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THB OREGON ftAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENINO,""AUGUST 13, , 1912 ''i'i'f', THE JOURNAL ' :'H IKErit5DKKT KJWSPAPBIt. J (C, a. CKON. .fubllahar Fut'Mitiert cmlnff ' (except Sunday) .-arry Mnudar nwruliii .at Tlia Journal BulM int. FUUj nd ramsilf etraata, Portland. Or. Baterad it the poatofflca it Portland. Or., Cor tranamlaaUm Uiroun tbe rnaila a earona .daa natter. ! llEHPHONM Main 7ITS; Home. A el t. i All department reached by lb snsibara. , Tall tbe eparator, whit deparroiaat you want. f OBKIGFf AbrEKTlSlNG BKPREHBNTATI VH. IVnlnroln Kentnor Co.. Brunawtri nulldlnt. XM Fifth avenue. New. l'erk; 1218 I'eopla'l , Oea Building, i'tilraco. Sanacrtptlon tarma tr trail or to any addma IB IM VoUad.Btatra or Urxlco. - ' PAILT. Ooa Ttar. in 00 I On nxmtn .. f .BO BCNDAT. Co faar I Odo month I 2R ' DAILY AND HfNDAY. '( Otia faaf. -17. SO I On nionlh. . . ; i . . I .611 Xothlng ever happens bnt one I do one for ill. It In over and jone, . with aJJ Its eternity of oleum, moaning. Carlyle. MEXICAN nAXDITH 13 I N the last number of the New York Independent Is an article by Ed win Emerson on Mexican Ban dits at close view. It Is freely ; . Illustrated and gives one a Rood Idea of these ruffians who have been and . are turning Mexico npslde down. j, What the border line Is between, a ; -- bandit and a revolutionist It Is lm . .possible to define. If there be one lit Is crossed at will. A bandit on a jlarge scale one who has attracted i ; ho him by his crimes a motley crew ; Of, say, fire hundred unscrupulous I I 'Vij wretches one who has expanded j,'.'.jlils wickedness from ravaging a i , . . .ranch to sacking a town, and mur ' Iderlng right and left he is a gen f . ral, he calls his followers an army, j and proceeds to matfe war, This Zapata we have heard so imuch of is a double headed mur ; derer, for there are two brothers. Madero, has made an awful failure V;.J .In hit handling of them. Twice, or taore-often, he has., treated with -;tneiiL--Gold has been the. Inducer rioent to them to be good. In about : j.jv..l week the Zapatas have returned to their crimes, tired of goodness, and j 'the last state has been worse than r'V.the first. i, Porfirio Diaz, when he ruled as ',' ?- well as reigned handled- the like- of the Zapatas without gloves. After . "'killing as many of them. as his - troops could reach Diaz Issued orders . that all men found with arms In that ' territory without due license should j be shot without trial. After some twenty or thirty summary executions the roads In Tepic became as peace IXtulathe streets of the capital. Pascual ' Orozco belongs to. a xvTpBOniewhat higher type. It may be possible for the Madero government ':';'-to make terms with him that may be 7 observed. The Zapatas must be - hunted down like Geronimo and his " Apaches and it will be no child's play to do it. It is noticeable that in spite of . i this little and big, but'always savage, I ; , warrare still going on, those best ' , Informed Jn Mexican affairs feeni to ' see light ahead. Madero has not ; lost the good will of the bulk of his . original supporters, who still look . Jorard to wlaoing oa iim. and be- ;-;1leve 'that the worst Is past. Q from poor and crowded localities to fertile neighborhoods, securesjbere suitable 'lands, develops the cottage industries for which Ireland is fa mouH, and la responsible for the re cent considerable Increase in Irish fisheries. The consul describes, .and praises the work of the department of agri culture. By Its initiative during the last ten years, model schools have been generally established, "teSchln'g better farming and especially dairy work among women. The agricultural organization so clety has . now organized 100,000 farmers, in some 907 (local societies, Including creameries, credit banks and so on. The sum of $13,528,870 was turned oy,er through these means In 1911, Irlwh Imports were Valued Lut $316,538,948 in 1910, and expofts at $320,431,067. . Still emifratlon continues, al though in 1911 the number is below the average of any decennial period recorded. The truth Is that there is no Instantaneous cure for a deep seated chronlo disease. It Is plain, at any rate, that the nation to which home rule Is to be applied has a far brighter prospect now than any year in the-past cen tury could have offered. PUBLIC SCHOOL COURSES fore ha sailed and had not been moved. The stability of tha ahlp Is aided by the carrying of the main supply of ,oil between the double bottoms, water being substituted as oil is exhausted. Oil was" tiken In at Singapore suf ficient for the round trip from there home and back again. This was the new form of ship and. engtaos-'so enthusiastically do scrlbeW'lprlnt by. Mr. W. T. Stead beforelie sailed on the Titanic tho Dfesol engine being called by film the greatest Invention affectlnir shin- ping since the first steamsTi'lf' began" Its epoch making career. The vessel was receiving crowds of