The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 28, 1906, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text3 vEifioirnal WEDNESDAY, FECIiUARY S3, UZX PORTLAND, OREGON. i-ft w jr a i:u.w ty y,, -"uwu 11 . 1 ' 1 1 . i i 1 1 1 THE OR EGON DAILY. AN : e- a. Mozioa - Published owy evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning. "at The Journal Bunding. Fifth and Yarn. -. : -f i,: , .J? ?! ,!Jf;yi: Ml etreeta, Portland, Oregon. .. Vr:-., V, : -.-' ' ) TIME FOR ACTION ON THE BRIDGE QUESTION, o F THIS ONB FACT there can the people of Portland are willing to do every thing reasonable within their power to encour age the entrance of the Portland at Seattle railroad into ihif citr. It if likewise , self-evident that it can only come in ty means 'of a bridge.. " clear that for the best interests of the cldenialTv for the best interests of the Whole, that bridge should be built at the point already eaWted in tha vicinity of Swan island. It is now ap- " parent,' too, that the only feasible nwlnir to the physical conditions unaer " . . . .- . r . - - . htui, ta a lwinff ariw-oriuBE. . . ' t - ; j It may have been both wise and necessary for the Port - of Portland commission to have spent all the time that ' has clanged aince the project was first Jnr mveitirationi. t Unon this there ia any criticism. But the time has now come when action . ta rxnrctrd. The Question has been thoroughly thrashed . over ana certain hih W..V......V...- i IS tnc puDllC mina. vyc una uiv ,u uu business and. we have needed it for some time.. It is now, here at our doors ready and anxious to come in if we will let it Are we going to interpose technical ob jections, are we going to interpose difficulties, largely manufactured by-our imarinaticn, to we know that' its cpming is of mora than anything- that has been proposed the city for. the past docen years? . 1 , , 4 ; : It would scarcely be. reasonable to think that wa should do this; it would be quite as unreasonable to believe that the nublic would tamely submit to the Stanuing on tjuiouimg iuuih w aM.vvuiiwn . - nnauir,uiti cuu. a us a.1111 . uaa wxiiv i I . a. T .. -,'.. .. Baai. jaaaaa for affirmativf action, and those who stand in its way ' cannot but be regarded as obstructionists to tha best in . terests of thelity. , , ; " ( .- ' .- . . ' - a aawawaapa V BOTH SIDES WIN AND LOSE. '. TN SO COMPLICATED A CASE as that of the qu'ar f ; rel, between, two railroad companies , over rights-of- war and nades- on the peninsula, positive decision wholly in favor of one opthe other was not to. be expected, and,, we must assume from Judge Fraser's decision, would -not .have been just So al though it is to be regretted that probably prolonged liti gation, involving condemnation proceedings, must ensue before the contention can be settled, there is no help for it, and it can only be hoped that the lawyers and judges, with the people's large and vital interests in view, will press the case through to a final conclusion as rapidly as possible.'- " ' ? w .').'. '- . " :' It is, of course, within the power of or the .one-that thinks .lt is getting that desires to prevent the other from getting into this ?ty, to postpone by appeals a final decision and settle ment to a far-distant date, yet not quite interminably, but we venture to hope that rather than this course shall be pursued the contending parties will effect a compromise.1; On one hand the Portland & Seattle will finally have to get in on such terms as to other parties as the courts and, authorities decide are right, whether they are really so or not, and on the other hand the O. R. & N., by keeping tip the fight and yielding nothing stands to lose far more in the consequent ill will of the people than it could possibly gain.' .'.--" , , ; 1 HOW. TO CHANGE THE SENATE. - -'':."''' ,''''"' ' A' ''"' " ? -u '' ONE OF A SERIES of articles n the Chicago j Journal, by John Vandercook, on "What Is the Matter With Congress?" discusses the senate, in part, as follows: ."In theory the complexion of our senate can gradually : be changed until it is in accord with the desires of the country; in practice, however, the senators are elected by boss-ridden or venal sate legislatures ' and are, in the majority of instances, men who really represent some railway or trust and are, sent to the senate, not to carry out the will of the people, but to oppose it We have seen the senate amend tariff bills in favor of tha sugar trust; kill rate regulation bills in interest of the railroad trust ; prevent fair play to our island possessions for the sake of the tobacco and other trusts; and still we have no way to tell the senate speedily and emphatically of our disapproval.' In other words, r we are in the nonsensical position of having obstructed our, own national progress by the creation of a body which will neither do what. the country wants nor let anybody else do what the country, wants." ,. , : , ' , ;. ? This writer urges not only a. constitutional amendment initiated by the legislatures of two thirds of the states, since the senate