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TWE STORNTNG OKEGONIAW. WEDNESDAY, JTTTT 22, 1914. ( rctyitiumt 1MWT1 IVH ftRKTlON. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postofflce as Second-clau matter. ....,. Subscription Rates Invariably la Advance. tBy Mall) no Dally. Sunday Included, one year.. "" Dally. Sunday Included. lx month.... . riH three monies.. i'J... , ... . ( Dally. Sunday Included, one montn Dally, without Sunday, one year Dally, without Sunday, alx month.... Dally, without Sunday, three month.. Dally, without Sunday, one month Weekly, oh year Sunday, ona year Sunday and 'Weekly, one year .7 J 6.00 3.2 1.7J .80 1.50 i50 3.5U (UX Ljnvrtw . . .1 lnn,,Hai1 nnA 1 CtT . .19.00 UM.lt J . ounuaj ...... - 74 Dally, tunoay ihciib.cu, " - How to Remit Send Poatofrice money or der, expreaa order or personal check M fouj local bank. Stamps, coin or eWiaoey iendefs rtak. OIto postofflce address In CM Including county and state. Postage Kates 13 to 19 pages. 1 cent. 18 to 3i 2m, 2 cents: 34 to 48 pages. I cent. SO to 00 pases. 4 cents: 2 to . pages, o cents; TS to 5 pages. 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. - - Eastern BusU.es. Office Very ee sV Conk, lln. New York. Brunswick building. Chi cago. Steger building. o FraacUco Of flee R. J- BIdwell Co., T4S Market street. rOBTXAXD. WEDNESDAY. JULY . 1914 HOW THJTT DO IT EN FBANC1S. The trial of Madame Caillaux af fords an opportunity to contrast the method of administering- justice again criminal In France with those In vogue In the United States. The Judgment cannot but be favorable to French methoda aa more expeditious, better calculated to draw out all the facts and motives and far more likely to reault in a Just decision. In few criminal trials In the United States Is the Jury empaneled and the taking of testimony begun on the first day as In the Caillaux case. In the United States hour after hour, often tlay after day and occasionally week after week are consumed In minutely examining talesmen to determine whether they are quaUfled to serve on the Jury; Indeed, the proceedings seem to take the form of a prelimi nary trial of each talesman. In France the Jurors are drawn by lot In a private room without any of this wearisome, farcical lawyers' duel. Doubtless if any one of those upon whom the lot fell were known to be disqualified one of the attorneys would make objection, and if this were well founded, another would be chosen In his place by the same method. There Is little doubt that every member of the Caillaux Jury haa read the newspaper accounts of the killing of Calmette and of lta motives, but that aeems to make no difference. French courts want intelligent Jurors and take It for granted that Intelli gent men keep Informed on current events, but they also seem to assume that, when a Juror takes an oath to base his verdict on the law and the facts, he will divest his mind of all preconceived impressions and will be guided in his vote by that which Is presented to him In court. Verdicts are voted by a majority, the possibil ity of a hung Jury with all Its accom panying chances of corruption and all its certainty of delay being thus eliminated. Most striking of all is the French procedure In conducting the trial. The accused la given the broadest latitude In telling her story. Her testimony Is a narrative. In which she not only gives her version of the- crime, but tells all the facta leading up to it and explains her motives and sentimenta She turns her mind inside out before judge and Jury', who thus have before them the accused woman as she sees herself, or at least as she wishes them to see her. There are no Interrup tions, except at times from a lawyer to contradict her as to a matter of fact or from the Judge to draw out her story In all Its completeness. France considers that, in order fairly to try t"13 woman, the court must have before it not only the woman, but her own version of the crime, her defense or explanation of It. Having obtained that, the court will subject It to attack by her ac cusers, to corroboration by her de fenders. But the Judge conducts the trial, not the lawyers. He questions witnesses, for It Is his duty to get all .the facts before the Jury, not such facts only as the lawyers wish to draw out. In this country the lawyers con duct the trial In a sort of duel of wits, the Judge acting as referee to see that they keep within the rules. Here the lawyers wrangle, object and except at every Juncture; in France, as In other countries, their wrangling would be quickly silenced, and, if their exami nation of a witness were manifestly designed or calculated to cause con cealment of some material fact, the Judge would Interpose and insist on its being told. At the conclusion an American court has before it two dis torted stories of the crime, one as the prosecution, the other as the defense wishes the Jury' to view it, but neither the story as it actually happened. A French court has before it, first, the events and the motives as related by the accused herself, with all the aids which passion gives. Then the prosecution sets to work by means of witnesses to tear this story to pieces or to show Its weaknesses or wherein it does not accord with facts or rea son. The defense strives to strength en It by presenting other witnesses' narratives which dovetail Into it and by discrediting those who have at tacked it. Throughout the Judge is master of the proceedings, to see that everything Is brought out, that