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:-EdHfio,irBaF:I?aiQ tf -lip ..i'BlTiiBall PORTLAND. OREGON. TUESDAY. APRIL 3, lC3. T THE OREGON DA I L,Y AN o. f. jacuox Published every evening (except ' '.. .'!. .-: : ,1 ": A PLEDGE THAT PLEDGESNOTHING." ITHER the Oregonian has . Y2j -,nary Hw at ft has not. If it has read it it " should not five forth" to the public such mush as is herewith appended and if it ha not read.it it should maintain that-modest silence which. fbvyell, becomej a lack of information. " la considering statements No. 1 and 2 it rises to-inquire: "Now what is the distinction between them? The .first declare that they will abide absolutely by their pledgeV which is that" they '; will vote as members .of the. legislature for, that candidate for United States senator, "whatever his politics, who shall receive a plurality of the votes cast in the June election. The others make the promise that they will vote for such a person as lbeir candidate if he shall belong to their own political party . There may, or there may not, be an important distinction here," Now there is amazing depth and foresight for you, for if the legislature is per mitted an option what In the"wbrlcf pecomes tt thepop nlar election of a United States senator? ' " ' But; the point is the Oregonian's misrepresentation 'of statement No. , In order that each reader may fee for himself we herewith present both statements t Statement No.- 1"J further state tj thepeople of Oregon, as well as to the people of my legislative dis trict, that during my term-of office, I will, always vote "for that candidate" for'TJnifed Slater senator 1ncongress ' who has received the highest "number of the. people's votes for that position at the general election next pre ceding the election of a senator in congress, without re gard 4o my individual preference." . s When a man signs that he puts himself in a perfectly unequivocal position; lie pledges himself absolutely to do the people's bidding.' - ?r"' Statement No. 2 "During my term of office I shall consider the vote of the people for United States senator in congress as nothing anore than a recommendation, which I shall be i"at liberty tO"wholrydisregardf-if -the reason for .doing so seem to roe to be sufficient."""" There cannot be found therein the faintest shadow ot a promise td uphold e ven tne man of the legislators' "o wn party whom the voters have elected to the United States senate; indeed there is absolutely no pledge to do any thing except that which suits the purposes, fancies Sr in terests of the legislator who so binds-himself. Then why - does the-Oregonian seek . to convey the impression, by making. "the direct statement, that statement No, 2 is a pledge of the man taking it to vote for his party nominee? - ...:.... ' -:..-..'- THE DAMAGE BY THE T HERE HAS BEEN, a great in regard to the damage done to crops of various kinds by the unusual frost the second week of March. A. consensus of reports from all over this .re Ifion, from Ashland to Spokane, from, Astoria to Boise, leads us to. the, conclusion that the cold spell, succeed . ., ing unusually warm weather, did a good deal of harm, in large apots,yet was not as destructive as many .people feared or as was hurriedly, reported." "rT t --r In portions of half a dozen counties pf the hiland em pire wheat will have to be re-seeded,' entaning consid erable expense-but tlte' gnnnidhas . been' thoroughly soaked, and probably the crop will be'veny nearly jf not . -4juite as large as if no freeze bad occurred. Peachesin the.Walla Walla valley were mostly killed and some in southern Oregon; but there will be a fair crop , along Snake riverf where, the buds - were not yet nearly ready to bloom and 'several other varieties of fruit, particularly winter apples and prunes,' were, not " hurt at all. " Cherries were nipped in localities, but there will be nearly if not quite an average crop of them, and the same is true of pears and plums. Strawberry vines .' in many instances were killed outright, and we shall Jiave a light crop of these delightful berries this year. 1 The season i? late. .That was a thing to be expected, THE NICIT GIRL : -ii -1 1 1 ii -i -i i ii - "I - - i -1 ------- -y ' ' . Sjr . Beatrice' Fairfax. :. Battling . MolRon, . the , ; Ushtwelaht rhamploo pf the prise ring; in speaking of hla sweetheart.' says ??one of yourf beauties, or awfully wne irlrla for me Just a nte. quiet girl that" what Mar srurtu Is she's the gtrt -f or mm." -. That's' what the average man wants : nla sweetheart to be Just a nice girl. Uo Is Hot on the