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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1913. MORXIXG OBEGOXIAX. 8 ' 1 i ' I, ' ' m' " ' vxymttan -- . xii nKEGOM. Kntarad at JMctlaad. Orasos. Poatotflca acond-claa mattar. . ........... Enaacrlpuon Katea Invariably In Advance. BT VAIU .IS. 00 . a. as . . . !ti 1.79 Daily, Sunday lncludid. one year ... tally. Sunday Included, nioaUia . Lai:y. Sunday Included, inraa mootna laJly. Eunday Included, out montn . Dally, witnout Sunday, one year Daily, without Sunday. ut montaa . Daily, without Sunday, three montna. Dally, without Sunday, one month Weekly, one year Sunday, one year tuady and weekly, one year (BT CARRIKH) Pally. Sunday Included, one year ... 1.50 ISO ..6U .0 . Dally, Sunday uciiuw, " Bow f Uemit Sand "'"""nV-S oer. epreae oraer or Pronicpbncr are at local bank. Btampe. cola or currency aeader-e rUk. Qo poatotflca audreae luil Including- county and elate. Foataae Katea 12 to 18 pagee. 1 be ,0 6o pa.ee. e centa; .toB.'i,.-Soai. HlU: 78 to 82 (UU cents. Forela ace. double ratea. Eaeter. BualMaa Offlee Vrrf e ConK II n. .Now York. JBruaawlck oulldln. cas-o. Stecer bulldlns. Ban FrancJan. Ollice B. J. BldwaU Co.. H2 Market at. , . Earopeaa Offlea No. Beient etree a. W LoDOML POBTIAXD, TTXSDAT, SEPT. . 19 IS. CANT SATE MUBlTtOtDS' FACE. Do President Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds imagine that they can ave the face of the Attorney General before the people by ascrib ing criticism of him to the machina tions of the trusts? Scarcely a mur mur of complaint was heard outside of the centers of trust Influence until the Illggs-Camlnettl scandal Involved him. What little criticism emanated from trust centers reacted decidedly In his favor among; the people In general. The record he had made under the Taft Administration was counted m his credit and so long as he gave no other cause for condemnation than his zeal in "busting" the trusts, he was as sored of popular approval. But when Mr. McNab's letter of res ignation was published. Mr. McReyn olds appeared before the public in a very different light. From a foe he became transformed Into a friend of special privilege. It matters not what form special privilege may" take, the people condemn it. They care not whether it be the privilege of immun ity for transferring men's earnings to the coffers of the trusts or the privi lege of immunity for Intimidating two mi'guided girls into a Journey from California to Nevada, all special privi lege looks alike to the American peo ple. They will have none of it. Mr. McReynolds aggravated his of fense in facilitating the escape of Dlggs and Caminetti from Justice by his conduct when the fact became known. He expressed no regret at .. w.i.hr charitably have been termed nis negligence, no determine 7"" " " I iZZi oostoonement of the triau did not enable them to evade trials did not enaoie mem i punishment; he expressed only Joy Mother Republican was out er xcepuont-wji . . His moral obliquity stag- of office. i ovnirofY thft oeople. H appeared to have no conception of the .nnrmitv of the offense of which Diggs and Caminetti had been guilty and which had stirred California to the depths. To him it was. a mere routine matter, about which a Repub lican official had made a great pother in order to win notoriety and make political capital. The people looked at Mr. McReynolds through the spec tacles which he had used in viewing Mr. McNab. and they saw a man whose acts are guided by considerations not of duty, but of policy. They lost faith in him from that day. Subsequent revelations have shown Mr. McReynolds as a man who sets above the law his personal Judgment of what the law should be. His in structions to District Attorneys not to seek indictments against offenders under the white slave law unless the accused have transported women for purposes of commercialized vice are In direct conflict with the terms of the law itself and with the Interpretation put upon it by the Supreme Court. We have heard much in late years of Judge-made law, but here we are of fered Attorney-General-made law. The people desire the latter even less than the former. They have elected some men to make laws and other men to enforce them. They -will not long" tol erate an official who divides law breakers into two classes, one of which he will prosecute, while he. by his personal decree, grants the other Immunity. The President cannot escape a share of the condemnation which the people visit upon Mr. McReynolds. By re versing the order for the postponement of the Diggs-Camlnetti trials he con demned the offense, but by retaining Mr. McReynolds in office he excused the offender. The same logic which caused the President to order that the trials proceed required that Mr. Mc Reynolds should never have opportun ity to offend again in like manner. For so long as that gentleman retains his office the only protection we shall have against repetition of the offense will be the chance that some District Attorney will protest. This chance is gradually growing smaller, as Mr. McReynolds puts in office none but good Democrats, war ranted not to "squeal" on their chief and political benefactor. Just as he divided white slavers into two classes, the immune and the non-Immune, so may he divide the trusts and other of fenders. So long as he remains in of fice we have no assurance of that strict. Impartial enforcement of the law which the Constitution requires snd which the Democratic party has often and most volubly promised. AX EXD TO BEASICKJfESS. At last the sea bids fair