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i-:;y:;k- Jl. - c jjwr.-w 4 THE ORE AN CfcAaOCKM W rt"1CNOWLEpQE OF-OREG0NJN'TK EAST ; VTUEIUC S some conflt In the ' " tC y 0 format Jdrr about- Oregon, in.- w VA hUr.' Pinncy," whoa letter to The Journal wu fyWentIy published and commented,. oiC represented the ' , fact to be that Oregon waa alnfoat totally unknown. " i Unheard of. from Chicago eastward, and he only reiterated . i Jrttal baa been stated by others, bn the other hand there V-Iaf those who travel, to and throug 1 eastern, statea-who 'nay that many people they meet not only, know about and ! 'are Interested In Oregeo,"but that very many are taking ..'V. an 'Interest In the Lew la and park fair, and planning !-'- to come her next year..'x'' V'-"--''--"''' . '; ' - y ' Now- it Is not Inconceivable -that all these people tell 'the truth, 'represent the facta, aa they happen to find f ' thein. .On the one hand a good many eastern people have iihnoMf unconsclouslylmblbed the notion that California -.' - la abouf Ml there la of the Paclfle-eojwt, and that Wash , ttigton contains fW'rwsf. of the Pacific coast, country of , 'any value or Interest, and they talk, If at all, accordingly? - Otuthe 4ther hand one may fall In with bettef Informed : jople, who already know something about , the real Ore ' v . gori, "who are Interested In Its exploration, and- history, ' and who realize1 that the Lewis and Clark fair will com r vjmemorate one of the very notable and Important events : V',of aw history..-.: -': '"';.. T'yf -ProhahN it U true-: that the number of the latter class ''V 'of people U Increasing. It. must be r-"' -by -the board of-IramlgraUon, the 'managers, the. TJhloa. Pacific railroad,, have been entirely In vain. ; '. .- t - '". . " The work of distributing and disseminating Information . i -should be kept up, nowever. In all possible ways, and with nronstant activity, during the next few- months. - We jveed -and -aught to have- large number jf eastern visitprs at the fair next year. What they see there will rbe a revelation to- most of them, ; for except In a trip :ll through the Willamette and Rogue river talleys, a stranger gains little knowledge of Oregon's real, resources or aa vantages from the window of a car. , ', , ..' The fair must depend chiefly, of . j.le, on the people inhabiting the , these muat bring In the bulk of the receipts; et we think that 'a very large aggregate number of , eastern visitors may W expected. ' And U may also- be expected that many of them will stay, or return," and in due time ,ba the meana of bringing others. : A QUESTION FOR THE HETHER the poolrooms are within the purview of ) w tw .v ': for the courts to determine. The sheriff, act . lng presumably on what he considera good legal aavice, bUB-jLihingjmar be amusing without being true. rl6MsThWd-T-TnnKwtgambtmrsttrutlorand w J1MUU''-A -rL- - ---- --.- :. 1 nuch he has closed them. Aa to, whether this was wise ; '"m " , . 1 . - niDnn' lng presumably on what he considers or jolitle, opinions differ; but tha sberitfr-on the surface of the situation at leait. Is tk be commended for, his strict -,:. or favor"'-' 1 : ; U''i ;:. Tht pool-selling Is gambling, n a-wistter ofmrr ficT. . nobody doubts.- Whether It It legal asunbllng, undej; the general terms of the statute,- la someUiin for the'ceurte to say. Vnitl they have a chance tof express a Judicial ' i pinion,' it 'would not be'Tfroperrfor a Jiewspaper to ' l attempt to decide the matter. 4 '' -;'V 1 - It is proper, -however, to express" the hope that the law ; lis strong apd , sound enough " to .make Its letter good through the action , of duly elected . off leers. There has r 'been, as, we all know, too rnuch violation of law, too much ' winking at the tranrreslon!vaiid Infraction of law, ' - ' Therejis also a further and a very practical aide to this -' w hole question, namely: Portland cannot afford to allow . too-gfeat' latitude to gamblers of any description. If the present law does not Include the poolroom gamblers, then ' let.ua have a law that does Include them. And if we 'decide to have such a law, let It be enforced, and uphold Athe baittla of the officers who enforce It as Sheriff Word ? ' til manifestly trying to do. .-- :'- i A'S- -1: -: PROSPEROUS OREGON t HB-elty has no monopoly on business opportunities. " Bumper crops throughout the state with glorious : prices 'have, had the effect of drawing attention to money that Is made by progressive farmers, and even city people are daisied by the returns." , X A Eugene man said be produced . 2,209 pounds of bops to the acre. Hops are selling for more than 19 Cents, Which would 'place tola returns above $100 an acre-.' Horti cultural Commissioner Carson -of Grants Pass said In. his nnnual report that Rogue river apple growers were ieallaing high ss $600 an acre.thls year, and none of the better orchardlsts were fallmg below $160. Baker county potato producers ' have - to their credit more than (00 bushels to the acre, or about $S00. A Klickitat family started two years ago Into the turkey business, securing a ioen eags at that time-, last year they sold $0 turkeys and tfi Is year they have 72a, of which about' SO will be ,J iut on the market With an average of 14 pounds to the : ttirkey-and-$0 rents the minimum price, this family may expect-aii recTiue of $1,8:0 for the flock, which has fed on .. grasshoppers and waste of the community. Hood River - orchard lets do as well, if not better ttoan' Rogue river kfcorttcuIturiHts. for they have a better stabllahed high t' market. Grand Ronde beet growers are said te realise '.