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THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON.
1 Topics of I
I the Times I
If yon wnnt to make n thief nngry
cull ulin n thief.
IlnpiilnosK lms n peculiar wny of ap
pearing mid disappearing unexpectedly.
The boy who was tied to the rails
felt he wiih hound to wait for the train.
The most expensive bouquet on rec
ord In thu one that cost 18 Uvea lu Mad
rid.
Tho mosquito Is n cheerful collector.
Ho alwayK Hlngs when ho conies with
faU bill.
Tliotnns A. Bdlnon comes to onr relief
with n discovery Hint will reduce the
cost of automobiles.
There are Just a Rood brides In the
matrimonial mm ns over were caught
In tho June fishing.
It -will be an expert physical trainer
that can put Chancey Depew's smile
hack where It used to bo.
Senator Tillman any he loves music,
flowers and women. Nobody will bo
likely to think less of him for that.
Something precious has gone out of
American life wlien a Montana man re
fuses an Invitation because he hasn't a
dress suit.
Tho Tangier cobbler who waa walled
up allvo after murdering thirty-nix
women may In? mid to have met his
fnte at thu hint
From the way It Is Hopping around
It really looks iih If some one had been
tying knots In the tentacles of tho
Standard octopus.
Doctors liuvc found eight enures for
headache. This will mirpriwi thoso
p(rM)im who wero of thu opinion that
tlK-ro were at Iwist elKhteen.
As thu regular niivy of Onuteinnla
coimlHtH of a couplo of rowbonts, tho In
surgents look upon that Han Francisco
tug as nu Invincible Imttlewhlp.
A French socialist declares tliat
eleven minutes' work n day l enough
for any man. Why that odd minute?
Splitting hairs Is too much labor. Make
It ten.
The Chicago man who regained his
eccli after lift year of sllencu wanted
to know whether It was "hot enough
for you." Twenty-llvo years of wasted
suffering I
Canada Is bragging of tint Increase
In her foreign trade. Ilowover, If her
Imjxirts from tho United Mates wero
deducted from tho total It would leave
u' pretty largo liole.
There may bo worso crimes than
holding up nud robbing a lot of raw
emigrants, but lu x)lut of unadulterat
ed meanness that particular crime
ranks well down near the bottom.
If tho Inhabitants of Mars are trying
to tell the HHplo of this planet what
typo of canal should bo constructed
neross tho Isthmus of Panama, they
may as well glvo It up. That matter la
act tied.
A hard blow has been dealt tho Ilrlt
Ish army. A decreo has gone forth that
mi olllcors will lw allowed to wear a
moiioclo unless ho can show the requi
site optical defects. An English olllcer
without a monocle Is an unthinkable
proposition.
There are so ninny men nowadays
with Darius Orcun ambitious that when
tome unknown person announce that
ho Is soon to solve the human-aerial
problem, little attention Is paid to such
a declaration. However, when John 1.
Holland, tho Inventor of the successful
lubmarluo boat, now In uo by tho
navy, says ho is sure he has an Inven
tion all but perfected that will make
birds of us nil, wo naturally think that
IHiMlbly tly time Is near at hand. If a
man can mnko n boat to navigate undor
water, why shouldn't ho mnko wings
to ennblo a ujoji to fly and yet wo are
ikeptlcul.
The exclusion of an American crow
by tho Henley stewards Is an unpleas
ant reminder of our low standard of
amateurism. Tho difficulty Ilea not ao
much lu tho lack of genuine sportsmen
us In thu existence of too many pros
perous athletic clubs that will stick at
nothing to turn out a winning team or
crew, These clubs aro largely lu the
control of persons wlio are not them
selves sportsmen and who are not nliove
giving direct or Indirect Inducements
to promising nthlotoa. Our national
tribunals of amateurism are too often
luiulo up of persons whose standard of
sport Is low, Tho disqualified crew was
even provided with affidavits asserting
Its amateur character. Wo need rather
a more scrupulous Individual senso of
honor. That would prevent a genuine
amateur from sitting lu tho same boat
with oiio who hnd made underhand stile
of his services.
Not long ago n man of national Im
portance characterised nu attempt to
beautify the city of Washington ns
"spending money for Kvncry," Tho
phrase- may bo taken as it sneer, as It
waa Intended to he taken, or with ap
proval, as expressing a truth and n wise
policy, Spending money for scenery Is
one of the most hopeful signs of a re
awakening to natural possibilities. It
Is not confined to any one region. Snn
Francisco Is already talking about tho
Durnbam plans for beautifying the elty,
which hnvo long been In abeyance. Tho
rebuilding of tho Gateway of tho West
now affords an opportunity to put them
In practice. Niagara Falls, the Whlto
Mountains, the Appalachians and the
Palisades nro Eastern scenery, but they
arc also national possessions, and It Is
with a sort of wonder that commercial
Interests havo discovered how strong
the feeling Is against destroying them
or encroaching seriously upon them.
