VTHE OREGON DAILY; JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, . NOVEMBER 14, 1910.
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, ..Vigilance in watching oppor
tunity; tact and daring In seiz
ing upon opportunity: force, and
persistence tn crowding; oppor
tunity to Us utmost of possible
achlevitment those are the mar
tial virtues which must com
mand success. Phelps.
PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER
BIO POLITICAL events are be
lieved to be ih the process of
formation.; During the - late
summer Mr Bryan announced
that he would not be a candidate for
the presidency in 1912. The late
elections have projected new figures
on the horizon. More than one of
them la seized upon - as excellent,
Democratic - timber for the presi
dency. 4 Among them is Woodrow .Wilson,
ity, who resigned his position and
became a candidate for governor of
Xew Jersey;. He is a Democrat of
the old school, but in his entry into
the political arena he came with
sew Ideas and a masterly application
of .'old principles to present condi
tions. His speaking campaign was
one of the most brilliant and forceful
the country has ever witnessed. It
demoralized his opponents, brought
an army of recruits to his own cause
and won him the governorship of
the. state by a handsome plurality.'
As a polished, broadminded and con
structive statesman he is looked upon
as a future leader of great power
and possibilities. V; v
- The reelection of Harmon tn Ohio
rivets public attention oaMijftore on
that forceful and successful leader.
His plurality is more than 60,000,
and It Is " given him in the home
state of President , Taft, and at r ai
time when the administration sought
for an indorsement. His plurality is
an increase of more than 40,000 over
the 19,000 by which Mr. Harmon was
elected during the presidential elec
tion of two years ago. It is a hap
pening of great potentiality in the
hpnrlnr Ir mnv riavn nil tha tinHi-innl
Democratic convention In 1913.
Another figure of equal potential
ity is Mayor Gaynor of New Tork.
His leadership tests on his cold In
difference to public preferment, at
tested in many refusals of advance
ment, among them his late refusal
to abandon the" mayoralty of New
York for tha " errvernnrshin nf thfi
state. Ills, potentiality was revealed
in the concern, with which all lead
ers of his partjr sought his counsel
in naming a candidate, and in the
weight carried by his advice during
the heat and burden of the .cam
paign. ;: At the moment, Gaynor is
perhaps the better known, but what
the events of the Immediate future
may disclose is a result that cannot
be foreshadowed..., A, ,;U .
Great events can be shaped and
yast forces ' can t be set in motion
through the leadership of men of the
type of this trio of Democratic states
men, . That President Taft is likely
to be his own successor in the nom
ination of his party is believed to be
a certainty by far seeing observers.
Their claim is that the coming 18
months will give to him a far bet-
v,r evauumg wiui ins party ana me
country than has been possible in the
stormy vicissitudes . of the period
since March. 4, 1909. The situation
presents a study that is absorbing
Interest throughout the country.
WANTED, TEA3I WORK
z ORTLAND is just coming to
hJ her own. Her great future
. is being recopnlzed in all
sections of the country.
Must it all be Fpoiled by the damna
ble greed of a few men and a few
interests?" ,
In these words, Edward Campbell
of San JoHe, Ca!., expressed himself
h a letter Jn- Sunday's -Journal. Mr.
Campbell owns ,$300,)00 worth of
rroperty In Portland. lie is deeply
v concerned in the welfare of Ihe city
and anxious that those things may
bfv don here that wtll add to (he
value of his Portland holdings.
Ills letter was a denunciation of
the opposition to the , Broadway
Trldge and the oppocltloti to public
docks, k He declared that the ob
Btruction thrown in the way of these
public activities la discouraging to
investors in Portland and to those
in .distant places who have planned
making investments here. He added:
- "If Portland. Is to secure the ad
vantages of her. great tribularv re-
i-ources, her people will have to pull
together. They will have to do what
the football men call 'team work.' "
There ia not a man in Portland
but knowa that Mr. Campbell's words
are troth. If a tew try to pull down
what1' the many ; are attempting to
. build, progress is laborious and slow.
It Is a process of haggling and
w rangllnf that is discouraging to
the diHtant capitalist who thinks of
) miiig lo Portland to itivi-gK
money., it ia a nrocess f fpudim
- ' '
rnd furillty that is dLicouraglug to
hoBo who are striving to promote
tho city. The miserable Broadway
bridge suit with Its more than a
year of delay, Its first bonds Bold at
low figures, its quibbles, if pbstruc
tion and its general spirit of tearing
down, has done Irreparable Injury to
arance jt nas Deen locaiiy to mo ae-
telopment of: the city,
Portland has boundless opportun
ity. But it is unfortunate in the
presence her of a number of Jack
the Rippers who, at every chance,
put the knife and the knife to the
hilt, into the city's progress. How
vastly better it would be if all couia
pull together, and as Mr. Campbell
says, "do team work."
