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35 KAHIR WHEN' lfl05 takes Us place in his tory, it will figure not only aa the year of Mukden and Ports mouth of war and peace. It must also claim attention oa the scroll of record ed fact because of Hp appalling- rec ord of disaster. Nineteen four had brought violent doath to 6141: the toll demanded by 1S03 had been S625 but the twelve-month just dond went far beyond either of these with a fright ful total of S2.0C9. . This includes no accident, however tragic, which brought not at least five deaths in Its truin. It takes no account of the ravages of war not of that Mukden which dwarfed 300 uch' holo causts as that of the Iroquois Theater, nor of those Russian massacres which have countod their victims by the thou sands. Merely the "usual" fatal liap ponings of a busy world have shown in one short year an average Ioes of 26715 lives -a month, CI 7 a woek, and nearly SS a day. Death at the Threshold. 3H-onien stood at 190&'s very throsh hold. On January 1, the barque "Mar pesia" was blown up at sea, -bringing 11 Jatalitics to form the first item in that longest list of the year's disas ters. For maritime accidents have since New Year's day numbered G3, with 1498 denths. though it is to be added that this sort of disaster, usual ly the heaviest which any twelve month has to show, has In 1905 boon surpassed In mortalities by both earthquake and storm. Tiiis rearrangement of the customary table is due solely to the two .moist terrible of the cycles tragedies. The, September typhoon which swept aoross the densely populated Tonquin Delta, China, snatchhisr away within seven of 10.000 llvos, was bad enough, but the earthquake which visited British In dia in April was inlinitely wor.se. Only three tl:nc within a century has the world known a tremor worse lit its appalling results. St. Pierre (1UJ2) claimed 30,000; Peru and Ecuador in 1SG3 suw 26,000 dead, and in 1S22 Alappn lost .20,000. But, burring only those, the disaster which centered about 'Mysore and l-aiiorc and .Misourie on April 3, with the doath list total ing at 14.42S, was the worst visitation of the sort since the me'diaoval days of exaggerated ligures. 27,900 in Sixteen Days. These two, then, contributed mainly to that fearful sum which IDOo has soon built up, but road the 15 Horns which follow thorn on tiro' disaster roster. Human life is, indeed, "of un certain certainty." April 3. Earthquakes in Seuthorn British India 14.428 Sa.pt. . Typhoon over the Tonquin Delta. China 9J93 47 June 2. Wind and rain storm ovor Natal , July 2. Cloudburst above Guanajuato, Mexico SqpU 7. Etfrthquake in Calnbrla. Italy Aug. 27. Huriican off "Getto lle. Coroan Channel Juno 18. Mine explosion at Khartslsk, Russia ' Sept. 11. Fire and explosion on the Sept. 20. Typhoon over the Philippine Islands April S. Itosorvolr collapso, Madrid. Spain Juno 2. Reservoir collapso, Plnotown. Natal May 2.'t. Fishing-beat foundorod oft St, Sorvan Nov. l!t. Wreck of the "Hilda." off St. Malo Sopt. 2S. Typhoon and tidal wave, Marshall Inlands Fob. 20. Mine explosion at Birming ham. Ala. May 11. Snyder (Okla.) destroyed by a tornado - June no. Hurricane across the Mar shall Islands . , 4711 400 250 128 120 101 102 Total s 27,000 Was it not more than just "odd" that the storms over Natal and Mexico should each have claimed exactly the same num ber of victims? Also, that they should have befallen one on the 2d of one month and the othor on the same date of the month following? That Pinetown's reser voir should have burst the day of Natal's typhoon was, of course, result raxher than coincidence but It was not rusult which brought a second storm to the Marshall Islands in September, to take toll in 'exactly the same liguret June had written, merely rovcrsiug the two final digits. With its losses class! Hod under general bondings, this is the reading of 1905's roll: Earthquakes 15,001 WJnd and storm 11,789 Maritime 1.493 Floods l67 Mine accidents Vol Exploslonb S3S Railroad aocldonts ...............v.. 333 Extreme heat and cold 200 Fire 2C3 "The Glorious Fourth" 18: Collapsed buildings J 30 Land and snowslldos 133 .Skating and swimming accidents .... 