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Newspaper Page TextTIIE SUNDAY OltEGONIAN, PORTIiATD, MAT 21, 1910. quaintance being only on one side. But Only 3 More Days SALE CLOSES WEDNESDAY, O'CLOCK P. M. SIMPSON HEIRS PRESENT PARK TO NORTH BEND Hundred Acres on Apex of Coos Bay Peninsula Accepted by City Tract Is Wooded and Is Valued at $150,000. it is not popular to express such ideas, as is shown in the case of Mr. Kerchen. CIRCUS ELEPHANTS HAVE SPECIALTY AS WORKERS Giant "Bolivar" Coming Soon With Robinson Shows, Always Extricates Wagons From Mud holes After Many Horses Fail. Many preachers have. 1 have noticed. at times expressed from the pulpit views that they tmlght be taken to task for by the anciently inclined; Four Anniversary Specials things which , may be called very liberal. To my mind it Is the letting out of a little overflow of their real thoughts during their candid moments. As stated above we have advanced somewhat since the days of the burn ing of Servetus on account of his re ligious opinions, and we would have advanced greatly more in civilization had people turned sooner from such non-essentials as creeds and dogmas, and especially personal, selfish ambi tions, and placed their minds on dis coveries' and inventions which have for the last 50 years been changing things greatly to the benefit of hu manity. I have lived now almost 70 years. TUB KNEISEL PIAXO. 8215. Vsnally Sold for S.T23. and in that time have seen this really THB UAVI OV P1AJSO. ITsaally Sold for 350. to be true, for I have attempted at laast to be an obssrvr. 12 I How glad I am that I did not live Ci.I :Ja i I 'fossil A-lf i X r -v I IS? 'I , II - gaa EHw NOKTK BEND. Or. cial.)-r-Thia city ble gift from th OKTH BEND. Or.. May 20. Spe- received a valua- gift from the tsimpson heirs. the Simpson Lumber Company, in the transfer of Simpson Park to the city of North 'Bend. The offer was made on Way 5 through the president, L. J. Simp eon, to. the City Council, which held a special meeting- for consideration and acceptance of the handsome donation. A. JI. Simpson, founder and head of the Simpson Lumber Company, who died two years ago, had always contemplat ed that the park should become the property of the city, but during life did aiot make the transfer to the city. It is not stated in the bequest whether the offer which comes now was a con dition of the veteran lumberma-vs will or whether it is. by courtesy of the heirs, fulfillment of Captain Simpson's unex ecuted desire. The park is situated on the apex of the Coos Bay peninsula, at the northern limits of the city, and comprises an area slightly less than 100 acres. The district is heavily wooded and is i portion of the original Simpson horn; stead. It has been improved in many ways, and the underbrush has been cut away in -most of the park. The Wil Jamette-Paciflc Railway passes through the park as it leaves the long bridge across the bay in a deep cut which di vides the property. There is only one building on the grounds, a pavilion that has been there for many years and usad for social gatherings of various kinds, principally for dancing. It is LETTERS FROM READERS Portlan: itor.) I City in PORTLAND. May 20. (To the Kd- -If my critic from Oregon The Oregonian last Sun day will read over more carefully my letter in The Oregonian of May 4, she will learn that I never said .anything like "It is no use to fight prostitution; allow full liberty in indulgence." That is a grossly garbled version of what I really wrote, and in self-defense I pro test against it. In speaking of the article on prosti tution in the Britannica by Dr. Arthur Shadwell, I said it had convinced me "that as far as the agency of moral suasion is concerned in really wiping out prostitution, we shall be disappoint ed if we look for appreciable results." This is something vastly different from saying the social evil should be unregu lated by honest governmental author ity or that the individual should exer cise no self-restraint whatever views which 'are most unjustifiably attributed to me by "Miss A. J. Her attempt further to impute to me a condonation of murder because I say prostitution cannot be abolished by any known method is too absurd to merit serious consideration. But her impli cation does me an injustice. If the legislators were to pass a law trying to abolish rain in Oregon' in December, would it necessarily follow that they should enact no laws at all? Because we have bad. foolish or uninforcible laws -is no reason why we should re peal the good ones which really accom plish something. Moreover, the impulse to kill another human being is so far removed from the sexual impulse, where mutual consent even in prostitution is necessary, that no possible comparison between homicide and the social evil can reasonably be made. The Oregon City miss should know that, though