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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
1hn alf, on Memory.

A writer In an exchange speaks IN
warm admiration OF the power pos.
acascd by certain people OF romem.
boring faces and again recognizing
persons they have met IN tho most
casual way. IIo regards II Aa n great
gift and ono much 20 bo desired. II
Ia n gift. but II In by no means rare:
IN. In fact. very common possession.
What In far moro rare. and not less
10 bo desired. In the ability 10 aaao.
ciato the name OF tho person with his
face. lnnumerablo are tho men and
women who remember faces well-too
well. alas-who md Il n trial OF their
lives that tho names belonging 10 tho
persons Identified by their eye vanish
from their memory utterly at the crit.
zeal moment
II IL indeed n desirable thing 10 be
able 10 recognize instantly the people
one has met. but only when this abll
ity II accompanied with fairly trust
worthy memory for names. other.
wise Il may be a questionable gift aud
even an afilotion. For you may offer
acceptable excuses for not recogniz'
Ing aoqualntaneca NJ sight. but when
you have friends OF long standing
whom you encounter almost daily
and then forget their names-for that
there II no apology that viii not be
received eoldiy and with suspicion.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Eeonomles and The Family

To regard the family as wholly OF
as fundamentally an economic fact
as though Il were a commercial ar
rangement or a piece OF property 10
be bought or ,bartered, Is TO enter
the high road to domestic instability
and disruption. Back OF all the
economic considerations which have
consolidated the family lie the nor
NAL and permanent instincts OF
human love, The family is an ethi
cal fact not the less than an eco
nomie fact II Is the object OF the
sweetest sacrifices and the happiesi
self-forgetfulness. The family Is the
primer In the moral education OF the
race, and the issue which the present
crisis in the history OF the family
represents is precisely the issue be
tween the economic and the moral
aspect OF the family, Shall domestic
life be regarded as a trade, or shall
II be regarded as an ideal?-Prof. F
G, Peabody. in The Approach to the
Social Question"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Remarkable Rescue story.

An extraordinary tale OF rescue
comes from Wales. One day lately
the threeyearold son OF Mr.. James
Parry OF Morriston. fell into the canal.
The child's mother saw the accident
and. although she could not swim, she
at once Jumped IN aud grasped the
child, Curiously enough. her husband
happened 90 see his wife take the
plunge and. although he also could not
swim, he Jumped in, not knowing that
his own child was In imminent danger
OF being drowned, II looked as II the
whole family would be wiped out when
Alfred Mellichap passed by. lie only
saw Mr.. Parry. and jumped in TO
rescue him. Alfred tugged hard at
the unusually heavy burden, lifted him
20 the surface and. TO his surprise.
found that he had hold OF the woman.
and subsequently that she In turn
clasped the child. All three were
brought safely 10 the bank by MIR.
Melliehap. and subsequently recoV,
cred.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
kheraon Oats.

The Kherson cat was brought from
Russia by Professor +. w. Taylor, Of
the UnivorBity Of Nebraska, in 1896,
and thoroughly tested by the Nebraska
station as 10 its adaptability 20 the
corn belt Of tho United States. accord
ing 10 Farmers bulletin 222, u. $.
department Of agriculture, which
qoutes from Nebraska station bulletin
SO as follows;
"The climatic condition most favor
able 10 the growth Of oats does not
usually obtain In the corn belt, and Il
has been difficult 20 find variety OF
oats we'll adapted 10 this region. II In
n curious fact that although the great
eorn-produeing states are the largest
producers Of oats. they are not states
In which the yield per acre Is high.
An oat 10 produce well In Nebraska.
and particularly In the central and
western part, should be very early In
maturing and should not run TO straw" "
Such variety was found In the Kher-
son government In Russia. where the
soil and climatic conditions (small and
uncertain rainfalD are similar 20 those
Of the Great Plains.
The Kherson oat Is vigorous, but not
n rank grower. The straw Is very
short, the leaves are broad and expose
a large surface. The panicles are
spreading. I. G.. II Is not a side oat.
The berries are light yellow, small.
hut numerous, and have thin hull. IL
usually weighs we'll 10 the bushel and
natures very early.
The results Of careful tests Of the
variety In different parts Of Nebraska
indicate that II is peculiarly suited %
Central and Western Nebraska on ae-
count Of It's habits Of growth. Al
though Il usually yields well In Eastern
Nebraska. there are other varieties
that, In the river counties at least,
compare favorably with II. West Of
that the tests indicate that il is earl
Ter, yields better and weighs heavier
than any other variety. with the possi-
BILE exception Of the Texas Red. IL
has steadily outyielded the Texas Red
on the station farm. In the dry season
of 1901 II showed remarkable drOuth.
resisting qualities.
The indications, the bulletin states,
are that in introducing the Kherson
oats the Nebraska station has rendered
a great service 10 farmers Of that large
section of our western domain where
the rainfall is too seanty or uncertain
To insure good crops of ordinary varie-
ties Of oats. -
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Used az a seareoroYN.

