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Page of .153 PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 28," '1904. THE OREGON DA I LY AN t. ft. JACKSON Published every evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning, at Ths ., OFFICIAL, SIGNIFICANCE OF VON PLEHVES ASSASSINATION, . Tn THE HOUR of RuhU'i keenest I ' cesslve defeat! In the orient iLrma and when gravest complicatlone with neutral powers are threatened, the aplrtt of flamed forth at home. Von Plehve, ,.r tha Interior and state secretary of assassinated In tha streets of St. Petersburg-, and tha clr curastances leave little doubt that tha tragedy la tha cul initiation of a deep-laid plot, tha outgrowth of tha fierce . nnnuinr discontent which unceasingly bility of th cxw'S government It la strongly significant that tha assassination should take place at this time, when the spirit of patriotism should call upon every loyal subjeot of "the cxnr to stand fast In his allegiance, to ar ray himself With the defenders, hot with tha assailants 'of bla' country. .' 'x - ' ' ' '' ' :,' As a people; the", Russians are naturally Intensely pat rlotio, but generations of Intolerable oppression and nils rule are bearing thelr,-lnevltable fruit. Revolution Is In " tha air and only by the Iron hand of merciless repression baa the- government f maintained' Ha ascendency. While '-. the Russian press will comment only with horror and de testation upon the assassination which has occurred. It is undeniable that among a large part of the' Russian pop ulation It will be viewed with secret approval and syro- . pathy. Russia's most dangerous enemies grr tb be found not beyond her borders but within her own household. ' ' Minister von Plehve haa expiated not only the general policy of ruthless tyranny which the Russian government baa pursued toward Its own people, but also, "and more explicitly the Crimea against Finland which constitute one of the darkest blots upon the pages of modern history. As secretary of state for Finland be .has doubtless been regarded as tha exponent of the despotic rule which has tripped that unfortunate country of Ha liberties and re- , duced Its people to tha condition of serfs. Finland has cried aloud tor Justice but her cries have been . unheard. ---In extraordinary contrast to the spirit of rebellion that Is abroad among tha people of Russia, Is the; Intense and - devoted patriotism of tha Japanese. , Not a whisper of disloyalty to tha mikado's rule Is to be beard, not a band ; Is raised by big subjects against any officer of the govern ment. As one man the people of Japan are bending all their energies to tha defeat of tha common foe. Theirs Is tha spirit which brooks no defeat while tha power of re sistance remains. St. Petersburg's grim tragedy brings Into vivid prominence- tha widely different attitude of tha subjects of these two warring powers toward their re spective governments. ' WANTED-rA BILL OF PARTICULARS. 'HE OREGONIAN baa Indulged to the ruinous consequences to the city govern ment that must result from the loss of revenue from tha gambling bouses, that It Is pertinent to ask for a bill of particulars. To tha Casual observer tha wheels of tha municipal machine seem to be running Just as easily now as they were a week ago. As yet there have been no wholesale dismissals of city employes and tha city's credit Is apparently Just as good as It was before dissolv ing tha partnership with' tha gambling houses. . . Through the columns of tha Oregonlan tha public has been furnished with careful estimates of the amount of money withdrawn from circulation by the closing of the gambling games, tha number of people thrown out of em ployment, and other harrowing details, Including a mov ing picture of the distress that must prevail among the wives and children of the now unemployed faro dealers, look-outs, steerers and others who have been on the pay rolls of Messrs. Grant, Blaster, Erickson at al. To make tha picture complete , the-" Oregonlan should now portray In detail the evil consequences to the city. Let us have a specifics statement of the disasters that are Impending because of tha loss of revenue formerly derived from the gamblers. Generalities are not Impressive, and the pub lie should be acquainted with tha full extent and the pre OVM SZTBATAOAsTT OOVBTIXin. An American Lady In London Telegraph. Extravagance Is the order of the day ' la American courtships. . The period leading up to the engagement Is one of continuous entertainment for the ad mired young woman.. The admirer ex pecta to provide a suocesslon of theatre parties, opera parties, dinners at expen sive cafes, etc lie also la expected to render his homage in the ahape of per- J Unable luxuries, such as flowers snd candy, before the engagement Bonks, music and gloves are also possible. Pic turesnot too expensive and similar gifts, whose principal qualification seems to be that they are not useful, are permitted to lend variety to the pre engagement devotion. After the en gagement the homage