55 Trolley accidents - Asnhyxlatlons - , 10 Total 32,008 The "Little Tilings" That Count. The threo final items emphasize the necessary incompleteness of any such record as this. It can be approximately aqcurate. but conditions imposed -by the Insufficiency of record in many cases wbcre the loss of life has amounted to only one or. two, necessitates that the line bo drawn somewhere. As has been said, no items have been included where less than five lives have been lost, though the aggregate of thoso omitted, could tl:cy all bo gatbered,, woujd swell the total far beyond its present size. In stances emphatically indicative of the large figures soon rolled tip by what are, comparatively speaking, "little" disas ters, are to be found in such facts as that pedestrlansare killed in New York pity at the rate of one a, day; mat the ratail tics among seagoing men are estimated at six a day, or that the deaths duo to mountaineering amounted during 1904 to 302. It does not need "the 19 entries which 1903 has written across her necrology against tb.e"sport of football to show that even so dreadful a record as that waich follows might readily become more ter rible, were all tlipse other figures avail able at .this time, Bolow is the year's full list, giving the exact dates of the nilshappciilngs, as" woll, as the number of fatalities' ueerulhg from each. " January. 1 Bark Marposia blown up at eea.... 3 Flru Morris Itun. Pa. 3- 4 .JJxtrome cold In New York, NcW Joraoy and Pennsylvania. ....... 4 Boiler oxploalon, towboat Defender, Ohio Hlvor 7-0 Cold and wind along aoutli - share of the Bailie 12 Railway collision near lHpon, N. M. IS Fire. New York City : 15-J (I Cold ond irm through England. . 15 Mine explosion. St. Helens, Ilpgland IT Avalanche, above Bergttn, Norway.. -Jl Railway collision near Barntey England K. ........ ........... Ill Drowned while abating, Ellewnore, England 13 Drowned while skating, Grlmr&y, England 20 Earthquake in TheEKaly 21 lllnu explosion, Gowcrton, England 22 Railway colllulon, Shawnee. Ten'n.. 25-27 Extrume cold through Connecti cut, New York, Now J$te- ami Pennsylvania. 2S SlnVInc of a Junk off the Allso Tae Islands Total .... '.February. : -Sleigh ntruak by train, UorndHsville. . y ii o Wreck of oystor-boat, Cambridge, Md 5 fi Trawler wrecked off Icoland .6 '8 Dynamite explosion In Calumet (Mich.) mine ... 7 10 Railroad wreck on Mexican National road.' near Canieros. 13 12 Stvamer Natorlgawd stink In Osaka Harbor ...... --t 04' 12- 13 Extreme cold In Oklahoma, I. T.; Kanotu and Mlmsourl... 17 13 Accidental asphyxiation, Cleveland; Ohio -. C 1C Explosion on Britlnh submarine A 5, Queenstown Harbor S 17 rindtHide, Grotto Ferrata, Italy.... 12 18 Mine cave-In near Pottsvlllc. Pa.... C IS Fire, Howe Brook Plantation. Houl- ton. Me. r. 18 Fire. Kuklltch. Bulgaria 10 lit Naptha explosion, Baku 20 20 Mine xploslon, SU Ctalwville, O... .5 20 Mine explosion. Birmingham. Ala.... 5 21 Wreok of uchooner Charles Wilbur off Bermuda , m u Fire, Hot Springs, Ark f.l t! Mlae explosion. Wilcox. Va. 23 0 Gale off the British coast 7 i uouarne oi church floor, Brooklyn, N. Y. I.: 13 Total 437 March. 2 A valance above QuobsarvlMKr&fcn. Switzerland C Fall of mine case. Clear Sorlnrc. Pa. 7 S ColHtrfon. Cleveland & Pittsburg road, near niion, i'a 7 6 Sinking of tug Maratlton in the lrle Sea ii S Parting of mine cable, near Charles ton. V. Va n 10 Mine explosion, Cydach Vale, South waios 14 14 CapBlze of tlshlng-beat. off Bolhevle, England r. 14 Tenement Arc. New York City.... la Storm along Irish and EngllKh coaHft no 1 Sinking at ea of schooner Peart.... 21 18 Mine explosion. Bunk Run, W. Va. 24 IS Coiluiiee of Lyric Tlioater, Santiago de Chill 4fl 20 Tornado. Doublohcad, Ala 8 it jiir wu rjk.utusiun. snug i&uiury. Hrocton. Maw... r.S 22 Powder explosion. Princeton, Ind... S ca;tilze of pleasutc craft, near ltockledgc. ' Fla r. 20 Iandsllde at Semlln, HuHgarj" S Total 2S7 April. 