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BINDON RECORDER MAKING A JOURNALIST i eharacter--have been aiworoed within i) this brief time by a reading publi* whose intelligence Is too often meas ured by the sales of "popular" fiction. The proof given that the world’s gr masters of literature are still OREGON BANDON "bast sellers." that works published in Athens and Rose before the Chris Galling a man a liar won't aJwa». tian era or la Weimar or Florence settle an argument. centuries ago are to-day in lively de mand. is an agreeable tribute to the If there's one thing worse than bo- quality and correctness of modem •ng poor, it's having poor relations. popular taste in literature. Mr. Harriman's was a rare H« was richer than generally sup- posed. And Alaska want» a legislature Af ehe ever gets one she 11 probably wish she hadn't. A magazine writer is wasting his time in telling how to spoil a boy Let Grandma do it. When European monarchs meet they don't seem to take any stock In the kissing germ theory. Anyway, the next minister dealg nate to Pekin will know what not to do at the very outset. The man who knows it all will tell H if he can get somebody to listen to him for five or ten minutes. If the farms will only produce big ger crops, J. J. Hill will furnish the freight cars to haul them to market. Wilbur Wright says the 60-mlIes-an hour aeroplane Is practically here, And there are no telephone poles ahead. A 12-year-old Baltlmors girl stole for the purpose of going to a moving picture show. Could depravity sink to a lower depth? A man who has reached the age of 90 says a steady diet of pie did it. What a splendid tribute to the woman who made the pies! A St. Louis man is advocating the Shortening of the months. That might be aJl right if all the extra days could be added to October. It now appears that the Harriman patriotism was more amply rewarded than we had supposed. The estate totals about >30,000,000. A Connecticut mother spanked her daughter and the yoang man with whom she eloi>ed Thai is one way of spoiling a beautiful romance. Not every boy can become a foot- ball hero, but there seems to be no reason why he should not wear hts hair long during the season if he wants to. And now Explorer Baldwin wants to reach the pole So long as there is a choice apple which bears that name, why cannot the Baldwin family tie further satisfied without seeking fame? A Boston publisher of schoolbooks has decided to contrlbote >1,000,000 to the <«use of ¡>ea<'e. IH-ople who have complained because of the high prices they were compelled to pay for school books may be comforted by the thought that at least some of their money is to be well spent. A Columbus. Ohio, lady has written a letter of complaint to the newspapers because she was compelled when she went to church last Sunday to sit be side a woman who had so thoroughly saturated herself with perfume as to be disgustingly odoriferous It will never t>e possible to ma’se church-going pleasant for some people An Important suggestion, and one well worthy of oonsldemtion. « m made by a formal resolution of the Grand Army of tbe Republlo at Ita last na tional encampment. It was urged that one school under the jurisdiction of every local board of oducaitjon in the country should be named the Lincoln School, in commemoration of the great President. Service In the medical corps of the army does not appeal <o young physl clans, or they are not r.ware of the at tractive pay offered and of the number of vacancies At an examination re cently, to teat the qualifications of can didates for one hundivd and four va cancies. only forty twx, passed The siKveeaful candidates begin with the rank of first Lieutenant. at a cash sal ary of two thousand dollars a year, and with quarters, furniture, horse, fuel and other allowances, which make the pay equivalent to thirty four hundred dollars This lncreas»w with length of service and promotion; and after the retiring age the officer receives about two-thirds pay for the reat of his life. e It is now less than four years since the issue by a 1-ondon publisher of the first volumes In a series of re prints of the works of standard au thors. which marked an Interesting experiment in providing the public with the world’s best literature in handy and inexpensive form The books were clearly printed and taste fully bound and sold for a shilling. On the recent addition of the four hundredth volume to the list the an nouncement was made that more than 6,000,'tOO separate copies* had boon dis posed of That Is, felly five times the number of luvoks In the Library Of Congress, more than double the ■ umber of volumes In the Blbliotheque Nationals of Paris, the world's largest library—books all of a substantial • Twenty years ago the cotton-be 11 weevil, having completely wiped out the ootton culture in many parts of Mexico, crossed the border and began its ravages in Texas. At about the earns time fruit-growers in Californ a awoke to the fact that a minute scale like Insect was threatening to destroy their apple, peach, pear and plum or chards. In spite of every effort, these two pests spread rapidly. Only the cotton fluids of the Atlantic coast have so far escaped the weevil’s attack; the San Jose scale is domesticated in al- most every State