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fc"OBTLANI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1906.
COST OF LIVING.
There is much complaint among the
fwageworkers of the country about the
Increased cost of living. Much of the
Increase is in food and rents; little,
perhaps, in clothing for ordinary wear.
It ia noticeable, however, that produc
er's of the staples of food receive prices
little or no higher than formerly. But
the cost to the consumer is undoubtedly
much heavier. Rents advance with
higher valuations of property, greater
public expenses, and more taxes to pay.
Then there is the higher grade of liv
ing. People want better things than
formerly, and will have them if they
can get them; which, of course, is very
proper. Better houses or rooms, better
furniture, more variety of food on the
table, higher grades of clothing and
larger social expenses, make inroads
on common incomes. Labor is in de
mand, with consequence of higher
wages. But it is complained that
wages have not kept up with the gen
eral advance; which in many cases
doubtless is true.
On the Pacific Coast building materi
als are abnormally high. The effect
appears In rents. Again, in all our cit
ies property is taxed for modern
streets, plumbing, sewers and other
necessary improvements, to an extent
hitherto unknown. Likewise for
schools, police and fire service. Owners
and tenants want the best, and rents
go up. Standards of living, generally,
are higher. Here are the sources of the
greater part of the iarveased cost of
living.
Nobody is censurable for such a state
of things. People have a right to live
ns well as they can. But it is matter
of curiosity to note how dealers in each
or every line of goods say they have to
get higher prices in their own line, be
cause goods in every other line have
gone up in price, and labor and materi
als and rents and taxes also.
High prices are inseparable from
periods of Industrial growth and busi
ness prosperity; are both a cause and
an effect of them. High as the stand
ards of living have been in the United
States, heretofore, as compared with
standards in other countries, there is
no part of the world where they have
risen further, so rapidly, during very
recent times, as in the United States.
This makes it Increasingly difficult to
keep up the standard of living, on for
mer incomes incomes that sufficed for
conditions when many of the present
necessaries of life were regarded almost
as luxuries, for occasional indulgence
only, or objects perhaps-merely of hope
lul or forbidden desire.
A rLEA FOR OCR WATERWAYS.
The utter inability of the railroads
to keep pace with the demands upon
them, as shown in the car shortage that
prevails on every line, must, in the
view of many observers, give impetus
to the agitation for utilization of the
natural highways offered by navigable
rivers. Chicago is pressing for the con
struction of a waterway from the
Lakes to the Gulf; the Ohio, Missis
sippi and Missouri Valleys are prepar
ing for a vigorous campaign in Con
gress for the improvement of those riv
ers; the people of oar own Willamette
Valley are clamorous for measures that
will restore traffic on their river, and
the entire state looks to a continuation
of the work at the mouth of the Colum
bia and to increased activities of the
Port of Portland Commission for relief
from a congested traffic that only the
utilization of our waterways can fur
nish. Pittsburg, suffering severely from the
annual car shortage, according to the
Pittsburg Dispatch, looks for relief for
the section of which that city is the
commercial center from the construc
tion of the Erie Canal, believing that
this and the improvement of the above
named rivers will do more to relieve
freight congestion than the railroads,
by their utmost efforts, seem to be able
to accomplish. Channels will thus be
afforded forhe transportation of the
bulk freight that now blockades the
railroads, leaving to them the better
paying freight that is now held up at
every important station by inability to
clear the lines of heavy traffic.
The crippled, inadequate service that
the Southern Pacific is giving between
this city and San Francisco and along
the entire line is manifest to every one
who pusses over the road. The only
permanent relief for the traffic inter
ests of the Willamette Valley lies In an
improvement of Its waterway that will
bring It up at least to the efficiency
from a shipping standpoint, of forty
years ago. The present congestion of
freight, the inadequacy of passenger
accommodations and the vexatious de
lays on the Southern Pacific Railroad
are object-lessons, daily renewed, of the
necessity of making use of the river to
relieve the conditions portrayed. Let
us hope for the passage of a river and
harbor bill that .will take full cogniz
ance of the Importance of our water
ways to our commerce, carrying an ap
propriation that will give substantial
promise of relief.
THE OBSTACLES AT PANAMA.
From digging the canal through the
Isthmus of Darien, or Panama, we are
hindered by various obstacles. Anti
imperialists say that we find a proper
check to our aggressiveness upon a
young state striving for liberty. We
have throttled an aspiring republic. No
good can come of It. We have gone
back on a high and holy principle, of
which the Isthmian natives were the
custodians. We never can construct
the canal. The genius and the mortal
Instruments of human liberty are
against us.
And this isn't all. From other
sources we learn that in the attempt to
construct the canal we are flying in the
face of Divine Providence, which has
set up barriers at the Isthmus o Amer
ica which it is mere presumption and
impiety to try to overcome.
