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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1902.
, , YELLOW" PAPER AHEAD.
At the pews stand in the Portland Ho
tel the papers sold most generally, out
side of the local publications, in the or
der' of their precedence, are: .
The New Tor World.
Th" New York Journal.
i
!A Ke Tork Herald.
nt New York Bun.
The Tfew York Tribune.
This ta rather surprising, In view of
' the diatribes that are hurled at the "yel-
' low" Journals by the "conservative" ele-
"i meat of the day. The New York World
( -was the original yellow Journal of the
7: .... .
1 country, and that means of the whole
' world, for America has led la the
changes that have taken place in the
' form and matter of modern newspaper,.
- To tha Portland Hotel go men repra-
, seating; the monled classes. They are
capitalists, heavy merchants, wealthy
lumbermen, tneh coming to Oregon to ex
ploit large enterprises, men, In short,
'who are I all men not the rabble who,
charge the' So-called conservative news-
paper people, buy yellow papers almost
.exclusively.
' The .World , and Journal are the very
newspapers that have had to bear the
brunt of the attack upon the publica
tions that went outside the beaten paths',
and evolved new Weas In news purvey
ing;. The other three papers Herald, gun
and Tribune are of the old-time con
servative class, with the possible excep
tion of the Herald, which Inaugurated,
- under the Impetus of James Gordon Ben
nett's fertile brain, , some ' Innovations,
and, this one, the Herald, comes next
. to the two yellow Journals that sell most
i numerously at the Portland Hotel news
'. stand.;;'.
It will be a severe jar to the' conven
I tlonal people who have been prone to
; Imagine that those papers soldlonly to
men who Inhabit the Bowery, the Clark
streets, the North Ends and similar lo
calities wherela vice and crime find har
bor and congenial spirits. It will appear
. to Indicate that the men of affairs of
.,- the day look to the newer style of news
paper to give them their information.
., This greater sale of newer over older!
patterned newspapers explains In part
the 'howls If rage sent up by the editors
who preside over the destinies of the
. so-called conservative papers they are
aot Cndicg market
.Srares, .
for their literary
. Count and, Countess Bonl ds Castellane
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rlll come ovfcr from France early in Sep
tember. The Countess, the Gould part of
the family, will remain in America, while
, me jsoni-part will naturally return to
France. ':
7K, PROGRESS OF A LIFETIME.
, -.- A most remarkable coincidence occur-
.-. fed hen, In the columns of a Contend
a .. porary appeared an article on the wheat
Aj, .Industry of Walla Walla County, where,
y and In neighboring counties of Oregon
., and Washington, combined harvesting
' , machines are used; and, directly under
'f thl article was a telegraphic dispatch
, irom, Lancaster, Pa., telling of the death
of Joseph Shirk, inventor of the grain
cradle, at the rgo of 83.
' What progress since Shirk gave to tre
'r rorld the instrument that succeeded the
, - sickle! In his day, Bhlrk was to the ag
ricultural world what the makers of
combined harvesters are to the West
' Where are used those machines that cut,
' thresh, sack and deliver ready for mar-
' ,; Let the cereal products of our fields.
. Perhaps the manarho made the cradle
marked a greater departure from the
primitive methods of the ages than any
one mas Who cams after him. Thereto
fore man had reaped grain exactly as
bis father! for thousands of years pre-
ceding'. The cradle was the first In
Stance of applying the mechanical prin
ciple to train husbandry, to make man's
ptysloal efforts yield more through In
remtity It '-was the beginning of the
wonderful era of .development that has
witnessed the' advancement of the na--ttoa
sad of the world: to the present-
day zenith that itemi to u who live
now having accompllahed almost the
acme of human attainments.
During- the St years of Shirk's lifetime
i saw invention follow invention, the
steamboat, tha rail engine, the telegraph,
the telephone, the trolley car, wireless
telegraphy, the' cotton gin, with multi
tude of lesser devices that add to the
effectiveness of labor and Cause a man
to produce vastly more in a given, period
of time than he formerly could.
From the cradle to the combined har
vester In agricultural industry is rep
resentative of the leaps forward that
this nation has tiken in all depart
ments of activity, and the proximity of
the two news items to which reference5
Is made certainly affords opportunity for
pertinent instituting of comparisons.
SAMPLE OF A TRUST.
