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BANDON RECORDER • issued Cedi Weak e BANDON........................ OREGON Isn’t it about time for another chans* In the style of our 2-ceut postage stamps? ______ One trouble with a universal lan guage la that so ninny men could not stay at home long enough to learn it. A Boston woman is suing for divorce because her husband threw a pie in her face. It must uot have hit the right spot. __ The people of France are drifting around to the point where they are in favor of more babies—for other people. Tradition seems to have sustained a hard jolt through the fact that It was not the German empress who talked too much. How the Czar of Russia must despise the Emperor of Germany for jiermit- tlng a legislative body to lay down rules of conduct for him! A Kansas man who married a school- ma’am complains that his wife always assumes a dictatorial attitude whenever she hears the school bell ringing. Now who would ever have suspected that such a kindly disposed old soul as Uncle Edward of England would have taken the trouble to pester anybody? We can see no reason why anybody should seek to kill the Kaiser by wreck ing the royal train, or In uny other Way. He is a good and obedient mon arch. A fellow doesn’t always know where to place his sympathy. A Massachu setts man with fifty children was ar rested for non-support of recently ar rived twins. John D. Rockefeller’s testimonials to his non-coersive methods in acquiring rival companies as the “kind I have al ways used; I have used no other,” will sound familiar to the readers of soap advertisements. Prince von Buelow refers to Germany as a parvenu among the nations. There are many people who will find it diffi cult to undersand how Germany can feel hurt owing to the fact that she is blamed for being young. Sometimes a man proves that he is great through his ability to recognize greatness In others. It is tn this way that Boswell won Ills fame. The city of Litchfield. England, the birthplace of Johnson, has lately erected a statue of Boswell near that of Johnson himself. Boswell’s “Life of Johnson" is still re garded as the greatest biography In history. r =■■ China can^fev^ go back into the dark, it has been brought too far into contact with the world of Ideas and action now to revert to the ancient tyi>e. It may be several generations before western Ideas are firmly planted in tae Chinese soil, but, nevertheless, there has lieen a great work of preparation there to insure an eventual rooting of civilization as the West conceives the term. J Cooking schools are an old story, and special courses In domestic science have been in operation for some years in more than one city. Probably the first Institution, already established for gen eral culture, to undertake household economies for women is King’s College, London. The university housewife will receive her degree for three years’ work in all that a mistress of a home needs to know, from laboratory prac tice in scrubbing to the theory of home decoration and the law of landlord a:.d tenant. When George Grey Barnard’s statues were exhibited recently In the Boston Art Museum, one piece, “The Hewer,” was set up outdoors on a plot of green. This is said to be the first case of a temporary exhibit of statuary in a pub lic square, and it establishes a sug gestive precedent. Will not more people see a work of art if it Is placed on a thoroughfare than in a museum, and may not the time come when exhibits of statues will pass from one public park to another throughout the coun- trj? ______________ tuns to furnish most of its Inmates. Btensland Is there. Van Vlilsingen la now there. In Van Vlisslngen's case the machinery of the law had do obsta cles. No high-priced lawyers fought to save the culprit from punishment on flimsy technicalities. The guilty man's conscience saved the state the time and expense of a long trial. These trage dies in the business world read their own lesson. A career of crime can only be prolonged to a certain limit It Is fortunate when the crash comes before Innocent victims have widespread hard ship and misery inflicted on them. But the crash will come sooner or later. Like others of bls class, Van Vlissin- gen’s