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PubJtoUd;T -evetrlng ( xcpt' 6undr) -and' rvsry 8uady 'ncrmng at Th Journal Building, Fifth and. YamhiQ
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? PORTAGE FQAD SHOULD
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, THE BUILDING of the portage road was riot Tin
i ', J . tu de-taken for the purpose "of direct-"gain by'.tbe
-. xr j Vstate,J 'Its purpose ,'Was . to afford relief to .the
.... i m r r Tna munn v ri i i, r . iibi
;;.;comp1ish;tut 1t ill db "Worei The.
'action is almost incalculably good,
' ; that need wateVognlied" tni nerefacted upon, sThe
? people waited forbthera toJact with tlenaf-mvlt.
I But -once : they acted for -themselves, once they realized
"-Tthartiicjf not 6nly knew what should
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! Kl VA ttiaf Jim' mt 'will be built and
'J) 1 by the middle of May the people are.
i consideration of the proposition, of
Tt tinnll nnf 'Y)fnramttn that it
rotten that i is
Tcnterprise,' any more than ire the locks at the" Cascades,
a than will b the Celilo eanal when the federal government
." ! xompletes ; iL purpose js to afford relief to ' torn
. ' niercraiid IronT this standpoint it itjerits the most liberal
treatment " The Journal does not believe that any tax
). should-.be levied uponsthe commerce Which passes bvflr
1 it.JtThe cost of its operation Will besmal and that cost,
i our judgment, should come out of the ordinary .Ux
- .funds,' In this way immediate, relief is-insured and the
;..:pblic wHl get -the benefit at once without waiting for it;
; Jff ; RAISINO STATE REVENUE.
OVERNOR PARDEE of California, according to
., m . ..
i-jn s"":u .:::v:: hes esP
state revenue oy inaircci uuuuu, u iu un i...
V will be laid only for county, municipal, school and other
local purposes. One of the principal means by which the
would rUe state revenue is by an inheritance tax, mnd
, 'corporation taxes would provide most "Of the rest .
"'triThis recommendatiortjs injine witb the trend of the
; l best legislative thought and action. The last Oregon
' legislature knade. i good beginning in Ibis-directidnf but
-r ; only fair beginning. ,, Jt might be well to raise the
acale of inheritance taxes -somewhat, but whether so or
t 1 not, thererjcer.tain1yshould be ja law "-taxing valuable
rancWscv' and' corporations 1 doing a -very- large,- and
V lucrative busines in -this, state, but which have com
""J: fparatively small amounts oi . tangible, physical assets sub
. ject to taxation.-. - ' ;;';.-,. ';.,--' , "-":' ! "
-v. These taxea should be .reasonable, but what is reason
: ble should be determined Jy fair-mindiddisiiiteiested
.. men,' and not by the officers of thgleotporatkjna, who,
..like; most other mert.'JjLke topay Vs little taxes-as jo?
sibie. :. - i'.;-r-.--y&?-HVi. ;j,7- ciu-, v;
Witfr,. the- eraolBtnents pf the. state, of ficrs cut down
to reasonable -salaries,' and the fees "now7 receivedpitd
into the treasury,' and irith fair. laws pt the kind sug'
;rgested.Oregon, whose, expenses asa state need not
, after this year be very heavy, should raise nearly if not
' quite all its revenue without levying direct taxes upon'
'T: (he -counties. .' - f--,:;.:' Cv;4 i-.-I'.-Mv ' ' .
i ' .. Toward this end legislators ought to work. Thus they
will; do ' something . entitling them
provaL . ; ; - ' .?rJ 'S-r
' AN ENCOURAGING EXPRESSION.. ;-
TN DENYING a morion for a new trial in. the cases of
certain boss' gamblers, Judge Jrazer Said Saturday:
4 "The time has come when a
The word must sro forth that men woo
be 'punished. .Thitikliigliten-alrcverhe country-art apW
. palled at existing eonditions. , We must protect the peo
ple from ihose who defy the expressed will of the peo
ple.Too often, bright liwyers bring into court some
' technicality and clear their man when he is concededly
V guilty." -' ; , 4v-r;:";;v r
v"T".The -gamMersattoraeymakmgiaTrotest -against this
:K unSuaV but jyery .trye ; and pertinent language Jrom the
.?i bench, the judge responded that he would go just as far
.' as. the law allows to convict men known to be guilty, and
- known, as 'such Joy eyery one in the community, and,
v while be would not exceed the law, he would think that
he was performing- public aervice-and-doing something
' to stem, the tide' of crime and re-establish the respect
' ...of. the people for the court if Jeassisted' in ; convicting
7; " guilty rmen who" sought to escape an, technicalities. ' ;
:r This spirit and this kind of language, coming from a
judge of the.circuit court for this district, is very gratify-
nig to all who believe that the laws should be observed
" 'and enforecdrand especially by the men elected for that
.. '. purpose. - -. i.. ' : ' -r-...'
" ' r . people are becoming astonished and "appalled", at the
.' ' lawlessness allowed and in some eases encouraged and
1 Lewis J and- Clark
TwinUiiriftuartei'airtarniaBaan
t ; North Dakota. .
