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- i ,, 'i' ' ' ' ' ' - it' TIIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE - 1903. EDITORjIcL COcTWcTWENT cLND TIcTVlELY TOPICS - - - - ...,,; , i .... - ,.., , ,,, , . , '- THE ORiEGON 4)AnY5:jpURAL, - ''.by .aljfACKSQH. ir: - 111 ... '' - " - ;" ' 1 " " ' 1 1 1 " ii'iijiu' j . , N ..- -- . - - . i -, i ; ; . j , i-j . . j , I, . . . . i i - ATTACKED BY WOLVES IN THE DESERT I AN "INFAMOUS" LIBEL LAW " : (By J. K, M. Shlraxl.) , (By Churlea Emory Smith.) ' X , , ,Y,:' ' , t I JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. AMrtui THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Fifth anal Yamhill Sta, Portland, On, CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Entered at the Postofflce of Portland, Oregon, for transmission through the malla as lecond-clars matter. Postage for single copies For an 8, 10, or 12-page paper, 1 cent; It to 28 pages, 1 cents; over 28 pages, S centa. TELUPHO.NGSi Business Office Orrgon, Main 600; Columbia, 704. Editorial Rooms Oregon Main 250. SUBSCRIPTION . Terma by Carrier. 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Ralph Waldo Emeraon, the philosopher and poet, produced much that was good for mental food, but nothing better than the following epigrams from his works: A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. Friendship. Every act of the man Inscribes Itself in the memories of his fellows, and In hie own manners and face. Representative Men. Nature palnta tne best part of. the picture: carves the best part of the etatue; builds tha best part of the house, and speaks the best part of the oration. Art. The le,ss government we have, the better the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formal government la the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual. Politics. SQUEEZE THE WATER OUT. The dissolution of the shlp-bulldlng trust Is seriously threatened, and Ita brief career Is a atriklng commentary upon the recklesa policy of overcapitalization which has char acterised many of the huge enterprises of tha past three years. The president of the -corporation has resigned hhV "position, giving as his reason that the working capital of the trust is Inaufflclent and that the aesets and possible profits were greatly exag gerated in the organisation. It is well known that the shipbuilding trust was cap italised for three or four times the actual value of the concern. In a single instance a teel plant appraised st $7,600,000 waa taken over by the trust at $30,000,000. As in so many other huge industrial trusts the, organizers were utterly indifferent to real values In fixing the capitalisation, the theory - being that so long as the public could be induced to buy the stock, It mat tered not how ' much water it contained. Enormous profits were made by the million aire promoters and the public was expected to "hoJd the sack."' The natural consequence has been a glut of Industrial" stocks and securities. As Mr. Morgan observed a few months ago, a mass of "undigested securities" rested upon the market, and while he predicted that they would finally be absolved, It seems probable that the prediction will prove a mistaken one. The public has not bitten as readily as the trust-makers expected, and the result Is seen In the difficulties which now beset the ship building trust. The promoters find them selves loaded down with an immense quan tity of watered stocks for which there is no market. The only recourse now lies In re organization, drastic enough to "squeeze the water out," and when this has been accom plished, public confidence may be restored. of the public, if he is sincere In his ex pressed determination to go to the bottom of the rottenness, there must be no secrecy, no cloaking of the facts and no effort to screen the criminals in chief. Secretary of State John Hay Is quoted as saying that aome of the disclosures made by Postmaster-General Payne have been "hu miliating and embarrassing to the admin istration." Doubtless that is true, but the consequences of any effort to suppress the truth will be even more embarrassing. Nothing but the fullest publicity will do. There seems to be no doubt that the in vestigation of the New York postofflce will result in disclosures fully as sensational as those at Washington. Grafting and bribery appear to have been carried on ns boldly -as though hey weTe srTweessary-and legit imate incident of the postal business. From other large cities also come warnings of scandals hitherto unsuspected and It Is an nounced that all will be rigidly scrutinized. No better assurance that this promise Is tor be kept could be given to the public than the removal of Mr. Payne ;fiotri the office of Postmaster-General. While all Americana want the best boat to win In the coming yacht races, it is safe to say that the vast majority of them ear nestly hope that the best boat may prove to be Reliance and not Shamrock III. The es sence of true sport Is the determination to win, and we should be eminently unsports manlike if we did not hope for victory. Sir Thomas Llpton is a gallant adversary, and we wish