EDITORjIc4L COcVlENTclND TIcMELY TOPICS .'THE ORjEGON -A, : DAILY JOURNAL V T BY - a a jackson Jfoutmaf HERDS OF ELEPHANTS KILLED TO KEEP THE BILLIARD BALLS ROLLING IOWA DEMOCRATS ADOPT PLATFORM. ! ' ' " U"W I TMIk I Mm Ml r JOURNAL PUBLISHING 0 COMPANY, Proprietors. Adrfrtts: THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Fifth and Yamhill 8t., Portland, Oh CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Entered at the Postofflce of Portland, Oregon, for transmission through the walla aa eecond-cla: j matter. Postage for single copies For an 8, 10, or 12-page paper, 1 cent; 16 to 28 pages, 1 cents; over 21 pages, I cents. TELEPHONES Business Office Or jon, Main 600; Columbia, 70S. Editorial Rooma Oregon Main 250. SUBSCRIPTION Terme by Carrier. The Dally Journal, one year The Daily Journal six months .. The Dally Journal, three months The Dally Journal, by the week .$5.09 . 2.60 , 1.20 . .10 RATE Si Terms by Mail. The Dally Journal, by mall, one year.. $4.00 The Dally Journal, by mall, six months. 2.21 The Dally Journal, by 'mall, three months 1.25 The Daily Journal by mall' one month. .19 The Veckly Journal. The Weekly Journal. 100 columns of read ing each Issue, Illustrated, full market re ports, one year, 1.00. Remittances ahould be made by drafts, postal notes, express orders and small Amounts are acceptable In one and two-cent postage stamps. THE JOURNAL, P. O. Box 121. Portland. Oregon. The Semi-Weekly Journal. The Semi-Weekly Journal eight to twelve page " each Issue, an the newt and full market reports, one year f 1.50. V Every Egyptian was commanded by law annually to declare by what means he maintained himself; and if he omitted to do it, or gave no satisfactory account of his way of living, he was punishable with death. This law Solon brought from Egypt to Athens, where it was Inviolably observed as a most equitable regulation. Herodotus. . HEPPNER'S DEBT TO THE O. R. & N. ' Much has been said of the generosity with which the people of Oregon have responded to the appeal for help for the Heppner flood ' sufferers. The papers have been filled with the lists of benefactions and with accounts of the self -sacrificing efforts of those who went to the scene of the terrible disaster to aid the survivors. In this general recog ; nltlon of those who gave so liberally of their money or their strength, there was one agency In the work of rescue which should pot be overlooked. First of all to extend efficient help to stricken Heppner was the O. R. A N. Co. Every facility which the road could extend to the rescue parties from outside points was freely given. Special trains were rushed to "the scene, carrying, free "of charge, supplies of food, clothing and tools, and gangs of men to carry on the work of recovering the dead and removing the debris. " The O. ft N. was itself a heavy loser by the flood, but its own losses were forgotten and every energy was bent to the work of relief. Superintendent James P. O'Brien was himself one' of the first to reach Hepp ner after the disaster and to his untiring ef forts It was due that communication was so quickly re-established, thereby averting the suffering .which would otherwise have been Inevitable. 1 Heppner received no more prompt or gen erous help than that given by the O. R. & N, Co. KENTUCKY'S DISGRACE ' Every American citizen must feel some sense of shame In reading of the reign of terror which prevails in Breathitt County, Ky., and of the utter contempt for the law which has marked the trial of the two feud fighters, -Jett and White. From first to last the trial has been marked by Incidents which could occur only where Justice is a mockery and where outlaws are in unchecked control. But for the presence of state troops, it is doubtful whether any trial would have been held. Witnesses were intimidated and of- , ficials of the court were threatened. But for the militia murder would have been done a dozen times over. As might have been ex pected, the trial ended in a failure. A new trial ifl to be had, but in the meantime the principal witness for the defense has had to leave the county and keep in hiding in order to save his life. .!,Whtt has become of the chivalry of the Blue Grass State, when cowardly murder Is thus permitted to become rampant? A dark blot rests Upon Kentucky and her people. It Will be removed only when this barbarous state of affairs is brought to a summary end, and the authority of the law is once more established and recognized. Upon Governor Beckham and the other state officials rests the grave responsibility of compelling Breathitt County to recognize the law and to drive out the cowardly assassins who have brought shame upon their state. ADVERTISE THE FAIR. If Portland and Oregon are to derive any real benefit from the Lewis and Clark Fair, It must be advertised. A campaign of pub licity must be inaugurated at once. No time is to be lost, for It Is at best slow work to acquaint the 'whole country with the attrac tions of the coming exposition. The Journal published yesterday a series Of dispatches