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PORTLAND,;. OREGON.
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THE . O REGON DAI L Y
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C. JACKSOM
.ubasbd every vniag. except ffcwday 1 lend tsV Bundav- momine-"!'
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NEED OPT CONGRESSIONAL
l T7T LAST the American people
the grave danger! which confront thern in the
great question which may be summarized under
the general Read of transportation.. Being now face to
1 face with the question not only in its national but its
; local aspect they realize that they are completely at the
( mercy of the great railroad corporations of the country
and that unless something is speedily done to reach the
heart of the matter theyi will Son be bound hand and
foot. Affairs in the railroad world have been moving
.-with Jewildering rapidity in the last few days. It is al
ready trne that , whatever the designation of the roads
the fact still remains that all great roads of the country
are controlled by a handful of men; that great ai have
been the recent consolidations Still greater are in con
; temptation,' With ' the certainty that they will place the
' whole business in still fewer hands and make of all the
great systems practically one huge monopoly, powerful
enough almost, to defy the government. -;
A we have frequently pointed out th time has gone
, ,by When the local aspects of a case appeal to the great
railroads" Everything is Viewed irord the transconti
. , rental aspect and decisions are reached not on the merits
, of the case, rut even on the basis of what .would be best
"t, for the individual, railroad directly concerned, but from
- the standpoint of the aggregated interests within a cer-
, ' tain sphere of influence. It is not
roaa to Duua a miie or new iracic, nowever mucn mat
may be needed, without the kssentlif the other rosd cp-
tratmgr'trt tht . same general territory. Everything ii
portioned oat so that high rates may be charged here
with impunity in case there is no interference "with -the
high rates charged there by another road, Jn this way
. they fly in the very face of nature-, building up one com
munity against natural . disadvantages which it would
otherwise be impossible to overcome, and retarding the
growth of other communities which
- vance werei ttot ?6rfhe-aTtif iciatatractionspTaTcedTo
- their way, ' In carrying out the Same policy whole etites
-.are frequently kept in leading strings. " If they advance
it is against almost insuperable obstacles and not be-
cause of tht railroads but actually
As 'the federal law how Stands
rc nana ma mere is nuncio 01a laciu nay. vcnaia 1 .
advances .re how being mdTin congress in the AreetioJ
free hand and there is none, to bid
" of affording relief through some system that will give
the federainsoerTu3en a certain. measure-of controL
Of all-the bills before ' congress the one that would in
tlubitably lead to a settlement of the question is thatlrf
troduced by Congressman Hearst. It is radical in its
tone and spirit but we venture the assertion that within
ten- years it will be regarded as comparatively-mild and
innocuous. .The Quarles-Cooper bilj in -some respects
falls short of giving the heeded relief, though .it .isT
move in the right direction nd with certain modifka-
" tions is calculated to do great good. The public should
bring every influence bear upon the members of Con
gress to pass some measure that will afford relief,' One
of the-things by which they should most rigidly-Judge
t" their 'presentativrttf' their: irtahd and -vote-in -the
matter of transportation legislation; -: Something 'should
. cAme but of the present session of congress and.that
body should be left in no doubt of the popular feeling
smd the demands which give rise to It. .v., ,
CURBINQ THE-SHERIFF.
T YNDER ORDERS front the county court Sheriff
IJ -. Word has turned the, rockpile prisoner for the
.. '' day and the noon meal over to an officer desig
nated by the board, ' According to the, strict letter of the
jaw this is permissible though no advantage has here
4of6re been taken tf thisprovision of the law and the
prisoners have. been' fed by the.sherjff. " It hal been geni
;- erally ruthored that efforts Would be made ill differtrit
. directions to ."iclip Words wings immediately after the
"new year opene'd. 'The trouble which some officials find
' with Sheriff Word is that he is hot. Smenablelo influ
;ehces which heretofore have been paramount,:: It looks
as though there was something to the rumor that in
fluences are at work not only to curb bim but to cut
down, bis-legitimate allowances in whatever directions
may be reachable. Heretofore we have not thought that
the county board would stoop tOsuch things. 'There
should be no mistake made in this respecfTT whatever
degree his-official conduct may be disproved by other
Officials, to that Or even a greater degree is it approved
' by" the public as .yhore. Mr. Word has made it plain
that he is honest, that he will enforce the law and that
in such enforcement he is.no" respecter of persons.- In
fearlessly following out this Jine of policy he nas won
public confidence and those whd'at4h behest of the ma-
chine go out of their way to place jrritatirlg obstacles In
.- his way will themselves feeL the-weight of , public- dis
pleasure before they get through with -the c.ontract.x.-
'- A WORTHY INFANT7 INSTITUTION. ,
OMORROW IS THE DAY
efeulosn
citv. an occason in which
: Portlsnd -nd the surroundng country should take an
jnteret.v And that interest should be manifested in
the. very practical way of supplying that very worthy
I , jsttttjottrwlJJ-ilfeilh inijiecj:MaryjijallO5-mmoJ
oation and comfort . o at least the tew-patients wno
will be treated there at first. ' " -
This philanthropic enterprise is starting out ort a
f very modest nd small scale, and Jor awhile will not
'accommodate many patients,' but , It should be given a
' thorough trial and necessary encouragement and aid.
