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.... t .... -WEDNESDAY MAY.. 10, . 1905. PORTLAND, OREGON, .T H E O R E G 'AH' , S. JACKSOP Published every evening (except Sunday) and" , erery Sunday morning;' at THE ISSUE PLAINLY rTVlROUGH the legerdemain of the direct , pri 1 -maries and the result thereby brought about the ":rf Tnrm" mnvenictTt.-it left-4a a leu advanced stag ". than marked it,2 tjek-gtTheTlercarorAlbee lMtiretjajiged4heasnect .of thinssand, brought the people fie to faee'once again with the proposition of whether, we are to . revert into a condition worse Jl morally than ever before or to make a mighty fight to U. Jjetaia hatwe.have already secured. A few. week ago it would not have been considered possible that any party or set of-candilate-wold have the .hardihood to face ''T the people of Portland on a platform which mean that not rmly. avill the advances maUe be abandoned but that :; we wifl go to extremitierin theo!fi?r"direction hitherto ndreamt-Trfr -Antf-yet.this preciselywhat has been 7 done. The saloonmen of thefjJtevhwTr-Wwrt iSmsvcad --r cannot- fce escaped... . Y hr-Heyf ttl.:f elfy ""H Vf fun ttpfcin- the-interest of airy clique of combination. JWhat they are entitled to -under the law should be accorded them, but that the laws should be ignored and abrogated in their interest as was done by the present cjty admin . ' istration in the case of the gamblers should arouse the Jtcaljand indignation of every voter.. : T - , , As we have said the issue therefore gives cIearrscj3peJhaa-evef'-befQrc and untrammeled public sentiment ?f j t)UtC6tne should be so emphatic hat no-one can here after dotlbt the Sentiment of the people of -thi'scpm ", " "munity.- THE MYSTERY OF larmer or stock, raiser, ana you ouy it DacK, or portions 01 it. at aooui "'"Tfor thejurWerance of those principles of municipal con the price per pound you received for it. This duct wnlch he has so long and ably stoodr S5 if then timet auf of - and farmer! have suspected and even -i - -waH a beef trtistn Combine, centered -that-toxngTear-extCTtwmri.eaQT jtt ana i.rmsr ana butcher shops.. - - -. j-;.;-' It seems that this cannot.be true, for Commissioner " Garfield, a high-salaried officlaf.-with ntimermis-e; pensivetassistants, aterwgraphers, - JJunkeysays tlure-AUegedpruppQefl beet trust-ia. not making a living interest on Jts investments, 1s 'grow nR poorer, and the inference js that it may have to apply to . Uncle-Andrew-Carnegie-for-charity-to- keep from JarxiBgejChicago,.Trjb.u - " T raitously disposed toward Armour, Swift, et alTay: 7 ." .The question why the price of beef has advanced - remains unanswered."" Why should beef on the hbof .: go down so that cattle raisers say they are doing a - r . lu8.iuy:usiiies?zyfrdattheaTne time trefin- the"- .. ,. tbutcher'f atall.goet p?That is the question which : r.ii plagues ' the- consumer. . Who isi. to- enlightewhimT" 'Government agents have assured him that the con- . IlederatedLpacker a are Jiot-lh tltypartlejLlriie y have doneitrjix-a-300-page book.T-which: time tojfeadOe Itet a copy. No that an alibi his ieen proved for the packets," the government of-. rftcnrls should continue their, researches; .-. ii.nr m r-ITrTfrif 1 "Trn nt;-m r-i- ptawrCa-i.. y. trmi .imn-nirrr "w ""'y 5ausii.iurj muiviuun uu- xhe streets and siaewa tiorrrt to go back into the foothills, raise a cow-brute, fatten it, kill it and -itrfor you wont get ita costT" Or if Itf - tion you do aell it, .don't buy any of it back, or next week or next month you willLbe going over the hills to the ; poorhouse. There 'is one other solution of "Irvegefaftari; Probably-yott-would be - pier. for doing to.--- H-' ' NOTHING DEFINITE IN T-'-t The Denver speech of President the beginning of what the, people last phase of the railroad ratet eemenof "opInTonhave tpeecB"Tepresentt the active agehfoT Not only is the policy of the president and hit ad visers now':defirtd,1bi Jrrr: ltaaonsoLlhat policy are before ' gonian "jpHl HESE STATEMENTS are obscure, the conclusion evasive. The president ift ohlv went so far as to lay that submit to federal regulation and control. But how, and "titmrfarf- And tiOw can- lie regulate .majority of congress .against him, at ji undoubtedly, is f Theilast phase".is not i sight yet; this is only a pre liminary and as yet. a doubtful "phase." It would take a lunsmu'S XAVX.TU. Ftora the XjOndon - Mall. -. T"" "'Mr. Oeorae Bernard Bhaw, lncturina on ehakespaar6 at Kenlnton Town hall -- laat nlaht. compared himself to the poet . mora than once, aomfwhat to- 8hakea tT'm dlaa4vantaie. ' -v?l R IhariwWIrmlillcltjF" wKtSh'Ta t Mr. Bhaw a. cnir cnarm, ne aeacriDea tha demerits of tha poet. There were ' wsnyJ?T-th,--awrdrntr"t6Mr. Bhaw. -rnifre ara a few which he dealt . with at'lenfth: Bhakeprar'ljtnrance of love mak- nr.