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1 1 1 ;. geof Hk3;'JC!ri3(Qj . PORTLAND. OREGON. ; MONDAY. JULY 18, 1904. THE OREGON DAIL.Y JOURNAL, &pjditlcit Small Change 1 Oregon Sidelights ANIN DEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Editorial Pa . ft, JACKSON - Published every evening (except Sunday) aad every Sunday morning at The OFFICIAL. THE BLESSINGS OF MOISTURE IN OREGO N TT1 HEN" ohmeWloWTJregongweathevway row home, he la smilingly : met w w . -word "moisture." aa though that, aetuaa ana summed no everything. And Indeed think about It, It U not jiTall surprising that aU the In. formation at the disposal of the ' non-resident ta com. 7 crlsed in that iilnsla word, A a matter of fact the peo ple of the state are chiefly to, blame lor It all ior In the - past that fa the chief Information which they .furnished the Inquiring- stranger. ; 1 . . And we do have .moisture here and It in "our whole scheme of development. record 'of the' weather bureau and Here We know something about. Oregon'! . weather 'fill be surprised to discover that the palm not here, but . In Mobil and New wet weather tha worldheara little or nothing. , We wUl :b atlrt mira aurprlaed to dlacorer that for th past. 10 years the good old town of Boston haa averaged more wet weather' than Portland and New York has been such a close second that there was no fun difference between the quality of th unusual winter such as that we have just passed through and consider the fact that during the whole season In this Section the thermometer dropped but once below 41 degree above aero and then reached th two months of July and August, when rain rarely "fallaV when - the northwest brcese la v laden ' wlth the choicest perfumes and mere living Is a delight Take the springtime, a season which no Portlander ever aeems to mention, and ' whera-withtn the- whole United State la such a delightful , unfolding aa her In Portland T What an orderly procession of .vegetation, bedecked, luxuriant and many colored. How sweet the odors, how delightful ' to the sight and how. ravishing to the senses.' And yet th growth la neither rapid nor forced. Each day teems to bring Its allotted advance. Everything seems to reach its maturity through regular gradations, not a moment too soon and not a moment too late, to achieve Its full and lasting fruition. And then the color schemes,' from the dogwood In the earliest spring, through the- fruit tree blossoms, the hawthorns, the bewildering beauty and .pro fusion of Jhe roses with their stunning climax, the crlm son rambler, what a gamut they run through, what a riot of color, what a blending. And what a variety and lav ishnesa In color, form and foliage, of shrubs and trees gathered from many quarters "of the .In their pristine glory, her to bring unmeasured delight to 'th mere passerby who needs turn not a foot put of his beaten path, to sea, feel and enjoy them, -And the forest everywhere creeping right Into the very edges of the city, the sprawling hillsides, . verdure crowned, . the perennially green grass, the snow-capped mountains In the distance, the charming vistas of wood land and water, the superb air, blessed aa a benediction. , And the moisture when, it comes, gently falling, warm, vitalising and beneficent. It la that for which we should give our heartfelt thanks, for It Is that which makes this glorious country' possible and which will eventually make of Oregon one of, th most, populous as It Is In the es timation of those who know It best, . th most glorious tat naturally in th whole sisterhood, v , V OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMMIGRANTS. GLARENCB H. MATSON, in the Outlook, says that the- Immigrant presents a problem, "th problem i of his assimilation, and transformation Into a good American cltlsen. .Millions of. Immigrants have been so transformed proof positive that millions more may be. And the millions who have been so transformed' and as almllated hare caused no . great worry to those who cam before' them, nor have they presented a 'problem' of, any magnitude."--, . ''. Mr. Matson verf Interestingly cites th cases of Rus sian and Swedish and . other settlements how they have toiled and prospered and been true In many way to their adopted country." They donf dodge taxes.' They don't go to Jaiy; They may' not read Browning, but on the other hand they don't throw up to Dowle, They ar true to their wives, their sweethearts, their children, their old parent, and their adopted country. And (not yet being fully Informed) most of them vote the Republican ticket. . ;0 But Mr. Matson make a distinction between th lm- - migrants who seek " th " couhtry,nd those who stay ' In - th cities, thus: j .