in the Union, Some persons predicted the complete de structlon of both cotton-fields and or chards, and it is certain that a good many planters and fruit growers wore ruined. But the intelligence and in genuity of man are proving equal to the emergency; and incidentally there are appearing certain of the blessings which always follow adversity cour ageously met. The Southern farmer has learned the benefits of a proper crop rotation, and a close and careful cultivation of his fields. In the boll- weevil country the old system of mort- gaging the ungrown cotton crop to get the money with which to raise it has gone. There may not be any crop at all unless the planter is vigi lant and industrious. There is more and harder work to be done, but there are the rewards of hard work to t>e had. Texas raises about as-much cot ton as ever, and more general crops The banks show Increased deposits. In one community the farm mortgages have fallen from twenty-eight hundred to four hundred The orchardist has found that he can save his trees by thorough spraying. The scale is de stroyed, and with it other pests, which were not dangerous enough to per suade the grower to the practice of spraying, but the destruction of which greatly improves the quantity and quality of the yield, The experience has been alarming and costly, but it has left both industries on a sounder basis, and has taught their practi- tloners much that will be of lasting value to them. Nationality In China. A recent Chinese newspaper states that the law of nationality, consisting of twenty-four articles, has been de cided upon, a consular report says. By this law any person who has lived in China over ten years and Is above 20 years of age. of good moral standing being helpful to China, may be allowed to assume Chinese nationality. If asked for. Unless one has lived in China more than twenty years he will not be allowed to serve in the grand council, imperial household department or as a military official In any position above the fourth grade, neither can lie become a member of Parliament nor of the provisional council When one wishes to abandon his nationality as a Chinese he must first get the consent of the board concerned or he cannot lose his nationality. Only a person who has an official position or has not failed to pay taxes is allowed to aban don his nationality. When a Chinese woman marries a foreigner she will abandon her Chinese nationality, and when a foreign woman marries a Chi nese she will become Chinese Tn either assuming or abandoning na- tionalfty the wife and children will follow the husband's nationality. A woman who is married is not allowed to change her nationality alone. Worn en who are divorced and persons who have abandoned Chinese nationality before the laws are enforced will be treated as Chinese so long as they live in and enjoy their rights in China. “Ari Well Your Par».” But there is one great, striking dif ference between the theatrical stage and the great drama of human life On the former, as a rule, the leading lights—the star actors and actresses get most of the applause; those who are forced to play the lesser rules often get but scant notice. But on the great, wide stage where the Author of our being Is both judge and audience. It matters not what part we play—whether It be prominent or ob scure-provided w-e piay it well. The hod carrier and the poor washwoman, who perform conscientiously and ex actly the duties of their lowly state, may be far more pleasing to their Maker than the professional man. the monarch or the genius—certainly a consoling reflection. A NoV loVroqnent Occurrence. "As a witness 1 was required to promise that I would tell the whole truth!" said the Indignant citizen as he was leaving tbe court house. “Of course ” "And every time I started to tell It the lawyers on the other side proved that such a procedure would be en- tlrely improper.”—Washington Star. Whether he's right or wrong, a row with a woman will ruin a man Rather than submit to it, run away. A woman says unprintable things about as gracefully as she throws a brick. We have an idea that some men quit smoking to get their names In the paper. Dr. Warm Mold Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects THE CENSUS. BUSINESS man tn the East who had r*- tired after amassing a fortune decided he would employ his first leisure in looking for a brother whom be had not beheld or heard of in forty years. He traced him to Nevada and finally came across him on the edge of the desert, quartered in a tumbledown cabin, bearded and unkempt and yoked to a wife who looked like the offspring of a cyclone and Her features suggested chaos. a weathered flagstaff Her eyes were like two bullet holes in a barrel. The Nevada brother proceeded to brag about his help mate. "It was nip and toss,” he said, "whether I'd take her or her sister.” “I never saw the sister," said the man from the East, “and don’t know anything about her, but I know this, I’d a dem sight rather have married her." The new census is to be taken next year, It has been divorced, or at least tentatively separated, from politics. New methods, new machinery, nearly every- thing new and reformed. Is promised for it. This can be taken with a liberal application of salt. But when you think of the last enumeration, its slow-ness in re porting. its rank errors and statistics of which no little was ridiculous, your preference for the new census, un seen, untested, is fixed and unalterable.