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r . - i -- r ' - r - -s i HE O VJ tittjbd every eWuaf r (except Sunday Kj4. every 8wdy momtof 'it, ', .J '.:-:-: i : ..... -t-. - mitu, Port)and, Oregon, v.. OUT OP JOINT WITH THE TIMES. rTT STILL REMAINS TRUE after 40 years that the I ; distinguished editor of the Oregonian is the greatest 1 , molder of - public opinion, within the sphere of his ' : .fluence, which the -country affordfc--Thert was a time hen he molded public opinion through theaheeforcs M hiiowerfut1nteircr"Tre nadbne advantage, which added immeasurably to his prestige", and that is Whether r jht or' wrong no one could talk back unless hegra? . -ously 'permitted "ft for eJt.c6fttr6Hedthe only daily tiewspapers printed. And in , the passage of Jrears ht g radually began to regard himself as a sort of demigod nd things. were right, not because they, were so, but because he said' so. This may have been an altogether . atural outgrowth of an unnatural condition.. L - But as usually happens in this queer' old world of rurs, we run f romv one extreme to another.5 as, the dis ,..guished editor of the" Oregonian has found to his ap rrent bitter discontent. : An opposition paper, to wit; 'i he Journal, was 8Urteu3$d in,the course of time it ecame" apparent it had , come to stay. At the present time ho one has .any. doubts.of it, llnguishied editor of the . Oregonian. .There Has been two-fold result, first, the distinguished editor of the Oregonian has found himself in the attitude of the one 'vise man with the .eleven blanked fools j on the jury. The situation is exceedingly distasteful to him. The !even blanked fools are obdurate and the one wise man catVonly rail ajt their bad taste, their idiotic lack of j udgment and their base ingratitude. On - the other l and, and here .is the second; cause of complaint,, the 1 reaction having set in and an opinion that would .be right and proper coming from any other, source, . coming from the -distinguished editor of. the Oregonian, is narrowly scanned, suspiciously - dissected and like - as not contemptuously rejected. . Indeed," things """are reaching such a pass, if they have not already reached it, tv't the : distinguished editor of the.Oregonian- has -r-i iv4 at -the second stage of his great career as an opin ion molder, for now the happy, frolicsome, and enfran chised citixen has only to find what, the distinguished " t.tor wants in order to do precisely the opposite, acting on the theory that he will thus come pretty near hit t'.sf the nail on the head and doing the best for his own interests andthe interests of the community, ' : . ; The distinguished editor made the fatal mistake when t enjoyed, a monopoly of the'newspaper field in ruth' jsly riding down every obstacle in , bis path. He set " Lliself up as the final arbiter., "It we right if he said' so and it was wrong if he said so. He regarded nothing as sacred but his own opinions. No' citizen of the city or state was safe from his attack and whether or not he lad justifiable public grounds for' his courses cut no f.gurc He not only attacked those helpless to defend themselves, but. he, shut off . the only avenue, of reply. For many years therefore he was in the position of the town bully who, having terrorized the community, might with' impunity hit every head in sight And this for "rany years was his pleasure. Furthermore, there was sever a step undertaken that underlying it could not have tien louud a personal motive. Everything, had "pur pose" and that, "purpose". when traced back had its in ception, in -hv quivering -nerve -of the corporate or in- "-drvidual pocket-book of, the distinguished editor, and his gvgsTic43iojaatejlew,men country have had such rare opportunities to do good to their communities ttii "state than. the distinguished edi tor of the Oregonian and no man has flung them. aside . so .contemptuously as Js. V;---J -'- 4 : J :T-- And now conditions hav changed.JUT.here is a new Fortland with new ideals, a broader initiative and a more iliruistic spirit'1. Under the new regime-each man stands on his own feet and hisrwords carry ree that they deserve, nd no further.' distinguished editor is still living in the" past He re alizes nothing of the significance of the quiet but far reaching revolution that has been wrought under" his nose except to the degree of resenting it . . i . i - . j - -pui nimscil in inc smiuuc 01 a uin wnn KricTiutCi uiii who is out of joint with the affairs of the world and who is ready, to cut off his nose to spite his face. Day by day he is toilsomely at work undermining the structures fee has helped build in. the past 40 jrears. Its founda tions are already shaky and in "Its most thunderous Lful V minalions - there is- aoticeabte-: the quaver of decrepi tude and the note pf keenly disappointed hope.,..The Ore gonian still shows the. outward, semblance pf a news paper, but by a singular fatality the things which it should not do are the precise things which it does, and he things which jt should do by the same singular atality it is doing in the -wrong .way and from the wrong motive- Ita errors in methods and judgment are largely due to