PORTLANU, OREGON. T H E , -,; ,:Jx.X .-a FnNlshod ' wy 'Tcntof except , ("!, ''., v t.if v- ''.." V.- r f ? THE MAN OR MAYOR, MiE JOURNAL i inclined to who are tiounderwg, about . proposition that he should necessarily be a large prop? . n enjr owner, .juuccg, 11 ia not iniyuniu iu ipuioncfwui , v the very fact he was a big owner of f yy: der him less valuable for the Quality, of service which .' . will be demanded of ah official in that position daring th next two years. We should all begin to realize that Portland has come to 1 the parting of the ways, that . the day of extreme conservatism has passed and the day for .: i . - -f 1 t t. : J aciiun.iu many ncgicticu spucrcs ui ' In considering the proposition of '" r let 'tis state at the outset that it is a . for perfection In any given" direction. : f aijd thmari ultimately selected as the candidate for mayor will be human like the rest of us.' put there are certain general principle to which his character,' career '.'"nd record must square., He should be a relatively young man, that is a man who,, while ' 6till has his ideals and much of' his His identification with the independent movement now , in progress 'should nave oeen.jo . and so-well known that the very mention of his name will ' settle 'the, question of howjie will questions now etore tne people and in the forward - movements in material ways which are justbegmning to attract the attention they deserve. He should be a man - J of tested, and tried courage; who can neither be cajoled Llnor browbeaten by any interest, however powerful, into ' doing anything at variance with the lie duty. He should be able to devotehis whole time to ' the service for he will have before him a work calling for "tbe undivided attention of an able, industrious and honest , .'man. He should be thoroughly identified with the city and, if possible to secure such a man, have been at some time, and the more recently y the some practical and unmistakable, . public concern. Finally, wff believe ' publican in politics though neither - - attached-to either ot the two machines. -....,. ' It is not impossible to secure such possible to get one who will entirely suit every person identified'with the independent movement or who will - . not Tie, open to some criticism jn ' that he should be required to do . - general demands which should b- made upon such a man and that, his character, record and what he pre- vioutly haT'dofleCwfir msure"tKe "qnlJrty orservrcewhich the people will naturally expect in the two years to come. PORT OF PORTLAND COMMISSION. HE'Tortof Portland commission ought to be ut tefl5' nunasL "thoroughly clean, andf' purely oatriotic. If. should be. so far as anv oraftinff is concerned, like Caesir'a wife, above suspicion. r- , ' If XJeorfee B. Thomas Docketed" $soo as comoensation for his influence in sity wronar.wav ,hav gone into his pocket irom , properly Ife should- b j-wiched, ; ofrtntf conlffiission. lt inaaea iio'manner ot difference what his politics is, or has been, or will be, or with "what faction or clique he may," have, aligned himself. If he - took that $5oa-veny if he took it as a loan, but got it - thus because of his commissionership, he is an' unfit ... man for that position. 4 - ''. The. Port of Portlabd commission instrument in our development , lis , munity and port. It ought to be utterly free from poll' tics, utterly divorced from all parties and political fac t tions and cliques. Its members are I an. important, service, without pay directly or indirectly. JThere are men in this city who out of pride of citizen ' ship here are willing to do this. Men can be found, too, 'who are not cranks 'and chronic quarrelers, any more than grafters. ; -v.. - The members of "the water board '"rows, nor any scandals.' ' They draw ysponsibie person has ever accused them f any grafting or any political wire working. ' The Port of Portland commission ought to be a body on spects, with the water commission. , .This Port of Portland commission - hundreds of thousands of dollars of ' . We belTeve that generally the money has been well ex .' pended, but there are well-grounded suspicions' that fa voritism, has, been shown in certain 'Shameful, scandalous.. . . ;. An important troth is that such a not be elected by the legislature at . na (laiiiuji ,iwnuii i ail aucn. (UIICCS, WUCO a DO- Mitical machine, regards as .its meat. The whole system of having such commissions elected by a logrolling if ', not a boodling legislature is wrong, ' absurd. Let the .t people of Portland, or of the Port of Portland territory, - cnoose these men nereatter. . HOW MANY NORMAL SCHOOLS ILE the McMinnville - upon a Referendum vote V 'appropriations, particularly. as applied to. the normal schools,' why do they not give heed to the pther ; and Still more-important question of an' initiative vote bh '. tha qacsridn of .the schools themselves? After all there j v w . the very . beartof the matter. It is difficult and sometimes, impossible for. a . legislature! to go to the ' .