—Toledo Blade CONSERVATION OF LIFE. S IT not time that the discussion of poli- ejes and personalities in the controversy over the conservation of the natural re sources of the country give way to a real conservation movement, such as the con serving of the lives of the toilers in the mines?? A report from the Geological Survey, entitled "The Production of Coal in 1908.” makes the grim announcement, in the most casual man ner, that 2,450 miners were killed in the coal mines last year and 6,772 injured. The chapter detailing the accidents is treated as but an incident in the produc tion of coal, several thousand words telling the condi tion of the coal business In the various States, Yet, to the men who work in the underground pits there Is a terrible meaning in the figures. There is further slg- nificance in the statement that the death rate In the mines of the United States for the year was 3.6 for every 1,000 men employed, In Europe the death rate tn the coal mines is one in 1.000 employed, and not more than two under the most unfavorable clrcum- stances. Why is it that Americans are so much mare care less of this most valuable of all resources? Do we value human life less than they do In European coun tries? Are we ahead in industrial progress, scientific achievement, and everything else that goes to make life Mr. Kipling's forthcoming book will contain not only short stories but various pieces of verse. He has given to it the not particularly happy title, "Actions and Reactions.” Another English novel which is on the way is Douglas Sladen's "Tragedy of the Pyramids." There is much warfare in the book, which has, by the way, an American heroine. The autobiography of Henry M. Stanley, which has been edited by his widow, is to be brought out soon. The volume is said to contain much inner history not made public hereto- fore. The first novel of a new American author is on the press. It Is written by Miss Elizabeth B. Dewing and its title is "Other People's Houses" The book Is described as a study of wo men, their motives and points of view. From America and from Europe the author has derived her scenes M. Leonee Benedite, the official at the head of the Luxembourg, has writ ten a history of art In Fiance and abroad which covers the entire period of the nineteenth century. He is also producing a volume dealing with the painting of that century—a volume which will contain numerous repro ductions of. the pictures of the French. English, Dutch, Belgian, Ital ian and Spanish schools. Interest In Sinnish life and letters is very keen at present and students of the language of Spain are contin ually Increasing Modern Sjianish plays have not been available to those who would read them because they were not to lie found in American edi tions. Prof. F. W Morrison, of the United States Naval Academy, has edited and will bring out thia month "Tree Comedias Modernas," by some of the best known of the modern Spanish dramatists It contains Car- rion's "I»a Muela del Juiclo," "Cocat y Criados." "Les Solteronas' and Barranco's "lata Pantalones " Writing in an introduction to a new edition of "Swiss Family Robin son," about to come from the Har per's, Mr. Howells thus expresses his appreciation of that famous classic of 1 adventure: "In these happy pages there is never any want of work or Play, never any lack of sport. The lovely family Hie of the Robinsons is asvsr insipidly swiet, tut is lull of worth while, except regard for the life of the man himself? Here is a fine opportunity for the leaders of the con servatlon movement to do something real, something tangible, The saving of a single human life means more than all the talk of policies, It perhaps means one less widow thrown, with her family, upon the char ity of the world. Multiply this saving by 1,200 or 1,600 (and this is the number of miners whose lives would have been saved had we the same standards as Europe), and there would be a conservation movement worth all the rest—Washington Post. THE NEED OF FARMERS GEORGIA newspaper, commenting on the cry from one of the counties of that big State for 1,000 more farmers, remarks that there are 146 counties in the State which need as many. All the Eastern and North ern States sadly need good farmers, com petent, intelligent, up-to-date men to till the soil properly and get from it the largest and best crops with the least possible expenditure of toil and money. A fair share of both capital and labor is needed in agriculture, of course, but intelligence, a good meas ure of enthusiasm, the will to learn and the ability to apply learning practically are more essential. New York State needs farmers of the best sort badly as Georgia needs them, though perhaps not many; 146,000 swooping down at once on the abandoned, neglected or ill-managed farms of the Mohawk valley and the upper and lower tier counties would scarcely be able to find land enough to work on. There are some intelligent farmers in New York and New Eng- land, but not many in comparison with the poor and thriftless ones. The modern farmer must adapt him self to modern conditions. He shopld know how to market crops as well as grow them. He should not be content to do things the way his honorable, but be nighted. forefathers did them. He need not. if he have his wits about him, be controlled by middlemen. His market opportunities are enormous. The development of chemistry and mechanics has greatly increased his chances of making agriculture profitable.