Here, history repeats Itself. Herodo
tus tells us, in his Clio, that while Har
pagus was engaged in the conquest of
Ionia, the Cnidians, wishing to make
their country an island, attempted to
cut through the narrow neck of land,
which was no more than five furlongs
across, from sea to sea. The work had
been commenced and many hands were
employed upon it, when it was observed
that there was something unusual and
unnatural in the injuries that the work
men received, and the diseases that at
tacked them. So they sent to Delphi,
to inquire what it was that hindered
their efforts, and received the following
answer from the oracle, viz:
Fence not the isthmus off, nor dig It through.
Jove would have made an island, had he
wished.
So they quit, and the canal never has
been dug through, to this day. You
may account for the obstacles at Pan
ama either upon the anti-imperial or
theological Treasons, here supplied.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH AMERICA?
William Allen White's articles in
Collier's on "What's the Matter
With America?" promise to be as in
teresting as his famous one on Kansas
with a similar heading. The first treats
of the country, which, according to Mr.
White, gives the keynote to American
political life. He does not seem to
agree with those who think that he
city is the hope of democracy or that
city problems are the all-important
ones of our time. He believes that our
civic difficulties begin in the country
and that in the elevation of rural
thought and morals they will find their
solution.
In all this Mr. White Is right. The
importance of municipal politics has
been greatly exaggerated. The real
dangers and the genuine hope of
America are both to be found in the
fields and rural villages. Mr. White
acutely and truly remarks that the
vices of our predatory and conscience
less rich are but magnified reproduc
tions of the petty evasions and immor
alities of the bucolic sinner. The farm
er who gives a false return to the As
sessor sets the fashion which the city
millionaire merely follows.
When the countryman puts In half a
day working on the road and gives it
In as a full day, he is just as indifferent
to his public duty and just as con
temptuous of the rights of others as is
Mr. Aldrich or Mr. Rockefeller in a
large way. Mr. White's point is that
our great National vices have their ori
gin in the petty vices of rural life, and
that they naturally expand as we as
cend from one class to another. His
theory is justified by the fact that
many of the members of our so-called
higher classes begin life on the farm
and take with them to their loftier sta
tion the principles which they have
learned in boyhood.
In his reference to a county conven
tion Mr. White tells truths which, bit
ter as they are, no one who has ever at
tended one of those fearsome functions
can think of questioning. All the
meanest vices of the boss-ridden city
caucus are l?ere duplicated and intensi
fied. The cowardly delegate, the mad
enthusiasm of men for a vile cause, stu
pidity, cunning, low intrigue they are
all there. Were one called upon to
point out the place where American life
can be studied in its most offensive
types, undoubtedly he would be forced
to name the average county convention.
Nevertheless, Mr. White justly ob
serves that the official product of all
this corruption is not so bad as one
would expect. The average county offi
cer, though as much of a grafter in a
small way as he dares to be, is not a
thief. Genuine stealing is-rare in any
office In this country. The reason for
its rarity, says Mr. White, is not lack
of disposition on the part of county
officers, but rather lack of opportunity.
They are too closely watched. They
can nibble and pick, but they cannot
safely make a comfortable grab. Mr.
White's probe is relentless, but It goes
to the root of the matter and it is tem
pered with a humor which somewhat
relieves the sting. His series promises
to be the very best kind of reading for
American citizens, a sort of tonic and
cathartic combined.
FBIIT AS AN ADVERTISEMENT.
There is no reason why one section of
the state should have a better reputa
tion for its apples than another. Wil
lamette Valley and Rogue River Val
ley can and do produce just as good ap
ples ns Hood River. The difference is
that Hood River has taken care to put
only first-class apples on the market
and has widely advertised their merits.
If Willamette Valley growers and ship
pers will pursue the same methods they
will gain as enviable a reputation. The
Oregonian has no special interest in
any particular locality more than in an
other, and has no desire to see one sec
tion of the state fall behind another in
the success of its industrial enterprises.
It would like to see every section con
tribute in the largest possible degree to
the good name which Oregon as a whole
can win and is winning in the markets
of the world. There is no product that
promises to do more to make this state
favorably known the world over than
the apple. Our lumber and grain ship
ments may excel the apples in commer
cial value, but they cannot equal the
aprle in advertising value. Every box
of apples goes into the home of a con
sumer and can be made a . means of ex
tending the reputation of this state.
Every box of apples should have em
blazoned on its side "Oregon Apples,"
followed by "Grown in Hood River
Valley," or "Grown In Willamette Val-
ley," as the case may be. The dox
should also bear the name and address
of the packer. No man should ship a
box of apples of which he would not oe
proud.