him all kinds -of success except in his effort to lift the cup. The Jack Matthews Civil Service Commis sion will have to do some very active work to make up for the machine's defeat In tha Port of Portland Commission. But it will be easier for Mr. Willis, for he can now de vote his entire energies to the task of oust ing firemen and policemen who "voted wrong." There will be comparatively little for him to do on the other commission which he adorns. The Colombian Congress meets today and next week will probably bring action upon the Panama canal treaty. There seems to be no doubt that the treaty would be ratified if some of the millions Intended for the French stockholders were to be distributed among the patriots of Colombia. But In the absence of such Inducements, the treaty will, In all probability, be rejected. So Mark Hanna does not want to be vice- president. It is gratifying to know that he has some definite views on the subject, though as yet there has been no overwhelm ing demand that he become a candidate. Mr. Grant of Sah'Dtego has entered a similar disclaimer, which served to remind the pub lie that he is still alive. THE FACTS MUST BE MADE KNOWN. Eastern papers state th:it President Roosevelt has concluded that there has been too much publicity concerning 'the postal scandals and has given orders to Postmaster-General Payne to rffraln from giving information to thepress in future, upon thl subject. The President Is siild to he greatly dls turbed over the sensational developments 'in the postofflce investigation and his sudden change of policy is attributed to the fear that they w ill pro e seriously embarrassing to the future of his administration. If these reports be true, the President is making a grave mistake. The scandals have gone too far to be si l lied now. Noth ing but the fullest publicity will satisfy the people and they will surely demand that the big, as well us the little, offenders shall be exposed. No one who has followed the dis closures already made can doubt for a mo ment that In the abuses that existed many B'?tt Ptclala of the government and many prominent Senators and Representatives were deeply Involved. The exposure -must Le hs relentless and as thorough in the case of the rascals high in office and .in the President's party as in the case of mere subordinate, the petty boodlers whose op erations were carried on with the conniv ance and consent of their superiors. President Roosevelt advocated publicity as a remedy for the trust evil. It will be even more efficacious as a cure for the postofflce tviL If he wishes tp retain the confidence . . - It is announced In the cable dispatches that the Czar is not In favor of compelling Servla to punish the assassins of King Alex ander and Queen Draga. Perhaps this Is not surprising. Russia is not in a position to make such a demand so long as the Kishlneff massacre is unavenged. Because Mr. Rockefeller did not like a law passed by the Legislature of South Da kota, the price of kerosene In that state has been advanced a cent a gallon. Legisla tures must learn to know Jheir place. The Standard Oil magnate cannot permit any in terference with his butrftiess. - Kaiser Wllhelm's professions of friendship for Americans were coincident with the So cialist gains in the German elections. Per haps the Kmperor is apprehensive of losing his job, and foresees the possibility of be coming a candidate for office on this side of the water. The troubles of the shipbuilding trust b.ave brought J. Pierpont Morgan back from Europe. It is extremely doubtful whether even his skill and experience will be suf ficient to restore the huge corporation to a sound financial condition. It is a lucky thing for Uncle Sam that he had the postofflce buildings at Washington nailed down. Some of his employes took everything that was loose. Now that Chicago's cooks nd waiters are all out on strike, it would 'be a gqod time for the Republican guaranty of a full dinner pall to ge. in its work. Judging from the dispatches that come from Chicago, the real winners on Derby Day werethe dressmakers. i The author Is a Persian gentlemah who acted as Interpreter to a Russian identifies expedition In Persia. While crossing the desert of Mayan- In mld-wlnter th party were attacked by a ferocious pack of starving wolves, and had to fight for their lives until help arrived. In the year 1891 Prof. Makaroff, of the Unlveralty of St Petersburg, was sent on a scientific mission to the northwest districts of Aierbllan, In Persia. I accom panied him as interpreter. We went straight to Teherah, the Persian capital, where ws remained for a few weeks In order to complete our preparations. From Teharan, we traveled to Ispahan, across an arid plain, and again stopped for some weeks In t he neighborhood of the Karun River, which rises In the mountains to the south of Ispahan. Leaving Ispahan we traveled west, visiting Khol, Salmast and MaraghL Then, turning our faces homewards, we reached a place called Urml, Sltuatfd' In a plain watered by four rivers, flanked on one side by Lake Urml, 47 miles long, and on the other side by a chain of mountains extending