Tho Old Stntc IIouso In lloston and In
dependenco Hall In Philadelphia nro
moro local examples of tho samo qual
ity of public Interest which lies In sen
timent, They nro "scenery" of a sort
which appeals to n prldo as stubborn as
tho power of money, and moro credit
able. Tho man who enrcs for his fath
er's gravo and preserves tho family
home Is "paying money for scenery,"
too, but moro persons understand that
kind of sentiment The other kind
the larger, more common and fraternal
kind Is Just ns surely coming Into Its
own.
The period of violently Intermittent
railroad construction In this country
seems to hnvo passed and to hnvo been
eucceeded by one of comparatively
steady progress. Tho spasmodic period
culminated In 1887 with tho construc
tion of 12,870 miles of road. During
the eighteen years following the half
of that construction has beeu exceeded
only once In 1883, when tho construc
tion was 0,000 miles. In only three oth
er years alnco bas it exceeded 5,000
miles In 1880, 1800 and 1005. Only
two years before tho maximum con
struction of nearly 13,000 mllwi In 1887
It wan less than 3,000 miles. In 1882
It was 11,500 miles. Tho Interval nt
that tlmo between tho crest of one wave
of construction and tho crest of the suc
ceeding ono was only live years. Tho
next preceding criwt was In 1871, when
tho construction was 7,3711 miles. Tho
minimum during this Interval of eleven
years was 1,711 miles In 187.". Thu
crest next preceding 1871 was lu 18."tl,
when thu construction was 3,U-' miles.
Hem the Interval was (If toon ynrs, In
cluding tho four years of Civil War,
mid tho low level of 0(50 miles wns In
1801, tho first year of tho war. Tho
next high mark beforo 185(1 was only
three yearn earllor, In 1853, when tlie
construction was 2.-152 miles. Prior to
that time from tho first recorded con
Ktructlon, about 1830, tho growth may
bo described ns progressive but not
spasmodic or Intermittent. During tho
most of thnt early period of nlxnit twenty-three
years the carrying of passen
gers, tho malls mid freight of nluch
value In small bulk wns regarded ns
the chief mid prnctlcnlly tho only busl
ness of tho rallronds. It wns only nf
ter tho great posalhllltlcfl of railroading
loga to oo iwrcelved that tho progress
of construction took on Its noticeably
Intermittent character, which wns pro
ductive of serious financial disturb
ances. Now, since tho iKmlbllltles of
railroading hnvo conio to Imj pretty well
understood, there seems to bo n return
to n moro ovenly progressive develop
ment of tho general railroad system.
Construction has become less specula
tive and more huiliHusllko. As tho
demand for capital for rallrond pur
poses has grown moro uniform tho per
turbations of tho money mnrket duo to
tho fluctuating demand from this quar
ter havo been much less. Tho construc
tion reports for tho first half of the
current yenr Indlonto a continuance of
evenness in this Held, with a tendency
which has been noticeable for three
years toward a continuous Increase in
construction, not so much of extended
lines ns of connecting links and short
spurs and extensions necessary to the
completion of the great system the
main lines of which havo already been
provided so far as they are yet needed.
Ills Word (or It.
Mrs. Drown la n woman equally re
markable for kindness of heart and ab
sence of mind. On day sho wns ac
costed by a beggar, whose stout mid
healthy appearaneo startled oven her
Into doubt of tho need of charity In
this case,
"Why," sho exclaimed, "you look well
nblo to work I"
"Yes," replied tho suppliant, "but I
have been deaf and dumb these seven
years."
"Poor man 1 What nn nftllctlon !" ex
claimed Mrs, Drown, opening hor purse
and handing him a quarter. On re
turning home alio mentioned tho occur
rence, and remarked, "What n dreadful
thing It Is to bo deprived of such facul
ties!" "Hut how," asked her daughter, "did
you know that tho man was deaf and
dumb?"
"Wliy," wna tho Innocent answer, "he
told mo so."
A Slmiilo ('urn,
It Is snld that John Wesley was once
walking with n brother, who related to
him his troubles, saying he did not
know what ho should do. They were
nt that moment passing n stone wall to
n meadow, over which a cow was look
ing. "Do you know," asked Wesley,
"why thnt cow looks over thnt wall?"
"No," replied tho ono In trouble. "I
will tell you," snld Wesley. "Heenuso
alio cannot look through It. And that
Is what you must do with your trou
bleslook over and nbovo them."
A HvHuty Ilii-ffUc
"Whnt mnkes Miss Stiff laugh ao
much of Into? Sho doesu't net as If
alto really enjoyed It"
"Sho doesn't. Some ono told her
laughing would prevent wrinkles nud
alio la teatlug the theory." Detroit
Free Press.
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