-'ft lengths - that, even S" majority' of the members, left un- influenced, . won Id desire. Th ere jre conditions -fu r ' "' rounding every legislative session which are not fully ap- preclatedby the -man on the outside." Only a compar- i r atively few measnres go . through on their downright ' merits; the rest,' whether in legislature or congress, are . the results of trades and compromise without which very f frequently' nothing could. be done. ''; , .", ; ,.. k , The public; whkh ioots the bills realizes that there are j;too many' normal schools and. that they tost too much P ; money for the results achieved. 'It is well known, too, ; mt once tney are tirmiy established the cost, of their ;, '-maintenance will steadily increase until they become an ' - almost unbearable burden. ' This being' true the time to 1 face the issue is now and the way to face it is to face it WA'M ' " 1 Ttotn Harper's TVeeklr. ' V V Mr. C L, Irers propoeal to give- his ; art eo!ltlon. and a building o bold it -. to the R ithsonlaa InetitoWon le of much intn reet. Mr. Prwar H' a resident of Detroit Hie collection. Which In- nludoa paintings - and ceramics, is beet . known aa tn dcpoaltory of the beat lot of paintings' and etchings by Whistler In ttenr, n bought tbe d'oomlon - r Whltlerefamooa "peaeocfc roowt," and rr are "w in TVtrolU Besides the Wblatlera. he collection la strong In Ih work of other American art lute ., i of, JnnMy artlete. It 1" a)rMdy .valnwi at abont SAA0S. and s4r..eer i rroee to add to it ta the aatcat of t hU.i n d e i s m d en t. -n e w PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. Sunday) and ' every' Sunday morning at 'i a1. Portland, Oregon. .' . OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND ' take issue with those m the ettort to secure property might ren it is now. ANOTHER aA-urny, as uiitcu. a man to fill the bill waste of time to look . terestini We are all human S a familiar sidered a wonder, less orange by in the prime of life career before him. jopen, so unequivocal stand on the burning lutely coreless, one immune, too, This new apple strict line of bis pub- ticulars mentioned, not be surprised better, identified in become a common way -with 'matters of improvement over he should be "a Re better. The seeds disadvantage. But a creature of ' nor a man but it is im some direction. ; All is to square to : the that millions of nuaily, and that it clean, free of : V of the apple that ive on the seeds Mr. Burbank less apple. nd no Soo conld Wakefield 8t Bridges and incontinently put T-f ;.' is a very important a. state, city, com- only a common Colorado rancher. -V Mr. Collins, in the Scientific American, says supposed to render in the orange; and $. - r - T u ..v-V- the seedless apple, i . J . . don't have these no payi and no re- all fours, in these. re - v . . , - to the wine' sap. has. the spending of We imagine the people s money. quarters. This is be destroyed; that -.;;, V.&'.U'' their value; but it commission should less,-wonnless, Salera. There thejdjt, appears, ah actually established horticultural fact s new people an excellent work ARE NEEDED? ing the Pacific cheaply. A great people are decidinar where from ?i,ooo land, to make their on the question of develop it, to be All such people thing, to produce come. .The more And they are bring about the There is need I400.00S mora, and te leavw tbe whole at his death to the Smithsonian wKh a fur ther bequest of 1600,00 to build bouse for the excloii ve purpose - of sheltering it. Bucb a little museum would add to th attractions of Washington,-snd we pre sume ' that; the regents of the Smith, on la a will accept Mr.- Freer' e Offer. ; gtew waasaa'Bagaraa It ; rtom th Kansas City Star. ' .' Two more es-Kanmine have burst Into th full glare of th Hmelight Samuel H. Pile, juat elected to the L'nlted Plates sennte from' 'Washington, and Gvrg4 i Brnwnell, - formerly of Ness county, indicted tor boodling In Oregon, a p ft r -' ,:' 4 . . 1 1 - mo. pcakrou, -a Th journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill , y ,. --. -..'' ,' ' : ' rather than to complain of it later when it may be beyond remedy. How many normal schools do we need in Ore gon?! Do we need two, one - east and one , west of the mountains, or de we really need only one strong institu tion which "will uphold the highest .standard of require; ments and" whose certificate"; will carry ' respect any where that it is presented ? J i,- ! . .'"' ', The laws really place the remedy in the hands of the people themselves. 1 What do they want to do. bout it? It is up to them to decide and the time to begb to do '.w. . .;,. -...