-; jT"---.",,: " V'.'"v-r . Tet there ar thousands and thousands of Just -,' auch foreigners In the large cities foreigners whom , the pessimist pronounces a menace, to American in- stltutlons . and government' They are no worse and no better than those Russians of the prairies. Placed -; under similar conditions, the vast majority jif imml ; grants would doubtless exhibit th earn traits aa : those who listened to President Roosevelt pn that , western plain last year. Those prairie Russians cam to America with practically nothing. They took ad vantage of th cheap lands of the west to aqqulr ' homes of their own homes in which they had a pro- - prleUry interest They worked hard, and many of them have accumulated thousands of dollars and their ' . stock An com. . Robert B Wilson, traveling freight and passenger agent of the C B. A tells the Baker City Democrat: 5 "The stock ranges of Oregon never were la such .fine condl.tlon as at pres ent : I don't care where you go In eastern Oregon or southeastern- Oregon you will And the same conditions. The season has been especially-- projjltlous. Ther has been more than the usual quantity f rain. -grass has been lux uriant and rich and stork of all kinds, particularly cattle, has done well. This puts the stock here In good condition for shipping. In another two or three weeks they will be in One condition. Now you know that the corn crop in . the middle west Is what makes the market The corn today In Nebraska and Iowa Is out of danger and the in dications are that there will be an Im mense crop. . This means- a splendid feeding ground at a minimum eost for Pacini) roast cattle on the way to mar ket ' The owners of cattle In this coun- Iry hav only to hold off a little time la order to take advantage of these clr eussstances and pull out with . good profits on the year's business. . The Sheep men.' while they have not mads ' much on their stork, they have profited tremendously on tbelr wool. I look for . the price of sheep to advance shortly." caw xx.:l ravrr a tbazws. - rro .the Hood River Glacier. The, boys whe havebeen accustomed to selling fmlt to th pessengers at the depot are very Indignant at the . railroad company- beeeuse of an order front headquarter to cease all such 5''', '',.'.' ; PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. PAPER OP THE CITY OP 1 grant-la tb-ity . with the glrigle when one cornea te la the saving grace And yet take the moat of us who be for moisture is neia Orleana about Whose not over here that to It. And then the molsturel ' Take an thousahd or even try; go werft. -3et 17 above aero. Take contract labor. Stop glob her to flourish Thla remark aprJIes with force risked her life to oniy a pawn out This, by the way. upon eccaalonally, of the poet's and tendance Is likely PORTLAND'S thuslasm In the project even after th nffii.i Tru- " niatter and iiimm. hut it If . --- problems connected here as they have sales hereafter. Station Agent Klnnalrd tells the Glacier that the Berkley Bros, hay a franchise for exclusive peddling of fruits on the O. R. A N. trains, and they object seriously to the - beys at Hood River interfering with their mon opoly The railroad Company notified the agent here early In 'the season that the practice of the boys should cease. ' Mr. Klnnalrd made an effort to have the former marshal stop the boys from trespassing on the railroad right of way. but In this hs was unsuccessful. The other day a second order came along calling attention to the previous order, and wanting to know why It was not enforced. Marshal, oilnger was called upon, but he finds difficulty in trying to keep the boy from making sales. ( Mr. Day, a new-comer. In speaking to the Glacier editor regarding thla mat ter oonsidered the action of the railroad verf overbearing. , He said his boy was earning as much as $1.7 a day peddling fruit at the .trains. ..- .' mu Txzaras nr ognoxzi. ; l ,i V ' From the Philadelphia Record. ' ' An old sexton wss discussing : the amount of stealing that Is done in churches. "Scarcely a day pass, he said, "when the church Is open without some distracted woman coming to me, bowed down with grief' because some body has stolen her purs. There are certain contemptible thieves who prey on unsuspecting women who pray so hard that they forget to look after their porketnooks. The thief .watches until the woman Is deep In prayer and then leans ever, grasps the purse and sneaks eut" , - - ... . 