visitors in the London docks, as the result of her long and eminently successful voyage. tflTO IS CHARLES 1). HILLES R' r TMiNG OURSELVES RICH N his confession of faith Mr Roosevelt says: "In any event. "the effect of the tariff on thn high cost of living 1b sliKht." No r condition has been shown that would fEn1,!? Wtwtnlng from -tmj first school grades S all well with the gfltat world of the public school? Ella Fran ces Lynch, in the Laulcs' Home Journal for August says, most de cidedly, No. ...... Without Indorsing the strongth'of her language, or accepting her con clusions to the full, It is worth while to consider the statements she makes. She, points out that out of every 100 children in tho public schools 93 go straight from the School Into wage earning, or employment of some kind, and only seven per cent enter the high school; or cpntinue In the stage of being taught. Yet tho courses tho grades in the pub lic schools are framed as direct prep aration vto proceed with the ad vanced education of the high school. The old simile of the pyramid for the educational system of tho nation has been--used -ten thousand times. The base Is in the common schools, the upper stages of the pyramid in the high .school, and the top. the apex, Is likened to the state unlver slty or the agricultural college. What kind of a pyramid would be seen If 93 per cent of It were base, and only seven per cent of Its mass left for the upper courses and the apex? This writer tells us we have shut our eyes to faots ,For wherever the practical teaching ot-fivanual train ing for the boys, and domestic sci ence for the girls has -been intro duced, there classes are filled and eagerness to learn takes the place of listlessness, and preparation for life employment is begun In the public school. But these' courses are but grafted on, and are not the basic Idea on which tho teaching rests. Moreover mis practical training nas nunerto been largely confined to the high schools, or at least to the highest grades of the public Bchools. Results, says this writer, are In efficient girls, who 'have not : been taught In the only school they have known, to run their homes, or card for their babies, and Inefficient boys, who, knowing not even tho rudi ments of any trade, find It certainly hard, and probably Impossible, to Lgt started rightly in lucrative work. Miss Lynch claims that a revolution, by the substitution of practical rAiAKK.Ajji.iX utti seems known of this Charles D. Hllles, who has stepped so sud denly Into tho llme-llght of the leadership of a presidential, cam paign. The New York Evening Post undertakes to explain who and what he Is. . In orthodox fashion he began pub lic life as a country school teacher In Ohio, where he was born in June of 1867. 'But he diverged, became Interested in Juvenile Industrial school work and' served frdm 1900 to 1902 as superintendent of the way Into the senate., An amend- -. sa jiv(uyvi w t j i aia t SUVRVI tute by which a "commission shall be created to Investigate the feasi bility of a compreherulve system of good, roads. ; Another commission, be It ob served, Indefinite delay, nd Various salaries with the utmost uncer tainty as to the result, Sometimes the Russian incident is recalled. In the tl-me of a former czar the route of tho proposed railroad from St. Petersburg to Moscow was, under discussion in tho presence of the '&pr. Engineers differed, and the czar llBtened. At last taking up a ruler helaid it on the map and drew straight line between the cities, Build tho railroad there,, gentle men, snid ho. And built it.was, and promptly, too. It is not only In the canal zone that the advantages of a benevolent despotism are observable. In the Congressional Record all tho figures of profit and loss, dem onstratlng the loss from the present lack of system and the enormous profits from a national Investment in good roads, are printed in fyll. The senate could not plead Ignor ance. Maybe the a'dvice of our Pacific highroads advocate Is the only one that will win out. Catch the boye In the primary classes of our public schools, and enter them, say at six years old, In good roads' classes. By the time they are out of school, have COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CnANGlT :j Portland deserves the best mT most that her people can rtp,for her-"'1 a i Sporting men seem Inclined to bet that neither candidate will be elected. Perhaps the preeldent wants tariff; Diaa mai won i miri me trusts. a Taft Plars rnlf and Teddv n1F kin nit. but this Is not what thT rrm la a OREGON SIDELIGHTS Mrs. Winnie "Whalen of Spokane has bought the Cong-don hotel at Qresham. Roys' Industrial school at Lancaster Ohio. Prom 1902 to 1909 h was WOrked for a year or two. and can uuanciai neaa ot me Aew ictk Ju- Vote, their votes may pass the do- (Anil. A A T ! T-1 v u . U..WUIU at i,uuuB rerry, Aew slrod legislation unless, of course lork. At those two schools he so- the Unlted state8 8enate mav bo curea runas ror ana erected new