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"OREGON AND ITS RELATION. TO
; -RAILROAD,
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TVT O AVESTERN STATE has
. i I .M lty , toward -a railroad at -Oregan.'Jaa sKown
x ' ; " toward the O. R. & N. It hat been loyal to its
l;' own detriment It has trone farther in its exhibition
'-. of good will than any pther; state and it has persisted
? t ,. in its course in the lace of deepest disappointments. It
'' has given much; in return it has got little. In the end
' v ;f " it ha grown rather tijred. lis people are beginning to
- ,;. Vask whether 'it is worth while to. be so. -friendly to
s; J railroad which is inclined to ask so much and yield so
. little. It bat seen to the northof h a new common
' T i 'wealth which fence was part of its own body" politic and
"V'? V which is Inferior in siie and natural resources outstrip
, .' ' I, it two to one in population. It could not fail to discover
tnat rnucn or wis growtn was aue to me energy, rar
'.; Isightedness and intelligence of the railroad management
which kept "somewhat at times very far ahead of the
country, and which spent money like water to give to
',; its terminals the finest. of facilities to expedite-their
I . ocean-going commerce. It could not fail to note that
. ; notwithstanding tne interest manuestea dt tne rauroaas
! in the welfare,! the country that the people themselves
' i kept a shrewd eye to windward irt behalf of their own
li interests." Th?y saw to it that no impression went, forth
- . that the railroads owned the state, hence it was . that
that state, with a third less area, can
-vf'
more railroad and other things to
On the south of us, w -hrwAheretofore pointed out.
they discoyer , the system which
pouring out money by the millions
ments.-They note that money made
to make bf that transcontinental
country boasts. ' They see adequate
" that port and they cote a diversion
. that Is far from stimulating. -And so they awake to the
i conviction that' they are between-the upper and nether
,' millstone of. the transportation problem with the-usual
: ' result of being squeeiedL -V'x .
: I , Is there any hope on the horiion? There are the 453
miles of new road promised (that is if they have been
promised) by Mr. Harrfman. Of these 159 miles. are
being jointly built by the Harriman and Northern Pacific
systems', not so much to benefit the country as -to 'save
the railroads themselves. Then there are the' two exten
sions. Drain to Marshfield, Shaniko to Bend. When are
they to be undertaken? Is it not possible to set a specific
time when the work will be begun and to set a definite
date when it will be finished to a certain point on the
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proposed line? ... ', V.;.,. ;".'.' ' 'V-.'-' 'Lr'.-" , " .,
, Nobody knows when thei'rt is going to fly. All they
S. know is that the road is going to be built, sometime.
? After the first flush of enthusiasm this is the natural
y query and no satisfactory ansWtr: is forthcoming. So
outside of the joint undertakings there is a certainty that
the road from Arlington to Condon will be built because
I it is-built and there are seme contracts being let for the
r road from Elgin to Joseph. Elsewhere we haven't even
d heard, of surveys, v'. . ' f :. ..'("'-.i'CK., :
.Rut iheiie lft-r-ll- r- mrJHntat
W they may be directly to the people
't cie. The conclusion- that the people are coming to is
, ; that the state is simply a pawn on
T be. moved ccding -to. the. fancy
"" r Tintifuft juaguaies:"" OfegSnrftS' &of the W6f4t'6f'il"ln
I the past, and it looks as though it were hot jroirig to
get very much the best of it in the future.' : The real
i interests of the Harriman syndicate 'are south f-ui.
V There js the rea terminus of its transcontinental line.
All of this 'has operated, to divert in that direction 'the
- net earnings of the roads leading here, it has 'operated
. to throw traffic in that direction and.it is operating to
' redtkee to a minimum the. value of Portland as the only
4 fresh water seaport on he coast .What we are driving
at is that the burden bf proof is on tfie Harriman system,
The people' are 'reaching that stage when they will no
longer tamely siibrrtir to the treatment that, has been
i . accorded them in the past " If the system is really Jn-
clined to do the decent thing to this section it must show
. it By its act not by its promises, there must be fewer
' ' professions of friendship and more performances,' fewer
4 baleful suggestions of what WE (that is, the railroad
. . - magnates and the corporation attorneys) will do in the
'. event everj-thing does not turn' out quite to suit them.
" i.-i It would be unwise as it would be Unfortunate for4hc
-, representatives of the company to mistake public senti
, ment For the first time in their history the people
of the tate are determined- to1 get a square deal and
i ' nothing short of that will satisfy them. r"v .,
LA FOLLETTE IN THE
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OVERNOR-SENATOR LA
consin, who it was reported
resign his seat in the senate,
- ' elected last winter, has, according to a later report, recon
" . sidered that resolution if he ever really made it, and
. will accept and fill the- office.. . '
As senator it may be expected that La Follette will
;',,, be an interesting figure. If he has anything to say on
.the railroad rate . question, or any other subject that
' , comes up for discussion, he is likely to pay little atten
tion the .unwritten senatorial law that a senator during
'i ,tht first two years as such must be seen and not heard.