noth ing is suppressed, which will aid the Jury in arriving at a Just verdict. If a question is not asked which he thinks should be asked, he himself asks it. The consequence Is that French courts get verdicts where American courts would fall, and they get ver dicts which more nearly accord with justice and with far less expenditure of time and money. The courts have public respect in France, while In America they are the most criticised of all our institutions. When we com pare the methods by which criminals are tried in France and the United States, we can understand the con trast between the Caillaux trial in Paris and the Thaw trial In New Tork. We might well take a leaf out of the book of our friends across the Atlantic. HIGH FLYING. Aviators have been flying to aston ishing altitudes this Summer. On July 9 Otto Llnnekogel, at Johannls thal. In Germany, went up 21,646 feet. A little later, near Leipslc, Heinrich Oelrtch far surpassed this feat. He flew 26.000 feet into the air, a height which is 10,000 feet above the summit of Mont Blanc. Whether anybody will go higher still is an interesting question. Of course an aviator ought to reach altitudes unattainable to mere climbers who have to carry their own weight and at the same time ex ert themselves painfully to surmount rocks and drifts. The Duke of the Abruzzl, the lnde- tnlneer. climbed in the Himalayas to 24,783 feet and felt no Inconvenience, but others might not be so lucky. We may per haps infer from his achievement that the hardiest aviators will some time reach 30,000 feet, since It Is not too much to expect them to surpass mere footmen by 6000 feet. The greatest altitudes will no doubt always be at tained in balloons because the aero naut has only to sit still and keep breathing. He has not even to steer his machine like an aviator. In 1862 the Englishman James Glalsher went up 29.000 feet in a bal loon. He may have gone higher still, but at that altitude he became uncon scious and could make no more ob servations. In 1875 a party of four men ascended 27.950 feet from Paris, but only one of them came down alive. All the others perished. It is evident therefore that there are heights above which our physical weakness will not permit us to as cend. The limit varies for different Individuals, but it exists for all. A I .ONE AT ARMAGEDDON. Captain Macgenn, who repudiates Mr. Hanley as the Progressive can didate for Senator, Is Indorsed by the Coos County Progressive organization as "a sincere exponent of Progressive party principles." But the Coos Pro gressives, being tenderly solicitous about hurting anyone's feelings, are careful also to say that they are "practically unanimous in favor of Mr. Hanley," who repudiates Roose velt and supports President Wilson. The other day the Progressives of Polk County got together and In dorsed Mr. Booth for Senator, and se lected various candidates of other parties, including their own, for their approval. Obviously the candidacy of Mr. Hanley has not made a hit with the Progressives. Obviously, also, they are getting lonesome, and are unwilling to remain In a position where they are a sort of assistant Democratic party. They are not Democrats. Chairman Neuhausen still valiantly holds out at Armageddon. He will not capitulate. A General without an army has one resource left. He may drop his sword and take up his pen. WARM WEATHER CLOTHES. It begins to emerge as time passes . t. - mncr rpmnrkablfl thlncr about President Wilson's Fourth of July oration was the garD ne wore when he delivered it. History records with shuddering approval that he was n white rlur-k. Clio's shud ders arise from her astonishment that so great a man should ao a aeea so unusual. The Fourth of July orator who does not wear a long black coat with a high collar is something of a portent. Mr. Wilson went a little far ther than most of his acquaintance upon a road that all are traveling. The hot black coat and starched shirt are doomed to disappear during t,A 3nrr,mr months unless all the signs of the times are false. The cli mate of Washington is particularly encouraging to men who love thin white garments. Its glowing sticki ness makes all other clothes a tor ment. The wonder is that Congress men and others have endured the tor ment so patiently and so long. Their rebellion has been unaccountably de invui hut it 1 well started now and crash, alpaca and white duck are the rule rather than the exception upon the learned frames or our representa tives at the national capital. -u doubt the rest of us will become .mniir Bensihle In the course of time and white will be the accepted Sum mer wear for men. BEST SMITH AND LAZY JONES. Dnr-A nnon a time a man named Smith went far into the country and purchased at 150 an acre fifty acres of land. He cleared It at a cost of J125 an acre, fenced It, built a com fortable house and barn, purchased farm imniements stock and machin ery, set out a portion to orchard and now his property is worth iivv an it- or- 115.000. including improve ments. All the value above 350 an acre w-as created by his own efforts. Ahnut the same time a man named Jones went out to the edge of a small town and purchased fifty acres of land at J50 an acre. He was not in dustrious. He was content with $1000 worth of improvements all told ivitVi merelv a. nlacfi to live while he worked out and waited for the value of the land to increase. Specu lator Jones' property has doubled In value as result of the growth of the town, not because of his