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PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1.
Ol'R LOCAL PLUTOCRACY.
There is no 'doubt but little Billy Ladd
is a misfit in the newspaper business.
Better have stuck to shaving notes, to
get'ing trusteeships and closing out es
iales, to management of meat and flour
trusts, and to cent-per-cent transac
tions Hi general. These are schemes
that no newspaper can help; but to
run a newspaper sis the organ or ad
junct of such schemes and purposes Is
to give the whole business away. To
work a church (however orthodox) into
he scheme, and to combine greed and
profit, religion and politics, doesn't help
the matter at all. Plutocracy, working
under the masks of morality, philan
thropy and religion, is not to rule Ore
gon. All schemes of monopoly and op
rression, all trust schemes, all pluto
rratu endeavor and purpose, employ
Pharisaical methods, as Rockefeller,
ch'ef of them all. will show you.
Here at Portland, here in Oregon, is
effort tointroduce Rockefeller methods
and to obtain Rockefeller results. It is
getting on rather favorably. The plu
tocratic combination, of which analy
sis ere easy, because the whole, case
iS daily becoming mort clear, endeav
ors to make every one who does busi
ness pay tribute to it. It controls, or
tries to control, mercantile loans; It
makes the Jrade in meats, in wheat, in
flour and in lumber pay tribute to it; it
endeavors.' constantly and with increas
ing success, to crush everybody who
does not accept the terms and work for
the profit of the managers of the trust.
It has ambition to control the trade in
hops, in dairy products and in wool; it
worries at all points ,ihe Portland and
Oregon markets. It holds back th
growth and progress of , the state. Its
maxim is that no business is to be doe
?irre that does not pay tribute to it
Though its worst offects are apparent
ai Oregon, its blight is felt throughout
the Northwest.
P always has held back the develop
ment of Portland and of Oregon. 1:
hs always discouraged investment of
r-jide capital here. It went reluctant
! and only through coercion into sup
P -rt of the Lewis arid Clark Exposition.
It will not now give up the surplus or
profits, but wants the dividend.
This grasping, greedy combination,
enlcavoring to engross everything and
t nukp all business pay tribute to it,
is mimical to the public welfare; and it
is the business of the one unfettered or
gnn of public opinion to make the pur
poses of this plutocratic combination
c'fji'- to the people and to voice their
jrotest against it.
This plutocratic combination has the
samp ambition to 'run" the politics ol
the state that it has to control its busi
ness The two things, indeed, are part
of the same scheme. Of course, these
r'u'onratic bosses have no political
rrl" Iples. They preend to none. One
partj 1 them is good as another
Jf -nly they can reach their objects
through one or the other. Accordingly
th-y publish a newspaper that boasts
of having no principles at all. It pre
tends to eschew party though every
one knows that It is through party,
only, that results are to be gained. In
determinate politics,, epicene politics,
everywhere are contemptible. Politics,
not for principle, but for gain, are no
politics. It means simply a struggle for
profit and gain which is the politics of
plutocra"cy.
We shall see wliether this sordid
greed is to rule Oregon. There will be
many a note of" protest firsL It can
hire a lot of politicians; can work its
chief organ and employ others and yet
rot succeed.
TOWARDS MUNICIPAL SOCIALISM.
It Is remarked by newspapers of New
York that the great city has made an
other forward step towards socialism.
Greater New York has undertaken the
operation of the ferries between Staten
Island and Manhattan. Some of the
daily journals deplore It, as the begin
ning of a new policy, leading up to
municipal socialism.
But it Is not the beginning. It is only
a further step. First and greatest of
our movements towards socialistic, pol
icy Is our public school system. This
piopeer movement prepares the way for
everything else. It is directed by the
state, It is paid for by the state, -and its
tendency is to socialize everything. It
familiarizes the whole public mind
with the principles of socialistic sys
tems. It comes to be an accepted fact.
In the general mind; that since the
state is to have charge and direction .of
public education and to -pay Jor-it, the
state should undertake, carry on in a j
word should socialize all efforts in all '
directions that may "be affected with a
public interest. Water supply and light
supply and street railways and ferries
and bridges fall Into the same category.
No doubt we have been making
greater progress towards socialism than
many or most have realized. Evea in
Portland we have been ahead of New
York In the ferry business. The Staten
Island ferries, however, are not yet
free, .but they soon will be. The large
area of that island will afford room for
the overflow of the congested popula
tion of Manhattan; and to get the best
results multiplication of free ferries will
be demanded as a necessity.
REGENERATION OF LIFE INSURANCE.
Life insurance is -a natural develop
ment of social and economic conditions,
in modern" life. It is one of the neces
sary institutions of modern civilization,
rt is socialistic, as all the modern move
ments of civilization are. That is. the
tendency of modern life is towards com
bination and mutual support. Life in
surance Is the outcome of a demand for
equalization of the chances of life. It is
a movement towards support of the in
dividual, or his family, .In the contest
for life or its material results, by call
ing in the aid of all who can be induced
to participate Inthe effort- It is a dis
tribution a striking of average or bal
ance of the chances of life or of living.
