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Newspaper Page TextEDITOmAL Page:: THE JOURNAL " ' All INPCPBNDCNT WCW1PAP1B. C . JACKSON. .PabUseer hbUrt-mn lumt Basilar) and ewi mra ftiirw4 mliT at Tka Jearaal BslU! a4 Ven'MII etratta. fortUul. Orssoa. - - . m. -- IWHana Ot.0, lor IrtBMiiMloB throes tie B1W eaeuad- TKUCPBOMICB fcttri.l BmtoM. Mala !...klala 00 mi Of He. rORRION ADVKRT181N0 KtPBESKNT ATI V fr-aUna-Ilrajamla Special AdrartUlns Ay'J- Maa wtrU hmw York; Trtbuat BeU ' Chteaxe. nbarrtpttM Tx-wt by mall to any aMraaa as Um Unites State, iloada oc Hasan. , DAILY. rar tJ 00 I Dm mat I -0 SUNDAY. . ae rw.,, M OO oa meats I 58 . ; DAILY AND SUNDAY. W year ST 00 I Oa month I .M Do you think that because have . triad . ones and failed 1 you cannot succeed? ; There la no condition that -J you cannot overcome. Mar- garet Stowe. EXPERT testimony: EXPERT TESTIMONY in a stubbornly contested trial in- volving life or a good deal of property is not worth much. That is, the; experts on one side nearly always , about stand off the experts on the pther side, and the jury might as well receive the instruction said to have ' been given by a justice of the peace: flTyou believe the witnesses for the plaintiff you will find a verdict for hjjnjftf you believe the witnesses for the defendant your verdict will be in bis' favor; but if, like myself,- you don't believe any of them, you can do sis you please'." Y Expert evidence on handwriting is " particularly open to suspicion, as more than one judge has pointed out; and expert testimony as to insanity, especially' under hypothetical ques tioning, should be received with great caution. In the first place, it is fre quently not clear what constitutes such a degree of insanity as to render a defendant irresponsible; and in the second place, it is not certain that an alleged expert can detect or certify to it any better than a layman of keen observation; ,'AJp in Spokane a dozen or so more or less expert witnesses have tes tified that young Sidney Sloane, who killed his father with an ax to get money to spend in dissipation, was I insane; and about an equal number aay that he was perfectly sane, was only verj vicious. To one who only reads the evidence at a distance it looks as if the latter were right. If . this young parricide is insane, then in sanity can be claimed for about any murderer: The case of young Ches terThompson, on trial at Tacoma for killing Judge Emory, is of a very different kind; the plea of insanity in that case seems more plausible. But the experts don't amount to much. The juror of good judgment and who has observed humanity con siderably, can study the life history of a defendant, and the culminating criminal act, and form an opinion just about as well without as with the ex pert testimony perhaps better. AN UNDEVELOPED INDUSTRY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT that Oregon has turned exporter instead of importer of dairy products suggests that there is yet another industry in which the state should change front. We are, to our great cost, importers of pork prod ucts. Nor does the importation cease with pork product buying. We im port hogs by the carload, sometimes by the trainload. We not only bring them from border states of Oregon, but we draw them over long railroad hauls, arj.j from the high-priced soil and costly feeding grounds of the middle we-1 The figures of our un thrift iti this resert are not at hand, but they are very lara''. Mam's, bacon and other p.rk prodiirK from Kansas City and Oiicat) packing honors, are sold in the spring, Miinnu-r and early Autumn months in c. cry city, town and hamlet in the state The total is a sum that we -h,.uM all. ui view of what nature hax Kuril lure, be Ashamed to see hi print .What makes the case the more mi favorable is that (Irrpm can produce pork products more cheaply than any 'other region in the i..untry. We I .have the fine lead of cheaper l.,iif!-. and a" better dinette,. W hat i-, , ,f ur greater moment is that our fond Stuff for swine feeding are of a char acter that make the stoc k far more . immune to hog cholera and other di easts. It is a vital factor m the cal Culation. It is. however, of trivial ini portance compared to the feature of cheaper food f luffs and their peculiar 'adaptability for weight making. -A-n-thentie trt have demonstrated bc yond a doubt that a reasonably well bred hog will make a gain of-13j pound" for each bushel of wheat or barley rd. Similar testa have proven beyond iue.t Ion that Kyuae'ef rape, ' kale,' plover or alfalfa through the : :$v... .vv- ....x: summer months, the pig can be brought to the fattening period for three and a half cents a pound. At