1 Severe storm off the oeast tti Ice land io 1 Asphyxiated. New York City 5 2 Cyclone across Madagascar 117 3 Earthquakes In BriUnh India (three main centers) 14,428 3 Mine gaa exploMon. Zdglor. Ill 44 7 Railroad collision, near Harbin. Mmh- churls. s S Reservoir collapse, Madrid. -Spain... l"u Quarry explosion, near Alliaanlu. Va. 7 10 Drownlpg. in the lludcon Itlver, near Pougbkcepsle. N. Y 5 13 Collapse of crane, Putlloff Mills, St. Petersburg n 15 Powder mills explosion, near Prato, Italy 5 1C Railway collision, near Genoa. Italy. 31 17 "False alarm" stampede. Masonic Temple. Indianapolis fi 1 1 Residence lire, fcte. Anne de Poca- tlcrc. Can 16 Salllng-boat capsized off Donegal coast 19 Lss In mld-Atlantlc or h: earner Mars 21 Burning of Ste. Genevieve Convent, near Montreal. Can 21 Powder explosion. Flat .Gap. Ky.... 2 Mine asphyxiation, uraddock. Pa... fi 22 collision of steamer Racine and un known schooner, Bristol Channel.. 10 26 Falling mine cage, Wllkesbarre. Pa. 10 z. Jiaruiquaue at uender Abbas, Pema 48 27 Mine explosion, near Dubois, Pa. . . 12 rornaao over .uareao ana New La redo. Tex 24- 3U Mine explosion near wtiburton, Okla. 13 Total 15,017 May. 1 Residence fire. Market Drayton, Eng. 5 1 Drowning la tho River Mersey, War rington, Eng c 3 binking oi barge Moonbeam off Point Judith fi I Storm at Owl. I. T , g n Drowning at Glaugow. Scotland 3 Tornado in and near Marquette, Kan. 11 Colllblon and explosion on the Penn sylvania Ball road near llarrisburg 2.1 11 Snyder, Okla., demolished by tornado 104 12 sinking or steamer boaralenc off Port Arthur ? 13 Mlno explosion, Reslfza. Hungary. . 13 Can explosion. Point Breeze, Phila delphia .'. 18 Storm across Silesia. 20 Mine fire. Lanarkshire. Eng.. 21 Wind and rain storm. Northern Texaa 21 Drowning .accident. Rio. Honda. River, near RosweU, N. M 22 Explosion in Bosruck tunnel. Llezen. Styrla 17 23 Railroad, wreck near Lo&avaya, Rus sia 23 Foundering French fUhlne- schooner near. St. Servan 128 Zo Mine explosion near Johannesburg, South Africa 27 Chilean cruiser foundered near Gulf of Anaud (Presldente Pinto) J8 30 Mine cave-In near Montrose, Colo.. Total .- 432 ' Jswc, - ' 1 Sarthauake at Scutari. Albania..... ?t tTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAXD, JAKTJAUY 52,069 2r-Steamer H. M. Carter collided with bridge pier, Alexandria, I -a .2 Bursting of worvolr at Plaetown. Natal- - 12-Wlnd "and rainstorm acroos Natal.. 2 Earthquake in Hiroshima PrerlMe. Japan '3 Dynamite explosion, convict camp, near OJuf. Fla 3 ColllMon off Dungenciw of bark Af ghanistan and H. M. SL Caesar. . 0 Electrical storm In the "thumb" dis trict of Michigan ,8 Sinking of Britioh subraarloc AS In Plymouth Sound , lO Sinking of fete hteamer. I-ake Coma 14 ExploMon of rix-IncB fcfreit abeam H. M. S. Magnlflccnt .' 51 lu Drowning' accident off Barneto't . . . i Point; Long Inland Sound , 6: IGCloudburst, Province or Szathmlr, ' . Hungary - 11 17 Railway collision near Pataps4ee, Md. 23 175-Canpe upet near' Haxicte-av B." C... T 15 Mine explosion. Khartslsk. Rusola.. 255 21 Wreck of Lake -Short Flyer near Mentor. O... ...... 21. 22 Seller explosion. Attala. Ala 5 23 Dyitamlte explosion near Emporium. Pa. 24 Capclzed fern. River Mlabo. Spain 20 25 Schooner Georg Stage rammed by learner Ancona, Copenhagen 22 20 CeMlBion of train and trolley near Baltimore 10 2S Tornado over Phillip burg. Kan.... rt 30 Hurricane across Marahall Ialaivtls. . 102 Total 1.3W July. 1 Capsizing or sailboat. PubHs Bay... 1 Tenement fire, Wllllamsurg. N". V. 1 3 Extreme heat In Southern Germany 2 Cloudburst, Guanajuato. Mex 3 Naphtha explosion and fire, Berne, C fi IS 479 Italy o 4 Steamplpe explosion oa steamer Jo- hannlsburg ft 4 Dead from celebration remits.. 