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PORTLAND. OREGON.
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WEDNESDAY. .SEPTEMBER .1,190
THE ORRQON- DAI LY JOUlRNAL
Small' Change
Oregon Sidelights
AN INDiriNDINT NIWHAriR
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Fubltshod vwry evening exopt ImUij) nn4
OFFICIAL,
THE SCHOOL BOARD RESPONSIBLE.
S lmXMSN imt haw kM
furntoh the tamber on Umt;
- bar kM to stoma la railing
promptly and th euprvtlng architect oocnpetsra thnwgh
: Ha is credited with btnc Mr bar bad entlrery to little
approxtottoa af tit value of Unw, . Eack and arery on
- etWae Mcum nW ba offered and accepted In extenua
tion of aooompieted school building,
hrtsly ao Internet for tba public i -.
I'ilcl thane peopl an raspomnbto
but the echool board atone bj mpanalM
It to tba board that moat b bald aooountabte -for tba fact
that, with plenty ef amaey and Urn
' tba day arrtvas for tb aeboobi to opoa la regular term,
4earry MM pupils ara turnod away front tba unr oiiuilslod
taUdlnsa and IM or mora of them ara
half ration, Tata m imply a pubU
laak af aara and attention for tba work which tb public
has delegated to tba board, an utter tack of apprvolatlon
f tba iponlbttlttaa af tba position,
strongly onutoam!. ','-'. . .-v1"
, r r tiaia b lime hj th fnrtlnd when
ba lightly paeard over. Two thousand children on tba
I vaittn roU and M gatttac hatf a dayo tortrwsUanaada
V to ooBMraitaaUaa wbteb aannot fatt to aortoaaly affaet tba
arMfc af tba wbolo aokool raar.. Tnte
a tba taxpayar tat lwit aurably mar to tb cnildran,
ry bug proportion of whom cannot afford to waata Una
In tba acboah, for tba datla of ovary day Hf ara laamliig
upon thorn. At tba vary boat It takaa a tone tlm for a
pvpil 'to aat tbreasbTtb aoboola. partkularfr trtttf an ax-
traordJnary ntotk grada to Mock tbolr antraaoa to tho-blh
noboaL Kvarytatna- that aan taaitimateiy ba dona to ax
Vodlto thatr mini am tavoash tba aoboott bhooM ha donr
a a matter af oaniaa m a to Uahten tba toad for thoaa
' parent who, wh0 amMttoto for tbalr naildrwi. ar hwat
ante to. War tba hoary aaaetlon whleb rah a public
, Bihuaf daoatlon an tana eh Wrm famUloa.
TkmWttiW mattam mtm what proot a aroo
. ( forward- that contractor, tambar daatora ar anpafrfatnt
prchactf . havo. hom buna and Impotent to tba dotauj of
ttalr warfcv tba paopla can only hold to acooontobUIty tba
af tbaacbool board, for tboy
thaw, whua tba man aalooted to do tho
albl to tba aobaol board. Thar than tba animate ra
' -apenafbtltty anrnt ha aaearalr flnad and H baboovaa tba
p hoard to' work night and day and mow baavah and aarth
. . to ratrktv fteoK .Vy ottma' tba acbooir raady for oo
oopaoor at tba aarlloat patbla mamant and aattna; to It
that Boob a damorallrinf oondtttoa k) aavar parmttted
atoark . , -
-.' What la naadod I a tttthr fotwthovfht
board bar hlndslant to throw to tb
; and plana IB axtanwatlon to offar for all
Itottona, haft tbay wlB na lonpvr find tba
aoorpt tbam aa tthaa baaa to tba part.
. ' . maxmaaBaaamaan '.
t BUSINESS CONSOLIDATION IN SMALL
. , T ABT WTCXT gta baslnam astabllshmenta ' of
1 ' m tomook war merged tot three. Thar wore two
..meat markta neither prospering. So on man
'.: gold out to the other and bew his employe. There war
" ... tw barnea and aaddle abopa, and,th proprietor got to
ev: gather and teased a a oato an a glre or take basla. And
- ba preprtetor of two far altar stores, after a conference,
agreed on term of eansoltdatioa. AUudtoc to thane tran
1 eaoUooa, th TlUamook Headlight aaya: ; , . .
