The Oregon daily journal., January 22, 1905, Image 34

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N , SUNDAY v JOURNAL', : PORTLAND, SUNDAY UOfeNXNO,: JANUARY C2. U.
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". By MRS. JOHN A.fXOOAN :.'-r-:v,;V; -y TV.';;
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10M, ky the - SerieB-Joi
1 EianlMr.) "
TH TlfR antebellum Idave thera.-waa
J,. far behind the times "Wsj-hlng-'
i ton. D. C '. During t th rebellion
people began., to 'bo aroused .to.th feet
that the city waa wanting In everything
Mvaun for the health and attrao
tlveness of a national capital, and many
.. improvement were" made that were lm
'. peratlve for. the sudden Increase-of the
, population.'
However, it was not until the '70s,
after the nation had rallied' somewhat
, from the burdens of a gigantic civil war.,
that the full forrf of the needs of
Washington -was fully appreciated. A
- few bold, spirits among the permanent
residents. Undertook the prodigious tank
of recteemlng the -city, from tbe slough
of despond and degeneracy Into which
It had fallen. 'They secured the passage
of a bill .creating a territorial govern
ment . for., tho District of Columbia.
Alexander 8hepherd waa appointed
governor by General Grant, then-pres-
ildent. - ',,. r.v-,.. -.:..
i . A board of 'public "works was organ
lied."" who, prepared the v wonderful
schemes which have mad Washington
' the magnificent city It Is today. -1 There
are a few people stiU living who wlt-.-
nessed tbe heroic struggle of Governor
,- Shepherd and his associates against the
formidable -opposition" which they an
' . countered In the execution of thelr-gl-gantlo
plana.. ,. :. .:.
Th i first move of 'equalising v the
gradesf the pity, leveling the semi
mountains' upon which, part ot it was
built, lifting the other part from the
low level of swamps, eatabltahlng as
near as possible uniformity of surface
' -for the streets and avenues,- removing
the ' unsightly, '. tumbled -down market
places and other dilapidated buildings,
cost- many a hard fought battle, not
always bloodless.. Both the parties of
progress and- remonstrant appealed "to
A. Creature f or t emperature
- By PROF. 'EDGAR ;. L. JAA R K I N.
: lilt Human beings are mere crea
turea of temperature. A slight
Increase or decrees In heat wilt
end them all. - And th standing
wonder of geologists and astronomers Is
how It was possible that the giant powers
or nature snouia oe so aoncmicijr nwuicm
that a creature so frail as man could
' appear In tht midst of ths cosmlcal
scene dt turbulence, upheaval and unrest.
The colossal forces of nature that
"wrought during so many million of
year to build ( th existing - sidereal
' ' structure, had t be nuanea into almost
complete, silence and quietude that -an
, organlam-so;easy to die-might develop.
; ' People diet with heat at- time when"
th thermometer reaches IOC degrees i
. but this I only half th' temperature of
boillngwter. And they would all. die
- at the f lyeslnr polnt. of water without
' clothing and artificial warmth. Between
death from cold and heat there is -per -r
Jiapa a.. range JMC abot, 100. degrees on
. i the arenhelt scale.j But .a. degre Is
i m small things jOur xlatenc'' fr-
cartoua. - - '' '- .J
.34 begin wlth;jn"chemlcal making up
- our bod Ire cave slight affinity for eaeli
-other. Th absolutely unknown- entity,
-llfo esuseav tbens to hold together;
" but g little' beat 'or a Uttl cold will
, drlv out the -fleeting mystery.' " r !
l'jThOua jnust we: trsnquit-that' mn
roay liv at'all.,.w.Thus th golar surface
la In a turbulent state, with the ex
plpalortav Jets and whirlpools of whit hot
hvArnrert. helium and gaseous metate
occurring all the time.- They-now keepj
us alive; nut jet in sun irvro muj juwv,
-- Internal qr-external, increase or decrease
Its radiation by t small amounts, then
llfe'would vanish from; tn eartn,
, Op, let our sun. known , to be moving
7
. From th New Tork Sun., ; . .
I HAT stock yarn of th funny
4w
- men about th. young reiiow
being booted out ' of the
: house, down th step and
! half-way aero -ah ttet by th Irate
- he' always Irate father of th girl
1 ( iwhoM'ihaad ln marriage the young man
' has raqucsted, ls-t ill " doing J service,
hut ther was a mighty diverting rever-
. ami -of . the altuatlon at my raciory a
.llttl white ago.1 said a New Jersey man
v ufaoturer who-. operates large painl-
-i -making - plant. --, - 1 - - - .
---jchn. .tb father of th" pretty 37-
- yar-old girl that JIbb-' wanted Jim -ta
li. a flrst-class color mixer, and ' gets
high wage was. In his younger days,
' one of th ' best catchwslght pugilists
in New Jersey. He.U still under 40,
; ' and la pretty nearly as handy with his
' " duke today as he was when b used to
; partlplpat In regular fights around New.
ark and Patterson and Trenton. - , ,'
: "Jim had been th tlddy of John's
: daughter .for more than a year, although
. 'from t beginning, it appears. John had
. entertained a sort of grouch against Jim.
. - For on thing, John thought his daugb
' : j ter too young to marry. - ' . ---But
th girl was fond of Jim, and
' her father completely failed In .his at-,
V tempt to shoo Jim from th girl's side
When the situation- at her borne became
' so trained that Jim bad to remain away
. from ther 'for a white, they met some
where else, , as lovers do and wIlL I
'should mention that Jim 1 a powerful
- young fellow, nearly six feet high, with
, th arm and torso of a blacksmith.
. "On -morning. 'about three week ago,
-1 noticed that ther was a pretty hard
and aet look about Jim' Jaw, and "so,
- when th nooq whistl blew. 1 wan not
- (. surprised to .observe Jim stride over to
'. John, whe we Working just outside the
- - office, with a very determined air. -. .