this .stace the probable weight is 100 pounds or thereabouts, and .the pig has cost but $3.50. When finally fat tened and ready for the block, this original 100 pounds sold at the market price of say six and a half cents gives a gain of three cents a pound on the original cost. The rest of the problem to demon strate the field for, and the fruit of, the industry, is easy. At six and a half rents a pound for the pork, a hushel of wheat yielding 1.VJ pounds of weight, if fed, brings 87fi cents Added to this is the three cents per nound train on the original 100 pounds, and the price realized by the farmer for his wheat goes to the vi cinity of a dollar a bushel. The re sults, if barley is used, are even more favorable by reason of its lower cost as a food stuff. Put into pork products, the grain enriches the land; hauled from the farm and sold to the miller, it im poverishes the soil. Put into pork it brings a dollar a bushel; sold in the market it brings say 60 cents. Put into pork Oregon would feed herself and ship abroad, saving besides the profit of the export, the heavy freight we have to pay for the pork products we import." For markets we have Alaska, and we have the orient. It is a field we cannot overstock, a market we can not oversupply. It is an industry in which the evolution of brief time will, because of our manifold advantages, compel us to become exporters in spite of ourselves. OUR MINERAL WEALTH. A' CCORDING to a report of the geological bureau of the de partment of the interior the total value of mineral prod ucts of this country increased from $364,928,298 in 1880 to $1,623. 877,127 in 1905, a greater rate of in crease than was shown by any other industry. And the greatest increase has been during the past seven years. From 1880 to 1898 the mineral output about doubled, while in the past seven years it has more than doubled. It took 18 years to add $360,000,000 to our mineral output, while in the sub sequent seven years the addition was $900,000,000. During this quarter of a century the status of the leading mineral produc ing countries of the world has been changed. Now the United States leads Great Britain and all other na tions in coal and iron production, and while the gold output of South Africa exceeds out's we lead in gold and silver combined. All minerals except silver show an enormous increase since 18. In 10 years copper in creased from $50,000,000 to $140,000, 000, pig iron from $90,000,000 to $382, 000,000. and coal from $295,000,000 to $475,000,000. There was great growth also in the output of natural gas, lime, salt, cement, clay products and stone, making a total for 1905 of $1,624,000, 000. As both cause and consequence of our prosperity, the mineral in dustry stands as a chief factor. When farmers are kept away from a good roads convention by bad roads, the necessity of good roads is pointedly emphasized. If they can not go to a county town for such a purpose, how can they haul their sur plus products to the railroads? There ought to be a persistent systematized fight for good roads all over Oregon, for years to come. Nothing will pay better. Chicag school authorities will adopt a novel system of pupil sep aration, based not on race, color or religion hut on behavior, the incorrig ible or unruly pupils to be grouped to gether in separate schools where physical punishment will be allowed. It remains to be seen whether the ten dency w schools. ill not be to get into these While Messrs. Mill and Marriman and gouging each other's eyes and gnawing each other's throats, accord ing to reports, the farmers and ship pers of Oregon wdio have been hrotight to the verge of ruin by the car shortage, are finding consolation in the Christmas sentiment: "Peace on earth, good will toward men." San Francisco continues to show the world what the indomitable spirit i- Threatened by invasion by Japan from the sea and by the president from (he land she proceeds to indict lioodiers and prepare for Christmas just j, though she were part of the United States. hen the time comes for consider ing ftir chief causes that" contributed toward the settling of the streetcar strike, the man who looks beneath the surfa e of things will give some credit to the weather. Senator Hale says that two thirds of all kUeral appropriations go to the A Little Out TH'WGS PRINTED TO KK Who Is an Honorable. In Oreat Britain the title "Honor able" la bint by the house of com mon in a body; by ! members separ ately when referred to In debate; by Judjes of the hlglftr court of Justice, when not peers, and by all ohlldren of dukes, marquises, earls (excepting their eldest sons, who bear the title of lord, by courtesy), vlacouhts and barons. In the fritted .States the word Is used looHcly, being conferred on almost any one who holds Important public office, such as a senator, congressman, OV rrnor, assemblyman, mayor, Judge and numerous others. It la not rood taste to use It at all to officials In this coun try. The Magic Mirror. By Henry M Alden. ' The magic mirror makes not nor un makes; Charms none -to sleep, nor any from It wakes It only glveth back the thing It takes. 