WEEKLY : OREGON STATESMAN, - FRIDAY; 'AUGUST 17, 1900."
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WOOD WAXTKU.
Suliscrilicrs intending to Iay the
Statesman ju wood will please haul
the same as early, as lossihlc. We can
use Fume iole iak and some small fir.
The phonographs will talk for Bryan,
anvway.
The people of the Fniied States have
no notion of electing a phonograph for
Freshknt. '
'I he ieo; tie who Wi-tit to Nome blame
every lody and everything for their
hard hick excepting themselVesl They
forget the most blameworthy. ?
When the dairy industry is fully de
ve)oed in t Willamette .valley. East
ern hams aud bacon will 1 1 1 i t ciiiiii?
here; and Salem will have to maintain
a iirk parking establishment. The
separator milk will go to hogs and
chickens, as a matter of cuurM' and
necessity.
The Railroad Oazotte is authority for
the statement tluit more freight is
transported iir the Fnited States than
In all KuroH. Front government re
ports and estimates it is concluded
that the grand total of British and Eu
roM:u railway freight traine of txiiM
was alMnit lol.:;il.imM tan-miles,
lit lS5:s"the freight tnithe in this coun
try wastlH.o7S.cM ton-miles. ;
- . s -
At. Chicago n Monday Bryan dtdiv
ereri a juiit of bis speech of acccpt
aiicc into a phonograph, and this will
lie ground Out in different sections of
the country, and lieeotne an imior
lant )art of the campaign. There is
no advantage in this, It is machine
made In IhmIi original and counter it
excepting that the counterfeit. will be
tdlghtb more automatic. The circus
managers, will certainly all avail them
selves if this opMrtunity. .Mr. Itryau
Is a great 'entertainer.-' lie appeals to
the ears of the people, but Ibis lies
nut lead any great iouuImt of them
to conclude that they want him for
PlfsidcliU
loitt Im arraid the dairy btisiiieKS
will Ie fvenlue. There is iihuii at tin
tv Iu this, and the conditions are
favorable for the production hi the
Willamette valley of th' very linest
dairy products at all sea-ton. Tint
freight to New York is only '2 cents a
pound, aud our natural advantages are
worth that inu -h, on an average, the
year through. So there can lie no such
thing as over doing tiie industry here,
because we are in reach' of all the
markets. Our farmers will soon con
form to the rMium-iiieuts necessary to
give the lest quality of output. They
will use seijtrators. study the proper
vutethMs of feeding for the l8t re
sults, and grade up their cows. j
One of the marvels of the Chinest
situation is the ierfe-t' military organ
isation of Ue Japtines4. China has not
a modern army, though some of her
"troois nre organ lzil and tralnetl ou
motteru lines. Her military system Is
ancient ami cuuilwrHome and lis
jointed aud wholly nnsuitl to war.
The great surprise, she has given lis
i. in lH-r itoKsesslon of weaious' and
the courage to ue them, aceompanietl
by a degtw of skill, but this surprise
I.h the result of our own neglect to note
jteriously what s!h was doing, the facts
of which were not ko lunch a secret
a they were disregarded. Hot in tlw
cas of Jaimn it is different. The Iitk
Islaud empire displays liftre the "jes
of the great "military iwrrs a more
perfect military organization than any
of them liave leea able to put In Clii
a, more complete in ail It staff de
tails and working more smoothly, jln
other words, Japan has a. perfect mili
tary machine there aud all t lie other
powers have Imperfect ones. The in
ference i tbat, the entire Japanese
. military organization 1 more perfett
iu it detail than that of any other
country, and that the Mikado lacks
only ( soldiers enough . ; amT money
enough to make war successfully upon
any nation' In the) world. The wonder
of this reft jn the fact of the whole
military system being the work ! of
les thaji twenty yea n. The Japanese
leive not Iteeii ft military people m tne
senpe of the nations of Europe. For a
tliousaiid years prior to tbe revolution
of JiS the masse of tlie people were
not soldiers. , ,
There are lo,tMi0O ieopIe In the
Philippine glands divided into at least
sixty trnVs or race. The Tagal race
is the largest and most iwerful, mini
tiering about l,rfMK people. They