.-"Top, said JUn'to John In a ton
' that sounded perfectly manly nd re
' apectful to me. 'itin an' me hav bee
' ( ready t become side pardners ft keepa
, How 'bout It T J' thought I'd ast you.
(
f "O'wsn,- you cub.
i'a' ei
I bet
temptuous reply to Jim. 'you'd better
wait'll you learn how to strop a rasor
f shav yaelf . with before you git t'
chew In' 'bout marryln- anlp of a young
nn that hasn't had her hatr tucked un
der her hat f r raore'u six month or
a. . Anyhow, you won't do, seer
. . !"-'l won't. JieylMnaulrtd Jim. his face
beenmtng pretty ruddy. ; -.'Whafg Mb
' matter with- me, Jieyr '-'.-
" 'You won't dor that' all.', was John's
reply. Tou'rs' on thes feller that
they say about, "He e all light, hut he
won't do, see r
" Hay. look a-her,1 " said ' Jim, "then,
.flaming Into hot wrsth. If you wsan't
'an old stiff an'-a has-ben, I'd. band
you a swift poke In y'r off lamp, d yej
. know thatr
"'Veu would, would. your said John,
congress,' and both llclte4ncouraire-t
ment-ln that body.
mHut fortunately for posterity the pro
gresslv element succeeded and In ' sH
brief time -after the passage of the ap
propriations . for beautifying washing
ton a brilliant carnival wa beld tot
celebrate-iba . paving ...of i Pennsylvania
nve
venue, from the' white House to the
- l ranltol. The much deenlsed-and tra
oucet movers in inv great ww di'jiiiii
to be respected.' Cltutens. visitors and
temporary sojourner . oegan to sing
their praises. .- The croakers and tumb
ling blocks gradually disappeared. Not
withstanding the short duration of the
territorial government, additional appro
prlatlons were made' and' enthusiasm In
the onward march of progression con
tinued until now It wjuld . require stu
pendous courage, for anyone,-"no' matter
how strongly wedded to traditions, to
utter a cry against th plana for greater
Improvement In the. sanitary conditions
and 'embellishment of 'the capital In
which every citizen of the United State
should be interested.' I :
"President Roosevelt In his message
to coDgreaa -,, has-presented . th whole
question of - the needs, of the. capital
of our-great republic i eloquently and
patriotically, and It la to b hoped that
hi -rcomnwdtten--may- .find- hearty
supporters to 1 th end- that thr , city
may become the most superb In the
whole world, -.It can never be a great
commercial .city, and It 1 well It Is so
situated a-eographlcally - that ' can
never be. It is essentially political,
educational, v scientific - fend diplomatic
center. , . ; . . '.' - - "- . .
The government ha In Its possession
the finest -collections In the world for
th' steady of th professions, science,
political economy and the resource of
th country. In th completion of the
universities projected It must become
Lthe' best of air Tlats fur students. Th
administration or us municipal aiiairs
la the safest lath world and can never
pa demoralised by Influences --which
with Its retinue , of worlds, . about 11
mile per' second, , draw Jnear any other
aun. then w would be burned alive.
There I tittle danger Of this, for ' th
nearest neighboring-sun I , 000, 00 miles
a way. Our' sun Is, however; maying In
th general direction of tn lmmeeae siip
Verga. But th attractions -of other
suns will probably draw It aside before
If. gets.there.' ;,v,"r" '.'.
It Is known that dark bodies in s pad
so faj- outnumber - the shinlnr one that
the bitter are scarcely worth mentioning.
Let bur solar system draw ncmron, o(
these whose mass might' be anywhere
from W to 100 or 1,000 times greater than
our sun. Then would pult tn eartu
Into space at the absolute sero, or Ml
degrees below jfreealng . on tha .Fahren
heit basis. All- life woald end. ' 4
r;.But-w--ar(. not-near anyuch body
now, for all th planets, even iNeptune,
revolYei ftround' th un fin. exact time
In order to And other human Beings
.
e!sewnere'ntonar'tiiilveiH:,-lhey
mn,, miiiuni aw lh-4
must live oa worlds the same sis and
mass as th earth, with about the aame
quantity and quality , of a In-and also
water.' And ibs humanised VofldS must
move around and.be W.OOHOOO mile dis
tant from any sun of th dimensions and
present temperature of our own. Theae
conditions -would, no doubt, be hard -to
nnd. About Ua.OOO.OOa.-auaau.appear.. on
pBOtogTaphgof'Oi""ntliwaky--Many
are much larger and hotter Tr smallev
mntt annlov than tun. It our earth re
volved at " S,0O0,O0d miles distant, from
either-class w could- not live. Let the
arth- get within that , distance pf . the
mighty suns, Canopua, Binus. Aretums
or Antarea, and th-ocean would turn
to steam; all wood on earth and plants
would burst Into flame. l
then,; with a derisive laugh, straighten
ing himself up aa tf awaiting an on
slaught, as he had don. mo many-time
In th pHs ring-. Why, you overgrown
lummox, you wouldn't vnaka a lunch fr
me. Ft two cent I'd tak a barrel
suve an' lather you todV-jrow-mullet
HYU i&k back thim names r IJll
lng' upon John threateningly and-then
it happened.'
"The old man struck hhvold-fashlond
puglllstlq. attltud and then mad
wlft dab for Jim' Jaw with- hia rlghL
' vjlm's jaw wasn't there, however.
