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Wheatley; Falrmount Hotel News Stand; Amos News Co.; United News Agents. 11H Eddy street; B. E. Amos, man ager three wagon. 1 Oukland, Cal W. H. Johnson, Fourteenth and Franklin streets; N. Wheatley; Oakland News Stand; B. E. Amos, manager five wagons. t.oldlirld, Nev. Louie Follln; C E. Hunter. N Eureka, Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka News Co. . PORTLAND. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1807. THE VICTORY OF INDEPENDENCE. Yesterday. October 19, was the an niversary of the surrender of Corn wallis at Yorktown the final victory of our War of Independence. The defeat of Gates at Camden and the dispersion of his army seemed to have extinguished the revolutionary cause in the provinces south of "Vir ginia. This disaster occurred August 16, 1780. The thought of the British commander-in-chief was then turned to the conquest of Virginia. It was believed that since the more southern colonies had been, or appeared to be, entirely subdued, Virginia next could be overcome and the Northen col onies alone would not be able to con tinue the war. But Greene Was sent .to the South to take the command, and under his able policy the cause of the colonies was gradually re-established. Greene could retreat or advance, skir mish or deliver pitched battles, as tha Circumstances mTght seem to justify; and though he won no striking vic tories, he either met; eluded or baffled his able adversary throughout t'.ie best sustained campaign of the whole revo lutionary struggle. By the partisan officers of the Carolinas, Marlon, Sum ter, Pickens, Horry and many more, Greene was most ably supported; and within a few months after 'the cause had seemed lost at CamiJen, it had again sprung to its feet, with more vi tality than ever. Morgan, whose first service was In the Braddock expedi tion, and who. with his riflemen, had contributed immensely to the success of the campaign that resulted In the surrender of Burgoyne, was the most efficient of the aids of Greene, and completely defeated Tarleton . at the Cowpens and nearly destroyed his force (Januar 17, 1781). Two months later Greene, feeling strong enough to offeA battle, pushed forvard with his whole force to Guilford Court House, where he awaited Cornwallis. Though ' the Americans retired from the field, Cornwallis had suffered a loss that made it necessary for him to return to the seacoast for supplies of ammu nition and clothing for his troops. He therefore made a reve-se movement to. Wilmington, and Greene moved to South Carolina, to engage the remain der of the British forces that had been left there under command of Lord Rawdrtn rnpnwulHd yen Wil mington April 7, 1781. Neither Cornwallis nor Sir Henry Clinton, the commander-in-chief, at his headquarters in- New York,, com prehended the extent and power, of the resistance yet remaining in the Carolinas. Partisan bodies, under the direction of supremely able leaders, were active everywhere though South Carolina was the chief theater of their operations. The history Is largely legendary and romantic, and for this reason It has always l.eld the attentton of American readers. "The Life of Marlon," put forth under the names of Weems and Horry, was In the hands of the whole people of the South and West during the first half of the last century. To this book every state that has a Marlon County, including Ore gon, owes that name. Peter Horry, who had been an officer In Marlon's brigade, after the book had become fa mous, for some reason disclaimed any Share In Jts authorship; but the book remains the chief source of his own fame. More fascinating than history, and In their main features more true, are the numerous romances of William Gllmore Slmms (the Southern Coop er), throughout which a complete and accurate l.nowleJce of the history of the war in the South Is illuminated with the finest local color, and with an enthusiastic admiration of the spirit of the times. Great as Greene was for such a command as he held in the South, he could not have succeed ed but for such aid as was rendered him by the Indefatigable spirit and prudent Judgment of the local leaders, whose scouts ' kept him informed, whose bands cut off the enemy's convoys of provisions and held the loyalists In ter ror, and whose blows, unforeseen, and delivered as strokes of lightning, sel dom could be parried. Cornwallis was completely deceived as to the pow er of resistance remaining in the Southern colonies, and therefore re solved, after, obtaining his supplies. at Wilmington through communication with the British fleet, to return to the first purpose of his .northward move ment, namely, ' the conquest of Vir ginia. Clinton - afterwards blamed Cornwallis for not remaining to com plete the subjugation of the Carolina?, but Cornwallis was the abler and more active man of the two, and he justified himself by the declaration that, until Virginia, .was reduced, it was useless to expend further effort In the more southern provinces, hut-after the re duction of