lookout ftr marvel ous beauty or great cleverness, a Of course, all" men love a pretty face, ' rut the girt who has a sweet, bright face,' even if aha be plain of feature, will never lack for admirers. Aa for great clevarneaa, I don't think -'- the- average man cares a penny about that, it a girl la pleasant and aweat- - tempered. ' lis doesn't care whether or no ' she " knows the difference between a triangle and a parabola, but ba wants, her to know the dlfefnce between a roast 9 ' beef and a beef ateak. - He would much rather she was lor able and companionable than with knowledge. K bright. Intelligent girl who kecpa , her eyaa and ears open knows enough to - make any man happy; LKnVt try. to be superior and talk to men on learned teplca. ' -: . If yon do they will flea from you aa ..' they would from the plague. -. ' They want to be entertained, not In structed, by glrla. ! ' A rough, noisy girl never appeals to a man. He can find enough roughneaa and noise among hla own aex. He wants gentleness and refinement in a girl. . Toung Nelson by nature and profea ' slon la a fighter." and yet In selecting a - sweetheart he picks out a quiet, gentle girl. - He does aot want wit or beauty . Just a nlea girl.- - The flighty, harum-acarum girl la all right to hava fun with,, but whan It romei to chooalng a life partner men pasa her by. . ... - . The girl who makea a good wife Is cheerful, good-tempered, neat and blessed with common sense. If good looks are added to those ad mirable Qualities the man who gets her Is lurky. Don't try' to be smart and knowing In ' your con veraatlon.1 Just be natural and pleasant that's all a man wants. - - . - : If you appear to know too much yon . will place him In an Inferior light, and you may be sura ha won't care for that. CultWata the doaveatlo arts.... v. .... Uira to make a good pie.. It la mora Important that ytnt should learn how to cook than- that yea should tnake art squares. - And remember, girls, that the' "Bloe" girl la not only nice to a few people - aha la nloa to all people. ' Hha la obliging and courteous she Is . pur-mlndd and spoken. . i, SUtS is popular with both sexes and . respected by all. There la something about her so nat ural and unaffected that no one can help liking her. , , ' he mr ot be clever . or pretty- Just a 'lUce' guv content to Jvold al MH" L-li.- IMDBPBHDBNT NBWPAPJ!I PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. Sunday) and every Sunday morning, at '. hill streets, Portland, Oregon. read the direct pri- crop. We will '-And then we . . rate, me rigni way right along. . ' THE bolter, .because, in and worked for and a day. - : Well, this is a take it for granted tilja county know April 20 and in June was that he was right well if there were fests some bolting 'Tlfe important for an office is whether, if he did, votes than if he patter. ; - - .. - - , WHO FROST. 'conflict of testimony M publicans "but as to The Chicago realize that there They refuse to be In other words they modest plaoe In ' the world," loving and loved by all ner friends, , - Don't be unhappy If you are 'not a genluaor-a raving beauty. Try to be a nice girl, and If you suc ceed you will find-that It brings you in a great return of love and popularity ' -The Original Huck Finn. J -From the Ksw York American. "So Huck Finn has . died again, has her' chuckled Mark Twain, whose other name la Samuel Z Clemens. "Well, now. that's too bad too bad! To think, that a boy who had so many hair-breadth escapes at an age when life waa-worth living adventurously, should calmly go west and have heart failure! I aa dis appointed, besides being distressed. I always had a sneaking Idea that Huck would come to a more artistic and, sucri aa hanging, though he always was mora practical than Tom Sawyer, his com panion In crime." - Mark Twain still held In his hand, a clipping which . bore the startling an nouncement atartllng to millions of hoys In all corners of the earth, not to men tion many more millions of grown-up children that the real and only original of the Inimitable Huckleberry Finn had died In Murray, Idaho. Captain. .A. O. Tonkray Is the name on the stone which marks the remote grave. "There Is nothing disrespectful nor even Irreverent In my confessing that, up to date, more than a doicn real original Tom Bawye're and Huckleberry Finns have succumbed during the ' past fO yrars," continued the famous, humorist. He lapsed into a brown atudy, the only sign of consciousness being a remi niscent twinkle about the kindly gray eyes. Presently be pursued: "I wonder how many times the origi nals of