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PAGE FOUR. THIS MORNING ASTORIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 100-i. Cfa morning flstorian ESTABLISHED 18T3 PUBLISHED BY , ' IiwO ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. J. H. CARTER, GENERAL MANAGER. ' ' ' ' RATES. ," By mail, per year $6 00 By mail, per month.... ........ ......... 50 By carriers, per month 60 ? THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOUIAJT. By mail, per year, in advance . . . .. ..... $1 00 have been singularly quiet about their intentions. Dr. Greth of California, whose airship attracted atten tion last year, may also engage in it At one time it was deemed probable that Sir Hiram Maxim would build a machine especially for St Louis, but at pres ent there are no indications that he has done so. His failure is the more to be regretted because in his experiments 10 or 12 years ago he relied exclusively on the aeroplane for support in the atmosphere. Langley, of course, is out of the question. Hence, unless the Wright brothers of Dayton, O., come to the front, the gas bag type of flying machine will be the only one represented in the international contest. In that case the outcome would simply be a personal victory, whereas, if radically different kinds of ap paratus were tested, something of value might be learned about aerial navigation. INDIA'S MYSTERIOUS PLAGUE. The Indian plague seems to be a hard thing to stamp out The British government has been battling with it for years, yet it still exists. Not only - . THE TITLE "AMERICAN." aoes u Persist 111 slaying millions annually and in Secretary Hay has taken very sensible action to sticking to the land of the rajahs, but the Anglo- officially directing that hereafter all new record- Indian doctors and plague experts who have been books and seals used by official representatives of the studying it for many years are still baffled of any United States in foreign countries shall bear the appreciable control over it It is a freak as to some words "American embassy," "American legation' J of its manifestations, and the extraordinary thing "American consulate general" and so on. The uselabout it is its uncertainty. Even yet, after all in of the term "United States," in these connections, is jvestigation, study and experiments, instead of yield- to be discarded as far as practicable. The innovation to sanitary, preventive and corrective treat will make for brevity and greater euphony and ment which has been developed and applied to epi- TechnicaUy. of course, the people of South and of demic-ridden districts in which the conditions favor Central America and of British North America are the doctors, it flourishes most virulently in those ta much Americans as the people of the United districts. On the other hand, in the large cities of States. The term America applies to the entire west- India and in localities where necessarily it is harder era continent metier the people of the United t0 apply medical and regulations, often it States are entitled to appropriate the name Ameri- is least known and least fatal, although regularly jiti tn th pTflnamTi of the rflOTlA of th rest of tha continent is a matter to be determined by general vkitinS PIaces- This aPPears ta Proof that usage-and general usage, particularly in the old pt is not yet understood m its relations. world, has decreed that the title Americans applies The doctors are still in ignorance of why it rages only to the people of the "states." in one district and skips another; why it will develop men a resident of Germany, France of Great and subside d Dlace much earlier one year Britain has occasion to speak of the people of Mexico!., , , .. . , . , . . . . . , . ; , ,r than another, and why it is less virulent m places of icans or Canadians. To him, the people of Bolivia PPulat.on, difficult to bring under sanitary and Bolibians and the people of Brazil are Brazilians. laws tflan m others wcere the population is easier to Indeed, the people of the western continent outside subject to medical government, of the United States do not themselves use the title of Two or three things of value are known about it. "American," as a general thing, in speaking ol them- The piague fa treatment is valuable. selves. Those to the south of the United btates oc ' . ' A. . . .. , , the probability of death from it The inoculation of those in South America sometimes speak of them- ' selves as South Americans; but as a rule the people a luarter 01 a miiI,on wun 8erQm snowea of these sections employ a noun for this purpose that that the percentage of attacks was 1.32 among the is derived from the name of the country of which inoculated as compared to 3.06 among the uninocu they are citizens. lated, and the death rate 32.60 against a death rate of Again, there is no longer, correctly speaking, one jg "TTnitpd StAtpa nf Amprina" thfl esnression that is I used in the preamble to the federal constitution. At filiation, however, does not solve the problem the time that the constitution was adopted that title It is nt an absolute preventive of contagion or of was literally true, but since then a number of feder- death, and the natives of India lessen its effective- ations of states has sprung into existence on the ness by resisting its application. They also hamper western continent-such, for instance, as the Mexi- the English doctors in charge of the work of dealin can and Brazilian federations, both of them just as pkgue by ghowing aQ unwiUingn&S8 to 8ul much "United States of America as our own coun- ... ... - . . , i nut to tue regiuauuus auu ucuwuem, xmpuneu. trv. I Secretary Hay's new order will, the New York and then the doctors bunSle their work in a W that Commercial says, help to prevent confusion arising increases the native distrust of them. Recently, in out of this condition of things. order to increase the supply of serum, it was pre- pared in a new way, and when the preparation was THE COMING OF AERONAUTIC RACE. administered to a number of natives all were taken Santos-Dumont, who has just revisited this coun- with lockjaw and died. The result of this