industry. Considering these values to be as sessed values Busy. Smith is paying taxes on 315,000 worth of property under the present system, while Lazy Jones is paying on 36000 worth. At a 10-mlll levy Smith's tax bill Is $150; Jones' is 360. Tksrn vcars arn Mr. TJ'Ren and other single taxers told us this was all wrong. Jones, they averred, should nav- more tajxes than Smith. Much of the value of Jones' land had been cre ated by the community; tnererore it wn ritrht for the community to take it away from him. And there was a great deal said about how the present tax system fined Smith ror nis in dustry. So Mr. U'Ren and other busy law givers offered single tax to the pub lic. By the operation of their pro posed plan all the Improvements Busy Smith had made on his land would be exempt and he would pay taxes only on the $2500 that was in the land itself. On the other hand T.aTv .Tnnps would et an exemption only on $1000 worth of improvements and he would pay taxes on a land v.oino of 15000. Instead, as under the existing system, of Smith paying more than Jones, Jones would pay twice as much tax as Smith. But the voters failed to adopt the Now Mr. U'Ren and a few of the same group of lawmakers of fer a $1500 exemption, which they assert Is also right and just. Under its terms the Industrious bmlth wouia receive an exemption of $1500 and would pay taxes on a total assessment of $13,500. The indolent Jones would get but $1000 exemption, for that is all his improvements amount to. He would pay on an assessed value of $5000. Nobody disputes the assertion that if the $1500 exemption carries, the tax rate will have to be increased. If Smith and Jones have been paying taxes at a rate of 10 mills, an increase of 2 mills would leave Jones just where he is now. The 2-mill increase would offset his $1000 exemption and he would continue to pay $60 in taxes. But what would a 2-mill Increase do to Busy Smith? After his exemption has been taken out he would have $13,500 worth of property left to tax and a 12-mlll rate on that amounts to $162, or $12 more than he is paying now. Let us recapitulate. Two years ago Mr. TTRen and his comrades in arms had the interests of Busy Smith at heart. That he had to pay more taxes than Lazy Jones was such an outrage that they almost wept over It. They demanded that the fine against his industry be abolished and that he rel atively pay only half as much taxes as Lazy Jones. Today the programme is different. Busy Smith, says Mr. U'Ren in ef fect, ought to pay even more than he does now in comparison with Lazy Jones. Smith now pays $90 more taxes than Jones; two years ago Mr. U'Ren said he should pay only half as much relatively; today Mr. U'Ren would have Smith, Instead of paying cither half as much or $90 more, pay $102 more than Jones. What was so wrong in 1912 Is In 1914 to be im proved by making it still worse, if Mr. U'Ren has his way. No wonder there is a row in the single tax camp and some of Mr. U'Ren's former comrades are accus ing him of treachery to the single tax cause. WHAT SHALL WE EAT 7 The question of the best Summer diet becomes keenly interesting as hot weather makes its fell inroads upon mind and body. What shall we eat and when? An erudite Eastern con temporary reminds us that we must eat something even in the most scorching season unless we belong to the happy classes who do not need to work. He that tolls must draw the energy to toil with from some source and food seems at present to be the only available one. When we have perfected William James' scheme of drawing working power from the ex haustless ocean of the subconscious, food will of course become a much less important affair than it is now. One law In regard to Summer diet may be laid down peremptorily, it is imuHEA and tmsafp to eat the same food and In the same quantities as we do in the depths of Winter. ineDoay rtooa not need so much material In July as In January, and If the foolish eater insists upon overstocking nis machinery' he will suffer unpleasant On the other hand. It nhnurrl to undertake to say just what or how much people in general ought to consume. Each individual must be a law unto himself as far as diet is concerned. Happy indeed Is he who can be a wise and Just law. The old saw has it that every human being is either a physi nion or j) fool at 40. and sadly suffi cient evidence proves that most of them are not physicians. There is but little danger that any person com nrHMv cltiinteri in the world will eat too little either in Summer or In Win ter. The chances are heavy that he ain mff himself to repletion three or four times a day and ascribe the consequences to a mysterious provi dence. The way of reform isplain enough, but he will not follow It. The fleshpots of Egypt are too much for his good resolutions. Still in the hope nf nin.'Vinir sua occasional brand from the burning we rehearse some dietetic truths heard oft before but never much heeded. Breakfast at all times of the year, except for men who work hard with their muscles, ought to be a light meal, the lighter the better. Those who make their morning repast off a cup of tea and a cracker are by far the wisest of mankind. They would be wiser still probably if they omitted the cracker. As a rule the acid stom ach which pesters so many Americans can be traced directly back to hearty breakfasts and too much fruit. Very few people can eat fruit In large quantities without suffering painful results. As an article of in discriminate diet it is greatly over