A small farmer, living In the neigh.
borhood OF Amsterdam. some time back
lost his wife, Though the couple had
always lived together without dissen.
sion, the love he bore his spouse did
not equal that with which he regarded
the fruits OF his farm. So. at least. did
II appear for he hit upon the grew.
some idea OF utilizing the dead body
as a scarecrow, the good housewife
being found by some neighbors. a day
or two after her decease. dressed In
discarded suit of her husbands and
keeping guard In a small orchard be-
hind the house Popular indignation
was at boiling point. but luckily for
the farmer he was nowhere TO bs
found.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
WOMEN OF PAGAN IRELAND
The Property Rights OF Wives Were
Recognized Before the Advent
OF st. Patrick.

The pagan Irish we're fierce and
proud. but at the same time remark
ably Just and pure. Those who wish
to verify this statement have only to
look up the old Brehon laws. the leg.
islative code that obtained In Erin
long before and long after the advent
OF st. Patrick.
These laws with very few excep.
tions were found good enough to gov.
ern the land after the reception Of
Christianity. st. Patrick saw moth.
ing to change In them. except the re-
ligious features bearing on the old
Druidic worship. For the rest, he left
them as he found them, and they con.
tinued TO be the legal guide of the
Irish nation even down to the seven.
teenth century.
Among their most noteworthy fea.
tures are their sense Of justice and
fair play and their eminently high re.
gard for the domestic relationship
rights OF women. the mutual protec.
tioh Of husband and wife. the recipro-
cal duties OF parents and children,
etc. BY way Of proof or illustration,
we give a passage from the Senchus
Nor:
"ln the connection Of equal prop.
erty II with equal land and
cattle and household stun. and II
their marriage be equally free and
lawful. the wife in this case Is called
the wife Of equal rank. The contract
made by either party is not lawful
contract without the consent OF the
other. except in cases OF contracts
tending equally to the welfare OF both.
Each OF the two parties has
the power to give rejection and feast
according TO their respective dignity"
In case OF separation ample pro
vision was always made for the wife's
future. n. for instance. her portion
at the time Of marriage was equal 70
that OF her husband she was entitled
60 half OF the property which they
held At the time OF separation. n the
whole property belonged originally to
the husband she received one third at
the separation. n Il was all her own
before marriage she took two-thlrds
-Ecoleaiastical Review.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
No WeddInrs. No eurIsIa. No Fe,.

NO Weddlnre, No burlala, No Feea
Because there are mo funerals, no
more marriages and no more baby
boys born" In the bailiwick OF Max
Friedman. sexton OF n little aynagoguo
In Madison street. ho will escape pay.
Ing anything toward tho support OF
his i2'year-old son. Max. who was 70,
Gently committed 10 the Jewish Pro.
teetory's by Justice Hoyt In the chill.
dren'a court.
What Is your business'' asked the
Judge.
"Sehammes OF a synagogue" came
the answer. but an interpreter had 20
explain that seammes means. In Eng
lish. sexton.
How much do you earnf"
Eight dollars and thirty.three cents
a month"
is that alli" persisted the Justice.
observing that tho father Is an able
bodied. prosperous looking citizen.
"fea, that's all" replied Friedman.
When ! attend a ehasene (Weddlng)
l get 81. but our people don't marry
any more.
When ! attend a lenaya (tuneraD
| get from 81 10 50. but our people
don't die any more"
That's enough" interrupted the
justice, you win | commit the boy
and you need not pay anything
toward his support. York
World.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Vast Unknown London.

