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6 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 191 ITHEJOURNAL AN UtM PENDENT KEW8PAPIB. 5 C. S. JACKSON.. .......... .Pobllaher - ; PoMlabaa a vary nlng Iraerpt Bandar) and ,.,:,. Kind,? anncnlnf at Tbe Journal Build M ln, Flfts and Yamfclll streets. PortUod, Or. tntrJ at toe poatofflea at Portland.. Or., ' fnr traoamlMtoa through the alalia aa aacopd alas mailer. pi- IKt.KI'HONKS alata TITS: Horoa, A-. ", AU departments reached by tbeaa Dbmbara. 1 Tall tbe operator what daparttnant roo want. FOREIGN ADVERTl-l'.O RSPREBBNTATIVB, , Bnjiimln k Kentnor Oo., Brooawlrk Building, 2S riftb avanua, New Xorkj 1218 I'aopWs Ota Building, Cbiemeo. '. r a " . a. . ' tnbaerlptlon Terms r mall te any address la Uia tlultad Butu or Maxlco. On Itmt $8.00 t tie Boots .80 ON DA.?. : Oae yaar ...(2.80 I On month t M DAILY AND SUNDAY. Ona year 17. SO On stontb. I .OS O good old man! how wall In thea appears The constant servloa of tha an tlqua world, . Whan aervloa sweat for duly, . not for meed I Thou ara not for tha fashion of these times, : Where nona will sweat, but for promotion. Shakespeare. of when the subject Is fit for parole should be left to them. But proof of a change In character should be the test of eligibility.. This prisoner believes that a sys tem of punishment4 based on these principles would redress several pressing evils one, ihat th Impo sition of definite sentences by Judges of varying temperaments and preju dices works Injustice, greatly In favor of professional and case-hardened criminals and against accident al rather than deliberate offenders. It is plain from the article In ques tion and from the publication of Abe Ruef's appeal on behalf of the San Quentin and other California con- nations, knows exactly In advance the number, the age, the tonnage, the armament, the ships' companies, of every ship In the three displays. Who is to be thrilled? Not the rulers each of them is working and praying for all that is in him that not a gun may be fired In anger, and not one man hurt. Not the par liaments. Every man In them knows in his inmost soul that an Incautious word, a hasty move, might be as a spark Into the hugest maga zine that the world has ever seen. Not the bankers nor the financiers, nor the manufacturers. For them war spells the upset of business structures It has taken many years victs that these men behind the bars 1 of peace to raise it means pros come to .very definite conclusions as perlty ruined international com to the degrees of criminality of their merce cut apart the works of peace fellow convicts. at a standstill the substitution of ThijT same association with crimi- the Tighter and destroyer for the up realization from which any man must shrink. '. The power to reprieve a condemned. criminal or to give the law its course should rest In not less than three men, so after con sclousness should not be borne by one alone, but be shared by a num ber. ' Webb's crime was heinous. There will be those who will criticize Gov ernor West for commutation of the sentence to life Imprisonment. But how many of the critics, if brota ght face to face with the ap palling alternative of saying .whether or, not the man should or should not be killed would have demanded blood T SHOULD VISIT OREGON iW HILE IN THE northwest Sec retary Fisher owes it to himself to visit Oregon. This is the unanimous opin- Ion of his friends. j 1 Though he passed through the state on his Journey to the north, he did not remain long ( enough in Port- land to hear grievances the state has against the administration and congress in reclamation matters. As the official representative of the ad- ministration, and as head of the re- clamatlon activities, his friends are Uronounced In the view that Secre- tary Fisher should come to Oregon da and hear first handed of the unjust 5 discrimination to which the state 2 feels It has been subjected. m - Oregon has large confidence In .the purposes and. talents of Secre- tary Fisher. It looks on him as one guided by Ideas of broad Justice and tern integrity. People here have viewed his cabinet career and learned of his past with much sat- lsfaction as reflecting ideals in which Z. they can place complete trust;. It is j vu iuib ottuuui, uuupiuu wun ineir desire for their state to have a Just a char In thA rlfstrlVkiiHnn rt tha ... - - . . vtr l ' r.lamiitinn fnnria that ffiAv im onv-. w iuui lur oecreiary r isner to visit me m tice at Washington. The state has : been and. Is one of the heaviest con- trlbutors to the reclamation fund. A former law provided that each state 1: .Should receive a distribution nronnr- uon ate to tne amount contributed. ' ftj j . . . ... which there 'is no concern in this ar- ' tlnlafk t VS A low BOS fVt n errA n n A t t-Tefy heavy cost to Oregon. ' 4 All the hlfltnrv nnrl tha tarta sro . ,. uciuio occieiary risuer, ine Slate iu.ij auuucu suuui 91IU,IIUU nale 1n dally prison life has led this writing "prisoner" to 'suggest se verer and more continued tests of re form as a condition of parole than those inspired by less Intimate per sonal