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FRIDAY. AUGUST 12, .1804.
' PORTLAND, OREGON.
Editorifll
THE OREGON DAI LY
. AN
t. a, JACKSON
Published every evening (except Sunday) andeVy J-gjJnM Th.
OFFICIAL,
BETTER ASSESSMENTS NEEDED.
ANOTHER deficit is In sight This fact will,
of course, be used by omi people as a foundation
. for an argument that the city should have kept In
rt-r-hin with the gamblers, and obtained a little
money from them monthly, but the better Judgment, and
that of the . great -majority whT b that tha city can and
-i at .inn without tni' camojcn . hwwji
pilUUeU. v v Mwa ,
moreover, can and should pay lta bill, and arrange to
meet its current expenses, without Incurring an annual
deficit It la doubtless true that a deficit la mora trouble
. ioim than a aurplua. Tha careful. Intelligent business
man looks out that a deficit doer not ahow up against
him t the end of a year or of any month, and a city
should. and can make.ther same sort of record. .
. The city government la Somewhat handlcappedTnoweyer,
by lta legal connection with tha county , government. . It
' ' , vv. r Portland were coterminous and coincident
inuiuu, iv VV.ni . -
i.iih a. rnimtv. and If a new county
separate county seat at Oreaham or
view. We hava to reiy lor taxes on.
f assessments, of a county assessor, .who haa many tsmp
tstlona Tha time haa coma when thera should be a full.
' fair, Just and accurate assessment ' of tha property of
..!. .i. Tha nroaent ajtaeaaar. . Who doea DOt CO OUt Of
- office until next January, haa dona rather good , work,
' as compared with that of aome of his predecessors, but
there la a chance- for a big Improvement yet. We shall
- be very much pleased If the new assessor la a man
capable of waif filling that very Important position. Bhica
tne Cliy naa to oepena in iun"m w-...
officer, the city baa a right to hope he will do hla duty.
There ought to be a' full assessment of property a cars
ful calculation of tha amount of mioney needed -and"
win he needed next year than ever before-rand
then a straight -out assessment sufficient to cover tha
amount. And then- no . money beyond the estimates,
. i wA rt mnm iimiKifnl - emere-encv. should
C&tCV 4.1 IM ... v .
be expended. This Is the right,
rorwara way ox uoini uuiici hmu men - ....
a city should not .do It, as well as a banker, merchant or
"mechanic.
.... There are various ways In which he" city can econo
mise, too. but there Is not much present hope of relief
" by that method; what Is needed besides 'that 'Is ths
right sort of an assessment, and a levy that will yield
. the amount needed. A "deficit- is no better , than a
vhnnl knv'a Mciua. iL- .
" " , THE CZAR'S SON AND HEIR.
COMPARATIVELY Jrifllng things sometimes, exer
erclse the profoundest influence on mighty events
The birth of one male child In Russia may alter
the destinies of tha nation and appreciably affect the
wellbelng of millions of people.
A son Is born to the cssr; he Is the fifth child In the
family, the four first having been girls. Ths prestige
of Nicholas as well as the succession to ' the throne
hinged on that event. Nicholas possesses neither the
Strength of will nor the physical force to withstand the
pressure- so constantly urged In governmental affairs by
the oligarchy which la really ruling ths nation. So long
as there was a strong probabUlty or even possibility
that the succession would. In the natural order of things,
pass out of his Immediate Una he was mors or less at
the- mercy -of -the - powerttthcoterlejthf tj;TOrroundshtnt
Burwllhamale heirlh'his house he has all the cards
lu his own hands If he Is able to play them and can. If he
will, become complete master of the situation. '
To v what degree bar will attempt to dominate It Is Impossible-
to .aay.. huC Judging, him by his character as
the world understands. It, : while the ' arbitrary power
rests with him, It is likely to be exercised '. openly,
covertly or by Indirection. yeTwerclsed, by some powerful
favorite and from It all It may be too much to expect
that there will be much change In the spirit of the
governmental Institution "which has provoked such deep
seated prejudice- all over the world. . ' 1
Nevertheless It is pleasing to note that any mad Is
gratified In any laudable ambition and tha birth of a
son to the autocratic csar may, and It Is hoped will, have
a more or less beneficent Influence upon the whole sys
tem of government. , ,V '. .- '
' , sanvu'v nuBOirsm. -(
' The tttaaliBg of a Haa and the Coming
of a rise. j
If yon look out of your bedroom wln
. Cow -to the west, aays Edgar Wallace,
writing to the London Mail from Tan
gier, under date of June 17, you will aee
: the hills of Andalusia quite close- st
hand.- And Andaluaia Is Spain, . and
Spain la quite European, and almost
civilized.