takes a more solid form, appearing usually as jewelry, saddle-horses, dogs. Ivory snd silver desk articles, etc. In the most exclusive so cial circles in the great cities, and es pecially In New Tork, the relatives of the bewitched young man. rather than himself, provide the entertainments glvearto the object of bis regard. Teas, dinners snd dances are given by his relatives and old friends, snd up to ber marriage the young woman lives In a whirl of pleasurable excitement which ' la sll the more Intoxicating in that It is evoked in her honor. ' Modern American couples do much of their courting on the gait links and the bridle-path. There Is also the ballroom and the drawing-room courtship, but these ere apt to be too severely chap eroned for the individuality of either of the couple to assert Itself. The veranda, however, Is the real home of the Ameri can courtship. The southern girl has this almost all the year round. That is why, perhaps, that courting is so much . more a fine art there than elsewhere in the United States.' She calls It "the gallery." and presides over It, gowned Innocently, bat oh. so becomingly! In white. It Is lighted by moonlight only. It Is scented with jasmine snd mag nolia. One of the first, things that a southern girl who oomes to New Tork always asks Is, "Where do you do your courting?" But In the summer the pi assa Is a universal possibility. All the American summer-resort hotels provide vast miles of it and every summer cot tage rates Its plaisa aa Its most lmpor tant accessory. The American girl from all parta of the country takes possession of this paradise of courtship. The -plassa may account for the reck lessness of the American girl -In regard to summer engagements. Engagements beginning In summer are an especial brand. They are not expected to last and the "summer engagement" la known from the Atlantic to the Pacific as an exclusively fragile arrangement - Many girls take on two or three engagements for the heated period, cutting them oM with equal nonchalance on their return to town In the fall. The southern girl is euppoeed to be particularly addicted INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER , , PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. iirttM, Ionian a, uregon. PAPER OP THB CITV OF cise nature of tha government must unprecedented and Btrees, when su havs weakened ber Is this the sum total revolt has again City from putting the Russian minister Finland, baa been NOW FOR m EXT week dreds of menaces the sta from all L .sequence, delegates and other leaders That this plan Naturally, the As an Initial duty, Portland and all gether, or will work Such an association Start it right, and a greater Oregon. E STIMATES of for this year will be far ' In so much talk as Hill of the Northern clusion, based upon country, that the 00. Whether or tain that there will that American farmers bave to market, and prices are not likely to fall materially below the present high level. ' ' Wheat growers In many states have .sustained heavy losses, through the failure of their crops, but In' Oregon they have been, as a whole, very fortunate. It Is true that In western and southern Oregon the farmers have suffered severely from drouth, though late rains bave Im proved the conditions somewhat; but eastern Oregon Is assured of a bumper crop of wheat In many localities all previous records will bo eclipsed. : In the great wheat dls triefs of the Inland Empire the production Is enormous and tha weather has been all that the farmers could de sire.' ; ' ', "'''...'"' Despite the heavy transportation charges which the farmers are .obliged to pay, and must continue to pay until tha obstacles to navigation of the Columbia have been removed, the margin of profit upon the crop will be substantial. To the wheat growers of eastern Oregon this will bo a year to the double and even the triple engage ment habit It may be, however, that her weakness In this direction la only the summer-engagement habit prolonged as la her summer climate throughout the year. AMXKIOAJT ASTZBTXSnrO. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Americans are adepts In the art of ad vertising and cannot be outclassed in this respect We have adorned the mountain side with telling placards of stupendous site. The dwelling-house and the barn have long alnce been ap propriated and the leading railroad be tween Philadelphia and New Tork, It is feared, will soon be fenced In by a sertee of nondescript advertising struc tures and legends not to be seen In such variety and profusion In any other country.' It waa "officially" declared by the governor of New -Jersey that there ere 1.