knowledge of the offenders now working out their terms. NEW INVENTION'S A' Ml N INVENTOR in Paris named Gaumont has, according to Modern Electrics, Chicago, ac complished the unheard of feat of making moving pictures talk. The members of the French Acad emy of Sciences, at a recent meeting, saw, on a screen before them, and at the same time heard, one of their members deliver to them an address. The means used was the harmoniz ing of the records made by a moving picture apparatus, and by a phono graph? The inventors use two small electric motors of about the same size, running on direct current on the same mains. One operttec the phonograph, the other the picture fllrfjs, and the phonograph regulates the other. The armatures of the motors are divided off into a num ber of sections. Each section oi the first is connected to a like section on the second, so that the first arma ture can only rotate for a certain fraction unless thetother has rotated so as to keep up the connection. Picture film theatres will take no tice that the public will soon refuse to be contented with dumb show, and that the pictured actors must speak their pieces as on a real stago. The Literary Digest reproduced last week a more wonderful success. A German Instructor in the techni cal school at Nuremberg has been experimenting with wireless telegra phy, or rather wireless, electricity. With wireless currents which captured and. directed eyes of his audience he discharged cannons, operated electric switches, turned and returned bolts, and used force in various directions. Mr. Edison had better hurry back and get to work again, or he may find himself anticipated In more than one of his new inventions. builder. Not the peoples, who bear to each other no ill will, and whose sons would pay the price. What thsn Is the good of it all? Just the fostering of a false pride the stimulating of each Briton, Ger man and Frenchman to say to him self, for his lnflnitesslmal share in it, is not this great Babylon, that I have built? The shows are over. The ships and their crews return to their everlasting drills. More dread naughts are' to be launched and armed, more fleets to be maneu vered. And all with the Inner con viction in each nation that the day of war Is over, that the risks are too terrible to be encountered, that the yearB to come will witness the great ships growing old, but unused, the navies only most costly toys. j Letters From the People (Communication! aent to Tbe Journal for pub lication in tma aepanineni anouia not ticera flOO words In length and unit ba Accompanied of tua name ana aaareaa oi ua aenaer.) Dr. Ilinson's Course Criticised. Portland. Or., Sept 6. To the Edl tor of Tha Journal. Dr. Hlnson, among his other activities, takes occasion to make sarcastlo flings and envious re marks about former pastors of hli church from the pulpit He owes his Job, his opportunity, largely to thoso who have labored and gone on before and does not detract anything from tha value of their services by his innuen does, nor raise himself In the public': estimate of his worth. His criticisms are evidently not made In a proper spirit, and show a lack of good tasta as well as common senQe. A recall to that delightful San Diego might later sound loudly In his own ears. E. L. MOSES. OUR OTHEK CROPS F one the A Critic's Protest, Portland, Or., Sept To tha Editor of Tha journal Having attended the Pantages last evening I am going to pen a little article of criticism and If taken In the same spirit as given, al ways bearing In mind that ali well RUNES HAVE PASSED out of lom8 KooA mftr bs .CCOmDnBhed. the experimental and non-prof- until recently I -have been identified ltable status In Oregon. They for a number of years with tha musio are coming to be recognized as I n ": worm in tneatncai circles, one of the standing rules among the profession was: "To leave the 'rough stuf in the ash can provided for that purpose." I am referring jfo tha fourth turn. Of all the low down vulgarity ever put forth this woman, to use tho street parlance. Is In a class all by htrself, and the pity of It was that she was trying to imitate a little Child the" very esuence of purity. "And a child shall lead them." Now can you conceive of anything more out of place with common sense and . decency than this analogy? True, this woman produced some com motion in tha house, principally, I might say, among the lower classes because , i , ... j . . . . comes the information that Italian but there is another side. You should of the premier fruit crops of state. There are experts who hold them to be a safer and more profitable crop than even Oregon apples. Current prices are 5 to 7 cents a pound for the dried product. Heavy shipments of green prunes have been made from the state this : season at 75 cents per bushel net. The Johnson-Jacobs orchard at Cor vallls has already shipped seven cars at the latter figure. Simultaneously with better prices COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE. A. jOREGON . SIDELIGHTS V Tha mind does not naoessarfly sura with tha body. , . a. a - Ona mould, nor a few moulds, won't do