have lived in the vicinity of Manila
and leeu in contact with Spanish civ
ilixation for tUHi j-ears. From this as
sociation tbty aciTiirel the use of fire
arms, which has made tlK'iu superior
to all other races in the island. Bo
sides this there has grown up among
these issrple a martial spirit, a love
f of vUr and the carnage and plunder
that accompanies it. : For tin; last 1-V
yitusi they, have been a turbulant
and warlike jiple, unettled and rest
less, always ready to stir up discon
tent ami raise the standard of revolt
wlit -rever an opXNrtuuity offered a
promise of lnjoty :is a reward. This
watlike and 'piratical character of tlie
Tagals has ''made them the deadly ene
mies of all the other races of the is
lands, nvimlK ring about S.:mMUKiO. and
rheir ravages are dreafh-d by thesi
laceable and iihtstrious natives as
tl- most lireful s-ourre that can visit
tleir homes; The Tagals" suiM-rioiity
in the use of lirearnts enables them to
iHH-oiiie supreme over all the other
people, and it is to establish this su
premacy that the guerrilla 'wan-fare is
now U'ing carried on against the
o-cuKincy of the United States. The
worst calamity' that could lefall the
peai-eable ra-es of the Philippines
would' fllov the withdrawal of our
army. They would lceotie the prey
of this merciless race and in time
would be reduced to virtual MtWrvI
ency to it. The lowering of oar flag
would le the signal for the ltcginniug
of a contest that would involve n
struggle for supremacy which would
inevitably result .11 the emshli'g out
of the other races and the establish
ment of the authority of these l.rwxi.
Tagals over tin' other N.rXVXK
iwople. Itrya'i has aunoune-.O his pel
u r if elected to take .steps ;it iuee to
give tln Tagals their ' liberty; which
means that they are to In allowed to
make war and plunder the rest of the
people of the archipelago without re
straint. This they j a iv fighting for,
against the Amerhjau army, aud they
will not 1h satistied jwith less. Aguiu
aldo has leeu offered supremacy over
I is own people, but be declined it
he must Ik1 made absolute. Hut there
is little danger of Itryati having an
opportunity to carry out such a disas
trous policy toward these people. The
American ieople can be relied upon
to act wisely iu a matter -of- this kind,
and it will 1m hard to eouviuee them
that one-sixth of the people of the is
lands should be made supreme over
the tit iter live-sixths. Tlie American
jH-ople have more confidence' in their
own ability to govern these - teople
justly than they have iu guiualdo
a u I his Tagal followers. I
;ooi 4 1I)i;mi:xt.
'When it was proposed to send
1'uitcd Slates troop to China to co-op
erate with thos. of other nations in
tu advance upon I Yk in. it was point
ed out here that stub a movement
would probalJy fail in its put'imso ami
that tt certainly would mean war. It
v.as urged further that war could not
lawfully Ito undertakeii exceit 011 the
declaration of Congress, and that If
the President considered war-bke
laeiistuvs in--.ssary. it was his duty
to 'convene t'ongnss at iiee aud aci
under its authority."
The aliove is the opfhing paragraph
of an d.torial in tjie Philadelphia
Titees of last Thursday blaming 1'res
deiit , McKinley fr not i-silling Con
gress together, and predict'ug all
sorts of direful con?.U iii-'S oil ae
etotnt of his Chinese il:cy. Itut
ev4Ty daj's deelopmeiits proves the
wisdom of the President In pursuing
tiie verv itoltey- to which 1k is com
mitted. There -was no time for long
deiKite. Action was mHessary. Tlx-re
to an ernergenej-. which had to lie
met. If President McKinley shall
Iind in t Ik course of subsequ'nt events
that the advkv or consent or 'solemn
enactment of Congress is necessary In
the ettlement of questions tluit may
arise, he will of course call Congress
together. Put It Is inore than likely
that the regular meeting iu Ieviiilor
will be early enough for . tlie adjust
ment of affairs in the Orient If lndenl
the troulJe in China is not all over by
that; time. These anti-Administration
nowsqiapers liave leen clamoring for
an extra session of Congress mainly
for tlx purpose of manufacturing caiir-
paigu thnmler for the In-wfit of the
phouograidi candidate.