(00 billboards along the route from Trenton to New York City for the de lectation of travelers who prefer the unadorned landscape. This kind of pub licity has reached such a pass that In genuity Is severely taxed to discover new wsys of making one's business known. It Is announced that the paster of -a Milwaukee church haa opened a new field by accepting contributions from business houses and permitting the firm names to appear on tableta con spicuously placed within the church, so that the congregation can leisurely read, ponder, and inwardly digest the seduc tive Invitations to buy goods at the right place. -ii m i ' 'P wiit urosToms wajtt. '- -From the Baker City Democrat Afpromlnent mining man, who Is here in the -Interest of sn eastern syndicate, said that he was tired of looking ei and spending money In the Investigation of Bonansa mines. "What Investors in the eaat now want In the way of a mine Is a large body of low grade ore. Olve us a quarrying proposition, and. If the-ore le only 12.71 a ' ton, under the new method of mining and aavlng the values ws wtll mska plenty of money for our selves and everybody connected with the property. High grade ore le all right If there ie enough of it In continuous bodies, but pocket mines ere going out of fashion. I know that In eastern Ore gon there are a number of large proper ties where the ore veins are, et lesst, not small, and where the values might be called high. i ' Dangerous Woman. - ', From Town Topics. She Mrs. Bp r Iter has done nothing lately but run down her neighbors. . He I had no Idea she was such a gos sip. .. She Who said anything about goaslpt She is learning to drive ber new motor car. JOU RNAL JNO. P. CARROLL Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhll PORTUAIVD sacrifices and economies which tha city make, in consequence ofthe sheriffs unpardonable enforcement of the law, Up to the . present time the only definite Information Vouchsafed upon this subject is that the buUding of a new flrehouse must ber postponed another year. Is this all T of the ills which ere to result to the an end to publlo gambling T : ' A GREATER OREGON. 4 Portland will be visited by many hun people of Oregon who : will gather here parts of tha state to meet with many cltlsena of this cKy, to form, or formally to organise i great State Development association. ," , . t From everycounty, from every city and town of con nave been selected, amounting to hundreds in the aggregate, and Judging from reports In the state press, all are enthusiastically eager to take tip and carry on this greatly needed and very Important work, along -the lines suggested by Mr. Tom Richardson in this movement. "... has been so well : received throughout the state; that the suggestion for a great Stat Develop ment league haa met everywhere with such cordial In dorsement and enthusiastic, approval, and that so many delegatea are coming to confer together In this meeting, are- good signs.' They show that Oregon Is awakening as she has never a'wakened befora"""" ' Y '" ' " people of tha stats expect Portland to take the lead, to bear a large proportion of the burden, and this Portland muat do. And Portland must make these people know. If there' Is any longer doubt In any quarter on this point, that Portland wants this work car ried on primarily and principally 'on behalf of the state, outside of this city. Portland's object is. not directly to build up herself, but only Indirectly; Tully realising tha) Portland pan only become great ' by developing the re sources of tha state, and filling It up with producing people. " Y v '' " Portland must entertain these dele gates well, not elaborately or showily, but hospitably, making all of them feel at home, and that Portland Is as much interested In tha welfare and growth of their several communities as they are themselves.-'' ; the rest of the state are working to together henceforth, as never before. can work wonders In five years. keep it - moving and working, for - , PROSPERITY IN OREGON WHEAT. the wheat crop of the United States are generally agreed that; the total below the usual figures. President Pacific railroad has reached tha con data obtained from all parts of the shortage In the crop will reach '100,000, not this Is a reliable estimate, It Ja cer be ample demand for all tha wheat of unusual prosperity. ' Tatar ' noTxs n. : From' the Philadelphia Record. Although It was demonstrated more than 1,000 years ago. that ths earth Is globular in form, there are certain per sons who maintain that - It la flat About IS years ago a controversy on the subject waxed so hot that It was determined to put the matter to direct experiment In order to settle the ques tion once for alt . The place chosen was near Bedford. England, where there Is a straight six mile stretch of water. At both ends and in the middle of this water poets ware erected, each of the same definite height above the water level. Upon looking with a telescope along the tope of these three posts It wss clearly seen tnat the center one overtopped the others by about alx feet owing to the curvature of the surf so of the earth. These experiments .were recently re peated in a more acienttfle manner by H. Yule Oldham, who read a paper on the subject before the Glasgow meet ing of ths British association. The same results were obtained, with the Important difference ' that by the- em ployment 'of a