';' thermometer at aunrtoe. vu tl deareee
- feelow sero. - SUfOnanU ttreauaaten witn
and paptaln Clark with thre or four
men accompanied him and a ptty of
flmltana to hadt. 1 vwhlch they wera eo
- ' lonumia mm tu kui kuuiuti vi
www, byjBh ancjjuayv wJpatvaBSl
. bjr axtrume colS; evrul of th Indiana
. um tm the fort nearly frown, others
are mtealna, and we are uneasy, tor one
: of our men- who waa separated from the
t reet durlna the chaee haa not returned.
" Bumimai sxttt iuivii,
A .T, 4By George V. Hohart.)
CopTdt, ,04, mf W B. Ueant.t
' Per ueanlna ot -poatortty la a lot of
penble vtcb vlll forces all abould yon
' before day vaa berti-- t .
' ' Der meanlna; of opportunity Is.aome.
. dlna rk-h vtahas to aee you, but alvaya
ralla van youvaa ould)
,' ' toer meaning of a aoralp vaa a rotrmn
. fiot ran put two und two togedder und
" snaka five. l..--f., -
' Der mean In r of frenstad finance vaaa
". Votnaa dot ean putAip a lot of talk und
took down a lot of money. .
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f)r meaning of pathoa t a poor vldow
telling her leedlo daughter dot dare, ata'd
- nevef vaa no 0anta Clauav J :' : '
Def meaning of der Uneggapeeted ra
der cheapneea of der Chrlatmaa preeent
'.; vlch cornea from tvr rtcheat relative.
. . Der meaning of charity la acmedlng
ANVINDiriNDENT . NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY 'JOURNAL' PUBLISHING CO.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
BE FREE..; ;'v
realizes that he
defy .the expressed
The rule has
iiiuii b m.. b
norl jeffect ol:tfie
come a scandal
nere wa i cin m
and it is therefore
fare striving for
be done, but could
the tide of crime
ple for1' the court."
Let us Jiope that
animated y-a like
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radr lor business
face to face with a
; AN OLD
what it was built lor.
not a money making
'not depends
' of the thihar
wisdom .In other
jiwuuuim iiu wiu
' WHERE
i
. were ana.
to the people's . ap-
better done, -with a
an office, and there
generally and tax
with' nride.' ; ":-" ,
halt must be called."
break the law will
tng ana Urging
gonian will be
wise be.
vlch begins at home und.flnlhes among
der. homeleas. - ;
. Der meaning of advice Is. somedlng
vteh a man doan'd vlah to follow, so he
la alvay a alfina it to aomebodyelsa
- Der meaning of a cook (a a voman dot
makea up her mind to atay In der kitchen
und den loaep her mind. ,. r.
Der meaning of . eacaperlenco la der
school ve go U rough von ve play truant
mlt ooraelvea. " ' : - .;"' , "
Hmw meawlw of toot time Is It-wui III
of headache und It cents In-small change
left In der pocket," . :( '
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Der meaning ' of a lobster Is a ah in
after der pollah Vearg off. . - .
Der meaning of a apendthrlft la "a man
mltould money trying to spend hit time.
Der meaning of ability la to know vara
to plant a Chrlatmaa preeent eo tt vlll
bring forth somedlng- mora eggepensive.
-T" Japan's roreala-nt. -:"7.'-'
From the Kanaas City . Star. t
The preparation man by. Japan for
the mobllUaUon. of a great reinforcing
army and for the eatabliahment of ad
ditional ooaat - defenses - Indicate --that
there lg tr be no overconAdeneo boeauaa
of the -rlctorlea thue far achieved, but,
on the contrary, a-far-aeelng apprecia
tion of Ruaala'a long-run advantageo In
the war now In progreee. - Japan's hope
fof complete aueoeea Ilea In eruahlng Rua-
ata before the latter ean utiiisa lta great
reeourcee In combating the more quickly
aervlceebU powef.of tba enemy, if an
other great Japanese army la araUable,
and If the arme and ammunition to-equip
It are et band or' In eight. thl-rln-foten.eBt
fart be made effective long be
fore an equivalent reinforcement can be
sent to. OensraJ Kuropatkln.
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JNO. P. CARBOU.
sanctionedT by .tie officers ".of the law, and that judge is
doing a very valuable and ntueh appreciated service who
"must protect the people from tno.se wno
will of the people." ; -
been, or '-t least tt has been true in lar
too many cases, that courts would go far to sustain -technicalities
by which persons known by everybody , to be
srullty should escape punishment. This has indeed be
and an evit in American jurisprudence,
especially encouraging to those who
better conditions to hear a judge declare
(hat rather thn seen tor or entertain any iccnmcamy m
a notoriously guilty man's favor he would, on the con
trary, "go as Tar as the law allows" o. tonvict auch
man. For. as he says, this "will dd something to . stem
and re-establish the respect of the peo
,
the supreme court of this state is
spirftr- -,:-i,;:.'i';v.;.;;;.;- '...;-y
DOCTRINE REVIVED.
HE DOCTRfNE that whether a thing i wrong or
on who does it and not on the nature
done 1 not a new "one. but it la sel
dom so offensively proclaimed asU was yesterday by
the Oregonian. . . ' - ' , . , ' : , '.,.' i ;
The ancient dictum, "the king can do no wrong," raod
er nixed and locally adapted is, the mayor of Portland can
do no wrong. ' If it be asked why, the answer is: He is
over lout-score yeara old, has filled high positions, and
has always borne a good character. , ineretore. wnat
ever he does is right; whatever he Jails or refuses to do
is twrangc ?-V .'' ; : -;;' :
. tt Uran rffi-er." The law nrovides-spcdfic duties for
that officer, whomsoever he may be. The mayor does not
act as the Jaw requires him to act '. But therefore we are
told he does nowrong, beeause of his age, his honors, his
terms, he ia above the law.
especially obligated to support and enforce
is an "outrage. Then to indict anybody for any infrac
tion of law, if he.Ve old, aad wise, and distinguished, is an
ouf tage.i . . ' '...-. - ;
Hereafter grand juries, when considering a man's al
leged offense against the law must ask: How old is be?