If the coal trust be a sample of what
trusts in general propose to do, then will
the American people arm themselves with
ballots, and fight the onward tendency
of the merger Idea. and. If ballots fall
to win In the strife, there will be some
thing more effective to use against
them.
The coal trust appears to have .realised
the perfection ot the corporation with
out a soul.
It has trpdden roughly over the rights
of the people who must depend upon it
for employment.
It has been arbitrary..
It has been unsympathetic.
It has attempted to deprive its em
polyes of their rights. It has been the
uncompromising enemy of labor.
It has accomplished a combination that
gives it virtual control of the supply of
coal fuels, and has thus taken upon Itself
a burden of duty to supply the manufac
turing Industries with fuel according t
their needs.
It has failed utterly to supply those
needs.
It has taken upon Itself ? virtue of its
absolute control, the cuty of seeing tnat
labor In the coal mining regions of (he
United States receives Justice and a fair
division of the fruits ot Industry.
It has refused even the semblance of
Justice. '
It has, on the contrary, ground down
the laborer under the most tyrannical
system of wage rules that ever cursed
a producing country, or . put gray hairs
over the careword brows of men whose
whole life is wrapped up In the activities
of Industry.
The coal trust. has brought upon Itself
the savage hatred of 80,000,000 people, less
the tew dosen wealth-plethorled men who
stow richer and richer from their 111-
gotten gains.
It has continued to oppress men and
women and babies, taking from their
mouths food that is needed to sutaln tlfe.
clothings . from their backs that should
protect them from the blasts of winter,
while, as to permitting a wage regime
under which a suggestion of comfort
might come occasionally to the ' mine-
slaves, no such thought ever enters the
mind of those whose lives revel in all
that money , may procure.
History affords few instances of so ut
ter abandonment of all . humanity, such
as the coal barons have been guilty of,
and the American people as a class are
waiting to hit them whenever their heads
show.
QOOD ROADS AND DIVERSIFIED
FAriMINQ.
There Is a logical connection between
the good roads movement and the ten
dency toward diversity of farming" me
thods. The former gives Impulse toward
the latter, and vice versa.
Undoubtedly there Is force In the sug
gestion that In a one-crop country ex
cellence or otherwise of the roads eoes-
oot make so great flirrerence as in a
region wherein agriculture is diverse as
to products. The farmer .W,ho has only
one crop to haul and who has practically
a year in which- to haul it will not suf
fer from wretched highways as will the
farmer who needs to get quickly td mar
ket at all times of th year. The Will-
amette Valley farmer needs good roads
much more than does the rancher of
(Eastern Oregon and Washington coun
ties, inasmuch as in the Willamette Val
ley diversified farming has made more
rapid progress than it his east of the
mountains.
This is not to discourage betterment of
the highways east of the mountains. In
deed, no one with common sense would
do so. It Is merely to point out the rela
tive Importance of good roads here In
Western Oregon and , there in Eastern
Oregon.
In fact everywhere, demand for better
roads is not up to what good judgment,
seems to Indicate as to be expected. It
is passing Btrange that agriculturists will
continue to haul products over bad roads
that run past their farm doors, and then
build good roads across their own farm
and see that their products pass from
granary to publlo road with least re
sistance. They Insist upon making u
easy to haul a load across their farms
and then remain, content .that it shall be
difficult to haul It from the border of the
farm to the market-place.
To correct these erroneous things the
good , roads convention ; Is planned for
this city In (October, ; If It correct them
only in part,' It Will have bees valuable.
Indeed,' .; .
THE TABASCO COLUMN.
The presidents of those railway com
panies that own coal mines put up the
wretched plea that they want to deal
with the miners direct, not with their
representatives. The miners might with
as much reason demand to deal with the
stockholders of the ralleoad companies
Instead of their representatives, the
presidents. Any excuse Is good enough
for a wolf, when he has an appetite for
lambf ,
The coal mine operators generally have
a pretty good supply of coal on liana
nnd when a strike occurs they get the
if
benefit of increased prices for it. The
striker gets let's see. The striker gets
s truck, he gets shot, and more' the pity.
lie generally gets left.
The Walla Walla bloodhounds are
again on a man hunt In Eastern Wash
ington, but with no more success than
when pursuing Tracy. The Uncle Tom's
Cabin shows have made the beasts
ashamed of their work.