FOOTBALL AND FRACAS
I
T APPEARS that the big annual
football game between the state
university and O. A. C. turned
out to be a football game, and a
fracas. ;. Instead of hearing from the
two big institutions chivalrous and
generous praise of each other's prow
ess and valor, the public reads in
lengthy news dispatches statements
and criminations' aa-to which was to
blame for the fight. It is not the
first time the annual game has been
followed by an unpleasant season of
bad blood and unpleasant newspaper
publicity.;, ;;' ' ,, .t'; .': ....
v One average student or one group
of average students is usually very
much like another. With the energy
and Joyousness of youth upon them
it never happens that one lot of stu
dents is immaculate and another al
together culpable. With this gener
al maxim as a guide, it can ba safe
ly concluded that in the educational
fight each side had its share in the
beginning, and that, as in the foot
ball game, each had a fair shake in
the finish. ?
The real regret is that members
of both faculties could not have "all
been on the scene to referee the va
rious bouts and to have seen that
each was conducted according to the
latest rules of thd ring. In that way,
there could have been a more scien
tific 6tudy of the fighting game, and
more progress ; toward that happy
time when we ehall win back the
glory of the white race, so recently
snatched from us by the Honorable
Jack 'Johnson.
In the meantime, if football games
are to continue to be preliminary to
a fracas, it will be, well to abolish
the game. There is a long list of
people who regard It as a bad game
anyway, and a long list of annual fa
talities and injuries that bear testi
mony in the same direction. There
are many arguments ;: to the ef
fect that It demoralizes student work
during the football season and that
it ia in general a questionable sport
There is another view to the ef
fect that it has a valuable place in
student life, and there are many who
accept and admire the , game as
worthy of perpetuation. If, however,
a star game by star players is to
continue to be the prelude to a sea
son of fisticuffs in the public press
and out of it, an ,' abandonment of
the sport would 6ervt the ends of
educational peace and peaceful edu-'
cation.
WHY WE FIGHT
OR THEIR commendation of
The Journal , for Its efforts in
behalf of pure milk this news
paper is thankful to the pro
gressive and patriotic women of the
Consumers', lqague. It is commen
dation from a body of women who
have themselves'done splendid work
in behalf of wholesome milk for the
homes of Portland, and who are
likewise entitled to applause.
As the reports by Professor
Pernp.t show, much fighting Is yet to
be done in the campaign for pure
milk. In a dozen samples analyzed,
Professor Pernot found no less than
four that were not'- only unwhole
some, but. absolutely dangerous. Be
sides pus and blood, the tainted sam
pies contained streptococci germs
which - comprise varieties that " all
scientists pronounce dangerous to
life and health.
Professor Pernot is state bacter
iologist and bis investigations were
independent of the city authorities,
having been conducted at the in
stance of the Consumers' league. The
incident shows that in spite of what
ever vigilance is maintained by the
city authorities,' unwholesome milk
is eriering the city and being sold in
Porsfrdhomes and consumed by
Portland families.
' It meansuthat tho city government
must increase Jts efficiency and re
double its efforts. Sick milk from
pick cows muRt not be brought into
Portland for human beings to buy
and consume. What 1b wanted is
wholesome milk from healthy cows,
end it is the business of our city"
government to see that no other
kind ia permitted sale within the
city -limits. This is what we are all
fighting for and it is a fight that
must rot be given up until it is won
BERNHARDT
T
HE- RECEIPTS for a two weeks'
engagement of Sarah Bernhardt
in Chicago were $54,000. The
actress receives 80 per cent of
the proceeds, or something over $40,
iuu. The sum would have . been
greater if the seating capacity at the
theatre had been larger, as many
who desired to attend were turned
away nightly.
The history of the stage contains
account of no actress of greater pow
ers. , At 65,sbe Beems to be still in
her zenith, with strength to work
with the same zeal and marvelous
art as at any Um'e in her career Tii
j account of her Chicago engagement
u ir ,w -- -1 .. .
1 ' iiiUV-
fatigable attention to her work, tak
ing no time for outtlooremploymonts,
pleasures or dlversiona. With more
than 120.000 a week a the price of
her endeavors, with men and women t using; English as a medium In convert r
almost tumbling over each other ia tioiv lor though thawrittonjannag-e
the desire to rush to see her wonder-
ful acting, with the; whole world
united- In acknowledging her as the
most brilliant, performer, on tho
stage, we are compelled to ,contem
plate Madame Bernhardt as one of
the most striking figures of the age.
. Madame Bernhardt has been an
actress for 50 years. For 30 years she
has been an international actress.
The present is her seventh American
touiK and, though 65, she declares
it Is not to be her last.
ALL BUT HER HAT
AFltlZH is unquestionably due
a Chicago builder for the skil
fuL manner in which he has
, J it. . V. 1 . . A 1
boivcu mo prouiem oi me aa-
Justment of human beings In a mod
ern apartment house.4 He proposes
to v successfully , and satisfactorily
squeeze a family into a three room
apartment. After the meal 13 cooked,
the gas range automatically disap
pears on the backjprch. The dlnjng
table unfolds out of a wall space, a
section of tall wainscot lets down
and becomes the bottom of a fold
ing bed.- All you;aee of a piano is
the keyboard against the wall. So
much" is. furnished with the apart
ment that all you need to bring with
you is your clothing.
Thus arranged, everything is pro
vided for but the wife's headgear.