as far as tha Turko-Perstan frontier of the Khoivnn-Salmast districts. Here, at the village of Oeo-Tepe, the pro fessor stopped to study the ruined temples of the Zoroastrlans. Many of the Inhab itants live by tending immense herds of sheep and goats. This is a task fraught with considerable danger, as the plain Is it:fested by the smaller wild beasts, such as the Caspian cat, the hyena, the jackal, and, most dangerous of all, (he common wolf. S S) SJI s s s Traveling in the East Is very pleasant in spring or early summer, but we found It an arduous task In mld-wlnter. There are no railways of any kind; Indeed, our superstitious natives would look upon steam power as the direct work of Shltan (Satan), and the roads are so bad that they seem rather to separate than to unite the villages. Before leaving Urml to return to St. Petersburg, via Tabrls, we hired six horses for our Journey two for ourselves, two for our servants, one for the baggage, and another for Mushadl All, our charvador (proprietor of the horses), who was also to act as our guide. This man was a sociable person, and although very religious, with the name of each saint at the tip of his tongue, he was always ready to talk, sing, or tell a good story In fact, he represented a most characteristic Aserbljanee type. On the 24th of February, after spending the night with an Armenian merchant, we left the village of Geo-Fatall Khan escorted by soldiers, who took us as far as our first halting place, the village of Gavlllan, which Is inhabited chiefly by Nestorlan Christians. This military honor we owed to the professor's letter of Introduction to Amir Nlzan, the Governor-General of Aserbijan. As we had spent 14 hours In the saddle, riding' through very rough and bleak country, we were glad on reaching the caravanserai to dine, warm ourselves at the fire, and go to bed. Next morning, after rubbing ourselves with snow by way of washing, and eating a substantial breakfast, we set forth at about 4 o'clock in the most intense cold. The professor and I walked on a few miles to warm ourselves. That evening, without adventure, we- reached our second halting station, the village of Tasclch, which was so small a place that the best caravanserai could afford us nothing better to sleep upon than the floor, with a bearskin covering. Next morning at about 4' o'clock we started for our last halting-station but one, a place called Dlzal Khalil. In the evening, before we had finished supper, one of the village officials came to warn us. not to cross the desert of Mayan, which lay between Dlzai Khalil and Tabriz, on account of the ferocity of the wolves, which were in a starving condition owing to the Intense and protracted cold. Mushadl All also joined his entreaties to those -of the villager; but the professor was determined, In spite of the cold and wolves, to travel next day the 84 English miles which still lay between him and the capital. The night was exceptionally dark and It snowed incessantly; the natives called this tempest a boran (devil's storm), and I have never seen a blizzard n Northern Russia to equal the violence of that hurricane. We were Joined at this place by a Mohammedan Dervish whose name was Bulbul. He was dressed in a multi-colored aba (frock-coat), with an arakhchln, a peculiar cap worn under a big hat, and his hair fell over his shoulders In curls. He was going to Tabriz, and asked permission to Join us, to which request we readily con sented. We were up next morning before 3 o'clock, and. found that snow was still falling In fantastic wreaths. Mushadl All and the servants could be heard saying their prayers through the chill darkness, emphazlng lustily the word Shltan (Satan). The professor had not changed his mind concerning the continuance of the journey, and in half an hour we were all in the saddle. I could not help noticing that. In the event of the wolves attacking us, the party was badly armed. The professor had a pair of revolvers, with about 60 cartridges, while the servants had very primitive iron tapanchas, or pistols. The Dervish Bulbul possessed only a huge club as it is against the rules of his sect to carry firearms. We had not traveled two hours before a terrific snow-cloud overtook us. The snow, lashed by the wind, rose from under our feet In whirling eddies, while it fell faster and thicker from above, encompassing us like, the waves of a great ocean, so that, blinded and choked, we could neither go forward nor back. On consultation we resolved to halt for a few hours in the hope that the weather might Improve in the meantime. We accordingly scraped a space clear of snow, and .surrounded it with a snow barricade. Unpacking the baggage, we raised an Inner wall, behind which we might seek protection if attacked by the wolves. Whilst piling the saddles one upon another and listening to Bulbul, who was relating a storm adventure of his own, the servant holding the horses turned our attention to a huge greyish mass advancing toward us far out in the desert. We hoped that It might be a caTayan, but were soon undeceived by the howling, snarling noise, which betrayed the presence of a pack. As