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Of manners gentle, of affections
mild!
In wit a man, simplicity a child.
Pop,
HANGINGS
GOVERNOR WBST Is not a trim
mer. He is not an artful
dodger. Everybody knows
where he stands. . If he has
plans," he takes, the public fully and
freely Into his confidence. . It la a
virtue in these times, when public
officials promise one thing and per
form another.
He is against capital punishment
because he believes capital punish
ment Is, wrong. He things it a relic
. of barbarism. He thinks It sets an
example In murder Instead of dis
couraging murder. He thinks It as
wicked for the state to kill a man
s lor an individual to kin a man,
and with much courage he has made
his convictions, public and urges a
change. '
t, He will be criticised by his pe
rennial critics. He will be criticised
by those who think that if a man,
kills, the state ought to kill the
man. His attitude will be misrep
resented by persons wfca will insist
that he favorB pardoning murderers,
when in fact he urges that the par
doning power be taken away from
governors : and murderers be pun
ished" with life Imprisonment that
will be literal life imprisonment. He
says that life Imprisonment that. Im
prisons for life will dp- more than
hangings to stop murder; but unfair
critics will be abroad In Oregon pro
claiming that he is for "pardoning"
all murderers.
AH this trouble Governor West
could have sidestepped. He could
have remained silent as to his con
victions,, and. escaped criticism. But
he is not' that kind of man. If he
has convictions as to what is right,
he takes the public into his confi
dence. Is it not a good way?
Do hangings stop inurders? Have
they stopped murders? Has Oregon,
with its hangings in vogue for fifty
years, had any murders?
Instead of stopping murders with
hangings, murder Is on tae increase.
New York City had 200 in one year.
Chicago 202, and Texas 2000 In one
year. In one year Dallas county,
Texas, alone, had 56 murders, Har
ris county 57 and Tarrant county 40.
In North Carolina there were 141
and in Ohio 11. ''In the United
States there were over 9000.
t Have hangings stopped the mur
ders, or have they, by setting the ex
ample In killing, actually encour
aged murder? . Is tiers one proof
In the world that an advocate of
hangings can bring, to establish that
hangings decrease murders?
Does not the fact that the aver
age juror hesitates to vote for a man
to be banged prevent convictions?
Does not the average juror look be
yond the trial, at the hideous gal
lows, and then, with a look of pity
, at the defendant and mercy tugging
at the heartstrings, refuse to vote
td hang him?
la there any Juror, or any judge,
or" any advocate of hangings, who
.wants to spring the trap that tight
ens the noose and sends the strapped
'and bound victim into eternity?
I Nobody will deny that the death
penalty lessens the number of con
victions. Men shrink from impos
ing it. They do not want to be par
ties to the 6hedding of blood. In
Chicago in one year, there were 202
"murders, and but one hanging.
Thousands of jurors would vote for
life imprisonment who will not send
a man to the gallows. It Is the
small number of convictions, a num
ber enormously reduced by the pres
ence of the death penalty that helps
to make murder rampant. It Is not
the hanging, but more convictions
that will help to curb murder.
We hang men because the prac
tice was begun several thousand
years ago. We have tuken it for
granted that the only way to stop
murders is for the state to kill the
man who kills another man. ' But
has the plan worked successfully?
Are not the more than 9000 murders
in the United StateB last year more
than 9000 proofs that hanging Is a
failure?
If we cling to one relic of barbar
ism, why not cling to all? An
Apache chief Jn his time, as pun
ishment for their . offenses against
.him, scalped bis enemies, dead or
alive. Why .don't we do it? -f
Old King Assurbanipal,' who ruled
frefore the fall of great Nineveh, Tiad
Jils code of 'fcunishmeni Jlejsaid. 61
ne who offended t . "He foil into
nlf.:..nlnd'abd7.,lladriHII'vkinlltMl
alive.;-1 had the eyes torn from the
head ; of y. hlM spnrbu,t ;:? instead ? .of
tn rowing him to the dogs, I had him
walled up In U gate of the buu at i
ineveh,.";::':';'V' "Viy.-U ..,
' If hanging li good, AsBurbsnlpal's
filao Is better, f oca use more barbaric.
Why don't welskin them alive, tear
THE
out the eyes of their sons, and wall
them ui near the gate of the prison
at Salem? V" , j
MR. CAREY'S ADDRESS
"IT
NDER our codes an elaborate
system of technical rules of
pleading , has grown np
Much ' time Is wasted upon
demurrers and motions which are
filed In nearly every suit.; Technical
rules that confine parties to definite
issues are obstructions to ultimate
Justice. Courts and lawyers now
make Justice a secondary considera
tion.. They proceed on the theory
that the rules must be adhered to,
even though the result Is to bring
the victory to the party who ought
not to win; and they have built up
fine theories of the law under which
precedent muBt be followed to ab
surd conclusions."