rated. It should be eaten, but only in moderation and with extreme care to have it ripe and clean. Multitudes fall sick every Summer from eating fruit with germs on the outside. The same is true of green vegetables. The British in India save themselves in cholera epidemics by scrubbing all their fresh food, or disinfecting it. Americans might follow their exam ple with profit to their health. The habit of devouring articles right off the piles at the fruit stalls is suicidal. Even berries fresh from the garden are not clean at this time of the year. They are heavily laden with dust and germs. The Kaiser announces to the world that he subsists on fish and cherries in the hot months. His diet would be better chosen if It Included a sup ply of sugar. The Internal fires must be kept burning even In August, and it Is sugar, or starch, that supplies the fuel. Now that everybody is for saking his grog, the consumption of sugar ought to increase largely If we wish to keep up the energy of the body. On the hottest days of Sum mer a simple repast of lemon sherbet is all that anybody needs. This de lectable confection contains milk, su gar, acid and frigidity in Just the right proportions to nourish and com fort the exhausted frame. PEACE OR WAR IN IRELAND. How grave is the peril in which the peace of Great Britain has been put by the Irish home rule controversy can be conceived from the action of King George In calling leaders of all parties Into conference with a view of compromise. That action is, to say the least, unusual, if not unprece dented, and would not have been taken unless the kingdom seemed to be In Imminent danger of civil war. The controversy revolves around the question whether all of Ulster shall be excluded from autonomous Ireland or only those counties which vote themselves out; whether the ex clusion shall be permanent or only for six years, subject to the decision of the "imperial Parliament during that period. The House of Lords has changed the bill amending the home rule bill to provide the largest meas ure of exclusion. The Asqulth Cabi net stands by its original offer of the narrow limit as to both area and time. The Orangemen have rejected the Asqulth offer and threaten war rather than accept it. ' The Nationalists are ready to accept it only on condition that the Orangemen do so also; other wise they are ready to fight for united home rule Ireland. To bring these two elements to terms the King has called the conference. The King's summons seems to be a clever maneuver of Mr. Asqulth to put Sir Edward Carson and his followers clearly In the wrong before public opinion. He seems determined that, If war shall come. H shall beyond question have been provoked by the Carson faction, that they may be branded as rebels. Sir Edward, backed by the whole Unionist party. Is striving to force election of a new Parliament, ostensibly on the home rule Issue, knowing that other Liberal measures have been unpopular and would influence the voters against the Liberal party. Mr. Asqulth dare not vioi niiKh morr than he has already yielded, lest the Nationalists desert him and thereby precipitate a dissolu tion of Parliament. He desires to postpone that event until he has set tled the home rule controversy so definitely that any Unionist Cabinet which might succeed his own Minis try would not venture to reopen it. Behind all partisan motives and behind the stern determination of each party not to yield a cherished principle Is the patriotic desire of all except a reckless few on both sides to avert the awful calamity of civil war. A calm has settled on Ireland. Some may think it ominous of a com ing storm, as they' see volunteers or ganizing and arming for and against home rule. It may, however, be due to a realization of the disastrous con sequences of war and to an Instinctive shrinking back from the brink, in the hope that some way out may be found short of surrender by either party. For the issue is not solely Irish home rule. The extent to which the British aristocracy has rallied to the Unionists and the staunchness with which British Radicals and Laborites stand by -the Nationalists prove that the Issue is mainly between artistoc racy and democracy. The Unionists have sought to give the controversy a religious controversy by Inflaming English and Scotch Protestants against Irish Catholics and may have had a measure of success, but the British democracy cares for none of these things. It Is strongly imbued with socialism, syndicalism and re publicanism and refrains from attack ing monarchy only so long as the King does not obstruct its desires. King George doubtless knows this; hence his anxiety for compromise. The Tory leaders know it; therefore may at the last moment refuse to sup port Sir Edward 'Carson's extreme de mands. Mr. Asqulth knows It; there fore may yield something. The Na tionalists may recognize that, by grasping for all that they have strug gled through more than a century to gain, they may indefinitely prolong th'at struggle, when by compromise they can have most of their desire. All parties must see that, war once begun with a letting loose of mingled racial, religious and class animosities, none can foresee how it may end. Therefore, they may in their own hearts agree on one thing that peace must be preserved. Their agreement on that one point from diverse mo tives holds out the best prospect of success for the Buckingham Palace conference. The Portland Journal Is reminded that It was its own