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4. THE OREGON . SUNDAY ; JOURNAL;, PORT LANpju SUNDAY ; M O IvI I -O, JUNH 7, 1914, 1 THE JOURNAL AN IMnr'BKDBXT NKWSI'APKR C. . JACKAO. ... Publisher t'sbllnheit every evening- (esrept Sondaj) and ' nttjr Sunday moraine at Tb Journal Build tag. Broadwaf and YamLtU xta. 1'ortland. Or. fcoter at tb potof flee at Portland. Or., (or . traoamlasloo ttroagh tb nulls a second else matter. lKLKfMONKM Main 7173; Hot?. A-0OS1. A.U department reached by .base Bombers. Tall tU opera (or what department roa want. lUUs.HiA AKVKKTISIMJ UtPttltS KNTAT1 VE Benjamin A Kentnor Co.. Branawlck Bldg., UA Klftb At.. Ne York: 1218 People a Was Bid-.. Chicago. Subscription terma bj mail o- to any ad dree la tba Doited Btatee or Mexico: DAILT Ooe year fS.OO I Que month I .60 SCNPAT On rear I2JV0 I On roor.tb I .23 DAILY AND SONDAY On year....... $7. SO I On month I -5 When You Go Away Have The Journal sent to your Summer address. -- -r yiowery June, Where brooks send up a cheer ful tune, And groves a Joyous sound. Bryant. THE ROSE PORTLAND is entering upon the week of the festival of roses. One of the prettiest sur vivals of old world custom is the crowning of the rose queen. She of Salency, near Paris, has a titu lar descent from the fifth century. The rose figures from the ear liest times in the art, poetry and the traditions or tne peopie anu has Its place In the legends of the saints. Loved by the world and loving It; the rose is the type of beauty. .It is a rosary by which piety still nifmbers its prayers and Its aves: It is grown and worn in all but arctic and equatorial lands Its essence is , distilled and car ried to the end of the earth. It has been the symbol of peace, the flag of faction and the emblem of nrosDerous nations. It blooms among precious stones and amid the treasures of kings and princes of the church. It blossoms in the hovels of the poor. It flowers on storied windows. It glorifies tapes-1 tries and vestments, silks and can vases, even as it blows in gar dens. In Hindu mythology we are told that Vishnu and Brahma dis coursed one day as to which was the jnost beautiful flower, the lotus or the rose. Brahma pointed to the lotus as the supreme, expres sion of natural beauty but Vishnu Raid: "In my paradise is a blos som a thousandfold more . lovely and sweet than yours. It excels all other flowers in 'perfume and Its whiteness is that of the moon." To settle the' dispute the two gods set out for Vishnu's paradise. On arrival they passed through a corridor of pearl to a court where was a tree that bore a single flower rose. This was an immense flower white as the snows of the Himalayas and a perfume breathed from it like the incense of an al tar, only far sweeter. "The fair est thing in earth or heaven," said Vishnu, But a still fairer was to appear, for the rose opened its petals widely and Lakshmi stepped forth. "I am sent to be your wife," she said submissively. "Because you were faithful to the rose, the rose is faithful to you." Vishnu took her in hl9 arms and Brahma, bow Ing toward the ground, "exclaimed, "It is as you have said. Vishnu shall be chief, god henceforth, for In his paradise is the rose and that is supreme r.DOve an flowers." Living In a bleak material age we can. be thankful that so much of the ancient romance lingers In the rose. The medicinal use of roses goes as far back as the known history of the plant. When the beauty of the maiden Milto was threatened by a tumor on her chin, Venus an peared to her In a dream and bade her apply roses from her altar to the swelling. The cure was so ef fective that when Cyrus saw the maiden he was smitten by her and claimed her as a wife. , According to the botanist the rose was born In Persia and it is believed to have been introduced Into Europe by Alexander the Great. The Greeks knew but four varieties but the Crusaders brought other species from the east, among them the damasks of r TY1 n anna Five centuries after its introduc tion to France the rose had taken on a score of forms. In 1800 there were forty-six. Now there name i legion. C.I.. t oieuve nas never been able to obtain a blue rose. Some flori- , vunurists assert that there is no true white rose; that all of whinh so called, disclose a "tinge of pink or yellow near the base. The roae is brother, sister and cousin to a score of valued herbs ana trees; to the apple, pear, rasp- oerry, strawberry, blackberry and tne iragrant wild sweet briar The early Christians held the ruse m great esteem. Clement of Alexandria maintained that it should be used only, in religious . iuuuupns ior Christ had worn crown of thorns. ASSEMBLY AFTERMATH v T iHE long standing trouble be tween the Presbyterian