from large cities in other parts of the country, showtngthat the Lewis and Clark Fair is practically unheard of. The ma jority of the people are In ignorance of Jts scope, Its purpose and the time when It will be held. The advertising of the Fair should begin at once and it should be so thorough and so systematic as to ensure results. Valuable suggestions as to the methods to be pursued can ba obtained from those who have so sue cessfully advertised the St. Louis Exposition, which has attracted the attention of the whole world. Now is the time to act. R. Van Baer has for years been prominent In the Ivory Industry of the .Congo, which Is now the greatest source of Ivory In the world. He has recently written Mrles of articles on the ivory Industry, which have Just been published In Le Mouve went "Geogra phi que. Some 'of the most Interesting facts, particularly those which are not widely known, are reproduced here from his exhaustive treatment of the subject. -''.'.;(.' ' '. ' Ivory Is derived from the secretion and solidification of gelatinous matter, called dentine, which Is contained In the hollow part (pulp cavity) of the tusk. This matter is conveyed through minute veins extending radially to the surface of the tusk, where It hardens in concentric layers. The surface of the Ivory Is covered wlffl a crust, about three millimeters thick, which Is removed before the Ivory is turned Into any industrial product. An Intimate relation exists between the age of the' elephant and the rapidity of Ivory growth. The young animal secretes a much larger quantity of dentine than an old elephant. Its tusks are hollow almost to their point This hollow part or pulp cavity gradually decreases Jn sice with advancing age. About three fourths or four fifths of each tusk of old animals Is solid Ivory. Another way to tell whether the tusk comes from a, young or an old animal Is to examine the hollow part of It If the hollow Is of the same diameter where the tusk emerges from the head as at the further end of the hollow the tusk Is that of an adult animal. Some writers have referred to the large number of small tusks In the market as proof that elephants are killed for ' their Ivory before the tusks mature. The fact is that more than two thirds of the Ivory sold Is that of adult animals. It is from the older tusks of solid or nearly solid ivory that billiard balls are made. Most of the elephants are killed by the natives, and Ivory hunting Is with thm a secondary consideration, f heir chief reasons for killing the elephant are that he destroys their plantations and that his flesh Is regarded as an excellent food resource. Elephants have not been so recklessly destroyed In Africa as In India, where the wild elephant is now almost unknown. It will be remembered that In India, on account of thetr destruction of crops, wild elephants were for a time poisoned in large numbers. Many tribes which organize great elephant hunts In the Mobanl region of the Congo Impair the value o the Ivory by driving a herd Into an enclosed space and then setting fire to the tall grass, so that the animals are nearly burned to death before they are finally killed with spears. The tusks are thus more or less calcined and their value Is greatly reduced. , ' The elephant is found In all the well-watered and fertile parts of equatorial Africa. The finest and most transparent Ivory Is obtained from the humid and low- lying regions. In the higher and colder districts the Ivory is coarse In texture. Along the fron tiers of the animal's habitat his Ivory becomes very hard and brittle, as, for example, thelvory coming from Senegambta. About one fifth of the tusks coming from Central Africa are affected by some strange disease, the results of which are seen in little masses or threads of a substance that differa from Ivory In structure and composition. They are harder than Ivory, darker in color, and evidently originate In some interference with the secretion of the dentine. The Germans call this disease "Ivory smallpox." The tusks that come Into commerce greatly vary In weight, with about two pounds as the minimum. The maximum weight is not definitely fixed. One pair of tusks from the same animal that recently came to Europe weighed a little over S16 pounds, or about 158 pounds to the tusk. Tusks are occasionally found of even greater weight One enormous tusk, for example, weighing 206 pounds, was sold a few years ago to the late King of Bavaria to serve as the principal piece In a chandelier. The Iowa Democratic state convention, which met yesterday at Des Moines, refused to reaffirm fhe Democratic national platform of 100, and adopted the following declara t Ion Of principles: ' - , "We, the chosen representatives of the Democratlo party in Iowa, In delegate con vention assembled, hereby declare anew our faith in the fundamental principles of the Democratlo party, and renew our allegiance thereto. , "We find much In the domestic affairs of the- nation that ought to be changed. The tariff policy originally adopted . for the