Virginia resistance In them would be easily overcome. No rea soning, could appear, more, sound; and Cornwallis marched from Wilmington on'the 25th of April (1781) and on the 20th of May arrived at Petersburg, Virginia, where a Junction was effect ed with the forces of General Phillips. This Officer had been one of the most conspicuous leaders In Burgoyne's campaign, but by exchange had been returned to service In the field. He had rendered excellent service to the British cause In Virginia, but a fever had carried him off Just before the ar rival of Cornwallis. . ' In Virginia (Ouf affairs were In a very bad way. Jefferson, then Gov ernor, was utterly Inefficient, as always in action. He was not a man for war. Lafayette had been ordered by Wash ington to the support of Greene in South Carolina,' but Greene . directed him to remain In Virginia and take command of all troops he could gath er for defense of that state. Governor Jefferson approved the selection of Lafayette, and co-operated with him as far as he could. It was the dif ficult task of LaFayette . to check and harass Cornwallis, yet to avoid battle; for he knew battle would be disastrous. It was a trying situation, Lafayette facing Cornwallis, a meager, incom plete American force-opposed to the British veterans of Camden and Guil ford, united with strong detachments brought from the North) by Phillips and Arnold. "Were I to fight a bat tle," wrote Lafayette to Washington," "I should be cut to pieces, the militia dispersed and the arms lost. Were I to decline, fighting, the country would think Itself given up. 1 am, therefore, determined to skirmish, but not to'en gage too far." But hia position was often perilous, and on one occasion Cornwallis ' wrote: "The boy cannot escape me." Lafayette then was 24 years of age. His management of the Virginia campaign was admirable, and he well Justified the Judgment of Washington and as well deserved all the honors afterwards bestowed on him by the American people. He was unfit, however, for the larger theater of the French Revolution, where cau ton never could prevail. . Jefferson thought him a pretentious bumpkin and hated him. and in one of his se cret letters wrote: "Lafayette has a canine thirst for popularity." Na poleon Bald of him truly, that he had "no decision of character or action for the exigencies of revolutions." Falling to trap Lafayette, Cornwal lis resolved to move down1 the coun try to Williamsburg, and later took post at Yorktown. His object was to get Into communication with Clinton at New York, '.'keeping myself unen gaged," as he wrote to Clinton, "from operations that might Interfere with your plan for the campaign, till I have the satisfaction of hearing from you." Operations of some moment, with sev eral sharp skirmishes, took place in the region of the Chlckahominy and White Oak Swamp eighty years later the theater of some of the most bloody battles of the great Civil War. Ex peditions penetrated far into the coun try between the James and Rappahan nock Rivers, but Cornwallis still held his position on the peninsula, for com munication with Clinton LaFayette "skirmishing" whenever he could, without too much risk. Now came to the front a plan of co-operation be tween the Americans and their French allies. Washington's first thought was an effort to relieve the pressure on Greene and Lafayette by a union of the allies and a demonstration against New York. Such action was, indeed, agreed at a conference between Count de Rochambeau and Admiral Barras on one part and Washington on the other. This conference was had at Wethersfleld, Conn., towards the end of May. But before matters had gone far in the direction proposed, it was learned that De Grasse, with a powerful French fleet, would arrive In American waters within the Sum mer, and this would give the French naval forces such preponderance as would Justify an attempt against Cornwallis. The nejf plan of cam paign then came as an inspiration. Co-operation of the French fleet was assured; Cornwallis could be block aded and forced to surrender. Among the most famous episodes of the Revolution was the march now to be undertaken from the Hudson to Yorktown. The French force consist ed of about four thousand men; the American only two thousand, since the greater part of the American army was left under General Heath, to guard the line of the Hudson. The forces gathered on the way, together with the addition of those in Virginia, raised the number of American troops to about eight thousand; while the French later added from their fleet a considerable fcody to their land forces. Fortune favored our cause In every, way, especially at sea. The British fleet failed to concentrate as Clinton expected. Fatality attended every ef fort to secure the cQ-operatTon of the various squadrons. The British ad mirals, Rodney, Hood and Graves, permitted De Grasse to pre-occupy the Chesapeake and hold the situation there till Cornwallis fell. Rodney fell ill, and sailed for England and sent Hood to join Graves, but th e two missed each other, till, the