A LIVE" IR'SUE.
Althougn the Bryanite organs say
nothing about it, there is nn issue in
volved In this mmpaign which is of
more Importamv than the btigalioo of
imprfallsm,' upon which tlioy affect
to set ouch store. That issue has leen
Important ince the foundation of the
Republican party, and is ; the well
known orve of protection to American
Industry. Pryan 4s ami always lias
l-a a f re trader, and there cannot
be the alfbtest doubt that It cuosca
President he would: give his K;tnetlon
to measures which would reduce tariff
duties below ; the protection line and
remove many, of them altogether. His
platform expressly "condemns the
Dinsrley tariflf law, ami thereby shows
that lie aiwP his iwirty really lielieve
that tlie jarifl' is 'a live question.
The : Kepnldii-an platform declares
that "we renew our faith In the policy
of protection to American. labor, and
thu squarely' joins issue with the
Uryanltes. -The .la iter's organs , nat
urally do not d"sire to discuss the tar
iff question any more than they wish
to say anything about the money, one.
Their predictions as to the disasters
which must overtake the country if
the Republican jKdicy of protection and
oimd money prerailed in Govern
mental affairs have been so completely
discredited ,by the great prosperity
which ve now enjoj- that they natur
ally ptefer to discus. other questions.
Put adeiuate protection to American
industry i a "nitrer 'whieh is as much
at stake In the present campaign as
it was in any preyiotts one, ami the.
worklugmeii of the country cannot af
fonl to shut their eyes to the fact;
neither can the farmers whose wares
are protected from ruinous Hmpe!l-
ilon with tin products of tlie cheap
lalior and cheap iastures of Euoie,
Asia, ami the South ami Central
American countries, and Australia, and
Mexico.
IT IS JUST AND U1CHT.
When a uon Kirtisan lo.ly of men
like the Montana Metliodist Confer-
eiiee, free from the inliueiKa of is.lit
eal motives, and omiNsed of men
whose judgment on questions in
which. moral duties and obliga
tions, are involved, may be .relied
iiIHtti to le in the main correct
make such a declaration of lMef as
they did at their recent niifting, we
can coucliKk! that tin iolicy of the
nation under the present administra
tion has not drifted far from the way
of jusiiee and right.
Their expression is a good index to
the fding of the people who are to
pass judgment upon the jolicy tlie na
tion has lieen pursuing for tlie past
foiir years.
This conference in a very quiet ami
diguilied manner says:
'Vhrea.s. Our -otmtrv has Iks'h
passing through a great crisis in Its
history and iu its destiuv requires
steadfast loyalty of our people, there
fore. CO It
"Kesidveil.- That we appreciate the
great courage ami spirit of our nation.
under the leadership of the President.
his counsellors ami Congress, the un-
mpassed bravery ami ability of our
army and navy, and the loyalty of our
IMMple, and further commend the on
ward s.veet of our nation in its world-
v-ie leadership, and we are oroud o
our tlag.
"We rejolte that as our doman wid
ens the bencticieut institutions of ou'r
glorious country are carried to the
utmost parts" of the earth, which we
approve.
"We -oiivey our sympathv to our s-l-
(Imts. iDis-Jonaries and citizens and
pray for their deliverance."
TIIE ONLY WAY.
The MeKinby Administration is 1m-
ginuing to see that if the advance up
;a I'i-kin is pressed the (,"hine. will
have all the fillisters dead lefore our
soldiers can get there. This has ap
peared to other people i-nrlier. In fact.
lisintfrestiHl adviee lias been given by
outsiders to M;. McKinlev to go slow.
Mobil', Ala.. IJegis.ter.
IIwever, the McKiuley Administra
tion has pursued the only course that
was oiH'ii to it, in pursuauee of n wise
policy. Which fact is growing more
apparent daily.