the fact that it refuses to recognize and seeks to -repel the change which hat come about in conditions, aiid it has before it much the same task as Mrs. Park ington when she tried to sweep back the sea with her broom." The outcome in both cases must be the same, but in the. one case it 'may carry disaster while in the other Jt simply adds to the'gayety of nationa. - .THE NEWBERO CELEBRATION. IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED tha kewberg is to have an unique celebration of Independence day --tomorrowr jtr that all the proceedings will be non military and non-combative in character and suggestion, and designed to teach and illustrate the benefits and ad vantages of peace as- against war, of brotherly love as - against conquest and strife. Such a celebration is par ticularly appropriate in the Yamhill county town, which was largely founded and settled by those advocates and x'jjracUcere of peace, the Friends, or Quakers,, one of 1 whose principal tenets is opposition to war or any kind j of strife. There they, perhaps with the assistance of ' others, founded acolleg$ and a church, and have for many yearsexemplified.Jheirjdoctrines. in their- lives New ' pcrg is ; -M , icinpcranvw iuwii . iiuicui place where lawing and quarreling, less common than in mot settlements of its size, and where the -people, are more than ordinarily prosperous .-. Beware of the Breakers. 'r .'?m- From ' the fealara Journal. r . ':, It aecms to The Journal that there are )ar end ' portentous - political clouds In th air, and. somethlne of a trials la at hand.' -. .,'-. . Rtulatlort of r 11 war corporations Is a eusstlon that will not to put down ty anr mnksahlft Ueialatlon. It ths Mnata should carry out the protram Ita .conmlttM haa announced It will edvanea the eausa of eovcrn nivnt ownership wonderfully. Tba Jour, nul la not now and never had bssn -In f Tvor of that proposition, but. It Is phsarttty IB favor of Clothing the Inter. ' nimtm conmsrea eemmlsaloe with power to flf rata, after lavsstleatloe. It waa - not alwaya In favor nf Boms such nu ira u U tKMtse Mil stioxld bseonie a aw;- - ' ",."..'.-,-,',, Th pawsr""of the trusts to arbitra-rilir- B "prtoas at wm must bs cur. Had In som way or the tariff wad win tiava to ha rtnovad. Tha writer. waa m protectionist all a Ut but a aoeime we are coming DAILY V 1 f PUSLXSHSO BY- JOURNAL PUBLISHINO eg . .-y -Mand contented. -.The idea ,'of these people is that chil - J dren and yooth' should not be taught even by implica. least -of -alt-the-dis- pect now seems fn anyrtrrOfr-4h The Dalles-Dufut1 "weight to-the dej The Oregonian'a many years longer, - He has therefore- t. : . . I .Melntime , let - grcaicsi iramc regulator inai wc nave. OMEYEARS Lseems a similar ism for any share j inurii wwn, 1 fitting sphereor if not unknown, are j " The world is German type, and this the twentieth preoloualy near the line wjiere our tariff ceaasa to bs protection to the laborer and capitalist, for a', fair return for labor employed and capital, invested, and becomes the ' Instrument of extor tion and. robbery. The people may look for some atartlinc developments in the next two years alone thia line. - Another thine which causes the com mon people ereve concern Is that- J. P. Morgan, . Rockefeller, Carnegie and others can do - the things thy " have done and-not. softer rtiexecrat(fn of the people as a whole. The honesty of the nation must be. at a low ebb and the public conscience certainly needs a thorough awakening. ' .4 Doing Business In.Wasco .Wssca. Correspondence Mora ..Observe. The councll has decided to brick and mortar the sldfi of the well (o the rock at-th bottom of the excavated part so a te shut out air surface water. An arch will be built over the top. -leaving only opening enough for a maahyle and JOURNAIJ Tbe Journal BuOdinCt FifU and YmbU3 tion on the Fourth of July that military prowess and glory are to be admired and lauded in speeches and .pa rades, but .that the young should rather celebrate . the triumphs of neace and orderly, quiet, well-regulated lives, I We da not.auppoc-thi-4la-wiH -eome-into: fashion generally, lor young people are tona ot noise ana uis play and .parading on such occasions and we should not havebe? rjth(L greaLJxatioa .-we ere if Washington- had never gone to war and if Lincoln had yefused to fight to keep the Union intact." What has been accomplished by apparently inevitable and righteous wars is not to be decried or despised, and it would 'not have been Well for' the world or. this: country if everybody had been Friends; yet such a celebration as is proposed at New berg is filled with useful lessons and is peculiarly ap propriate in that ' orderly, well groomed but by no means unambitious, city. c - 7 r . .....,' . J-4 ; . '; 1 v- olregon's Need of RAiLROAps.x-r i :, ; RECON'S DEVELOPMENT has been slow part ly because of the lack of railroads into naturally resourceful regions. . The stockraiser can get along fairly well if remote from a railroad, but the aver age farmer," fruit 'raiseror : dairyman cannot afford to isolate himself in such places and spend the better part of his Jife in 'producing only what he consumes. , : J