In its principles and In Its tendencies
it Is profoundly soclallstlc.-rthough It
has seldom been so recognized; still less
has It been called by that name. Yet
Its growth Is one of the great socialistic
tendencies of the time. It puts men
together in a bunch and makes all pay
for the chances of the life of each
under the limitations forced by study of
vital statistics.
Some of the abuses into which the
system may run when not held under
proper regulation have been shown by
the recent investigation of the manage
ment of certain great life coiripanles of
New. York. These abuses are so grave
as to demand radical correction; and
the correctives are being applied.
Abatement of the abuses is proceeding
at a rapid rate. Publicity will correct
all. No abuse can stand or survive un
der tthe limelight of publicity. Life In
surance from this time will begin to
stand forth on a more solid basis than
ever.
The power lodged in the 'individuals
of the three great life companies in
New York has been much perverted and
abused. But the abuse Is at an end.
Abominable and detestable as the
"grafts" have been, yet they are trifling
in amount, compared with the whole
beneficence of' life insurance. In each
and every case removal of the offending
management is imperative. It is pro
ceeding rapidly. The taint of high
finance or of frenzied finance has af
fected but few companies, and they
have cleared or are clearing themselves
of it. There will be no private graft
In life insurance hereafter for many. a
year.
SIONS OF PROMISE.
Some weeks ago what is now called in
the dispatches "the farcical Douma"
was hailed with fpaeans scarcely less
jubilant than those which welcome the
Czar's latest concessions to his beloved
subjects. The Oregonian pointed out at
the time that rejoicings over the Douma
were slightly premature, and suggested
that the reform looked a . triflle -diapha
nous. The same cannot fairly be said
of the new concessions. They ringgen
uine. and doubtless are as genuine as
the concessions granted by King John
at Runnymede. That Is, they are as
genuine in Intent as those historic
grants from, a tyrant as cowardly and
bigoted as Nicholas to a people scarcely
more advanced In civilization and civic
freedom than the Russians are now.
But there are many differences to note
between the circumstances under which
England obtained Magna Charta and
those under wnich Russia receives a
charter which future ages may call
great, or may not. Magna Charta was
extorted by the armed nobility, who
were ready and abundantly able to
fight for their rights. It was not pri
marlly a oncessIon to the common peo
ple at all, but to the Barons. English
liberty has broadened down through the
nobility to the common people. Up to
the time of ChVirles I the fight against
autocracy, in England was the flght of
the great houses against the King. The
Wars of the Roses gave the King an
advantage which steadily Increased till
the revolution under Cromwell, which
was a popular revolution, made divine
right forever afterwards an impossible
theory In the land of Hampden and Sir
Harry Vane. But. extorted as Magna
Charta was, by the strongest military
body In England, a body which always
stood ready to defend Its provisions. It
was honored more In the breach than
the observance. Whenever the King
for the time being felt powerful enough
to disregard Its provisions for the writ
of habeas corpus and the .other bul
warks of personal liberty, he did so. It
was confirmed and reconfirmed with
vain iteration and only became efficient
as Parliament gained control of the
King's Income and of the army. Then
It was no longer needed.
The experience of history shows that
Kings keep their promises when they
dare not break them, and not other
wise. Hence the exultation of America
over the newly granted liberties of
Russia are temperate and cool. We are
willing to wait and see what we shall
see, and the truth of the matter Is that
we do not expect to see very much un
less the condition of affairs continues
menacing to the autocracy. Military
leadership In Russia is with the nobles,
as It was in early 'England; but the
Russian 'nobles have not joined with the
people in demanding reforms. They
are a unit, or pretty nearly a unit,
against reform. To be sure, the Rus
sian nobles are, upon the whole, a cow
ardly, cynical, degenerate body, atheist
ical and thoroughly rotten morally, and
therefore they occupy no such place In
the nation as did King John's robust
and virile Barons, who feared God and
loved their .country with an energetic
and prevailing love, though they cared
little for their fellow-man. The Rus
sian nobles love neither country, God
nor man. They love only themselves
and their lustful pleasures.
Count Witte In his amiable and Im
pudent telegram to the American peo
ple hopes that we shall rejoice with the
Russians over the promises the Czar
has made them. We shall try our best,
but we know a little too much about
promises ourselves and what they are
worth "when there Is no vigilant and de
termined power bent upon compelling
their fulfillment .to make our jubila
tions very hearty. Our own Czars have
been making us the most lovely prom
ises for, lo, these many years, and af
terwards ' gone on robbing us Just the
same. Promises made by -a ruler are
generally to fool his 'subjeots, and that
is no less true of those made by the
autocrat of all the Russias than of
those made by an American boss. A
promise is worth Its weight as waste
paper so long as there Is no power to
compel the ruler who made It .o keep
his word, and It As worth, no more.
Whether Count Wltte Is himself fooled
or whether he Is merely trying to fool
the American people one cannot, of
course, know; but his talk about "guar
antees of liberty" is nonsense The
Russians have no guarantees of liberty.'
