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Foreign post age, doubls rates. -. Eastern Business Offices Verree & Conic -Iln. New York, Brunswick building. -oi-caao, Steger building. Ban Franclscu Oflice R. J. BIdwell Co.. T4J Market street. PORTLAND, MONDAY, JCLY 18, 1814. how pmprxos mm autonomy. In considering whether It Is wise to grant a larger measure of self sjoTernment to the Philippines as pro posed In the new Jones bill, it is well to examine the use made by the Fil ipinos of the degree of self-govern- ainA nrfnhAr. 1907. when the first Philippine Legislature met. the iill pinos have shown what they would do had they control of both houses. The Wilson Administration proposes, by substituting a native senate for the commission as the upper house. to give uiem mis co.itt.. I from what the assemDiy nas amm i . . . , ... I or attempted to do wnat sucn a puici n-atlve Legislature would be likely ai A n The Assembly has persistently re jected bill Initiated by the Commis- iftrn h s lnniciiea i mc ion to abolish slavery and peonage, . m i i ; I denying that these relics or aru. u. .ricti in thi islands, although con frnntfH with nroof of many specif! cases from a number of provinces. cases from a numuer ui ni.. crises nrai . hv ine Assemoi itjctnu un..- .- ...... i 1 I the Commission ror me ciearius ui ins ..., It atiemp 5 to UucV taxes on land v ... i. and liquor, tnougn tne per wy. - of taxation is lower man 111 uj I rrr. . . . , u I civilized country anu iiiuub" I badly needed for education, sanlta- tlon and roads. One of these pro jiiicHnns would have de creased the revenue $1,000,000 a year and would have crippled the admin istration. Attempts were made to re lax restriction, which the Commission had put on horse-racing in order to check rambling, which to the Fili pinos' besetting sin. The Filipinos are not a nation, but an aggregation of tribes. The best means of welding them into a nation Is a common language, which the Commission had provided by teaching English in the common schools, to the exclusion of all native dialects and by making English the official language oT the courts, beginning in 1913. The Assembly proposed that native dialects b taught in the schools and that the teaching of English be done away with. Thus It would have kept the people) apart by depriving them of a common language. It also proposes to continue Spanish as the official language of the courts. Other measures passed by the As sembly and rejected by the Commis sion show the probable trend of legis lation by a purely native Legislature. Attempts were made to weaken the health authorities, who have almost extinguished smaflpox. cholera and other diseases and have put the Islands in fair sanitary condition to abolish the Bureau of Civil Service and introduce the spoils system;, to prohibit employment of foreigners as steamship engineers, though there are tew competent natives; to exempt un cultivated land from tax for five years, thus encouraging the holding of land out of use; to relax the libel law, though the tendency to toward license In publications; to legislate for more territory, with civil war as a certain result; to prohibit use of foreign lum ber in public buildings, though the native is Inadequate; to make school attendance compulsory, though facili ties and funds to supply them are in sufficient; to release from prison 1156 brigands, who would have resumed their career of robbery and murder; to pay a bounty on silk production which might have absorbed the en tire insular revenue. The Assembly attempted to place control of road taxes In the hands of provincial boards, which had neg lected to perform the duties already confided to them. Filipino witnesses are extremely timid and frequently In court deny confessions previously made, but the Assembly proposed to declare invalid as evidence confes sions made before police, Judicial or executive officers unless ratified in court. A bill ostensibly aimed to pro tect the cocoanut tree would have en abled many persons to exact exorbi tant damages for land needed for hiehwavs. Bills were passed which highWaVS. JDI11S were psus3u "iuw would have crippled the Society for - ... . , , I 1 L II o etiii,iciii.j v. m i . .k.i.,.nuj fiimrontinn jural nst diseases of horses and cattle, diverted , ... taxfs irom puduc 'wums iu siiaww i of official salaries, encouraged en- . J . V. I croachment on pumic roaub, ou- Ktructed arrest of offenders by for bidding arrest at night or on legal holidays. A bill was passea to re . . . t - -. J.. ,,K strict iree meuitaj iiieuuai.c .. . v-i.i. ...it v,o,. vrri the Door to pay for service of Filipino physicians, and the Assembly rejected bills passed by the Commission which . . - . . . would have aiaea suppression oi auius- . ... . i I gling, provided penalties ior suoorna tion of perjury, imposed severe penal ties on habitual criminals and on opium smugglers and restricted cock fighting. The Assembly to controlled by the educated class of mestizos, or half breeds, and its purpose is shown plainly to have been to perpetuate the rule of this class, drawn chiefly f-nm th Tao-alncr and llocano tribes, and to hold down and keep apart the and to noia aown anu iecp . .v nn th other mas-sea V 1 lud I tribes. To turn over the government to this class at the present juncture .. mm . . . 