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THE SUNDAY OREQONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIE 13, 1902.
IS LIFE'S SECRET SOLVED?
PROFESSOR LOEB
SPEAKS OF HIS MOST RECENT
DISCOVERIES
THE fact that Professor Jacques
Loeb, head of the blologlcai de
partment at Chicago "University,
has reproduced the manifestations of
'physical life in certain chemical actions
sand has demonstrated that the source of
"nerve and muscle stimulus is electrical,
means more than "was- at first realized
when the announcement of his discovery
was made a few weeks ago. Dr. Loeb did
xiot reveal all of the results of his1 experi
inents at that time, neither did he stop
"his labors when he accomplished the first
success. He is not yet willing to
lay claim to having discovered the great
secret of what life is, how it begins, and
why it ends, but he has left it to those
Iwho have seen the results of his recent
experiments to draw the conclusion that
lie has arrived very close to the most as
tounding discovery of a century. Certain
It Is that a new physiology has been born,
tand a new pharmacology as welL We
shall have to revise our textbooks and
our systems of treating with drugs.
"There will soon be announced," said
Dr. Loeb to the writer a few days ago.
"an account of the discovery that en
symca (the elemental forces of life), which
do not nominally exist in the human
'frame, may be actually created. Not by
'me is Oils announcement to be made,"
he added. "The work has been done by
another scientist, and I cannot talk about
the matter yet. You see, there are others
working on these great problems."
Can Life Be Created at WHIT
Can life be created at the will of man?
Can a scientist show how to avoid death?
"Is there a reasonable way of lengthening
life? These ere questions which every one
asks. Formerly tne answer would have
been "Impossible!" Now the man in the
street is saying: "Possibly," and the biol
ogists who have been watching Dr. Loeb's
work are ready to say "Probably."
At any rate, that is the conclusion to
which a study of Dr. Loeb's experiments
Inevitably leads. Here is a scientist who
lias already, in a sense, created life. He
has taken unfertilized sea urchin eggs,
from which, until they are brought Into
contact with the sperm, no life can de
velop, and he has, by means of chemical
soluting, been able to develop these so
that they are living organisms, the same
cs though they had been developed In the
ordinary manner. "With other solutions,
salts and chlorides, and other unfertilized
eggs, he has accomplished similar results.
Other scientists have verified these con
clusions by experiments of their own; the j
result is a matter of scientific history now. I
and what is called "artificial partheno- ,
gensls" Is a fact no longer to be ques
tioned. I
What Loeb Has Shoirn.
Dr. Loeb has gone further than this,
however further than any previous biolo-
gist. He has determined that the living (
organism is protoplasm in a liquid state;
that death comes when the protoplasm
passes into a more or less solid condition, j
and that life itself depends on the elec
trical charges of the protoplasmal par- '
tides. It was shown some time ago that
poisons acted on the nerves In just this
manner the colloidal substance of which '
the nerves are composed began to solidify
under the action of poison. Here we may j
see the application of the new pharma- J
coiogy. it is no longer necessary to ad
minister medicines blindly. The exact ef
fect of every drug, every chemical, can be
ascertained without difficulty. The body,
4rt 411rtAoo n honHli miicf Via In n pnrtflln
chemical state, which will be shown by
in new methods of diagnosis. Granted I
that this latter may be accomplished, and j
It seems now that it will be, j
It is easy to see how the proper cheml-
cals or medicines, bearing the proper I
charges of electricity in themselves, may
be used to restore the body to Its normal
condition. The scientists will have shown !
us a way to control physical life. This Is
probably very near to what Professor
Loeb meant when he said that he wished I
to understand life, to take it in his hands j
and play with it as he chose.
On what, thn, does life depend?
"The present theory," said Dr. Loeb, "Is
that an electric charge keeps out proto
plasm In a liquid condition so as to pre
vent coagulation. Life depends on the
liquid condition of certain pars of our;
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are a set of bellows, which auck in oxygen To be sure, this creation has as yet been
and expel carbonlc'acid gas for a similar t done very crudely, but the significance
reason. The cranial storage battery Is the j of the result Is no less important. Now
seat of a mechanical intelligence, which that he has accomplished the prolonging
directs the actions of its surface extreml- of the life of the simple-celled sea urchin,
ties and maintains an electrical equillb- and more than that, the creation of life i
rlum In the body. "We have, then, In our- jn these forms, he has brought the sclen-
selves, each an air and liquid pump, a jBts and the churchmen face to face with
storage battery and a set of wires, all the eternal why. The door of the mys-
1 operated by electricity created by cheml- tery nouse 0f creation will probably re
cal changes. I main closed to them.