tele-photographic lens and "camera the six-foot prominence of the middle post waa recorded In aa un mistakable manner. - DMT XAJTB AIFAX.FA. Dry land alfalfa la proving a success in Umatilla county. Last yesr a Pen dleton merchant sold 1,(00 pounds of seed, In small lots, which wss sown on dry land all the way from Heppner to Walla Walla, and it has done well In almost every instance. This seed -Is not peculiar except that it is the. pro duct of seed from alfalfa which has been rslsed for a succession of years on lands which were semi-arid, and aa a result it has become, "acclimated" to hazardous and unfavorable conditions of soli and moisture, and for that reason is perhaps more hardy and will with stand drouth better than the product of aeed sown where there is an abundance of moisture. ni urosaAss of szsaAsa. From American Medicine, In New York Dr. Blgga finds thst dur ing twenty years there hss been a great Increase in the acute respiratory dis eases of the circulatory apparatus and the kidneys. The Incresse In cancer amounts to about If per cent and the Increase In the scute respiratory, dls eases amounts to about IS per cent while the incresse In the diseases of the circulatory spparatus and klitoeys com. blned equals about 40 per cent. The profoundly Important question still re mains unsolved as to the csuses of these incresse snd then of the methods of obviating them. . - SmaHv Change. . I Mr. Cortelyoii, this Is Mr. Taggart - A meat atrlke Is timely in mldsum mep, li ever. 1 Portland Is a fine place to rest after a strenuous outing. i Oh. well, the Republicans had a bard time finding a chairman also. WalL vesetables ' are healthful, and taste good, tbls time of year. That convention next week should have large and -Important results. - Clean streets are worth all they cost In money, and some Individual effort besides. . ' , ' - - Still Portland maintains Its reputation as about the most comfortable summer resort In tha country.. One does not have to dig down very deep to find water In moat of the "pro moted stock corporations, . Judge Parker may have voted twice for Mr, Bryan, but not. let Jt be Under stood, at the same election. Atlanta, Oa., la absolutely free from gambling, declares - the Constitution, And Atlanta la not a dead town. . Couldn't sotne kind of an athletlo eon- test a foot race, for Instance, be got up between Roosevelt Parker, and Da via T - ' ... . v If President Roosevelt should be de feated he could 'fall back on writing magaslne articles and several other things. , It baa been discovered that cocoasut milk can be converted into first-class butter. Now shouldn't the dairymen be protected against cocoanutsT According to etiquette. It Is said. biscuits should be Opened with the fingers. But there are cases where the use of a hatchet la excuaaDie. - Scientists bave discovered what they say Is - the oldest city In the world Wdnunkl.. tney call it in its ruina they have already discovered a Job lot of modern Jokes. - ... A little rise in the temperature, the Hood River Glacier - remarks, "prompts the blithering Idiot -to mop hi monkey facend Inquire. 'Is It hot enough for your : -- Chicago News: By way of convincing the Couhtry ,that he really rteana to vote for Parker, Mr. Bryan keepa oh showing how painful it will be for him to ao eo. Rev. Silas Swallow, prohibition can didate for president haa coined an al literative phrase, descriptive, aa he as serts or intimates, of the policies and methoda of the old parties. He call upon -4he people to redeem the land from "bunko, boodle and boose." . ; - Here they are, the whole batch, ao far: Candidates for president and vice- president 1(04: Republican. Roosevelt and Fairbanks; Democratic, raraer ana Davis I Prohibitionist Swallow and Car roll: Socialist Debs and Hanrora: no dal-Labor, Corregan and Cox; Populist Watson and Trlbblee; Negro - Liberty, Scott and' Payne. ' .nr a STVrours iom.' ' sesssssesewasi . An Iowa Kan Writes Entertainingly of - . atla Sxperlene. I am comfortably situated In the Thin side Inn. which s a pleasant little tav ern about as big as Missouri valley. , It ur built of lath, scantling, Jute bagging, wall paper and paint and Is very substan tial. A heavy man can climb all over it. I saw three bell boys carrying the. bill for a night's lodging up to the fourth fioor Just now and the beams did not sag much. The management la careful though. It puts all new guests on the ground floor, and after they have paid their bills for the first day they put them on the second floor. ' By the time a man haa paid his bill for two days he Is light enough to go up on the third floor with safety. When he hss sUyed a week they have to put weights in bla pockets to keep him from shooting up through the roof. I got Into- the Inn at t o'clock and was mth In the line. When I got to the clerk he turned me upside down and shook me. Then he counted what fell out of my pockets, told me to register, and handed me a blue ticket and a belt boy. "You have enough money for four days." be said. "Go to