'Tls but the heart's own cheer that makes It glnd. And one's own bitterness will drive blm mad; It necdeth not that other help be had. Dame Fortune maketh none to rise or fall; To him that hath not doth no portion call; To him that hath Is freely given all. They He themselves who look In For tune's face, I'nto the sad Is sadness heaven's grace; And to the souls that love la love's em brace. December 20 in History. 1888 Sir Edmund Andros reached Boston as governor of New England. 1711 Thomas Oray, English poet, born. Died July J4, 1771. 1840 Thomas Hill, said to be the original of "Paul Pry," died. Born In 17(0. M&l Thomas B. Maoauley, historian, died. Born 1800. 1880 South Carolina seceded from the union. 1881 Battle of Dralnsvllle, Va. 1872 George P. Putnam, eminent self-taught publisher, died. Bora Feb ruary 21. 1814. 1880 Electric street lighting Intro duced In New York. 1902 Prince George of Wales born. About Anaeathetica. Chloroform wss discovered by Lleblg snd Soubelran in 1 831. Its, anaesthetic properties were first observed and used by Sir J. T. Simpson In his practice In Edinburgh In IMS. There has never been any dlapute as to chloroform. The contest was long waged over the dis covery of anaesthetics. It Is now quite generally agreed -that the flrafuse of an anesrhtle (sulphuric ether) to pre vent -pain of operation was In Boston In 184 when It, was employed by Dr. W. T. G. Morton, a dentist On Octo- support of the army and navy, past, present and prospectivey To win vic tories for the people's benefit peace needs and deserves a larger' share. " According to much evidence coming in, ox teams would be sWift as com pared with a good many freight trains. The policy seems to be to move a loaded freight car as little and as slowly as possible. a But Mr. Cortelyou can relieve the New York banks when secretary of the treasury as well as anyone, and that seems to be the main function of that official. South Carolina has raiser and put on the market a crop of tea, which it is to be hoped will not be a cause for the orientals to make war upon this country. Every time a message is read to congress a gentleman in Nebraska makes a noise suspiciously like a chuckle. When it conies to a question of orthogranhy, Webster or Worcester can easily beat Roosevelt. The Lay of the Optimist. By James J. Montague. What's the use o" worrying, though the skies are dark and drear? Tune your heart to harmony, and light your life with cheer. Pon't groan and croak Because you're broke, Or grumble at your luck; Tlio price of eanvasbacks Is down to seven bucks a duck. Supposing you are down and out, brace up and be a man. If you cannot enjoy yourself, some other fellow can. Whnt's the ute o' grumbling, though the summer's fiery glare Wilts your features out of true and singes off your Itnlr? Oon't wall: "(Ireat Rcott! Hut ain't It hot?" Ami fume and fuss and frown: Remember that In summer time the price of coal Is down. And If your hard, rebellious heart with Joyfulness wont thrill. Be comforted by thinking that some other fellow's will. What's the use o" growling when the blizzard whistles through Your home these winter days and makes an Icicle of you? Don't worry so About the snow. Or wish that you were warm; As long as ice don't cost so murh. why .k(.ck about the storm? You msy not have an overcoat to keep the cold a way, But then, again, you might reflect, .some other fellow msy. What's the use o' sighing, though a thug. -with stealthy tread.. Slips up behind and lams you with a brickbat on the head? Just stroll along And troll a song, And be an optimist. . Ion't worry If you're shot, or hung, or wsllnped on the wrist. If you can sing through all these griefs a gleeful, cheery chant It's worth the while to bear la mind that other ftuowa can't. of tkc Common AD WH.ILE YOU WAIT. ber IS of the same year h administered ether for an operation performed by Dr. John V. Warren at the Massachusetts general hospital, and this has been ac cepted as the. Initial date of this con tribution to surgery. The discovery is somewhat fancifully Introduced by Thackeray as a minor theme in his "Adventures of Philip." Lady Marjorie Manners' Birthday. Victoria Marjorie Manners, who is soon to wed Prlnee- Arthur of Con