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Newspaper Page TextI fihl f THE NEW AUK, PORTLAND, OltEGOW. i tr r k.. it. i THE NEW AQE A. D. ORIPPIN. Manacw. Jfflca 43H Scond St., cW. Aih, Rooms I ana 2 Portland, Ortffon, SnUred at the postofflca at rot Hand, Oraroa is ncond-clui matter. SUBSCRIPTION. On Year, pajraM In advance $ 2.04 hjQ9Bsjlfc, m Mimmiiii I EDITORIAL lajMWWilllUmMmi POLITICS AND rnOIUDlTION. 9999 Politics nro not of much Interest In Oregon this fall, boctuiso nenrly every body recognizes tho fact thnt about threo men out of ovcry four, or nt least Bevcn out of ten, will vote for Roosevelt. That Ib, this will happen If thoro is a full republican vote, but a good many republicans, not porcelv Ing tho Importance of a. largo major ity for their candidate, may not tako tho troublo to voto. Tho New Ago hopes, however, that thlH will not be tho case, but that nearly all good re publicans will go to tho polls and do what thoy consider their duty. SENATOR HOAR. This being tho political situation, tho matter of principal Intorcst will bo tho voto In various counties and portions of counties on prohibition. This question promises to croato qulto a lively contest In many locali ties, and will bo waged with n good ileal of zeal on both sides, If not with tho utmost discretion on either. Pro hibitionists, of course, want to carry all ground posslblo, and tho liquor ilealoro and manufacturers dcslro to rotaln ob much ground as thoy can, and both will put forth their best efforts. This paper supported tho locnl op tion law, last spring becauso It be lieved that ovcry community, espec ially country and suburban communi ties, should have tho right to deter mine this question according to tho will of tho majority, and to Keep out Boloons If tho majority of Its pooplo no desired. Truo, tho old law substan tially provided for thlB, but Tho Now Ago thought It best to glvo tho local optlonlsts tho law thoy wanted, and Klvo It a trial, If tho prohibition ele ment of tho local optlonlsts went to extremes nnd nttemjited to force pro hibition on tho Btuto genet ally or on whole counties containing largo towns, wo had no doubt, nor hnvo yet, that such efforts would fall, nnd would eventually do tho prohibition causo more harm than good, for tho pooplo ns a whole, Including largo towns, will not sustain Mich a measure Tho liquor trafllc Is too Intimately connect od and nsHoclated with many other In dustries and Interests nnd Iduda of business to bo suppressed by any such meusuro. Public sentiment will not sustain It. Prohibition has boon tried In Maluo, Vormont, Kansas, Iowa, nnd other states, nnd bus ill wuys been moro or loss of n failure. In all tho many states whoro It has been attempted except two, tho prohi bition law has beou repealed, nnd In these two, Mulno and Knnsau, It Is largely n dead letter, there being "blind pigs" In almost every town, nnd open drinking places In tho larger ones. In tho Southorn Stntes, however, un der local option laws, prohibition has gradually gained ground, until In Homo of those states thoro nro no pub lic drinking places In tho majority of counties. The lato Senator Hoar was for many years ono of the greatest states men of tho United Stntes, and all peo ple of all parties recognize It, now that ho is dead. Ho was a flno scholar, a sincere patriot, a vory eloquent ora tor and a very nblo lawyer nnd legislator. Ho was a statesman of an utterly clean record, nnd ono whoso consclcnco was always nllvo and frco to net. Ho sometimes voted against his convictions on a slnglo measure, perhaps, but If ho did bo It was becauso It was In Wb broad estimation of things for tho general good. He sometimes opposed meas ures of his party, yet know that It would not bo best or wIbo to holp overthrow that party on account of hero and thoro a mlstnko, and help put In power a party notorious for scarcely anything but mlstnkcs. Senator Hoar waB ft truo friend of tho colored people. Ho waB too great a man to look down upon them with contempt, ns some men do who In comparlflon with him Intellectually or morally, wcro ns pigmies to a giant; as nilco to n mastodon; ns a satyr to n saint. Ho remembered tho hun dreds of ycors of tho Negro raco's bondage nnd suppression, nnd was In favor of helping them along tho path way to clearer light and grcotcr free dom, Instead of forever kcoplng them In Ignorance nnd darkness nnd weak ness. Ho recognized tho fact that un der tho constitution they wcro citi zens of tho United States, and ho be lieved In treating them ns such, nnd In gradually entrusting them with tho duties nnd responsibilities of citizen ship. A truly great man novcr hatcB or despises a fellow human being be cause of his color or previous condi tion of servitude. And Senator Honr was a great man. Tho senate will not soon look upon his like again. . afc Aite AilUiBjilfUiMilU---- 'iihifcil a, ti.r - -ilnJi a), a aj. , aj.iJ.,lnV A AitkAnl InnwiAiv: Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. 