will not permit congress to do so, pro viding for the election of senators by direct vote of the people, but also one prohibiting the senate from defeat ing a bill passed by the house more than once. There are objections to the Utter proposition that render it of , doubtful merit, and as to the other, suppose the legisla tures of two thirds of the states will not propose the requisite amendment For a large proportion of men who get into legislatures desire, for various reasons, to keep this job in their own hands. The next and only V Kept Himself Coot" From tha Boston Herald. . A man and hl wlf wore onoa stay, tnc t a hotl, whan In tha night thay were aroused, from their alumbera by the cry .that tha hotel wa afire. "Now, my dear." . Bald tha husband, "I wilt put Into practice what I hare preached. " Put on all your tndlapenaable apparel, and keep cool." , , Then he slipped bla watch Into hi Vent pocket and walked with his wife eut of the hotel. vrnen au aanarr to pubt. ne eain: Koe von aee how necaaaar It I. tn keep ool." ' f." v i . V 1 Tha wife for tha flrat time (lanced at hr tinahand. ' yea. William," aha aaJd, "It la a grand thine, but If I were you I would have put an tny trousers." 1 A New Artificial FucL Innumerable laveotors have drawn up on their knowledge of chemlatry In the effort to produce a fuel which would ompete with eoal In efficiency If not In rlee. Nat a great many years -ago a arise was offered for a method of solid! fylag petroleum or reducing petroleum to auch forma thai it could be carried In flraboaea. Tha reeearch thus atlmu- Wed reewltrJ la the patenting of sev eral fuel, among whioh was one com btnlng petroleum and peat. After the eat la ralae from tha bog by a dredge . W BM.W .,.-) .VI , a... ' 1 roots and oearaa malarial are removed. I l. La. at 41.1...... .... .ill hat IS as then put tat prasa wfeara ft Is INDirKNDlNT NEWIPAPin PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING. CO. be .no doubt, that ana rcqmra ma thus expressed. . But suDDOse the compelled to do Investigation makes company, and in community as a a senate that almost wholly serves the trusts and rail roads: if they are continue to be the plan. for the bridge, sions, then they primary law. and wnicn it win oe - . . ' didates, or Wait a haDS. for the' desired constitutional amendment ; - . Nobody knows amended, but we have the primary law now, and can use it . effectively next June on the legislature which meets proposed in mak- no need to' make the succeeding January. THE - G OVERNOR interviewer ularly passes to legislators and Other officials. He looks 11 ton Daises to oublic servants as nothing less than bribes., which serve its entrance when have h'ad a government by the railroads for a long time," he sid, "and now we want a government by the people." And he went on to say that government by railroads had been largely effected , by the use of passes bestowed upon officials. . Missouri has 'an anti-pass law, as to importance to us for the benefit' of members of the legislature, the penalty being not only fine or. imprisonment but toss of the office. "In securing Port of Portland influence of special curtailed. The free .a. .aaaat IMAauf of corruption. Many, legislators are first seduced 1y the iui vivm. uuav. railroad pass and have seen instance to the legislature purpose of serving By the acceptance knowledge of the bad violated the law, and if after that, the legislator hes itated to do the bidding of the railroad representative he had only, to suggest that the number of the pass could be published and the legislator would bow his head like a slave that is scourged and will do his master's bidding. a 41 lean-cnt and It is no unusual thing in American statea to find legis latures' absolutely, controlled by . corporate interests through the medium of the free pass." r , rr ' ' This is probably members of the legislature receive liberal mileage, if not very much pay, and if they cannot afford to do the work required of them without accepting this sort of a bribe they should not seek the office. It is time Ore gon had an antt-pasi these corporations, the worst of it, or POPULATIO B but practically if not officially the second city in the United States, and this result is figured out on the as sumption that "a city includes. all the population within a radius of 50 miles from Its geographical center, a dis tance that can be traversed in about an hour." .Amile circle drawn around the statehouse in Boston would in clude not only Boston proper "but also three cities con taining over 100,000 inhabitants each,- ten citiea contain, ing over 50,000 apiece, 2$ containing more than 25,000, 46 containing more than 10,000, and 92 containing more than 5,000. The total population within such a circle would be 3,089,159. J .' But if Boston has its population on this try must have the attle might beat Portland. The claim is whimsical, but it discloses figures that interestingly disclose how the region adjacent to Massachusetts bay has grown since John Win throp established a colony there in 1630. EMPEROR