DON'T WANT THEM TO OO.
"There Is a 'call' for Negro lalor to
pronNnl to Hawaii. Negroes of the
South will do well to examine the of
fer very closely ltefore entering iijto a
contract to go so far from home."
Mobile, Ala., Itegister.
TIk people of the Sotithj do not want
the NegtNM's to vote. They make them
ride in "Jim Crow' cars, and subject
them to social ostracism. Itut they
le-ed them to do their work. They
could not get along without them.
Therefore tliey do, not want them to
go away to Hawaii or elsewhere.
In the death of Colli I. Huntington
the Pacific coast loses a good and
strong friend. Mr. Huntington was a
builder and not a wrecker, and a man
of wonderful business sagacity, who
had the conlidciuc of the men who
have to do; with large affairs. His main
Interests were on this coast, in the
development of which lie was there
fore naturally interested. And more
so because la was a Pacific coast man,
having obtained his start in life. here.
The vast Interests In when Mr. Hunt
ington was eoii-ornid may not suffer
tnucji from his demise, Int-ause he was
growing to lx an old man, and Ik had
chosen able sulonlinates and pot his
affairs in shape to be carried on
without his personal direction. But
Iris great iiersonality will lie misled.
Peaches that measure twelve Inches
around, raised In the Willamette val
ley, will astonish the authorities of the
I H'partment of Agriculture. That Ie
partmetit has been payiifj; marked at
tentat to the peach, baring In Its
investigations and experiments- recent
ly dis-overed a sure ; preventive of
peach-lea f curl a work of enormous
value to the rmit growers of this coun
try, in tne aggregate. There is no
reason why Ortgon may not become
a great peach, growing state, by reason
of these discoveries and by the use of
"Be Strong in the .
Battle of Life.
Happy is the person thor
oughly prepared, by I perfect
good health, to win life's
battle. This condition comes
only with absolutely pure
blood. Over 90 per cent, of
humanity are troubled with a
taint, impurity or humor of
some hind in the blood, ivhich
should be removed by Hood's
Sarsaparilla, the best specific
for both sexes and all ages.
A Good Tonic " On general prov
ciples I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla. as
m. needed spring ionic S is a jnott
excellent medicine." Hakon Hammer,
Engineer, 'Pbttsto-om, Ptu -
Mntmt j i frrir
Hood's fill cure Mrer Ills ; the non Irritating n4
ouly etthwtH to take with Hood'e . 8reprtlU.
the lands in this state that are esio
cially adapted to the growth of this
fruit. This mammoth variety, the
Charlotte, was origiualed'in Saletp, by
the bile O. Di kinsoii, the s'ed. grower
and dealer.
There is room at tiie top in tlie
dairying business, and a lot of H, 'foe
Oregon dairymen are going to occupy
some of this space, by using sv-jiara-lor
-,, grading .np the-Jr eowsjaiid giving
them the proper. kinds of feed.
The publications' that go out of the
Statesman building pay three-t'mirjhs
to four-lifth.s of all the periodical posl
ag at the Salem psioIi-'. And the
sum is going to be at least: doubled in,
the course of tlie next year or two.
The Tsung li Yamun is so c:Uhd be
cause it is a large and repivseilt.-ili.e
body of lying tongues. S
Ssiid the workingman to tin? store
kcejier: "Oive nie a diiiuer pail.Ab
Kiuley size." '
A LONELY SPOT. .
Cable Station on a Koek iu 'the Middle
of the l'ueiiie 0:r:in.
Uncle Sam is about to build a home
for lovers of solitude 011 one of the
far-off Midway islands, where there is
to le a cable station when tlie -able
from Sau Francisco to Manila is iabl.
Those who go to take charge of this
wildest of all posts in the American
government serviee will have to !
pre-pared to spend I heir days on what
seem like norJiiug more than a big
rock in the -midst of the Pacini' ocean.