to lose its greatest terror. Not that the ancient and ever-present danger from wreck and storm has been overcome. Un slnkable ships are still mere toys for the elements to play with. But what is mere death and destruction com pared with the terrors of that dreaded mni io m.r which a German physician now claims to have mastered through the medium of a simple remedy. Provided this new German discovery ne not turn out to be another turtle serum the discoverer must take rank among the great benefactors of man trinri Just how ereat Is the delivery only those who have Journeyed on the high seas in rough weather may Know. Tt is the most overwhelming, most op pressive of sicknesses. It attacks the victim with a virulence that marks no other disorder and Imparts to him a unu of misery unsurpassed. It sense of misery unsurpassed. It entirely avoided. The piston head Is future life. Biblical criticism was re Uikes at his very ego and the fear is kept continually cool by the spray sponsible in part for the calamity. The not that death will come, but that it which strikes It and as It moves back astounding victories of physical scl- will not come. Atropin does the tries or driving Walls or the cylinder, so mat tne en- obstinate aonerence or many cnurcnes away this monster of the deep, accord- tire engine is kepi at the proper tem- to dead dogmas and indefensible sci ing to the discoverer of the secret, perature. entific theories told the rest of the He traces seasickness to a peculiar We do not suppose there will ever story. With all these destructive in tickling of the pneumogastric nerve, be much use for this Invention in the nuences surging in upon them, people which his concoction alleviates in- automobile, but in the large gas en- gave up In multitudes the expectation stantly. With a milligram of atropin gines which are coming so rapidly into of either heaven or nell and resolved. In his pocket the most suscepuoie landlubber can lash himself to the mast and ride gleefully through the most terrific storm, whereas he has been wont to grovel in his stateroom and pray for death. And when the mess gong rings. the lanasman, equipped and fortified with his potion, r-n nmh with rreedv appetite not to be repelled by the tempting arrays of food, but to eat his fill in gasironumi. peace and comfort. This new discovery sounds almost too good to be true even in this age of wonderful discovery. Yet let us pray that the promoters of "Doc" Friedmann aren't behind the scheme and that milligrams of atropin may come to be distributed a the gang planks of all sea-going craft In the near future. GUESS-NO ABOCT THE COXOXE1. Three years before the 1918 Re publican National convention the ques tion is raised as to whether Theodore Roosevelt will be the candidate of the Republican party. It Is assumed, of course, that there will then be a Na tional convention and a Republican party. The discussion is interesting but futile. The reason is that Colonel Roosevelt doesn't know what he will do in 1916, and no one else knows. In crediting the Colonel with a calculated strategy, outlining his course of action for three entire years, his critics do not at all understand him. He "Will do at the time what seems best for him then to do. It may be, and per haps It will be. something wholly dif ferent from what he now contemplates or rlAema rjossible. Who would have said four years ago Vio rnlnnpl Tlnospvplt WOUld De a candidate last year or any other year .i . . "7 I of the progressive or any uuiw i-j . Yet in the rapid change or political i onnriirinn and the unexpected con troversies of men, the firm purpose of troversies oi men, m- inu ! --. - . , i . ...n- tn run wneltlnna exist In th face of hi?her lnter UOlimei ivuuoctcu - '"'-b .- ' I cnangea ana jib wuuu muiocu position before the country ne couia not possibly have predicted even prvuiuicu w . year in advance. The revolution of But at a time when credit was exiena the next .three years in party forms ed in Europe, liquidation has put the .... . .., . .nh. TTnlta1 Ktotae n n Bnfpr fnntinc 'Rll.si- and political amunces mo.), um iuu- ablv will be as great as in the previ- I Qjjg three years. There will be a million guesses in the coming months and years as to ... .. ...w .. . . I what Colonel Roosevelt will do; but none of them will be. or muctt value until the Colonel finds out what to do. WELCOME TO THE BUT ERA. For several years the Portland mer chants have been going to the cities and towns throughout the Columbia Basin to form personal acquaintance with their customers and their cus tomers' needs and fields of trade. This week, at the invitation of Portland, the customers return the visit. They come to see for themselves what Port- land has to sell. That is the purpose of buyers' week to bring the country . ... merchant into personal contact with the wholesale dealer who supplies him ... . . . , , and to enable him to see for himself hforA huvinr Buyers' week is a natural develop ment from Portland's position as the trade center of the whole Pacific Northwest. As an enterprise it at tracts attention to the city and draws more trade from men with whom Dull ness relations have already been es tablished and new trade from unde veloped sources. Ocular demonstra tion is given the buyers that by its commerce with other states and with foreign countries, this city is the log ical place in which to lay in stock. But the advantages are mutual. The buyer can better Judge of goods by personal inspection than at long range. He can transact business bet ti. hv mpetlne the heads of the whole