3. Plerepont has arrived home from
Europe. This settles the rumors about
Germany's Crown Prince and the Ameri
can girl, Miss Deacon. That Morganatic
marriage will now not be arranged.
The Island of Torlahama, Japan, was
overwhelmed by a volcanic eruption
about August 14 and all the inhabitants
killed. Can it be the volcanic microbe
ha joined the list?
The sheepherder has a hard time of It.
When the ' cattlemen get after him, tie
haa to perform the difficult feat of get
ting off the range and out of range at
the same time.
General Alger, after pondering over his
reflections, has concluded not to seeK
Senatorial honors, but If Senatorial hon
ors are thrust upon him he has decided
not to buck.
An Illinois paper is publishing the Bible
as a serial. If it was sent over trie wires
to San Francisco It would be double
column, scare-head news.
Mr. Bryan's announcement that he
would not again be a candidate has
called him before the curtain to answer
vociferous encores.
An exchange says to "toot your tooter."
but if the youngsters are to follow this
advice thev want to see that it Is not
spelled "tutor."
The war between cattlemen and sheep
men goes merrily on, both sides seem
ing to forget that neither owns the
ranges.
Carrie Nation doesn't seem to realize
that her famous hatchet has been de-
hatchctlzed and will no longer hatch.
Schwab got some 126,000,000 out of the
Bethlehem Steel Company and it may
now be said to be Schwabbed out.
The time made by Fair in his automo
bile was nothing to the gait his relatives
struck for the Probate Courtrooms.
The members of the Fair site commit
tee are not blind; they have only tem
poral-!. y lost tnelr site.
Carrie Nation stumped Kansas, is
stumping Indiana and will stump well,
she isn't there yet. '
Walla Walla Tuesday shipped eight
carloads of onions and didn't count the
smell, either.
Our relations with Turkey have been
strained so Ions' they ought to begin to
be clear.
When a person wears a monocle you
can be certain his Bight" Is only half bad.
Everything looks pretty black down In
Haytl.
NOVEL IDEA. -
Tapestry Is having a revival!
Jt is being used wherever , possible.
Pieces are bought of it, or where one 'a
clever enough they are made at home.
Sometimes by embroidery. Oftener by
a few bold strokes fof colored crayons
or oils. These are used as panels on the
Wall or mounted on demin or velveteen
or put with brass nails on the back of
objectionable doors.
In small pieces tapestry is used as pic
ture frames, desk stands for holding
letters or note paper; for the corners
of blotters.
Tapestry effects are given by buying the
figured material, and outlining it by
fancy metal braid and tne new touch
is to add colored stones to the designs.
BITS OF WISDOM, x
Actual liberty centers In essential loy-
lty.
The path to greatness with . Ood lies
open ti all. . "
The great life Is made up Of greatness
in little. . . ; -, ;. -
Sincerity is the first sermon against
hypocrisy.
The pearls of truth lie deep In the sea
ai Datlence, ' '
The true martyr does not hire out to a
museum.
A man may be judged , by his Judg
ment of other. , . ,
It is hard to be healed wb.su we bids
our wounds.
FROM OXHER'vmWPOINTS.
V" don't usb Slang.
Occasionally ' slang has a semblance
of wit and humor. The same Is true
or .bad apeUlng ta both cases the ap
pearance is' act to be" delusive. Dialect
is not slang, and may have a chime ot
sincerity that slang has not. The ha
bitual user i of slang is apt to betray
the vulgarity of his . speech most in
appropriately Boston Herald.
THB EVER PRESENT PROBLEM.'
Trusts go on forming. One might as
well try to stop the operations of the
law of gravitation as to stop this eco
nomical and Industrial evolution, but
some direction or control is dally be
coming more imperative. Indianapolis
Ne ws. ' y '
THE TRAINED NCRSE.
The importance of the trained nurse
is being recognised more fully every day.
She Is a comparatively new develop.
ment of the medical profession and it' is
already admitted that the remarkable re
duction of the mortality rates in hospit
als Is largely due to this Indispensable
auxiliary of the physician .and surgeon. It
is now conceded that in many diseases
the right sort of nursing is far more con
ducive to recovery than the prescrip
tions of even the best doctors. '
But the increased appreciation of the
possibilities of the nurse's profession has
led to a demand for Its stricter legal reg
ulation. ,
In several states there Is a movement to
confer upon the State Board of Health
the same control over training schools
and credentials of nurses that it has over
medical colleges and doctors.