French fleet had assembled In the Chesapeake, and even then their shipswere In ferior in numbers and guns. A sharp sea fight ensued, with some advantage to the French, and the English ad mirals drew off. leaving Da Grasse master of the Chesapeake. It may be mentioned that Sir Samuel Hood, commander of one of the divisions of the British fleet, was the same . for whom Vancouver's party afterwards named our Mount Hood, and whose fleet Napoleon In 1793 expelled from Toulon the first brilliant achievement of Napoleon's wonderful career. But America ran a very narrow risk at Yorktown. It was the British naval administration that gave us the vic tory and assured our national Inde pendence. The, blunders of Clinton and Cornwallis contributed only In a minor degree. According to their temperaments men will call such events providential, or something else. Arter the surrender at Yorktown it became impossible for the British ministry to carry on the American war. The reason did not He in the ex haustion of British resources, for they were yet ample, and the command of the sea still left every opportunity open to the British Government. But the state of public opinion in England made further prosecution of the war impossible. - Within a few months after Yorktown the Commons voted to authorize the King to make peace; which was equivalent to a direction to his ministers to-do 1 yet it was not till September 3.- 1783, that the defini tive treaty of peace was formally ratified. LET'S OO THE "WHOLE HOG." Those who wish to change the name of Bull Run to Cascade, and Portland to Multnomah, must remember that this idea of- changing names is not new. There has been agitation for many years in favor of changing the names of the- United States to America. Quite likely there are peo ple who would like to change the name of Oregon to something else. And good arguments could be made in behalf of that change at least as good as some of the arguments made in support of other proposed changes. The name Oregon Is said to be nf Spanish origin, and why should this country tolerate a name which traces its ancestry to "a nation from which we were compelled to take Cuba and. the Philippines. Besides, "Oregon" sounds a great deal like "Are he gone," which would-be bad English. Then, too. Eastern people who are not familiar with the pronunciation of the word might pronounce It "O'Regon," with an Irish sound. If they should do that, it would give offense to our English friends and perhaps prevent our securing a number of desirable additions to our citizenship. But that is not all. Other people might call it "Ore-gon,'-' which' would convey the Impression that our mines have been depleted of their wealth. On the whole, this ' name of ours is open to so many serious objections that it ought to be changed. The same is true of other names in the state. Salem reminds us of the people In Salem, Massachusetts, who tortured Innocent women and children sus pected of being witches. ' Crook Im mediately inspires a feeling of sus picion.' Bend implies a lack of back bone and Eola conveys the thought of windiness, which this state is proud to disclaim. Hubbard makes us think of squashes and their cousins, pump kins, and might lead to the Idea that the people are punkin-heads. Aurora suggests a northern climate much dif ferent from that we enjoy here. Wolf Creek will surely prevent timid people from coming to this state to make their f homes. Marshfield has an un healful suggestion In it. Milwaukle at once carries the mind back to the liquor that made a Wisconsin town famous, and will surely deter temper ate people from coming 'here. The name of the town of Ale, up in Marlon County, ie open to the same objection. The name of Lebanon creates the no tion that 'we are still living in Bible times, and Shedds leaves no doubt that We do not' know how to build houses. Waterloo is an acknowledg ment that we are going down to de feat. On the whole. It Is amazing that we have -survived so long under, this great disadvantage of names that are either Indecent or suggestive of things that are evil or unpleasant. The problem of changing names Bhould be taken up by the Initiative and a comprehensive bill prepared which will, at one fell stroke, relieve this state of the burden under which It groans. SALE OF LIQUOR TO MINORS. The laws forbidding the gift or sale of liquor to minors and to habitual drunkards are as plain In their state ments and in provision of. penalty for violation as any law upon our statute books. Observance of these laws is required not only for the peace and dignity of the community but for the protection of the" irresponsible in dividual and the home. Thus ground ed, why are they not rigidly enforced? Is It because public sentiment does not fully indorse them? Or Is It because of a public apathy that yields to pub lic interest only when rudely shocked, soon to relapse, into dullness?. Notwithstanding the urgent appeals for "more law," that our prohibition friends are making, is it not true that the wise and wholesome temperance