Every car of apples shipped out of
this state should have tacked upon it a
banner bearing similar information In
letters large enough to be read two or
three blocks away. Every car of Ore
gon hops or prunes or other products
should in the same way be made to ad
vertise this state in every city, village
and hamlet through which it passes.
Even the Kansas, Nebraska or Dakota
farmer who watches a passing freight
train while he holds his team in a near
by field should be Informed that the
train has in It a number of cars of Ore
gon apples, Oregon hops or something
else that grew in Oregon and could be
sold on the Atlantic Coast or in Lon
don. Wouldn't It make the farmer on
the bleak prairies of the Middle West
think more favorably of this state if he
read on a boxcar: "Oregon Apples, Go
ing to London"?
This method of advertising is already
in use to some extent, but has not been
taken advantage of as it could be. The
name "Oregon" should be put on every
thing that finds a market outside this
state. Each locality should add its own
advertisement, but should give promi
nence to the name of the state. Over a
thousand carloads of hops, practically
all grown in the Willamette Valley, are
shipped out of Oregon every year. What
an opportunity for the Willamette Val
ley to make itself known throughout
the East! Several hundred cars of
prunes, apples, pears and canned fruits
afford the same chance for publicity.
Let us at least show the rest of the
country that we appreciate the value
of advertising.
THE GIFT OF TONGCES.
Though not quite so frequent as the
healing of the sick and some other
miracles, the Gift of Tongues, which
has been vouchsafed to the faithful in
Los Angeles, is not a rare phenomenon.
Since the day of Pentecost, when it
was first bestowed upon the apostles,
many others have been blessed with the
power to speak languages without first
going to the pains of learning them.
Without referring to the case of John
Frederic Denison Maurice and his Lon
don congregation, one may recall that
the soldiers who convicted Captain Del
grado of theft and lying were singular
lytfavored with a miraculous power to
converse in an unknown tongue. The
same providential grace came to the
timely aid of those who made a Mama
mouehl of Monsieur Jourdain.
The miracle as it is exhibited at Los
Angeles, though undoubtedly genuine,
differs in some particulars from other
recorded instances of the Gift of
Tongues. For example, the Turks who
operated on Monsieur Jourdain under
stood what they were saying though
they were unintelligible to him. Wheth
er the apostles understood their own
remarks or not the record does not
state, but it Is made very plain that
they were clear to strangers. "Every
man," we are told, "heard in hie own
language." In fact, the gist of the
miracle on the day of Pentecost seems
to have been that what the apostles
said was Greek to the Greeks, Latin to
the Romans, Chaldaic to the Mesopota-
mians, and so on. It really demands
no great inspiration to speak gibberish,
but to make that gibberish sound like
his own language to every one who
hears it is a different affair.
The Los Angeles miracle is unique, as
we have said, in that neither those who
partake of the celestial power nor
those who listen to their inspired utter
ances have the slightest inkling of their
meaning. In these circumstances the
utility of the Gift is open to serious
question. What good does it do to talk,
however divinely, if nobody can un
derstand ' you? The case of the in
spired Los Angelanians is somewhat
worse even than that of the philosopher
Flugel. He was intelligible to two per
sons at least himself and the Al
mighty. The holy confessors at Los
Angeles may be intelligible to the Al
mighty; let us hope they are; but they
declare that to themselves their, words
are meaningless.
So long as these inspired persons
speak languages wholly unknown they
Invite profane quibbles from infidels
and skeptics. "Where is your mira
cle?" the ribald - atheist will shriek.
"Anybody can chatter gibberish." And,
while we disclaim all sympathy with his
lack of faith, still candor compels us to
admit that his objection has a sem
blance of force. To confound the un
believer, why not now and then utter
golden truths in French or German?
Let some negro woman suddenly burst
forth in the language of Cervantes or
Alfieri. Then the unseemly scoffer will
not have a leg left to stand on.
To make an ignorant colored cook
speak French would, of course, be vast
ly less difficult for the Higher. Power
than to inspire her with some remote
Himalayan dialect Which nobody ever
heard of and which probably does not
exist, but think how quickly it would
knock the unbeliever silly. Better yet,
and still simpler, suppose some of the
zealous converts should be Inspired to
speak English sensibly, we mean, and
correctly. That were a miracle indeed.
Having seen and heard It, the most
stiffnecked infidel could no longer
doubt.
An idle community of wealthy vale
tudinarians such as has collected at Los
Angeles must suffer terribly from
ennui. The uniform brilliancy of their
cloudless heavens probably adds to the
tedium of their aimless lives. It is no
wonder that they should seek relief in
fads and in the timeworn vagaries of
morbid theology. But it excites one's
pity to learn that they can find nothing
more amusing in this diversified field
than that childish piece of mingled hys
teria and humbug, the Gift of Tongues.