sale house face to face than by tele graph or mall. By learning the idio syncrasies of the wholesale merchant and by giving the latter opportunity to learn his personal qualities he smooths the way for future dealings. He makes known thn tastes and needs of his cus tomers and thus enables the whole saler better to meet them. The buyers come not only as cus- limiAri but as sruests and friends. bringing their wives and children with them.. As such they will be enter rninn1 Tt will not be the fault of Portland if they do not carry away with them the opinion not only mat Portland sells good goods, but that lha aollnre art rood. hosDltable fel lows. - Thus will arise the determina tion to participate in the next and fvur-r other buvers' excursion and to Induce others to come. This spirit will strengthen that conviction which al ready pervades the Oregon country- that wa are one bir community, hav ing common Interests which impel us all to work togetner ior every enter prise that promotes the common good. COOLING TILE GAS ENGINE Everybody who has ever driven an automobile knows how terrible i thlnar it Is for the engine to get over heated. The usual way of keeping its fAmndrntnrp rlown to a reasonable limit is by causing a stream of water to circulate around and about it. This is effectual for such small cas engines as the automobile employs, out wnen we come to the huge structures of buo and 1000 horsepower It does not work so well. The various parts of the enirlne rise to different tempera tures, creating strains wnicn some- rim mi runture the machinery. The Scientific American tells of a nerv invention which overcomes the difficulty in a most ingenious way. Th roolln? Is effected by a let of water which Is sprayed directly into the lenitlon chamber. An iron duid emits the water under pressure and it strikes both the walls or the cnam ber and the piston head. Two diffi- rnltles have to be met and overcome in this process. The first is the fact that water loses Its cooling power as soon as it is vaporized, r or tnis rea son It Is ejected from the bulb In com paratlvely large drops. These move verv raDldlv and. astonishing as it mnv Hnnear. thev sIId through the itr nited gas without vaporizing. Thus the whole of their cooling effect is exerted upon the wails of the Ignition cham ber and the piston head. The second difficulty arises from the sulphur which Is contained in the products of the combustion. If this annuM hA rlis.enlvpd in thn water the solution would corrode the walls of the cylinder. But, happily, the water is instantly vaporized when It strikes the heated surfaces. It has therefore me neatea suriauea. xt uvua uiereLure no chance to dissolve the sulphur products and the corroding process Is and forth It obviously must cool the -1 n It wilt hn of the trreatest benefit. Tr hn hppn annlipd to an Oechelhauser engine of 36 inches bore, rated at 1000 horsepower, with complete success. The engine was cooled entirely by the internal Jet of water and developed more than its estimated power during the process. A smaller gas engine cooled in the same way developed 25 per cent more, power than under the older methods. This promising inven tion is the work of Professor Bertram Hopkinson, of the University of Cam bridge. BCMNESS OUTLOOK GOOD. Good cause for optimism is to be found in the report on crop and busi ness conditions issued by the Conti nental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago. Crops are above the av erage of ten years and the large carry over from last year has left a great surplus for export, which in wheat alone Is estimated as bringing in J155, 000,000 of foreign money. The crops ire expected to yield between 8.000, 000,000 and ta, 000,000,000 of material wealth. The foundation is thus laid for pros perity. Other interests besides those of the farmers are in good position to erect a solid superstructure. Mer chants are buying liberally but care fully and good collections among them as well as among manufacturers and wholesalers indicate ability to meet obligations. By carrying smaller stocks interior merchants limit use of their credit and spread their buying more evenly throughout the year. The vol ume of business in nearly all lines of merchandising has exceeded that of last year and in many luxuries shows an increase of 25 to 30 per cent. Man. ufacturers are buying from hand to mouth, particularly in those lines which will be most affected by the mouth, ..- V. 1 n Vi -..-.. ..... - new mnu, nam -- nnnntpd These healthily conservative condi- ' .... -- -- curope ior war or uiicaicueii " when demands for Industry were great, .. v... - j B ... . . . ness has been brought nearer a cash i. .... i - v.. T,.Vl.Vk tariff (- ui u y laio imian . . v.... - vision has put upon manufacturers and by the reduction of stocks by mer- chants. ah ihooA nnnHitlnns favor a ceneral uplift in business when the crops are marketed. The strain on the money market due to the Balkan War Is al reoriV heine- relieved and will be re duced etlll further when the needs of tne tanners nave oeen. aupyueu 1A i returns for crops begin to flow back to . , . ... - ers will cause mercnanus to repieuiau . 1 V,I ..111 nor.lm ontlvltv SlULriB OllU ..111 uiat'iiu - ' - among manufacturers, who by that time will no longer feel uncertainty about the tariff. Should the currency bill pass before the extra session of Coneress ends, a further cause or congress en as, a. mriner cause UJL doubt win nave Deen removed ana a ..m.lofino- tho nof-m onpnt mfa nc of rpfni liif in c the supply of capital will nave Deen pro Tided ded. All the factors bearing upon the w..