The" great demand for trained nurses
and the good prices paid for their services
has caused many persons to seek and
obtain employment of this character who
were In no way qualified for it.
It Is natural and right that high-class
nurses should combine to protect them
selves against such frauds.
The standard set for trained nurses is
much higher than it formerly was, and
is being raised still higher. The proposed
Illinois law will provide that no license
shall issue to a trained nurse who has
spent less than three years In a well
equipped training School. Two years' In
struction and practice have hitherto .been
considered sufficient preliminary training
for licensed nurses in that state, but It
seems probable that a higher standard
will be Instituted soon.
The associated nurses are urging legis
lation .lo this effect, and the reasons for
It are stated very forcibly1. Atlanta Jour
nal. TOPICS IN BRIEF.
Is your Prince Henry decoration
on
straight? Chicago NewB.
There is no "x" in the knocks that the
trusts fear. Detroit Tribune.
It Is still very apparent that Mr. Bryan
is for Bryan. Baltimore American.
Making hay while the sun shines is a
tack beyond the speed of the ordinary
farmer this summer. Boston Journal.
King Edward is much better, but they
are giving him no coronation poetry to
read. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
We decline to assume the responsibil
ity of suggesting that now is the time to
buy your winter coat: Chicago Tribune.
In buying Japan's stock of old rifles,
China feels that she Is getting goods that
she has personally tested. Detroit Jour
nal. Now that they are prosecuting! the fake
foot-rapers out West, Agulnaldo will
again hesitate about coming to this coun
try. Baltimore American.
Will those who received decorations of
Red Eagles of the fourth class consent
to remain on speaking terms with those
who received only portraits of the
Prince? Chicago News.
Minister Wu's announcement that he
will write a book about America has ex
cited a lively curiosity, on the part of
the publlo to see wfiat a Chinese ques
tion mark looks like. St Louts Globe
Democrat It is said tha a skeleton has been dis
covered in tearing out the-4nterior of the
White House; but, considering the num
ber of closets that edifice must contain,
this strikes us as a pretty small find.
Boston Transcript.
. The suggestion that the Administration
engage Jeffries - and FItzslmmons to make
the fight on the trusts is not a good one.
The trusts would probably fix the thing
up so as to take about 90 per cent of
the gate money and the pugilists have the
rest Cincinnati Enquirer."
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
To the Editor The residents In the vi
cinity of East Stark street and Union
avenue appreciate the efforts of The
Journal to call the attention of the City
Board of Health to the filthy condition
of that, part of the city. Up to the
present lame no attention has been paid
to the matter. The Board of Health has
Ignored the fact that The 'Journal and
the East Side paper have called their
attention to the unsanitary conditions of
the vicinity of Union avenue and East
Stark street. '
The members of the City Board of
Health either do riot read the papers or
do not care whether the nuisances are
abated or not. The filthy Water from
two laundries, besides unconnected water
closets, garbage from kitchens, et at, go
Into the slSugh unaerneath. We, who are
residents of the vicinity, are wondering
When the Health Officer will do hi duty
In the matter. W. C C '
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
If is the man who can keep hie mouth
shut that can keep his brain open.
It la astonishing how some girls who
don't look it In their everyday clothe
can fill a bathing suit full up. v 'v
If there were nobody In the world to
tell It to, a woman wouldn't care any
moss for a secret than a man does.
The uneasy thing about trying to get
rich is that the more a man gets, the
more he realizes how much' more there
Is to get. ' ' "
The Ctrl who knows how to cook may.
not be a fast sprinter before marriage,
but she wins the ' longrdlstance matches
afterward. ' ;-vf;v':i',vv:-v.V'-:''
- MR. DOdlEY ON KINGS.