' - xAnd if he should break oyer this rule, as some others
-- have ventured to' do, he would be listened to with atten-
ne interest-not only by IftrtOtfntry Tut Dy"the"senate
' , itself. ;-; r7,..;; ;- ;.-
La Follette is a strong, vigorous man, in the prime
' - ' THE PLAY"' ;
, It will never ber Justly said that the
i character of lxul and Hlk In.theM
Iutch trvtles are dull. Nor la It
" likely that any one will say Kolb and
: Pill nave other than the moat laughable
conception of those characters.- They
appeared at the Marquam Grand last
' nlabt la a "double musical travesty'
- . One was funny, the other, was not The
real one' was called'TW Syndicate." It
1 represents the two- comedians a -an-
' trela" backlnr the Inventor of a Meehan-
Acml doll. ' Thj muslo Is mostly Inter-
-- noUUd and. some of the "aa" ar bor
. ' rowed, -but theywsnt with vim. The
audience waa dellshted from the start
uud eoprecUitlon was showered os. the
yers with persistency. The house
wss BUed, by the way, notwithstanding
that - this le the seventh -week ot the
rotnpanya season.- - ' i. . .
The last half, of the ntaht'a enUr
x talnment. "The' Kindergarten," was not
the hit that some had expected lon
" rated kolb and his -short friend. Dill,
are tM nearly funny girls' clothes
. ' as they ere la the conventional Louis
, Mike get-up. Nor did It give the girls
the opportunity they deserve- . The pro
gram neglected td-state Who was re
sponsible for the burlesque, but it wss
;eu(geate4 that some bright ofllceboy be
.O N A I L Y- JOUR N A L
INDEPENDENT' HEWIPAPIR ' ' V'.- ' s
THE
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ever fcbe-wn such loy-
spicuous ''"enemies
them. :'
" La Follette is
O
mentioned
that laoan
boast of 1,600 miles
correspond.
dominates this state
in the way of better
here is spent there
highway the best the
ocean facilities at
of traffic from here
like the Oregon
This indemnity
by Germany of
lina imnnrlitil
as developing aaren-
the checkerboard, to
or- Interests of the
territory, ports,
, I.", tfi .'t '' -
f abroad frozen,
SENATE. 1 i - f
FOLLETTE of Wis-
not long since would
to which he was
ioajd
engaged to write a new second half tot
the favorite comedians. . ..' '
Several members of the company
scored Individually. Ben T. Dillon, In
a series of roles, found opportunity to
sing "Tankee Doodle Boy, front "Little
Johnny Jones." Charlotte Vidot. as the
dolt was splendid.. The idea was strik
ingly remlnisoent of .'The Toy maker, '
but the role was played to perfection.
Kolb and Dill may be relied on always
to All In an Interesting summer night
and that appears to be their chief aim
in the new bill. The chorus Is sprlghtlx
and the ceetum.es bright Part of the
perrormaece la funnier than l. u. u-,-and
the other -part -well,' It will pass
muster--4(lth a good-natursd crowd. - ---
jCio &ctk Rare Americana. . v 1
' From the -NewTork Times. ''r-
The rare historical library of Governor
Pennypacker will be -sold at auction
earlT In the fall. - Tha rla lu mnlA
all deal with tha history of this country.
hucd surprise Is expressed that the
Governor should part with so rare a col
lection, considered by many to be the
nnest private one In the country. Every
volume -aa oouct4by- the governor
himself and he has devoted a great part
ot his life to the work.
Among the books which will fall under
the hammer are M volumes printed by
Benjamin Franklin. These, together
with about MW -old "Oermantbwn Im
print," are conservatively valued at
$10,000, One of the gem of the. gov
Tti Journal 1 Bu&Mng, Fifth and -YamhlU
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of life.'; He Is a courageous man, a fighting man, and
is credited with being an tyiswervably honest man.1- In
his way be has been somewhat of a political boss( but
not in an offensive sense or way, because' as such he
fousrht the machine-bosses who are among the .con
of the4 republic'and generally beat
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an anti-corporation, anti-railroaij man, to
the -extent of believini that railroads' and other corpora
tions'are subject to the people, not the people subject'
to then;, that they should be made to act fairly and
justly by the people, obey the laws, ana pay ineir snare
of taxes. Just such men, many of them, are badly needed
in congress.' 'V - . " ; - ' ! r.1-' '- ',"-V ;": .'" --
La Follette will be a thorn, we expect. In the senatorial
"slats" of -the corporation, and trust tools in the senate,
who comprise nearly all the Republican leaders in that
body.! As such4, may he be sharp and strong. .
v A BIQ LOT OF MONEY.
NE'BILLION'POLLARS is, the sum-generally
in connection with the cash indemnity
will exact of Russia as the price of
peace. .It is supposed that Japan will hold out for other
terms more objectionable to Russia th'an this indemnity,'
yet a billion dollars . is no smalt .amount bf mohejr7- The
Standard Oil' company could perhaps pay it with its
net earnings in- 20 yeartr' but if a man .had to pty Hat
much and could pay only $1,000 a year it would take
1,000,000 years to square , the ; debt, not counting any
interest '., ..';'.," - ; !..;.. ;..,.,. - " .