E on land and sea, and that of the empress is for the al leviation of those who are in poverty and illness." His greatest ambition and most zealous thought is war, is to maintain a great army and navy, to fight on the least provocation and cause the "poverty and illness" , and mutilation and death of tena of thousands of men and distress to uncounted women and children,- but the greatest care of the empress is to alleviate distress that it is his ambition and business to cause. She. would serve her purpose better by converting him into a peace lord instead of a war lord if she could, than by all other efforts she could possibly put forth. The emperor alao says: "May God -grant thaCwar may not come," which is a false and hypocritical plea, for if war comes it will be William and not God who will be to blame. , If he were sure he could win decisively William would like to go into a great war, and cause wholesale destruction, devastation and death,' and would then thank God for these resultsl ' -.V ' '.I-1 . . reduced from 10 to 40 par cent water. It than paaaea through another dlalnte grator, after which lima .1 added to further dry It. . Tha mixture . la . coo- veyad to a dryer, after Thiol, petroleum. mixed with bltumlnoua pitch, la added and the whole placed In pug mill, or mixing mm. After a thorough mixing It only remains to briquet the mass. The calorific value of the synthetical coal made by this frrocese la repreaented by l.ioo degrees of British thermal units. The very beat anthracite coal baa a value of only l.iOv thermal unite. hlle bituminous ooal has a calorlflo value of lt.loo degrees British thermal UnltS. ... - . V v . ' ;.' A Matter of Precedence. : Washington Correspondence of the New ' Tork World. "The ctevereat thing I ever heard of." aald Charles Hands of the London Dally Mail, who came ta report the White Houae wedding for bla paper, "waa In a speech made by James O'Jdaheny. an Irishman who waa a barrister but who came to London to go Into newspaper work. He went back ta Dublin after a time. Hi Dublin friends welcomed him with a dinner. One of the gueete at the dinner waa a doctor whom O'Mahony bated. The doctor made at speech at the dinner and O'Mahony waa celled upon Immediately thereafter, , " U ,B &U f follow tha doctor ao cloaaiv " ia very disagreeable.' he said, to It makes me feel like the undertaker.'' JO U RN A L no. r. sassou recourse is, to .do what we are trying to do and, what the new primary law intends shall be done by the peo ple, in 'Oregon,, and is done in several southern tatesj have. the people vote directly on candidates for senator . X . , 'I . . t. . . .La nanftl.'. " alla. legislature w emy ywy- ' . . ' lee-itlature will not " How is it to b so? Well, if the people are 'in earnest in this matter, simply by voting for no candidate tor the legislature who will not squarely promise to do this. Of course if the people do not care, about changing the manner of electing senators; If they are satisfied to have willing that senatorial elections should bane and scandal of legislative ses can find fault and pick flaws with the vote for unpledged or straddling can doxen or twenty years, or longer, per- when, if ever, the constitution will be RAILROAD PASS EVIL; FOLK of Missouri was over in Kan sas the other day and talked interestingly to an about various matters, and panic to accomplish their purpose. "We representative government. Governor Folk said, 'the interest in legislative halls must be railroad pass is a prolific breeder wind up by accepting bribes m cash. after instance where men have gone imbued with the1 high nd patriotic their constituents honestly and well. of a railroad pass they put it into the representative of the railroad that they not exaggerated much, if at alL The law, and enforced it , . ;' AROUND BOSTON. 1 1 ftvOP AND OSTON CLAIMS TO BE not only thhome of the codfish, the consumer of prodigious quan tities of baked beans, and the hub of the universe, ' , any "reasonable right to figure out basis, the other cities of the coun Same privilege. By this process Se WILLIAM AND WAR. MPEROR WILLIAM pn the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his marriage, said: "My first and last care is for my fighting forces ' Two Penniless princes. 1 from the London Dally If all. ' While the two elder sons of Prince Waldamar were out walking near Copen hagen recently night came on before they could return home, and. finding the roada very heavy,; they kept a lookout for a conveyance. The only vehicle that passed them waa a coal cart, and Into this the two young pnnoea climbed. On arriving at the outskirts of the town the driver refused to take them any farther, and demanded payment. The princes explained that they had no money with them and told the man who they were, bidding him take them to the palace. He refused to believe their story, however, until a policeman arrived., and. recognising the prlncea, lent them some money so that they could return to the palace In a tram way car, . .',,, ;'.' .; Hindu Woman. Sad Lot; ; . From the Chicago Journal.. The Hindu holy books forbid a woman to see dancing, hear music, wear' jew els, blacken bar eyebrows, eat dainty food, sit at a window er view herself la a mirror during tha absence of her hus band; and allows him to divorce her If she has no eons. Injures his property, scolds him, quarrels with another wom an or presumes to eat before It baa On isbed bis meal. - i Several summer homes are being built k FortUadeys at geaatte. , W. . . m , I, S. 1 ' ' ' S ' A 1 T.. Hi v i . . ,J . ,. W , I . M SMALL" CHANGE! . Salem Journal: ' Portland city dad are driving the rest of the state. away from Portland. ' - After a man beeomee middle-aged he flnda it difficult to become exalted over baaketball. , . : , . .