1 . I would have the opposite effect to that which Mr. Wilson desires, ior it. wuuiu postpone liberty and prolong oppres sion. Had he assisted the Mexican clentificos to maintain their power, he would have been doing what the Jones bill would do tn the Philippines, for the mestizos are to the Islands n-hit thA rientlflcos have been to what tne cienuncos nic ue-cn i Mexico a ruling class exploiting the . .. " . country and Its people for their own aggrandizement If the grandchildren of Thomas H White, the sewing machine-maker wish to leave ionunes iu uic.r tun- dn, they must make, tie money or 'save It out of their incomes. Mr. White left his millions In trust, the income to go to his children during their lifetime and half of the Income to his grandchildren for 21 years after their parents- death. The whole for tune Is then to be devoted to play grounds, scientific research, hospitals and scholarships. Possibly the pros pect of being thrown on their own resources after 21 years may prevent the grandchildren from Joining the ranks of the Idle rich. POETS AND POLITICIANS. If it be true, as Chairman Neu hausen, of the Progressive party as serts, that "poets are notoriously poor politicians," it does not necessarily fol low that they are notoriously poor mathematicians. We suspect that Poet MacGenn, whose defection from the Progressive to the Republican Senatorial candidate, called forth the remark has been applying some of the mathematical ability that is in herent in a navigator. Mr. Neuhau sen's case, on the other hand, indi cates that a man with political attain ments is not always good at figuring'. Mr. Neuhausen expresses the per sonal opinion that the Senatorial race i hAtwPAn Mr Hanlev and Mr. Cham berlain because "there are about 40,- 000 to 50,000 Roosevelt KepuDllcans in this state and they will not vote for Mr. Booth for various reasons." But In the primaries Mr. Booth re ceived 69.325 votes. un wnat pre posterous theory it may be foreca ast that Mr Rooth will not receive at least 69.325 votes in the general elec tion to hard to imagine. If 90 p.r cent of the present registration is rep resented in the vote In November and that to a large percentage there will hA about 5 3.0DO additional Ke . Tf Kft noo of frT , .i .h..ii vntu for Mr Hanlev. as uimi --- a - lis Mr. .Neunauser ""i"" .I ' ' I" ouuu voie lur -u. aitiii'-i ; i receiving- the full vote of his own norfv thA rpjtult. irivinsr Mr. Booth . - - ., his primary vote and no more ouia K Dnmathmcr lflra TfllK! HOOlli. DiJ. rZZ2LJZ2 k7 noo- Hanlev 55,600. Tn o-k-a Alther Mr. Hanley or Mr - n - - rhamberlain all the independent vote I nrtt nhane-A th rASlllt. rSV nO - , L.hinotinn nf fiirurps. even using th proh.biUon party and the Socialist U,n .or. hnth vtr Han ev and Mr. "h"",t ahAar1 of Mr ' w v, , nth nnlssai it he assumed that some -- . u,, of the near 70,00 vo ers wh ha ail cau j muwidvu - - phunp-pii thfiir minds. It is idle and foolish to assume mat Mr. Booth will receive less than his primary vote. He undoubtedly will receive a great many more. Attempts to forecast probable totals are of course useless, but the figures given da reveal that Mr. Booth occupies an Impregnable position GERMANY SETS ANT EXAMTXK. whtiA mATTihAra nf Consrress are condemning appropriation of money to Improve our large, genuinely navi gable waterways on the ground that their traffic is rapidly decreasing. Germany is enlarging canals because thev are unable to handle the traffic. The Kaiser recently dedicated the canal between Berlin and Stettin, which has been enlarged at a cost or n' Kfin nno to float 600-ton barges. Thto 80-mlle canal is the first link in a waterway system which will extend from Berlin to the Rhine, from east to west, and connect the navigable rivers flowing from south to north. Germany has no misgivings about the Annrmv nf water transportation, for she has had abundant proof in ex perience. i-nmnared with the CTeat waterways of the United States, the German Riv ers are insignificant, but we eitner oo not maintain our navigable channels or wa An so in such unbusinesslike fashion that men are unable to use them. We need to set about lmprov ;,,.t i.r watArwav svstem bv adopting some comprehensive plan similar to that proposed by senator jMewianu. We should handle the waterways of ,.v. vroat watershed as a unit, not V CiLl. l - - on the patchwork plan of our river and harbor bills, we snouia proviuo for harmonious development of all the uses of water navigation, mining, irrigation, power, forest conservation and urban supply. We should take water from swamps, where It destroys fertility, and turn It Into rivers, where it will create fertility and serve navi cru tint! We should prevent Its pollu tion, its washing away of the soil and devastation by floods, we snouia pru vide terminals on our waterways, and connection and Joint rates between railroads and water lines, and we should prevent railroads from prac ticing ruinous competition wun water lines. nv ciirh nrocedure we may in tne toAvt twAntv ve-ars acauire a waterway system which will be of vast service in giving us cheap transportation and which will match that oruermany. DRAMATIZING THE TKEATER. It may sound a little quaint to Rnsir of "dramatizing: the theater, nViraia h a become, nrevalent uui liiu -- in Europe. Many are accustomea to j i .u ....... aa thA mere shell Puritans v. m - . . . scorned me nuraaii ascetic language the tenement of the ... -.... a mUomhlA rontraDtion of awau " clay which was not worth a moment s I -1 flnr. 4f.nm D TYl 3 T1 ft'hfl fT- uuuamciauiu x.w. -- ter Tn rprpnt rears thoughtful Chris tian scholars have come to see that . wt- ., , . ,. i th. hnrlv