Then Jim handed the man whose son-in-law
be wanted to be a left-hand, up
percut that mad John' teeth rattlei '
"Th two men hadn't been fighting
very long' before J aaw 'that, with all of
his prise, ring experience. John waan't
any match for Jim. : Leaving out th
difference between it year of age and.
aay, IS, Jim had been fooling with th
glove ever sine hi kldhood himself,
and he was familiar with ail of th
new kink In th .boxing game, whereas
John's, gams "was the old-fashioned
slugging sty la- . - -
'Jim knew-how to send In lightning
Jolts and then get away -without a come
back, whereas when John got in a good
clout he stood his. ground, old style, ami
had to endure a swift succession of re
turn Jab every time, which soon put
him all to th bad. After they , had
been at It for about five minute th
younger man suddenly sent in a crash
ing right hander which landed on John's
jaw and felled, him Ilka an ox.
rJobn lay prone for a good deal longer
than tbe count and when he cam to
and sat ' up,. . his face covered with
bruises and hard bump, Jim was stand
ing over htm, ...f ' ' -v
- Pop, said Jim, . resuming -the re
spectful tone with which- fee had first
addressed him. NMln an' me's figgerin'
on makin' a double up sketch of It 'long
'bout th' middle; of January. How 'bout
11 1
T
rT'r 1 all tlghC kid.' said . John
heartily, scrambling to his feet and
Muimin tiut wig nam! tu Jim ana Trwr
took - the -hand and shook- it- heartily.
Mi n 1 yours- anny time y want her.
8ay. wher did y" pick up that pivot
wing that you landed On- m left' eye T
And they fell to talking amicably about
new kinks intna'way of boxing blow.
and kept It up until lh whistl blew
f of the hands to resume work '
- -'Jlnv. has already put - In - hie- applica
tion, for two week leave, and he and
Mln will make a double up sketch of it
this month, with John at tb church to
glv his daughter away." - , --
-t-
from Puck. " "
Ultle, Clarence Pa, what to an optim
T '.". - ; v
Mr. CalTi per s An optimist, my son.
Is a person who doesn't rsre what hap
pens if u doesn't happen to him
- w,,,MSaMaw. " " I---- ill
ffert""b'ther cliles so sWl'ousIy.'TEvcry
condition tendsfvrftrther the schemes
for th improvement., and beautifying
of Washington. It should bl-th pride
or every senator and representative to
make it the! most Imposing, the best
governed, . the . most healthful and the
tuoKt attractive city in th whole world.
Wpnderful strides have been mad In
the past decade by the Introduction' of
TupraranirTSclimeirpuBnrscho6nf,
suppresalon of vlce.. housing pf 'poor,
etflarglng Its -rhsrlties and the general
betterment of th condition of Its cltl-
SiflS. - t . y;-:
' Kncouraglng th development' oV su
burban towns and' thereby relieving the
congesiea siate or some sections or th
city. Is -not among th least important
feature for the- future' welfare of the
people and th elty. - - .,-. K - i ...
Buperaedlnr the t14 J barracks ' and
sltsntles that have been occupied by- the
negroes with th modern three and four
room flats, which hsve been constructed
on sanitary and, modern plans-by th
Washington Sanitary Housing company,
will work .wonder In the way of baau
tlf.ylng .th city and decraslng the
mortality of Its) citlsens. 7 1
V Th magnificent plana for extending
and embellishing the- numerous park
will some day be carried out, notwith
standing the protest of Hon. . C. Can
non, th4 faithful guardian t the treas
ury. Though young . and vigorous h
must In tlma pass to hU reward, and
th indications sre-.that .eeiibray la not
to be the watcn-wdrd ot t Americans
durtng th Zftth century. , v 1
tOoprrtght, 1MB. by W. K. Beent)
ELL may th headlin in the
papers make men pause and
ask themselves, f What Is
-th mantnr-of-uch-nw
In th twentieth century in the-world
greatest capital?-,' Forty. thousand per
sons on ine verge ox eiarvauon um tm
the condition of West Ham, on of the
largest suburb pf Liondon. "Thirty; thou
sand peopl ar receiving pauper rener.
th district Is wholly industrial, and
most of th labor unskilled. Out of ths
total- population- of .-270,000 there arc
7,000 general laborers, 1.000 dock -and
wharf laborers, and about 2.000 coal-
leavers and potters-. 1.000 messengers
and. workers or tnat mass, ana rrom s.vvv
to 4.000 unskilled men- connected With
constructive trades, white several more
thousands ars employed in factories en
gaged In fluctuating season trades.
Never has such distress prevailed. Re
lief Works hav been atarted, but so In
adequately -tnat tn money proviaea is
but a drop- In th ocean of want and
starvation. ' Private charity is being dla
pensed. but the laborers' ar everywhere
clamoring for assistanc .from govern
ment funds, and th cruel euffsrtng
grows anac with the bitter cold. -W
ar inclined to ask with Nehemlah, "Why
should- th work oeas7"
It Is a question.. that no Intelligent
I -ItlsM-n - laasv - n"air'n- I'hwlatltni
citlxn,-and least of all the- Christian,
r ''"'". " " " 7 .. .Z
can aiiw hiljmh. w utvwuvp. v
th most tremendous and Inevitable
emblem that face us today. It Is the
Inexorable bread problem; which must be
txdved omnow. It s quite trwe-that
'men doe not liv by oread alone," but
be cannot live without bread, and If h
la to reach, out toward those higher veri
ties which are held out to him h must
at any rat hav th ordinary wanta and
peeessjtlev of life satisfied before he can
attained higher alUtddea flhought All
nhlloaonhv starts from th food auea-
Ltlon, and no philosophy, or religion can
afford to overlook .it. None of u wbo
hav seen men fight Ilk wild beaats at
th dock gate, for work can forget for a
moment- how . gigantic is tner trouDie.
Scores of thousands! of prm In London,
willing to work. Iiih no)thlng to do.
When Tou hav stated that case you
have stated th most tragic fact under
heaven. ... .! .- . . -
. Th day before yesterday a reaervist
was 'charged at Maidenhead for refusing
to perform' his allotted task at tha local
casual ward. He told the maglstratai
that h had tramped (00 mile In fruit
less search for work. H had refused to
perform his task In order that he might,
b sent to prison, and his army papers
showed '-that ha had born a good char
acter. H wag ordered a weak impris
onment. ' i "- i i '
. There are force at work In society to-'
day, - sanctioned by conventional eco-j
nomio Ideal, which often make-it easJ
ler to live bv crim than by virtue- and
fth serloo mlhchief is everywhere ap
parent 'that -w- giv -mn an .-laeai ,m
honestv which the facts of his llf Ir
ITT T
W:,
resistibly oppose, and that in doing aoijcrop.