—New York Times. [Al s a t « Raw Ira llldlrull »• Material. Up at the New York university a department of journalism was initiât ed thia year, with Dr. Frank J War- ren in charge, says the New York cor- respondent of the Cincinnati Time* Star. Seventy-five pupils have been enrolled and it is Dr. Warren's hops ts make regular newspaper men out cd them in a short time "Just th« .-ame," he admits, "it isn't any fun to make a reporter out of a raw young- st w. who has not the slightest know!- e?|e of the manner in which newspa pers get or handle their news. It makes me think of the experience of a confrere of mine in the Missouri College of Journalism. He put his students through a course of theoret ical sprouts," said Dr. Warren, "and after they bad achieved a moderate de gree of knowledge of the business it was his custom to send them out to report events for the daily newspaper of the college. The ¡taper handled the news of the vicinity just as a real dal ly would. On one occasion he Bent ou) a student reporter to report a big railroad wreck near the city, in which a lumber of cars were in flames and general people were reported killed. Time went on and nothing was heard from the student reporter. Finally, in desperation, the dean telegraphed him 'What is the matter?' he de manded briefly. 'No 6tory yet; edi tion soon go to press. Rush, rush, rush!’ By and by he got a jaunty little message from the student re porter. T have not written story yet,' said he. 'Too much excitement here. I am all of a tremble. Soon as things quiet down I will ask some ques tions g Legal Information Conducting the business of pool selling and book-making in the State it Kansas, except within the inclos ure of a race track for not exceeding two weeks In any year, was prohibit ed by fine and Imprisonment. Subse quent to the passage of this law Kan sas City, Kan., enacted an ordinance entitling any person to carry on such business in that city for an annual license fee of >5,000. Two days after plaintiff had purchased a license he was compelled by force and threats IN THE LOG CABIN COUNTRY. and repeated arrests to cease busi HEN we celebrate prosperity we seldom ness. In Levy vs Kansas City, 168 save anything for a rainy day. The man Federal Reporter, 524, plaintiff sued who works for the best generally gets it the city tor the >5,000 paid to it for while the other fellow is hoping for it. the license. The Circuit Court of Ap- The man who can make a pillow of his peals held that, as plaintiff was guilty conscience need not envy the millionaires of a violation of a general law enact- of this world When you lay up treasure ed to effectuate the public policy of in heaven the only way to be happy is to forget that the State of Kansas, his action aris there is any Interest coming on it.—Atlanta Constitu ing from his own moral turpitude was tion. not maintainable. In Blermann vs. Guaranty MuL Life Ins. Co., 120 Northwestern Re true affection and willing subordina POWER FROM DEAD LEAVES. porter, 963, payment of insurance was tion. The children, who are different enough in other things, are alike In They aii<l Kludred Muterials, He- denied for the alleged reason that de ceased, a drunkard, had represented ipviug their father and mother, as the «lured to Gas, Will Run Motors. Good Book bids them. The father The use of dead leaves, straw or hay that he took a drink occasionally, leads the boys in their adventures and as a source of power is the latest con but not to excess. The Iowa Supreme enterprises; the mother welcomes tribution to practical science made by Court, allowing a recovery by the them home and spreads the table with French experimenters. Henri de Par- widow of the insured, remarked that rich and wholesome abundance, For vllle, writing in the Journal des sufficient disclosure was shown to sug the honest-hearted, home-loving boy, Debats, Paris, vouches for the truth gest to a discreet person the advisa it Is like being under his own roof, of this announcement, The expert- bility of further inquiry if the sub with a boundless range of field, forest, ments are being carried on by M. S. ject was of vital importance. What and sea, and every harmless delight of Bordenase, says Public Opinion, who constitutes “excess" in this respect is them.” Mr. Howells also confesses has found it possible to produce largely a matter of opinion, and va that he never read the book before enough gas by the combustion of veg ries all the way between a "drink" the publishers asked him for a pre- etable matter to run a small but ser and a "drunk;" while an occasional viceable motor. The different materi glass of beer may mean anything face to it. als used were straw, leaves, hay, etc., from a glass once a month to one ev- ery 15 minutes, according to the ca- HOW TREES WITHSTAND WIND. compressed Into bales. M. de Parville says that the follow pacify of the