-ra th channel which iravem the
tnsrshe of certaia districts in central
Africa," writes e, traveler, hippopotami
la ' IncTSdlbl uumbsrs ar met with
sometimes In. hfrds of SO and 70. Wher
ever th channel widen out Into a reedy
lak rows of grotesque-looking bead
with ears erect appear above the water
surface, their owners studying th eatra
ordinary apparatlon produced by th
(Mmer. ' On approaching the gpptthes
head disappear on after th other under
water and a a lie bt wive and larg
ripple Indicate the passag of the
monster forms below the surface. After
a few' minutes' tlmi th -aara hug
hed reappear, generally ddwustream of
the boat. They hsv another star and
rtu disappr. 'jwtth-ar anort end th
oapulsloai of a. small Volume of water
from the nostrils. Not Infrequently . a
vera bump is felt in th steamer, mak
ing th whol hull culver, as the back of
a. hippopotamus Seeking t esrap ha
touched it. 1 . '
"If tha water should happen t be Shal
low the attempt of these animals to
bide' tbemsslv are ludicrous, as their
rnevemsBts ar clumsy and their anger
and fear ar - evident. ' In aucM caae
their bead and th for parte of their
todies ar under water and nothing la
(hii but he hug pink hindquarters,
cirugillng. kicking and chuenlng up the
iaer la U effort I get out f sight
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. - carrou.
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-rrrorFiciAL' pAiErt oin-Mt city'of portlano
INTERVENTION.
ire being aroused to
and sorrow and a
within the whole
tion, thanks to. it
others; yet of the
lives might have
mysterious and
possible for one rail-J
every good citiren
purpose for which
:i ' WHERE
IJNTION
would logically ad
ithi:tn4cindrif inot
VVhjt'man Adams,
6ther. Counties are
amounted to more
in spite of them,
the railroads have . a
them nay. Certain
00b to $7$,ooo each,
credulous.
It Would be" well
What a man hears
sure of. 1. '". -
MORE
set for the formal
samtanum near this
all the people ot
agined, td murder
first through the
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authorities IO run
derers and punish
aaLBMJ W a .. IJCS IIVHI ss SHll"l 1 iv
vary, different '-matter lf the J observer
Is In a cano or a email boat - Then bis
position Is on of considerable danger, as
he atanda a very good chanc of being
upset - ' 1 " '
"A, the water bt ill thess channels
swarms with crocodile such a con
tingency Is not plessant to contemplate.
The native are fully allv to this risk
and never ventur In their dugout canoe
Into the broad streams Infested by Wp
popotaml, but- Invariably keep t the
shallow and narrow branches op either
aid of th main river." -7" - -
- aggeetloua About wiskia;. -.
Gibbon. Or., Dec 10. TO th Editor f
Th -Journsl tnoU ia-Jyour lssu-.cf
th JSth J. W. Baker of.Fort Oroy
state that th limit of trout should be
IS instead of 111. I do Pot think that
th limit of IIS per day 1 unreasonable,
but do think that th law prohibiting
Uklng trout under f lv Inane U mor
harmful than good, for SO per cent of
th amall fth taken on th hook ar
either hooked through th head and die
la a very ehort tlm after being re
turned to th water, or they ar hooked
through th ey. when they become eaay
prey for th many bull trout that ar
In bur Streams.
Mak the limit 111 or mak U Tl.
but Chang th law ae that a fish one
TO U R N A L
E ;!';:T,:,,.. -
TU TmirnJ fiUlUin-Jkli"inl""Vitlilil
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and if as successful as there is' good reason to believe"
it Will be it -Wlli gmar.rfrr.rn Ihia a met! fr. ginning intQ
one of the most notable artd beneficent establishments
61 thia region, r What It heeds how 'in its infancy is a
little practical help in the way of bedding, clothing and
like necessaries that readers could supply many times
over without missing thern. Think about this and at
tend to it.; 7vi- -' ; .''',.,-., '.'-,..
7 McCIure's rnagaxine says: I "Tuberculosis is today the
scourge of the world. 1 It causes more deaths, suffering
greater economic loss than any agency
range of human afflictions. This na
Oben nir. ailfTara Irit than mantf
8d,ooo,ood living Americans 8,000.000
orpernaps 10,000,000 must die from this cause. . These
been saved, for tuberculosis is not a
incurable fate. Modern science has
shown that the environment which man makes for him
self and his habit of. life determine his liability to this
disease:- The tribute in lives and misery which, it levies
upon any community is the tax upon its collective ignor
ance, prejudice and greed. ' The wages of these is death,
and tuberculosis is the com in which it il paid, tl is the
real race suicide...:;; "'" "':r-7 '. 1 , ' : '
It has been demonstrated that jh treatment which this
Infant institution will Adopt Will in many cases effect a
cure. There ought to be no such thing as consumption
in such a state as Oregon, but there is. and though its
ravages are not ao great here as in eastern states, they
are sufficiently destructive t and .sorrowful to prompt
to help this Sanitarhim id fulfill the
It is was1 organized, .' . ... -
WHEAT RAiSINd PAYS.
WAS MADE'last week of the-sale of a
' part of art Adams county,-Washington, tarmer s
' wheat crop this year for $57,000. Incidents like
qaiteqt t4t4tt-aegreeraitetn
published for weeks pasj, ahd ,o,4re hot rare, in that
wonderful wheat producing tegidn lying in northeastern
r)rnn and - southeastern Wtshlntrton. In Umatilla.