naught, nephew of King Edward, was born in America. (December HO, 188S. Her father waa Captain Manners In those days, but be succeeded Earl John James Robert and is duke of Rutland. He hud been in the Indian service and was on a protracted furlough when he sought out the Hot Springs, near Las Vegas, N. it., snd made his home there. With their servants, they pitched their tents, on. tha hillside -an here; em a wlntor night, Marjorie was born. When Marjorie was a few weeks old, the Manners family started for the old country, armed with all manner of proof that little Marjorie waa their own. It Is said that King Edward desired that his nephew should wed among royalty, and it was a long time before he would give his assent to the pro posed marriage. But the evident devo tion of tha yeung couple finally won his majesty over. Admissions to Naval Academy. Tha period of aervlce for a naval ca det or midshipman is six years four at tha naval academy at Annapolis and two at sea. At the expiration of this time the examination takes place. Can didates for admission should be be tween 18 and' 20 years old. Not less than five feet and two Inchea In height when the candidates are less than 18 or less than five feet and four Inches when he is more than that age. He must be unmarried and of perfectly sound constitution. They are allowed 1600 per annum. The regulations re garding place and time of examination and subjects for examination may be obtained by addressing the superintend ent of the naval academy, Annapolis, Md. Bulletin Bubbles. From Philadelphia Bulletin. Pride keeps warm some persons who are wrapped up In themselves. Many persons need glasses to drink In the beauty of the landscape. The skillful shoplifter doesn't hve to go Into a baVery to take tha cake. It's a grave thing to undertake to bury yourself In oblivion. 4 We would still have time If tha clock did not hgnd it out No, robbing an arsenal would not make one guilty of arson. The brook babbles on, no matter who Impolitely iays to It, "Close your mouth."- He Is a well-known novelist, In fiction he excels. But his wife says the stories that ha writes Aren't so big ss the ones he tells. The Congressional Anomaly From the Philadelphia Bulletin. The Washington despatches of the Boa- I ton Herald contain the following descrip tion, unconventlcnal. but graphic, of one of the prominent phases In the opera tions of the national government: "The country has a fit of enthusiasm, and goes out and walks up and down, and saves Itself by election. It says to some forty, fifty, sixty congressmen: 'You're not wanted any more. Stay at home. We have better men for your places." "And then what happens? Why, the men we don't want, the men we've discharged and told to stay at home come back here as fast as they can and spend the country's monoy by another billion or two! "That's a rational procedure. Isn't It? Think It over. Lots of congressmen, some doxens of thf m, weren't good enough to re-engage for their Jobs, but we let them return here and vote away the contents, actual or remote, of the treasury, and pile up our taxes. Did Gilbert ever have a theme so droll and topy-turvy T' The touch of humorous exaggeration In this does not alter the fact that In most respects It Is substantially true. The people of the United States pride themselves on being practical and pro gressive In their business affairs. They eagerly adopt the best mechanical Inven tions, no matter how much they cost, in order to secure the highest effectiveness In Industrial production. Naturally and rightfully, they regard the principles of representative government as by far the most equitable and rational in existence, snd their conviction In the superiority of American Institutions is Inherent and unnhakable. Yet while a lot of fussy persons man age to keep an agitation going a good deal of the time regarding the compara tively insignificant question of changing the date of the Inauguration of the pres ident on the apparent theory that this event Is chiefly designed to afford a free and more or less gorgeous show to the public little popular' attention Is paid to the perpetuation of an anomaly, with regard to congress, that Is nothing short of ridiculous. Bishop Foley's Jubilee. Ordained by Cardinal Patrlzxl, vicar general of Pope Plus IX. in the Church of St. John Latersn. Rome, In 18R8, Bishop John H. Foley of the Catholic diocese of Detroit today reached the golden Jubilee anniversary of his ordi nation. Beyond the receipt of numer ous messages of greeting and good wishes, there was no special observance of tho anniversary. Next month, how ever, when the time will he more con venient for travel. It Is planned to