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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1810. "HE JOURNAL - .AN 'INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. JACKSON..... PobUsher fuMishcil rrrrf evening (nc"ept Snnday) and , ery Cumin morning at Tlia Journal Build ing, Flfiii and If amMU atreta, Portland. Or. Knfrrd at tn nontnfftpa at Portland, Or., for rrnniislon tbrongl) tht nulla aa aecond-claaa natter. TELEPHONES -w Main 7173; Home. A-SOS1. All department reached by theaa nnmbera. TtU Uia operator what department yoa want. FOUEIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE, lnliimln A-Kentoor Co., Bnrnawlck Building, til Fifth aranue. Naw Tor; 1007-08 Bojca bullalus. Chlcaco. .- - . Subscription L rma br trull or to any addras in ua ueitM statea. Canada or uaxicoi DAILY. On rear...... ..$3.00 t Ona month...... .f .00 1 SUNDAY. - - Ona f-aar....... .I2.S0 I One month. .......I .23 DAILY AKD 6CNDAY. Pne rear... fT.SO I On month...,....! .83 9 1 The true, strong and sound, .mind ..la. the. .mind that can em--brace equally great thing and small. Samuel Johnson. ' ' THE PORTLAND CONVENTION THE EXPECTED happened. CoD. ' ventionism . stands " revealed. One Incident of yesterday, ex plains . why conventions are wanted., The photographic copy in this paper of a typewritten list of - the legislative ticket is a part of that Incident The list of names was pre pared at a series of conferences at which banking, street railway, gas and other Interests were present. Ope of these conferences was, held at a local bank, another at the electric light office and a third at the Im- perlal , hotel. That : these : confer ences were held to select legislative candidates satisfactory to the inter- ests that were party to these confer ences, goes without, say lag. 'Why , else were the conferences held! Even before the legislative elate was put through the convention, The ' Journal appeared on the Street, de tailing the story of the facts about the conferences, and gave the names of the slated candidates. With but a single exception, the state was put through up to the time of adjourn-' ment. It was more than four hours before the slate went through that The Journal s story was ' written. J The overwhelming proof of the truth of The Journal's announcement of i the manner in which the legislative ticket was thus framed up, is the fact that If appeared before the bal- loilng began, and that the typewrit ten list of names was accepted by the convention, with a single excep . tlon. ' . . Such is oveminent "by con ventlon. This innocent, -virtuous assembly, called an assembly to show how vir- tuous it Is, -was : Btacked, ."packed, framed up, and its legislative tioket with one exception, was named by "the Portland Gas company, the Port land Railway, Light &, power, com pany, 'the tanking 'interests v and ether corporations.? Its boast that it is virtuous is the boast of a painted harridan that she is pure. For in contestlble, unanswerable and con clusive proof, read the ante-convention , story in . Saturday evening's Journal and compare the list of legi slative candidates therein with the , photographic copy of the typewritten list handed around to the delegates in the convention; , , , All this was expected, and it hap pened. It is for such business that conventions are held. It is for such business that there Is effort to take selection of candidates out of the I lhands. oLtto jeoj)lea.anl..glvelJtaa i conventions. It is the , means by which gas companies, electric light companies streetcar companies, rail road companies, and -other corpora tions land, trusted lieutenants in the legislature. - -" .. And thus, yesterday's assembly. touted for Its alleged vlrtue-and boasting that its delegates came ."straight from the people," was an orthodox , convention. Even - the knowledge that It was on trial and ought to behave didn't count. The cat is out of the bag, and there is not the- slightest need for the voting citi zen to be deceived. " THE LINES DRAWN T HERE is one and but one com manding political issue In Ore gon. Yesterday's' political con ventions in Portland and other Oregon cities draw the line of bat , tie. The contest is not one of po litical parties.1: It is a vastly greater contest than parties. It Is a renewal In a newform of- the struggle be tween the efforts of the few to con trol the many and the effort of the tnany who think for themselves tolten and almost always persecuted In resist, , 1 The device of the few for control , ling the many Is, the convention. Yes terday's assemblies were all conven tions. In each there were delegates. - In almost every one, the delegates' Xere self-appointed. Thej gathered t . .together and organized. Though self appointed, they assumed to BDeak for I all the people. They selected can- words, more Jews than other people, CidateS. They DUt forward thnaoMn nmnntinr, nnrKA. V, ...... i candidates as the official and offl dally recognized candidates. What cfso was it all but a convention, and as complete a convention as was ever held in Oregon? It is this tre mendous fact, these conventions held throughout