' If you turn your head ever ao allghtly
to the right you will see at your feet
Tangier, which la Darkest Africa and
. the mysterious eaat al rolled into one.
Also, It Is the ftrat or second century
or. rather. It Is before the Christian era.
Mohammedanism is almont a modern
ity. The electric light, flickering feebly
at the comers of dark paasagea, may
' pass for a miracle. The hotels are Im
proved caravansarlee, and need not
count. .
- Perhapa It Is ths food, or the methods,
or the rooms, but. whatever It la, there
Is nothing in ths sverage Tangier hotol
that clahea with that prevailing spliSt
of antiquity which Is Tangier' very
own.
Low hlls, ail olive green, circle ths
blue bay. A thin golden ribbon of beach
. separatee the blue and olive of land and
..it: i , wk uu, iiLiimi uiiLwiti'', mill j m i
an angle of SO degrees. Tangier, all of a
Jumble, sits with her feet In the sea.
Tier on tier, roof of flaring orange
" overlooking flat roof of washed-out blue,
Kt., KfW (i.lln . f.,.1AM n -
Awn' I tma iiTingi.. o nol n t im.
" changleabla, unsanlty.
' ' It la eastern; the eaat one reads about
In- one's callow youth; the turbened
, east; the east In Jalleb and fes; the east
that carries spears and quaint, long-bar-.'
relad, queer-stocked guna; the eaat that
aaya Its prayers on Liberty carpets, and
goes to the moaqus at all sorts of lncon-
. venlent hours. - ,-..-
- Laden donkeys stagger through the
cobble-pa Ted paasages that S'rVe for
streets. -Coal-black negroes, all thews
. and perspiration. Jog past you wlth.tln-
' bag.. Grave .Jews In black, shaven-
WmJI hdl.MM all Im mm .il.lnii. .(-
Itora from Fes you know the curiosity
that la expressed by a scowl and slov
enly soldiery In soiled tunics pasa and
, repass you every second. Blanketed
ghosts of women, their faces muffled.
' shuffle awksrdly, from street to- street.
. A bored little buy leads a hideously
' Mind fid man to a group ef idlers In the
thronred market place. The old man
whines his formula, and the little boy,
i are find oa a troupe of acre-
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were created, with a
Troutdala or Fair-
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reasonable, straight-
bats, repeats the appeal mechanically: -
"In the name of God. who will buy me
a little oU for my aupperr
" . . . For my aupperr pipes ths
boy, abstractedly. . -
' But tha begging bowl goes unfilled.
- .A lisping objurgation In Spanish from
one, "Go away, can't yoT" In KngllsB
from another; only a Moor atops In -hla
stride to search a capacloua leather bag
at' hla aide, and throws five centimes
Into the outstretched hands, "In tha
name of God."
A babel of volcea around you, in thta
aame market place. Arable mostly, then
Spanish, then French, and sometimes
English. ' '
"8ay!"
An American "Jackey," as bright as a
baby's sralls and aa Incongruous a vis
ion In this out-of-the-world spot as an
automobile in heaven.
Buy!" Where's this English postof
flcer , '
Me haa a little group of Arab boys
about him.' Open-mouthed, abaahed lit
tle boys, filled with ths wonder and awe
of youth for mankind In uniform. .
Little Ralsullr, . riding fiery Arab
sticks, and armed with deadly accurate
bamboo canes slung at his back with
strlnga of cotton, cease their maraud
ings: and ths blabbering, Infantile Perdl
carta selxea tha opportunity of. making
his escape.
Debonair and .happy-go-lucky, with'-a
smile on his wind-beaten face, the man
who haa come to atop Ralsuli's greater
game pauses down the Ill-paved atraeta,
followed by the awe-stricken youth of
Tangier. : .
"ingiiesr asks a villager from Faha
of the seller of coaL -
"Amerlco," answera that wise gossip,
and spits reflectively.
I think that this is ths only dark spot
on Ralsuli's .otherwise Irreproachable
reputation; the only point of which Tan
gierthe real Tangier that lives on fish
fried in rancid 611 is not prepared to see
tf a to eye with the popular hero of the
moment .'
Tangier Is beginning to think that per
haps Ralsull waa a little Indiscreet in
his selection of a victim. It waa, aays
Tangier, sitting cross-legged on a greasy
divan, with hla ahoes left 'at the door.
It was very foolish to take the Ameri
cans. Had it been only an Englishman!
'Texas .Precedent.
From the Denver Poet
The attention of our esteemed coun
try editors la called to a pleasing prece
dent established by a -Fort Worth restaurant-keeper.
He shot and killed a
debtor and took the amount due from
his
pocke
JOURNAL.
JNO. P. CARROLL
Journal Building. Fifth and , Tamh.ll
PORTLAND
ELECTRICITY SUPERSEDING STEAM. .
