TIIE 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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