-';",'V from $150 to $600 an acre for their product, which Is con :' f traded 'for by fhe sugar refinery,, and-never seeks a mar, J , ke$, 'i A " Willamette valley, firmer .sold one yearling bog ; for $2$. the .buyer acquiring the -animal for pork. -v- v These figures are calculated to start the entire popula ; ; tiort e" farming. WMere has the average middle-class .man such opportunities on a salary T Where Is the thrifty . eastern or Miselwippl valley farmer doing So well T What :. of the wheat king, the cattle baron who. Is 'ffoing forced to private pastures and feeding, the sbeep man and the hay producer?. "If wheat land yields 40 bushel tVe acre and 78 cents Is paid for the crop, the farmer realises : T. "about $S0 o the acre.Vlf ar land yields lgttttc-yur "eftd '.",'$ Is paid In tha field, the result is $t an acre, Cattle. are; selling asjow as IVs cents on the foot, and $30 is a - - mr MAVnMwmr osomxa. -' V , :-s',.- , The Oenrgla la one of the three bat , iliMhlpa '-authoiijed under-an act of ' emigres approved March 4. 119. and is ' ii left a duplicate of ihe two authorized - c.t.4 approve Jane 7, 1100,-Ia Februarjr. v.'in, the Vatb Iron Works was swarded . th contract for the building f the 1 'lenrttUL at a contract price of $1,10,000, "fl ba Ueorgla belonse to-the most pow" lrr of battieahlp afloat and also .i the laraeet cle. 6he baa a trlnl 4t1piMremen of It. 00 tons, and is 41$ feet Ion. T feet l Inches beam, and ' tirvter trll rotilltlons will draw 14 feet Th vewl I fully protected by-he beat ; .f ernvr. liavpflg a mbrned weight .fit 1 e roe m, whli-h Inelude a mala li eniAiielina- the eailre lenath of each M from 11 te four Uchoa thick. . GO N. DAI LY INOBrBNUINT JlBWBrr PUBLISHED BY: JOURNAL PUBLISHINOCa OFFICIAL' PAPCH OF TH1 CITY Of PORTLAND testimony aTo"ln-"1 HILK ;the ; entirely what In the alley trying so, lor the wor done Lewis and CI art fair and. others,' cannot ' ' . : ' covery, to "wit any pledges of government. '' !' ' Is uo need for Mr. course, on eoaaKpeo- old Oregon country; - , . r.' . COURTS. gambling concerns. gBlus for doing the Jaw la something Tet onr would political news be,: good legal advice. EX-MAYOR - j;; ex-Mayer profligacy marked full of It all for of time the Jury ' Amea from first money. He oat more money after stop here. There posed of loyal men Surely if there who stood at the Is guilty be should lng but logically machinery of the that, then steps Insult to Injury. . , erufnbllna bones oenarv-war. v which ThoM who uraed are not -the ones England who pay It Is possible South Africa there The battery ot this batt!ehtp eondsts of four H-lncb breacnloadlng rifles, eight s-tnch breeeh-loadlng rifles.-! -inch breeoh-loadlag rifles of rapid-fire movnmentr It a-inch rapid-fire Tlflea, II l-poundr guns, four 1 -pounder guna two machine., guns and aix automatic guna- There are four Submerged tor pedo tubes. There are ti Ntcolausiie boilers installed In sight water tight eompartmaata. ' Thla equipment will give, a Speed of IS knot an hour, or one knot faster than any battleship now in the. service of the United Btatee nayy, Quarters are provided for a total of 700 pi 1 , . . - - . ' " ' , ,. V, s bvti tcAavgomxr or TrrTixoir.? - tmndnn Cable to New .York Times. " " The Times wUl ac a ounce today thai ; W JOUUNAi . JNO. P. CARROLL i ' . ' fair price fo'r three-year-old ateers thle season, . Bheep are profitable, -but Vailing rsngea increase coat of maintain- Without considering .cost of production, . gross returns are rather misleading,, but moat of the special products mentioned leave . a -far greater ; profit ' than the oMer Rroducta of. tha atata, and wlU become the . ohjecte,of eagef development during the next decade, y - i- v IMOREWONETARY INTOKMATWW, ,vf campaign Is not ! exciting,'' " It Is not devoid of entertaining and even some humorous featftres." The chief humorist of the eeaaon,, albeit perhapa (Unconaclousiy. so, is ue New Tork Tribune, as quoted every' mornlnr, In " our esteemed contemporary; t0a pregonian. The Tribune baa beatowed moat ot its attention upon me wnncnuo wm mittee hitherto and J ts-vision, one 'notices, ila 'Centered almost wholly upon the committee's finances. One day It had the committee practically broke; the next day TevellBg la uncounted millions. . Once It had eleven men contribute to Mr. Taggart an even round mllllort dollars each.. Soon afterward It had Taggart,-: meiaphoricaUy , speaking1, out to borrow a quarter for; lunch. " All this was alightly entertaining, 'If . hot. important, and It was rather agreeable" thle morning ,to. notice, that the somewhat esteemed, if probably Inveraclous Ttlbune, toad turned lta optica upon .the Republican instead of '. .the Democratic sack, and that It baa made a wonderful dis thati KK 'Cortelyou . refused-' one-, large proffered subscription, and ' that: anothjer great 'corpora tten has been sulking, and contributed nothing. It 4s further gravely stated that no , contributor . baa exacted future - favors from Mr. Cortelyou.