for all people. ' Monopoly development of eastern eoal has cost tha people billions of dollars. . Liberty In tha highest sense foes with a patch of good, paid for Oregon ground. How la a non-oarti aan tariff board any mora Dossibla than non-na.rtlasn JUUOII Tha possessor of ona talent. If w11 used, need feel no anvy of ona with ten tajents. a Tho next Dresldentlal election will proDRDly be mora doubtful than anv oao iu as years. m 9 If Orea-on neartla will li.ln Yv hnvlnr " ::r v - ---n wKon gooo.8 uregon will become a great manufacturing atate. It la Quite bossible that aometlmcH the feminine masher is as i much to Diame aa tna male masher.., a It'a natural that ludiras Present ex and prospective, should not approve of mo recall as appiiea to juages. The housewives are paying more than ever for sugar, but think what a bully ume mo sugar Darona ara navmg. a a There is no doubt now about whom the highly protected plunderers want for president for another four years. a a The British arovernment nrevented tha inreatenea great raiiroan strixe in ureal Britain; so should a government in any country. Kan roads are public, not pri vate Institutions. a a oils germs In and on everything, one wondera that before their discovery anybody lived long enough to become parents, much less grandparents. a a A woman's hatpin caused a San Fran cisco man to lose an arm, which It pen etrated, and he may lose his life: an other case justifying legislation agalnnt the dangerous and sometimes deadly hatpin. A aaylna;. often thoughtlessly quoted as true and wise, that Genius Is tbe capacity for takira infinite pains," is about as near opposite the truth as could be expressed. Genius Is the ca- faclty to do or any something better han anybody else without taking pains. a a Protectionist ortrans talk about tha unholy alliance between Democrats and Republicans In passing the tariff bills. But how is it "unholy to try to serve the people and do them good? An alli ance to serve the trusts and Increase their tariff plunder would be a "holy" one, we suppose. Banks Herald: D. L. Smith ;.is : hav ing ftreat success with his onion and oelery garden. These ware never grow in this vicinity before. The Seventh snnuat camp ' meetrnaj of tha Wheeler Countv Holiness asso elation is to be held in Fossil thl year, beginning Friday, September 16. a a TVoiris mtv'a nw rintol. the Hotel Prairie, has been opened for business by the owner, m. M. sanaers. ,it con structed of redi brick and contains 28 rooms, , ... .a ... . Thomas Had d ox. a aettler on the Hermiston project haa made experi ments with cucumber growing and haa them 10 Inches In lengtn to prove sun ability of soil and climate. let a contract for clearing 100 acres of land at his West station crannerry bogs. . He expects to setTout 10 acres next spring in uranuerrjr iuo. Tondon Globe: A company la being organized at Montague for the purpose of drilling ror artesian water, a ma chine, with which it Is possible to go down isuu reel, nas Deen sacuruu. a a Klamath Chronicle: Beven-Mlle cut, on which the Adams dredger 1 now wnvlrlnff la tn ia Anlare-ffd to ecCOmmO- date vessels on the upper lake. The out was originally planned only for a drain ditch and dyke , to reclaim the Weed ranch. A shock of corn 11 feet in height, is on exhibition In the lobby of the ortitni at Hnlam The corn was raised at the asylum farm and Superintendent Stelner claims ne nasr corn amuurui 1J feet high. . . sj m One of the results of tbe controversy at Huntington over the "aistriot is the organisation of a company to pub- KoK rtanar In nnnnnltlon to the Her ald, which Is assailing present methods of administration. a a Paisley Press: There is a great op portunity for someone wltn a niue money to make more oy ou num. a few residences for ront. Wo know of five people who want to rent houses and can't find any. a a TTn .Tniirnal? Tinder the auspices of the Eastern Star auxiliary, the can tata, "Esther, the Beautiful Queen,' 18 to ba given in Fossil. September 22, by m TaanAtra f Harris of Condon, as sisted by that gifted pianist, Mrs. Lil lian Brown Hartsnorn, oi m m. Pise" . . Bandon Recorder: The Elisabeth took out S7 hard maple and myrtle inir on her last trio, consigned to White Bros, of San Francisco to be used for finishing purposes. There 1b lots of this kind of wood In tha Co qullle valley and tha handling of It win be a line lnausiry iur dh-uuuu. I; The Kaiser anj Hw Navy frrom the Now York; World.' Kaiser Wllhelm in an address to the people of Hamburg told them that he "assumes" they wish him to have a navy so .strengthened tha.t ."nd one Jan dis pute with us tha place that Is our due.': In view of the dispute going on with France over the situation in Morocco, this is assuming much. But no Indis putable navy is any longer possible, however eager the kaiser may be to have It, however willing the Hamburgers may be to pay for it . . On the day that preceded the apeeoh of the kaiser there was launched In the United States for Argentina, one of the. smaller sea powers of the globe, a war ship larger than any other in the world. There is now under .consideration