Thft bodv has a certain constant charge' rm,B rnffimitv of the blolocrists
of electricity when In a normal condition, Js to eXDian the chemical character of
i lust as the earth Is said to maintain
, certain balance electrically, and Illness or
death comes with a variation of this elec-
' trlcal state. This Is, Indeed, a new
physiology.
The simplest form of life Is the single
celled organism the sea urchin Is a good
example. It was with this form that
Dr. Loeb carried on most of his Import
ant experiments at "Woods Holl, Mass.,
and in the Marine Observatory in Naples,
Italy. Experiments of this sort were
fundamentally important, for all life Is
simply protoplasm In some form or other.
If Dr. Loeb could determine what caueod
the movements of the little mass of pro
toplasm which composes the sea urchin,
he could then determine with certainty
the causes of the functions of life in
many complex cells of living matter.
Upscttinj? Former Beliefs.
Few have probably stopped to think
what this theory means in Its relation
to our former beliefs In life, its spiritual
creation Its orleln and Its end. Dr. Loeb
' has done that which has 'been puzzling
the scientist for a century past he has
life. Much of the phenomena of life can
be reproduced in the chemist's laboratory.
rtt O-cJ.-;5-00;.&..o- r
out his hand. "Come on over," he sings
out.
" ' "Which he's assoomln' airs of friend
ship." I roomlnate3, "to get me off my
gyard."
" 'I starts across to Yuba. I'm watch
In like a lynx; an I'm that harrowed
up, If Yuba so much as sneezes, or drops
his hat, or makes a r'arward move of
his hand. I'm doo to open on him. But
he stands till as a hill an nothln' more
menacln than smiles. As I comes clost,
he offers his hand. It's prior to my
shootin quick an ackerate with my left
hand, so I don't give Yuba my right,
holding the same In reserve for emer
gencies an In case thar's a change of
weather. But Yuba, who can see It's
fear that a-way. Is too p'lite to make
comments. He shakes my left hand with
well-bred enthooslasm. Then he turns
an' heads the way Into the Oriental.
" 'As we fronts the bar an' demands
nosepalnt, Yuba gives up his arms; an'
full of a Jocund lightheadedness as I
realizes that I ain't marked for Instant
slaughter, I likewise yields up mine. "We
then has four drinks In rapid yet happy
alternation. An' next we seeks a table
an' subsldes-into seven-up.
" ' "Then thar ain't goln' to be no dooel
between us?" I says to Yuba. It's at a
crisis when he's Jest turned jack, an' I
Aggers he'll be more soft an' leenlent.
"It's to be a evenln of friendly peace?"
An why not?" says Yuba. "I've
shore done took all the skelps that's
comln' to me, an' as for you-all, you're
plumb young an my counsel Is to never
begin. That pooerile spat we has don't
count. I'm drlnkln' at the time, an I
don't reckon you attaches Importance to
what a gent says when he's In Ucker?"
Not to what he says," L replies;
"but I does to what he shoots. I looks
with gravity on the gun plays of any I
Diagram showing effect of electric current oa
protoplasm. The particles move from nega
tive to posltUo pol and dl when they
reach It.
the scientist for a century past he has
linked the Inanimate world with the anl- j DUt thus far only at 8Uch a hlBn tem.
protoplasm; death comes with the coagu- mechanism. His stomach Is adjnamo and
latlon of these parts, and the forces which his nerves are the connecting media the
make the manifestations of life possible telegraph wires for communication be
are first of all the electric charges of the tween the different parts of the body and
particles of this protoplasm." 1 the storage battery in his cranium. His
If electricity is at the source of living J heart is a big, muscular pump, which
energy, man's digestive apparatus is no i beats rhythmically because the the electri
longer to be regarded as a heat producing I cal changes going on In the body. His lungs
mate.
"Will It not be more difficult," I asked,
"to harmonize this conception of life with
our present religious beliefs than It was
for Darwin's theory of evolution to be
finally accepted by the Christian world?"
"I don't want to discuss that," replied
Dr. Loeb. "All I can say Is that for a
long time I puzzled over the forces which
rule in the realm of the animate, and then
I came to the conclusion that these forces
perature that actual life Is impossible.
No one could explain why the functions
of the body could be canlcd on at the
low temperature at which they now
operate.
, "For example." says Dr. Loeb, "oxlda
I tlon, a fundamental principle of life,
takes place at a low temperature In the
body. The air is Inhaled by the lungs
and the oxjgen taken up by the blood in
a very simple manner, but If the chemist
gent, an the drunker he Is. the more seri
ous I regyarcs the eepisode."
" ' ""Well, she's a thing of the past
now," explains Yuba, "an this evenln
you're as pop'lar with me as a demijohn
at a campmeetln'."