haveJ s notable celebration of the Jubilee, to be attended by high prelates of the church throughout America. In token of thj Jubilee, the bishop Is to be pre sented with a subscription fund suffi cient to pay for the erection of the new St. Francis Home for Orphan Boys, an Institution In which he la greatly Inter ested. Bishop Foley last month reached his seventy-third yesr. He was born In Baltimore, and his education was begun in St. Mary's college in that city. He was only IS -years old when he gradu sted from ths college with the degree of bschelor of arts. In three years more he wss prepsred f6r the minor orders, which were administered by Archbishop Kenrlck. He was too young for priestly ordination, so Archbishop Kenrlck sent him to Rome for further studies. Two years later he was or dained priest and. la llil he became IbisUo.) of Petrels. . Letters From tke v people XuaasJty aad Zsu&ortallty. Portland. Dec lv To tha Editor of Tha Juurnal J. Cv Prortatel, In his let ter of December IT. tella us thai science ran throw no light whatever oa this question. Psychology, mesmerism or deduction by analogy ara avtdently not included In his list of sciences. It would probably not Interest him Br many other people of Ihesa day a' tsi have It hinted that there was or prob ably atlU a.p grand sclenoe the sci ence, or acme of all science of which the absolute knowledge of life after physical death, and tha possibility of physlual life without - death, waa tha mere corner-stone. An adherent or be liever In this scelnce would be rather annoyed, If anything, to , hare a Bible stuck under hls nose with' tha assertion that teachings of eternal life exist no where else on earth. If to the writer of that letter the Bible Is tha only book which promises life eternal, then to him the Vedaa and the Kand Areata are non existent. Plato, Aristotle and tha Egyptian-taught Greek, Pythagoras, were all mockers, and Just talked merely to keep the stenographers buay. The Rosicru clans, alchemists and the. oft-referred-to Paracelsus ara to him naught but myths. As to tha much-debated "spirits,- the writer of thla letter Is sure ha knows what they ara; they ara all nasty devils (he politely calls them' fallen angels), and sacred Scripture Is dragged In to prove It. Then poor, babbling Uoi, Bla vatsky was right with her aasertlon that none but devils ean communicate with mortals, and Ella Wheeler Wil cox In that case has recently advised us to buy and rea4 a book known to have Invaluable advlc to would-ba suicides, which was written solely by these devils (alias fallen angels), through, of course, a human medium. At death, the letter which I am an swering tells us, our spirits do not con tinue 'living they do not even sleep, awaiting a resurrection and a most ex cellent reason is given why tbey don't. It saya we haven't any. Yet this letter is kind enough to grant us all Immor tality. It tells us that tha resurrection day Is the time when our bodies will get up out of their graves. Wonder If he thought that lota of those bodies twin nave nad thousands of years in I which to disintegrate? On the whole. If this writer wholly denies the human being a spirit, to my mind even his Idea of the resurrection must be rather crude. Undoubtedly no more or less than tha re-creation or spontaneous production of millions and millions of tons of flesh. HENRT C. 8CHAPPERT. Power With the People. Portland, Dec. 1. To the Editor of The Journal. Knowing, your reputation for fairness and good -Judgment on all public questions," I hope you will allow me space for a few worda on what to me seems an Important matter. Our friends of the Water Users' association are Jo submit to the votera-o Portland at the coming June election an amend ment to our city chanter placing the ex pense of our water system directly on the taxsbie property of the city. Would it not rft this time, be well to consider the question of making a further amendment in the Interest of good gov ernment, covering tha question of grant ing franchises? Are not our represen tatives in the city council exposed to too much temptation In this matter, and would it not ' be well to remove this temptation by placing tha power to grant a franchise entirely in the hands of the voters? We now have home, rule for cities in this state, and If a com pany deelree the special privilege to own or( control a -natural utility It should, In my Judgment, rest with the majority of our cltlaena to define the terms on which such franchise should be granted. If at all. There are some valuable natural utilities still owned by tbe whole people, and society is con tinually creating greater value in all forms of permanent, wealth which