rea,,y by that tlme for anothor com. muininKB mat cost jz.uuu.imjij, and mission'' controlled aisnursements or $3,000, 000. Letters From the People By this time his real climb began. He made many friends and kept them. Arthur L. Vorvs of Ohio and (Comnmrlratlons sent to The Journal C. D. Hllles were friends In UncaterK' wVn o Z ZT&TX ter, unio, ana tnis introduction and "n paper, houid not exceed 300 words i i.i . j .u- I In loneth and must be arcortipsnled by unviwuB, ouicu ue em.r.y 01 Mr. the nnm,, an address of the lender. If Hllles into the federal service. He I tMt' writer does not desire to have the wonr frnn, Tlnhh- !Tr t W.oV,l. PU""snea. no snouia so male.. ton in April, 1909, as an assistant secretary of the treasury- in charge of public buildings, and the mlscel- ot The Journal laneous bureaus of the department. your Have litlon of the prptective'tariff -would bring any snbmantrsi bfTiefit to the consumer." s Everv ponsumer in the . United States is forced by the tariff to pay ,rr , , 9Bg 8nfl,&,.caiiQ twaxeaU a pound -:Jot.England pay, and together the - ' consumers of the United KtatP. Plan for New Steamship Line. Fortland. Or., Aug-. 12. To the Editor I have been In city only about a week, yot I vljtpd nv-erv rmrt of thA rltv Itnvlnff INOW comes tne entrance or this looked over San Francisco and Seattle newcomer lntQ-Dxesldcn.tlai nolltlcs. I munt say from what I can see, Tort Th Taft camnalm helni? under wnv I lanJ uppFars to have'TvehabrTgIiter Von's needed information about New York, New Jersey and other eastern states, and asked HllleS to get It for him. He did this well and helped In the Taft campaign for election The president made friends with him, made other use of him in working out various political prob lems. Hllles proposed to go Into business in New York and a part nership was arranged. The presi dent Induced him ' to forego this chance. The secretaryship to the president was the result. The rest was easy. This man made many friends among both senators and represent stives while assistant secretary of the treasury in care of public build futuro than nny other city on th; T'a clflc coast. I find the lands of Oregon pood and productive. Indications of hf arthfutness exist everywhere, and with the future development of the state now rapidly going on 1'ortland Is bound to jnalw a great city. Yet I notice Portland 1" quite short on ship ping advantages. . At Sun Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver, R C, the great ships of the world are plying, building up the export trade of those cities, and many of these ought to be loading at the) docks of your city. I noticed In yesterday's Journal a number of communications on this sub ject and I think tho importance of the question merits consideration, not only by the buslnesH men of Portland but of every part of the state of Oregon. In what better way could the state and coast cities 6how their" progressive Spirit than, by stimulating the con struction of two or fnore steamships to ply "between Portland and the orient? Portland has done much for nm people who haven't done very much for ino ciiy. a Link Btefffns probably made -up or uuuKJiiru conaiaeraoie or wnat ne tes tified to. The more vetoes of tariff redaction puis , tno wss votes you wlJl get, .Mr, President. flo far most of the politicians are be- nnving very wen, and not trying- to rush i no campaign, a remaps "Armageddon" may help '""" Boinn in ins running; at is a suyiigniQui name. a a T. ... noosBveu nav nr n new XYKn mi audiences ha addrnsses will need to be un uirir gooa uenavior. a If the Mexican rebels are wise they will keep beyond the line; Texas Is a vwj unneauny piace ror them. a a President Taft aava h wanta inm. duties on wool and woolens, yet he vetoes n bill that lowers dutlM not n. reasonably. a If the antl-flv cruaade la Mn nn nobodv knows It from diminution In the number of flies. Though it Is only mid-August, signs of autumn are plalnW seen and heard especially In (he country. a Judge Lowell still Insists that fc t. a straight Republican, but his letter of explanation seems to lndlcat thnt i. i a near-Democrat, and really prefers Wilson to Taft or Roosevelt. Hurrah for the senate for passing the Panama canal bill With a proviso for fre American ships. The senata has become a quite different body from what It was a few year ago. An Ice factory, with packing and cold storage plants - In' connection, ha., been established at Sheridan Eugene's cltlxens ars croud of their new fire fighting equipment, which the Keelater calls "tha finest In the stats." a Eugene Guard: Houses. cannot yet be built fast enough in Eugene m supply the demand. And we have Just begun to grow. " S. A. Miller, a Milton peach grower. has tacked upon the fence Inclosing his uivimiu bibil Healing uio irKcnu, "Pearlies Free A help yourselves to all Th Bajkex. democrat has hopes that me laano-uregon rower company, witn ltd traction line building toward On tario, win coma to liaker within the next