" 'Both our bosoms so wells with jly
settln' thar as we do In a atmosphere of
onexpected yet perfect fraternallsm an
complete peace, that Yuba an' me shore
drinks a whole lot. It gets so, final, I
refuses to return to my own camp;
won't be separated from Yuba, "When he
can no longer drink, we turns In at
Yuba's wlckeyup an' sleeps together. The
next mornln we picks up the work of
reconciliation where it slips from our
tired hands the eenln' before. I does
intend to reepair to my camp when we
rolls out; but after the third conj'lnt
drink, both me an' Yuba sees eo many
reasons why it's a fool play for us to
part, I gives up the Idee utter.
" 'Gents, It's no avail to pursoo me an'
Yuba throughout them four feverish
days. We drifts from one drink shop to
the other, arm in arm, as peaceful an'
pleased a pair of sots as ever disturbs
the better element. Which we're the
scandal of Tucson; we-all Is that thickly
amiable sech pards as Damon an' Pythias
by compar'son shore ain't on speakln'
terms. Thus ends my first dooel; a
conflict as bloodless as sfie Is successful.
How long it would have took me an'
Yuba to thoroughly cement our friend
ships will never be known. At the fin
ish, we-all Is torn asunder by the Tucson
Marshal an' I'm returned to my camp
""bnder gyard. Me an' Yuba before nor
since never does wax that friendly with
any other gent; we'd be like brothers yet
only the Stranglers over to Shakespear
seizes on pore Yuba one mornln an'
strings him up a whole lot.' "
(Copyright, 1302.)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
,..; - - --... r. ""- jv- I a very simple manner, oui n. me tucujjt..
were the same as those which ruled the 1 attempts to renroduce this, he requires
Inanimate.1
After the theory came the experiments.
The biologist reduced conscious life to a
material basis by creating conscious life.
LETTERS asking for general in
formation will be answered In these
columns. Letters should be writ,
ten on one side of the paper, and must
be accompanied by the name and address
of the writer; not for publication, how
ever. All letters without the name of the
writer go to the waste basket.
A CORKER IV PROFESSOR LOEB'S LABORATORY".
a tremendous heat."
Living Matter in Liquid Stntc.
"Our living matter has at least one
common quality with solutions of plati
num." says Dr. Loeb. "namely, that they
j are colloidal solutions; that Is. liquid sub
stances. I should say that perhaps one
of the most Important features of the
physical construction of living matter Is
. this, that half of our living matter must
i be in a liquid state, and this liquid state
! is of the charctaer of colloid solution
i with the same forces as are In the platl
! num colloids. What are these forces?
t "Experiments have been made showing
J the effect of an electrical current In water
In which were living cells. These cells,
. bearing nesratlve charges, move toward
I the positive electrode. Wrhen they come
In contact with It they lose their charges
of electricity and die. The same thing
i happens practically with platinum solu
' tlon. The negatively charged particles
! move toward the positive pole, and when
i they come In contact -with It the platinum
sinks to the bottom of the Jar. It Is be
cause of the electric charges that partl
I cles of heavy specific gravity like platl
I num can remain In solution. The partl
, cles of any solution treated in this way
move toward the poles, and when the elec
trically charged particles reach their op
posite poles they give up their charges
and we have the process of coagulation.
, This in the living world Is death.
I "Our lives depend upon the electrical
' condition of our protoplasm. -Death Is the
' process of coagulation. So It seems that
the chief forces which render these mani
festations of life depend upon the
1 electrical condition of our protoplasm, and
i that the force which makes life possible
Is primarily the electric charge. It would
be very one-sided to think that from
the electrical point of view all manifesta
tions of life could be explained. In this
we must remember that changes In tem
perature might bring about coagulation.
Our study now Is the forces which exist
in the liquid part of protoplasm."
j Are we any nearer the great mystery?
! Man may create conscious life, play with
It, prolong it by chemical oc electrical
means, and yet, what is It that, back of
' all, breathes Into the organism the con
sciousness of Hie ltseu .'
HERBERT WALLACE.
(Copyrighted, 1902.)
"Premium" on Coins.
I saw in one of the Sunday papers that
there was a premium on an 1S93 10-cent
piece. If this 1b so let me know where
the premium will be awarded. H. A.
Corvallls, Or.
There Is no such thing as a "premium"
on coins. Whenever a coin, for any rea
son, becomes scarce, collectors put an
artificial value on It. Great age gives
this artificial value, just as It docs to
Indian baskets, hall clocks, delft ware.
andirons and here recently, pewter mug3.