Hft Dooley, In the Ban Francisco Ex
aminer, lsy of'Cing; Edward: , f
"I hope V" m'k rood 'King.
ain't so much down on Kings as I used
to be, Hinnly. I ain't down on thlm
anny more because I don't Jnvy thlm an
ve can't bedown on annv man ve don't
InNrjr. 'Tie s hard Job- an' a -thaikless
wan. A King nowadays is no more thin
a hltchta' post f r wan politician afther
another. Ho ain't allowed to move him
self, hut snny crazy pollytiolan that ties
up to hint Is apt to pull him out be th'
roota. Heniver has anny childhood. He's
Ilk th. breaker bays In th' mines; he's
put to wurruk larnln' bis thrade as soon
us n can wait, v, j
"Whin It comes time f'r him to marry,
th' Prime Minister takes him out wait
day an'': says:;:.;' ':;'"'J
"There's th' only woman in th',wur
rtfla fr ye.' "
- jut i niver see ner before, says
th' unforchntt King.
"TrU see less iv her afther nex
week,' says th Prime Mlnisther.- .'Ye're
goln' to marry her, he says. ,. ' : :
"An' The backs him up to th' beach
where th' young lady sets an' lnthr.i
Joces thlm, an't they're married. Think
iv bavin' th Boord Iv Alderman U!!ct
a wife fr ye an' ye 11 know how . th'
King feels whin a warrant is served
again' him to hook up with his cousin.
Augooita Ann, a. German lady who
freckles aisly an' cr'bshays neckties fr
a llft-nant in the army.
"All his life long a King is bossed about
like a hired girl In a boardin'-house an'
ho can t even die without havln' a lot
iv people runnln'. irulvry tin mlnylts to
ask has he done It yet so they can be
on th' mark to holler 'God save th' King'
out iv th' window th' moment th' flag
falls. No, sir, 1 - don't want to be a
King, an' whlnlver I see a good fellow
takln' th' Job, I feel sorry f'r him. I
know -what he's up again'."
'I believe ye're.no betther thin th' rest
ivlthlm. thraltors," said Mr. Hennessy.
"I'm dlff'rent, said Mr. Dooley calm
ly. "They helped him In an' I'd do anny
thirig In me power, now that he's Kins.
to help him out."
THE MARQUAM.
The Tlvoli Opera Company will be seen
at the Marquam next week. The organ
ization has been recruited up to more
than its visual strength, and besides the
favorites heard here last year, embraces
several of the finest singers to be pro
cured. Ferris Hartman Is again the
principal comedian, and Annie Myers,
P.ertha Davis, Arthur Cunningham, Ed
ward Webb, Oscar Lee, Karl Formes, Jr.,
and Joseph Fogarty are with the com
pany. Frances Graham, the famous con
tralto, has b,een engaged, and this will
be the first time she has been heard out
side the largest cities. In the repertoire
of the company is the famous opera, 'The
Serenade,' which. scored an eight-weeks'
run at the Tlvoli, and Is conceded to be
one of the finest efforts ot the company.
The piece , was originally played by the
Bostonlans, and the press of San Fran
cisco declare the Tlvoli rendition Is far
superior to theirs.
The "Idol's Eye" and the "Toy Maker"
will also be given.
AT CQRDRAY'B.
I believe In actors knowing how xto
sing," says Manager Wm. R. Abrams. of
'The Tide of Life," which Is to be pro
duced at'Cordray's theater next Sunday
evening. August 24. "In this play of
mine, several of toe comedians sing and
most ot them dance, too. An actor who
can sing la sure to be a better-elocutionists
than one who cannot, and dancing
gives a grace to him that seldom comes
from any other source, 1 know that my
patrons like music as a relief from the
serious element In a drama, and hence I
have put In; liberal slices of light enter
tainment, with music, singing and rollick
ing fun. This enables the 'audience to
enjoy the dramatic features, because
there is nothing which prepares the hu
man heart for the strenuous happenings
of life like a taste of Its joyousness. I
would not think of offering so powerful
and realistic a drama without a large
mixture of comedy and fun."
BAREBACK ROUGH RIDERS.
. It Is quite correct to apply that title to
the Indian chiefs, warrior, and bucks.
In Buffalo Bill's Wild West, for to a very
considerable extent they, as well as the
horses, are bare-backed. But It Is the
bare-backedness of the horses that makes
the riding of the red men so remarkable.
How, without the aid of,saddle or stir
rups, they can lie along a' horse'a side to
shoot from under his neck, with only
part of one. leg exposed, or lower them
selves so' as .to pick up things from the
ground, going at full gallop. Is hard to
understand. Buffalo Bill's Wild ( West
will come here on August 26 and 27.