EVEN ths big steam railroads are turning to elec
tricity as ths best motive power. The rapid
displacement of steam by electricity as a motive
power on several eastern lines is engaging the attention of
the foremost railway men of the day. Some well Informed
men predict that at no far distant time the steam loco
motive will have for the most part , disappeared, and
that all principal railroad llnea Will be equipped wlfh
electric motors. ' ..- .. .
Among tne railways that have recently decided to
substitute electricity for steam Is the celebrated West
Shore road, ' which Is about to tur Its line between
Canastota and Rocheater. N. TH Into an electric road, with
rolling jtoqk of Jhe lateet and most modern klnda Sim
ilar changes have been made on portions of the New
York Central llnea These are perhaps 'experimental as
yet, but It . Is confidently expected and predicted that
the experiments will Succeed so well that electricity
will be used mora arid mbre. For suburban and. branch
roads the electrjo system is rapidly coming Into favor.
Its use gives a' more frequent and agreeable train ser
vice, free frorri the discomforts of smoke- and cinders,
and enables a train to make more rapid time ;" The
Southern Paclflo railway. It has been recently reported,
expects soon to use electricity between Portland and Forest
Grove, and doubtless that and other western 'roads will
gradually substitute electricity for steam along all their
suburban reaches, at least. And yet this. If It should
happen. Will not prevent the construction of many other
electric Unas in thickly settled portions of tha country.
Roads centering In Chicago are preparing to use eleo
trlclty. referring to which the Chicago Journal says:
, The subsUtutlon of electricity for steam will not
only gratify the patrons of such lines, but will be
hailed with delight by everybody as putting ah end
to tha smoke and noise produced by the present
' steam locomotive. It la gratifying to learn that tha
officials of such local lines as the Illinois Central "
and Chicago ft Northwestern roads, having an enor
mous suburban traffic, are already engaged in de
Vising plans for. operating all their txains in and out
of tha city by means of electric motors. When such
changes shall have been made Chicago will have
the greatest suburban train service, In the country,
as w.ell as the cheapest and cleanest.
The, growing use of electricity will revolutionise the
traffic of well populated portions of the country, and do
much to add to ths population and.- products of many
suburban and rural . districts. , Electricity Is easily the
king of forces.., ( -
A VALUABLE SERIES OF ARTICLES.
HROUOH an arrangement with the Chicago Tribune
we- begin today he publication of a remarkable
series of articles-by the noted correspondent.
John H. Raftery, on the question of Canadian reciprocity.
They will, embrace a aeries of first-hand views gathered
not alone In the United States but in tha principal cen
ters of Canada itself. ,,
In tha Initial article tha- proposition Is laid down that
Canada Is no longer a suppliant . for, our commercial
favor, and ' If Chamberlain's colonial preferential tariff
plan should carry, that country would be perfectly in
dependent -of us, J. The principle 'of reciprocity received
warm andhearty-advocacy at tha hands of the late
President McKlnley. Since his death It has been relegated
to the shelf, and while there have been those who have
paid It generous vocal tribute no one is deceived Into the
belief that there is any presen Intention to carry the
matter one bit further unless public opinion becomes so
insistent that it can no longer be withstood.
For this reason, among others, the' whole subject takes
on an added interest which will be Intensified by' the
local" concern In the outcome. The letters, coming as
they do from a strong Republican source,. will undoubtedly
attract widespread attention and at the same time fur
nish the country : a mass of . Interesting information
which will be exceedingly valuable in the discussion of
the subject of reciprocity, but more particularly as It is
specifically applied to our commercial relations with
Canada. ' '-?r'
KZOSTT OOOS rom COB.
From ths Council Bluffs NonparleL
When you get up In the morning from
your superheated couch
With a brain all hot and addled and a
- temper full of grouch.
When you wander to your office with
a dull and fishy eye '
-Neath a aun that's gaily biasing like a
furnace In 'the sky,
Oh, it's hot. but don't you mind It,
though you're wilted and forlorn;
It's a-little tough for mortals, but It's
mighty good for corn. '
When you stagger home So dinner In a
biasing glare of heat
And you smell ths burning leather of
the shoea beneath your feet.
When your mouth is full of cotton and
your collar's on the run
And you bake and fry and f rlnle like an
oyater In the aun,
Don't cuas about the weatner and don't
mope about and mourn;
It's a little breath from hades, but It's
mighty good for corn.
When you spend the humid evening full
of anger and despair,
Chasing 'round with cota and pillows
after cooling breaths of air;
When you're hot and damp and atlcky
and yoti think with mortal dread
Of that little- hot air oven that sur-
- rounds your waiting bed.
Tou may contemplate resigning from
this torrid earth In scorn.
But you're foolish if you do it this is
bully for the corn.-.
OBT OF A ILOW BO AD.