Oregon i yesterdayV; that makes the political issue in this state and that Makejim issue beside which all others are trivial. ; There Is nd lawfoFholding" con ventions In Oregon. Political par ties that at the preceding election east 25 per cent of the vote of the state are prohibited , from holding - Paxtg-xoavPnflong, The utegltprgy, tw, thmtglraTtOomeYoli iuip, wneu n out was miroaucea for the purpose, refused to make laMul Ftich conventions a were held yes terday. iiut th convention were eld. Delegates assembled, jirganized and selected candidates. The conventions were held In spite of the fact that they are forbidden by law. They were held in spite of. the fact that the last legislature refused to. make them lawful, and left them still' un lawful." They were held In spite of the tremendous vote of nearly. 67,- OoO for and only 16,000 againstby which the pe'ople of the state by In itlative law ordered them not to be held. They were held by persons who, when challenged to do so, re fused to submit the . question to a vote of- the people. ; They were held by persons who. originally voted against the direct primary, by de feated candidates, under the primary law.: by people who want the. elec tion of senator thrown back into the legislature, and by people opposed to the Initiative and referendum. They held these conventions without legal authority,'; in defiance of the law, and with" no other authority than their own personal will, which they have placed above the lawfully, ex pressed will of the Oregon citizens. Conventions are here, They have been held. They" were held yester day all over Oregon. Their purpose is to take away the right to nominate candidates from the electorate and put It into the hands of a few man aging men In a convention. They desire -to take away from the- people the right to choose senator and give U to a few managing men in a legis lature. They Intend as far as pos sible to strip the people of the right to make laws and veto bills and ap propriations, and give it to a few managing men In the legislature. The whole plan la for the few to-, boss and for the people to. be bossed. The conventions will stay in Oregon, and the many lose their power of partici pation, in public affairs if those'eon ventlons held yesterday elect their candidates. Once in the seats of the mighty, they will change the laws to, suit their purposes. The die Js cast, The gauntlet of battle has been thrown down. The issue is inexor ably fixed. :::.The: conventions have been actually held.. The old discred ited order is actually here. The dele gates, the managing men, the pro ceedings, the selection Of candidates, the whole convention fact both in form and substance took -place yes terday. ' It was actually and literally held and its candidates are afield. It was not the sound, or promise- or threat of a convention, but aNsoji ventlon, not only In Portland,. bh all over Oregon. And they are "hereN to stay, and here to rule, and here to boss, and here to beautifully pluck the people of theJew- powers-they have in public affairs. No issue so Vital has been present-; ed to Oregon people. They used to sit helpless and see their' taxes voted away by the legislature. They can veto appropriations now. They used to sit Impotent and see the legisla ture reject measure after, , measure that .they wanted. They can pass their own laws nOw. They sat pow erless and saw the legislature reject a law taxing sleeping cars, telephone, telegraph and other corporations. But they passed the law themselves. They used to see a few men In Port land dictate the nominations for governor and every other office, and were powerless to Interfered But the people nominate now, unless yes rterday s conventions overturn the laws and bring back the old order. They used to sit helpless and impo tent and see the legislature in sena torial elections refuse to organize, or spend the whole 40 days in fool ing oVer''the uBenalqrsnipV The pe pie chooBe their own senator now. But- the. conventions are back, They were held yesterday. The old order is here and will again control, unless the people resist. If ever an issue was fairly and squarely pre sented, it 1b presented in Ocegon this year It is not an 'issue of party, but of principle. It is not an issue of partisanship, but of human rights. It Is not a question of the triumph of party, but of the equality of men. The commanding and. only issue is: Shall these conventions be permitted to remain and rule, or shall the peo ple attack and' drive them from the state, and themselves continue to rule? JEWS AND IRISH A NOTABLE speaker of the past week at the Willamette Chau tauqua assembly was Rev. Madison C. Peters, the topic of one of whose lectures was The Jews, of whom he Is not one. He asserted and without ' difficulty, or contradiction Droved that thono-h nf- many ways and in all countries exr cept the United States, the number of Jews who had risen to eminence' or prominence In" literature, in art, In science, in politics, and in other fields besides that of trade, In which they are admittedly preeminent. Is and has been far out of proportion to the total