It is taken care or in a garage in the.
basement. ;;; .'X . ; '-.
Mayor Simon announces that he
will name the best men he caVfind
Tor the docks commission, and that
they will be men who are fully in
sympathy with the public; docks
movement. After . the expiration of
80 days from the date of the elec
tion, he, will have 10 days ln which
to make the appointments, Then,
the forces will be set in motion for
publie docks and' for a greater Port
lands
Judge William Galloway has been
reelected circuit judge in the Third
district In spite- of an adverse ma
jority of several thousand that as a
Democrat he .had to overcome in or
der to be successful. .James W. Ham:
llton, another Democratic Judge, is
apparently reelected la the Second
district over B.,F. Jones, a district
that is also heavily Republican.
The death of a football player who
was killed in a game at Wheeling,
W. Va., Saturday is said to have
been caused by the, foul playing of
an opponent. If the facts can be
proventhe assailant should be sent
to the penitentiary, where all euch
belong. . .
The country's crop of corn, wheat;
oats, barley, and potatoes for the
year amounts to 5,275,000,000 bush
els.. But when; sold it will not bring
as much money as congress spends in
three years on war, preparations for
war, and the Incidentals of war.
First there was a football game
and then a fight between tho stu
dents of the state's big educational
institutions. Would it not be a good
plan to introduce Mexican bull fight
ing as a further meaiis of sport?
Thirty thousand people, recently
marched in a procession in Pitts
burg as a protest against profanity.
Probably not one of them ever tried
to put up a stovepipe.
Wellman and his crew are repre
sented as anxious to make another
attempt to cross the Atlantic. The
cat has probably had enough."
Everything considered, we shall
all be surprised ' and more or less
pained If Ann Morgan really does
marry Count Bonl.
Anyhow, they cannot accuse the
colonel of having Btarted that fracas
down in Mexico.
John W. Gates says. Birmingham
will equal Pittsburg in 1920. Let
us pray.
Assembly? Assembly? The name,
is dimly reminiscent of something or
other.
English Language in China.
From The Churchman.
The prince regent of China, by impe
rial decree, has made English the offl
cial language In all Chinese schools of
"modern learning." -The effect cannot J
but be far:reachlng in making English;
more than ever a lingua franca, a world
language, and the Indirect help to mis
sions, which are themselves in a very
real sense the original . causes of the
decree, must Inevitably be very great
alfo. ' ; " ' ' '' ' .
The necesnlty of Providing some
standard medium for education in the
sciences 'and arts had long been press
ing in China. A memorial 'of . the min
istry of education, on- which the prince
regent bases ills decree, expresHly rec
ognizes the inadpf(UrtC of Chinese to
render technical and edentlfio terma,
notes the incongruities that have arisen
through the rivalries of foreign trained
Instructors and says tlte time has come
for uniformity.'
English, It continues, wa the first
of foreign languages Introduced , into
China; It Is most widely used there
and In the world. Most imported text
books are In English. '';' '7
"It In, therefore, proposed that in the
different nchools teaching technical and
scientific subjects the English language
be adopted." says the 'decree-. "In the
case of schools which do tot Include
foreign languages in the ; curriculum
they mlist In the future ' bS taught.
The study of foreign languages la to
be made compulsory in those schools
where thejr are now optional,' ;
"In all provincial high schools (scien
tific and technical) already existing or
established In the future, the studies
(with the exception of ethics. : Chinese
literature, history and geography) per
'talnlng to science shall bn taught; in
llrrJIsh-u..,nwhcn.:tiift fitnfVnu , ar.
fcuut to, fcking for inl exutninatlon lif
ter graduation they shall be examined
through the medium of the English lan
guage.",;, v'P'. ';'-'' - ,',.,-" J-.V,:,.i ,-.,;;:,; .:'
Even now it is not .uncommon to heur
two Chinamen from (Jlfferant provinces
Th vnnwin
of English may thus come tn tha future
to play an Important part in building
up a national consciousness. It Is gen
erally recojrnlzed that - tha share' of
American missionary achooU tn prepar
ing the way for this roortentoua decree
lias been very great
Unsatisfactory Car Service.
Portland, Or.,' Nov. 11. To the Edi-
I tor of The JournalThe streetcar com-
nnvt-av Vmm .. Vn-a wA f AN VJk TiWtvw
lacs made, to the people on their part -Last
night we waited on the corner of
Third and Washington street over 80
minutes, and saw three Broadway, three
St Johns, four Woodjawn, and five
Tjnlon avenue cars pass by, but ne Al
berta cars to be had. -
When at last an overcrowded Alberta
happened along, we, tried to find out
from the very officious oonduotor,
where ' the . breakdown had hap
pened, but . were '- instead .;. ; told
that he was - - only ; four tnla
utes behind Behedul9,tim and offering
to bet $10,00 . tOr"I0 cents If any one
wanted to make some money, no break
down had occurred. ; -: f
The Albertas had changed lnt TJnlbn
avenue cam on their . j way back to the
barn.' ;;;' ;; , : --y !'.., .;.,: ('.';
; We have a city coundl also lntbla
city,' but Its .members dont eeem for
some reason or other to like to get on
the wrong side of , tha corporation, (pos
sibly because Bowerman might get
there and the whole thing come before
him, and then where would they stand.)