1 jno. F. Carroll Journal Building. Fifth and Yamhill PORTLAND .farms have become valuable. But they have con tended with th forces of nature, while the lmml- baa--contended against- his fellow- man. - They have helped one another, . while the city ., ". Immigrant has been compelled to fight his fellow In , the struggle for a livelihood. The prairie Immigrant ' has become more or less a force io his community, and haa been brought to a realisation of the ' re- ' sponslbllltles of citizenship, while the on In-the city haabeen a citizen only at the dictation of some ward heeler, with 'no definite Idea of th real meaning of JI ballots lnother words, his environment -haa de . velbped in th Immigrant of the' west that which J: transforms him Into a good "cltlsen, while th en- ' vlronment of his brother In a crowded city sweat-' : shop may have had exactly the opposite effect , , , ; Well, thla la a free country. We cannot dictate to. the Immigrant where he shall go, to the city , or country, but we can put an immigration agent In every principal city of Europe to ; see who comes hither, and to see there, they are entitled to com. - ' Next these , immigration watchers, could advise these people: T)ont stop la th cities. If you hav a few a few hundred dollars, go to th coun on l.nd. rThe land Is the thing. Get a PleC Of It" ' , ' '-; In Concluslon,Mr. Matson ...yaj-l:l..jjrL - " Th menace, if menace there! be, seems to 11 In th congestion, not only of foreign1 elements, but also our own poor, and Ignorant in th larger cities. Whether a' practical method can be found in persuading them .to leave th cities and establish home In the coun try Is another question. In th east land seems to b-too JUgtLJorih-.vrag-poor. man. In-the west I ther 1 an abundance of land, but much of it will not b profitable until water la secured for it There are. however,, opportunities In tl west for thousands and thousands of people from the- congested cities if they " : ar willing to. begin in a humble manner, as others have don before them. We want Immigrants , thousands of them. Th peril is not In them! It Is rather in' ourselves.' Th thing about immigration to prevent and protect ourselves against is that, and keep Out absolute paupers, professional mendicants, and people with criminal ten denciesand this can be done and let the rest come. . ATTRACTIVE CHAUTAUQUAN FEATURES T T ThiLr the Willamette Chautauqua assembly did y V S not cnr mny very noted speakers this year the excentlona belrir rr thiiii. hn to speak the latter part of this week, and Captain Hob son, who haa delivered Interesting addresses it has' pre sented and is presenting some entertaining and praise worthy features. , Saturday evening of the cantata of Esther. While a chill sou'wester blew somewhat, boisterously through th big open pavilion,! over J.0OO people sat' contentedly, and most of wcra nappuy, watcning and listening to th artistic exhibition, In dramatic form, of thla old Bible story. Miss Lytle sings 'With svmDathr in an1 with ...hi Ject - She seems to understand and enter Into-the 'very emotions and .desires and heart-thrnia nf tv.. - - - - v uvu.t nuu save, her relative yet not him he was ner people. . ; It is. well to nunumw. Is an interesting and engagmg-fonn of ar-. toe Dienaing or arama and music. In the opera, .the cantata, th oratorio. rMuslo hath charms to sooth th savage breast;" and . even people who have, no critical knowledge or appreciation of the finer and more delicate points of the art may yet be soothed and at the same time thrilled by the presentation of one of thu fin inotn... the musician's art combined. r ims, the closing week, promises to be a brilliant one, and with the fine weather that is now inrti.t- .v.. to break all records. ' . - MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL. THERE Is some- danger of the proposed manual training school In connection ' with the public achool system being lost sight of. In these halcyon vacation, days. Some of th most Influential taxpayers In th city gave th movement their countenance. They assumed th position, that-tha.tima h.t u wsuv vi iivii a, manual training school should be inaugurated here and they were willing to take their full share of the financial burden which It Would Involve. With such moral sup port the .echool board decided to Inaugurate the system. Since that memorable evening, however that prudent body seem to manifest a decreasing amount r that it was strictly constitutional. ' .--. The need of the school ta Immediate. , It Is pot a mat ter .which will do as well 10 years hen. u Jm . that requires cojenritiAi and wavs i. ..i t.-,. ' ' . rr . ' nm 01 wun spirit all the with It oan ha n.,.A . .. been elsewhere and the results to th imo.io ana uia scnooi cwiaren wUl be Just as beneficial and far-reaching. . , Vl, OOSTt,T TS. A-tm ' v E." M. Kingsbury sums up for Every body's Magasine In this way the quali ties ot ths men who will doubtless lead the opposing tickets in the approaching presidential campaign i . "Roosevelt Is aU emphasis. Parker Is all silence. Roosevelt a the sound of Innumerable trip-hammers. Parker Is quiet, occasional and . refreshing, like the gentle ralir or the cool drink in July. From the Democratic point of view Roosevelt Is rash, unadvised and sudden; full of. usurpation. vlnUni .