-- " , TfHi paaatmlam. -" - ' Ilia haaty habit of wrltlnf asy blank Vre. " j; ". 1 narrowneaa of vlalon., - Ifle trite philosophy. "Hera are tome eatraeta from Mr. "Shakeaprare wa not a Vulr-and : Illiterate man who ban -life by holding ' horse heads.- Bhakespeare waa a arfen- 1 r-1 II 1 1, M 111. ma; . icuniuru ii.inw.i. n siwh. You will uiidcraX.lewp - - tinman, and always regarded hlmeelf aa able standing when I tall you hU father -was a bankrupt. People whose fathers have been. bankrupts. don't hQld Jiorsea", "' heads for m living. . "Its regarded himself as a gentleman. lie waa very poor. That had nothing to do -with It. My father wa very . . poor, but always considered myself a gentleman. . People sometimes ; Insult me by celling me a merii'br of the m,ld- die classes,",. . . Mr. .Bhaw described "tVe't-fjibofs i .. Lost" as "a very. Bedford Park kind of - " plsy." and said thst there wss reason :!' for believing , that Shakespeare had -" M?ir In, love. Mr. BJiaw ahook h. - ln disgust over the way "that yt'Ung woman Juliet talked to Komw, end 4tecrlbd ,effeetlvely how Hamlet, having made a powerful jpne over Oahelte" .grave, went off fira fencing matrh. ., . Bhekeeneara." ld Mr. Bhaw ae rlniisly,!lwaa an eatremely' able and eltrer man ta bit way." , lit want on O N D AIL Yr: J O U R N A L nrnr Tmnm etn rmrw s fatttr : -r-rr PUBLISHED BY TOURNAL.lI PUBLISHIMa-COi- -,. yrrefiar-oniana. wtron. MADE. faith in his good VOTERS in the SecondKatiH liy"TK penjile ami nuttinir our drstirieuislied 1 Sullivan, and JKhileihe independent sentiment of 4the is not political but to the independent fhe voters, anrLLb-e. second Ward Mr. Sullivan 'has f where he stood" -4 BEEF, the out' sen a ocei animai, he elt onvernment is eoo reason to - alleged that there chiefly in Chicago, which he isjthtpDen 01 m;ii in nee USES OF terks.igurers - aiMt aiked a heJiai no rights of citizens. buy a piece of land, to somas-extenf, eat it. Don'tjoll need and 'deapera- rneiKhbora-and the the difficulty turn E SHAljU healthier - and 4i than" the violation city ordinances are SIGHT YET. Rooserelt marks trust will be'the controversy. The. crystallTration. I jn resoect of violations of law by certain saloons and the vicious element generally,. 1irn- Nobody expects the nation. Ore his Denver speech the railroads must gntrnotmul. - wiHi a' to tell how ha had. to subordinate his great ability o popular work In order to earn money so that ha might become a country gentleman. ' Jl JTTie-peopleof the"-lime wotil J not' have Shakespeare's serious plays, to he washed his hands Ilka Pilate and wrote for-the popular, taste. Jfewrolelhem a play aTntua,;WelV heie jfuu-are1-aa you like It.' " " Ihaaudlenee-thoTigRCfor a moment, (aw the Joke Wrapped In the crltlclanv and . smilingly applauded. "It's funny how long that takes to reach soma peo ple." said Mr. Shaw. "It's true, though. As toArTorr Mke--could wrlta Just as good a play myself, and have done) It, except, of course, -the benwtlful verse, and. I'm not sure about that." Mr.- Shaw aald jnanjrr amlllnglyr ear caatlo tMngs, . bbt Incidentally he pralaed Shakespeare much for hit fas cinating phrases. ' ' '- - .. " . BX.ACKBU.DSi nT TUOIT. f- '. From the Kansas City Journal. . i . . . - - 4i - Beuently - army - after army - of black- birds flew over Aline, headed north.The advance. guard waa about half a mile lng from the Hock-Is1sn4t the Orient track. 1 The second flew 'la column "fbTmatlon and waa fully three quarters of a mile long. At Intervale of from It minutes K"n.houT ell through tha forenoon patches end squares of birds followed. A conservative estimate of the number that passed during the- forenoon would be SO0.O0O. .The birds flew . very low end their wings and shattering ebuld. be Mrw took Listed From the Philadelphia North Amerlcsn. Bo Mr . BockefeHer 1100.000 contri bution : a business Investment, bssed on the theory thst "trade follows ths missionary." iBoon. no doubt, we'll eee evens' lemT-common and preferred, listed on the exchangee. j.NO. P, CAPBOtX Tbe Journal Bufldingv. Fifth ?;X,n new. kind of -microscopej to., detect any significant"cryt talliaation." The, preaidcnt.hiinSclf stales--nothing. .yery definitely, and most of hi party "advisers" are Opposed to. him. jle may be a John Tyler or an Andrew John son, ra thjxjha n a n-A mir -trr-jiiTlTttt' T'1'" his policy are not "before the nation." We have only a vague concept of them as gathered' in his 6ophomoric speechr'IIe talks loudly; he is well fed on bear meat; but there are forees and influenceshh-whicli-4ie-Adll have to deal'that must be"feoned with, and whose operations are as yet, to say the least, uncertain. We don't , know yet either how-much of a reformerthe president will be if he can, nor how much 6f a rjpformcr he will be permitted to be... And we say thrs