Gen eral Assembly and the- Union Theological Seminary still re mains unsettled. At the recent session of the general assembly the committee at work on recon- dilation was given, another; year la which' to make Its final report. ' lt Is the general opinion that at j: the end of the year a final settle-i ment will be as far away as ever. A few years ago the seminary severed its connection with the as sembly because tt wished to have greater freedom in the selection of its professors. At the late session of the assembly some of the com missioners said the seminary be longeJ to them and they wanted i taking up the subject and instruct- character of the court before going it. Others declared that it washing the young people on the sane- baclr. to the voters for a fresh au "turnine out heretic's." and that i tity of marriage. - 1 thorization. A deliberate check Is they would not have it as a gift asj The trouble with the divorce long as it remained under its pres-jevil is that a large number of peo- ent "liberal" management. S pe, including church communi- Among the things the assembly ! cants, who condemn i divorce in did' accomnliah waa the derision ! general . have not the eouree to to rftnrffanl7.fi th hoard of home missions. If necessary the entire staff of secretaries may' be dis charged and other men put in their places. . Consolidation of some of the boards of the church made prog ress. There are now about ten standing 'committees or boards making appeal for money and gen eral support The tendency has been to increase their number but the churches have called a halt. Now they are trying to cut them down and the assembly helped de cidedly in this direction. In an analysis of the state of the church by the committee on Christian life and work the state ment was made that in six years the Presbyterian church had lost about 30Q.000 members through lapses. Others came In, of course, but this is regarded as a tremen dous leakage. That the church is a big organ ization was indicated by the range of subjects discussed. They in cluded nearly all the activities of modern daily life. Last year the church expended for all purposes over $27,000,000. LA FOLLETTE'S EXPOSURE c ERTAIN newspapers berate Senator La Follette for his recent exposure in the Senate of the campaign which has been under, way for some time to influence the Interstate Commerce Commission to decide the Ad vanced Rate Case in favor of the railroads. Instead of being condemned for exposing this attempt to induce the Commission to decide a case on campaign- material instead of facts, Senator La Follette deserves the thanks not only of the railroads ut of every one that believes in law and order. It is not a light thing to at tempt to influence the decisions of courts or administrative bodies by the methods the railroads have used. It took several hundred pages of the Record for even a portion of the letters, petitions, and other matter sent the Commission which did not include other influence the railroads brought to bear. The railroads and other great corporate interests should be the very last to seek to break down due process of law and to have rate cases tried by popular vote rather than through legal methods. shipper who files a complaint before the Commission has to fol low the law and procedure laid down for the conduct of such cases. It matters not that only a trifling sum be involved, he has to prove his case by facts. Over and over again the rail roads have sought to thwart the orders of the Commission by ap peals to the courts on the grounds of-arbitrary action, lack of proof, and failure to follow every step re quired by law. But here is a well conducted campaign controlled and guided by some powerful interests to compel the Commission to decide off-hand an application that Is expected to add to the revenues of the car riers from fifty to one hundred millions of dollars a year, an ap plication that is to be followed later on by requests for further advances. This is no discussion of the merits of the rate case. We do not know whether all or any part of the advance asked for should be allowed. We do know a hearing- is required, facts are required, jus tification must be shown, and we also know the railroads should be the last to encourage the trying of rate cases by newspapers, by ieer writing, by a subtle cam paign- to influence the Commis sion or by a bastard type of refer endum. They may be sowinsr the wind to reap the whirlwind and the in strument they are now using may be turned against themselves. The great interests are always the first to fly to the sheltering Aeeis of the Constitution, the first to insist on nue process of law, the loudest in their protest against anything