J?ioneer
NTON, Or, ffan. lT-Llvlng on
r- hl homeataad, about.- three
mile east of Union, on. which
be has resided over 40 year,
ta Mosea Lor, a French-Canadian. He
was born about '40 miles from Montreal,
October li, 1.02.', and carried off th
prise at th reunion of old folk at Baker
City last August lor oeing mt wom
person present. -
1 Having raacnea mannooa, young ,Mr,
with - three companions, embarked by
canal and river transportation n rout
to St. "Louis, wher b says h found
time good and money plentiful. 1 Her
he worked for a -time on a Mississippi
river steamer, hut being desirous of ex
nloltina th west he engaged with th
American Fur company, which waa about
to start on one of its annual hunting and
trapping expedition to th Rocky moun
tains, -.-rrr
Going west with th American Fur
comnanr to lta rendesvoua near Fort
rHali, Mr.' Lore aay th trip wa .pleas
ant, but in th vicinity of Fort Hall tney
encountered many - Indlahs, soma of
whom wer bloodthirsty and determined
upon having their Uvea Had It not been
fur th In flume exeriedTrver-th chtefrt
by tb men in charge of tb fort, th
traveler - would 1 doubtless hav been
1' The centenarlsn Snys he can well re
member how aome of th 'young war
riors tor-thatr hair, lacerated their 'fleeh
and cried la manifestation of their des
peration and anguish a -not being per
mitted - to-- slaughter- the newcomers,
whom they regarded as Intrudsrs;
In th following spring h Joined 'a
party bound for Salt Lake on a trapping
expedition, but coming In contact With a
man who had been trapping In that lo
cality and gave bad report of it, the
parly, separated- for th purpose of en
gaging In other pursuit. Mr. Lor re
turned to Fort HslL but soon after en
gaged with, another trapping outfit and
came farther west, operstlng for a time
tn the vicinity of Payette, Idaho., in
which locality he engaged with a pack
train bound for Walla Walla; after which
he returned again to Fort Hall.. From
Fort Hall he then went to Ureen River,
; ' t ' '; ' i la Mcmortata ' ' j
rngoJori Ttomaa, 1905
Power Of architect, power of painter and
aculptor and bard,
Living forever In iempl and picture,
ok l!
and statu and -song.
how the world. with ths light that
yst llt-la-nglrdled and j tarred
Brie was ths flam of your life, bui
'j . th lamps of your art burn long.
Wher U th mseter of music; and bow
has he vanished awayT j . '
, Wh ar th works that hs wrought
. in th air a a palace of dream? .
Gon all . gone like th light on th
. cloud at th close of the day! i
a Darknesa enfolds htm, and silence d-
cnds on the fields andth streams.
Once, at th war of hls'wand. all, (h
. . - billow df musical sound f . -"
FoUpwed his will, aa th Sea wag ruled
' by the prophet of old:' f ....
Now that hi hand la relaxed and th rod
"" haa' droppad. to th ground. '' ,
- Lojow stlg ar th shore whf th
V -- mystleaj harmonie rolled!
Nay, but not still ar th hearts that were
-. filled with that marvelous seat -Purer
and deeper forever, tn tide of
: their being shall rolL. '. , ' -
Sounding with echoes of Joy and of
thanks, O Master, tq. thee t
:.Kui frmiftal endura;m th depths
of th htimaif oiL '- . ."' '".7.V.
Henry Van Dyk in th Outlook. .
(LonJon Starvation "Army
B jr" LADY HENRY SOME RSE
w tempt him Into an awful -doubt d
1 despair of alt-virtue .. .j.. c a-
Not.longago-John Burn j startled Eng
land by saying that he wlahed that all
Inherit lea-could ceaee for elx months, for
men i.na retu state 01 ine country wouia
b mad manifest, and however teitlble
th conaequencea, wo ahould see with our
ye what our economlo conditions really
wer. At first It seemed to m that I re
coiled from, tha thought of th abyss of
misery whloh auctr-sy state of thing
would bring about, hut tb more I hav
thought of his proposition th mor I be
lleve It to be sound. Hitherto w hav
thrown tb responsibility for -tb solu
tion of our great problem upon private
philanthropy,; and-, this' via a' state of
things which; ought no longsr t be toler
ated. There-Is a growing and strong
protest' against Charity. - Men who ask
for bread ar given a stone that I to
say, th laborer who ask for hire Is
awarded a dole. To east a man who is
willing to wk and able to work upon
private' oharlty; however large-hearted
and generous 1 that charity- may be. Is
degradation,., Th finest work that phil
anthropy can do I not to give money,
hut; to create' public opinion, to raise
moral "Indignation which shall . compel ;
th government of our country- to rec
ognise f acta V Ther canv b no mora sa
cred work than this. -and it Is on in
which all. can Join tb millionaire and
th wage-earner ana their work Will be
all k valuables ''1- ?s 3 f
H 1a, " of course, Impossible or deny
that; ther I a large -claaa of loafers.
but this again demands combined acttorc-f
Th exlstenc of such a class la a grave
moral danger, and must be met and dealt
with, but these men do not form so
larga a part of th unemployed as Is
commonly aupposed. There are teha-ofjH
thousands -of men in- London- in reenact
of ; whom it is not 'a question of charac
ter, for their characters ar as good and
aa straight aa th men who govern th
land, but they ar -helpless under ex
isting circumstancea, . which) rise a a
flood-tide and ; drown -endeavor. - The
great point again! -which we, and every
body who has this thAigj at heart needs
to protest Is th old lalsaexfaire notion
that thla condition of things is inevita
ble.' - It is not -JWs Jhave a right to
expect responsibI statesmen and Intel
ligent men to grappl with th problem
of llf. Thar 1 nqjAdea so-aJ,helstJcal
s"'th thought thai vjl J a necessity.