bly succeeded along all lines of en deavor and usefulness. This prob ably cannot be successfully disputed, and It should give pause to people of other races and religions when they feel Inclined to defeplse or cen sure the Jews though In this coun try such people are few and not de- rnonstrative. The same thing could be said of a very different people racially and re ligiously, the Irish. They, too, have so , nation of their very own, that for centuries they have dreamed of, longed for and formerly fmnrht population sun mnablts the "ould country," have scattered out among all the countries and lieoples of the earth. To this land of the free came, naturally and numerously, both the . .. fiii Jew and the Irishman, so different In the respects mentioned, yet alike In power of achievement; and ln computably poorer in every way thit country would have been but for them. Innumerable Jews and Irish men have succeeded greatly here, and as a rule no citizens have better deserved success or been'toiore loyal to our government. The racial traits and religious traditions of the Jew he retains wherever he may be dis persed, but in America the Intelll gent eniigntenea jew becomes an Ideal citizen, active and often fore most in all good works. The Irish man, born In Ireland, or of Irish pro genitors, i never, loses . his love, like that for a dear old -mother,' for the Emerald Isle, but he is almost In variably an enthusiastically patriotic American for all that . This week the national convention of the largest and most influential society of Irishmen, the Hlbernlaps, will meet in Portland. . Thousands of good, Jolly, bright, earnest, vigor ous, red-blooded ? Irish-Americans from all parts of the country will be here. Let us all, insofar as oppor tunltyy offers, give them a cordial sincere welcome. America has - all along owed much to the Irish, but they will acknowledge that they have all along been collecting the debt, with mutual advantage to both the country-and themJWeUmayJt tie Green of Erin float and flutter along with the Red, White and Blue of the Stars and Stripes. - TOO MUCH MJCROBEISM ,y: iv. -. ,Xi A MAGAZINE says that the spec tacle of microbes, enlarged 30, 000 times, showing their actlv. itles in the human blood, will soon be thrown on the white screens of moving picture theatres as well as before bodies of students. This may start a discussion as to whether these pictures ought not also to be sup pressed. Such an, exhibition will be II . M r weu enougn ior meaicaj students and would do no harm to a large proportion of adults, but would it not do more harm than good to young people and to another large proportion of grown people? It is wen to De informed about , our bodies, and what Is going on in them; our blood and what it contains and how it operates; about the pro cess of life, growth, health, decay and dlsease,fijfeiently to enable us to take . dueafe of ourselves and live rattonlly-ffbit a plausible ar- cumenf could? he jfo&de Balnot thin magnified ppitrture to all sorts of people of meVijnicrobes that swarm m the red Ilf h current of the body. Oneof the most essential things to healthand longevity is optimism regarding one's physical condition, a belief that he is healthy. Half the diseases with which mankind and es peclally womankind, is afflicted are largely. Imaginary. In the physical as well as In the moral realm. It is often the case that "as a man think eth, so la he." In a multitude of -In stances, make a person believe his blood is swarming with mal-mi crobes and he will become ill from that source alone. There has been in fact a great deal of exaggeration and altogether too much talk by Bclen tlfic faddists about malignant mi crobes on and in everything touched or tasted. Knowledge is good, and truth should not harm; but within the bounds of knowledge and truth peo ple should be led to be optimistic hopeful, cheerful, about themselves Load the average person uri with trillions of bad microbes, even imag inary ones, and he will become de spondent, weak and ill. What the world needs for its health and hap plness 4a hope, courage, faith, cheer ruiness, confidence optimism re garding the -present and the future DAN J. MALARKEY - T HE POWER of the .anti-assem bly movement Is typified In Dan J. Malarkey. He is against the assembly, and he Is a powerful political figure,. His candidacy for state senator in opposition to the as- Bembly candidate was announced the day before the convention was held Its effect in strengthening the oppo sition to the convention plan will be electrical. It Is notice to the state that substantial and powerful men will fight for the preservation of the direct primary, The whole state knows Dan Ma larkey. His antagonism to conven tioh slates stood but clear on his first Lentry int0 Multnomah county poll- tics. He was powerful enoueh in 1904 to break up the program in a packed convention and force his own nomination on the legislative ticket. It was one.of the dramatic political episodes of the time, and is reflective of the plans and purposes that have since guided Mr. Malarkey in his public career. An equally significant