two years. Thomas Rush of Maple Orove farm near Knappa, gloats over turnips 23 Inches, seed radishes 21 Inches and sum mer squashes 19 Inches around, and bean vines li reel long ana still growing. . Ioseturg- News: There Is an old mad- rone tree on the ridge about five miles east of town that la about SO feet in circumference, and In the branches of this giant of the forest a platform 40 feet square might bt built. - Newberg Graphic: With the. number of ice cream cans that are being shipped back and forth between Newberg and Portland. It would seem that It would Justify some enterprising man to en gage in the manufacture of lee cream nere a,t home. Rogue Ulvsr Argua: Louis Elvers of Evans Valley last year harvested 16,000 pounds of perfect onions from a quarter of an acre and expects to do equally as well this year. Ry crossing he. has de veloped what Is probably the only south ern Oregon onion. a Ontario' Democrat: A few vears aro. when a"hundred families leftOntarlo ror a rew weeaa- outing in the moun- alns. It made quite a noticeable dent- In he, nonulatlnn. hut with th Ir.rrr.mm1 number of inhabitants of late years, the tiHpuce or a rew hundred people Is not noticeaoie. f An Illuminating Contrast y-- SEVEN FAMOUS DISCOVERIES Circulation of the Blood. logs, and he has the gift of keeping It may be that at present the trad friends once made. ' I wou'd nt niako the move profitable, . ,, . , out we neea oniy iook to tne growtn or From April, 1909, to June, 1912, trade promoted by our railroads to see represents his climbing time. But how fast the people take adavantage of the nine years In charge of the in dustrial, achool In Ohio and the Ju venile asylum In New York were the real term of his apprenticeship. DR. AKKD, THE FISHERMAN -- bought in 1911, i DMinno r t ..... it , j .rv.a.ii ui OUfiUl. HOW ( that the cost of living is 670,000,000 can it be TJOt"Tn ; Creased when the consumer is taxed ton his sugar, his bread, his meat, ! bla clothing and every other neces sary? Can we tax ourselves rlchT to the end of the school course for f 7hT p T el? fi f "TTffi osTTfWpTersTiTyfol. lowed curriculum is Inevitable. Here, in Oregon, thore are signs of a brighter day. First, in the in clusion: of training in the lore of th grden, the farm, and the work shop in the common schools. Sec ond, In creditB allowed in country schools for household work In the home regularly, efficiently, and therefore, 6r'necessffyvhgTtnTy done. F URTHER details are desired re- Karaing ur. AKea s reats on Upper Klamnth lake. An eight pound trout "with a five ounce reel, using a spoon!" This is alto- and operate a line of steamers for the gether too general a story. What ",Jcclal .bpnBl!t of the Btate an1 c!tv opportunity, and to see what would be the reHult of putting on a line of steam ships for the spoclal benefit of Oregon, and tho city of Portland. Individuals are not disposed to assume th..' burden ttnd rlslc of such a step without encour agement. It would be too heavy for an Individual to bear, but the burden to the city and state at large would amount to almost nothing. Hence, I wouliksuggRat that If there are no con stitutional restrictions a movement be Inaugurated looking to a bond Issue, say of 1-5,000,000 with which to construct kind Three gYe-af1 steamers, named respect- oi a reei was it mat was I ii u ' unit vnrj v.uj in i. wi uaiiu, LUC IUCfd a 'five Olincer?" Was tho reel at- of Portland and the State of Oregon, It seems slmost inconceivable that the circulation of the blood was not discovered until more than 100 years after the discovery of America. Dur ing tha many years that the scholars of Europe were delving- Into all sorts of mysteries. nj one. seems to have turned their attention very closely to them selves. The circulation of the blood Is thq most Important discovery that ever was made In the whole science of physiology.' The Influence which it necessarily exerted on the doctrine of pathology, caused a great revolution throughout the whole circle of medical knowledge. To William Harvey, an English physician, the glory- of this discovery has been assigned, by the al most unnmmous concurrence, of his suc cessors, although spmo have endeavored to deprive hlirt of his well earned fame by ascribing a knowledge of tha (.ut-umuuii iy auuua ireicuing writ ers. A French writer, M. Dutens, has brought forward passages from Hip pocrates, Plato, Aristotle, and a num- ter of. others, to prove that they knew he course of the blood. And yet noth ing mors Is necessary to disprove his assertion, than to examine the very passages which he adduces In support of It. Marvllle, another French writer, In his "Melanges of Literature," credits St. Ambrose with having made the dis covery, and Voltaire assures us that Servetus made the discovery long be fore Harvey, and credits the latter with not being tho dtscmrerer bnt the demon strator. But Serv'etus only knew the minor circulation. Ho lal.d the foun dation of ,the building which had baffled all the