Hat any one around here seen Kills?
: If the city fathers are tied up so that
no longer they have any control then it'a
time for the patience of the people to
cease also. ,
"''This notion of a few Jugglers to to
tally Ignore the rights of their best,
patrons looka like unto times gone by,
and not of today.
One who
wu there
O. ANDERSON,
Enforce the Laws.
Portland, Or., Nov. 10 To the
Editor of The Journal What Is the
age limit for girls working In factoriesT
Why Is It that bo many boys are allowed
to go Into saloons T
Why don't the: police foroe and the
city council , look -after these things?
There are glrla not over 14 years old
Working : In factories and wholesale
houses when tlie should be In some
school.
'Why do the police allow the automo
biles to exceed , trie speed limit?
A man with common aense can stand
on any street and see nine out of. ten
Of the automobiles going from 10 to
20 ; miles an hour, People think that
they are well protected by the police of
Portland, but let me state that a poor
man has no chance to get away from
the rockpile. Did you ever notice that
where there was a peaceful "meeting of
any kind, there would be a policeman
standing around, but If there was any
trouble Up the street you' could not
find a policeman anywhere you might
look? I would like to ask the citi
zens of this city why don't they see
that the law Is enforced? .
They talk about making laws, 'but
who don't they enforce the laws that
are ih effect? . . V '.'..
This is ,a city of prosperity and in
order to make it go ahead the people
must see that the lawa are enforced,
- . D. J, HARRIS.
From a Former Portlander.
Modesto. Cal., Nov. 11. To the Editor
of The Journal Here is to the good old
state of Oregon for defeating the XsJt
relic of the assembly bunch and electing
West!, . -: ( .
Down this way Mr. Bell was defeated.
Ha made a splendid fight, but pioneers
have never been 1 properly rewarded.
Four years ago Bell, single handed,
fought the great railroad combine which
was dominating .politics in California,
while Hiram Johnson had not the cour
age' to fight Herrlnism. Bell was de-.
feu'ted. " This year Mr. Johnson made
his fight on the same issue, and was
swept into office, the people forgetting
the pioneer work done by Bell, ,
It was the laboring vote In the bay
counties that defeated Mr. Bell. - The
reason for this opposition was Mr. .Bell's
opposition - to Mayor McCarthy. The
union men.' could not consistently vote
for Mr, Johnson on account of the let
ter's anti-labor record, and particularly
on account of the help he rendered to
Calhoun in attempting to smash the
carmen's union, so they voted for the
Socialist candidate.. . x..
, However, with a registration showing
a ratio of three '. Republicans to one
Demoorat and a 'plurality of about ,80,
000 Tor Taft, Mr. Johnson's majority
will not exceed 20,000. Victory a la
Pyrrhus. LEON YANCKWICH.
. Why Not? .
; Portlanrl, Dr., Nov. 12. To the Editor
of The Journal This little article , is
written as an offer, rather than as an
accusation, to those worthy people com
monly known as staunch. Republicans,
who having been "sour graped" desire
to vent .their spleen at the expense of
tne, people or uregon.
By way of preamble I might state that
I am neither a Democrat nor a Repub
lican, but desire Justice. 1 ,
Secondly, I have no enemies and fur
thermore. I desire none,
Rut as one interested in the welfare
of my fellow cltiKems, I feel as If It is
my duty to them to express ray-feelings
and attempt to. further the good cause
of uniting those two powerful, but to a
very large 'extent unacquainted factors,
knowno as politics and common sense.
Wo have Just pulled through some of
us still , pulling an ordeal that ' has
placed In the nanrts of a certain Party.
the"" ruling power ,of the state, by the
wilier the people, which show that the
world is truly growing wiser, 1. e., wo
place a higher value on the merits of the
man than wo do on tho fear of not being
with tho majority,,. Briefly,' the charac
ter, and ''principle of our chosen leader
have wercoine the blinding bigotry of
tho more rational of that staunch O.. O,
P., tq the extent that ho was elected by
their votes, and all , we want and, ask
for" now, "is that , the .residue let. by
gones be hy-gones, rally to the support
of the victor, and leave tne spirit-of re
venge and envy - on the field of battle.
United we stand. -ffivided we fall." ;
Now Instead: of crying over split milk
and looking for the slightest chance for
revenge, why not endeavor to take tha
medicine like a man and help the -victor
through his tent) -of -.off ice, ,r--'5-;-'.;
' Why not. Install or making him bear
the brunt of ill feeling, endeavor to help
htm over his path' of duty, which is full
of enough tribulations, goodnf knows,
without . the hand of, enmity enlarging
tnem. 1
There huve been, reflections cast unon
the rosult of tho people's choice that
would have bunefltod the( people at
large more. If they had enhanced the
victory of the victor and his merltai and
promised him sincere cooperation In his
life as leader, in Btead of attempting to
show the people- at large their folly tn
ciioosjng sucu a leuucr.
iPtr,t,..,u
jinereiuri', wiiy mi Bimoavor to ns
with "mallco toward none, and friend
ship for all," thereby- benefiting . oil.
wnereas tne liana or eranity and reveiiKO
would harm only the owner. Why not?
v ' -noom, i-i jvortneast Corner,
I 8ESV4 Yahmill street City.