It would not be considered a bright ques
tion if you asked where the premium was
awarded on a delft vase made In 1794,
which cost vour ereat-irrandfather 29
cents. Persons who have fads pay ex
travagant prices for rarities which they
desire.
As a matter of Information the dime
coined at San Francisco In 1893 Is quoted
by dealers as being worth 15. for the
reason that only 24 dimes were coined at
San Francisco that year. This fact has
been stated twice In these columns, and
will not be repeated again. Coins minted
In San Francisco are marked with the
letter "s" on the "tails" side.
at Manila, composed of Joseph Smith,
captain, second base; Roy Doble, short
stop; E. Stansbury. third base; William
Jordan, right field; James McKinnon,
pitcher; Bert Kerrigan, left field; Dr. A.
P. Watson, catcher; Frank Gordon, first
base; John Smith, center field. The Ore
gon club won two games and lost one
to the Pennsylvanlans. After the lnsur-'
rectlon broke out there was no more time
to play baseball.
The Gadsden Purchase.
I see by loking on the map a corner of i
land known as tha Gadsden Purchase, for
which the United States Government paid
$10,000,000. What Induced the Government
to buy It, and why did they pay such
a big price? L. M. B.
It was done to settle a boundary dis
pute between the United States and Mex
ico, and to open the way for a Southern
railroad route to California. It was
hoped to secure a seaport on the gulf,
but this failed. The price was not con
sidered high, as 45,000 square miles were
secured.
WHEN TUTT FIKST SAW TUSCON
yN speakln' of dooels," remarked the
I Old Cattleman, apropos of an anec-
dote of the field of honor wherewith I
regaled his fancy, "speakln" of dooels, I
reckons now the encounter Dave Tutt
Involved hlmse'f with when he first sees
Tucson, takes easy and onchallenged
precedence for utter bloodlessness.
She's shore the most lamb's wool
form of single combat to which my" no
tice is ever drawn. Dave enlightens us
concernln' Its' details hlmse'f, beln Incited
tharunto by hearin.' Texas Thompson re
late about the Austin shootin' match of
that Deaf Smith party.
" 'Which this yere Is 'way back yonder
on the trail of time,' explains Dave, 'an
I'm hardened a heap since then. I've Jest
come buttln' into Tucson an'Mt's apples to I
ashes I'm the tenderest an most ontaught
party that wears store moccasins. What
I misses knowln' would make as husky
library If It's all printed down In boohs
as ever lines up on shelves. Also, I'm
freighted to the limit with the tender
foot's usual outfit of misinformation. It's
sad. Vet troo! As I casts my gaze r'ar
ward a whole lot, I Identifies myse'f as
ondoubted the balmiest brand of short
horn who ever leaves his parents shel
terln rpof.'
" 'All the same, says Dan Boggs, plenty
conceited. Til gamble a hoss I'm a big
ger cedlot when I quits Missouri to roam
the cow country than ever you-all can
boast of beln' in your most Imbecile
hour.
" 'Do they lock you up? asks Dave.
" 'No,' says Dan,- 'they don't lock me
up none, but "
" 'Then you lose,' Insists Dave, mighty
prompt.
" 'But, hold on,' says Dan; 'don't get
your chips down so quick. As I starts to
explain, I ain't locked ip; but it's be
cause I'm In a camp like Wolfvllle yere
that ain't sunk to the level of no cala
boose. But what comes to be the same,
I'm made captlf, an' held as sech ontll
the roodlments of Western sense Is done
beat Into me. It takes the yoonlted ef
forts of a dozen of the soonest sharps
that ever happens; but, final, they suc
ceeds to a p'olnt that I'm deemed cap'ble
of goln about alone; whereat they re
moves my hobbles an' tnrows me loose.'
" "Well,' retorts Dave, I won't dls
poote with you; an' even at that I re
gyards your present attltoode as one of
bluff. I thinks you're shore the cunnln'
est wolf in the territory, Dan, an allers
Ir. But as I'm sayln: When I first be
gins to Infect Tucson, I'm so Ignorant it's
a stain on that meetropolls.
" 'At this yere epock, Tucson ain't
spread an' spraddled to Its present proud
dimensions. A gent might have thrown
the loop of a lariat about the outfit an
drug it into rooins with a pony. No one,
however, performs this feat, as the camp
Is as petyoolant as a t'rant'ler, an' any
onauthorized dalliance with Its sensibili
ties wotild have led to some mighty vivid
play. Still, she alnt bis:, Tucson ain't;
an' I learns my way about from center
to suburbs In the first 10 minutes.
" 'At the beclnnin I'm a heap timid.