they came nearer It was a very remarkable sight to see the great brutes there were 16 or 18 of them leaping, rolling, and biting at each other In the newly fallen snow, and yet all the time rushing towards us with char acteristic eagerness. They made straight for our snow barricade, and although we began to fire when they were about 20 paces from us, not a single shot told, and the whole pack , leaped like lightning straight Into the thick outer wall of snow. For the next two or three minutes we poured a deadly fire into them at close quarters, and then they turned tail and were out of sight In a minute. Looking around to see if anyone was hurt, I found the body of a huge she-wolf lying dead at my feet, grasping In her clenched teeth one of the goloshes of Prof. Makaroff, who was kneeling beside her on the snow examining her body with a zoologist's curiosity. .4- We were not destined to rest long, for Just as we had more securely fastened the horses to prevent themi from breaking away In-their fright we saw the pack returning. This time they changed their tactics, for, instead of bursting In a mass through the snow wall, they spread themselves out and tried to . leap Jt singly. I had Just succeeded in hitting a beast that was making for the horses when my attention was arrested by a terrible cry, and, turning round, I saw poor Dervish Bulbul lying under a wolf. I instantly rushed to his help and fired into the animal's chest. As I only wounded him, enraging him still more, he turend and leaped on my breast, tearing away the front of my thick Russian coat and sending me sprawling on-my hack. Before he could jump forward to finish me, however, the professor struck the wounded animal to the ground, where he was quickly dispatched. We found that Bulbul was badly wounded on the chest and right side, and the skin of his arms and legs was cruelly torn by the beast's claws. Not only did we lose his assistance, but he also added greatly to the confusion of the scene by screaming like a child from the pain his wounds causedhlm. Mr. Charles Emory Smith, editor of the Philadelphia Press, discusses In the current number of the New York Independent, the new libel law of the State of Pennsylvania. The authors and sponsors of the measure. he says, sought to stifle criticism and pro vent exposure. But, so far as can now be judged, their skill was not commensurate with their purpose. The constitutional safeguard for a free printing press in deal ing with public affairs stood. in their way, and they did not know how to evade It. But In t framing their bill, their clumsy hand put in provisions of the most serious char acter, and a critical examination does not Justify the claim that it only codifies the law as It already was. It Introduces the new principle oil making an article action able where there Is no libel, provided It can be shown that there was "negligence In the ascertainment of facts" that Is, that there was any mistake at any point. The obvious Intent Is to make a newspaper, punishable for publishing the essential truth. If this object could be carried out It can readily be seen how it would serve and shield wrong doers throughout the state. . . .; With this understanding of the Import of the law, it Is no exaggeration to characterise it as one of the most infamous measures ever enacted by an American Legislature. It Is opposed to the whole trend of modern legislation. Under the more enlightened spirit of an advancing age, the steady ten dency In legislating respecting the freedom of the press has been toward reasonable liberality with Just accountability. Through all our history and in all the traditions of Anglo-Saxon progress measures for the re- I striction of free speech and a free press have been associated with corrupt, despotic and arbitrary government, still higher degrees of civilisation and hap piness." ' Thomas Jefferson famous declaration is well remembered: 'I would rather live In a country with newspapers and without a government than In a country with a gov ernment, but ' without . newspapers." II U meaning and his loglo are plain. Govern ment without newspapers would have no restraint nnrt nn rMnnnalhliitv mnA unuM " - - ...JlVlWIWUItJI . . V . M degenerate into profligacy and tyranny, Newspapers without government would at A ! least assure watchfulness, information tn organised public sentiment. The one condE I tton would be legalised Irresponsibility. The other would be potential Intelligence. The glare of publicity Is a great deterrent of evil. Thousands of things would be done In the dark which shrink from the light. There are many who believe that the force of mere authority, whether' In the church or In the state, Is declining.. The influence of faith and tradition and old standards In the restraint of wrong-doing probably grows weaker as the years go by. In this decadence of Individual belief and submis sion, in this growth of individual freedom, public opinion is becoming more7 and more the bulwark of our structure of social mo- - rallty, and the public opinion Is created and energised by the newspapers. re has I in del I e re c sre Ti "Give me liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all other liberties," said John Milton, as with lofty inspiration and matchless pen he fought against the efforts of the Star Chamber at press restriction. Through the last half of the eighteenth century, the bat tle raged violently around Wilkes and Junius and other champions of popular rights against monarchlal prerogative, and Mackintosh and Curran and Erskine were the brilliant defenders of free utterance. In 1797, in one of his few speeches for the prosecution of libel, the great Erskine, said: "A free and unbiased press, in the Just and, legal sense of the expression, has led to all the blessings, both of religion and government, which Great Britain or any part of the world at this moment enjoys, and it Is calculated to advance mankind to Freedom of the press undoubtedly degen erates at times into license. In the fretful race of competition there has probably been too much disposition gard everything which argus eyes can tect as the legitimate subject of the murseiess newsgainerer. 'j ne public are quite as much at fault as the newspapers. This tendency to- seize upon personal af fairs and exploit them in picturesque style ministers to a popular taste which Is as old as mankind. There ought doubtless to be some reform of newspaper ethics, and the surest path to It would be an 'anterior re form of human nature itself. In the effort to uphold the Just and in dispensable freedom of the press without giving warrant for undue license it is not always easy to draw the line. But the clear trend Of legislation for a hundred years has been toward the full protection of the press In free discussion, holding it responsible for the abuse of Its privilege. The vlclousness of the new Pennsylvania law Is that it Is a backward step, flying in the face of the whole course of libel legisla tion In other states: that it is a deliberate attempt to terrorise the press and stifle pubT lie criticism, and hat it Is the Joint product of personal pique and public piracy. The struggle over It in the courts and before the people and In the Legislature will be one of the most interesting and Important chapters In the history of political progress. FUN FOR 8T. LOUI8 -BOYS. Lizards and snakes, driven to shore by the flood, are affording great sport for the small boys. The snakes are of every va riety that infest this part of the c0.intry and the lizards are of the greenback va riety that grow to a foot in length. The water moccasin, black snake and the com mon garter snake are being killed by tho thousands. Most of them are younars-era, and they seem Co fear the flood. At the foot of Destrehan street yesterday morning boys with clubs killed scores of them. Occa sionally a youth, more daring than his com panions, picked one up and threw it back into, the river. Invariably- It swam light back to the railway tracks. On a drift near the Merchants' bridge a bunch of young water snakes colled about each other were found and brought to shore. When the mass was lossened the snakes crawled for the weeds and brush west of the railway tracks, not one of them heading for the river. Mem bers of the houseboat colony at Little Okla homa, which stands In clumps of small trees, Bay they have killed many snakes that have crawled into the trees during the past two or three days. So long as the reptiles do not get Into their houses they do not cause the Oklahomans much loss of sleep. Things were now looking very bad for us and we held another consultation, with the result that it was decided to send Mushadl All back to Dizai Khalil for help. In order to allow our messenger to get clear of the wolves it was necessary to distract their attention, for they were now posted about 30 yards from the encampment and watched our every movement with the greatest eagerness. After we had discussed various plans we agreed, by mutual consent, to-give them the donkey which belonged to Dervish Bulbul. So, wlilie the horse and man were equipped for their hazardous gallop and dis patched in one direction, the ass was driven forth in front of the wolves, who at once rushed eagerly on the poor beast, literally tearing Mm limb from limb before our very eyes. It was a horrible sight, and we deplored . the necessity of sacrificing the poor brute, but we had no alternative. We were now a party of five men and five horses, surrounded by a dozen or more hungry and ferocious wolves. All our cartridges were exhausted except three, which the professor still had, but the powder was so moistened by the,; snow and general atmospheric conditions that it was very doubtful if they would be of use. The servants were shotlng, crying and praying to all the saints they could remember, while the Dervish, between his cries of pain, muttered long passages from Saadl, the moralist poet of Persia. The professor - grumbled between his teeth, cursing In one breath both" the vveather and the wolves for having obstructed his Journey in such a rude manner. We were aroused from our unpleasant reflections by another attack from the wolves, and almost before we could realize it they were among us again. I was thrown