mat smacks of action without com pliance with all the forms of law. Senator La Follette deserves commendation, not censure, for calling the attention of the coun try to this most dangerous effort to . break down the usefulness of the Commission and to destroy the confidence of the country in its in dependence, ability and fairness. THE DIVORCE EVIL T HE recent session of the Presbyterian General Assem bly went on record as fafor ing a federal divorce law, in stead of amending state laws. Before any federal law regulat ing ; marriage and divorce can be put into- effect it xwill be neces sary to amend the federal constitu tlon giving congress the power to pass lawa 'regulating morals with-J In the various states, i " S : I ; Further evidence that the pub- He Is becoming aroused over the! divorce evil is found in the ' fact that among the three hundred, con-j grosses scheduled at the Panama J duct of the court. He could : suc Exposition. In San Francisco Inextlceed as a chief Justice only by the year is one on marriage and di-1 success of his court. A chief Jus vorce. " -'- ! 1 j tlce would pnly make a few r ap- It is a notable forward I step I when churches and congresses are j discountenance it in narticnlar. I Japan has the highest divorce rate in the world, but the United States with its record of one di vorce out of every eleven mar- rlages comes next to Japan. Mar- J""8 r?,btion 8J? 11 be. submitted riages are entered into In levity on a ,ballot for the voters to de and haste and the whole structure clare .for a&alnst tb-lr confinu- of the home is threatened. ine serious character of ; mar riage and all that affects it cannot be overestimated. i The ratio of divorces In! Nor-1 is about one-sixth that of way other nations. l,o o .. P T I k , , . VT " iixtciveuo ucl.weeu tu nyyu-jen v-dtiuii im uivuito uu luo utstiee. 1,1,s.Js',ea "ULU l consider. If but one of the par- ties to the contract asks divorce two years of separation must pre- cede the decree. . T !uy 7v . are iaKen lo protect the rights of children and to conserve their welfare. So long as marriage is not based on mutua love there will be a divorce evil but it can be reduced to a minimum by uniform and re- strlctive legislation. SOWING AND REAPING "A' S YE sow so shall ye reap." We have sown extrava gance. We are reaping debt. - We have sown profligacy, we are reaping want. We have sown neglect of agrl culture. We are reanine hierh rost . .. . ' " 1 OI IlVlng. I We have sown idleness. We are reaping distress. ' We have sown land speculation We are reaping mortgage foreclos' ures. We have sown corporation dis- m,. are raping euen We have sown "Bankers' Fl- nance" and have "dealt with the n .. We are reaping financial 'distrust and loss of business confidence. As we have sown Individually we have sown collectively. f A m vve nave sown increased ex penditures in city and state. We are reaping high taxes. The per capita cost of maintain ing the federal government in 1890 was $4.75. In 1908 it was $7.56 Appropriations by congress from 1892 to 1896 were $1,871,509,578 From 1904 to 1908 they were $3,- 842,203,577 From 1890 to 1902 the aggre gate expenditures of all the states increased 103 per cent. The legislature of Oregon In 1911 appropriated $4,759,336.36. In 1913 its annronrlatior. wo $6,416,607.96. In Multnomah countv the tares levied In 1896 were $1,252,509.85. In 1913 they were 58,946,576.15. For the city of Portland thn total levy for 1914 was $8.480. R5K. or $34.85 per capita. Spendthrift men and xr.Ar.ri- thrift nations are not exempt from the great law of nature that "as ye sow so shall ye reap." If you would reaD a comnetenr-A sow saving, thrift and self reli- ance. It you would rean stato wifnm sow a higher standard of private and public integrity. Sow the necessity an well a th dignity of labor. Sow a deter- mination to live within income. Sow the seed that, nnhiv orif i, ; JC v4 w io i a resource to be used onlv in emergency and that we must n9v in the end and pay as we go. Sow the knowledge that the future of men and statea la r,sir out of character and intelligent effort directed toward definite practical results and not. hv nnv. thing that any political agency can bring about. Sow private and public economy. As ye sow so shall v on MUNICIPAL COURTS H ERBERT HARLEY of j Chi- cago, secretary or the Na- tionai municipal league committee on Municipal Courts, has drafted a tentative re-1 port for the consideration of the wnoie committee in the prepara- lion or a model judicature act. There is provided, first, a i chief justice who is more responsible for the control of the court and its results than any other person. There are divisions to permit of specialization by individual