From the Louisville Herald.
"I missed an Important engagement
through She slownesa of the well, I
won't say which road it was, but It was
one that runs into Louisville today,
and was reminded of a line that runs
through Arkaaaaa and is noted for be
ing the slowest road In creation," said
M. J. Fellows of Dubuque, la. .
'This road was so slow that tha hogs
In hs little country towns would beat It
foot races, and one day one of its trains
atopped out In the wilderness of an
Arkansas cornfield snd did not movs
for nearly an hour. It waa a biasing
hot day, and ths passengers were IS a
perfect fidget Finally they conductor
came Into the car, looked -cautiously
about, snd singling out a passenger,
went up to him snd stealthily whis
pered :
' " 'Hsvs you got a" piece of ;. string
about you, sir? We've broke down, and
I want to fix the engine."
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Small Change
Now Is the time to harvest your bur
docks. Root, hog or dleT (N.1 T. ..Repub
licans. . ,
Kuropatkln has been wounded in his
feelings.
Ths anti-thistle law should bs better
enforced. . ,
The mining congress must be well
cared for.
Straw votea ars about as valuable aa
straw balL . ,
-Port Arthur Is winning a reputation
for real meanness.
Oregon Is In fuck again haa no state
election next falL
J
, Closing the 8L Leula fair on Sunday
was a big mistake.
But they aay that Candidate Davis
Is young for hla aga ' :
A handsome woman hag no grudge
againat the mirror trust. ' - ; "
A man who prefers peace, to war Is
not necessarily a coward.
The place to keep street clean Is
right In front of. your house. .
Some men looking for a Job wouldn't
work under any circumstance a,. .
When a person gets a reputation, any
sort of a daub or Jingle will do.
Tom- Taggart ean:t become president
anyway; he was bora t Ireland.
When Orover Cleveland ' calls on
Judge Parker he will not be accompa
nied by William Jennlnga Bryan.
Two hundred and thirty-nine electoral
votea will do the buaineaa Anybody
Lean figure them out, , and elect hla
cnoica. , ; i ,
' An Iowa girl haa been selected ss
teacher for ths nephews of the Chinese
emperor. Msybe she will become the
successor to Tsl An. -
Chicago Newa: There are no lemon
ade atands or beer tunnels In Manchuria,
so sll they can think of when it Is 100
In the shade Is to 'fight
What the newspapers want la a really
decisive battle In Manchnrla, If they
don't get it before long they are liable
to go to war themaelvea
'Anybody can figure out anybody's
election. Just write down the list of
statea you need for your candidate, with
the numbers of their electoral' votes,
and there you are.
It Is evidently the silly season In New
York, when the papers make a great sen
sation about Uncle Jim Hill "buying"
that state for his .friend, Dan Laraont
They must be having dog-days back
there, sure enougH.
"Will the next Republican legislature
cut down the big grafts." Inquires an
exchange. Will the Interlocutor enum
erate a few such grafts. Salem States
man. Never heard of them before, did
youT What happy, childish innocence!
Philadelphia Ledger: Governor War
field la again advising - girls not to
marry Until. they ara It years old.. Ths
srovernor will have lust aa mnnh Intl...
ance In thla matter aa he would if hel
tried to atop tha sun girls will con
tinue to marry when the right chance
cornea
I . Minneapolis Tribune! A young wo
man or Philadelphia, annoyed at the in
sulting attentlona of a ferryboat masher,
kicked his lower teeth up Into the top
of his hat tha other day and then bat
tered his Jaws until his ears rang for
the ambulance. Thta remedy is rather
more apectaeular than the use of the
hatpin, but It must require soms train
ing. BUOTBZO BOASS ABB TOBTXjrO,
The Tass Xnflnanoe Which They Will
Exert cm the Future.
From the Corvallls Times..
A proposition for an electric road be
tween Corvallls and Eugene is a natural
product of theae days of progress and
development The preaent promoters msy
or may not be the people, and the pres
ent may or may not be the occasion to
Install the Una but an elaborate system
of electric roads to thread atid Interlace
ths WUlamette valley Is a condition that
the future, and In all probability the near
future,' will establlah. Water runs down
hill, and ha tldea of ocean recede after
they flood. By the same token. Increase
of population, the discoveries ' of the In
ventor, anil , the Inexorable laws of hu
man progress fix conditions that can
neither be thwarted or even be long post
poned. It Is natural and Inevitable for
one after another of the adjuncts of a
higher civilisation to establish themselves
in a community, and after rural free
mall delivery and rural telephones comes
ths electric road. The latter Is .to be as
much a fixture In the coming thickly
Settled community as ths ordinary farm
reads bavs been in the past. They ars
a step In social evolution and growth,
and whether Wa expect them or not, they
are to be. v
The Willamette' valley Is especially well
suited to a profitable operation of a com
plete system of electrio roads. The won
der of many eastern people arriving here
Is that intricate lines of the kind have
not slready been established. . Cascade
mountain streams present an Inexhausti
ble supply of power, ao conveniently sit
uated aa to be the cheapest In the world.