laws that we now have and withal the simplest and best are continually and more or less openly violated? It is a good thing and if such occur rences as the "Canby tragedy" are to be prevented In the future a neces sary think, to bring public sentiment up to the point where it will demand not fitfully as at present, but stead ily and rationally the rigid enforce ment of these sanest and plainest of our temperance laws. WASTE AND COOKERY. In one of the paragraphs of a little homily on . "Wastefulness," the New York Tribune remarks that. "A nation of frugal citizens in a land as rich as ours could well endure without hardship all the showy losses of tim ber, fuel and food supplies and min erals we have thus far Buffered." Very likely It must be admitted tnat we are a wasteful people. The trite saying that the ordinary American family throws away food enough to keep three French families In comfort Is a little exaggerated, but It comes fairly close to the mark. We are guilty not only of that crude method of waste which consists in throwing away ' good food, but also' probably more stil is lost by our ignorance of cookery. Some American men know how to cook.but few of our women. This beautiful and beneficent art is either below or above their faculty of comprehensWn. ' A high-priced steak after tWe maltreatment it receives In the ordinary American kitchen is a pathetic spectacle. "There is no need of considering what happens to cheap steaks for we never buy them. Noth ing is good enough for us but the cuts which' cost the most. Those oth er parts of the steer which in a French kitchen become delicious soups, ragouts, stews and patties we throw to the dogs, Generally speaking, the American citizen knows nothing about soups. We have a theory in this country that It is dangerous to be economical of food, rent and clothing. We are taught by certain great . philosophers that any saving we might effect in these particulars would accrue pres ently to our bosses and not to our selves. The transfer would be effected by a- cut in wages.. Wages, these emi nent sages teach, keep evermore at the exact lever of the standard of liv ing. Lower the standard of living by eating round steak Instead of porter house and doWn la the same measure goes the level of wages. Is there any thing In it? At any rate it is by this theory that we excuse our National extravagance to ourselves. In doing so we forget that a determined habit of saving such as prevails In France would soon transform our workmen Into capital ists and then the level of wages would no longer concern them. PARCELS POST AND COUNTRY MER CHANT. The Oregonian printed Friday a let ter from Mr. Thomas Lynch which il lustrates how reasoning meant to be fair and candid may be vitiated by the neglect of important facts. Mr. Lynch objects to the parcels post. He takes the ground that it would divert trade from the country merchant to tha "mail-order houses" In certain large cities. And he concludes that The Oregonian, by favoring a parcels post. Injures the prospects of the country traders, who have long been its stanch friends and patrons. . The Oregonian has no wish to Injure any class of citizens, certainly not the country merchants, whose intelligence, generosity and public spirit make them leaders in all good works; but they are a relatively small class, so far as numbers go, and if it were nec essary to choose between their Interest and that of the great public In the matter of the parcels post, or anything else, The Oregonian would not hesi tate for an instant. But no such choice is necessary. Contrary to the srongly pronounced opinions of Mr. Lynch, the parcels post would benefit the rural trader even more than the farmer. We take this position without the slightest fear that it can be successfully controverted; but since it may appear a little start ling to our friendly correspondent, and perhaps others, it may be well to Il lustrate the point before we try to prove it. Take the case of a new rail road or trolley connecting -a 'rural community with a large city. What Is the first thought of the dealers doing business in the villages along the line? They fall into a panicky belief that everybody will rush to . the city to trade and that they will have to close their stores. But what really hap pens? People go to the city to trade more or less; but at the same time the rural merchants do more business than ever before. And this for two reasons. In the first place, people go to town to buy only such goods as the country store does not keep In stock. Before the new line was opened they would get these things by giving the merchant Bpecial orders on which he made no profit, or they sent by the neighbors, or they went without. Now they go themselves to the tiy and make their purchases. The point is that the business which seeks the city is non-competitive with the rural dealer. He Would not have gotten It in any case. But, secondly, the rail road tends to Increase his business by Increasing the general prosperity of the neighborhood and creating what Is