To pay this" amount; Russia will have tO'Misrover $13
for- evefy- person-speaking - the - Russian - tongue-The
indemnity will be equal' to one-sixth of all the gold pro
duced since Columbus discovered America, equal to. $2
apiece for every , white inhabitant of-the earth, nearly
equal to the. total coinage of the United States mints
since the foundation of the government, equal to $12.50
per capita for all the-inhabitants of the United States.
If, as reported, the cxar has an income of $12,000,000
a year, it would take him -and his son 83 1-3 years to pay
this indemnity if they did ,not spend a ent ot-herwise
but the Russian peasantry will have to-pay, t would
take, to' vary the illustrations, nearly twice the assets
of all the building and loan associations' of the United
States, nearly three times the value of all the coal mined,
in the United States: more than two of our wheat. crops,
or five times the dividends paid . annually on all our rail
roads. A billion dollars is nearly half the amount of
money in ' circulation in' the United States,, and of the
national debt, in 1865 when the great civil 'war closed;
and Russia if -it has to pay this indemnity will have to
pay hundreds of millions of dollars of debts besides.
If Japan gets this billion in cash' it can pay its debts
with it and have money left, or if 'it wanted to use it all
to -increase its navy it could build about 350 battleships
with it . . v " '
would be about five times that exacted
France' after Sedan, which France paid
long before she. was required to do so; out as f ranee
cared less about this indemnity than about the loss of
Alsace and a large part of Lorraine, so Russia cares
less abdUf'eren'.a billion dollars than about loss of
railroads and prestige. - H. ,
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rALAND-XPOITION-NeXTr
HE NEXT international exhibition announced will
"be held. in a new1 place for such an undertaking,
to-wit,. Christ Church, Canterbury,. New Zealand.
It will -op"en on - NovembefvlH-lSOfVandcontinue -until
thff first Thursday in Easter week ,in April, .1907, thus
extending through the summer season in that country.
It will be held 'in a park of -400 acres,, on , the banks of
the Avon river, in the" center of the cathedral, town of
Christ Church, and enclosing Victoria lake.
The object Is to demonstrate the resources and possi
bilities. of New Zealand as one of the world's great food
producing factors and its mineral resources, and to draw
attention, to its scenery 'and other attractions; and to
bring to the notice of industrial nations the great field
New Zealand offers for'nterprise and the use and con
sumption of appliances, manufactures, etc. New Zealand
being a producing country offers a valuable market for
the manufactures of other nations. n
- The imports of New- Zealand last year amounted to
nearly $70,000,000 though its population is only 850,000,
yet the colony is prosperous, there being a more equal
distribution of N wealth than in other countries. New
Zealand produces large quantities oi 'meats, shipped
dairy products, wool, hemp, hides, coal
and kauri-gum; and also has great mineral resources,
the gold output for the past 50 years amounting to more
than $300,000,000. There are also large deposits of iron
ore and iron-sand.,- The colony is represented as a'fine
tourists' and sportsmens' resort, and charges 'for travel
ing are said to be reasonable. ; ' .
If any one has' ihe exposition fever Te"can go next
year to New Zealand and take in this exposition on the
opposite side of the globe, and return in time to visit
the fair to be held in 1907 near Jamestown, Virginia; and
by that time perhaps some other one will be in course
of preparation. It is a long-trip to New Zealand, but
itJs no doubt a very interesting, country to visit
jConsidering that all members of the newly appointed
oJLhcAlth--areRepublicanaahe.suggestion f Dr.
Mae Cardwell, deposed, that the mayor was actuated
by political motives will scarcely fall upon the public,
ear with the force of a demonstration. ,-
ernor's collection Is a copy of the flint
Bible printed In English in-America. It
was purchased for a few dollar from a
person who did not value It- Its real
worth Is close upon 1600. : -1
Among other prises to a diary of George
Washington in manuscript It was writ
ten at Mount Vernon and 'contains re
marks aboat the weather, the planting
of crops and such things. There are pa
per of all the presidents down to Grant
and the marriage license of Abraham
Lincoln. . The governor also possesses a
book rom Washington' library describ
ing the projected city of Washington. In
it -taxi prayer that was used by the
Continental army In IT75. , ' . ;'. i '
f'.;;:;:8oia Again.'' ) I:
' ' From the Clatskanfe Chief:' :
A" couple of week. ago an agent for
the Evening Telegram came Into Clats
kanie and represented that he was going
to writ up. the county for that paper,
and a usual caught some of the unwary
cltlsen. The write-up cam out but
whar.av'muup afalr It was fust like
some of the previous one, which cost
our cltlsena quite a little sum of money.
4 He Jiss Dr. Roe of gw- Helens,- a
mayor ft Rainier, Henry Krata, a so a
of hi brother, 'August of Portland. ,
. 'i " Activity at Panama. - -'- ;
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From the Philadelphia Ledger. .
Apparently : most of the -etcavatlng
down In Panama 1 being done In Mon
key Hill cemetery. L , ; , . 7 -
iSMALL CHANGE
vAn .unusual 'number of -; people are
betng drowned this summer. Don t go
near the water,.'. . .
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'. Russell Sage .and Hetty Green , have
never btea accused of giving away any
tainted money or any ptner aino. r ,
f .( ' ?', .- ;
"" The president ha teo many freak
and fraud on hi hands to pay any, at
tention to "Keds and rancle.-, v 1 J
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TheIenow who goes through life
without having tasted home-made bread
big slices and wholesome substance
has missed one of its greatest Joy.
