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Yesterday a man who had not been to achool alnce he waa ten years of age explained to me the principles of the Westlnghoust Air Brake. Thla man underatood his bualneas, and to that extent waa an educated man. which fulfills the axiom of Hawley Smith, that "education conslsta In getting on to your Job." But we do know that there are men who are not on to any Job who ar Incompetents yet having college degrees they pass often for educated men. : THE PAIS AM A, TREA TY. Tha fata of tha Panama treaty la still In doubt; Upon the action of a legislative body ' probably as corrupt and mercenary as any i to ba found In thla. hemisphere, depends the greatest 'engineering enterprise of modern tlmea, an undertaking that will exert a mighty influence upon the commerce and perhaps the political history of the world. . The French owners of the Panama canal are vitally interested in tha fate of the treaty. Unless it la ratified they can have llttla hope of ever receiving anything for .their rights. One of their representatives, M. Philippe Bunau-Varllla, haa addressed a ' letter to the President of the Colombian Re public, which Is a very succinct statement - of tha arguments m favor of ratifying the treaty. Tha letter is worthy of being re printed, a,nd Is as follows: !'Parla, June 13, 19Q3. Marroquln, Presl dent Republic, Bogota; Beg to submit re apectfully following: y."l. Ona must admit as a fundamental principle that the only person that may build tha Panama canal now Is the United States; and that neither European governmenta nor private financiers would dare to fight either against the Monroe Doctrine or American treasury for building Panama canal In case Americans return to Nicaragua If Congress dot not ratify treaty, " . .. It results from thia evident principle " that failure of ratification only opens two ways: ' " "Either construction . of Nicaragua canal ; and absolute loss for Colombia of the Incal culable advantages resulting from construc tion cn her territory of the great artery of universal commerce; "Or, construction of Panama canal after secession and declaration of Independence of the Isthmus of Panama under protection of the United States as it haa happened with Cuba. "3. I hope that ' your elevated patriotic ' policy will save your country from the two .precipices where would perish either the prosperity or Integrity of Colombia, and whither would lead tha -advices of blinded people or of evildoers who wish to reject --traatyr---t modify 4V JKhlch would amount to the same thing." Recent advices indicate a slightly more favorable attitude toward the treaty on the part of the Colombian legislators, and It Is possible that It may yet be approved. In tht event of Us rejection, the little republic seems likely to have one more of those revolutions which In that part of the world come around as regularly and frequently us election days in our own country. are too high.' But there is no 'hope from tht Des Moines deliverance that the Repub lican party, In Iowa aa elstwhere, is ready to proceed against them. They will be reduced when the trusts can beat bt served by their reduction. The Interpreter of Republican tariff platforms, when applied. Is the ben eficiary of tha duties." There could be no plainer admission that the Republican party la absolutely controlled by the trusts. Tht Oregonlan la to be com mended for its candor In acknowledging thla Indisputable fact. There la but one avenue of eacape from the despotism of the trusts and that lies through Democratic victory in 1904. THE IOWA COMPROMISE. The Republican state convention of Iowa has adopted a compromise platform which is declared to be satisfactory to both the ad vocates and the opponents of tariff revision. Like all compromise measures'-adopted by political conventions in the interest of har mony, this declaration is without any real value as an enunciation of party principle, unless it be accepted as evidence that upon the great issue of the coming campaign the Republican party is without any defined principle. Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring, it can only nerve to disgust voters of positive and conscientious views, who hoped to see the Iowa convention take a de cisive stand: " The tariff plank adopted by the convention waa prepared by Senator Allison, and was Hleslgned to'bring the Republican revisionists Of the state into harmony with President 1 Roosevelt, who has declared himself as op posed to any change in the existing sched ules. " It doubtless foreshadows an equally meaningless stand by the national conven tion when It meets next year. We, take pleasure in -quqllng, with entire approval, the editorial comment of the OreL Test true because quite unexpected from a Republican organ," Our contemporary says: "The salt trust, copper trust, paper trust, Incidentally Standard OH. are all sheltered by tht tariff. And their schedules carry 'dis crimination .''''favoritism and 'duties that ' v;..y v '.? - 'V-.--1 i-rrrr. -r ttt-. CHINA'S DESPERATE PLIGHT. With the single exception of the United States, China's credltora seem relentlessly determined to have their pound of flesh. All of tht European powers to. which China agreed to pay indemnities after the Boxer war' are insisting upon payment in gold. It la contended by tht Chinese government that Its understanding waa that the indemnities were to be paid In silver, and that the re sources of the Empire have been so ex hausted that paymentn gold Is Impossible. There is no question that China is very seriously embarrassed financially. Corrup tion and official malfeasance exist on an al most unparalleled scale, and the government seema almost powerless to bring order out of the chaos. No serious , effort toward financial reform has been made and a large part of tht Imperial revenues have been squandered by the court at Pekln. Tht gov ernment declares Itself utterly unablt to pay the Boxer indemnities In gold, though will ing to. pay in sliver. The, European powers have thus far refused to recede from their demand for a settlement in gold and the sit uation seriously threatens renewed compli cations. France and Russia are threatening the renewed occupation of tht natlvt city of Tien Tgln, and such a move would seem ominous of the long-expected dismember ment of the empire. ' August Bebel Is the man of the hour In Germany!" Ha la tht leader of tht Social Democrats, who have Just caat a vote of 3,000,000, or one third of the entire ote of the empire.. J ' ",''.". He was born In Cologne in 1340, the son of a sergeant In an infantry regiment. He was apprenticed to a turner, and when his. trade waa learned ha tramped through Germany, getting work wherever ha could. He Joined tht Social Democratic party, .founded by William Liebknecht, 40 years ago. Both he and Llebknecht were ten tented to Imprisonment in 1372, serving two years each. In 188$ ht served another sentence of nine months, and has suffered many shorter terms of imprisonment tor his opinion's sake. Of these Imprlsonements he haa often apoken with cheerfulness, : ;'; "Altogether," he onca said to an Interviewer, "I have been behind tht bars $7 .montha, and each time for political reaaens. My fortress lift I call my university lift, for It waa there I first had the chance to study in peace." Hla first and moat successful book, "Die Frau," waa planned In prison. There, too, ha learned ths English language. He has written many other works, but "Die Frau" is tht most widely rtad of thtm all. It haa had 25 editions in Germany and haa been translated Into 16 other lah guages. It deals with the Industrial conditions In which women have been forced to live. Bebel la a atout champion of woman's equality before tht law and at the ballot-box. x He has at all times shown himself a lion-hearted leader. On Bismarck's eightieth birthday he led the Socialist members of the Reichstag in their refusal to send cop? gratulations to "the man of blood and Iron." "Why," he asked, 'ahould wet .send greet Ings to him? He has persecuted us, banished us and urged tht Emperor to 'yank us Into the street and shoot us down.'" But German unity Bebel glories In, though ht does not credit It to Bismarck. tr He haa shown bravtry again In his denunciation of tht annexation of Alaact and Lorraine. "It was a great mistake," he says, "and la tht caust of all tht armaments that now burden Europe." The German and French peoples should, he Insists, bt reconciled and disband their great armies. Believing thoroughly in theoretic Socialism aa taught by Carl Mam, he Is never theless active In the Reichstag in his efforts to secure Immediate Installments of rtform. He is now 63 years of age and hla phyalqua Is frail. Tet he la easily tht moat formid able debater