these may be degenerate times, people still rather object to being murdered In her letter my critic puts forward no evidence whatever to show that prostitution can be totally abolished. She says substantially that we must abolish it absolutely by abolishing it absolutely. Her moral indignation does her great credit, but unfortunately she tells us nothing of how to go about the task. She is plainly quite as help less as the wisest of men have been in the past 4000 or 5000 years. She succeeds only in stating the problem not in solving it- She not only fails to tell us how to destroy the evil, -but does not say when we may begin to look for its disappearance. Is it to be in one year or five years or 10 years or perhaps B0 years? When contended that the Britannica article supports strongly the proposition that ' no agency, political, moral, educational or religious, has yet been found which actually destroys prostitution, her only rejoinder virtually amounts to a shrill cry, 'Horrible! We must stamp it out! built in wigwam style and has been the scene of countless pleasant affairs. It was in this park th.-xt Marshfield and orth Bend, four, years ago, held ceremony of burying the hammer, with due rejoicings. The hammer was huge affair, with a handle 10 feet long and a bit that weighed 200 pounds. - Simpson Park has been the scene of many entertainments in the form of clambakes, public affairs and boosting enterprises when distinguished visitors were in Coos Bay. Much oratory has mingled with the sea breezes which were toned to zephyrs after passing through the thick woods; politicians have exhorted voters there: midnigh revels have occurred; the place has been, under the Simpson regime, free to every sect, every fraternal order, individual and collective force which desired to use It. Under the city ad ministration the park will doubtless be as free to everybody excepting that charges will be made for its use. From the grounds the Southern Pa cific bridge can be viewed for its en tire length, the interior bay washes its shore, the woods are always beautiful, it is a restful area and will be a fine addition to the public places on Coos Bay. Two conditions were required In the acceptance by the city: Trees must re main as they are, excepting as Improve ment of the park goes on, and none must be cut except where necessary In making roadways or paths; the city agrees to expend $S00 annually on mik ing the grounds more attractive. The gift is worth $100,000 to $150,000. This is evidence that my critic does net begin to understand how deep rooted are the causes of prostitution in human nature and In the social or ganization. If we cannot. then, immediate! abolish the evil, the next step that any practical person would favor taking is to see Its worst effects on innocent offspring and other non-offending members of society prevented. This can now be done, for the first time In the world's history, through methods of personal prophylaxis well known to modern science. Why should not this all-imDortant knowledge be widespread in order to safeguard the health of the next gen eration? The Oregon Sociel Hvsiene Society has had its attention repeat edly called to these prophylactic agents, and the wonder is that it does nothing. Lvery venereal specialist in town daily learns afresh from the constant stream of new patients that the moral suasion which the Social Hygiene Society is re lying on exclusively to destroy the red plague is having no material effect in reducing disease in Portland or any other city. Such was the substance of m v letter published in this paper May 4. The laay from Oregon City, who is so much displeased .with It, succeeds. In denoun cing the argument but not In refut ing it. (MISS) M. M. KERCHG.V CRITICS CRITICISED "Elderly Man With. Modern Ideas" Advises Observance of Life. PORTLAND. May 20. (To the Edi tor.) A recent article in The Ore gonian suggests that "we take Profes sor Kerchen up onto Council Crest, fasten him to a stake and burn him. to a little black cinder. I suppose the writer had in mind some of the tragedies enacted a few centuries ago in connection with the heretics -of that day. Servetus was. according to history, subjected to Just sucn an awful fate on account of hav ing some different opinions religiously. But we have advanced some since that time (the 16th century) and I do not think we will set fire to Mr. Kerchen, who has been on trial for some such crime as heresy. A part of the charge seems to be in regard to nis religious views, or rather his expression of those views, for chc expression is what seems to be offending. I believe that were th exact truth known that people who ho'd similar views could be numbered by the millions, including a host of preachers; that Is. that there is creator of all things of some kind, but that many people who are