There is not a single man living
who knows all London. who has been
through every street, or into every
crescent square and terrace. This
seems hard saying. and It is one
which visitors from abroad or the col.
onies find Il impossible TO believe.
but nevertheless il is absolutely and
ineontroyertibly true. Let any one take
a map OF London and try TO mark In
red all the streets which he can hon.
estly say he has visited and he will
have 20 confess that he knows but lit.
tlue OF the metropolis OF the world
and that the red marked streets are
but as nothing compared with those
he has had TO leave untouched
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
New Varieties Promising.

After having discovered the first
causes and worked out our methods of
soil culture and crop management, our
increased development and success will
depend upon two kinds of invention.
Ii is probable that our present methods
of applying power and our present i'm
plements and machines will become
obsolete with perfection of mechanical
invention. 1t seems TO me, however,
that the greatest promise centers in i'm
provement and creation Of new forms
of domesticsted plants.-B. C. Buffum,
in dry farming bulletin
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Antloulty o, Cotton FabrIes.

II would bo diffieult TO say where
exactly. and at what date the manu-
faeture OF cotton fabrics began. In
comparatively modern times Il has
become an industry OF Importance IN
Europe. but II has fourished In the
east from a period too remote TO ad.
NIT OF calculation. The Egyptians
certainly used both cotton aud linen
materials. for fragments OF such stun
have been preserved among the other
relies OF their ancient civilization:
and there is much reason 20 believe
that the elaborate draperies OF the
Assyrians were eottons or muslins
inely woven OF delicate texture In
China, too. and India the same kinds
Of materials have been the common
wear OF the people from time Inn.
memorial; In fact. everywhere
throughout the east cotton fabrics
were produced and used long before
the primitive Europeans had begun
TO develop any OF the graees OF eiyili
ration, or indeed. had ceased to be
anything but skin-elad sayages.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15

orville Wright at banquet in
Dayton, told OF an obstinate old Day
tonian who, looking up one still after
noon al the Wright biplane eircling
smoothly and steadily through the air,
said;
when people first told me about
this here iyin, called 'em liars,
Then. when / read about II in the
papers. ! said II was a fake"
The old man. as he watched the
biplanes moving in great curves like
lazy birds. shook his head thought
fully,
by Crinus." he said. Il amt what
ye mout called convinced yet. nuther." {"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
The Innocent Victim,

Il believe" said the blunt individ-
Gal, lin speaking my mind and calling
a spade spade"
Yea" replied Miss Cayenne, "Many
are that way. The tendency is what
corrupts the voeabularies OF so many
PARROTS. s."-Washington Star.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
School Fairgrounds Open After Hours

SNNSSf Okeh TNNheN =
The heart OF Mrs. Humphry Ward
should rejoice. She has got her own
way with regard to the leaving open
by the authorities of some OF the boys
and girls London Council schools aft
or play hours. which step she SO warm
ly advocated.
The children of the Hampden Cur
ney schools are now allowed free &C
cess at all hours TO play room and
play grounds and are mercifully kept
from spending their spare hours 10
the streets. A delightful feature ol
school life to-day is the singing by the
children OF the lovely old English
country songs, such as are sung by the
girls OF the Esperanee club. They
learn the old English dances too, and
one Is glad TO see and hear the little
creatures making their joyful noise
The Gentlewoman.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Got the Lob

"You advertise for a collector OF
experience"
Yes; are you onel"
Been collecting experience all my
life"
"Hal Very good But what we
need Is an installment collector"
That's precisely how collected my
experience. sir; in installments."
"Hml l guess Wen try you. u."-Bos.
ton Transcript.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Seeding Grains.

A recent bulletin on erops'for dry
farming, issued by the experiment sta
tion of Montana Agricultural college.
contains the following regarding seed
ing grains: - - - -
The crops ought 10 be planted on a
moist. we'll pulverized seed bed. This
can best be brought about by plowing
in the spring, following Immediately
with the disc and harrow and eultivat-
ing the surface after each rainy period.
Early seeding, from August 70 Sep
tember 10, is recommended. IL
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
lesson from the past.