But for the calm, dispassionate rec
ords of the Weather Bureau in this
city, we should have people, even old
Oregonians, saying, "What unusual
weather for October in Oregon'." The
fact is that the story that is now being
told by days of sunshine and nights of
calm has been told again and again in
the Octobers of former years in Ore
gon. Let Oregonians at least be just
to their incomparable climate, and, if
they must revel in tales of climatic
woe, let them move to Colorado, where
the snow now lies inches deep, or to
Minnesota, where ice froze half an inch
thick the first week in October, or to
Southern California, where the" heats
of Summer still prevail and the dust is
stifling, with no immediate prospect of
rain.
The work of utilizing petroleum for
fuel as a generator of steam advances
and again recedes without making ma
terial progress. For some years it has
been used on certain steamships, it is
said, with satisfactory results, but it is
noted that the practice does not sub
stantially inoa-eaee. The naval author-
Ities have conducted a series of elabor
ate and careful experiments with a
view of ascertaining the availability or
desirability of this form of fuel, but
thus far it has not generally been
adopted for our warships possibly be
cause the change from coal to oil fur
naces is a vast and costly undertaking.
The conceded fact seems to be, how
ever, that within certain limits oil fuel
is acceptable and economical, but for a
steady and reliable means of generat
ing steam, coal retains superiority.
Hence the uncovering of new cpal fields
and the development of new coal mines
is a matter of congratulation to any
state. It is about time that something
was done in Oregon looking to this end.
Fuel of all kinds at fuel famine prices
in this city should bestir local energy
in this direction.
Unable to blow his own horn longer
at Portland, Edgar P. Hill, quack doc
tor of divinity, is now blowing it
at Chicago. He tells the Interior, an
ecclesiastical organ of that city, that
he had a controversy here with The
Oregonian, which had the temerity to
tell him he was out of place in an In
telligent community like Portland; that
he "must go," and it was only a ques
tion of time; but he "answered defiance
with defiance," and "in the end tamed
the rampant editor," etc., etc. A re-J
port quite like such a mountebank as
"Dr." Hill. The Oregonian did tell him
he "must go" Well, he has gone; and
here is The Oregonian, still proclaiming
sound morals and sound sense, eschew
ing theological rubbish and setting
forth, on occasion, the principles and
doctrines of rational religion. Hill now
is well installed as a dry nurse of the
old bones of a seminary of antiquated
theology at Chicago. "A pagan suckled
in a creed outworn" is no greater ana
chronism. With eulogies befitting his upright
life and honors befitting his manly en
deavor in his chosen work, Reno
Hutchinson's body was carried to the
grave. The world can ill afford to lose
a young man well equipped for any
honorable line of w ork and energetic in
its pursuit. The work -in which he was
engaged has stood the test of useful
ness for a generation, and his loss will
be distinctly felt in its local ranks. The
question now is not whether he might
or might not have given more to the
world through a longer lease of life in
some other vocation. He did what he
elected to do, did it well for a brief
period, and passed untimely to the
6hades, leaving a record of manly, con
scientiousendeavor. Experts in governmental finance pre
dict that by the end of the present fis
cal year the Treasury of the United
States will show for the twelve months
a surplus of between $30,000,000 and
$35,000,000. It " is about time for Coin
Harvey to get busy with his blackboard
exercises. There is the usual . large
class awaiting a demonstration that
will show the exact sum to which each
one is entitled on an equal division of
this surplus. Whether five dollars or
five cents, or any other sum, great or
small, every man in the class "wants
what is coming to him" from the un
used increment of the Treasury.
About the fiercest thing In politics
this Fall is the county-seat contest on
the other side of the Columbia, In
which Kelso and Castle Rock would
take the county's capital from Kalama.
Kelso seems to Kelso to be in the lead;
yet Castle Rock, which Is the home of
Editor McClane on the one hand and
Editor Mrs. Fletcher on the other, sig
nificantly suggests to wait till the vbtes
are counted; while Kalama grins and
holds possession. The fight Is ap
proaching the libel-suit stage.
Mr. Sam Wolfe, local Democratic
warhorse of renown, has gone to New
Tork for political "pointers." If the
politicians know their business as it has
been learned In Portland, they will
make peace with him, so as to get
across his bridge, as Chamberlain did,
instead of reaching the bridge too late,
as Word did.
It is said that Vice-President Fair
banks is "not much of a matchmaker."
Proof of this estimate is, however, lack
ing, since, eo far as a well-informed
publicsls concerned, he was eminently
successful in the only match he ever
made that with his wife. His children
appear to have made their own
matches, utterly repudiating his advice.