episode in Mr. Malarkey's public life occurred at the legislative session of 1907. He was a holdover Benator, having been elected before Statement No. 1 became a method in Oregon. Though opposed to Mr. Bourne for senator, Mr. Malarkey ; recognized him as having received the highest number of popular votes, and voted to ratify the people's verdict. The state needs men like Mr. Ma larkey in the public service. . His view of government is that all Just powers are derived, from the consent of the governed, and that Vuch con sent Is expressed at the ballot box and by law. He holds that the di rect primary should stand , until it shall be amended or repealed in a lawful manner. He believes that the people's will, and that, until chanced or repealed, it should be obeyed. It Is a sound, wholesome doctrine, and makes Mr. Malarkey a true tribune of the electorate. His record, his daily IJfe, frnd his aspirations commend Mr. Malarkey'! candidacy. - lie is a citizen in whom there is no flaw. He is a Republi can who is Bound to the core. In official life, his act3 have been un aspersed and unchallenged. He the clean, straightforward, able and upright type of man desired and de sirable In the public life of any state He ought to be, and will be, nomi nated and elected, and his election will be a victory for the people and a defeat of proxy government by man aging men. '. THINK OF SOMETHING PLEASANT A SENTENCE) in an exchange makes a good text. It was: "Think of something pleasant, This Is fine advice. . A great proportion" of ; people are prone to think of something unpleasant;- of evil, of crime and sin, of weakness and folly; to think with vain regrets of the. past, and dark forebodings of the future; to look oh the dark side of things and believe and expect the worst pf everybody and everything. Don't. Quit it. Think of some thing pleasant. ' - Many a person in speaking of oth ers, always says something unpleas ant of them, is. critical,: censorious, sees and talks of nothing but their faults;" he sees motes in all other people's eyes, unconscious of the beam in ( his own. Try to' reform. Say something pleasant, compliment ary, encouraging, appreciative, about others. Vital an infinite variety of pleas ant things there are in the world, after all, to think and speak about Merely to mention them all the space in .this big Sunday Journal would not suffice. Since this Is so, why think and speak unpleasant things? fay as uuie attention to tnem as comports with duty and is forced by necessity, and pay more attention to the uncountable ' multitude of pleas ant things. This, if people could and would do It, would do more than all other agencies, combined to reform the world. - . Think of something pleasant "the first thing in-the morning, in the evening, as you go to bed,: often through the day. Thinking thus, you will speak pleasantly, act pleasantly, will please others, will be happy, yourself. MARJORY MAIIR ITH A PORTION of both lower limbs gone, Miss Mar- Jory 'Mahr lies in a Portland hospital. She is the victim of an unfortunate accident in which, a few days ago, she was caught on a bridge and run over by the loco motive of an approaching train. She Is a child of the great tolling throng whose worldly means are slender and whose resources are few. Even her power to -earn for a long time is taken away by the hapless conditions of the cruel accident. It is a sit uation that must touch the sympa thies of the busy, bustling herd that makes up the dally life of Portland. Miss Mahr is a young actress and two benefit performances are to be given for her at a local theatre. As a guarantee that the fund shall reach Miss Mahr, the entire proceeds of both performances are to be placed in the hands of responsible newspa per men for disbursement. Remem bering that the Btricken girl must be an. invalid for honths and maimed forever, what hand will refuse to open for this benefit? What Is life, and what are men and women if there is no succof for the helpless? There is said to be a case of hy drophobia, the victim a boy now in a Portland hospital, he having been bitten by a dog several months ago In Columbia county. This is believed ldljethe" first case of hydrophobia, If it Is one, that has ever developed in the state, or, perhaps, in the Pa cific northwest It Is a singular af fliction, and is now rare In other parts of the country, whereas it was formerly quite common. Several prominent physicians and specialists have during recent years made ex tended arguments that there Is real ly no such disease as hydrophobia; that is, that the afflicted person's condition Is not the .physical result of a dog bite, but is a mental aberra tion, resulting in the physical phe nomena displayed. Many physicians hold this view, and talk and teach it, and this may be one reason why hy drophobia has so greatly decreased and almost disappeared as one of the Ills of humanity. " As to whether the disease is real, in respect of being a result of a dog's bite, or only a se ries of nerve spasms originating in the brain, the doctor's disagree; but whichever theory may be correct, there Is the boy, the victim, whether