WH Walla, Morrow, Shermait. aiid
.many men whose crops this year
than $10,000 eachj many who in lands,
jt (t..,,
.arid most of whom riot very many
years ago were struggling renters or poor farm, hands.
But they found themselves in the mosntotitable wheat
belt m lie, world,-where wheat .tan-betraised.at less cost
and In greater qiiantitier per acre ibatt anywhere Ue;
they wtre men, though pbo.r. with healthy strength, cour
age, hope, ambition and energy; IFey had perception also,
and used it, discovering the nattirt of that soil and what
could be accomplished by such men as: they werej arid
now they and their crops and possessions are the subject
of such items as this one of the man whb received $$7,000
for 4 part. of his crop. J ' - "'rl''" ''-1V"':; ,"'".:
Nowhere else can sucHlocal iremV le iupTicated.: A
'fe years ago they, would not have been believed by
eastern; people,: put .many ortnem nave been learning
about the . Pacific northwest, and "are hoi how" So in-
lor some of these counties to join in
in organization hiving in view the stopping over and vis
itinar tharreeioti bt eastern people coming tdthe. fair.
he may doubt, but what he sees he is J
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SHEEP SLAUQHTERED7
7.
GAIN the wholesale." sheep murderers have be$n
getting in their dastardly work.illing 56b, of .
"' bandNof kheep hear Prineville ind woutiding or
scattering the rest. r.Thia iS the latest of a series bf Such
crimes Jn central Oregon, and it Js high time4hat ektra
ordinary efforts were'-taken by the local .uthoritiesvto
hunt down 'th perpetrators and brrhg them, to justice.
We tealize that this is no easy task, but it should be one
within the range of pgssibility,and no effort or expense
should be spared to accomplish this result. :---The
counties where these outrages occur cinhot afford
to allow thent to continue! neither can the Mate of Ore
gon. The whole state is deeply interested in preventing
these fiendish crimes, and it should without delay take
Steps to aid the local authorities in detecting and punish
ing jthem. It is evident that the local authorities either
Cannot or Will not do sd without assistance, hence it is
necessary for the legislature to act at the earliest prac
ticable moment If the governor is furnished with, luf
ficient authority and means, he will no doubt be able to
accomplish good results. ' - : v ,
7 No censure in printable language can be eevere enough
to fit the case bf these dastardly, scoundrels who go but
masked to slaughter-hundreds r thousands of their
neighbors' sheep, whicH are on the public range as legally
Mothert6clrre-there-They"lreirtnfloyanee, ofted
an injury, ho doubt, to men who might do more to settle
up and develop the country than the sheepmen do; but
there can be nothing In the situation justifying or even
fTf.i'3ipg tVe cowardly and contemptible, crimes Men
who will kill, wound and scatter a large Dana ot sneep
wonld hot need a much greater grievance, real br im
the sheep's Owners. The penalty pro-
Vided by law for trns crime is an too inaaequate as a
proper punfohmcntrtut Such ail Jt Is the .perpetrators
ought to be made to suffer, whomsoever they may be. ;
Thf good name not only bf Sevtral counties but of the
whole state is involved. The state-government, acting
legislature, must unite' with county
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aown tn crnirai vICB" ccjr.juui-
them to the limit of their deserts. . . v
booked and taken from th water eounta
a gainst th fisherman, ,. . . ,..
If a fisherman was forced -to .keep
ind count all small f lsh taksff nVtsrauld
be -mor careful . about . catching little)
enesv-guardlng against thia by the uae
of larger book or larger bait. Tours
truly. . H. tt SvART.
TWTBT-BOBBT.
BerwhO.. possesses Virtu at 4ti best
. Of greatneaa 111 the true sens of that
'-" word, , '..' '- . . - . -
lUs on day sfSrted even with th
herd,"' ',..
Whose swift feet now speed but at sin's
v- behest - c - T
It Is the sams force in th human breast
Which makea men goda or demons. . It
w gird ' - :-- '
Taos strong amotions by which w
! , ar atlrred '-1
With might of will and purpoa. height
' - - angueased . - v
Bhall dawn for us; or If-wl giv them
' away. " s "
1 W n sink down . and consort with
, . the lost ' -
Alt virtu I worth v Just th prlc it
' " COSt " ; 1 ' - .,.
Black aln I oft whit truth that missed
It way.
'And wandered off in path hot Under
' stood. .
T Twin-born, hold great evil and great
. good. . Klla Wheeler Wilcox,
m
malKCli&iig
Where la BoJeatvtnakjrT
' Mow for a, rut year's work.
Write i n8 thorefbr 1st allva," "'
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"Whi(t a; blind snas Mr. Chad wick an oat
navs boeo. , -; :
It wi a.' happy New Tar. until the
Dina anowee up.-, .