if utilised for the best Interests of all would do much to relieve the excessive burdens of the common people; but under the spell of custom or something more potent, our servants, whom we elect to protect our Interests, become as grasshoppers in the hands of the mighty franchise hunters. We have been taught since the days of 177C that eternal vigilance is the prlre of liberty, and it Is as true today as it waa then. I believe the power to grant a franchise should be as far removed- ss possible from corrupting influences, and that it is safer to trust It with all the voter than with a few men who may be more or less susceptible to the Influence of corporate power and greed. I also be lieve that power should be given the mayor of our city to call a referendum vote on any question on which he and a majority of the council cannot agree. We must have a radical change in the administration of our water department: There Is equal logic for the demand for reform in soma other departments of our municipal government. The real Issue in our city and state la: Shall the people rule by a wise and Judicious use of the means they have at hand, or shall we drift Into anarchy like that of the last days of the Roman empire? A WALKER. Question for Astronomers. Portland. Dec. 1. To the Editor of The Journal In contradiction to the astronomical fact that when the moon Is decreasing. Its horns point to the right, and when, increasing, to the left. It Is asserted by one of your' readers who traveled through Houth America that on the southern hemtpshere the horns of the moon point In the oppostts direction that la. In the decreasing phase to the right, and In the Increas ing phase to ths left. As such a phenomenon appeara to the writer contradictory to the laws of as tronomy, and does not seem to be cor roborated by observation. I request you or any one of the readers of these lines acquainted with the elementary laws of astronomy and with sufficient Interest In such a controversy, to' kindly reply to this article and to give an Intelligible explanation of It, If It should he an as tronomical fact, M asserted by oppo nent. LAUDENBACII. Tree Water for Portland. Tort land. Deo. iff To the Editor of The Jour'halT Borne time ago the writer read in different newspapers of a little California city that furnished water free, the cost being assessed to sll the property ss a pert nf the municipal ex penses. I think . it Wsa either Bantu Clara or rrtaluma. It resulted In a great deal of free advertising for the place, and I understood tha. authorities to- ssy'thsl' the coet was trifling, be cause there wss no oollectlng to do. There Is a movement on foot looking toward doing the same thing 1n Port land. If the people want It that way there is no reason why they , cannot have It with the aid of the initiative, and the vast stretches of empty lota now dodging all expenses of the water system (snd Incidentally absorbing the lion "a ahare of the benefits), would have to come us a Uttie mora, X h people BIRDSEYE VIEWS ef TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHANOK. V . What congress wants la not aimpll t led spelling, but less of it ,.. .... e a '.'., . . Worrying about the January - bllla won't make them any lesa. - ';.' -.' ' e e - r-; ' '. . Trrlna to. make a targe body of' men strike against their will la not an easy Job. .. ... " - 1 ' s . ?'.' Even the aid' of a reatorer would not avail the Btorera now. 'They're In the Huropty-Dumpty class.. . e .; A If the people of Nortn Dakota had this kind of weather, they could - get along without much fuel. , ' s ' ', ' e ' e r San Francisco ta having so many kinds ef trouble that another earth quake -would! br-almost-a relHrf. --' .. ; e s 1. : A Connecticut Judge haa decided that a turtle la not an animal. But he was careful not to decide what It la. " ,' e e It is not supposed that the O. A. C'l new forestry course will Include Puter's forthcoming hook, aa a textbook, v '"; Shouldn't congress propose a consti tutional amendment limiting the number and extent of presidential messages? e It Is also to be considered that peo ple who remain at home all the evening are not In danger of being held up on the streets. - The president ean RaVe an Important message ready for congress any day before If geta through swallowing Us morning eye-openers. e . ' "Peary Is no pessimist.' saya an ex change. Why should he be, when he got back alive and people are ready to pay to hear him talk? e e It took a New Tork atate Jury II hours to agree on a verdict of one cent damagea In a dog case and the pussle to to ftr.d out who won. e If Santa Claus''-should have his beard trimmed. Andrew Carnegie would prob ably