-" or the ; .U.. : '. .. i. We rather suspect this Utter statement la true. There Cortelyou to make any promises, ana he will really not be quite the whole government In case of Mr. - Roosevelt's' election ; but everybody 1 understands, all the same, thai the over-protected - corporations and tariff -fostered trusts expect to get their, campaign con trlbuUona back, several times oyer, by Working the people through uust1,'- .'rh PreIdfnt to promising nothing specifically, of course; he Is no fool: but whereaa he was ertswhU. somewhat of s tariff reformer be la latterly a standpatter : He . has - let that . be understood, and that la sufficient .:r';'rr: " v Probably. hQwaver,, it Is true thai thereto not ao. great a campaign fund aa there was' eight or four years ago. te "business Interests" have not been so badly scared as the late Senator Hanna scared them. . Ha bad a peculiar that trie kv not be wise to believe very much of the reads these days in the New Tork AMES AND LONE JUROR. rir nnV.kT TTTTWPTTa ' trayall nfjsnjrit and k v verr liberal ekoendlture of the 'public, funds Amea of Minneapolis goes forth a free man.'ANobody-flouM.that,he Vaa a ,Tafter, that he Drostltuted' the . public aervice and lthat . shameless bis official career, the papers were weary months. After a series of sens tfonal episodes Ames was brought to book. - He was tried In the'eourts. The first time the" Jury disagreed. He was tried a second 4ime" wltb the same .result. He baa just been' tried a 'third time. The Jury from the first stood eleven to one for conviction, but that on man refused to alve in to "the eleven fools," and .so in ths course was discharged.- to last has cost the city a great deal of ltf - iuch money whlla In office and atiU he got out of office. Justice baa mani festly aborted. What la the cause of it allt Manipulation of the Jury-undoubtedly. If there- w"ascrookedneas . In municipal affairs there was undoubtedly crookedness In Miirt affairs to ahtald It. ; It should hot be. permitted te has been a good deal of Investigation of the Ames administration; now let there be some Investlga tlon of. Jury methods.. Let them call a grand Jurycom and let It o to the heart of the troubla was tie crookedness alleged the man bead and front of It all Is guilty. If be be punished. If the law falls In work there la . something . wrong with- the law. - If there Is something wrong about -should be taken to remedy It Mlnne apolla cannot afford to rest under a record that adds - GOINO HOME. V OM PAUL dead Is going home to rest In the bosom of that mother earth which be could no longer ; tread living. The moment he shook the dust, of South Africa from bis feet the cause closest to his heart Iiad perished forever. It can no longer be revived. ; The Boer republic, with ita old metes and bounds Is dead beyond hope of .resurrection and lies burled with the of 1U ablest and most ardent champion. : The Boer republic is dead, but fhe price paid "sUggered humanity." as tha doughty old" Boer leader, promised it should. It was a war ot which the vanquished may speak with pride, but which the vlctora'no longer seek to Justify even to themselves. , It was a mmeowners..war, a. mef had Its inception in human greed. lt on and who profited by Its success who fooi the. bills; but the people ot the taxes. 1 ; . . . that Tn-ome still more remote section of may artae another Boer , republic; modest vfoundatioxibaaJin(leedaJrf ajly..beeii lafd.If no precious meUIs are found within Ita eonflnes )t .may" enjoy some years of thrifty existence. But that la Ita only hope, as doubtless it Is the only prayer of those hardy pioneers Who rebel against the new conditions. and. .finding them Tintunrabhr as wrell aa -unchangeable, trek once again. JptO Lthe wpmote fastnesses to find among the savaga tribes that liberty which hitherto they have sought In, vain. -iA , :u . the British' museum yesterday aoqulred the original manuscript of Keata' "Hype rion." The manuscript wss probably or iginally Intended by Keats -as a fair copy Jtor the preea but the workings of the poet's mind-during the transcription resulted in auch a number of erasoree and interlineations that It became, aeo eseary tw-bava a new transcript ' i. - The original manuscript 'became the property of Leigh Hunt and after bis death it paaaed to the slater of Hunt'a physician. It waa from her that the British museum bought It - Y ' v4 ' .The Times saya the Interest snd value, nf thle manuscript are greatly enhanced because it exhibits the -poet In the ait of revising, adding to, canceling and metarhorphnelng, thna dUplaylng a near epnrnach to (he glow of original compos Sitioa, '. ". " ',. '."".' ; I 'I' . "i Small-Ct-: Parker wasn't much' mistaken after After all. we'll have to take la Pana ma. Wbydeny'ltT . , ; . : Kb6aycan arrest ' you '-fMr voting tba, Prohibition tickets - r ; ' '' , The Socialists will have' many votes mostly as- a proteat. - : . Tha wools ' lot of nolltloal nonsense b anelmoetly6nrUit"moneyr7-r- Vote a week from yesterday ae you please.