Nona- ef-'am "have ao far attempted
te prove an aiiDL j:., . ,. . '
UnciaVy-lies the head thataueedd
la working, itself Into an office. -
Now la thfi time to axchanc your
presents tor some thine you want. -
' Ftw aln.la woman will aiva up In
despair becaaaa laap year la gone. ,
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7 Tha holiday ware Vary pleasant, bat
itaylng tba bllla ta aoroethlna quit dif
ferent :. , I ' 4 2' , :;: ,:"' .'
v' fetU! tha coat of Uvtas; tneraaaes. It
la a poor tlma to : proposa rcduoln.
wagea. ;;,:'..;" 7 rl7 ; ; ' . M
Noel . mlu th Chief credit, " but ha
could not hav won without tha utmost
devotloa on tha part of tha private
aoiuiara. - " yt .
A good many "thousands of Japauos.
fcnd Ruaatans can neither hurrah nor
be sad at th fall of Port Arthur; they
fell first ..' . ' ..
s John It McLean announces that h
I no longer a Democrat but this would
hav been no news at any tlms for sev
eral years past, t . .v ',.. 7,:. r;,-
Aeeotding. te ; m 7 eansus .ubuUettn.
women live longer than men. This 1 a
kind dispensation of nature to 'allow
them to hav th last word. , ,
New -Tort farmhand has married
his employer, a widow with millions.
If this doesn't encourage younsMnen to
th United tjtat Stiprerrt court nae
diwlflftrt thet hanlmrptp.r- does not dls- i
cnarge a man irom an alimony ooiiga
tlon. The- women , nearly aiwaya - get
ths best of 4t In th courts.- Shouldn't
th men agitate for women Judgett :.
Somo papers ar 'making paragraphs
about a member of th Indiana legisla
wni ""i
ture who first nam I Ananias. But
would be a paragon of ,vraclty-ln com
parison - with soma . (Indiana) . legisla
tors. .
Aceordlng to th- bank Commlnairtnef
oc jowa. tut Der truat is responsim
for the failure of mora than 0 banks
in that atata, th. gulcld ot eight bank
offlclala, and th loss of mor than $11,-
000,009 of th people' money, all within
th past eight years. ' Tet our great and
rood "government seems unable or un
willing to get any cinch on thia criminal
octopus. ". ; -j ,,. -
At iBeattla than left his widow stO.OO
worth of property, fcs long as She did
not marrv a rain: If aha does, it kll froes
to- ner-cniiaran. TMg-Teryreohdition
will . -. 1. 1... m in .4
course, and so the will' Will render hef
life. burdensome and no divorce court
can .help her. A man has po busi
ness, to mak his wif miserable after
h ts demo,
Corvallli 1 dry pMupt. ' i -7"" '"" i
Now TUlamoblt county la ar7-Jalao.wfcfc
Xrnlty men art still eonalderina thi
esublianment or a ban. there.
Two lone met! ar ptWartn to IrrlMt
a larae tract or land Below that town.
Th DallM-fatla City railroad la floln
a larga ouainess ana to motor una also.
Tha broDoaed railroad from Medford to
Crater lak Is likely to materlalls this
year.-;- : ' 7. -.' ....
Up In Malheur county district a school-
house Christmas tree was a hug saga-
. Eighteen tons of dried milk was
shipped on I ha alliance last week for tha
Mjit Yin." Portland . hr tha ( nni Bit
Creamery company, and la to be usd for
manufacturing purposes. r .. - ; , - -
Lincoln countT mar vet ahnw (in s.t
ths fair. The Toledo Leader says a
email army of enterprising oltlsens Is
worklng-vertlms-"to rains ths -"neces-saryaQdr
th-result will - be known
January T. '' ' . - a :: , , ..
Bom unknown friend lft the Mitch
ell New editor a gobs the other day.
and th overjoyed and well-filled news
paper man announeea that If th donor
will inak himself known ha wlil be cred
ited with a year subscription:
lTfi4 8M-infleld Kews; iaaued Friday.
ay: ,'Ulnc our return from Forest
Qrov Tuesday night we hav had only
thrsrTnutesieerrTToboerr but aa
dttor could get along and be happy en
an average of a mtnute'e sleep a day. ,
Th Echo Kew boasts that ther Is
hot a person In distress or need in thkt
city - or - vicinity,- and add l x rwjtb
abundant cropa, good price ahd plenty
of work at good wages IS months In th
year, we are ruly a favored locality.".
Mme -buildings ha.ve.beealerecledlh
McMlnnvllle during th peat year than
in any other year In th history of th
etty. a A great deal - of Work has been
don In extending th sewer system, and
much cement sidewalk put In, besides a
great many other Improvements.
r.j.jt-. -1 . -
It I mor than likely that by a year
henc alt th mining district and farm
ing sections of Josephine county will be
connected by telephone line with th
tong-distaac line end th Grant Pass
exchange. Farmers will hsv to eay
duly SO cents a month for a 'phon. ..
Corvallli Time! It 1 the general be
lief that ther wilt b no studied attempt
at surreptitious dealing in Intoxlcanta in
Corvsllta . Many of thos who opposed
th law take th View that the beat way
to get rid of it Is to enforce it strictly.
A ' large contingent of antl-optlonlst
will therefor Join with th optlonlata In
Insisting upon a thoroughly dry town. -
X Coppef City correspondent of . the
JOheph Herald write: "Our streets sre
underlaid with a pavement teeming with
ths precious metals. Our foundations'
can be laid with -stone sparkling with
gold and copper. We hav never had a
drunken - man on our Streets since th
town wa founded. W hav a dry burg.