The bleachers at Stanford are said
to scorn Rugby football, because it is
"tame" after the American college foot
ball. So is the American garae tame
after a Spanish bullfight. And there
are some who consider a prizefight
tame after American football.
If we have in this city a self-styled
"healer" the effect of whose teachings
is to disseminate the germs of religious
mania among 6ick and weak women; it
would be well to seek him out and in
duce him to move on before further
mischief befalls.
If the state would maintain normal
schools for education of lawyers as well
as teachers, some kind of regulation
and order and system in practice of the
law and administration of it might be
obtained.
Two weeks from today there will be
general elections in most of the states
of the Union, and the political char
acter of the House of Representatives
will depend on the result.
New York claims more than double
the population of Chicago; but Chicago
presents much more than one-half New
York's registration for the election
next month.
When criminals openly and notorious
ly congregate in a city it is a safe
proposition that the police department
is either incompetent or has its hand
out .for graft.
We all desire to return good for evil.
Therefore, let us pray that in the great
hereafter these oppressive wood and
coal dealers will not have any need of
fuel.
Governor Vardaman having given his
opinion of the ' "nigger," the colored
man's estimate of the Governor, no
doubt, would be readable.
Grover Cleveland says the political
situation In New York is "afflictive."
It is, to newspapers that must carry all
news of it.
All the newspapers of New York, save
Hearst's own newspapers, are againot
him; but that may not signify.
Now is the time to plant your wal
nuts. The ground squirrels need them
for filling Winter storehouses.
THE PUZZLE OF NEW YORK STATE
Republican Managers Do Not Know
How to Klsiure on Hesnit.
From New York dispatch of Indianapolis
News Staff Correspondent.
In the face of what Mr. Hearst is do
ing, the local Republican managers up
state, the county chairman and other
committee officers, are coming down here
to Republican state headquarters with
distressing tales of the inroads Hearst
is making. They have been here by the
score the last two or three days, with
their scare stories. Committee headquar
ters are wondering whether the callers
are playing for money, or whether the
outlook is really as bad as pictured.
These emissaries from up state mako it
plain that they are not greatly impressed
with the "new leaf" the Republican or
ganization has turned over. They have
been accustomed to handling large sums
of money tn campaigns, and when they
are told there isn't any for them this
year they look glum and shake their
heads.
The remarkable things HearsCand his
Independence League are doing their
flying in the faces of the local bosses
here in Greater New York, their treat
ment of Chairman Conners of the Demo
cratic committee, and their breaking
awav from all Dolitical precedents natur
ally give the candidate an immense
amount of advertising. Perhaps that is
what it is all done for. At any rate.
Hearst is getting himself talked about in
every nook and corner in the state, and
that ''helps some."
For once the election mathematicians
have taken to the woods. Even the ven
erable forecaster on the Brooklyn Eagle,
who has a remarkable record for accu
rate estimates, is bewildered. He said to
the News correspondent that he would
not go further now than to say that if
the Democrats who abandon Hearst out
number the Republicans who change to
Hearst, Hughes will be elected." If one
movement simply offsets the other,
Hughys will win. But he points out that
no one can tell the number of these re
speetkre" discontents. The guessing takes
a wide range and it all takes Into ac
count the practical disappearance of
party lines. Among Hughes' supporters
are men who are inclined to believe that
the Democratic movement to him will
amount to 30 per cent of the Democratic
vote, and that the Republican movement
to Hearst will amount to 20 per cent of
the party's total strength. On the other
hand, supporters of Hearst are confident
that their candidate will not lose more
than 10 per cent of the Democratic vote
and will receive from 20 to 30 per cent
of the vote that has in the past been
Republican. So there you are again; and
it all comes back to the fact that no one
has more than a gues3 coming on what
the result will be.
EX-PRESIDENTS IN . THE SENATE.
Comment on Roosevelt's Candidacy (or
Upper Branch of Congress.
Should Mr. Roosevelt be chosen to
the Senate he would enter that body,
the best equipped in political experi
ence' and in intimate knowledge of do
mestic and foreign affairs of any man
who has entered, that body in many
years. His ability as a debater is yet
to be shown. Up to this time he has
done nearly all his speaking when
there was nobody to "talk back." flow
le would fare in an argument with
some of the able lawyers in the Senate,
or in a verbal "set-to" with Tillman,
Morgan, Bailey, La Follette and other
men of sharp tongue and ready speech
can only be imagined. Boston Herald.