violently to the ground, with the paws of a great beast planted on my chest and its hot breath striking my face. The professor saw my terrible struggles and dis charged a shot through the wolfs head. 1 The brute rolled over in death agonies, but when I tried to rise I.found that I was unable io move my lef leg from the acute pain that had seized it. Blood was pouring from my knee, and t presently realized that the shot which -had released me had passed through the neck pf the wolf and entered my leg, shattering the borte. The -professor and the others came and "bound up my wounds as best they buld, but while my companions were attending- to me the w'olves attacked the horses and three of them broke loose and rushed1 madly about. They had, however, no chance against such terrible odds, and 'Vft.w them pulled down and devoured In an incredibly short space of time. Soon after, this I fainted from pain and exhaustion, whereupon my companions surrounded me like a barricade in order to keep our Tour-footed roes , from reaching me. i (To Be Continued.) 1 .. FROM PHILADELPHIA The Record's recent article upon trolley trips has evoked a number of inquiries from trolleyites who desire to ride electrically from Philadelphia to New York. "Can this," they ask, "be done? If so, how long does it take and what does It cost?" The trip by trolley from Philadelphia to New York takes IS hours, and costs, each way, $1.30. There are 13 changes of cars. The route is as follows: Fifth street car to Frankford. Frankford to Torresdale. Torres rdale to Croyden. Coach from' Croydon1 to Bristol troi'ey; no fare. Croyden to Bristol. Bristol to Morrisvllle. Morrlsvllle to Trenton. Trenton cars to fair grounds. Trenton to New Brunswick. New Brunswick to Bound Brook. 'Bound Brook to Plalnfleld. Plainfleld to Elisabeth. Elisabeth to Newark.' , ' Newark to Jersey City. FOUR FLASHES. The residents of Isllp, L. I., have raised a fund of $20,000 to fight mosqultos, but it Is dollars to doughnuts that the mosqultos will gt first blood. Not only does Supervisor Black, of the Chicago Normal, never smile, but his gloomy countenance is having such a depressing tendency on the school that the school board has Imported a young woman with a radiant smile from St. Louis to counteract the ef fect. Evidently there Is a star humorist be ing wasted at the Chicago Normal. The hopeful view that Bourke Cochran takes of Mr. Cleveland's future In the Demo cratic party will probably provoke the Com moner to try a shaft even at the extreme distance, which reminds one that If the Commoner could get a good range-finder it would save lots of ammunition. i If the strikers really can close up the Chi- cago restaurants for a while, the patrons no doubt will be able to save enough on tips to start a co-operative concern. Indlananolln News. Honest endeavor. I like the fennel by the street Whose smiling cheers the dusty days, Who does Its best with patience sweet Nor hopes for e'en a poet's praise. Washington Star. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. The congressional library is a -monument to the American conception of fine art. It was given unstinted admiration by visiting Minnesotans. Duluth News-Tribune. IS SUICIDE A HABIT? E. Feltanoose I heard Bryan was going to run for President again. T. Roosevelt-rAnother case of race suicide". Pennsylvania Punch Bowl. Ohio has established free employment of fices in the five Jargest cities of the state, and the officials in charge, report that from J890 to' 1900 the total number of applicants of both sexes was 270,910 of whom 13i,70 were given employment. , v . The Boston Herald furnishes two stories of trolley cars which are rather amusing. A trolley car was taking on a load of women, and the conductor frantically urged his gejitle passengers to "move up," but, as usual, his behests were not obeyed. "Now, move up, ladies; please do- move up!" he cried. No one stirred an inch "I say, ladies, move up! The motorman Is a great deal better looking man than I am!" The ladies swept forward en masse. The other, tale concerned a big, stout party w-ho ha taken a nip too often. He hung to the strap in the crowded car and' swayed and rolled like a balloon. When the conductor took his fare he asked in a tipsy voice if that car passed Sears Building. No, It did not. Presently he inquired again how near it went to Sears Building, and still again he begged to be let off as near to that edifice as possible. The conductor nodded aasent,, but the passenger would not be pacified. "I say, pat me off at Sears Building!" "What do you want with that building 7" rejoined . the irate conductor, jerking the bell "It says up there," pointing to a card above him, "For space in this car apply at Soar ButlSins." The announcement that Prof. Alexander Graham Bell is going to devote all his at tention to kite flying henceforth probably means business. Kite flying to him is as serious an occupation as It was to Benjamin Franklin, and it. may accomplish as much for science.' There are more wrecks In the Baltic Sea than in any other Rlace In the. world.. ,The average ,Is one wreck a day throughout the year. - ;