9taJD-Ql T D18C0KDANT DEMOCRATS. While Tho Now Ago favored local op tion, and giving communities tho right junior Its moro stringent provisions than thoHo of tho old law to prlhlhlt saloons, It docs not favor prohibition except In such communities as do slro It. Moro harm than good would ho dono by enacting prohibition In good sized towns, or In counties con taining thorn. Tho prohibition pooplo should bo content to movo slowly and reasonably In this muttor, and, to uso a slang expression, only blto off at first what thoy can successfully mas ticate. Most rural communities, and suburban precincts or portions of cit ies are better off without saloons, and then) tho pcoplo should bo given every possible opportunity to prohibit thorn, hut thoro Is no good senso In trying ns yet to piiBh prohibition so far ns soino of Its ovor-xealous advocates aro disposed to do. Any sor.t of a reform, to accomplish anything permanently benoflclul, must be carried along practical lines. Wo bave altogether too many laws now that are neither enforced nor ob-arv4. Our friends, tho democrats of Ore gon, nro having very hard sledding, or to vary tho metaphor, n very hard row to boo. Tho hills nro few nnd shrivel ed, nnd thero scorns no uso In hoeing them at all, for thoro Isn't tho. slight est prospect of even a nubbin in tho political harvest tlino this trip. Tho shoes aro off tho sled runners, and tho road Is both rocky and muddy, nnd It Is ft steep, up-hill pull all tho way. All this would not bo ho utterly dis couraging If tho fuw democrats here abouts could pull together, could act In concert, could sing or hurrah In harmony. Hut thoy can't. Some nro gold bugs, so mo nro sllvorltes. Somo aro nntl-lmpcrlnllsts. Somo nro for expansion to tho limit. Somo nro free tinders. Somo nro protectionists. A few think Parker Is nil right. Moro still ndhero to Ilryan, nnd so thoy nro not only discordant nnd dissevered, but fairly bolllgcront, among their own few selves. Wo nro sincerely sorry for this, for these democrats nro not only very nice, good men personally, whom the Now Ago likes nnd respects, but It would bo better for tho country, for tho stato, for tho city, for tho repub lican party Itsolf, If thoro were moro democrats, If tho parties wero moro nearly equal, Vet wo cannot consistently ndvlso any republicans to go over to tho dem ocrats. Indeed, It would be, Hko wan dering off Into n wilderness nnd get ting lost. If no half dozou democrats who meet can ngreo on anything, how can they expect to get any accessions fiom tho republicans? CLERGY MAY WEAR BEARDS. Pope TnlukltiK of CIiuiikIuk the Kult iu Thia Kcepcct. Tho Home correspondent of tho Pnrii Temps writes that the Pope Is thinking of allowing the clergy to wear boards. Recently he received an Italian pil grimage fresh from the Holy I.und. Priests In the east are permitted to wear beards, and some of tho clerical pilgrims wero adorned In that respect to such advantage as to elicit the ad miration of the pontiff, "I once knew a pariah priest," he aid, "who had a horror of the razor, More than once I heard bliu say; 'If Tr I become Pope 1 will Immediately give permission to all ecclesiastics to wear boards.' That parish priest, who do you thing he was?" The Venetians Iu the group of pilgrims know very well, and began to laugh. "You are light. Yes, It was I," continued Plus X., "and I keep my word. If any priest here vrewut desires to wear a beard 1 will not refuse the authoriza tion." Passing from ono to tho other, the poutlff noticed an old acquaintance of his. "Are jou returning to your par ishioners with that beard?" he asked htm, with a mischievous twinkle In bis eyes. "No, uo, Santo Padre, I am go ing to haye It cut off before I arrive at Trevlso." "You couldn't do better," aid Plus, "for you look a perfect fright To you I should most certain ly not give a dispensation!" This llttla BlMMBtry caused general laughter, Choose Your Life's Vocation Wisely. HERE comes a time when every growing boy must face the question: What shall I do for a life work? It la an Important question, one that must be faced squarely and answered wisely. And jut there nre many who shirk .ind turn away, trying to avoid a direct an swer, leaving the solution to what they hope will be a happy chance. Then there are sons who leave the solution entirely to their parents; and there arc parents who leave It nil to the sons. Each should consider the matter witli diligence and frankness and come to a determination agreeable to both. In considering tho problem it will be well to remem ber several things. In the first place, nil real success must bo founded In the economic principle