-1 lt conscience have a voica Ot course - Governor Wright v etanda it So doea John Barrett All the rest f ue have to. , . -v Undoubtedly," Salem T-wilt go heavily Republican. Haan't It the. asylum and the penitentiary t f . , -v. .. r The Standard Otl company aeema te be the 'only, One of 7I truste that the Democratic party baa captured, ana no body Is sure," of .that , : ' .;.'-.', 1, Oregon '.Sjtleliglitfl' Plow. Pumpkins.,'- . . tjOregon forever. -. , Biggest, applta. on earth. N ' . . . ' ; - ' ,,'Automobliee In eastern' Oregon. More fruit tree than eve being set The eastern Oregon farmers are awak ening to the calL of the great river to tne sea, O - Nov there la for the first time a mall between Prinevllte and Sliver Lake Yet the seiwlce- Is not acceptable, ao- cordlng to the Prlnevlll Journal. Joseoh' Herald: '. The city council la having new .croasvwalks laid, streets and alleys e'eaned and la general renovat ing the appearance . of our. town. The new cross-walks will be appreciated when bad weather eeta ia.' , The Polk County Itemlser seises US pen and declare: "No town, of ita atse In the etate la better or more favorably known than pal. The product around have m 1 Now, doee any town want to dispute thlsT If so. the Side light man wUl give It a hearing. Toledo Reporter: Stone well, com pleted hie eity Job of grading u a road te our city wharf. 8tony did a good Job, and made abowt 18 per day. A force of men are' now "planking the road, and we Will' be able to meet tha fanner at all time with their produce at he wharf and the quarantine will ba lifted, what a relief.-; j -' r- - - Sclo News: ''Dog have "Keen bother ing T. J. Munkere band ofaheep lately. On Sunday and -Mortdayr nlghta Mr. ktunkers war after rhe doge with. lood in ht eye,' but failed to kill any of mem. " Sclo has a large number ef dog. Owners should see that they are prop erty-, secured st night. " or they may have a bill of damage to pay aome day. Wlllamlna' new aa recorded In 'the McMlnnvllI- News-Reporter: Grandma Dunn, who baa been quite poorly for some time, is feeling better. Wlllamlna will have another telephone, which will extend on up the Wlllamlna river. Work haa begun again at the olay pit Another caroad of clay will be shipped to .New- . .,. .- , . . . ...i..,. ' ... . Condon Globe: Thursday evening aa Mies Carrie Danneman of Clem, end Mis Bessie Bedford ot Arlington were driv ing Into town, to attend the meeting of the Caledonian club, tha team they were driving became frightened at the tents of the graders two miles north of town, and Tan away, throwing the young ladles violently from the buggy, injuring them quite severely' and smashing things up in general..' ;..'. -t, ' - v.'. ' i TJnlon Repuhllcanr "We closed up a brief this week, making 10 pages, com pleting ths work in about aix - daya actual working time not very rapid for a city office, at getting there, for a one horse country shop. We are not like the Plnkertona, wbe announce that they "never eleep," but we do not allow any flies to gather on the force when a hurry job comee along. y; Bi, ! ' Bandon Recorder: The au'rf haa' been playing havoe with the jetty railroad on the north aide of the river. It took away the north aplt and then cut Into ,the eand aad took out a portion of the trestleway between the lighthouse and the boathouae. This endangered the lo comotive, care and tools . that - were housed near the bathhouse, necessitat ing their removal. D. M. Chsrleson, whe look after the government - property here, haa received orders to remove the property, and has moved them out on the main track, where they are Vesting at present. ... ' . tt . '.x ("' Ths following Item ; from .the Polk County Observer indicates how wildly excited people are over . Mr. Baker' strenuous campaign: .'Hon. Orant B. Dimiok. '.a.'' Republican ' candidate for prealdential elector, waa billed by State Chairman Batter to epeaa in inoepena enae last Friday night and In Dallas oa Saturday night, but for eome reason, not 'given for publication, the dates were cancelled Inc. both towns. 'The only pol itical meeting held by any of the parties in Polk" 'county so far In the campaign waa the one at Fall City, isst Friday nla-ht when W. H. Taltga, of Portland, addressed the voters from a Republican standpoint .. . - 'v ' : ': A Linn county man waa plowing, a small" piece" of -ground the other day. One of his team was a bunchgrass brute, partially broken. . He refused to" turn, and in the fracas crowded his mate into the race, then fell In himself. The wa ter was deep and both horses Attached to the plow -were-1 ewlmmlng-water. By some meane the harness was stripped from the gentle horse, which carar out ot the water at once. Tha banchgrasa brute, with plow, attached, worked his way. up at ream and 'fetched up In a bunch of evergreen blackberry bushes that grew on the brink. After nearly an hour In the cold water the horse Wa gotten out. The plow and accoutre mente were recovered. -No material damage resulted from the escapade. t A Pocket la ths Tela. . V. ' From the New York Sun. The latest thing In street glove for women ha a carfare pocket In the -palm of the left hand. This pocket is of Just' the slse to Accommodate the requisite