-kk.. exemplar of personal government Ju'dg ne exact opposite of this ac tual or mythical figure. He has been nursed on precedents and authorities. He feeds on year-books and reports and digests. As a Judge he approaches a subject with tranquil deliberation and an open mind. Inconsecutive thought Is not to be expected et him. - Is it not fair to assume that he Is unlikely to be drawn into impulsive action? if it be true that there, has been sr divergence from the old psms of government ac cording to th constitution, who is fitter thsn a Judge . to set that . crooked stralghtrv . ... , , ,1 , ,"" JToi Bora Yesterday. From the Boston Herald. ' Some of the tributes to -Chairman Cor telyoa. whlla handenmelw mrA complimentary, show an Inadequate ap- pruiauon or nis experience In politics! affairs. Cortelynu is a good, clean man. but he la no chicken, He knows men and thing. .. , : . r. Nobody Is betting yet Tammany Isn't saying a word. ' river is IpKewrtglbla. Don't begin to worry about 1901 yet Our voice Is for peace, rattler than for war. , I tJ6d"talkersars"n vaTuiWeTgowTwork' ers are better.. . -;.v-.-- . - Cham battles are a sham In more senses than one. - Tou might bet - on which la balder, Parker or Fairbanks,. .... Ther seems to be some doubt - yet as to th full reorganisation of Bryan. By the way. there ar Debs and B wal low, .litlio boys, bow r you running! The judge and the president went to chureh yesterday, as usual. Wonderful. New York. New Jersey, Maryland, II. ltnols. West Virginia Judge, behold them. - . - Isn't there life enough In that Port-land-TUlamook railroad scheme to grunt again r. . . . ... . Parker Is partly baldheaded.' but he is never seen In the front row at a vaude ville show. ,:.-,..-,-.. -,--, ";'; But how long will one full dinner pall last when a man' idle, and bable are to be fed? - . . - . It' will be a cold day Indeed when liar rl man cannot get some decisions as well as HHL Ves-tarlan1nm Is liable to become Dooular , Whr . not have a national vegetarian nartrT "Col." Butcher thinks Cbler will The colonel yet come to th front likes a man of good color. The standpatters In Wisconsin are go ing to be turned up and spanked. This will happen elsewhere later. . . . ( Now the ' Ice and cream men ' are grumbling. Some people are always dissatisfied witn the weatner. There are some 'old fashioned and not entirely erasy people who look upon those sham battles as rather worse than a -farce, General Klllfeather sarcastically ai- ludes to th man he will be obliged to vote for next November aa the sage of Tou-soap-us. f Th Irish World, for some reasons, possibly some good ones, is "feralnst" Roosevelt The Irish World has "many attentive, readers. Chicago Journal: From his 'secluded retreat In the New - Hampshire woods Mr. Cleveland may be able to send forth magasine article entitled. "The St Louis Riot of 1904; How I -Suppressed It by Keeping Out of Sight" - pnrxEMmi'i smut srnsnrjrs. .... . (Br George V. Hobart) - . tCoprrtfht, 1MM, by W. B. Hearst.) Der meaning of a Bigamist is a man dot adds vun und haa two to carry. . "Der meaning of Unselfishness vas a man dot can read, abould a neighbor's success mltouid reaching for der har poon to throw it Der meaning of a Practical Choke Is ven nature . makes a pink lobster look like a man. . . ' .-.. .;...'..,.'.,. Der meaning of Retribution la a man dot marrys for money und only gets a meal tlgget ,. Der meaning of Courtship 1 love's eggscuraton boat yuat before it strike's der rough aea of matrimony. - ' Der meaning of Beethoven's Sonata Is der oxcoos some vim men make for beat ing der face off der piano. l Der meaning of Truth la der kind vords our enemies say abould ua. Der meaning of a Philosopher Is a man dot can else himself up und try to forget der result Der meaning .of Opportunity Is some ding vlch ve can nefer see eggscept ven it eln'd dare to look at j- t Der meaning of Pathos la to see a poor man laughing at his rich vlfe's poor choks. .. .., Der meaning of Eggstravagance Is a man dot doan'd listen mlt both ears ofer der long distance tellyfone ven be has to pay fer it ' . .v.., . - ... Der meaning of Popularity Is der cold storage house vere der vorld soon for gets all abould us. . . "... Der meaning of a Hog is der man dot dinks eferybody should move ofer und gif him der end seat. ' r Der meaning of Reform Is a bird dot la alvays flying tovards us, but nefer gets here., , .. , . Der- meaning of Conscience Is der alarm clock on a man's - mind ' vlcb mostly aln'd vound up. . ; . ; ' T)er mMnlnir nt ftmaam- - ddilar Pajama hat on a t'lrty-cent man. Der nteanln n T.ln.I. )- . believes der vorld om din - nin und den sends annuder man ould to col lection ji, , . Der meaning of a Bceptle Is a man, dot vlll stop to see If dare vas a microbe In a kiss. , ' - . Der mennlnv of . TTvrvrinV l- . - knocker dot Is ould of order eggscept ven your back la turned. ,. . TKS aOTZBBTBlXsTT'g UTTXS BIXU. From the Chicago News. There