first wrong step led him to take others. His "endless chain" of irregu larities was not endless, after all. In his case the losers are fortunately not small bank depositors. But a man of his type Is as demoralizing to the busi ness world as the robber of bank sav ings or the swindler of widows and orphans. It Is a high tribute to the general Integrity of the financial world that moral lapses, as in Van Vlissin- gen’s case, evoke no maudlin sympathy. Swift and stern Justice is the only safe deterrent for others with a tendency toward dalliance with temptation. A felon's cell must bo made a grim reality for crimes of this nature. The higher the former estate, and tiie greater the fall, the more certaluly is the adage that "The wages of sin Is death" proved true. At the rate scientists are discovering the germ causes of various diseases In pretty much every kind of'food of hu man consumption it is likely to become a serious question bow a man may eat at all and maintain a healthy body. The vegetarians have done their best to de pict the terrors of a meat diet, and now the vegetarians are confronted by a Buffalo physician who has it all worked out that vegetables cause cancer. Can cer, off and on, has been laid to to matoes, oysters nnd lager beer. Now this physician, In a paper read to the Buffalo Academy of Medicine, lays it to cabbage, celery, onions, lettuce and the like. His contention Is that the com mon garden worm Is the source of the parasite which produces cancer. Tlie worm crawls over the vegetable, infect ing the plant. Even boiling, it is de clared, will not kill the parasite. Beset on every hand by some terror, it seems to be a problem in this poor, old, germ- infected world whether to starve to death or take one of the parasite or bacilli routes. There certainly Is rea son In nature, if we must accept all the theories and “discoveries.” for the new school of psychological dietnrians which holds that the cravings of appetite and the Inner man may tie satisfied In the main without any tangible, physical form of food. Once the psychological theory Is established on a practical basis, however, watch out for somebody to discover the germs of measles, diph theria, appendicitis and a lot more ail ments in the psychic waves that operate to appense hunger. A SLEEPER, BUT NO SLEEP. Obaervntlona of n Man Who Went to lied In a Hall road Station. "You can take the midnight train, you know,” they told him, "and as they make up the berths early you can go to sleep while the train is in the yard and probably you’ll be at home by the time you wake up.” That seemed a fine plan, nnd the young man was very wilting to get down to the train about 10 o’clock. Half an hour later he turned in, says I he New York Sun. Just as he snuggled down Into the bed clothing a train rolled Into the sta tion on the track next to the one on which the sleeper stood. The bell on the engine clanged monotonously, fill ing every corner of the overarching roof of the station with clamor. The long, rolling din of the bell, suddenly ceasing, gave way to a hissing of steam from the locomotive ns the engineer performed goodness knows what nec essary o|>eration with the boiler. The would-be sleeper turned over restlessly. The hissing steam was not n bit less Insistent than the clanging of the bell had'been and he was heart- I'y glad when It stopped. Over on a track two or three re moves from his train another locomo tive appeared to he waking up. Some miserable lix-al train was making ready to leave. The putt, puff, puff of the early strides of the locomotive was followed by a louder crashing noise. Once more the man who was trying to get to sleep turned over. He hauled up the blind and looked out. The lo cal was pulling out. but he could see a light that showed another train com ing in. For the hour nnd half that the train had to stay In the station ho sat up with his eyes glued to the window and watch In hand. Just counting how many seconds of noiseless time he got. Finally when they did rumble and roll out of the station n theatrical company on board the sleejier made so much noise that he didn’t have a chance to get to sleep until nearly 1 o’clock. As he is one of the unfortunates who never can get