If our -present economlo and Industrial
system ! can- glv us1- no batter results,
than that system must go. -I do not be
lieve that life- I bulltupon a blundor,
nor do 1 1 bellev that thousands of our
follow t features ar to be sacrificed, to
a condition of thinga, which has proved
Itself afallur. It la true that Utopian
Schemes and ill considered social ex
periments ar not llsbl to help us, but
what-w tieed la to gtat thw root which
produces the, mass of misery which wa
anouod us.1 slid' 1 then asla nation
radically to deal with thla disastrous
,TpperJ01t
thnc to Kootenai, from Kootenai to
Clearwater mission, wher be remained
about a year. From ther he accom
panied five Indians on a trip to th Wil
lamette valley, Oregon, to which plac
they went to tradahorse for cattle.
) In th Willamette valley be mat an old
man, v a countryman of his, - Jerwln
Snfckel. Her h concluded to ttle.
which hvdld, taking a homestead, and
soon after marrying Miss Marian' Alex
anaer. - This was in Marion' county,
about two mllesifrora th present town
of Oervala. Upon th discovery of, gold
tn California he sold hi plac for 1800
and followed tb rush to th gold fields.
- In th mine of California h fell sick,
and being unable 'to work - returned to
Portland. - Tb far for ' hi wife and
child and himself to Portland was $200.
Not being able to croi the Columbia
river bar, and having to cut a mast to
sav th ship, they landed at Vancouver
for repair.;.'.' 1?
From Vancouver Mr. Lor wnf to
ButtevlH and purchased another plac
on French prairie, where he lived for 12
years, . H bad hot received hi pay for
th cfalm h had sold, and as the man
hum lie had BuldluTdllla and nil
widow had sold ths plac for Il.tOO: mar
ried another man and left th country, he
neyerucceeeuUnIpca.tta
waa compelled to auffer th lose,
- Upon th discovery of gold in eastern
Oregon It emigrated to Grand Ronde
valley and operated a. pack train from
Th Dalle: and Umatilla to th Interior
Until 1102. Later, after having suffered
reverse of fortune, Mr. -Lor peddled
mining provisions through th csmps of
Idaho and' eaetera Oregon. At on time
on returning- from a trip to Rye valley
Mr. Lore' was held, up and robbed on
Burnt river, but by a clever ruse perpe
trated on th highwayman he was able
to retain about 110, whteb waa half of
what b had. Thla, however,- belonged
te another man, and waa delivered to Its
owner. - - . . r
i Mr. Lore has never spioked nor chewed
tobacco, never used tea or coffee In his
esrly life, and haa not taken a drink, of
liquor for i years. In thst time, how-
ever, he hag taken two drlnks.pt cider
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(Cwrrlxht. ioos.- by W. B. UeMt )
'- rd .t. vnil ditvi VrL
w Wv M Hriithera: women are poor,
downtrodden . - - creatures.
with no' outlet-. for thefr
abilities, and no chance t d anything,
Thnv liavt almnlv got to sit with thoti
hand lolded-i-Tommy. quit kicking that
rhalr. Anybody would think ydu wer
n- street hoodlum from youn waliners-i-
ldlei euplm. ehut out -Dy ineir jcx. xrptn
taking part In the glorious work of up
building th world and raising map
kind. 1 ,-. '- - .
If simply- sickening to think how
ve are rammed and crammed into
little hole, labeled 'feminine sphere,' and
the lid slammed down on, us. and w
nefret - set an opportunity to exercise
our I talents for pity's sake. M ary.
don't worry me about youf geography
lesson. Ask your tsacheror snow
what aeniuses jw really ar. '
..I'litH it isn't m if -a. woman hadn'
started 'things going In th first place.
I'd Ilka to know wher we'd all b now,
If It hadn't been for Eve'a enterprise and
spirit of investigation! -Still sitting
around : In th Oardee of Eden, doing
nothing, and If there's anything duller
than garden party wum no wen pw
gram,- and nobody with. any clothes on
worth mentioning. I'd Ilk to "know, what
lb is! That's all. You ma tak my
word' for It. Mrs. Bmltbera, that Aoam
would have let that appl bang there
until idoomsdar without having- enougn
curiosity to even And out If It was ripe;
and it's Evew w the Subway 'to,
and automobiles; and fashions, and all
T.
-- Tha establlahment of labor coldnle
I ittw considered by many-t be a great
panacea, but I do not bellev.inor do I
suppos L that their most enthusiastic
supporter will bellev that- they will
eventually sol v tb problem, - They will
b useful a a "training ground- for th
lnefflclent. but It la obviously unfair to
put' a man, who has apent th bast part
-of his -time In a city out on to a field
or farm and. expect him: to develop a
an agriculturist. . This method can only
bring a temporary relief. But In order
to dear adequately with th future, w
mutt . meet th-faet whlch-stare ua In
tn. face, L ' that w are an agricult
ural nation, and that our agriculture ha
been sadly neglected; therefor w muat
speedily bgln to open technical schools
for the' young, - wher 'agricultural in
dustry may be learned, during th yeara
when It not only can be mastered with
excellent - results, hut can be a yoy to
the child's free and healthy spirit. The
difficulty oC the whole question, to jny
mind, rests just nerej - - - , .
' Land In Knilud Iom not mr at
present, but that la because of th tenure
under,' which it 1 held. Chang that, and
I believe condition will. Improve at one.
could ' taaestabllab.hw rnarkettthe tnnllorles controlled by Kngland In-
centers, reduc thoot of transit and
fmprov -th - method " of distribution. I
Thousands of acres that': now, 11 abso
lutely- raiiew-eoul- be- cultivated.-and
million of pounds' worth pf dairy prod-
An..T 1 ' I 1 . - , 1 I . 1 .
wunjp, ai tnia moment. ta supplied a.o n
from abroad. ' To ieave -tha- land one-
tlbn where it is today, and to assert the
lnevltablerless of tb present social Hoed
ls-an Insult to common sense, nay, ' mora,!