have been several 1-cent claims against the United States government One' was by the Southern Pacific, which submitted a bill for t t for hauling government freight It was a bond-aided road, enly part of Its bills sgalnst the government being paid In cash, the rest going to the railroad's credit on the bonds. In this cane Its credit was 16.28, snd Its cash ene cent ' Another govern ment obligation of single cent was tn favor of a chemical company, which, for some unexplained reason, sgreed in a public competition to . Supply ,1M91 pounds of ethyl ether for one cent . Th offer was accepted. There were nine signatures, one .that of a rear-admiral, on the paper relating to the establish ment of this claim, and the warrant for payment had to be signed by several persons. - - . , - . . i . : ' Juljr.lIt Wa-temalned-Jiera thla UV. la order to make observations and cor rect the chronometer, which ran down on Sunday. The latitude we found to be 0 degrees 17 minutes and S.t seconds north. The observation of the time proved our chronometer too slow by minutes 61.6 seconds. - . The .high lands bear from our camp north 26 de greea went up the river. Captain Iewl rode up the country, and saw the Nlsh- STENOGRAPHER '-.:' (By -Bells BleU.) , .' . .' "That millionaire out in Iowa, who la being sued for breach of promise, and has -got to listen while three "thousand of his love letters are read tn court la up against the jammy thing good and hard. Isn't her . remarked the Stenog rapher. .'-:.'. , ' "It's a-ettlns-' so ' that the onlv safety for a rich man Is not knowing 'how to write," responded the Bookkeeper. gloomily. "I shouldn't wonder If, In an other generation, the .conscientious mil lionaire parent would be. aa careful to keep his offspring . from learning how to write as he would be to keep them from .learning to smoke cigarettes. It's the only way be can keep 'em from be ing soaked for damages." r .' Tin,ot doping out any sympathy for the lady, whose, wounded heart can be healed with a few shlnplasters," con tinued the Stenographer, "and If I were a man I'd a heap lot rather she got my roll than to getm- fori keeps. Neither am I rooting for the man who makes love, and never makes good; but It does leok to me that a case like. this would be an awful .warning that would make every man take something for the love- letter-writing habit that would be a sure cure and prevent him from having any craving to slop over on paper!" WelL If there la snythlng worse than thla poor duck of a millionaire Is In for It must be a trade secret In the fire and brimstone factory," said the Bookkeeper.- At any rate, I can t think of any kind of torture that would, be in It with hearing a bunch of your feverish billet doux.read aloud to a sniggering audience by a cold and unsympathetic plaintiff's attorney, with a voloa like a megaphone. Just think of all the 'angels and 'darlings' and' 'precious' ones' snd lovey dovey . rot that a fellow writes while he's got the hectlo flush on him, -and how asinine It looks and sounds when he's cooled off. Gee, but I could weep for pity on the neck of the man who has to listen to his own. passe raves. V . Well, I wonder that men are ldlotlo enough to write 'em." repeated the Sten ographer. - "It didn't so , much matter when the forsaken damsel used to gather THE PLANET JUPITER. .' By Garret P. Serviss.) - (Copyright ISO, by W. B. Hearst.) . . ' I never can witness a return of the planet Jupiter Into the visible heavens without a thrill or wonder. It i tne sreatest of all the planetary - worlde without In our ken. and Is full of Invit ing mystery. A few mornings ago, hap pening to rise long before daybreak, I saw the glare, of the huge planet through the treea His dassllng light overpowered the neighboring stars of Pisces. Seising a binocular I caught sight of his faithful satellites attending him like bees circling about a hive. During the summer and autumn he will rise earlier. and beam more glori ously every night, but the first sight ef him Is alwaya the most impressive,' like the traveler's first glimpse of the Alps. The Insistent question always arises tn looking at Jupiter: "Must not that world be packed with life, like a great transatlantic liner which one passes at sea, too far off for Its Inmates to be discerned, but too unmistakably nnder Intelligent control to be' supposed . a drifting hulkr v And. notwithstanding what - I know that science teaches concerning the physical condition of Jupiter. I am al ways tempted to reply: "Tea, It must be a living world; it must be crowded with Intelligent creatures, differing from us as much In the perfection or tneir Intellectual- powere -as la the strange ness of their physical forma" Tet the arruments against tne naoit- uality of Jupiter at the present time seem very strong. Against them one can only place an instinctive conviction