proposition that motives, ideas, alignments and pur poses could be determined from one's views on the household exemption law. The Oregonian indorsed, the law; therefore The Oregonian, ac cording to the Journal, was wholly bad. But now that it has been dis closed that Governor West and Dr. Smith's campaign manager were in strumental In preparing and securing the adoption of the law, we are now informed by the Journal that it makes no difference who drew the bill or fostered it. We suggest that hereafter the Journal, before it impugns mo tives, look ahead to see who among Its own friends may thereby be smeared; also that it study and apply the motto of the Monday Crawfish: "It never crabs." The strike idea is spreading. Last year we were appalled to see it in fecting the public schools. Babes of 6 and 7 years went on strike against their teachers and picketed the schoolhouses. This Summer the hor ror deepens and a strike of baseball players has been threatened. Happily it is averted for the moment, but who can say that the clouds will not re turn? We shall hear next of a wom en's strike that will close every kitchen and nursery In the land, French murder trials are as melo dramatic as ours, but they are con ducted under stricter rules and the presiding judge is an autocrat. Mad ame Caillaux enjoys full liberty to tell her story in her own way, but when it Is done she will have to submit to a pitiless cross-questioning. French law will not permit her to evade ques tions on the ground that the answers would convict her. That is what the questions are asked for. If California had had a real Rail road Commission years ago. It might have prevented the United Railways Company from losing nearly $5,000. 000 without ever knowing where the monov had cone. Railroad supervi sion Is good for the railroads as well as for the public. The State Board acted with wisdom in paroling the young woman who ran away from the girls' reform school to get married. Now she has opportu nity to become a good woman; fur ther incarceration would make her hopeless. Dr. Frachtenberg's lifelong Indian studies have led him to one safe con clusion if not more. His remark that liquor will destroy the native races is indisputably true. The only way to save them is to guard them from the bottle. George B. Markle failed In business in Portland, but many of his works remain. He had the spirit which works for the upbuilding of a city and Portland should mourn his death. Boston has Just unloaded its first cargo of Argentine corn, which is of fered at 6 cents a bushel below the price of Western corn. How will the farmers like this result of the Under wood tariff? The hired man on the farm who gets kicked by a mule has no stand ing with the Accident Commission. The decision bodes 111 for the mule when the boss Is not around. Pity the poor harvest hand, who must work all day in the hot sun; also pity the poor women, who must work all day In the hot kitchen "to feed the brute." Bryan has signed up Uruguay to investigate for a year before she de clares war upon us. Great head on Bryan. Anyone so desiring is at liberty to erect a fifteen-story building in Portland. The latest destroyer, the O'Brien, has a good, "scrappy" name. The Fraternity has the "Injun sign" on the magnates. Dame Nature will blush if she meets Knowles. NO CUT PRICES IS SOCIETY. New York Introductory Dinner Coat Western Millionaire 50,0O0. New York Cor. Kansas City Star. New York society has become a pay-as-you-enter affair. It's easy to get In if you're sufficiently loose with your bank account. The only objection Is that the exit is precisely opposite the ,.,...onr. Tho PTRn millionaire he goes right in and turns around and falls right out again. "Anyhow," said Mr. Jason Andrews, of a smoky city in the Middle West, "that was my experience. I am through being a social butterfly. From now on I will appear only In my well-known impersonation of the human crab. I wasn't in society long enough to get over shaking hands with the butler." Andrews, that Isn't his real name, though the story is true, was ap proached by one of the "social Intro ducers" who have recently appeared here, following the example long ago set by London. It was explained that he could take his choice of four well known members of New York society as sponsors. They are regarded by tho commonality as millionaires, but their cash boxes sound like a baby's rattle. Anyone Interested will have no difficulty in learning the identity of the quartet. "A dinner for 25 persons, at which real leaders of society will be present, will cost you $50,000," said the agent. "A campaign to cover the social season will cost $300,000 upward." Mr. Andrews ordered the dinner at $50,000, was rehearsed with his hostess, so that he might appear to be on terms of intimacy, and went through his part in a ruddy glow. For a couple of weeks he was "rushed." Then it ap peared that he did not propose to pay for a campaign against the social forti fications, and he was dropped so hard that his self-esteem was fractured. "These prime old vatted millionaires," said Mr. Andrews, "are engaged in a refined form of the grandest indoor sport taking money away from folks who haven't had it long enough to jget used to it. I can't holler. I sold a rotary corn sheller to the steel trust for a rolling mill." ONE STAMP WORTH f 10,000. The Rarest One Known la Prom British Guiana, Issued In 185 B. London Strand. Pride of place among the many valu able and unique specimons belongs to a