One large region of Oregon that is as yet almost unsettled is what may-be roughly denominated north westerri"Oregpn Tillamook, Clatsop and Columbia coun ties, and the" western portions of Washington and Yam hill This region contains an almost fabulous amount of timber, nhal , ought -to be manufactured, nd the land whereon it grows converted into fartn,9and dairy ranchesffor ir is as a IrtaexceneTrtsfeiCimt In that part of the ttate there is no need. of forest preservation to insure , sufficient water; So heavy and continuous are the forests in a large part of this region, itself large enough for a state, that this process of farm making will netessarily be gradual, and comparatively alow, but with a railroad or two through it, population and prod ucts will increase .year b year, until these become populous .counties, , The, timber , will, itself afford .busi ness in the beginning to make a railroad . pay" and as it disappears other products will succeed, and- thus this great region will be developed. -,TJje, coal beds willalso be a source of revenue to a'Tailroad, as well as of great importance commercially to' the state, and especially to Portland, The building of this railroad in the near future seems now assured, and if will 'undoubtedly give a great impetus to the development of this part of Ore gon, which will not remain a wilderness much longer. - -- Wallowa 'county is another region that now needs a railroad, and must., have it before long-. While por tions of that corner of the state are mountainous, and not, easily susceptible of agricultural ; use, that county's already large volume of products can bejalmostindefl nitelyJncreased, ( and "WillTbe . when a railroad, . with needed -branch, intersects- that-, rich corner of Ore; gon. . i'U. ; '' ' ''"'"''".., . ,;i;x- ;;Of the urgent need of a 'railroad through central Oregon Itfough has been said,' and there,' too, the pros good for an extension soon, of Columbia road and the ' Corvallis & Eastern or some other, toad crossing the' Cascade mountains will penetrate portions oi that vast region known as cen tral Oregon, --i ''-" .-.v-T-7-t.; -r.. -f--.r Klamath and Lake eounties will also need railroads. One is now building from California to Klamath Falls, and in time there "will be, others, and these, along .with irrigation, will develop large portions of the vast area c6'mpj4d in those; eounties.-".,,-- t ' ; '--r: . ; The're""Will .be a road to Coos Bay, too;, it cannot be that that fine, resourceful region will remain isolated anu inousanas oi . people can maaxi noma inu .living . wncrc, oniy oungrcoi live now. - We look for an era, to begin immediately, of rail road building and consequent development, in .Oregon such as it has never experienced, and that its population and producta wilt increase in the hear future much faster tlN- tiai li u ea Mr tima anAtAx . -' - u. - no, .forget , the openerthe GERMANY AND MOROCCO. AGO the United StatesGreat Brit ain and Germany, .all having some claims, to the Samoan islands, entered into-a mutual under standing regarding their settlement, and have managed the matter without friction - ever since, but suppose, after this' settlement had been consummated France had raised the objection? that she had not been consulted, or that her interests hsd not been sufficiently considered, and had demanded an international conference, threat ening war if it were refused ; would this not have-been considered an -impertinence and a piece pf arrogance? The recent action of Germany with reference to Morocco case to that suggested, trance, Spain. Italy and England, having interests in Morocco, made an agreement with relation thereto leaving France domi nant in Morocco. ior the good of all concerned, and then comes Germany' and demands an international -conference on Moroccan affairs, and threatens war if the demand is not acceded to. , . ,! ,' -J ; ' . - 5 ' Regarding this action, and Germany's imperial ex ploitation abroad, the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. saysr "The fact is that the experience of every corner of the vorld on ' which ' German . imperialism " has laid its blighting hand has so demonstrated its unfitness of that imperial in the world's development, away from- Germany's European boundaries, that the best use to which an i internatiqnal conference could be' put just now would be to serve notice on- the kaiser that hia only usefulness isnniJe his own boundaries, tending away from imperialism of the itJWili not "be - easily transplanted century to other countries. - " to allow the convenient operating of the pumps. The machinery haa : all been ordered ahlppell at once and will prob ably be here In a few days, a.it Is all ready for shipment. A committee was Instructed to Jook up locations for fire house and to report on manner of con struction also In regard to pump and en-tine-house. The mains were filled to the reservoir this week and aa soon as th hose and Carta arrive ' we will be In a much. Improved . position for fire fight ing. In this -regard a eoupl of fire companies should be organised at onoe and a competent chief appointed. - These r eompanle should have frequent drills In the use of the apparatus and In prac tical fire, fighting until - they become thoroughly familiar -with "the : working a hephssard- Are tfepm-t ment t worae than, useless., 'Inside of (0 daya we- will have all the means at hand for effective fire fighting, but we will make a failure of fire fighting unless w - have- a well drilled department and competent leader ship under proper regulations. v SMALL CHANGE ' (Take' the children. , ; ? : Every day H'e ettsr. . ' "t " The law Is A curious thing. --' ;- - Try e- b sane tomorrow. j- .y. Oyama hasn't gone to sleep. ' ' Again. "whoa. Bill (the kaiser), -; v. The fair ts liberal education.