These words are the criticism of
court practice and procedure by a
lawyer. They were uttered by
Charles H. Carey before a body of
lawyers, assembled at the annnal
meeting of the Oregon 3tate Bar as
sociation in Portland the past week.
They are the exact convictions
The Journal has voiced for. years.
They are the conclusions , that lay
men everywhere reached long ago.
They are a sentiment expressed by
the Oregon electorate In the Judicial
amendment passed at last year's
election. '" . '", -X " " ' " " ' ' ' .-
Judge Carey's statements are a
welcome addition to the literature on
the subject of the laws delays. They
echo, back the assertions that no
less a personage than the president
ef the United States has proclaimed
broadcast throughout the.- country.
They are token of a change that is
going to be made In the country's
udlcature. . The presentment by
Judge Carey Is so excellent that It
Is given place on another page of
this paper.
The members of the bar and the
courts will not be able to keep back
the oncoming tide of judicial re
form. They may as. well make, up
their minds to accept and Intelli
gently guide It. If they do not as-
Bume leadership In the movement,
that leadership will be assumed by
others less competent to forward re
quired changes:
It Is perhaps shocking td the law
yers, and their sense of fitness, but
it Is a fact that the Ignoring: of pre
cedents and old forms by Judge Mc
Ginn is having a profound effect on
the popular mind. It is exercising
an enormous x influence in creating
popular sentiment for a less tech
nical practice and a less elaborate
procedure.
The supreme court will doubtless
stick to ancient and anointed prece
dents and hand down reversals,' but
that will- only Jan the flanjeptre-
ststance to th present . orden !iTheyi
will only stir vp and unify the forces
ttiat are -gathering ewywhei,tor a
judicature that will be- harmonious
with an enlightened time. ' They
will only strengthen the widespread
resolve for a change, a change that
will come, even if the supreme court
itself has to be reformed.
Judge Carey's valuable contribu
tion to the 'discussion will Itself add
much impetus to a movement in
which President Taft Is a powerful
leader.
THE BUSINESS SITUATION
N'
OT In months have the business
conditions In the United States
made so splendid a showing as
In the past week. Without a
single exception, the forty leading
cities showed an increase In bank
clearings.
The total clearings for the period
was $3,214,614,000. The total for
the same week in 1910 was $2,221,-
461.000. The gain is $993,153,000.
It is a splendid record. Bank
clearings are an almost perfect ba
rometer of business. They are a
mirror of the actual transactions,
and by that test the business for the
week was 35 per cent better than In
the same week a year ago.
It must mean a more general air
of confidence In the financial outlook
than the country has experienced In
several years. It must mean a busi
ness activity more maTked than at
any time since the panic of 1907.
There has been no week In a long
period in which bank clearings in
numerous cities have not shown a
decrease. There have been times
when the number of decreased clear
ings outnumbered the increases.
The change to an Increase in each of
the forty leading cities is almost
phenomenal, and a perfect reflection
of widespread optimism over the
business situation.
As usual, Portland was fully re
sponsive to the bettered tone. The
clearings for the week were $11,
653,000, an Increase of 28.2 per
cent. Seattle's were '$10,283,000, an
Increase of 15.2 per cent. Portland
holds her position with perfect con
sistency, and, with railroads build
ing, skyscrapers under construction,
factories multiplying and residence
construction proceeding as never be
fore. Is going to continue the pace.
CO - OPERATION
VERY organisation which Is
based upon the theory that
its members are better than
the rest of the world is es
sentially Immoral," said i a well
known student of ,,. humanity.
-wnatever is exclusive is wrong.
The elect and the ; illuminated few
are humbugs." The individual Jlfe
is not the sane life. 1 It la not iha
helpful life. It is contrary Uo all
laws of. progress, and uplift. .
' Men succeed only as they work
with other men fbr other men.. Or
ganizations that deal - directly with
sociological problAmB attain results
OREGON SUNDAY , JOURNAL. . PORTLAND, SlNDAY
only aa they w-ork together. - And
these organizations must' not 6nly
band together but they taust have
the support of every citizen and cltl
zeness in. , Portland. Those organ
izatlons who do useful work, adopt
a universal plan of action. .Each has
its specific aim and end, each lends
mutual aid to the others, and. al) are
backed by the community at large.
Power Is the welding together of
a variety of units so that they will
present a vast machine with one
mind, one purpose and a common dl
rectlon of energy. That power Is
generated where everybody works to
gether, where men are handled In
gangs and shifts. That way lies suc
cess. That way ieaas to supreme ac
complishment. '''.' .