at Washington a plan projected by naval authorities for the construction of a warship to exceed the Argentine, mon ster. It Is estimated to cost 116.000.000. What will these big ships be worth to the kaiser or to his rivals T A iiritisn authority on naval matters recently pointed out that under present conditions It would be Impossible for fleet to be maintained In time of war anywhere on the narrow seas be tween England or Sootland and the con tinent, because of the menace of subma rines and torpedoes that . could be launched, from land stations. Reoent tests made by our own government shew that we have torpedoes that can destroy a ship seven miles from the point from which the projectile starta ' But In the near future the aeroplane. will be more formidable than the sub marine. Mr. Edison recently declared that It virtually puts an end to war. A thousand airships cost less than a single Dreadnought They can be operated over a radius of COO miles and at 'a rate of speed that would leave i battleship like a snail. The United States is now shooting to Diooes tha arreat. battleahln Txa. that a . few years ago was a pride to the navy. In a little while, measured by the life of a nation, every other big battleship will be aa obsolete as the Texas was yes terday, v Tanglefoot By Miles Overboil BWAT-THB FLT-COP. prunes have been selling in Europe i not lose sight of the fact that Portinnd s under California brands. An Eng-' population to a great degree are people llsh expert recently in Oregon, after i ?' wt who do not want their . ., .. j , . ' . I ideals and home life shattered by any- an investigation, declared . that thing that borders on low life, nor do he ' prunes as a table asset have not yet 1 they want ths innocence of childhood before the J reached their zenith. sacrificed on the altar of ill fame, yours Under the incentive of better lul - m prices and a greater world demand, , acreage is largely Increased in the vicinity of Dallas in Polk county, and in various parts of Marioii.. In more than one instance, growers-who have steadily and faithfully cared for their prune prchards have re- The race Is not always to the swift j tired with a competence, nor the battle to the strong. Un-1 Prune growing has Its advantage known Inventors are at work in In that the crop is less subject to thousands of laboratories, and at pests than are apples. In the nroduc- tlon against which the people hereiDeen aolved, another vagrant force "sgalnst the millions .Oregon has Bny unexpected moment the news Js tion of . which there Ib a constant pourea into tne runa. it is a condl-; uasuea mat unotner prooiem nasastruggie wun insects ana diseases. In our clarion heraldry of our apples, we should not overlook odr prunes and prune growers. And there Is also the hog, the hen and the cow. have a right to complain. Oregon acres are as broad and as fertile as those of any other state. They are as badly in need of the. vitalizing touch of water as are those in any other state. Peoples and 5 industrlps here are as much in need of applied reclamation as in any 3 , other 6tate. A broad and equal Jus tice is as much due them as In any V other state. They believe that 8ec- 4 retary Fisher is the typ of states - man wflo will be as willing to hear 2 their claims and redress their griev ances as quickly as he will those of j. any other people in any other state, .nd, that Is why his friends Want -hiw to come to Oregon and learu hy personal observation the true status of reclamation affairs. far. Fisher can render no more conspicuous service to the Taft ad ; ministration so far as Oregon Is con cerned than by an official visit to thls commonwealth. Intercepted and applied, and a fresh name added on the roll of fame. FRIENDLINESS WITH LICE TI1E PO- A' the FTEft THE farewell address a day or two ago at the Winona Bible conference by the Rev. C. Silvester Home, M. P., of London Whitfield tabernacle. this social service minister and mem ber of parliament, met the minis ters present for a final interview. One of the points he made was this: In every district of cities, ev erywhere, forces for order and dls- WHERE BEAUTIFYING PATS I it N FIFTEEN YEARS Kansas City, Missouri, has spent, in round fig ures, ten million dollars on its park and boulevard system. Has paid? The board of park com missioners answers, In its latest an nual report, as follows: -By detailed computations, vhlch the board alleges would-be received as competent evidence in any court order, for good and evil, are arrayed of record, it shows Just how much in battle. The spirit of order Is em- the owners of property fronting on Doaiea in the policeman, and every the boulevards have profited. INDETERMINATE SENTENCES T HE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for September prints. an article on "The Indeterminate Sentence" by a "prisoner." C The first point made is that nearly etery prisoner Is now opposed to the plan. The reason alleged Is that -a. incompetent and irresponsible men are employed ns guards, and that the ';; criminal prefers the "flve minutes gamble with fate before a magis- - irate to