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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND, . OREGON. THE h Ji i A V t -1 N D E F K N D K N T N E W 8 P A F E tf - PTTBT.TSHFin BY , JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. . KM ATT. fTM ATJKK .wr-s.V.raJ no. svcAikoui Published very evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning, at The Journal Building, Fifth and Yam ' bill etreeta, Portland, Oregon. . . . ,':v - "; THE SITUATION AT EUGENE. i HE EPIDEMfC cf typhoid and other disease at Eugene it-a proper -ubject of -official mvesttga ' f vtion and full information and report. .It it not a -4. fcaee or time for any concealment "or dissembling. , Not - ,;Vmly tb people f that city and other town jtli recti y 7,ncted, tnt those of all sections, are entitled to all the facta and knowledge of . the cause of the epidemic, to '. that meant can be taken to prevent auch occurrence! in tutureor, there it no- doubt that they can be pre- Vented.-'" --''.V. V ;--.Vv ' : - Dr. Mstson, the state ' health pfficefy.'hBs' concluded . : from his investigation so far that the city prater, brought i- iiito.'the town from a millrace that receivet -turf ace ..' water from the region around and above, it contaminated . "'. with disease verms, and this it undoubtedly a sufficient xplaflatiitfhe-iluation. the neighborhood of 100 people have been stricken in bugene and a considerable number in Springfield and other townt all of them user of. thit or ' similarly contaminated water, , while tone who use well water have been attacked. The lesson not only to Eugene, but to other cities, it clear and ' plain; to escape such a scourge they must provide them ' elves with absolutely pure "water.nd this cannot be ' obtained from a stream flowing through a settled coun r try-and receiving - tewag ' fiwi-variout-urces-The . tost of obtaining an ample supply of pure water is con siderable, and entails a burden upon taxpayers, ' but it ." Is duty incumbent upori eferytown ofjconsiderable a ize, in Justice to it sell, .., ,- ''V" . ,tt- Eugene being the seat of the State university, Com! lis of the Agricultural college, and Salem of -the state rapitol arid other state institutions, these towns are par ; ticularly obliged to provide pur water, and it it evident that Eugene has neglected this duty too Jong; but we 7 have no -doubt that after thit experience it will . lose1 no time, and spare no necessary expense in securing -a fcould be relied upon implicitly to furnish pur water. '' ., Fortunately the diseases in Eugene have mostly been rf rather a light form, and but few cases have resulted ' fatally, yet several have died, and many have been put to much expense and suffering. .This will not do for such a city, and It may be taken for granted that' the Rood, enterprising people' of the' university . city . will take prompt measure to prevent a recurrence of auch n epidemic-, -T-p- ; ;. ';r;! -v;-- As Dr. Matson says, the disease germ are bred by filth.' The one. thing to da, then, is to secure. water that is certainly and absolutely free from all forms of .filth. It must be brought underground from some dis - tsnt mountain stream or tpring, the" vicinity of which -fmjst-be-;free--from -cpntamintcrIt-i-better-and m the end cheaper to pay for pure water than to suffer ' from such an epidemic and the. consequent reputation that it necessarily gives a city. ' But, as we have said, 1 we are sure that Eugene will not suffer itself to acquire such a reputation, but will tee to it that there will be ' , no repetition of this occurrence. - , , t v AGRICULTURE IN RURAL SCHOOLS, T N - THE CURRENT NUMBER - of the Oregon I v Teachers' , Monthly, . State School Superintendent r Ackerman advocate the teaching of the element ' lof acrkultur in the rural schools. The subject matter of the course of study in our schools, he says, agreeing ' , op this point with President Hadley of; Yale university, must change to meet the demands of and adapt itself to s.our growing civilization. - 'While the rural schools of Oregon have steadily improved, they should continue to improve, and the studies in them should .be those ; liiost - practical and essentisl.. The city schools have .,"," their special subjects of study, and Professor Ackerman . asks; "vWhy not the1 country f," A fairly good business .. education, up to the point where the greatest teacher, . Experience, takes hold, can be secured by all; bill since . .- agriculture demands and must receive the services of vscr -r-. great a, proportion of ,our people why should .not the , ' children receive instruction In'that, too? . - On obvious answer and objection' on ' the part of ' many would be: Children in the rural district learn or ;- s ahould learn agriculture at home, a they cannot -or not learn what is ordinarily taught in the public schools, "T"- land to tome extent this is true; yet it is paten to ob servers that in too many Oregon homes, and in those ' . ..