I suffers from the common Eastern the
ory, an' looks on Arizona as a region
where it's murder straight an' lynchln'
fer a place. You-alls may Jedge from that
how erroneous Is my Idees. Then, as now.
the dletlngulshln' feacher of Tucson ex
istence is . heavenely ca'm. Of course,
now an then the air nacherally fills up
with bullets llko a passel of swallow
birds, an' the lead hums an' sings their
merry roundelays. However, these busy
seasons don't set In so often nor last so
long but peaceful folks has ample chance
to breathe. "
" 'Never does I bar witness to as many
as seven contemporaneous remalndors but
once; an then thar's cause. It's In a
poker game: an' the barkeep brings the
dealer a cold deck onder a tray whereon j
he purveys the drinks. Which the dis
covery of this yere solecism, as you-all
well Imagines, arouses a Interest, earnest
an' widespread like I describes. I counts
up when the smoke lifts an' finds that
seven has done sought eternal peace. Com
mon, as you-all saveye, two Is the num
ber; three beln' quite a shipment. Shore,
It's speshul sickly when as many as seven
starts out together!
" 'Beln timid an Ignorant, I takes good
advice. It's in the Oriental. Thar's a old
gray clmmaron hlbernatln about the bar,
whose name Is Jeffords.
" ' "Be you-all conversant with that gun
you packs?" asks this Jeffords.
" 'I feels the hot blush mountln' In my
tender checks, but I concedes, I ain't.
.. . par(js" j replies, "speakln confl
denshul an' between gent an' gent, this
yeare weapon Is plumb novel to me."
" ' "Which I allows as much," he says,
"from the egreegious way you fldges with
It. Now let me pass you-all a p'inter from
the peaks of experience. You caper back
to the tavern an' take that weepon off.
Or what's as well, you pass It across to
the barkeep. If you-all goes romancln'
round with that hardware at your belt.
It's even money It'll get you beefed. Allers
remember while In Arizona, that you'll
never get plugged onless by lnadvert
enceas long as you wander about in on
heeled Innocence No gunless gent gets
downed; sech is the onbreakablo roole."
"t" 'After that I goes guiltless of arms;
I ' ain't hungerln' for no Immortality
abrupt.
" 'Old Jeffords Is shore right; in the
southwest if you aims to bear a charmed
life, never wear a six-shooter. This
maxim goes anywhere this side of the Mis
sissippi. East of that mighty river. It's
the other way.
'"Beln'.nlmble-blooded In them days, Tm
a heap arduous about the dance hall. I
gets lnfatyooated with the easy good fel-
I lowshlp of that hurdy-gurdy; an even af
ter l leaves xucson proper, an is campca
Eome miles away, I saddles up every other
evenln', rides in an', as says the poet,
shakes ontirln lalg even into the wee
small hours."
" 'Right here, gents, an' Dave pauses
like & solemn thought strikes him, 'I don't
reckon I has to caution none of you-all way into no conversations with me. An
not to go to repeatln these yere mem'ries don't hang up no bluff."
of gay days an' gone where my wife ; which ir vnn disturb me further
WOLFVILLE STORY
BY ALFRED H. LEWIS
(DAN QUIN)
Tucson Jennie cuts their trail. I ain't
afraid of Jennie; she's a kind, troo, he'p
mcet; but ever since that onfortunate
entanglement with the English towerlst
lady, her suspicions sets up nervous in
their blankets at the mere mention of friv
olities wherein she hears my name. I
asks you, therefore, not to go sayln' things
to feed her doubts. With Tucson Jennie,
my flr3t business is to live down my
past.'
" 'You-all can bet,' says Texas Thomp
son, while his brow clouds, 'that I learns
enough of lovely woman an her ways
while llvln with my former wife, to mako
sech requests sooperfiuous in my case.
Speshully since If It ain't for what the
neighbors done tells the lady, she'd never
go ropln' round for that Laredo divorce
retorts Yuba, "I'll 'turn loose for shore
an' crawl your hump a lot."
" ' "Them foolhardy sports," I replies,
"who has yeretofore attempted that en
terprise, found It to be more than a mere
formality. One an' all they sleeps In on
known graves. So don't you-all pester
me, for the outlook's dark."
" 'It's now that Yuba, who's a mighty
cautious sport, an' fore thoughtful, an'
prone to look ahead, regyards the talk
as down to cases an' makes a flash for
his gun. It's concealed by his surtoot an
I ain't noticed It none before. Which,
If I had, most likely I'd pitched that
conversation in a lower key. However,
by this time I'm Quarrelsome as a bad
ger; an a wlllln'ness for trouble sub-
Periodicals Not Ordered.
Can a publishing company co'lect for
a magazine which it claims It continued
sending after the original subscription ex
pired? The magazine was not ordered
nor received after the first subscription,
and now they bring a bill for five years.