Indianapolis 8ur. Must have Deen-oui
in th country on a vacation.;
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It seems to be about "horse and
horse" so far a Captain and Mrs. Tag
gart ar concerned.' , .
.... T , - . , "." '- v .'W..'-
The men you want to And out things
from most are Invariably the ones who
"don't know." The people who know all
about it ar usually not worth quoting.
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According to " Assessor Blgler. .'the
Oregonlan. and a few other, Portland
west of the river has actually decreased
4. in In population In - the past five
years. The Oregonlan pretends to .be
lieve this ridiculous . and . outrageous
showing, and seems to be glad to give
It publicity.. . ' i:
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' Jeff Davla, governor of Arkansas, who
Is a candidate far senator against Sena
tor Berry, exclaims: "TheJ.dea of the
sleek, shrewd scoundrel and tne great
big. lubberly, - beefy beast controlling
the Arkansaa legislature." Of course
Governor Jeff thinks anybody who can
sling English like this should be able
to appeal irresistibly to th legislature.
A shark nut - In - in ' annearamce In
Oyster Bay looking for a federal Job,
no doubt But he should bar disguised
himself.-'- v '';'.'"'.,; t- -i
Watch Portland's census next time.
. . Gambling "of all sorts must get out
Of -sight and bearing. .- ; ' v
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Cassle Chadwiok's .creditors will get
T mill on the dollar th lucky fellow.
:V ' 'n e . e e . k-, ' '. ' .
'Bellicose Bill may not scare Uncle Ed
a easily a he think he can. , . , h
. .'.. -"e ; ;-';:
'. I(nobody going to pray for rain soonT
-L But It won't quite be necessary 'fo
Oregon to be admitted to the Union
again..- ""; ' ..
. . , - . t . s ' s . ----' -A
good place for T. T. Oeer I on his
farm, remark th Enterprise Democrat
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There, are more doctor than are
needed, anyway. ; -
A' first-class I physician la born, not
made, . - v 1-'- " ;
It seem tolerably clear that a court
of equity -I the wrong place for the
racetrack sure-thing gambler. ' '.
TWtn't fA 'tir .alve hatv' mAlMV" tA
tout menWho wonU work.
Washington stats - Republicans re
liating 'a 'ivm, tiui tliat11 wuiiug 'tiif
usual. ' i" ; " , 1
Toung- doctors must learn by prac
ticing; old doctor did.'' ' .
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Stream about a low; ever. '
Six rural free delivery -route are
operating In Benton ' county.- Four , of
them make their headquarter at Cor
vallls. each route bringing It conven
ience to about 100 families. . 1 .
" Antelope Herald: ' It la renorted that
1.00S head of sheep - belonging to th
Miller Lux outfit of Ban Francisco,
were killed- in the Granite mining dis
trict of eastern Grant county recently.
Warning had been sent to heepowner
to keep their sheep away from the min
ing property, as they were damaging
the water supply and forage.
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Cooslte .are happy. '.'-,',"
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An Albany young" woman screamed
o loud that ah scared away a burglar.
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One Umatilla county man 1 sorrythat
he burnt weed: In doing so lit ton
of hay waa burned, r . r-
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. Umatilla- reservation -wheat -running
rrom si to s bushel,-si of SI pounds
par busaeL .:
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' Southern Oregon peaches soon.' -
'-. -e , e, - j "'
Wallowa county huckleberry crop . a
failure. ','. .
Some Canyonville, Douglas county on
ions weigh t pounds each.'- . ' . ..
.. ..... , . ,. -,r.f- -t
r Haietlrirby-TnoonMgttnllsrlon
county."', ...':-.- - j, A . ' ..,'
r ... e . 1 .. . .. .
Marshfleld has aft antl-splttlng en th
sidewalk ordinance.. --. i - . . '
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Braddock eoal mine In Coo county
will surt up again, v , -. :. , , .
t ' j v ' .; 'V'-.V--";':'1
That Great Southern "Railroad, ex
tending south from Tha Dalle, will be
a payer. . So would road through other
eotions. . . , . .
' Man near Antelope was bitten by a
rattlesnake, and before be eould gat an
antidote 4!ed ',. , . '
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A fine creamery and cheese plant Is
being Installed -at Cottage Grove In a
new building donated by It enterprising
cltlsen. An Ice plant t to be Installed
In .. eonectlon next season. v.. .
.Near Yadulna a young man on a mov
ing train was standing on the platform
of a car rolling a cigarette when a jerk
of the ear threw Mm off and he rolled
beside th track, but received only a
few bruises.- The 'train stoned, went
back, picked up the young man and
brought Mm out and he continued bis
Journey, Moral: . Don't: smoke .ciga
rette. r ..,
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-ThttBr""rflrVai''aM
point with th Bout hern Pacific will be
Drain, Instead of Roseburg, which Im
pels th Plaindealer to say: "A little,
genuine hustle on th part of our cut
sens would have secured this branch
line long eg .Now let us mak a long
pull altogether, for' an" electric line- to
Myrtle Point to connect with the Coos
taw veil road at that blaoa.'