-, , . e . a One objection to ' another ' term for Rooeevelt-1 that Ethel might become a White House bride. t - '.,- -.jt-I i, ,;.-';.' '( e, ' J Now a Congo Reform association has oeen lormee in this country. The farther away something to 'be reformed is, me oeiier, with many people. A "good fellow" is sometimes a bad aasociata. ;. " ..... A Tillamook county candidate havlna declared - his unfalterina? adherence to the "principals" of ths Republican party; it is suspected ne means the bos sea. 5 -' - ., Who's Who" will be a graat game la Oregon thle spring. Parmer Oeer has been following Farmer Wlthyoombe around in southern Oregon and attending the letter's Insti tutes, wnicn loots a utue like a of batting In. v-,---i , i- :u-- -U- 'w j Politicians an harmonlia as far as Banqueting is concerned. ." ' e e . Mrs. Mlsnar had another swset snelL out it will be or snort duration. e e . . . February baa also been, rather wood. ' ' 't "' a - a. ; .( r ,-. .... A Paris scientist claims that only deep-sea water Is free from microbes. Must we all become fish, thent ' " vs ' e m , Castro Is determined, to get Into print even it h baa to go to'the extreme of pretending that he wants to arbitrate. - " - - - e e ' , How many candidates for the lerlsla- ture will decline pea seat - (Unanimous siience.; .',..,.,, . ,,j -v.. , " ;.". ".. . V" e a ;.; ? ., ' The more one bears from Chinese sources ths less, one knows about the situation there. . . ...!. ' e e !; A Kansas woman claims to have loat ttl.OOo out of her stocklns. What a stocking It must have been! ' -- Vesuvius Is follow In e TlUman'a ax- ample it Is In eruption. - ; .- ,e . e . ".'.' -' : , The Hepburn bill la now la the aenata. It should keep Its bands on Its pockets. When : Andrew Carnegie gives away money ho generally does so only on con dition that other people ahall give an equal amount, perhaps because whea he was In business he always wanted 100 per cant profit." . To a good many that senatorshln looks like a rather ticklish business. - a ' '. be Is March ta the first winter month? ; Pat Crowe says only his eonscctenoe restrained him from stealing. $10,000.- ooo. - we always suspected that there Was something wrong with Pa fa con science. c ,. !..',. ... v e , e ...... . "That marveiously ' growing western city" Is the way Portland Is alluded to In an article In the Western Magaslne. publlahed at Kansas City. - . If the students at some of oar schools do anything but play basketball, the publlo, never hears of It , OREGON SIDELIGHTS iiaWieeaf".aiataaattana-iesJtsa Woodbnrn, aays ths Independent, has reached that etage when It must ar range for certain Improvements. There la no longer any use la endeavoring to dodge Important matters. The princi pal streets must be paved. There must be a sewage system. The city should own and operate tta electric light and waterworks pianta. e A big Alee cougar killed a big goat and a big Alaea man baa two big hides, one or a goat, tne other or a cougar. - e e The eastern Oregon men who are booming Texas land have it to sell or ars agents of those who have. , '"."-''' .' '.'. e a . . : Talent has to enlarge Its schoolhouso. ' .' ' e e ; . Colonel R- F. - Maury, who - died last week at Jacksonville, came there more than 6.S years ago; he waa a Kantuck Ian, -who knew not fear, and took part In three of our wars Mextoaa, civil and Indian, He was also prominent In mer cantile and political matters In his younger days and was highly respected by alt- .',..'-'-' wideawake commercial elnb . baa been organised at Canby. . . A man near Junction City has set out ,100 peach trees. Things lively around N Drain; every body who wants a Job Is employed. , , ..'.' r ; : " . ' ' -'.' ' ' ,-'- The railroad coal-bunkers at Rose- burg, . holding 10,000 tons, are being filled. , - ... ., v - . - - , Qlendale feels like having "a vertUble forward movement" . . "-, .. "' ; - a ' a '" (Governor Chamberlain presented the Lebanon school library with a now dic tionary, whioh cannot . be classed as campaign literature." ,i-',;. ;r. '...',..': e ' J '. , '. .,'"'. .'.'' Jeff Orubbe of Oakland has received a letter warning him that If be doesn't leave there he will be shot '- :',''. 1 e .... ;','.' ''J A Salem man has been found who has lived happily with, a woman nearly II years and dop't know her age. Bom men have no curiosity,' remarks the Salem Journal., .. 