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New-York tribune., 1907-09-15

the stupe ndous traffic with kind Of infantne
enjoyment. There IS that little King Charles on
his little horse in Trafalgar square, forever
prancing down Whitehall and getting no fur-
ther; and a small. transformations Milton l"dIS
modesty against st. Giless, Cripplegate In
front of St. PaUls stands poor Queen Anne. alS-
respectfully described by JaCOhite lampooher!
With her face TO the Einshop and her back 10
the church She looks all the more worn ana
dingy now, because her sCeptre and crown nave
been recently daUbed with some Of that super
abundant gliding left over when they desecrated
the noble interior Of -. PauI's. Poor Queen
Anne she has indeed been the HnComplainlng
victim Of aspiring stouemasons and the weather.
In Bloomsbury there is still another WocDeGohe
statue of her which is probably til" most desc
late in all London-and that is saying good
deal.
In Pail Mali too. stands a small sleek King
George III, mounted small, sleek horse.
from which he DeTpetually and fDrEiVlnCly re-
views his beloved American subjects troopiug
out of the Carlton Hotel And does the loyal
out their bills? The chances ar" thar It does.
When statue is not looking down At q drink
ing fountain. IL is sure 20 be gazing into sand
bin-hoth. Of course. very useful. The only
statues that really well off in London are
those gallant gentlemen in Trafalgar Square
guarded by his gigantic lions But even these
are less impressive statues, than part of
a magnificent architectural whole Next 80 them
the eminent men I'm Parliament Square are In
luck. for not only they in bronze and shut
in from the traffic. but three Of them are fortu-
nate enough to have on mantlcs. But really,
ones advice 10 hero is-shouId his destiny hH
a statue-if YOU don't want to look ridiculous
and be forgotten. get them to put you on top
of a column That is the only thing that will
great 10 survive your statuc'-Nrs. John
Lane. in The Fortuightiy Review.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
THE R1,AcK ARTS IN FRANCE.

The profession Of the empoisOneur was i'm
ported into France from Italy, and, as we might
have expected. wherever il got a footing there
also we find the practice OF magic. sorcery ct hoe
genus onne whose forms in the fourteenth CEN
turn in Southern France were OF the ltanan or
classical type. Crespet (Prieur des Celestins de
Paris tells us in his work, published In Io9D,
that in the time Of Francis l there were more
than 2 hundred thousand sorcerers in france
and that since then the number had enormously
increa sed.
John XXI not only believed in the black arts
but is said 20 have practised them himself FROM
the Apology Of Naude. published in 1879. It
would appear that Sylvester II was suspected
Of the practice, and Cardinal Benno makes
like charge against Benedict TX, Gregory VI
and Hildebrand; Boniface VIII too accused by
Philippe le BeD. must be added y the llsL
Lenglet du Fresney in his "Philosophle Her
rretioue" says that John XXI was an adept IN
alchemy which he learned from Raymond Luily
and Arnoldus de Nilleneuve. and in the Bre-
viariur1'' Of Franciscus Psgus we are told that
the Pope transformed his palace at Avignon into
3 vast Ia laboratory for the making of gold. and
that be even wrote Work on the subject IN
Latin in which he boasts that he had made
two hundred ingots of gold each weighing a
hundred mounds, OF the genuineness Of this
work which according 10 Pagus was published
at Paris in 1867. there is no more evidence than
of the genuineneSs Of the many tones on
medical subjects attributed by various author
tiles TO John XXI, but which belonged TO an
earlier date; although it must be admitted that
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
A PLANT WHICH STORES WATER.

Some curious plants are under observation at
the Carnegie Institute. They are members of
the cucumber family. and are known as Iber-
viIlea sonorR. The natural habitat of these
plants is the desert where rainy season COM
ing but once n year furnishes the only moisture
with which the growth can he produced To
meet this condition the l. soaore produces an
organ for the storing of water at the base Of
the stem. It is covered with a kind of mackin-
tOsh envelope, through which the water cannot
escape by evaporation or otherwise. and all
through the dry seahon this curious organ lies
on the hot sand unchanged. As soon as the
rainy season commences, roots and shoots are
PRODUCED rapidly, fruit and seed brought To
maturity and then the thin stalks Withcr and
the repenished water container rests for an
other year. A number Of these storage organs
were collected in 1901 and placed on the shelves
of the Carnegie Institute Every year about the
time OF the occurrence of the rainy season in
their native deserts these curious plants throw
ont little shoots. which die back again for lack
of announcement. The plants have been doing
this for five years, and apparently there Is Stlli
water enough left to carry them on tor several
seasons naore.-Chambers's Journal
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
B1-1T, FIGHTING AND MOTORING IN
MADRID.