' Letters Frpmtlie People
I November 14 in History Great Aurora Borealis 1 1
i i i i i
Years of obaervatWn, covering many
centuries, and embraoingall aonea and
latitudes, give no records of any dis
play of auroral glories equal in sublim
ity, magnificence and extent to the
aurora borealla of November li, 1837.
The phenomenon attracted attention
everywher. and most every locality
had a different aspect of the wonderful
Bight Scientific observation ' of Jhe
phenomenon were made 1 by most of
the scie'ntl8ts,-and Uicse were very gen
erally published and attracted a great
amount of attention.
Professor , Olmstead. of New Haven,
thus describes it: "The enow, which at
sunset had covered , the earth and
all things near it with ; a-mantle of
the purest white, closed early In the
evening with a most curious and beauti
ful pageant - About six o'clock', wljlle
the sky was yet thick-wih the falling
snow, all things suddenly appeared as
If dyad In blood. Trre entire atmos
phere, the surface of the earth, the trees,
the tops of the houses; and, in short,
the whole face of nature, were tinged
with the same Ecarlet hue. At short
intervals It alternately increased and
dlmlnislied in brightness,, until, at half-
past eix, only, a alight tinge of red re
mained In the Bky." , ' t ; V
; In - the city of New Tork the dis
play was witnessed, from i an eminence
which Commanded an unobstructed view
of the horizon In every direction and the
observers report that It was magnifi
cent beyond description. : There it was
of very much longer duration. An ob
server wrote: "For a time the earth
was completely overarched by a perfect
canopy of glory. The southern columns,
which seemed to proceed downward from
the corona, rested on an arch of diffused
light, extending In a great circle from
east to west, or nearly bo, and being
about 20 degrees, or a little more, above
the horlaon In the center. The. south
ern columns were at no trme as' bright
83 the northern, but they maintained
their position, after these last had re
tired." In the western part ef New Tork stats
the exhibition was most supurb as seen
and described at various points of ob
servation. In Hudson. Ohio; at the
Western Reserve college, especial,; at
tention was paid to the phenomena by
' Why Tay Jlore? .
From Collier's. ,
"Wastes of material, wastes of fric
tion, waste of design, wastes of ef
fort, wastes of Crude .organization and
admlnlatratlpn" in those divisions Mr.
Emerson, in his fasoinatlng hook on
Efficiency," Bumsap the usuar condi
tion lie tells us that railroad -repair
shops "throughout the country do not
show 60 per cent efficiency on an av
erage as regards either material or la
bor. . F, W. Taylor, the pioneer in the
movement to Introduce scientific: meth
ods Into organizations, ha .been proving
the correctness of his idea, In practice
more- and more conclusively, for a quar
ter of a century. - In the crude labor of
picking up plg-lron and putting it on
to . cars he increased the amount , ac
complished more than fourfold, - the
change being ' represented by 12H to
63; partly, to be sure, by selecting suit
able men, but very largely by arranging
more Intelligently the times for every
movement, the relation of Iwork to rest,
the right weight for a shovel-load, and
the-right size and shape of a shovel.
In one foundry ; the .efficiency was
greatly increased by merely reducing
the size 'of the rough bushing, to les-
Ben the effort of removing unnecessary
Iron. In another big; locomotive shop
the output was doubled, with less labor
costs, mainly by , changing the location
of the machines, bo as to facilitate the
progress of work from One to' the other.
Locomotive repairs average, from 8 to
12 cents a mile, where they ought to
average 4. On two roads they cost 12
and 16. where they should cost 8. On
a transcontinental line repair costs per
mile were reduced from nearly 14 to '8
hy perslsten effort, and when the ef
fort was relaxed they went up to 17.
They ought to be. 6. ' Eastern and south
ern roads on the whole are worse.
tCoal waBtes in railroads are almost
as bad as labor -and material wastes."
'The total amount of preventable ma
terial and labor wastes and losses In
American railroad operation a and-maintenance
approximates 8300,000,000 a
year." " '
"Many of tha operating and main
tenance methods are extremely waste
ful, at least 61 per cent above reason
able standard. " ,
These estimates of Mr. Emerson can
easily be supplemented by the studies
and experiences of other experts, like
Taylor, Orcutt, Carpenter Gan.tt Hal
sey. Ha the way and Barth. We hope the
Interstate commerce commission will
provide itself with the facts to be ob
tained from such expert economic en
gineer's, as in a week or two It is again
to listen to Louis D. Brandels'a argu
ment against the application of certain
railroads 'for permission to raise their
rates. Mr. Brandeis' argument is that
if a railroad Is running wltlt an efflc-
iency 30 per, cent ' below standard it
ought to wipe out a little of thatwaste
before it asks the public to pay for it
in higher rates. Mr. Brandels statement
of the facts! Is backed by tha highest
expert testimony. If. it can not be con
troverted by the roads, how can the in
terstate commerce commission- escape
the conclusion? Instead of putting a
premium on Inefficiency, by allowing
the requested advance, they should tell
the road to bring themselves up to., a
reasonably;, efficient organization,-and
thus bring about a notable benefit at
once to-themselves, their employee, and
the -whole i-Amerlcan public. - If- the
commission Wishes a collection of vol
umes ' on the subject, it can procure
them from, the "Engineering Magazine."