'Trapping Is "all the go" around Green- leat ' . v . . . . ." -. ' -r ", a ' e ,...', -. . -" Baker City 'will have this year - an Eagle's aerie coating f 20,000, a Pythian castle coating 120,000, a federal build ing for which an appropriation of 100, 000 IS assured, a telephone and tele graph - building, a Catholle cathedral coating 1(0,000, aeveral brick busiaees structures, one or more costing 120,000; a street railway, a- new natatorlum, and many new residences for which con tracts have been let ... ' - A considerable number of large Baa ton county horses have been bought by Portland men- for an average of I too er over per head. .. .. a e .. .- . 6pn and free gambling is carried I on in Pilot Rock aaloosA permission I Lsd the pttlaarv ...-.' - 1 OREGON INCIDENTS AND, OPINIONS Oould Afford a Turkey. ' i From tha Uold Beaoh Globe. - Charley Zarawalt received windfall yesterday in the ahape of three 1100 bills whioh be had given up for lost Ho took hla family out to his ranch today celebrating the event by eating a turkey. . , .;, i of Aathorlty. From the Junotion City Times. Ths Times will have a good to aay for all county candidates who have an announcement In this paper. Otherwise we do not oottaldar that wa have the authority to do ao. A Word for the XaU Carrier. : From the Aurora Boreal la. Do not forget the rural mall carrier this blustery . weather; he works hard. endures many ' hardships and discom forts, and faithful? serves you through oold and wet Speak a cheery word to him often, and treat him to an ocaalonal sandwich and oup of coffee, and If you think he will not appreciate the kind' neaa, Just trr It and see. . , Soys Wave Will Win. , From ths Glendale News. Some of Glendale s boys will some day make . a mark - In the world for themselves. We refer to such as are diligently uaing their time to advance themselves whether It be In a literary Or mechanical way. Boys who spend their time in looting seldom. If over, amount to anything later la life. - Some day the busy .boy will have a business cf his own. while tha bova who nevef work. If they can get out of it, will sit around on soap boxes and talk about his luck." ..' . 7 - - Saving Trouble With Itself. . ' From tha Seattle Signal. The Oregonlan la publishing a num ber of artldea on the primary election law, with, reference to lta bearing upon the election of United States senator. The Oregonlan. ia In awful trouble with itself. Under - the direct primary law tha editor of that paper stands no more chance of being a United States senator than does Mrs. Woodcock. ; And that la all that troubles ths Oregonlan. Tains of Small From the Medford Southern Oregonlan. Many persona hold the belief that a small. well-Improved farm altuated on a convenient car line, and consequently accessible to town. Is an ideal place to live. So It la. Not every one likes this aort or thing, however, though it Is wholesome and pleasant when circum stances fit To such persons nearly the whole of - Rogue river valley Is ad mirably adapted. With the advent of the trolley err, the larger farms will undoubtedly be cot up Into small hold ings. - It will be possible to seoure the improvement In roads long hoped for. Trade could not fall to see a wonderful growth. Rural Intereat Ja an electric line through the Rogue river valley may wen be keen, fori the trolley ear will make the country. - , . ' . Wanta a Oomveation. From the Pilot Rock Record, i . It now looks aa If the Republicans Will have to call a county convention and place a ticket In the field. If, Indeed, they ao not want to surrender every thing to the Demoeratsr- There are only a few of us left who think we can go out Independent of the aollcltatlon of friends and win a victory. There are other good men that are not office seekers who might be induced through convention . to accept a nomination. The. dark jorse always makes a strong candidate. Let us have a convention. Let us Invite all good Republicans. iMt the convention be representative of the Republican party of the county. Lt us get together .and do something. . ' Aa Ixtissstlng Xing. ' From the Glendale News. Ths ring found In the Douglas mine In the Tennessee gulch on January 20 by R. I Wood la a heavy gentle man's ring mads from a gold nugget Inside are the Initials 8. W- and on ths upper part are dearly -engraved a cross. an anchor and a Heart representing faith, hope and charity. The ring is probably 40 years old and waa evident ly made by one of the Chinese' who were lnlng in this section about 40 years ago. Just after the original white min ora had sktmmsd the creek and gulches la this region of the gold that was most accessible and moat readily secured. Several of the early settlers recall that one of the Chlneae at that time formed rings from gold nuggets and this ring is probably one that was made for on of the white minora. 