1 an-lnaijlt to Ood.
- I am often surprised at 'hs Strang
Ignorance JvliTch " pervade Tour ruling
classes, who do not see that 'beneath all
tna misery and starvation which , is
spread over London- today 1 there la
great Inner storm brewing. iThey eeem
to m-to be much- in th toltlon of
th unfortunate French Queen Who.
when she heard, tha people-clamor for
bread, said. "If there Is no bread, why
not glv them cake r, Ther ar forces
at work which may break forth any day
Into on of tfh moat terrible social tem
pest that our land has witnessed. Ths
wild spirit, of revolt will at last protest
paalsonat human nature will t demand
Juatlce. and much as . w must loath
and abhor th criminal form Which auch
proteat .may possibly tak. th -day
must dawn when, unjeas brasd is given
to th multitude, they will claim It by
force. 1 It would be well If th man who
are giving of their million, and imaarln
lng that they ar 'helping th beopie,
would paus for "a moment, add ask
themselves whether 'that ' money - would
not be better spent by helping to recon-
-atruct-Jha soclai system, not front -the
point) f lyiewt ,of .giving charity, but.
irum am point or view ox snaoiing Jus
tice to n aeau our to tn multitude.
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Oil
and on of soda. ' II 4a th father of
seven children, only two, or whom ar
now living married daughter and hi
bachelor son Joseph, who Uvea with him
on th farm and who la now a mlddle-
agea man.
Whfl Lewi and Clark.wer making
noies 01 in wonaerrui empire of th Pa
elf Id north west around their fire avt
Fort Clatsop on December 20,-1 SOS, a
Deny boy wa bora tin North Carolina
who celebrated hia ninety-ninth birthday
is rioaiiwn tn omr aay.
C. P. Blalk th oldest man In Umatilla
county, and one of tha oldest In tha atat.
celebrated hi birthday at th heme of
nis aaugnter, Mrs. m. N. Sawtelle, by
climbing up and down stairs about a
aosen times. . . -.. 1 .....t
He Is. in th enjoyment tot the tuiat
of health, ha a better appetite than he
nau at so. -and la in peaaeaalon of all
hi Taoultlea. He ha been a resident
of th Pacific coaat sine 1SSV most
of that time having been ispent in Ore
gon,' And th last eight years in Pendle
ton. ; ... v. ..-. .... ... ... -...
C. P. Blair was horn In North CarollnaJ
migrata 1 Kentueky when a younrl
man. men went jn aavanc or settlement
to Illinois, thence, to- Iowa, and then
Joined- th great trek across th plain.
o Oregon la 10l. 1 ' '
iH5 u!."r-wlUl.hJ a"tf. " "fmatic notion, tha professional humanl
N JS . ""o" residing tartans began a campaign to arouse tht
her. T. J, BUlr. aged 7,4, and another sympathy of th public Th Congo Bo
son, J. B. Blair, aged L now Visiting 1 nrn, aaaofilatlon. tbe Society for tht
41, now visiting
him from Lake county.
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- Wil SMswa im th wm l
The' work of capturing th wild horses
tntgaYtctnlty- .of Foxj tntnrntaln- and
Madeline plains Is In progress and sev
eral animals hav' been taken. The
country la practically a wild unbroken
stretch of moubtaln In western Nevada
and eastern California that la too rough
for any purpose, except grssing, -and
over which several thousand head . of
wild horses roam. Th captured ani
mal ar Invariably small, but well pro
portioned, and prove to b ' hardy,
serviceable and obedient after being
broken, -
- y-' ; By' DOROTHY Dix.;"' "V '''.,-; '.
the rcaliy interesting things inllfe.
That' what makes me foel th way I
do about j women being fco oppressed.
now look- at mo! Her I am with a
husband 'and six children. - and what
am It A slaV, Mrs. Smithers. - A duuib,
helpless slave. Mrs. Bmlthers. bound by
th. fetters of sexl - What chano hav I
tori?; What chance have' I to- ex
pand my wings and flyTNonef I am a
wuuian, tiiHi wuM x mm a woman uie
door of hop la shut in my face! '
' "And yst, Mrs. SmUhera. I ant full of
aspirations.. -1 yearn to do great deeds.
I feel tbatiif I. had th chance I would
make one of th world' great rulers
a king, or emperor, or csar, whose fume
would ring down th . agea. I hav a
natural genlua for command, ' A will at
one Jut but Inflexible, a faculty for
enforcing obedience here you, Johnny,
put that pi down. ,' Didn't I tell you
not to touch a second piece T Ton
won't T You defy me? Oh, take It then,
but 1 don't ,know what I'm going to do.
You won't mind word I aay but, aa
I was saying, Mra Bmlthers, I feel I
could b a great ruler, but. of course,
a. woman' cant ha elected president. 'or
even governor lnf this country, and so
I've got no plac to xercis my talent
In that lin. , . .
"Or, I am aur. I could be a great
judge. I hav. the judicial mind, calm,
unprejudiced. quable, capabl of weigh
ing ' avldencf and sifting facta, and ar
riving at sn absolutely unbiased you,
Salll and. Jennie, quit- pulling eauh
other' halrl .Didn't I tell you tbat the
next lm vyW' got into a fight I waa
going': to punlah' both Of you without
Inquiring Which wa to blamt Hushl
Don't try .to tell m' what tha quarrel
waa about I . I; don't -car,', and I don't
want : to hear ' on -word - about who
started It! Go to' bed, both of you but
Le u , . ., -, 1. 1 . M c itt.... ,A
have! a JudlclalTmlnd. - and ho field In
which to exards Itl . J .. .