avowed purpose of raising revenue to meeM the enormous burdens of the Civil War has been turned to the use of Individuals and class Interests until it has become the cre ator of countless unearned fortunes, and the shelter of huge combinations of capital, organised in the .forms of trusts, which are. strangling competition In many of our industries, destroying Individual effort, crushing ambition largely In every . line of Industry, and already acquiring a power which enables them to dictate their own in terests and the prices of labor and raw ma terial and the cost of finished products." Government bysjVnJunctlon and imperialism are opposed, ana election of united States Senators by direct vote demanded. The platform continues: "We condemn the Republican party for its financial policy, which would foist upon the country an unstable currency, based upon uncertain private securities. "We protest against the plan presented In the Aldrlch bill recently before the United States Senate, by. which the money of the nation shall be lent to capitalists upon the bonds and securities of private corporations, as an effort to give value and stability to watered bonds and securities of corporations and trusts, many of which are maintaining monopolies In defiance of law and public sentiment. "We insist that the Integrity of the money or our :n come e made e class of the nation be guarded with zealous care, and demand that it' shall be sufficient In volume to meet the needs of the'buslness interests of the country, and .that Jt shall be safeguarded by 'careful legislation, so as to prevent gamblers of Wall atreet from corner ing, the money market, thus inflcltlng untold Injury upon the smaller business men, the farmers and the laborers of the land." "As the most alarming features' present conditions are the evils which from trusts, and as these evils are . possible by legislation favoring one and against another by transportation priv ileges and by monopoly of original sources of supply of natural products, therefore, to the end that the evils connected with he growth of trusts may be eliminated, we call for the removal of the tariff from all trust-made goods, and demand that all tariff schedules be adjusted with a view to tariff for revenue only. . .,. ".. . "We ask for such changes in our law. statutory or constitutional, as will limit the charges by rallrpads to such an amount as will yield only a reasonable return on the capital actually invested, and will render It Impossible for transportation favors to be granted to any one, and such as will make It certain that all railway companies will be treated alike, such statutes to provide pen alties, that will be effectual to secure a com pliance with them. .. "When the sources of supply of any pro duct are in the ownership of those who com bine to extort from the people an unrea-1 sonable amount for such products, then we believe It is the duty of the government to take such steps as may be necessary to se cure an equitable distribution thereof, with fair compensation to the owners of the same, so that the design of nature in making pro visions for the wants of man may not be perverted into meets for his oppression." The platform concludes with a demand for thorough investigation of the corrupt con dition of the Postofflce Department !3 The independent as well as the Democratic press of the East Is practically unanimous In demanding that President Roosevelt shall remove Payne from the office of Postmaster General. Many Republican papers also Join in the demand. It seems evident that the advice is to be unheeded and, that the man under whose administration the fraud and corruption have reached their height is to be retained in charge of the investigation, Nothing could be more farcical and nothing could be a better guaranty to the big rascals involved in the scandal, that their misdeeds will not be disclosed to the public. Payne can be depended upon to shield his political friends. Either Judge Cake knew the law and wll fully allowed the political grafters to pocket the funds that should have gone to the county, or else he was Ignorant of the county's rights and therefore unfit to occupy the bench. It does not much matter which horn-of the dilemma he prefers to be Impaled upon. In either case he should never have held public office. There are small boys that would be glad to lead a movement to start "the Fourth of July business" early In June. But don't blame the boys, for they have energy to spare and they must have the best of op portunity to expend it. Neglect to give them Such opportunity is often the cause of their going wrong. Senator Morgan Is again himself, having recently read in the newspapers that the government may yet build that canal over the Nlearaguan route. The Senator will doubtless resume spouting at an early day. UNWORTHY PUBLIC SERVANTS. , The Journal published yesterday some fresh disclosures of maladministration of the county's affairs. In this Instance, former County Judge W. M. Cake and former Sheriff (William Frazter are