with strong intentions. ALL TARRED WITH THE SAME STlCK.;.T ndoubfeJl-4oiretrter-fof the-purpose f uo an inderjerfdentTandnlt-giM8t fellow citizen, the lion. Lawrence M. ward will undoubtedly sustain thfm, nevertheless we can not refrain from harking, back to our original position that no one who has been nominated more-fully repre sents in his own proper person the hopes and aims of the ticket headed by the present mayor than does the man whanw spircsHrTepresent his coTiiTitentT;frorfrth long been a resident of Portland and he has pursued manyvaj:jojiOrid.AvocAtMs,eacefut andfltherwlserbuf there has never been any doubt about He is "not now running for office under any false-pretense. -Ilia seeking thjnommaUon., i not the result of a sudden inspiration on. his part nor an n annaiiihU thirct fnr official irlnrv but rather it is one of and make of it an ooen instrument ably stood. f if there oppose Sullivan who is but a part there is .equal reasoiLto oppose the ticket as a-whotey-ef and above:boardpre STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. PROMINENT-business firm of Chicago last week oaoer of that citV-ttuaaucstion : J Jo lliesTfeet$-6flOTorbel0fTg-TotsO()O,OOO citiienr for their-free and uninterrupted use in the con duct of all legitimate business?" - - - - . i i t . . j "r - - A inis paper, xnat opposcu juugc um nc .r .7 that rate .thecpnrem will sonn he In ."VV."iT, Yyr" standt-against-public ownership of utilities, I ephed-ttratfiie indicant class with the beef trutt.IiP.vef w lh. tnid. breast nwk "this is'an important question," and went on to show in detail hpwjthpeople of -that city. have beeaJmposed upon by the street iaiJroad-compani-,ButHit adds, answering this" firm: "Business firms 'like you are 'not in'a position to tecture anybody, not even the rioting teamsjcrsTlon Jhe use, and abuse of the public streets. They and others like them: have trespassed on. public rights as long -and as flagrantlya;anyr; class in this community, Theyrhave-aet he bad example. They have-mcited to-disorder,-the-vklatKn--ef--the-law -and ordinances, thd continual and persistent disregard of the ' - -v There Isliomething In thTs worthy of the conscientious 'T-fnrWSWeAi' 'ftierl' of PoTtfirtdf I . t . J , .u2- Iks must Fe used byjomf thefn but - dolnot - aome of them impose "too much -and 'unnecessarily on the good nature oL their pedestrian public? LAWS SHOULD BE BETTER ENFORCED. INSIST on the enforeement rather audacious and Tniolent disregard and of laws. Certain state laws and persistently-and insolently vioiated. along lower Sixth, street, for instance. The sheriff has done considerable toward enforcing the laws and punish ing violators of laws, but he has been handicapped by political opponents in office who do not support him as they should. As to the city administration, it is lax, to any improvement under thejnanage- ment of Chief Hunt, and matters would be even much worse if, as reported may happen, he should be replaced by W. A. Storey.-Everybody knows pretty well what Chief Hunt's administration has been, and also what Storey's wodlff be. - This city needs men of higher character and" stronger fibrerferrjDTi5te 'positlonshanIIunrrtoteyTTiTrd others that could easily be mentioned. -We think a plu rality of the electorate of Portland will so decide and declareon June 5. WXUU8S TBUIOKAXT TJK XOMZ. William Waver in the Electrical Review Every one must admit that wireless telegraphy la applicable to the starting of musio boxes, to Are alarm telegraphy, to tha ringing of doorbells and the other bell a.-- 1 might aay that when wireless teeiraphTgwaa--lrstylntodu8I,, "MauT flve or tbe-yearerairs,- and 'the world waa agog-over the new' art, the writer, to entertalnand -amuse a party of his friends, used It one evening at his home for the. purpose of ringing the bell In a progressive gems of cards. To this end a . push-button conneoung -with - the transmitter wss srrsnged at tha "head table In-one-room, whlle-the coherer with a short antenna was placed In an adjacent room,. The arrangement worked quite successfully and the. guests were delighted with the novelty of the affair. OBTXaOXB FiSLOa Y)BJf AICZ VTB. From the Bangor (Maine) News. In New England 100 years ago it was by no means- uncommon- for peepe-4o provide-their coffins long before their death... tpd keep the kerne In their houses, whert . they ..could.. tea .them! 7,h"y Another queer -eustomlhst prevailed in this section of Mains down to a com paratively recent date was that of re moving the plate from the icoftliu after the funeral and Just be fort the body wss lowered into the grave, and keeping It n the best room In the rouse among the ornaments and bric-a-brac. The wrlteC"a.w dne of these gru"3ofmf' ex.: hlbltt on tha. mantel of a Llncolnvllle parlor not more then 21 years ago. ! The Limit of Boors. -?