is an essential part of the immortal human being and in much the same way theater managers are beginning to look upon the stage and ' ...A.jin.a aQ nr intimate and its ouinuu." - j,. v. i . nf thn nlnv 1 hP indispensable part of the play. The Judicious reader will readily distin guish between this new movement, and "stage realism." It has nothing to do with water tanks and steam cars. The purpose of the innovators is to establish a psychological har mony between the play and its set ting. They bring In the hallowed cathedrals of Europe as an example of tb,e effect they are seeking. - the, sacred emotion experienced In these reverend structures nm. Dy , M worshipers comes from the atmos- pnere 01 uis i-i-. r . .Un nnofAtft R QfiHCi fttiOTIS. Till fin.w thn ancient associations, tne venerable arches. Wagner was no doubt the first genius to think of ap plying the same effects to enhance the power of the drama. He made an appeal to the Imagination with artificial dragons and similar devices ,-h4nVi was 0-Armine and notent. Re cent experimenters are extending his . - principles to the prose drama. Their ia tn throw the spectators purpose is to throw the spectators into a receptive mooa so mn wnai ever there is of spiritual interest in the play may pierce directly to the imagination. The thought upon wnicn tney are - . acting has long been Xamillar t9 .pir itualists who insist upon proper con ditions" at a seance. We do not mean to imply that these devout people ap peal to the Imagination merely, but they prepare the surroundings exactly as If they Intended to do so. Our ad vanced theater managers are follow ing the same rules. SO MORE OFFICIAL JOTBIDES. There to no lack of automobiles for Government officials at Washington. Congress has Just provided one each for the Vice-President and the Speak er, but it has called a halt. Public Printer Ford has what Representative Howard calls "two magnificent, $4000 electric passenger coupes" and has. to quote the same gentleman, "two great big, buck chauffeurs at his command day and night." He also has "the coat of arms of the Government Print ing Office on these automobiles as big as a soda biscuit, in magnificent col ors." Mr. Howard had seen these ma chines going about "on purely private and pleasant affairs," though Repre sentative Fitzgerald said they were used to collect and deliver manuscript and o carry the weekly pay roll to the printing office. There was a general protest against the buying of automobiles with public funds in the absence of specific au thority and Mr. Fitzgerald called at tention to a provision inserted in the legislative bill by the Senate forbid ding the use of any appropriation "for the nurcRase of any motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicle" without specific authority. Representative Mondell explained that Mr. Ford bought the second machine out of an appropriation for "electric appliances," a high tribute to Mr. Ford's ingenuity. The House finally inserted an amendment providing that the ma chines should be used for "the car riage of printing and printing supplies only." thus putting the ban on Mr. Ford's joyrides. But we shall see whether that amendment will stay in the bill. Must not our high officials ride around the state in automobiles; must their salaries not be carried to them with due pomp? Representative Quln, a good Democrat from Missis sippi, called this "worse than tom foolishness" and admitted, referring to his salary, "I am glad to walk in order to get mine," but surely he does not expect so superb an individual as the Public Printer to walk. GALLANTRY UP TO DATE. When vnn see voune men sitting Indolently in streetcars while women, young and old, lean heavily rrom swavinp- etrans. do not conclude that all the gallantry has gone out of the world. It may have failed to Diossom In the hearts of men about you, but it to yet to be found here and there. For instance, word comes from that land of occasional gallantry, France, nf an Incident that puts the blush to the most gallant knight of chivarly. M. Rostand, the urencn poet, ratnei than dlsDute the word of a lady, has paid the sum of $40,000. Of course poets are sometimes er ratic and besides $40,000 Isn't a great deal of money to M. Rostand, who was born to riches. But his manner of making the forfeiture stands out on o im nf irallant c onsideration and should be set down to the credit of a onwiin aep The disoute m question was threatened with the Immortal Sarah Bernhardt and 'related to prof its in one of the Kostana proauc tions possibly L'Aiglon, as it is dif ficult to Imagine anything of Ros tand's since then producing $40,000 as "incidents." When the divine Sarah talked of a writ it is recorded that M. Rostand immediately yielded the point. "I had rather cut off my hand," he Is quoted as having said, "than Instruct a lawyer to oppose Madame Sarah Bernhardt. I kiss rAanAtot ann sratitude her fin gers between which a writ holds for me the grace of a lily. Mftm it ion'r for all of us to deal In such pretty phrases. Nor can every one graciously toss act of gallantry. But the inspiring effect of M. "Rostand's classical and i,7a Affnrts would make it seem worth while to do our best. We are otiii ohiA tn cHve un our seat to some one more In need of it and to do this graciously, rather than grudgingi. The man who scowllngly slinks from his seat to only one degree beter than the one who burle3 his face In the paper and seeks to hide his selfish nature by simulated ignorance of the distress among tired women standing over him. The same is true of every .ti At nf e-allantrv and courtesy that everyday life makes possible. A smile and a pleasant word, or at lea., a willlne and obliging air, add a thou sand fold to the act. TEARS FOR THE HYPOTHETICAL. Oregon was the first state to adopt a compulsory minimum wage law. Washington has adopted one patterned after It. California also has a mini mum' wage .law. So has Utah. It is therefore a surprise to read in the usually accurate Saturday Evening rMt that Tttah California and Ore gon, among other states, "are lining up for minimum wage lawc, au -Do.