W hav no us for police officer In
side th city Umlts.,, .,
T ' r.f -'" " ' " ' " .- .' ""
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i 11 nrit3r Lifci-mdftv
;'. Uflcs Its : Canals ;
. j i .
A condensation foliowa irem th open-
ling portion of a paper by. O. EJtsbacher
in tha Contamoorarv Review. : It la In
terestlng- in vlw "f th heaitaitn
progress toward Nw Tork' . 1101,4
000,000 barg Canal; ,id ehowing
what may hancea in n country where
river anl harbor sppeepriatUaa : stead
for things td b really-don. Th paper
la entitled Tha Lessod of the Oermart
Waterwaya." Am Mr. Rltahacher:
- "When th railwaya were introduced
Great Britain ceased to extend her sys
tem of waterways, which in paat de
cade ah had built bp with ths greatest
energy. Her system bf eanala, which
was the fofemoat In Europe, and which
used to b th admiration and nvy of
alt foralgn nations, was declared . to be
uaeleaa . by th cromoter of rallwarS (
and their friends, and tha nation wsaklv
and foolishly allowed Its canals to fall
into decay at th bidding of those in-
resiea in railways. . , .
. Te rm any has ooulsd oreat Britain
in many ways, but shs has not by any
nwiw copwa as oimaiy. . ' n
, "During the SO yesra from 1171 to
ISO Great Britain baa don practically
nothing - as regard inland navigation
for th ManchesUr Ship eanal Is a sea
canal. . During -the sam period Ger
many baa built 1,01.11 kilometres, of
Inland banala:. she tiae immeaselv im
proved iil her navigable rivera and th
German-Austrian canal lately proposed
or begun hav a length of S.S ST. kilo
metres, whil their . prebabl ' cost hag
been eatlmated at th gigantic; sum bf
about f SO.000,000 Ctl6S.OO0.e09). .
In' order to make it poaslbl to us
larg and swift cargo boats, on -her
rivers, Germany sat to. work to regulate
her natural rivers and to convert them
into artificial water-courses ot that type
which haa been found most fit for
economical And rapid navigation. With
this object In view th natural earth-
banks of rivers and canal Wer re
placed by aolld masonry walls: th river
beds were narrowed and deepened, so
as ta allow the us ef larg boats; tb
rocks, which, in many partac for tnatanee
In th Rhine at Blngeh. wer a danger td
navigation, were blasted awayv and -pro--
vision was mad to prevent th ice
forming during severe winters and clos
ing streams and canals to navigation.
"On th regulation of the river bed of
th Rhine' alon mor than. 1,000,000
(S5.000.000) haa been emended during
th laat JO' years, and in consequence
of th .energetic measure Which hav
been taken tor the purpoa bf deepening
n cnannei or that river, coiogna, which
n a Straight lln is altuated about ISO
mile from th aea, ha become A Sea
port, .inasmuch ha '34 Steamers, which
hav been specially built for thar buf-
boss, trad now. regularly between Co
logne and various harbor in Jhiglaud,
Scandinavia and Ruasia. . , . -. v -
Th tributary Stream of th Rhine
also hav. been Very greatly Improved.
Up to-frankforJLth bed of th Hvei
Main 1 . now as deep that of th
nnine, ana ..jn same - steamers wnica
can travel on th Rhin can now go up
?o.TanKortr-
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iJort oBry eft mm miat amd h
- - gda ox SetewtBr Books. : ' -,
In A sneech mada at th c-nthlnir of
hew Carnegi library ' in London Lord
Roiebery said, a reported in the Loodod
Man: . , -.,.-,. . j.-, ...
Knowteda is bower, but thi doe not
necessarily mean book knowledge. " Book
knowledge Is only a part ot the knowl
edge that constitutes powei. ' Books ar
excellent intnrii it wouia d nign trea
son to deny that- coming her1 to oped
fre library. - But a gluttony of book' 1
Just s bad as a surfeit of anything lse
and there are a great many excellent
people In this world who jipend all their
day In reading .andWho are of ho us
to themselves or to anybody eis. -
Th tact 1 that aa appetite for reading
without digesting la aa unwholesome as
ny other form of gluttony.- Th man of
vigorous life among men would beat the
man bf books always and At. vrythtng
in this world. Libraries, however,- give
them th tools with Which they can work
out their own Malratlon.
Mr. Gladstone, by th aid ef immense
industry, was perhaps ths only man t
have ver' known Who waa able td adjust
th balance between hls .llf ot study and
hta Ufa, of action satisfactorily to him
Self and to others. . '
But book can also b an end in them.
Selves. . The man with a happy last for
book ban,. Com In, , tired, and soured
thoue-h ha tnav b. knd fall into th aYtnk
of some, great uthorwho would raise
him from the ground and tafc him Intd
a new havn and a hew earth wher he
would forget his bruises and -rest his
limb and return to tha World fresh
and happy man. - -J , .
we limitation or means can in tnese
days excuse anybody from not buying
book, but w must distinguish between
books to bi read and book to b bought
Ther era two further eiasse Of books
th books that Ar borrowed from
friends and returned, and th book that
ar borrowed and hot returned. , The
noh-re turning of books -has fended more
friendships and terminated mor affec
tion than any other cans or Which I
on volume out ot a set oi volume and
never return It is a man who should be
treated Ilk vermin trapped or Shot at
sight br: any other bf. the punishment
which might be extended to th lowest
and Vileat of mankind.
trossir gtcaTig nr max tvoat. .