-'' " Chestriuttlng. " ' '
.By Clarence rfeming in Collier's. ' '
In nutting there js science -wlth its
siibnote of warning as : well as . es
thetics, albeit - more for the , boy and
stripling than for the grown man. 'The
lad , Who ' is, a scientific seeker knows
his "happy " nutting - grounds 'aa the
Bkiljod trout fisher kens his streams, or
the fruitgrower .;. his orchard, ulle has
marked down the big trees, their times
of bearing, the-size and. shape of their
nuts. .To knowledge he , jn expert
news, and, in his recreation during the
days when the red maples , signal each
other from hill to .bill,; his nutting in
cludes no. small faofor of science plus
his training in the athletics of the tree
top. .., Vr ' ;"--,- " i;--, ;
To such a lad In the early ventures
of . nutting, as well as to the novice,
may the veteran, Hong parted from the
days of scientific -: nutting and whose
October of boyhood has ( merged into
the October of 11 fo, offer a few in
structive hints. The halcyon day of
successful ntittttiR is not. so much the
day that ' follows - high wind as that
which comes after an October Spell of
still days when the nuts, have matured
and the purs ana buucks, openea m the
natural process of ripening, hang ready
for the fait ' At such time it is not
the club nor tha' pole nor a device to
be briefly told of later that fills the
nut bag but, instead, the 1 hard climb
find : the s1iak-dowrt. And
tau be hcititiunciUly shaken , with the
minimum of periL As in baseball, the
Quick, firm : blow , oats out the three.
baser or home ran, so it is the firm,
snappy shake that brings .down the
nuts a snap-tbe-whip movement that
vibrates sharply to tho end of the bough.
1 j 1 Jm "
Professor Loomls, who wrote at length
upon" bis Impressions, Vi"'-v wi '';
Strange, though It may appear, this
beautiful and magnificent . phenomenon
was visible during .'nearly the whole
night in the neighborhood of St Louie!
and was partlcnliuiy brlllfant between
the hours of island 1. when the moon
was near Its rcntth. -".The "commencement
of the phenomenon in Philadelphia waa
similar to that observed In New York.
The aurora was also observed in Mary
land, Virginia, South Carolina, in Certain
sections of Georgia, and so extensive
was this magnificent ; celestial pheno
menon, that It exhibited its wonderful
splendors,, contemporaneously, to the In
habitants of Europe Bnd America,
though the presence of clouds greatly
Interfered with ' the attractiveness and
grandeur of the exhibition In the for
mer. ' : , ;: - -J0'
At 12:80, 'however say one of the
observers In England a patch of the
most Intense blopd-red color ever seen,
was visible, free from the interposition
of clouds. The whole "of the sky had
in awful appearance; for the tinge of
red -which pervaded the whole expanse,
assumed, in : many points, , foom the
depth of colors above, the dark cop
per tint, which is Been 6n the disk of
the moon during a lunar eclipse. It was
such a night as fills the mind with
wonder and ? awe; and. In America : at
least, was the most marvelous -of the
kind ever known; though that of Au
gust and September, 1869, proved but
little inferior in some respects.
On November 14. 1818. England er-
rtierlenced Its greatest earthquake and In
1860 Alexander H, Stephens - delivered
his famous "Union Speech" before tne
Georgia legislature. Today 1b the birth
day of Maurice, of Nassau (1567); Ben
jamin Hoadly, bishop of Bangor (1676);
Robert Fulton (1765) ; Jacob Abbott,
clergyman and author (1808) i Christo
pher R. P. Rodgera. naval officer (1813);
Anson Burllngama, American diplomat
(1820); General James B. McPherson
(1838) ; j Henry Clay h Barnabee, i the
comedian (1838); and Jenkins Lloyd
Jones, , noted Unitarian clergyman
(1843). f Today is the date of death of
George W. F. Hegel, the German philoso
pher (1881); and Dr. John Abercromble,
physician1 and moral writer (1844).
In that trick ons foot 1 worth two
hands or arms, for, then the whole
weight of the body is added.
The best combination of all is when,
with both hands on an upper branch
and both feet on a lower, a snappy and
increasing swing of the whole body
cleans both boughs and, applied toths
whole tree, doubles the pace of the
shake-down. This body movement Is
most tellin g In the treetop where a
dozen email boughs may be whipped at
once. But before "vm go up the tree
study it from outsrde, mark down the
boughs that are worth "the attack and
the underground where the nuts ; are
to fall whether In tha open where they
can be seen or In thick brush where
the pickup Is slow and vexing. - Like
wise in seeking the windfalls of the
woods this external analysis-of the tree
and noting tho point Of . greatest nut
fall Is peculiarly efeotive. 1
The climb has. lte warnings which,
heeded, may save - limb or even life.