judges upon certain broad classes or work, J Each division Is provided with apion or. women's Clubs. She adds presiding justice and . these, to- that the present fashions are en- . i 1 A 1 . l M 1 . A J ' getner witn ihb cniei. justice con- stltute the judicial council in which the largest powers exercised by the court and especially rule making are vested.. To nreserve the standard of the bench it is provided that the chief justice, who shall be elected by the people on a nonpartisan bal - lot for a term of moderate length, shall appoint to fill vacancies dur - ing his term. , i T ta ' oiaiiai1 fhst triA Aett14a would be better, than appointment! by . the governor ' of the : state ' be cause . the chief , Justice .would be betters informed as to the iualifi cation of candidates and would - be directly? responsible for f the con' 4f pointments during a single term, thus not seriously altering j the Put on him by providing that part of hl8 selections must be made from an eligible list to be made up by persona Independent of him. It is also provided that there shall be a method Of promotion from Jnio ,udge to presiding judge Vi , ll "l , , t, t . it. that appointed judges after three once in omce. Judges who are thus confirmed In office by such a vote are to serve for six years and then have their names resubmitted. If again j j r,lyour right hand doeth. The least self- . -1 " vuUu.i)ivu. I Tn tha matter of rllsntnlinn thA ' I a" Provides that the judicial coun shall hear complaints .M net a Juries ThDt nmntointo can be filed by the chief Justice, by a committee of judges, by a comm,ftft(, nf thA v nr hv j. centage of the voters. This, says the report. Is the recall in proper form. It Ig Initiated by the voters but lt BUbjects the accused to a tdal by hls peerg The jud,clal la gIven power to rmove a judge or a legser penaIty. The act also provides for pensions for judge8 who Bhall have gerved untu I old age. BUILDING AN EMPIRE A GOOD farm of eighty acres well tilled, says James J. -Hill, Is better than 320 acres half cropped. Another one of his statements Is that the farm will fail and the foundation of prosperity be under- ...... . . . .. minea unless agriculture is re- t - Trlt A oa-lrir (nn i -t situation is the interest already awakened in agricultural improve ment. Much has been done hut it is only a beginning. The experi- TTt ATI t cfatlfaTl tha lomnnefroHnn fnrTn oot,h,.o1 public schools, emphasis upon right cultivation, seed selection i.-. ,J . . uvcstutn aie siowiy, increasing the agricultural products and rais ing the index of soil values. But the work moves more slowly than our needs. As to what can be done Mr. Hill points to Denmark, the model farm of Europe. Its export busi ness alone amounts to about $9 per acre of farm land in addition to domestic consumption The Danish farmer has not been assisted by any artificial means or legislative hocus pocus, says Mr. Hill, or by any bounty or sub sidy. He cultivates his acres like a garden and raises everything that belongs to the land. He fer tmes, " y usinS every ounce of .eriai Irom MB llve Btock and -purchasing more fertilizers when needed in& real ruler of Denmark 13 the 8mart farmer. Over most of uroPe agricultural education " is Iariner advanced than In the unnea btates Practical Instruction .in farming Ba weii as Its general principles mIght wel1 have Place In tQe Pub- 1 BCUOOia' continues air. mil, and ne recommends that it be given in connection with the actual cultlva tlon of Plots of ground by the pu- Ps themselves. Anv survey of the problem would be imperfect if it omitted tne almost desperate necessity at tms ume or conserving capital and credit ut of Profligacy comes mga pnce8' curtailment of busi ness, distrust and eventual dis . , iress- extravagance, Mr. Hill de- clares ls undermining the indus try of the country as surely as tbe barbarlans broke down and looted the Roman empire 11 13 mre to the. interest of any Btate to keep itB People where luey are instruct them In tillaee ancl persuade them to grow rich by ma-iug care or tne oia farms than to DrtnS in new settlers who will yreouwy reproauce tne old con- umuus aau ue oia proDlems, he asserts The soil is the ultimate emrjlov- er of all industry and the greatest source or all wealth. It is oniv among cool woodlands, . by still waters through fields burdened with nature's bounty, to the eata of the farmstead does the great wnite way run, according to Mr Hill. I Women should awaken immedi ately to the fact that dress should I be made a fdrm of art to suit the Personality and study it as such. says Mrs. Fercy V. Pennybacker, presiaent or the ueneral Federa- I 4 V. T .... .1. , a . r ouw an tuejr give ireeaom to the chest and waist and allow deep I creaming. resident Wilson Bhowed his usual foresight when he erected nis tent office on the White Mouse grounds. ' Three of the anti 1 trust bills are now before the 'sen I ate and it looks as though the sen- j ators would not be able to get I away this summer to shake hands 1 Tf Vt Via 'AeLv TAnnla ' Irr SELF-SACRIFICE By Dr, Frank Crane. (Copyright. 