the indefinite, soul-wracking Jugglery at the hands of Jim-Crow pojltical beneficiaries." The average prisoner, he says, Tails to recognize that the fair and impartial application of the principles under t lying the Indeterminate sentence de mands a more capable and intelli gent body of official prison subor- dlnates. The writer denounces the fixing , by the Judge oLa maximum limit be ,:. yond which the criminal may not be a. held, regardless of demonstration of "'continued criminal tendencies. Hav 4 lng in mind the rejdrm of the crim- "lnal as one nhWr r,r hi !,... . . , " . . lULililTKrH. tloo, he compares the prisoner to a . patient in a hospital or asylum fit fart fthnn M ho m a rn ktn f tl n - I s-Nn a r-fl11 far-tlms -I J. of positive good. The evil-minded make it their business to be friendly with the police and to tempt them from the path of duty. They are in contact with them all the time and make the most of it. What are the good and moral people, and especial ly the ministers dolngT Too often they "have no business with the police," and pride them selves on It, This is all wrong. The relation between the minister and the policeman on the beat should be positive, not negative. The po liceman should be encouraged to know that good citizens, and espe cially the ministers who are In some sort their renresentatlveR ara hta tranAa an1 a,mrnvf.M ' 1 r . i . I to pull up," said the speaker, "Just as hard as the others pull down." . Policemen are very human, like the rest of us. Thoy appreciate, as all do, a friendly handshake, an en couraging word, and, above all, In terest in the difficult work in which they are engaged. REVIEWING THE FLEETS T -H-?-,iJt ,r L" 8,ay or' powder in salutes, cheered vi iiw,iu uuvmuco uui depends on th rate of his recovery. ' This prisoner suggests an legal ( graduation of sentences in propor tion to criminality, with stated min Iraomi of ;terrn, and that the jury have a vole n apportioning the scn- ttences. But h Insists that parol e hould depend on the evidences of reformation. V Premising that prison officials should be men of thehlgh- , est character and qualifications this writer thinks that tho determination HE BRITISH fleet was reviewed by the king a few weeks ago, the German fleet by the kaiser, and the French fleet, for want of a single head, by the president and cabinet. Each fleet put its best foot foremost, burned a vast deal of and shouted for their respective rulers and, then, lay still at anchor. The British, German and French people are assured by the press of each na tion that the ships,, one and all, are in apple-pie order, fit to fight, and ready to engage. On whom is im pression to be made. ;: v . On, emperor, king jjd president? Not only, they, but every boarj of admiralty, every parliament, every chamber of commerce, every banker, snJ ,every newspaper n the three On Benton boulevard, where the Increase of value has been less than any other, the rise Is more than 183 per cent. Therefore, after deducting the cost to the property owner of every class of improvements with wmcn tne property nas been as sessed, and deducting also the aver age increase in land values through out the district, the net profit due to the boulevard is about 44 per cent. On other boulevards, Armour, Gladstone, and three others, the rise varies from 200 to 500 per cent chiefly attributable to the creation of the boulevards. So profitable, and so fashionable, are the improvements that the board says it meets weekly delegations of property owners, urging extension of the system into new districts. Moreover, most of the cost has been paid, according to this report, by the unearned increment" accruing to the city by the actual work of hv structlon. . ' The beauty of a woman is ione of her best assets that other feminine, the city, profits by Its beautifying. of a1 rill Location of Public Docks. Portland, Or., Sept . 6. To the Editor- of The Journal In yesterday's Journal. "Journal Reader" asks the question "Why not move all the docks below the Broadway bridge?" and im plies that this would settle the ques tion in favor of the "general public" Not at all! The owners and users of property which secure the dock bonds are to be considered in the matter and the same cause which developed these properties about the present docks would develop other property and busi ness about other docks built elsewhere. Why should the promoters- of these other properties have the advantage of Improvements made with bonds se cured on property located about the present docks? If there were good natural reasons for the removal of the city's dorks to Justify auch violent readjustment of outness, tney wouia apply, dui mere are none. After the new shlpplpg utll lties were built up, the same old prob lem would' arise about the need transportation across the harbor those points. Commercial docks bo needed down the river, but the city will never see the day when the pres ent docks in the center of the present city business will not be w.orth lm measurably more than the bridges. Portland can thrive without th bridges, but not without the harbor. The logical