singularly unpretentious and sorry lookina stamp issued in the Colony of British Guiana in 1856, for provisional use pending the arrival of a fresh con signmrnt of the regular posture stamps from England. It Is of the denomination one cent, the design being crudely set up from ordinary printer's type at the of fice of the Official Gazette, with the central device of a sailing ship taken from the heading of the shipping an nouncements in the paper. The single known copy of this rarity was discovered by a young collector In the colony among some old family papers stored away in an attic. Know ing nothing of its scarcity and not be ing favorably impressed by its appear ance, he sold it to another collector for a trifling sum, the purchaser also being ignorant of his great bargain. Ulti mately It found its way to Europe, and now reposes in the collection of M. Philippe de la Kenotiere, of Paris, the distinguished owner of the worlds Kreatest stamp collection, who pur chased it many years ago for an amount that has never been disclosed, but is believed to have been at that period a record one. Its intrinsic value today, in the very unlikely contingency of its ever coming into market, is certainly in excess of $10,000. A report on this famous stamp by a celebrated expert states that "the copy is a poor one, dark magenta in color, and somewhat rubbed. It is initialed E. D. WV and dated April 1, the year not being distinct enough to be read." Nevertheless, it is the rarest Btanip in the world. A YARD OF KISS IS ENOUGH. And It Must Not Last Longer Than 36 Seconds, Says Movie Censor. Philadelphia North American. Mrs Cyrus Niver, the only woman member of the new state inoving-plc-ture censorship board, has come to the conclusion that one yard of film is long enough for any kiss, after several weeks spent here In passing on thou sands of yards of love-drama films. Love scenes and historic romance, thrilling escapes and runaways, har rowing deathbed repentances and wild elopements, the excess of poverty and the extreme of wealth, all pass la re view before her. She judges each film from the viewpoint of adolescence. .Will it harm the child? What effect will It have on the grown boy or girl? These are the questions Mrs. Niver asks herself. She has sat through yards and yards of kisses of every variety, and her ulti matum, after watching an embrace which occupied five yards of film, was that four yards should be eliminated and that tho young people should be torn from each other after J8 seconds of osculation. Smoke Menace and Prusalc Acid. South Bend News-Times. Out of a tall chimney a great trail of soot and sulphurous fumes was coming tons and tons in the course of a year. The chimney belonged to a factory and the factory to a very kindly man, who wouldn't, for all tho money in the world, squirt prussic acid In the face of a baby or drop bichloride tablets in his neighbor's milk bottle. Yet he never hesitated for a minute to poison the air which the baby and the neighbor breathe. And he does it for money, too. Does the community Into whose homes and lungs this poison is pour ing censure the poisoner and set the law on him and lock him up, as it would the prussic acid thrower or a doper of milk? Not at all. It honors htm he is one of its first citizens. England and the Opera. London Evening News. The opera, which 13 now a feature of every London season, is a compara tively modern institution. It dates from 1600. when Peri produced the first Italian opera for the marriage festivi ties of Henry IV of France and Marie de Medici. Catherine of Braganza brought Italian opera to England. Among those whom the opera has failed to attract may be mentioned Sydney Smith. That genial cleric had a peculiar taste In music, and it is recorded that music in the minor key had to be discontinued when he was in residence at St. Paul's. "Nothing can be more disgusting than an oratorio," he wrote on one oc casion. "How absurd to see 500 people fiddling like madmen about the Israel ites in the Red Sea!" Just Rosle. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Rosie did not come this morn. ? All the house Is left forlorn, Rosie Is our cook. Rosie Is, or rather was, It. Now, the famllly place composite Has a gloomful look. Rosle's pie crust is divine. Rosle's pots and kettles shine. Rosle's bread Is light. Rather these things used to be. Then we spoke of her with glee. Rosle was all right. All this was till Rosle's back "Tuck a mls'ry," alas, alack! joy then took wing. Rosle groaned and grunted some, Rosie grew morose and glum; Rosie didn't ling. Rosle did not corns today. In the house there's that to pay. I can't mantlon it. Rosle's fat and black, but oh! Rosle's dealt an unkind blow! Has our Rosie cult? The Wood Lore By Ileaa Culllaa. I've known the call of Ida sjood, green farm land; I've known the tuna that the pine tree plays; I have the gleam of my childhood's charm-land Shimmering down from bygons days. I have the wish that would lead ma thither. Far o'er a bloom-strewn, fairy track. To Summer country, where nought can wither But never again may I win back. I Lo, I have watched In breathless won der The miracle of the field that Ilea Flaming with magical meaning, under The gifted power of childhood's eyes. Yet though I sought It long. I never Might catch that vision so clear again; And oh, I am thankful forever and ever, My eyes were given to see it then. But In the thronging city, round us Are myriad children, prophet-eyed. Who can that magical