think ha did It to look like the great alleged philanthropist There Is no doubt that when his terra Is out the president can get a Job as a preacher, and he might start a new aect and have a multitude of followere. e e v- i A great Hungarian pianist and" hair dlsplsyer performing in New York Is named ifc-de-Tr-- Olongyoshalassy, which probably corresponds very well with his music. e e ' Tf.n... tiewpapars f-rt- dlSOUSSlng the question: -Is there a hellt Refer ence to last aummer's weather record there would seem sufficient to aettle that queetlon. e . The opportunity might be Improved to fix up some of those ears so that they would not make a grating, ear-splitting, nerve-racking noise every time the brakes are applied. Is Woman tte By Professor Otto Welnlnger. The further we go Into the analysis of woman's claim to esteem the more we must deny her ofwhat Is lofty and noble and beautiful. -t Tbe last tbtng I want to advocate la the Asiatic standpoint with regard to the treatment of women, but It la quite possible to desire the legal equality of men and women without believing In their moral and Intellectual equality. Just aa In condemning to the utmost any harshness In the male treatment of the female sex one does not overlook the tremendous contrast and organic differences between them. There are no men In whom there Is no trace of the transcendent who are al together bad. and there, la no woman of whom that could truly be aald. However degraded a man may be. he Is Immeasurably above the moat supe rior woman, ao much so that all com parison and classification of the two are Impossible! but even so no one hss any right to denounce or defame woman, however Inferior she must be consid ered. V A true adjustment of the c)alms for legal equality can be undertaken on no other bnsls than the recognition of a complete, deep-seated polar opposition of the sexes. I trust that I may escape confualon uf my views with the superficial doo trlne of P. J. Moeblus, a doetrlne only Interesting as a brave reaction against the general tendency. Women are not "physiologically weak-minded," and I cannot share the view that women of conspicuous ability are to be regarded as morbid specimens. From a moral point of view one should only be ghsd to recognise In these women (who are always more masculine lhan the rest) the exact opposite of de--i generation; that Is to say. It must be acknowledged thru tbey have mads a atep forward and gained a victory over themselves; from tha biological stand point they are Just as little or as much phenomens of degeneration as are wom anish men. a a j Woman la neither high-minded nor low-mtndod, strong-minded nor weak minded. She" la tbe -opposite of all these. Mind cannot be predicted here of Portland do not live on empty lots, but occupied ones, and aa the most of them sre poor, tha achema might look better (o them than some successors Of the opponents of free schools, free bridges and free street lights might relish. Anyway, once tnstsllcd, what an advertisement It would be for Port land! And how It would make the Seat tle moacbaeka bite nail a because the sound city didn't "get there furst!" The advocates of free water may be able to get some valuable facts from this little free water town of California. lttlo free FRED DENTON. Fre Locks by All Meant, From .the. Aibany-DemocraL... .. The papers are demendlng free locks st Oregon City. This Is right, and we are all In the same boat. We couldn't very well take any other position. It Is logical, that a. all. There should be no such thing as toll gates and paid locks. The "people should have the ben efit of such things. . Thla la practically a caae that rails for action by the gov ernment In tbe -"interest of the Indus tries and tha business of tha Willamette jmlle-y. - , , -..' - . nn V. OREGON SlDKUQHTa ' Wheat atlU being sewn In Morrow1 county. ;-' .,- ' r ...... . . ; ..-, e ;e , . .. .-:- (. Cougars are very numerous aroun4 Silver Lake. ' if -.,-. ' .-, ' '. y a, m , . . ;.. . .... . f vThe Brownsville Commercial elufe haa been reorganised..' c-'' . . . - . : v ; ': " Prospect la good for a banner year for , farmers around Wasco, ., ,s , . ' v ...-v. ..'eve J- . '' The Milton Christian church has . latsly received 40 new members. ' 1 . ; ' e . . ''.'...':'. Two Jackrabblts hare recently been aeen on the streets of Corvallla. . ., e e ...-.' A Business Men's - Progressive league haa been formed In Lebanon. A Klamath rails hotel had 4.16"" guests registered in the past sis months. : .., ' . t,. e. ...'-i A Gooseberry man apent 110 In bait Ing eoyotea and only caught abeey dOg. - '; '. , . ; ..,- --'.' -. a o- j -i -..