-,tof other states as well, the lessons in agriculture and in Fitakitig and caring for a country home ar vcrylncom v glet and imperfect, not to say misleading and injurious. Agriculture .now demands pot only brawn, but brains. It bat become in a large tent a scientific pursuit, and . If one is to excel or even tolerably succeed in it he - ftnust pursue entirely different' methods from, those in us when his father was a boy or, in many eases, in us by his father now.' . Many farmer learn, progress, .'V 'are observant, industrious, intelligent, skillful, ambitious, but many others are not of thia kind; and in the interest " of the country youth and of thia greatest of all industries ' should they not receive elementary Instruction in it in the schools? In other words,' is the country receiving Its fair share of attention in the matter of practical edu- v cation, and if not should it not, by thi means? j This is not a new question in many states, where the ; t Importance of giving better instruction and educational -" -' opportunitiee to country children has long been recog nized. "The movement ' for elementary instruction in agriculture in the rural schools is not a fad," saya Pro ' ' "7"fessor Ackerman, "but a necessity. It. has been tried, Clean up, la country ma wU suTTa' cities, tor th liemeaakara. " J' : ' j r- After thia psrhap luint wOl get good -water.- r - - - Nlok has had a cold. ' Tls a light af fliction jMtit h. nar -nfff bor The trouble with tool Uara la, they and youth Jove-and respect for th land, the are not evea ehs.rfuL products,' and for the occupation of agricul- - - ' r ss the" youth Is taught to respect Industry in 'ortUl ortland grew- help. . , . - and th results are such that there will be no backward Step"; and "that it will ultimstely be part of th rural j school system there s no question. , t. y The"gweirobjetrts-rorJrTOU in the rural schools would be to instill into the minds or coun try .children soil and its lure, "Unless lie will look upon all labor as mer drudgery and feel 4,. i(ok M4 ullt PiMaaat and treat fnat cuuurt lytnc oiuy, ining worm urivuig or. .inniiMn ngnu ofeoimtryuUofiUr.-abuU-bugh fepet-agricultural-and,-ndeed,J-Il kind- of tisef ui 1 mind 'NIcKrhett talc ear of himself-. manual labor,, to lOveT Hie"sair and Hproaiicr, and .to 1 snaairiaerow doesn't amount take a deep interest in the-processes by which nearly all j nugf fl.y?..r;T-'1 " ' '" "' "" our' necessaries are transformed by nattir-and man working together into the things we use to sustain and The Journal' popular oolumne it might adorn life. The present work of the schools exercises increase its circulation. ,tnc receptive inn rcucviiTs lamci iuu mi aiiv uu creative faculties .lor instincts, but all . should ' be . de veloped together, and for thia nature in th country, with applied agriculture, furnishes' the greatest and best, ma terials and object lessons.' "There ar . really two worlds,"r tsys Professor Ackerman, "the school world and the real world, and the school world should be con nected with th Teal world at nearly at poetible."- .' Several eellpMS will oeour en April to, and also one the "llrst Monday to June. . ; .. '.. t;.,- ' lioadsd men and gun are dangoroua THE BEST FIELD FOR INVESTMENT. Only flvedaya snore of freedom. Kick, There most b more mnalelpal tv rshtp and thon more care la ;aleotlag municipal omcars. - - r Study th Initiated law and amead- EOPLE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, where immense amounts 01 money nave oeen maae dunnor fh oast few veara. ara amOnor those who are investing heavily in western Oregon, and becoming leading spirits in the new era of development now be ginning in this state. Probably the bulk of . the money to be expended here during the next few years will come from the east.yet there is a great amount of If liT the TV booming southern lantornia .city, uiat-lt seeking prom- h American trust barona Mtmi to be What all the world love I th krida 4. .w.';;;;;...-.!......:'.'.''... ; - Dora and Maud would do wall at ool laborstlng In a kltohen If some stout woman stood ovejr them with a club. 'That old Loopold of Belgium la about aufficienl tupply-of pur waterr for-fn 1ow--f--thatJsbJeJnvestment, and itt ownefs find no better or equal suffloisntly proven, aire everybody cannot depend upon wells, even if these j oportunTtyniJawnHhawJtoJhat sfforded in Portland and! s - , " Now N!e Nlek. XHm:iLtaiok. "OIt. ths aenau a hoartag," says th Salam Statasman.- .,. why, good... Lord, man, wa cu't II v long enough. ., . Aon gn wo aprmg ivtw u . ' If Praneo doesnt light Castro, what will th poor Xollow.doT Be must fight. wasn't It Th , Sunday Jour- I'lne, naif .