A successful venture In charities
and welfare and humane societies; is
where they are all organized into
one whole. There , is , division of
labor; there Is variety of method
None Is Jealous of the other. , None
holds Itself above another. There
are no open ruptures that throw
suspicion, on their motives. The
ideal comes out of harmony.
We have a place for all our char
itable institutions, our welfare or
ganizations, our philanthropies. We
need more of them, but, more than
all else, we need to "get-to-gether.
We need cooperation of organiza
Hons, with all Portland to sustain
them.
COLLEGE GRADUATES
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Ttfs a pity that any one who Is as
well known, and counts as much
as William Hanley of Burns,
should bring to life again that
old chestnut about the helpless col
lege graduate, running around, look
ing for Jobs filling fountain pens for
ex-senators and the like.
When you come to think of It he
must be the only man In Oregon who
knows that kind of graduate. The
real ones are finding "Jobs" that
mean something to all of us.
This eastern Oregon of Mr. Han-
ley's is full of life. There are a
dozen or more of Irrigation enter
prises being laid out and built. See
this dam site. Watch the men pick
ing and shoveling and teaming and
wheeling. Who is the man In
charge? Whose are the brains that
direct, and the will and leadership
that get results? A college gradu
ate's. Visit the new power plant. The
river is being harnessed. The
great machines are being installed.
It is a delicate and responsible Job.
Who is supervising It? Who heads
it? A college graduate.
Let us draw nearer to those Blue
mountains. Here is a new mine. A
group of men, with their Instru
ments, Is taking levels, seeking ex
act directions, seeing foundations
marked out for stamps and furnaces.
Who Is the head of it? A college
graduate. -
We will turn to the forest then.,
Here is the ranger in charge of the
district, to whom men look for or
ders In the danger time, who lays out
trails, and has roads cut, and tele
phones installed the responsible
man. He, too is he a graduate?
Certainly he Is.
The farmers of three counties
need the opening to them of new
ways -the introducing of new crops,
of new methods, of new stock, the
finding out of causes for past fail
ures or of poor results. The state
provides an experimental farm.
Who shall be put in charge? A col
lege graduate.
The new railroad sends out its
corps of engineers. Who leads the
party, who gets the summary of the
party's work and draws the report?
A college graduate.
Who doctors your children? Who
preaches In your church? College
graduates,' all.
If ever the college graduate had
life opening out before him it Is
now. Why? Because tne aay or
picked up, chance-gotten, inexact,
imperfect knowledge, has gone by.
Men need the best teaching they can
get, from the best experts who are
specialists in their several HneB. The
men need it, and the state most wil
lingly provides it for there is
found the highest good. -
THE GREATER CHARITY
I
N a recent number of The Outlook
Miss Olive Colton says:
"Charity and the giving ot
money are no longer synonymous.
Relief work is not changing the sit
uation fast enough. Why? Because
our industrial and social conditions
are making paupers more rapidly
than the charitable organizations
can help them.
"The watchword -of our day Is
prevention. Poverty, disease and sin
can be controlled when we eradi
cate Ignorance and Injustice. When
the necessities of life are not above
the reach of the laborer, when dan-r
gerous trades are regulated, and re
stricted in Industries wheie women's
health is Imperiled, wh.n child labor
ia-abollshed and a l'vlng wage uni
versally given, when overcrowding,
unsanitary living, and low moral en
vironment are every one's concern,
when wholesome pleasure can be ob
tained by the young and comfort by
the agedf then the charity workers
will feel that their efforts were not
In vain. To make tfils ' possible,
'charity must enlist 'agents 'among
the legislatures, " the city officials,
the lawyers,- the labor unions, the
women's clubs, and all those ; voters
whose pernicious Indifference will be
quickened by the appalling statistics
to be Bhowh them. J ' . ji
. "Justice Hughes ' said : 'Philan
thropy in democracy must not con
slat in the mere, doling out of lar
gejBses by those who are prosperous
to those who are looked upon with
a pitying eye, or for the -purpose of
securing contentment of the giver
in his self-Indulgence. , We must
have that true democratic , fooling,
that sense of brotherly relation, that
honeBt appraisement of our fellow
men, as men of like passions with
ourselves mayhap ot fewer oppor
tunities,, mayhap.' of equal powers
but men like ourselves, whom we de
sire to help make the best of, them
selves, or to relieve in their distress
because they are our brothers and
we believe in' equality.' : v
f VThose who have felt the Welt-
schmers knowthat the relief for the
future will not come from poetical
longing,, or from a miracle at : the
milennlum, when the . world is , ex.