concerned, and they will doubtless be called upon In due time to ex plain, the transactions which are apparently so questionable. u The first duty of a public official should be to the, public. Both Mr. Cake and Mr. Frazier appear to have considered that their first duty was to themselves and their po litical friends. Boodlins and grafting are the natural concomitants of such an attitude on the part of, public officials, and they were not absent in this case: Both Mr. Cake and Mr. Frailer may be able to clear them selves of anyllrect complicity in the dis honest . practices that prevailed. Neither of them can pretend, however, that he dis charged the duties of his office with an eye 1 single to the taxpayers' interests. While the Republican leaders are bickering over the question of who shall be boss In Multnomah County, it is barely possible that the people may conclude that they can get along: without any boss at all. Our strenuous President will find the hunting in the Postofflce Department suf ficiently good to render a trip to the Maine woods unnecessary. Lucky is the city by a river that Is built upon a hill, remarks the Chicago News anent the Heppner disaster. Multnomah County paid a pretty heavy price for the privilege of having Judge Cake upoji the county bnch. Servla's new King will probably find that the life Insurance companies will charge him pretty stiff rates.. , When ex-Sheriff Frazter wanted a hundred dollars, all he had to do was to ask for it, and it was promptly paid to him out of the county treasury, ' , Charles Jesse Bullock, professor of polit ical science in Williams College, Is to become assistant professor of political economy of Harvard University next fall. I "Drowned in a tank of milk" must be the real epitaph of a little girl near Middletown,, N." Y., who was trying to get a drink of the lacteal fluid. England has nine submarine war vessels built or building, and France has 60. Their presence is expected to make' blockades im possible. 1 - : . The most remarkable pair of tusks that has yet been obtained In Africa was purchased at Zanzibar two and a half years ago, for the large price of $5,000. They were taken from an elephant that was killed near Mount Kilimanjaro, German East Africa, by an Arab aftfihe had chased the animal for many weeks. His attention was attracted to this particular elephant by Its enormous size, but- ' mucn time ana patience were expenaea Deiore ne got near enough to put in a killing shot. The tusks weighed 459 pounds, one weighing about 20 pounds more than the ' other. One tusk was very slightly longer than the other and measured 10.18 feet. One of the classifications of ivory is based upon the weight of the tusks. A heavy tusk weighs 25 kilograms or more; medium tusks from 18 to 25 kilograms. The smaller tusks are adapted for bangles, bracelets, billiard balls, and other such purposes. About 30 per cent of the stock Imported Into Antwerp Is Tieavy tusks and. about 17 per cent medium tusks, the smaller tusks making up more than half of the total. The form of the tusks also varies greatly. The longest tusk yet obtained measured 10.18 feet. As regards their form, tusks occasionally come into the market that are absolutely straight, but they are very rare. The tusks of the domestic elephant are likely to be longer, more slender, sharper, and also more curved than are those of the wild animals. There also exists a species of elephant that has no tusks. They have been found in the delta of the Rusisl River, and In certain parts of the Hobangl River Basin. The fact is not generally known that there exists in the trophlcal forests a race of dwarf elephants which are exactly like others except In stature and weight. Thus elephants as well as antelopes and human beings, have their pygmies. The three great Ivory markets of the world are Antwerp, London and Liverpool. For the past six or seven years Antwerp has forged ahea4 of London, for it controls most of the great new field of the Congo. Since 1895 Its ivory receipts have In variably exceeded those of London, excepting Jn 1898. The receipts last year were 32$ tons for Antwerp, 208 for London, and 40 for Liverpool, a total of 571 tons. y. ,. The total receipts of these markets from 1894 to 1902 ranged between 624 and 620 tons a year. The receipts of London are slowly declining, while those of Antwerp are rapidly increasing, although It Is probable that the height of its trade will be reached before i many years. Liverpool cuts a small figure in comparison with its rivals, its receipts having varied in the past nine years from 32 to 60 tons a year. The ivory reaching the British market comes from Zanzibar, Bombay, the largest sources of Its supply; Egypt, West Africa, and Abyssinia, a very large amount also coming from Benguela and the cape. About one third of the London Ivory comes from the west coast of Africa and Abyssinia, and the supply Is Increasing. The West African Ivory has been chiefly obtained from Senegambia, Liberia, the Guinea coast, and the Niger, which have been