- o v, l outlook upon the future. As the Fall nflvnnpiiR th cnrwl ffpcts of the con servatism of the last few years will be more felt, and berore spring comes we may look for the opening of a period of prosperity equal to that ot the years immediately preceding 190 without the speculative fever which produced the panic of that year. XMMORAUTV AND ITS CUKE. Thousrhtful people feel more or less dread of "a wave of Immorality" which Is said by some to be "sweeping over the land." Dr. C. A. Harper, -secre tary of the Wisconsin State Board of Health, believes in such a wave and thinks he has discovered proof that it Is submerging our young people. He was caned upon to tesuiy Deiore a fotrlslatlvA vlf rnmrnltten anrl in the course of his disclosures told of "twen ty young high school girls who were guilty of indiscretions." How serious these Indiscretions must have been mav hA apn from his description of a society which the high school boys had organized, its purpose was to ostracize the girls who would not sub mit to their demands." vice must have ruled with a high hand in thai chnnl On a fannnt hpln wnniiprint how many fraternities and sororities the pupils supported. Dr. Harper goes on to say that "there is a general wave of lmmoralitv sweeDing over the land. It is partly due to our standards of living and a deadening of the moral sensibilities." Certainly it is. But what has made our standards of living low and deadened our moral sensibilities? Dr. Harper has described our malady, but he has not told us now to cure it. Th Snrlnefleld Remibllcan offers a remedy which is full of promise. The prevalent laxity of the young, It be lieves, comes from family neglect. The old-time restraints by wnicn parents guided their children have been re-ln-rArl or abandoned eomnletelv. The cry now is freedom for young and old alike. The babe la arms is permitted to nave its way ana tne sl-uoui cniiu has complete liberty of choice In stud ies and conduct. The natural remedy is the restoration of the old family government. Let the mother watch over her daughter. Let the father discipline his son. This is excellent ilnotrlna nut hfnro it la lllrplv tn be applied we must supply parents with some motive tor governing tneir cnn dren by the strong hand. We come hQKlr In flint tn tha aamA miption as before: What has deadened our moral sensibilities? What has relaxed tne ruTA nf nurpnta ovpr their families? If the cause of all this regrettable deca dence could be laid bare some effect ual remedy might perhaps oe appueo. If the motive for moral conduct has withered at the root it would be well to sow new seed. If the springs of family government have gone dry we must try to revive them so that the waters may gush anew. It has been said by a great philoso nhAi that thA most Important of all f - - . facts about a man is his theory of the universe, xnis Dener, wnatever it may be, flows into all his thoughts, even when he is not conscious of it, and directs his conduct down to the last details. One who believes in tb,e im mnrtalltv of the soul and the conse quences of earthly deeds in a fixture ,uences of earthly deeds in a future s state Will usually cnuuse nis steps lar differently from one who accepts death as tne exiu ot ttu. -lub musv inipuHmii historical process of the nineteenth (century was the decay of belief In a as the end of all. ne most important ence had somewhat to answer for. The often tacitly and only seml-conscious. ly. to make the most or mu wUj.. Omar's advice to take the cash and let the credit go was followed even "In some of the churches. The distant drum lost its terrors. Karma became an idle threat and retribution the phantom of a weary dream. "Eat, drink' and be merry, for tomorrow we die," was chosen for the watchword of the Western world, tnougn many whispered it secretly, pretenams a" the contrary be cause it was respectable or profitable. ... : v.;iTWan tha And men appuea to ine same maxim by which they led their own lives. "Let the little ones have a good time. Do not punish them. Do not hamper their freedom. Let us all laueh and riot together, for when we die we shall be dead a long, long time. This despairing materialism poisoneu it.. nf rxt tho world, and the effects .i, uik nntlnn are coming out in such behavior as Dr. Harper describes. Through every circle or society same infections have spread. The millionaire deserts the wue oi ma Knonm tn marrv a. bloomine successor. The' laborer plots death against his employer. The church seems, some times, to stand powerless in the hurly- burly. But tnis is oniy !" " n.i,n hi. -talisman powerful to bring new life to the dying tree of moral conduct and to revive tue v.j ,nrin nf famllv government. The talisman wUl exert its power, not by denying science and history, but by admitting frankly an mey teach. Their influence never would ..,. h.on hancfni if the churches had v, ...mint to their mission. They stubbornly fought the revelations n,.ir,o t,ih irhcn thev should have wir.nmi.ri it with hallelujahs. They ..v,t mant nil mat tnere was a uciw ly hostility between truth and religion, ...j-ii. -ii ttma thrv should have known that truth was the foundation stone on which religion must De num. mi.. nirita thundered to vacant pews. The multitudes trod the primrose path to oerdition. The talisman mat xirnrlrl if we can bring our selves to use it. is the life of Jesus and the precepts that he taught. His life is not concerned witn am maglo of any kind. It has no connec tion with metaphysics. It is plain, simple, homely