1914, by Prank Crane.) Self sacrifice is an art. Like tlie other 'arts, It baa , Its . technique. i There ara those who have the sift it, as some have the natural bent for music. - These sacrifice themselves gracefully. Most of us fear to be 1 in posed uoon. The self sacrificer does not mind. He enjoys ministering-; to . your -comfort; if you take advantage of his disposition ne seems, to enjoy It still more. All of us sacrifice ourselves a great deal; in the intercourse with our fam ily and our friends we are compelled to; but for the most part we do it awkwardly. The man gives up his own desired amusements for his wife's sake and his children's; but he talks about it. re minds you of it continually, and spoils The woman devotes her time to her household, denies herself a hundred liberties, but grows eloquent in her self pity; her beneficiaries secretly pray that she be less noble and more agreeable. So a deal of so-called acts of self sacrifice are convulsions of egotism. If you have not the natural instinct you must all the more carefully study the technique; the secret of which is to let your left hand not know what rtonsclousness. the least self -advertise- ment, tne least manifestation of ex- -rWrino nic. i. . r nn - " ment There are those who yield their seat to a lady in a street car, or rise and present their chair In a drawing room. with an air that makes you uncom fortable. There are perspns Who agree to your opinion in a way that is half Insult. To pay the bill-for a party in restaurant, and to do it in. such a way as shall leave a pleasing impression upon all, requires not a little sWlL To complain that one does not ap preciate what you do, to say that you are glad to sacrifice yourself if the recipients of your favor are only grate ful, shows that you do not understand the first principles of the matter. Self sacrifice must be made In aim pllcity, with ease, concealing the cost. It muat be with utter self-effacement. If you cannot do that, if you must wish, for a return, for gratitude, for thanks, and to have your little vanity stroked, then self sacrifice is out of your line. Do not meddle with an art for which you have no taste nor abil ity. To sacrifice your beliefs, your In born tastes and the essentials -of you personality, even for one you. love, is a mistake. If she does not love those very things about you, she does not love you at all, only her own notions The finest flavored self sacrifice is a kind of self indulgence; the pleasure you give to another appeals more to you than any pleasure you might Be cure for yourself, Thus the act of sacrifice on your part .pleases me most when I see that you most please yourself. The highest type of gentleman or lady is one who Is a virtuoso in self conquest, one in whom giving pleasure to oiners is Keener than getting pleas ure for self. Self sacrifice, is an art; but it is the most interesting and profitable f all arts, and adds most to the Joy of nvmg wnen it is well done. Letters From the People (Oommnnlcatlona aeat to The Journal foe publication in this department abonld be writ ten on ooly on side of tba paper, aboold not exceed 800 words in length and must be ac companied hj toe name and address of tk ender. If the writer does not deal- to bav the nam pabUahad. b afcould so stmt.) Discnaaloa ls the trea teat of an reform era. It rationalises eerrthlng lt tooebea. It robs principles of aU false sanctity and tbrows tbta back on their rsaaonableneas. If they bars no reasonableness, it rathleaaly ernabes them out oC ezlatenc ard seta np Its wn conclusions In their stead." Woodrow WUsoo. Attitnde of Certain Societies. Pendleton, Or., June 6. To the Ed Itor of The Journal As the German societies of our state appear to be long on anti-prohibition resolutions, and everything seems to. be unanimous, one is ,apt to think our entire German civ ilization .stands for the perpetuation or our present saloon system. It is not my wish to criticise in any way our law abiding German citizens. but it ls Borne of these German so cieties that l have in mind. To teo pie on the face of the earth are more to blame for the present agitation against the liquor traffic than these same societies; the breweries are al most invariably controlled within their ranks, and the breweries control the saloons and the saloons do the dirty worn. uregon