SAVAGES YET IN TII2
i UNITED; STATES '
r-t By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory. '
; Ther ar still a few "ssvages" -left
upon th face of the earth.--In certain
section of "Darkest Africa,- I bells v.
as well s upon some of -the Islands of
th South seas, tribes of these belated
member of th human race ar atlll to
be found In all their physical ugliness
and wild, untamed ferocity. . f '
- Occasionally some traveler from the
realms of civilisation - falls Into the
hand of these heartless monsters and Is
slain, as waa the case reoently with
Mr. Henry Trumble, a brother of . the
famous Australian cricketer. . ,
Possibly there are as many a a round
hundred of civilised people killed every
year by these graceless wretches, people
th ' world can 111 afford to lose, the
majority of them being Incalculably
helpful to commerce, - science and the
other things upon which our .human
progress so greatly depend. ;
: Against the cruelty of these savages
of tbe Gilbert islands, ths New Hebrides;
and elsewhere in the South seas, as well
as In - "Darkest Africa," w justly lift
up our own hand In holy horror! .
- The unreasoning brutes! Th heart
ies flends! to be slaying the harmlea a
traveler In such ruthless fashion! to bs
so absolutely dead to every sense of tbe
sacreanea orjiuman lire!
BUt let us not forget the fact that
there are aarage and savages savages
in the New Hebrides end In th African
jungle, and savages . in enlightened,
olvlltsed, Christianised America, to go no
rurther Just now. y -.
What Is it to be savageT
la' It to be uneducated and IgnorantT
Is it to be half clad and half houaed.
and1 oftentimes half fedT - I it to be
without th art and science, th helps
and appliances . of the thing ' we call
civilisation Or, nnally, I It to be in a
state - of moral ' cona, dead, tr but - in
differently awake, to the sense of 3us
tice, - to the sentiment of compassion,
andto that spirit of "brotherhood which
should mark every man's feeling
toward hi fellow mant t -'
Clearly, the Utter. ' And that betng
the case, -what a multitude of savages
we have right here la this country, and
how large is the entry of the slain that
goes down - every year., before the on
laught of their barbaric methods!
It. Is stated upon the highest authority,
that" th rumsellers annually slay be
tween 70.00 end 80,000 people. .
Tbe railroad owners kill and maim
almost as many more. " . i ,
. The ' owner of th cramped, unsani
tary tenement , house kill every year,
an army of men. women and children a
large a that' with which Grant began
hie greet overland, campaign against
Lee.- -i- . , .,. . ! . . - . .
Tens 6f thoueands are poisoned every
year by the feUows who kr-ln th food
adulteration buslhess and tin the manu
facture Of Impure drugs.. .: -' - -The
coal barcma; the mlllownrra and
th trust magnate,, by. low wage and
oppression, by foul . sir and . too Jong
hours, by extortion and, monopoly, slay;
multitudes every year. -. -j
The- savages or "Darkest Africa" wor-
bin "M umhn ' JumhA-'e tha. uvivm rtt
the United States ' of America worship
the dollar; and or the two the American
religion la much the more disastrous in
Its Influence upon it follower.'
While claiming to be civilised ' and
Christianised, and - vchlla . Sending mis
sionaries to preacn our professed re
ligion t the cannibalistic savages, r in-
aplrsrl tnt th hnrrihla spirit tat mis sssi
religion the religion of greed we are
committing more- cruelties every day
than all heathendom combined commit
in a generation. -..-,-..! . -.--,.v.-
- And ther I this much to be said to
the credit of the savage of th South
Bea isles tney oon l know Any better.
. But we do. The cruelty DfTthe" Av
ages of the United States is cold
blooded. They slay men, woman and
children simply because they love them
less than they de the gold which Is their
gOd! - "V- '. I''-'. -.' . ',.
Bonaparte Making Good.
f1
From the New ' Tork Time.
Th people ot this country have pretty
promptly arrived at the conclusion that
Secretary Bonaparte la a highly valu
able member of the president s cabi
net He Justified that conclusion by th
simple but direct sound and positive
statement accompanying hi - order "re
storing to service at the ' Charleston
navy-yard two young officer who had
been assigned to other duty on the com
plaint of a contractor that they - were
uncomfortably particular about compli
ance with specifications. ' Mr. Bonaparte
further Justifies this good opinion by ths
brief statement he ha, put out In regard
to 'the shocking disaster on the gunboat
Bennington.) He urge upon every one,
"whether In' or out of th service, the
advisability and even duty of retraining
from loose, .unwise snd uncharitable
talk on a subject so delicate, so hard t
understand, and so painful." Investiga
tion under his direction will be -had. ' "I
prom lee- thev-pubUev'taay the- secretary
of thenavy, ,'that nobody-shall be
whitewashed, and the service that no
body shall be made s crapegoat"
That I wise. Just and completely re
assuring. It Is a pledge, to th public
against the shielding of negligence pro
tected by "pull"; against the sparing ot
the guilty through personal rriendanip
or favor. It I a pledge to th navy that
no blameless man Is going to be perse
cuted or Dunlshed ' merely .because - of
ruthless and Ignorant public clamor. An
accident on board a warshtp that causes
the death of nearly , threescore sailors
of the navy la a serious matter. Secre
tary Bonaparte Is treating It with seri
ousness, but alao with a just mind.