efforts of the great geniuses of antiquity. The merits of Harvey can never perish while medical science continues to be cultivated. He Is to be especially praised when It la considered how de graded was tha state of medical knowl edge at this time In England. While anatomical schools had long been estab lished In France. In Germany and 0 Italy, and several teachers had rendered their names Illustrious by tho success ful pursuit of the science, anatomy Was still unknown In England, and dissec tion had hitherto hardly begun. Yet In this Inconspicuous period did Harvey make a discovery, which amply Justi fies Haller in ranking hlra as only sec ond to Hippocrates. The publication of his great discov ery was made about the year 1613, and It at once aroused the attention of all of Kurope. It met with serious oppo sition for a considerable time. But as this was a dispute In which no par ticular Interests opposed the final re ception or truth, Harvey had the satis faction of living to see his doctrine fully established. Strange as it may seem, this discov ery, so far from advancing his reputa tion and success as a candidate for practice, seems to have had a contrary effect, for he never appears to have occupied the highest rank as a medical practitioner. Dr. Aikln tries to discover an excuse, He says: "Perhaps his researches took him out of the common road to popular eminence, and they seem to hav r. posed him to the prejudice so common- ry-prevamng- "against an Innovator: for we imu mm complaining to afrlend that his practlco considerably dariin.i after the publication of hla d!scoerv " . r Tomorrow Electricity. From the New York Globe; Tfh passage of Woodrow , Wilson's" acceptance speech likely to be'- most quoted is tha following, in which the speaker indicates bis belief that there Is something the .matter "with, the country and that It Is time to do soma-, thing about It: . - "Wa stand In th neaiM, a awakefted nation, Impatient of partisan make-bolleve. The public man who does not realise the. fact and feel its stim ulation must be singularly unsuscepti ble to the influences that stir In every quarter about hini. The nation has 1 awakened to a sense of neglected Ideals and neglected duties; to a conscious ness that the, rank and file of her peo- J pl find Ufa very hard to sustain, that , nor young men find opportunity em barrassed, and that her older men find business difficult to renew and main- tain because of clrcumstanceeof prlv- liege and private advantage which have Interlaced their subtle threads through- ! out almostVycrV part of the frame work of oif present law. She . has, awakened to the knowledge that she has lost certain cherished liberties and wasted priceless resources which she ! had solemnly undertaken to hold In trust for posterity and for all mankind; and to tho conviction that she stands con fronted with an occasion for construc tive statesmanship such as has not arisen since the great days In which i her government was set up." The most quoted passage In President Taft's acceptance speech Is'the one In which he Intimates that any one who thinks the country can be bettered" orl talks of the need of realizing greater' soplal Justlcs Is presumptively either a demagogue or a socialist to wit: 'In so far as the propaganda (or the satisfaction of unrest Involves the j. promise of a millennium, a condition In wklch the rich are to bo made reason ably poor and the poor reasonably rich, by law, we are chasing a phantom; we are holding out to those whose unrest j we fear a prospect and a dream, a' vision of tha Impossible. In tha ulti mate analysis, I fear, the equal oppor tunity which those seek who proclaim the coming of so-called social Justice. Involves a forced division of property,' and that means socialism." The antithesis sufficiently sums up the difference between the spirit of the two candidates. One roveals the habit of mind of the reformer; the other the! habit of mind of the man who distrusts reform." Andmen will vote this fall not sUmuch as the result of hard-thlnklng'-dhe -cognlrable differences be-! tween the two platforms are slight),; but as they sympathize or do not sym pathize with the big kick against ex isting conditions. Pointed Paragraphs lie struggle between the doctor and this whale of a trout? Were there witnesses to the battle One trout ot this magnitude might pass Diusier in. a nsnermea a crowd, nn advertisement for the state and dty of Portland that would excel any other movement that rould be Inaugurated. The Interest on 15,000,000 at 6 per cent would be only $250,000 yearly, a burden bornoby the whole state that" would b felt by no one. Let the state or city since it is not -good taste to throw operate the line at such rates as will It PROSPEROUS IRELAND IHE conversion of Ireland frnm ' a discontented, poverty strick en land to the complete oppo- v , sue toaay is told In the ro- Cent report of Hunter Sharp, the 'J.t United, States consul at'RHfaet ro . "-Ceatly published. . ' "0 The