Am I obliged to pay It? Is it necessary to
send notice to discontinue the paper af
ter the subscription expires? B. M. B.
The Oregon law on the subject passed
in 18S9. Is:
That whenever any pefton. company or cor
poration owning or controlling any newspaper
or periodical shall mall or send any 3Uch news
paper or periodical to any person In this state
without flrst receiving an order for such, same
shall be deemed a gift, and no debt or obliga
tion shall accrue against such person or per
sons, whether said newspaper or periodical It
received by the person or persons to whom It Is
sent or not.
The Oregonlan cannot undertake to In
terpret the law. It would seem, If you
subscribed for one year and did not re
new your subscription that the publisher
continued to send the magazine at his
own risk. Would not this be construed as
coming within the claim "without flrst
receiving an order for such"?
Flags for Contagions Diseases.
What are the different kinds of flags
used In Oregon for contagious diseases,
and the disease that each represents?
STUDENT.
The Portland ordinance requires a green
flag for diphtheria, scarlet for scarlet
fever, yellow flag for smallpox; for all
other diseases a white flag: These colors,
we think, are used generally throughout
the United States.
The Split Infinitive.
Will you kindly define and give an ex
ample of the "split" Infinitive? W. N.
"To love" Is the infinitive form of tho
verb "love." It is "split" when "to" is
separated from "love." Examples: "To
wisely love," "to reverentially love," "to
constantly and very deeply love."
Two Mined.
Where" are the Santa Fe and Treadwell
copper mjnes, and are they safe Invest
ments? J. W. W.
Washington Treadwell quartz mines are
in St. Helens district, Washington. Santa
Fe gold and copper mine Is at San Pedro,
N. M. The Oregonlan knows nothing of
their value as Investments.
No Dave; your secrets Is plumb safe with dooes an sets Its feet on my nacheral
a gent who's suffered like me.'
" 'Which I savoy's I'm safe with all of
you,' says Dave, his confidence which
timidity an holds her down.
" 'Dave, you-all makes me plumb ner
vous, says Boggs with a heap of heat.
the thouchts of Tucson Jennie sort o I 'settln' thir, lyin' about your timidity
stampedes, beginnln to return. 'But now that a-way. You're about as reluctant
an then, them gusts of apprehensions or irouoie as a grizziy d ar, an you
fremient with mnrrled eenti. swfeens over couldn't fool no gent here on that p'int
frequent with married gents, sweeps over
me, an' I feels weak. But comln back
to tho dance hall: As I su'gests thar's
many a serene hour I whiles away tharln.
Your days an' your dlnero shore flows
plenty swift in that temple of merri
ment. An' chilled though I be with the
stiff dignity of a wedded middle age, If
It ain't for my infant son, Enright Peets
Tutt, to whom I'm striving to set ex
amples, I'd shore admire to prance out
an' llvo ag'ln tnem halcyon nights; that's
whatever!
" "Thar's quite a sprlnklln' of the elect
of Tuscon In the dance hall the evenln
I has In mind. The bar Is busy; while
up an down each side, sech refrcshln'
gent
for so much as one white chip."
" 'Jest the same,' says Dave, mighty
dogmatic 'I still asserts that In a con
cealer. Inborn fashion, I'm timid, abso
loote. If you-all has ever behld mo
stand up ag'ln the Iron, it's because I'm
shamed to quit, I'd wilt out like a
jackrabblt If I ain't held by pride.
" ' "You're plenty ready with that
Colt's," I says to Yuba, an' my tones
is severe. "That's because you sees me
weaponless. If I has a gun now, I'd
make you yell like a coyote."
" "S'pose you ain't heeled," remon
strates Yuba, "that don't give you nd
license to stand thar aboosln' me. Be I
to blame because your toilette ain't com-
nntltne! n fnrohnnk. tnontfi an rou
lette holds prosperous sway. Thar's no Plete? You go frame yourself up, an'
ouadrllle coin at the moment, an a lady I I'11 wait;" an with that, this yere Yuba
quadrille goln at the moment, an a lady
to the r'ar Is carollln "Rosalie, the
Prairie Flower."
Fair aa a illy bloomin in May.
Sw eeter than roses, bright as the dayl
Every one -who knows her feels her gentle
power,
Rosalie the Prairie Flower.
" 'On this yere o'caslon. Pm so far for
tunate as to be five drinks ahead, an'
tharfore would sooner listen to myse'f
talk than to the warblin' of said canta
trlce. As it is, I'm conversln with a
gent who's standin' hard by.
" 'At my elbow is posted a shaggy an
forblddin lookln' outlaw, whose name Is
Yuba Tom, an' who's more harmonious
than me. He wants to listen to Rosallo
the Prairie Flower. Of a sudden, he
w'irls about, plenty peevish.