on the opposition side of the chamber. He can easily hold an audience for six hours on end by the spell of his earnest and effective oratory. He is absolutely beloved by the rank and flit of the party which has Just scored an increase of 400,000 votea In the empire. He was the uncompromising foe of the new tariff, with Its high duties on Imported food. He bitterly denounced them as "hunger duties." He characterised the German army's exploits In China aa "shameful" and said they were marked by "beaatlallty lower than among beasts." He blamed the Emperor for It all, because of his order that no mercy should be shown. He has repeatedly criticised and censured William II for his public utterances, and ones ht Intimated that he thought the Emperor waa Insane. Thla was on the occasion of the latter's speech to young recruits, telling them they must be ready, If needs be, to kill their own fathers and mothers. . Very remarkable for Its Intense feeling and bold prophecy waa Herr Bebel's speech of January 22 last, In which he apoke of the Emperor's attitude toward the Socialists in exceedingly plain terms. He recalled the Emperor's declaration that he and his party were "enemies of the state" and "men unworthy to bear the name of Germans," and proceeded to utter this remarkable prophety: r "Our party has not only been most offensively condemned In the lump, but In the Emperor's last speeches we, th'e representatives of the party, have been attacked with the severest expressions. The workmen are directly enjoined to hold aloof from- us because we are dangerous persons. These are attacks, gentlemen, which cannot be endured forever attacks against the strongest party in Germany, a party which, look at It as you will, plays a very decisive part In the policy of the German Empire. We are 'not only by far tht strongest party In Germany, but we shall be still stronger after the next electlona I am not bragging and by and by we shall have the majority of German voters on our aide, and perhapa some day also the majority of Deputlee." That prophecy Is now fulfilled in so far aa It relates to the elections of 1903. Con tinuing his now famoua speech, Bebel said: "Now. gentlemen, it is not enough that the German Emperor speaka against us, but his son, too, the Crown Prince of the German Empire, comes forward to imitate him. This young gentleman, 20 years old, steps forward to talk of our party as 'wretches.' What kind of service has this young gentleman given to the state that he dare take it upon himself thus to speak of the German Social Democrats? Of course we don't mind it. If wt art called tht 'party of wretchea,' we know that in the end the name will become a title of honor among ua, even as the title of "beggars' became a title among the Dutch aristocracy and Dutch burghers when they were fighting against the Spanish conquerors who fastened It upon them. Perhaps before long, at a meeting of Social Democrats, we may decide to adopt the title of 'The Party of Wretches,' and in this way we shall fling the gauntlet in the young gentleman's face. Meantime, as the young man has, according to human reckoning, some distance yet to travel before he reachea the throne, I think ht might employ the journey more profitably than in making enemies of tht Social Democrats. This enmity might not bt useful to hla future as German Emperor. For by that time the power of German Social Democracy may be very different from what It la today." - Considering that Bebel's party would now have fully one third of the Reichstag seats If seats were apportioned to votes, this warning to the Crown Prince was by no means an empty one. , " 1 1 1 - t r--"-.Ji , ' t : f t mmm. t , ONE OF OREGON'S E6UCATORS J v ' ' " j. ..'. - : . , ' , ! UlrtllKIH T T t , , 'I ' : : . b i -',........ ' " . ' . i I u .... Prof. Lutlla Clay Carson, whq for seven . years has fllltd 'tht chair ot rhetorlo and English literature In tht Unlvtrslty of Ore (on. Is a nativt daughter of this falf state, No woman, within- It borders has done mors toward forcing character and Inculcating taste for food literature and a knowledge of the correct use of English In tht young men and women oi ths commonwealth than Miss Carson. ' '.' : '.'''y.