to sleep on a slee|ter when it is moving you may Imagine how grateful he felt to the railroad for opening up the berths early in a yard jammed with all sorts of noisy traffic. What can be done with Intensive, farming and irrigation is shown In a circular recently issued by the Commer cial Club of North Yakima, Wash One farmer received ten thousand dol lars for the apples from his fifteen acre orchard. Apples sell for a dollar and a quarter a box. and the yield runs from five hundred to two thousand boxes an acre. The man who raised the ten-thousand-dollar apple crop sold the yield from fifteen cherry trees for two hundred and forty dollars. Another received forty-five hundred dollars for the |>eachcs which he raised on three and a half acres; a third sold his nine- acre pear crop for the same amount, and still another got eleven hundred and fifty-five dollars from three acres of potatoes. The Yakima valley is pe Said Shia. culiarly adapted to Cruit-ralslng. hut She picked herself from the debris. there Is no reason why farmers else And said to her friends: “Ixtok at mis f* And her friend merely said. where may not Increase the yield of As she twisted her haid their land by adopting some of the And looked nt her dress: "Hully gls!" methods sucivssfully used there. —Houston Post. They hnve a ‘’banker’s row" at Joliet prison, aud It has been Chicago's for There Is entirely too much remedy in thia country that is uot applied. BEETHOVEN AND BUSINESS. Salla* His Maasle Was Dlstastefal to the Great Compuaer. An extremely interesting arttcle which has Just appeared in a Germau musical and theatrical [«[ter contains the following statement, says the Phil adelphia Record: Beethoven never bargained in the ordinary way; bls fees for a contribution were demanded briefly and in decided manner, and he always pointed out when mentioning a price that he meant guineas and not sovereigns, or, rather, their equivalent in Austrian coin. In 1901 he wrote to a music firm at Leipzig: "Now the unpalatable business part is done with, I wish things could be managed differ ently in this world. There should be only one music publisher to whom the artist might take his work, knowing that he might ask a fee according to his requirements. As It is, he has to be partly a tradesman. Good heavens, how different apd uiqmlatable this is.” But this pious wish was never fulfilled, and Beethoven bad to remain "half a tradesman” to the end. As a suggestion of Inw dedications are occasionally made, the following letter, which Beethoven wrote to the same publisher in 1802 from Vienna, is interesting: “The lady In question can have a sonata and 1 will <lo my best to carry out her {esthetic Meas. The price Is 5 guineas (ducaten), nnd for this she may retain the sonata for a year as her private property, but not for pi:l-i| cation. At the cud of the year the sonata becomes my property—that Is to say, I have the right to publish it. and if she thinks it an honor she may ask to have the work dedicated to her.” This, from the business point of view of the lady In question is surely a tempting offer. At least, so the art patroness ot to-day would th’u'c if she bad a chance of suggesting to a Bee thoven the "aesthetic idea” for a so nata ; to retain such treasure in her own hands for a twelvemonth, and thereafter hnve it dedicated to her - and all for 5 guineas! Record Is of Change and Death, but Also of Peace and Prosperity. STATIONS HAVE HEW HULEES. Cleveland suburb.... Death of Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont. 10— Attempt made on life of King Haa kon of Norway. 12- 20—Floods do damage along rivers of middle west. 13— Admiral Evans’ fleet arrives at Magdalena Bay, Lower California. 17—Death of Senator William Pinck ney Whyte of Maryland. 22— Death of Seuaior William J. Bry an of Florida. 23— 200 persons drowned in coll'slon of Japanese ships off Todobokke, Japan. 26—Earthquake aud fire destroy Chi- lapa, Mexico. 