1 Prunes Taste Better. From the Corvallls Times. Corvalllsltes are paying 1-1 eents for dried prunes now. . Ths fruit seems to taste better to consumers than when ' It went at I and 4 oenta. A higher price usually makes things more toothsome. - California apricots bring 11 cents on the market end they never aw the day they are half a good for ths table as an Oregon prune, yet they are more popularly bought- One reason why prunes are a little stiff in price now Is that they are being shipped Into Corvallls from" abroad. Benton - is a center ef prune production, but we shipped out all our supply when the price was low and ars shipping back now when ths cost is more. It Is tha rule of the world that only when we have to, pay high for something do we ' consider It per excellent ' If the prune men , could band together and force the price of their fruit up tn ts cents a pound consumers would doubt less get a retailed fad for prune eating - r 1 ' X"' Irishman Scored. : -j, From Harper's "Weekly, 'every American visitor to the house of commons knows, strangers are only admitted on introduction to the Strangers' gallery. Worasa sit behind a perforated screen at the opposite end of the house from the men.': If attention is drawn to tha fact that "strangers are espied.' the gaHerleo must - be cleared. In 1ST! this - autocratic Tiower was lightly modified, and now a resolu tion of ths house to remove strangers Is necessary. The occasion ; of the change was when the Prince of Wales tine present king) was present in the Strangers gallery, oocuplng a aeat In the peers' section of it Mr. Joseph Biggar, the wall-known Irish member, to the amatement as well aa to the amuse ment of a crowded house. Informed the 'speaker that he "espied strangers." The strangers were Immediately removed. In cluding the future king of England. ; Practical Politics. . ' ; ' From Harper's '. eekly. - A practical politician of the first water same to light In a small Indiana town not long ago. In this town there Is an officer, designated a inspector of streets and roadways, who receives ths munifi cent salary of UW per year.- Aa the opposing political parties are very nearly balanced la this town there Is keen op- position, so that when this of floe became yoaat and la aatherltles. ordered aa election to fill It there wa a lively cast- palgn for this small plum, no other elec tions being near. The Democrstlo candi date waa a rather shrewd old fellow by the name of lOsektel Hick, and it looked aa though ha would be successful, aa a neat little sum had beea subscribed and turned over to him aa a campaign fund. To the aetonlahment of everybody, how ever, be was defeated. "I can't account for It," one ef the Democratic leaders said, gloomily. "With that money -pre ahouM have won.- How did you lay It out KscUlelT" , "Hum," . Eseklel said, alowly, pulling bla whiskers. "Yer see, tuat office only pays 1250 a year aalary, an'.. I didn't ee no sense In pay In 900 out to get the or flee, so I Jest bought me a little truck farm instead. ;TH$ PATHFINDERS OF I HISTORY By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory. ' From Anaxlmandar to Hereert Spen ser the call la a long one, and yet It is to tne aiM of the old Greek, bora B. C. tie, that w are to look for the head. waters of the mighty stream of evolu tlonary thought ..' ;., Stripping ths goda of the -.Homeric theogony of -their personality, and re ducing all their satellites to sero. Anaxl mander declared that nature was all. Speaking of evolution, let us try to determine what the word means. - -- Evolution may be denned as (1) con tinuous progressive change,' (I) ao card ing to certain lawa t) and by means or resident forces. .. .. - r . , The third clause Is the Important one by means of resident forces." v Evolution and . the supernatural are opposite and antagonistic When the one la up the other Is down; when th one is In the other Is out ' If evolution Is true there never was an instance of the supernatural. If there ever was such instance v of - the supernatural, then evolution la nothing more nor less man a great nig hoax. Anaxlmander, six oenturles before the birth ef Christ, took the bull squarely by the boras and pronounced nature to be an that there was. This nature, which he called the In finite, possessed, - ao cording to Anaxl mender's teaching, the capacity of pro ducing any and all manlfeetatlona, from tha firefly to the - starry firmament from the grsss blade to tha oontinent. from the ant to man. Anticipating Shakespeare by - more than te centuries, Anaxlmander said. Is substanosi . 'Nature Is mad better by no mean. But nature makes that mean; so over that art which you. aay adds to nature. is an art that nature makes." In other words, this wonderful old Greek, who lived so long ago, was an out and out evolutionist for be taught (1) that existence wag a continuous progressive change, (X) according te certain laws, and t) by means of resi dent forcesthat Is, resident In nature. Creation, . Anaxlmander declared. 