pected to be born anew; but y each
and all doing our part for humanity
'The work of the world Is done by
few, God asks that a part be done
by you.'", , ' , , i
Is this not a message of wonder
ful appeal in these, our Thanksgiv
ing days? Is there not Inspiration
"for each and all" to play a glor
ious part in a greater charity a
charity whose watchword' Is preven
tion,, and whose motive is to help
others "make . the best of them
selves because they . are. our broth
ers." '.(". .W
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HABITUAL CRIMINALS
r
N England there Is a law ' that
after a certain number of con.
victlons an offender may be
brought before the court as an
"habitual criminal"' and , shall, on
proof of the previous convictions, be
condemned to five years preventa
tlve detention. .
In a case ot this kind a few days
ago a prisoner was tried before Jus
tice Darling and convicted. Before
sentence was passed the man made
this plea: "Before a man is tried as
a habitual criminal he ought to be
told 'here's a- Job for you,- it you
dont do it you know the result.' "
But the Judge was powerless. "It
might well be," he said, "that when
ever a man had real, work offered
to him and failed to do it the sen
tence of preventive detention should
be passed. All the court can do,
however, Is to say that it Is not the
law as It stands at present. The law
has been observed, the flat of par
liament complied with, and the court
cannot interfere with the sentence
which has been Imposed."
For such cases the Indeterminate
sentence, or .possibly the sentence
followed by parole, would be applied
here. For the complaint is often a
genuine one in all countries that the
enrollment of a man In the criminal
class stands in the way ot his re
form and restoration.
THE WEEK IN CHINA
A'
RE events in China marching
towards the. establishment of
a constitutional monarchy, on
the foundation of the- assembly
frst called' together 'by the' Manchu
government, or has the new-born re
public in the south come to stay and
to draw all the provinces to Its ban
ner?
So far' as can be surmised from the
last dispatches Yuan Shi Kal Is pre
paring to let the Manchus go, and
make a fresh start from a new foun
dation. What kind of peace he will
be ready to make with the revolu
tionists will depend on the promi
nence and power they will consent
to assign to him. His influence with
them is undoubted. It Is now re
called that General LI, the com
mander-in-chief of the revolution
ists. Is a former pupil and associate
of Yuan Sht Kai in the organization
and training of the now drilled
Chinese army, which is the backbone
of both the forces in the field.
The China of today is vastly dif
ferent from the China of even twen
ty years ago. ,It has railroads, foun
dries, arms factories, machine shops,
newspapers, the beginning of a mod
ern army, telegraph, telephones, and
constitutional agencies at work
which culminated in the creation of
a federal assembly. From this ad
vance ' there is no retreat Into the
dark age when a semi-divine emperbr
was the center of the religion of the
whole people, and the priest was the
magician.
Nor can the influence of young
China, educated in Japan, America
and Europe, be extinguished.
Of this deep , seated change the
attitude to foreigners of both the
warring parties Is one clear proof.
That Individual foreigners may lose
their lives In the great upset Is un
fortunately true. But another
Boxer outbreak ' could hardly find
support in this convulsion. . No
excuse will be so given for any In
ternational or Japanese or German
expedition, the , dread of which ' Is
before .every Chinese patriot.
During the past week we have
heard of a Japanese force ready to
Invade, and of German marines
landed at Chefoo. But so far.. hO
cause, nor even a reasonable pretext,
has been given. . . .. '
If Hankow and Nanking; shall fall
to he revolutionists in the .near fu
ture, Yuan sni K.ai win do compelled
to take decisive action, before the
revolutionary army can reach' Peking
in force.., On that decision will hinge
the early stoppage of the war.
When 1 Wu Ting Fang threw his
lot In with ' the Infant republic ' as
director of foreign affairs it meant
more to the American observer than
the gain ot one province and three
cities, for every one In Washington
knows Wtti(j.:'::'
Not an Irreparable Loss.
. nogardless of the fact that now all
young- wotnen are students of domestic
clencs and that U brides are ocom
pllabed housekeepers, a, writer In Harp
er's Weekly ventures to tell this etory of
a young- bride who was especially eae
to put Into practice the leeaona that she
had taken In cooking: - r
' Returning home one evening-, her hus
MORNING, NOVEMBER 28,
band found her In tears. Between eobe
he managed to let him know that some
thing horrible had happened.
. :"it doea aeem . too wfu V she !!
"that the very firat meat pie I made for
you should be eaten by the cat!"