-fiA nnnsr pities a minimum III UO A w , , , wage has been "voluntarily adopted. Possibly the Fost naa naa me i n cle on file for eighteen months. Possi bly the anonymous author was un informed. But we are concerned more with the author's argument, which Is directed against the principle of this new legislation. It to her theory, supported by in terviews with unnamed employers, that the minimum wage so operates as to deprive the young and untrained and the old who are worn out and slow of their positions, while the state does not take care of those who can not earn the minimum wage. Yet the newer minimum wage laws make provision for the young and untrained. Special orders affecting apprentices thnrien Tt is Dosslble that the state In adopting the minimum wage has neglected adequate pruviswu the subaverages, yet It has not wholly neglected Its duty. It has adopted preventive measures. Compulsory ed ucation, vocational and physical train ing and other instruction In the public schools that has to do with the educa tion of the hand and body have been established. Widowed mothers, too, among the older unfortunates, are pensioned In this and several other states. The minimum wage is not founded on ideas of luxury. It is supposed to be the minimum that will provide the worker with a wholesome living. The argument that it to wrong in principle because there are some who are un able to earn the minimum wage and will therefore be deprived of work, must necessarily be founded on the theory that the employed class of women generally ought to work for less than a living wage In order that what they might otherwise receive shall go to tha support of the incom petents and the worn out. Whatever one may hold as to society's duty to ward such unfortunates, it can hardly be contended that their fellow-workers have that duty to perform. The practical observation of the working of the minimum wage law in Oregon, moreover, discloses that the subaverages are indeed few. Com plaints of loss of position as its direct result of it have been few and Isolated. But even conceding that there is a noticeable class composed of subaver ages, the minimum wage in operation does not then have an effect so far as new employments are concerned a great deal different from the civil serv ice which has been adopted-by the Gov ernment and many municipalities. "In the most highly-paid workers' manu facturing plant in the world," says the Post's contributor, "the employers declare- they will accept neither aver ages nor subaverages. To maintain their high scale of wages they must have super-averages always. What becomes of the subs under this sys tem ?" And in civil service the Gov ernment or municipality, in order to maintain its high rate of wages for work of simple character, seeks the super-averages. Not only mental but sometimes physical examinations are conducted, and the ones who stand highest get the Jobs. What becomes of the subs under this system? They seek work for which they are better fitted. The case of the subaverage Is, in truth, largely hypothetical. Tears are shed over the fate of a class that is largely non-existent. This is not to say that there are those in employ ment who are unable to earn the minimum wage in the particular oc cupation they have chosen. But they are more misplaced than incompe tent. The idea that we should dis card the minimum wage for the Ger man system of insurance against ill ness, idleness and age, as this writer suggests, because of the existence of this class and of the fewer actual in competents, is indeed a fantastic one. It means that it is better that the underpaid worker shall continue to be underpaid, but be compelled, from an income Insufficient for wholesome existence, to contribute to a fund that in after years will enable her to eke out a still more miserable existence. Insurance may be an excellent com plement to the minimum wage, but It Is far from being a substitute. Ambassador de Gams, puts the blame for mediation's failure on the seizure of Vera Cruz. The people In general have been put ting the blame for mediation's existence on that same seizure. So every one Is sure and no one Is satisfied. New Tork Sun. Yes, Carranza and Villa are satis fied. They are going ahead to carry out their programme without regard to either Vera Cruz or mediation, and with brilliant success. They have neither watchfully waited nor medi ated nor demanded salutes, and then been content without them, nor taken embargoes on and off arms, but have hammered away at Huerta's defenses until they have "got him going." They are practical men, who adopt practical means to gain a practical end. Friends of Speaker Clark and Rep resentative Underwood are said to be lieve that President Wilson will not seek a second term and to be groom ing their candidates for the nomina tinn Tf the President does not desire a second term, the