The ' high keynote of safety 1. never
fail to have at least on foot or hand
and better the hand on ! sound wood.
The foot may slip, but the hand save
one, and, if the hand errs, there is the
foothold beneath which give time to
grasp a new bough or, at tte worst, to
fall and grip the bough beneath. Above
all, in tree llmblng keep-- a Bteadily
as possible the ' body bent forward,
avoiding the ftoute pertlB of the back
ward Blip, and giving eye and hand Joint
action-for eccurtty. Moreover, In the
scrutiny of the bearing power of boughe
there is- a - practical study ; of the
strength of materials. Beware the
bark covered dead bough which under
the bark hides punky rot! Far Bafer,
but never to be trusted unduly, ts the
dry residuum of an old -bough, whoss
bark has dried away, or even the foot
of the living twig Just where It Joins
the tree trunk. .In a broader generalisa
tion, timidity and rashness should
neither of them go up the nut tree. Tho
one loses his nerve, the other his Judg
ment, and there I deep and vital peril
for both. "' -v.-.-. ,-.;.;'-.-
"& Slander on Woman Kefated.
From the Boston Olobs.
It Is often said that woman is wom
an's worst enemy, , that" one woman is
always trying to depreciate another,
and,' In the language of a playwright,
that ""Jealousy Is the friendship one
woman feels . for another." . ; -
The charge is a slander. Women are
inclined to manifest deep sympathy
with their less fortunate slstera In,
this respect they set a good example
to men, which, we regret to Bay, the
latter seldom follow. '-; ;'",:.-"';,-
We have already called attention to
the 1 unselfish ' aid given the 'striking
cloakmakerB in New York by Mrs. BVl
mont, Miss Morgan and several Welles-
loy and r Vassar ; graduates. , But who
can point to any Harvard or Yale men
fighting side by side with striker?
Apparently men of education and
prosperous leisure do not bother their
heads, about the troubles of working
girls or worklngmen. In , the strike
now going on in Chicago, women of
education, women of wealth and club
women are working in the streets in
behalf of the ; striking garment mak
ers. We , have yet to hear of , men
doing . anything so- altruistic- .,'
- The - reason for the difference is
simple, . Women, whether suffragists
or not, have begun to realize that the
woman of the future is not to be the
ward of man. She lto be a person
ality, not an appendix. As for, men,
whether-rlch or poor. -educated or un
educated, they have for some time real
ized that a genuine man must not
look to others to hetrr him out of the
row he has -started - lie . must fight
his own battles. .Therefore ' they leave
strikers to their own resources. .
Woman being t now on the. threshold
of indcpindont personality,' nhow symp
toms of clannlsljness,' whrch is a good
sign,, as It indicates not a permanent
dispositionbut a stage of development
They have exchanged chivalry for
sympathy. 1 : " . -; .'
, Sowing Good Reed.1
From the Pes Moines Capital '
; When you go camping this autumn, or
on your walking or moutaln-cllmblng
trip, why not take'along some packages
of hardy perennlai riower seeds? You
will find many places where you tcan
make the' desert blonsom as a' rose, bo
as to give a wonderful surprise to next
year's comers. . . - .- ,',,., " ,,.
: Often, as you go along In the Tallroad
train, you can drop seeds- from the win
dows oh promising looking spbts; and
perhaps next season that track will run
through a field of violets and-popplea
BeskteB these seeds.: there are oorn
flowers, laskspur,' foxglove, marigold,
hardy-asters each part of the country
will suggest new , ones. Indeed In one
ritv of tflls country it Is tha custom to
Uprlnkl all the refuse heaps with nas-
miJUxCf'dJi'rlJjl'Tl-J aunaUUUy
uuibnum vi tiujr uio imt a wiia
garden. : . S';''--
.It is ilke Penliouse, In Maurice Hew
lett' book you, have all the deligut of
oreafing your own countryside and, of
growing1 blossom' . Whare they never
grew before
TANGLEFOOT
By MaM OverUt
AMUSEMENTS FOR A RAINY DAY.
When only half awake in th earlv
mornln endeavor, to look nt vnur '
Watch In your vest pocket that hangs
on jne cnair.ny the edslde without
spilling the contents of the vest pock
ets. :,:('...:.. . ';'. ,i ., ',:::" -.-v.., ' -y'-j. vs..
., - AMBITION.
tn my youth, I well remember, like- 1
wise I remember well
How I longed to be a' poet, writing ef
the boskv dell , ! .. ., v
And the flowers blooming, tra, 'la, and
'-- Of Inva anA IrlnW AA
In the garden of my fancy but X culti
vated weeds. , r
I grew up, for no one stopped ma, also, :
likewise d I arrvw.
And I frolicked with the muses till my '
uruin was urea ann blue;
Every event called for verses;, Z bub
plied the country's needs,. - ,'
I would write on deaths and weddings
out tne uowers were all weeds. :
Mush time came and' oft X warblad
verses to my lady fair -"On
,the back of swift Pegasus4t
? waB .sickling stuff, -1 swear,
But I knew I wa a poet, for I wrote of
V perfumed meads.