number of nickels fpr an ordi nary shopping trip, end. I dod se curely with a- flap, and ansa . butfn. The contrivance seem destined to eolve the problem of how a woman Is to get at her fere and at the aame time Ahold an to a strap u a crowded oar. ..'vo NoMc 7 Prom the New York Times. The family life of the Rooaavelta mr.A the Parker lnc the latter came into line a possible occupant "of the White House haa of necessity been more or le public -property,, and yet wun it ail. neither Mrs. Roosevelt aor Mrs. Parker has been pushed into, the fierce llmat Ugh of publicity. . ' he-Presldenfa. wif,Jlh irt,Jdy at the land, is always an object of para mount Importance, not only to tne women of the country, iut to the men as well, and Mrs. Rot3evelt, although she' doubtless fully realises It. has al ways shrunk -from being conspicuous in any way, and in fact would prefer to live the quteteet and meat domestic of Uvea iaVj- ". ',".... ' Int.is respect she. Is equaled if not excelled by Mrs. Parker, who . shrinks from society, ' from any publicity,, and whose life la so bound up in her "hus band's and .In. her own household 'that the affaire of the outside world, except In ao far As they relate to her husband and' Ills success," affect bar hot at all. - vnaer ins regime or rs. nooseveu the White house haa more truly a home like air than perhaps it has had at any time. And; this .without the slightest i discourtesy v to any oz the otner first ladles . in the ' land. Long before ' the White House had com within the range of vision the Roosevelt "home Ufa -waa aj conspicuously beautiful one, and the guiding genius' waa Mrs.- Roosevelt who found, time "amid the guidance and 'care I Of her little children and the directing ot her household to always be with her husband when he needed her, to listen to his plans and again and again to aid him by her quiet counael and good com mon sens. .. - --:.'.."' -An exceedingly ''pretty women, with rare individuality of -grace and charm, with quick intelligence, and a-aaost eul t tired mind, there haa been no task too ' -(-trivial.' no problem too difficult to aolve. and no ambition too. boundle on her part for Mrs. . Roosevelt to contemplate for her. huaband'a career. The quiet, unvarying ealin"oTIier disposition haa 3one wonder's In combating bis enthusl- i aatle ' and at time rather wild eccen trlclttes. while "the knowledge or a mind always la sympathy -with nigh alms and ambitions haa rounded eut and supple mented the keen intelligence that Theo dore Roosevelt waa endowed - with , at birth,' No phase of Their "lireend there certainly have 7 been many -j different phases has - ever had "-the . power te ruffle her scheme of living or to make the home otherwise thaa a quiet restful spot. Bo that there has been a steady growth 'in intellect -and ability,- in knowledge and culture. - The .topics -of the day have, been thoroughly well dis cussed at home, the book of -the mo ment have 'been read, and vital interest have been gone Into and discussed in the waiting times when -there waa not pub He office to All. and when life waa much simpler than at the present day. - . In the peeltion -Mrs. -Roosevelt - now occupies there are of necessity restric tions andv formalities which have to be ohseiivad, i .sad which. , make ,1 he inter course of friends extremely ... -difficult And there ere many , Individuals who find much to carp and cavil at when they are not. admitted, lo.hay .preeenee In tha eame informal fashion- aa in -the flays, long ago.wheatb. praideotand his wife were livlog in Washington and Ion a comparative limited Income. -The growth, of the country, the growth or the city of Washington alone,- haa ao en Urged the social visiting list that- If Mr.. Roosevelt were to receive Inform ally all the peopje aha knowa who wish to oall upon her, aha -would not only be forced te. give, up her family life, but alia such minor detail" eating, drink ing aad sleeping. When the general publle is admitted they find a gracious hostess In a .rather frail. deHcata looking woman-, with a very, sweet but most Inscrutable smile. dressed in rather individual fashion, but always simply for, she care nothing for dress with hair moat elmply ar ranged and owing nothing te any arti ficial aids . te her appearance. Simply a representative American lady. Who. al though for the time being she occupies the most prominent position In the lend, m tor the moment simpiy a noaiees, wnq fwlahes her guests 10 feel at home. - - . Mrs. Parker will make a gracious ' host ess shouldshe preside at the White House, but aha' la not a strong woman, nor a woman who has for . year been accustomed to going into society.:. In fact since. the terrible death of her son aome rears go she haa been more or lees of an invalid, has disliked going about and has found "her chief pleasures In life centered In her country home, where her chief Interests have been In her household and in her .huaband'a eareer. ' Her life haa not been ao diffuse a one aa that of Mra Roosevelt, although her husband haa been a publle man. But none the leee haa she been heart and soul with him in all hie alma and ambitlona and anxious for his success. She is an older woman, than Mra Roosevelt and one on whom theburdeae -of entertain ing will falh right heavily. ' But like ev ery other woman whose home Is a happy one. she Is .blessed with the gift ef eordlaltty and '.gladly welcomes the stranger within the gatee; but It le safe to predict that many of the rules and regulations which now prevail at the White House In order to allow the mis tress thereof sufficient time to breathe. will be quite aa jealously trusrded under a uemoeraiie regime as at m present moment t v. ;. - ."