V7
Tot a long time a number of our
realised that a number of buslnemai
ar aveodooe. Th merchants carry larger and bet
ter stock af goods than town with two to tare
thnuiiid tababttaata. It hi often said that earn
petition 1 tb Itf of trad. So It la to a oartara ex
tent, but wkea thar la only limited amount of bust-
la a town a multiplication of
doea not Increase th trade.
aumatanoea It I not urprling to find
our buelniM men hava takaa a
arra. and with good business and
bar agreed to conaoHdata, There
to tb city which might ba
r
and bualaaaa aagadty to double up, for
v for a elty to bare a limited number of baataam men
, doing a fata amount of business who ar satisfied than
to bar a aoora of austnees men who out down their
arpenaea to the amaUeat nmtt and ar oontlnually
osmyiaming about peer time. r s-
These ara nalbto remarks, and wOl apply to many
other town aa watt aa Tillamook. It la a free country,
and anybody can start any kind of a lawful- business any
where, but tt hi rayrettabl that In small ptaoes, la which
one ma la m making a fair Uvtog to a certain hustinss.
poma other man eomea along and starts a business ef the
am una, when he ought to know that he aannot euoosss,
that there I only room for one auck store r shop la tb
placv, and that he not only injures Mmetlf by starting
businea that will not pay, but also Injure tba ether man.
V la larger place that ar rapidly growing, add whoa
arawth I reasonably sure to continue, the case dlffer
t ant. In sftch town there I likely to be room for on
' mere, but la amaU and for tb praaant stationary towns,
V It I folly tor a man to "butt In" to a bustaom at which be
cannot svoeed and by dl riding which ba only checks tba
ether tnaWe mederate auceem. The rhral furnitore men.
. . aaddlers and butcher of Tillamook bar art a good ax-
ampto. - ,, ; - - '.. , sj . . a -
V ! ' : .WHAT ABOUT THE WOMAN? ;
v TLTX3B UOOtm yesterday sentenced a man who went
, : I home drunk and struck hi wife, and knocked their
J Infant out ef her arm, t ef day' linprtsonmeat
y ' Tb punlshmecrb was none too hoary, ner one baadrsdtb
. part braay augh to all prababUltyi but what about tb
woman and babyf What ara they going to da while the
l eny I feeding bbn to JallT Jt may be assumed that be
, did not spend all bla arnlng In buying whisky, that he
. used a aorttoa af them to ouppsrt bla
dM not always ham drunk and to aa agty moad bad
' strike a wife. s at least had the rent paid aad soen-
thlnc tn rbe Itowm to eat, awl during tb
- to to prorld food for bar and tba ohlliliwi ambably thar
hamhto th baby.
PUBUSHED BY JOURNAL PUBUSHXNQ Ca
snornteg at The
street, Portland, Oregon.
PAPBR OK tMB CITY Of
at'fault la tailfcuj to
th oontimctera may
to a tamr won
.babtaa. .
but they have abeo-
;rr -v ! "r
for mora women
te tlw oeifooi board.
money; bat If tbl
t tba peopto end
further and disburse
tain tba family,
at, IU disposal, Jhn
tba woman. ' And
should be locked
put on educational
outrage. ,It abow
f auch case. .
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which cannot bo too
OT hTANT
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amuamnaat.'
aw h 4-r-llriMm
to be reasonable,
music mad by tb
togte to at fault -all
nn lea not alana
manlty to tbto early
tramely narrow.
time; na la Hrlng tar
om play ar
most of them present
of them furnish to
max appear tnereon,
occasionally bad
oondemnlng the ehurcbea... :,v
Badpeopsr g to
ticularly young people, must not go (here. Then young
and good paopla
road-trataa, the steamers, even tbr streets, lest they come
la contact with had paopla. Svaa more ao, for bad paopla
in a theatre behave
tact with them; but
injaaponatbM to
ways behave, and the
Why, we suspect
lb real good. -'.
.The fact-to that
not bad people. They work tremendously bard, and their
occupation hvauck
ether paopla do.
tnetone.- They ara
. . ft
Ofthem mra In a broad saner Christiana.
.Tha brother would have no amuaomente, or none except
'awn as would pato nto enorhln. No dancing, no card
playlng, no theatre-going, however Innocent. Why, It Is
only a atop backward from tbla to no music, no painting,
and no ttteratmw except each rallgtoua work aa a commit
tee of preaobem might select.
No, brother, yon are behind tb time.' Th wopla, and
particularly tba young, demand amusement, need It, It
W a natural and -n healthy craving. The Puritan age Is
past, and arwybody ought to be thankful ha dldnt live
la hi. ' .. ... .
Meat play, on the Vbola, presented tn our better clam
af theatre, are good. They amuse, and occasionally even
hwtract, and do little If any harm. At least th good im
mensely overbalance the barm. Card-playing Is turned
Into artf purpose, but that hi na proof that card-playing
may not b Innocent. Because a man kills another with
an ax fct no reason why an axe to a thing never to ba
touched. Dancing sometime leads to evil cones nuances,
but that I n mr reason for earing- that nobody should
over dance than to nay that we moat never tahr a ride In a
aaUboat because aome persona bar at time not eon
ducted themaetve property therein.