Hamlet or Tom Brown or Robin son Crusoe or Gulliver or David Copper Held or any ot the great tragie charac ters of history were buried and resur rect dT I met a man the other day an Inventor who disabused my mind with regard to Don Quixote being dead. Ufa Is full of alleged deatha and dis appointments fullof tragic mistakes full of comical verities."; ' Turbine Automobiles? Lord Montagu In the Car. ' Is there not - a good chance that the turbine principle may eventually be adapted to exploalve engines? There are already several Inventors who claim that they have solved this problem. At any rate, now that . the present petrol engine has reached not quite finality but comparative perfection It Is time that some totally fresh line were struck out, and If Great Britain strikes first we shall firmly establish our lead In the world's motor matters. . ' ' As a Last Resort From the Roseburg Review. - If technicalities of law fall to secure their cltent'a release, Blnger Hermann's lawyers might present to the court, aa a last resort, that precious- picture of Binger and President Roosevelt etand-tng- on - Iha rear.platform of a railway oar. Apprehension over the" poisIbTiny of such an Incongruous specimen! of photography occupying a niche In , the "Rogue's Gallery" might at least roovs Ute coarts ts extreme clemency, J OURNAL The Journal Building, tfifth and Yan ' ' --r- considering : thatonr winter did-not-come-till-March. The harvest, all around, will be considerably later than usual, but when the autumn comes we will probably find (hat we have garnered, altogether, very nearly an .average have, as usual, enough and to spare.. can rest assured that such' an untoward season is not likely to come again for 50 years. Per haps it was a good thing that it came. Some people maxe money ratner too casuy in mis couniry. vi any . U . ! . - is to make me uesi 01 11, inu piuu , '";',. , ; v " V CRIME OP MR. LOWELL. S OME". Republican state papers are criticising t Stephen A. Lowell, a Republican candidate .for United Mates senator, because he has been particular, he, four years ago, voted Chamberlain . instead of Furnish for governor, and lirtheopinionv-of the organs referred to this was an unpardonable political crime, which should debar htm frpm -seeking office of Republicans forever ...11 . ... .... .".' "' ' .. .. . matter for Republicans to determine among themselves, and in regard to which The Journal will not presume to advise. them. " But Mr. Lowell's op position, as we reinember, was based upon assertions of crooked and improper , work in -the -primaries wheieby Furnish delegates were elected. Supposing the facts to be as alleged by Mr. Lowell, he not only had a right to bolt, but as -an honest, upright, square man, he could not do otherwise. Possibly he was mistaken,' but we that the wide-awake, voters of Uma pretty well' whether he was right or wrong, and weshould not be surprised if their verdict on ;The country needs bolters occasionally; it might be more of them in congress. - - - It is currently supposed thar even "President "Roose velt was somewhat of i bohcr years ago and he mani symptoms even now. . question about a man who comes upi not whether or not he ever bolted but he was right - .'. - Lowell the bolter may deserve and may get more had always been a sycophantic stand' - - - ARE REPUBLICANS? ' A Republican, writing to the Gncago Inter Ocean, says: "After 45 years of active political life T am compelled to ask 'What constitutes a Repub lican?'" The Inter-Ocean declares that ' many Re publicans are in the same state of uncertainty, and says this is so "because so many recognized Re publican leaders do not seem positive that they stand for anything, nor to be uncompromisingly for or against anything." ( - ; '' AY IT NOT BE that some of them "stand for" wrong things? What things dor Aldrich and Alger and Piatt and Elkins and Burrows and Depew and Proctor stand for? ' : ; v The people are inquiring about this, not only as to Re Democrats, and men of other parties. Inter - Ocean is a radical Republican or gan, and is scolding because Republicans don't hang and pull together for anything and' everything that the ''leaders" dictate; but the fact is that the "leaders" are distrusted, as the political "standards' are being raised. They are doing more thinking than they used to. They is no great virtue in a party name. bamboozled by dap-trap spellbinders. are beginning to do their own think ing instead of allowing other people to do it for them. Keep Your Eyes Open. , ' 1 , -By - Beatrice Fairfax, Don't get Into a rut. . io matter how hard the struggle may be, try to keep interested. In things and not, to lose your grip on what Is going on around you. : -J . . ; It la pleasant to dream, but you can't afford to unless yon wish to be left hopelessly behind in th march of prog ress. . 