-. '' V Editor Flagg of the Bt Helena Mist la a Republican candidate for represent tatlve la the legislature, and soma poo- pie down thre thina v e snouia western Oregon, so they sre 'among those vfio are going I to build a network of railway through the Willamette valley, and eventually, no doubt, .beyond it confines through southern Oregon and over to the coast Incidentally,-having sized up Portland thoroughly, they are also investing here, having" bought . for a starter the Chamber of Commerce building at a price reported to be about $800,000. . This transaction show . that these men not only have control, of an unlimited amount of money, but that they have unbounded faith in th future of Portland and in th rapid development of the tributary country. V They are shrewd, far-seeing business men, and make no mistake when they spend millions. They have thoroughly studied the 'situation, and have concluded thaMo-thr- field in California r-Msxko or on Puget sound offer , such opportunities Slid inducemtnts,as jpiaued tit half meet. This result is in cart due. we believe, to the Lewis and I Perhaps President Roosevelt will bo- Clark fair, which wa visited and studied by a large guardian-general or the eartn. siiimVta' P1ifnrsi!e,Ma rtSsM lt taualsi a vafiittab . I ' r ' f ; 'r.. .a "' .Z't. ' k'T 1" iT.j ' The homeseekors will aooa bo pour- vjyciic. aij nvi vinjr pi.cu .MM i"."'m yui 1 ng lA. over me; state, ana mis city,' ana stuaiea mem, anal . changed their opinion about them. Theretofore most Californians had misapprehended Oregon, but on investi gation they were surprised, at the vastnesa and variety of its .undeveloped resources, and saw that here was the richest field to be found for Investment and industrial exploitation. 7 ' - . ;"'.'.;,.; .1 ..".'.,;..;. '(All, thit is additional evidence and guaranty that Ore gon, and Fortlandvri particular, are going to grow and develop at a rate entirely unprecedented heretofore. Scarcely less important than Mr. ' Hill's building down the Columbia isnmis movement of the United Railways ''iii-. i .ti - A j 1 Harhurst-Skelley . correspondence of ..... w. w .uwnpn.ncv in ... Fr wrcg, aim Roieigrr K,view: There were several if Portland keeps widely awake to the situation and to hand buyer her last week, and we an il opportunities there will b no question at the end of Iderstand they wanted to buy the entire that nerind nf its aiihrrmarv in ,v,rv rttncrl in h I vauey, mi wi au u ,io w w Pacific north west. From now on. Portland ahould grow much taster than Jseattl OREGON SIDELIGHTS .Boelallsta will start quills aty. v s ; j ' at paper at Co- A sack of Dally Marshfleld Malls left at the postofflee door was thrown Into the bay, perhaps because . some auo- scribar eonsldered the paper too dry, placejto live In, A BOOST FROM BOSTON.-1 Wild flowers la bloom la Tillamook. Pendleton wlll pav with blthuMthlo, HE Boston Globe thus boasts of the wealth and prosperity of thst city and vicinity: '"Boston is --'thA rnt rF thm ttraTthia mnd th hat mtr. chasing "c6mmunityin" the country rwithout exception whatever. In the purchasing ability of the average per son Boston is far ahead of all according to the- national census: Per capita wealth of the people of Boston, $1,942; New York, $1,337? Philadelphia, $1,127; Chicago, $1,016; St Louis,' $918. One twentieth of the wealth of the United State is within 50 miles of Boston. One fifth of the savings of the people of th United States is in Massachusetts savings and cooperative bank to I frn ,n .n. th. ront fruit Some very heavy . horse bavo shipped from Woodbura lately to Port land. On matched team weighed , pounds. - Eatacada News: Th supply of pota to which wa taken by the New laat fall on subscription account 1 about exhausted. Who la nextf v , .. . North Yamhill Record: Nearly every on has either prayd hi Cm It trees or are preparing to do o Old orchard ara being pruned and cleaned ap and the credit of Massachusetts dep6sitors." If this b tfu, it.i du in part to the protective tariff, that annually transfers very large aggregate sum from the farmer and all consumer of th country to the protected manufacturers of New England, many of whom are settled "within 50 mile of Boston." Yet the thrifty New Englanders, particularly those of Mas chusetts, are not satisfied, but want tariff reform of a certain kind. want free Canadian lumber) being shoe manufacturers, there waa raised last year 4.1 buhla m aia (a. aa I M ai A .1 TW - they want iree mae ana ire raw material generally, i nay h mi wm w i. but no reduction, In the duties on their manufactures. I ' '' -". T." '-- ; . Anybody, or any class of people, can becom rich and Lf f.' ": ". ?"r"Ui prosperous u me - lovsrnmcni jcuuuca cycrvuour to I known naraon made off with It. contnoute to inem. : Inspector will not have any trouble in this vicinity In having too saw com piled with. - 1 ; r ,.';..., e -5- ' ' Making gardens in Douglas eooaty. . . v ' ' i I More la having a fuel famln. 1 , : On a dry farm, In Lak . county, th m. 1 .... . . . . 