, Froht tfis Oregon City Courted '
It is h eemmon belief Smong those
who hav given considerable thought
to th aublect thkt the bublld men of
high position in a representative gov
ernment Indicate th moral ton of k
e6untryrfpbpUIalldfi. , IfthB"TUBI10l
servants of a nation are corrupt, im
moral and degenerate, that nation's peo
pla jtre iax in th essential -of good
cltlsenstflp. If th leader of a people
are of high principle, clean tnd courage
ous, so will be found th massvef popu
lation. This theory amounts only to
this: ' That degenerate people Will
ChooS a degenerate, for It representa
tive. 1 Thia principle may not : at thia
tlm, prove acceptable to th peopl of
Oregon. ' Th stat . Is undergoing a
cleaning, but such ss It hast never ex
perienced before. No en know wher
th as may next fall. Of th state's
representation In congress, only one of
the four bag not beefl. drawn under th
fir of government prosecution. A far
a la known Senator Fulton ha kept eut
of the mea. ftpectal agent after spe
cial agent, men whose duty It was to
kp guard over th government' nub
ile domain, have been deprived of their
lucrative positions and are now awaiting
indictment by the federal grind Jury,
with every prospect of being .compelled
to travel the road of th Ruter-McKln-ly
gang. One stat senator will cer
tainly be put to the trouble, ef ahowlng
a trial Jury that he has not committed
crime. It Is rumored that another,
closer hom. wilt be called on by th
.rand Jury for Soma , explabationa, and
.'' .... I ' , .. . . .
It may b necessary for hiss toe, to
wriggle from tfcq toll;
It Is entirely probable that th "more
prominent of these will escap tb
clutches ot th Uw.Bom of tbnt of
all of them, may b Innocent, but b
they guilty or Innocent eulprtt of high
degree, with pockets full of money, are
uauallv ahla ta annraach Very DeAr the
prison door, without -nujring, t shy
rate tb gang of vulture Will probably
Haw IS atn lirv. ,.;.. .- "
Thar may be a clsanlng out ef - th
charges of fraud and conspiracy mad
against the men and sustained: then
it is up to tb people ot uregou so sm
a clean sweep. In the event of th fail
ure -to do ao. ft will b possible to ex-
ffliin ma -nor)I8'-action. Oury uot
tha nrlnnknl firat stated, that b Oples
publlo sarvanta differ llttl la character
from those-whom thy serve This wlU
b found true, axcept where an official'
real character Is unknown. .: , -
August Bclmotit
Civic Fcicratidnlsi
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7. From th Nw" Tork World.
' A. email, eompkot, muaeuiar - bodn
erect oulok-tnoving and blalniy dree.
a square, wlt-balanc(f head. keen, dark
eye, a straight ' no, a firm mouth,
shaded -'br"' dark brown -mustache.
manner alternating between touatnsa sb-
rustness and a eoasenital shyness, la
which the voice drop to a. hesitating
whiSber. as If th speaker wer suddenly
embarrassed by. th sound of his own
speech-r-such la August Belmont, nanaar.
re II mad financier and aoortsman. Who.
at tha age-of SI. ha been elected presl.
dent of the National Clvlo federation
m plac of , th let Senator-. ..Mark
Henna. -. - . v
Th Clvlo federation uoaltlon la noi
that of an arbitrator. It U a mean
throuah which tha parties to an Indus
trial war. nr Inn 1 dlSouta which ha
not yet reached the point of open hos
tilities., may- M brought f5 to race.
Verv often it is discovered through bre
Umlnary and Confidential, talka that ths
disputant ar not se far apart in their
idea a they suppose.-'and that 'personal
feeling on th on Bid or th btnar, or
on both Sides; haa exaggerated a mat
ter easily adjusted en a fair and sensible
baste . - : . , . . .
"But the work of th Clvt federation
la not alon to avert or settle atrlke
and lockout. - It broad purpose 1
to discover the underlying causes of In
dustrial disturbances an to devise pos
sible remedle. Thi involves th . Mr
beat itudv of industrial economics, and
in turd the InatrucUon of thosajllrectly I
concerned, and of the , general public.
Th nw department, bf industrial econ
bmloa. Which ha Juat been formed -to
carry forward thi work bi j education,
and which embraces what I believe will
prov a highly errieient mambersnipi i
regard as a far-reaching agency for
publi nlikhtnment - -
- ' ---'-' --WirOM. Am t-r:-7.-
nknrfre V Vint in Umlh'k WTeeHvi
A great big friend bf kll the world 7:
la tnnr iraniaJ ' TTnp.1 Bawt. -
And hb has no . need to pose nd Strut
As thS only great "I am!" .'
ta knows thit ther br othr is big
-. a hlmseit, , '
But on thi h make hi brag
That Ihif" "Bbn -gd-MppyTUidr-tldti
'Ai th mul'lons under his hag.
Then It' eye front gtrtd right ;.
r Dreaa td your unci flag!
It's an emblem pur that, can enahr
Wlthntit th kid of brag. '
Light ot th hopeless, hop bHhe Slav
r- It was, and ever Shall b- ,
Bo' It', stand by. hats off ... ; , -;
:T0 the flag of liberty I; -rrrr 7?'