The writ of habeas corpus Is such a
guarantee when a popular assembly
controls the taxes and the army. Oth
erwise it is a form of words, and noth
ing more. A national assembly is a
guarantee of liberty when It dominates
the crown and the army and levies or
withholds taxes as it pleases, like the
English Parliament; otherwise, such an
assembly is a mere debating dub nnd
an Instrument of tyranny rather than a
guarantee of liberty.
The fight for liberty in England was.
while it lasted, a fight for control of
the revenues. So long as the King had
all the money he wanted from his per
sonal possessions and from the feudal
contributions of the landholders, he was
independent, and only fell short of au
tocracy because the Bnglteh nobility
was English. When the King had .to
beg for money he had to concede popu
lar rights. English liberty was In a
very true sense purchased little by lit
tle from reluctant Kings, and Parlia
ment hamstrung prerogative by grant
ing money for short periods only.
When the grant expired the army went
with it, and also the power of the
King. The power of the purse Is the
power of the state. It has always been
so In England. It is so in America, ami
we are coming more ami more to per
ceive 1L The lords of finance are lords
of politics, and make or mar the for
tunes of the Nation. Therefore the Na
tion should JUKdf be the supreme -lord.
of finance. Liberty in Russia, as every
where else. Is a question of money.
ERA OI. INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION.'
Advices from the East stale that the
rush of 'colonists" to the Pacific Coast
since the inauguration of special rates
is far In excess of any previous move
ment of this nature. It is the opinion
of railroad men. who keep in docket
touch with the factors entering into this
business, that ro small portion of this
Increase Is due to the magnificent ad
vertising given the entire Pacific Coast
through the Lewis and Cfark Exposi
tion. This, of. course, was one of the re
sults expected when the patriotic Qre
gonians subscribed the. money that
started the great enterprise, but it 16
doubtful, If the most optimistic of our
people expected such an overwhelming
success from -an advertieing standpoint.
The croakers and knockers, who, Hke
the poor, are always with us. quite nat
urally donned the usual long face and
predicted a terrible slump at the close
of the Fair- Acting on their advice, a
groat many people 'postponed purchas
ing property which was actually needed
for business and residential purposes,
hoping to secure it at greatly reduced
prices as soen as the anticipated slump
In values took place.
They have waited too long, and never
again will It be possible to secure sochj
bargains in any Kino or property as
.yre on the real estate counters when
the Fair opened. And in sph of the
advance already scorod, the movement
steadily increases, and. with so much
new capital coming into the country,
values are certain lo roach much higher
figures. What is true of the situation
in the city Is also true of the .HMMtry.
for on the prosperity of the country the
city is helplessly dependent, and can
never grow or prosper unlaw jdndiar
growth and prosperity Is In evidence In
the country. Not all of the colonists
that are now coming into the West will
remain with us, for with them will be
numbered a few of the same stripe as
our own croakers. Ttua class has been
coming and going since the days of
Whitman and McLoughMn. The coun
try had no charms for their jtredeces
sors fifty years ago, ami it has none
for them today, but there are enough
coming who recognize the advantages
of this country to offset all of two
knocking that can be done by those who
do not-
Oregon. Washington and Idaho are
now marketing a grain crop which, af
ter making due allowance for the re
quirements for seed and home consump
tion, will add to the cireutatlng'inedlum
in the three states more than &6,fM.Mt.
The lumber output of the three states
for 1906 will exceed by hundreds of mil
lions of feet the output of any previous
year. The wool 'clip and the hop yield
also broke all previous records, and the
annual creation of new wealth by the
products of the field, forest and ?rui
In the three states is greater per capiin
than that of any other region in the
United States. All this has been ac
complished while we labored under -r
handicap of Insufficient transportation,
and, now that we are about to be pro
vided with means for opening up to
sattlement and develoiment reskHts of
greater extent and equal rtchnws wHk
those which have made such a remark
able showing, both city and country
throughout, the three states will grow
more rapidly than ever before.
Long before the effect of the enor
mous expenditures which the railroad
companies will make in providing new
lines lias been exhausted, we Khali begin
reaping the richer and permanent re
turns which will follow the development
of the vast country that Is now lying
dormant. Portland and the entire Pa
cific Northwest are on the eve of a period
of Industrial expansion and prosperity
such as" we have never before known,
not even In the palmiest days of the
Vlllard boom, which suffered nida
tions such as are Impossible wjth that
which Is now coming.
THE PAIUI AUTOMOBILE.
There Is a prospect that the automo
bile may recompense in usefulness the
.disaster that attended its introduction
to the rural community, by becoming a
plain, workaday farming meohlner-a
thing of energy that will supersede the
plow, with its weary horses and foot
sore plodder of the furrow, the culti
vator and the reaper. A new and spe
cial type of this machine has been de
veloped in Scotland, at a cos of ?1$0
an Insignificant sum when compared
with the cost of the "combined" har
vester that has revolutionized harvest
methods on large farms In tnis country.
It will prepare and seed the ground at
one operation, and can be made to
cover six or seven acres a day at a cost
in fuel.' labor and depreciation of ma
chine of 51 per acre, or lees than one-
half the expense of plowing by horse
power.