-v - Her sphert of usefulness has been by no means limited to tht .confines of tht class room. . The community at Jargt has felt htr Influenct and profited by htr activity. Dur lng tht IS years of htr service In tht Unl varsity she has been closely identified with the social and Intellectual lift of tht town. and has found tlmt for many , things that havt made for ' culture and advancement There was tht Ehakespeart Club which she organised, and fori several years conducted with unfailing regularity, and , which came to be recognised as ont of tht social and literary Institutions; of ' Eugene. ; Sht was also ont of tht charter ' members of the Fortnightly Club, tht first woman's club or ganlxed1 in tha state. - v Miss Carson graduated from St. Helen's Hall under Miss Mary Rodney's regime., She was previously a student In Mills' Seminary, but was forced to return home on account of ill health. That during htr brief term there she made a favorable and lasting Impress upon the life of the school Is attested by the fact of htr being Invited to deliver the ad dress on Founder's Day last year. ' After wards she was voted an alumnus of. Mills', an honor accorded In this manner to few. Prof. Carson holds tht .degree of A. M. from Paelne ' University, where she taught five years. She also has a similar degree from the University of Oregon. At the time ahe was called to the chair of rhetorlo and elocution In the latter' Institution, she was teaching In the Portland schools, was in fact vice-principal of the Couch School In 139$ she was made professor of rhttorlo and Eng lish literature, a position which ant still honors by holding. " , The summer vacations mean to her largely merely a change of scene and labor. She has studied In the summer schools of Berke ley, Harvard and Chicago University.. Last year she spent three months abroad, travel ing In England and on the continent, but finding time for a course of lectures at his toric Cambridge, that seat of English learn ing which all students hold In reverence. To those who know her well It is plainly evident 'that ahe haa realised to the full, the pleasure Kipling alnga about In Us L'Envol. "The joy of working" Is hers, and each year ..', ' 'A' '. "' ) ' f Prof. Luella C. Carson.' '.... . .............. .. brings her an added enthusiasm In her chosen field. Nothing Is hard, nothing Is , drudgery to the woman who sees beyond, j who Is the Initiated. Miss Carson 'proves . py ner increasing capacity ana power me fact that she quaffs deeply of the waters of - the perennial fonnt of knowledge. . . . . . A few years ago she compiled and pub Hahed a handbook: entitled "English Compo sltton," which 'proved so timely and useful that tha edition was speedily exhausted. This summer the revised edition will appear in more auosianuai oinaing, ana consider ably enlarged. Another work which has en gaged Mlas Carson's spare moments for the past three years Is a catalouge, or reading 1st for schools and teachers. This. too. Is In the hands of the nrinters. and will soon be ready for the public.' These two books are Intended aa helpa and time-savers for busy people, and are the practical reault of ex perience. Although Mlas Carson's home ,1s in Portland, the people of Eugene claim her as their own, and look forward to the time when she will establish a permanent resi dence among them. This summer she ex pects to spend In the city of her nativity Ith perhaps a few weeka at the seashore. "resting," she says, but those who know her know also that when She rests she la most actively engaged. IDA CLARE. 35! HE IS COMING. Oh, say, 'do. you hear It, that sound so palling, That ominous, murmuring, maddening noise? , It now on our ears is quite frequently fall ing And spoils all oar zest for the summertlde Joys. A million of millions are even now hatching; They soon will be winging toward us their " way. Oh, then there will be lots of rubbing and scratching When Mr. Mosquito la with us to stay. No comfort we'll take on the porch in the gloaming, WOMAN'8 HAPPIEST DAY. "What, In your opinion, la the happiest day In woman's life?" A brief silence fell upon the group of girls gathered In Amy's studio. "The day she sails for Europe for the first time," said the girl who likes to travel. "The day her baby first lisps 'mother,' " ventured the young matron. "Every day when her husband comes home from business,' contributed the bride. "The day she receives a letter from th publisher saying her first book la accepted," voted tht scribbler of the party. "The day the man ahe loves aska her to be his