at one time had a county and precinct option law for the regu lation of the liquor traffic; under lt, if the saloons of small towns persisted in viplating the law, the ' whole pre cinct could vote them out if they wished. But these societies and li quor interests, by organizing, and working through the home rule asso ciation, induced the voters to adopt the home' rule amendment, giving cit ies and towns the exclusive right to regulate the traffic, thereby nullify ing our local option law and virtually disfranchising all out ofc town voters on anything but a state wide vote, and when the question of resubmitting the proposition to the people was up be fore the last legislature, 'their repre sentatives were there, and the proDo. sition lost in the senate by a very nar row margin. But were these societies that ara so ready with resolves, ever known to in dorse an officer that was striving to do his duty in prosecuting violators of the liquor laws of our state? If so, when and where? Has not the influ ence of many of their individual mem bers been with the other side? DALE HOGAN. A Counter, Challenge. Portland, June 6. To the Editor of The Journal Some friend has sent me a copy of the address by Eugene t;napin, troniDiuon. candidate for 1912, "delivered to over 3000 audiences, in every state ana circulated by the millions of copies." Mr. Chapin says "We never can destroy the liquor traffic by votes alone. Laws never have and never win destroy the traf flc." I could quote muqh further, but this will do for one lesson. i am glad Mr. A. J. Martin has the good sense not to attempt to slander me, as a certain woman, who ls chronic and always defeated candi date for some sort, of an office is in the habit of doing. But I cannot con sent -to meet him in debate, either privately or in public, unless he will first marry and release to the world (as I did) a large family of gentle manly, sober sons (be particular about having them sons) ' who ha-ve wended their way. to school and office tn all their growing days, going, safely past the saloon, and . drug store when . no prohibition of Intoxicants is attempt ed. See that they are governer by self respect and self restraint, and not by any sort of a quack nostrum. We can then meet and . debate on an equal footing. I may then ba able to prove. 1 i GOSPEL OF From Harper's Weekly. Why is it that since the Civil War the Intellectual quality of American life has been below the level of most of our civilized competitors: below Russia, for example, in spite of her despotism; below Germany in science, history, drama, fiction,- foreign trade; below Switzerland and Denmark in politics and social progress? Probably lt Is because we have been too much Interested in wealth, too little In ideas and ideals. Tolstoi once observed that Americans seemed to be occupied with devices for saving time and then with devices for killing the time they had saved. That was said a number of years ago. Recently we have seen a renaissance in one direc tlon. and a renaissance in one direc tion is likely to mean a renaissance f In many directions. When a nation ls aroused with some general spirit, it often shows lt in the by-products of literature and art. Tou can trace this truth in Greece, Italy, Holland, England. The TJnited States ls now aroused along one line of professed importance. It is trying to make its life more Just, more kind, we may say more Christian. It ls embittered against the Jay mind, which ls in its origin the mind of the person who has a special advan tage and fears to lose it- We f e ceas ing to confine our spiritual remarks even to him, the fallacy of his present contention; but it would be folly to attempt lt now. ABIGAIL. SCOTT DUJxlWAX. As to the Inebriate. Portland. June 6. To the Editor of The Journal A drunkard is not a sane person, or he would control his appe tite, as he Knows as wen as aoes -av temperate man and an abstainer that it is injurious to drink beyond reason. Therefore, he Should be treated as an insane person, and denied the use of it and anyone selling or giving it should be prosecuted to the extent or a law for that purpose. The selling of wines and liquors is a legitimate business, but should be controlled, as to the sell ing to inebriates. When that is done, then probitlon will be doing some good. Because a person sells liquors it does not follow that he is a "rascal" bent on robbing his customers, any more than other tradesmen. But his goods should be pure, unadulterated stock and he should be guided by strict laws as to the selling to irresponsible persons, and no license should be granted save to a responsible party. OSBORNE YATES. The Voter aa 'a Partner. Marquam, Or., June 6. To the Edi tor of