" ' "Stick a period that pow-wow," ob
serves this Yuba; "I wants to hear this
prima donna sing."
" 'Beln gala with them five libations.
I turns on Yuba a heap naughty. "If
you're sobbln' to hear this songstress;"
I says, "go for'ard an camp down at
her feet. But don't come pawln your
takes his hand from his artillery,
" 'Thar's a footlle party who .keeps the
dance hall, who signs the books as Colonel
Boone. He's called the "Kink of the Cow
boys;" most likely In a sperlt of facetlous
ness since he's a heap more like a deuce
than a king. This Boone's packin' a most
excellent slxshootcr loose In the waist
band of his legglns. Boone's passlr by
as Yuba lets fly his taunts, an this yere
piece of ordinance Is In easy reach. With
one motion I secures it, an' the moment
followln' the muzzle is pressln ag'lnst a
v. hlte pearl button on Yuba's bloo shirt.
" ' "Beln now organized," I Bays, "this
war dance may proceed."
" Tm that scared, I fairly hankers for
the privilege of howlln. but I realizes
acootely that havin come this far towards
homicide I must needs go through if
Y'uba crowds my hand. But he don't; he's
plumb forbearin that a-way, an stands
mute an' still. Likewise, I sees his nose,
yeretofore the color of a over-ripe violin,
begin to turn sear an' gray. I recovers
sperlt at this, as I knows I'm sived. Still
I keeps the artillery on him. It's the
lnfiooence of that gun that holds Yuba
spellbound, an' I feels shore if I relaxes
he'll be all over me like a baggage-wagon
down hill.' . .
" 'Which I should say so, says Jack
Moore, drawln a deep breath. 'You
takes every chance, Dave, when you don t
cut loose, that timer
" 'When this Boone beholds me,' says
Dave, 'annex his gun that a-way, he al
most c'lapses into a fit. He makes a
backward leap that shows he ain't lived
among rattlesnakes in vain. Then he
stretches his hand towards me an Yuba,
an' 3aya: "Don't shoot! Let's take a
drink; it's on the house!"
" 'Yuba, with his noso still a peaceful
gray, turns from the gun an sldles for
the bar; I follows along, thirsty, but
plenty alert. "When we-all Is assembled,
Boone makes a wallln request for his six
shooter. Get his," I sajs, at the same time,
anlmadvertln' at Yuba with the muzzle.
" 'Yuba passes his weapon over the
bar, an I follows suit with Boone's.
Then we drinks with our eyes on each
other In silent scorn.
" "Which we-all will see about this
later," growls Yuba, as he leaves the
bar.
" ' "Go as far as you like, old sport,"
I retorts, for this last edition, as Colonel
Sterett would term It. of Valley Tan,
makes me that brave I'm mlseratln' for
a riot.
" 'It's the next day before I'm firm
enough to come ag'ln to Tucson. This
yere stage wait In the tragedy Is doo
to fear exclooslve. I. hears how Yuba
Is plumb oad; how he's got two notches
on his stick; how he's filed the sights off
his gun; an' how In all respects he's a
murderer of merit an' renown. Sech
news makes me feel timid two ways:
I'm afraid Yuba'll down me some; an'
then ag'ln I'm afraid he's so pop'lar I'll
be lynched if I downs him. Shore, that
felon Yuba begins to assoome In my ap
prehensions the stern feachers of a whip
saw. At last I'm preyed on to that de
gree, I'm desperate; an' I makes up my
mind to invade Tucson, cross up with'
Yuba an' let him do his worst. The nerv
ousness of extreme yooth Is what goads
me to this yer decision.
"It's about second drink time the next
afternoon when, havln' donned my wea
pons, I rides Into Tucson. After leavin
my pony at the corral I turns Into the
main street. It's scorchin' hot, an' thar's
hardly anybody In sight. Up In front of
the Oriental, as luck has It, stands Yuba
an' a party of dooblous morals who slajs
hay for the gov'ment, an' Is addressed as
Lon Gllette. As I swings Into the cause
way, Gllette gets his eye on me an
straight way fades Into the Oriental, leav
in' Yuba alone In the street. This yere
strikes me as mighty ominous. I feels
the beads pf water come onder my hat
band, an I begins to crowd my gun a
leetle further for'ard on the belt. Pm
walking up on xhe oppoelte side from
Yuba, who stands watchln my approach
with a serene meln.
It's the ca'mness of the tiger
crouchln for a sprlny," thinks I.
" 'As I arrives opposite. Yuba stretches
Forelirn Minister at Washington.