Whether the invasion of the field, by
this tireless creature of steel and stored
energy will be resented by the plowman
and the harvester, as its Invasion of the
highway has been resented by the cltl
zen afoot and in horse-drawn vehicle,
can only 'be surmised. Opposition, If It
shall be developed, will be on a new
basis of complaint, since the farm ma
chine, turning up the earth and plant
ing the grain, is nota device for speed
that threatens life and limb, nor yet a
toy for the Idle and thoughtless to oper
ate onthe public thoroughfares. It Is
a plain labor machine, built for a use
ful purpose and keeping strletly te the
farm and to business.
The opposition that it will meet, if
any, will be of the typo-encountered by
nearly all labor-saving devices through
out a century. The text of possible
protest is found In the sta tenter' that
with this machine one man can do the
work of half a dozen In a day; that, un
like the farm animal and the plowman
of the old order, it does not have to be
fed when It Is not working; that It per
forms Its tasks without eompUint or
back talk," and that It la deaf to, the
appeals of the labor union or the threats'
of the walking delegate. .
When The Oregonian said the State
of Oregon ought to enact a taw for
supervision and control of private
bunks It supposed the organ of the
Ladd bank would raise a yelp. And
yelp It does. That, however, win .not
convince the public that such law bttghX
not to be enacted. Rather the voot
trary. Again, presently, our business
people no doubt will be visited by Will
iam Ladd and Joseph Teal, begging, as
heretofore, for advertisements for their
organ, and Intimating broadly; with a
glance towards the bank where men
may. want accommodation, that they
will "find It sr their interest and ad
vantage to advertise In our paper.
Look out for the pair. sniMftlqg'.for ad
vertisements again. Not befog a" legit
imate newspaper, and maintained as it
is for personal and private scheme,
and for promotion of various .trusts, the
organ must get its living as far ae It
can out of the public, so that its drafts
on the bank may wot be too heavy.
The Pacific University boys didn't
carry off those electric tight globes ami
other things' from the Nowhere hotel.
They simply unfastened them and play
fully hid them where the hotel propri
etor couldn't, or didn't. And them. Why
won't a hotel -man ever see a joke? It
is no suflident explanation that he lives
In Newber. ,But the boys saw.K. It
seemed funnier than ever itfter the
Sheriff "butted in." Hairing also a
keen sense of humor, he threatened to
put them In JaiL But he didn't. Per
haps -because it was Hallowe'en, when
everybody to supposed to be happy and
hilarious, no matter how far his gate Is
carried away or how badly. bk lawn
is defiled, or what he loees In .the way
of furniture.
All of the soundings that can be made
by pilots and their rommlsfikmerst and
all of the rot that can be printed by
the Astoria papers, will not alter the
faci that there a good, safe channel
over the bar- for vessels drawing at
least twenty-six feet of water. The
proof of this statement to a matter of
record. The pilots olHcbUly staged that
twenty-four feet was the maximum
draft at which a vessel could croea the
bar. without delay- Since then a num
ber ,of twenty-live-foot and twenty-alx-foot
vessels have crossed out In safety
without delay. The pttot hae proved
that their performances are better than
their theories.
The legislative atmosphere of Cali
fornia ought to be materia fly purMed.
now that a brace of Senatorial bribe
takers have been entenced to the peni
tentiary for five years. Punishment of
this kind will have a tendency to cause
some hesitation on the part of others
who might be Inclined to look kindly on
the "easy money that Is usually float
ing around a State Legislature. The
offense of bribe-taking in California
perhaps mortt nearly Im-xrtMStbl than It
would be in any other state, fer the
reason that the pay and perquisites of
California tatfjMalor art- notoriously lib
eral h comparison with other states.
Grading will commence next week on
an electric car line which win connect
Portland with the state capital. This
will greatly facilitate the transaction
of business between the two cities, and
will besides iiccoromodxie a large and rap
Idly growing suburban population with
snick transit to and front the cities.
The electric car is well pdst its early
stage where its termini were never very
far outside of the city limits. It hatt
become a powerful factor in drawing
city and country together, and the resi
dents of both places are gainers
thereby.
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Though unable, on account of phys
ical weakness, to continue teaching his
Bible class. John D. Rockefeller Is net
atl unhappy. He has boaght a violin,
engaged a teecher. and spends his leis
ure in saving a wax on the Instrument.
He is said lo be making some progress,
though as yet the sounds that he drawn
fronf the violin arv a solace only to
himself. .
A fool and his life are not so easily
parted as the traditional fool and his
money.- As-evidence, witness the news
that "Scotty." the spfi-tai-uiaa.ass frnm
Death Valley. Cal.. is n
ing from
his Injuries sustaine d hi
ivirrg an
automobile into the d:'th
speed of
flfty miles per hour.
Attorney 3Tcnintck tpVhe public
hou it was done In th'lIPihsurance
business. He mndegueSFes as to what
a policy-holder's dividends ought to be
We have as yet heard no wild and In
dignant complaints from the insured
that any of his guesses were too high.