the cashier and settle." - ... My room is No. MIS, three blocks from the public equare and a mile south of the buffet. When I got my receipts and my bell boy I eat gown and waited an hour for a street car. But they told me there wasn't a line In the whole place not even a hack line. I had to walk all the way to my room were out two bell boys on the way, but there's plenty more. There are more bell boys than there are guests at the inn. They use 'em for change. When you give the clerk 15 for your room he hande you back SI and a bell boy. My room Is a little far away for meals, but I make it nicely. I start for supper at a m. and atop for a lunch on the way with a friend I know In room 1507. But a friend of mine 'Who Uvea in room 7640 Is up against It. He got two days behind with his meals living out In the country at the rear end of -the hotel. Finally he found that he was nearer to Moberly, Mo., than be waa to the dining room, so now he walks over to Moberly every morning. The Inn is a -fine, place. They treat you right and do their best to make you feel at home, I wanted the clerk to come out and play a game of. bottle pool with me this morning and he said be would just as soon as he' had M gueata taken care of. But when he got through with them there were US more waiting,, so we had to give It up. Me did not remem ber me this morning until I told him my name. I wonder why that was. MOW TO Kin A MA. Y Hurry ths baby as fast aa you can, ' Hurry him, worry him, make , him a man, - Off with his baby clothes, get htm In pants. Feed him on brain food and make him advance. ' " Hustle him ss' soon as he is able to walk. Into the 'grammar school; cram him with talk. ... Fill his poor, head full of figures and ' facts. Keep on Jumping him until it -cracks. Ones boys grew up at a rational rate, ' Now we develop a man while he waits, Rush him through college, oompel him ... to grab , ' . Of every known, subject a dip and a . nab; . Get him In business and after the cash, All by the time he can grow a mustache, Let him forget he wee ever a boy. Make gold his god and Jingle his Joy; Keep htm a hustling and clear out of breath . Until he wins nervous prostration snd - - death. Sparta Ishmaellte. July St. At one mile thla morning we reached a bluff on the north, being the Ort highlands which approach the river oa that side alnce we left the Nadawa river. Above this is an island.' and a creek about IS yards"w-lde, which, aa It haa no name, we called Indian Knob creek, from a number of round knobs bare of timber, on the highlands to tha north. A little below-the bluff on the north Is a spot Where the Ayauway In diana ' formerly lived: They were ' a branch of the Ottoea and emigrated from tnia place to the river Dee Moines. At ten and three-quarters miles we camped on the north, opposite an Island In the middle of the river. The land, gen erally on the north, consists of high THE MIRACULOUS WORK OF LOVE (By Lady Benry Somerset) (Oopyrlfht, 1004, by W. K. Heafat Great , "k Britain Bights Beeerred.) They have been' telling us for years here In England that charity, the old-fashioned charity, giving to every one that asks of you, la almost worse than wicked, that it IS etlly, sentimental, unscientific. It Is silly because It 'does no good. We waste the money we give to a tramp or beggar, who will only drink it at tha nearest publlo house. It la sentimental because we only give to ease our own feeling of pity, a foolish feeling If we stopped to consider it for after all tha tramp Is only reaping. In those rags andi poverty, what be haa sown, and we bave no business to Inter fere, For several years I have been haunted by- the fear that these wise people may be right and every time I bave given to a tramp or beggar I have been trou bled by a guilty conscience. But one day quite lately I aiseovereo afresh the delightful tputh that theae people are altogether wrong, and that only my own folly had hidden the truth from me for a moment It was a Sunday afternoon, ana on tne highroad that runs through the village. the respectable and well-to-do Inhabitants of the village were airing their respecta bility. The dressmaker ' and her sister, in smart new 'gowns, the farmer's wife and her children, the butcher strolling about in front of bis new red brtok Tllla.