- HORTICULTURAL- WONDER, V HE CORELESS APPLE, if a reality, is an one. The seedless orange has become fruit, though for awhile it was con but' the careless-apple beats tbe seed just so much as the apple is a fruit more generally-used, and of fflofe generalvalue.. Jf we had to do without one or the other, few people would hesitate between the orange and the apple -would hold fast to the fruit that, according' to popular tradition, tve tempted Adam with, and let the golden orange, lovable as it is, go. ' ".' "f 'y-'- "' J- - The old-fashioned way was to plant apple seeds and thus raise apple trees.. Later, the seedling apple tree was used to work the grafting process. Now, it isf al leged in horticultural circles, we are to have an abso seedless; wonnless, blossomless apple; from frost and the codling moth. ' : not new in variety but in the par Frederic Collins aays ifMht -Scientific American, will monopolize the markets of the world. The seedless, orange- was considered when first prop agated an horticultural wonder, and the coreless apple is another one though after Burbank s triumphs we need at anything. The seedless orange has thing, but ft is really not much of an the seed orange, in e flavor is.no took up but little room, were o( slight the coreless apple isa different prop osition. Not only, is the ipple, as hereinbefore sug gested, a far more valuable-fruit than the orange, 'but the core of the apple takes from one folirth to' one Sixth of its apace, virtue and value Now when we consider dollars' worth of apples are raised an good apples are in constant and grow ing demand, we can see and acknowledge at once that a coreless apple is a mightygQOdJhing. The. world not only -igeta more clear meat in the new apple, but gets .disease and of worms, for it is the core holds tbe worms. They strike for and of the apple, not. on its meat ' did not invent or propagate this won derfully valuable new thing. The credit for doing so, ac cording tothe" writer in the Scientific American, is a Colorado' man named John F. Spencer. He has been working on this idea for five years, and has at last pro duced, what is admitted to be a coreless, seedless, worm- Tbe tree, on -which this fruit la raised' Js tjloomles something sacrificed, for apple blossoms are pretty- and sweef.Ther being no blossom, the -codling moth, has no , place, to, .deposit- its ggs, and no worms - can be hatched. Some smair green leaves grow around the in fant apple to protect, it 'from late frosts, so that an ad ple crop if not a matter of guesswork or chanceat all. No worms. : No danger from frost . And a better apple. And it took thousands of years if not millions,' to pro duce a man who studied this out, and proved it, and he is ' "The4eedless apple tree has a hard, smooth bark, and may bk grown in any climate the meat of the new apple, like that of the seedless orange, is very .solid, and in both there fs -a slightly hardened substance at the naval end. Through long development this has almost disappeared while it is more -or less prominent in it has been materially redaced on the , a i, . . last generation oi trees, ana an sizes icua to snow mat it will nrow smaller -with successive venerations, as the navel end of the orange has grown smaller. The apples, which are of a beautiful dark red color with yellow straw berry dots,' are of a goodly size and have a flavor similar that the Spitzenbergs and Pippins and Baldwin.-nd other fine varieties of apples with cores and seeds will not go out of fashion all at" once; that tbe Hood River and southern Oregon apple orchards will not their products will not suddenly lose seems certain that the coreless, seed blossomlesS apple is an important and GOOD WORK OF THE RAILROADS. " . ". ft -r j - i' . HE colonist rates went into effect this week, and will be instrumental -in bringing thousands of to Oregon. . The railroads have done during the past few years in advertis Northwest and in bringing people here many homeseekers, men with any up to . $300,000 are coming, to buy homes-in this favored region, to help among our future taxpayers, all men; and. women able to do some something, tor-work at a profit to them selves and the community m which they settle, are wel of them the better. .Vri 4 coming, especially this fair year; in large numbers. The colonist rates will bring a good many that would not' have come otherwise. And good, artistic literature of the railroads has materially helped to good result. - i. ' r;.J there is for a bujldinV inspector, but also crying need for repairs and added facilities at the garbage crematory which is rapidly becoming a menace to public heatrhv. There .was'-money for the first named purpose but there was not a cent that could be spared for the latter purpose.: This is the way the. majority of the council looked at it. So far as Mr. Whiting is con cerned, he must earn complete public confidence by de serving it in the new position in which he hss beea placed by the grace of Ui mayor. ' ' "y j virxoAs rmtrrr stbxjbotbiobts. ..Further evidence to the many praa tlcal methods In which electricity can b used to sav money, time aad help ta given by th fruit unloading device operated by electricity Insulted at many southern '- frvlt-recelvlng ,r piers. Hlthorte this work was dona by negro laborers at considerable damage te the fruit Now a bunch of bananas Is placed In in, endless chala a? cloth aprons running from th ehlp'a bold out on to the dock and carried up by electrically pmpelled . , machinery with absolutely no damags and at a greatly decreased cost ; . - s ., .Small Ckanije ' Relljlon without reason ui 'danaerous. ' ' Jl natural 1orn crank should not be a school director. ,. - ; (, ; Hay tb president ' prove te bst one ths country evsr had. : ; be the - Having mads an ass of hlmselt Dr. Oeler is pYpard-toKO lecturing. .! .Z : ' Theodor Rooaevelt ' will. fc tnaugur. atad president for the flrst time tomor row. .".,':!'' ..'