ThA eagle'! standard 'topathsmilttr
Rahl fur the esgie-birdl -:7'k
And the rest stand 'round and lis to ths
ground -''
When his clewing Vole i! heard. ' '
In. hi talons keen ther may b Seen
- A flaar red. white and blue:'' .
And -h-bears-ilt high 4 4h golden sky
For freedom a Son to view.
men- it a 'rauy,. ooys cneer noys
r , 'Raht for the eaaie' home!
Built of th hill and th plain and
- . tha lefcaa ."' '
With the . kt-eat akv ' for its dome.
And 'rah! for the Stretch of tb eagle'
. wing -ThMt
rnvAr thia wee tarn wnrffl?
And a dosen or mor for th sand in hi
I " ..craw,...,' . . -
And - the flag that - Shalt ' never . be
-j ! furled! 7.s77 '.'.' ,
The battle line, tb bloody breich,-
Hin seen its folds of flame.
Wher dripping tel and th shrapnel's
'. screech - , .
, wer wui a. pari inp Kama, -
But the boys "stood pat" tor all bf thai
And th flag "stayed put" Wher they
- : - aju.. f- - --T-
r r wm. . v, - - . - ' J ' " ' r 't
And though heroes fell in a rain ot hell,
Tet never. a man forsook It . ... . - r
Then If steady, boy ready. boy-t.
. Tar th banner nf llhartvt 4
Ths flag that bleases hill ind plain"
And klases the bounding sea. '
Light of th hopeless, hop of th world!
Mankind It atuui ever Mess; -
May it Shed lt'a light UU the world rS
brignt .-r-r - . - --y-ev
And It' shadow never grow less.
't ' v.
evtAAiv
i From the Milwaukee tentinet.
In aplt ot th ffort of tha Jobber
to fore th b'Sh collar on. th market
tb demand 1 still for ths low, comfort
able grades which- were popular .during
the summer," said A. Stem of Chicago.
"Bom of the manufacture ra and whole
salers who ar not familiar with the
type of collar worn by Preeldent Rooee-
velt- Jiate.been at a ioa to account
for the persistent demand Torlhelow
collar,- but th fact of , the matter i
that th president ha been setting the
faahioh , f of th country; in th collar
line. The style Wa first taken up by
young tnen, and now in the cttlea ail
ever th country you See good dressers
wearing what uaed td b ridiculed as
"middle-aged" conar. ,
This voeu of th low. Wide-front
collar ha brought th wide four-in-hand
necktie back Into favor, and if you don't
believe that the president's manner of
dressing ha been influential In deter
mining neckwear style. Just look at any
of tils picture taken during the -laat
few years and then go out en th street
and' how many men you win meet
whd will exhibit almost Identically the
sam necktie .and collar combination.
Many ot the dealer hav taken In the
Situation and ar offering 'Roosevelt'
coilaraand hacktl.'
rJaatie tlMlaeV
from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Colorado politic coat big money.
Troubles in th magnificently rich tate
brought down her i production of gold
mor than I5.00MOO compared wtth th
production of 101 and let rotten-bor-....u
m.h take the lead. Colorado
politicians do hot am abl to profit by
the experience). , . j
Men &n&Womcn
m its United States
ywtfa, ii
FrM th New Tork World. .. .
Bine cnsu began. ther -hav been
mor men than women. In tb United :,
State. . i .. ... ..,,.K-T-r-r-'
Th plurality of man has Increased In .
every decad alnc ISSO, xcpt In 1SS0- ' '
UTS, when tb civil war reduced tb pro .'
portion. Evn in 1ST, hwver, males
wsr still In th majority.
Thr WM-Ia00racc6rdTng"ld fh f'
Census bulletin Issued thi morning, ''
l.SSl.tll mor mala than females. This
is do very largely to Immigration, put
in a minor gegr to th fact that more
boy babies than girls ar born. Th ,
death rat of boy bablea I higher than
that of girl. .- ,
Thar ar mor worn than man in
Europe; ,'lawbr In tb world mor
man than women. American cities, aa a
ruist nav mor woman man men. 1 '
' Tha pereautage of woman 1 tilgnest
In Washington, D. C. (IS.), Massachu,. VI
satis !.; aaa Jtnoa ssiana tse.f . i
Femel clerks in - goremment offices ; I
help explain th Washington surplus...
Massachusetts is a great sourc of ami- .
gratloa ef young meh te the west -1 ,
. Wyoming !. and MonUna (11,1) i ,
hav th largest prentag of males. '
The excess is all among th adult. ;:
meaning v fat hr a tart ling disproportion .
of growrrmen-to grown women, probably v
almost three td one '
In 1,81 cities of mor than 1,10 peo
ple each there wr la 10 S01.lt mor ' '
females than males. Mala predominate "
In th country and in tha west wher- ;
ranching and mining work is don. , - -s
"In Europe; wa her, female ar more .
numerous than male in elttes, but ther
I q larg xcas of malee In th cltlea
of Russia and India, and in Hongkong
and Manila., wher men ar largely m yi
ployed aa portera and laborera.