What 'offices hashe h eld ?t What baa been his status as
a ci(izenf Hw high does; he stand now in officialdom?
tiThe" liigher .up a man is,, the wiser he is, the more
prominent he is, the,lesf is he to be excused as an officer
forinfractiortAttaws, lor-setfiflg'iip his own opinion in
defiance otJwS-.rv?'- --;-:--;::zz:.. :
l-The nebple of- Pof tlarid, of Multnomah "county, and of
OregonwanJLlQtn.. in office, who. .wilLreapect, obaerva.
obey, execute-ana eniorce ine jaws; ana xney are going
to have such men, more and more, and will not tolerate
gross delinquencies on account of 4ge or reputation.-: ;t
IMPROVEMENT IS EEENT."
T -IS AGREEABLE, while making criticjsmalupon
so. many things and men, to find those here ana
iney are not a-rewin me igircEiio-
that can be-conscientiously" and cheerfully commended
Such a case is that of Count Clerk Fields. ". His of
fice is not only self-sustaining but yields a little revenue
to the county treasury .besides. . Although the' work is
much greater than it.was three or 4our-yearalago, it is
smalleforce t efrtbioyea, Here is
are some others, td which the people
- payers in particular, can really point
. .- ' "r-r.r Y'j-"-,-:; -;, r;r
While Mf. Fields has done his part toward bringing
about this result much of the credit therefor must be
given to the Multnomah county members of the last leg
islature, who secured the passage of a bill that cut down
very materially the expenses of this and some other of
fcesTTAnd iehmd: thiJuatottledegiilatureriirompt-
u, was inc organization -Known as i"c
Taxpayers league, wnicn naa careuiny siuaiea tne niua
tion and discovered what should arid could be done.
The coroner's office is another one that -has been thus
reformed: The county court isyastly superior, to what
it has been-in-times- past The auditora office lappeart
to" berweir conductedLr... Andpthe ewt oi msintaining
these offices, in proportion,-to the work done, has been
greatly decreased. '-'X" . ..''rrtX-''
These are encouraging . beginnings of the general
reformation of oJficialdqm; they comprise the-dawn of
the day when county and city governments shall be con
ducted on strictly business principles, and in the interest
of the taxpaying public, and not of some political party
or its machine. ' "l '.-- ; - ' -.
' When it is 'understood that the grand jury's condemna
tion df the mayor tarries with it a condemnation of the
Oregonian, its methods and" what it has stood for, the
unmeasured denunciation of the grand jury by the Ore
better understood than it would other
, .;''-;...
otns
roxjer.
From th tVashlngton Post. ..,.
' For our part w hav alwaya regarded
the arranaament as a. blunder. It in-
apiraUoniaadmliabl. hUsJiUxroplcjwdJ
all that' Nothing could, read mora
amoothly and melodiously, put on paper
in the form of purely-descriptive litera
ture. The theory that wa shall educate
the rillptnoa up to the point of aelf
government haa aa sweet a sound aa
any mlnatrera aong. Jt la 'pleasant to
alt- by -our owa comfortable f 1
'."-IT'j--'it-jl' btlful-l acleetln j
civil government -over-there, -witn -tta
beneficent example, Its wonderful moral
effect upon the native Imagination, tha
Btlmulag of Its-example, and ail uie
reat of It. Wa are told how tha civil
service Is a model; how the school teach
ers exert an uplifting and a wholesome
Influence; h6w iff time tha whole mass
of tha once-benighted population must
come under tha apell of our mlnlatra
tlona, etc. ate, And, aa wa any, it reads
aa amoothly an a story In some precious
little book. - ,
But wa recall the days if reooastrae
tlon at tha south, and, aomehow, it seems
Impossible to pin our faith to a civil
government which oartnot stand a. mo
ment without too pro tee Hon of the -soldiery,.
-The experiment la the Philippines
la soma years old. .at present, but wa
have aeen.no fruit of It aava tha ap
proval of those who hold the of floes
and draw the salaries behind thf Careful
barriers of our bayonets. Wt do not
forget that tha "educated. Cultured, and
refined "Flllplnoa" brought over here
and exhibited as specimens at tha gt.
Louis fair went homo a gal a, sailed their
frlende together, and made speeches pas
sionately demanding Independence... Nor
do tha so-nailed "Jadrones" 'permit 'us
to forget for they never mine an op
portunity for demonstration that their
murderous resentment knows no sleep,
or even drewslngv , -.
I
: Small Cliangc
. Biennial bustnsss bcglna
' Tom Lawaon appears Jq be', getting
tlredtv--r?-.77 - .; . - fl
Did-that resolution, remain Intact for
a week T i
"ii
' Shouldn't the. week of prayer bo ex
tended over seven weeks biennially t
- -Car of tha Insane la the heaviest Item
of atata expense, . Pleaaa don't go oraxy.