. :;'.:'?'' ' Bui:'" womin some women ' soma widows. at least never gt ta-.be 40 yaara olddo theyT ;.;;,, i : :; ti What Is democracy's first duty? aaks Mr. Brya'a. Perhaps to keep rather iulot and modest for awhile. The suspicion Is srowlnc that Tom Lawson llkea to . writ about himself. And he knows be' entertaining, too. . genes' may. not ' beat Standard 'Oil, pnt she will keep up tier reputation, of beJna always . ready for some sort " ot a jrap...; . - -', ;., . , atonton, who as trafflo manaser of the Santa t railroad habitually violated the law,' .Is latlU In . President Roosevelt's cabinet. There's alwajrs aprae thins" to be thank- nil ror Kaater ootnea lata this : year, whan area may posalbly be both cheap ana ireen. , Ausuet Belmont is reported to be making arsat preparations ror the prina; raoea. But he hasn't named .soyOf hi horses Parfcer. - - S . - Bom system of wireless teletfraphy and waveleas telepathy may be nead'pd before long by aome of our foxy old United Btatew seaatora. - ' . y A Berlin aeientlat predlcU that thte world's supply of food will give out in A. D. 1000. Bat none of ua will be bun yry then. Wa Will all be living on angel rooa ie(;ua nope. ,.. . Isn't the basketball fad. being rather overworked T Basketball la doubtless all right In moderation, but when people can think or speak ot nothing else, they are oaaaetDau eraay. - The whole otxmtry regrets and monrna Uie death or Mrs. Jane elan lord. She was M exceedingly useful woman. She and Mrs. Phoebe Hearst did great good wiia tae weaita lert tnem. t Sooth American ooantries owe aboat 11.000,000,000 to European natlone.i. ee. cording to their figuring. If Uncle Bam collects all that won't . he be entitled to alee 11 ttie commission T ,.r "A "palace," remarks th philosophical Washington Post "may be as complete prison as. a dungeon cell.- .True enough, yet somehow nearly all of lie would prefer the palaoe to th dungeon. It would be too1 bad if It .should be' found after bringing the remain of the late Commodore John Paul Jonea bauk to tbla eoontry, that they were the, re mains of , sosna other Jonea Chicago Tribune, . Not if nobody knows the dlf- doesn't .. ,,. . . , , . . .. Oregon SideliKts ITTsmsth. i esarvatlon Indiana are still after Agent Applegate'a scalp, j Marshfield Man: Many of our gam nthoslasU can be seen daily' hunting for th festive .mudhen.. . A few years ago one would taka a whack at a mud ban merely t try his . gun, but now It's a caa of meat. r. , . ' t . -' Th ' chlnook In th mountains laat Saturday eaaaad a sudden rise in WU low ereek and the water earn down with a - rush from the melting snows. At th highest stag th water almost filled -the channel of toe atream. , , Florence West; Bom of th ehildren in town have lately been suffering from a peculiar dlseaao. - By some It is pro nounced chickanpox, but a number who had previously had that . malady have boon attacked by the disease now going IM round. .v-.i-i -: j - Dayton will hev ,a cannery. - A pany has been formed and th money SQbserfbed - for building and operating the plant It will be , in -operation in time to us this season's product of fruits and vegetables for canning, van- orating and making cider. , . . Beppner Oaaette: At present there to be a good demand lor aheep. Many tnquuiee are being ' received by ebeepmen la this vicinity asking about tne prospects for purchasing. . . Indioa Uons ar now that th surplus can be worked orr to good advantage as soon aa spring comes.. , ,,, , . - Th decision of m lawsuit by Judge Qalloway leads th Sllvertonlan-Appeal to remark that milling la Sllverton, ac cording to the statement of the early settlers, dates - back nearly tl years. and there la rather aa interesting his tory connected with all th details since the first mill was erected la thla Vicin ity. I , ....". Madras Pioneer;. 