-Women Uv longer than men.-- In kplhs,--bf
ths suprabundano of. males due toi
immigration and the greater birth rat.'
thr ar mor woman than menof II,.
year and at vry eg up wajtAT there
after, , -. - .;- .:,-"--:-,'-;
.Th death rat for males throughout ,
th country Is 1 per 1.S0. for fsmalss '
only IT... Th differenc Is greatest in :
Infancy and in old as. The dirrer-
ncea x!t also in ths most carefully
rea-letered European countries. .. . :.
Evan between the agee of 10 ind IB, I
woen. tne peanng . ana care pi cnuoren
la a drain upon th strenrth of wometu.
th death rata 1 lower than that torenea
of th asm . . . .
Between 111 0 ahd I860 an Important '
change took place in ths proportion of -males
and femalea in school. In 1SS0 .
Si.S per tent of school pupils ot II years
nd irior Wei male: In Its only S "
per ent Wer taal. - Women ar becom-
ing th educated aex; peeally in the,',
country districts, wher boys' labor Is
relatively morevaluabl thad In elti,
.iaaVfJ
dGlark
aisisS
"Trinuary 4. Th morning was cloudy ..
-t
and warm th mercury being II degrees K.
abo'v serdTbut toward evening th wind
changed to uprthwest knd tb weather
became- Very bold. We aent some hunt- V
r down th river, but they- only killed -on
buffalo and A wolf. We rclvd
th visit otLKagoham Whe Was vry ;
friendly and to Whom we kav e, bnd-
gercbiet and twe ftledL ' : '..';'- . ;7:'
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. Ot)tttB0it Oat bw" MMM&tr.'77i.7
' f ott. thi Review bf . RevlewsC 1 v v ' 1
Tiia nntlnn lhat ailch lealalatiott ka r
thpresident aski for -Would , under- "
mln the -value of railroad securities
and disturb, bustses cundlUOhai-al'-T
though industriously propagated by oer- r ..
tain newspapers ainder corporation in-,
fiuence ha very llttl claim' te credu ¬
lity. There is no disposition id any In-
fluentlal quarter to do lnjuatlc to th
holder bt railroad property. Th wiser
sort of railroad man and. the more in- .
telllgent newspapers ot the country ar -well
aware that th immense rapidity ' '
with Whtcbr-ihe transcortatlon interests i
ot thi eouhtr.nav been."comlhg'Ur!dVr
the, control or a xew peopi is to prm-.
Clpal factor In th disturbance of eon
ndence. and afford th ohlef argument .
against railway amalgamation. Compe- .
tltton can no longer b trustM to regu
late th railroad business, and tha coun- .
try will not allow tevaat a power to go .:
unregulated aa that which will belong
to th guiding spirit in th ; raUroad
world.-, Inevitably th peopl of this'
country will take over th railroad and -make
them publld property,-or else they
WlU Subject them to constant but just ;-.
and reasonable oversight and control.
To take the railroads over as publlo '
property could not bu accomplished with
out a pnon or serious agiiauon ua
would provoke extreme controversy, and
would certainly unsettle value and lead
to depression, if toot to panic, in th
market for railway Shates and ecuri
ttee. President Roosevelt therefore,
polnti out th wajr to avoid dlsturbanoea
in bus Tiwyo v " f v i
ernte publlo oversight and control will
lnsurs for i long period to bom the
firtvat ownership knd management of
he American railroad System. . A stub
born resistance of such publlo oversight
and regulation on th pari bf railway
men Will precipitate almost at one a
movement for publlo ownership that will
mak th "magnate" unhappy. -
'. saAgovft torn ttrxona.'-'
. . From th Chicago New
Vearfv all kreat med ar said to haVe
A ting ot melancholy in their blood and
ar subject at times te periods of great
depression. Napoleon at th . beginning
of his career Wa in great f Inancial dl-
tree and waa prevented from crown- .
In ntmU only by th timely pecuniary
aid of a Schoolmate. Bismarck la Said
to hav declared after th battle of
Badowa that h would nave xuiea mm-
ieif-BadTthrzFrusaien - been- beaten.--Byrofl;
while writing . "Child Harold,"-,
said h Would hve bloWn hi brain out'
but fot-th reflection that It .would '
glv pleasure to his mother-in-law.
Keasons tor seix-aesixuBuon ra ina -
very curious. Men nav natm Known
to put an end to . their live td escap
toothache Of other pain. . The dread '
of dlseaa ha been known to affect th
blind td auch an extent tnat in victim
baa destroyed himself rather than face.-;
It Weariness of money and good things s.
to sat hav been th cause of sulcld
as well. ; - "7ri 72 .''- "
On man drowned mmaeir m tn nein '.
because of the color of hi hair, which -
s flaxen.. Another Shot himself be- "
cans hi clothe did not fit him.- - Ar girt -
threw hereelf Into the paflttbebecaua her
Companlona laughed at her corpbleno.' .
A Frenchman took poison to spits his
mother-in-law, bee uae h Insisted upon,
living with him. -..- . y7 . -,. .. ' -
. '.' A feaf pAeUetkm, '''"f-"" 7
From ths Minneapolis Journal. - -' N
Ch it-ft so women ar going to try the
experiment of a woman' dally, printed
on fin book paper, and to coat I cent a .
eopy. . if it succeeds it win b a auo- ,
ces. That prediction appears to be
safe, and we do not care to venture aa- ,
other. , .:. : ; , ..', ." '
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