We went TO 4 bull fight, and wished We haa
STAYED away. II is quite as unpleasant aS Peo-
pie saw and the cruelty 10 the horses turns on
sick II II was merely an andlr helWeeh w
men who are undoubtedly very skltui ana me
bull who is probably so mad with rage az 40 pe
rae1 feeling much pain. one could shrnS one =
ehouIders at the queer game and hnd some eH-
cuse. hut for the torture OF those poor oiu:
I,iir7foided screws there can be TO shadow OF
paIllation. After three bulls mac peeh hItIs'
we had seen more than enough especially as tle
horses in the third encounter had already peer,
badly cored in the second, and the third ouIl @
was not killed neatly, but ran about pe!i""Iile
for a while with the cspadas sword SUCKING ou'
of his shoulders ,~
More TO our taste was the nrst motor car
show ever held in Madrid. which had peeti
o-ered by the King who is. as every one Knows
an 9fecfionate lover Of the gentle art or motor
iDq ard a most accomplished chauffeur. inc
building was A spacious well decorated
and the show very fairly representative vi 'iL1 |
French and italian industry Save Tor three OF
fo1,r Taiulers mounted a most attractive
stand where You were handed q Wen soI ~
catalogue in Spanish, an AUSTIN or Two, 81
cylinder Iris-which had come through by Io""
and two Numbers tucked away IN an am
England was unrepresented- l suppose many VI
o1r makers are so full up with orders at holIle
that they can afford 10 neglect Such d Co''t
r,aratIveIy limited market as Spain can oiIoi oii
but the poor show England made was a l'tio
raIIinl, 10 ones national pride Motoring III
Snain * TOO expensive to he very popular, ana
those Spaniards who do own cars-and tleIS
were quite a lot about in Madrld-seenl 10 @ uao
them more for slowly trundling up ana uoTi H
the Paseo de Castellana or for a orlNe III ~ ~
Roval Park than for anything ilke toullh6' IL
r Nonev-Coutts. in BlaCkWoods $
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15

have a very positive ambition to enter into
competition with Americans in wide range Of
occupations 1hey are pIetty tIO ., i
every business they undertahe. because tiley i
are not only close but tricky traders, and they
quickly make il impossible Tor an american
to do business alongside OF tHeIn IL lS tH1
universal testimony OF those who do business
with the japanese that they have eccentric
conceptionS of business integrity IT they con-
t~ac+ 70 Al ar orchar1fst-S work at a given
time for given pay they viii wait tlu tne laSI
hour when the work must be done Hnnledla1elF
or the crop lost. then. upon one pTeteXt or an
other they win advance the rate upon penaIts
Of leaving the employer 10 his fate Iney Wiz
contract to take The product OF an orchard. put
If rrires turn against them they viii almost IN
yari4bIv find means of evadlng their engage
uleuts II they rent land on shares they must
be watched closely day and night or tley VII.
cheat the owner OF his part Of the crop II
they borrow money or buy goods on cre0il oC
in arv way become obligated TO an American
- ,,,,Is+ eiy-a himself no ease or q way viii pc
fo1rnd 10 do him up. This Is common testimony
among those who have myIch 70 90 SI NlSu -
Tana1ese \ good many Japs take TO doTneS-
80 esr,-ica buT on1v in a single instance have
We ever seen trace of that hne spirit OF a.
votion and loyalty combined WIN Ertr
good temper which so CharacterlStlCeHS N'9'i>
the Chinese I'm similar relationships
4 change from Chinese exclusion TO Japanese
exclusion is what the Pacific Coast would hks'
according TO The ArgOnaut.
Tho demand for labor is everywhere on ths
Pacific Coast The pressure IN Oregon was So
great a few months back that the Portland
Chamber of Commerce was rlONeu 10 dSn SOAt-
gross so 10 modify the Chinese Testrict1on law
as to permit the incoming of fifty thousand
chinese a wear for a stated period or years
abOr societies politicians. political newspapers
body who has the fear Of the voter or
Of labor union before his eyes-decrled thS
action OF the Portland Chamber OF Conlmerce
as tending to turn back the wheels or pfosIesSs
- subvert American civilization, etc Nevertne-
loss the act of the Portland Chamber or COM
1900 ,.as fairly representative Of the sentt-
n,ert Of ALI classes unaffected by the preJUdlcsS
and unabashed by the politics which Organlza-
tinns of labor have given us. OUTSIDE OF AADOE
Inks whore prejudice and Overwroughc
sense of class interest make the rule, we pc
Iieve that nine citizens out Of ten would be glad
al s1ch modification of the law as would give
rs sav within the next ten years, a million
chinese in the nine Pacific States and oy tne
same token we believe that nine out OF ten cltl-
ze,,s NOT affiliated with a labor union-or arrald
of it-worId be glad TO see absolute restriction
of Japanese labor if IL were possible to Drfns m
chinese To do the work OF the country
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
CHINAMAN AS DOMESTIC SERVANT.