How would it sound to hear. "The
Junior Senator from New York is
paired with the Senior Senator from
South Carolina." uttered in dreary
monotone by the clerk of the Senate,
and have it refer to none other than
Theodore Roosevelt and Benjamin R,
Tillman? How queer It would seem
to the constantly changing throng of
spectators in the Senate galleries to
see Theodore Roosevelt, once President
of the United States, sitting on the
floor of that august council chamber
and participating in the rough and
tumble of its debates! Boston Trans
iript. - It would be well if Roosevelt, by
going into the Senate, should set a
precedent that would retain for the Na
tion the services of men with the train
ing and experience which come from
holding the Presidential office. John
Quincy Adams and Andrew Johnson
became Senators after they ceased to
be Presidents. The public assuredly
would rejoice to see Mr. Roosevelt in
the Senate at the close of his service
in the White House. One of his fellow
Senators ought to be Grover Cleveland,
of New Jersey. Chicago News.
As Senator from New York, Mr.
Roosevelt would be entirely independ
ent of all Administration restraint; he
would be in the best sense the leader
of his party, state and National, and
his position would be secure. There is
not a single decisive reason why Presi
dent Roosevelt might not succeed Sen
ator Piatt unless and Mr. Roosevelt
has denied this most emphatically un
less he should consent to be a candi
date at the next election. Kansas City
Journal.
And is it not about time that the
country had a conspicuous example of
the fact that no man is too good for a
United States Senatorship, with its
great possibilities for good, its
great responsibilities to the people';
And especially, would it not be a fine
thing for the State of New York, the
foremost commonwealth in the Union,
to make amends to the Nation for its
present representation In the Senate by
naming Theodore Roosevelt as the suc
cessor of Senator Piatt? Kansas City
Times.
Real NuBrsret of Pulpit Wisdom.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The pastor pf a Brooklyn. N. Y.. church
has set an example to his ministerial
brethren which is hereby respectfully
commended to them for imitation. At a
song service In his church at which a
part of Haydn's oratorio, "The Crea
tion." was rendered, the pastor, who was
on the program for a sermon on the crea
tion, arose and remarked: "I dD not
know very much about creation. All that
any one knows about it is what Is con
tained in the Bible and what scientists
have been telling us. I am satisfied that
there was a creation, and that it has been
satisfactory."
The Revolver Habit.
Dallas Itemizer.
In Dayton Friday we met a man who
had just gone through Sheriff Grant's
experience of a year or so ago. In
pulling a revolver from his pocket, he,
dropped it, and was shot through both"
legs. If it had not entered him it
would probably have killed his wife
or child, who were close by him.
NEWSPAPER WAIFS.
Jones Old Griggsby looks worried. I
wonder what the trouble is? Smith His
only son thinks he can play the races and
his only daughter thinks she can play the
piano. Chicago Daily News.
"Nature designed me as a poet." remarked
the visitor, handing over a manuscript. "Ah!
May I ask what seemed to interfere with
nature's plan?" replied the editor, returning
the paper. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"Your one Idea seems to be money." said
the critical friend. "Well." answered Sen
ator Sorghum, "that condition has one ad
vantage. You don't have the usual diffi
culty In gettlr.fr people to accept your
ideas." Washington Star.
Kloseman It's an awful thing to dlseover
just as the collection plate comes around in
church the.t you are absolutely without a
penny. Newilt Yes. because then you have
to drop in a nickel or a dime, don't you?
Philadelphia Press.
Visitor My man, had you no occupation
that you took to a criminal life? Convict
Sure. sir. I wor makin money hand over
fist when der police hounded me out o' biz
ness. Visitor What were you doing? :on
vrt 1 wor oorch-climbing. Baltimore
American.
RACE SUICIDE IX BRITAIN.
Due ' to Some Caose Not Appreciably
Operative 30 Years Ago.
Sprinpttield Republican.
The question of the decline of the birth
rate, whether due to physical degeneracy
or deliberate "race suicide," has been un
der investigation by a committee of the
Fabian Society of England. Its formal re.
port has not yet been published, but Syd
ney Webb, of the society, supplies to the
London Times the following partial sum
mary of the committee's findings:
1. The decline in the birth rate is not
merely the result of the alteration in the
age of the marrying population or In the
proportion of married women. 2. It is
not coniined to the towns. 3. It Is excep
tionally marked where the inconvenience
of children is specially felt. 4. It is most
noticeable in places inhabited by the servant-keeping
class. S. It is rhuch greater
in' that section of the population which
gives proof of thrift. . It is due evi
dently to some cause which was not ap
preciably operative 60 years ago. 7. It
is principally, if not entirely, the. result
of the deliberate action of married peo
ple. ' '
It is further observable that in Ireland
and In English cities where the Roman
Catholic population is large the birth rate
has not declined materially and the rea
son for that is obviously to be found in
the attitude of the church and the devo
tion of its communicants to its authority.