.Well, never mind, dearest," aaid her
husband, cheerfully, patting her on the
shoulder. "We can get anoiner vf cy
enough." - !,. .: -a,.,. -:, .u ?. ,- iNo-M
" Bargain Hunters-Also In Vermont. '
From J the Vermont Tribune.
The Boston Globe excited its read era
the other day by announcing that 1919
Clckela were worth 195.60, -and re
ceived ; many Inquiries as to , the ex
traordinary value . of nickels bearing
that ' date and the quickest , possible
way of realising on them. This
oatohy little statement by the Globe
remalnds us of that other, declaration
to the effect that IS postage atamps
could be bought for a cent and a quar
ter a declaration, by the way, which
found some takers right here In Lud
low not so very long ago.
(Oominanlratloaa sect to The Journal for pub
ligation 1b thla department should not eioead
00 worda la leorth and mnat be aecompealed
bf the name and addreaa of toe sender.)
V. The Inman-Poulsen Cajfj.,.'''-;..':'
Portland, Nov. ti-To-the Editor of
The Journal. I wish to add to my
statement that the Inman-Poulsen com
pany, returned statements to the asses
sor " for . 153,000 Improvements, and to
the circuit court in this case; of 11,-
000,000 worth' of Improvements, that
they are also assessed $70,000 for ma
chinery and equipment, besides stock In
trade, money, aocounta, etc - Whether
this $70,000 was Included In their state
ment to the s"" court of Improvements
worth $1,000,000 which ' would be de
stroyed by opening the Strata I do not
know. However, that they, in court,
claimed everything In sight Is evident
They ' claim every equity on public
easements, even while they seek to con
fine) the city to the strictest construc
tion of the statutory rights, and to
deny those where they can. I don't
understand why the courts do not for
bid this kind of pleading.
February 26. 1908. the company ap
plied for vacations of Division, First,
Second and Third, and perhaps others.
In each application the identical aworn
statement appears, that they are going
to build a new planing mill ana the
street' Is needed for same. Quite an
extensive planing mill, that, which re
quires the vacation of a mile or so
of streets! It may also be reraemarked
that against their claim that none of
these atreets can be opened without
destroying their plant, that' the streets
traversing the tract are First. Second,
Third, Union avenue. Grand I avenue.
Sixth, Seventh, Division, Caru there,
Sherman, Grant and Lincoln. Of these,
Grand avenue alone Is open. Seventh,
Sixth, Union avenue- can be opened
without touching or impairing their Im
provements, as the blocks down to
Grand are occupied only by a few wag
ons, not even aa a wood yard. Between
Grand and Union, the blockstire partly
vacant and partly occupied by lumber
ricks, and Third could be opened with
out Interfering with any improvement
except one old shed.
The tract fronts on the river 1670
feet, extending from Lincoln street on
the north to Iron on the south. It runs
back In a roughly triangular shape to
Eighth street and the S. P. main line
and contains over all, by metes and
bounds as claimed by the company down
to harbor line, about 40 acres (48 acres,
I believe they clelm). Of this, streets
and waterfront owned by the public
constitute about one-half or 20 acres.
Auditorium, Not Museum. .
To the Editor of The Journal Many
letters have appeared In your columns
about the public auditorium, but there
Is one phase of the question that seems
to have been overlooked by all tne writ
ers, and that is the provision for space
in the new building to house the collec
tum of the Oregon Historical society.
When the average man voting at the
last election wrote his "yes" for the
auditorium, he considered and belidved
that he was voting for an auditorium,
not for the building of a museum. It Is
true that the text of the act. which
only about one of every 10 electors had
the chance of reading, made provision
for the housing of the Oregon Hi sto
ical society, but if I remember rightly
the commissioners were given a discre
tionary and not a mandatory power In
the matter. It is thla Inclusion of the
Oregon Historical society, this railroad
ing through a new museum building
wtlhout the public fully understanding
it, that is causing all the trouble about
site. Without the museum part of the
scheme one block Is quite large enough
for the auditorium proper. Does not
the Helllg theatre seat 2100 people,
with a magnificent stage, good dressing
rooms, and ample corridor apace be
sides, and this is built .on a quarter
block. Does not the White Temple, seat
Letters from the People i
SEVEN FAMOUS ROMANCES
Boccacclos
Boccaccio U recognised as one of the
world's greatest story tellers, It Is
from his famous "Decameron mat
many romances so popular today have
been gleaned. Other authors have era.
bellished, have given tnem new set
tings, but to Boccaccio must be credited
hi invention, Shakespeare, and other
of the great poets and story' writers
of the, world, have adopted his Idea
and have woven tnem in meir uwn
style Into some of the most famous
fiction of literature.