called "economic desire," that Is, the desire for things combined with the ability to pay for them. The in flux of fresh aspirations, novel fash ions and a higher standard of life In general which comes with better com munication to every country town is worth a mint of rnoney to the rural dealers. Of course they have to mod ernize their stocks and methods to meet it, but that does them no harm. ' So much for our preparatory illus tration. Now for the parcels post: It works in precisely the same way. Perhaps as a civillzer, an awakener of intelligence, interest, aspiration and economic desire it Is superior even to a railroad or trolley. It acts directly to make business for the country mer chant by inciting people to want things and rousing the energy and ambition necessary to get them. On the other hand, it does not divert trade from the local store to the mail-order houses. It simply sends to the mail order houses, which as a class are strictly honest, a line of business which formerly went to peddlers and agents, who as a class are anything but hon est. The merchant is not harmed; the purchaser is greatly benefited. Let the mails be opened as wide as you please to parcels, the bulk of the country trade must still go to the country dealer. He will still be the purchaser of the fruit, poultry and similar products of the farms. He will still sell feed, groceries, heavy clothing and miscellaneous nicknacks. No community can ever purchase such things by mall in competition with an honest local dealer. . We must not forget, either, the hold which the country merchant has on his custom ers by accommodating them when they are short of cash. The accounts which he carries on his books form a substantial bond between himself and his customers. The country merchant is the last man in the world who ought to dread the coming of the1 parcels post. It cannot possibly Injure him and it is certain to benefit him by benefiting the community where he does busi ness.' Not to use harsh language, the J opposition to tne parcels post which Mr. Lynch voices has Its source In lack of thought and In Ignorance of eco nomic laws. PORTLAND AND JAMESTOWN. Nothing so forcibly Illustrates the completeness of the failure of the ex position at Jamestown as the record of its admission business. A friend of The Oregonian's at Norfolk sends sta tistics -from which the following sum mary is made: In the 137 operating days between April 26 and October 2, both days in clusive, the paid admissions were 1,062,847, free admissions 1,170,842; total. 2.233,689. Percentage' of paid admissions, 47.6; . percentage of free, 52.4. Average number of paid admis sions per day, 7759. ' In the same number of operating days (June 1 to October 15) the paid admissions of the Lewis' and Clark Centennial Exposition were 1,588,858, free 965, 990 total, 2,654,848. Per centage of paid admissions, 62.2; per centage of free, 37.8. Average num ber of paid admissions per day, 11,597. For the same number of operating days the paid admissions of the Jamestown Exposition wei;e 526,011 less than those of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition.. According to the most conservative estimates, the paid admissions of the Jarmestown Exposition will not average 6000 per day for the remaining fifty-one oper ating days between October 3 and No vember 30. In all probability, there fore, Jamestown's paid admissions business will fall at least 220,000 un der that of Portland, notwithstanding that its exposition will have been oper ated 18$ days, as compared with 137 days at Portland. The Jamestown Exposition is the first exposition ever held in the United States where the free admissions have exceeded the paid admissions for so considerable a period of operation. It is possible, though not probable, that the paid 'admissions will- eventu ally overtake the ft-ee admissions, but at the same time the Jamestown Ex position stands a good chance of mak ing the unique record of having its free admissions exceed its paid admis sions for the total period of operation. The figures above quoted demon strate without other argument that Jamestown was not the plaice, nor tha ter-centennlal of the settlement of Vir ginia the occasion, for. an exposition. There was no reason whatever for an exposition to be held in Virginia, and the figures of the business done at Jamestown show that all the effort expended for several years has come to naught. Jamestown started out with an es timate that it would have from 6,000, 000 to 10,000,000 paid admissions, and fell far below its expectations. Portland started out with an estimate that it would have 1,000,000 paid ad missions, which figure it Increased as the business appeared to develop with the approach of the opening. Port land based, all Its estimates of cost on the revenue that one million paid ad missions would produce, with the re sult that it paid all Its bills and had money . left. Jamestown based its ex penses upon the revenue, that six mil lion paid admissions would produce. Experience tells the story. Mr. Frederick