Tlie largest of the two Midway isl
amls, Sandy island, is only about a
mile square. Tlie other one, known
as Eastern island, is half p mile
square. The other one, -known as
Eastern Islaud, is half a mile by three
quartets. As this is the more fertile
and habitable of tb two. it will prob
ably be the one selected for the cable
sta-tion. K 'en this island is. aln.o-a
without tres. and it is absolutely
without interesting feaiuivs. Lift on
Eastern Midway island will be .a dull
and nnuioionous ami ltounil by rou
tine as existence in Joliet or Sing
Ring. , -
Tiie T'nited States tug Iroqeois, 1n
charge of Lieutenant Commander
Fond. U. S. N Is about to leave Hon
olulu to make the surveys and charts
that are necessary before tbe govern
ment can go ahead with tiie plans. It I
is a journey of iMHHimilos from Hono-.'j
lulu to the Midway island?, whh-h J
when reached, are nothing lint a col- !
h'ction of hits of coral, a strangely
formed wall of-coral and two littli
patches of land, which rise so little
out of the water that lliey seeni to 1h
nearly subiue'rgcd when rintr stonies
rise around them. js. !
There will be no monotony of wop-filer
dining the winter months for the
two or three cable operators ami 'at
tendants wlu will mate their 5o;i:es
in this outlandish spot. When the
feaiful winter storms came wiiidsand,
rain swept the little island bare ' of
everything.
Mil I way Islands are near nowhere.
The men will get mail only when
Fiicle Sam sends a vessel with sup
plies. They will have one occupation.,
Day and night, year in ami out.- the
cable will- have to be watched- There
will probably never be a moment .out
of any twenty-four hours when mes
sages will not be flying under the Pa
cific to Midway, and from Midw.iy 011
to Honolulu or Manila. It will be a
ceaseless routine, turns at tbe instru
ments, sleep, and whatever the men
can find to do. If they want to take
a walk It will have to -In in a circle or
up and down, as 011 : the deel: of a
oanier, for a straight line from the
beach in any" direction will end ar an
other lveaclT in less than fifteen min
utes' walk. Then will le one con
solation. The cable men wdl keep
thorqfugldy in touch with tin news of
the f world. Press dispatches-' will
constitute a large p.r! of the cable's
business. -Honolulu Corresiondence
St. Iouis Post-Dlspateh." :,
WII1ELESS TELE '. It A
Plt ADOPTED.
After test big wireless telegraphy for
a distance of il miles, the French; gov
ernment has ordered its Mediterranean
squadron to be equipiied with . the
wireless appliance.. - V
Mr. ' Olwner Moore Brady, of Ne
vada. Mo., has lteen 'nominated for a
second term as circuit ebrk of Vernon
county. Missouri. Mr. I-rarrjs, ber, hus
Itand. wiio lmd held tin iM.ltioh irer
rionsly. . died two years ago ami was
ju'eiwded by his wife. Eigldeen out
of tlie twenty townTiips of,4fe county,
as well as every ward of the city, vot
el for Mrs. I'.rady. i
- " Wha t sltall I sing. Cla renceT
itng that lovely, old-t line song, Lo-
rena. ;
on. I see; yon'ro fixing to get a
good long nap." Chicago itecord. ;
k -V '. : '-
Free trade, one of the greaiest bless
ings, which a fSoverirnient can confer
on a jKop!e, Is In almost every country
unpopular. Maeaula)' on Mitford's
History of ii recce. ? . ' '
SOME KITCHEN CONVENIENCES.
rjvto-Date Conti1rau.vs Which lessen
, the Work and the Worry of the
Ilousekeejier to Au Aiqrei-i-able
Extent.
: While some old-fashioned bonsekeep-,
ers cling to the kitchen paraphernalia
with which they have leeonie familiar
through years if use, the younger gen
eration gladly; welcomes every practi
cal Invention that tends to lessen the
lalior of the house worker or adds to
rh comfort of convenience. of the fam
ily; and these- Invent ions are many.
lias s--ovs ai:d gas ranges have made
tbe summer days Iu the kitchen less
dreaded by the occupants than the old
fashioned coal stoves : and ihe modern
cooking utensils have proved an added
comfort; to the Jioum mistress and
maid. j
The asbesios'griddle, with a sheet
-irdn top and twistel wire handles, is
among the later conveniences, and then
there are asiiostos plates that are so
handy fur toasting bread over a small
gas stove. ; Perforated pie plates,
which guarantee the crust tieing well
dune and brown, and cake rings, with
movable"! ot ton is. lidon'g to this list.