And of pansles by the brooklet bt I
,t raisea a crop or wveda ,
People guyed and Joshed m greatly t
: "Take a tonia," oft they eaid, :
"You have softening of the noodle you ,'
have warnlna- of- thai bd"
But Z wrote, despite the protests of v
the birds of swavlnaT reeda
Of the beauties of the woodland bat I
."jjeer pulled the weeds. -
Tim Is fleeting that's authentic and
I've grown to aulta an aire.
But my verses, sad to tell it, hav yet
never been the rage, - ? ,
For the garden of my . f anoy, full of
alkalV and seeds,
Oft was hoed and well attended but it
crop wa always weeda ?
nurruin Nature and Politics. '
From the New York Evening Poet
The increasingly evident rift between '
a president and an ex-president Is of
an Interest and even of an Importance
far transcending the comparatively nar
row field of politlca A break In the
relations, political and even personal, of
two men in publlo life is ordinarily lack
ing In the element thatrenders the' pres
ent separation not merely dratnatlo but
tragic ' For, the thing that grips the
heart of the hardened follower of pol
itic in this Instance Is not that two
long time associates have begun to take
opposing sides, but that two friends -have
seen swayed and bent and broken
a friendship that had seemed as firm sarf
it was apparently generous,: ,There la ,
loyalty . In politics that Is professional,
that Is of the earth, earthy, that ex
ists for the same reason that honor ex
ists among thieves. But when ths most
Buocessful polftlcian of his time, after
employing all his official Influence to
give bis unpolitical friend the succession
to tho xhlef magistracy, breaks with
him, one ifeels that here is something
more serious and more Bad than a mere
political parting. D'Artagnan and Ara-
mls no longer ride the hills and dales
together,
These considerations enforce the
truth that man Is a political animal.
His politics, so to speak, runs away
with his humanity. He forgets that ha
is primarily human and only second
arily political, : and In consequence con- -
fuse means and enda In a way that
would ha "laughable if it were not so
serious. Yet it Is a fact that tha man
who endeavors to put ; his manhood
above his politic ha need of all the
strategy he can command In order to
convince a -politically sophisticated peo
ple or ni iitness to govern rather than
merely to idealize. At the same time
there is a oertaln hlstrionlo atmosphere
about political personages and activities
that only the dullest or tha most Impas
sive can escape.
A Heart to Heart Talk. '
They tell me that I'm spoiling yotl.
The neighbors say that you should
For all the awful things you do
Laia- lace aown over daddy's knea
And spanked and put to bed. That
-.what --)-
The neighbors Bay. but what sar youl
You think you Bhould be loved a lot?
wen, some now aaaay tninas so, too.
They tell me that it isn't right
For me always to take your part, '
I've heard It said you often fight.
Ana mat you oreax your motrters
"-"-.I heart ' ' -
The neighbors say that yon are bad
And should be whipped, but what
- Bay vou?-
You think vou are toe small a lad
TO wnip; weu, aaaay minus bo, '
What would you do If I were yc, '
And you were daddy, and they eam
And told, as people always do.
My little aeeos, ana . oriedi "For
shame."
Would you put me across your fcnes
. And epanK me as you ought to doj '
What's that? You think you'd try to be
--Forgiving. - Well, I think so too. .
' Detroit Free Press. -
- On account of the large amount - of
fruit packed in the plant of the Tlllson
Packing Honein -North Roseburir,'' a
portion of the 'foundatlim gave way to
day, thereby dronplng ths building to
the ground, reports the Roeeburg
New. . - . ... . .
Winter Coming
v emitrlliBte(l tn Th Journal by Walt Manon,
the fmoiii K a man purt prone-poc mi are a
rrgular (earure of this column In Tbe Dallf
Journal). ,
The north wind come from its re
treat among the wastes of Ice and sleet
it comes from. some far Arctlo coast, and
hits us where we feel it most And now
the man who blithely wrought in sum
mer, when the days were hot has In
his larder' flour aiafi Jam, hmburarar '
cheese and pies and ham. Ills bins Are ;
running o'er with .coal, an3 in his Warn
the horses roll in hay that came tram
Battle Creek; and he, himseif. Is it '
and sleek. .The north wind comes with
walling cry, and dark and sullen is the
sky. ; And now the man who spent his
day in Idle and In foolish ways, who
loafed about tho weary town'and called -the
"nation's statesmen down,' is asking
band-outs at . the doors of - those iwho ;
wrought and did their ehorea. Ths
idler's larder has no Jam, no kraut, or'
Wienerwurst or ham; thW-idler's wife is
weeping ore; his chlldten raise a hun
gry roar. Oh, let us heed tlte Idler's
bleat, and give him "fluff, to'drlnir end
cat, auu wop ma ciniureij irom despair. -and
ease his poor wife's load of care,
but when the eummer comes again, and
there's, demand fori working men, let's
prod the Idler from tho stroet, and' make
him labor and repeat. - .
' ConrrlgM, 110, h. fSl '24ft ": ' '
Oeorja tUttbcw Adama. MSLtlt,' ' SIU