extensively worked for many , years... The supply is failing, though it is now being re-enforced by Ivory from the Hinterland. "' . '.J, The receipts from Abyssinia reached their maximum in 1900. The important quan-i titles exported from that country in recent years have been due to the organization of large huats with the best weapons. Hunting the elephant In King Menclik's domain has thus been abnormally stimulated of late years, but the supply of Ivory from this source Is now decreasing. " About 43 per cent of the ivory sent to London comes from the east coast of India; its quantity has been nearly uniform, but the present prospects are that It will slowly decrease. The ivory from Egypt will probably increase In quantity for a few years, owing to the reopening of the Egyptian Soudan. The Antwerp market came Into existence only in 1893 and It has had Very rapid development, its great specialty being Ivory from the Congo Free State. The two great classifications of Antwerp Ivory are hard and soft ivory. About seven eights of the total supply is hard ivory, which means ivory that has been accumulating in the country for many years, much of it having been collected by the natives before they had any Idea of Its commercial value. In 1892 only 18 tons of soft Ivory came from the Congo State, though 124 tons of hard Ivory were shipped. The soft Ivory is the fresh tusks obtained from newly killed animals. The French Congo includes, a very large elephant domain and the French began In 1900 to export Ivory from It. The shipments in 1901 were 82 tons, and they bid fair during the present year to be 60 or 60 tons. The French Congo Will be the outlet for a great deal of Ivory in the next few' years. It is not expected that the Congo State can much longer keep up Its enormous shipment of ivory. The maximum to all appearances will be reached within the next four or five years. Then there will probably come a period of about uniform ship ments for a number of years, which will be followed by an era of rapid decline The day is oon approaching when the reserve stock of Ivory accumulated by the natives will be Exhausted. When that source of supply is at an end the ivory industry will decline until railroads open up the far interior of the country in regions not now accessible by steamboats. Then there will be new fields to exploit, for the elephant , still lives In numerous herds in some parts of Central Africa, as In, the regions of the upper Banga River, the upper Mobangi, and some large districts of the French Soudan and the Egyptian Soudan. Perhaps these now almost inaccessible sources of ivory will supply tlfe world for a century to come. ' ; The Congo State is now enforcing laws to prevent the glutting of the Ivory market and the extermination , of elephant herds' within the state's .territoTy, , It is entirely GETTING THE NEW8. So frequently one hears the charge that the newspapers are so unreliable and inac curate. A little Instance occurred yester day that is worth mentioning, as it bears directly upon that subject i A dispatch dated from Lexington "was received at about 1 o'clock by the East Ore gonlan, saying that a relief train had gone through a bridge about 80 miles north of Heppner, drowning four men and two horses, There was no way of telling whether it was a train of cars or one of the wagon trains sent out from Pendleton.. The most natural supposition was that It was a wagon train on account of mentioning the drowning of the horses, and from the further fact that the vicinity mentioned woutd not be on a railroad. The East Oregonian first wired the Scrlnns-McRas News Association at San Francisco for confirmation of the report j and for further details. The report was con firmed, but no further details were obtain able. Next Echo was called up. Echo knew nothing Of it. The names of those who had left Pendleton in charge of the relief wagons were ascertained. Being unable to secure Heppner either by wire or 'phone. Lexington was secured by long-distance 'phone. Lex ington promised to find out and call up the office. Meanwhile Dr. Cole and Joe Tatrum of Pendleton were 'phoning along the Echo Vincent line for Information relative to the relief wagons sent out from Pendleton, Presently Lexington was again gotten and the information was given that the operator at Arlington knew something of the acci dent Arlington was gotten by long-distance and the fact was ascertained that it was a work train of cars that Had gone through defective bridge near Douglas on the Hepp ner branch road. Eventually, after nearly two hours' Work to verify the story, a short item was printed. The average reader would know nothing of the efforts put forth to tell the facts correctly. ! . The facts of the case are that a newspaper must print the news as sOon as possible after its. occurrence and It uses its utmost to en deavor to tell the truth. No paper wishes to acquire the reputation for lack of truth fulness, so when you see an occasional mis statement in a newspaper, you may usually conclude that it la not an intentional mis statement of the facts. Pendleton East Ore gonlan. TWENTY FATEFUL DAY8. In the history of this country no- previous 20 days, we believe, afford a parallel to those between May 26 and June 16 for combined destruction of life and property. Beginning with the tornado at St. Elmo, Mo., on May 26, In which 20 persons were killed, the list continues as follows: May 29 to June 6, . Kansas River floods; 80 killed. , June 1, 'Galnsville, Ga tornado; 100 killed. June 6, Glendale, S. C, coudburst; 68 killed. June 7 to 15, St Louis flood; 80 killed.., V June 14, Heppner, Or., cloudburst; . 