Capital In the eaat and west by millions,
sttracted by the Immense profits that
always come from transportation enter
prises. Is keen for Investment of the kind.
The Immediate question with such In
vestors Is not the profit of the moment,
but the vaat returns to come In the future
to tha pioneer who first gets foothold In
the region and gradually gains control
of the system. Thus, thers Is certainty
o.' a future Willamette valley with an
intricate network of electrio roads, con
necting all the principal towns, threading
all the more densely populated farming
communities, transporting persons and
products ctuaply and swiftly, snd form
ing a regular and necessary part of ths
dally life of ths time.
v . a Miamra iio.ooo mzlx
From the Minneapolis Thibune.
Nearly 15 years sgo a man entered
the First National Bank of Denver and
walked Into the office of David H. Mof
fat the president of the bank. He had
a bottle in his hand that he said con
tained nitroglycerin, and ' threatened to
blow np the bank nnless hs waa given a
large sum of money. - Mr.-Moffat sent
for the money, snd among ths bills was
one of 110,000 denomination. Recently
the government called In all 110.000 bills,
and the one given by Mr. Moffat la the
only one that has not been presented for
redemption. No trace of the man who
got the money was svsr found. .'
August II. A gentle breese from ths
south carried us along 10 miles, when
wa atopped to take a meridian altitude,
and sent a man across to cur place of
observation yesterday. He stepped 174
yards, and the distance we had come
was It la miles. The river Is wider and
shallower than uaual. Four allies be-'
yond this bend a bluff begins, and con
tinues aeveral miles; on the south It
rises from the water at different heights,
from 10 to ISO feet and higher Ss It re
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PASSAGES FROM
. (Compiled by Ambrose Blerea) '
Aa they strolled along the Riviera
the setting sun was Just touching ths
summit of the Alps and firing them
with an electrical glow. Turning to
har. he looked Into her beautiful eyes
and thus expressed himself;
"Dearest I am about to maxe an im
portant statement"
' She almoat instantly divined the
character of the communication that
he referred to. and it affected her with
a considerable perturbation. It was ao
sudden. "If." she remarked, "you eduld
postpone the statement above mentioned
until a more auttable occasion I should
regard your forbearance with high satis
faction." Very -well," he replied, with coldness,
"I will wait until we are not alone.;
"Thank -you, ever so much." shs
Muahad. .and all was silence. Later in
-the season he explained to her tha trend
of hla affectlona, and aha algnlfled the
diha
pleaaure that aha received from ' nis
preference. ; V ,
The booming of the. cannon awak
ened him with a start Vaulting Into
the saddle with remarkable - grace ne
waa aoon In the thlckeat of the fray,.
and many a foeman fell beneath hla
flashing steel. let even in ma wmon
din and confusion of battle his mental
w a v a umimI. anit he thousrht
only of -the countess, while absently
dealing deatn anout nun. buuuiui n
was . roused ' from nis revery oj am
I . a Ktla ava nnnn hla helmet
.UlfmV v . - - - Mr -
and turning hla eyes In the direction
whence- It seemed to nava mu n
ered, he beheld the sneering visage of
De Grammont on a black ateed.
Tl ... a a an nnnnrttinitv that mlaht
satisfy tha most exacting an . oppor
tunity to rid hla country, of a traitor
mw.it himaaif of a rival: to serve at once
bis ambition and his lova His noble
nature forbade, waving nia enemy
aside, he thoughtfully withdrew from
tha. field, resolved to press bis suit
otherwise.'. ,'
rw-.M- tVa. . hfa nraaanre waa not
suspected. Montague remain with hla
eye glued te the keyhole. It waa well
that he did so, for the conspirators now
laid on tneir maaas, sjiu amuus
he recognised the king himself 1 Hsrs
ADAS, OLDEST CITY UNEARTHED
' '(By Henri Pen Da Bols.)