of becoming a pro ducing member of the great Industrial scheme. Theie Is no room In the world for a drone. Everybody must pro duce something. The man who produces what Is most needed nnd most wanted receives the largest rownrds. As n general rule It is wise to try to produce some thing of which the supply Is scant. In nny case, It is pru dent to avoid those occupations In which there Is already a surplus of the product. For instance, the world is not crying for lawyers, doctors, preachers or accountants. The so-called professions are overcrowded. There is a large surplus stock of legal advice on the market; also medical advice, and of bookkeeping. Consequently the rewards ore diminishing. The kind of man that Is most plentiful In tho market Is the one who knows nd business in particular nnd wants something In which he can wear good clothes wlille at work. The man most in demand and least plenti ful Is tho one who has had actus.! experience with some occupation which soils the hands and the clothes, and who, at the same time, has the capacity for planning and di recting. A railroad manager who has tamped the ties and built a trestle; a book publisher who has set type; a lumber dealer who has served ns n lumber Jack; a contractor who has "measured In" and "checked out" In a word, the man most In demand and hardest to find Is tho one who has learned some line of huilness from tho basement to tho "front office." Tho men who want to learn a business from tho top down are plentiful. This Is a great Industrial era. There are opportunities for all. Every ten or twenty years the grout Industrial army must bu recruited anew. Tho time bos passed when It was not "respectnblo" to be anything but a "piofeNslonal man." Science and learning hare become the handmaiden of the Industrial arts. To day anything Is honorable that is done well. Produce something give something to the world, and the world will pour Us blessing into your lap. Chicago Journal. signing of cotton cloth. There Is, of course, In a physician's training somo Incidental broadening of the mental out look to be derived from, his studies, and so It Is with the electrician and the lawyer, who must learn something of Jurisprudence, constitutions, governmental institutions and history; but the higher education Is essentially something which is not positively needed as a means of earning a living; It is a oourse In general culture, a study of the humanities, a broad, liberal pursuit of Ideals, of great Ideas, great movements, and, In a word, such Instruction as is given In a university and college In addition to the training for a vocation. Philadelphia Ledger. IT m Higher Education. ANY parents must debate every year whether it Is wise to give the year and the inouoy re quired for the higher education; writers and business men start discussions from time to time whether the higher education la worth while whether, In the language of the mart, "It pays;" and tho supporters of tho higher ed ucation are at pains, as In the caso of the disquisitions by President Hadley, of Yale, on the subject, to Justify the higher education nnd to try and convince tho pcoplo Hint it actually does pay, If not In Immediate dollars, yet in moral nnd Intellectual awakening, health, breadth, fervor nnd power which finally Inuro to tho growth, strength and beauty of the republic. Ily higher education Is meant not the training of a technical professional or industrial school or college. The man who Is studying to be a physician must take tho course In order to qualify himself for a diploma; the student at n law school Is looking forward to admission to tho bar nnd a license to practice; tho electrician or mechnnlclnu Is aim ing to equip himself Just as the young artisan Is getting ready to ply his trado when ho gooi to an Industrial school to learn the art of bricklaying, printing, carpentry or do- Mobility of the Japanese. N the matter of mobility and In the faculty of doing Uic right thing nt the right time, the Japs clearly outclass the Russians. Whenever the two armies come face to face there is an attempt at n Hanking movement. Although the Russians know Just what sart of trouble to ex pect, they nro invariably beaten. Defore their flank can bo placed for effective defense nnd properly re inforced, tho nimble Japancso have secured the drop on them, and there Is nothing to do but back down. Although Russian retreats are always reported to have been mado in good order and with no loss of dignity, the correspondents who vlow the field after an engagement describe the move ment as a rout Troops which retreat In good order do not leave a trail of disabled artillery, blanket, guns and other marching accoutrements. When pursuit become hot and ail other desires become secondary to the desire to get away, soldiers throw down their trappings and "ske daddle. The Russian la a gross feeder and a hard drinker. He has tremendous strength and great endurance, but he lacks the mobility of the plucky Japanese, who Is trained to the hour for his desperate work; who Is ablo to take his ra tion on the march, without losing time, and keep up his Jog trot movement for hours at a stretch, without a mur mur of complaint. Ho Is an Interested soldier, who fights for patriotic reasons, nnd the Russian soldier Is a mcro ma chine In comparison. Detroit Evening News. 