-- It was a sight to please the sociolo gist , - --. -' . They were an so prosperous, so srr- respecting, so far removed from any need of charity. I had passed them by and had reached the top of the hill, when I met two. men, or rather I overtook one man and met another, for the two men, going In- opposite ! directions, had Just met as i came up. One was a tall man. simply aresseq in Week-day clothes. There was nothing prosperous about his appearance, -but be had the air of a man who worked hard and honeetly and was content with his work. . ( ' ''- 1 - The other was the worst type or tramp,. loose-made, dressed in ragged black clothes, with a bloated, unshaven face, weak eves and a flabby hand. I heard his whine as I passed, the oowardly whine of a man who had fallen tnrougn nis own weakness. - - I looked at the other man. tail, erect. strenuous, and I half expected to aee htm kick the whining beggar out of his way; but aa I looked I saw hlra pun a snaooy leather purse out of his pocket and the next moment a big silver piece lay in the tramp's outstretched hand. . j That was all. ' The tall man walked quickly down the MIL. The tramp stood staring, nut tne change on the tramp's face waa instruc tive. He hsd meanly whined for a cop per, and wealth had been given him given ungrudgingly, too. The tramp ana 1 naa ootn seen m anra- ele he a miracle of kindness, I the mir aculous work of love. t No doubt tha tramp waixea on to tne village and wasted his half crown, nut for one moment he was a better man zor the gift I could see it In his face. And this la just wnat tnose wise anq . iro oajcbubto mu. - ( ' Atlanta Is Satlrely ' Free From This 'From tha Chicago Record-Herald. Referring to the recent cold-blooded murder of two deputy aherma in a Memnhls gambling house the Atlanta Constitution says the establishment waa operating under quasi protection oi tne municipal authorltlea and deplorea the fact that such a condition can be per mitted to exist anywhere. Speaking of tte own city the Constitution says: Atlsnta Is one city In the soutn so- soiutely free from this terrible menace. Such hss been the case, however, for the astonishing period of SO years. . During that long Interval the cltys population haa more than doubled Itself, assimilat ing in the process all classes and condi tions of people of widely varying Ideaa. Ita Interests social, industrial and commercial have attained metro- nolltan nroDortlone. It might c rea sonably assumed that with ita population recruited from cittea and aectlona where games, of hssard are more or less preva lent snd with the natural factor of In clination about as strong as in commu nities of equal Importance, the gambling contingent would have obtained a foot hold. But tnrougn an tne tnroea : or growth and development and the shift ing of administrations representing totally antithetical sentiment this bane of large and small cltlee baa never reached even the seeding stage alnce It was mastered by public sentiment In Atlanta more than SO yeara ago. And all this has been accomplished without the essumptlon of puritanlsm or depriving the - people of Innocent needed amusements. Undoubtedly no city of Its slse In the country s (lords Its inhabitants Such complete In and out door recreation aa does Atlanta, at the snme time preserving her reputation free from the terrible tarnish Of the gambling mania, ? Thla ssme sentiment which haa sur vived the trials of SO years, hss estab lished convincingly the fsllscy of the old hypocritical dogma that to thrive and develop a city must maintain an "open" government; that open gambling nouses must be allowed to flourish under at least the cloeked sanction of the au thorities; saloons snd brothels permitted to regulate themselves snd their own hours, so long ss they psld a handsome revenue, and every other feature of the 'open" city -suffered for the eake of the convenient policy of "expediency." Atlanta haa developed into one of the moet Important commercial centers of the south without the shsdy asslstsnce of such complacent sophistry. JjwuVof course, be useless to draw prairies and hills, with timber; on the south it la low and covered with oot tonwood. Our hunter brought to us In the evening a Missouri Indian, whom be bad found, with two others, dressing an elk. They were perfectly friendly, gave him some of the meat and one of them agreed to aoeompany him to tne noau Ha la one of the few remaining Mis sourls, who live with the Ottoea He belongs to a small party, whose camp la four miles from- the river, and he says that the body of the nation la now hunt ing buffalo on the plains. He sppeared quite sprightly, and his language, re sembled that of the Osages. particularly In his calling a ohlef 'Inca." We aent him back with ona of our own party next morning. t scientific people, who denounce charity. entirely forget. . -s They forget the miraculous Work- of leva They have got hold of some little scrap of (ruth, that la the warning of St Paul, "Though I bestow all of my goods to feed the poor and have not char ity. It proflteth me nothing," but they bave got hold of this truth wrong aide up. It Is not that we must not give, but that we must not give without love. Per haps they do not believe In miracles, per haps . their time limit is shorter than ours. - They would believe in a miracle that made the tramp put his half crown into the savings bank the first thing on Mon day morning, and ever after lead a i epectable. virtuous life. They bave no eyes for .the miracle that made the man lnveet one Impulse of love toward the giver. In Ood'a heavenly treas ury, and then go on hla way, a tramp still, but ona step higher up than be bad been before. Most of us are blind In thla way. - It la only here and there nowadaya that we meet a believer in miracles; and those of us who ought to believe so often dim our own eyes by forgetfulness ana aoubt. Since I saw that miracle on -the bill I have been seeking for believers. I sought among a drawing room full of women the other day. They were ordinary wo men, all drinking tea and gossiping in kindly manner. ' I tried them with the touchstohe of a storv I had heard' three Tears ago In London.