Niagara, brother. -The world, especially tba young
world, require amuaetnent a well aa work, and It aannot
ba confined to Just such amusement aa you from your
point of view would prescribe. Why, without these and
other amusements, half tba world would ba atark eresy In
it year. The deelr for them springs from the blood, the
brain, the heart, the eoul of humanity and It must ba
and foraalgbC all
bird dad tin
aoniwrrihla dara-
pablle a randy to
V.
amines ma haw
tn Tillamook CHy
store and busl-
Under those ctr
that a number
tumbte to them-
bora sen they
are other bust
grattftod.
good bora eenea
It Is far better
the story of destruction, It Is probable that public action
would be tardy, for Backfires aad clearing property made
would assur private property reasonable safety. But
Oregon lose In each great fir much more than I In
dicated In contemporaneooa aaw reports. Forest bar
to tbla ago of aaammeto lumber operation a present, pos
itive value. Because the public domain hi denuded, in
flicting no lea upon an individual, doe not mean that the
people at larga suffer leas, for every acre of forest land
lost In fir deplete Oregon of the present and future ao
much, - (? ,'v;vr - v
From the old pioneer, who .waa in close touch with In
dian customs prior to white settlement, baa com an Interesting-
ugujestlea. . This class af men advocate annual
or t meet biennial fir, spread purposely and mad to
consume dealduoue atalka and leave, thin aut tangled
underbrush and destroy all dead and decaying timber. In
dian, through desire to keep mare open bunting; grounds
or bn prove growth of grass, were wont to burn the eountry
at frequent interval. That the state had magnificent
forests under the Indian regime needs n iteration. Their
custom, whether premeditated or casual, bad tba virtue af
simplicity when studied. Good forester maintain that
when a light fir, such aa would ba kindled on biennial
growth and decays, run through a forest tba heat doe
not affect tree growth. Bostnou foliage of fir aad pine
doe not Ignite until the heat below 1 Intense; or moa
aooumulate among the beugb. If leave, twlga. grass
and underbrush ar permitted to accumulate for a decade,
mtogllng with fallen trees and bough when fir does
reach the matted pile, human means cannot quench tt.
Chance wtn aome time brine; the blase to such aa Inviting
Under box area though the penalty af death la prescribed
for Betting fire, and tba longer the tow and forestry reg
ulation eberlefc oombuatlbto, th fiercer will be th eon
ftogratloa. t . a .... ,
Tbougbtful atudy ef tba situation I urged by tb annual
I guatalaodi
family, and that ha
next to day who
and. par. the rrntr
JNO. P. CAJtftOU.
Journal Building. Fifth u TmhlU
M POllTLAND
Tba law, society, on a abort-auThted vtow af tba a,
whll vary Juatly punlahlna tb brat f a baaband. to
doing ao poatlbly panbib tb wlf mora, Sba baa don
aoUlnff to ba punlahod for, -and yt aoclaty, tooktog no
tarthor tban tb and of tba no, punlha tb buaband
and taka no bead of th raiult aa It affacte tb wlf and
, . . - .
Tht la only ana of many casai that lussoat a. radical
ebanga In tba treatment of tbem. By om ayatem, tba
mn aboald be allowed to work, and moat of hi wage
takaa by tba aatborltlea, for -a time, and turned over to
hi wife. Tbla would not work to perfection In all eaaea.
married to auck man ara poor, weak ar
turaa who on .coaxing or com pule ton -woald gtra up tba
happened, tba authorities, should go
tba money, or enough of It to main
instead af feeding tba man and atarrlng
If ba would not work on those term he
up on abort ration till he would. ,
Vnooaetltutlonalf Vary likely. But at any rate society
ts making a vary poor showing In Its regulation treatment
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A VOICE PROM THE REAR
TWOPhM .wfll tab aarioualy Ret. Mr.
BoUlnxmhead's strictures against certain forma of
apaclally theatre-got na or consider
tbett worthy Of much notloe, lcaus they ara to extreme
and are entirely out -of tun with the
march of progres of tbl age. HI
through, and his -conception of hu
part of th twentieth century hi xi
Soma men hare Nred ahead of their
behind bJa proper time.
bad, or contain bad ausgaitions, but
only mnoosnt amusement and many
the penetrating observer Instruction
that may ba valuable aa well.' Thar -are had actor and
for oondemnlng tba'staga and everybody and arerythlng
Tnere are ven poor praacaera and
on, too. But tbl b) ao reason for
theatres, therefore other people, par
must keep off the streetcar, tba ran-
themselves; there Is to fact na coo
In tkeah other place tboy do not al
danger of barmfat contact W greater.
that pot verybodx wba
' ,
a groat many actor and actiw are
that they aannot live quite aa moat
Tbay cannot go to bed at 1 o'clock, for
usually aharltable, hberal, and many
PREVENTING FOREST FIRES. " ;
tb occasional pile of oord wood or farm bouse were
tba measure of damage dona by the fore at fire. If
mill, track, flume, fence, haystack or gralnfUid totd
AU aboard tor the state fair.