28— Bomb thrown in Union S-i11»1-1». New York, by S.lig Silverstein. APRIL. Many Persons Known in Statecraft, Politics, Music and Lettera Pass Away. The year 1908, like most of those pre ceding it, bus brought about many changes Ju ail parts of the world. Death has taken rulers aud governments have been changed, men aud women of prom inence and achievement In many lines have parsed into the silent hereafter, fire and flood have levied their toll upon human life aud property, greed and hate have Incited to grave crime in uumerous instances. But the record Is uot all dark. Man’s activities along peaceful ways have gone steadily for ward, achievement has made decided headway, the quiet lives of the major ity of earth's jteople have moved on un vexed by war, pestilence or famine, and a grateful material prosperity seems to be the portion of most of the civilized nations. Early in February the king and crown prince of Portugal were assas sinated in a street of Llsbou aud the crown passed to n young sou aud broth er, the preseut Klug MauuoL The deaths, iu November, of th* Emperor aud the Dowager Empress of China (-aused a change iu th* ruliug head of the Celestial empire. A new president has more recently taken hold of affairs In Hayti, Bulgaria has declared Itself Independent of Turkey, and th* last- named country Itself has mad* radical Innovations tending toward a constitu tional government. Th* necrology of the year is memor able for the number of notable men and women of prominence in th* world of art, letters and music who have passed away. Among those to succumb during 1908 were ex-President Grover Cleveland, Sir Henry Campbell-Banner man, ex premier of England; Tomas Estrada I’alma, Cuba's first president; Bishop Henry C. Potter and Rev. Mor gan Dlx of New York, Ira D. Sankey, I'ablo de Sarasate, August WilhelmJ, Edmund Clarence Stedman, “Oulda,” Joel Chandler Harris, Murat Halstead. Bronson Howard, Victorlen Sardon, Louise Chandler Moulton, Harriet Hos mer, Ch ns. Emory Smith and Wm. B. Allison. A destructive theater fire and panic In Boyertown, Pa., the burning of a school house in a Cleveland suburb, tulue explosions, forest fires iu Michi gan, Wisconsin aud Minnesota, aud storms aud floods in various parts of the country caused the loss of many lives. The year witnessed the starting of Admiral Evans' fleet of warships on its triumphal tour of th* Pacific. The horrible developments upon th* murder farm of Mr*. Bell* Gunnesa.. near LaPorte, Ind., th* unlawful activi ties of th* night rider* in Tennessee snd Kentucky, and th* race rlota In Springfield, Ill., are dark spots upon the record of the year. The principal • vents of 1908 may bs •hue epitomized: Onto ore said to be the best flesh building food for domestic animals. A caterpillar each month eats food weighing G,000 times its own weight. The largest wooden building in the world is the pari lament building nt Wellington, New Zealand. Except for a small area In Missouri and Kansas, there are no hardwood trees west of the Mississippi. A New York Broadway druggist esti mates that the [>eople of the city spend $2.9S0,000 each year for patent medi cines. Constant exposure of mirrors to the direct rays of the sun is apt to crystal lize the amalgam and destroy the bril liancy. New Yorkers drink tea as well ns other things, and It is estimated that one pound of the herb Is consumed by each inhabitant yearly. Though New York City hns GOO school buildings. 75,000 of its pupils are attending on part time because there is not sufficient accommodation for them. Hawkshed grammar school near Am bleside, where Wordsworth was edu cated, and which was founded in 1585 by Edwyne Sandy*. archbishop of York, will shortly be closed. Of al) the high rents paid in New York City the highest are paid by sa loons, which are taxed about double JANUARY. what could be got from any other busi 4—Jury disagree* in trial of Caleb ness for the same premises. Powers for murder of Gov. Goebel of New York City’s growth Is shown by Kentucky... .Jury acquits Geo. A. Petti the increased demand on the water sup bone of Steunenburg murder In Idaho. 13—Theater fire and panic in Boyer ply, which hns made it necessary to town, Pa., cause* 1G7 deaths and Injury furnish 15,00(1,000 more gallons each }f 75 persons... .Union station annex is year for the last ten years. Kansas City burns. New York City's growth and its 18— Death of Edmund Claranc* Sted closer attention to matters of public man. poet... .Three miners rescued after health will increase the expenses of being buried for 46 days in mine at the department of health for next year Ely. Mo. 19— Death of Cha*. Emory Smith of $626,642 in salaries. This year the sal Philadelphia, former Postmaster General. ary list is $1.043,079. 