- ' July will be' A glbriou month. , V Oregon -ban affort tolebrate,., , We'll all get 'justice in heaven. . eena in uie proaucis ior wiuuiiwn. Thurston's way. ; -,. was a' great speech, anx.- Don't neglect that magnificent art ex hibit. .,'.. -'..',, -.' . , -.,.'. Norway seem to know how to secede s'ucceaaf ully., ". -j-r'-.i'.e -V.'-.' ' . . - Uncle Bam shows up well In the Gov ernment building. -, y ' , - : General UnisvltcB may , leave A good record yet of talk. v-vv'';';,"; By the way. hurrah tomorrow la the ever glorious Fourth. . . Secretary Hay's career eablbited the possibilities of the American .boy., 4a . " To vlaltora: JOonTforgat the Paclflo ocean. There are . Seaside, v Ilwaoo. Taquina, Tmajnook.-. b - r'T"" ; Wheeryou-aleeB- ttt a Portland raora-Inc-houae open th window wide. Al bany Democrat To let In burglars, or let out the gas? " There' arl Demoermtle - aspirants for th nomination for governor of Ohio Ohio ba VI ex-bankers in th peniten tiary." and ..evidently - should r have II more people In the asylum. . t j, OREGON SIDEUGHTS j. j ,.BespcL the Oregon eow, '- i- -Shoemaker needed in Clatskanla, ' Good horses. money now . In ' ralalog' . fin Nearly all Albany young people get ting married. Good acheme.J , . : ' Graveling roads In Wheeler county by public' subscription. Oregon farmers are waking up.'-r"v " . j, y. ' Houlton Register: A block pavement company could find plenty of first-class wek-at-HouHoTtn" " rTT-. Jamee Shepherd has a sheep 'that sheered it pounds. Sheridan Sun. That same from his being named Shepherd. - ''Albany Democrat: Seven weddings In Albany In a- day Is pretty good for ths raUroad. rose, marrying canter of- the vallev.. , ' - ' - ' J . f Grass Valley Journal: Th copious rains that vletted ' Sherman - county - on Friday and Saturday of last week and the most all night rata on Monday give assurance oft a , large grain yield for Sherman county this ajason. . .. Clatskanla Chief: Adam- Berr, Br, took a sack of hla famous Burbank potatoes up to the Iyewle and Clark fair when b attended th pioneers' meeting In Port land. The moat of them were over 14 Inches long and as smooth aa could be. , J5iwberg , Enterprise: W5U Lawson and Sam McVey bav bought a large gaaolln launch. The boat la built after th pattern of the river steamboats and has for .motive power a It horsepower gasoline engine. The boat will be used ror excursion parties ana zor towing. Snn tn ' Sherman county, near Bourbon, end It la said that it will yield IS or 40 bushels to the acre. - The reports from all ever the county are very favorable for a lrg grain yield.- L , - ' vThe '! power arrangement for the Grand Ronde Electric . A Power com pany Is practically ready for business. All the wire la fn plao between La Grande and Cove, the remaining sections of pip supplying th power bouse at Cov hav all been connected up and there la now elsctrlo juice for aU pur poses and some to spare.- , . ; . - ; Fossil Journal: Peter Hoffer, who lux uriated for A while in Wheeler oounty Jail two or three year ago, la now rus ticating la -the eounty baatlle at Canyon City. Peter, who was In urgent need of a dog to assist him In driving Barker A; Pater's Sheep to the mountains, la accused. of borrowing anexpertcanln without permission front Ita . owner. Emll Bcharff. C-, Union county owea tlt.zST.71. That Is the amount of outstanding and unpaid warrants and the aocrusd Interest up to July 1. . Union county Is one of the richest tn natural resources In th state and should not be In debt at all. ..Its debt baa been- reduced 132,000 la lx montha and we predict that In a year or two It will be clear of 'debt, as Mult nomah and several other counties are.' ' Sheridan New Bun: The Bound of th saw and hummer Is to be heard lnavry ( direction thee days. .Newcomers would think that, Bherldnn waa onth boom, bur such la hot the case. "The growth is a natural on and every new building la occupied aa soon aa completed. It would" be a good Investment If some of our capitalists would build a dosen five and alx room cottages. Every on could be rented, as soon as completed. , Clatskanle" Correspondent Houlton Register:. About too..- gallons - of eream passe through town every week to Portland parties, and la there manu factured Into Ice cream and butter and then returned to us. : ; ". 