1 . -, . Keep your eyes and ears open; won derful things are happening ail around you. Lose no opportunity of Improving yourself. Read good booka Trashy novel will do you no good'; they will only fill yon "with morbid, unhealthy ideaa and impossible dreams. . Beek friendship and acquaintanceship who moss wnose society will benefit you. . ' ; Life is too short to waste a minute. If you are a wage-earner your atten tion belonge to yeur work during busi ness hours, but -after that your " time belongs to yourself, to spend wisely or foolishly, as you pleaae. Do spend it wiaely; learn to live so as to get the best out of life. We all have opportunities if we can only learn to recognise and use them. - Make It a habit to learn something every day, even if It be aver so little. The more knowledge you aoqnlre the more Interesting you will be to your fellow beings.: It Is not necessary that you should be blue-stockings or wiseacres, but In. telllgence is a quality which none can dispense with.' Tou will get so much out of life If you are observant. . Listen to. .othera talk: you will learn more In that way than by talking your self. , . Don't go along the street with your head In the clouds. And don't be ashamed to ask for in. formation. Read the papers; keep your self up on the currant topics, and when you can afford it buy a good magastna. xou will be so happy If you feel that you are marching along with the prog ress oi events, ana mat you nave your finger on the "pulse of the twentieth century activity." Don't drop, behind; fight for yeur place, and keep it ... . Be one of the pioneers of progress. Stagnation is one of the worst evils that can overtake you. Don't settle down with the conviction that yon have done your beat you must keep en doing It. , , . There Is always something new an! better than anything that has gone be fore to strive for. Go after It and keep after it until you get It Oh. It's a grand thing to llvs In this twentieth century and hava a chance to try to learn about the wonders thai are going en all about us. You must not sink Into a rut; you must be on the slert and learn, learn, learn. . Don't be discouraged If It Is hard; the more you try to learn the easier will come knowledge. wase up, oreamers, or ins cnancea will all alio bv you. . . Borne of the screws used In. the works of s watch are so small that 107.009 of them are required te make a pound. SMALL CHANGE J . Only a week more In which, to regis ter. - , : .''.' ' e, , . , . . If the people can't control politics, whars the use to them of having any poiiucsr , , -. -t.' Be neither a "yellow dog" nor a "cur." , e ; e Tet there will be storms In April. '.'-.,:' ' '. e - . -The peraon with a small amount of brains may be happier moat of the time than the one with a larger amount m Drains. -a --; . . . . e. e .. , . If you Sincerely think the world Is growing better, it Is. . . , .-r e e A 'good many peopla will regret, that iney ran. y ; Farming, like almost everything else. only pays when done richt-. . Milton Eagle: The Oresonlan asks "Is Furnish fighting OeerT" We think not Furnish Is charitable enough .not to right a dead man. ' - . ,. "i . '' A late season may be a good ens. " ' ; '; . Running for office ought somehow to be made leas expensive. . ,.- 5. ' . - ". .. e e- . Borne Republican organs fairly ehed tears ever rank Baker's resignation. ' ' ... e . .' Tillamook Headlight: We cannot see for the life of us what claim Jonathan Bourne Jr. has upon the people of Ore gen that they should Vote for him' for United States senator, other than that ne naa anaved off his whiskers and made a bouquet for his coats of the sandy sideburns. ... - .....-- s j - -. . The coal mine operators are wrong mis time. , . . , .... .. Dowle had better retired when his credit wss good. . , ., e , e There ara atllL a J e wdaya in which to register. --. . - , -,--r... . . e . senator r uiton is making quite a reputations-'-' i e a Balem Statesman: The Question la whether Judge Lowell'a Republicanism haa changed alnce the presidential cam pa ism or not Aa he recently In a pub lic speech advised young men to scratch the ticket" when "hot" pleasedwttH the nominees of their party. It is presumed mat n naa not . Pendleton will have a summer normal school. Corvallls csn and will have . good water. . - . - -...j. ,. Judging from the number of Inaui- ries - ooming ifor-.houses--fer-' rent,- more dwelling-houses could be rented here within a week, says the Drain Nonpareil. Why don't some of our capitalists erect a number of buildings? it would pay big interest on the In vestmentbesides would be doing their duty toward building up the town. , e . e Eggs only a cent apiece un in Oak. land.