- Did tha Chafoo correspondent alao
Write those poems charged to the ml-
kadot . . ... ' . . -
Some lobbrUta engage In proper and
necessary work, but most of them should
bs ..ignored. -
Russia's new year will not oocur till
January- 11. - And It won't be a: very
happy new year then.
Fortunately- tha fata - of tha nation.
nor of tha. state, doea not. hang on the
organization of the legialature. ,
Senator Denew la a director In II cor
porations, mostly railroads. What . a
fine representative of the people I , .
Nearly all county offJcera will 'want
their salaries Increased, of course. But
if not Increased, they won't resign., -.
If wa-evar get a rtver and harbor
appropriation, wo can stilt, point with
pride to that sacred tarirx and that
glorious 41,000 majority.. ... r -
Th subject of Mr. Bryan7 'latest ad
dress - was "Watchman. What of tha.
NlghtT Black and heavy, as tha' darkey
said whan asked what kind of weather
It was, aa ha was carrying noma a stolen
sheep, -.-----"; .. i -. , .
' Professor Crook promisee a, -poem on
"His First Klsa" W would prefer a
photograph of it. Washington Post
And . yet - photographs ar so unreal, -Salem
Statesman. But "hew waa th
professor's first kiss any better than
anybody else's t c. Wa It somehow
Crook-dT -j? :ci'.:.. : .-'vt -i-;
2 The Multnomah .crowd JwllLact' aa If
tha atata of Oregoftwaa limited by tha
boundarle o'f Multnomah county and
will support Multnomah Intereets, . re
gardless of those, of ths rest of the
atate. Sclo News. Th shadow of this
ancient superstition haa. been dispelled
from moat part of Oregon, but a patch.
of - it aeam still to rest up around th
fork of ths Santlam. ' Blow. It . off,
brother. ;:-- ' r
O reon" SadeKglits
mFrog ara lhglng over ...On . JCoos bay.
Dayton needat a. furnitur store i
Oallc laac
town, -v- .' ; ' ;
nw Joiephln-7uatycnnd meat tin, a bristle-from a toom-
. Gold Hill wlH oon hav thre mora
atorea. ... ,,.,"-. -r - v -- ..'r.,0 .-,
-Only " ro5k-beddeoT foad r jnVlo.ln
Oregon, r , . '. .." i-.. f : ... .,. .
Forest Orov may hav. an lc plant
thlayear. - ;;- ;
"Thar waa only on death In Pendle
ton In December. .::ir r : rj r
, J. l- ' I .-.J.'-r. ' i
..' Bom suspicion win hang around those
soft-drink saloon,.' - . ..
' Newberg Methodists and BaptUta ate
a New Tear'a dinner together. .... .
No reasonabl people are ocm plain
ing about Oregon' winter so far,- : .-. .'
.Many mor local telephone lines tr
extension up the Willamette valley are
plannad. t-r.ifi. &-CTt-..--r.i-.i.
L Hllvtrton men have formed a breed
ers' association ' and purchased- a fln
staluoa.
' A Prlnsvilla man married "an unex
pected lady" unexpected," perhaps, by
some othea marriageable ladlea. . . -
'Coast rang black bear a re now fat
and hav fin fur," but only one l
wall anybody Jim loat any neara
Sherman county doe not want "to
contribute any territory to help form
th proposed new Stockman oounty.
Near Perrydale last week. John By
rrey lost II head of fat goat through
poisoning, , probably- from eating toad
stools. ,'; V . ...
" Th PortUnd-Forest Orov-HlUboro
electric line may be eventually extended
up Galea creek and over into Tillamook
county. ;-); ; . ;; ;. 7
Th Hood River Glacier haa taken a
census of . that : to wn, and found it
population to b 1.7 II,. an tncreasa of
171 in on year..- , f .," . ,'
XNhalem old bachelor received a a
Christmas present 'a wooden rasor and
a bar of laundry soap, but he refused to
consider It a proposal from any par
ticular woman. i ; --.,' J. i. . .
Th oldest man In Hood River valley
Is. James H. - Hubbard, -bom- In J I H, who
cam out laat year from Kentucky to
spend tha rest of hi day with . hie
on, H I well xcept for a cough,
from which h says he haa suffered
"ever since A be Lincoln freed the nig
gers.", ," -
' Olen correspondence Toledo Reporter:
This is such a healthy place and w ar
all so busy setting stove wood, that
Hems1 f Intei set at ' aiiaiua. " Tf laat
Only eould persuade our wive to get
th wood w mignt nave lime 10 ao
something of Interest hut they won t
Tamhlll county has been leading th
world acaln. This time It la-a anow
whit pin squirrel that tha oounty haa
produced something tnat local naturat
late hav never seen or heard of before.
Som barbarous man shot the pretty.
Innocent 'thing and Imagine h -- did
somtblng smart. ' I , a
Th Baker City Herald tell ai queer
story of th modus operandi of a horse
thief of Baker City. H keep on band
a bunch at cheap caynaaa, and when h
captures a valuable animal ha kill one
of hi cheap horses, out out a plo of
hi skin bearing tha brand, also re
move a Ilk piece from the stolen horse,
graft th other patch of akin In lta
plac and so efface proof ot ownership.
This may be a . substitute t for a fish
story. - - v ' ; ' , - - '
. -, ' To Kit by th raata..
, , ' From th Memphis Scimitar. .