Boccaccio died in Certaldo, December
91 1 97K- and gradually all the work of
his laborious life has sunk into insig
.ifiMiiM beside the "Decameron." that
book which, together with all the other
"gay works" of nis younger yr, n
himself sought to destroy in a convert
ed middle ago. His English biographer,
Edward Button, does not hesitate to
pronounce him the greatest story teller
of the world, : For "by what other
title," he asks, ' snau wi imi me au
thor of the 'Uecameron, wiiv im mm
secure la his Immortality' and as great
in his nsrratlve power, as the author
of the 'Arabian Nights.' and infinitely
greater in his humanism ana niiu
enoer . ' ; , :"' .. ' ' ;'' .. .. .
The great story, teuer was oorn in
ltm nrobablv in Paris. His child-
hood, we are . told, was Junhappy and
he went tO Itaiy. H waa iimra, anu
when he was still little more than
a youth, that he met his ."Flammet-t,-
who is familiar to all readers of
Boccaccio. Her reel -name was Marls
Boccaccio - became her slave
and continued so until he found out
her Infidelity. ' His " uocoio, me
"Flloetrato" and tne lammena- ' an
belong to the period Of his residence in
Naples. p, v :'. v..- :'- ' V:: 'p
After- the plague, v which caused th
death of his beloved ,"FIamroetta,7 be
Mmnviid to Florence. Here occurred
the greatest event of his life, in I860,
his meeting with Fetrerch, for It was
the latter who incited him -xtou' th-1
study of . Homer ana to superintend
the first translation In Italy of that
poet lnto;' Latin. -. !)' . " ,'..':; '
It was in inai coccaccio guvs
the 1 "Decameron" . to the public - -. Fe-
1911.
8000, and that Iselso built on a quar
ter block. Mere else is not the only
requisite for an auditorium.. We have
that in the old Armory. Eliminate the
museum part of the scheme and build
the auditorium on the Market block, the
surrounding are not so bad as some
would have us believe, and they will
soon improve, It is central, and best 'of
all the site 1 already ownea oy,vn
city. If the commissioner go to tne
people . for more money defeat Is sure
and certain, especially now that we are
to have a tax levy of 1.80 muis on me
dollar.' Let the slogan of the voters be
"Auditorium not Museum," and the last
words to the commissioners, "'Get, busy
and that right soon." . j
,. f . FREDERICK W. GOODRICH,
- An Unanswerable Argument. .
' From Llppincott's Masraslne. !
The poor relation had not been) In
vtted to the formal f unotlon at the g.reat
house, but he went to the door In spite
of that oversight, v I , . -f -.-
"Where's your card!" inquired ... me
first gentleman In waiting. .
"Haven't got any," responded tne poor
relation meekly. - .
"Nobody can get In without a eara.
"Well. I'm nobody, murmured.- the
poor relation, but the first gentleman In
waiting could not grasp the delicate hu
mor of it. and tha poor relation was
turned away. ," ' -;
. ; Willing to Oblige.' 5
; From the Washington Star. .
"I want recognition as a taxpayer,"
said the 'Irate -cltlaen. .-'. .?,'.
-All right,' ' said the municipal dobs,
"we'll aend the assessor around to see
you aga)n.". v, .. '
Tanglefoot'
By Miles ;':'v .
' Overholt
LITTLE LESSONS IN VAUDEVILLE,
Barri Ah. ha, me hearty.. So you're
the guy that's been , putting those
pointed' things in my wife's head.
Ham Who, me What pointed thingsT
S Hair pins!
HSay. Just because I'm a hair
dresser, don't accuse me of sharp prac
tices. S O, well. I was only Joking. They
say your method of dressing the hair
Is so soothing that frequently your
patients slumber.
H Yes. they go to sleep at the switch
sometimes.
8 No disasters occur, I hope.
H Well, sometimes the engineer gets
off the track fast male, you know
but by using a little sand, things are
eoon made right.
S Say. fellow, my wife doesn't go to
aleepit the switch does she?
H O no, no, no. She was .never
shocked by me, She's a first class
conductor; I m only the engineer. She
Is a pull-man conductor, If you please.
S I don't. What do you mean pull
man conductor? .
H Doesn't she pull you around?
They say ehe does..
8 I'll have you understand I'm the
head of my house. r
H Sure: I'll even go you one better
and put Jt figure-head.
B If you were anyone else I would
regard that an Insult, but a donkey's
braying cannot be considered but a
bray.
H He, haw! Well now let us to busi
ness. Do you want your daughter's
hair dressed weekly or daily?
8 I won't tend my daughter to you.
i
Why, the way you talk you must main
tain a regular harem.
H Well, I do hair 'em some, believe
me.