1 iana siwkti iit ink wmu gvimmm That is, tJieirvtimber being gone, they WMthieas f for g"ieultural porpo , Raging Flunkeytem. ' - ' : '. From the New Tork Evening Poat-i -v ' i W would appear that th presides? r--al.8iiter waa fairly "drlvta" from "New" , York to escape ragiag flunkeylsra. No . ; other word fit the tort of gaping pub llelty with wnirn that lady' evary step , wa dogged while In this city. Th thing ; goes beyoad newspaper nsatlonallscn. : We amount of advertising and egging on : could set the crowd ao wild to intrude -v vpon a young girl's prlraoy. unloaa the-e ware a trowing feeling that It 1 th ; height of bile so much aa to gas upon . one near to th president It I more - thaa empty-headed curiosity. It Is the kind os enotoblahaass whlah-Thackeray . tlenouncad for feeling a' thrill at the - - bred starer and offenslr oatlers we halt doubtless always have In abun dance; ' but th ecntcyf groveling which attended Miss Soosevelt while) ': her 1 a thing to b ashamed of and . . got rid of. ; -, .' ' . - - ' Will Railway Speed Xncrcaae? ! . ' From fluocea Magasln. -V , , For some time engineer have agreed that, with Our present methods, the . .. practical limit of speed with steam, both 1 on land end , water, ha been reached. Th problem, therefore, ha been to do- vise wmotioei or to ronaer . t (cable. In a high degreo, aom .. new ; power of propulsion, such aa electricity, a a rival and ucnor of steam. The latter of these altematlye ha provad the more easily solred. and. with - th t achlrement of a apoed of 111 mile an lbss ssa tb atUltary road, JBarUa-Zooeea, Oermany, 'a little over a year ago, a new era hi trarflo may b ald to. heve lated sxampl of phenomenal speed un der ideal eondltlona, without practical application t ' axtstlng problems, It would posses only th Interest of the extraordinary. As a matter of fact, however, these speed trial In Germany poesoa th highest practical value and may be said to hare established th conditions , of - further progress along thia tin. - A normal speed of III, even 11 faille an hour, I no longer aa Idle dream, but has coma within the realm of the Immediately probable. Cer tain t-imdltlunsr-lt Is true, rmatn to be fulfilled, but to th preaent age, ao- almoat Impossible, tb overcoming of dlrflcultle of detail prascnta.Ao serious problem. Certainly, today w ara nearer a spaed of IS miles an hour than thi world of JU0 was to on of St mile an hour.1- , : . ,.. .. .T.. . . , - r:.. 1 ...1. tl - . r '-( . . . Tb Wickedness of ariev: From the txtndon Saturday Ttvw. '" W had thought that tha Idea of th wlckadnes of Pari wa long sine ex ploded. As a matter of fact Paris 1 on of th moat innocent of place, since It Vlo Is open, superficial, on th eurfacf. 1 J .Beyond iffuman Conception. V t From th Anaconda Standard. ' Th Imagination t powerless to con ceive what would happen If Ma Wood should call at th whit House and In sist an seeing Mr. Leah. jiJifM nnw Suprem Court Hear Woman, Washington Dispatch In New York Sun. th suproms court It listened today t oral arguments from a woman. Th bar of the suprem oourt numbers among Ita metnbera some SS or S4 women, and on ssversl oooaalone motions havt been mad by them, but never .before hai on of tha x ventured upon full fledged oral argument in a oaa before th court. Th exception wa Mrs. Belva lilrbAMl n h1a Mltw mtkA Mamt- data for presidential honors. Bh ap- jlembs to a Chicago company at the Ooed road building la going forward in una eounxy. - - e e Deep' snows In th mountains have driven large' numbers of deer to th foothills and lower lands In eastern Oreeon. . ' ... , e a i This year will b Baker Clty'a ban ner year In all line of Industry, says ths Democrat..,; . ''...'; Good Grant county horaa bring good prlc. ' '.:'. ,; " A Morrow county ' man sold ,0e peered in what are known aa th Chero-1 ka elalm cas.-Bh spoke with great rapidity, but with cleameaa, and her argument were followed closely by the jnaiiue oa -tno Dencn,- osewai or t nam Interrupting her to ak question upon th aixrerent pointa ab mad. iii'ji A New Vegetable. From the Nw York Times. ' Th agricultural department Is ex perimenting succeeafully with a new vegetable, which If hope aoon to Intro duce a a parananent addltloa to tha market basket. It 1 called "ohayote," and resemble cross between an alli gator pear , and a eucumber. Th vege- tti la to ha used as a salad, and whan sliced and aerved with lettuce and may onnaise araaaing it makes a most d llclous part of the menu. Already th new sain, naa oeen introduced la New 1 or ana pniiadelphla. and the drnart- men t expect to have th official stamp of th administration put unnn it aoon ; by having Itrved at on of th White , top price of l.( per head. Th sheep are to be sheared and th wool remain with th grower. Th - stock I than delivered .for shipment about May 1. Sheepmen aay that tha prloa paid 1 th highest In tf year. At present wool price about ll.l per head 1 realised. ' '. . .'. ,, -!- :'.