24— $1,000,000 fire In Portland. Me.... How to hum smoke, avoid sparks and Death of August Wilh*lmj, noted violin eliminate combustible matter are requf ist. 25— Death of "Onida," Engliah ■•rel sites of railway locomotive builders in Holland. All railway locomotives be ist. 28—$1,700,000 fire tn Chicago. fore acceptance must be provided espe 30—Death of Burr Robbiua, well- cially with a contrivance for burning known circus man. smoke and preventing sparks emission. FEBRUARY. Stones which nre used by the litho 1— King Carlo* and Crown Prince graphers all over the world in making Lui* Felippe of Portugal assassinated in colored pictures are found In a little streets of Lisbon. .. .Harry Thaw ac district not more than four or five miles quitted of Stanford White murder.... long by two or three broad near Nu Gov. Toole of Montana resigns. 2— Manuel II. proclaimed King of Por remberg, in Germany. Quarrying has gone on there for more than a cen tugal. 3— Death of Col. Tho*. G. Lawlor *f tury. Rockford, III. 10— Burial of King Carlo* snd Crows The Jews and Thirteen. Prince Luis Felippe of Portugal. Commenting on the thirteen super 11— Anthracite centennial celebrated Io stitions in the Oesterelchishe Wochen- Wilkesbarre, Pa. schnift, Jacob E. Ehrlich, a Jewish 12— $23,000 bank robbery In Rich Hill, writer, says: "The number thirteen is Mo. surely not a bad one for us. The holy 15—Marriage of Mia* Theodora Sbont* writ tells of the thirteen attributes of and Due de Chauluee. 18-19—Severe blixsard »weep* middle the Most High, and we have thirteen feast days In each year. Our great end western States. 20 Death of Senator Latimer of South arch enemy. Haman, was hanged on Carolina. the 13th of Abas. The thirteenth birth 21—Death of Harriet Hosmer, Ameri day of our sons Is a day of joy be can sculptress. cause on that day tlie child becomes a 27— Mln* explosion Beer San Jnaa member of the religion» community. de Sabinas, Mexico, kill* 76 miner*. 28— Unriicceeeful atttempt mad* t* kill The dream of Joseph was of thirteen— the sun. the moon and eleven stars— Shah of Persia with bomb....W. O. r>r.edley, Republican, choaaa ¡senator from and Jacob had thirteen children." Kentucky. MARCH. That mighty unfair trick of killing 1— Great fir* In Tampa, Fla. the fatted, calf for the prodigal causes 2— Attempted a«M**inatlon of Chief *f more family rows than anything else Police Ge*. M. Shirr? Chloago. on earth, except the division of 4— 178 Children loss live* In burning Father's Money. of pablie school in North Collinwood, a 2— 8—Populist uatoual eoavantlon in St. Louia. 4—Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, premier of England, re* gns. 6—Election riots in Lisbon, Portugal. ”—Death of Congressman A. L. Brick of Indiana. 12— Chelsea, Muss., devastated by $10.- 000,000 fir*. ...Death of Gen. B. M. Cutcbeon of Michigan. 15— Heuser Lake dam, north of Helena. Mont., bursts and cause* great havoc. 22— Death of Sir Henry Campbell-Ban nerman, ex-premier of England. 23— Death of Gen. Linevitch. Russian commander.... Due de Chaulns* dis* sud denly in Paris. 24— Destructive tornado sweep* 13 States, from North Dakota t* Georgia. 25— American liner St. Paul sink* Brit ish cruiser Gladiator. 26— Notr* Dame de Salett* buried by landslide. 29— —Death of Rev. Morgan Dix. 30— 238 lire* lost by s nking of Japan ese cruiser, Matsushima. 22—Marriage of Prince August WIV Hum of Germany and Princes* Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. 26—Canadian elections carried by Sir W.lirid Laurier and Liberal party. NOVEMBER. 1— Death af Mrs. Julia A. Carney, I poetess, at Galesburg, IU. I • 3—National election. W. H. Taft and Janies S. Sherman, Republicans, chosen Pres dent aud Vice President. 4—Death of Totuus Estrada Palma, first president of Cuba Libre... .Chas. JV. Eliot resigns as head of Harvard univer sity. 8— Death of Victories Sardou, French playwr gbt. 9— Trial of Ray lAiMpiiere begins iu 1 a Porte, lad. ...Former U. 8. Senator Ed ward W. C*rumuk shot dead iu Nashville (Tana.) street.... Pus:master Edward M. Morgan ef New York shot in street. 