England and
8 7 C O U NT'S RNE3T-RE V EN TLA W'.v
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tlma.
well-known fact that -for some
tlma. JBnglish atatesmen hav been
greatly worried oy th promem or
how to defend th vkriou parts pf
th mighty empire In case of war..
It la a problem Of most vital interest
and- baa been widely- discussed tat-all
lta phases. :. ?-- t- .,'- , - - ,:;r.- 'S '
The reeulte reached are anything -but
encouraging. to. the English people to
Whom It 1 clear that should an-enemy
succeed - In defeating, tha British navy
th British Idea themselves would- be
at his mercy and it would be of second
ary Importance whether th Britleh
army coul withstand an Invading army
or not, ' , '. ' .'- -..
Tha - moment ' that -. Knglcnd '.havy
cease to-"rul th wave" hefnpopula
tlon will he cut off from 'all Import
without which it cannot exist, and a
crease 1 in number' the points where an
annihilating blow may. b directed la
also Increased,...'; i.--..- -j.. .-"-.'?
Bngla'nd must at-H-4tme rely ape
her: navy for her, defense. She might
keep on building more ships tthan any
other nationrn feat which -becomes mor
difficult -every year, when all Kuropaan
powers, and especially: the Immensely
wealthy United States, keep'on adding
to their respective navies. -.."7-
Aa Lord Belhorn ortc said: "The sea
la all oh and, tha fleet must bs all one.'
ThI
meang-thit to-protect hr-xom
mere and tha ' varloua parts of her
world empire the fleet of Great. Britain
must be superior to that of any other
nation at any. point of th globe; it
must form a continuous chaln,all around
tn woria - wun iinn : qi . unmatched
strength,- for on broken link 1 would
mean that th whol chain would be of
BO ValU. ' ';:.. ' ', v'--ri
To build a navy as powerful a this'
It is evident that th eolonlea must year
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HB campaign against th. Belgian
1 tjongo . aaminisiration oegan ao-
ttvly In 1807, but. In l0t Sir
9 ' Charles- Dllk Induced tb British
government to, address a note to the
power signatory . to th Berlin - treaty
State a definite status among th na
tions. urging (them tot. tak Joint action
to compel th Congo to grant th free
trad It had promised to th world, aid
which, ltJ was alleged. Its grants to too.
popollstld companies -had nullified. " It
was . charged that the companies
worked th great-rubber forests with
lav labor and treated, th native with
extreme cruelty. . . -The Congo' govern
ment replied to this, denying the
charge.-and England failed to arouse
tn power to action, in tn meantime.
Captain Guy Burrows, an Englishman
who had been In Llh . service of the
Congo, made certain speclflo charges of
cruelty against Belgian officials.. ; He
was promptly - charged with criminal
libel and convicted In th English courts.
Mr. Casement's report was published
last March. It was a terrible Indictment
of th - Congo administration, alleging
that strange torture, wer applied to
natives who failed to bring In the re
quisite supply of rubber, cutting off tha
hand being a favorite form of punishment-
It wa asserted that whol
villages had. been wiped "out under th
administration of 'Sir Henry M. Stan
ley, the first ' governor general; that
women Carrying baskets of human hands
had been driven Ilk cattle to th poat
to show th efficiency of th' work of
torture. Sir Charles DUk described the
territory known mm th "private domain",
. , -h ,1 1 nn Mfth" H . r. tHm- men vin
mad prisoner and tha women wer
distributed, among th Belgian official
aa slaves. But Consul Casement's state
ment wer almost all hearsay and gen-
I siaiillex: Ths on-pectf1orcas Hr TMtd
by nam of a man whose - hand had
been cut' off- was oon proved to hav
been an accident In hunting. . . .
Tailing In' the "effort to lBflUfl BIPO-1
th
form association, tb Society for the
Protection of -Aborigines, and what tn
England its called; the f'Exeter hall
crowd," took up the matter. H. O rat
tan Guinness wrote a book called "Congo
Slavery."- This -waa -answered 'Inr-an?-
other book In which It was shown that
slavery does not xist ln-th Free Bute,
that on of th greateet work of th
Belgian rulers there haa bean tha aboli
tion .of .slavery after long years of
bitter warfar -against th Arab Slav
tradefs. ' . ' ""' '
B. D. Morel, secratary of th Congo
Reform- aaaoclatlon, ram her last fall
nd petitioned President Roosevelt to
Interfere. Colonel .Henry I. Kowslsky
of Ban Francisco was engaged by King
: ':f:r.. Gannikals of -tlie Congo .-j
Aspirations
v 'I am sure, too. .that I could he a"
great financier, a sort of Russell Sage,
you know, and that 1 could make
millions If I only had the chance. It's
really very simple. You) hav enly to : j,
buy stocks when they ar low and sell
when they reach the top of th, market. ""'
I should do that and waxen every leak v ' ,
in jos business, and make sjvery dollar , ,,
count, and, nor allow any wast or- ex.
t ravage nee in my office what' 'that
ryousayT Th -cooirr-wtntrto'Ttnt
what grocerlea to order and whether to
hav beef or mutton for dlnnerT Tell"
her to buy whatever sha wants and not T
to bother me about It. I can't be an-y
noyed looking out . ior - household ex-
penses, though goodness - knows whst
goes with tha food 'w buy. - Th bill "
a re enough to glv you hearer-failure
But, I tell you, Mr. Bmlthers. Vt's Just j
terrlbl to think of th Injustice of a
woman .having . the financial . ability I
ha.v and being debarred by her, sex
from- xeroiing it. - -j
"But - the worstVof , it- kll)r Mr
Smlthers, - is when you think that we ,
poor, persecuted women' can do nothing
for th advancement of humanity. I anr
filled with nobl thought abut up.'you
brat. I haven't got time to attend, brnwu ' '
I would Hk ta be . greet preacher ,
and lift souls up no, I won t com and
iivr iu 1MU7 7 fe V1 mJ 01 -.ci, oinp
say them to th nurse I should like 16 ' -i
do something to msk th world a bet-
ter and a happier plac for om tired t rf"
no, Mr. -Qlmpklns. dinner. Isn't 'ready. " '.