.'V' ,';:-; ; How ' Oyama Lost
S ' " From th New , York Tim. W
' Th valet speaks: . ' '
Say, there's sn 'os Oyama! . Ti a
great an' glorious colt WotT ' Didn't
ear wot 'appened at his extraw'n'ry
bolt? My word! 'No opoofln' really!
'B set a palce to kilt an' If 'e 'adn't 'It
the-dttch why, e'd be runnln' still! v
'Twas Saturday .at Brighton Btach
of course you know th place, . I'd laald
a bob or two meaelf on th Brighton
Junior race, - They took It on Oyama,
larfed, and said:. "Aw. It's a sin." You
see, th tslk waa 0 to I on Pegasus to
win. ' ...
,T!ng! They were oft Now, hear th
yllt--.- .--. t. ... .... ..-..Xv .
."A sucker or a eller?' 1 -,r '";
"Say, keep your 'air onl".' ,V""V- '
I'm not deaf!" ',.J r-?"-.
, "whatr '.' . '
'"You'r a low-down fellerp',-' 0 ' v
-"Com up! Com up!"
k "AccountanV 0-0-oh!"
" 'K's on th blink." , .
"War thatr . "'
- "I'll punch your ead.:
'Ooa talkln'
through 'is 'atT" I. .
:.-Say, look at 'Ira.' Oyama !,"Wowr Oh.
say, who playsd that guess f 'E' lick
In' up th furlong Ilk they're row of
B. and ft Ahead? Just look! r Wy,
Dickens! 'K's got - wind and speed to
burn.. An' strike ,m up-a mulberry
trre! Wot 'appened at that turnt
'Of course, you'll say I'm Joshing, but
that 'oss 's' ran so fast that 'stead o'
turning at the bead ' went night shoot
la' neat, ,'J0 '- almplv . alraakadl .a-
eountant won.' OyatnaT Ww waa 'el
Aak of the bUy wind that l,IIhl th
Dioomin- Maitio sea. -
'B might V 'It up Lunnon or soma
other blessed star. Well draw It mlia
'e might 'a' smashed a' Coney Island
oar. But ' donted In the 'emlaphsr a
few yards off the track; then waking
up to Were waa Oysma cantered back.
An' wot 1 jockey said was this an'
tears roiled down '1 face):
"If this 'oss 'adn't run , so fast
BWelp! 'e'd won tbe race."
i
LEWIS AND CLARK
In th Rocky mountain.'
August 10 Can tain Lewis continued
hi route at an early hour through the
1 Jt v-s.A. . . a ai . a .
w.u uuuoni lO jv dm u
large creek and then felt Into an Indian
road leading toward tbe point whr
th river entered the mountain.- Thl
he. followed till he reached a high per
pendicular Cliff, where the river make
It passage through th hills, and which
h called th Rattlaanak . cliff, from
th number of that animal which h
saw there; her h kindled A ore and
waited th return of Drewyer, who had
been nt out oft th way to kill deer;
he came back about noon -with th skin
of three deer and the flesh of on ot the
best of them.
-After a hasty d,lnnr they returned to
in inaian, roeo wniou tney. naa ,ieri
for a short dlatanee to. see the cliff. It
led them sometimes over th hllla,
sometimes in th narrow bottom ot
th river, till at th dtstane of It miles
from th Rattlaanak cliff they reached
a handsom open and level valley, where
th river divided into two nearly qual
branch. Th mountain over which
they -passed . wer not vary - high, but
are. tugged and continue , elose to the
riverside. Th river, i which before It
enter -the -mountain waa- rapid, rocky,
very crooked, . much divided by Islands
and shallow,, now become more direct
in It course, as it 1 hemmed In by the
hills, and has not ao many -bends, nor
Islands, but becomes more rapid 'and
rocky, and continues a shallow. On ex
amining th two branches 'of th river
it was evident that neither of them waa
navlgabl farther. " Th road forked
with th river and Captain Lewis there
fore sent a man up each ot them for a
hort distance in order that by com
paring their respective information he
might b abl to tak that which seemed
to hay been most used thl spring.
From' their - account be ' resolved to
choose that which led along the aouth-
weai orancn or in river, wnicn was
rather th smaller of th-two;-h ac
cordingly wrote a not to Captain Clark,
Informing him of th rout' and recom
mending hi ataylng with th party at
th fork till, he ahould return. Thl
h fixed on dry -willow pole at. the
roras or in river ana men proceeded up
the southwest branch; but after going
a rail and half th road became
scarcely distinguishable and th track
of th horse which h had -followed
along th Jefferson wer no longer seen.