-',.; ... : . Grants Pass hello girls are kept busy one day tbey answered t,?4 calla. . . . - w - , " 'Railroad grading has begun at Pilot Rock and the town la consequently very lively. ' ..." ' - , -...rf . . - e ; e -. . ;.; j The Springfield Commercial club haa been organised with about charter members. - :- ,..-' .' . . A baaaar of the Ladles Aid society of the Medford 1 Presbyterian : church netted 1100. e e On two fifths of in acre a Five Rivera, Lincoln county, man ralaed ttO bushels of potatoes, . the larger onea weighing three pounds each. e -..-,.,.: Missouri Ridge doubled Its population last week, saya an lone Proclalmer cor respondent Jones snd family moved up from Tangent, Oregon, to live on their homestead. e e The Eugene Guard hag had a run of hard luck In the - repeated - breaking down of a new press.but If It cannot be repaired tbe Guard will buy an other new one, for It needa a large, first class one In its business. v e ,: I The contributions of tha MUton and Preewater public schools to the Boys and Girls' Aid aoetety were aa follows: Six boxes canned and dried fruit, eon tain I n g 60 Jars; 2 DO pounds of flour, four aacka of farina, two sacks apples, one aack apples and mixed vegetables, nine saeka potatoes, four aacka equaah, one aack cabbage, IS.tl In money. e e R. W. Crane has had men at work oa his Mayville ranch for nearly a year drilling for water and during that time haa apent about $5,000. Two walla were down about 100 feet when the' drills became fastened and had to bo abandoned and a third well 1 now down 500 feet and no water In sight AH this time he has had a six-horse team hauling water. - Equal of M am at all ahe la mindless. That, however, does not Imply weak-mlndedneaa In the ordinary sense of the term, the absence of the capacity to get her bearings In ordinary, everyday life. .Cunning, cal culation,' cleverness - are much more usual and constant In woman than In ' man. If there be a personal selfish end In view. A woman Is never, ao atupld aa a man can be. But haa woman no meaning at all? Has she no general purpose In tha scene of the world? Hss sbo not a dee tiny, and In spite of all her senseless ness a significance in the universe? Has ahe a mission or Is her existence an accident and absurdity? In order to understand her meaning It Is necessary to start from a phe- nomenon which, though old and well recognised, haa never received ita proper need. It Is from nothing more nor lees than ths phenomenon of matchmaking, from which we may Infer most cor rectly the re-U nature ef woman. e Ita analysis shows It to be the force which brings together and helpa for ward two people In their knowledge, of one another which help them to a union, whether In the form of marriage . or not This desire to bring about an understanding between two people la possessed by all women from their earliest childhood; the --very youngest girls are always ready to act as mes sengers for their sisters' lovers. And If the Instinct of matchmaking can bo Indulged In only after the particular woman in question haa brought about her own consummation in marriage it la none the leas present - before that time, and the only things which are at work against It ara her Jealousy of her contemporaries and her anxiety about their chanoea with regard to her lover until ahe haa finally eecured him by rea son of her money, her aocla position and ao forth. - , . As aoon aa women have lot rid of their own caae by their own marriage they hasten to. help tha aona and daugh ters of thetit acquaintances marry. The fact, that older women, in whom the fnvo Instinct has died out, are such match makers Is so fully recognised that the' Idea 'ha wrongly spread that they ara the only real matchmakers. Mark Twain aa Critic , A successf u4 v young . novelist " Wss prslslng the critical powsrs of Mark Twain. Ui .; V ;, ;,. . "I once had the honor of.readjng' k tale of mine to Mr. Clemens.'V he aald, "and, thanka to his orltlrdsm. the. tale was greatly improved. Originally -H waa tor high-flown; he brought It down to earth, and made It homelier and truer. .'. ' , -.. "For Instance, the tale' concluded with these words: v " 'Mabej's lovely oyer drooped for an swer, a faint flush tinted her cheek, and ahe gave him both her hands; snd there lnlha old -orchard.. 1 the shade-of ths . heavy-fruited trees, he draw her to his breast and, raising her long rlnglete.to hie lipa, kissed them reverently.' , ''Mr. Cflemana, at this ending, blew a cloud of 'irrfrok thoughtfully Into tha air, and as he watched the smoke dis solve, ha .drawled:' '1 "V.i . ' ""What AO you think now, honeeftyV of a. young man who would go nibbling at a gtrl'a brck hat when aha had her face with tverf . - .- :'.v.rr;;