lore expound us. Writ in the free, green countryside. And though we mav seek It. we may never Read all Its wonders aright again. But the hearts of the children, forever and ever May see It true as we saw It then. THE MISSION OF EVE. (Commanded to the attention of read ers of Mr. Kipling's "The Female of the Species.") By the first rude human altar, Where a sacrifice lay bound. And tho victim of the first of Human fratricides was found Eve, the mother of all living. Gave the blood that wet the ground. When first two chieftains quarreled With each other in their pride. And the hosts of each had gathered To their vengeful leader's side Eve. the mother of all living, Furnished all the men who died. When the vile Herodlan monster. To maintain man's hate of old. Sought the manger-born Messiah With a gleaming blade and cold Eve, mother of all living. Weeping, led him to the fold. Man Is evermore contentious, Who shall rule, who shall kneel, Who shall wear the purple garment. Who shall know the sackcloth's feel In a blind perverse of Justice, Clutching at his brother's heel. There is scarce a palliation Of his native savagery, From his forest Jungle dwellings And his caverns by the sea. To the mansions of the masters Who take toll of Infancy. He has waked the sleeping village With his warclub's dreadful thud. Set his dreadnoughts riding grimly On the highways of the flood, Smoked the heavens wtth his urson. Stained the oceans with his blood. And In silence, and In misery. Like a distraught wraith of woe. Eve still sits among the ashes While her children come and go. Mourning for the flesh that feeds The fiery furnace of her foe. How, in frenzy, like a prophet. She Is risen, and has stood Forth before war's bankrupt kingdoms In a stranger womanhood. And demands to rule the nations For the dying nation's good. J. M. HUGGINS. GROWING OLD. I'm growing old, I feel the blight That Time has laid upon me. The eyes of love (O, lost delight!) z No longer woo, but shun me. Yet my spirit onward faros, Nor shed I vain or idle tears. I'm growing old. the storms of life Beat louder than before. Yet fancy hears above the strife The music of its roar. And so my soul continues on Its journey toward the setting sun. I'm growing old, the tender leaves Of life Me faded now. Yet memories' fairy finger weaves Contentment on my brow. And reason holds aloft a light That guides me onward through the night. I'm growing old, Hope's brightest star Fades slowly day by day, But still I hear a voice afar That cheers me on my way; Thus move I slowly down the hill Obedient to Nature's will. I'm growing old, the rosy morn That broke so fair for me The reaper Time has overborne And called to destiny. Yet grieve I not. nor do I fear The little while I linger here. I'm growing old. the "Styx" I see A boat upon the shore. I've lived and loved. I'll pay my fee When Charon dips the oar. And weep I not, for tears are vain If Nature wills I'll live again. GEO. H. SANDS, City. UNDERSTOOD ALL THE REST The Juror Wanted to Know the Meaning- of Tito Words Used In Law. Case and Comment. It quite often happens that In ad dressing a Jury the lawyers will de liver their appeals to the one member who seems to them the most Intel ligent. They consider that by so doing they can impress him, and his In fluence upon the other members will be valuable. In a recent case all the testimony had been taken, the lawyers had summed up and the Judge had charged the jury, when the juror who appeared the most lntellgent and to whom both counsel had made their Impassioned appeal arose and stated that he wished the court to give him some more In formation. "I have been bothered a good deal." he said, "about two words the lawyers have been using all the time." "What are they?" askod the court, expecting to be called upon to ex plain the meaning of some words like res Inter alios acta "Why. the words that I don't know the meaning of." said the juror, "are 'plaintiff and 'defendant' " Water Consumer Dislikes New Rule. PORTLAND, Or.. July 20. (To the Edltor.)--At the beginning of the stated season for payment extra for water through hose I sent to the city water department a check covering payment for the full four months and received back a receipt therefor, all under the water department's own rul ing that I would be allowed to irrigate my land daily during stated hours. Now comes along one of Mr. Daly's hired men and notifies me that I must use water through hose only every other day, instead of every day. as was agreed, and that if I use It every day, as I have paid for doing, my water will be shut off. Can the water department really "get away with" such bustness? And is this every-other-day order actually necessary, or Is it merely another mani festation of Mr. Daly's Intent If he can to make the present system of selling water so obnoxious to consumers that they will be ready by next year to acquiesce In his preposterous universal meter scheme? CONSUMER. Twenty-Five Year Ago From The Oregonian of July 11. Tar. .ma. W T.. July 21. An Incen diary fire mi started early this morn ing In Dougan A Brlgham's carpenter hop on Railroad street between Ninth and Eleventh streets and destroyed four buildings. Albany. July II. Thomas Montelth. an old and well-known pioneer resi dent, died this morning. Salem, July 11 A street fight took place this afternoon at Independence between Oliver and Layton Smith and William Kayes and son over sum , whifh waves owed one of the Smiths. Marshal Macauley attempted