DIR, Samuel Johnson was yisibly i'm.
patient
"Noll." he said. Il can't be always
assisting you when you get into trou-
BILE, but III see that your account with
your grasping landlady is squared this
time-on one condition. You've got 10
turn out something in the literary line
that will sell as well as one OF George
barr McCutcheon's books"
Thereupon poor Oliver Goldsmith
hastily turned out The Vicar OF Wake.
aeld," II was the best he could do.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Queer Meal Before HanaIno.

Amid remarkable demonstrations Of
Joy from tho natives OF the district.
Camille Fayre was gulllotined at
Salntos. France. recently. Tho Grim.
inal had been convicted OF the mur.
der OF n little aiI.yoar-old girl and
his execution gave unbounded delight
20 tho mothers OF the town. who
crowded tho windows OF the houses
In the square outside the prison. and
uttered cries OF satisfaction nc the
moment tho knife fell. Favre spent
the last days OF his life. like many
prisoner before him. IN making friends
with dumb creatures. There were lit.
tie birds which few IN and about tho
courtyard OF his prison. and the man
who had been guilty OF the most bru.
tai OF crimes occupied himself In keep.
Ing aparrowa aa pets. lie caught
dozen OF them. kept them. tanned
them. and began 20 love them. His
wardens thought that after all there
must be n touch OF human feeling In
this man. Hut were they right1 He
loved them 30 well that he made n 70.
quest OF the prison governor concern.
Ing his pets. MAY | have six OF
them" no begged. for my evening
meali Tomorrow" he added. with
the utmost angfroid-''to-morrow I
will hnish the other six" on the
next morning he was executed.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
rakIna kllm AZ HIs Mord.

my son is too literal"
whats the matterg"
Il told him he must take up some
calling and he went out and got a
Job at theater as a carriage mega.
phone announeer"-Baltimore Amer.
lean.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Rad Man and Wnman-

When women are bad they are
worse than men; but for one bad wo-
man l do not like TO say how many
bad men can be found.-Geo. Elliott,
X. O.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
The Pate Of Esnlororn.

In n recently published autobiog.
raphy OF the late Henry NJ. Stanley
the famous African explorer dwells
with much bitterness on the unkind
and even cruel reception given him
by distinguished men OF science on
hia return from tho Dark Continent
What was my rewardf" he asks. and
continues; ''Resoluto devotion 20 =
certain ideal OF duty. formed after
much aelf.orhortation 60 uprightneas
OF conduct and righteous dealing with
my follow.creatures. had terminated
In my being proclaimed 10 all the
world nrst as forger and then M
n buccaneer. adyenturor. n fraud and
an impostor. II seemed 10 reverse
all order and sequence. 10 reverse all
] had boen taught 10 expect" Stan
Icy was sensitive man for all his
seeming hardness. and the attitude OF
men like Sir Henry Rawlinson. Fran.
els Galton and other prominent men
In the Royal Geographical society. an
attitude frankly eontemptuous. stuns
him TO the quick. Stanley In the story
OF his lifo reeurs again and again 10
the hostility he encountered from
men OF science. He lived 10 estab.
liah all his elaims and 20 become
honored In the scientific world.-MeE
lean Herald.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Nature.

Lottie-Do you have fine sunsets at
your country placer
Hattie-oh. gloriousl Last night
there was a regular Tiffany setting
Puck.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
pry Farming Trees.

An interesting and valuable bulletin
Farm Bulletin l65, Kansas State Ag-
ricultural College, March. 1910, Re-
port Of State Forester) has just been
issued by Prof. Ed. II. Webster, di-
rector of the Kansas experiment sta
tion, containing profusely illustrated
report from Albert Dickens, state for
ester, giving results of several years
of experimental work in reforestation
and establishing of windbreaks. Ad-
dress Ed II. Webster, dean.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15

For suggestions as to methods of
organizing local dry farming clubs or
associations, address the secretary,
Of the Dry Farming Congress, Hutton
building, Spokane, Wash.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
oarman ProNerh.