reason is likely to be either that he believes no Dem ocrat can be elected in 1916 or that he fayors Mr. Bryan as his successor. In any case, the latter has to be reck oned "with. Though he may not be able to get the nomination himself, he may again decide who shall have it. Ex-Warden Clancy, of Sing Sing prison admits that traffic In whisky and drugs flourishes among the pris oners and that a political ring on the outside makes a profit of $25,000 a year. The reformatory effect of imr prlsonment in Sing Sing must be very great, and the ex-warden must be a most excellent official, since he knew of these things but did nothing to prevent them. If Controller of the Currency Wil liams succeeds in establishing the civil liability of bank directors for losses suffered through loans to dummies, there will be greater reluctance on the part of some men to become bank directors and those who accept may actually direct. Then bank-wrecking may become rare. May Mr. Williams succeed. Perhaps corporations do not have souls. That to the popular estimate. However, the men who run the O.-W. R. & N. have them, and hearts as well, which they show in taking a load of orphans on an outing today. What are we to think of a country where suffragette outbreaks are fol lowed by attendance of a thousand OTnmAv. a t a nriAflcht. and bv appear ance of a clergyman as master of cer emonies in the ring ' The balloonlsts racing from St. Louis will have an easy time. There are no great forest reserves to bewilder them, nothing but bfg lakes and cornfields In which to alight. Portland can supply the only thriller. The popularity of a city Job to shown by the fact that 112 men took exam inatinr. fnr the four positions of water inspector, although only twenty-three passed. The city Is a good doss, ana the pay Is steady. Speeding with a hearse to the lat est in law violation, but in extenuation it may be stated the chauffeur was a substitute and the habit was strong. The paved street Is no longer a safe playground. The late generation could dodge a horse, but present-day vehi cles are beyond the speed of the child. If, according to a local expert on monkeys, the simian does not harbor fleas or propagate itch, his affliction must be purely psychological. Huerta Is reported to have exe cuted 230, mostly officials, within a few days. Villa can be depended upon to double the score. . The man who cannot enthuse when a Beaver knocks a homer does not belong to Recreation Park. There are no mad dags In Oregon, say the health officials. The animals have not been Interviewed. The Oregonlan who would exchange his farm for land in Kentucky gets stung for disloyalty. More "autonomy" for the Filipinos means more killing of American sol diers. Watch the Beavers climb the- per centage table. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan at July 12. 184 A son of Jacob Consor, of Marlon County, was thrown from a wagon last Wednesday ana severely cut about the head and face. Linn County Treasurer Judge Boise, in the contested election case, has de cided in favor of Mr. Wilson for Treas urer against Riggs. Married On June 26, by Rev. Neil Johnson. Mr. C. D. McClure to Miss Annie E., daughter of John M. Robert son, all of Auburn. A cheese donated by Mr. Delmater to the sanitary fund was put up at auction on the Fourth and was soiu and resold until it netted the fund $91. Oregon State Journal. San Francisco, July 11. Several more stage robberies have occurred recently and Wells, Fargo & Co. have made a requisition on General McDowell for military protection of the express over the Washoe line and soldiers have been sent to Lake Bigler for that purpose. The provost marshal has Information tending strongly to the suspicion that an organized gang of 200 or 300 high waymen exists in the southern coun ties. Jacksonville. July 11. Captain Kel ley arrived today from Fort Klamath, having been ordered by Colonel Drew to Portland on recruiting service. Camp Maury, Or., July 6. The ex press from Captain Drake's command arrived at this camp last night at 1 o'clock. On their way out they dis covered what they supposed to be a camp of Indians and charged upon it with all their available force and cap tured one squaw and three horses. The squaw seemed very much enraged with her captors and said if it took 100 men to capture one squaw, she did not know what they would do if old Pau lina found them. She also said that all tho Indians were In the direction of the South Fork of John Day's River. Dr. Brunoe's prospecting party has Just joined the command. Thay were at tacked at Goose Lake by a party of Indians and the doctor and one of his men were severely wounded. They report meeting a large party of emi grants bound for the Boise country. Mount Robinson, the bald elevation at the southern extremity of the city. Is the only place where the Fortlander can get a good look out on the sur rounding country. An informal meeting of the county commissioners and the Common Coun cil committee was held at the Court house yesterday for conference upon the subject of combining a City Hall with the new building of the Court house. The Commissioners seem to fa vor the project. The Oregon Iron Works delivered another quartz mill on Saturday for shipment on an order from Colonel Gates, of The Dalles; to South Boise. Edward Tichnor was sentenced In the United States District Court yes terday to pay $18,750 and one day's imprisonment for cutting timber on Government land. The water in the Willamette