Th man who hasn't been selling some
thing that he hasn't got. or buying some
thing that ha never expects to have act
ual poaaeaalon of. Is not particularly
worried at a report of a panio by .Wall
strt ' i
T k e'Cau e c o f ;
Appendicitis7'";
From the National Review. ' . v
' Tha recent ' Huxley Jectur delivered
by Sir William Macewen baa one again
raised the oft-r scarring question so pain
ful' to the public:' Why la appendtoltla
so common at the preeent tlmet This
affliction spare neither age nor sex.
and It Is equally dreaded In palace and
cottaga.. The king haa been among lta
victims, nor hag It neglected, the pitiable
vagrant on the embankments Aa Infant
of seven weeks haa recently succumbed
to the baneful Inflammatory . process,
while a medical baronet long past tha
allotted span of three acora yeara and 1
haa happily fought a successful fight
against appendicitis. ' Tha Idl girl with
out definite employment succumbs, as
also does tha soldier on active service.
The school boy la particularly prone.
J-and the affection does not Ignore th
high dignitary of the church.- Can It
be that tha email blind tube placed
within tha abdomen has auddanly be
come rulnerable to assault, or 1 tt that
there . la soma peculiarly potent . fore
now at work . which, did not formerly
axlatT It is not to be denied that mora
accurate diagnosis haa led to aa ap
parent Increase in tha number of. ease
Of : the complaint Peritonitis, or-. In
flammation of tha lining membrane of
th abdomen, haa always been a common
and a dreaded malady, bat tha precise
cause of tha Inflammation haa fre
quently been entirely overlooked in, the
past, and tqday It la the opinion or moat
medical practitioners that considerably
more than on half of th cases of
peritonitis r primarily attributable to
an Inflammattaa of th vermiform ap
pendix. - It la auch an every-day oc
currence that w almost wonder not why
our closest friend hag been - struck
down, but when our turn may come. ; v
-It may not 1 therefore altogether
without Interest to review aom of th
known oue -of appendicitis, and e
how they may b avoided. Although
this Is strictly a professional subject
yet to be forewarned la to be forearmed,
and thla must b th excuse for discussing-
It Som peopl would atlll
sem4ajcherlah tha Idea that fruit
stones and pip of all sixes, from .th
cherry ston to tb small appl pip. are
liabl to enter th cavity of th appendix
and there caus dire "havoo. - As regards
th chsrry ston thla Is pur fiction,
and th sooner it Is disposed )f the
better. When th reader realise that
th ntrane of th tub, which haa a
larger.- diameter than any other -part,
will hardly admit in' th normal tt
tb top of an unout cedar pencil. It will
readily b seen that ven a moderate
alaed cherry ston . would hav soma
difficulty in passing in. that smaller
foreign bodies Mty- gain access to th
Interior ot th ub is undoubtedly true,
but th jiumber of Instance in-which
auch hav- ctuUy been .discovered
within th diseased appndlx-1 com
paratively amalt A single duek "hot
a . small f raa-ment of solder from a
Drusn.- a SptCUI zrom in unina; i so
enameled aaucepan. and an-ordinary phv
hav aU bean known to find their. way
Into th Interior .of th appendix, and
one ther such bodies may undoubtedly
Indue Inflammation In the manner sub
sequently. deoribdV' j j.4;,r:,
'v.WhU then admitting that ta t ftw
case extraneoua matters ot th char
acter and lxe 'mentioned may play som
part in th incidence of appendicitis, w
must seek a mor common caus for th
frequency ot th affection. Th. human
body 1 constantly harboring mloro-or-ganlam
which are ever ready-to attack
tha ttsauasrand ar ea pec tally capable of
doing ao whenever th person I below
par, or th particular tissue with which
they ar in contact haa suffered soma in
Jury. The micro-organisms, styled bao
terla, ar constantly taken in with food,
and more particularly ao In towna- Ba
in; thus perpetually reinforced, they are
continually multiplying, and abl to at
tack any undefended point. '
There la cerhaoa nothing which so
rtanda to assist their multiplication -and
so Increase their virulence hurried
andV irregular, meal Involving th re
tention of Imperfectly dlgeated food.
Then It la that the microscopical or
ganism will crowd into what may be
called tn backwater or th sppenaix,
her to stagnate and to develop a power,
ful poison, which, acting upon the walls
of tha tub, aeon produce inflammation,
which I evidenced by pain and all th
train - of symptom incident , to ap
pendicitis. ' " .. ' "i .''"
Take a day In th Uf of th ordinary
elty man, who, having risen somewhat
later than usual find it necessary to
hurry his breakfast perhaps vn to run
part of th way to tb station In order
to catch th train which will enable him
to keep an Important appointment He I
busy throughout th morning, and finds
that to gat thiaugh hi work aad en
able him to leave hi office at a respect
able hour in th afternoon, lunch must
be a cramble. though he la unwilling to
forgo hi usual full complement of di
vers food. On reaching horn h la too
tired to enjoy any healthy exercise, and
a third meal, 1 a, dinner, follow upon
th two previous badly digested meals
h ha already taken, with th result
that th Inevitable evil consequences fol
low. He may keep up this anwholeaome
rush for a while, but before long he will
feel th neoesslty for a holiday. Off he
goes and perhaps opens th ball with a
tousb. round of golf, or possibly a aerie
of hard set at lawn tennis, or, maybe
even a day sculling. Than ha 1 aud
danly attacked with appendicitis, -and
placed In considerable danger.