wife," said the dreamy-eyes girl, me chanically twisting a ring on her finger. "The day she doesn't have to attend a club Though close to the maiden our soul loves meeting;' remarked the tired-looking club PERSONAL POINT8. Capt. Charles A. P. Talbot, the new British consul at Boston, has been In the consular service of his country for 38 years, havlng,eerved In Tahiti, Taganrog and Corunna. Masslllon, O., has the tallest chief of polfce In the country, in the person of Edward Ertle, who stands six feet two inches in his stockings, and weighs 247 pounds. He is exceedingly active and something of an athlete. A THE PORTAGE ROAD.' The preliminary report of the civil en-, glneer employed to survey the route of the proposed portage road, indicates that the appropriation made by the Legislature will be sufficient for the undertaking. This con clusion should set at rest all objection to the construction of the road at the earliest possible, moment. The Governor, the Secre tary of State and the State Treasurer are charged with the expenditure of the appro priation, and they would naturally hesitate to commence the work unless asayred that it could be completed without exceeding the cost fixed by the Legislature. Apparently the report of the engineer disposes 'of any doubts on this score. No time should be lost in preparing plans and specifications" In offer that bids may be received for the construction of the road. Sir Frederick Pollock, the famous English lawyer and law writer of London, has cabled his acceptance of an Invitation to read a paper before the annual meeting of the Amerclan Bar Association, which will be held at Hot Springs, Va., August 23 to 28. 1 t Borne of the present Aster millions had their origin in -the Bowery. Wtlllani B Astor's Uncle Henry, a celebrated butcher of that famous thoroughfare, left him his accumulations of a lifetime about $600,00(. This, well Invested in 1846 or thereabouts, had much to do with building up the vast Astor estate. the best, And out of the question Is all moonlight I roaming Because of the venomous, bloodthirsty J pest. We nevef can spoon with that joyous aban don We'd like to, though passion Is ardent and hot, Because of attempts to let fall a swift hand on That Insect abhorred with a loud-sound ing swat. woman. Bronson Howard, the dramatist, is in Pasadena, Cal., where he expects to remain two or three years. "I have baffled the doctors," he says. "They cannot tell what Is the matter with me. Three year ago they f said I needed rest and for three years I wandered over Europe and Egypt. Here I am better than I have been since my health became impaired." SCOTS GQ EVERYWHERE. The London Chronicle tells a story of a traveler In Eastern Russia who attended service in a Greek Church and noticed a gigantic attendant In the procession who flourished an asperge with great skill, uttering words which seemed familiar. Listening Intently the tourist mkde out the sentence: It's jlst a pickle o' clean cauld water. ' If it does ye nae guld, It does ye nae halrm." After the service the attendant disclosed himself as a Dunfermline man who had temporarily taken service with the local Greek priest. ' ' The Bertilfon system of measurements has been applied to an insect whiten Is eatfng up the woods In the neighboring sta'te of Washington" and it is described as "a large, rough skinned, horny-headed, fuzzy-backed, striped-bellied brown wdrm, about an inch in length and of the diameter of a lead pencii." With thia minute description the police should be able to round up this hard character without much trouble. He can't be very handsome. FACTS AND FIGURES. To encourage the erection of beautiful residences In Paris the authorities award three gold medals annually to the designers of the moat artistic dwellings. The owners of these homes are relieved of half their annual taxes. ' Sea-otter is now the costliest fur In the world. Five hundred dollars is the price of a first-class skin. The creature Is only caught on parts of the coast of the North Pacific. One ton of cork occupies a space of 150 cubic feet; a ton of gold that of two cubic feet. - , With the removal of the national seat of government to Oyster Bay, Mr. Payne has been "notifjed that the closed season has be-, g:un and that he will be expected to model' his conduct upon that of the clam whenever he Is asked to talk about the postofflce scandal. WASHINGTON