place for the docks for the local traffic of Portland is between the Broadway and Morrison bridges. There Is the greater area of natural deep wa ter and the most convenient to th present city. The mouth of Sullivan's gulch, in stead of being filled tn, should be dredged out for wet docks, and fac tories and warehouses built up on the east side, ao that the bulk of heavy traffio would be landed on that, the continental side. Instead of the wes or ocean side. Part of the transrlver congestion of traffio would thus ba saved. If "Journal Reader" would look be yond his nose a little he might per ceive a vista of a Greater Portland with ocean liners running to Alaska, Japan, China, South America, Austra 11a and through the Panama canal to New York, Europe and Africa. The winds of the earth and the sea would enlarge and clear his vision, so that matters of such small magnitude as drawbridges and his clerk's stool In downtown" counting room would lose some of their magnitude. Why does he not sign his name, any way, so that tha public may see wheth er the Interest he seeks to promote is special or "general'? J. B. ZIEOLER. SEVEN NOTABLE RUINS Pompeii. WEBB N' O STATE SHOULD Dlace its governor under the appalling alternative of assuming re sponsibility for a death. It is a relic of barbarism to give an ex ecutive the power to say whether or not a man Bnall be hanged. Having that power, if a human life be taken, a governor must feel his accounta bility to his conscience, to his coun try and to God Almighty for the tragedy, none the less av tragedy be cause it is the state that takes away the life. ; If the state is to kill'a criminal, no ope man should be placed in the position; in which through his after life, he must live in the realization that he had, the power and, by. con sent, caused the killing. It Is a, The Anto Driver's Viewpoint, Portland, Or. Sept. 2. To the Editor or The journal Your last night's edi tion contained two articles condemning reckless auto driving. While admitting the truth of statements made, I think a word should be said regarding the at titude of the pedestrian toward the automobile and also regarding the "lack of attitude" one third of Portland's pod- ulatlon sptems to have toward moving vehicles or an description. I nave repeatedly seen women stop and enter' into a prolonged discussion upon a crossing tn tha heart of the business district and then look daggers at the driver who haa been obliged t stop nis car, cnange gears and toot the horn to prevent , a collision. Men are accustomed to walk across streets In the middle of a block, ab sorbed in thought, never looking to right or left. On Burnslde' atreet it la the usual thing for wayfarers to travel down th mlddle of the street in parties of two and three. Another common sight is to see a man or woman crossing the street with a searching look in one direction only, thereby placing themselves in danger of being- hit from the rear, while avoid ing a vehicle coming from the direotlon in -whioh they are looking. .' rne - street ' crossing hog" is alas much In evidence, meaning the fellow who knows that by quickening his walk a trifle he will enable an auto to pass . Pompeii has the reputation ef being "the moat wonderful of the antiquities of Italy," and one which it is said never disappoints the traveler who is at all acquainted with the history of ancient Rome. The impression which It gives of the actual presence of a Roman town In all the circumstantial reality of Its existence 2000 years ago la so vivid, and intense that it requires but a small ef fort of the imagination to place yourself among' the multitudes which once thronged its streets and theatres, and occupied its now voiceless chambers. The expression so often used that in exploring the ruins of Pompeii you ex pect to see the Inhabitants walk out of their houses to salute you Is scarcely a figure of speech. You see a street before you carefully paved and well worn and In such condition aa if It had been In use pn the previous day. The housus generally extend in broken lines, and even the dilapidation Is, in some measure, concealed by the small, modern roofs placed over the walls to protect them from further waste by the weath er. The doors and windows Indeed are all open, but so they generally are in the modern houses of Italy, and tho somber brown tints of the walls are not very different from what Is seen In the decayed towns of the same country at the present day. Tou turn to the right and left and wander from street to street, and still you have a perfect Image of a town before you, except that no Inhabitants appear and' these you suppose have leftj a few days before. The Roman forum Is still to be seen, with all Its accom paniments of temples, porticos, curiae, eto., not Indeed porfect, but only so Injured that what Is missing can be re planed and what Is mutilated restored. There are still shops to be seen with their utensils of trade within them, and about a hundred private houses of all descriptions from the roor oottage to the patrlclao mansion giving, as It were, a glimpse of the domestic life and man