1 the -"decomposition of .ths infinite." Na ture changes bar ships perpetually. The shape is new; the old nature back of it la aver the same. . The mountalna are older than man. and the worlda are older than- th mountains! but the difference Is only In ths form In substance man, and mountains, and worlds ere all of an age and all of a piece. . . .. The new-born babe la aa old as the first man; the first-blown rose is aa old the earlieet bit of vegetation that graced the planet . Babe ana rosebud ere but the old eternal nature in her latest guise. , . This old nature la, by lta very t aence, reproductive.. It cannot help re peating Itself; and tha thing we call creation' Is but the appearance and reappearance over and over- again, through the centuries and. ages, of the first principle, the Infinite, the "On la the All." - . ' Anaxlmander ts said to have been th first philosopher to reduce hie thoughts to writing. It ts certain that he wrote extensively, but only a few fragment ef hla writings remain to M - But enough remains to show that te the old Greek who lived six centuries before Caesar crossed the Rubicon' be longs the honor, If honor it be, of head ing the long and mighty Una of evolu. tlonary thinkers. in the course or this series It will be necessary te say something of . that marvelous man, Charles Darwin, and his illustrious eolaborers in the fields of science; but nothing that Darwin end bis ooworkars did and they did won derful things hall be able to tear from Anaxlmander s brow ' the honors tha belong to him as the finder of the path along which Darwin and the others found so much well deserved glory and renown.'. . ..-,. At Fort Clatsop: February 21. R. Fields and Collins set out to hunt this morning. Kuske- lar, a Clatsop, and his wife visited ua They brought some anchovies, sturgeon, a beaver robe and some- roots for sale, but they asked such prices for every thing they had that we purchased noth ing but a part of a sturgeon, for which we gave a few fish hooks. We allowed them to remain all night J.' Fields, Shields and Shannon returned late, hav ing killed five elk. two of which were left on a mountain at ' a considerable distance. We ordered these hunters to resume the chase early tomorrow morn ing and Sergeant Gaas to take a party tn euest of the elk the other men had killed. Elk were reported to be tolera bly plenty near the mountains, 10 or II miles distant Kuakelar brought a dog which Crusatte had purchased. v"; :, Too Strong. -r--' ' From Harper's Weekly. One of Pittsburg's bank presidents is a friend and most unassuming benefactor of ambitious young men. He Is sympa thetls when listening te cases which merit encouragement but eat) alao dis miss an Interviewer with '.admirable abruptness. . A youth on one occasion-entered the banker's office and Jovially announced that he Intended going to college. He intimated that a little assistance In, the matter jk obtaining a scholarship would be a most convenient asset r.-ith which to start on his career, - And ' te what profession do yon aaplreT" questioned ths president sra- OtOUlly. ' -'.-....(' : "I won't gtvs up," answered the young man, boldly, "until I am privileged to place after my name the letter p. D Lu D." ....'... '.'', ' -. -- f The banker turned In his chalretad Inti mated that the interview was at en end by saying, tersely: . ! "A capital Idea, sir, but ons entirely beyond ths resources of this bank.',' A "Oold Brick" of Old .Time, !.., . "'. ' ' .From ths London Post ;' In On ef the TelKel-Amarna letters, written during the 18th dynasty, the king of Babylon accuaes Amenophl III of Egypt of sending him a mass of base metal for sold. He aays: "Ths W mlnas ef gold you sent me contained, when malted down, aplz I rolnaa t pure said. : :-l LEWIS AND CLARK DINKELSriEL'S LETTER . TO HIS SON - ' At Home. Now,'. -. Main Lleber Son, looey I Vaa glad to Vet your letter und find ould dot pltsness vas goot on der road. - - - m Miivr. .uaeey, 10 tell you vunce more abould der night I took a trip In der Pullman care und drew an upper berth so you can repeat It to a friend of yours for laughing pur. .' Tour father has nefer' refused you anydlng. Looey, so vy should I hold aca uer isugn vich la on met , ' . - itob my eggspenenee dot night I am t rnaaea to aer conclusion dot der upper berth In a Pullman car Is der same rela tion to oomxorc as a carpet tack Is te a bare fontiL .'.w. . . Der night I took dot mamororial trip - -...avuiB uor .iciuini . car .vas crowded from der cellar to der attle und dare vaa much Internal avearing among doae pressnt . , . vus aer porter vaa cooking up my at tack of lnaomnla I vent ould la smoking room to drown my sorrow, but " I found so many udder drowners dare ahead Of me dot I hat to hold der comb und brush in my lap und alt upon der towel rack vile i took a leedle smoke. . Dlt ypu tfer notice la your trafela. Looey, der peculiar ho on der trains dot pays two dollars for a berth und alvaye displace eight dollars vorth of space in aer imokinr ttmii hi mnku not needer does he move, but dare ha mim, vial ai M ar Bpntnx. If efer dare is a statute needed of ' der patriot Buttinski I vould suehchsst der smokeless smoker dot trafels on der amokef ul smoker cars. . Sefen ehents vas dlscussIOnlng life Insurance ven I squeesed into der smoker, und I ehudaed dot dev all bat lower berths, uddervlss delr minds vould ' tine k. K.iaw Mai at..!. ..