Captain Lewis therefore returned to ex
amine th other road himself and found
that the horse hsd in fact passed along
the western or right fork, which had
th additional recommendation of being
larger than th other. . '
This road he concluded to tak and
therefor sent back Drewyer to th fork
ntn a second letter to captain Clark
apprising him of th change, and then
proceeded on. The valley of. the west
fork, through which he now Passed.
bean m inuetu tne HWt"of 'wt "ana
la confined within the space of about a
mil in width by rough mountain and
teep - cliff of rock. : At the.. .distance
ot four and a half mile It open Into
a beautiful and extensive plain about
10 miles long and five or six miles In
width; this is surrounded .on all aide
by higher rolling or waving country,
intersected , by several . little - rivulets
from - th mountain, each bordered by
It wide meadow. Th whole prospect
1 bounded by these mountains, which
nearly surround It so aa to form a
beautiful cove about 11 to IS mile In
diameter. On entering ' thla - cov the
river bend to th northwest , and
bathe th foot of th bill to th right
At thla place thy halted for th night
on th right aid of th river, and hav
ing lighted a Are of dry willow brush
th only fuel , which the country af
fordssupped on a deer.- 'V
They had traveled today SO miiea by
estimate; that Is, 10 to the Rattlesnake
cliff, II to th fork of Jefferson river
and flv to their encampment ' In thl
cov some part of th low ground ar
tolerably fertile, but , much of the
greater - proportion 1 covered - with
prickly pear, sedge, twlstsd grass, th
pulp-leafed thorn. southern-Wood and
wild sag's, and Ilk th upland hav a
vary Inferior olL Thee last hav lit
tle) more than th prickly pear and th
twisted or bearded grass, nor are ther
In th whol cove more than thr or
four cottonwood tree,' and those are
small. At th apparent extremity of
the bottom above, and about 10 mile
tevehe- weetwaroV are tw perpendicular
cliff rising to a considerable height
on each aid of th river, and at thl
dlstsncs seem like a gate. In th mean
time ire proceeded at aunrlse, and found
th river not so rapid ae yesterday,
though mora narrow . and '. atill vary
crooked, and so shallow that w war
obliged to drag the canoes over many
ripple In th courss of th day.. At
six and a half mile w had passed
eight bend on the north snd, two small
bnyoua-twr-th left and 'came to 'What
the Indians call the Beaver's head, a
steep, rocky cliff, about ISO feet high,
near th right aid of th river, Oppo
site to this,, at 00 yards from th wa
ter, I a low cliff about ( feet , In
height which form th extremity of
a spur of th . mountain . about . four
miles distant on th left. - At 4 o'clock
w wr overtaken by a heavy shower
of rain, -attended with thunder, light
ning and hall. Tha party wer defended
from th ball by covering themselves
with willow brushss, but they got com
pletely' wet and. In thla situation, as
soon aa the rain ceased, continued till
we encamped. Thl' we did at m low
bluff on th left after passing, la . th
course 6f lx snd a half miles, four
Islands and IS band on th tight and
a low bluff and several bayous on th
sam aid. W had now com II miles,
yet were only four on our route toward
the mountain. The gam seems to be
declining, for our hunter procured only
a single dser, though we found another
for u that had been killed three day
before by one of th hunter during
an excursion, and left for u on ths
river. ,-. - ; .'t . , . .
Eyeglasses and Romance.
By Mr. John Lane In th London Out
.- ',". .:.;,. look. .: - "
It is curious toobserv that even the
greatest t realists - do not . venture to
be 11 tow eyeglasses on, their heroine. It
1 rather odd. too, seeing how many
charming women do In real life wear
them aad are not 'debarred by then!
from the moat . dramatlo careers and
the moat poignant emotions. But while
the modern novelist has bestowed eye
glasses os everybody else he ha net
yet had th hardihood to put them on
the nose ef hi heroin. Why?-
e:;cu;:: i:rvvc?APER5
cuivosvn
Hsnryr Watterson la -th
'. Courier-Journal:
Louisville
- Journalism may be philosophy. W It
is- noi siaiesmanshlp. it Is ths current
chronicle, among other things) of states-
mansnip, real or spurious. It may b
- . " mm-T do aooirinai. v tn
England It aspires to be both. With
US, less SO. But if it ha .nll.k.n
If it be honest lf .lt see, the good of thai
manr. n cannoi mindly follow th pol-
,i..ow, aim in cngiand and In Aroer
iva ji aa, leas ana less doing- a
th make-up of the London newspaper
ana. iei us say, the New fork news-
I nanrgi KAn. til tha 1 in m
(injinofc; xney aneot 1 book work In
neir ypograpny as wen as their com'
position. , : . ',.,. , '
Another point Of dlfferenna muxh
the credit of. London a against Nw
w,a, uw iwuciiod 01 in oay-a new
into om proportion, and tha ahrlrfr.
ment of each detail within it proper.
Huwuum. ; tmn is M -Teaturing" no
needle auperilulty. London oompreaaea
inio m paragrapn wnat New Tork would
ampiiry into a column. - New York cov
era tne neld more fully.- But tr doaa
this at th. oost of a vast amouat of
ine immaterial. . when one i has- road
any .on of th nvr. leading t London
daille h 1 tolerably sure of being In
possession of the history of veatardav.'
- Tha cleanliheas of th London nw-'
papers , is oengntrul. Muoh of their in
terest and value la found in taalr court
reports, wherein th atorv Is set-dawn
with great particularity- without ,ir.
plusage. , There are no eaacseraUnna in
the text and no headlining te distort tho
In London, a In America, the leading;
article Is beginning to nlav seconit
flddle, Whether thi 1 th decline oft..