to arrest the combatants but was felled with a rock by Oliver Smith The bystanders did not Interfere until both the Smiths overtook old man Kayes. Rev. Wilbur I. Craft, field secretary of the American Sabbath I'Btoa. ye terday delivered three discourse on the Sunday rest movement In this city. A conglomerste pile of lumber, mor tar and brick obstructs South Front street between Hooker and Meade. Several buggies are reported to have tipped over by running Into It There Is a house being built near this ma terial and the builder no doubt has a permit. Has the man a perpetual per mltT Father Conrady, the Oregon priest, who went to the Sandwich Islands to assist the late Father Pamlen to take care of the lepers, writes from Hono lulu under date f June 7 that he had been dangerously 111 since the death of Father Damlen last April. Hon Frank S. Sprague. the youngest of the California State Senators. Is at the Esmond. City Attorney W. II Adsms has gone to the country for two weeks. During his absence C A. retrain will attend to his duties. Fire In A. Anderson Co 's print ing office on Front and Alder streets last night. In the rear of the Oilman House, caused a panic among the. oc cupants of the latter, who rushed for the open. This evening Marietta Nash will commence an engagement to play A Bunch of Keys" at the New Park The ater. From The Oregonian of July We are Informed by C. M. &UW, special mail agent, that the Ut. -d States malls are now running through from Portland to Olympla without terruptlon at Monticello. The mall MM for some months past laid over at Mon ticello for one trip of the stage. The steam sawmTTl of Forsyth, Tat terson & Co.. at Salem, recently burned. 1s again In successful operation. New York, July 20 The Herald's Washington special says: "H H i re ported In official circles and generally believed that Stanton has resigned as Secretary of War. The Immediate cans appears to be the quarrela which grew out of the rebel attack on Washington, Blair charging Incompetency and cow ardice upon Stanton and Halleck for the want of management during the raid." New York. July 20 The Herald's Fortress Monroe correspondent says The enemy are attempting to blockade James River. A flag of true boat was opened on by batteries below city limits, compelling her return to Hundred. Generals Grant and Butler shortly after ran thsse batteries, the boat narrowly escaping a Wnltwortn ball. Memphis, July II On July I. Oen eral Washburne nt a fore to La Grange, Tnn.. under Major-Oeneral A J Smith. with Brlgadler-Oenerals Mower and Grlersen. with Instructions to pursue Forrest, bring him to bay. light him and whip him. A oispstrh from Smith to Washburn, received to day, ays: I have met Lee Forrest and Walker at Tupelo, Lee County, Miss, and whipped them badly on three dif ferent days. A scout reports the en emy's loss at 2800 and their defeat a overwhelming. It Is alo stated that the rebel General Faulkner and Colonel Forrest were killed and Osneral Tor rest woundod. Washington, July 19 Sherman an nounces on the lth having previous ly crossed the Chattahoochle with his whole army- He then advanced five miles south of the river and crossed Beech Tree Creek without rslstanr except slight skirmishing. This move necessarily forces Johnston Into the defenses of Atlanta and place that city within rang of Sherman's gun. Council met last vnlng. Th Judi ciary committee reported an ordinance to regulate and declare certain how a public nulaance. The ordinance re fer to hurdy-gurdy danchous. An ordinance providing for th punlhmnt of any on who shall willfully cut. de face or Injure the fence on the public square or any other public property, was read a second time. Night before last Deputy Marshal Townsend discovered a party of small boys, from 7 to I years old, sleeping In a crockery crate on ene of the wharves. They had run away from home during the day and had It all arranged for a good time. Wells, Fargo aV Co..s mengr brought $40,000 In treasure and a large sum In the hands of passengers, ar rived on tho Wilson G. Hunt. A number of respectable cltlien re siding at East Tortland rightly com plain of a nuisance in the vicinity of their places of residence In th hap of an Indian wigwam, with a few frail aboriginal females, aupported by a number of eultu white men, who carry on their revelry by night. Fine for Poor Spellers. PORTLAND, July 20. (fo th Ed itor.) As yu will redlly persev I am an adhearent to the nu slmpllfld mth or spellng. Sins 1 of our nu collge ha taken up thl nu form of rltlng, I think It will be a good thing for u si. I am certenly glad wer having thl nu spellng as 1 think It wll help u felr who halnt got no edjucahtin much. When we do hapen to make a mtstak no 1 wll no the dlferlna and If they do, wll think It Is the nuest spellng. Here hoping ure nuspaper suport the nu spellng. n. u. Bpeler. The Summer Sales This I the lotion of th year when merchant hav to xrt thm lv to gt buslnasa Thy realli that It I neeary to make extra attraction to gat cus tomer, and act accordingly. Stock-taking tlm uaually com In July, and this bring tu light many mall let which th aterae are anxious to dlipo of. July advertidng of the retallar Is apt to take on a stren'ious ton but underlying It I th spirit that American business docs not recog nize uch a word a ull lln.es And with thl bit of extia pressure the advertising Is, If anything, mora Interesting trading than ever, as you can e by glancing through today's Oregonian. Half a Century Ago a