SHIELDS' PARK.
Besides the regular performance, the
amateurs " , appear tonight at Shields'
Park. Among the amateurs is that well
known "collud gemfnen" of Portland, the
Honorable Mr. Julius Caesar. Julius will
deliver an address on how Portland lost
so many .baseball games this season. He
is past master In the art of elocution, so
everyone may expect something good
from him. Besides Julius there , will ap
pear the Chinese quartet and other num
bers equally as good, If not better.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
- i - . ay-
Experiments recently mad have dem
onstrated that the brain is susceptible to
peculiar Influence from electricity. . -i
. Two of Dlokens novel, "Oliver .Twist"
and "The Tale of Two Cltle," are run
ning a serials in Parisian dally paper.
Russia will send 'her Siberian exhibit
to th world's fair at St Louis through
the agency of the East Chinese Railroad.
" A woman In Newcastle-on-Tyne, a uf
ferer from lupu for 30 years, Is said to
have been cured by the application ot
the- X-rSys. .
: Five self-acting French submarines are
to call from Cherbourg for St. Malo for
a series of experiments extending ' over
thtse days. .
' Thlrtyeight'T miles an hour. was the
mean speed attained by the new turbine
destroyer- Velox during her preliminary
run at sea, . , , ' '
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i AMUSEMENTS. -
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LINCOLN HEHORABltlAa-
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By a" Staff Correspondent
COVB, 0.ty,Mr4 Aug-,, St-
tftj travellnover;? las' J country - one
come across valuable 'hWorical matted .
wmcn, nas sever found Its. way Into
lever' found itm wav''into
print I, recently "was pleasantly enter
tamed at tie Coyej ujVsJoit: County by
vunnam Wright had hie daughter. Mrs.
Grace Hoffman, I bad listened, for sev-
erai hours with Intense enjoyment to Mr.
vrngni .reminiscences ;of. Netmlth,
Lien Appiegate, Slater, Joe Smith, Stra
nan and other worthies In th political
history of our ute,f , when? something
brought up tl name of Lincoln.
"My mother was Abraham : JUncoIn
cousin," said Mr.. Wright Tf you have
an opportunity to visit my home at. Med
ical Springs, I will show you one of the
ilrst histories Abraham 'Lincoln ever
fetucUed, He gave, it to my father. It is
entitled The World Displayed of Ancient
and Modern Times. ;' ..'It was' printed In
1833.
"You have , beard of his rall-spl'tUns.
well, that is what he worked at for
my uncle, John Hanks, who was my mo
ther' brother. ; My' mother's ' maiden
name va Cells Hank. , My father's
name was John D. , Wright He lived at
Decatur, the county . seat, of Macon
County, Illinois, He was Sheriff.., and
County Surveyor, of the county, for In
those days of scarce population one in an
often heM two offoea Abraham Lin
corn lived with us there and was, "my
father's deputy In surveying. He wa
also my , father's Deputy Sheriff, My
father gave Lincoln bis first lessons In
surveying, and .also helped- him In other
studies, especially grammar, for my fa
ther had agood education and had been
a schoolmaster. One thing which Lincoln
greatly enjoyed while he lived with us
was my father's library, My father had
quite a good library for those' times. My
father was a member of Colonel. Still
man's troops and was at the Stlllman
depot where the Indians killed all but
30 of the company he was In, The sur
vivors came In to Dixon' ranch on Rock
River, in Illinois. The survivor of th
company were disbanded and new troop
were raised.
"Lincoln raised a company and was
elected Captain. John Hanks, my uncle.
was a member of Lincoln's oompany and
my father was Orderly Sergeant of th
company of which Lincoln was Captain.
Later my father moved to Iowa, where
he was a member of the first territorial
Legislature elected in Iowa, which con
vened In Burlington. I have the session
laws and the rollcall of the first Legls
iature of Iowa."
A SMALL FARM IN UNION COUNTY,
Midway! between the City of Union and
he State Experiment Station Is the
farm of A. J. Gbodbrod. I am going to
describe It merely to show what can be
done with a small tract of land. The
farm consists of 16 acres of land. It
Is planted largely to orchard. Between
the trees vegetables are grown. Rasp
berries, grapes and other, small fruit
are raised also.