-:.. ' Much Improvement going en . In . and around Wamlo. . , , (...i a ...... , -r i- 0 ...i., . ' Sllverton 1 ha - no bakery a good baker could .do well there.. '' w,-, ? : ,. :V- Albert Flah made a flying trip to th ranch this week. Bancroft Correspond, ance of Coqulll Herald. Now let no body deny that Oregon ha flying fish;- ji.-4t. .... ... a a' 1 tV"' Candldatrs rather scarce Ih Lincoln eounfy. , - ' ', . - Newport bright . considers" Its '' prospect '''When siting up 'good progresslv Ore gon town, aea't overlook Ashland,- LETTERS FRQM "THE PEOPLE" Tha Baawt Yoaaa (Hits, Portland. Or.. Fob. 11-T th Editor of Tha Journali Burprlee burst upon oar mos-oovrd InUlleot ' ult frequently of lata through th columns le.ae Oregea OMrsjaVwhichproyu that Mayor Iab ' keep . hi battorte - con stantly trained an th enemy. His f fort In th reform movement arweon mendable, but It seems to ma the nearer you approach tb mouth of a atream th more difficult tb task of changing It course; on should approach nearer Ita source. Restaurant and ilk piacas ara raided, walla, publle dancehalla and skatlng-rlnka ar run wide open, 'Widely advertised, and meat with no opposition. It is heartrending to aes "Young: women flocking into these public .dancehalls, where they kr compelled to mlogl wiut aUlaaaas of society, where the vulgar coraauca wita U rule or Uia nail, only to he east aside when they leave. Must It not fill a mother's heart with . pride to see bar cherished daughter whirled about th hall In a aeml-hypnotlo state In th arms of some young man whom she ha just recently mat and of whom aha knows nothing t It la In th dano- neu and akatlng-rlnk h gets. her first lesson In sin. . Modesty and Innocence ar gradually lost la th mas of th waits.- Indiscrsralnat association with th opposite sex rob her of her sweatee charm th blush of a modest maiden. I It reaapnabl to aupposa that a young lady who ha been given wood Christian training from girlhood aad not allowed tha privilege of -attending - the public places of which I speak, but instaad has hMB - ihiwl 4Ka avII . MnfMtUBMI of auch So-called pleasure to , th a tent that ah thoroughly disapproves of mom can you imagine, I aay. suon a young ..lady being dragged. Into-th basement ot a fashionable restaurant or th aid entrance of a saloon? . No! ; Decidedly not! Sh scents danger atar ort.- Mar whoi being reban against It Into her mind purest thought have bean Instilled, giving her a strength of character that give. her aa advantage eerar thos who training has bean negiecioa or an overinauigent motnr. It IS th graduat of th daneahall and skattng-rtnk who has becom accustomtd to th email of th liquor breath and careless language who 1 eager to go th pace that kill. - t Thia aportlvo llf haa many allure ments; If th mind -. la not properly trained Its resistance la weak and futile. Where do girl receive the prop oaa Is to . din In plaoe where intoxicant ar served T I It not a fact that th ballroom la responsible for a great ma jority? It appear quit th proper thing to th foolish maiden to din at some fashionable resort with a male escort after tb ball. lb find no harm In a moderate indulgence just ona glass, for Instance ; other about hr ar doing tb same. Bhe .haa. taken the aeconn atei How simol tha. task, th following week, for her unprincipled escort to persuade her Into th belief that neither her name, dignity nor honor would in th least suffer should h enter bog where : they . might enjoy mors privacy and not be subjected to tb rud tar of th vulgar public How. tittle she realises her perilous position. ' The web of 'am la slowly tightening about bar. - Bhe overestimate her power - to resist th tempter's pleading. Bh I at tha mroy of an Insidious fos whoa moat powerful weapon Is Battery, The Indiscretions may for a' Urn trouble her conscience, but a these occurrences becom more frequent they no longer appear as something to provoke th blush of sham, but ar accepted simply aa Incident In on' dally lira I can searoaly Imagine ayoung lady o depraved as to ba- guilty ,-ot. these foolish stsps with a sot purpose of becom Ing a moral wreck. No, they deceive themselves Into th belief that there I limit they can approach with safety, beyond which they will never . tread. But aln earn be likened unto an oetupua, th tenacle of, which reach out Into the dancehalla and skating-rinks, and . their offpring-th all-night resort gradually encircling It victim tn a aadiy m- prec srom wnica inere w no sksp. nsjwton i. WMixv-yaus.. Love's SvtfTtmmCf. '...- By E1U Wheeler WHcog. i Oor.rri.tat. ISO, tr W. B. Besrst.l Aa yon great sun In bl supreme eon- aiuon Absorbs small worlds and make them all hi own. - - - 80 do my.Jov absorb each vain am- . bltlon."1 .- " . Saoh outside purpose which my life .--haa known. . . f ;" . - - taracannot ahlna ao hoar that vast orb a eplndor, They ar content to feed his flames of flro; : Aad ao my heart Is satlsflsd ts render Ita strength, Ita trong dMlre. all. t meet : thy Aa in ' a forest when, dead leave ar - falling. -.. , From all aav aome perennial grn tree. . - . ...... Bo ao by on 1 find all plesurares pall- - ing ' That ar net linked with or enjoyed - by th. ..