-Prom ths-london Ttt-Bitsr - Mahager-'-orou do not eject enough eontempt, spite and venom Into that word. - ' - , t. Actrese I ran do no better. Msnsger Nonsense! Speak Just aa you say ."Plush!" when you meet a rival tn an imitation sealskin. SMALL-CHANGE: froie thank heaven I "-t Is" already a Boat lty. rZ - Don't gawk on tha sidewalks. Move .We are ttlll ready to bet that It will rain. ' r S St. flaiiy. Petersburg stories stlli amell Teddy should have' steered clear of Chicago.' !1" 1 The votes won't be counted till the evening of June next. ... . : J. i. .. - No; Nan.' Old Time will" never turn backward at -your plea. . , '"The" bank, examiners generally teem to-nna;)t out arterwarg Wa hopeTogtr wasn't " trying to get through the Panama canal. . . -i- If we had. Rockefellerg money and got it right wa wouldn't talk .back. ., .r .Put. Brad; Strong la also on the stage. Possibly 1,-rrjr S-ll-r-ft Beat ' 'It Is to- be hoped the queen of May haa put on different and heavier cloth ing.. J .... The fair grounda look better sinea it cotstwe-bittnstead" uf leu. uenlt to 'ogJU"--- : ' Minister Boweir Will be home In a few days and may have something Interest, lug to say to Mr. Loom Is. . It only ..cost the new- senator from Tennessee til.tft to- bs sleeted. Ad. dicks, Clark and othera wonder how thla can be. . ; ' . Blgslow wlll3awelLfed and tended and petted, no doubt. If hehadstolen six bits he would have been in a chain- gang-are now Thera la Always 'aomathlna to ba thankful for,Jt aeema almoit aura that . We're sorry, but wa ean't go to fiear that-Fourth of July Speech of Tom Ivawson's In Kansas. But we don't doubt it will be a scorcher,, and that a. cyclone Will follow. . .; -rr J tOT th. flr.t th, net earnings for the first three months of the yesr were only 123,025,898, or a messley $10,000,000 more than for the corresponding quarter of last year. -At - OREGON SIDELIGHTS- "The wool la mostly clipped. New 11,000 schoolhouee at Macksburg. fA-talephjone Una from Newport through tba Taqulna vallejr aeoma aur thle aura mer. -r ; : 1 - Tendlaton gamblera are waiting for a miBC-peiaiirraflouaT)uaI neaa ' V 1 At Elk City Sunday four persons, two of them women, caught.190 trout eo they said.- r-- Auror will toon have tha largeat hall and opera-house between Oregon City and-Salemr : " 7 The Weston flouring mill, after being much -Imprevea-and repaired, will ; be started up early In the fall. - Tha-Hood River Glacier la bound to nominate E. L. Bmlth of that town for governor. The Reps might do worse. Day's Creek Correspondence of Can- yonvllle Echo: F. B. Pool hat been mak ing .hay. Thafa right, JTrankmakt hay whllf the sun shines. North Tamhill will sprinkle her main street with crude petroleum this sum mer, believing that it will be better and at the same time cheaper than jrater. - While - on - his trip east Mr. George Crosfleld traveled 11,000 miles, visited 1 cities, and returned home In 13 days. Wasco -News, Andyet In luck to get home. .- "Elmer Ijengbi akettllled a eougar ever eight (seMrsm tip t-ttn, hv the Upper Calapoola a few daya ago. Oakland Owl. That was a long break for the cougar. A large pump is now In operation In the Dry Diggings placer fields, on Rogus river, near Grants Pass. Ir Is operated night and day, and supplies water to two giants. Its capacity la IS, 000, 000 gal lons dally. ' County Judge Brown of'XIncoln county says:- "The hills of Lincoln county unsuitable Jt of agricultural or purposes hoUld7T5esupporfIhg hot less than 60,000 high-grade Angoras. Expe rienced goat-raisers aay there Is room snd feed for many more "than th.Is num ber. . 'As an assistant In preparing land for a grass crop ha goat la valuable far beyond the yield pf mohair." f T" Wfthln the past year In the tfctiOi But ter ereek and Maxwell district. In the western portion of Umatilla county, sbout 72 'miles of ditch hsve been bujlt Includlngmaln and lateral -ditches. Fifty-two thousand pounds of alfalfa seed has been sold In the past year.hy two Echo merchants, -this amount of seed being used to seed MOO acres, or more than 26 per cent of the total amount of alfalfa land already produc ing crope In these districts. & TBATxmirrrr bxxcs "Trr From the Pendleton Eset Oregonlsn. The gambling densv-of--fetwl trtrm gave tip'' their motley host-of devotees On Bnturdny afternoon, ' and-T2S Pappers, boosters. -dealers and gamblers, many of, whom had hoi appeared on the streets in daylight for months, were counted on the sidewalks In front of the- various places, discussing the - moral spasm which had dosed the garnet and stopped their . nefarioua trade. . These pox marked, i blesched-out, oplum-tosked, blear-eyed, cold-blpoed habitues of the dark alleys and back room dent made t spectacle that Is not often seen any Lmpft Jaivlllxed westerii