Can I make my living off 18 acre?"
said Mr. Goodbrod. "I can make my liv
ing from one acreof good ground. I
will ship two carloads of prunes from
my orchard this year and between three
and four carloads of apples. I will have
nearly' half a carload of onions and be
tween 500 and 600 bushel of potatoes.
Besides that, I have an acre devoted to
abbage and celery. I will market SO
hogs this winter that, live on my wind
fall - ppl-nd -surplus-green- atufl--1
put up a good deal or vinegar, and later
turn my cull apple into cider. I ship
my onions, cabbage, potatoes and other
green stuff to North Powder and other
mining camps and get, good prices for
all I send. This little lake here, which
Is two acres in exftent. Is supplied from
Catherine Creek. I put up several hun
dred tons of Ice each " winter. It freezes
10 or 12 Inches thick. I supply-the cream
ery and butcher shop at 80 cents per
hundred and clear a nice little sum each
year. Oh, ye; I make good money on
this little place." -
Mr. Goodbrod Is a German, and every
thing Is In fine condition on hi little
farm. FRED LOCKLEY, JR.
TAKE THE WORLD AS IT IS.
By Charles SWaln.
Charles Swain Was born in Manchester,
England, in 1303; died there September
22, 1874. He learned the trade of dyeing
but at 80 became an engraver. ; He wrote
numerous rhymes, songs, poems, essays
and letter. He waa known as "The
Manchester Poet"
Take the world as It Is! There are good
and bad In It,
And good and bad will be from now to
the end:
And they, who expect' to make saints In
a minute, -'
Are In danger of marring more heart
than they'll mend. . , .
If we wish to b happy ne'er seek for
the faults, t
Or you're sure to find something or
other amiss:
'Mid much that debases, and much that
exalts, . .
The world's not a bad one it left as
, It I. .. ,
Take the world ai it is if the surface
be shining, . , v
Ne'er rake up the sediment hidden be
; low I , - .!-
There's wisdom In this, but there' none
in repining . , . ,
O'er thing which can rarely be mend
ed, ws know. . . "7-
There' beauty around us, which let us
enjoy:
And chide not, unless It may be With
a kls: . ..,... ; ;. - '.
Though earth's not ' the. heaven we
thought when a boy.
There's something to live for, If ta'en
' as It ia.
Take the world as It ls!-witb It smile
and Its sorrows, "
Its love and friendship It false
hood and truth, - . , ,;..
Its schemes that depend, on the breath
of tomorrow, ...
' Its hope which pase by Ilka a dream
j of our youth. . .
Yeti'toh! whilst th light of affection may
shine,
,The heart In Itself, hath a fountain' of
hliaa- . .
In the worst there's some spark bf a
, nature divine,
And th wisest and bst take the world
a it is. ' -
I
POEMS WORTH READING.
3
BOUNTIES 'FOR iLlTERATURE.
. - . t
. Mr, Booth TaktagTon, the well-knows
Indiana novelist, whose political ambW ,
"""" svMwaBjr. pen noticed in oui-
I W ; announces his Intention of slssaUs.
lanallav
ing bis entrance Into the Btate' Legisla
ture by offering a bill providing .for a ,
nnual4 literary prize contest, the stat ' '
to name the Judges and award th prises,
amounting to S00 year. X " '.,
Th Chicago Tribune, which prints th .
full text 4t ths proposed bill, ttrnths"4
also some Interesting comment upon 11 t
from Indiana authors Jam Whitcomh i
Riley and Mr. Mary Hartwell Cather.
wooa favor the plan, believing It would y
tend , to bring literature In America under
such .Governmental recognition a i '
given the profewion ot. letter Jn other
conntrle. General Lew Wallace,, n the '
other hand, think that ."Indiana literal,
tur would be out of place . appended ts
the tall of a'-Legislature. Better leave
it- entirely to Its own Independent effort." 1
In this opinion George Barr McCutoheon . '
and Charles Major concur. '
George Ade take . the view that It
would be better to make the experiment"
In some other stat than Indiana, where
"every third man., -woman ni hiM i
an author In'eomV tag embryonio, ao -
tlve, or retired,;. Why not try Massa
chusetts? he suggest. Mr, Ads' cbser.
vations recall, the reply he made not
long ago to one who remarked, to him
on the number of bright people who
come from Indiana. "Th brighter they '
are,, he ald, "the sooner they come."
