The Jnmp-TJps Mrs. Jump-up goes in for private theatricals
and Jim's jealousy is aroused.
Sambo captures a giant; Slim Jim is captured at last; Hair
breadth Harry and the others have fresh mishaps.
MANY OTHER FEATURES.
Order Today From Your Newsdealer.
THE RELIEF
By Dean Collins.
The Man Who Lost in the primaries
Went gambolling down the street
On the morning after, and kicked a pup
with irresponsible feet.
"What matter if 'tis my neighbor's
kike?
I'll kick the brute just as much as 1
like;
For I'm out of the race, and now, b
jink.
Pooh pooh for him and Vhat he may
think!"
He sought a bar, and he called for a
drink
That cost him a q larter bone;
And scorned the sighs of the thirsty
mob.
And swallowed it all alone.
"With yesterday's vote my trouble
ends.
What care I about making friends?
Ah, sweet relief, to stop buying drinks
For all of those possible-voter ginks!"
He met a lady upon the street.
Who was leading a little child.
Though he knew who it was, he never
paused.
Nor lifted his hat, nor smiled.
"Suffering Caesar1! Look at that!
How is it for a homely brat!
(I'm out of the race and so, b'gee.
Don't care if her husband don't vote
for rrte.)"
And he lifted his voice and carolled
gay.
"Oh, what a relief to be
Freed from the trouble of making
friends.
By a large minority.
I give no cards and I give no smokes.
I laugh no more at the voters Jokes;
Freed from politics' grinding wheel,
I can act just as ornery as I feel."
Portland. April 19.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of April 21, 1S62.
Fort Henry, Tenn.. April 9. One of
the greatest battles of modern days
was fought at Pittsburg (Tenn.) Land
ing, resulting in the complete rout of
the rebels, who attacked us about day
break on Sunday. The rebel forces are
still flying towards Corinth, pursued
by a large force of our cavalry. The
slaughter on both sides was immefcse.
We have lost in killed, wounded and
missing, report says, 18.000 or 20,000
men. That of the enemy is estimated
at 35,000 or 40.000. About 5 o'clock on
Sunday the rebels had succeeded in
forcing our left wing so as to occupy
two-thirds of the held, and were -fighting
their way forward with a desperate
degree to drive our forces into the
river At the same time they were
heavily engaging our right. All this
time and previously to the arrival of
Buell's divisions our forces did not ex
ceed 38.000, contending against a force
of 60,000 rebels. Large numbers of our
men were panic-struck and others com
pletely wornj out. The rebel commander-in-chief,
A. S. Johnston, was killed.
Beauregard had an arm shot off. Fed
eral Generals Sherman and Wallace, of
Illinois, were killed, and General Pren
tiss taken prisoner by the rebels.
Chicago, April 9. Among the corpor
ators of the Pacific railroad bill, re
ported In the Senate a few days since,
are S. J. Hensley, Peter Donahue. C. 1'.
Huntington, T. D. Judah, J. .1. Regan
and James Beatty. of California: W. S.
Ladd and A. W. S. Terry, of Oregon.
Cairo, April 8. General Pope this
morning attacked the enemy at Tipton,
to which place they retreated from
Island No. 10. and took 2000 prisoners.
The rebels fled to the swamp In great
consternation. Beforo leaving the Island
they sunk several of their transports
and the gunboat Grampus. The float
ing battery, mounting 10 guns, floated
down the river and went ashore near
Point Pleasant.
Washington. April 8. At Yorktown
yesterday the enemy's works were care
fully examined by General McClellan
and found to be very strong and the
approaches difficult.
Washington, April 8. Governor Andy
Johnson has'suspenrled the Mayor. Al
dermen and Councllmen of Nashville
for refusing to take the oath of alle
giance. He has filled their places with
loyal men.
The following persons were elected
delegates to the county convention
from North Portland precinct on Sat
urday night: A. M. .Stsrr. W. V. Spen
cer, H. D. Green, S. G. Reed, H. Saxer.
S. Sherlock. A. C. Ripley, A. B. Elfelt.
L. Gill, J. T. Atwood, L. Baum. 1'. C.
Schuyler, A. B. Hallock. T. B. Trevett,
C Burchadt. J. P. Dennison. John 5k-v.i-aken,
J. Thompson. J. Webber.
In the South Portland precinct the
following delegates were returned: C.
S. Sliver, H. W. Davis, J. C. Carson, 11.
W. Corbett, L. Besser, P. A. Marquam,
Peter Taylor, H. Law, William Bradcn,
S. J. McCormick, J. Buchtel. J. Graden,
A. C. R. Shaw, J. Bergmann, W. S. Ladd,
O'Connor, D. S. Dickinson, R. J. Ladd.
E. Long. R. P. Fields.
On Saturday between 1 and 2
P. M. six prisoners escaped from the
guard. William Knox, .while they wore
encaged in chopping wood in the can
yon about a mile west of town.
Mr. Fambres and lady are employed
as teachers in the public school of this
city, Mr. Boynton and lady having re
signed. Quite a number of flags were dis
played yesterday in honor of the vic
tory achieved by our forces over the'
rebels in Tennessee.
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