'John Banty of Cul ver, who It a said has been having aome trouble with his father,' A. T. Banty of the same place ahot two. work borses, belonging to his father on died Imme diately; the other' fatally weunded. th horses had strayed on 'to th farm of th son who took this mean of getting even with his father. Mr. Banty had the son arreated. . - -. - a ' y, , - Sllverton . Sllvertonlan-Appeal: The new telephone line la 1 operation- and without a single exception that we have heard of the SO phones are giving per feot satisfaction.. So well pleased are the -patrons with the enterprise-there will likely be a number more Instru ments tnetalled soon and we. believe that th time - Is not far distant when very business house In the city and almost every - residence will be con nected. ? 1- ,' '. ', I. -, Madras Pioneer; . We have a number Of correspondents , who we should he glad to hear from. , Mandy, for instance. Is on of our best. We mlse her arti cles very much. What Is the .matter, Mandy 7 Iet us-hear from you. Sun flower mast have frosen up. - However, w are having some sunshiny daya now and we hope she will soon thaw out and attain her. usual brightness. There are also others who w hope-will sym-psthlse- wlth -ye poor editor In these quiet days snd corns to his ssslstsnce with a gond' list of happenings from their' respoetlvs localities. Tf : :rr"" 1 ' V'v . f MeirkctBastct : .... Since Isst week there . hss been a heavy cut In egg values, wholesal and Retail. The receipts during- th week were enermoua and prices at retail dropped to SS.cents a dosen; some deal rs sold two -dosea for IS' cents. At th close of th week th price stiffened on account of th beginning of cold storage operations, and it la believed that the bottom prices have practically oven, reacnea. - . , . t . . Orange are very cheep. Supplies ia this market at the preeent time are extra heavy and sale are mad at re tail as low ea $1.60 for a box.- By the dosen oranges are selling from -10 cents p.-;m ...-:; -s-- .-v.--'!,- y.y Supplies of Columbia river fresh chl nook and etoelhead salmon ar now quit fair and aotd storage stocks have gon out pf faahlon, as far as the present eaaon la ooncarned. There la still a general scarcity of Columbia smelt but th demand Is not so great on account or the higher prices now ruling. Other wise the supplies of freah flsh are fully up to the , demand. - - - " . S. v , t , j Asparagus " made its ' appee ranee in the . Portland market thla-week. Th stock cam from California, and were selling in tne retail market at ISO is a pound. Th principal supplies of as- paragua in th United fltatea come from Bouldln Island near Stockton. Cat The acreage ef asparagua beds in this sec tion a very large and practically three fourths of the eanned asparagua Is from Bouldln Island. Utt year on aoaount of the flooda in the San Joaquin river there was practically a total failure of tbe asparagus crop, and- canned stocks wjare hard to obtain at any price. Tbe principal packers- did not . put up - a single ease of aaparagua the prevloua .aeaaoa. - This- year th Indications ar that the crop will be a neavy one. aa the bed have been enriched by th over flow of. the rlvr. " .-'; - At retail flrst elssa hens sr) worth t cents a pounds and this piio Is con sidered excessive by the .general public. Th season for wild' gam has closed and all stocks hsv disappeared from th markets. ' 'y,' t, y- i Oood apples ar now vry; hard to obtain and values ar higher. "There is an oversupply of ordinary grsde stocks and prices ar vnry low. - -' s -.Prom present IndioatHma . th onion market will go skyward before the new f. crop if in oanm. Aireaoy juivy an selling at S eenta a pmind at wnoie. sal. and even at this figure dealers ex nerlene considerable difficulty, in ob uunihg sufflelenf supplies for their trade want,.,'' - '' Contrary to general expectations there will be no real low price In th potato market this season. The demand for fancy Oregon tocka Is showing a vast Increase and this haa eauaed prices ta ge several points higher. ' Tha retail prices on various products todav ar: " M :- Eras, freah Ovegon. SOfltle par dosea. Chickens. " ISc; turkeys, feel tame ducks, II sch; tarn geaae, . ll0SOe noundi laekrabbita. fie each.- Oranges.: ltvlua per dosen; taager lnea. lie; aanaaas, 4)t0o dosen. Ap Biea. f anev Strltaenburra. It par box; 4 Rhode Island Oreealngs, 1.I0. Qrape fruit t for lie; Jersey cranberri, ie Steaks, I O I So pound ; mutton chops, Olio -Dound.r veal eutleta. lOAlltto pound; chops, iboie pound r roasting beer. IS. liykfjise pousa, oouing xaeais, IQIc pouad: pok roast lOUOo pound; earn beef, 1910c pound; ham, 15 pound; boiled bam, loo pound; sparer! ba, SO 10c nound: pork tenderloin. SOe pound. Cra.be, t for tie; lobsters, 10c pound; ee stern frog legs. lOe dosen; ehrimpa. JOe pound; eastern prawns, 10c pint; salmon, t pounds,. 1 0c; Royal Chinook. 10 pound; flounders, 10a pound; rock cod. It "4o pound; California soles, lo pound; perch, i Its pound; California striped ' baas, lie pound; Sacramento shad. S for tei smeit Columbia river, 10c-pound; Pugot sound, lie . pound; catfish, loo pound; black cod. 1 pounds, lie; halibut, a pounds, I; sturgeon. II Vc pound.- rr ,.4?-' '.:-.-;,vr ,'i":"" New potatoes, 4 pounds for Sie; rad lehea. turnlos aad green onions, ! bunches, le; watercre, bunch: let tuce, fancy heads. S for 10c; egg plant Iko mound: tomatoes. JOe pound; nock leberrie. 