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(A ROM Missoula, Mont, comes a story of train robbers tearing up the money they had stolen and scattering In the sand of the desert the dia mond they had taken from their victim. One I Inclined to look at the procedure of these robber from a humorous point of view, and think of the effort and energy they wasted. And yet It 1 an everyday occurrence. Day by day men are throwing away diamond-like opportunities. Throwing them away, hoping to escape the consequence of some foolish and willful action In the past. A young man enters a busi ness house. Through sacrifice and economy hi father and mother have succeeded in giving htm a good commer cial education. But In an evil moment he abstract money from the safe or drawer. Though it may be long undis covered, hi sin will surely be found out, and gone for ever Is that opportunity for advancement and progress. He has thrown his opportunity Into tho saud. A young woman trained In a beautiful home along the lines of morality and virtue meets a smooth-tongued rascal, and presently gone forever Is her opportunity for moving In the best of society. The young man, the young lady, might have been a credit to society. They might bavo been the honored fa ther and mother of a son whose uamo might bave become historic, but they threw away their diamonds for tho sake of a so-called liberty, which Is after all only license, and though with tears and bitter cries 'thoy search for them again, never shall they be found. When once the blush Is driven from the apricot or the peach, no chemistry can bring It back. When once opportunities have been thrown aside, they never return. Never again docs the same op portunity come to a man's door. Don't throw away your diamonds, I'lttsburg Press. Phone Main 4795. Catalog: Mailed on Application. 71 1st Street. Portland, Oregon THE ART Or DAGUERRE. ? Although the Improvements In pho tography nre matin so rapidly nowa days that even tho professional pho tographer can hardly keep track of them, there nro many plcturo-mnkers, says the Century Magazine, who be ltevo the world will turn back to the daguerrotype for Its beautiful and moat artistic portraits. It Is more than sixty year since the dentine world was aroused by the announcement that Dnguerre, a Frenchman, had dUcovercd a method of fixing the Imago made by the cam era obscura. It was a crude method then. The first picture, of a .tree landing In the sun, required half an hour or moro of exposure. That waa the same year In which Ha mil el K. B. Mors went to Europe to exhibit his new electric telegraph. The two In ventor met by appointment In Parts and explained their work to each other. Daguerr' plate was of pure silver. It was thoroughly eleaued and polish ed. In a dark room It waa next coated with a film deposited by the vapor of lodln, and then exposed In the camera. Still protected from the light. It was placed over the fumes of hot mer cury, which developed the Image, and It whs then made permanent with chlorld of gold. This process was soon Improved, un til on bright days the sitting for a da guerreotype waa reduced to ten, some times to five, seconds. Even with this abort exposure, however, the likeness es were remarkable. It 1 possible to assume an artificial expression and hold It for the brief second before a modern camera, but to remain motion leu for the long time required for a daguerreotype, It waa neceasary that th feature should be In repoae In their natural position. The daguerreotype was a positive, Impossible to retouch. It waa of a oft, tleh-llke tone, which even to-day, In tho specimens of the art preserved iu collections and among family relics, wins admiration. The daguerreotype gave way to the cheaper ambrotype, which was on elans, and required a dark background to show It off; and this In turn was succeeded by tho glass negative aud the paper poaltlve print. None of them ha ever attained the delicacy or th softness of the da guerreotype, and the Frenchman' method, expensive and slow a It 1, nay win It way back Into th popu larity It had more than half a century PrastM MMfBl to Praaoa, Ta gsunor of a forUga nam 1 p Mt i ealaag nmmmm. llaaj a of roa) kUtoa "fr" aaila nt a price that, together with the labol, convinces tho critical