of bite or of hallucination, and he presents an interesting and a pitia ble case. Senator Bristow of Kansas, be cause he Is not in entire accord with the administrAion In BOme matters, because he is an "Insurgent." has been deprived of the federal "patron age" usualijrat the disposal of sena tors; though a Republican senator his recommendations for federal of ficers In his state are not considered, This Is rather small politics for a man as big as President Taft ought to be.. . Bristow was1. chosen by the people of Kansas, not by a clique of politicians, or a combination, of cor porations. He suits the people of that state, and for, that reason he ought to suit the president, even if the two cannot altogether agree. , .; The Journal has shown on various occasions that it has no disposition "knock" or "run down" Seattle: on the other hand it has often com plimented that fine." big. ernwlr, city;eo it is through ho spirit of jealousy or ill will that the remark Is made that Portland is now and for some months past has been growing ana developing and pushing ahead faster and in 'a more substantial way than Seattle. The Increases here in building permits, real estate transac tions, bank clearings and postoff ice receipts are far greater than those of the Puget sound metropolis, which in a number of instances shows a de crease irom tne ngures or a year ago. Seattle will grow right along, and will be. a very big city in, due time, but we believe it is not a nar row local prejudice that induces the confident belief that Portland will show up far ahead of that city in population and other - respetts in 1920, and thereafter. Mr. Pinchot in a speech awhile ago said it was better and more Import ant to be a good citizen than a good Republican. He enlarged upon that Bentiment Friday at Kansas City, when he said: , The fundamental Idea of conserva tlon is to mak ot this country la better home tor the race -and to make the race a better one in that home. The nation should think about its marvelous riches. - Conservation does not mean to top development, but so to use . the country's natural ' resources ; that the people who come after us may. also ea- joy tnem. i I believe a new school of politics is coming- lit the United States. This new chop! will . deciawhetheth -country shall be ruled by money . for profit or by men for human welfare. The es sential questions before the ceonle are outside of party lines. These are right true sentiments, spite of all partisan palaver or bois terous buncombe. r The frequent destruction, of horses by fire, and just now, la particular, the burning of a large number of horses fn the .old Exposition building, should prompt action on the part of city authorities to prevent such holo causts. Not only is the destruction of horses s, large loss to their own. ers, but a humane consideration for these .faithful and admirable animals Bhould induce whatever actiona ls practicable to save them from such a fate. Valuable suggestions having this end in view have been made by Mr. Joseph Buchtel and others and It Is a matter that the council will do well to consider. . Thousands of horses that are burned to death an nually in stables could doubtless be saved by proper precaution. In the case of Paymaster Haughy of Indiana the naval authorities seem to have tried to show how far, they could, go in meting out injustice. While Haughy was sick, some clerk or other person embefzied a consid erable sum of money, Haughy know ing nothing about It. Officially, how ever, hr was responsible, and so as soon as he was able to attend to business he repaid the money out of his own pocket. There was no sus-: plclon of his guilt Yet he is dis charged from the service in official disgrace. What sort of justice la this? The wisdom of the last legislature in passing the pilotage bill for the Columbia river, and of , the Portland commercial organizations and citi zens that urged its passage on the legislature, is how apparent Not only has the service, with competition, been greatly improved,' but the pi lotage charges have now been cut in half by the commission from $5 per foot draft to $2.50, and from 2 cents to 1 cent per ton register. This re duction of charges will make Port land more than ever a favorite port, and will be a great commercial bene fit ' The English suffragettes are pre sumably 'rejoicing and hopeful. The house of commons this week passed a woman suffrage bill to a second reading by . a large . majority But this leaves it a long way yet from passage. ' . It waB referred to a com mittee that will not report till the next session of parliament, and the report may be adverse. And then there is the house of lords; it can July 17 in History During the French revolution, among those who had placed faith in the Gir ondists and their Ideals, was a young woman of noble birth of Normandy, Charlotte Corday. When the mob of Paris rose and. drove with Insult from the convention those who, in her eyes, were the heroic . defenders of the uni versal principles of truth and Justice, she bitterly resented the wrong that had been done, not only to the men themselves, but