- The etory was a true one, and I told ft-wltnout eotnmentr thusr 1 1 A woman I knew In, London once did a very-strange thing. She was Visiting In the slums, and had to eall at a house that was known to have a dark charac ter. '-- It was one of ' those high tenement houses, and the woman had knocked at the door, when suddenly she remembered that aha baa wtth her wsa in goia in neT purse, and that the girl she had come to see lived at the very top of tbls disre putable.. bouse. While eheVss still amased at her folly In coming-to such a place with so much money In her purse, the door waa opened. sad she stood face to race wltn an evil looking man. :; " " k . Quick as thought the woman pulled out her purse. "I am going to the top floor. sbe said, "and I have 1250 in gold In my nurse. Would rou ve so good aa to taks care of It for me till I come down again V She put the purse Into his hand and went uistatra She was gone some time. and when she came down there atood the iran, the puree In one hand and his cap in the other. : She thanked him simply, took the purse and went home. . I Waited to see the effect ol my story. One woman was too shocked to speak. Another said. "How silly!" A third said, "And bow much was left of tha S260T" ' Not ona of them saw the meaning of the tale. . i Not one of them realised the wonderful beeuty of the woman's faith. Not one of them saw what aba had done for the man. , Thief, liar, ' blackguarddoubtless he waa all of these things, but for ths rest of his life, how he would remember and bless the woman who had made him a hero for half an hour. 7 the attention of Sheriff Barrett and others of hla kind lo the ease of At lanta. They will, if asked to consider the growth and development of that elty without the assistance of the gam bling element set up the claim that the Georgia capital might be two or three times as big and aa great aa it Is If It had opened the doors to tha sporting fraternity. To thoee people who are making war" upon the gamblers of thla city and county, however, the comment of our contemporary will come aa a mesesgs of hope. If gambling can be stopped and kept stopped in Atlanta It can be stopped and kept stopped here. There Is much encouragement in the fact that no aet of municipal or county officials have dared, alnce the people down ' there snoceeded In closing the doors against the gamblers, to unlock them. Let the good fight go qn. ' ' ' . t SAMABS OF oxa&a. Who would not pause to drink a toast 1 To pledge the health of maldene fair, While thinking attll of ber who moat -Excels In wit and beauty rare. Who would not . thus one moment . spare For lover's devoir, while onward rolls ' The world, with all Its sordid caret A hesjth, I any, to lovely girls I What man of us is too engrossed, Too busied with the world's affair ' ' An Instant to desert his post And drink to damsels debonair? " Nor need he fear lest bs forswear Himself In pledging flaxen hair A health, I say, to lovely girls I And so this glass to beauty's host! A pledge In which we all may share, 'Tli only thus that we can boast The smtlss of her without compare. The, one for whom we each would 'dare And die tha death amid the aWlrla Of csnnon's smoke and battle's flare A health, I eay, to lovely girls! ; . -New Tork Trlbuna ' ' WAT OF A WOKAJT. ' From., the Philadelphia Ledger. Where a man finds comfort In talking of his real troubles a woman Invariably keepe here to herself. She- will recite numerous minor woes, and talk volubly of her numerous small triumphs "and troubles, but her secret hopes and burled sorrows are rarely suspected by her moet intimate friends and asso ciates. For the sake of her friends, perhaps Mill la Juat aa well, but many a woman who Is. dubbed heartless and worldly may have locked In her secret heart a great Borrow or disappointment that Is unsuspected by the outer world. 1 Oregon Sidelights Keep at the roada v . , , Dallas hss a goodsewer system, and is proud of it . .- ' w w ; Hood 'River also baa a very heavy blackberry crop. , Hood River keepe on ' growing apd Improving right along, A new national bank will be opened In Oallaa about September 1. '. Cascade Locks la growing,' as over' 100 school children there shows. 