'Weddings are sll the rage now. Benjamin1 Berklnkelt was married to a Miss Jones, and Paul Berkenfelt to Mian Gertrude Campbell, John Ldbel to Mine Clara Jones also another wedding up to Mr. Berrs home namea not learned:- AU in awek, and poor me! - Won't no one have pity on me? v. I L Not Too Much for Our QootL, ,', .From the Atlanta Constitution. , ' "La wd." : prayed the- old- coliiied-dea cun. "iileaae- give uavtirtHr worT whet we llvlhV at, all d prosperity w kin atand, but w'err we gits dlny wtd It en goes ter scelebrattnJ too much, de send 'long old Brer Trouble, ter msk us alt stlddy In de boat, n we'll be mighty thankful!" , . ; : ',v.r--'- " JOHN PAUL- JONES AND THE NAVY j..-., John R. Spears, the author Wf "His tory of Our Navy." writing in Colliers for July J.; tells th full etorr ot oti Paul Jones. He ssye: - -- -- - The blographlea of John Paul Jones (born John Paul, tn AooUand) obow that he waa a, Bailor in the merchant service at )I. a second mat at 11) a master at to, and that when IS, being then in command of the brig " Two - Friends, lying in the reach of the Rapahannock river, be. left the merchant service and aettled down for-life, a . h . supposed, on ptaatatlon of 1,000 acre of Hood Virginia Und. which he hsd Just In herited from, his brother, WilliamWll. liam had Inherited th land from an uncle named Jonea, and had assumed the uncle's name when he did so. It waa provided that John Paul should also add the nam of Jones when taking the atat. and thua John Paul, the merchant captain of axoellent repute, became John Paul Jonea. a Virginia planter. . That he was thu mad In law and la fact a fellow-cttlsen- of Washington seems to be worth mention, because ignorance of the facts ha led people into error la regard to the atatua of this famous fighter of the Revolution.- John- Paul Jonea waa a rebel or a patrio.t according to the point f view, but tbtstatsmant that he waa - a pirate comes only from ill-mannered Ignorance. How Jonea, the planter, woo th regard of his neighbors, how he knocked down a -British naval lieutenant for speaking Insultingly- of Virginia women, and how that little fracaa was taken seriously by. all the colonial newspapers of th day, can be but mentioned bar. The story of what he did for the American navy begins in 1T7S. It was then apparent' that war with the old country was at hand, and the Virginian saw thkt the people of Massachusetts, would . be the : once to bring on th rupture. The Virginians war fully determined to atand by the New Englandera In thle erletA while Jonea. with hla natural lnatlnot for war, waa an anxious to do hie Part that he left his plantation, and with his little g-to I 10-ton aloop started on a-voyaa iu Boston, early in-the-eprtng. ' He wa visiting In Nw York, for hla voyage waa that of a yachtsman, when th-nwa Of th battle of: lexlngton arrived April II. Seeing that war bad come sooner then be expected. Jones turned back , home to prepare - for ( actual service. The passage was made Jn three day,- showing that he could carry on sail when tn a hurry, even ln a tiny aloop, anu the day that' v he --arrived (April T) ha wrote to four members of the continental congress, asking them te kn him M mind tn connection with Vny provision that may be token for a naval. lorce., .- x:, :.-r.- - -- While Jonea waited for a rpiy. two French frlrates one of which. La Terpaiohore, waa new came Into Hamp ton roads. Tney were carry ina Philippe, Duke de Chartrea. on a achool Ing voyage, for the duke waa to become high admiral of France. From hla owe and th neighboring plantation John Paul Jonea loaded hla sloop with produce nleaalns- to sailors lust-In Xrom voyage, and going down to. the French ships, offered th load with hla eompll ments. The duke was he who became Philippe E gal Its during the French revo lution; be waa , not afraid - of! ' loalng dignity by making a friend of the Vlr glnlA planter, and he kept Jonea on the Terpsichore for-thjdays "p" Jonea, but It waa planned Snd secured with a patriotic end in view.- For when Jon left the ahlp he earrled full details-of her construction, her-battery and even copies of her sail plan. Aa naval architects the French then led the world.' and Jonea knew It He ex pected to go to Philadelphia to eonault with congress about th building of a naval , fore for th defena , of - the colonies, and he thus made provision for the event. . - , "The congress niet on" May 10. .' On June 14 a committee was appointed to consider a 'naval defense. On July II John Paul Jones arrived in Philadelphia, by Invitation of the committee, to give them th benefit of hla knowledge.