and uncompromising. He was utterly fearless and utterly trio snrhinsr was all summed up in the precept, "Do unto others as ye would have them do unto you." This is the whole of the law and the reward of i. i i.h in immortality. "He that hath seen the Father." Love one another and the gates of u.. .hnii .wine- wide to let you In. When we get ready to accept his life j lirii .wo & . j i and his teaching there will be no more I . . i. . v..oq irnn of the fam- trOUDie UVIUL r ' . , , - j mnwiiitv. He solved uy or mo uctaj t . - - .V.. .Iilla nf h WO rid fOT US, DUt HIS I L.lt. ,uu.w v.. v -- solution was so simple that men never have dared try it that the Prince of vuc 1- l A A la A O a wajes Is not quite such his mother fears, . ner name, . . XT' n-llnV. TlitflirV. S tlP i in Tniriish history. She I 19 uhuiiwu-J " - " may possibly have Inherited some or the suspicion and love of tyranny v,irh were conspicuous in a former which were conspicuous in a icnner I " - t,a which mav SdLlSSo these years. Very likely tne prett, i ,1 niTacD whom she has dismissed .a.u..u.. - ., sinned only by Deing pretty. "" the young Prince nappenea iu ..- liio jyy s v,,, 1 her charms, where was the harm ? which some affect J. lit? 'ViAn.lA to scorn because they are popular. have received a word or praise i" the United States Bureau of Educa- tm r thA c:nautauaua. oe- tlU. jiie. j - comes a more decided factor in the education of the farmer." says tnat re spectable authority. This may well be true, since a great many of the assem blies are held in villages 01 e . 600 people and they teach agriculture, household work and business besides the usual college studies. t .i.i,ni in automobiles by Ore- 111 V LH lllli.ii. gonlans during the past year Increased nearly 40 per cent over mo year. If anticipations arc i""'"' next year of a popular price, this rec ord will be broken and the worries of the pedestrian Increased in like ratio. m. imim nrAcon riflemen who A. HuaO " n won a victory that brought them ln . .ii.i ottAtitlon on the National ICI 11.1'11 M... - ramn 'Pprrv should be prop erly received when they return to Port land with captain juuu, coached them to victory. i.MhAr man has been killed in at- . .1 hnarri a fast-eolng train. leiniLii'fc i. Yet others will net be deterred from chancing like fate. Tne desire to gu is inborn and very few consider the possible fatal result. Lord Chancellor Haldane's train. was ji..j T,.v.iiA n. search for diamond thieves aboard was being conducted. Something doing all tne ume mis smc of the pond. A girl with an X-ray skirt was re fused a Job teaching school in Oak ij ci.hnni Hoard Drobably figured that such apparel and brains didn't go together. France has found that her aerial ... i. inoiioniuitA and must be re- UCDl a -. 1 organized. The service would seem to be all up in tne air, so tu m"". What a tale that bull elk will have when turned loose on the reserve, and how hungry he will get for a sight of city people occasionally. The touch of frost in the air yester day served to remind the native and adopted Oregonian of his woodpile or his lack thereof. Lawyers at Montreal are all stirred up over the Yellow Peril. We laid that bugbear to rest some time ago. It is easy to account for the drop In temperature. Eliza and the cakes of ice are in town. What, still hot in Kansas? And we shiver these mornings before the fire is lighted. Ten thousand have gone to the hop- It a profltable and healthful vnration If vou do not see the car you want today, try another corner, , Of course, we have to lose a game once in a long wmie. Increased tax on big incomes again fails to worry us. . . , . we certanny l"c Back to labor. 1 1 1 1 1 r .1 IJ I It Wolf n fnlnrv A an ii rrt i r 1 1 1 in me nooviuu i -w . . j --- lopcai Yec By peaa co.r.ns. L Flnnlgan to Flnnnlgan. Superintindint wuz Flannigan; Boss av the siction wuz Finnigm; Winiver the kyars got often the thrack An'. muddled UP things V th' divil an back, Finnlgin writ it to Flannigan Afther the wnen wus an uu ab, That is, this Finnlgin Repoorted to Flannigan. When Finnigan first writ to Flannigan, He wrlted tin pages did Finnigan,. An' he tould Jist how the smash oc curred; Full many a tajus, blunderln' warro Did Finnlgin write to Flannigan ... th, kvars had none on agin, That wuz how Finnigin Repoorted to x lannigan. Jfow. Flannigan Knowed more tnan Finnlgin He'd more ldjucation had Flannigan; An it wore 'm clane and complately mi t To tell what Finnlgin writ about In his wrltin' to Muster ruuimsnu, "Don't do such a sin agin. Make 'em brief, Finnlgin!" When Finnlgin got this from Flan nigan Ha blushed rosy red did Finnlgin; An' he said: "I'll gamble a whole month's pa-ay That it will be minny and minny a da-ay Before sup'rintindint, that's Flannigan, Git's a whack at this very same sin agin; From Finnlgin to Flannigan Repoorts won t Be long agin. tt-- ja v,a dir'tinn av Finniein. On the road sup'rintinded by Flannigan, A rail give way on a Dit av a vurva A. rail Bo na j v. An' some kyars wint off as they made tha DWArVA "There's nobody hurted," sez Finnigin, But repoort3 must be made to Flanni gan." An' he winked as worried a Finnigin. tr. -n,, fUnVin' thin, wuz Finnigin. As minny a railroader's bin agin, An the snmoKy 01 lamp wua uuiuu . m.ntin'B .iiantv oil thnt nierht in r iiiiufcui d i. .... .. . v... . " T3titn inwn ViU rpnoort wuz Finnigin And he writed this here: "Muster Flannigan: Off agin, on agin, Gone agin. Finnigin." Strickland W. Glllilan. The Smack In School. A district school not far away, Mid Berkshire Hills, one Winter's day Was