1. Who are the Ministers from the
principal countries of Europe to the
United States?
2. Who are the United States Minis
ters to the principal countries of Asia?
B. H. R.
1. Great Britain Lord Pauncefote.
Germany Herr von Holleben.
France M. Jules Cambon.
Italy Slgnor Edmondo Mayn des
Planches.
Austria-Hungary 1. Hengelmuller von
Hengelvar.
Denmark Mr. Constantlne Brun.
Sweden and Norway Mr. A. Grip.
Russia Comte Cassinl.
Turkey Chekeb Bey.
2. China Edwin H. Conger, Iowa.
Japan Alfred E. Buck, Georgia.
Corea Horace N. Allen, Ohio.
Persia Lloyd C. Grlscom, Pennsylvania.
Graham Flour.
Please explain the difference between
whole wheat flour and Graham flour.
J. R.
They are practically the same, but Mr,
Graham laid claim to peculiar treatment
for his flour.
Ao.
A and B are adjoining farmers. A
keeps up his part of the fence good
against hogs and cattle. Is he obliged to
fence against B's hens and go around and.
stop up the holes where the hens mlght
get through? C. R.
No.
If a woman marries a man who Is not
divorced from his former wife, -would It
be necessary for her to get a divorce to
obtain her maiden name again?
E. B. B.
Not Expresaly.
Will you tell me through The Sunday,
Oregonlan, Did the State of Oregon over
adopt the common law of England?
J. W. S.
John Broivn'B Fellotv Conspirators.
Can you tell me. tho history of Llnsday
Coplc (If that Is the right way to spell
it), who was hung with John Brown
at Charleston, Va,, December 2, 1S59, for
complicity in the Harper's Ferry raid;
when he was born? He was a strong
Abolitionist in Salem, la., In 1S45. I think.
E. A. M. C.
In connection with the history of the
John Brown raid at Harper's Ferry, it is
recorded that Edwin Coppoc was hanged
December 16, 1859, and that Barclay Cop
poc escaped. No mention is made of the
birthplace or record of either.
Chickens Running at Large.
Please give the city law on hens and
chickens running at large and how to
keep them from destroying our gardens.
B. F. C.
Ordinance No. 5925 provides:
Section 1. No horses, mules, cattle, sheep,
swine, goats, chickens, geese or ducks shall be
allowed to run at largo or to be herded in any
of the streets, allejs, parks, uninclosed pri
vate grounds or public places In the City of
Portland. . . .
Sec. 2. Any animals or fowls described in sec
tion 1 found running at large within the limits
of this city may be taken by any police officer,
or by any person and delivered to the pound
master. ...
John Philpot Currnn, 1700.
Will you kindly publish the name of tho
author of the following: "Eternal vigi
lance is the price of liberty"? W. P.
W'nahington, D. C, October G.
Where -will the National reunion of tha
G. A. R. be held this year? What Ume7
A. B. C.
Poll Tax for Wnr Veterans.
Does an honorably discharged soldier of
the Spanish-American War have to pay
qr work a poll tax? F. L. J.
Yes. The law makes, no distinction In
favor of discharged soldiers.
Baseball in the Philippines.
Did the Oregon Volunteers have a base
ball team when they were In the Philip
pines, and what games were lost and
won? Please give me their names and
positions. J. A.
The Second Oregon had a baseball team
To Various Correspondents.
D. L., Roseburg. We know of no maga
zine that gives prizes for poems.
G. B. C Nordlca was Lillian Norton,
daughter of John Norton, a Maine farmer
and politician. She kept books in Boston
as a girl, and used to get hours off to
take singing lessons at the New England
Conservator"- The 'same determination
which carried her through that experi
ence finally put her at the top of tho
operatic stage, after as hard a fight as
any woman ever had.
Farmer North Carolina, South Carolina,
Louisiana and Alabama have laws which
exclude "illiterate negroes" from the suf
frage. There are also restrictive fran
chise laws In Maryland, Georgia and Ar
kansas. Article XV of the Constitution of
the United States has not been rescinded.
It is evident, however, not "In power and
full force."
It Didn't Sound Conventional.
Dr. George C. Lorlmer, of the Madison
Avenue Baptist Church, New York, when
visiting Philadelphia recently, told thla
storj :
"It Is queer what a liking young stu
dents have for long words and Latin quo
tations, and what a dread possesses them
of appearing conventional. I once knew
a promising candidate who was given,
charge of a funeral in the absence of the
pastor of the church. He knew it was
customery for the minister to announce
after the sermon that those who wished
should step up to view the remains, but
he thought this was too hackneyed a
phrase, and he said Instead:
" 'The congregation will now pass around
the bler'Phlladelphla Times,