3S2 r Wind storm. Milan. Italy C C Tornado over Montague and Naoona, Texas 26 0 Sinking of lifeboat of Tropic near Constltuclan. Chill 17 6 Sinking of French submarine, Blzerta. I . v J , . . i r.i 15 THE CONFESSIONS OF A FLIRT When Virtues Are Conquered, the Game Becomes Spiceless By Marcus AV. Bobbins. AM sure that I am misunderstood. Peoplo are so uncharitable. My mo- tlvos are twistod in the most unac- 00 un table way, especially by some of the women of our neighborhood the old hens. And so they give me the reputation of boing a flirL I assure you that this Is all slandor, the resjult of jealousy, on the part of these same old buns. 1 I am only 19, so I cannot be so very depraved. I imagine, that It all coraos about in this way: I like to have a good time and so when I attond a party or ball. I try to make it pleasant ana ch earful for my companions. Of course some of them are young men, but one should never discrimlnate--at least I never do. So how can I help It that It comes about that thurc arc always four or live young men. and occasionally an old one, standing around my chair at the dances? I do not make them stay there: they are free to go or come as they please and; if my cyos chance to sparkle and my cyiceks flush as I en gage In a war of words, that surely is no crime!- It Ik only natural and I would scorn to pose. Yet some of the girls say that I am a schemer and they turn up tholr noses as they pass" me. Their mothers also cast dark looks my way. It is to bad that one' Is so misunderstood. It has a5 tendency to make one discouraged. You see. I live on a big stock ranch in Eastern Oregon. My father raises hundreds of horses and cattle. His ranch Is nearly a thousand acres in extent. My sister and I are the only children and we spend much of our time In riding over the farm. Everyop-e in this Western country travels on horseback, no one thinks of walking any distance. Wc sometfmes go 30 miles to a dance The horse is the center of all social life in Eastern Oregon. It Is this open air life that I enjoy: the pure, braclrig'alr of the plains: the blue, cool mountains in tho dis tance, and 1 like nothing' better than to be on a good horse and as the aun lis dropping1 in tho west, to ride out in the open. The jackrabblts scurry away as they hear the approach of the horses, their long ears flapping like sails as they bound away In the distance. Oft to the left, I hear the nharp bark of a coyote ending In a long-drawn-out howl: then in an Instant comes an an swerlng cry from some companion far to the right. 11 1 iook snnrp 1 can see the lean, gray body as it shoots past to Join Its comrade. I wave w' hand .at my escort, for would not one be foolish to protest a rains t a young man's taking: a ride WmS BUYING tffeffUlS Bay v... 13 6 Mine lexpioilon. Se&rlghu. Pa 3 7 Swamping of -batteau, LJttlc Falls. Dam. Wis 11 7 Mine -cxplofllen. Anderlucs, Belgium. 14 0 Powder explosion. .Pnnsylvanla Rail road yordts Harrlsburg. Pa S 0 Drowning accident, -Blackpool, Lon don. "Eng...;..:.,............. 8 10 Collision, steamer Orinoco and a . "barque, near Kazan. Russia...."... - C Jl-MIn .explosion, .Rondda Hill, Watts town. Wales. ...... ...... .11? 11 Mine tiro. -Dorftmrad. Germany... 30 12 Lightning from clear sky, Arzberg. Styria ..... 6 II Building collapses, Winnipeg, Mani toba. Can......................... 15 Freight collision near Upton. Ind.. fi IT-ID Extreme heat. London and Paris. 2;i 18 Collapse of chapel roof. Fermo. Italy 16 Mine ca-e-ln. St. Helena. Wales.... 5 18- 19 Extreme heal. New York City and vicinity 75 19 Explosion on II- M. S. Implacable.. 6 21 Explosion on U. S. S. Bennington. . San Diego harbor H 23 linking of naptha launch near Pond's Creek. Md 5 23 Fire. Humble oilfields, near Hous ton. Tex 11 "i cinvine- of varfot N'.irVrrtA near Del aware Breakwater 5 26 Residence fire. Woolaaton. Eng 5 27 Railway collision. Lancashire & York shire road. England 23 .TO Lightning storm over New York City 8 In the twilight? I never do, that is. provided hi Is a nice younff man. He accepts my challenge and turning- our horses heads, wc race towards norac The gate of the corral is soon reached. Tangles of hair arc twining around my face: this last run has sent a glow through my cheeks: my Hps aro parted to catch the air, and as I turn with a smile In my eyes to thank my com nanlon for the ride. I sec him close his Hps tightly and clench the bridle In his hands. It Is then that a icci power In my soul and I wonder to my self that man calls woman weak, when