Th Nw York World make iiaht of
Mr. , Tarklngton' -plan. "Bounties on
beets are one thing it deolares; "boun
tle on book quit another." it conU
tlnuea.: - - '.' -. vf.
Reasons why. the book crop of Hooa-
ierdom should not-be stimulated by a
state subsidy system are so numerou
that w only -mention a few. Flratthe
erop 1 already Urge and ampiy reward-
d by an -appreciative publlo consisting "
of not Tea lhan 30,000,000 reader eager '
for good reading. Second, the average
Legislator of Indiana, or any other state.
I not a competent judge of good litera
ture. ..Third, $500 1 a preposterously
paltry sum wherewith to fertilize the
literary aoil of a great Itate ilk Indi
ana; it would not pay th Judge 33 a
day for the time they would require to)
give to the reading of the 'copy that
would be eht in.".
Harper's Weekly regards the proposi
tion more seriously:
"The matter resolves itself Into two
questions: Doe a prize offer breed liter,
ary aspirations where none, existed? And
If it does, are either the aspiration or
their results worth, anything? Mr. Tark
lngton s bill provides for the distribu
tion of E00 annually, divided In five
prizes. The prize would, of courae, be
In no sense purcha-mony, but mere '
award of honor, leaving the prize-win
ning literature still In the author's own
ership. Still, the provision is for award
on manuscript submitted, anonymously,
for competitive purposes. In these day
when a multitude of publisher are hold
ing out money Inducement of the first
order for all creditable literary work, an
author with a good, salable manuscript
is little likely to 'tie it up"Jn a state
competition on the chance of winning a
paltry hundred dollars and th doubtful
glory of a 'blue-ribbon' bestowed by a
State Legislature. "In which case the
awards would be simply to 'the best sub
mitted,' not to the best literature pro
duced In the state; and with none of the
star producers ln the running.' the honor
of 'T&UZ3M:tt:'x&ua&'io the
minimum. In Europe, where sometime
thousands of dollars are offered, for one
piece ot work (as in the ease of the
princely prize now awaiting the writer
of the best life of St. Francis of As
slsi), the competitive Impetus to literary
production may well engage a different
order of talent, but the fact remain
that great literature Is seldom If ever
written that way. Government recogni
tion ot literature in money and honor 1
another matter. It hasn't always been
wisely discriminating, as every student
of literary history know; but perhaps.
on the whole. It doe less harm jthan
good. Mr. Tarklngton's effort to Intro
duce It Into this country Is based, how
ever. 6n too picayune a scale, and begins
at the wrong end. Let us pension our
Tennysons, if we have any, and If they
need pension, but let - us not hope to
breed any by the offer of a hundred dol
lars." -
Whatever else may be said of Mr.
Tarklngton's bill, declares the Atlanta
Journal, "it: gives- convincing proof oc
his Interest In his urofeealon and hla v
earnest desire to promote It If ltt should
become a law and result In developing .
another Booth Tarklngton,' It passage ,
would be abundantly Justified." Liter
ary Digest.
ENG EDWARD'S TRAINED NURSE
At the time of the King's recent oper
ation the nurse who had been present -
to assist left the room on his recover
ing consciousness, but not before, the
King had caught sight of her face. Di
rectly after he asked one of bis phy
sician who she waa for he had seen
her somewhere, and quite lately. . The
doctor admitted that this was ao, for buy
snort while before, His Majesty had
presented this same nurse with a medaf
tor her work In South Africa. .That gift
has been . rendered doubly precious ta
its recipient, for the King asked for
the nurse, shook hand with her, say
ing at the same timer "I have proved
for myself how well you deserved that
medal." '
FACTS AND FIGURES. '
Prof. ThUenlu of.Breslau University
declare that In central Europe theri
was 'a race of pigmies "down to within
1000 year (of herown time. - Healthy
and well-proportionea inaiviauai oi
both sexes measuring not more than 4 ?!
feet 5 inches in height, . were by n
means rare, t, .. i t " .
The oldest piece of writing In the world
on a fragment of a vSse found a Ni-
pour, It Is an inscription in picture writ
Ing and dates 4500- year before Christ. '
The University; of Pennsylvania has b '
tamed lb