-r And all th homage that the world may . prorror, . .. -. , , I taka.es perfumed -fls ar Incense v " wt ' ... - . ' -:'." And think of It as on thing snore to offer ' ' .., . And aacrlflea to lev,. at thy dear 1, feet '-.;', ' 1 IJove myself becau then art my lover. aty nam aeema oear smo .uttered ay 1 thy voir: i Tt rgus-eyed j watch an4wpnld dU. . . eover. . -x Kaeh blemleh In th object of thy ChOtC. . . -.. .,' coldly alt In judgment on each error. To my aoul'a gas I hold each fault ' -' of me. ' ;' ' - , :: .-. .: Untn my pride la toot In abject terror', leat 1 Decom inauequat to th. ims some swlft-mahlng and sea-aeek- . Ing river, Which gather fore th farthar on It goes, ' . ... . 1 .1. .- - 80 doe th current ef my love forever Find added atrength and beauty aa it flow. . , . Tho-lirCTa-J- glv,-eir mer remain)- Soe giving,' ' . " .:- The mor receive, th mora remains .': tO Win. ', V. Ah! only in ternlUe of living Will lira b long enough to love r tho la. - - V - publle ' meetings In Vienna, at which papers ar to be read by university pro fessor and other competent authorities possessing ecll knowledge oa the dust,,queJon- These discussions " Will be followed by practical' experiments at Vienna and other parts" of -Atrstrht Th Vienna engineering department ha placed jtfl It resource at the disposal of th society In order t facllltat prac tical tests, and similar offer bav been mad by other, municipal and provincial ''-.' " 1 1 f ' ' - ::;'frTHE:Pl:':::t; ",m0wk-'I jAt th Baker theatre yesterday, tb Tnke Doodle Girl ' burleaquer gav a ahow tn some respects unusually good. In others unusually .bad. Fortunately, the good outweighed tho' bad. and th audleno at last night's "performance," having com with the determination to ba amused, found the ntrtalnmnt generally satisfactory. - . e-wnrnrstans WsIITwrWlIii'cKoru, Which Is It best feature, singing a roed ley of rousing airs to th accompant. ment of aom rather -pretty da nee fig ures, and when Badle Huested. th stat u esq us, swung Into th limelight there waa a shout from th gallery that put everybody tn good, humor, - while -Miss Hueated bowed her appreciation .-of th Outburst Subsequently she sang "Ma. ml Maclntyre" and th chorus shouted tho word after her with a glad abandon that waa good to bear. -. ' Th opening skit ."Mlafttabl Insur ance, , deal with an attempt to extort money from a llf Insurance 00m pan y by mean of a dummy dead man. Frank atnrphy, . tho Irian, comedian, aa th living corpse, 1 broadly, funny. He I th ahow'a only comedian, but bb Js nrt rata , A Tb best trick bloycl aet seen In many months 1 presented by th Baker troupe of .five, who are good all th time they are on th stage. Fox and Dubail contribute hard shoe -dancing mm -is principally ' no-isworiny as endurance teat though aom new steps and flip and flap won ' round of applauae. - Stta Victoria, billed a "th girl you Ilk." ballad it : Sh ha deatlfrlo advertisement amlle, minus th dentifrice advertisement teeth, and her contortionist feat ar commonplace. trrana sturpny ana Jack at agree, .in eonvaraatira pecialty, ar tiresome most of the time, with some agreeable sorption. ' Th New Prof eesor." In which Ou Ouhl and Anna Tela' appear, 1 wors than most such things, which alnlost. uniformly ar bad, though It, too. haa Its bright spots, and ths audi ence wa appreciative when It could be. Bhoenwerk. a aleight-of-hand m should learn that the egg and bag trick ha been declared a misdemeanor in moat playhouses. Ha aoeompanlaa hi magic with a atrlng or bad puna. Francln LaMarch la graceful. and baa a vole that la sweet, but not strong. Anna" rate sings pretty welL and Sa die Huested has ' a vole aavblg and hearty as heraelfT T. ' ; " The American flag waa dragged Into aorvic rather mor flagrantly than usual last night - Th chorus. In con nection with th singing of The Girl From tb U. BJL." sprung the stars and tripe after the usual fashion, and,- to ths delight ef th patriot In th gal lry, XkMirra.j-Kaa. a. tableau representing a xamiiiar revoiuiieaatry war picture. Five time th gallery patriots, with generous assistance from th audience, raised tho curtain. V- 1 Th blU play out tho week, with th exception 01 ttaturday night - ' ; Pollards at the Empire, -.. . At the Bmplro theatre vestsrdav tha roiutra aaiiipattan Opera company opened Its second week under 'favorable auspice with a packed houee, present ing i ns ueisna," a tuneful oombs op era with : which most theatre-goer are laminar. - . . , Nl Tha HelnU boys. Teddle McNamara: Liapnn roitara, ana IB otnar ebuevon, whoso popularity I established, added to their staadlnc reeterdav afternoon. Th chorus, as in th other opeaas, aang merrtiy and vigorously, and tha aenaral effect -was -pleasing ht ovary war. . in t-ouard play all thia week, ex cept BBiuraay nignt, , - . V, Bright Prospect la poaglaa. . From the Oakland OwL About a