Mls Carl, the Dowager Emprer
portrait painter. Is back from China
with a graphic story of her eleven
months work on the old lady's physiog
nomy and a find send-ofT for her smile.
Its beauty Increases in exact ratio as
the distance from her grows longer.
Barnard Shaw's new play is too
naughty for New York, and Jerome has
an excellent prospect for election. Old
Father Knickerbocker must be getting
closer to the mourner's bench.
Mr. Hearst eschews the automobile
during his campaign. Yet we have
never understood that he eschews swift
methods of doing things between cam
paigns. '
R ear-Admiral Train should hunt for
Chinese pheasapts in-Oregon. There is
no penalty here for shooting nt a pfieas
ant and hitting a human being.
What a lot of trouble the Czar would
have avoided If he had done It long ago!
What becomes of Trepoff?
"VnnB
SILHOUETTES
Chanceiler E. ' Benjamin. Andrews" sug
gests that criminals who are condemned
to death submit themselves for vivisec
tion, lor the benefit of science Insufad of
taking "thflrs" on the scaffold or In tho
electric ehalr. Don't all jtpeuk at once.
Some of our very worst flirts operate
exchntiveiy over the 'phone
'
Kin?; 'Alp)) of Spain must have been
spanked and sent to bed. He hosn t been
heard from fer a. month.
Antes; the articles not intended for the
diet of human beings mince pie stands
nwar the heRd of the list.
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No girl eah' afford to take- chances by
talking slang.
The new ealeadnrs are putting in an ap
pearance. I netfee more nude figure: on
them than usual. This muet be an indi
cation of n mthl winter.
It is and eominentarv that manv wo
men with Madonna faces have the man
ners of a niejMeager boy and the vices of
a faro-dealer.
-People who sfg sheald not throw,
stones through the windows ef' voiae
culture atadtsf. ae matter hew great the
pmvoeatlon.
If Wnle keepe.lt q he likely to have
a taotntmeat- erected to hki memory.
. ,
Bernard Shaw's naety play will now
proceed to "stand' em up."
To the City Council : And yet folks mey
get themeeives aad their frlande drunk
la a reetaurent or hotel box. The sa
loons haven't a monopoly en Immorality.
The Ruetffaut populace should look a llt-
II' eut and remember that he who hur
rahs last hurrahs best.
There fat a moral to be learned from the
cave f.yoMHp Nathan, charged with the
hilesi atrocious' murder. When you kill
person don't cut him up and put him In
a sadtcaee.
The number ef marriage licenses Issued
In tlaV eeuat' for the month of October
was the laraeet m the htatoryn? the city
Thus tr dawns of worklngmon are
mad happy the preachers and dlvoroo
lawyers.
One the early tml federations of which
I am now heartily wshamcil was my ser
vice m the Spanish-American wnr.
.
A rusher-tired young man attempted to
alee a new girl htat night and got him
self shipped tor hkt pains. "I felt about
three sates smaMer than the Exposition
dividend." said he when he was foolish
enough, to tell about 1U
A .Mnrine Item.
Par out eu the high seas whan tho
coMopr of night conies dewn upon thorn
go skips in the darknoete. la pnstdngv thoy
tens! a reeeenitioi! and past? on their
Imtely way. sonte to disaster, to wreck on
soon barren, rock-bound. Inhospitable
coast of an unknown land, others to buf
fet the waves m vain ami perish miser
ably, forgotten of divine and beyond hope
of human aid. Still others pursue their
even way. straight with tho chart. Into
fnir havens, where thuy would go.
So wtth our lives. We-moet souls that
blend with (Hint, hearts Dm; bvat in ;inl
tm. touch hand for a moment and thon
pee on: far too many of uh to shipwreck
and tHoawUr; far ton few to havens of
happinenh. We tdgnal in peeaing, Ralute
and wieh boa veragu, then go on our
way never, never to go tho way over
again. W mm like ships in the fog.
There ht no staying Wind and storm
beat upon as; the fog raises, but we have
ppeeed. There ean be no more signaling,
the ways have diverged, and no chart.
.nor compass, iter beacon light can find the
way back to the crowing of tho paths,
it Is the rule at life, which Is pu.t find
ing out. ami it Is well, for what Is to bo
must be and warn Is is right. With apol
ogies to Longfellow and Bontrico Harra
den. Dltlii't Know It Wus Loaded.
Here is a true story op- a well-known
Portland llttBtness Man.' Business man
and his wife art- something In the way of
fresh-ah- cranks. They have slept on
the perch of thefr house every night dur
ing the Summer and have continued tho
practice welt into th fall. Intending to
keep It np. all Winter. The sehemc has
received r severe setback., however, for
night before butt ltutm! Man, while
akteptag la the open air with a hot water
bottle at his feet, got his tos into the
neck of the rubber bottle while asleep
and scalded them h nadly that he hasn't
beu down to the office since. It's a tin
thing to have the courage or one's .convic
tions, but courage should' first reckon
wtth hot-water bottles.
ARTHUR A. GKBBNTE.
A Q dick-Dell very Letter.
Kra Magazine.