River has become so low that all the steam boats above the Falls have been com pelled to tie Tip. As a consequence, those who failed to get their supply of goods by steamers avail themselves of the slower process of freighting by wagons. We observed some 20 teams leave the city yesterday evening loaded for Eugene, Corvallls and other points up the valley. The press and fixtures of the late Dally Union of this city were shipped to Astoria yesterday morning on the steamer John H. Couch, where it will be used in the publication of a weekly under the supervision of J. N. Gale. Last evening Portland communicated with San Francisco direct, and It is the first instance in which we have been able to communicate farther than Marysvtlle. Dan Rice's circus will exhibit In this city for three days, beginning today. The tents are pitched near the express office on the Gem block. The Strathcona Estate. The eBtate of Lord Strathcona, late high commissioner for Canada, has paid in death duties to the Chancellor of the British Exchequer 837.838 about $4. 200,000. Although the value of Lord Strathcona's real estate has not been given. It ia calculated from the amount of duty paid that he died worth nearly $28,000,000. The bulk of his property goes to his daughter, the Baroness Strathcona Among the charitable be quests are $1,000,000 to the Royal Vic toria College, Montreal, and $500,000 each to Yale University and the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. He left $25,000 to John Burns to provide home and maintenance for some 50 lepers in the United Kingdom, but none of this sum is to be expended on lepers who may some into the United Kingdom. Lord Strathcona, among , his railroad holdings, had 1.321,268 in the Great Northern, of the United States; 822,500 in the Canadian Pacific and 676,065 in the Northern Pacific. Measuring a Martyr. Exchange. A martyr is a man who got real sick and is accused of having been drunk. .-vr Riches In China. London Telegraph. Great undeveloped deposits of iron and coal exist in China. Defense of Poesie By Dean Collins. ("Captain Macgenn is a poet and poets are notoriously poor politicians," says Tom B. Neuhausen, state chairman of the Progressives, in criticism of the captain's declaration that he will sup port the Republican Instead of the Pro gressive candidate for the Senate. News Item.) Hither, my Muse! Discard your lyTe And bring a meat knife and an axl Neuhausen, In his regal ire, This day a brother poet whacks. Shall we sit by and let him Jibe? Not we! Put on a visage grim! Come, Muse, call out your whole darned tribe. And we will all go after him. Think how. In gallant days of old, Such men as Tennyson would mix With zeal and vigor uncontrolled. T thA linrlr RlnUErh Of DOlltiCS: How Byron's pen was quite a curse To party leaoers in nis umo, How Pope pulled off some campaign verse; You'll and It, too, In Milton's rhyme. Why, Wordsworth even played the game. And Coleridge, too. and Walter Scott, And Burns, immortal In his fame. Is also numbered in the pot; And Russell Lowell, by the by. And Whlttier and Holmes we 11 list. Then let us yell "Neuhairsen. fie!" And rap him smartly on the wrist. Was Lord Macaulay very slow In politics in bygone day? And what was" wrong, I seek to know. With the late Secretary Hay? Shame on thee. Tom, to scoff this way At wielders of poetic pen. I flout thee in this lyric lay And holler, "Banzai, for Macgenn I NEED IS FOR SPECIAL TEACHERS Instruction In Sex Hygiene Held Not Argument for Employing Weddrd. LENTS, Or.. July 12. (To the Edi tor.). I truly think that Miss M. M.. writing in The Orsgoniam on sex hy giene, got all her knowledge of the subject second hand. Judging from her quotation remarks. If she would cast an unprejudiced eye over the schoolma'am field In Portland, or Oregon at large, I think her "devitalized and unaexed spin sters" would fade into thin air. No one who has ever given the subject the consideration due its importance, could speak in such terms of our un married public school teachers. In Ore gon, at least. Energetic, healthy, radiant, inspir ing; I think they only need the peo ple's word to enlist their services In the ranks of sex-hyglehe teachers, in deed, some of them do this nobis work already upon their own initiative, trying to supplement or perform en tirely the work of the home. And right here let me say that being a married woman confers no apparent qualifica tion upon the teacher in this respect. Else why do we have the problem at all. Children come from homes that make claim to the best socially and financially, from parents who want the best In education and accomplish ments for them, yet the door has never been opened for them Upon this sub ject. Some years ago In the Stevens School in East Pdrtland one loving, sensible, unmarried teacher asked per mission of the parents of her boys and girls to give instruction upon this sub ject. She took her own time after school, having different evenings for the girls and boys. Tho mothers were invited to attend the little lectures. No one was offended and great good was accomplished. Now, why couldn't there be a com petent Instructor employed by the schools Just as the physical director or singing teacher, who could give In struction to all the children? Of course. It would all have to be planned and executed In a thorough manner Just as the other courses are outlined. No doubt there would be drawbacks someone would object. But don't we always find some who find fault? Some don't like