to that France of which she regarded them as the true reprer sentatives. ' Owing to Marat's persistent cry for a dictatorship and for shedding of bloodi it was. he who, in the ' depart ments, was accounted ;eSDeclallv re sponsible both for the expulsion of the Girondists and for the tyranny which now began to ' weigh so heavily upon the whole country as it had long weighed" upon the capital Incapable as all then wero of com prehending , the causes -, which had brought about the fall of the Giron dists, Charlotte Corday imagined that, by putting an end to this man's life, she could also put an end to the sys tem of government which he advo cated. Informing her friends that she wished to visit England, she left Caen. and traveled in the diligence to Paris. On her arrival she purchased a. knife, and afterwards obtained entrance into Marat's bouse on the pretext that she brought news which she desired to com munleate to him. She knew that he wuld be eager to obtain Intelligence of the movements of the Girondist dep uties sun in Normandy. Maratjas ill ftUJia timeand in bath when Charlotte Corday was ad mitted. She gave him the names of the deputies who were at Caen. "In' a few days," he said, as he wrote them hastily . down, VI will have -them all guillotined in -Paris." ' ; . - As she heard these words she pliinsred the knife Into his body and killed him TWe-sl0frTlie-"crOtfereT, bythe muraerea . man was heard, and Char lotto, .who did not attempt to-escape, was c"a.ptur4d and conveyed to orison amid the murmurs - of an angry mobi It had been, from the first, her in. tentlon to i sacrifice her life for the cause of her country, and , glorified In ner aeea, shs i metjJeatb. , w J tb, . etfjjcal veto any bill yet except a revenue bill. Yet woman suffrage seems nearer accomplishment in Great Britain than In this country. " A Democrat who has registered as a - R-epubllcan - presided over - yester day's holy convention In Portland. Democrat who has also registered as a Republican was his opponent for the chairmanship. Is It- to capture the holy assembly that the Demo crata are registering as Republicans and did they not nearly get It, boots and breeches? ..What trouble these pestiferous Democrats do make!; To Prolong Human Life. From the Technical World Marailne, The scientific world in France Is now In a state of agitation and of . contro versy over the announcement recently made by Dr. Eugene Louis Doyen. famous physician and surgeon, that h has produced a- therapeutic agent which he calls mlcelyslne and which he, asserts wiu greatly prolong numan lire ana rev. olutlonize the nractice of medicine. This discovery is the result of ten years" of aiuay in wnicn ne nas applied the theories of Professor Ell Menhniknff. ruie veneraDie neaa or tne fasteur In k. .. . "-' Utute, to the creation of a new phar macopeia. - "It is feasible," said Professor Mech nlkoff. with his habitual caution, when questioned "Concerning Dr. Doyen's dis coyery. "But I can-; scarcely permit myself . to .hope that we nave reached this point so soon. It is a devious path we have been pursuing, and while I am confident orulumfttesucces I must refrain from expressing an exact onln ion Until the data of experiments are more nearly complete." :- 't ;..; Dr. Doyen himself Is unreservedly enthusiastic. He declares that he and his assistants have observed the cura tive effects of mlcolyslne In hundreds or cases, and that among his own pa tients -are many prominent men who have been cured of long-standing dis eases and who now use mlcolyslne as a preventive, i . . . , "I cannot yet consent." said Dr. Doyen, "to make public - the process of manufacture of mlcolyslne, or to reveal its chemical composition. Some of the component parts are very-rare, and the compounding of the substance is a dell cate process requiring the close atten tlon of one thoroughly familiar With the subject, and In touch with, the studies that have occupied me for many years, I will, however, explain something of tne-cnaraoter oi my researches and dis coverles. - ' "It has been well established, that in an organism rendered Immune against disease tne white globules of the blood, the phagocytes, are the protectors of the organism against the microbes. It has been my hope, not merely to in crease the number and the strength of tnese globules to resist certain attacks of deadly microbes, but to render them permanently, or at any rate, for lona periods capable of carrying on - their protective tasks. To produce this hyperphagocytose, or state Of immunity. sougnt a substance contained In the natural ferments. I had long Investi gated the fermentations of alcohol such as are found in wine and beer, as well as those In the-putrefaction of butter. and the fats of meat and cheese,' Mlco lyslne is composed of colloids. These are Jelly-like substances which are not realty soluble, but which remain sus pended in liquids in infinitesimal par ticles. Ttiey are extracted from some of the ferments of which I have snoken but are -obtained by such processes as maice tnetr manufacture for therapeu no purposes at present very difficult iney have the power to destroy mt croDes, and when introduced into the organism they stimulate and assist the phagocytes, which are accustomed largely to disappear when their imme diate work is done. 