individual, or, perhaps, according to the liberality of his Boi F.lders and Soft Maple« Are ing results were obtained in practice: views. Although testimony was elic "With hay, it was found that one horse Kaally I prooted. The big wind that passed over the power could be obtained by using a ited showing deceased to have been a Twin cities recently taught much little over two pounds of combustible, drunkard when he applied for insur about what trees to plant for perma- which, being valued at 10 francs per ance, it is apparent that the company nent ahade and other effects. One ton, made the cost of each single horse had means of knowledge of this fact might easily have expected the softer power .04 francs. With the labor and when it made the contract. While a buggy in which were a man varieties of wood to break first, says other accessories the cost of the horse a writer in the Western Architect, power was raised to .056 francs for and a boy was being driven on a high but would hardly be prepared to see each horse power for one hour. If the way, a heavy automobile tried to ¡»ass the ease with which box elders and average quality of hay at a cost of 36 it, but struck its rear wheel. The soft maples are uprooted. When It is francs per ton be used the horse power boy was thrown beneath the feet of the frightened horse, and literally let alone the former likes to branch for one hour costs 076 francs. “Wheat and oat straw may be used kicked to death. The owner and near the ground and It can be seen on the prairie more like a gigantic bush to greater advantage. Here the power driver of the machine were convicted than like a tree. This habit of growth is obtained with a little over two of manslaughter in the second degree. would not call for any great spread pounds of material. The value of the In People vs. Scanlon, 117 New York of roots except in capturing nouHsh- straw being estimated at 25 francs Supplement, 57, the defendants ap ment, an operation In which the tree per ton. the cost of the horse power pealed from an order denying a new Is supposed to excel. We have known Is .063 francs. With oat straw the trial. The New York Supreme Court, a tree of the kind to send its roots to horse power costs .057 francs. The ex ifflrmlng the conviction of the chauf almost any length in the seams of a periments with leaves gave a horse feur, said that it was the reckless quarry yet in well-sodded and water- power at a cost of .043 francs, while driving which is the cause of many ed lawns it is the first to give way at the power was obtained with a mix Accidents, and which should dlsquall- the root, it should be less missed ture of sawdust and shavings at a fy any one who practices it. Wlth a cost of .05 francs. heavy machine, weighing 3.000 to than any other sort. "With other material the results 4,000 pounds, going at the rate of 26 indigenous trees the Among the elms hold an intermediate ¡»«itIon, were In every way satisfactory from miles an hour, it is indefensible neg furnishing not much more resistance both an industrial and financial stand ligence to attempt to pass a buggy to the winds than the sorts mention point." It Is claimed by the experi within a few Inches. The owner of ed. This is a pity, they being such menter that the new process will be ths machine, who was sitting next to universal favorites for shade trees. particularly useful to farmers who are ths driver, had given orders to give Coniferous trees and the larches seem in need of small motors and have full leeway to passing vehicles, He to hold up well against winds as do great quantities of refuse vegetable was powerless to deflect its course in the ashes and white walnuts, although matter from which to obtain the time to avoid the catastrophe, The power. whole thing was. as It were, instan so few of the latter are used for shade Made the Parrot «hr Scapegoat. taneous, in the control of the chauf that one cannot speak with confidence Father—What did the teacher say feur. but in no way In the owner's of their performance. Coming to ma ples In the track of the storm seemed when she heard you swear? Small control The conviction of the owner to suffer much more than their num Boy—She asked me where I learned wait reversed, and a new trial granted. bers would warrant, hut the oaks pre it. Father—What did you tell her? Supply and Demand. served their reputation for sturdiness, Boy—I didn't want to give you away, “We could all live on 10 cents a day while the humble hackberry held its pa. so I blamed it on the parrot.—De If we would cut out high-priced meat troit Free Press own as well as any. And eat beans and rice." By the way, oaks of some varieties “Aw, come off If 90,000,000 peopl« When a man marries a woman older are by no means so slow of growth than himself the couple is never men •ach ordered • bushel of beans to-mor imagined by some, nor are they so tfoned without some comment on their row, beans would go to 20 cent« averse to the ways of civilization as difference in ages. Apiece " Kansas City Times. has been taught. We often wonder whether a on» You can't be so smart that people It runs In some families for the win be impressed if you fell al»mjt W ' legged man will have two legs sites i |*u lauds lu heaven. girls to make unfortunate marriages youraatt I a Admit«