He that always complains Is never
pitied.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-24

decent amusements. were loved and
helped; helped to get work, given
clothes to make them look decent, ana
not patronized. they knew we wero
real friends.
The first boys arrest and subse-
Quent sentence Of 90 days IN the
workhouse was one OF the most fla
grant injustices ever perpetrated by q
brutal and ignorant Judge. This boy
or Is was one OF our most exemplary
members. and had never previously
come in contact with the police. His
deterioration after coming from tho
wcrkhouse was rapid. He seemed 20
lose all pride and manhood, and today
IL confirmed drunkard and loafer.
Who Is TO blame?
Another bright little fellow was ar
rested for stealing six bottles, worth
one cent each. He had just turned
10, SO was too old for the juvenile
court. and had | not appeared person
ally on this boys behalf he would have
gone to the reform school. Although
strenuously pleading innocence, he
was remanded on suspended sentence:
his record previous To this had been
coed. but. 10 this lad should be UNI
lOIluHdte enough 10 De arrested again
for some trivial misdemeanor. his pre-
vlous arrest would make things
doubly hard. l could go on and give
cases al lib.. where the Ignorance.
tyranny OF the court to these boys
has made them eventually the care OF
our prisons.
What We want is less brutal police
supervision and fewer arrests. In
Cleveland the new system Is working
wonders. because ut It's head Is level.
headed humanitarian who Is saving
the state OF Ohio thousands OF dollars
without mentioning the lives and souls
included which. unfortunately, in the
L. s. A. today is a very secondary
consideration.
What is the matter with our
churches and with our people that
such a crime as the commitment OF a
hoy OF Is years OF age To the peniten-
tiary for life can take place without
general outcry from every man and
woman? This boys murder lies on
tho shoulders OF every man and
woman In Michigan today. He Is
truly the victim OF a social system OF
| Injustice and tyranny.
JUSTICE"
Detroit, Jan. %. 1910.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-24
Who IL To BIame2

To the Editor OF The Times:
Permit mo TO add my quota TO a
letter signed Citizen" which APP
peared In Thursdays Times. My
opinion Is based on facts which can
not be disputed. as | came into the
most intimate daily contact with just
such boys as Mccormick for a period
OF two years, ana | say most unhesi-
tatingly, that Mccormick expressed
tho whole matter when he said "ho
was born on the wrong side OF the
street" Society makes just such
criminals as McCormicK through its
Infamous treatment and neglect OF
these children OF the poor.
Mccormick, like hundreds OF other
children, came into a world which
refused TO give him a chance. Prof.
Cooley does not go to the root OF the
matter when he says our criminals
are not watched closely enough when
they are released" What we want Ia
decent people who viii get To work
and change conditions which all our
jails and reform schools; not closer
watching OF criminals. but measures
TO prevent criminals being made.
maintain these boys and girls are
NOT criminals naturally. They are not
immoral. but immoral. Out OF about
400 boys with whom worked. boys
OF exactly McCormick's type, failed
TO find one boy who was depraved.
| will outline briefly. Some friends
and myself started a club in the worst
section OF one OF our big cities: we
wished TO give these children a place
OF their own TO be happy in. not a
place TO be lectured or preached at. or
taught (that came later. but a place
always open. day and night; for
them TO loaf-for the gang TO meet;
we equipped II at small cost with
games, an old piano. punching stands,
etc. The place was rapidly jammed.
and we bad To move three times Ia
two years; our membership reached
200 with an attendance OF 500. We
were laughed at. jeered at. warned
constantly by the police that these
boys were the worst bunch in p,
but still the club kept increasing, and
the members improving. In the course
of two years we had only two boys
arrested. although before this some
had been I'm the workhouse and jail
five or six times. The reason is OBJ
vious; they had a place to go to with
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-24
From Another Point of View

On vegetable
pass boiled
How the sparerb
The boycott 10 pc rounds
poehouse unkndest cut of all
for wanting o
permits him to eat
little explains why he rich
pedestrian walked from
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-24

A Canton, Ohio. news item tells
us that Chicago packing houses have
intimated to butchers in that city
that the community viii eventually
have to pay for any loss the pack
ers sustain through the meat strike,
in which Cantonites are taking part.
A retail meat dealer in Canton
says he has been informed that II
prices are reduced or the demand