It Is a curious fact that a century and
half aso a letter travcld much Taster
I than ever It ha done since.. It was in
11B that Lord March made a heavy wager
that he would cause a letter to be con
veyed W miles within an hour. His
IxKdshtp engased a score of cricketers,
all expert throwers and catchers, had tho
mhodve inclosed In a bail, and ar
ranging his men at intervals In a
circle, got them to throw the ball as
swiftly as possible from one to anothor.
At the end of the hour It was found that
the letter had traveled almost exactly 120
miles.
Gcttinjr In Its Work.
Tit Bits.
A man went' into a chemist's shop and
bought a bottle of some patent stuff,
which was advertised thus:
Xe More Coughs.
No More Colds. -Is
lfel the Bottle.
Three days later he went to the ohomlst.
compmlning that his throat was stopped
up and that he could scarcely breathe.
"I've drunk all that patent cough mix
ture," he said.
"Drunk It!" yelled the chemist. "Why.
that's an India rubber solution to put .on
the eeleis of your boots!".
Xow Do You See-It ?
Chicago Xews.
"What." asked the Innocent maid, "Is
the proper way for a girl to conduct her
jjelf when she Is ongagedT"
"Just as though she wasn't." replied the
young widow. ,
"And when she Isn't engaged?" queried
the maid.
"Just as though she was," answered the"
nvnJlrU njud mm.
, 1
A Good Advertisement.
Spriagneld (Most?.) Republican.
The city of Porthlnd. Or., Is peculiarly
fortunate la its waterworks, and the ad
vantage that has followed appears In the
fart that whereas S9 years ago Its' death
rate was St to 100W.ot Its. population, to
day it Is less than seven.
SPIRIT OF NORTHWEST PRESS
Progress for Wallowa.
Wallowa News.
During the pat two weeks the News
has been receiving communications
fr6ra various parts of the Korthwest.
asking about this county. We are
glad to know that people are watching,
our progress and that, they realize this
county has a very bright future.
Where Did Brother Klncaid Get It?
Eugene Register.
Perhaps Eugene people will wonder hew
on- editor ever accumulated tfUMWa: It Is
iwife to sny Brother Klncaid never made
that sum out of cordwood. pumpkin and
garden-truck subscriptions. It is an honor
to have a wealthy editor in a community.
It shows well for the community.
Good for Portland, Good for Boise.
Boise News.
Portland ' is to have a tastw of the
"square deal' tidal wave that is
sweeping the country. The Prosecut
ing Attorney is after the taxdodgers.
and the wealthy men who have been
shirking the payment of their share
of the public burdens are to be prose
cuted. A shake-up. of that sort might
nojt be a bad thing for Boise.
Tliolr Usefulness nt an End.
Albany Democrat.
Senator Mitchell ami Congressman Wtt
I tame hi. convicted of crimes, have not
resigned. They should resign at once,
notwithstanding the walltngs f their
friends to the contrary. They are abso
lutely ef no use' to the state, and what's
the tiric of paying a clerk when he can't
be allowed behind' the coontor. This Just
as emphatically as If the caees were not
being appealed. Their uHOfulneas is at an
em!, ami the ease doesn't caN for a pen
sion. What's the use of so much feoHsh
ness? .
Let Justice Prevail.
Lewiston Interstate Jews.
The actual trial of. the htnd-fraod cases
will bring out the facts ami dear the
skirts of many who have been implicated
wrongfully in the minds of those who
have relied merely on goselp and hearsay
ovklonce. If guilt Is proven It will fall
where It belongs, on the heads of the
guilty, and no one will galneay the asser
tion that where there la gtillt there should
"i iiuii.iMinriii iw hi m uttnwji . era i
first let guilt be proven. To. further this
0fld there are courts. Jsrles and Judge.
The?e are to sift the evidence and tlx the
guilt. Till the blow fans let charity pre
vail. But when the blow falls let justice
prevail. If there has been conspiracy ami
fratKl. perjury aad dark dealing in high
places or In low. there should be pun
ishment for guilty for the welfare of the
state ami the preservation of the integrity
of Its citizenship.
State Division Xot Wise.
Baker City Herald.
The Independence Enterprise in Its
current iasue devotes almost two col
umns of Its editorial page te- discuss
Ing the proposition of making two
states out of Oregon.. with th Cascade
range as the dividing line. While not
doubt the editor of the Enterprise Is
sincere in advocating this, division, he
rails to point out any of tta advan
tages to be obtained. Of "course, the
people of the two sections are some
what different and the Industries are
radically different, but their Interests
are almost. If not wholly, common.
While wo do not doubt but that In the
far distant future there may be a di
vision of the state, we cannot see the
urgent necessity for it at present. We
favor either a division or a more equi
table adjustment of the rights, privi
leges and immunities of the people
o'f the two sections, but it seems about
as idle to ask for this as it is to ask
for more equitable freight rates. The
valley man does net wish to carry
the burden of Eastern Oregon any
more than does Eastern Oregon want
to carry the burden of the valley.