Eastern house wife of the high quality of Us contents, ami puts It beyond the reach of the boarding house keeper. Rho buys "Cal ifornia' prunes, to the disgust of her bonrdors, who, did they but know It, aro grumbling over fruit Identical In quality with that set before tho criti cal housiwlfo'a husband. For the French have a trick that, while repre hensible reflect credit on our product At Bordeaux, th real center of the prune trade of the world, the prun crop for 1008 wa a failure. Califor nia prune were bought by Bordeaux dealers, who repacked them In attract ive form, made them lithographically French, and ehiped them back to America, Albion W. Tourgee, American consul at Bordoaux, la authority for this atate- mtnt, made In a consular report He ay that th prune crop at Bordeaux last year was only one-twentieth of the normal output; yet in the last six months of the year the dealer there reshtpped somo 20,000 worth of Call fornla prune to America, where their supposed origin and their attractive packing found them a ready market. There la an obvious moral In this, which Is that California prune growers should pack their fruit aa well as the French do, and make It In every way an tempting In appearance. It might not be a bad plan, either, to put a copy of Consul Tourgee's report In each box. Ban Francisco Argonaut. SELF-RELIANT SHEEP. Getting th Money' Worth. Mrs. I.aue was young and Inexperi enced, but certain principle of econo my bad been Instilled Into her from childhood, She knew that since one could send ten words In a telegram for twenty-five cent and any ainaller number coat the same amount It wa an obvious wast of monty to send less than the tea She had also been taught by her em inent practical husband that In tend ing a telegram one should "keep the matter In hand," and avoid all confu sion of words. On the occasion of Mr. Lane' first absence from home, he sent a telegram from Chicago, say ing, "Are you all right? Answer. Blank Hotel. Chicago." Mrs. Lane knew she must be wise, economical and speedy, for Mr. Lan was making a dying trip, and had told her he could not plan on ht where abouts long enough ahead to hare a letter sent Bhe pent a few momenta In agitated thought, and then proudly wrote the following meaaag: "Ye. Ye. Yea, I am very wU la deed, thank you." Tou are sot harlBg aa unrestrained. food old tim U eating corn off ta eh unit) yen my keraala alaar arwsnd to Um baek of aajn. Owen Wlstcr says that in pursuing the Rocky Mountain sheep, with it gun and a camera, he once witnessed an accident full of discipline, encour agement and Instruction. He describes It In "Musk-Ox, Bison, Bbcep and Goat." A sheep and lamb were grat ing along one of three well-marked terrace which were rimmed with wall of rock. After a proper period of relaxation, the mother Judged It time to go on. She mounted the hill right toward me, not fast but steadily, waiting now and then, precisely as other parents wait for her toddling child to come up with her. Here and there were bushes of some close, stiff leaf, which she walk ed through easily, but which were too many for the struggling child. The lamb would sometime get Into the middle of one of these and find It self unable to push through; after one or two little effort, It would back out and go round some other way, and then I saw It making haste to where Its mother stood waiting. Upon one of these occasions the mother received It with a manner that seemed almost to say, "Good gracloual At your age 1 found no troublo with a thing of that kind." While I waa wondering what on earth they would do when they found themselves stepping upon tho terrace Into my lap, the ewe found a way she liked better, but It was severe work for the lamb. The mother got to the wall where she could make one leap of It It was done In a flash. Meanwhile, the poor little lamb was vainly springing at the wall; the Jump wa too high for It It front hoof Jut graxed the edge, and back It tum bled to try again. Finally It blated; but th mother deemed tkia not a mo ment for Indulgence, She gave not th lightest attention to the cry for as sistance. There wa nothing danger ous about th place, no unreasonable hardship In getting the bat of the wall; and by her own proc, thought or Instinct ah left bar child to meet one of the natural diflcultle of life, and to gain self-reliance, Th mother did undoubtedly not use th word "telf-rellance" or "natural difficulties," but If h bad not her heap equivalent for what the word impart, her specie would long ago have perished off the earth. The mountain-sheep U a matter at th art of lf-prrratlon. Th maternal In attact of thi aw mad her fore the young on to climb for Itself. Tkvara'a a lie ovt aosMwaeca," w hear a aaaa aay to-aVty. afa than taaw gvaa. 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