BoBietlmes crooked
straight ticket .
peopia vota a
Kuropatkta won't stand an tke.penut-
uiwu ox aia name. -. ,: ..
Maine to not quite so eorporatien-
rMden as Vermont. . 1
Oregoa win match Its fair (women)
against any oa earth. a i
But you will need an umbrella ef good
material before very long. , 4
For soldiers who reeelvik only 41 eeats
a month, the Jape d very well
The more farming to diversified in
western Oregon, the better It will pay...
If the president la a great maa to all
respects, be doesn't need anybody U
tell htm so. , .
Well, young maa or mlsadld you
auks a good begiaalng by already learn
ing something?
Oenerals BTuropatkto and Btsckleburg
have established a new sort of military !
Press maker are hddtng a ooaventloa
In New York, out of seeeoe for aotnm
atiag a candidate for president
But If Roosevelt ts going to have a
walkover, why are they worrying about
Dave Hill becoming secretary of state?
Dowl has promoted' himself, without
asking the aid or consent of anybody on
poweraf . . . .
The Japs cannot And In their lexicon
the exact equivalent of the BngMeh word
fall. Or perhepa they have not bees
loo king for it.
aattut rebuking eta isn't a etreum-
atanee to old King Leopold, probably the
vlleet monarch on earth, protesting
against waror anything els bad,
I between Grandpa Davis' relatives
and prospective heirs, and the Demo
cratic committee, the
to adept-th adag that blood-to thicker
than water.
The La Orande Observer states that
"the eyes of the nation were anxiously
awaiting the result of th Vermont elec
tion.'' Do a few In teres ted poiltieiaas
comprise tb aat ion 7
Th Ho Hoc ar coming to Portland ,
next year also, and will form an Inter
esting acquisition to the hordes of
visitors. They know how to combine
pleasure and busiaesa.
It hi said 0t Louis restauranter bar
learned to carve a chicken Into 10 Dor-
Uona. If yoa are coins; to gt. Louis aad
have a tooth for chicken you bad better
If' a Democratic president should be
elected, how quickly about 40 Oregon 1
aewspaprs published to towns In locali
ties where lands ar being, token up
would enanga their politic.
The 'Weyerhaaeer lumber eyndloete
holdings in the Pacln northwest, ees-
sbout .000,000, are said to be worth
aow lie.oeo.eoo, with a prospective
mlue of MO.000.090u How much taxes
do they pert .
Th Russians have been praying some
more, end harder end more pointedly
then ever, calling the Lord's special at- i
tentlon to th factjthat they ar Chris
tiana, while the Japanese are 'torual
heathen. But Kuropatkia keep bmv- I
Ing northward just th same
Treasury experts predict a treasury
deficit of $10.000. 000 by the end of the
year. But no matter; the president says
there's nothing wrong, not the least
tie thtna After election more bonds can
Issued, or more taxes Imposed. A
grand old party and a great
young I
presldeat Come high.
From the Now York gun. , ' 1
www wow soora voaur. . '
The old-time top boot la fast dlsap-lell
peering from the face of the earth. I
Even the miners of the weet, among j
whom a pair of ordinary shoe used to I
b rare a sombreros on Broadway, I
ar abandoning them. I
Eight or ten years ago the young mln- j
Ing experts, fresh from th eastern oor
leg, used to com Into camp with hob
nailed laced boots. This strle of foot
wear was at first scorned aa the stark of I
the tenderfoot and dude.
Then a few miner tried laeed boot
just for rua, and found tb fashion a
senslbls one. Lb cod boot braes the an
kles for climbing, and can be taken off
without a boeUeck. They fit more snug
ly all round, and ara loss likely to chafe.
Bo the miners begaa to take them op.
Now th old-time boot is rare to tb aus
lng regions.
Bven th few cowboy Mft tn th weet
are taking to laced boota. There was a
tlm in th heyday of th cow Country
when special grade of fine, high-heeled,
thln-eoied, boot wa manufactured eolely
for th cowboy trad, since cowboys 1
wsre always very vein about their foot
wear But with the decadence of their
trade th cattlemen have loot their email
vanities nd a full holf of them ride In
the more eomfortabl meed boota- go Is
the old top boot, once worn by most ott
men, vanquished la Its last stronghold.