towns. , 1 - The root mioh Has. : ' From the Washington Star. A western mllllonslrei sayt it is very hard for a rich man to live up his In come. It Is -I ii a 'few rases alto hard for him to live -dewn hit patu . . VENEZUELA'S MAN OF rDESTn 'X "FTOnf the tKmdon'iasd'r. - a Th ey told me In 1 Quayra. the port tocrat was originally a muleteer and cattle-smuggler down In the -atate-of Us Andes. But be suddenly appear In the Caracaa half - o-eongreer- in patent-leather boots which ad amused 8eor Castro himself (they were no boots where he cams, from) that he. waa obllged.'10-Uke-thenf'Off and put theni oh the desk ln front of him! On my way to see the president I noticed an ascent on that tortuous Jour ney of nearly 4.000 feet. Caracaa has an almost perfect climate and a. popu lation of about 120,000. I waa amuaed to aee In all tha big office buildings the notice dlsplsyed. "Politics are not al lowed to be talked nere." . . r. - -r- Castro is paramount now, and hat been for yeara. All his enemies art killed or-Imprisoned In the " dungeons under Maracaibo'a old .fort,. 1s-tc t lied .In- Bogota, Paria, New Tuik or Londbn... How Castro started with an "army" of 23 muleteers and smugglers; how this force grew and grew; how he directed battles from a horae litter, where be . was - confined -wtthr-broken legs these and other-eplsodea are but Incidents In this w6nderful man'a ca reer. Everybody In tha town speaks of him with bated breath tome of thenv pretty boldly, for he waa away In his little mountain resort ot X Victoria, where he utterly disregarded cablegrams about International blockades -and such like boresome ihlngsJonJJijxiniilpleihal "they will arrange themselves If they are 1st- alone," Indeed,- tha.. president will often disappear altogether, leaving no address at the American legation. Caatro Is always popular-with-hit people, for he gives them no end of eon certs, dancss and bull fights. He frequently- retires to bed. a tt o'clock in the morning and -recelvea visitors at midday in hit night dress. -He-le-a thick-set, keen-eyed man, much below middle height and with his Indian blood showing.-moat - plainly. i-rdo-net-thtnk he Is an inch over five feet, and he, Is stooping at that. .i. . ... - - :.And ye here. la.tha.msn who has con, i quered a country with a handful of mule - drivers and hat given aleeptess nights .to the-dtplomats.Af thefajyorldi He seks all his visitors many quea. tions about the Bavy-andarmr of their country, and fully believes that the one warahlp he has Been. In his life the Presidents Sarmlento, of the Argentine republlo it the most powerful battle- snip- in ine woria. Prealdent Castro did- not conceal his enntemnt foe Knvlsnil init Oirminv. mnti afterward heardewasTinawaTs of I the very existence of India -and Aus- trallg. ,- : - 8o you see there Is B"sfde"ialbout Venexuela's autocrat Any one may of his frock coat f An assassin tried to shoot him once, but the prealdent lamed the man with a well-aimed shot Often Yim will Invlt eaaual n.Aiv.Kii TnTolne palace and give Impromptu balls, in which tha -stranger It amaxed to aee poor Indiana In canvas clothes, little betteHhan-ragC and rough san dals, aide' by aide with brilliant uni forms, gold lace and Ordera. At such fancttons the president dances with ahort-women and glris, -for he 1tvtry sensitive about his diminutive stature. It Is common - knowledge in Caracas that-the- president detests Mr. Bowen, th-Amerlcan minister solely on-- the It almost a giant --". . An American diplomat on one oceaalon took him an Important telegram to hit mountain retreat and found him at an open-air picnic, dancing under the, trees with a lot of peasants and pretty -girls. "You 'cannot talk about business." a high official aald. "Bee hi excellency la danctn gV : ' ; . t "Have you any notion," the American said. Ironically, -"when President Castrd will- stop dancln g r r ."" " Castro's right-hand man threw up his arms with a gentle "Qulen sabaT He haa hn d'ng to for .the last five days " Just then the president saw his visitor. The girl hanging on hit arm took the most Important . telegram and read It, whereupon Castro stopped the band and made a ' speech-about shedding his blood for "the sacred soil of Bolivar," and JO on. Tha girls ahouted applause, while the dancers banged . empty beer bottles on' ths iron tables. - An amaalnglhiarh..trulyl Knowing nothing of military science, he haa yet carried everything before hinv ln bat tle. Though he hat never left hie own country, yet he has got the better of the most skillful diplomats and men of the worlds and there it at this hour not the slightest chance of any rlvsl oust ing him from his remarkable poaitlon as insolent and autocratic dictator. xnrx:xx3TXBx.'s srroAMtj. (By George V. Hobart.) 