- At the behest of thla committee Jon now did thing of moment. ,11 acted as a member of a eemmlssto'n for the ex amination of the to different merchant men which had ween offered - for conversion- Into warships. -.They aelected the sit vessels that formed th first American war- squadron- and becauae Jonea confessedly dominated the com mission, tt may be aald that In placing these ahlpa on the naval list he In a way founded the navy of the United States. .. ' . -.. ' . ''Jonea understood very welt that the Revolution waa a war for the defense of the colonic fight for peace and knowing this, he declared that the beat way te accomplish the result waa to fore th fighting In th anemy'a terri tory. ' - " '., 'I V hav ' never been . able to con template with composure the theory of th purely defensive In naval tactlca,' h wrote. - - . -1 :- , . . "John Paul Jonea began hla work on the American navy by Instructing con gress. , He followed precept with ex ample, and few such pacemakers aa he hav. been seen 1nr eny navy. . The wily John Adams had Jones put at th head of e list of lleutenanta In order that Dudley Saltonatall of the Alfred- might have a moat efficient executive officer. In accepting thla Inferior position Jones first set the pare for thoee who were to come, after htm. Later he set th pace again by an effort to drive Sal ton stall out of the-navy, an effort so de termined that It required all the In fluence of th friend of Jones to ketp him from shooting th New Bnglander in a duel.' For Saltonstalt had proved himself wholly unfit for command, and Jones wae determined that no such man should wear the uniform. 1 , . ', Having urged that aggressive war waa the best defense for the colonies, Jones le time Jrpplled for the commend of "Tihe "frigate Trumbull.' He thought It would help the cauee to show the French a frlgat Ilk that merely aa a aampl of what th colonies could build, not to mention the influence of what h hoped to' do with her.- We got the sloop Ranger Instead., On her he put a battery of 14 nlne-poundera and four sixes Instead of the IS alxes 'Intended for her characteristic .act and en October 1. 1777. he reported her ready, but be held her bock until the battle of Saratoga.' It makes the blood of the patriot-tingle te thi -day te-road-how A messenger rode for- Id consecutive hours, from th foothills of th Adiron dack to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where the Raager lay. T - will spread this newa in Trance In' 10 days," said .Jonea,. when he got his sailing orders, snd In spite of 11 days of fierce nort heist ' squalls and three of aoutheasterlies, he , landed In Nantes In II days. - r , ," , Tte Influence of the work done .with tbe Ranger, waa farrearhlng. , Jones had advocated aggressive work,, and now he showed how to do It H alarmed the coast of the enemy.--He attacked and captured the Drake, A ship of superlot force. The excitement crested In Eu rope by this small battle was trement dous, and for the very good reason thst In It was then demonstrated ar . the f tret time that a British Ship could be compelled to surrender by an enemy that was at. best of no greater force. . -"And tha't waa not alt' t had "lost no opportunity of training thara In great gun exercise,' wrote Jones of th Ran ger's crew. It la a matter, et record that'ln the battle with th Drake vry shot told, and they - gav the Drake three broadsides for two"at 4bat' Hs demonstrated, what Farragut aald later, that the beat protection against the enemy's fire is a well-directed fire from our own guns.' 1 The Influence of Jones In this matter la apparent to thla day. "It was during th first half of 171 that Jones contemplated accepting the command of the French fleets. - In a letter -written to a lady In July of the latter year, he speaks of his health be ing ao much unproved that he ventured to bop that aome career worth-while wae yet' before hlmt and on July it he attended a aeaalon of the . assembly, where he wa honored with the privilege of the floor during th debate upon tbe decree declarlpg the oountry in danger. It waa proposed that he address the sssembly on the naval needs of the nation, but thla he declined to do be cause he feared that th train upon hla -voice would, bring 'on one of the flta of coughing to which he waa subject. After th assembly adjourned he went to aupper with A number of th leaders, and In th course ef the evening mad what Is called the moat "memorable' speech of his Uf. -Nevertheless death then' had him in Ita grip.. Soon after his return te Paris he. had, at the urgent request of .his good friend Atmee d Tellsen. consulted a , number of the beet phyalciana of Paris. They told him plainly that one lung waa permanently affected, but that with, ear he might live for several yeara. But e proper care of himself, aa auchtcare la now understood, Jones did not take, and could not take In the social circle in which he lived. - Th supper In the Cafe Timon waa his last appearance In public , The next day found him suffering from an exhausting bough, and with swelling limb. Tb at tention ef hi friends enabled him to rally somewhat, and when, on Sunday, the ISth. Oouverneur Morris called at his house (41 Tournon street), Jones ea fou nd tn a hammock et-The rear of the garden, where he waa attended by Madame T. and two, young ladles,' as Morris pete it in his dlary.'We-waa extremely cheerful, -and' seemed better than for A long time previously.', But three day later h dictated hla wilL pknowlng that the end-waa at hand. Oouverneur Morris waa a witness of thla document. The work on tt was finished at about T o'clock In the evening. - When thdse who had assisted at the making of the will had gone, . ths housekeeper brought the admiral e bowl of broth for hla aupper and left It with him. T An hour, later, on going to carry away the tray, she found, him lying with hla body on his . couch, a hie arms outstretched and hla feat on th floor, dead. - ' 1 1 "As haa often bean told, th body wss Wel preservsd in a leaden coffin, and burisd la-the Protestant cemetery, and now, having been brought to light once more, it will be burled In th one place of . all othere the best at. the Navat ' academy , of th. nation he served s welL -u. - 1 , THE NEED OF SUNDAY RECREATION F. TAomae- B. Orearorr. ADowa-et Sheepehead bey Sunday there wae, a game of baseball, and In th am field, not a hundred yards away from the diamond.: there waa an onan air religious service. r ' , . ,7" The man of dod had. an audience of while more than 1,000 Attended the game ef ball, v '-' --"!