J ia.v. ha nMi( ritv in the world, has
Just been discovered.-It was under-the
ruins of Udnunkl, In Babylonia, ana it
had to be unearthed. ' Babylonia's cli
mate was good and ths soil gavs ths ma
terial of brick, so that civilisation ross
there naturally. Adab, where it maae
Its first effort was unknown until re
cently to students. ',
Prof. Robert F.. Harper of the Unlvei
.t... nt r-hioam read of It In his re
searches among documents of Baby
lonia's history. He found tne name
the city and Indications of its sits in a
jt - t .M one of the first
kings of Babylonia. Then ths university
sent learned men to. dig into the rulna
anA renover Adab.- Its data is lost in
ths yeara before Chriat ,
Berosus, a wise man or oojw
whom one need not believe, aaya that
,i - it kinaV nf Babvlonla who
reigned before the deluge for 412,000
years. This Is ramuous, or wur i
n.. w am think h.t Mahonaaaar. who
1 viiu u o ...... k .
reigned' 747 years before the Christian
era. knew AdaD, as wen aa Aiurui
Babylon, who was the first king. -
T- . . T TlnnV. vkn A 1 rr1tA thS
diggers at Adab. writes to Professor
Harper, who directa tnem xrora
........ ... r-hl.n that ha la aura Of
having unearthed tha ancient city, be
cause bricks Inscribed With the name
and Udnunkl was built over Adab.
and Udunukl waa built, over Adab.
- Hla force of 120 men and hs will find,
as they found at Blsmaya, templea,
marble, statues, onyx lamps snd Jewels
iH.r.i,,tiKiA in mrt inra Then the stu
dents of -manners will learn from the
houses of the buried city the manner 01
widow was nr bovbt.
a-aeaaaaaa-ataai '
From the Liverpool Poet
Scientists say that the hair and nails
grow sfter death. Some Theory of that
sort is needed to explain the experi
ences -of a widow at a spiritualistic
seance. '
. "No," said ths little widow em
phatically. '1 will never attend another
dark seance:"
"Why notT" asked hsr friend. "Didn't
you have any acquaintance among: the
spooks T"
"1 am in doubt about the material
isations." 1 ' ' . '
"Not distinct enough f '
, "Well, it was this way "The medium
said" my husband was there and wanted
to speak to me. It was too dark to aee
him plainly, but I thought I -recognised
the outlines of Jim, and I kissed him."
"Was It Jlmt"
That's what I Vould like to know.
"What makes you doubt KT"
"The spook had a lovely mustaeha"
. "O!"
-Jim nsvsr had ona"
And ths little widow looked thought
ful. . '..-'' ' ; ,
rZABX. TAZ.VBS AT 9000400. " '
From ths ' Jsweler's Circular -Weekly.
Ths most extraordinary pearl or,
rather, cluater of pearls known ss ths
-Southern Cross,' is owned Dy a syndi
cate of Australian gentlemen, who value
It at $500,000. So far as Is Known, it
occupies an absolutely unique poaitlon.
It consists of nine pearls,-' naturally
grown together in so regular a manner
as to form a perfect Latin orose, ,
Tha pearl was discovered by a pearl
fisher at Roebourne, West Australia
Ths first owner regarded It with so
much superstition thst tie burled It; but
It was discovered In 1(74, and flva years
later was plsced on exhibition in Aus
tralia -. ' -
cedes on the river; ft consists of yellow
and brown clay, with soft sandstons Im
bedded in It and la covered with tim
ber, among which may be observed some
red cedar; the lands on the opposite side
are low and subject to inundation, but
contain wiUowa, cottonwoods and many
grapea A prairie wolf came near the
bank and barked at us; we attempted
unsuccessfully to take him. This part
of the river abounds in beaver. . We
camped on aand Island In a bend to ths
north, having made z0K miles. ',
BOOK THAT SELL
was a situation that he believed unique;
In all his experience la court and camp
there waa no precedent A sovereign
conspiring for his own overthrow, his
own assassination Montague , was
deeply- affected by so striking an in
stance of unaelflshnesa He reeled and
fell to ths floor in an agony of admlra-
llT , '. - ' V -'V
Gladys hastened . slowly along the
path leading to the cliff above the laka
The full moon was rising In the eaat
for tha hour waa midnight, and her
warm radiance bathed the landscape in
a blue languor. Harold awaited her
on the cliff, where they discussed their
sentiments for more -then an hour.
Then, with a look of alarm. Gladys
called Harold's attention to the time of
night Vainly he assured her thst nons
of ths usagea of pollts society were
Infracted by the tryst; shs Instated that
he conduct her to her fathers resi-
dence rortnwun, sna ss xney pansu
manlfestsd a desire to press his Hps
upon hsr hand. She hastily withdrew
that member, and murmuring "Fore-
well," terminated the Incident '
When the sun areee upon the scene
Harold was a distant man.
' As Wellington rode moodily away
from the fatal Held of Blenheim, medi
tating upon the wreck of hla ambition,
he encountered the seer whom ne bed
met the day befora
"Wretch!" he exolalmed. drawing his
sctmetar. "It Is you that have done
thisl - But for your ' accursed predic
tions I would have won the battle and
the Swedish king would now bs flying
before ma Die, thereforeP' -
So saying, he raised his armed Jiand
to smite, but the blow did not fall. Even
while the blade was suspended In the
sir the seefs long, black cloak fell
away, the white hair and the concealing
beard were flung aside,' and the Iron
Duke found himself gaslng Into ths
laughing ayes of Madame de Malntenon!