that so vast a world cannot be a soli tude, and that the Creator fan make life fl for any environment .We are, per haps, too much Inclined to Insist upon .OT-atlnl atanriarda and analogies in dealing with the problem of life In other worlds. Because we find that the nhiinH of Junlter. duik ior ouik. weighs only one-quarter aa much as the substance of the earth, while at the same time he exceeds the earth In slse i xoo times, w hasten to conciua mat he 1 only a world composed Of vapors. That supposition fits in very well with the theory of the evolution of the solar system from a nebula, but after all we do not know that it Is correct Things may be consistent with theory without being true. : - Coming to the real gist of th matter. BIOS Z.KOAX BOXBTS. r A new phase of the Union county seat removal' question now confronts the people of that county. - When the deed wss made to union county for the present court house rounds at Union, by Samuel Hannah In 1874, It stipulated ' that the title to the property should .remain with the county only so long as t should be used as a court house site, but . when It should cease to be so -used, then It with' all appurtenances should revert to the "heirs of the Hannah eetate. Now that the county seat will com to La Grande, and the building on the Hannah property will cease to be used as a court house, the heirs have already begun action to recover the property. and prevent the removal of the vaults in the offices, and the steel cells In the county jail, to La Grande, claiming that by the provisions Of the deed these are "appurtenances" and belong to the real estate. , ' ' Steel vaults and cells! hsve been placed In the court house and jail at a cost of about ttS.floo , by the people of the county snd this new phase of the question has, had a cooling effect on the enthusiasm over the county seat removal. . . The hew elty hall at - La Grande, which is to the used aa a court house, has not been provided with vaults -by ths builders, and this additional expense to be borne by the county . may .have some effect on the Temovsl of the eounty seat, aa the law prohibits a nahbotana. 1 r 1 -miles J-f rem its mouth, at a place not more than too yardsTrom iheTBTtesourl, and a little above our camp. It then passes near the foot of the Bald hills, and is at least six feet below the level of the Missouri. On Its banks are oak. walnut and mul berry, . Th common current of ' the Missouri, taken with ths Io. Is 80 fathoms in 40 minutes, at some places, and even 20 minutes, . , ON LOVE LETTERS up her treasured love letters and tie them up with a blue ribbon and a faaea rosebud and put them In a secret drawer of- her desk, where she could get them out handy whan she wanted to weep over them. ' ' "But judging from the - number of breach-of-promlse suits whers the love missives form Exhibit A. that Isn't the way young women regard their sweet heart's' letters now. They preserve 'em all right, all right; but when Romeo flies the track and balks aC ths altar tney don't waste any brine salting down his written vows of deathless devotion. ... "Neither do they tie up his letters and put them away . among the sad. sweet memories of their life. On the contrary, they bundle up the warmest of 'em and hike out for a lawyer's office, and sue hint on the strength of 'env for the price of love s younx dream. " i "Do you know what maxe men write these dopey love letters!" ,tnqulreq. toe BookkeeDe.r - - . "- "Because the fool-killer has knocked off business." suargester the Stenographer, "No," replied the Rookkeeper. "It's be cause every man. In . his heart bellevos that he is a poet that could have lammed the spots oft of Tennyson II ne a given his mind to writing poetry insteaa oi sen I In rrncevlee. "Now the average man hasn't got the gal to actually try to manufacture poetry: besides, it would injure nis Busi ness standing to have It get out on him; so he bottles up all this flub-dun senti ment In him until he falls in -love, ana then he fires It all at the girl. ' . "He don't really mean It at the -time. but he's got a sort of a sensational Jag on, - and the more he writes the more he wants .to write, and the lovelier ana the more' potlcal It sounds to him. I tell you, a man's love letters certainly do look good to ; All the same," said tne Btenograpner, "If I was a man and had to write a let ter to my distant love, I would sit on a cake of ice whlla I penned It and keep It in the refrigerator twenty-four nours before I mailed it." - You'd save yourself trouble . If you did," agreed the Bookkeeper. .. what do we know about the principle of life- even on our own globe T we know that certain substances combined In certain proportions compose our bodies, and that certain physical conditions are essential for their preservation. Yet though the physical conditions may be never so favorable, sr