'By the absorption oi micoiysineonto the human system not only as a cure but as a preventive it Is possible to ward off maladies, Ho stimulate the phagocytes in times of danger and to condition the body at any moment to sustain the attacks that are constantly aimed at it by the thousands of enemies of human life that minute ly infest the air, and water and the rooa tnat nourishes us. A Wonderful Apple Tree. Experienced growers predict that the Fraier apple tree, growing in the Walla Walla valley near Walla Walla, will yield between 160 and 200 bushelaiof rruit this season, thus breaking Us rec ord of 126 boxes In 1907, the highest production from a single tree known anywhere in the world. The tree bore 70 boxes in 1906. 42 boxes in 1908 and s boxes in 1909. -More than 500 bar rels of fruit ha,ve been picked from its limbs since it came Into bearing the spring of 1871, The tree was grown - without irriga tion from a seedling, planted by Cantrel R. Frazer In 1886, two years after he settled in the valley. It is 42 feet high and Its branches spread .67 feet from tip to tip. There will be large crops of wheat auu uii nruuna uervais. Charlotte Corday indifference. "I killed one man," she said, when brought before the revolutionary court, "in . order to save the lives of iuu.vuo outers. - . Marat's -murder brought about con trary results to those which the woman who Ignorantly and rashly had flung wy ner uie nopea oy tne sacrifice w enem. jiiarai was regarded as a martyr of , no small portion of the wonting population of Paris. Hl mr. der excited indignation beyond the com paratively narrow circle of those who wok an active part in nominal Hf. While at the same time It added a new impulse to the growing cry. for blood, It is difficult to analyze th a hn.rn. ter of . Charlotte Corday, we lfnow so. mtie or it; but there was in it much that was noble and exalted. Her mind had been formed by her studies. on a pagan type. To Barbaroux and the utronaists or uaen she wrote from her prison, anticipating haonlness "with Brutus in the Elyslan Fields,' after her aeain, ana with this letter she sent a simple loving farewell , to her father, revealing a tender side to her charac ter that Otherwise' we would hardly have looked for in such a woman. It was on July 15, 1793, Charlotte Corday killed Marat, and she was guillotined on July 17. . '., ' ; ... . , She Is said to have preserved" her Calmness to the last, except a moment ary shudder when she saw the guil lotine. She recovered herself imme diately, and placed herself In position Under the fatal blade without assist ance, from anyone. ' July 17is the date of the battle of Kllllcrankie'in 1689; of the starting of London "Punch'Mn 1841: of the first successful experiment in stellar photography- In 1850; -and the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870. It la the birthday of Dr. Isaac Watts fl7! Of 4'lirjdgaJjerry,-KlcaJiraaldent-mwwl mauiBun. ana wno is responsible for the word "Gerrymander" (1744): Thnma. Pickering,, secretary ; of stat nM.a Washlngtori (1745); John Jacob Astor, founder of the Astor family in America U(oj; ana wartm F. Turner. th tr.n. lish poet 1810. It is the data of th death of the Second Earl Grey, prime dumber oi xAgia.no. iu - Nev.-i Forecast of Week Washington. July 16. President Taft will extend the 10 days' vacation now ended by taking a 10 days' cruise on the yacht Mayflower, beginning Mon day. Accompanied by all the members of his immediate family, by his brother, Horace D. Taft, and by as many friends as the limited quarters of the May flower will accommodate, the president will sail up the north coast as far as Bar Harbor, stopping at several other resorts and points of interest on the N way.",' ';.-:'.;,, -.:. :,..'.- Pursuant to the call of Governor Campbell the legislature of Texas will convene in special session Monday. The specific purpose of the session as named in the call is to repeal the fire insur ance rating board law. and to. enact such other legislation as will prevent a com bination or trust of fire Insurance com pantes. . : ;-r Four days after the special session convenes the Democrats of Texas In a " primary election will nominate a state ticket and members of the legislature, one United States senator 'and 16 mem bers of congress, ' Nominations are equivalent to, election. Seven of the 1 ' congressmen have opposition. United ' States Senator Culberson will be in dorsed for another term without oppo sition, The contest for "governor, with ' four leading aspirants in the race, ! exceedingly spirited. : -. Constitutional -prohibition figures as practically . the sole issue of the campaign. " . Friday Is the day chosen forlhe for. i. mat-opening of the new international bridge across the Rio Grande river be tween Brownsville, . Texas, ; and ! Mataw i moras. . The completion of this hrid establishes a new gateway between the United, States and Mexico and new ' international rout between St t.ahu Chicago, New Orleans,, Memphis, Hous ton, Dallas and other American centers, and the City of Mexico. ., 4 . interest or all devotees of the game of chess will be fixed where an international masters' tourna ment will be opened Monday. The tour nament will be the biggest event of the year in the chess world. The entrants include Marshall, Capablanea. 