The moral la ' to cat one's meal de
liberately, , leaving time for the com
mencement of the process of digestion
liiiuuelns undue traJn 1 oar tn
liiiuuelna unau train 1 oar
muscle by rushing to th station, or the
mental faculties By any intellectual ei
fort auch as a smart financial transac
tion. I9ok again at th young debutant
who baa appeared at her first drawing
room. Hr subsequent season haa been
a full one, containing much to weary tha
flesh, , while tha mind ha not been In
active. She haa eaten jrich food often at
late hour, with th Inevitable reeult of
Indigestion, and tn dn time appendioitla
Lastly, turn to th child of .th poor, fed
on atrociously Unsuitable food, th mer
Infant having exactly th earn It
parent and how can wa wonder that it
should fsll a prey to th ever-ready bac
terial force. It will thu be realised
that the- medical -profession- look upoa
th modem )if of rush, strain and .worry
with unwholesome diet and irregular
habit a ona of th principal cause of
th Increase of appendicitis, aad It be
lieves that those who wish to avoid this
ailment must liv mor plainly, take
matter mor easily and pay greater at
tention to what nature- proclaim a a
rational existence. Remember that one
tuck of appendteltia I liable to b fol
lowed by another at an unknown Inter
val., and th survivor of th first may
succumb to tk second. " A haa. been
suggested, much ean be done to avoid
the onset of the attack, and possibly
evn if It haa com to a head, car in
diet, regularity, ot arcls and an In
telligent, well-ordered ' life. snsjrsrv
t postpone, or vn prevent a ieoond
prostration. . ' ; 1 .
:The" operative treatment -of appendl.
cltla has two tnaia objects, via, to re
lieve the urgent symptoms during the
out attack, and to prevent 'any pos
sibility of a recurrence of the mischief.
Th gravity of th operation necessitated
during-th attack by tha urgency of the
symptom aria-not"so-nnuoh from ths
operetlv- . measures - themselves, but
owing to -the peritonitis which accom
panies appendlcltie. .Should.' however,
th acuta -. Inflammation subside, an
operation ean than be undertaken, to re
more th .offending organ. - Tha opera
tive meaaurea In tble quleecent stag
r almost without a death rata, tha
operation, tn fact If skilfully performed,
being lean dangerous to lit than th re
tention of the.tub, whloh 1 ever liable
to a fresh lnoidene of inflammation,
the result of which cannot b prophesied.
Th conclusion of th . whol .matter
would seem, therefor, to be avoid the
obvious causes of appendicitis hav Ira
mediate professional attention on th
first aymptom of an attack and sub
mit to th removal at tb tub if o ad.
vised after tha a cut etagw tzaa paseed.
ao aa toavold Ah danger of any-recurrence,
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The ;Play
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The Holy City," presented for th
first Urn la Portland yesterday by tb
Columbia Stock company; 1 a durtlnct
Innovation. It 1 not only-th ; first
wholly sarloug wort -atUmpUd by this
favorite organisation, hut a play that
go a llttl further than moat Bibli
cal creation for th staa In th effort
to b realistic. It smacks f Mrs.
Flsks's "Mary of Magdala." even to pas
sagas of dialogue, but le bolder bolder,
la fact- than any of ' tb modem dra
matlo production written around ' th
tragedy of th centuries,
- Th characters of th Magdalene th
disciples Peter, Judas, Jam and John,
and Pilate, Lasarus, Calaphaa. Rebecca
anil others are introduced. . Th Mas
ter In on seen la uppodly pear at
hand. ' HI .trial la pictured from th
portico of th Judgment hail. - Th
laat supper 1 described Just without
th door or Martna a noma, tjoaraciera
on lhaataaa watch, hlm-perform-mlra-l
clea so near la th Dlvln hepberd.
whli' on or two ar performed aven
upon th stage, wlth.th Christ sup-posdly-Jooklng
upon - th - persons
cland. ' :- - . - .
. . Th play la wonderful tor It bold
ness of treatment- It . impreeslv at
mosphere, th beauty : of its diction
aad th perfect manner In whlchcrlptu
ral quotation arer iaterwoven with th
action. All' at the sacred things -are
handled and aaered theme discussed In
a way that render Impossible ihe chars;
of saorlleg. -The story opens when th
Christ -had first com Into prominence
through Ula miracles when tha Mag
dalene was most acarlat and defiant
and closes with th ascension. ,11 in
cludes a vivid repreeentatlon of - th
awful tempest which followed th cruci
fixion. V -1
- "Th Holy City" Is a mighty produc
tion for a stock company to undertake,
and the fullest credit belong to William
Barnard- for tha magnificent manner of
hi staging-." In this connection praise
must also be given -Soenta Art st - King
for hi beautiful picture ..fiva la ura-
Th liat of performer 1 ioari With
th Naxaran. himself concealed fTom
view, tha central- character la Mary of
Msgdala. ' It I th heavleet vol Cath
rln Countia haa played and to my
waw nf hln1rln . aha nraved Herself
equal to Its requirement. At first sh
gave a forceful plctur or -we aeartat
Uvry7of ln." Abandon. ' lndlffrno
to all aava luxury, and cold-heartedneas,
wer imenta easily portrayed .y her.
Th keynote ot th character sh strike
In these lines, which serv also, as a
worthy example of , th diction ot
Thoma Broadhuiafg masterpiece:
Tls women like myaalf whe ruiitt
world. ' v -
W smile, and at our feat ar laves who
:. kis, , -:..
Our garment's hem-Wber wappar
w vanquish.