time comes when the body, will no longer retain Ita con stitution '.snd life ceases. On this planet, then, life is manifested through chemical combtnatlona and physical states growing out of . and . suited to their general environment On another planet the environment is different though th elements of matter are similar, and It is only logical to suppose that amid a different environ ment the mysterious principle of life msy manifest Itself through - chemical combinations and physical atates suited to that environment - : f To suppose otherwise, te assume that no life can exist except under the condi tions found on this earth, is surely sn immense assumption, a very apotheosis of egotlsml - '. v .. And so, although I accept of course, the scientific demonstration that Jupi ter Is in a physical state very .different from that of the earth, and although I find the hypothesis that he represents a stage of planetary evolution antedat ing that which is specially suited for the development of living forms, very captivating-and very reasonable-from th evolutionary point of view, yet there always remains tn my mind a doubt whether, after all, he may not be as grand a centre of Intellectual aa he cer tainly IS of physical energies. .And this doubt becomes almost an In tuitive belief every time I see him emerge from the daxxle of th sun shin and resume his majestic course through the evening sky.- In his splen did presence it seems Impossible to think of him otherwise than aa a more glorious abode of life thafi thla com paratively insignificant globe on Which our lot has been cast In a group of tropical Islands, if you found a little Islet thickly peopled, would you deem It reasonable to deny that a great neighbor island, more than a thousahd times larger, could have in habitants? And . yet It certainly does happen that such an island may be the seat of a giant volcano and be covered with vast sheets of lifeless lava Instead of populous fields. ' - , i'ik"- county from incurring more than $1,000 Indebtednees. - : The Hannah heir reside In Baker county, where Mrs. Hannah married Joseph Kennison. after Mr. Hannah's death, many years ago, and has several living children from her union with Mr. Hannah. . ' According to the law, nothing but th books, records and movable ef fects of the county can be removed from the buildings. . 9A9 BiTtWAT BTXQVSTTB. ;- From, the Chlcsgo Tribune." ' When a native lady enters a Japanese railway carriage she slips her feet from her tiny shoes, stands upon ths seat and then sits demurely with her feet doubled beneath her. A moment lster she lights a elgaret, or her little pipe, which holds Just tobacco enough to produce two good whiffs of smoke. All Japanese people sit With their feet upon the seat ef the ear, and -not as Europeans . do. When th ticket collectorattired In a blue uniform enters the carriage he removes his cap and twice bows politely. He repeats the bow as he comes to each passenger te collect the tickets from them. - , .. ' i . -r- .. . ..- '. Hsatad, , . ' From the Washington Post I J. P. Garreta. son of s Spanish col onel of artillery killed at Santiago, has been sppolnted a professor at th naval academy at Annapolis. War's wounds heat rapidly. , . ' , , An OdelL Wasco county, man har vested Va tans sn sore of vetch. Lots of strawberries are ripening' yet In the upper Hood River valley. The bears like them. , A Crook county locality Is named Ax- ' handle. The sx Is supposed to be oft slaughtering sheen.- It would be a joke, on Mr. Tsffe if the .supreme court would reverse his case and he should not tget halt , so Biuco on m r-u isi. I ' Outing.. Pleasant time. Abundance of fish. Also flies. Great bath trig." tao chllla. Never had so good a time. Hell-ol bank account overdrawn. Charles Grlssen made a flying trip tp Portland Thursday. McMlnnville, News. Could we borrow Charlie's machine to -" make a flying trip to 8U Louis? .... -Eastern Oregon horse, thieves are be- T Ing captured, but luckily for them they art not being treated in the Way such miscreants used io be In the wild and ' wooly west,:-- ' "''- : - Russelvllle correspondence, of Oregon v ' City Courier; Caslus Austin has many N friends now, aa be haa the finest black. . berry patch known in the country. There -are many people to be seen any time through the day picking and It Is thought' the amount gathered would run - -Into hundreds of gallons. . - , - ' V :" ! -" Mr. P. B. Cjeer succeeded In killing -an Immense rattlesnake In her front '" yard at the Oregon iftng camp several . days ago. - The snake had 10 rattles and . .. was a monster of his specie. Ashwood ' Prospector. Hurrah for Mrs. - Gear! ' Some women ' would have run into th .- mountains and been eaten up by a lion. Arthur Hunt during the month of June -delivered to the Tillamook creamery 44.S9 pounds of milk, of which 1.6 pounds waa butter fat at a teat of . for the average.