-. '. .,'-,' " " All her life fond of reading and study, Mrs. Packer like Mra Roosevelt is well informed on the topics of the day, -and much Interested In -the Issues ef all the great queetlona , , But she leaves to, her daughter. - Mra ' Halt - many of the smaller details which fall ta Mra' Roose velt's lot contenting herself In looking after the dally life and routine of her houee and eeelng that her adored hus band la weU eared for. - Her life has of necessity, or perhapa from choice, , been a much narrower-one than that of Mra Roosevelt the greater pert ef It has been spent at her country home, wftereaa Mra Rooeevelt " from force of circum stances, baa lived 1a several different placee. Albany. New York, Washing ton and Oyster Bay supply a Isrger Held of action thsn Albany and Eaopus. , Whichever jray -tne election, goes, how ever, tbe women of America wilt have a good representative In the wife ef the heed of the nation. Home makers in the best sense of the word are both Mrs. Roosevelt and Mra Parker, and after all It. would -seem as though their success ta'lhelnes which they have undertaken were something worth copying In these days when so much Is said about . ths frivolity of women, their carelessness to their dutlee and their lack of Interest In anything serious, - - .-- t' i "8tlll waters run deep," and these quiet women, who have always shrunk from publicity and notoriety aad who at the moment are in the fullest glare of the day, have done much more and be come murh more premlnent than ao many of tha women who, while striving for popularity, have simply made them selves conspicuous. ' , . Were either of the two women to he asked todey how she would feet In fhe esse nf . the disVat ef her husband were it net for the fact that It was a - " would honestly not be sorry . would give back the quiet ot life, without all the trouble, ment and - routine and for t t must surround the wife of .. ..tin! -candidate. ; v -- -?. -. ll rlton andTcutorr j From the New York Sun. ' - Publlo attention is so much absorbed by the r.uso-Japanee war that events of great Interest that are passing . In SoutU Africa escape notice. Perhaps the refusal, just reported, of the British government to -permit -the- randies pas.age throupb Its narrow strip of territory at WalAsch bay of .' Oerman troops and material ' intended to sup press-the Herrero Insurrection In Ger man. Southwest Africa, may be tne meana of creating some Interest la af faire out there. Thla attitude of the British government is only another of many, aymptoma of strained relation. between It and t"h Oerman that have been apparent of late . wherever ' their interests com In contact and will prob ably develop with the progreae of the war in the far eaat. ,-, .,.'- ' It la a little difficult to underatand why the British government should just at thle moment, act in ' thla ' manner toward . another Kuropean power In volved in hoatllltlea . with the native races, seeing that all over Its own wide territory It la having trouble,, both -with ita white and colored aubjecta At thla moment a strong nucleus of ' another Boer., republic . exist In the extreme northwest Corner of the British territory formed by the Oerman boundary line on the weat and north. - The eettlera are Beers who began drifting beyond; civil isation before the- war and others wno trekked there after It rather thaa take tha oath of allegiance-' to their con querors. It la estimated that they can now put from i.OOe to 10,000 men into the field in the event or their oeing at tacked from tha aeuth or eaat which is unlikely, as they are well protected by the Intervening deserta ' ' V " Should, however, hostilities nreaa out between them and the Brltlah. it would be of the first importance to have a strictly neutral German authority in the neighboring territory to prevent the smuggling of arms and ammunition across the border. The present action of the Brltlah government at Walflsch bay will tend-.jathef to convert uer tnana Into allies of any future enemies of Great Britain In that part of Africa. Aa regards the natives or tne untiea territories outside of Cape Colony, there is unlversfcldlseonteht among them In consequence of the heavy hut tax; the disability under which they sre being placed in the matter of landholdlng: the restriction in trade to Which they are subject, - and tbe - competition raised against them at the eame time in the labor market by , tfcr Importation of Chinese coollee for work in-.ihe mlnea The Brltlah portion of the population ef the late Boer republics, disappointed with the political and commercial re sults of warr ta ready to take a hand with the. Boers in the event of further troubles. Propositions ' te , that . effect were quite reeently