10— Warship North Dakota launched at Quiucy. bless. 12— Explosion and firs In mine in West pbalia, Germany. kits 339 men. 13— Death ef Emperor of China.... Secretary ef th* Navy Metcalf re* gns. 14— Death of Dowager Empress of (Yiina... .Gen. Jo«e Miguel Gomes chosen president at Cuban elect on*. 15— Routh Bend (Ind.) postoffice rob bery. 24—Gov. A. B. Cummins chosen U. S. Senator from Iowa.... Lieut. Gov. Garat becomes Governor of Iowa. 26— Ray Lamphere convicted of arson at La Porte, Ind. 27— Treaty between United States and Japan is announced. 28— 138 miners killed by explosion in Marianna. Pa. 29— Flood at Guthr’e. Okla. DBCBMDER. 2— President Nord Alexis of Hayti de posed.... I'u Vi ascends throne of China MAY. 3— Burning of Aveline hotel In Fort ....Hole blown in levee, saving town of Wayne, Ind.... Marriage of Prince Wil Pine Bluff. Ark. 8—Fatal battles between religious fa helm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Ma natics and police ip streets of Kansas rie I’aulovna of Russia. 4— 120 persons drowned in River City. 10—Abraham Rnef. Snn Francisco po Dneiper, Russia, by capsixing of ferry lities] boos, convicted of bribery. beat. 5— 6—Nine corpses unearthed on farm 12—Dutch cruiser Gelderland captures of late Mrs. Belle Guuness, north of La Venwsoelan guardship Alix. 15—Death sf Doiuiki G. MitchelL Porte, Ind. 17—Constitutional government inau 6— Comb ned Atlantic and Pacific fleets enter Son Francisco harbor... .Manuel gurated In C*nstantinople. 20— Gen. An-to-ne Simon sworu iu as proclaimed King of Portugal. president of Hayti 8—Big fir* in Atlanta, Ge. 21— Graft arrests cause sensation tn 16— Violent storm sweep* Southwestern Pittsburg. State*. 22— Burning sf Herald Square theater 11— Destructive t*rnad* la aarthera la New Ysrk. Nebraska. 13— Governors of all State* meet In Opsratioa R«f >rms Uruakard. • convention in Whit* Hous* Lu Washing By a simple operation on the bead, re ton. 21—Great railway disaster near Ant moving pressure ou the brain, caused by an injury. Dr. Herbert L. Northrop of werp, Belgium. 23— Death of Comedian Pecer F. Dai Philadelphia has changed a man from a drunkard and a thief to an honest, indus ley. 30—Sixtieth Congress adjourns sins trious man, respected by hi* employers. The patient declares that hie desire for die. drink and theft has entirely disappesred JUNB. 1— Death of ex-Senator James K. Jones and during twenty-two month* be has of Arkansas... .Oregon votes against aim Iiied an upright life and been twice pro moted by his employers. He was a maa gl* tax aud equal suffrage. 2— Death of Sir Red vers Bull er, Bug of good habits when at th* age of 48 a timber struck him *■ th* head, causing lisb general. 4—Paris assassin shoot* Cept. Alfred esntusion of the scalp and a hematom* In the nppsr frontal region close to the Dreyfus. 13— -Caleb Powers and James Howard middle line on the right side. II* was unconscious for sixty second*. During pardoned by Governor of Kentucky. 14- =— Death of Blind Tom, negro pian th* twelve years following he developed drinking and steal ng habits, neglected his ist. 16—Republican national convention la family and was finally discharged from a good position for drunkenness and for Chicago. 18— William II. Taft of Ohio nominat misusing th* company’s fund*. The op ed for President by Republican conven eration was then performed, and after twenty-tw* months of well doing with no tion. 19— James S. Sherman of New York relapses. Dr. Northrop announces a com nominated for Vice President by Repub plete sure. licans. A Weuaerfsl Fossil Ued. 24— Death of ex-President Grover An expedition directed by Prof. H. F. Cleveland. Osboni sf the American Museum of Nat 26—$1,000,000 Are In Duluth. ural History has recently returned from JULY. th* Fayoua desert in Egypt laden with new skeletons of prehistoric animals. The 2—Death of Murat Halstead. Fayoum district is the bed ef an ancient 4— Death of Joel Chandler Harris. 5— Port au Prince, Hayti, ewept by liver, and in the sand* ar* found th* bone* sf all kinds of animals mixed In fire. 6— Commander Peary start* for far discriminately. They are *• soft that they can be removed only by pouring north. 