10e pound; rhubarb, ie pound; sweet potatoes, pounds. zc; waiauis, t pounds, tlo; others. SOe pound; beans. String. I ' pounds, lima, green, t pounds, tic; artichokes, small. for lie; large, t for lie; celery. 10c head! pep pers. 40c pound; cabbage, ltf lie need; cauliflower, lOOlie head: Oregon peas, Utte pound; cucumbers, lie each: um mer squash, for lie; bread fruit each; mushrooms. Tee pouna. ; , , 'mmlajutiom. :.y;- ' " . . , . Slttln" 'round an' argutn' when the day is don -. , ' . ' ' Don't so how a man tdn look for any better fun. ' - . - Tellin' -bout the government an what It - oue-ht to dOi - . An' flgyarin' from th almanie whan --- winter will b through.1- , . Don't see why folks pine for golf an' .other hustlln' games) . - Whan you kin sit before the stev, V' awatchln' f th flam,' ". , Aa never carln' 'bout what coals coat eitv folks a ton - ,i , Blttln" 'round an arguln' when the day i Is dona. . Every opportunity to have a friendly 'chat . '- ' - AQ the neighbors droppln' In an' buytn' ... thla an' that; -'.-u. - ;. Sometimes get excited.'- An then Is when you see i - : ; f ., Soma . real era tor y an" llktwlsa some ' repartee. .. ' Financiers an' sutesman ar e-tryin to b wis... .-. . ': Us folks are the audience. .Wo applaud - an' eritlclse. i-, We're safe, whtle others fret' their sousJ o'er battles loat or won.: ' n Blttln' 'round an' arguln' when the day . Js done. - k Washington Star, tlTM 0 BAT. FYonr -rhe -New Tork Herald." .' How to live on five eenta a 6a as proclaimed . by eastern professors Is nothing new or wonderful," said ,Mra. W. H. McQulre. wrg. of a Dee Molnea, la mechanic "When you come to- fig ure up the mean soma pv-opl have for making a living, the wages paid and the limited aumbes of daya of our manual laborers! work, It will sometimes be less. Being the wire or a tnechanlo I de termined last year to See how. far the wages of my husband would ' go end what we could sav from his earnings. He receives tl.l a dsy for eight hours' work. -During the year 1104 he waa em ployed 24 days.). His totsl earnings amounted te 9"4. We have six chil-J nren in scnooi, tns Oldest nearly II and the youngest years ef eg. ' We rent ia floas ef elfht reoma, with ally wa -1 he . . ter, in University place, -for which w pay, $11 a, month, amounting to- SIS a year. - W do all of our wa, wssning, ironing, cooking and baking, at hotaa, and paid for fuel 170, or J.17 oebta a day. i - -t - .. . ;,- "Wearlna annarel ooat 1111.14. The artlclee purchased Included everything neoeaaary for wear, aulta -or cioinee for . male members, dresses for- th girls, - two overcoats, stockings, shoes, etd For the replacing of - furniture, diahea, etc. II1.S4. In' tbe mlacellan sous column were placed doctors' and dentists' bills, ear fare, life Insurance, lodgs dues. - union dues, - etc, - - which amounted ta SlSf.St. Ice and milk eost 124.14. One quart of milk each day reached a total of IIS. - We managed I have lc furnished for IS per month and very warm daya w put our-mllk d butter in ta ceuan , ..? "Our personal property tax waa f( to Is. ! insurance on furniture- waa. f The cost of maintenance of the family during the yeart wltaeait mention of the groceries or" butcher, has. beon K47.0S. leaving f 27S.I4 to furnish food for eight persons for II daya , "Divided by 115 th amount left from ray huaband'a earnings would give for each day 75.17 cents, or a fraction less than cents for each person's provis ions, th asset figures being .1.11 cents. Out of th salary I managed to save Islt ":.'7"iy: r:y. r y. rrrr : (By Belie Bllts.) .-' . I ' see," observed the Stenographer,, "that a . Cleveland lady with a steel framed mind, who told, her husband to take hla clothes and go, .claims that a woman. has just aa good p right to fire her husband if haieaasaa to please her aa aha has to dismiss a servant who doesn't give satisfaction." . ; .,.. - "Do they turn tbe poor thing off with or without . 'characters T " inquired. theL Booaaerper. "Probably 4 without" answered th Stenographer, - "but that., doean't . out any ice. In these daya no woman la In discrete enough to demand reference from her servants. Both are too hard t get" v , -. C ' - -v WWL" replied the Bookkeeper. - "Tt looks to me like It was' a sup up for my oppressed and down-trodden sex to qualify la the servant class. It'll be the glad day for husbaada when their wives treat them with aa muck consideration and - deferene - and - adulation - aa they show to their cooks.' . 1 OB.- but think ofherelaOveTnT- portance of a husband and a good cook, pleaded the Stenographer. "A husband is an almost superfluous luxury In a household, whereas a good cook Is a necessity. Ton can be perfectly happy and comfortable, whereas a cook Is a necessity. V You can be perfectly happy and comfortable and contented without a husband, but , you are utterly miserable without a good cook. - . . "It would add some ginger to married life if you knew, that you were always liabl to get warning If you- didn't to the mark." admitted the Bookkeeper. . "It would ajrread the Stenographer. The reason 'most tiusbanda and wives treat eaTh other Wittt.so IHtle politeness la beeause .ach knovu- that the ether has got to stay.