The combination dipper represents a
variety of conveniences in one, as it
consist. of a dipju-r, a funnel and a
coarse and line strainer, all of -simple
construction and durable.
Fnless an egg Is perfectly frcsh-and
fresh eggs are not always attainable
ini the city-tit is difficult to ioaeh it
satisfactorily according to the 'old
fashioned method, aifd, in spite of lib
eral additions of salt and evi-11 vinegar
to the water, the yolk and the while
'.v?H frequently spread out In an uti
pleasing mass. The steam egg ioach
er will overcome all this difficulty, and
ft is a very -.convenient utensil, for It
consists of n series of individual sauce
pans, in cadi of which an egg cooks
to perfection .and from which it can
1k removed with ease. One size holds
live eggs, another, a smaller variety.
cu'l:s two eggs at a time and there are
other Dread slick tins, half a
hzcu in "ti. and fluted, double
crest Intend pans are aceepls.ble
c-iianges from the olI-fashiomsl style
and the broad bakrd in Ihese tins, par
t;ctdaily the bread sticks, will be Wel-cm-d
5y thos sufferers' from indiges
tion, to whom tin spongy loaf bread is
denied.
Salads are an essential' feature of
the dinner menu in the summer per
haps more than at any oilier lime of
the year, and in the preparation of the
drevshig there is nothing so useful as
a salad mixture. A maid of ordinary
Intelligence can be taught to use it
after a few lesson. Tin mixer has
two styles of whips and as the mixture
is kept whirling' in the crockery ImwI
from the adjustable funnd the oil
drops little by little, and if the other
iigredieiHS are in corret proportion
the success 'of the dressing :s assured.
The divisioned steamer is one of the
most compact utensils Imaginable for
use on a gas or oil stove, and perfectly
arranged. A valve is lixed so as to
any sill odors down into the stove, a
whistle steam escape tells when the
water is low and a 11:11 row opening
overed with isinglass makes it easy
to tell when enough water has been
added. All the divisions are neatly
made.aud kept clean and vegetables
and puddings may lx cooked at the
same time. Last but not least is the
broiler, one of the most essential of iluv
household collection of utensils,
now liiaf frieil meats are eliminated
front the menu by all housewives who
profess any acquaintance with tTic
principles of hygiene cooking. This
toaster or broiler can be regulated so
as in be close to or distant from the
llames: there is a little trough for tin
juice of the meat to run info and a
perforated underplat: disseminates tbe
heat more evenly than if the broiler
were placed directly over tlie Uan'i'e.
Many -of lhse modern kitcTii n con
venichces are ilie invent ion of women,
and with 'a good many others they
are valuable aids for the housewife
and her assistants in their efforts to
acquire a maximum, return of. comfort
for a- minimum expenoii 11 re of lalior.
MONOPOLY IN CAMPHOR OCM.
En) ire Trade of the World in the
H-tnds of a Strong Syndicate.
WTfiiin a year t heca nipbor trad of
the world has liecome a nnuiojioly.
say? iho New Yor!: Tribune. 'The
trees' w'hh h yield this fragrant and
useful gum are to 1 found all over
Asia and the- East Indies, but t he
principal production from them is eon-lined-
to tlie island of Formosa, which
-Iwloiigs to Japan. China was never
able to furnish more than 100.000
pounds it ye-ir. and Japan now pro
duces about .UNMHUt. Put Formosa's
annual output for several years past
has Ih-cii lietweeil t!,0,(0( and 7JMK
ix pounds'. Little is to be bad at
prsciit from any other source and
there is no prosjieet ot4 any change iu
the situation for a long lime to coim.