- ' . . ' 'I r , ; . .- ., e . e ... ,. .; , - The Ave Paclflo coast states are said to have 11,000.009.900 worth of timber, of which about one third is in Oregon; but the value is largely guesswork. a . e Mountains of snow mean mountains of hay,- says the North Powder corre spondent of the Haines Record. Railroad surveyors at work In the Crooked river, gorga But In one month this winter, accord ing to the books of the railroad com pany, four full carloads of fine cattle. one carload of aheap, and 524 gallons of the puraat cream that ever made good butter were shipped from .-Toncalla, aays the Independent - This statement does not Include dressed bogs, veal, nor la there an attempt to put a value upon turkeys,' chickens, other . poultry and egga i sblpped . from Toncalla, which alone runs up Into thousand a. . e e . The toll-road question Is still a warm one in Tillamook county. "-'u e - .-r. i Blaine will soon have a church build ing, j a Work will soon begin la. the famous Weston brickyard. . . The presence of eagles in the region along the Willamette six to ten miles south ot Corvallls attracts considerable .attention, says the Times. The big btrda are frequently encountered by residents of the vicinity, and the sight of one v swooping down en a flock of sheep and soaring away with a lamb Is not unusual. , -. e .a .. .. , Weston will have a baseball learn all of Its own, called the "Wonders." " e e - - . ... Wheat never looked better at - this time of the yesr on the Umatilla reser vation. ,- --.'- . e e Lets of snow yet la the Blue moun tains. Many eastern people are buying Ore gon farms. . ,, .. e e - Ex-Governor T. T. Geer was up In this neck of the woods Monday repairing the damage to his political fencee due to his alleged failure to properly support Furnish during the memorable earn paten of four years ago, says the Milton Eagle. The damage from that eauae In this vi cinity, however, was slight., and Mr. Gear, with his winning personality, had no difficulty in repairing the breaches. Good farming land Is Sold In Benton county as low as $10 an acre. , - '" e e : v . ;. . , Several new residences going up -In Inglanook, Seaside. ... Weston Leaden Dave Roberts Is -con stantly adding, to his eolleotion of game chickens from, the best breeders in the United States, and feathered fighters of nearly all the leading strains are repre sented ia his pena He has Just added a nice pair of Red Cubans received yes- teraay . ny express rrom ueorge w. Means, a North Carolina dealer, and Gin Gray stag which came In last week from Thomaa E. Palna of Texas. Occasionally he permits his chickens to spar without the steel for the sske of experience and exercise. , , . j- They Are Nervous Frdin'lJie New York- American. Former friends of . "Andy' Hamilton must pink UD their morning papers with great neat ex nervous expectation , tl OREGON SIDELIGHTS it- . . .v. .v" v THE RICHEST BABY IN : THE WORLD From the New Tark American. . Never has an Infant In the world had as fine end beautiful' a Wardrobe pre pared for it aa the. dainty layette which awaited llSe coming of the "BUHonalre oaoy, in the Rockefeller home on Weat Fifty-fourth street. . One nundred dollars seem a quite a price to -pay for a dress for a grown person, but this wee mire of humanity possesses a whole mnt nt Inflnltelv flna and delicately embroidered dreaaee, eeohH one or which is worth nearly 1100. to say nothing of costly allpa of softest nainsook, "with lust hi t hanrf em. uruiuery around the bottom; little shirts. V, mucn Ba-er than a man's hand, but which cost aa much as many a man pays w vuoit ault of clothes, althniia-h the tiny ahlrta have Juat the merest eaI? ' ,ac around them. . i ne softest wool that could be carded nd Woven and then mhmlil,il In flowers has furnished petticoats for this Rockefeller baby: and besides these are petticoats of sheer batiste and nainsook, embroidered around- the : bottom and trimmed wltq iucka and ruffles of rare lace, each one worth from thirty to sixty dollars, and some of them even more. In West Twenty-third street, in -the babies' corner of a department a tore, there has been for IS years a fairy godmother" to New Tork babies who come under the wings of the