Men dl and wonts weep because of aa
For fair Delilah's amorous lip and eyes
Th mighty Samson paid with strsngth
and Ufa: -V
For beauteous Heleh'sfac high Ilium
;- fell
And proud Andromach ' Vept bitter
-. tears - '-' - - v
In Cleopatra' swarthy arms gret An-
tony loat '' ''
And deemed well lost th empery of th
world.. ' ' ' '--;-r - -)nto
th wanton's lap the whole earth
. pour . - '
Its wealth of gold and gems and all
thing beautiful, . "
la never-ending stream. . Sh' drank
' - with power. ' - - '-'"-' -7- " -Her
foot Is on th neck ot th universe.
For, call her by what nam y may
----Helen, - . ';:'-rZ.,iZ' ' :
Delilah, Kgypt, Mary th cartt
--woman-
I conqueror still. But oh, th price
w pay! I:- .
Th pric our vary soulsl ; .
., & ..... . . . , . 1- ; ..!..'". - 1
. Mlcah 1 describing th renting of a
wanton Int th Master's ilght, rr
T Mlcah They brought th . woman to
Him and said. "Tls Moses1 law that such
stoned ba What aayest Thouf
- Mary What answer mad He themT
Mlcah H aaidj lt him among you
without sin th first ston cast at her."
Mary Dost hear, SllenuaT. "Let him
among you without sin." How well He
know thy sex! . Did one among them
darT -- - - -. i -, . - - ,,v :: --r-
Mlcah Not dn,f ' V.
, . Mary Th. dogs! . t know ' them
whlted tombs, all fair without within
unclean. Lip servers, flmug hypocrite.
They make us what w ar and then
would stone" ua '1 The woman, what- of
hrT -''- t.:.
Mlcah TO her He Answer made, and
said, "Go thou and sin no mora" .
Mary "Go thou and aln no mora"
He knowe'th womaiC too, thl Nasarena
That word hath bound her soul to . Him
foray. ..- . ...-. - - ' ,, .
i- It 1 here that th Magdalene's repent
ano begins, and Miss Count Iss, be tt
aid to her credit work out th revolu
tion very effectively. . , ; ; ...
Th second remarkable eh'aract of
th play la Judaa Iscarlot- Impersonated
by Mr. Bernard. Tha latter play htm
as a weakv-aowardly, cringing follower
of th Naxaran from th start. . He car
ried out thl conception o sincerely. In
fact that In th early passage I thought
h sometime wa almost to -sever oa
th old disciple. But It was a highly
artlstle and finished performsnoe, with
a climax Judas' remorse, madness and
suicide that - waa . positively JekyU
Hydelsh. There 1 a piece of buslnsss
In Act II worthy Of special comment
namely, th die gam In which Judas
participate. Few author would hav
thought of thu rvllng th betrayer
varlcioua natura .1 . : "n
Mr. Bowles applied Ms art conscien
tiously t th Apoetl Peter, ahowlng up
solsndldlr th weakness of the man, al
though tb weaknesses, too. It seemed
to me, hava'ntieen developed rather to
arty. . 1. , - -' v
Mr, Baume appears as Barabbaa,
; 1 h3 President fl
Wiskea
" By Rev. ' Thomas " B. " Gregory.
.- I offer th following thoughts,, not as
a politician, but as a plain American,
who lovea hi country and ardently
hopes for It continued prosperity and
peace. , - ,.. 1--i r-
I cannot help feeling 'that If ur
eountry la to endure It must eontlnu t
reet upon tha old basis, tbtf good and
wis foundation that was laid by.th
fathara '., -.' ' 1 .' i ' j 1
It is a matter 'for regret to. every
patriotic American that on of the f
sign of the 'times sign so' plain that
ha wha understand hletdry cannot ,pos- v
Ibly he deceived in tbem ar anything' j .
but sncouraglng. .' ,'.,., .? .,
I would respectfully call th-reader"
attention to th headline of thl article.
"Th Prldnt WUhea" 1
,Vry harmless worda' thy would,
seem to be; and yt th Ida, lurking In -those
words 1 dangerou la tha attm -to
th foundation principle of th great 1,
constitution that wa devised at Phila
delphia and later on "ordained and estab
lished" by th atatea -... j, - !.;
' Befor attempting to Show hw' thl v
la let m tell how It la that 1 am using
th phras in queet'on. - . - -t
It will remembered that, when the'
congress met th other day la Washing
ton, there was considerable talk aa ' to, :
whether th tariff waa to b raviaad. ---To
th question, -What ar yon going to
dot" vral of th congressmen replied, '
"W r going wait until w can"
Und out .what th president wtshe .
are." -. ; - , " A .
"Th president's wishes!" . ' -
I thpusiht to myself. "Thar la death, .
and destruction In th Idea, and aa a .
lover of my country 1 am tremendously
sorry that such an idea 1 abroad la th
land.- - -. - : ' - -r" .
- Th ma who mad th constitution :
mad It ma that-th government .to b
created by It should hav thre depart--ment
the legislative, th-Judicial and -tha
axaeutiva tha , department that -should
mak tha Jaws, ,th department ;
that should determine with th .constitution,-
and, finally, tha department that , '
hould nforo th law a mad anijl ap--r
proved. v i : ; ' , . . ". ' ; . lv. . ,'
Common sense and Justle would tell
lis that these dejrt ment r.iob.
mutually exoluslvs. each attending to its
own business, each refraining from any -attempt
to attend to .the business of4th u
other. '.: fc :- -
. By no other arrangement - ean th .
spirit and Intent of th constitution b .
preserved; by no other arrangement ean ,
th government created by th constitu
tion ba maintained.-. , - ' .