- He ar ahe can't, give notice and' quit If theyV. don't Ilk th plaee. and tbeyan't b turned-off If they don't gi-a- satUfaoUp. --v j "I've seen a man who waa knocking th breakfast-for everything ia sight and telling hla wife that she waa the b am ine housekeeping propoadtibn that ever cam down the pike, simmer Ndowa. In to a meek and deferential ; etate of . apology th mlnut a double-Jointed llrlah-.cook put her head Into the dining mtom door.' "It would tickle a man na1fto death to know that hla wife regarded him aa being aa much of aa oracle as sha does a real, live. Imported English butler, ob served th Bookkeeper.- - - "But you couldn't expect a woman to feel that senss of awe of a mere b who has never beea la. any better society than she hss," urged the Wenogrnph 'That' so. agreed the - B "Still, I ' think - thClereland lady the Wise dsme when She SaUrs husban and wives In the domestie servant Only the thing ought to be a double-ac M. .... , v ' "I tell, you thire 11 be-something doing ta' th reform line when a woaatt;ean call her husband tip of a morning and say to htm: 'John.. I regret -to smell liquor en your breath. -' I also sea the de canter of Scotch la extremely lowi end. while 1 do' not wish to accuse you of Uking tbe whisky, still this thing must not happen again. . .. - . 1 have - spoken to you' about this before, and If - the sams thing happens again I shall bave to dismiss you. and If any other woman applies to me for your character I ehall feel It my duty ta ten her that while la the mala you are an honest and Industrious husband. I cannot recommend you.' "And wouldn't It bo Maria for th rang and the cookbook It hubby could say: i'Bee here, thla Is th third batch of bread you have tried ta assassinate me with thie week, and ir you can t learn to cook I'm going to fire you and get a wife who caa. " y "Hleavenal" - cried the Stenographer. "women have trouble enough as It Is trying ie keep a servant. What'll they do when they have to worry about trying to keep a husband, toorv. MAX AUrpOL 1 '., From the Ashland Record. v -The statement wired out from Wash Ington by the Oregon Is n-Tele gram rep resents tive, . that Benator Fulton would have charge of federal appointments In Oregon, should be taken cum grano sails. Aspirants for. government jobs, both within and without the Fulton party. wilt- then be saved needless heartburn Ingavand the senstor will escape an ava lanche of applications which may be -ex pacts , to follow - an announcement of tnat character, wo aeupt eienstor Ful ton' ecotnmenaatlone will receive re spctfurconsldratlon ' at th Whit House, but there are others to give ad vice in th premises for example, Heney, Detective Burns, Hitchcock et aL Also, ex-Senator Simon's party might be accorded hearing when It comas to fill ing up tHe offices that msy bk vacated aa a consequence of the Inquisitorial re gime of the United States grand Jury, . Mr. Simons appointments, use that Of Consul Harry Miller, are Highly credit able to the state. Tha president Is like ly, to' be Very independent In hi notions as t appointments out her, and it may be accepted that In any course pursued he wlll'hsve a care that his futufs ap pointees in Oregon shall, possess a ehsr antar that wilt afford strona asauranne 'of ability to run ihs gsuntlet of the fed- ami grand Jury,- ,..1 - 'vV- Spain's Arxer ef Bergars. There are, ll,127 profeaslonal beg- gars In Spain, of, .whom 11.141- are women. In 'sum or th cities beggars are lire need to carry on their trade. Sacking alms Is recognised ss a legiti mate business snd the municipality dot mends a percentage upon the. collec tions. Seville Is the only city In the kingdom which forbids bagging jn-n street, y . ; V t. , ''-; fstaakeassssjsss .References ior) i - llusbandfl r . ' 'r;y After ' Forty? u J By Rev. Thoina B. Gregory, Y ' Dr.-William Osier of Johns-Hepkins , unlversHy, .recently called to the head ship of .'the medical school of , -Oxiord . unlveretty, said to be the leading medl- eel man In the United Statea, declared ; in an addresa Wednesday that a man' Is T "practically useless after 40 Years , of sge.". : -v- '." 'v; Said th doctor. Take the sum' of -human achievement. In action; In science. ; Iu art. In literature, subtract the - work of the ' men above -49, and, while we " should mlas grest treasures even price- - less treasures ws would practically be where we era todsfy." '- " : "- . in snewer m inn urangi m niar na pardoned for saying foolish eUtement. 1 anMAnA h... names i.ai mnA achlevemanjta a few - only -out of a-,: . I . ... . k . nUkl ...II. k. .Lum did spsce permit , i fiere are aome oi tne two as inai were written after 40: -'.