" wniing, or wnetner .li . implies
that th public Aaa found out the thun-
aerer ana wnere the thunder eoms
from. It would. be-hard to say-, There
la no reason why good dltorlal writing
anuuia no exercise tne charm it -once
did, if not the power.- v. - - v-, c
.But. good editorial writing.; like good
butter., must be genuine, nd fresh.
Leading artiolea kept In old atoraaa
and served, like chicken in 'a reatau-
rant on demand, deoelve nor-oneTwho4
anows in oinereno between hot -chop
and cold potatoes. , -The editorial should
be the rationale of th day' dolna.-' It
should expound the news, si vine tire-!
cedence ; to .the most' Important. Th "t
reeaer snouid Instinctively turn t It
artar h has perused the dispatches.
Long or short it should be sincere.
While there la nothlna more mfcrftleaa-
and groteaqu than a bit f wood with '
nio ox ieaa at- one nd and a fool at
th other and. yet worae. a knave tha
clumsiest illustration of good sens and
gooa reeling, not from the heart and
brain of truthful -man, responsive to
toe wires, are priceless.
v Where Are Depew'e frienda?
New York Correspondence Pbllsdelphlat
;, .. Pre.: ?
. In this th most serious amargency or
orlBl of DeeeW life, coming - whan b
baa passed three ecore and 'ten. It I
amaalng that hf has yet found no friend
to speak for him In New York City. Crtse
Ilk the ar time that teat friendship,
and men are aaklng now. "Has Depew
ao real friend T" Hav thoaa-whs hava
I beeop no ' more- than-- timeaervera.-'. fiAaa
friend, with. Jnstncerlty or even hatred
of taert? v v -' .f V -,V
There were eom' who ventured to say
a few explanatory or excusing words tor
Jams Haaett Hyde. Ther have been
many who have spoken with something
of sympathy for Mr. Alexander and hav
offered to teat their friendship' for him.
But there ha been a yet no proof, ef .
friendship for Senator Depew, even .
slight a proof a an appeal to th publlo
to' suspend Judgment until the senator
could be heard. . ' . -,
The entor must realise as be reflect
upon thla that ' possibly en that he
ha aimed for, hi dominating ambition -
for public approval and admlnradon, hav
wunn aw anon n nss mads.
" 8om of hi very wealthy! friend, or -alleged
friend, participated lA the Depew
Land Improvement company scheme. I
They were appealed to recently to take
up the Equitable loan of t250,000 and to
tak th property. They treated th
proposition with Indifference, and some
of them with a smile ot-eontempt and
U I possible that Depew himself on hi
return may feet that hi honor and repu
tation demand that he-personally -and
without assistance liquidate that treat
'O0- , - T-r vn '
' Prohibition'a Actual Strengrtu ; '
j From Munsey'e Megaxlne. 'v"
1 If you wish to know ths present polit
ical strength of prnhobitton. . take a
map of the United States puncture it '
witn aDOUt 4.609 pinholes., snatter it
with 40Q- blot of Ink,, and eevat-lt -
with three blu ribbon. Than you may
know that for every pinhole there i a
town or city In which no. liquor I olV
for every blot' there 1 a nmhlbltlnn
I a prohibition state. . , - .,;.
"Out of S7.000.000 people In the south.
17.000.00 ar under prohibition," ay a
temperance orator. In such state a
Tennessee and Mississippi, for Instance.
liquor is to be npeniy round only In the .
urgsr cities. t f or progress alongbM.-ul
option .lines. - Illinois hads- the - list.
with nearly 700 non-drlnklnx communi
ties. ..'v., ; ,V',,. --..,,.-v' ',. "
A a faotor In politic, prohibition I a .
constant eurprla to th men, who ma
nipulate the machine. Ther ar now
mora, than 100 Prohibitionists, ctectel
a such, holding local office In Peitn'
sylvanla. and more than 100 in Illinois;
Including three assemblymen. Last yesr
more than 160.000 unoompromlalng men
turned their backs on Roosevelt . and
Parker and voted for Swallow and pro
hibition. John G. Wool ley, the lending
spokesman of th political wing, is a
speaker of unusual force',, It was ' he
who said to the churches, "Why din t
yoq vote as you prayT" , ;"T . ; "' ..
v '. i I ' ' ;
' Tn Idol'a Deficiencies, i ; '
From Llnnlnoott'a. ' - '
-A teacher was instructing -class ef
infant In th Sunday school and waa
letting theiehtldren finish her sentence
to' make sure they understood...: - .
. "The ldot had .eyes.', sh ssld.'.-bul
it couldn't" " " - ; --t i
"See," cried the children, ,
- "It had ear, but It couldn't"-' :,
, "Hear," ald th el. liT't -1..
"It hsd Up, but It couldn't"--i 1
. "Speak.". ld the children. :" f,
"It had a nose. J9ut lt.coutdnU" '
."Wipe It!" shouted the little one,
rf Why There Waa Nd'FlghtT'''
x " :f-- From ' Llf. -,- I' 1
- W do not -credit th report that the
reaaon the personal difference between
Mn Jacob Sohlff and -Mr. Cometiu
Bits at th Equitable meeting of June,
t did not com to Physical issue was
because of reluctance ' on the .pkrt of
both gentlemen to trust any gentleman
present with th stake. . . . ,i(
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