-. He has it cos. ' Ow ing to the low price of oheese his re ceipts' for; the month were only about $400,. but it . cheese were up . to the average price . they would ' hav been ' $600,.,- " '. , '', i.',... ; ,v Arlington Record: The .sheriffs of Gilliam,: Morrow and Wheeler counties have their hands full these days cap- ' turlng horse' thieves. There has' been quite a good deal of horse and cattle . stealing going on In these oountles for several years past and an effort la being mads to rid the counties of the stealers, and ao tar they are succeeding admirably. '-" , ' ,-..,"--i... , Slowly. 'slowly, Senator George C Brownell Is dropping behind with his " political chariot and jaded team. ' It la now extremely doubtful 4f ke-ean - . cure re-election as state senator in 180. As for president of the state senate again well, he is simply not in it. - Woodbum independent. But the inde pendent has It in for G. C for some reason, and thla may be a prejudiced -view. ' - " Hood River Glacier: Hon. T. R. Coon, who advertises in another column ef the -. Glacier that he has bis home place for ' ale. it . is ' understood jWlll ' leave ,- for -' ', New "Zealand this fall. Mr.' Coon hs ; ' been attracted to this British possession by a thorough study of the economical - ' and sociological conditions of the coun try. -If the country Is as he has hnd "i - It represented he believes he will ' find a place even better than Hood River.. V. St Louis "(Yamhill eounty) corre- . spdndence of North TamhlU Record! At the Manning reunion held here re- . eentiy there were (t people of one fa m- ' ily. They surely enjoyed themselves by.;'. holding a family dance on a platform which was built for the occasion, snd Sunday they Invited a great many ef , their friends and all partook of a de- llcioua dinner In the oak grove on one ' . large table, where about 160 people did v due justice. . - "'. Odell correspondence of Hood River Glacier: The carrier on this route ssys that It will probably be necessary to renew the subscription along the route If the servloe Is to continue. The wagon is badly In need Of repairs and it has only been In use about IS months. ; The wear and tear of wagon and harness to gether with the expense of feeding the team, renders It Impossible for any re sponsible person to fulfill the contract with the smsll Increase of salary the' government has arranged for. Th mut ter should be taken up at once to the end that th service msy be oontlrnert.- Mr. Copple is giving satisfaction and $76 per month is not too much for the servloes rendered. (What does Uncle Sam think of this, his mall carriers hav ing to take up a collection?) Bsomr btxs nr scums. ; " From the Chicago Tribune. -There Is many a pitfall for ths com- plexlon In the fashionable brown." says i a Chicago artist "As a rule. It In- . tensities the color of the eyes to match - them or wear a deeper shade of the same color. . Especially Is this true of blue, but in brown It doe not always hav a happy effect For instance, the' V brown eyes that are - accompanied by hair that is two or three shades darker, . or almost black, are not Improved by any r of the fashionable reddish or. golden browns. . . . -. ' Instead, these shsdes clash - with a tinge of purple that Is alwaya lurking -around the eyes and hair in this com- ' blnatlon, and the result is a spotted ef ; feet The only brown possible to this " complexion is a dark seal that renders it opaque. The woman with hair of a -little brighter shade, however, has ' usually a tinge of red In her cheeks, which Is brought out by a brown of -warm reddish shade. . ;' "The Titian haired woman with eyes a shade or two darker may also wear' the shades that match either eyes or hair, because her color scheme is pure. ' Even an occasional freckle on her fare show that the pigment is all, upon the same order."-'' .. ;. ..'. TKS BOOIZTZIT BBBSOSAUTY. ' ' -. . ' From' the St Louis Republic, ' The Roosevelt personality fairly bulges with dangers. ' No man ver heard from the Roosevelt lips the ex- clamatlon-that , "war ,1s hell.'. To Mm v war looms ss a glorious opportunity fpr . the exploitation of personal valor and he constantly preaches ' kntghterrantry to " the American soldiery. He frankly de- ' apises the soldier who does not love war . for Its own saxe and laments the fact that there was not enough of the. Spanish war to go around. Mr. Rooae- ' velt writes books on war. He thunders , war la his presidential messages. War r loving and headstrong. Impulsive and Impatient of remonstrance, Mr. Roose- velt as ths commander-in-chief of the army and navy Incarnates a menace which could not but effect, the minds of a Christian people which hate war and . hold peace and Ita normal accompani ments above mere military aggrandise ments and foreign oontest ,. . ( V