The Journal We should not for get that ths government is a co operative government and that, .what ever a man votes for, he is a part of the business, or law, that he upholds. So if I vote for the liquor business I am partly guilty of all that goes with the business, even to the murders that are committed through drunkenness. Voting is a public act and carries a public responsibility. We cannot dodge the facts, because whatever we vote for, or license, we are a partner In, be it either uplifting or degrading. This alternative is all that I can see in the discussion of the lifuor traffic the business ls either uplifting to human ity or it ls degrading. There ls no neutral ground. W. 8. DEXXIS. The Ragtime Muse It's a Sad Story. I love to lift my voice in song And lilt a Joyous measure. Forgetting all that's bad and wrong And live for simple pleasure. I like unceasingly to talk With no grave subject matter. Of money, marbles, cheese or chalk. Just for the sake of chatter. I love to loaf and He around And revel in earth's- beauty. And grin while all the hills resound With the stern call of duty. It ls a pleasure to forget The poor old world's condition. And. I for one do not regret That I've no lofty mission. But I am lonely as can be; Fell custom me has bested. When I woulri do what pleases me I straight-ay am arrested. Suspiciously on me they look. And say that I am lazy. Or else an anarchist or crook. Or foolish or plain crasyl AT NIAGARA AMERICA to an hour on Sunday morning. We are beginning to see a little actual sense in talk about brotherhood. We are beginning to try to apply lt a little. The change shows in our politics. t is the basis of the most notable leg islation of today. It stirs business men. It is leading the clergy to throw their churches open to the ar guments of the dissatisfied. It ls trying to persuade even lawyers and Judges to reconsider ,the procedure they have built up and the phrases of which they have been slaves. It ls leading us to examine our schools and colleges and try to bring It about that they do more to fit the aver age boy and the average girl for the duties of the average life. Every time must have a gospel. If it is to be a noble, productive time. We are developing the gospel of dem ocracy. Democracy does not mean playing on the weaker souls of the multitude. It means getting at the underlying needs and thoughts of the multitude. Our country ls now watching a contest between the love of money, of luxury, of special ad vantage, on the one hand; and human ity, light and truth, on ' the other. We will be a Just country If this contest reaches a white heat of falta. This will be a great country if we live up to the phrases which we all use; if what we think we also dare. NEWS FORECAST FOR . THE COMING WEEK Portland will celebrate its eighth annual Rose Festival Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. President Wilson has promised to go to Princeton Saturday to attend a reunion of the class of 1879 of Prince ton university, of which he ls a mem ber, v The supreme court of the United States will assemble Monday after a recess of two weeks. As it will be the last decision day but one before the summer adjournment, it is thought probable that decisions may be handed down on that day In the lntermountain rate case and other cases of impor tance. John Burke, the former .manager of the commissary department of the Panama canal sone, Is scheduled to -be placed on trial in New Tork Monday in Indictments charging him with hav ing accepted gratuities In connection with tlte purchase of supplies for the canal cone. The wedding of Miss Belle Wyatt Willard. daughter of Colonel J. E. Wil lard. the American ambassador to Spain, and Kermit Roosevelt, son of Colonel and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. ls to be celebrated Thursday in the British embassy chapel in Madrid. Other, events of the week abroad will Include the meeting of the Interna tional Congress of Chambers of Com merce in Paris, the assembling of the Salvation army world congress in Lon don, the international convention of the Toung Women's Christian Assoc I a tlon in Stockholm, and the celebration in England of the seventh centenary of the birth of-Roger Bacon, the fa mous English scholar, who is regarded as the first man of science in the modern nenu of the word. Among the conventions of the week will be the biennial of the National Federation of Women's Clubs in Chica go; the seventh annual conference of the governors of the states In Madison, Wis.; the annual convention of the Canadian Manafacturers' association in Montreal; the annual meeting of the American Hardware -Manufacturers association and the Southern Hardware Jobbers' association at White Sulphur Springs. Va, and a Joint convention of the National Association of Labor Commissioners and the Internationa Association of Factory Inspectors at Nashville.