800 killed. The total value of the property lost in the above-named disasters Is estimated at $27, 500,000, and 18,000,000 more is computed to have been lost in the forest fires that raged from June 2 to 7 In New York, New Jersey, New England and Pennsylvania. This makes a grand total of 668 Uvea and $20,500,- 000 worth of property wiped out by flood and Are In these 20 days of destruction. New York World. : GIRL'S WILD RIDE ON AN ELK. A fearless Colorado Diana, famed for her many thrilling adventures with wild animals, her splendid horsemanship, and her knowl edge of woodcraft Is seeking appointment as game 'warden of Routt and Rio Blanco Counties. Miss Emma Kellogg Is this remarkable young woman. Her home is In Routt County, one of the best game sections in the state. If she secures the position she will be the only woman game warden In the United States. ( ., Miss Kellogg's . most thrilling adventure was a wild ride on the back of an elk. While out in the hills one day she came suddenly against an angry bull elk. She had leaned her gun against a tree, and before she could get It the elk was upon her.. She took refuge in a sapling and tried to hold the animal's antlers around U, but her strength was not sufficient, and the elk broke away. Miss Kellogg took advantage of a moment's respite to climb a tree and sat on the first limb. This angered the elk more than ever, and he gave the tree such a bump that Miss Kellogg fell off. She would have been stamped to death by the animal's boffs had it not been that, luckily she fell on the elk's back. Then, with great presence of mind, she grasped the antlers and held on for dear life. ', . The elk was not expecting a development of this kind, and it tore off through the woods terror-stricken, endeavoring to shake off its burden. Miss Kellogg, however, did not propose-to be shaken, and she only clung the tighter. Away they went, the crazed animal dash ing" through the trees with the velocity of an express train. Up hills and across valleys rhA flnlmnl nan. 1iimnin Avur rhA rAnlrst , wtiVi rromanitnnn Iad ns OK of almn'sf tinsas f Att J i the frightened rider. w miss xieuogg was Decominff weax irom uie terrible strain, and felt that she must soon release her hold, when an unexpected in cident proved her deliverance. The elk had f made vlojent efforts to dislodge the girl, end it was one of the animal's tricks to accom plish this which saved Miss Kellogg's life. The elk darted through" some thick brush where overhanging branches came low down, In order to brush the rider off. But the ter rified animal miscalculated about its antlers and got caught In the branches. It struggled and struggled, but could not get loose, and It was but the work of a moment for the In trepid mountain girl to kill the captive ani- ' mal by cutting its throat with her hunting knife. . After her ride of several .miles was over and the danger was all past; the plucky gl gltl r?S action. She could hardly make her way home, but she got help and returned to claim the animal. Its branching antlers how or nament her home. , She says the would have entered the broncho-busting contest last fall had not her parents dissuaded her on the ground that she would be the only lady entered. She lassoed a young bear once and took It home alive by giving her pony rein whenever Jt tried to attack her. EXCHANGING CHILDREN. The practice of exchanging children by parents living in French and German Switz erland, in order to enable their hoys and probable that long, before the supply of ivory r threatens to fall 'below the world's I Jtfrls to learn another language, Is spreading demands the other powers interested in Africa will also adopt measures calculated greatly in Italy. .'. Recently an exchange to place limits upon the destruction of elephants and to Insure, If possible, the ''per agenoy to further this' object was founded fn manence or tne ivory traae- 1 i Zurich. PAPER WINDOWS. ' " In Japan very thin, transparent paper is used Instead of glass In windows not that glass' Is not as plentiful and cheap as In this country, but that the Japanese desire the paper to filter the air they breathe. "i Gen. M. W. Ransom, . a former United States Senator from North Carolina, is de vottng his time to farming, and this year will tun about 250 plows. " ; i Official statistics show that there are 17, 000,000 children in Russia, between the ages of six afid fourteen receiving absolutely no education -1-