claiming to have a personal acquaintance with that creator are much mistaken, the ao in those dark Lges of the past. Still cannot help but wish my time had been a century yet forward, for I hope and trust that the few germs of the age of persecution and even war will have all been killed off by that time. For the mind of man has turned to ward the improvement of his environ ments and that is having a whole lot to do with the character, the intelli gence and general civilization of the human. The Golden Rule is all the creed anybody needs. Now that's a very rhort creed, isn't it? Well, if put into the balance and weighed with all the creeds that have ever been formulated and fought over in the lamentable past. me Dig pile of creeds would, in my opinion, be seen going high into the air, being greatly outweighed by the one little but weighty golden rule. Gold, you know, is heavy, and the goiaen ruie is equally heavy, as rule. As regards Socialism and I. W. W.- ism I have never had anything to do with either. The latter I regard, how ever, as a bad let from what I have heard. I have not made these few remarks with a view of keeping Air. Kerchen out of the fire any more than he is already Jn, as I have never seen the professor In my life but wish him suc cess. ELDFRLT MAN WITH MODERN IDEAS. CHAMPOEG -AUDITORH'M IS ASKED Erection of Shelter on Historical Ground la Suggested. PORTLAND, May 20. (To the Edi tor.) While the Oregon Historical So ciety was conducting its annual excur sion to Champoeg. on Saturday, May 5, in commemoration of the 73d anniver sary of the founding of civil govern ment over that vast expanse of country then called Oregon, a movement was initiated that seems to me to be of very great merit. It was suggested that state aid should be secured for the erection of an auditorium on the ground where that most momentous and far-reaching meeting, in its effects, was ever held in Oregon, either before or since May At a prior meeting it had been agreed that all the white male inhabitants should meet at the time and -place above mentioned, and then and there determine whether or not the people would establish, formally, a govern ment. As there were well understood and opposite opinions and supposedly con flicting interests. It. goes without say ing that there was a pretty full rep resentation at the meeting. It was also known that the division would be close. I will not ask space to say more than that, when Joe Meek called for the divide, the vote stood 62 for the measure and 60 against. So we see that if any one of those affirmative votes had been cast In the negative there would have resulted a tie, and the measure would have been defeated. It could therefore be claimed for any of these 62 men, with equal justice, that he as well as any other cast that one particularly deciding vote the vote that decided the destiny of Oregon, as to whether It should finally oeiong to the united states or to Great Britain. The actors at that meeting have all passed away, but many of their chil dren and descendants are with us, and were at that meeting at Champoeg last Saturday. There were also a goodly number of old friends, neighbors and associates and their descendants who wished to pay them the tribute of a visit. Tet it was rather a pathetic spec tacle old people of four score years and little children who had to stand with no shelter other than the leaves of the same grove that had sheltered that first concourse of white people that had ever assembled on that his toric ground. The state has purchased the tract of land upon which it is suggested the Auditorium be built. Now who will say that those who In future years may wish to visit Old Champoeg. the scene of the activities of those 62 patriotic pioneers, shall not do so in reasonable comfort and th protection of a not too costly shelter over their heads? ED C. ROSS. DLINDI.VG OF PEOPLE CHARGED Greeley . Extension la Merely Scenic Boulevard Move, la Declaration. PORTLAND, May 20. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonian May 17, under the heading of "Driveway Not So Sure," the writer finally sustains my conten tlons in his opening sentence "Dreams of a picturesque continuance of Wil lamette boulevard." etc. I have contend ed at all times that, the only Intention of the promoters was for an extension of Willamette boulevard for a scenic highway, and It has been promoted under the heading of extension of Greeley street only to blind the people as to the ultimate use for which it was designed, and I think if we could only get at the inside facts It would show that the originators had no in tentions of using this extension for any other purpose than as a driveway for autos. There haa been nothing since my residence in this city that has so stirred up so large a section as this has done and the more the situation has been