hummin with its wonted noise 'Of threescore mingled girls and boys Borne few upon their tasks intent, But more on turtive raiscmci duw The while the master's downward look But more on furtive miscnier Dent, tl n fnetanan nn n rOTIVbOOk: whfin suddenly oemna ma Daca, Rose sharp and clear a rousing smack! Kose snarp n w When suddenly behind his back A a 't-arara a hatterv Of blisS Let off in one tremendous kiss! "What's that?" the startled master cries; That, Thir," a little Imp replies, .Tr--, wiiiiom Tfllllth. if vou pleathe I thaw him kith Thuthanna Peathe! With frown to make a statue thrill With frown tJ" 4VtnSr wm The master thundered. H'ther ni. Like wretch o'ertaken In his track. With stolen chattels on ms dk. Will hung his head In fear and shame And to the awiui pruw, A great, green, bashful simpleton. And to the awiui presence -.i.i a great. rW W7 -pressed, and birch, up. The butt or ail gooa-iiu.c ... threatener faltered. "I am amazed irerpst rjuoll. should um ". --'--, Be guilty or an act so ruu. Berore tne wi ow 11 nlni nut VOU tO t? wnat evi 6 - - "'Twas she nerseii, Br, nuuu!. 1 did not mean to be so bad, a o shnnlr har curls. Dill 1.11 'lulu. . - And whispered I was 'frald of girls And dursn't kiss a baby's doll, i ij. atonal It. sir. at all. But up and kissed her on the spot. I know boo-hoo I ought to not, But, somehow, from her looks boo- I thought"8he kind 'f wished me to!" T a, i. uiiiiuu. rlofhr. and the Man. Old Jabez Jones he led a 1 All free from any nim . -Tntil his uncle passed away. . -1 -.mi want nn tn gav 11 13 uncies vviii ....... - - That Jabez got 'mongst this and that, A frock coat ana a nigu ann You've heard that clothes don't make L 1 1 T 111, But now and then you're find they can. When Jabez put 'em on one day - i j v.- inniiA' Hkn Henrv Clay; e dhiu ii ' And then he struck a solemn pose And talked Impressive, inrousu " nose. t i i . i ... hA mann a Start Because he kind o' looked the part. And that Is how ne leit tne ia.nu. We didn't mean him any harm. His family is all in tears. His picture as it now appeal o Is low-browed, with a nasty squint. .v. .normal a urn TlOt fit tO Drint That are sent out in stealthy tones Concerning dear old jaoez juueo. And everybody wisnes mat He'd never got that coat and hat. Washington (D. C.) Star. A Lageard In Love. "I give you a key to my heart, said "So come when you will and unlock Your key Is Just this" (and she offered a TrlsR: "Don't let it wear holes In your pocket!" Two days flitted by ere I ventured to try My luck in that storehouse of blisses; I tried that new key she had gives to me. But, lo! she rejected all kisses. "You're really so slow," she yawned, "don't you 'know , ,i- .--A vnn nwav .nn vacation? I knew your key"d rust, and you don't mind, I trust? rve altered the combination? Puck. Hie One Fault. There was a man Of history sad Whose every plan Went to the bad. He did not drink. He did not swear. Nor slyly wink At sirens fair. Ideals high He would reveal. He could not lie. He could not steal. His worth, you'd vow. Was something strong, And yet, somehow, His luck went wrong. The hoped-for bliss He'd never clutch. His fault was this: He talked too much. Exchang Zl TZZ. t..va th- h,r yv av o yu - - - Whose rnymes weio were nara to read whose tragedy was slush, I 7 hi nothna -rush? in wyt iiicnuro his nathos crush I lig IV 1 l 1 ' . nis w v- ' ' - With a tense lOOK ne raiseu nis neau, "Because I am Inspired," he said. "Whv do you write?" I asked the bard Whose fragrant verse was never m a prMi By one false note whose poems fine Breathed genius I t-amKaI a-anllln tpil A In PVflfV 1.T1A XM OH Lllrv ft - j -- --- With a calm smile he raised his head ?V ith a calm smile ne raiswu ma iiuaa-. 'They pay me for the stuff," he said. Boston Globe. Ho, for the season of the year When oity folks from homes and shops Haste to the country places near To spend a week in picking hops; The pungent hops destined to be The basis of that amber poison Which mortals frail assail with glee And hang their corrows and thei joys on. We rend the vines with zealous hand And sing and carol at the task, And when the baskets loaded stand, Largess of fifty cents we ask, And thus our fortunes mount more high. The faster in the basket drops The fragrant foliage as we ply The gentle Job of picking hops. Broad-shouldered men toil hard and fast And claw the vines with zeal lm. men sa, And when the scorching day is past Have earned one dollar fifty cents; While some fresh kid, upon the row, A enub-nosed freckled midge o midgets, Cops off six bones of gleaming dough By reason of his nimble digits. KURAIw CHCRCHES HAVE EVOLVED Layman Say a That Error of Fast Have Been Corrected. PfiHTTiANn Sent.' 1. (To tha Ed itor.) The stigma which you would at" tach to the average country Baptist and Disciples preacher, as Instanced in a re cent editorial, ' may have been war-r-antftd at nna time, hut such conditions do not now obtain, except, possibly, in i , . , , remote localities ThA far.t nf thA avftrasre low salaries paid is not necessarily a reflection upon those religious bodies, but is merely working out of conditions as they exist The particular class of people comprls- I n rr th m m am httfefc t n nf tllAIA hnriiflfl were the truth fully known, pay a larg. er percentage or tneir income ior me PUIJU1L Vt- 11IO i;UV. UIAII vf l"a w nhiirnli.a n.anlinn.H in thA Hltnnort 1 1 of their ministers, although less able. xne cnarge tnat tne memoersiup m the Baptists and Disciples is augmented tarcrAlv thi-mich nrn1 vt In or la whollv erroneous. No reliable statistics can