Speechless with sstonlahment he thun
dered: "What Is the meaning of thler
"Ah, monsieur," she replied, with that
enchanting smile which had-lured Louis
XIV to the guillotine "it means that I
amuse myself." . ' " . .
. Drawing a Jeweled pistol from hsr
bosom . she ' shot htm dead. v
life of the most, ancient civilised men.
All the history that has been studied
painfully-for ages haa to be rewritten.
The history of Babylonia may not es
cape that fata Berosus. Dlodorus and
Herodotus, whom ws had . to believe
when we were children, are known now
to hsvs been great gatherers of fablea
Archeology disproves most of ths things
that they asy, svsn aa aatrononmy dla
provea the astronomers and chemistry
the old alchemlsta
Ths unearthing of Adab should reveal
to us the true history of Nebuchadnes
aar, whose reign of 4S years made Baby
lon mlatreas of . ths world. There ars
Inscriptions of his alme, but one does
nob know if they be not exaggeration
One aays that he built the wall -of
Babylon in 11 days. .
Babylon was essentially rellgloua, but
Its engraved gems and metal work are
full of humor which waa unknownto
Assyria Ths Babylonians' were excel
lent In the manufacture of textile fab
rics, in pottery and in painting. More
peaceful than tha Assyrians, thsy had
more leisure than they for the culti
vation of the arts that charm. And these
ars to be revealed by the diggers ef
Adab. ' -.
The Importance of their work may not
be exaggerated. Assyria was In art as
in other things, only ths pupil and Imita
tor of Babylonia Tha Assyrians had
stone in abundance; and the Babylonians
were obliged to take It from a great
distance, but the Aaayrlana had forms
of. architecture which the use of brick
had made necesssry to Babylonia. Wa
haye not the right to deride for this
the Assyrians too much, since we build
bouses of Iron as if they were made of
stona ' '
FOBBTBB AID A BAT.
' I little know or care ' ' .
- If the blackbird on the bough
Is filling all the air - ' .
i With his soft crescendo now;
For shs Is gons Sway,
' And when she went she took -.The
springtime in her look, . .'
, ' V The peachblow on her cheek,- .
The laughter from the brook, 1
The blue from out the May
-And what shs calls a week
. Is forever and a day I
It's littls that I mind ' ' " : r '
How the blossoms, pink ar white,
At every touch of wind
Fall a-trembllng with .delight; "
For In the leafy lane,'
'; Beneath the garden boughs, ',-. ;'
, And through the silent house,
, One thing alone I seek;
: .. . Until shs come again
The May la not the May,
' And what she calls a week
. Is forever and a day! ,
; Thomas Bailey Aid rich.
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Suppression Suggested.
From the Salem Statesman.
All such street-corner cranks ss Dowle
and Creffleld ahould be suppressed by
the authorities at tha Inclplency of their
demonstrations. Instead of waiting until
tha poison which haa undermined them
has Inoculated a lot of other peopla
There should be no exhibition of mawk
ish sentimentality as to ths "freedom of
speech" for a men whose mouthlngg,
provs that his mental equilibrium is a'
thing of the past
Cruel of Her.
From the Chicago News.
"All my poems are returned," sighed
the young writer. "I wish I could send
out one that would stlcjc." . ,
"Why not try writing them on fly
paper?" asksd ths cynical young lady.
Oregon Sidelights
Condon is Improving. - L
Going to ths regatta ,
-r . ,
' Pity The Dalles t It Is to have a fair.'
Morrow county raises fine peaches also.
Bend says It Is beoomlng a second Spo
kane. -,--,..,)
Several good new houses are going ap
In Albany. ,
Much Irrigation development Is going
on tn Lake county;
Now Is ths time te prepare exhibits for
the Lewis snd Clark fair. :, - i
Six or eifht houses' are In course of
construction at Springfield all the tlma
Lakevlew Herald: The town is very
quiet as svery one Is out Ashing or -keeping
In ths shade theae hot days.
The Newa presents a poor appearance 4
this week owing to the fact of Its being
a good time to spend a few Weeks at the-"
seaside by -the News family. Bantlam '
Newa All right;. say no more about It
Albany 'Democrat; Two U-year-old
boys who returned from the bay twloe
as soon .as they had Intended aaid they
were too ' young to go with . the girls
and too old to play on the sand hill, and .
what were they to .'dp, anyway T
The Dalles Ttmes-Motmtalneerf Happy . V
la the man who nowadaya can lay hla
business aside and 'hie to the mountains,
but there are not many men In The
Dalles who ars so happily situated that
they can get off for a summer vacation.