made-to-the Boer lead ere by. members of., some of the ftnnth African colonial corps that dis tinguished theirvei-byhe ruthless destruction of the Boer-homeeteada, and It la sharaoterletlo of the fidelity of tha Boer character end-"lheir hard common-sense that they-refueed. w The - return- of Mr. Bteyn to South Africa after- having, taken. Jbel Path .of allegiance before the . Brltlah minister at The-Haguaia in r.mpllanceL.wlth the request, of . the principal 'Boer , leaders, who desire hie cooperation in piloting their people through the dlfflcultiee sur rounding their ' new condltlone.y Their desire la for peace In order to rebuild their homee that were destroyed by men who now propose to raise fresh troubles, etut'onlv err at unwisdom en the part of the Brltlah administration of the new colonies would induce them to nave re course to arms again. Those British settlers who can are leaving .the coun try, some to return to England,' while others are drifting away to Australia and other countries. ..... '.. ',. .. . wnoxn TBUST OAJrOZSATSf ,.'.- . . ' -.. ' ' e V s From the Granta Pass Herald. . The Republican press 1s now maktng ita strongest fight upon Parker because be la supported by the Standard OIL If this is true. It Is probably the only trust that le net supporting Roosevelt end the line up will, be something like this: - Trusts for t . v Trust :.for 'w. ' Roosevelt -i - Asphalt ' ' Bankings ' ,' Barbed wire 'Carpet' - ' ,."; ' Car building Cement . , . - .', Coal '. -V, Vi ", Cottonseed ' 9 .-. Blectrio - ; ' Emery '.; :y - ;Fis .'::.;-,'.:.' Flour . ..' " . ' Furniture . ' ' ' oia, : ' - Grain bag . , Glue t. Ice Jute'i ' -- Lead- Leather .-'. V . --Lumber .;. . . Meat ...... -,J". y -'Nail -'"'.. r. Nickel.. 'Vy''. t- Paper , ' . f ?';. ': Paper, bag .;,-,'' Quinine " - . Railroad . -j Rice- ,-..,."':' o Rubber '.- , , ;, Salt '",.! Of''' Steel? . '"' Tin plate ' , Twine r ." .-'; .; ; Vndertakers -" Wblsky i . - ; r .Zlno- --..'v .'.''"- v' : And about 1,000 other trueta i Parker. Standard Oil. yt..--r- - -.-1 v 7 :' V.' : r p ,;m nunrm or rnor. (! '' i ' 1 From Llpplnoett's. ' , . For originality and conciseness - we have never eeen anything to equel a let ter written by a little boy of 7 yeara to his uqcl in reply to onef rom him-.- "UNCLBTS LETTER. . ;'. '-'My Dear Little Percy: Have just re ceived a letter from you, and I think it very nice. . By- next year, my lad, you will write better-then I do., When you write again , tell me if you could, read thla letter without help. "Do '-you love that new baby oousln at hornet . That la what they call It is it notr y .' .." ! " . "Are you a good b,pyt Do you mind grandma and aunts J.iio you get in your regular fights with Ted each week, or are -you a Wiser and .better boy now T Oood-by, little fellow. Write me again. . - ' S ' 4TJNCLB BOB." ."P. a Enclosed , find 10 cnta for marblee and tope." y y i ' PERCY'S BEPLT. ' " ... "Deaf tTncle Bob: Yea I tHlnk It was I think I do write ae good No I oould not yeg I do yee It Is. yee t try to. yea I do. No, please write sootrr , . - - - . , . "PERCY." ' ; "P. I thank you," '''V;:-". " .:':;:?', R Debaucli laucherv From' the London .Telegraph. . v -v: At Harbin, aViere the troops rest lit '". order to prepare for active worfcr vodks, card and coarse pleasores, a correspond' . . ent of the London Telegraph says, are ' the I preparations that most of them . , maka ' lie quotes a general order, of the day lasued by Ocneral Volkoft which ' , says: "Drunken soldiers, are .met., ot,.. every hand's turn on the streets ss well '' a-atthe TallWay atatlonrMany'1 w hv have been insolent and disobedient have' been oourt-martlaled." ... 'A Russian correspondent thus (Ills 1n the gene ral'a sketch: "I bad scarcely quitted tha train bt Lloayang when the wounded began to arrlva Gradually the y .' moaning of tha bleeding fioldlera grew In volume till It deadened the din of the ' station.--More and more the' atmosphere became saturated with the peou liar smell .' of blood known only on the battlefield. ""But UU melancholy picture had nay sobering. effect upon a group ot elegaat. dandllied Coasack ofllcera who had just arrived from St Petersburg.. Five paces, -' from the dead and dying Jhey sat fner- . ' rily drinking ehampagna and flavoring it with obscene jests. Only In War are '' auch contrasts possible. Here men cease C to wear maaka and show. themselves as y they are. - You note the arrival of offl cers who are lean and wasted from- hun- f. ; ger and hardshlpa and cheek by jowl :. with these you. witness the orglea of ; bait drunken men faultlessly dressed, ' hear the pop -of champagne bottles, the',:' laughs that greet ribald-josts and the. , request of painted women who even at thla supreme moment try to wheedle y typsy officers out of their last rubles.' "It Is to ba - regretted."" writes -M. Danchenko, the leading Russian oorre- -apondent "that aome officers on the way , to jolnvthelr reglmente go so, far aa to .' treat sister of charity aa they are ao- y cuatomed to treat- women of tha class tbst follow the rear of an army." , . The commissariat la supposed to be) " better thsn during the Turkish eam V paign. but judging from private letters-'," from