1 I, , . . . , Campers in ' the mountains where the ripe berries are thick are numerous. A Eugene woman who has heretofore been Mrs. Crow and Mrs. Robin Is now . Mrs. Bussard. ' 1 Y - Prospects are good' for the largest apple crop in Hood River valley ever raised there. ' ( . ;':-.. - Hood River churches, In a Joint meet- tngt - passed ' resolutions condemning -Sunday baseball., . ' '. .... Frankton 1 'correspondence . of Hood River Glacier: We had a conundrum ', down here. What will we do with Out strawberry moneyt , Eugene expects to' be ' the terminus" of the trolley-system- to be through the ' Willamette valley. Very likely, after a time, and for a time. - Echo la to " have water, furnished from wells by a gasoline engine pump ing plant plenty of good water being round at a depth of loo feet - - The Sheridan correspondent of the McMlnnvllle Telephone Register aaya . Sheridan "haa the flneat water aystem in tha state" 70 gallons per capita of' pure, cold water from springs. A horse weighing 1,(00 pounds, worth SS.S0O, wss hauled on a truck from , Corvallls to Halsey, 14 miles. In the night time. It is a thoroughbred stallion and had been very 111 and was too weak to walk.. ., . . . , A Wallula man. using therefor about an acre and a half of ground and two months' time, harvests - 4,000 or 8.009 pounds of honey a year, the bees ex- ' tractlng it from wlllowa, red elover and wild flowers for many miles around. - Jesse Chesley.' a tlmberman working above Philomath, had hie eye completely -gouged out though not entirely torn he fell In .oonsequenoe of stumbling. It -la possible that the eye,, which he .. reC placed, may be saved. . - The 1 waterspouts throughout Wheeler , oounty- have - damaged all- roads along tha email streams wherever high water occurred. ' The roada In "the aouth halt of the county have been damaged so bad that alt freight traf f lo haa been ' abandoned entirely - until repairs .are made. ; Some Lakevlew men who went to in spect a supposed salt mine near Warner lake, and Incidentally to hunt, say that, the largest game they saw was mosqul- -toes, and declare that some very large " ones would . hold the bed clothing up -while others would pay their . respects to occupants of the bed. .. ...'.;. Grants Pass Journal: Hot! Td be sura : What else do you expect in southern Oregon at thla atage of the heated termT Dry! Certain; natural result of the heat ' cut lr you think condtttona are depress ing here in "God's country." you- ought to take a trip over into the wilderness of California and notice. the coursea of. red hot distress now being - regularly served. Southern Oregon is a watered park by comparison. 7 ' Forest Grove News: Between work and - a young man of our town there Is sup posed to exist a mortal enmity. - There fore, rumor having It that he had come In contact with a Job. a delegation went forth to aee the mlx-up, but they found ' the young man andHhls employment ' quietly lying ride by elde, across the young man's placid countenance flitted a aeraphlo smile, ss gently he alept the ! sleep of the ever weary. : The Oakland (Or.) Owl editor and fam ily visited McCollum'a sawmill on CalU- poola creek, and he says of the mlllman's daughteri Miss McCollum Is not only a good housekeeper, but an all around -sawmill expert She can run the engine, the , saw or the planer. If we were 10 yeara . younger we would buy a sawmill and employ Miss McCollum ss general man ger. While the rest of the family are working In the mm Mrs. McCollum Is not ' Idle, by any means. Besides attending to her household duties ahe grows one of the best gardens In the state. It Is well that Mrs. Editor waa along. . ; . SIOTTBSD AST AsTBWSB.' Washington Father Who Understands ths Xaerloeaters Art. From the Washington Star. ' A popular Washington youth re mained out a great deal later than irrtial a few nights ago,"' and for obvious rea sons thought It wise to remove his shoes in the vestibule of his home and ascend the stairway aa quietly aa possible, in the hope of not arousing his parenta It -waa an old, old schema of course, but he thought it would work. All went welt until the . son of the house waa a little above the second atory - landing. Then he waa startled to hear the voice of his father thunderi ' "la that you, Walter T" , - r - - - : No anaVrer. - Walter thought hla sire might conclude that he bad not beard anything after alt ao remained quiet aa a mouse, but again came the demand, more emphatic than before: - . "Is that you, Walter?" Still no anawer. There waa a pause. and then the significant and. startling click of a revolver. Again, la calm, but determined tone: s. O . "Ie that you, Walter T" t "T-e-a. sir." Walter hurriedly shouted. hla teeth chattering with fright He has decided to walk upstairs boldly and loudly on all occasions hereafter. - THAT TOOTXFXOX .-- 1 From the Rochester Herald. ' The man who will use a toothpick In Street cars doesn't "belong.". . We witnessed an Incident on a. car the other day, In which one of these nuisances received the proper squelch ing. : ' . . He was hanging by a strap and was absently, even peacefully, picking his teeth. , Presently the woman who waa seated In front of him touched him. 'Sir," ahe aald pleasantly, "would you mind 'going out on the platform to pick yoar teeth t I'm not at all curious to know what yon had for dinner." The fellow left the car Immediately while ths conductor rang up two fares by mlstaka