investigated the more opposition has developed. Many of the original sign era of the petition have signed the protest. I understand that many have gone to the City Hall to take their names off the original petition for im provement. saying the facts were mis represented in order to get them to sign, but were refused permission to do so. This, however, is only hear say as far as I am concerned, as I did not see the original petition. But the fact that there were only about 660 signers on the petition, while the pro test carries over 3300, including not only the small property owners, but corporations, like the Portland Gas Company, Portland Flour Mill Com pany, and when you consider that the district is about four miles long and the owners are scattered from Alaska to Florida, and only a limited time in which to secure protests, the number of signers certainly show hard work on the part of circulators and great in terest on the part of the people, as over 90 per cent signed who were ap proached and probably many more will come In on later malls. But the time has expired, and It is now up to the Council, and it remains to be seen whether they will listen to the people, or still be controlled by the promoting power. Some of these 3300 signers are possi bly duplicates, and the various sizes of lots when reduced to standard size may still cut down the number, and there are possibly various ways in which the "powers that be" can further reduce the amount if they so wish. SJL H I y ,; """-iiX-i ' A-- ' j Wilms, : - awn - niV&WJMW iX- asp 1 TO the average layman, one of the most entertaining sights on circus day is the preparatory work that follows in the wake of the arrival of the special circus trains, the unloading of the curious contents of the strik ingly lettered .railroad cars, the wagon haul and th3 rrocession of the ele phants and camels to the circus lot. and the hurried routine of getting the big si ow into finished shape for the morning street parade and the open ing of the main tent entrance for the afternoon performance. One of the most useful and an in dispensable accessory, it may be added, of tho circus man's outfit, is the big red carved ticket wagon, through the window of which the 'shekels of the visiting public find their way into the treasurer's coffers. The tents of a cir cus are invariably pitched on soft ground, and almost invariably the wheels of the heavy vehicles sink sev eral incres into the spongy earth. Nat urally the ticket .wagon must be wheeled p.bout In a position convenient ly close to the main entrance. Kelrphant Is Used. Tho circus manager knows from practical experience that the show horses, strong and willing though they may be, are an Impracticable medium of locomotion on such an occasion as this, so he quickly calls upon a power greater and more effective than a small-slr.td cavalcade of equines. The big elephant is brought from the menagerie and set to the task of mov- But the people of that district are well up in arms over the matter and will have a large representation at the eetlng at which this is to be consid ered; and in case there should be such a thing as the Council overriding the protest, the matter will probably be taken into the courts in some shape or other, and many are saying mat the Council should remember "Den ver. The commission form of government In Portland stands on a very thin and tottering foundation and it would take very little to push it over, it nas so far been an absolute failure; they have nothing to "point with pride" to except the large increase in salaries and the numerous Inspectors and inspectors of inspectors, except possibly the efficien cy system, which Is a laughing stock for the city; also the woodpile ana gas oline bill. This is not. however, a local matter, as I hear whispers of this kind from all parts of the city. However, we are in hopes that the Council will see the light and admit that the people or this district have some rights which they are bound to respect. There are a number of things i should like to mention, but this is now rather too long. Among other things. the high price they proposed to pay for right of way. There is one thing, however. I would like to see the papers take up. and that is the decision of the City Attorney on the sales under the bonding act. It seems that under the new law property must be bonded inside of 20 days, and if not. or if any default is made in payment of Interest or principal, the property is to be sold and the City Attorney says that the buyer can take possession at once and by ejectment proceedings turn the own ers out of the house. If this is a fact, the papers should raise such a pro test that the Council would be com pelled to change Its ruling; also its re fusal to accept the Interest on bonded improvements. The city has no use whatever for the principal until