ners of the people. Lastly, the tout en semble of the walla, gates, streets, forum, houses, temples, fountains, thea ters, associated as they are with each other, give the visitor a conception of a Roman town Incomparably more clear and satisfactory than any number of uch objects scattered over distant lo calities could have furnished. The walla of the city are nearly 20 feet thick and about aa high, faced with blocks of lava Inside and out. There are six gates and many towers rising above the ramparts, and pierced with arches. The best means of approsoh of Pompeii ruins is afforded by the Applan Way to the "Gate of Herculan eum." . An excellent idea of the impression gained on a visit to Pompeii Is con tained in three lines by the poet Bhelleyi "I stood within the City disinterred, And heard the Autumnal leaves like light footfalls Of spirits passing through the streets." Tha beautiful town of Pompeii was in its full glory at the commencement of the Christian era, and was a city of wealth and refinement, having 35,000 Inhabitants and beautifully located at the foot of Mount Vesuvius on the bay of Naples. The whole district Is vol canlo and a few years before the final catastrophe (A. D. S) an earthquake had shaken Pompeii to its foundations. On August 24 A. D. 79, oocurred that terrlflo eruption of Mount Vesuvius which In one day overwhelmed tho cities of Pompeii, Herculsnoura and Stablaa. For more than 1600 years Pompeii lay undisturbed in its 'bed of ashes and hardened mud from 20 to 70 feet deep. In 1689 some antique bronzes nnd utensils were discovered there by a peasant, but It was not until 1755 that excavations were begun. These have been assiduously prosecuted until al most the entire city has been unearthed. The remains found are In a, remarkable state of preservation owing to the fact that the city was destroyed not by lava. but by ahowera of ashes, sand, and cind ers which penetrated Into every nook and, aa it were, hermetically sealed'' up the town. - In 1816 Ferdinand I appropriated the museum at Naples for the reception of the spoils fom Pompeii and Herculan- eum. Bulwer's "Last" Days of Pompeii" contains a fine description of the erup tion which destroyed the city and of Its present appearance. Nearly 17 centuries had rolled away when the city of Pompeii was dis interred from its silent tomb all vivid with dimmed hues; Its walls fresh as if painted yesterday and not a line faded on the rich mosaic of its floors. In the forum the half finished columns as left by the workmen's hand. In Its gardens tha sacrificial tripod. In Its hall tha chest of treasure, in its baths the strlgll. in Its theatre the counter of ad mission. In Its saloons the furniture and the lamp, in its trlellnla the frag ments of the last feast tn Its cubicula the perfumes and the rouge of fated beauty, and everywhere the hones and skeletons of those who once moved the springs of that minute yet gorgeous machine of luxury and Ufa" All these today assist In magnifying the Interest of a visit to the famous ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii. 1 ggA r A ft-1 He was fat and the day was hot. He leaned against himself In the shade of a friendly awning and looked not upon the world, for he slept. A policeman strolled by, his mind on the civil service rules, and he encoun tered the fat man with a audden Jolt. The fat man In his dreams then awatted at a fly. and his fist struck tha police man between tha window and tha door. It brought the minion's mind back to things material in a rush. .He turned and entered the aatabllsh ment in front of which the fat man was standing. "Say," he said to the proprietor. "There's a team of mules standing on tha sidewalk in front of your Joint; better get 'em off." Then he strolled on dowi the street. without stopping, but who unconcerned ly saunters on with an "I dare you to hit me" expression on his face, mak ing It necessary to bring the machine to a full stop, change gears and inci dentally block tha crossing. It seems fair to me that, other things being equal, the one who has the least to do ahould be the one to give way. especially where sidewalks are provided for sauntering and streets (except cros sings) for vehicles. a. great aeai nas Deen nam snout pass ing street care on tho left side, but if one stops to think, it will readily be seen that it is almost Impossible to pass a car on tbe rlgnt. The streets are narrow, large teams obstruct the wagon road and the automoblllst must ba con tinually stopping and starting, backing and turning, If he expects to move at a greater speed than five miles an hour. The only alternative Is to pass to the left, and to do this the machine must be moving faster than tha streetcar. . As the cars ara usually run at a 20 mile clip, the auto must exceed this to get by. The new law haa taken this feature up and is to the effect that in passing streetcars on the left a sneed mar ba obtained sufficient to overtake and pass same. I ahould like to inquire if there la any law forbidding the obstruction of streets by contractors and large teama. When a building Is being constructed or torn