thby see themselves so easily swayed by us. It is then t,hat the life blood bounds through my veins and I feel that It Is good to live, wc an tine power and that of woman over man is the most Intoxicating of all. Even my sister has lately turned against me, though I cannot see that 1 am lo blame. A few afternoons ago, a sort of a second cousin called on us. My aistcr. who is a few years older than I. thinks that It was h intention to call on her especially, though how she knows It, I fall to see. Anyway I thought it my duty to bo entertaining lo the young- man and before he knew it, he was out taking a ride with me. Wc spent the afternoon together and when we got back, I found that my sister had developed a headache and. wa& Inclined to be Indignant with mc 1 have tried to smooth things over and make her see that I was not trying- to Interfere with her plans, but she seems to carry a grudge. Some people are so silly. It was last Winter that I bad ny .greatest . contest. Frank Wlxon, one of our neighbor's boys, had been to the Philippines as a soldier, and bad come back home to shine among- his old acquaintances. The advent of a com paratively strange young roan Into our neighborhood created a good deal of excitement among us girls. Frank Vas always considered good looking and his soldier experience had given him a military carriage that was fetching to say the least. Besides ho was a fino dancer and what especially appealed to us Western Klrls, was an expert horseman. So the great question that was al ways coming up in our minds, was: Who will capture .him? Since the neighbors all called e a flirt, I de cided that I could not make my repu tation any worse if I made an effort jn that direction myself. So I concluded that I would strive to see that he was my escort for the Thanksgiving dance that was to be held in town. This an nual dance, by the, way. Is one o the great social events of our Western caaKtry. - I 'had little less than a month to carry out my caapalga, and. thus neg 1906. -Premature submarine mine explosion. iioisingtors. r inland ............... Total August. 1 Earthquake at Kalu and Mandl . 1,393 is India. ..: 5 Landslip at Spence's Bridge, Vancou ver G PRbburg Flyer strikes trolley-car near Cleveland - 7 Railway coIlL-rion near Spermberg", Germany - S Collapse of department store. Albany, N. Y 11 Foundering at sea of bark Bldston Hill - 13 Railway collision near Vermilion, O. 15 Dynamite explosion near Durbln. W. Vn 16 Quarry wall slip. Arrarwl, Pa 17 Railway wreck near Norfolk, Va.... 20 Collision of freight train and trol ley-ear near Butte................ 22 Collision In Inland Sea of steamer Barakmg and Klnjo Maru 21 Cloudburst over Berwlnd and Toj- baseo. Colo..., 25 Dynamite explosion at Mansanlk), Mex. T. 27 Hurricane off Goto Inland. Corean Channel - 2S Sinking of steamer -Peconlc off Flor ida coast- 30 Dynamite- cxptoMen near Safe Har bor, Pa IS 12 9 12 12 11 9T IS 2C -Jj 20 Total C05 September. t Bursting flywheel. McKeesport. Ta.. fi 1 Railway wreck at Wltham. Eng lo 1 Capsizing ef ferryboat, Morecaxnbe Bay. Eng 6 2 Wreck of schooner Pearl off Alaskan eoaat ....----.-------------- 3t 2Typhoon over Tonquin Delta, China. 9,093 1- 3 Storm over Lake Superior i. 4 3 2 Fire In foreign quarters of Adrian- ople. Turkey 18 4 Capsizing of pleasure-boat, Boulogne harbor ..................... 7 Land.llde. Havre. France " 7 Earthquake. Calabria. Italy 400 S Explosion of Rand Mills. Connells- Yillc. Pa .la lected no opportunity to mnko myself agreeable. T encouraged him to tell over his Philippine experiences and at one or two narrow escapes of his. I displayed the proper degree of sympa thy. I also gently hinted that I would consider It a great favor to have some memento of his Eastern trip and it re sulted in his giving me a beautiful Japanese vase. This I placed over the fireplace In the parlor where it was always, in view o company. As Frank had bought a trotting horae on his return. I took pains to praise its good joints to him at every opportunity. Nothing pleases a man more than to make him think he ha used good judgment In buying a horse and has got a bargain. If you can do this he is as clay in your hands. 