The Cbinar1ar became the universal domestic
servant, but he thrust out nobody from MS or
her occupati because the work which he did
was of a kind which few before him had taken
up. In the strictly domestic field the Chinarnan
supplied a long felt and bitterly felt need of
the country. Again. in the mining regions Of
California many Chinese have been active, but
it is TO be questioned if they ever threw any
white man out of his work Chinese Dor in
the California mines has been expended for the
most part upon banks of abandoned "taIllngS.
upon under pay ground and in other places where
white men have not cared to try their fortunes
or 20 place their energies The common phrase.
Chinese diggings," illustrates the point
The propensity OF the Chinese 10 continuous toll
I'm all weathers. their patience in mOnOtOnOus
tasks their amenity u instruction and direction
these qualities have made them or immense
value certain kinds Of work practically I'M
possible To be done reasonably and economically
by white labor II is not that their work was
cheap, for Cinnamon wOrkmen have never
becn cheap. but because they were patient and
efficient in tasks ordinarily out Of favor that
they achieved much in the period when they
We're present among us IN relatively 'onslderdo-e
To-day the Chinese on the Pacific Coast are
mere remuant-a fraction Of our population too
small seriously To be considered In spite OF
newspaper talk the restriction law has been so
we'll enforced that apprectabiy none mas eNaded
it Births have been few. because there nave
been few Chinese women here Some nave re-
turned 10 China many have died FOR the most
part those who remain past the period OF
highest working efficiency. Competition for the
car,.ices of Chinese cooks. expert fruitmen.
pert CanneryInen, etc. has run up the wages
paid TO Chinese until to-day they actually COM
mand a premium in the labor market why,
we heard a lady say in car last week. my
cook wanted a raise 10 forty dollars month,
hut I told her I wouldn't Pay il, for L knew
where I could get a first class Chlnaman for
fortv-nve" This trifiing incident betrayS the
favor in which the Chinaman Is held dOinestlC-
ally on the Pacific Coast As a people we ike
the Chinaman. Whatever he does he does With
patience and industry. He quickly becomes
s1iIfuI: he is exceptionally cleanly and decent
i'm appearance and bearing; and he Is tradition
allv faithful to trusts. large or small AS tarl-
iIy' servant the Chinaman has an especial vocd-
ton He knows fatigue, he Is temperament
aIly cheerful. he makes the interest Of his en-
nlnver his own he gives friendship and he finds
friendship i'm houses where he becomes domeStt-
Gated Working in the mass in mines. IN Held.
I'm cannery crew. in any other occupation ne
exbibits UnfailingIy the qualities we have de
scribed and they have won him favor weA
nigh universal with our people
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
THE WEAR AND TEAR OF LIBRARY
BOOKS.

A-AiA " ESAEt AND 1EAR of I~Ii'LN@AANA
BOOKS.
The wear and tear of books. especially OF
books nf general reference must always be eX-
cessiye in modern public libraries, and no douot
II VIII become more and more excessive. Inc
ieisNrelY days Of libraries are gone; the man
who comes to verify references is generaiy IN
a hurry, and he has little regard for the dignity
of literature The bibliophile's tender handling
OF his faVorites is to the reference hunter an
amiabe weakness not TO be encouraged He
rushes at his book. tears ii open and cuts Its
heart out Some books literally tnumpen
out of existence. Naturally those fare the worst
which feed the vanity of human nature ana
persons with whom the librarian mas the least
sympathy. County histories nearly always cost
lA works. deserve a better fate. but they go
under Even SO modern a work as the Victoria
duplicate copy But we have generous SYM
pathy with the students who are wearing out
such books rs Birkheck Hills Boswell Wheat
ley's "Pepys." Hury's "Gihhon." Hodgkin's
Italy and Her Invaders and the Cambridge
works are being gradually ground down. About
the deplorably thumhed condition of The Ser
mon Bible in twelve volumes, we refrain from
speaking.
Il is remarkable how very few books
stolen from the reading room. one likes TO think
that this Immunity is due to the general good
ness Of humanity. Perhaps the fact that
museum books are stamped in such way As to
render them valueless as vendbe property may
also have something to do with it However
that may be-, ii is true that a book scarcely
ever disappears. and the few volumes not a
dozen, IndI nave recently pteH puiloliltu hdl lllS
many years have in all instances been Of
small value and generally of an elementary
character. During the South African war. for
example, Dutch grammar and dictionary
passed beyond the precincts Of the British
Museum and if these lines should meet the eye
of the young gentleman in whose baggage they
pTesuma bly, found passage TO the southern hemi-
sphere he is invited To restore them to their
lawful owners He would only be following
another example. few years ago parcel Of
four or five valuable scientific books. which had
been missing for very many years. was uneX-
peCredly returned through the postottice. The
person who had borrowed them appears TO have
finished with them. for subsequent inquiries dis
closed the fact that a widow lady had posted
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
PIGLESS BRITAIN.