tfcm of land purchase, fath ; ,ered by Gladstone, -laid tho corner tone of this advance. Tho, rack' . rented tenant farmers have become the owners of the land, through the medium- of money aupplkd i,y the British government. The loans aro -spread over terms of fifty or fixtv - ; years, and carry interest that repre sents the extreme low rates paid by the-government for moupy on its , - own credit, wrth .the sinking fund , that repays the money at the end of f the long term. Tho surri is less than . that paid as rent previously . More than 4S6,50,000 has been , thus provided. In the course of the Bext thirty years the Irish farmers euouia own tnclr farms free fro . . aeoi. The housing of the farm laborer ha been cared for. Laborers' cot , tagea have been built over the r-oun- d,8trlct8 generally. With about -JlLABjcrfi..oiKruiid.io ;ar.h lhe t Jottagea are rented to "the workers ' for from 24 tofi cents a week. .The taxpayers make up the deficiency be- the rent the laborer pjkyg. , A congested districts board ar ' ranges for the removal of families MOTOR DRIVEN SHIPS T m IIf? first large ship to bo driven by the Diesel oil engine, the Selandla, has completed her long trip from Copenhagen to Bangkok, in Slam, and was safely moored a week or two ago In the West India docks, London. Doubting Thomases must now take notice of practical Tesults. Tho So landla Is 3 70 feet long, 53 feet In breadth, and has displacement' of 11, 000. tons. Her engines are as follows two main motor engines each developing 12", 0 horsepower, and two auxiliary Diesel motors, each developing 250 horsepower. The Selandla consumes dally from nine to ten tpns of oil. ller con sumption of coal would have been forty-fivo tons. She is owned by the East Asiatic company of Denmark. Her Bister bhip is about ready for work. Her captain, I. V. Gabe,' has been with the company for thirteen years. Ho iold the correspondent of tha Christian Sclcace Monitor that one of his ship's chief attractions tojuinj was its economy, since, eaid he, it is always a pleasure to be on a boat that Is really making money. There is no stokehole and no fire men. The weight of boilers and coal bunkers la Baved. The oil en gines weigh about the same as steam, on-glBe. jot. rorrnspotfillti g -alia. ' l . The captain praised the ship's steadinesi saying that during the whole irlp tnejcMrs JbaOoMiace been screwed down. He pointed to two tall flower vases in the cabin, q,n ordinary shelves, which had been placet! there In Copenhagen Just be- noubt on each other s yarns. But when It comes to "five other six pounders, and a cpuplo of four TWrHFet STalTmrctTrh r "rjTT Tf e preacher before the afternoon was passed! Doubtless It would be a tempta tion to depart frdni the literal and iianeu iruin, out wo snoHia very much like to hear Dr. Aked, the merely meet the Interest and sinking fund, and the trade of city and state would Increase by leaps and bounds to the great benefit of all the people, "Majority Rule." ' Portland, Or, Aug. 10 To the Editor of 'The Journal The falsely Belf named Majority Kulo league" comes back with a series of assertions. Here are a few facts Tn thft Ohio ,Onv.ntlnn thA nnnnalflnn fisherman's, own account Of his af- to the Initiative finally narrowed down ternoon on Upper Klamath lake Tvlth to this same proposition that a measure a full, true, and particular narrative ?"?t marlty ot ftU votes cast et U All, . . , M. .. , , I cvnun. iriio-BUIuncU UUi Ul l" eiRui-i-uuiiuer, uie uve oin- into avowing that the desired provision er" six pounders, and the couple Of would render the Initiative absolutely four pounders in the ballad form nf'rerative. and tat was their reason More often it Is the man who gets Justice who kicks. a a Ideals In America are almost as high as the cost of living. One way to become popular Is to let other people Impose on you. a Never trust your secrets to the malls or the females, either. . - - ;- a - - - Some people spend their lives In try ing to acquire money to spend. Wople who build castles in the air -&."Or-MOOIi& fare never .ura of t'icir gtmirnL ty preterence with a separate stanza for each pounder. The trouble would bo that anoth er classic would bo added to Ore gon's glories, , to take its place among the attractions of the state, and the figures would be so over whelming that the Portland Com mercial club, or other favored nub- for supporting it. The convention voted the trick down. Ohio has labored under Just such a provision for over 40 years and every amendment submitted was loft 1n. consequence. Everywhere It la recognized In dif ferent state legislatures that the most successful-policy to kill off the lnitla-ttw-ls not to oppose It but to support masures that paralyze It. and the fa vorite proposition putWorward is this very sclremeV'ihat the MaJorltv Rule Usher, would be surely hauled over !rasue" pipjjoses to the people of Ore the coals as an Oregonian exagger- g".' , . , . , . ..,. iu.ioiuii a-Ur. V ' ' I a rr In all nrnnnti, i amendments have been sble to carry goes fishing In Klamath lake with 0,llv a verv fow trom 30 to 49 yars. iNeoranKa iian auomuiea measures his little reel and spoon may we be there to see! GOOli ROADS IX CONGRESS every two years since 1881 and passed but one; In 1908 three measures wero sub mitted by Initiative In Oklahoma. They received a majority of all votes "thero- on" Ivelng 30,000, 48.00Q and 41,000 re spectively, but were lost That Is what tne spiciai interests ana big business HE action of the United States senate yesterday, In adopting the senate amendment to the wants In Oregon and the Majority (?) bniis nrnvlElnn in tN I Rule league. k.k tlu..l HIV JIUOIUI f , i - AM. - t ..... fice , bill appropriating ? 