1 I began to feel that my efforts would be rewarded by success and one Sun Jay evening, a week before tho ball, as there was. a company of young peo ple at our home. Frank who had been spending a half hour talking with me, quietly asked me if he could take me to the Thanksgiving danc at Phtcer vllle. I murmured yes, and had' hard work tq keep down a. smile as I thougnt of tho other girls. This victory of mine, almost caused my chum, Nellie Crum,'and me to fall Hubbard on Postoffice Reform BY ELBERT HUBBARD. JUSTICE BREWER recently threw off this one: "Very many good men be lieve they really have nothing to do with either the making or the execution of the law: which Is exactly the same as if a layman should assume that religion was a matter that concerned nobody but the preacher." The law in America is for the people, of the people, and by the people, and when this is not the case, the peoplo themselves arc to blame. The Postofflcc "Department exists for the accommodation of the people: the" only reason for Its existence is that.it serves the people. Every other branch- or department of our Government could be wiped out of existence, and as far as the great mass of the people is concerned life would be about the same for "a long time at least Talk about your War De partment and the Navy Portfolio! Let every warship sink, and every soldier bo set to workjsawiag wood, and only about one man out of ten thousand would be aware of any change for many months possibly never save as we might read about It in the newspapers. But the' PostoSce Department Is vital 9 Trolley-car collision near York. Ta.. 9 Collision ' of tuy and pleasure-boat, Budapest. Hungary... 11 Wreck or steamer Nenezla, off coast of Jutland.......... 11 Fire and explosion, vlapanene flagship Mlkasa. Toklo, 11 Wreck on elevated road. New York City 14 Lightning stroke. Warren County Fair. Indtanolo. la............... 14 Typhoon over Corea... ...... ........ 14 Celluloid factory fire. Czenstoehowa, Rurela ... 15 Cloudburst and wind. Western Mis souri find Eastern Kansaa 15 Explosion and Are In use works, Avon. Conn 1 Boiler explosion. Plnconnlng. Mich... 17 Wreck of trawler Ltncoln off the Orkneys 21 Landslip on Mount San Paollno. Sic ily 21 Ralhrajr - collision. Mount Holly Springs. Pa 22 Fire. Jacksonville, Fla 2.' Railway collision. Paoll Station. Pa. 23 Flroworka explosion. Green Point, N. Y , 23 Wind sorm near Capua. Italy....... 2C Typhoon over Philippine Islands.... 2S Typhoon and tidal wave. 'Marshall Islands .. 2S Cyclone over Maltnestfury. Cape Town. Africa. f ..... 30 Steamer Iho strikes floating mlue near Shantung -Light 30-Colllslon of steamers NJord- and- Rob- , ert near Hveon, Finland SOFfrc la satldrs tenement, New York City - 5 233 120 6 Total ;. 11.300 October. f Quarrv cave-In near Troy. N.. Y... 6 Building collapse, St. Petersburg.. 6 Wreck of schooner Van Name it King . off South Carolina fi Gale off the coart of Japan-....:..;. 7 Railway wreck near Roatoff-on-Don, Russia 9 Pleasure-boat capsized, Garraneon Bay, Ireland 11 Tidal wave striking Canpanta 11 Collision s teamen Ruby and Prudhoe Castle. Firth of Forth - II Explosion and cave-In. Frederick town Mine, Pa......... ......... - 17 rornaao over tremu, 1 20 Gale on the Great Lakes 10 21 Mine cave-ln, umgnam. uian 22 Collision or tug and cat boat off South Yonkers, N. Y 22 Collision of tow-barge and launch off Beverly, N. J. 23 Steamer Zuria wrecked on South Rock. Heligoland - 29 Mine explosion near Pittsburg, Pa... 30 Railway collision. Casey. la 30 Railway wreck near Kansas City 31 Cave-ln In twapstone mine, near Bel- lair, O Total ... November. 