V. Holman's book on Dr. John McLoughlin Is a highly Im portant monograph on the history of Oregon. In this book we have for the first time an adequate account of Dr. McLoughlln's place in our history, of his character as a man and of his serv ices to the Oregon country. He came to Oregon as a subject of Great Britain and chief factor of the Hud son's Bay Company, when the coun try was under the joint occupation of Great Britain and the United States. As the American settlers poured in, during later years, his position be came one that would have been, em barrassing to a man of less catholic spirit. But he met the situation with a temper that does credit to our com mon humanity. At all times devoted to the interests of his company and to the welfare of his own people, he yet treated the Incoming Americans with all kindness and conslderat'on, and was a help always to those In need of succor and protection. A summary of much of the early history of Oregon is contained In Mr. Hol man's narrative. He has studied original sources of information and has produced a conscientious book which will take its place in all col lections of "Oregonana." The death of Mrs. Mary Hurlburt at her home in this city oh October 18, closes the long and useful life of one of the pioneer women of Multnomah County. Mrs. Hurlburt was the wife of John A. Hurlburt. for some time County Surveyor of this county. Their home was for many years In the foot hills of Eastern Multnomah, between the Sandy and the Columbia rivers. The name of Mrs. Hurlburt was synonymous with neighborllness and helpfulness, through all the country slde, during her long period of resi dence -. on the mountain farm. Six children were born, grew up and went out Into the world from the old home place. The Hurlburt home was trans ferred to this city several years ago.. From this later home, out of a life of gracious, unostentatious womanliness, Mrs. Hurlburt passed Friday, leaving behind her the companion of more than fifty years, an honorable po terlty and a memory fragrant with good deeds. The other day. The Oregonian pub lished an article on Lincoln County, Intended to be humorous, entitled, "The Land of Nod." But perhaps it wasn't humorous. The prosperity o'. a jest always lies in the ear of him who hears it. But a citizen of Toledo, Mr. J. F. Stewart, Is unhappy about it, and even Indignant. He can't see the point. Perhaps Mr. Frank J. Parker, of his section of country, who the day before The Oregonian's article appeared, published a statement about matters and things down there about the bay. which was the basis of The Oregonian's remarks, can make the situation clear to the unhappy citizen. But at all events. It is i satisfaction to The Oregonian to learn that it has power enough to stir the somnolence that others besides Frank Parker have long been telling us prevails down there. The funeral of Mrs. J. N. Dolph, which will be held from the First Baptist Church in this city this after noon, and the interment that will fol low, form the closing scene In a life of more' than ordinary opportunity and eventfulness. Four sons, two daughters, many relations and a num ber of the friends of a lifetime will do honor to her memory upon this final occasion. Her body will be laid to rest beside that of her late husband, under the shadow of the granite shaft that she caused to be erected to his memory in beautiful Rlverview. Merchants are bowing and scraping before the farmers this year. They can see the bulge in the breast pocket where the check book snugly rests. There have been times when the gro ceryman and clothier scowled a little as they got ready to dun a farmer cus tomer about this season of the year. If Edison really expects us to be lieve that a non-combustible dwelling can be built for $1000 In twelve hours, he's got to prove it. Let him make good and Portland will agree to use a thousand of his Inventions a year. -A Roosevelt has killed a bear. Now, If he could only be Induced to turn himself loose against the active bunch in Wall street, he might save several gamblers from bankruptcy. Twenty-two miles an hour is satis factory speed, but airships will never be popular with the multitude until they arrange for transfers. While Manager McCredle is draft ing material for next season, he ought to specialize on men who can hit the ball. - r ... i COMMENT ON VARIED OREGON TOPICS M : Postcards in .Tillamook. PROM the dairy land of Tillamook we learn that "new and eatchy post cards" are on sale In a Cloverdale store. . We suppose the legends on the cards run something like this: "Are my horns on straight?" "Hear the cowslips bloom." "If cattle could only vote for Dairy Commissioner Bailey for Governor!" "If mother could only see me now." (Baby sucking big bottle of Tillamook milk.) "We chew cud. Gum's no good." "Pall milk for poor people." "Watch the Bull Run." Tillamook ought to be strictly up to date In all respects. Harriman's Lilts of Love. 16(1 ET MARRIED." urges Harriman. VJ while trust chiefs all applaud. "Raise babies many, strong ones, before