golden feathered stork. It waa she who fitted out tho layette ef the "richest baby in the world,", as John Nicholas Brown was known before the arrival of little John D. IIL It la aha who has secured tlx only princess dresa in America for little John D. This drees has a real princess front outlined with the finest embroid ery that skillful Frenoh fingers can produce, and this embroidery extends down the sides of ths front and turn back above the hem, bordering the dresa several inches above the wide hem with Its axquialtely feather-stitched heading. When eager members of the Rocke feller family came tiptoeing in to have a peep at the fine boy, who owns about $11,000,008 to I j i.ooo.ooo to eachneof his 11 pounds, he waa slipped into his "presentation bag"- and ahown around for Inspection after the most approved fashion. Hla downy littla head lay on a shallow pillow, tucked Inside the top of the bag, which was embroidered around the top snd 'trimmed With ' bows of blue ribbon. Hla little face peeped above the opening of the bag, ' which has a ert-f .envelope-flap, elaborately deeo- ratea with nna embroidery, ruffles and bows, turned down upon It This bag Is quite large, .and might even bold twins. It has a dainty border of embroidery around It, with an embroidered ruffle and bows of blue ribbon, end ts sewed up all-around and wadded inside And. whenMieL. tipped the scales at 11 pounds, and everybody cried, "Oh, what a big boy!" the Rockefeller 'in fant was gently laid in a white wicker basket high at-Ute head, mounted upon a pair of scalea done in white and gold. with figures so large that one could tell at a glance Just . thee fraction of s pound. His scale cradle was decorated to match his - bassinet, . or ' "Moses basket." - Both are - lined - with - white over blue and draped with white-lacs over blue allk, trlmmed-wUh-blua rib bon a . - ' . t . The Rockefeller baby Is also , provided with a compact littla dressing aet with tiny bru shea end powder boxes -and other- Liliputlan artkslea, all contained in a baaket of blue and white. He is a wise-looking baby. Perhapa he knowa that very near at hand are a dnsen and a half of the costliest bibs that ever e baby wore, which will be hla ss soon as hs begins to realise that he has gums' that will, by-and-bye. produce teeth, and sete. to making iltue puubies witn his tiny pa What baby would not want to hurry up and wear bibs that coat ss high as $46 for a single one, all wadded and covered with the finest point lace and delicate embroidery that skilled needle women of the old world eould produce? In four weeks from now he will be able . to ' enjoy another of his pretty i sessions, his handsome pew' coach. with its -fine linen umbrella, pillow, and robe, eUl- made to match. All are worked In open Engltsn embroidery and trimmed with embroidered ruf flea, all tii. work - being done hi the finest stitches and in small patterna. several of these handsome-sets sre provided so that-.meymaybewashedieveryday or no. ,- ... - - When Baby John D. III. wants to ex ercise he may kick out the toes of an In numerable multitude of delicately knitted and crocheted socks of softest wool snd finest silk. Hie father's socks scarcely eost more, and some of them not as much. . . , j. John Ik the third has also a good supply of handkerchiefs, st about $6 each. They are small and plain as handkerchiefs go but ths linen is so fins that It la almost as soft as the tiny palm of John D. himself. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE atome the Flaoe for Woamea. Baker City. Or.. April I. To the Ed itor bf .'The Journal Figuratively apeaklng, X was simply lifted off my feet when I read that whirlwind of criticism on my little article on "Tbink less Women," -which was made by Na omi McDonald Phelps. ' Never - mind. Naomi, we will ndt include you, you thins, but you don't think Just right; that Is all. Ton say a woman who spends ' t? minutes of God's time deliberating over something to wear shows a lack of In telligence. Now I do not went to ap pear rude, . but that remark waa Juat about aa narrow aa the one I heard a lady make the other day when' she said Tio good women wanted to vote ; alio waa supposed to be quite an -Intellectual woman, too, and halls from a state where equal suffrage reigns. , But we would let that pasa What I want to know Is, hss ths av erage woman time to devote to the study of politics and politicians for man must ba studied to learn their vices or their virtues and without as sociating with them how la she to know who le or who is not fitted fon office t And while she le