- Among other events of the week of more or less public interest will be the beginning of the international polo matches at Weetbury. I 1-5 a celebra tion of the centennial of " the found ing of the first American Socialistic and cooperative community at New Harmony, Ind.; the unveiling of a mon ument to the poet Goethe in Chicago, and the unveiling of a memorial to the Women of the Confederacy la. Rav- lelgh, N. C From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. IN EARLIER DAYS By Fred Lockler. a "I was born in India, but whste I was still a small child my parents moved to Shanghai," said E. W. Dent of this city. "Among our servants was a house boy named Chang-Woo-Goo. lt seemed as if Chang would . never quit growing. My father sent him to London In 1865, and later as 'Chang, the Chinese giant,' he be- . came celebrated. His actual height when full grown was feet snd 2 Inches. "When I was 18 t went to Formosa to work in the tea business.- Three years later I went to Shanghai, where I secured work with Evans, Push A Co., tea merchants and exporters. They sent me into North China to buy tea. My business is that of a tea taster and much of my knowledge I acquired in buying tea from the na tives of Chins, Ceylon, India. For mosa and Java. In North China 1 paid from $16 to XlIO a pecul. A pecul weighs 133 1-S pounds. Th price I paid depended upon my Judg ment of the grade of the tea, so I hsd to cultivate my taste very carefully. Here are my tea tasting cups." Mr. Dent produced from a cabinet half a dozen thin porcelain cups with out handles. 'We take the weight in tea of a silver thrippenny bit or of a silver 5 cent piece, place it in the cup and pour hot water on lt. After steeping for four minutes .he tea must be poured off from the leaves. An expert tea taster can tell not only the grade and variety of tea by tbe taste but he can tell under what conditions, th tea was produced. "In this country tea costs whole sale from 8 cents a pound to as high as 11.30 a. pound. The cheaper tea sells atwholesale in China at about -4 to 6 cents a pound, but' the llkla charges and the freight bring it up to 8 or 10 cents. "A tea plant looks like a wild rose , and Its flower Is like a camellia. In . fact its botanic name is Camellia thelfera. It comes into good bearing about the third year and bears indefi nitely.' In China and Japan they get only three crops or pickings a year, as they cut the leaf close to the stem and destroy the bud, or else they clip the upper five leaves. In India and Ceylon they get from 11 to 13 pick ings a year. "Green teas 'are panned or dried in pans. Black tea is fermented and as a consequence is more wholesome. The basket fired teas are better that the pan fried varieties. "An acre of tea plants produces from 300 to 600 pounds of tea i year. In exceptional cases this yield has been doubled. Upper Burma Is sup posed to Je the original hbm of tea. "One of the highest grade black teas sold is Klowery Pekoe, made from the buds. Orange Pekoe, Pekoe, Pekoe Sonchnng, Soncbang, Congou and Bohea are other grades. The green tea is fired before the leaves ferment and most of this tea comes to the United States and Canada. Gun-, powder. Hyson, Toung" Hyson and Twankoy are the principal varieties of green tea. India, China, Ceylon, Japan, Java, Formosa and the Cau casus are the principal tea producing countries. "In 1874 I went to Blackwater In the Navalopitiya district In Ceylon, where I became a tea planter. After a severe illness, I was told by the doctor I must have a change of cli mate. I had Just received a letter offering me a commission in the Cap . mounted police. I had a cousin In California, so threw up a shilling to see if I should go to Africa or Amer ica. Heads came up, so I cams to the United States. "I arrived in California and decided to invest my savings in a cattle ranch. Raising tea didn't help much in rats-, ing cattle. In any event my money , and I were soon parted. So X went back into the tea business. "I became a tea salesman for a big firm and traveled all over Europe, Egypt, Arabia, India. Russia, South Africa, the Holy Land, Canada and the United States selling tea. In buy ing tea I had traveled pretty well over Ceylon. Borneo, North and South China, Sumatra and 'Formosa, so I had a pretty good knowledge of both the buying and selling end of th tea Y business. "From 1194 to 1902 I was tea taster for H. Levi & Co., doing all their buy ing. After seeing th world I hav settled down in Portland where I in tend to make my home," . -. l 4