you're 'neath the sod. The world is short of hewers, water draw ers, beasts; Breed toilers, slaves and brutes- to serve us for our feasts." Chorus "Young men," cry loud the barons, "breed toilers for ue quick. We promise not to grind them nor skin them quite so slick." "Tha workers," goes on Harriman. "in ship, on rail. In shop. Would earn less, serve me harder, were there a larger crop. My clerks and salaried workers, all my hired men. My dividends would swell up much the bigger, then." Chorus "Let mothers rear up soldiers, to 'guard my interests vested, s To shoot and die by thousands) if by the foe molested; To shed their blood and vitals, defending native land. While I to plunder Wall street ever ready stand." Chorus "Now hear me, CentraP Oregon, that wants the. iron rail: Immediately oall the parson, bring babes to every vale. Though cost to you be heavy, your loss 1 do not share; It's cheaper way to people than carry people there." . : Chorus ' Ruthless Editor. EDITOR D. C. IRELAND, of the Moro Observer, says he can show "a list of over 8000- miserable failures in- Oregon of men who have swindled D. C. Ireland out of small sums of money since 1886, when the list was opened to Oregon City." Evidently. Bro. Ireland didn't let the crooks get deep enough Into him to do them any good. He promises to turn the list over US the Oregon His torical Society when he dies, "as an undeniable evidence that honesty is ever the best policy." That will not be conclusive evidence, unless Bro. Ireland can - show big crooks on- the list. -That is unlikely, since they are mostly always success ful. It's.too bad that one editor should have ruined the careers of 8000 swindlers. Sweet Milton Girls. IN ONE breath the Milton Eagle says Its town has more pretty girls than any In the state and in the next breath makes the supplementary remark: . "It is evident that race suicide Is not contem plated in this great orange and banana belt." The first breath is verified by the, oft- told charm of Milton girls. The second, of course is true since Milton girls doubt less carry into womanhood their sense of patriotic duty, : so manifest by their willingness to accept proper young men's attentions. It seems a fact that few or no Milton girls are born to blush unseen or waste their fragrance on the desert air. Maybe that is why the star of love has been so bright Just after sunset. Her blue eyea sought the West afar. For lovers love the Western Star. Milton is indeed a town where doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat. It is courageous, too. if the work of the parsons signifies. Because Bull Run's Its Name. Y HY-" ASKS a country editor up VV in Clackamas, after commenting on 'Bull Run, "is pumpkin pie, made out of squash, called pumpkin pie?" We are at a loss for the answer and must refer the query to Mr. McKenna. By the way. why should we let Mount Hood, whose roots feed Bull Run with springs. Immortalize a British Admiral? Will somebody kindly rise up and tell why a disc of two crusts, with something between, is called apple pie? The answer may be found, however, in a verse which has come down from a preceding genera tion, to wit: They used to call him XTncle Jess. Or something- like the same. The reason why they called him this Was 'cause it waa bis name. So if at a loss to know why Bull Run is so called we might remember, "cause it was his name." It will be borne in mind that that is the reason a colored gentleman now and then Is called Mr. White or Mr. Snow. Please pass the oxtail soup, then the sweetbreads and some other things and finally the pumpkin pie. Meanwhile we will gaze on the snowy monument of a Britisher, who never saw this country. Listen to the croakers who learned their note from the bullfrogs. Naughty Bear Faker. A LITTLE girl In Portland has a Teddy bear which was "very, very naughty," says Editos Bennett's twin paper, the Optimist, up In Th Dalles. "She asked us to spank it, and when we turned It up to do the Job. we found printed on the place where spanking is usually done the words: Made in Germany.' " Of course, after such a Nature fake as .that. Editor Bennett must have spanked very hard. He might have stood for noodles and pretzels. Roosevelt Faked In Mississippi. THOSE ARE naughty bears down in Mississippi, too, which the President hasn't even seen. Perhaps bears take the place of snipe down in .Mississippi. If President Roosevelt will come to Oregon, he will find no such fake. Champion Jef fries will' tell him that. Bo will Mrs. Smith and Miss Minnie Dorothy, who, ac cording to the Milton Eagle, came upon a Vllttle, fat, chubby bear," while' pick ing berries. The Eagle says: The. little fellow, evidently, was as much perturbed as the ladles at the unexpected meeting, and In expectation of further de velopments aat bolt upright on his haunches and looked the Intruders squarely In the face as much as to say, "I was here first." The ladles,-of course, made no effort to en gage in any' controversy with his little bearshlp as to their rights In the premises and made a hasty