Eggs and bacon being the real palladium OF
rritish liberty for few self-respecting English
men consider their breakfast complete without
them il is really serious news 10 near thdt til,
,,r,,a1,, ~ native nigs is falling off So marked
is the deficiency that the butchers ana PORK
Rutchers' Trade Association of Birmingham and
district have thought 1t necessary 10 issue II Spe-
we learn that for the year ended June, 1908 there
was a decrease in the number OF pigs In the
= f,,rtbar decline of more than 10000. which
I,ouId have been greater but that Ireland had an
.,c~aaee of more than S0.0O0.-London Globe.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15

river did not look ensanguined. Yet priest lay
down his pallet in the castle that night with
ali the ptety and praise that Moses felt when
Korah Dathan and Abjram and all that ap-
pertained 10 them went down alive into the
pit. and the earth closed upon them, ana tney
pershsd from among the congregation : or that
samuel felt when himself he "hewed Agag in
pieces before the Lord r GigaL' In the church
at Bar felt the morbiditv of the Renaissance.
at Amboise We realize its morbidity again. and
its fatal superstition tco-J. H. YoxalI. in Corn
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
European Advertisements
GOING ABROAD

New Yorkers when reaching their
starting point in Europe for a tour
through the Continent. and after deciding
on their excursion plan, if they viii send
their itinerary with dates of arrival at cer-
tain points to the London Office OF
THE TRIBUNE, Danes Inn House, 265
Strand, the same will be forwarded with
out expense to the main Office of THE
TRIBUNE in New York, and there
placed on file for the convenience of their
friends
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
English Magazines for September.
The Campho Forests Arts in
France Bravery of he Turkish Soldier.

our Pope had a considera bic knowledge or r1eol-
cine. or, rather. let Us say. of that strange aus
mixture of truth and superstition when paSsSo
Tor medical science at that day, when (as III tliS
time of Pliny} the nlagic/arts were asSoCitteu
with phySic, we'll with astronomy ana re-
igion, and through other of these cnan-
neis cast a spell over all minds.-DaVld II. VIII
son. in The Nineteenth Century.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
JAPANESE NOT HELD IN ESTEEM.

Evidently the japanese are held in no such
esteem The Argonaut' says Of them:
There are many more Japanese now in the
country than Chinese. and they far more
widely scattered than ever the Chinese were
Their attitude is a totally different one. They
are far more eager TO learn far reader 10 take
on American fashions and ideas, and they
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
wOEREGONE STATUES.

Sometimes, when lost in the city, one STUN @stuln-
bles across a forgotten philanthroplst IN DIoil1e
who sfiu true to his principles furnishes tenn
r,orarv escape from motor buses ana o otItI
death dealing vehicles, while he sits tnele tne
splashed with rich London mud ana lIloie IIai ~
at,er a nbiIa anthropist Certain old statues Lon
don has quite overgrown, so that they overtop
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
pPAvERY OF THE TURKISH SOLDIER, III