the bonds become due, and In these times, when people have a hard time to meet their grocery bills, for the city to in sist on payment of the principle, only to store it In the banks, does not seem right. C. H. BEARD. WRITER ANSWERS J. HAROLD Conception Offered That All Work In Nature Ii Done In Cycles. GOLD HILL. Or.. May 18. (To the Editor.) My attention was directed to an article, under caption "Old Men tal Maze Pursued." by J. Harold. In The Sunday Oregonian of the 14th in st. y He says in the closing paragraph "To nature's existence there Is no why or wherefore, no reason, plan, scheme, nnrnnSA or cause." etc. The writer aoes noi wisn 10 cnaiienge the general tone of this article, which is seniible enough, though it throws no light on the mystery of instinct. but to offer a conception, which so far as he knows is original with him, in answer to the statement that na ture is without "plan or scheme. I may n8t understand exactly what Mr. Harold means by these words, but to me they mean a way of doing things or accomplishing results. There are but two conceptions prev alent regarding the manifestations of energy in the world of thought today. one of which is called monism, from mono, one, the other dualism, signi fying two. The first means matter and what pertains to matter, the sec ond, matter and spirit. I desire to offer a conception re garding the manifestations of energy differing radically from either of these and which must prove of supreme Im portance to the-scientific world. It is a discovery, and the wonder is that it had not been proclaimed long since. . The reason of this must be found in the fact that from the view point of science and theology as well existence Is unipolar. The new conception is this: Every Ing the "stuck" wagon. Long trained to the work, the giant pachyderm puts its forehead against the object, and at the trainers command to "beat It simply shoves the wagon around with apparent ease. The strength of one of these mam moths can scarcely be estimated for it is rarely ever that they are put to the extreme test of completely exhausting their wonderful hauling and pushing power. Horses Full. On one occasion, very early this sea son, while the John Robinson Ten Big Shows were exhibiting back in Alabama, where the Spring rains had left the earth soft and porous, one of the big show wagons struck an unusually moist spot, with the result that the vehicle sank hub deep into the mire. Sixteeii horses were hitched to the wagon in an effort to get-it back on solid ground. The combined strength of the horses proved utterly futile, so as a last resort a messenger was dis patched ahead to bring back old Bolivar, the giant of the Robinson herd of mammals. With the arrival of the monster pachyderm the wagon was extricated with such ridiculous ease that Bolivar did not have to half ex tend himself. ' The latter, in company with old "Mammy" and their companions in the Robinson menagerie, will be seen here on May 29 in the big street parade that will be given on the morning of that date. The Ten Big Shows, as the Robinson Circus has been styled, will remain two days in Portland. completed - result - In nature must be defined in terms of the -vibration, or in the principles involved In the same. Tho electrician's "sine curve" standing for one unit of electric vibration is the universal symbol of every complete motion or structure, in nature. This Is therefore nature's "plan or scheme" of doing all things, which I have named nature's work formula. A vibration is the passage of matter or force through the two opposite phases of energy. Note ono swing of the pen dulum, the ebb and flow of the winds or tides, or one revolution of the plaiv et. one unit of sound, heat, light or electric energy. e,tc A shower of rain depends on these two equal and opposite impulses of energy. Each of these impulses Is a factor. nd together they are an unity, closing e cycle as the electrican would say, a vibration is a cycle and all work in nature is done in cycles. This statement is open to observa tion, and may be verified by anyone. The course of logic Ieadintr away from this major premise offers solutions to many hitherto supposed unsolvable mys teries, is the opening to the labyrinth of nature, which seems to Mr. Har old to be without "plan or scheme." This statement Is enough for the present, but I would like to say that when it Is understood, the way will be clear to the solution of the vital problems of bovine tuberculosis and ho,? cholera, since the basic law of life Is Involved In the principles. J. R. KENDALL. T. 11. REGARDED AS BEST MAN Correspondent Saya Colonel Would Compel Foreign Respect. ROSBURG. Wash.. May 18. (To the Editor.) I have followed the discus sion of the various readers of your paper and beg a small amount of space to say a few words. C C. Hammerley's letter of