. With th Judiciary epartment tefllnr -tha
legislative department what laws It .
should pass; and th leglslatlv depart- .
ment telling the Julelary what interpret--tatlon
It should glv ot-,th teOngr-....
lonal statute; and wlth'th executive
department dictating; to ths" Uwmakera '.
and to th law Interpreter what course,
they should pursue. It 1 plain that it
would not be long before ' fh busines
would b Involved In hopele confusion.:-"
Let th shoemaker stick to his laat"
- A conarressman 1 th rr entatlve
ot hi atat in It federal relationshlpa
and aa such it 1 hi busines. together
with th-reprantatfV i ef th - other
i -i . . ,M.t mm hA, M.
utiea, w wb uvm - . I
latlonshlp shall aeenr "to lemand; anL 11
h should hav no occasion, a h aliy4 J
haa ho' rlsTht; uo . bsx-r waiunsTxor 'tns .
exeonerve-braneh th srvrnmet to ,
signify it "wish" In tha ea "-
In thl country the chief executive 1 .
not a monarch: ha I -almplytha -chief
executive; and fata offlc ia not to .snake
the lawa but to apply them after .they .
shaU hav bean mad-foe h)n by th ,
congress and expUlned by tb supreme '
court - - - p-Lf-t- i'A
- By all means, then, if wa would -have o
our government endure even on third --
long as om other j govrnmnta- have ,
endured, let th shoemaker stick, ta hi
last- f-"" " .,.-tv--j--.'.'-r?.4.c-" . " ;
If we era to realise th nobl dream of
the father. "An tadetruetlbl union of
indestructible states," w will - need
Jealously to safeguard th Idea ofc he ;
mutual xelulvene and independence
of th thr Tat department of .onr
federal govemmentr -rr. -
Jewish patriot not tha Barabbaa who
waa crucified. He love th Magdalen
and On of his passionate cn with br
In th flrt act caud v murmur-in
tha auditorium that meant distinctly
"S-h--o-k!" Mr. Baume' voice serves
him well In this role, aad h give an
effectlv interpretation of th author' ;
Idea a Barabbaa who thinks -long- and
well befor surrndrlng absolutely to -tb
wish of tha reformed Magdalen.
Mm m.ini.i rmmA tha eomaaratlv-
Ml. '
ly few lin ot th Apoetl John beutl-
ruliy. - Jar. jssrreu was mutov
lenus, the debaucher. Mr. Dill (Cala-
phas). played th trial cn with good ,
effect Herbert Ash ton. engaged for th
occasion, made a great impression a ina
centurion and Mr. Beaton did Splendid
bit sa,ZachsxlM.-,.. v --y -..- . --
ui.. u,..Ht aricah.- tha dlaalnated
yoaag Jw, aava a good idee, at tb In
tense skepticism which existed agalat
th Christ Bmallr part fU tou
rette, Allen, blanch Douglas. Ror r-
nara and vot rtersaro. a n- ,
danced arracefunA during aoeneot
revelry, 1 . f
Last night's performance waa badly
marred by.th faUtJr of a large number ,
of upernumerartea to put In. their hp- ,
. n-k. m,mm a. ainofll-thnrS-
ky mob---woaan Md-xhlldren -Thla.
waa a misrortuna wnrc-h y vm...,
be remedied.
L. l la alt fl;a aafrd !!.. "
It hould b. no matter how monotonous
It 0OOmeV.Dt na HI u aia 11m. vm.Mwi )
Interlude aa though they had forgotten
refaearsatItr Isn't at all Ilk tham. .
' i TJMMMD TMM JmVTHMWCM. ' . i
r--" - . ..'."U -,ghUaSSSSaaW "' J r " -"f Vf"- "
v "Rudoiph ' nndAdol?h.-whtctr servM J
many rear a tha vehiielaaf Mason artd
Mason, rs ne more btelng presented sin
Portland. It 6pend s,n naagemntt ,
th Kmplr yetrdyi and played to
very- large iudlenoe trv afternoon and
evening. ' . .V ;
It w well receive !, th , comical
antic of th "Dutch romio. who ar -
ikii'mr hv-Harrv Went
and Harry M. Prte. ralllln torth much
t... n,aat mrm ftntSi well no In their
dialect and handled-tha amusing scenes
which arts from mistaasn laenmriin
a very creditsble mnnar.'Th songs of
th leading comedian went very . weill.
Other epeoialtiss introduced wer onks
and eoeentrlc dancing by Robert -jB.
MoV wh play . the) Hebrew gasman,
and songs by Beaale Phillips, th.su
bratta Tb latter us th old "Sammy
Idea from 'The. Wiseird of Oa -that of
singing to th boxesi which ha "grown
to somewhat of a "jhetnnt" her Thtf
oth.r women of 1th company, sirs
Dbrothy Scott and Gertrude Taylor, who
ar -comely,' and Ada Henry, th last
named playing th' Inevitable Irish cook.
nuaoipn ana Aaoipn , wiij run nntu
Wednesday evening.
KACB WHITITBT
. From th Wt hinjrton StAr." f 1
Th talk of punishing French dualists
seems needless and vlndtetlva French
duelists never did sobody, an tMm
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