From the Cornelius Ttmea -
A town dog was given an Introduction
to a telephone th other dari- When a
voice in the phone called him by name
and, spoks kindly he wagged his tall, but
looked mystified. He looked sharply ,
at the phone and th wall where It hung,
and then turned te the onlooker oppar-i
sntly for an explanation, keeping one eye
suspiciously In the direction of tbe voice.
He barked finally when hi nam cam
Mver and over again from the Instrument
but he continued to keep at a safe dls-
ost la the proceedings. At tost tb vole
gave an unearthly growL which
the IMj I
t rumen t magnified Into something In-
deecribably Inhuman, when a spasm of
fear seised th dog and be dropped his
ear back and Jumped through ths apsa
owor xor a ears spot
From the Atlanta Constitution.
The tree stand up so beeotlfullv,
exclaimed th young poet, just borne,
trom college.
"Tee," replied the old man, "th'
some lau timber round here.'
"They seem t laugh In th wind,
and bow "Good morning to you," oan
ttmisd the poet. ! '
"Look here, Johnr aatd the old maa
"'For yoa go plus erasy, take tale
nor ex en" shop me dowa a dosen
trees and' run 'em through tba aaw-
a p 1-1 m
geptember 14. At two miles we
ached a round island ea th northern
side; at about fire, ru oa the south;
two amUee further, a small erect; end
it Bin
l aUkiT
camped near the mouth
the same side. The sand
bars are very numerous, aad render the
river wide and shallow; this obliged the
crew to get late the water and draa- the
boat' over the bars several times. Dur
ing the whole day we searched along the
southern shore, and at bobm distano
into the interior, to find an ancient vol
cano whleh we heard at gt. Charles was
somewhere in tbla neUfhborhood; but
we could not discern the slightest ap
pearance of any thin vol can to. In the
eouree of their search the party shot a
buck goat aad a bare,
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STRANGE CONTRAST IN EATING
, From the Xew York Americas.
. ' 9. Fisrsie saorgea.
Breakfast, t a nv One whole canta
loupe, if large; two. If email; two or
four raw or very soft eggs; frlsaled ba-
soa or ham; creamed smoked beef on
toast; dropped smelts; plenty ef dry
toast ana pot of coffee.
Lunch, 1 p. m. Iced tomatoes, celery.
young on I en, vffld
potato aslad, emoksd sturgeon, Rooue-
fort sbeeee, water crackers, Rhine wine
rrora bis own cellars.
"Post Nibble." i p, m.- Tongue or eer-
veiot sandwiches; light wine.
Dinner, I p. at- Dosn blue point Oh
th half shell, clear soup, son rare
fish, prefers bl v half dosen Rocky moun
tain trout or sea tood from Bermuda,
sautemes, woodcock, pheasant er brased
breast of capon. Bt Jut ten or Uedoe.
roast meat often venisonloin ef
moose or bear, lobexcr a to Newbera.
HUo sherry, then th nuts, coffee.
and dellesctes and a elsmr. which
cost htm M.a aaeh to hare made -to
Havana. He never takes champagne
with dinner, but undented rumors eay he
drinks several - quarts without doing
him harmbefore retiring.
Mr. Morgan pay his chef 11 . a
year and employs a Boor of assistants.
' Montreal. J. Flerpont Morgan, who
sj here with the Archbishop of Canter
bury, baa oauaed great surprise by bla
appetite. Me first caused comment by
demanding a whole bmIob for breakfast
Than he wa watched and It was found
that h had brought a most wuadeiful
appetite from the' states' with him.
Ths story of his demand for a whom
melon has been pabUehedi and now when
be and the archbishop and the receptloa
committee appear In public be Is aa
much observed as tb Rngllsh primate.
Mrs. Davldsoa, chairmen of the re
eeption committee, was astonished when
the welter told, her Mr. Morgan desired
a whole melon, and when shs asked him
about it the American millionaire
toughed and said:
Tea, I eat a whole melon- everything
except the outside.- . .
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Breakfast, f a. m -Half an orange.
PROGRESS
Bishop Warren A Chandler to the Inde
pendent! For tba eaventh tlm I nave visited
Cuba,
Tba Ohang'. meat of them for the
better slnoe my vUlt to the autumn
of iltt are- marvelous,
The street of Havana ara clean, and
the eanltary conditions of the olty are
no good aa in any city of th same stse
vi wnicn t nave any xnowieoge. la
lt the city was ens of the foulest fn
the world and yellow fever victims died
oa the street.
Th order I good end life and prop
erty ara a occur here as anywhere.
The administration of President
Tomas R trade Palme I commended oa
skies. The impression gathered from
tmiting with men of all eiaases here.
"di"bh ubnB rtean.
riww. m w a erii-
" M wora es, out a wise,
Pmdent and honest man. The people
T woic in nn awrw qiwiuee.
He ha used th rate power with wls-
dom and Ann nee.