be produced to prove this. On the other hand, the evangelistic work of the Dis ni.l.. nrlilnh Ii n n o 1 - .Via mAAt fllir 1.11 17 11 iriill.ll, yoi a.i7, AO vw iiivm cesBul of any church, is carried on at tne present time principally ay cuiiese- Dred preacner-evangeusia, nu it fact easily proven that fully four-flfthi . ih.ip r 1 1 n ii - t n g r a T- ii m nnn.nrnfpB sing people, rather than mostly from other church members, as stated in your - - - -- - j editorial. Proselyting is frowned upon. The evangelists of the Disciples church i --a-e,wa.Ufc- - do not make baptism their principal nlea hut thnv do nreach uncompromis- riica, UUk l"u; U aviuvaa w - ----- ingly the necessity of a changed life and raitn in tne i,oru jesus innsi aa the divine Son of God and the Savior of the world. "There is no other name under heaven given among men where 1 . n.A ... ..... K .1 navctA " tha work niB(,inl.. that it is their nur- It is also a fact, well known among pose to discourage, in every possible wav. tne Diamine: or cnurcnes in locali ties already adequately supplied. The records will also show the Disciples, in many localities tnrougnout tne couiiLry, are putting into practice what they have for years been so strongly preacn I n er I a nnnunMilA tin c thAlr nnnirrpffl lnrrt ml.ti nllm. hlrl in. tr CX7 a W1I churches are receiving insufficient sup port ana tnere is mutual agreement-. T. f iln.iVitlnD. Iiiia ll u t in timet nAKt baptism was unduly emphasized by some OI tne preacners in me uatit counties, but In connection with the preaching of a full gospel the Disciples' minister is preaching the necessity of unity of God's people. The prayer of the Master, as recorded in the 17th chanter of John, is insistent that we shall all be one. In the conventions 1 1 U 1 11 jr iioviiiicai u m m .u in the religious press, this is ever a lAnHino. tnnip fnr HiRcussion. Hence, the l, I . V. ninnlnliia atald on.! atinii a n fl statement, "they found churches with a certain recaiessness oi consequences in uttlA vltlnp-Ao whiph UFA alrAariv over- churched." is not applicable to this gen eration. The chief concern of the church is the conversion of sinners and their conversion does nappen not oniy ni.n9clnnnll v. hut dozens and hundreds are confessing Christ and obeying him in baptism every ween., not oniy in Ore gon, but througnout tne country. A LAYMAN, ANOTHER WONDER OP THE WORLD Greatest Dam Built Will Be Opened at Keokuk, la., Angui io. Power. When President Woodrow Wilson dedicates the new hydro-electric power plant at KeoKuK, August 20, ne win put Into harness the greatest river tn the United States, and compel It to yield 300,000 horsepower to the uses of mankind, a "power output by far thA lm-p-Ast In thA world." This vast amount of energy is to be obtained by malting tne Mississippi Rivpr nsss a lartte share of its 20,000 qac -ft minimum flow, or 372,000 ec ft. maximum, through 30 turblne-ob structed concrete tubes, 18 feet in di ameter, in a power house 1718 feet n- nnnpftrimatelv one-third of a mile.' Power is transmitted as far as St. Louis, 144 miles distant, at 110,000 volts. Vni, ahont 12 miles ud river from Kifokuk the Mississippi forms what ars vnnwn us the De Moines Kaoios, tne tnmi flpscpnt of the river in that dis tance being about 23 feet or greater than that for any similar stretch else where in the river. Added to mis es sAntiai an anDreciable fall within a onmnnrntlvnlv short stretch the loca tion offered the advantage of bluffs close to the river on both sides for a rnnaMerabiA distance aDove tne oam sites, thus reducing the area over fintrfaA kv thn prertlon of the dam. Thus, it comes about that Integra! with the dam and power house are one of the largest locks In the world and the largest drydocK in iresn water. thaA .mro HpsirnAd and constructed under tha scrutiny of War Department engineers, and upon completion were turned over to tne united states win wit. -nn noa horsepower, or 231.000 kilowatt, becoming available at low cost In the heart of a heretofore purely aericultural section and with good i.itn.ni.HtiTrA t ran sn o r ta t i on. facilitat ing the shipment of products to the big centers or oisiriDuuon, me luwua within 100 or more miles of Keokuk seem destined to reap marked benefit from the erection or tnis piant. ThA historv of the project of com polling the mightiest of the rivers in North America to do service for man extends back to 1857. Americanisms Are Old English. rhFi,tian Science Monitor. Tlnn cinq Campbell, in "itie Puritan in Holland and America," declares that but using the English of Chaucer.and 1 .friAM tna vnnKH Mas i kuccb. iih la snakesoeare. riV pn vea 'Of 20 years of age he was, I guess. "Better far, I guess, that we do make our entrance several ways." Henry VI. So when he speaks of "Fall" instead of Autumn, he is following Dryden. "Or how last Fall he raised the w..vlv hills" In calling a person homely Instead of ni.in hA han tha warrant nf Milton. il w . " ""-1 .mo., ; w " wj I home: they had their name hencA.."-. "It is ror nomeiy reatures to Keep 'Comus." From The Oregonian of Sept. i. 1S63. a iAirr written bv a gentleman on his way to the Boise mines: '"We camped last night on the Welser, 20 mitus this side of (Snake River. We met here a train of 40 wagons from Shelby County, o. in the train are 170 souls and 3S0 head of stock. They are Germans and are tn n io-inn fniintv with the ex- ception of a few families, who go to ... . . n ...; IVnlfa i In pnoaiwater ia.y, itijjion w. command. Kansas Cltv. Auer. 2T. Quantrell's men have been scattered throughout the border counties, but are still Deins nunted. Their led horses and stolen eoods were nearly all abandoned in the chase. Twenty-one mora guerrillas have been killed. Eighty in all have been taken. No prisoners have been taken and none will be. new i ui v, .nut,, ii. j. ne i.s" ',ij arrived from Charleston, dated August t4. Admiral Dahlsrren at midnight on Saturday bomoarded feumter until o .nTnnir CiimtA, l nfiur ilrtfnnnt Thfi UtlUtK. 