-"-- What doea thla mean ' : " i It meana that the ., people . around Sheepeheed Bay, prefer baseball to th gospel. ; ; '.;,.. . . ,' ; . No ether conclusion Is bosBlble s -t Jf It had been the other way the fig urea would have been reversed, and ther would hav been. 1,000 at the religious meeting and 13 at the diamond. ' How shall we explain tuie prefereno of baaeball te the aospelT - -' t - - ta It. becauae the people around Sheepehead Bay. are wicked T . ' . . ... I think not ; . - -t , , . Whet, then. Is the explaaeUoaj w ere seeking? .u.fi. r--v-Simply thle the people in th Sheepe head Bay region enjoy the game ef base hall, and a Sunday la the only day on -which they can see the gam take It In preference to attending re ligious aervlce. 1 - . . - - It- does not follow that the 1,000 peo ple Who went to witness the game of ball Instead of going to hue the Rev. Mr. Gray preach were depraved. ; Many nf them, doubtlees, were as clean In their thought and living aa were, those who listened to the eermon. ., .., - After being shut up ell .the week In th etuffy sir of mill, shop and office sad held down to the rigid dlaclpllne ef business, -tbey felt th need of the green field end fresh breeses, th light and liberty ef th great out t doors; and that, I euppoee, Is why they choa the fun of the game ef ball In preference to the disquisition os theology. - Thle ta not to say that religion Is not a good and great thing. In my opin ion religion la the beat! and greatest thing In the world. - But thla la far from aaylng that baaeball, or . the , love of seeing baseball, is A bed thing.' . Personally 1 lament the spiritual stu pidity which -dims our vision of ' ths divine just as I abominate that other stupidity which will not eee that often times the divine is right about us In the wholesome ; sports wljlch gladden the.heart.rC ; .-.,.,;:. '.;::' '; V Tacoma't Slogan. ':r,y . ' ' By B. T. aTeward. u We have heard Tacoma's -slogan , ': - Repeated oft of lat-r - ,r;.. And we, honor the ambition". . Of-our thriving eiter atate. --r - But A greater elty'a growing Where th tides of commerce flow; Just keep your ye on Portland, -,. While you wetch Tecome gTew.-TT--- Ws have railroads ndW In numbers And more are on the way;. With Portland their objective, ' . Where our fleets at anchor lay, ; And our domes and towera are brilliant 'Neath their Incandescent glowi ! , ' Just keep-youe- ay on Portland, While you watch- Tacoma grow. : ' '' ' : " -. ; - .- --i-f.. . Homee are apringing up by thousands, . From each vacant place of ground;: And we fear no competition . On the shores of Puget eount' " v Go view bur exhlblun - - 'Tie the -beet the world lcan show; And keep-your eye 6A Portland, While you iwatch Tacoma grow. . ; Our city needs no boosting: ? ; It already doth poaaose" wain. f All advantsts and requisites , , Thar go to. bring success; And we're surely puahlng onward. With A pace that la not slowj . We shall have to took far backward. If we wstrh Tacoma trow. ,.-. ..il7 East Sherman Street, City.) , 1 . FLAIN VIW; OF i THE FAIR . ' William; Mortitt :wrlta aa follow te th Ontario Democrat: , I have Just rtumd from a-visit to -the Exposition- at Portland end write you A-f w , lln regarding condition there as thy appear to me. and thinking , that many ef your readers that may attend, and who have not had experience at other national fairs may be benefited by my observation I jot down a few items for their benefit. ..- 5 - " ; Thinking that rooma In A desirable loeatlon would be hard te obtain, I en gaged a room ha4 et-f hotel foliar" week, which I paid for tn edvaaee. and found upon'.lnqulry that I could have done better by aeventy r cent I wishsd to obtain . reliable Information . In regard to meala and during say atay I tried twenty restaurants, . and had meals from 10 eenta to tL Rooms are plenty end board ia cheap If , a person gets posted on where to to. : Portland eeeme to be able to enter tain all the people that come to the fair.' Aa to the exposition, aa l have not , attended Chicago or. B- Louis during their expositions,, I am In po position to make comparison, but to me it eeeme, well worth the trip- ter any one that can go and epnd a few - days. I cannot see how any one can ruah through in one day and carry away any Idee ef the varloua' things that are worth seeing.: I spent five hours In the government building alone and when the doors were , closed bed - net yet -flnlahed. -- It would tak a week to obtain e clear idee ef. tbe extent and ecope ef the displayed