While the two sections may have a di
versity of Interests, yet their interests
are the same;vthe people are of the
samo stock, ami neither section aweuld
find it advantageous at the p'rosent
time to become a state in itself.
ODD BITS OF XORTHWI5ST LI FIB
Busy Days on the I'tange.
Pilot Rock Record.
The activity in commercial ami busi
ness linos peculiar to the fall season In
these part was brought prominently to
the attention of Pilot Rockers Wednes
day ovening. when three poker games
wera roported in full operation.
His Nose in His Wny.
Lakevlew Examiner.
Dave Etller came In from tho sheep
camp first of the Week. Dave foil from
a wagon and lit on his nose, badly peel
ing that member. He had his nose in a
sling Monday. Dave says he will took
the other wny next time he falls.
Peace Between st Hawk and n Wren.
Philomath Review.
A gentleman living In the western part
of the county exhibits the carcase of a
large hawk with a wren's nest inside. Tie
shot the Iiawk last Summer and hung it
on the tarn. A wren finding It built her
nest between its wines, and is tlmtbody
of her greatest enemy actually reared
her fomlly-
Cupld Gives Fair Warning:.
Frances Corr. South Bend Journal.
Our friend. Ernest .Gnlli, was visited by
a young lady friend of his direct from
Switzerland, ami as a result, on account
of suspicious actions and circumstances,
we are now saving' up all the tin cans
and other noisy instruments we can get
hold of. They went to South Bend Mon
dny night accompanied by Lizzl Duck
wltz. Louis Kalech l keeping house for
Galli. Xow look out!
Doc reiulenhairs Little Joke.
Forest Grove. Times.
Doc Mendcnhall bad a load of sweetness
to take out to Buxton on the stage hist
Friday. It wus .two married couples,
Walter Hammond and May Sconeid. L.
E. Crawford and Amelia Genzer. The
sunlight dazzled Doc's sight that day ami
he is said to have struek every stump,
run ontp every sidehlll ami into every
ehuckhole from lterp to Buxton. But he
sot thorn there, though he may lose the
Job of driving on their next wedding trip.
Eastern Sea Gypsies.
Brooklyn Eagle.
In the archipelago of Mergui, off the
coast of Lower Burmah, live the . "sea"
gypsies. Instead of carto they own cov
ered boats, in which, with their fnmlHea.
dogs, cats, "chickens and pets, they float
about on the sea and wander from island
to island. By day they fish or harpoen
turtle or dive for oysters, but every night
they put back to the shore. In the ease
of bad weather at sea, they land with
their dogs and then poach, catching por
cupines, squirrels and the like, of which
they .make savory dishes.
Work for the Doctors.
Washington Star.
"If you keep on." said the credulous
layman, "you will find cures for all the
diseases that flesh is heir to. Then what
will you do?"
"Then," answered the kcientlet. "we
will proceed to seek cures for the new
diseases to which our remedies have given
A 300-YbARAUTOCRACY.
The Romanoff dynasty was founded
by Feodor Romanoff, whose son Mich
ael Feodorovtteh Remawn? was elected
Czar of Muscovy In 113. From that
date down- to the present the reigning
family has shown the most remarkab's
variation In character and ability. T
six generations from Feodor Romanoff
to, Peter III. include 21 persons
which at least IS were affected wl"
some form of neurosis. The tyranny f
the Russian'' Czars is commonly consn'
ored to be a result of absolutism of t ie
ruler, but when it is considered tl.
previous to the appearance ou, neurs ;
in the royal family there were foi.-r
sovereigns In every way rational ar 1
of mini deposition. Frederick Adams
Wood, M. D.. of Harvard Universiry,
in an article entitle,! "Mental i 1
Moral Heredity In Royalty. gi. 3
many Interesting facts and 'conclusi" ;
as to the different forms of ner
troubles to which the various membrrs
of the reigning family were subject
Feodor ItomnnoiT was the great
man in Russia in his day. and it wa
ewtng to his unusual ability that Ms
son. Michael Feodorovtteh, when a moe
youth, was placed "on the Rusu, i
throne.
.Michael Fcodorovltch Uomnnoft. elect
ed Czar of Muscovy. In Micji. 1
took for If is Queen a peasant girl s
ws the custom at that early date. sc
eral of the handsomest peasant girls a
the country were brought to the Bmp-T
who selected the most beautiful for h
wife. Both Michael and his Queen
of mild and 'Vtrtitous character, .mi
their son. Alexis, was of the same g -eral
disposition. Michael died In l'ii
ami was succeeded by his son.
Alexis reigned until 17. This Km
peror whs married twice, each of ..'3
wives being chosen from the peasant r .
but notwithstanding that they wer- -?
strong, healthful parentage, the chil
dren from both of these unions ve.
epileptic. It Is supposed by Dr. Wot I
that this neurosis In the Remanof
probably arose in some obscure stk
back of Alexis. which is. very dlfrh u.r.
to trace. Alexis was succeeded by .
oldest son by hie first marriage.
Feodor was an imbecile, and died n
16S2.