retreat. The last seen of the little fellow he was atlli occupying an upright position and hi beady little black - eyes Intently watching the move ments of those who had interrupted his midday meal.. That bears In Oregon have many brothers and sisters, Mr. .Roosevelt, Best Fair of All. : ANOTHER bachelor snared in the meshes of Venus Is the story from Rock Creek, Gilliam County. It hap pened at the time of the Salem Fair. William Head, "prominent and good looking," says the Arlington Record, announced plans to attend the fair. When he returned he brought the fair home with him. Good for Will! He got a fine girl, and she'll be his fair all the year. The apples and big pumpkins aren't in it with that kind of fair. Country 'Editors, Please Copy. rOR the benefit of country editors, we now come to the tale of C C. Locey. of Ironside,. Malheur County, who sent the Vale Gazette a batch of big potatoes, together with a silver dollar to pay a year's subscription. Country editors please copy for encour agement of their readers. How about putting it in big caps like one of Bre'r Hofer's editorial exoitements? Queer Husbands. WILL husbands never learn to let their wives get up and build tha fire? Here we have views of another man who cut off his thumb while split ting wood for the morning Are. - He is a resident of Milton. F. A. Slkes by name, a well-to-do prominent cltlxen. In Portland the men lie in bed, read ing the paper and Improving their minds, while their wives do the work. (Women were never known to cut off their fingers.) The Indians, who lived ages longer In this country than Ihe whites, knew this well. After all, tha Indians were a wise lot, even if they had no morning paper. Another queer husband is the Albany man who sued his wife for divorce because she wouldn't talk to . him. Editor Geer; in Pendleton, remarks that the man "didn't know a good thing when he had' it." Aye, but there was the rub. The, man couldn't tell any thing about her or whether he had her, A woman la like to but stay, -What a woman Is like, who can sar? She's nothing on earth but a woman. : . There's no .living with or without ens. What Is Hotel Clerk's Capacity? THE FEAT of the Albany hotel clerk who ate a dozen bananas, reminds the La Grande Btarof the German who, when asked If beer was intoxicating, re plied: . . 'X dink not. I drink 50 Oder 60 glasses a day and It don't got me drunk, aber I don't know how it would be If I made a hog of myself." The La Grande paper might 'have added that there Is no telling how many bananas a hotel clerk might eat If he made a bog of himself. . . : : Best Pleased Couple. THESE be strenuous ' times, indeed, when "Inducements" are ofTered and given In hitherto ordinary matters. That indefatigable disciple of Esculaplus whose mission Is to leave folks "the best pleased couple In the land," when he departs. Is adding to his laurels. listen to the latest issue of the local paper: Doctor C. L. Large reports that the son born of the wife of Billy Long, of South Park, has a couple of lnolsors well devel oped. This is the first ease of Its kind he has ever seen In his many trips with the sterk. The babe has other teeth which have started. "The doctor has all rivals not only skinned, but their skeletons articulated. Save Your Money. THE Lexlngten Wheatfleld (Morrow County) advises that "when a man approaches you with a dead open-and-shut easy-mon?y proposition, tell him gently that you are a charitable peron and that out of the goodness of your heart you will let him keep ths bonanza all for his very own."' But when a man asks you to sub scribe for a valuable newspaper, don't tell him to keep it all for his very own. You will find the price Ilk bread cast on the waters. ; Hand Work Above Wit Work. NINE years ago Ed and Dave Stew irt started in , as sheepherders, says the Spray Courier, without a dollar, and have Just sold their 760-acre ranch to Frank Templeton for 21,000. What do you think of. that? , Ed and Dave fared far .better in the country, working with their hands and brains, than many of their breth ren working in town with their wits. Think about it. you city brethren who love the Ilghta, . the ahowhouees and the vltascope. -, - . Poor Mr. Sheets. - r - PROM Huntington comes the word that Mrs. Sheets was called to Baker City, to visit her sister, Mrs. Deam, who waa reported seriously ill. " ' . We are in ignorance ' about Mr. Sheets' state of mind at being left alone at home. Perhaps he exclaimed "blank et." But not knowing anything about It. Despondent Molalla. AMOLALLA man says his. town "one year ago was considerably worked up over an electric line, but now nine-tenths Of our people do not believe It Is coming." Misery, loves company..' What, ho there! Central . Oregon, Wallowa, Coos Bay, have you heard from Harriman lately? Extravagance In Coos County. A MYRTLE POINT (Coos County) merchant reports a cash sale of goods to one man in one day amount ing to nearly 190; Such extravagance! But he ought to sell groceries or mil linery or gowns in Portland. Then hs would get used to It. . 0