produota of ell aorts from all over the world. We may feet proud of our near est neighbor, Idaho, for neatness of ar-. rangement' and variety of display. , She stands equal to Oregon In. the. agricultural- building shows the diversity -of Ita aoll and ' climate in a- diaplay " that covers almoat everything that -can ba raised, produced or manufactured' in"; the temperate sone. I think Missouri leada in corn, although Nebraska has A remarkable showing In that line. Call fornla la great on certain ' frultg and nu'ta and also a general diaplay -of other producta and manufactures. " - " . The - grounds and buildings' are as fine, X am told by parties who have seen . both. ee the St Louie fair. Nice esata scattered all around, here and there, for tbe tired vlatora. also In moat of th buildings nice,, waiting rooma that are free. At . the restaurants on tha Trait you ean obtain a meal for II eente and -If you wish to see a side show you can ' ba relieved of your email change, - J read aome- acoounta ef parties beirig bunkoed out ef their money but saw nothing, of th kind and am pleased to say that I think I received valu for all th money spent during th trip. - Keep out of tbe saloons end attend to .your own business end you een have a good -time. ... . -. . -- Wednaeday, Jul jr t Nearly the whole : party-waa employed In different labor connected with the boat, which-tvwow ' almoat completed; but we have tki he i yet been able te obtain -ter. -from our-ea, kiln, a circumstance that will-occasion w M M1 ewbarmaamanf, Kalng J ISANDCLARK been tolfliy-The Indiana that oti laav. Ing ths .falla weahould soon aa -the - buffalo country, we have before us the prospect of. fasting occasionally; but In order te provide a supply, we sent out " '.?!. the hunters, who , killed only a buffalo and two antalopea, which, added to alx beaver end two otter, have been ell our . game for two or three daya. . At U In ' the morning we had a alight ahower, . which ecarcely wet .the grass. . y . 0. -' 1 t: 1 ' ',-i?,', . "Coloner Hofer, for Instance, " ' ... From th Salem- Journal. ' The Journal-copies a very significant -editorial from the Albany Herald, .the -Republican paper of Linn eounty. . '; ; , The editor of that paper apeak to a constituency that la - about evenly dl- , vkted politically,' end. hi - uttaranove should be heeded. : t. ' ... ., ..j' The Republican , party in Oregon ' i tresde on a very narrow path that leada ' along the brink of pollttoal disaster."" """"' - There ere some 'Who Imagine 'eny " thing will go-dowrt lnthe name of the" grand old party, because Oregon gave v. Hoossyeit eo.ooe majority. who merely wanta to be able to work hie graft In the name of Republicanism , . la not. wanted tn office by the people . 8 generally.' .-s" . -v- .--...v :w.. .f. .. " The men put on tbe ticket next' year ' should not only be toed Rpub1lcana but good men, end atand for good pro- "' grams that mean something tangible to the public. " - y, ' ' 'The Republican party must stand up for the protective tariff, for etate and national - regulation of transportation companies, but also for lower state and ',; f eounty taxes. , :. , . - n ! I - It is a great thing foe the local peU ItWlan to paaa a bill to enable state employes te get their pay more prompt ly. But It is better for the Republican i -party to do a little something te leaaen ' the ever Increasing burdene of govern- ' ment , i .... ;. ; , The Republican mansgers who want ; ,' to do things snd manage public affairs' should give the taxpayer a passing ? thought once In a" while. Let ua.fefc V, lows who want ths off loe and bonors and profits not forget. , - : ,-. ,:. j-, ' 'A White Tn!an.Penaty.':3: -1 " For the 'first time In the hletory'ef criminal Jurisprudence In thle etatA . and perbapa In tha entire south, says A r " Jackson correspondent to ths News-: Scimitar, the aapreme court f . Missis- -. sippl ba sentenced a whit man to aerve a life term in the penitentiary for oom mltting a criminal assault. n e nsgre girl.- - - - ---- ? . The decision Is given added blgnuV cance ; by reason ef the -fact that the ess comes on appeal ffotn tha heart of ,, the bleck belt of the etat th famous ' Tasoo-Mlsalselppt delta Special Judge Cox, In Affirming the life ssntence, used ths following notable Ian ... , guagei r;""; v , . "Ths aarety ox an woman ana tn preservation of th aenetlty of . our , ' homee depend upon the certainty and . promptness with which' Crimea of this oheracter shall be visited with condign 1 7 punishment, It mattera not how-humble . and rrisnaiass ins victim nor or wns- - race or color." ' t '.? .,:.:.,'.' ... , t , . , , Columbia County Timber Lands. ' From the Houlton Register. ' ' , The aasessmsnt of - timber landa In , Columbia couaty la less than half what It should be. The timber, when taken ' from the land, leavea It valueless until . SV)-ps sees -has Seen eepewdeit cw -Mi " The lend with the timber ep, It la worth from IV) to 1600 per acre, owln.r to, loca tion.. The timber landa should be mads to pay for a part of the puollo rourta ' ' needed In the county,"' The hauling of lumber cuts-out the roads jnora tha a anything else. '-.- .r .' . ,