the cooking and sew ing to be taught in tho schools, say ing, "We mothers can teach our girls those things ourselves." Yet do they? No. as I see the problem. It is not one of whether the teacher be mar ried or single, but rather of getting the work outlined and initiated, and requiring them to qualify as instruc tors. They had to qualify as teachers of singing, drawing, etc.. with the supervisors to outline and direct the work in the schools, so why not get this matter going and be done with It? EX-TEACHER, Mother of Two. WILD TRIBES GIVEJI THE VOTE. New Zealand Finds the Ballot Good for the Warlike Maoris. New York Times. A little more than half a century ago cannibalistic feasts were held by the Maori tribe of savages of New Zea land. Today members of the race are members of the New Zealand Parlia ment, and Maori women as well as the white women of New Zealand exercise the right to vote. They are in many re spects the most remarkable savages with whom the white man has come In contact, according to a statement given out by the National Geographic Society at Washington. "When the English first occupied ths Islands, in tho early part of the nine teenth century. It Is estimated that there were about one hundred thousand Maoris in New Zealand," says tho state ment. "They were divided into tribes, each tribe having Its own unwritten laws regarding land, cultivation and other social matters. The tribes were constantly fighting. The English found that they had a genius for war. showing unusual ability in building, fortifying and defending stockades, and they expe rienced considerable difficulty In sub duing thsm. The savages tilled the soil with care. As carvers and decorators they were unrivalled In the Oceanlcan world, and they displayed great origin ality in the design and perfection and in the execution of rock paintings, and in carving the ornamental figures of their dwellings, their boats and sacred lnclosures. "The Maoris were also noted for their tattooing, which was designed to clothe as well as ornament the body. Who ever refused to undergo tho protracted tortures of tattooing required at every Important event of his life was regarded as a person by his own consent fore doomed to slavery. The men were act ually depilated in order to Increase tho surface for tattooing, while for the young women the operation was limited to tho lips, whence tho term 'Bluellps' applied to them by tho English. "There are about thirty-five thou sand Maoris left. Those have re tired to tho northern provinces of New Zealand, where certain 'reser vations' have been set apart as their exclusive property. The Maori children attend schools regularly. Such of them as continue into the higher branches of learning are said to be worthy rivals of white students. Some of the Maoris have become landed pro prietors. They are proud of their right to vote, and especially of the fact that their women were given this privilege at the same time that It was given to tho white women of New Zealand." REVIEW or HISTORIC OATHS Vocabulary of the Profane Is Quaint and Curious, Ss)i Judge. Detroit Free Presa "Oaths are but words, and words are but wind." according to tho author of "Hudlbras." It seems to be tho province of an oath. In the mind of the average man. to clear the mental at mosphere, as a strong wind blows away miasma Shakespeare speaks of "a good, mouth-filling oath," and there are occasions when a righteous indignation seems to excuse, if not to call for, an emphatic expletive, which acts as a safety valve to pent-up anger or ex asperation Everybody has noticed how a vigorous "d n!" on the stags will, if occasion Justifies it, send a rippla of sympathetic laughter through an audience a call in which "a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind." Profanity and blasphemy nre syno nyms, and Involve violations of the first commandment, a practice less common in the prssent than In the 17th and 18th centuries, when a man used many quaint and now obsolete oaths. A study of the vocabulary of the profane to curious and indicative of many changes in the purport of words and expressions. Thus "d n." as an x pletive, has been much altered from Its original meaning. Its root is the Latin damnare, to condemn, which Itself comas from "damnum," a loss or fins, and the signification of eternal punish ment In the place the late Colonel Ingersoll contended does not exist Is unwarranted by it primary meaning. "Not worth a damn" is also a perver sion since the dam originally alluded to was an Indian coin worth about the 40th part of a rupee; the expression was thus a synonym for worthlessness. A "damme-boy" was a 16th and 17th century roysterer, so-called from the excessive profanity of the period "Darn." sometimes called "a woman's oath," is a vulgar corruption of d n. William the Conqueror's oath was magnificent. Hs swore "By the splen dor of God!" Bayard, "le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche," "By God's holy day"; King John asseverated "By God's tooth"; Charles VIII. "By God's light"; "Ods fish" was the favorite oath of Charles II: the famous Earl of Angus swore "By tho might of God" when In deadly earnest, but for ordi nary use found by "St. Brlds of Douglas" sufficiently emphatic. Twenty-Five Years Afo rrom The Oresonlaa or July U, IMS. Jacksonville. Or., July It. Th County Jail was burned this morntac and three prisoners perished. Walla Walla, July 1J Fire tor destroyed Kirk's livery stable. Schwa lacker's lime and coal