People here are too busy to even eon- -:
template a summer outing, .
East Oregonian: ' Hunters report such a
shyness and comparative scarcity of
grouse aa to Indicate a coming extermina- -'
tlnn of the hlrda, It Is ssld that this
year more than ever before the grouse
are reluctant to leave the timber and ' .
are harder to find even there. Either
Instinct or Inherited fear teach them that" -dangers
multiply for them In the open.
wa . ...
'The Dalies Chronicle: Now that tha '
horn of the hunter la heard on the hill. ;
where the grouse and prairie . chicken
were wont to roam at will, we also hear Y
much of the number of hirds captured
by tha aforesaid; but as ths proof of the
chicken la in eating It we're from Mis
souri and will have to be shown before '
we know who the hunters ara .. . '
Springfield News: .Nothing hut good
can come of the organisation of the pro- ,
gresslve business men and cltlsens of
this plsee. A' great deal .more can be
accomplished with an organisation .than
without , When .matters of lnteresflo
our community come up there will be a
way of giving 'them an Immediate and ,
united attention. Heretofore wa were
drifting without . oara . -, , ;. '
'Long Creek Ranger: ' W.P. Tork of.
Slide creek waa In town Monday on
bualneaa He reports the receipt of a
letter from a brother of "Arthur George
In North Dakota, In which la reported
the sals of 20 three-year-old steers at aft
average of $54 per head. Thla makes the .
price offered la eastern Oregon 430 to S2S
look like a thieving game was being
played by some one connected with cat
tle buying. I , '.';.' ''
' Around Helix the wheat will average SO '
bushels except In those strips which were
frost . bitten. The proportion of frost
bitten wheat la heavier In the Helix coun
try than anywhere else In the oounty.
In almoat every Instance the damaga
was done on the low grounda, -though
sometimes tha belt of frost would reach
up the hillside for some distance, but
there waa the utmost Irregularity tn the
extent of the area thus damaged.
Grant County ' News: Farmers from
the Mount Vernon country complain of a
shortage of labor, and men to harvest
the second crop -are Impossible to get,
slthough S2.H per day Is offered. Tommy -Thorburn
of Dayvllle says that the sec
ond crop of alfalfa is a hummer, and that ,
It la now being harvested. Men are not .
particularly scares, but -wages are S2.I3
per day.. So far. little hay Is being sold,
and he thinks ths market will let down
soms before much changes handa
Ws are In receipt of a brief eommunl- ;
cation from James Inman of Looking "
Glaaa announcing that hla platform aa
Ir.de-pendent candidate for president of -the
United States will be ready for pub
lication at some time In the near future.
He says this platform will be "a reve
lation to the political world," Inasmuch
aa It will be the beat of Its time, and
that which is the bst of Its time is ever
ahead of lta time." Roseburg Plain
dealer. Bully for Inman.
Ths only time the Mitchell, Wheeler
county News has mentioned ths relief
fund matter la In ths following para
graph. Much has been sald about ths
distribution of the Mitchell flood fund.
A former Mltchelllte tn a recent Inter
view published In the Antelope Herald,
made a statement the text of which Is
as follows: "I scorn the Idea of accept
ing money from tha relief committee '
and say frankly that I do not believe
any man with youth, health and strength
left haa. a right to sit around bembanlng
his misfortunes and expecting hla losses -to
be made good out of funds sent in by
sympathftlo peopla"
', TALK ABOUT OABBXBATBS.
; Scissored by the New Tork Globa
If Judge Parker Is not elected, the pa
rents of those "Alton" babies can claim
that they were named after the railroad.
Waahington Poet . , . .
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Judge Parker la not a man to claim
that his hair la auburn, whsn In reality
It Is red. Birmingham .(Ala) Age-Herald.
: ' , ,,' ; , .' ..
Henry O. Davis, the Democratic vica
presldentlal nominee. Is a cousin of Ssn- "
ator Arthur Pus Gnrmsn of Maryland,
though It is probably not his fault
Syracuse Post-Standard.
It is doubtful If Dr. Swallow will get
enough advertising out of hla prealden- '
tlal campaign to enable him to set up a
buttermilk emporium. Denver Republi
can. ( .. ; - i( .. '
Tom Wataon's admirers say. that ,.
"nothing can affect hla opinions.".
Might disinfect them, though. Florida
Times-Union. . . . .
Senator Fairbanks has gons to an
ocean resort for a brief vacation. That
ought to be a pretty cool place this
summer. If It does not freese up entire
ly. Buffalo Tlmea , .
Kept Bis Word.
. From the Chicago News.
Pat Th boss sed thot he'd be afther
makin' it hot far me. an', b'gorry, he
did. " ' . '
Mike Phwat did he doT .
Pat Faith, an' he. folred ma -
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