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THE NEW AGE, POETLAND, OREGON
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If n mnn docmi't ntnount to anything
himself, ho boasts of lilo nuccntors.
It will certainly be Count Uont's own
fault If the wolf Beta any chanco to
cratch at Ills door.
tor Intermittently writes tragedies of
a revolting nature across Uio pago of
rural life.
Of course the Kaiser lias a "thank
Icbs Job," but ho receives a fulr salary
for his services In lieu of thanks.
It inny bo better to bo happy than
to bo rich, but no iwor mnn ever de
rived any satisfaction from that
thought.
It Is really very old-fashioned for
Opiwrtunlty to knock at anybody's
door when there Is tho electric bell
tight handy.
If the truth were known It Is proba
ta that a sensible woman like Helen
Gould never did feel llko a slster-ln-Uw
to Count Hon).
Dr. Alfoiifo l'ennn has JiiRt been
elected president of llni7.ll. Let un
hopo ho may be worth 100 cents on tho
dollar (o that country.
Count Honl's creditors will probably
find It dllllcult to agree with thoRo poo
p!o who refuxo to admit that there Is
any caiiRo for k!RIiiiIsiii In this world.
Having Informed us how he spells
"enough," Mr. Carnegie might still fur
ther satlRfy our thirst for knowlodgo by
telling us whether millionaires ever
got it
A pound of (julnluo now costs only as
much as an ounce did twenty yours
ugo. Wo must therefore admit that
the coftt of living has In some sections
been greatly reduced.
Cradles that can bo rocked by elec
tricity aro In the market, it Is reported.
Htlll, tho vlno baby boy who hopes
to some day bo President may Insist
that he bo rocked by hand.
Astronomers assert that Mars Is
Rgalu trying to signal us. If It Is n
distress slgual the astronomers should
llnd some way of Informing Mars that
wo aro having troubles of our own.
Statisticians have found that If tho
wealth of the United States wcro con
verted Into SI bills they would form a
string to tho moon und back thirty
times. Isn't It wonderful und inter
esting to be n statistician?
Andrew Onrncglo says when lw
writes "enough," ho spells It o-n-u-fl
Iucldcutnly It may bo remarked that
there was a long time In Mr. Carne
gie's money-making career that ho
scorned to have had no use for tho
word at all.
News conies from London to tho ef
fect that a brier pipe famine Is threat
mod. Htlll, thero Is no immediate cause
for alarm. Owing to tho bumper corn
crop which wo have had tho output of
tho Mhwotirl meerschaum factories
promises to bo very large.
Wooden clothing Is now to bo tnado
of spun pulp. Waistcoats of this ma
terial, said to bo us durable lis leather,
nro already on tho market, and may bo
followed by whole suits of tho best
spruce, Mild cheap, and warranted to
wear for years. "Spruce up" may thus
tuiiulru a new and inoro exact mean
ing. Consider the lieu. She boasts not;
neither Is she luxy, and every year she
contribute about 1500,000,000 toward
tho agricultural output of tho nation.
Him Is more prolltable, Hoveral times
over, than all tho gold mines. Wo havo
mudu known to the world our apples,
our liops, struwbcrrlcs, cherries and
prunes, to say nothing of wheat, corn
and Hour all tho result of culture. A
first-class article of food Is self-nd-vertlslng.
I-ct's turn to and cultivate
tho hen.
Tho Marlborough case Is an inter
esting one as showing tho Increased
cost of luxuries in recent years. In the
old days, when uu American million
aire purchased a llttlo toy llko n for
eign title for his daughter the Initial
expenditure, her hand and dower,
closed tho deal. To-day a tltlo Is llko
a good many other commodities cam
eras, for Instnnco tho original cost of
which Is a mere bagatelle to tho ex
penditures that havo to bo made to
keep the toy In commission. Thero Is
ono good result to be expected out of
theso cases. They should certainly lead
tho fathers of weaXliy daughters to
take greater euro In choosing tholr ti
tled bousln-law,
Mural tragedies recur with rhythmic
frequency and mostly they are charac
terized by tho jiecullar atrocity and uu
naturalness which betray tho morbid
luoodluchs of tho perpetrator. In tho
loneliness and Isolation of the farm
tho crime has been brooded upon, fan
cied wrongs taking abnormal shape,
and Introspection feeding upon n social
Instinct perverted by disuse, Thero Is
no forgetting self where tho lives of
fellow creatures aro not complexly In
terwoven, Tho farm has Its own psy
chology. Tho eoiuiH'tisutlons aro many.
the vigor, tho health, tho poetry of na
ture and tho Inspiration that lies In as
sociation with tho soil; farm llfo with
tho ono factor of monotony eliminated
U iuuu's Ideul. Hut this duiuulug fuc-
A happy woman likes a rainy day.