The most important of the committee's
findings is that the falling birth rate is
due to causes not appreciably operative
50 years ago. This and the other as
sembled facts compel the conclusion that
"race suicide" is a product of changing
economic and political conditions under
which the protection of the privileged
classes is becoming less and less secure,
while opportunity among the masses to
acquire an independent competence has
been broadening. The ease and comfort
and powef and social consideration which
wealth brings are probably no more
earnestly desired by the average man to
day than 50 years ago. but the struggle
for wealth has been vastly broadened and
intensified, and security in its possession
is left less assured. And withal has gone
a weakening of the injunctions of re
ligion. Human society will not permit the de
liberate extinction of the race. When the
danger becomes imminent the means of
correction will be found and applied. But
It is doubtful if adequate measures will
be discovered this side of Industrial re
forms which will somehow relieve the
average family from the dread of poverty
after it has once got away from poverty.
Mrs. "Nick" Longtrnrth, Vote tietter.
Flndlay (Ohio) Despatch.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth's . presence
made Congressman Ralph Cole's cam
paign opening here the most tremendous
demonstration Hancock County has ever
known. She is easily the best cam
paigner in Ohio. Following the arrival
of the party which contained Congress
man and Mrs. Longworth, Governor Har
ris and S. J. Flickenger, the Governor's
secretary, a public reception was held in
the parlors of the Phoenix Inn. Flndlay
boasts a population of 1000; some few of
these failed to attend the reception.
After a hurried dinner Mrs. Long-worth
accompanied the speakers and the enter
tainment committee to the opera house,
where the meeting' was to be held. Hund
reds failed to gain admittance. The box
In which she sat was covered with flow
ers -inrt she outshone all else. When
the speaking commenced there were in
sistent calls for "Alice" from all parts
of the house. These continued when she
left the box to join her husband on the
stage. She bowed to the audience, but
made no remarks. Congressman Long
worth made a short address.
Clockwork In Lighting; Street Lamps.
Vancouver (B. C.) Province.
Lighting - the street lamps by clock
work is the latest English notion. - The
thing is done in Bath. England, and Bir
mingham is becoming interested.
A patented automatic gas-controller
switches the lights on and off. The
mechanism consists of a clock which can
be so set as to light the gas each night
and extinguish it each morning, so' as to
make an automatic variation of the time
of lighting and extinguishing according
to the calendar. In short, by means of a
chart, the street lights are turned on
and off, lighted and extinguished, at a
different moment each day throughout
the year, according to the season.
Yamhill Apple, of Coarse.
Sheridan New Sun.
Raymond Helder presented us with a
King apple that is a "whopper." It
measures 14 inches around and 4
inches in diameter from stem to bloom.
A Bachelors Complaint.
W. D. Cowley.
Returning "nome at close of day.
Who gently chides my long delay
And by my side delights to stay?
Nobody.
Who gets for me my easy chair,
Spreads out my paper with such care,
And lays jny Blippers ready there?
Nobody.
When plunged In deep and dire distress.
When anxious cares my heart oppres.
Who whispers hope of happiness?
ICobody.
When sickness comes and sorrow twain.
And grief distracts my fevered brain.
Who sympathizes with my pain? ,
Nobody.
But I'm resolved to help my fate.
To change at once my single state.
At Hymen's altar I will mate
Somebody.
When coming home at break of morn,
Who says that I am full of corn.
And makes me rue I e'er were born?
Nobody. ,
Who helps to climb the long, long stair
And scowls when I upset the chairs,
And picks from off my coat strange hairs?
Nobody.
If luck has flown and debts oppress,
And all goes wrong In business.
Who needs a sixty-dollar dress?
Nobody.
Is she about when I'm in pain?
I think you'd better "guess again.
The ice man cools my fevered brain.
You bet.
So I've resolved to meet my fate,
To never change my single state
Another may appreciate i
Somebody.
IS HE COMING OUT?
COLONEL B.VKElfS EARLIER DAYS
His Famona Drbnte at New Boston,
111., Recalled by An Admirer.
PORTLAND. Oct. 22. To the Editor.)
I write this for personal relief and not
necessarily for publication. I admired
Colonel Baker as much us any public
man I ever knew anything about, and
it was my great good fortune to hear
and know him In his earlier career. Ho
ran for Congress in Illinois when, as I
remember, there were but two districts
in the state the bisecting" line running
east and west about the middle. He ran
in the Northern District against a Demo
crat who was then Lieutenant-Governor.