1 (Copyright 1006, by the Amerlcaa-Joeroal- Eiemlner.) Vun nice -ray to find ould yutt -vet a vlmmens dinks abould you It to make hsr mad at you. yet Der -only trouble abould a human erank-ls dotr lt cannot be-turned. 1 Love la not blind, but lie has such a case of nearest-sigbtedness. Money talks a lot of foolishness to dem, vot flaten hard, t Der most llstenable man is der man vot seldom gift advice. ' .DIs vorld vat full mlt many better dings denjnoney.luLAiLtakei money to get dem. ---. All laughs doan'd listen alike In dls Torld.Der lsogh-tch- you see at der marrlaglng altar sounds different from der laugh vlch you vlll notice, in der divorce court. i 'Some jroung meht ttart Quid to play der prodigal ton und-eoma home play ing der fat headed calf.' T . Clothct doan'd make der man", but Set make udder men dink to, vlch It aa broad at It's wide. ' Honesty vas-der-best life Insurance policy. ' D. DINKLEBPIF.L, - - - Per OeorgeJr. .HobartT' From the Chlctgo 'Chronicle.' Both national and city statiettrs Indi cate that the men of the United jRtn(es are- dying .off faster then the womevi. Vsrlous ressons are' assigned for the rant the mors atrenunus Ufa-' of mew their greater-exposure to accidents and more recklessness In regard to health- The second half of the nineteenth cen TflTy "made "Important cnanges for women. It relieved them from much of the pld dredgery and social Intercourse. TheV began to believe lest In self-sscrl-flee and more In self-government They brought fewer children Into the world and psld better attention to the physi cal well-being of thesewho. Were born. They -became the friends-and com panions of - thelr-shtldren and entered Into their Interest Instead of holding aloof and talking down to them. This hresdth of interest snd the new and healthier activities tn which women have engaged have done aa Immense amount toward keeping then! well and warding off old age that .used. to. creep on at SO. Tha arrandmother does not now, alt-4a-Ilia chlmnon rnrntr with herJ Quitting elmply contemplating tne past and quietly awaiting death. She Is presi dent of a club, a leader in a octal circles or absorbed In some needed reform. Whatever..,, the strenuous llf msy mean for man. It'cjertalnty aeemgto-be a benefit tu 'woiiietrlt we may Judge ftuui ttatlmtft." LETTERS - FROM EOPLE Tum to the slight. Portland, Or.. May (.To the Editor Cf The Journal Having noted the glaring- tendency 'among--pedeatrlana - and drivers of your fair city" ta "get left," an awkwardness which, though all too common, in Other Cities, eeems peculiarly and notably prevalent In Portland, and at a recent-writer in a city paper haa called attention to : the Importance- pf collecting "thlabd"eridency, the en- oloaed, . written tome yeara ago, but never published. It given, afreewrir offering for the reform of the awkward squad. Hoping that It may help to Jar the yokels loose from the left-oblique and aet them right the writer will be sufficiently . repaiq it .ne can. ai.soroa future time, even' by rasping hit right shoulder against tha brick walla of a business .block, avoid a head-end col lision with soma noodle, without making a sudden and impromptu -movement by thk left flank .rather than dispute, the right of way: . - The Left - -L - . -' He has a aneaklng hang-dog air And-shames the looks he tries to wear; Hie -brain Is upsjde down with care. And of all ssnte bereft. ' -With no regard for othera' rlghtt He cranet hla-neok- to- eee the tlghtt, While putting you In graceless plights. By turning to the left" Affronting- all, he blockt thenitreett Wlth-ahuf fling gaH hie elumey feet Make threat to trip whom he may meet -Hls awkwardnssa seems deffe. Apparently he trlea to dodge ------And on your tolar. plexus lodge; D JKf?.'ir gggjL-'Ig.thet he makes hodge nodse. . - - . - " ' -"- This churl who. turne to left. . He., shamblet close betide the-wall 4 Where kind-and-cooling thaaowt ran, This soul beyond conception email; And yet a ton in heft His csreass comes agalnst your thigh; With pain and deep dlagiiat you cry: "I wist) thy'd keep within hie atye--Thls plgwhe turns to leftr- - Cumplaeently whats er be tia Thts-chwmp alongthe street will slide, And slowly weave from tide to tide, . A slg-sag, laxy weft, Which tangles up with all who pass And hustles crowds In helpless mass. Policemen pound this cbwn to emi Who alwaya turnt to left, When; gathered: In unnumbered throng TherhoBtt ara Judged of right and-wrung" The air with wild, triumphant aong aOf demons will be cleft For when- the- sharp turn--lev the right In eearch or peace end heaven't light, Thoss selflah.goats will push and fight For hades on tae leit- Ihort Cords of Wood. iT'ortlahd.May"a.;To -theEdltor- 6t THE Th Journal The-writer-ba.vma--Occai4aj. TiofTfo purclSie sdmrwood, a few day - ago. called up by phone one of the local W-rvarda-and- inquired