1.1 .1 . i . . .. " .. ..... last gun was dismounted yesterday. On rrlday nignt tsuuiuiu miew uu oncno charged with Greek fire into Charles ton. win lm a vArv lftrfiTA attftnd- anca at the State Fair, which will com mence on the 15th. Beautiful camp ing grounds adjoin the fair grounds and tnose wno utieuu me better make their arrangements to take their board and lodging with them, as it will be impossible for all to obtain accommodations in &aieni. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonian of Sept. 2. 1888. c.i.m sent 1. Miss Mattle L. Hanse. thA nnw dan of the Woman's College, arrived this morning. Two performances were given yester day by Professor Norris with his troupe of trained dogs at the New Park Thea ter. The Portland Rowing Association double scull race came off last night. McAlpin and Quackenbush easily Deat Bevan and Muir. The losing crew paid for the supper. The city dredger is now ready for the iron workers. Simon Harris announces that the or chestral union will resume rehearsals Monday evening at Arion Hall. 'Miss Ella C. Sabin, the new city su perintendent of schools, returned from San Francisco. A. B. Stelnbach has Teturned from his semiannual business trip to New York. It is reported that President Merrick, of the East Portland Council, will veto the ordinance changing the route of the Portland and Vancouver line from Fourth to Third street. Judge Loyal B. Stearns returned yes terday from a four weeks' sojourn in the Umpqua Valley. CATCH FISH BV TICKLIXG THEM It la the Practice AmonR EngllaB Poachers, Says Mr. DfW. POF.TLAND, Aug. 29. (To the Ed itor.) Let me hasten to tell you how they catch fish by tickling them. The tickle is not a special kind of bait, carried in the orthodox bait can, but Is the same tickle that comes from the verb to tickle and has the exactly same meaning as the word thus spelled that will be found in any Webster's Dic tionary. The poacher supplies himself with no fishing tackle II have been told that probably a fish basket would not be necessary), and after having become well acquainted with the bed of a cer tain narrow brook, he carefully notes where the stones are where the fish lie in concealment. Towards eventide he will steal along the bank of the said brook and care fully and slowly place his arm undtr the water and his hand under the stone. Should there not be a fish there the poacher then moves cautiously on to another stone. At last he touches a trout. Does the trout swim away? No sir- the exDerlenced tickler immediate ly starts tickling the fish underneath the stomack and the flsh becomes hypnotized as it were. It is then a simple matter to pull the flsh out of the water and into the pocket of the poacher. That is all, and would you believe It. there are men who will not believe the story at all. I have not tried it and I am not asking you to try it. but I want to convince a good many of your readers that I am not an English "guy" that is trying to put something over mv American friends, that I am not attempting to introduce a new kind of baseoall and that tea drink ing does not accompany the sport at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but that I am legitimately telling the truth, the whole truth and nothin? but th truth. NoL. A. DEW. OCR STAND OX MEXICO IS WEAK. Mexicans Interpret Our Attitude As One of Fearing; Them. PORTLAND, Sept. 1. (To the Edi tor.) If Mr. Wilson, President, had first invited a commission represent ing both parties from Mexico to con fer or go over the situation with tne idea or purpose of finding some con clusion or basis for settlement of the difficulty, I think there would have been more ground for sending an em bassy. Under the circumstances it looks Imprudent or. even somewhat im pudent to say the least. But such procedure should be ex cused, I presume, in a college professor. Unless the United States desires to rec ognize the legality of the Mexican gov ernment let it stay outside and express its sentiments 'if necessary in plain terms, not beat around the bush with vacuous or double - meaning plati tudes and promises of sweetened wind which can only be sure to mislead a semi-barbarous and treacherous peo ple, who can only interpret promises of good will and friendship as fear of them or hesitancy to encounter danger or war. A. F. D. Advance Style Information Now that Summer sluggishness has well-nigh spent Itself we are looking forward to the brisk and spirited days of Fall. Everyone of us Is Interested in the question of ".Style" what Fash ion decrees for the coming season. During the Summer months hun dreds of minds have been planning and thousands of hands have been designing fresh, .new styles for all of us. And now we are all inter ested to know the verdict to see just what is what for Fall and Winter, 1913-1914. Therefore, if by any chance we have neglected our ad-reading dur ing the hot months of Summer, let us now take it up again with dili gence lest by neglect we fall be hind in this important matter of styles. Each day The Oregonian's adver tisements add some new thought, some advance information intensely interesting to those who wish to know.