Ivntt V and Peter I then occupied fi'e
throne, although t.ieir sister Soohia -woman
of extraordinary force ef wil
ambition and ability was acutally .v
gent. Both Sophia and Ivan were hll
dren ol the tlrst marriage. Ivan btr:
an epileptic and imbecile. From the
second marrlae eame
I'cter I. who became sole sovereign
in ISS9. and took the title of Empt r.
October 22. 1721. Peter the Great w. .
a man of moot extraordinary will ;vr 1
capacity, but of a violent, passion. i
disposition, ana an epileptic. "Toe un
doubted genius of Peter th- Great u"d
Sephia. ihts half sister, may have b- ei
a reversion to the traits of the gret
grandpurent; Feodor. Peter died In 112
and was succeeded by his widow.
Catherine I. who reigned two years.
Of the IS children which appear In r
next generation six had extremely b.i
character. Three of these are ehlMre"
two grandchildren and one a giea'-
grandchild of Peter the Great. Cath- r
Ine whs succeeded by
Peter II. son of Aiyxls Petrovltch 1
grandson of Peter the Great, the T i
of the Romanoffs. He was deposed "i
17 1. Alexis was Peter the Gaeat's son
by his first wlfo- and wa a very " r
specimen Ht was weak, extremely dis
solute, and was a mental ami phya I
wreck at the age of ii. it was
nouneed that his death resulted fr m
an epileptic nt. but it is declared
Mim historians, that he was murl r. I
by his his father orders. When P -t--r
II was deposed he was succeeded by
Annr. riaiiKRier of Peter the lr-
and Catherine f. Anne was ser
minded and considered clever, and ,v
reign of ten years was far dlKef .r
from that of her sister.
Klixnlicth. who succeeded her in I J',
while the infant heir. Ivan VT. was iir
mured in a dungeon at Schlesolburg.
make room fr her. Elizabeth won be
came notorious, and Is described as Ua
hip inconsistent, indolent, dissolut
cruel and pious. Her reign, not unli--that
of Catherine II. was one of d -iMtiichery
and affairs of state hud no
Interest for her. She reigned durinx
Ivan's captivity and in 1762 turned ov
fhe throne and destinies of the hob
Russian empire to Karl Peter I'lric. son
of Karl Frederick, Duke of Ilolstein
Gottorp and of Anne, daughter of Pet r
the Great. Karl Peter Ulric became
Peter ill. upon his baptism Into tl -Greek
Church as Peter Feodorovltr
and his -wife, who was Sophia August l
daughter of the Prince of AnhaP
Zerbst. became Catherine Alexelevn
Peter III was dethroned by his wife In
July. 1762. being: thrown into a fortress
while she ascended the throne as
Cntbcrlne II. The imprisoned Em
peror was eventually murdered by tw
of Catherine's favorites, and then b--Kan
one of the most notorious and dis
solute reigns known in the history o'
the Russian empire. She was a bril
liant woman and did much, toward
advancing art and literature. Her
broad-mindedness made possible mu' h
progress which had hitherto been im
possible, hut her extreme moral de
generacy made the government un
stable, as members of her court were
constantly being replaced by new fa
vorites which her capricious fanrv
named. Her reign ended In 17DS. when
her son.
Paul, was placed upon the throne.
Owing to "th licentiousness of Cath
erine, the father of Paul Is not known.
The murder of Paul, in ISil. brought
Alexander II into power. Ho reigned
until 1S25, and 'was succeeded by hi"
brother,
NU-holxiH I. The reign of this Em
peror lasted until 1S55. when his son
Alexander II, ascended the throne, tc
meet death by the revolutionary partv
In 18S1.
Alexander JII succeeded him, an.T
also met death at the hands of t
revolutionists, leaving the line of su -cession
to the present ,
Nicholas II. Emperor of tho Holv
Russian Empire.
Kml of the Season.
Oarrat Smith.
Hrefee! Broke! Broke
By thy roM. Bray stone, oh. ?ci,
Can't ev afford te utter
The theecbtf that arte In me.
m. well tor the Summer cirl
That se smUvs as she fau awar.
Oh. wM ftw her wertnff tal,
Kttr be haaa't it alt to pay.
And I wait for ray ship to come la
To Ks haven under the MM.
For the landlord's kcepm? my ttwtku in hoc
TIU I pat m" season'a-hot. '
Sroket Broke.' Broke
At the foot of thy erase, oh. ea!
Bat the days srac have Whwt trince fled
On tb not to fee mot bv aur.
No Place for Poc?
Horace S-ymotr Keuar.
Thore'tf plenty, mt room la the iteN of Fatat
Per tawer Hshts UkwkIow.
Bat aeer a nook or a niche or a aroolc
Fer the tafshty name oC Poe.
Oh. hark ye hack to the day that were
T9 the gays of Annabel Lee.
"When the mystic funs to a wild harp strung
In a cottage by the sea.
Oh. hark ye back to the bourn of cloom
When tho raven over the door
Creaked erneing hack rem the shark) ws black
Of nlclit'tt Phi ton Ian shore.
And who are ye and in what risht
Is it that ye bestow
Oa other names tha reward' he claims