year ago some said - the Calapooia Irrigation ditch would never p completed; that th dynamo would not arrive ror year to come, if at all that, power to furnish electric -light rrora mis piant was an "hot air." and many other fal prophecies. Well, the dynamo t her and la being placed In poaltion. : Let us hear lea . pessimistic Ideaa la '- th future. ' Be an optimist rrnapa it will require a persistent f. fort to make a sudden change, but yon will fool bettor after thia result is ac- eojnPllshed, Think nt.,.a, hrijllaatjrqr. tura. la a remarkably abort tlm hun dred of acres of Dougla county land, now practically barren, will bring forth hundredfold under Irrigation: big sawmllla wtll.b euttlng and shipping th .timber on th upper Calapooia to horn and foreign market) on or mor slectrle - car lines will be built from Oakland to suburban vicinities; th pop ulation or oaaiana . win b doubled, and th owl wUi b a dally Instead of weakly. ,; v - ' - :'. , - v, ' Anstr&a Ahtlduat Socltty. . ' From Dally Consular Reports. - . Consul-Oaneral . Ruble, of Vienna. sand . th Information that a society hevaj bean organised in Vienna having for object tn aoatamant or tn oust nuisance" on strwts -and- -public high, way.-.- It haa a large mam here hip, in cluding men of prominence la eclantlflo, professional and business circles, and It hnped that by thorough atady and ex periment to arrive at sons practical means of accomplishing th - object alined at The aoclety hss completed Its rganhmtrea: aad wlU held ev-aerta of The Drain-Cooa Bay Railroad. ' v ' From-the Drain Nonpareil Thr Is no doubt that this will b on of th beat-paying road In th United Stat whan th fact 1 Consid ered that from on nd to the other th new road will tap th finest forests of pin, flr.-eedar and redwood timber In the entire world, a well as th rich at and most xtnstve coalfield and ether- mineral lands - In - th United States.-) ''.''.; . - (Ther 1 no richer or mor produc tive aoll anywhere than that along th proposed t new road, ajd - throughout northern : Dooglaa county. ' Immens Crater power tor manufacturing pur poses can bo secured from the Unlpqua river, and ther la not th least doubt that Elkton and an Of the rich un developed country along tho new road will blossom a th roae and becom tho cn of wonderful activity within a very. short urn.- 1 '.. Ten . Fortunes 42,000,000,000. - From -Harper'-Weakly. ' Today it la computed that there ar In the United State no fewer than 7 eetatea that averag tn value 2&,000,eoi aacb. Ther ar 1 private- fortune ag gregating tt. 000. 000.000 those, namely, of John-D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegla, Marahall Field. W. K. Vanderbllt John Jacob Aator, J. P. Morgan, Ru'aeell Sage, 1. i. Hill. Senator W. A. Clark and WU 11am Rockefeller. Ther ar 400 fortune aggregating 3. son. 000,00 and 4.10 aggra gatlng Si0.eo.eo.eor- Flv thousand men In thia country, whoa aggregat wealth is estimated at tla.000,0u0,0oe, actually own.' to aay nothing of how muoa they control," nearly on sixth of our entire national wealth in money, land, mine, building. . Industries, franchises - snd everything els t value; which sixth, tf put Into gold, would give tbeto all of th yellow metal above ground in th world and leave mor than SI,,0W still wma- thou "" By olrrett P. 8ervlsa. ' , : Ospyrlgtit 10. kr W. B. Hearst.) Every reader must have noticed that during the laat three or four . month aa cttraordlnary number of small com et hav been discovered. On cannot but recall the remark of Kepler which showed gVeat penetration, considering th state of science in hi tlm that space is aa . full of cornets aa tha ocean la of flah. ., ,-. - ,t Kepler did wot know, what wo know today, that th solar syatem Is Ilk a fleet sailing across th ocean of apace. If he had . known that fact hi gueaa about th comet would hav appeared lea extraordinary, for then It would hav aeamed plain that aa w advanced through' th ether-we- Should -axpeot to encounter oomets, very much a ship at sea meet- shoals " of dolphins . or schools of whales. - - . , . At h7 present time It aeems that W"- a re In a part 'of , apaoe where comets abonnd. although a yet ao very larg on haa been Seen belonging to th par ticular drov that w bav Just mat with. In th midst vf th horeless wastes through which tho sun 1 leading u on. ,. W ar prgbably on tb eve of extra-.,, lure ana tne content or apace aoouc us, - ana tne comers, sitnougn mysterious in themselves, are likely to aid u In ad-... vanclng knowledge In that direction., Theae new comet now flocking about th aim and making their way tn Various direction among th orbits- of th plan- , at er. subjected to the keenest cru- tiny, because they are Ilk scout boats-. surrounding our fleet of worlds and. sending us wireless message concern- Ing th state of things In th open thr. On of the most remarkable facts that coraeta have recently revealed, throush - signals flashed by their - talis, 1 . tho existence of place in surrounding ' specs where soma kind, of resisting medium, mvlslbl to- our ys, xarelaea a great disturbing power, upon small ; bodies traversing It - Like passengers on a hug transatlan tic liner watching small sailing vessels to tho offing and easing them rise, fall and dip -with -th play of the wavee. which acaroaly affect th greater vassal. th astronomer looking forth from th arth behold th comets tossing, ss It were. In troubled -water, and tolling clearly by th clinging shape f of their tall, which may b read aa'algaal flag.