8 So my daughter will not have her
hair made up by you.
H Rats! Pouf!
8 No, my daughter wears no foreign
fixings on her head.
H No, she wears all the foreign stuff
inside her head. I understand she's
looking for a count.
S Mistake; she won't take the count.
She's looking for the' guy that can
GIVE the count a White Hope
H Well, let's hope, let's soap, let
let Us sing:
Itbth:
Now Jonah fell Into the threat of a
whale:
'Twas a government fish for it carried
the male. -But
the whale feared the pirates that
threatened to rob.
So Jt swam to the shore and then threw
up its Job.
Decameron.
trsreh's death came In 1874,' and that
of Boccaccio one year later. The latter
died poor, neglected and alone. Pe
trarch's bequest to his friends was an
epitome of his delicate friendship:
fifty florins "to buy a warm cloak to
cover himself In the nights of study"
a symbol of the love of the man and
his love of learning. ;
' Among some of the famous poems
aid plays based on stories In Boccac
cio's . "Decameron" ' are Tennyson's
"Golden Supper," ' Chaucer's "Clerke's
Tale" (the story of Grlaelda); Shake
speare's "Cymbellne," "Troilu and
Cressida." "All's Well That Ends
Well," three stories called "Transla
tions from Boecace." by Dryden, Keats'
"Isabella, or the Pot of Ball,M and
Longfellow's "The Falcon."
s Other stories from , Boccaccio,
though not frowrthe "Decameron," are
Chaucer's "Knight's Tale," taken, from
the "Teseide," which also furnished the
theme of the "Two Noble Kinsmen,"
and on a part of which Is based the
setting of the ,, "Midsummer Night's
Dream." .rV vl .
The action of the "Decameron" is
,supposed to occur ' In 1848, the year of
the great pestilence. It Is probable
that Boocacclo did not set about his
work until after that periods. How soon
he completed .it Is uncertain. . It would
seem, . from the introduction to the
fourth da?, that a part was publishaJ
separately: for In that Introduction he
takes pains td answer the , censures
which had been passed upon him by
several -persons who had read his nov
els, v v.'i f, v'-.f. -,
While Boccsccio wrote his stories In
such an entertaining way as to make
them live, It Is supposed v he secured
his' data from Grecian exiles, from trig
"Hiatorlae i and Poetlca" opera, t ho
"Troubadours,"' and from other sources.
Some of the tales' are no doubt of his
own invention, but besides that be col
lected ttiose common in his country,
and procured others of Grecian origin
from his friends and preceptors; the
Constanopolltan exiles, which he decor
ated with new circumstances, and de
livered in the purest style.
. Tomorrow "Maid Marian,"
yiLjm. L-i --T-
World's Production. .
of Coal '
The total coal production of the world
In 1810 was approximately 1,800,0,00,000
Short tons. , of which ib .United States
contributed about 39 per cent, r -This
country has far outstripped- all others,
and in 1810,' according to - the ; United
States geological survey. ' it exceeded
Great Britain, which ranks, second," by
over 200.000,000 tons. .Greet Britain's
production in 181o was less than . 80
per cent of that of the United Slates
and Germany's was 'less than half. The
increase in both of tneso countries
1810 over 1908 Was comparatively small!
whereas the Increase in i the ' United i
States was nearly equar to the entire
production of France end : was more !
than the total production of any foreign
country except Great Britain, Germany,
Austria-Hungary and France. H j 5 i
s The United States "has held first place)
among the coal producing countries of
the world since 1899, when It surpassed
Great Britain. In the 11 . years sine
1899 the annual output of the United
States has yearly doubled, from 253,741,
192 short tons to 601,896.878 tons, -whereas,
that of Great Britain has in
creased only 80 per cent, from 248,608..
166 short tons to 296.0T7.699 tons. . ;
' Th. i.kl. -I. . .l - ....
production of the prlnclpak countries of
the world In 1910, except those for which
enly the 1909 figures are available: '
The World's Produottoa of Goal la Short
V Tons, '
United Btates (1910) ......
Great Britain (1910), V...'.
Germany (19 10)
Austrla-Hunnary (1909) ...
France (1910
Belgium (1910) : j , i ......
Russia and Finland (1910).
Japan (1909)
Canada (1910)
China (1909)
India (1909)
New South Wales (1909)...
Spain (1909)
Transvaal (1910) .........
Natal (1910) .,
New Zealand (1909)
Mexico (1909)
Holland (1909)
Queensland and Victoria...
Italy (1909)
Sweden (1909)
Cape Colony (1909)
Tasmania (1909) ..........