In one Instance be vetoed what we
known aa the "Corona tow." a statute
exempting members of congress from
Ith ordinary processes of trial by the
courts, and making them a sm sable to
th suprem court only. It grew out of
a homicide by CongTeasman Corona of
Santiago. Th president vetoed the bill
aa a pleds of elas legislation entirely
Incompatible with the genius of a re
publican form ef government Congress
man Corona has begun a four year
term la th penitentiary for hi crime.
Would the administration of Justice la
the case of aa American snnsTsssinse
charged with a homicide have been mors
win ana uaiaitonng m our own ooun-
yr
Again, President Pal ma vetoed tb
lottery bill. This was an act of oven
greater courage. Th Spanish traditions
concerning lotterle, th habits and
spirit of most Cuban men a to gambling
by lottery and otherwise, were com
bined against him; yet bi withstood
them all and forbad by veto th eree
tlon of lottery ander Cuba law. (
wAhTBXXWg) AXOV gBWaV
I.
From ths -Hebrew Standard.
' As a habit It need hardly be eaid, tbe
pastimes provided- for the enmootoT and
port are of a aat ore calculated te lower
the standard of morality and to ahake
th foundation upon which th struc
ture of family life ha been reared, to
any nothing of the utter disregard of
One's own Interests In staking ofttlmes
more than one can afford.
We moot therefore deprecate the ettom-
W . occaelonally must feel alarmed
im .nnur pruai una hmii dh
made aad the terrible Inroads upon th
former Ideal family life which are
chargeable to It Wo hops that this
very dubious mark af advancement in
th forward direction may soon disap
pear from our mldet and leave tbe Jew
ish household as pur aa one tt wa ac
cording to our boaat.
AI
From tb
Cincinnati Commercial
TH
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Th evening wore on," continued tbe
man who wa telling the story.
"Exeua me," Interrupted th would
be wit "But can you tell ue what the
evening wore on that oocaalonr'
"I don't know that It is Important"
replied the story teller. "But If you
must know, I b i lave it wa tba ale of
a summers day.'
The hills, particularly on the south,
continue high, but th tanber la
fined to the teland and bank of th
river, W had ocoasloa here to observe
the rapid undermining ef these by the
Missouri. The first attacks asesa to
oa the bills which overhang the river
a soon a the violence of tb current
destroys the araa at th foot ef them,
the whole texture appears loosened,
and the ground dissolves an mixes with
tb water t the muddy mixture Is 'then
forced ever th law grounds, which
cover sometime to th depth .of three
lnobea, and gradually destroy the herb
age, arter wnicn it can oner ao resist
anoe to the water, and become at teat
oovered with sand. . . -
oatmeal, cracker ene pan ef dry toast.
cup of cocoa, -.-
LuBohi a p. m. Qlesa of plain soda
water tn at s ait
. Dinner, 1:10 p. m. Soup, portion of
fish not larger than a half-dollar, small
oul ef roast meat with pan gravy, let
tuce or tomato salad without oil, one
starchy vegetable, euch as corn or po
tato, niilk from the earn cow all the
time. No cake er sugary substance.
Ola as ef milk before retiring.
Mm. Walker pay her cook lie
Bwatb. - ;
Philadelphia. Instead of gettlag her
Business" into such shape that sh could
spar th time to eat sustaining areals,
Mrs. Anna M. Wsightmaa Walker la be
coming busier in the management of the
I . ooe.oo business her father raoently
It la a alow day with her when she
can ga out to take a bite df Tench.
god water baa to be -enough for her, al
though h hasenough to buy a Dot
al on wo or a Sherry.
Mr. Weight man maintained a bureau
through which be disbursed Immense
sums In charity, and none but hi o
fldeatlal egenta knew the emounte or
the benefloiartea of his ahllanthrooy.
Mrs. Walker has ordered that the bu
reau be continued, but it to thought she
will direct that much of- th outlay be
oevocea t cauuuio charities.
Mr. Walker became a convert to th
Roman Catholic eh u rob five rears ago.
Bhs had previously been a high church
Episcopalian.' Her father at first oa-
poeed her change of faith, but IMer waa
reconciled, but he resisted her efforts to
bring him lata, the ebureb. He also on-
eelved tb Idea that some , of th
churches wore after him In order to get
a share of hi wealth, and far some tlm
previous to his death hi bounty went CO
aon-sectarian charities.
Because of this animosity of tba slder
wvisntman ihar is much surmise
whether he left bis million to hla
daughter to do with them aa aha willed.
or whether she ie merely the eastodtsn
of them and is restrained from the free
bestowal of them toward faUgwua pu'r-
posee. f
OF CUBA
Tb conduct of the Cuba president
bj m snrp contrast with th act of Oen
eral Wood In granting a 10-year con
cession to taat ahameless institution
of gambling, the Jai Alal aomnanv.