1 5,000 ' 'or for one mur.1" InFZXl as federal aid to constrtcting good another:' But both were lost. i'n these roads is a typical Inatance of "going lwo flocuos oinnr measures were also Bjow i losi vaiuiuugn mcDiYiiig a majority of Tho, hniiso of op j.i I .. . t .. 'iiresB passea tne appropriation, of this great sum, towards' caBgtructlne first class Jhlgll ways Ja tae jarlojia,ataUa. Due stipulations were made as' to the oversiglt as well as toithe lo cations of the proposed expenditure. In due course the bill finds lta d&hate, I tfremv.. -beoaww-Jof - tha -mlwof m who were too lndlffererit, too lazy, too Ignorant or too prejudiced to exDreaa themselves. It Is 'admitted on all sides t-'h - initial! v-4 -on -4h h)t m Oklahoma. . . Under this faks "majority rule." no amendment sines' 1881 has passed in Indiana. , , -. lit Alabama every voter who dot s A man may be One In a thousand without Inspiring envy In the other 900. ' Undertakers get few Jobs as the re sult of people dying from broken hearts. Marriage 1b the greatest Incident In a woman's life; In a mans it is trie great accident. a a A woman seldom hits anything she almc at especially If she throws her self at a man's head. a a There Isn't much doing In th self. love line when a man loves himself as he dots his neighbors. Trying to guess who It Is when t telephone bell rings provides the aver age woman with a lot of excitement. When a bachelor gets the Idea under his hot that he understands a young widow all she has to do Is lend hlni to the' parson. ways in Good H umor THE Fin ST MAGNITUDE. Twinkle, twinkle little star! How I wonder If wn are J p above the footlights' 'shson, I'orty-nlno or seventeen -I-rom Woman's Home Companion EXCITEMENT. From Harper's Ftazaar. -Husband (cheerily ) Well, love, have you had a pleasant day? Wife Oh, splendid! After I dressed the flhlldren n4 got-them off; washed the dishes and made some pies, cleaned away the-luncheon, table and answered acme letters, I still had time enough en. 10 uarn my mocKings. vote all votes "Yes" and It Is manipu lated by the legislature" so aa to give it the sole power of amending the consti tution. If 100 men vote In an election and 11 decline to vote on a measure sub mitted, it would be found if they were driven to the polls and made to vote that four would explain that they were for the measure but too much Interested In personal candidates to niark their, bal lots and not very much Interested in the measure, anyway. Four would be the other way, while three would be too Ignorant to know what tfiey wanted. Messrs. Qlafke.-and'-Uhdahl would force them to vote "No." What service have these gentlemen ever elven the people of Oregon that : . - . , ... I . i. i i - 'Should InBpirB lyijrono win, cuiu lupjiust that their measure Is Wot a glgarftrc jalwr? .. ; Who pays ror tne expenses or the "MaJorltv Rule league"? It cost money to get that petition up. ' Any - m whb-4 f tf aver-of 4 heat measures It proposes either Is an enemy of the Initiative and knows It, or i caught ' by the word "majority" and does not know what a majority Is.. - ALFRED D. CRIDOB. ' 1 -THg' KTFFfrPn'f ATtft'S Drrninffft. From Youngsfnwn (O. ) Telegram. Johnny, who had been to the circus wis telling his teacher about the won- aortui tnings ne had seen. Air leacner, no cried, "they had ono nig animal they called the hlp hlp hip " "Hippopotamus, dear," promoted he teacher. "I can'-t Just say its name," exclaimed Johnny, "but It looks Just like 9000 pounds or liver.' Forest Clever lee. Like tha rippling waves of summer seas. When tbey break on the ocean's rim, Is tha lute-like sound of the gentle breeze, That sighs through ths tops of the giant II ceo. Ana sings to the soul a spirit hymn a aweei ana restrui symphony. Far ' from; the world and Its Jarring Is th solace blest of the forejst nlsles wnere tne springy rrfoss and tho fern auuuna, And nought Intrudes on the peace pro found; wnere tne mystlo sllencs my soul be guiles. And lulls to blissful slumber. 'TU there, where the wood-nymphs sport and play. And coyly hide In the shadows deep That the ghoista of care are driven Away, And life's dark sorrows no longer dis may, But over- my spirit doth gently sweep A sense df Infinite calm J. Edward Wolfe. Eagle Creek, Or., July. 1912. Found Out. Hubby was in a bad temper. Ho was late In getting up, and then he cut htm- sJlf whilo shaving. Ho he reached the breakfast table scowling blackly. "Look here, Mary," ho cald- crn:fllv to his wife;, 'you've made m la-te aaln amd" I asked yoa special!;- to v.