4 Mine explosion. Vivian. W. Va..... 4 Tornado over Mountain Mew, Okla. S Railway collision. Hunlock'a Creek, Pa. 13 Mlno cave-In. Johannesburg. South Africa VV 14 Wreck of steamer Bavaria. Monon- gahela City, Pa 207 out. She had had the same ambition as myself and her defeat rather rankled in her mind. , The night of Thanksgiving was one of the clear; bright nights that East ern Oregon is famed for and I thor oughly enjoyed the llve-mllc ride to town. When we walked out on the floor for the first waltz. I felt rather vain. Before the evening was over, how ever, my escort and I had a miaun- deretandlng. He was Inclined to be dictatorial and wished to have more dances than I was willing to give him. And as 1 insisted on distributing my favors, his ardor cooled before the ball broke up. . - This was but the beginning of the end and in a few weeks my chum had lured him into her net. That seems to be tne rule: When one has once gained an ambition, it ceases to interest him from that moment. When I count my victories over, I see that they have all ended In thi3 way. When you have your victim con quered and subdued, bound, metaphor ically speaking, hand and foot, you lose all Interest in him. It is only when he struggles that your sporting instincts are aroused. So if what the neighbors say is true and I am a flirt, I have serious thoughts of reforming and turning over " new leaf. Thus the next Prince Charming that comes riding by, had better beware, for I feci inclined to try to fascinate him' permanently. So farewell and take warning. MARCUS W. BOBBINS. Grant's Pass, Or. to us all we use It all day long. If the mail-carrier does not arrive on the min ute we lodge complaints. The Postoffice Is the chief method of man's communi cation with man, the servant of com merce, and is the one feature of Govern ment that represents the brotherhood of man or the solidarity of the race. Occasionally we hear of frauds in the Postoffice Department, and thp howl we then raise is proof of how unusual dis loyalty is in this branch of the service. There la na part of the public service where the grafter and shirk are so quick ly located and dealt with as Jo the Post office Department. Every citizen Is a kind of volunteer inspector, and In case a country postmaster or a carrier gets "gay." we sit us down and take pen in hand to Inform Washington ot the facts. And the curious part Is that there are men who carefully consider these com plaints, instead of filing thesa In the waste basket, and when several complaints point to one locality the offender is brought to book. There Is one thing we will not stand for, and that is to have some one monkey with our mall! .. .. The Postoflice Department Is a beehive of workers. Even tho heads of depart 16-rTenement fire. New York City....... 16 Powder explosion. Pebria. 111....... . IT Floundering steamer Turbip off Clark's Harbor. N. S 19 17 Collision of torpedo-boat S -126 and cruiser undine.. 19 Lodglng-houoc Are, Glasgow. Scot Inn , 19 Wreck or steamer Hilda, off St? Malo. trance a........ 125 U 17 17 n it 23 Collision ot steamers Ikuta. and Fu- kura. near Matsure.... . 26 Railway collision and fire, near. Ba ker's Bridge. Mass.'.... ......1 ... 26 Gale alone northern coast o Eng land 27 PnWffpr p-rnTnaflnr Fmnnrlilm Ivan. 27i3 Gale on Great Lakes.....'.....'.... Total v December. . 1 Wreck or steamer Ira H. Owen'vXake Superior .....-. . 1 Burping . ofj pullboa,t. Middle Rlv 4in. ......................... ... 1 Mlno explosion. Dlamondvtllo. Titah 2 Lots at sea of sailing vessel St. Don- atien ..... .. 2 Railway" collision near Aranjuaz, Spain 3 Loss at wa of .-jchooner Ijisiiiiu. . -I Wreck of atcamur Lunpberg, near Magdalen Isles.- B. C. 7 Railway collision near Rock Springs. Wyo .' .' 7 Sinking of steamer Frara. Christiana Fjord. Norway ....... 0 is it 12 11 10 II H 11 Flat-house fire. New York City...... 12 Residence lire, Llndsey. Pa... 13 Wreck at sen or wchooner Iflprencla -Powder explosion near Boyles. Ala... 13 WInt storm over Venice. Italy...... 15 Powder explosion. Vancouver. B. C. 16 Nitro-glycerlne explosion. Marquette. Mich , . 16 Residence, lire. Red Itke Falls. Minn. 22 Oresllp In mltje at Ironwood. Mich... 23 Mine tire near PachU'.