May 7 says he has "Six times voted the Re publican ticket. Quite a credit to any man to be so blindly devoted to a name! When a man of America, either born or naturalized into citizenship, sees the continued slaps Mexico gives us on both 'cheeks and then a severe cuff on the jaw to make It good measure, it seems to me the remedy lies with our chief executive. He can at least stir Congress, if not force them, on de fense measures. Mr. Roosevelt, we all know, is a man, an American, and a thorough-going, wde-awake , follower of the idea of "deeds, not words" motto. It Is credit to his true Americanism that you say he will lose the German-Amer lean vote, and a slam at Mr. Hughes to say he could hold it. What is this old bugbear of German-American votes, anyway? Did you ever see more German name than Theodore Roosevelt? Or a truer American than the owner of that name? I will leave it to yourself to know that in times like the present we need tne very best and strongest man In the country. Why talk of experimenting with an unknown quantity like Mr. Hughes with a proved "doer" like Roosevelt In the ring? What would a business man do in a hard squeeze for business hire a new. untried man who happened to "vote right" a few years? I guess not. He would hire the hardest rustler and business getter in sight and get the goods delivered or sold, as the case may be. Do you suppose "Mr. Hard Shell Re publican." or Democrat, either, that Mr. Roosevelt hurt himself with any one but the crooked politicians wfeen he told the public the truth about the Republican party? Take it from an American (not a partisan) that Mr. Roosevelt made more friends by his fight against the organized theft of delegates in the last Republican con vention than Mr. Hughes has in the whole country. Take another tip from a man who BESDEXHAIL PLATER-PIAJTO. $365, Usually Sold for 530. A $5 First Payment" . . . . .ie m i maKing war on the barter n hp, idng scale of prices, on all its vicloSf cSItSm , build.ng n a new way. making one T fixed pVlce to all per cent interest charged by other nlano ,t. a 1 a-y piano Snw.,?. take THIXK OF Bl'YIXO NEW 1015 MODELS AND I SKI. PIANOS. VIZ 1 J2SO F. A C. Flrhrr, rosewood, old model r t , . 1 ?io -er.o ,rac colonial m.h.a..r -prl.ht. . " c XZTZ ZVt Zt ?Kn uiwt i-i a Z . ' loed oi t at 3ft f.r 1 l. pianola. In mahogany. "with lot mule. . ! " C oZcS ZZi Zi T I 475 Reed Sons. oak. 1015 model. . r ZZt i! f? 1 MOO Marshall Wendell, nprlght. nlain! I " ! ! : ! c Jcd ZZt Zt Sllli Terms .r payment 5 or more cash. 1 monthly nnd ipwaroT llt Pian. 'jVg9i0X therefore, afford to buy xJi2 $l5a.eW S25h,y ffli ifiipt "IfflO t 61! Dal i 1 COl ftfpS's si ii. BABY REGENT" "IEADER" 7K t.SO III I WW Weekly VI vl Weekly Yonr old machine taken la exrhansrr. me laiesi .Tiay records. Every Piano or Player Piano purchased carries with it the Schwan Piano Co. guarantee of satisfaction, as also the usual guarantee from each manufacturer of these new musical instruments; besides, we will take it in exchange within one year, allowing full amount paid if desired. Open Monday and Saturday evenings during mis sale. THE STORE THAT CHARGES NO INTEREST. Mannfaetnrers ' a se f Warrantee flacked hy .iwiHSonr" Schwan Piano Co. $12,000,000 has also asked his neighbor: Mr. Roosevelt is the only man in America ho stands a ghost of a show to beat Mr. Wilson in November. He could run independent against Mr. Hughes, backed by the scattered fragments of the Republican party, and beat him worse than he defeated Mr. Tart in 1912. and by my past knowledge of Teddy, let me warn you that it is about 100 to 1 that, refused the nomination at the convention, he will do just that little thing. I'll bet a yellow dog that Mr. Roose velt would draw a larger crowd of ad mirers in Portland today than Wilson and Hughes together. Call him a Na poleon III if you will, but remember that in a pinch Americans all admire a man who they know will do things. I'll take one more Issue on the point of Mr. Hughes getting the support of the Republican party. He would get just about the same support that Mr. Taft did In 1912. Why. man alive, Mr. Roosevelt is the only hope of the Re publican party. He split It Into frag ments and their campaign of 1912 looked a lot like a bunch of scared rabbits, while the few scattered votes registered for Mr. Taft made a farce of the whole election. Mr. Roosevelt would stop the sub marine activities of Germany at once. or. at least resent the wholesale mur der of Americans on the high seas, and the correspondence would not drag out lj months, either. I. for one. hope to see him elected in November. I call on all true Americans ho are tired of being spit op by Mexico and told to give up our right or travel on the high seas by Germany to unite in support of the one man now In the field who will make our flag re spected aoroad and