was to try to participate in the coming contest between arouse an almost universal resistance to inoculation aeronauts at St. Louis, talks in a way that will in- with the serum all over India. The authorities have spire admiration for the man, if not confidence in his announced that their principal reliance for success success, says the New York Tribune. He carefully with the plague is the evacuation of plague-infested refrains from brag, realizing, no doubt, that indulg- localities till the disease dies out there. This is al enee in boastfulness will be more appropriate after most equivalent to an acknowledgment of failure in the race than before. He thus exhibits commendable dealing with the disease, since plague germs will modesty and good sense. These qualities alone will necessarily be carried away with them by the people predispose many people in his favor. in such hegiras, The machine which the young Brazilian has brought with him, his No. 7, was built for racing The so-called N-rays, the new form of invisible three years ago, but its qualities have never been light, discovered by Blondlot, in France, is found conspicuously displayed. With the 60 horse power to be given off by Jaodies under strain, as in com motor that has been substituted for the one originally pression of bending. Hence a vibratory body, such employed to drive its propellers, only three trials as a tuning fork or a bell, which is undergoing rapid have been made. These were sufficient to enlighten, alternating strains, is a source of the rays, which also if not to satisfy, him as to its capacity, without tell- emanate from the vibrating air surrounding a so ing the public much about the speed which the air- norous body. The rays are detected by their prop- ship can develop. After all, little more will be re- erty of increasing the brilliancy of a phosphorescent quired in the St. Louis contest than was needed to substance. "When the revolving disk of a siren is capture the Deutsch prize. On that occasion he was made slightly phosphorescent, it is seen to shine out obliged to traverse a course that was not far from more strongly every time the instrument is sounded. eight miles long in 30 minutes. It will now be neces- J sary to cover 10 miles in the same time, or to move With receipts of $20,000,000 a year and tonnage as fast as a 20-knot steamer for only half an hour, of more than $17,000,000, the Suez canal is not an To be sure, no one can say what speed his rivals will ideal waterway. In 1903, 3761 vessels passed from be able to show, hut there is no trustworthy record of the Mediterranean to the Red sea. The Pharaohs a better performance than this for an aerial voyage and the Ptolemies never imagined the possibilities of each half of which was made in the opposite direction modern artificial channels, and never dreamed' of from the other. t the enrichment of Egypt by the building of a mighty The world has heard little about the other com- dam at Assouan, although they constructed huge petitors for the $100,000 prize. Perhaps the Le- reservoirs to impound the waters of the Nile, spread' baudy brothers, who have done some brilliant work in ing them gradually over the land and thereby making Paris, will take part in the coming race, but they their country a marvellous granary. HawthoiWt Six MatUrptteti. In a fln appreciation of Nathaniel Hawthorn (who centenary fulla on July 4 next). In th July Succcaa, Richard L Clalllrnn haa this to ay about the American wrlter'a work "Twice-Told Talea," "Moaaca From an Old Manna" and "Tha Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Talfa" might aa well, ao to apeak, have been bound In the name volume. They are all made up of the eame aucceaaea and the anme failures. Almost alwaya you will And thut the auccettaea grow In the shadow, and are concerned with the darker aide of the aplrttual drama, be Ing fantasies and allegortea of ambi tious or troubled souls. Mingled with them are pleasant essays, and gracious moralities (perhaps a little childish) such, say, as "A Rill From the Town Pump," "The Great Carbuncle and The Seven Vagabonds"; also, to my thinking, much overrated legends of American history, auch as "Legends of the Province House." Hut these you read merely because the pen that wrote them was seldom capable of be. Ing continuously dull on any theme. Indeed, with the exception of three or four masterpieces, these three books must be regarded either as expert menta or repetitions. These master pieces, In my opinion, are: 1. "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" 2. "Young Goodman Brown." 3. "Rappacclnl's Daughter." 4. "Feathertop." 6. "Roger Malvln's Burial" . "The Artist of the beautiful." Perhaps, from old association, one may add "The Great Stone Face." Aa for "The Snow Image," I must confess that It seems but a childish perform ance today, when the art of writing fancies for children has reached so scientific a development Possibly "The Wonder Book" stilt holds Its place In the nursery, but here one would need the more competent opinion of a child. But the six masterpieces! If Haw thorne had written nothing else but these, he would have triumphantly im mortallxed himself as an artist of the mysterious. Compare htm with Poe In this re spect and note how mechanically in ventlve are the best of Poe's stories compared with the essential mystery of Hawthorne's Imaginations. With all their detective brilliancy, there Is no story of Poe's to be compared with "Rappacclnl's Daughter," or even "Young Goodman Brown" an even more difficult If less original achieve ment r I HE least busy counter in your store Is where the things you did not ad vertise are sold. Look about the store and see. Kansaa Crops Ruined. Topeka, Kan., June 24. Heavy rain, wind and hall tonight seriously dam aged the wheat crop In the central portion of the state. Harvest was about to begin. Sour Stomach "I sm4 Ciwtrat. and fl Ilk . new n.a. I tir. bn . aiiffArr from djrtpcpat. and tour stomach for lh lut two yn. I b bn taking uadl elna and othar druza, bat coo Id And no railaf ooljr for . abort tlma. 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