-a, Mex". -Total IS 214 The "Record by 3lontlis mid Dnys. It needed nothing beyond the South In dian earthquakes to Tnakc April by far the most fatal of the months: even its ft-1-low In Calabria and the storms which devastated the Tonquin Delta, and the Philippine and .Marshall groups, falling to raise -September to within COCO of that April total. June and July, respective ly third and fourth on the list, differed one from the other by ohly one life. Thf rest fall away from August' GOG to Oc tober's 207. The Lahoro-JIysorc disaster, again, has made the third or-th month the most fatal of dates; 14,57(5 all told, loading' the Second of the month by 33XT. The 20th was least disastrous, seeing but 11 killed during Its 11th appearances. In ' the number of accidents rather than in lives lost the third has to ' show 14. against the 15th 15: the 29th and 31st witnessed only two mlshappenlngs. The "hoodoo" on the 13th was reason ably well marked. Just .half of Its ap pearances were free, from deaths. 143 fall ing during the .courses of the other six. Also can almost anything bo proved by the record of the Fridays. Forty-two accidents befel on this black week-day. putting the period to 1277 lives but then 22 Fridays passed unmarked by any un toward chances. Of the holidays six were -'bad" and four "good." The sinking of the Marpesia on New Tear's day was followed by the sinking of the Natorig awa (94) on Lincoln's birthday; by an Iceland storm and a metropolitan asphyx iation tragedy on April Fool's day (21): a Colorado mine cave-in on Decoration day (5); a"n explosion as well as the usual mortality due to fireworks on Independ ence day (1SS); and, on Labor day. tho capsizing of a pleasure craft In "Boulogne harbor (7) 326 lives in all on those half dozen days when the American world at least lays by Its cares and labors. "WARWICK JAMES PRICK. ments work. Hero brass buttons, gilt braid, and fuss and feathers cut no ice. There are no street parades, and junkets are scarce. George B. Cortelyou. the present PoHt-master-General. is a level-headed, prac tical business man a working man one who has come up from the ranks, every where doing his work so well that pro motion followed. He is a man who can give orders and take them. Cortelyou realizes that the parcel post would be a good thing, and he stands rdy to use his strength and energy to bring this re form about as soon as the people de mand It. But he cannot take the initi ative. Cortelyou works for us. and we have to give the order through our repre sentatives In .Congress. But if you Insist that your Congressman shall take this matter up.and make It possible for Cortelyou to do It. this great betterment for the people will be bnusht about. The parcel post that Is what wo want! Just begin with the R. F. D. and let the boys serve the people along their routes in the way they can, and the ex tension will follow. When Adam "Was n Boy. Nixon Waterman In Woman's .Home Com- panion. Karth wasn't as It Is today When Adam vas a boy; -Nobody's halF was streaked with- sray When Adam was a boy. Then when the sun would scorch and stew There wasn't anybody who Asked,. "Is It hot enough for you X' When Adam was a boy There were no front lawns to "lie mDil When Adam was a boy; No- kitchen gardens to bo hoed. . When Adam was a boy. No fec-cream freezers to be turned. No crocks of cream that must be churned. No grammar lesions to be learned When Adam was a boy. There was no staying after school When Adam was a boy. Because somebody broke a rule - When Adam was a boy. Nobody had to go to bed Without a sup of broth or bread Because of something- done or 'said When Adam was a boy. . " Tet life was pretty dull, no doubt." When Adam was a boy. vv There were no baseball clubs abput When Adam was a boy. .'. No street piano- stopped each- day In front of where he lived tdplay; No brass band ever marched his way When Adam was a boy. There "were no fireworks at all. When Adam was a boy; No one could pitch a drop-curve ball When Adam was a boy. But here Is why our times are o Much better than the long ago There was no real fun, you know. When Adam was a boy. Just a, Fashion Note. Atchison Globe. . When" the women Appear In an extreme, ly, small bonnet, or an extremely large one. that means they are - wearing the uniform of some religious order