down, at least half the street, and sometimes more, ia filled with de bris. On Aider street, I have often seen the entire street blocked for five min utes while some heavy truck drawn by horses was being backed around. Autos , may .only turn at crossins-e.' Why should heavy teams, which take ao much longer, be allowed to turn be- Your correspondent in last evening's paper states ffat w should pattern after ' European 1 countries. Does tha Tomorrow -Ruins of Thebes (Egypt). worthy gentleman know that In Prance wnen a peai'Btrian Is hit by an automo bile he Is subject to a fine for obstruct ing the hlghway,and is furthermoro, liable for damages if the machine Is m any way damaged? The above is written with the Inten tion or snowing tnat there are two sldos to most questions. If there be any who disagree with me, let hlra buy an auto and see for himself, or, failing that, hire one at five per and spend half the time seeing the dear puhlio safely ovor the crossings. AUTO DRIVER. r Pat Had His Doubts. From the September Everybody's Pat was invited to a wedding. ' He arrived at the house faultlessly attired in full evening dress, a huge white chrysanthemum adorning hla button- noie. . un was shown upstairs to the gentlemen's dressing room. Suddenly the assembled guests below were startled bya great commotion above. They rushed into the hall Just in time to see Pat coma inmhtin. first down the atslrs, completely dis heveled. , "What, Pat, what is the matter?" ex claimed the amazed host. "Shure and I wint upstairs," answered Pat, and whin I wlnt inter the room I seed a swell young dandy wld a white carnatlonarymum in his 'buttonhole an' i!d 'iiSI". 0n "' nan,,' ' ''.to him, 'Who're youl " 'Bhure,' he sea, 'An' I'm , the best man!' and begorry, ha lsl" y . t, ' L.Up to nim. . From tha Fliegenda Blatter. , . "What would you do, Frauleln Irma, if I wert suddenly to riva . von kiss?" i ,, "Oh, I don't know, I'm sura; ; I've never been asked. What would you avviaa ma i ai l. Two Vetoes. From the New Tork Times. President Taft signed tha Pavne-Ald- rich tariff bill which broke hla party's promise, both to th ear and to the hope or the country. That revision cured none of the abuses, removed none of the burdens of the tariff. Later, In his Wi nona speech. Mr. Taft spoke of the tariff law in terms of high and almost unqual ified praise. Tet In his publlo utteraaoea on the reciprocity agreement and in re spect to the work of the tariff board he haa appeared as the advocate of down ward revision, of a reduction of dutlea. He acemed to have interpreted eorreotly the plain meaning of the. Democratic victory in the congressional elections last fall. The people had begun to look upon him Aa a. pretty good tariff re former. Now ha vetoes the wool bill. It ef fected moderate reductions, not extreme disturbing reductions. In the duties on wool and on blankets, clothing, and oth er fabrics made of wool. It waa the first downward revision measure sent him by congress. Ha vetoed it He also vetoed the free list bill, a measure sot so carefully prepared aa the wool bill, but atlll a downward revision. It re moved duties that welsh upon the con sumer, duties Justified only by the doe- trine of privilege. Mr. Taft withheld his approval. , What will the people think of these vetoes? They will think and say that aa honeat downward revision of tbe tariff under a Republican president la hope less. Few of thsm will read tha mes sages in which he glvea hla reasons for the vetoea, and fawer etlll will be con vinced by them. They are not convinc ing. The big, vital faot, not to be blinked or dodged, is that this Republi can president, professing a desire and a purpose to get the tariff taxes reduoed, nevertheless balks congress in its at-' tempt to reduce them. The very first bills that coma to him he vetoes. The veto of these tariff bills has made the re-election of Mr. Taft extremely Improbable. Consequences. "Papa, did Mr. Boftlelgh call on you today ?' "Yes, dear." "Well, what followed V "Two doctora and an ambulance." Wortk WLile fOrtrlbutd te Tlia Journal hr Watt the fumooa Kanaas poet. Hla pruae-poema Ira a V rMrulRr feature of thla column la Tha li.n. X Journal.) ' dor I aat one day in my flgtree's shade. and watched a man as he piled his spade. The man was old and his steps were weak aiid deep were the furrows upon his cneek. I grieved for him as he bravely wrought, for his task was hard and the day Was hot; and the pal try wage that the diggers get won't i buy them napkins to dry their sweat. "Old man," I said, with a friendly smile, "do you really thlnk that your life ' worth while?" Withered bandana he mopped his head, and leaned his weight on his spade and said: I am the hap piest man in town! Last night I mar ried tho Widow Brownt" Then the bridegroom turned to bis yawning ditch and his heart was glad and his life was rich. It often happens, methrrfks, that those Who draw 'our sympathy for their woes, get more from Ufa thAnw. tam pered guys, who feed on lobsters and uriiupa) . soil' piss. i; . y Copyright. 1011, ty A Hawse Mattaav AdaBa. . U2tUeV'UeVfta1 V t' , -. :a;T