It is never on time,' you say? 'Well, If - '
that Isn't Ilka husband. How can I . -'
help ltT I'll hav you know, Mr. Btrap- .
kins, I .may' be a alava because of my -
sex. but I'm not a domestic alave! '.All . V 1
right, you can go to a restaurant If you ""'"v''
Ilk. I'm sure I don't care-i-but what ' vl'
do all my aspirations amount to when -- -
there nothing that I can dor"' .. . . '
'Ahr-Mr. Bmlthers Us a, sad thing . .
that we women hav .no opportunity of r .";
exerclalng our talent 1" . ' ""
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Her Colonies :
their, ahare of thJ burden, which- the
hav heretofore never done. It there-1 v'
fore haa become necesaary to And a way ' f
to arous In tb colonies an interest la
the development "of th navy whlchthy"
hav never had; and: tha prospects of - -.'--.
creating thla Interest ar rather slim '
when it will be remsmbered that both -Australia
and Canada' hav repeatedly ' ..
refused to contrlbut money toth naval V
budget. V s . " r' ' .-'.,..'.--. !.,i;,''
. The flrat-atep. has been mad by the - -prime
minister, Balfour, by th creatloi . ,-; i-
ot a commission or national defense, and ,.- t
there Is no-doubt that.lt is a step la
the r'lght direction. . ' - i
- Th commission In which alt tlf colo
nies ar represented - will tak ud all- -
questions of-Interest to the emplr a ' J--'i
a whol, and. upon th results of it . '
work rest th fats of the great- British '' f
empire, -which Is doomed -to destruction. W-unless-th
colonies com t th assist- I
ance of tha mother country,' - -: .' : '- -r
Even how thr ,.la. re n son t. bellev ll
that some of th colonies, especially - -
Ausfrslla, mar change -thetr poilcT)
tha success bf- Japan -In th war. with .
Russia ha - caused them considerable
anxiety." and There Is reason to fear that"1
the little brown nrast may want to Sett
com of th island near- Australia,
which' at present ar absolutely defense-
iass. - -. :i :.' . ''.',..-; 'v -. . "., f
The government bt Australia Is be
alnnlna la realise that it I hot enouah
lor. her to strengthen her army, but thet-r
she must have a navy, and that sn - .
will accomplish th best result by co- .
operating with England and beax, her . '.
bar of thejexpense Of strengthening - '
th floating defense, fr..-; . -'-..;...,,.. .."77 , T
'If the-other colonies In time reach vli
th sam conclusion th futur Of th . j
untisn empire as a unit ta assured. . t i
.; If) not, England will a few years from -i -J.
nowi be absolutely powerless to protect,' '. . ' .
her icclonlea - . " - - ; f -;-x -f ... -f
Leopold to se th president On hi b-i '. "
half, and.h seems Xo have checkmated . .
orei.. xor in presiaent ! nag ot .
seen hi way to interference. -, i-'- '-.'
""Tho matter was debated In tho'BelvTt
glan parliament last fall, -.with .th re- - - .
suit Uiat eommlssjon was gBpointod
to investigate tb whole matter. This '
commission Is still deliberating.
80 the-cas siauds today. It Is n1r
1 air to say tnat th mend of th Congo ' ,
assert that .England took no .Interest
In their affairs uptll th wealth) of gold ' '
depoalt and, tha almost tlllmluible ex-. - ,
tent -of th rubber forest waa dlsoov
red; also that th men who ar fur- -nlshlng
th . funds , for ths anti-Cong 1
agitation ar tha rubber importer of
Liverpool, who disinterestedness is, to. " .f
say tha Jeaat,-open, to question, and "
who would Jlk nothing better than for
England to annex the, Congo Free Stat
and thus enable them to get their hands '
upon-Its vast rubber oreets. ,
r From th Kansas City World. ;-; '; ; :;
Girls spend considerable 'time trying r
to. find out how to b popular. - It 1- '
natural that a girl should aeek approval.iL
and admiration. Her popularity means T. ;
a good tlma,, boxes of candy, theatres.,
dances, . flowers everything- that 'lh .' :
harts of th young itellght fn. ' ' "
' Th girl that Is popular 1 the girl ' -'
who laughs. - Nd th girl that lmpr
and pucker and. giggles, -but th glr - -that
laugh and mean - It .- Th girl - ,
that laugh can hav candy and flower - -and
theatre every day In tha wekv -v ,..
Men flock about hrThey adoro her. "
Brit laugn nerseir, etraight Into th
hearte of - beaux - and admirer 'and
traignt into au' ine gooa time that -
gtricn .dream-t.
8b laugh, but h Is careful when 4
she laughs. Sbs laughs with her beaux,
but never at them. Sh ' laughs at' , -
whet- they aay when they aay it, hut ' I
lieVsT'llleTwaja. 1 BUB laggTif 1 U fh.lr "
jokes, hut nevr about- them. 1 She never
laughs at' any one's blunder or mis
fortunes. "'.. "'.,:-.. :
Woman forget td worry when thev
hear tha cheerful girl' laugh. Old bum
ar warmed at the sound of It Young
men listen and follow It. pay court to It.
marry It. .For It Is th laugh that kseps
hw heart young, the laugh that keeps th
tao bright. ...
: 'Wlitsr and Snnuter Btampa, '
Th postofflc .department is sending
out Its winter stamps now. Few know '
that there la, a difference between win- :'
ter stamps and summer arampa In th
cold months tha gum on th stamps la
a littl thinner snd softer, white thati
on thna to be ueed during th summer
and In southern sutcs is not so casllo
affected by heat. , ' : ? 7
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