STATUES. The McClellan statue commission In Washington has done well in rejecting all the designs submitted for an equestrian status of Gen. McClellan because they were all unsatisfactory. There are too. may poor statues In Washington now, and the com mission Is. entitled to credit for demanding the best that can be had. Philadelphia Press. - The Louisiana Supreme Court has sus tained the law punishing with imprisonment at hard labor any husband who deserts hla wife or who falls to support her. A marked Improvement Is now expected in the conduct of Louisiana husbands, - THROUGH SERVIAN GLASSES. A Servian count who was kMed by dynamite while wrecking the King's palace is officially gazetted as "dying on the field of honor for his fatherland," showing that they have a haymarket idea of the field of honor over there. Washington Post. , , , .,, ...J, . '. , ,..-. ONLY A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. There is not much difference between an epigram and an epitaph. An epigram says unkind and true things about the living; the epitaph, says kind and untrue things about the dead. London Punch. ;.' , ? " , . " . ''.'- ' I f A LAMENT FOH SUMMER. ;L, y. . 1 v r , - r. Jf June will come back home, all will bt forgiven, Atlanta Coaatlttttloa. " - Oh, atlll we must fact em, It's too much to hope' for, r That they wlfl be few with the weather so wet; The best we can do Is to buy punk and dope for . Prevention and cure thus some peace we may get. Screen well all the windows,' set pastilles to smoking, .. And delugt the lawn with a kerosene spray; KANSAS PHILOSOPHER. The old man was sitting on the roof gaz ing placidly across the rushing waters. "Washed all your fowls away" asked the man In the boat. "Tea. but the ducks swam," smiled the old man. "Tore up your peach treea?" "Don't mind it much. They said the crop would be a failure." "But the flood! It is up to your win ddwsf" , "Wal, them windows needed washing1, uny? way, stranger."' 7 COMPRESSED LANGUAGE.. "Yes," said the old. farmer, "our parson walked up and down the plow furrows 'with me and told me of my sins." "And did you feel any depression ?" askwt the city man. "No; compression." "Compression?" "Yes. I wanted to swear at them blamed And Jest while you may, for you won't feel muies every few minutes, but, had to hold like Joking When Mr. Mosquito Is with us to stay. Chicago News. the words In.' BROTHER DICKEY ON KINGS. "I hear tell dat dey' done been klllln kings, right en Jef, 'cross de water," said Brother Dickey. "En Lawd knows, I don't blame "era much fer some er dese kings is wusser dan de devil befo' day! Some er de fines', fattes' missionaries we had is been cut up, en cooked, en eat up by 'em. Only year befo' las', one er de bea' missionaries in de church wuz sent ter convert one er dem heathen kings, 'en while de king wuz sett in' down talkln ter him, de head cook had de pot on, en had done telumphoned ter de gro cery sto' fer spice, en trlmmlns; en "dey KNEW THE MAJOR. "I hear the major Is coming up to spend a week with you." "Yes, and I am fitting up a 'room for" hln to entertain his friends. I put In 10 chain and a .sideboard." "Where to the major from?" "South Carolina." - "Then you had better put in 10 sideboard , and a chair," USEFUL THESE TIMES. "I think we had better Include a branch o. cooking In Harry's education," said tb wealthy old gentleman. "Cooking?" gasped his amazed Wife. spiced htm, tn-dey trimmed him,' 'fo' he had 1 "Why, Harry will graduate soon and bt a time ter raise a hymn, en take up de colleo f great man.1 tlon! I don't want no kings in de country "I know, dear, hut these days of strikes a whar I live at. De mistake we makes wldl person never knows when he'll be called to dem heathen kings is, in not sending 'em cook his own meals in a hotel." canned goods, 'stldder live miss lonaryl" AKl lanta Constitution. C v , i ' "Why are yer, so sadC askfd ."PustyDen- nis. ' y . "Why,? growled Sandy Pikes, "dat Jady said if rd split de wood shrd give mt an old pair' of shoes - she y premised me 'lost! was squeezed, whiter.' V : i "An 4ld she?" - "Yea, phe gave tue a pair ht snowshoes." W HIS OBJECTIONS. You used to say she was like a Dresden doll,", said Harry Bluelace. "Too much so," spoke Gussle Gunn. -. "How could that be?" Why, she crled 'Mamma' every time she Adversity is given to some men tote3t their honesty;, y v . - - - - y - -