warehouse, tha Exchange Hotel ami the old Manor house Tacoma, July 11. Samuel Collyer, chairman of tha Seattle rallaf fund, said today that cash subacrlptlona amounted tn about $lt.000 besides a large quantity of provlaloas and clothing. Walla Walla. July 1$. Major R. R Reese died this morning. He came to Oregon In 11(4 and to Walla Walla In 186L being ona of the founders of the Statesman newspaper. Salam, July 1$. George S. Downing, superintendent of the penitentiary, reports that there were 10$ convlcas on June 10. Astoria July 11. Dudley Blount and William H. Maxwell shot two Urge American eagles at Tongue Point this afternoon. New York. July 11. James Weeks, chairman of tha committee on unlisted securities of the New York Exchange reports tha following capitalisation of truats: lead. $11,011,100; sugar, $O.U. 600; cotton oil, $41,115,100; distillery and cattle-feedere. $10,72(.(00: Ameri can cattle, $1$.$,000; total. $111, 181.200. The Alblna City Council on Thursday authorized a contract with W. Jacob son for construction of a bridge across Montgomery Slough. Judge J. P. Randall., of Alblna, la painting a number of road signs for Street Supervisor George Smith. A great many complaints are made about cows running at large In Alblna at night. Yesterday morning the house and barn of John Wentworth at Sunnyslde were destroyed by lire A birthday party was given Misses Eva and Elva, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson last evening.. Dr. J. J. Sellwood has removed to the corner of Tenth and O streets. East Portland. An excursion party over the Port land and Vancouver Railway was given yesterday by Mrs. Frank Dakum and Mrs. R. I. Durham. The clearing-house will begin buel ncaa Monday. July 16. In the rear of the ' Northwest Loan office, 60 First street. Rev. C. E. Chlre, pastor of St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, will aall for Alaska on Monday on the atsamer Anoon. Councilman Caatendleck returned yesterday from the seaside William Hahn. president of tha Port land Mercantile Corporation, arrived from California yesterday. W. O. Steel, secretary of the Oregon Alpine Club, has organised a party to climb Mounts St. Helens and Adams. It Is to be composed of M. W. Oorman. E D. Dewert O. C. locum. Tom Mar quam, Professor W. A. Wetsell, W. O. Steel. George Brack and Bert Towne. of Portland, and Dan Bass and A. l Warner, of Seattle Lieutenant-Colonel O. Summers and hla wife leave this morning for Yaqulna Bay. PARK CISTODIANS ARE OEKICIOl Patron lustslalns of officers and ef General Management at Colaasbla. PORTLAND. July 11. (To tha Bdt tor.)It ia not my habit to ruab Into print. I do not make a practice of criticising public officials. However, the public may be Interaated In the management or mlsmanagemant of certain public parka 1 refer partleu luily to Columbia Park. While I am not so familiar with con ditions In other parks. I do know that there Is. to state It mildly, a most ob jectionable state of affairs existing In thla park. It Is reaeonable to suppose others are eimllarly managed. If bo, tha Park Board naad not have bean surprised that lta pet scheme for Isau Ing bonds was voted down good and hard. Any such proposition In th near future, or perhaps for soma years to come, will likely meet similar treat ment. Columbia Park was laid out In a practical way and some work dona a few years ago. Later a new manage ment came Into power. The old plan" were discredited and considerable more work waa required to undo what hart already been accompllahed. Tha old plan gave a direct road through the park. Tha longest aide of the park parallels tha street car tracks. Now the only choice Is to walk around. There Is probably much more work that the next management will find to undo. The trees set In street park ings will have to be grubbed up, for one thing. Now the taxpayers could bear all this uncomplainingly wero It not for the fact that even their presence In the park Is often rendered unpleaeant by the officious offlclala with which the place la oversupplled. An occurrence on Sunday. July 6, la a fair example. Tho parents of a boy. 11 years of age. came Into the park and sat down to rest while the boy amused himself In a swing. A park official came up Im mediately and ordered them out of the nark He said the rules did not allow them in that part of the park. Asked if thoy might go Into another part, he refused permission. M. H TOWER. Proposed Phone Rate la High. PORTLAND, July 11. (To the Edi tor )The Commissioners aoern disposed to accept tha new rata that la 10 calls for $1.60 or 6 cants a call and 3 cents for calls over the $0-oall limit. I daresay at the very least a sub- i nn an ivtru make not less than about three calle a day, mak . .a eila at I cents 11.10. Total $1.10 a month. It would b worse than the present sz.io rate, r, -want a $160 flat rate, as per franchlae. A BUDOt-nioDin. Hope for New China. Pathfinder. Chtna'a new mining regulatlona are likely to attract foreign rapnai. Summer Diet If pure foods are eaaenttal at any aeason of the year they certainly are In the hot Summer monthe. Perhaps nothing haa dona more to raise the standard of food prod ucts than tha aaarchllght of adver tising. Advertised brands of food prod ucts have become standards of qual ity and those which are most suc cessful rank the hlghaat for care, cleanliness and purity. Moat of the leading food products are advertised In this paper. Progressive dealers carry thara and are careful to give you what you ask for.