During the canvass both opponents mot
at New Boston for a joint discussion of
public questions. The contrast between
the men was most- striking. The Gov
ernor wajs a conservative old wooden
head a sort of mannikln while Baker
bubbled over with earnest enthusiasm
over the great questions submitted for
consideration. The meeting was held In
the Methodist Church, and it was agreed
that the Governor should open with a
half-hour speech, to be followed by Bil
ker In an hour and a half, and then the
Governor was to close in an hour. The
Governor meandered through his half
hour In a mechanical sort of way, and
said but little that hit the mark. The
Democrats were in power in that state
and had been for so lone that they felt
as though public affairs were in their
hand- by divine ripht, as It were, and
that they did not need to exert them
selves very much, or make concessions
to the growing restlessness of the people
on issues that were so rapidly coming,
to the front. No doubt the Governor
thought he was making a fairly aver
age effort, but during tt.e sieech Baker
chafed like a lion in his cage. With an
unlighted cigar In his mouth. Baker oc
casionally strodo up and down the aisle
of the church or walked around in the'
vicinity of the pulpit, his face and man
ner showing his Intense eagerness to en
ter the fray.
When tiie Governor closed. Baker took
up the discussion in a way that carried
his audience before hint as the wind
carries the dried leaves of Autumn. He
raked the decks of the Governor from
stem to stern. He ridiculed the Demo
cratic party for 'its subserviency and
held aloft in glowing colors the brighter
and better political thought of the day,
and the necessity for a new deal all
around In the affairs of slate. He pro
claimed freedom for all and free discus
sion of all public questions, anil com
pletely carried his audience with him. I
have never heard a more eloquent ad
dress (and I have heard nearly all tlio
great orators of the last sixty years),
and as a young man it thrilled me
through and through. The Governor
talked ten minutes in apology, and the
meeting came to an end. It was one of
the many splendid platform battles that
preceded the Vatt,s "f armed forces of
the Civil War. Baker showed as much
courage and zeal here as he did at
Ball's Bluff, where he laid down his
precious life. It took all the heroism
and patriotism he possessed to meet the
issues of those times.
Speaking of him as a lawyer. I heard
him in a five days' trial at Keithshurg.
III., his opponent being Joe Knox of
Rock Mand. Knox was a great lawyer
and dominated the bar of the state at
that time. He afterwards led the bar
In Chicago for many years. The two
men were very much alike in tempera
ment and appearance. They might have
passed for twin brothers. Both were
highly ambitious and brilliant. It was
a battle royal between them, but Baker
won the case. It was about some J20.000
worth of corn in warehouse that had
been damaged by a sudden rise in the
Mississippi River. The suit was not im
portant, but the men were.
Ten years ago, during a month's stay
at Washington, D. C, I saw a statuette
of Baker that gave me more pleasure
than anything else I saw in the city. It
was a perfect likeness of him, and a re
production of it ought to grace many
Oregon homes. LEVI W. MYERS.
Mrs. Rea-Kle Vanderhllt anil Her Hat. .
New York Despatch.
For refusal to remove her hat, Mrs.
Reggie Vanderbllt created quite a com
motion and no end of amusement in a
leading theater. She and Mrs. Hollis
Hunnewell were in the latter's box In
the lower tier. The manager of the the
ater requested her to take off her hat.
Still she refused. Then the manager kept
a file of four ushers parading to and
from the box with the request. Finally,
when Mrs. Vanderbilt found herself the
cause of laughter in the orchestra cir
cle, the hat came off.
Proper Place to Live In.
Umpqua Valley News.
That Easterner who arrived In Rose
burg the other day ano then, before he
had secured living accommodations for
his family, "struck a Job," Is of the
opinion than Oregon is the proper place
to come to if one wants to make a liv
ing and at the same time escape from
the heat and cold of that region.
Royal Salmon.
Tillamook Herald.
The largest Royal Chinook salmon
ever caught in the bay was seen by
the editor on Sunday. It was caught
by John Williams and Dan Nickolas,
and weighed nearly 75 pounds, and
was over four feet and a half long, and
they had several that would weigh
over B0 pounds.
"Roosevelt" Apartment House Name.
Chicago Record-Herald.
New York now has an apartment-house
for the exclusive use of families in which
there are many children. It ought in all
fairness to be called the Roosevelt.
Lines to a Collar Rntton.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Out upon you! Curse of evil.
Smooth Invention of the devil.
Sent on earth to make a man
Swear profusely when he can
Find you nowhere on the floor,
Tho he looks the whole room o'er!
Time Is coming, some sweet day.
When your rule will pass away.
Then It won't be haftd to dress
Then you'll never more, I guess
Lose yourself as sure as fate
Just because a chap Is late.
Having twenty minutes grace
Ere he's due to reach some place
Where an heiress whom he'd wed
Faints to see the minutes sped
Past the hour strictly set.
Leaving him unmarried yet.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.