Other countries
801,568.378
296,077.699
246,043.120
64,673,788
42,616.233
26,374,988
24,967,095
16,505U8
12,79612
13,227,600
13,294,628
7.862,264
4,646,718
4,446,41
I.677.0I
2.140.697
1,432.990
1.245,515
1,119,708
611.867
272.066
103.619
98.843
5,236,903
Total
.1,278,677.818
Pencentage of the United
Slates
39.3
News Forecast of tLe
looming Week
Washington, D. C, Nov. 26. From
many lands the high officers of the
Roman Cathollo church will gather In
Rome at the beginning of the week to
participate In, or witness the great cere
monlal of the consistory, when ' tha
largest number of prelates to be named
as cardinals at one time for more than
400 years will receive their Insignia of
office and honor. The Sacred college
will then be raised from 46 to 66 mem
bers. Among the new cardinals are
three American prelates. Archbishop
Farley of New York, Archbishop O'Con
nell of Boston, and Mgr. Falconlo, tha
papal delegate at Washington. Accord
ing to the latest advices from Rome,
the private consistory will be held Mon
day, and the public one two days later.
In far off Bangkok, the capital of
Slam, representatives of the leading
nations of the world will assemble for
another interesting ceremony the coro
nation or King Maha Vajlravudh, who
succeeded to the Siamese throne Upon
the death of his father a year ago.
The coronation ceremonies and festivi
ties will last an entire week.
Another assembly of the nations will
be the international conference for the
suppression of the opium traffic, which
la scheduled ' to begin its sessions at
The Hague. Great Britain, the United
States and other nations will participate
in the conference, which will try to
complete the work begun at Shanghai
in lvou.
The governors of 10 western states.
California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, South,
Dakota, North Dakota will start from
St. Paul Monday night on a 6000 mile
tour of the east and middle west, car
rying exhibits of the products of tha j
Btates they represent. The governora
., Hnvi.u .uuiEiuiivL. uiivi ,i ac
quainted with the business men of the
many cities they will visit in an effort
to attract further public attention to
the western country as a desirable field
for the homeseekers and the investment
of capital. i
Pursuant to the call of Governor John
son the California legislature will be
gin a special session Monday for th
investigation of matters of atato oo
cern, including woman suffrage, the in
ltlatlve and referendum, weights and
measures, and the issuance of irriga
tion ' bonds.
Their royal highnesses, the Governor
General and the Duchess of Connaught
will be the guests of Toronto the first
four days of the week and will be elab
orately entertained. From Toronto they
will go to Hamilton for a visit of two
days.
In Boston and In other cities as well
exercises will ' be held Wednesday in
celebration of the one hundredth anni
versary of the birth of Wendell Phillips,
the noted reformer and orator.
The International Live Stock exposi
tion will open in Chicago Saturday, and
the number of entries from all parts ?!
of the United States and from Canada ?
and Mexico indicates that a record
breaking display of highly bred s toe It '
will be exhibited.
The annual convention of the South
era Educational association, which will J.
begin Its sessions Thursday in Houston.
will be an occasion for a great gather-
lng of noted educators from all parte ;
of the south. , . !
Of Interest to soolety will be the wed- r
ding of Miss Mildred. Sherman, daugh
ter of Mr. snd Mrs. William Watts
Sherman of New Tork - and Newport.
and Lord Camoys, which Is to take place I
Saturday at the home of the bride's. I
parents In .New ,York city. . j t
The. rootban season or isn will be
brought to a close Thanksgiving day
with many games In all sections of the
country, Of special Importance will be
tae Brown-Carlisle game at Provldenoo,
, V. . t..n.vtvanl..r,n,n.ll aramM , TSV.fl.
adelphia, and the contest betweenVfe- u
wanee and Vanderbllt at NashvlNp . U
Other -sporting and athletic events osa.!)
the week will be the automobile races
at Savannah, the ' open championship
tournament In New York, and the open
ing of the Middle West Bowling tour
nament in Des Moines. 1 : :;
" 1 4
i From the Manchester Guardian.
I see that a watch dog in the Louvre
called "Mylord" fca been disrated for
sleeping on duty In the Balon : Carre,
The incident reminds me that this name
is not an uncommon one In France, and
the reason ,1s not far to seek, I remember
a dog in a Dieppe cafe which the pro
prietor called "Meelor.",1 Answering my
inquiry, bis master said, "C'est Meelor
Milor' Anglais, He speaks nobody, -but
quarrels, quarrels. - So h is Mlloi An
glais." ,'' .-Vvi.S; ;f 'V'.-:: ;;;;':?' i
It is predicted that the president's
message will be devoted largely to the
tariff and trusts. Seems like I've heard
of those subjects before." v: ;
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