Rain or snow seems to shut her In tnoro
securely with her happiness. What Em
erson calls "the tumultuous privacy of
storm" gives her solo possession of her
self and what Is hers. Sho may tako
time to gloat over her treasures, wheth
er of household goods, of art, of knowl
edge or of love and to persuado her
self that they aro really hers. From
her mind, as from bureau, cloRot and
library, sho may lay out her belongings,
study their value, and rcplaco them In
n new and more charming order. Hut
tho unhappy woman can hardly bear a
snow-storm or tho melancholy voice of
rain and wind. Diversion Is her nar
cotic for tho restlessness that dogs her
steps. Tho hopo that "somebody will
drop In" buoys her up when tho sun
shines. When she knows tho hope to
Ikj vain, hungry care, which waits for
her even at tho gates of sleep, thrusts
Its lean hands and ashen faco beforo
her eyes. Tho rainy day which Is all
too short for tho pleasant "odd Jobs"
of her happy slstor drags with leaden
feet for the sad heart. If sadness Is
tho result of disappointed egotism, tho
sharp sting of tho storm may drlvo Its
victim to dispel It by n clearer self
knowledge. Hut If It Is n pain born of
loss and tho selfish sin of others, of
high ambition thwarted and noblo en
deavor como to naught then tho wo
man's soul must nnn Itself against tho
Rtorm of nature, as against that storm
which has raged within her life. Tho
rainy day which shuts tho door to
friends and Incidents must open It for
good deeds. A generous letter written to
a neglected friend, a favorlto dish pre
pared for tho children's dinner, the stir
prlso of a call on a sick neighbor, tho
steady uplift of n bravo volco and a
cheerful face thoso aro tho aids by
which tho woman with dull pain In her
heart may hldo It through tho storm,
and out of darkness make for others a
llghtN which shall Irradlato her own
sky beforo the sunset.
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OSCAR J. SEILER. Attorney-at-Lw
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resident owners of property or thoso
reeking Investments here.
ABBETT
All Kinds of Galvanized Iron
and Tin Work -a Specialty
ALL WORK GUARANTEED NOT TO LEAK
Agent for
Quaker Mfg. Co.'s Steel Furnaces
440 Union Avo. North
Shop Phono East 0177
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124 Third Etrtet
PORTLAND. OREQON
Attention has recently boon called, by
two ImiKirtant events, to tho enormous
material resources of tho United States
In coal and Iron, and to tho question as
to how long thoso resources will con
tlnuo to exist In such form as to bo of
tho widest benefit to tho general public.
All tho oro lauds owned by the Great
Northern railway In tho Lako Superior
region havo been leased to tho United
States Steel Corporation. Tho amount
of Iron oro which these lands contain
tins been estimated at 700,000,000 tons.
Tho purchase of this ore for that Is
In reality tho effect of tho lease places
tho steel corporation lu control of con
siderably more than half of tho known
nvallablo supply of Iron oro hi tho
United States. As the price to bo paid
for iho (I rent Northern oro Is, by tho
terms of tho contract, to Increaso an
nually for a long term of years, tho
outlook for lower-priced Iron Is regard
ed as unfavorable, oven when allow
ance Is made for futuro Improvements
lu methods of manufacture. It must
not bo forgotten, however, Mint thero
aro still In tho Pittsburg nnd lllrmlng
ham districts enormous supplies of oro
still almost untouched; and nearly ev
ery year discloses new Holds In other
regions. If tho Iron oro contract per
mits, and almost Invites, a rapid ex
haustion of tho supply, tho expected
action of tho government will retard
tho exhaustion of the coal supply, Sec
retary Hitchcock urges tho withdrawal
from entry of Mm government coal
lauds, lu order to forestall tho possi
bility of monopoly In ono of tho prime
necessaries of life. Ordinary govern
ment laud can bo obtained for u dollar
and n quarter an acre, but tho price
for government coal lands Is now twen
ty dollars an aero If tho land Is within
llftccu miles of a railroad, and ten dol
lars when beyond that limit. Hut al
ready so mnny fraudulent entries havo
been made, nnd so much valuable laud
has passed Into tho hands of Individ
uals for a small fraction of Its value,
that the best public opinion demauds
more businesslike methods.
A Dualling I'roapcct.
A poor Mexican laborer who chanced
upon pay ore returned after his fortu
nate find to tho doorway of his miser
able hovel, nnd sat down to enjoy at
leisure tho prospect of riches. At first,
ho contlded afterward to his old em
ployer, his thoughts were hardly
thoughts nt all ; they were a vague, de
licious, golden vision In which dotalls
were Ignored. After a time, however,
It occurred to him that ho might as
well mako up his mind definitely what
ho would do with his money when ho
got It.
Ho could doeld upon but ono thing,
but with that ho was quite contented.
Screens In tluvt region wVre unknown
and Insects troublesome; but ho had
heard of n remedy." Ilovould apply
It freely where It was most needed.
"When I get my money," ho told
himself proudly, "I will go to tho store
and spend It. I will spend generous
ly, I shall havo no need to bo mean.
I will buy lly-papor good sticky fly.
paper, Sheets and sheets of It will I
buy. Then I will return to mo houso
nnd paper tho walls with It, and I shall
bo no more troubled with tiles.
"Ah, saints I but It Is Indeed a noblo
thlug to bo tho owner of a gold-minor
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you do Jnck.
Ethel How do you know?
Muutl You let Jack teach you to
swim In two lesions, whllo you didn't
learn from Dick lu less tbau teu. .
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rives 0 p. m.
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