our rights as Americans recognized by all. EDWARD E. HALE. LIFE OF WASP IS EXPLAINED Instinct Defined as Guide Determined by Perfect KaowledK-e. PORTLAND. May 20. (To the Edi tor.) Instinct in its sphere is far more perfect and unerring than Intelligence. It makes no mistakes, because deter mined by perfect knowledge. It was the lot of this scribbler to be reared in Southern Illinois, where the common mud wasp was abundant, and when its habits were observed first hand, not a few of their mind cells being broken open in which was found phenomena most singular. The female wasp, by which I have many a time been stung, lives and works by herself. The mode of build ing her cell and providing food for her young exhibits marvelous wisdom. She gathers mud, shaping it into little wads, smaller than the smallest cherry seed, and commences to build in sheltered place, much the same as the English sparrow, only, of course, on small scale. Sometimes they build In the leg of an old pair of pants hanging in an outhouse. Going and coming with great patience to the mud-puddle un der the watering-trough at the well. she continues with amazing skill to build three, four and sometimes six cells, side by side, from two to three Inches long, less than half an inch In diameter. When finished, she proceeds to fill them with food. In a way not to be ex plained by job-lotting everything Into the eternity of matter: nor yet by the theory of a self-working law. For the purpose of filling the newly constructed cells with food, the mother wasp at tacks all' varieties of spiders, small - 1- THE THOMPSOX PLAYER, t-:tr. l finally Sold for 9650. RITVGS THE PIASO TO TOrR HOME. ALANCE HAVAltl.K SI. 2.1 UEir.KI.V OR MONTHLY. d haggle of the trade, on and traditions. It began and that without the S "MIGNONETTE" "NONPAREIL" inni.so $ I I 0 Weekly V I WW Weekly Visit oar Talkies- Machine Salem Hear black bugs, and even house flies, stings them, plunging her sting with unerring precision into that particular part of the nerve system, depositing- in the wound an egg. carries and packs all these victims away in the mud-cells until each cell is completely filled, which she seals with mud, and leaves them. In due time the eggs are hatched. The young wasps feed upon the spiders. bugs and other insects until they be come big. transparent, booby wasps. Then they cut their way out of the cells. It Is now in order to call the at tention of the dabblers who have so generously offered enlightenment on the origin of instinct, demonstrating that the less one really knows abo science -the more confident his asser tions. I now, therefore, call attention. to the following facts: First The walls of the wasps mud cells must be thin and composed of porous material, otherwise the eggs would not hatch nor the young wasps live, for want of oxygen. Second The spiders, bugs and flies. serving as both incubators and food, are not killed outright, but rendered helpless. They are not dead. If they were dead they would soon rot or dry up before the eggs In them hatched, and could not be used for food. Third If they were alive and active they would destroy one another, with the eggs they contained, and most like ly break out of the cell. Fourth Tho poison used evidently is so adjusted, both as to quantity and the place of Insertion, as to produce in the victims a state or aoraani neip lessness a deep coma. These cells may be broken open and their contents poked with a straw or splinter when the spiders within will move enough at least to show they are yet alive. Any boy finding a "wasps' nest" next Summer may try this ex periment for himself. Now. could any living man, possessed as he Is of both instinct and intelli gence, perform such an act if the wasps eggs were ready furnished him. sound and fresh, on a platter? It is a bad symptom of metaphysics to say this is a case of ontologlcal reality. A law of itself in nature has no causality in it. A "law" explains nothing; it Is only a rule by which the cause behind it operates. In the case of the wasp, events transpire In certain ways, to discover, describe and register which is the legitimate function of science. But this is not causality. The skill of the spider is only the form under which the supreme wisdom and will manifest themselves. Only that. "Great and marvelous are thy works. Lord God Almighty; in wisdom hast thou made them all." . C. E. CLINE. UNDERWOOD MAN IS DEAD Walter M. Fraine Is Victim of At tack of Apoplexy. STEVENSON. Wash., May 20. (Spe cial.) Walter M. Fraine. of Under wood, died at Skamania Hospital here yesterday of apoplexy, which came upoa him at his home In Underwood early yesterday morning. Mr. Fraine leaves a widow and family at Underwood and other relatives at Cascade Locks and in Portland. The church with the highest steeplel Isn't always the nearest heaven. I r ng I s on.