This oaossslee General Wood a ranted
Just, throe days -before turning over tba
government to President Palma. With
in ths sam brief period h wa offered
and received a M.m present which all
parties In Havana, with whom I have
talked assert wa purchased by th
men of the Jal Alal company. The
plena made In abatement by the friends
of Oeneral Wood In the United States
are laughed to scorn hers, and with Jus
tice, as It seems to ma. The Jal Alal
Inatlutlon la one. of the meanest forms
of gamblfngi end would net be tolerated
to any city ef the United Statee for one
hour. MoT would It be tolerated by the
Cuba congress and Presldeat Palma it
they could help themeelvea. But whoa
they have Indicated a purpose to undo
the nefarious concession the Piatt
amendment baa. been shaken In, their
faces, and they bsvs been told It w an
act of the 'Intervening government"
which Is oovered and protected by that
famous amendment.
Could anything reflect more discredit
ably upon our government than that It
should be placed la auch a position of
sponsorship for a gambling concern
which th Cuban government would de
stroy if it had a free handt Wa the
Piatt amendment designed to be per
verted to such baa endsr Cannot the
congress ef the United States by some
act of mod til cation or statute of con
struction of tbs Piatt amendment gtrs
the Cuban government enough freedom
of action to extirpate this abomination T
Shall our government be disgraced and
the Cuba people damaged for 1 long
year by the continuance af' tola de
testable franchise and the maintenance
of tbla den of blacklegs? r - -
A oengresslonal committee eusht to
as sent to -Havana-to 'InVastigats this
whole transaction and report a remedy.
Our country cannot afford te occupy
any such poeition as It, now occupies te
tnis matter, '
XtnmATAABTCB ajto wxFicrv.
From th Now York World. '
The government deficit of S4,0O0.0
for July and Auguot, against l,oe,oM
toes last year, ta due la part to a de
crease to revenue ef $T,o,o. la part
to an lBoreaa ia expenditure ef Ht,
00.0. -
. Decrease In revenue 1 not regrettable.
It I an evidence of thrift W r no
longer buying foreign good la execs
of our needo end so owelllng th cus
toms, as we did daring tb ssnssls
"boom." We srs spending a million a
month less upon Internal revenue toxa
tie. These economies ere wise, pru
dent Inevitable, likely te continue,
Greater expenditure 1 due In the mole
fe sn Increase from , 1901 in only two
months of nearly ,0 0.000 for th war
department and 7,0,oe for tb navy.
Tet even last year w were spending for
thee warlike aurpoee tllt,0,000 ator
than ws did In 1817. '
Th only possibls means of restoring
casta to th depleted treasury the treas
ury so recently overflowing is te sell
new bond or to Increase taxation, or
to cut down expenditure, and especially
our mounting military coats.
Ths last named Is the method of busi
ness common sense. It le Idle to ex
pect Ito application by the present ad
nimletrntlon, mllltary-mad. erased by tb
obsession ef th Big gMk r ,
Bend people are thinking ef Incorporate '
. ' , , :- ' -
Houltoa I to have lorle UghU;
also twetew houses. - j
Tb Sret carload of Rogue River pear
brought a box to Chicago.
Mitchell, that was swept' away by a
waterspout 1 building up again, ,
Several famUles want'4 houses la
Brownsville, but cannot obtain them.
Sever! local good road club have
been organised la Tillamook county, ,
, Merchante up the vailer are dolna ..
a larger busmeee thaa they dltt tost year. ;
A Benton eoynty team of horse '
weigh over two tone. One, only three . ,
yvars oto, weigna i.ioe pounds. .
It la believed that Uncle Oasaaway
did not require a special ear te carry
aia campaign contribution to New York,
A Dayton man baa a one-stalk sun-
aowsr, seven feet high, that bai
flower In' bloom and II bud about
ready to bloom.. -
Th Houlton Register announce that
lta family I now Bottled there, end wil)
be glad to receive provender of any
kind oa subscription.
Bom MeMtntrvllle women are bua
driving ddwn nalla to th Idewalk.
Are the men too busy or too lasvT And
oaa tbe women hit the uallst r
Ashland new high school building
eoetlng tU.toe, baa 14 room and I
aid to be the beet echool bylldlnbe
tweea Portland and San Franciaoo.
A number of bachelor ta More Bounty
are worrying because leap year Is so far
spent sad they have had no proposals.
aad tbay fear tboy will b ever looked.
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While digging a well sear MokfinnvHle
man unearthed soma bones at a depth
of at feet which are- thought te have
belonged to a mammoth aa of . former
time. . .. .-t,;, , " .