therprtcevf rniuf ani was informed that four-foot wtmdrwas-eelllnr for-a-per -eord and 16-lnch for $4.60. delivered, whereupon he ordered one half cord of H-lnch. delivered C. O. D. When delivered the ju-lct waa2.6a-insteadpfil25whlch was paid, and when 1 returned home la the evening. I put-th wood In the basement and piled It up, finding to my surprise thst I had only a pile eight feet long and four feet six inches high for a half cord of wood, 1 at once called aidJoxsloodjard ndln- I formed them of the fact, anff"Bemanded that they make good the amount 1 nis they declined! to do. 1 When a fsrmer comes to the city with a load of hay or other bulk produce he la made to drive upon the city scales and welghrhts -produce. Should he bring a load ,of wood he has to go on-the msrket square and have his load meas ured, and is figured down to Jthe f ineet frsctlon for his product, but tha so called -woodyard man can- drive - his wagon under an endless belt thst It Tun from tome wood saw, snd the wood tt it ta tawed drop onthis belt and is conveyed to the wagon. - Should any of it Tall "off lt-tt-neveT-Teplaeed on the load. When the wagon gets filled In the center and the blocka fall. off. rather than the driver "put "them fiiTfiS"Tor or after part of -tnt wagon they are allowed to fall to the ground and remain there. Again ths fire or the saw is kept up from - ths wood belonging to 4 the asms load, and by the time the sup- posed c6rd Is sswed and-the ' diiyef ready to move orr tner is a gresi apori age of wood, and we are billed with a cord or half, as the esse msy be. It teeme to the writer that therele no better time than at the pressnt one for some of the candidates for office to make some declarations toward look lnglnttf .thlarwholeeale- steal ?ttM wood that is daily, being practiced by many wood dealers of the city. You have city scsles, ordinances to regulate saloons, licenses thst are charged ln order, that men may carry on their business in the vsrlous capacities,; and If one of thess fslls toll meet the requirements tne authorities send a man around to call on them and Inquire the reaspn, but the wood .man does business unmolested, robbing the people every day. -Thls is a matter that the elty-eoum-ll should, look into at once and not wait for their new brethren that- will soon tske their seats among them to bring this tubject up. If a boy er a men rides a bike on the sldewslk the "cop" takes him In and It coata him 16 for violating the law. Let -mr-seer-tnto" this, The lawBsytrthat there shall be 128 cubic feet In a cord nf wood, and IS ounces to ths bound In such Droduct ns Ait . farmer brtngs to the market. ""Trou confiscate hir buneTThe-ifrowndsfoe proUst-agalnst the If It Is fight weight he. must give II eggs for a dosen and 2.000 pounds for a ton of'hay, but th wood man passes along tht street every day with short measure and there Is' not a word said. Come now let us bs honest' wtth one another and not bring one to Justice un less we do all. - The above is" wrlten In all kindness, and demanding Justice for all. . J. W. FT8HBURN. if East Tht'teenth Street North. mii-ht After r: From .the Philadelphia Press. She Would f au really die for me? He No. deai I would not ' Bhen-There! "3 thought you wouldn't, and yet you Vlk of love He My deaf, my love it of lbs un dying tort. - i - - iBIG"COST"OF MODERN : WAR (Charles J. Pollock in Atlantic Monthly) In ISIS the debtor Bfigtand wss about - lrZ- SUAUi tha.lwara nf to rfflutTnale audthe Spanish succession had ralaed it to 1211,000,001). Ths Seven Years' war raised It to 1695,000.000 and the downfsll of Napoleon brought It to ie.BS0.OOJ)0(Lr . . . '" 'n The interest , on vthe wsr debt alone -then cost i times as much as the whole nstlonal expenses In the time of William and Mary. Everything waa taxed. . . Necker's budget Just before the revo lution In Trance called for an annual . expenditure ,of nearly $100,000,000. of' every dollar raised SO cents went'for wsr costs, 1 cente for pensions snd the royal family, four cents for courts and -administration and four.'more for publlo works, education and reljglon. ... Thirty years of armed peaca In Eu rope show these figures. In millions oC dollars, aa tha hraa yrea teat war, bud-'" gets:- ' '- t . - t -: ',- : , GreaS 'r- !- Year Brttatn Germany France 1S7S.,.:... 1!H.I t . 1I1.T 188 .,- 135.0 i . 101.7168.0 - l9t...V -.!. , 1SS.7 . -. 17S.9 1901 r 144.7 217.5 . 200.1 Tbo whole of Great Britain's vst debt snd SO per cent of France's and Ger many's are due to war coats. -'.'" - The annual expenditure of these. thread nations on . the interest on war debt alone Is over 1300,009.000. Great Britain, to be sure, writes Mr. Bullock, -is. now spending 1244,000.000 for the support of military armamants, -whlle-Oermany-Ttpenda 1217,000,000 and France 1200,000.000. But our own outlay ' for soldiers and fleets hat rtrfeln to $195r OOO.eOOr and Is -more-likely t6 Increase than decrease for some time to.corrie. , We ara going " the aame road. - The cost-of our government et different periods It shown In this table, the two columns uf -expenditures 1ir"mtil!nntr"" . Ordinary Interest Total Per cap Tear exp. ' charges- exp. Jtaexp. 