oflloers and the revelations of cor- V respondents it could hardly be Worse. ' The correspondent ef .the Vlederaostt " ' telle the foUowtng Incident:' "For three ' ' days we have had nothing to eaV- aald a aoldler to' tha correspondent ."Here take your 111 V replied the correspondent , .'' "I cannot , eat here," said the soldier. .. r "Why notT? asked the correspondent T"here Is In officer -with me who is1 worse than myself," replied the soldier. "Well, call hlra. toor'Vaeld the oorre , apondent 'He i won't come," "said th . soldier. "He is ashamed, but If you let me take him food he will be grateful.'' y An officer writes thai it .1 members of the Red Cross and other societies that are succoring the. wounded who have'' j frequently to feed the soldiers on acUve -. aervloa The ltead -delegate St tbe Red . , Cross society atatea in a letter-ceaetved -at St Petersburg that the troop at the front are eufferlng horribly from lads'., of vlctuala and clothing. - The Red Cross -society distributee bread and tea and - tinned -meats (to soldiers hi battla- and boots and overcoats come from the same - source and not from the -commissar; captain at the front-saya: . -"We ofllcere cannot He". downsat night even after a day of kill ing fatigue. We muat stand aver ' thai y sleeping aea and wateh featba-eeetleeey-'- and nervoua They jump np every now ' and again and" fire Ihelr YinsviApan.la. ensues and one part of . the troops le ... biasing at enotheV. Wa- are responsible and have to take our tarn and watuh "' - JTha-aeeoun written by Russian, cor- - respondents or the ghastly euSortngs ot i . tbe wounded are almost too painful to ''. print "Crowde ef wounded have to drag . themeelvea 65 mllee and even then they, -.' are unable to secure proper treatment, ; The eemi-offlclal Journal de Bt Peters- -; burg prints a letter from a s later r of :' mercy, who says: "The departure of a, train of wounded had to ba poetponed ' because there were, nd medical lostvu mente in the etoree of tha Red Crss- ' At present there are neither medicines .-,, nor instruments, ws have te order every- :y thing by-telegram from St Petersburg." A pnUOaTAXi PATOB OF TMM OOTTBT. - V - ' i From Bucceee. ' .' y-. ... 1 One of tbe most picturesque figures of ' . -the New York bag waa the late Thomae ' Nolan, a lawyer, whose witty retorts ' : furnished subject - for ; merriment at . many .a lawyer' gathering. - Now, Nolan ' -waa at one time counsel for a poor t widow who was suing a construction: company for the death of her husband. The case had been placed upon the day ; calendar, but had been frequently poet- ' poned, and Mra Mortality by the time .' ehe had made her fifth call waa In an ' exceedingly disturbed frame of mind. J.-t eonsequently the tones of Nolan's rich brogue were more than usually fervid y as he fought against the sixth adjourn ment ' t- ' t .- - "I am sorry," kald Justice Dugro, "bun your opponent haa abewn me good cause ' for the adjournment Mr. Nolan, end the case 'will, therefore, go over, until to- , " morrow."..' '- ..v - ' . J j "Very well, ear,1 said tbe barrister, y sweetly,. but might I ask wan personal ; favor of this coortt" J v - ; TTertalniy.. air. with pleasure.'' .- 7 . .. ' "Will your honor kindly atbep down'e'' to my office and just tall Mra Moriartty . ' that you have adjourned the casef . , , ,v..v y ; . "mno un a .rAxxvaa. :-'( A surprise was sprung, On the'mgnyii ; enls. O,, creditor Of .the .Brlnkle A . Reading , company, manufacturers' ef, ' the-"Bishop"?- non-Intoxicating -beer and , other similar bevera gee when AttoVney i Ira Crawford of Dayton, O., took charge . of tha plenties receiver, J '. , . m ' The asset of th company are listed ., at $11,000 and llahilitlea at $21,000) but , It Is 'conceded that their assets, would not reallsei one third this amount, If a ', sale waa made at thla tlma ' . . Among tha heavy etockholders Of the ., ' Company la Bishop Fallows ot Chicago, ' who invented the' formula for the beer, v. which they .manufactured and which , bore bla offletnl title.- - - ' ' - ' The financial difficulties of. the firm arose Wat spring, when It attempted te ' manufacture a beer known aa !'Bee-bee , beer.", containing no alcohol and which. : after thousands of dollara had ' been spent' In advertising, turned out ta be a eomolet failure owing to th faet that it eould not be kept any length of time - without fermentetlom Jy . ABKT nOaTxTM ABOlTgaTOT, yl:'' - -A From the Chicago Inter -Ocean, y Washington, tti- C. The antiquated . "nightie." ee an adjunct to the American army, hsa been ordered to. the fear, and -. soon will be euperaeded by pajamas, to which style of sleeping garment Quar- termaster Genrnl Humphrey ws eon-r,. verted during hla eervlce In the Philip-: pines. , Ths pajamaa will be of a dark 1 gray color and atrongly mude. -r . . '; Sixty .thousand suits t bate been or dered, and bide will soon be opened for ... 150,000 more, so that the whole army .: may be supplied as rapidly, as ths eld- ' fashioned ."nighties" wear-out , Recently an effort wss made te substi tute pajamne for "nighties" In the navy, . but the hesda ef the department opposed . the Innovation. . 7 , A '''Vr' "'-'", '. . :'?-;.;'. :.y '-' Jk .. ' ' -l - '