A Hood River man and a PrtneviU
man played poker at Bead sod it we
reported that the sums of VLKO end St.-
i4M were tost and won: Dae pot raa up
a high a flto . . ,
An extra targe oyster' dredg at Ne-
tarts this year hi probable, as a targe
new bed of oyster haa been found. The
Netarts oyater 1 of very fine flavor and
quality and th demand' has grown to
auch proportion that th supply here
tofore has not been ufSclent ...
Charles Cunningham, ths ' Umatilla
county sheep king, who owns about half
tbr taxabls property tn the Pilot Rock
echool district, is fighting a new school-
house because of the tax on him. . That
Is often the way the more maa haa
the meaner be to, Build tbe school-
houeal ' . ' . ,
Some thieve are among th bop-'
pickers. ' Aacordmg to the Aarera Bo
realle houses ara being searched, pota-.
toea and other vegetable dlseppaar dur
ing the night cowa are being milked, '
eta, From on man two stands ef bee ,
were stolen- which M think "caps the .
climax.'' f . -f' .
Houlton Register:' The Ash traps ar '
all running and supplying tb cold stor
age houee and on or more caeneries
with naiM Th ask warden paya ao at-,
tentlon to the law. The trap, and
wheel .should be drive off tb river -and
In a few rear there would be good
employment for the glllnet ashera. It
Is th wheel aad trap that rate tbo
nab busissss.
The trout are coming up Rogue river
from the sea, aa usual at this tlm of
year.. Angler ar meeting -With good
success. Th flah ar gamey and aver
age from a half-pound to five pounds. -
They are known farther north aa asa
trout but In aouthara Oregon tbay
called steel haads. Some of thlo variety
okught In Fraser river weigh from to to
I Dounda. They are variously known
aa atoelhood sal moa end bullhead trout.
SAVAXni IdMAOT. '
From Tit Bite. " t 1
There hi only one spot ea the earth' ,
surface that ha actually been willed, .
djeeded and bequeathed to his eatanle
majesty. This spot lie four mile and
a half eouth of Holalngfore, Finland. A
few years ago Lara Hullertene died tn
the little town of Pierlieiarvl, in tbe .
above named country, leaving considera
ble property la the hap of landed
at. How he bad .come Into posses
sion of a much land no on seemed to
know, but as he ws a very bad dtlsen
it waa generally admitted that he waa
to league with WlnUhausu (eatan).
and that tboy had many business deal
with each other. This somewhat star
tling opinion waa verified when among '
old HuUariene'a papers a certified war
ranty deed was found which deeded M .
aataa aU hie earthly possessions. The
wiU wa te the same effect The fam-
11 v hava reoeatedlr tried to break the- '
will, but so far hava beea unsuccessful; ,
thus the records plainly show that hla
sulphurs majesty haa a legal light and
title to some exselleat ground n the ,.
Bear vicinity of Helslngfora. The aim- -
pi people of the neighborhood, have
changed th course ef the road whloh -formerly
eklrted the , Hullertene home- -stead
and declare that they .would not ,
enter the pesseesions of Satan dt Co. f or .-4
all the money that the thro estate
vwould bring. ,- '
gATAsrxuta cwtraAg-m. 2
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From the Wsafaingtoa ator. '
Why deecrlbe the Japanese courage aa ;
fanatical? It appear to be anything
but that There has been nothing tenet-
leal ta the movement against Port Ar
thur either by land or sea. Every otep ,:
has been calculated, and Well calculated.
Fanaticism would have attempted te
rush thing regardless of oonequenees.v
In carrying out a carefully considered -
plan an army when In touch with the -enemy
le expected to throw Itself upon
him with a full heart for the work.
That le whet the Japanese are doing.
But they have done It before. They did 1
It conspicuously 1ft year ago in the .
war with China. What cause om -people
to marvel aow I that th earn ,
spirit should be shown against Russia.
Urk. 'Ph. MinavlM ahmhw luit imJ
yokes ths ' nghter te greater deeda'M
Lucky would Russia be If ehe ware con
fronting a nation of fanatics. Th Jap
anese belong to no buoh oiaaa. - .
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pvuLmo BOWS'
' ' From UpplBcott' Magasln.
At the unveiling ceremony of the fa
mou RarthoMI statu the clergymen
who offered th opening prayer Was IB-
ellned te opto out bis petition. Oeneral i ,
Sherman; wao sitting beolde him, and at
length, quietly putting out a band, he 7
pulled the reverend- gentleman by the. r
coat tails gently back into his Beat "
Whoa asked about th Incident th pen
oral coolly replied: - . ...
"I thought he'd told Ood a bent kit He
wanted to know for one time, end bthera i
were t.alttng their turn at tb pubiio." .
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