- . . i Locke's "ICssay an th Human Uadr. standing" (JH). :,.' j-. enaaefvpeare e - ivn gremivst aimnws -"Lear" (41). Th Tmpsf 47". r . I I JQIIIVH ABtiauism awa, vn -w1 "', i Ooeth' "Faust" (41 to - It) -Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations- ill). - .- e- .;. f Thoma Hobbea'a 4 "Leviathan itih . Gibbon's "Decline and Tall" (Sl. ' KSat's Crltiqu of Pur Reason" ti7). a 'VlnlllMr'a Tramti" rl ' .' Dr. smttel Johnson's Dictionary (41). -. our1" ' 'jriinnm f rvsrwv- . Atscaoisys mstory or r4ngiana . Michael Angelo built the greatdome T of St Peter's sfter he waa ie.---"1 . Newton was 4 berore ne oisooverea, th Isw ef the attraction of gravity. -" jf At 42 Robert Fulton sailed hi teanv boat pp th Hudson. . '-.-'- At 4 rranaiin oiacoverea eieoxnciiy. - Wesley waa i wnen ne lounaea us .. great Methodist church.' A ( vv , t , Wellington waa ee wnen ne rai mi great Napoleon t Waterlooi- Webster waa4S-when h mad tbe . ever-memorable "Reply to Hayne." - Columbus was ,4 .when be dii the new -world. - - Waahlnaton was 41 when he took com mand of the Continental array.'.; v Beethoven was 44 when ha wrote his famous "Maaa in D." -:t' :'-'-"-t Haydn composed Th Creation''' at r ft, snd Handel Th Messiah"' at IT.' - At II Galileo waa In the midst of his '; astronomical discoveries. - f ' 1 . Harvey waa 47 when he discovered , the-elrculatlon of the blood, and Jen nor 4S VMS ciscoverea. tne ' smsjipos -Virus. ,-..',..':-'--"" -'- Bismarck was IT and Ton Moltko H -when, together, they conSummstsd the unification of Germany. . : - SctptO Afrtcanua waa II when he de. 9 mm 1mA Wannlhal at Ziml' and JnllUS Caaaar waa past 4S when he began th work which, made him -"th foremost wmmw, nf all thla world." ' tended in the nesf'futur. 7': " ; " March IThaiweathsf "pleasant tbe X wind from the eaat with clouds; in the - afternoon the eloud disappeared and the M tint from tn - nortaweat . Th man ar all employed In preparing .the ' boats., We are -visited by Poscapsan : and several other Indians with earn. A. " day. , v.- - .'.-j . 1. Mr. Cockran of - New Tork Mr. - Sneaker, if there be any 1 eaaon which ail : history Inculcates It la th utter worth lesnss f armaments. . was not tn . war f secession tha greateet struggle- of all history, conducted en, both side . bv men who- had laid down the imple ment ef trade to aaaume th wessons , of battle . vJ- ' ' Mr. Cmvthe ot Kalamakee Will - the gentleman behind the - tongue permit a question T . .- ' - -i . Mr. Cockran ef New Tors certainly. Mr. Cmythe-, of Kalamake Which ' tde licked? .r. - f - - - ' Mr. Cockran of New TorkI - Infer 9m the gentleman's singular habili-' enta that he hss -been a long -time '. daad and haa not my acqualnUne wlttt - tory all history, , The ' north con- - querad. . : - . .- ' - 1 r. cmyta or xaiamaaee Aa neuner had aa armament aad botnr rought - battles with volunteers, -wkst : lebaan" would have bean -. "Inculcated " ., by ihe triumph f the south t ' . ' Mr. Cockran. of Nw Tork Mr. Speaiker. I protest l . . v Mrl Cmythe ef Kslamakee Did the - result prove th efficiency of the.volun- ' teers tnf th north, or th inernciency or : the voQunteers of the south r - Did it not atter of fact leave the-questlon - of - the! .relative value, of armament" and "no armament " lust , a It, was foret Mr. kren of New" Tork la , th cerulei reaches of space. - where . the - golden ya of Infinity flicker upon the olute; where eerruscatlng ex-. utter istences urge around th - thunderous throne of labatract being; ,whre Tha Speaker The time- er the gentle man f rom tspae has expired. 'V waaningivn,, u v . ,,- rf ., .. troMsi . 4rawoatAjni emus. From -th Philadelphia Inquirer, . ; -Keep us. O VOd, from pettiness; let us be large In thought; in .word, In deed. Let us be dona with fault-finding and leave of f self -sebking. . k , ' -' , May we put away pretense and meet each other face to fac wUhoki -.self-pity and w'thout prejudice.: ; , i May we never bA hasty in judgment snd slwsys gsnerotl. - : . . Let us taka time for aii iningaf max . us to grow calm, serrne; gentle. , fk- J " . Teach ua to put 'Into action our bet ter impulse, stralghtforwsrd and ; un afraid. . . ' f I - . .- . Grant that we may Veallse It! tm the. little things thst create ' differences; -that ia the big thlnga lot W we .are one. - And -may we strive to Vouch' and to know tbe great common wvman'e -heart ' of us all, and, O God, let unot leTget, to b kind. ,r ve-'-'i-a' UstftlUB 'MEgST (otrf. From Civil nd Military Oaiett Lihor. A Hindu lady In Amrltaaf aa ' just seen her fifth generation the eotof her great-grandson. - ghe has undergrne a ceremony called Svarga SopanarohVnaar " (rising tn heaven by means ef s lndV. After a two sours service or (nanscs giving s hesp of r1c was put be fere tnfr on which was placed a small 'AmTAr gold. The--bT- In y Jewis an d. Clark a...... .,-, m .-.rr-m r ' y , 1 w T . -if i : 1 1 M 7