In deciding to exercise control over
(he pnuliictlon 0 camplior Japan has
been actuated by. two motives. 1 11 the
first place she wants to obtain reve
nue iherefrom. as France does from
the match and cigar industries. Itut
she al-o ss'ks to avert the killing of
Ihe goose, which lays the golden eggs
for her. Iu other- Words, she has un
dertaken to protect the camphor forest-?,
which were in danger of extinc
tion. .V recent consular report from
Tanistti declares that no fewer than
1."sm armed gua-rds are to be placet! ou
duty 011 the dge of the fort?sls. In
onler to enforce regulations which
ii.1t c recently lieen adojded. Tlie de
struction of young camphor free and
of shoots fnTm tild .iTumps has lieen
prohibited by hit'. The gum Is oIh
tainel ly felling tiie larger tres,
splitting them up aod lmSUng tbe;wKxl.
In the past it has leen common to cut
down young tn-ts for fuel, but ' this
practice, i how to lie stopisil.
ION'T MENTION THE LOSSES.
You never we Monte Carlo referred
to in any of the newspaper's of the
south of France except when . some
liody Iras won a large sum of money
at tbe ta tries. Tliese paiHrs are brilx-d
to insert reisirts of big gains by ' the
1'ilajvrs and to keep out news of big
losses. The suicides are also not re
ported for the same reason. When an
English paper contains a disparaging
reference .to J lie place it is forbiddeu.
for tl'4 time, to be sold in Monaco and
is removed from the public readiug-
NO BIRD ON HER BONNET.
Today tlie finest type of clubwoman
lcfusei-to wear a niurdenil bird on
her Jsuiuet. More than this, she is co
operating with earnest Audulouites,
by' lift It ion and bird program at the
club, to s:ive her feathered friends
from the hand of the merivnary slay
er, says the Woman's Home Compan
ion. It may Is surprising,' but not on
ly does thoughtless fa si i ion lead the
fair sex into a custom that liorders ou
savagery. ..thus threatening tlie extinc
tion of entire species of birds, but
there Is, to 1h? consider1! a serious
economic side. Specialists who are
memlicrs of the American Ornitholo
gists' I'nlon are authority for the
statement that the bird lKjpul.it ion has
lieen so reduced that the ;increase and
ravages of iusi-ts are positively dan
gerous to agricultural Interests.
-D'KFKXSB OF PLAtJIAUlSM.
A Writer Who Claims-There Are No
Property ltights iu Ideas.
(From Ainslee's Maga?.ite.)
'I lMaan to sec that" thievery is the
basis of all progress, while honesty i
simply that which restrains others'uii
til we have had a chaneif to enjoy our
plmLr. Now this is Jan excellent
thing as far as things j concrete "are
concerned, but entirely harmful when
applied to abstractions., j
"To. stab the matter briefly, truth
ami lieauty are eternal, and the. most
any man can do i: to ltccnmo conscious
of them.. A truth is iu no wise airs t
ed by man's discovery of it except in
asmuch as he mars it by stamping it
with his own individuality, but he i
ali'octed by it. It widens his mental
horizon as it doest ha t ; of every one
wb plagiarie s from him. The more
it. is stolen, the more it is iui-nviHl.
and if is entirely impossible for :p,iy
uian successfully to lay claim to it as
!eiug hh uliarly his owni Every funda
mental idea iM-ongs to ft In race as a
whole, just as does a wofd. Some man
diay be i be inciiinin" thteigli ilii i ;r
linds eiression. but it iil 110- si'usi. b,.
longs to him. He cotild hot iiaxe
thought, out. III.) Dew jilcl if he ilail in. 1
I'ad the iH-iielit ot nil the other,
thoughts of past generations. ).,,
why sliouid we 1h- petty in such mat
tersV Why. not emancipate otirschcs
from the ''tyranny of Hie Eighth Com
maudlin M. which has jiolhiiig to do
with things pertaining to tin- intcllc. t
oal world, and proceed to th-vdop our
literature to. the point it should have
attained alr"aly. Natuhilly. Hie man
who lirsi 'does this will be reviled by
all sorts of scribblers, but his reward
will I-amp!.-. He can gi down 10 his
grave witli the knowledge thai he has
done a gieat. wot k. and o a man great
enough to lo such a thing well that
will be a suliicicnt reward. To him
fame will be a matter if indifference,
for he will lie great enough to know
that. h will be understood only by one
in millions. , To - such ,i man the ap
plause of the rabble w'ill be oniv so
much stinking breathy and he wilH
mike no bid for it. The desire f.
fame Is the last: iiilirmitv of i,ol!e'
minds, and only when ii has
eliminated is a man great enough to
do great things.