-. .t.. of der future. , ,. , ,t B-v- -.. . uaaaa. H,,U mf. I listened to dem for abould ten min utes, but yoost deri der towel rack fell mlt a crash, und after I picked up det comb und brush und der soap und my self I decision ed I vould retire to mv bracket on der vail und try to aleep. ven i lert aer smoker aer- smokeless hog vas occupying two und a half seats und vaa now busy breathing in- aome second-hand clgaroot smoke vloh nobody.. else seemed to care for.- .i "How do I reach my Alpine bunga low T" I aet to der colored porter, vare upen he laugbed teethfully und hit me on der ahlna mlt a stepladder. . j Der chent In der lower berth under neath me vas aleeptng aa loud as pos sible, und ven I a tar ted un der aten- ladder he -began to render Mendelssohn's obltirato for der- trombone In der key Of Chee. '..".; . "" ., ' " Above- der roar ef der train a ray. off from lower No. I I oould hear an an swering bucle calL . I olimbed up prepared for der vorst, . und In der tvlnkllng of a eyewlnker der porter removed der stepladder und dare vas. sitting on der ner lous edxe ol my pantry shelf mlt nuddlngs to com-' fort me but der eggshaust of profes sional anorer. v '- - After abould fife minutes dsvotloned to a parade of all my sins I began te try to eggatract my peraonallty from my coat but von I pushed my arm up in der air, to get der sleeve looae my ken- . nucklea struck der. hardwood flush, und . I fell backward on dor caatlron pillow, rabblt . '.. - - ' brain vas hobbling back tmd forth mlt der sggscltement of running 60 miles an hour ofer a careless part of der court- try, und den I cautiously tried to apr. proaeh my ahoe.lacea.. ., ; If, Looey, if you vas a 'stout una avolrdupolsy man, velghing ISO pounds. mostly au or vie a is n aer mguw, jruu miiM Annva.1a mf It MMnl t lta An your back tn an upper berth und try td Ml vour ahoafl' off. Efery time I reached for my reets to get my shoes oft I bumped my head , off, und der more I bumped my head off , der less I got my shoes off. so X de clsloned dot In order to keep my head on I better keep my shoes, en also. Den I tried to divorce my suspenders from my shoulders, but yoost aa I got der suspenders haf way ofer my head I struck der crasy bona of my elbow on u.r r m i i.i una un a vaa. luiiMnara between heafen und earth und preying - mit all my heart for a bottle or arnica. Den I declsioned to sleep' as nature mads me, mit all my Clothes on. Includ ing my rubbers. . So I stretched ould. but yoost den der train struck a curve und I vent up in dr air till der celling hit me, und den I bounoed ofer to der . edge of der precipice und hung dare. trembling on der verge, f - Below me all Vaa dark Und rloomr. und only py der hoarse groans 9t der snore rs could I tell dot der Pullman company vaa still making money. But luck vaa mlt me, for yoost dsn der train struck aa lnshoot curve vich pushed me to der vail und X bumped my head so completely dot I fell asleep. ven I yoke up It vas dayllghting, so , I declsioned to descend from my cup board shelf at vunce. X peeped ould through der . aluminum curtains, bub. dare vaa no sign of der colored porter I una aer etepiaaaer vas unvismbis te der" naxea ye. -,i Der car vas peaceful new mlt der eggsceptlon of a chent. In lower 4, dot. ven's sonatas und vas beating der c-1 .ftaa. Alltai A I ' I made a shore 1 prayer und con-. clusloned to fall ould, but. yoost den vnn of my, feets rested on something MM. an T ,,. IwttH f.ata am uHJ . . But der moment I put my weight on it my stepping stone gave vay und I fell oferboard mlt a -splash. , ' 1 now aura you put your reels on my headT" yelled der man on der ground floor of my bedroom. "Oxoooae me, It felt ilka somedtng VM!.'1 T vlanaraWl. Vila V AmmUmA n,a.l. . for der smoker.- - - - v - ,. From dot day to dls. Looey, I haf nefer been able to look a Pullman ear In der face, und ven anybody mentions an upper berth to me I loae enough ap petite to keep me In hunger fof a veek. -Yours mlt luir, . - - - . . '. D. DINKEL8PTEU - , . . f v , pr oeorge V. Hobart. Plea for the Simple Life. ' From the Kansas City Journal."" ' ."Speaking of the woeful waste of money, we wian i mierrupi tne meet ing long enough to give a few figures on an Important matter that seems to . have been entirely .overlooked." sava ' Homer Hoch. "We refer to the four buttons on the sleeve of men's coats. Now, there are probably 100,000 men In Kansas and they probably have on ait ' average two coats apiece. That makes " IA. ant - . .4 A BAS AAA Inn -,v 4,,UV,HW, vvm.v mu I,.v.UVV, vr V,VVV dosen, sleeve buttons. The buttons oost rate the. men of Kansas alons are car- -' rylng around on their sleeves In tha form of buttons that have no use on 1 earth or In the sky an investment et about 110,000. And the estimate is most " ooneervatlve. Fellow countrymen, tn inw nnnia vi wonumji ana tnriri, ana philanthropy, ana business sense, and all sorts of other things, is there no way a eivg ius rscxisss axummm ranaaft -- ir i r . V