-ako me up.. at. JL". . . . ,. "And I did call you af 8 by my watch," said May calmly. f 'Then your watch must be slow." wnai time, u was wnen you came honv last nlght My watch said it was '. o'clock, but you salt ". was, only mid nlcht. ,8o I set ray watch rljyrrt bj roar-,: - now Long Do Yon Expect to Live? Elbert Hubbard In "The Fra." There Is an element In longevity that cannot be ascertained or passed upon by anyone except th- man hlmseir. My opinion Is that every man should ba his own physician, and he should be wise enough and sane enough to make a diagnosis of his own case spiritual-, ly, mentally, physically muoh closer than anyone else ever possibly could. The on thing in human life that no one but the man hlmseir Knows, is, how long does he expect to live. H Is a pretty good general rule that. barring accident, the man will live as long as he expects to, or, If you please,, aa long as he wants to, or hopes to. Many people are obsessed with the fallacy that the ago of man is fixed at th plt of three score and ten; and so, with a vast number of people, when they are around 65 they begin to pre pare to shuffle off. Thej"- quit business, retire from active work, close up their affairs, and when they dp these things, death and dissolution are 'at the door. v There are other men who work on until Jthuy ara 80. and then they do exactly 'What the other man did at 70, with a like result Oreat numbers of very strong, active, earnest men reach the ago or io. ana die at 82, S3, 81. And the reason for this passing Is not so much a physical one as It la a mental. These men -have fixed this ago limit in thlr minds, and their entire life and death conform to the Idea. Ac a general proposition I would say the way to live to be 100 is, not to con sider tho question of time, but Klmpiy to continue an active, earnest Interest in human affairs, and not overeat. Xhe Individual who looks for easa and rest, and bodily gratification, be ha young or old, Is in a dangcruus posi tion. .... Tu eliminate the ..toxins which accrue In the human body, activity is positively necessary. The, activity of mind rcarts on the organs of the body. So thought Is a physical process, and to gain this elimination which Insures health, no man should ever think of re tiring from business and quitting tha game. If you retire from one thing fow, must take up something else that is' more difficult. Change of occupation Is a great fac tor In human health; but the one thing that maltos a man live long Is an ear-' nest yaw early in lite, well kept. 1 , "never sny die : Only such a one can make a century run, and the death of the centeijjrflan Is almost without exception a painless process. And no physical examination can probe these inner facts and attltuda of the man's mind. The Individual himself knows and can determine how long he will live, better than anyone else possible can; and I believe he can himself, if he Is honest with, himself, size up hla case, and, barring accidents, figure the day of his death, as Moses did on Mount Horeb. Culling Out the Rabies. From the Christian Herald. A hygleno expert at a convention In the Interest of baby having held 1n Philadelphia recently Insisted that chil dren who were weak In body, dr tainted with criminal blood, should be allowed to die, as their existence '"would be a curse to tho community. 116 Is reported to have said: "Certain strains are of ' such low mentality that It would have been better had they never been born, but having come Into the world that. Is no rciiFon why they should be a!-, lowed to exist. If this country enjoyed proper laws for the regulation of mar riage such conditions would never occur; The present methods of reducing Infant mortality are all wrong. To save babies of this class and raise; thorn Into adults Is only to continue to breed disease. By keeplng 'tlicih' ajlve we are Increas ing the race of thieves, paupers and the like, and it would he far bettor If they were allowed to die in Infancy, AJiajL the whole human race may be saved from the consequences of contamination with the offspring of such parents.", " This' cold blooded proposition. Is as u'ni icienttflc as It Is Inhuman and unchrls- Man. Heredity is one. half of life, en vironment is the otter half. To-furnlsh healthful environment Is the duty of 3cteneV" g9d men and w omen, and of he churcn The laws of natural gen vation are to be, considered, but tha aw of spiritual regeneration must not rrnr!rottfTTr--One-trf -m .tMst iMnt&- ibout our present, civilization la -Its cara ' or thii weak and .helpless, and It rises iwirest God a throne when It stoops, ltjVst to cara for the weak little babe, ? jt ths offspring of wicked parents. , ' r f, II 9 11 ' I. i -We M'-