"Of course. I realize ih:il in denying
.properly rights in. ideas I am advocat
ing Intellectual anarchy, but I am will
ing to abide by the consequences. It
is every man's duty tof make the. nioi
ef himself-.' and he -an jlo tli.it only by
laying hold cf rlie trulh when-ver Tie
finds it. In the realms of the intellect
every thiuker is ; a throneit monarcti
and rules by d'.viue right. To. m-fiw
him of tliievery is simply to be guilty
of lese-nia jeste. Your ?t rue genius rec-
ogulxes no man's rigid to withhold any!
truth he mav have discovered, and
indeed, it would te as Seasonal le for af
man who discovers aU-omet tu try tf
get a title deed to it as ii is for a mail
to lay claim Jo any idea, thought, or
truth simply because he has been priv-.
ilegeil to have, it occur to lriln."
EXOLANIi ANI THE YANC.TSE.
The English goyornincht is cvideiilly
striving to asMilne sde tolici control
over tlie Chinese uieii-of-war now h
cated at the mouth ,; of the Yangtse
river. -The manifesL object of the jToi
icy siftns to lie, biter oil to establish
the cliaim that. England having in
ibis case exercised police control over
tire angtse with the approval ot all
the powers.'! ho Yairlsc Is to be con
sidered, by common consent, pari -and
portion of the English spheie of influ
ence, in the Cliinese Oiimire.
Such a mouoMly could not under any
cii--umstaiices. uoi'S-v!! umicr ait
"open door"' rule,-he? in barm ny wild
the already large am steadily increas
ing commercial iuietCsls of The l'niP"d
States in the Yangtse bay. ' There cm.
1h no doubt but : eventually way'
and means will 1h devised li close one.
half, or thri-e-duarters f the . 11
disir." if Ih'.glaml should at any 'luue
come to the conclusion that too luge
a portion of goods .Other than EoglNli
are limling their way into the Yan'gise.
tlistrict through the. im ii door."
It Is of vital importance, therefore,
that the American interest in this ques
tion should Is guarded carefully and
hi due season. Front TNlay's Illinois
Staats Zeitung '
IS SATISFIED WITH HIMSELF. ;
Self-Complacent Philoopiier Who
Thought His Apjielite All Right.
Soroponhaner. the gnat (Icrman phi
losopher, was a gourmand and an ego
tist, and like most liK-n tf his class had
an abundance of sHfw-implaceney. His"
naive eulogiutns oil his own proilue
tions arc almost lHyond belie f. I"
writing to tlie publishers of his work
he says: i'
"Its Worth and fniportatice' are
grea t that I do Hot vt iduie to e.xpi"c
it, even to you. lMijus'you i-oiild i't
ls'Hev me, and he pnx-eeds to qiioje
;v review, "which itpeakS of 11K' widi
the hlght'st praise.-a the greatest. phb
flosopher if the age, which Is .really
saying niuch less; than the irixol .. uiaa
thinks. j i '!,'
'Sir," 1m sahl; to an unoiTendiiiS
stranger who watched hbn aiTss
taMe d'hote, where he acteil the. Ja;t
of the locsil "Hon; habitually, "sir.;y
are evidently astouishcl at my UVI"
tife. Trm. i rat jthree tiuu s as juii' h
as you. but then I have three times-a.
inuih mlndr -j .-.-'. i
ITbl CLOTIIINO.
'Wood-pulp paper as military olothlns
Is used by tbe Japanese troops. It i
marvelouIy tough and has a neat V
pearanee. ; ; i - . ..
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