1 Lasker, -Schlecter, ;'Tarrach. Janowskl, -Rubin stein and other famous masters. A special session of. the NIcaras uan congress - will - assemble Wednesday tr consider a. large foreign loan and the reorganisation of the- monetary system. The proceedings of the : conrrafii will be followed with Interest in view of the present revolutionary disturbances -in Nicaragua. :. Other conventions of the.eir h. will attract more or less attention will Include the meetings of th AmnnMat.A Advertising Clubs in Omaha, the Na gtional Dental association In Denver, the olorado Stotfkgrowers association in rand JunctJbn and the South Dakota Dry FarirOng Congress in Rapid City. The People vs. the Legislature, From the Cottage Grove Leader. " The Oregonlan and a few parrot-Ilk country dailies' are prating about the ' Inability of the voters te. study and vote Intelligently on thirty-two' meas ures which will be tacked On the of- rielal balIonnNovember. The Leader sees no cause to "view with alarm" the fact that it Is up to the neonle Instead of the Oregon legislature to pass upon a few important legislative measures. We would like to know how much more competent a legislature is to assemble, organise and in forty days pass upon fifteen hundred' or two thousand bills, than are v the legal voters of the state, -after, three months' deliberation . and Investigation, to pass upon ths merits or demerits of only thlrtyHwo meas ures. It Is a well known fact that not on legislator out of ten ever reads more than the title of scores M bills which ar railroaded through the leg islature, and -the unscrupulous trading . and trafficking on measures In the Ore gon legislative halls is an evil which the voters of the state would spurn even if such a thing were possible, hence an initiative measure, after un prejudiced and impartial consideration, must win or lose on Its merits, but not so with a measure In the legislature, where bartering, private and, corporate interests and monetary considerations -more often conspire to seal the fate of proposed legislation. Between the leg islature and the people the Leader would a thousand times rather take its chances with th latter. - -v . . The Orange and Good Roads, in a recent address Honorable K. J. Bachelder, master of the national grange,-said:; -.r-r- ' "During all the years of its exist ence, the grange has preached the sos- pel of good roads, and has urged upon our state and national legislatures the importance of this great economic re form. For a long time the demand of the farmers for more liberal policies of road improvement seemed to make; little Impression on our lawmakers, but persistent agitation finally brought results, and we now see in all directions proof that the question of improved 1 highways has become one of the princi pal state and national Issues. To the voices of the farmers demanding- lars-er appropriations for Improved roads, we now. nave added those of the manufac turers merchants, and other business men,- who realise that prosperity of our country depends on the prosperity of our agricultural interests, and that bet ter roads win do more to Improve the welfare of the farmers, and indirectly the people as a whole, than any other reform. The agitation for good roads, originating w.lth the farmers, and for a long time conducted 'almost entirely 'by them, has broadened out into a great national movement,, which 1 destined to give this country a complete svat.m . . of improved roads, equal to the best in uie wono. s ' Predicts Defeat. Flint Badfordln Hood River News. We will venture the prediction that anyone that is nominated on the as sembly ticket for either state or tn. eral office will suffer defeat and sub mit the following-. as our reasons to base our opinion. The primary law was In itself a state measure passed by th naonK through the assembly of the state leg islature. Now the Oregonlan has taken unto itself to set the primary law aside and to state, "Our way Is the true way, you are the wrong." ' I have spoken, to a number hr whn ' - feel- that through the assembly some ngnt win nave been abrogated unto ' them and. they, the people snoken to. will have .none of It. , t , ' , . The history of th Oreronlan has been, and I guess it always will bo. that It never has been in accord wlttr the Republican party in this state. Thislaccounts for -its many political" defeats. The common people will not sunnort the assembly candidate. , If there ar any changes In the xlsting Conditions to be made we prefer to do it our selves, and we will In November. Skeptical. foHrrcKcB.1" " Little Girl Look,. Auntie, there's a poor man with ft wooden leg. Can't I give him a penny? 1 Aunt Certainly not dear. I Kiv ni doubt he's an impostor. 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