- of obatmctlona encountered aad rough wave a weeping th etharaal' ocean. - No on ha don more than rroreasor B. K. Barnard to call attention to th strange deformations suffered by com- to. Sometimes their tall becom won darfully twisted and knotted and aoma tlme their head blase up with un wonted brightness and then fad, again. Such phenomena seem : to prov that these wanderers encounter awaj-m of mateors, tr som mor mySterldVat kind Of obstacle to their progress. . . -Thar earth, with Its relatively Im mense bulk, 'runs auch obstructions . down.- regarding them no mora than a great steamship, regard th iitti fishing boat that It has crushed whUe rushing through an Atlantlo fog. ' But ?' those restating shoal In spec may not ' 1 always prove Insignificant svea to so ' larg a body aa th earth.- Astronomical observations have furnished many warn- , Ings on that point Only laat summer . there waa a fresh one, flashed from th -constellation Aqulla, where a new atar ' , biased up suddenly and then faded In nebula. Tha best opinion seam to be that sucU ontburats ar oaueed by . massive dark bodies, elsaving their way through apace, as th earth Is doing and encountering dene meteoric - gwarmS T which prov aa fatal to th colliding ,' body aa a reef to a storm-driven ship. : Bo th alarm signal of tho comet ar not without a deep Interest to u. even though thy may pradlct no Impending - dlsaator. , . : '..,v -r J LEWIS AMD '.' CLARK 7-At -Fort - Clatsop. . ' 'v-fr; February IS Wo were visum try B Clatsop, who brought thre dog aa re muneration for th elk h anH gome or his eeoDle had stolen from us days ago. and we Buffered kins t remain : la th fort au nignt ; . ' v ., ,v,,. 'A Mr Oeveland's Poaltlohv. . . ' ' ' From th Insurano Press. ' ' If It should - happen that tha Hen. , Grqver Cleveland, rv1ng aa a referee . to try rebatsr of lire insurance premi ums, should draw lll.0 th first year . and find that, ha had not given forty . hour to th workwhat would the H.ov Q rover Cleveland think of blmaelfl If h should draw 1 10.009 la nv yaara, or 1110,00 la ten years, eould he justify to his cnnsnnnna tne anoaptonoa- of this larg income If tho aarvlea ae- tually rendered waa cqnaplououaly and absurdly nomlnalt ' ' U If a pcluu an u mt ahould. be ' made to convince Mr. Cleveland that th ' ' deterrent ffeot of his dlstlngulhd -name would raetraln rebating. wouU he " accept Such talk as ensible and Jut without reviewing tn wore or tne re bate refereee of the past? - Can bo ba -mad to believe that th awful name ef Cleveland will scare four times as., many woqld-ba rebatera In three com , panle aa th awful nam Of Russell or Reed (IS.- a year referees) eould ter rorise among th agents of all tha com- panles? -. .. . . v;.-, ;- rj-jr:--?-i k Furthermore, ' tn question ansae .y whether Mr. Cleveland 'will desire ' to sell his name at any prion la order te ecare prospective lawbreakers. -.' The rebate referee appointment, la a - joke but It may be an xpenlv bit ef humor. Everybody -rami I iar wim m-i. auranc affairs can ae the Joke. The : Inaurance Prs would spctfully re- : mind Mr. Cleveland, now a tremennou- , Iv honored cltlsen.and th only living ex-presldent that tear Is Only one step . ; between ths sublime and th ridiculous, -We hope: h will maintain hla sub- .-' lunityv- -': i X ; .--How It W6rked. . s: : From th Kansaa City JournuL .? nvhen I first came' to Kaneae and found that the etate had no grand jury ' ystem I thought aurelr I was tyond ? th limits of civilisation,'' said Colonel But Hackney the other day "So X Irni medlately . became .- a . reformer and ': tartad an agitation for a law' creating . grand jurtea. I wa nt to th legUla tur two or three term and at each see- Ion tried to get a grand jury , law through, but failed. - Their I wont ta tha aanato for a eoopl of term and ' kept up my fight but failed. -- . "Then a a member of th third houee' for a couple of tarma l threw my In fluence in favor of -a grand. Jury blH . vary tlm on showed up. -' Finally.. after IT years of ceaseless toll I wa, amply rewarded. A grand jury law was passed. I" Went "bom happy." t haj- helped to do something to protect the, rights of th people. , 'In order to ee how th thing Worked th people f my own county, where the - ' agitation had been th flarceat. bad a grand jury called and, I was th first man Indicted. I waa accused ax botUnsT ' lcUoV- . - .- . v - oa ;-