- Of the Turkish "MePmed
,7-,-7r7yl IS well known II pI"ye-us In rs
ttp----o 5- -,,,ro,7scio1lsness 0f danger IN -
anSolue - :; sI4,.osr anirlal-li6e. but. preclseS
On thar account. knows no limits T,r;sI col
hest revealed by the attention uIS y" - battIa
5fa5 i lole Of giving in the thiCh % - .ba
- +~3,.isI 5a-ails NJ ordinary life. such a. ~
1--1oi-r Of his boot strings. Whlch ne - " az
-, cs1r77lv and unConCernedly 10 put il5!I~ a..
-, s:lh- ~ . hind which he viii follow IN i19
.,.~ee or humorous incident "hlcn "lil
hin, laughing Il is purelY raCId 1It+ 1ll'1. -
-. C-[,n+rarv 70 what is genera(ly lhousiI -
ise he case religious inspiration L5s sd -
-.o-l,5,y "a do with il Islamism Only aouS 70
the warllke enthusiasm OF the 1lfh, - ,ar
him more eager. more strenuous IlIoi - IN
-;-ir- in hattie with the infdel. since dtdIh III
r,,c,, a case secures TO him the TanscehdehI
-~sr5s Of r,artvrdon1: but his fearlessneSs u
not greater when he Is wag1ng war aSaii ~ -
latter than when ne IS hghtlns ms ts
Albanian or Arab Co-relglonlst, WHICH "a -
constantly employed in doing by order OF t-4S
sultan He i1as enduring as he is brave, anu ,
as disciplined as he is enduring nat ne ,o.l @
put up with in the way of hardshlps OF 80 e.
description is far beyond the capacity OF tLe
European soldier, not excluding the Russlah'
who however. might equal the Turk in thls con-
-ertion were il not for the drinking hablI 10
-.bicl7 he is a victim and from which the former
Is absolutely free. To find an exact paraliel lci
the power Of the Turk TO defy All forms 81 SUI
fpring we must go TO China and Japan II uoes
rot detrart in the least from his merit N TINS
respect TO say. what is perfectly true IN ms case
as in that Of the Chinese and japanese, that ms
jrnpassiveuess where pain producing circum-
stances are concerned proceeds in a great meas
IRE from insensibiIity- Ultimately this means
The nossession Of an exceptionally healthy and
robust constitution: and health and strength,
which certainly are among the inherttances OF
the Turk. are great virtues The discipline OF
The Turk does not show in superficial matters
He reserves his salute for full blown generals,
and otherwise behaves toward his superlorS
viii, ? sans gene which produces a bad impress
sion on those who are accustomed 10 connect
obedience with a complicated display Of respect.
But his slIbYnissiveness TO those in command IS
o11ite extraordinary, though under the present
government Of Turkey the conditions Of his
military service have become so intolerable that
r7l;tinv has become a frequent occurrence in
the imperial army The wonder is that any
discipline at all exists in its midst The Turkish
soldier is withal good natured, sef-rellant ana
resourceful I should add that this last quality
IS Of all the inhabitants Of Turkey
who in the semi-barbarous condition Of the
country are constantly forced TO exercise their
wits with great keenness TO preserve their bare
existence-A. de Binsky, IN The Contemporary
ro.--s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-19
COL. HUBBARD
A HUMMER.
LEE ARNOLD'S PUBLIC SALE DREW
BIG CROWD AND WAS A GREAT
SUCCESS

Lee Arnold's public sale at his
place two miles east Of town ySster-
day was attended by a large crowd
and proved a great success in every
way. Nearly $4,000 worth Of prop
erty was sold and all of it brought
good prices.
Col. E. J. Hubbard conducted the
sale and expressions from Mr.. Arnold
and those who bought were all to the
same effect, That he ran It to the sat-
isfaction Of everybody Mr. Arnold
said, Il have had several sales but
this was the best ever had. Col.
Hubbard can't be beaten as an auc-
tioneer.p "He talks business with
out any foolishness,' said another; a
don't believe he has a superior in his
line in the state.
Roll Phillips has taken the Arnold
place and will farm it in the most
approved manner.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-19
INTRODUCES
TWO BILLS
BLIND SFNATOR CANDIDATE FOR
REELECTION WANTS APPRO-
PRIATI0N

Washington, Dec. Oklahoma
still wants to saddle the extra expense
Of its constitutional convention on
the federal government. Despite the
refusal Of congress last winter to
make deficiency appropriation, SEN
ator Gore today introduced a bill to
appropriate $l5O,OOO0 to pay the de-
ficiency.
Senator Gore also introduced a bill
to give Oklahoma two additional con-
gressmen. He will introduce a reso-
luton tomorrow to change the federal
constitution, 50 that United States
senator's can be elected by a direct
vote Of the people, and also a bill to
prevent stock exchanges from ganb-
ling in margins.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-19
MEDlGS WILL
BANQUET

An occasion Of more than usual
interest to the medical fraternity Of
Grady county win be the next meet
ing Of the county medical society to
be held on Jan. 3rd and which is to
be concluded with fine banquet. "A
committee appointed at the last meet
ing Of the society is already busy
with preparations for the event. The
banquet will be served in the Meth
odist church parIors and the occa-
sion will be enlivened by the presence
Of the wives and daughters Of the ply
sicians- 1t is the intention to make
a thoroughly enjoyable social occasion
Of it as well as feast Of good things
and flow Of soul.
A large attendance is expected from
The members Of the society all over
the county AM several distinguished
guests from a distance win probably
be present.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-19
STOCKHOLDERS

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