179IW...J S.9- 1.4 1.1 . . 1800 i 1.4 --. 1.4 10.1 ; 12.04 1110...... " I I ' 1.1 . S.8 ' 1.17- 1820.., ...1 11.1 6.1 1S.1 0 1830. ... .. 01.3 1 .0 1 1 ' ' " 1840....... 11.1 O.r 14.1 . lt41a 1860..... 17.1 . .. 8.1 40.9 ... . 17 18S0...... S0.1 1.1 SS I ' . l.01 ltI0i-.TVTe.4-v 12t.l:291.( 7.t 1880. .... ,189.1 ' 81.7 184.8.; S.2S ,. 18S4......1S1.S 80S 142.1 4.23 ISSO..jlSl.S 18 1 297.7 4.75 1900. .. , , ,447.4 y 40 s 487.7 8.38 1904...... 657,1 - 24.S -683.4 -- - 7.11 ""Trr modern . Europe. Ruskla- sa lUa civilised nation "consists' essentially -f tX a. mass- oi-half taught, discontented andmoBtlypennlIe8 pop't'sce rslllng Itself the people; of fl e'tMnjT'wTrtcri calls itself the government meaning, an , annarstus for - collecting and spending money; (r) a small number uf capital' lsts. - ?"Now. when this .civilised mob wantt ; to spend money for any profitless, or m lech le vou s purposes' fireworks, llliimi lD4i!an"lj5!A!"0 place to place, or what notbeing ItselfT penniless. It sets Its money collecting mnchtneto borrow" the sum needful for these , amusenrerttsf rom the civilised capitalist Tha clylllxed cspltallBt lends the mrmey bn the condition that through the" money" collecting-machine he me y tax the civilised mob thenceforward tM evet. Tliat ls'the nature of a, nations! debt." ' I En routs up the Missouri river front Fort Msndan (near the site of the pres ent' clty-of Blemarek. North Dakota) - to the Rocky mounts lnsr mt to Wa'-bsd not. nroceeded-jnore than four and a quarter miles whsn the violence of. the wind forced us to halt for the day under soma Umber In a bend on the aouth side. The wind continued hi.h tha Honda thick and black, and w9jjaja slight sprinkling of rain sev- ersl times in tne course vi nm ".' Shortly after our landing a dog came .;. to us, and as this induced us to believa thst we are near-the hunting grounds of the Asstnibolns, iwho are a vicious, ill-disposed people, it was neceaaary to be on our guard; we therefore Inspected our arms,- which we found In good or der, and sent several huntera to-scour t be country but- they returned in. the evening having seen no tents nor any recent . tracks of Indiana. Bolls and Impost'humes are very common among- the party, and sore eyes continue In a greater or less degree with all or us; for ths Imposthumes we uewiemoltlent poultlcesrand appiy-to-the irea-a solu- tion of two grains of white vitriol and one of sugar of lead with one ounce of "water." " 7rr-- ., Ascxara wxaltm to ths cxtt. From the Pendleton East Oregonlsn. Tllere Is another ' Instance in" which, the gamblers end blacklegs have "added wealth to the city," aa claimed by tome "of the advocate! of an open town; A carpenter lived In a little honi on Webb street, in thlg-ctty," that he hsd psld for with his own earnings when he was following the, carpen ter's trade. He had. a wife and four children. He was jractlcaUyutfL debt and doing well. Finally toe-was convinced that gam bllng was sn easier life to follow than that of carpentering and so tried It far a time. : . X. ,- - The first month he left' his grocery bllLunpald- The-seeond month he Jeft"" the grocery bill unpaid ana borrowed 186 from e friend. At thet.end of six months he had sold his home for 8800, nearly all -o which was applied to pay ing debta among the gamblers, he was In debt, 1110-for-grocerlea-and- 130-or meat, had lost his credit piovti into a suite of light housekeeping, rooms, hU wife half broken-hearted to leave, the home and. the once decent carpenter "V seedy, threadbare saloon bum, clsssed among tha blacklegs, though enjoying none of their success. , j -From -the North Yamhill Record. saloon nuisance at the entrance to the Lewis snd Clark fair are sufficient to. Call attention of the people of the-whole, state. - The fair is not simply to benefit Port 1 snd. It Is Yor tha upbuilding of the entire northwest, and when the. clty-T' council of Portland seeks to obtetn reve nue from, a-v business 'thst will prove detrimental to ths success of the fslr, they are not only doing an Injustice to the people 'of the City, but to the whole i ' T,, eerei Ou at ILast, ': : " From the1 Atlanta ConstltutTon. , ' I An Ohio paper explains that Mrs. Chadwlck in her young dayt borrowed 110 from a loan shark and. that the. rest of her career lp frensted finance -wat tpent ln aa endeavor .to keep, up the lu terett. ' . . .-' - .-'.- "lewis :gANp;r clark" - IJassasasaTsassaaassaeiaaaastSiass -4 4