7— Democratic national convention shellac ever them. One of the most im portant finds is the skull of the giant open* in Denver. 10—Wm. J. Bryan nominated for Pres arsinolthsrium. Th* dominating feature is a long pair of sharp-pointed horns ident by Democrats. 21— Death of Bishop Henry O. Petter protruding upward end outward from the snout for nesrly two f*»t. This animal of New York. 22— United State* Court of Appeals re was the brut* king of it* time. Th* verses Judge Inndis’ decision fining body combined the shape of the elephant and th* rhinoceros. The monster was Standard Oil Company $29,240.000. 24—Sultan of Turkey greats coastttn- named after the Egyptian queen Arsinoe. famed for her beauty. The animal stood tionsl government. 28—Independence party nominates Hie- six feet high and nearly ten feet long. The feet were adapted to walking on gan and Graves. sandy or sinking gronnd. AUGUST. 2— Great fir* destroys cities and mi; Ilves in British Columbia. 3— $1,500.000 elevator fir* in Chicago. 4— Death of Senator Wm. B. Allison of Iowa. ... Death of Bronson Howard, American playwright. 8— First general primary slsctloa in Illinois. 10—Death of Mrs. Louis* Chandler Moulton. 12—Death of A. R. Spofford, librarian of Congress. 14—Fatal race riot* in Springfield. III....Death of Ira D. Sankey, gospel singer. 23— Great fir* in Constantinople. 26— 30 miners suffocated in coal atlas at Haileyville. Okla. 27— Death of Col. Wes. F. Vila* of Madison, Wis. 80—$2,000.000 fir* In New Or I sans. Renders Want Fasts First. Prof. W. D. Scott of Northwestern uni versity. in hie new book on th* “Psy chology of Advertising," gives th* results of a set of questions sent to 4,000 readers of th* modern daily newspaper. From th* answers sent by 3.000 men he has reached th* conclusion that readers do not car* to have a paper serve es Interpreter of th* news or ss advocate of th* truth. All that they want is a brief but comprehen- elvs publication of the new*. In hi* opinion that editor will be most appre ciated who select* new* most wisely and presonts th* unvarnished truth In all mat ters in which th* constituency *r* Inters eoted. H* adds: "The Ideal paper would hav* to do only with fact*. The news would have to be well written, but the- Interest would be mainly in the news, itself end not In the reporter’s or the pub lisher's views concerning it." The answer» SEPTEMBER. showed that local news leads all other 1—Vermont election. 3— Death of Ix>rd Lionel Sackvills- features In Interest. Then came in order West, former British minister C* Wash named, political, er art ing and financial. ington. Rsaaell tho Flrtns Lla*. 4— Death of Frank P. Sargent, com In th* November Everybody*. Charf*» missioner of immigration... .Rawhide E. Russell, known In two continents s* (Nev.) destroyed by fir*. 6-16—Forest fires Lu northern Michi on* of th* greatest of muck rakers, and gan, Wisconsin and Michigan and across who ha* been criticised for not doing something constructive, comes to th* front border in Canada. 14—Republican* carry Mala* sleetlea. with thro* specific proposal* for eivte 21—Death of Pablo d* Sarasate, Span betterment. They srs: To establish a new standard of public e*rvic* by discon ish violinist. 28— International tnbereniad* eongreae tinuing th* practice of paying our publie officials salaries, to abolish tb* politick' meets in Washington. boss by establishing everywhere th* ays- OCTORHR. twm of dir*ct nominations and "to clear 8—Bulgaria declares Itself iadepeodent •nr minds ef th* singular superstltloa ot Turkey. tbst so long obsessed ns concerning th* 6 — Philadelphia celebrates 885th aaal- ynblia utility frsnehie*” .by adopting th* vsraary. simple plan *f th* annual less*. HI* 7— Mentor explool*o at Richford, Yt, belief U that "th* best way to abolish kills 13 person*.- th* mnckrtksr I* tn abolish muck.” 18— Foreat fire* rag* ta Michigan and Wisconsin........ Relief train barn* . aaar The er gin ef th* Great Banks of New Alp«a*. Mich., with 30 person* aboard. fenndlasd I* said to bar* been la th* 19- 21—I And lottwy eDBeeeM land» bonlders carried dewa by Icebergs. The la South Dakota. bank Is «60 all«* long sad 139 brwd.