out studying the men who is going te be at home getting three good meals a day: getting the children ready for school, and rocking the baby to aleep? Ah, the poor baby! You aay the woman who wastes bar time over pretty clothea has no time for rthe old-fashioned baby." It is my opinion that the woman standing In line to vote with a lot ef'rougha and toughe (as you say there "will be), to vote will not be erylng her eyes ont about them either;, nor do I thmk the woman occupying the chair of police Judge, or serving on the Jury, will Im agine she looks very attractive with a nursing baby in her arms, especially while on duty. And what le she going to Ao with them 7 For babies de hap pen, sometimes, snd surely a woman cannot be barred from voting or hold ing office Juat because of a baby , or two, purely, the . bonora pt office are net all. going to be conferred upon a lot of old maids. . , i The Idea of a mother disliking babies Jusr because she likes pretty clothea Humph! I have seen many. a mother with two or three babies rolling on the floor or climbing her knee? while she sewed on all klnua of lace,' filmy gew. raws, and the babies were wall oared for and happy, while the mother was satisfied and contented, well knowing that, she wee filling a responsible post uorr at name, while ner . nusiena wa attending to affairs business and po- I consider equal suffrage a disturbing element In many a happy home.' As a rule the women who advocate women rights are old mslds or women who have paaaed the age of enjoying home life and bablea. . They deliberately walk Into homes, where perfect contentment dwella, and they eay: "Here, do you know that', you are a slave: that you have no more rights than an Idiot or a Chinaman T Do you know that you are being taxed without representations That laat Is thev clincher that does the deadly work, and the little woman wonders what it means, and begins to wonder if she really la abused and over ruled and browbeaten, and she gets busy and reads the "tracta left liar. '., And when John Henry cornea home that night tired and hungry, ana wish. Ing he was a woman, so that ha would not have so much responsibility, .his wife rushes st' him with blood in her aye, and she ssys: "took here. John Hen,,l-want. my rights: I have beon eat down. aim long enough, and I won't stand for It ' any longer." .And. poor John Henry collapses and peace flies out of the window. Oh, -year you are going to purify the ballot ' stop gambling, close the loens and reform men 1n general, while yon talk of a "model Juvenile court" Juat let me whisper In your earl ir ch woman- would stay at home and hold court, in her own house, with her own children, herself as Judge and Jury, and teach her boys good morals and good principles, there would be no need for other Juvenile courts, and there alao would be no men .to reform; ror you know that , old saw. "As - the twig Is bent the tree Is inclined." Let each woman apend her- time teaching her boys things they ought to be taught and there will bo no danger but-what they will faithfully- repre sent their mothers st home. 1 : : "ROSET. St Zs Saagvreue So Be Safe; . Portland. Or., March II. To the Ed Itor of The Journal I see that a favorite ' statement of our. friends the ladlea is: Juat clve the ballot to those of ua who want It: we .will not compel the antla to vote. But the extension of tho ballot to women makea Its exercise their bounden duty. The ladles who sre asking the men to withhold It from women and to' exercise It so -conscientiously that they -will not have to call the women In to assist will not be be hind their nistere In doing thel political duty when they have to. But It la problem whether all women should have the ballot thrust upon them to pleaae the few who clamor for it - - The bad women will vote as the bad men do now. And the good onea will have to vote to keep thlnge from going to smash. I am, opposed to putting our ladles where they must vote In self- defense. . - -.'. But another reason -why I should hate to see equal surrrage is the persistent aggressiveness of the women who run that agitation. It la woah a maffs Hfe to dare differ from them in the open now.' What would It be if they were In terested In several candldatea and mes uresT. We. would either have to He .to them, aa lota of men find. It necessary to do now, or to run when we seo them coming. Women are not adapted te politics," for the politician must get some refusals or defeats, and you know the proverb about a "Woman acorned"! And any woman who flnda herself re fused thinka herself scorned. Another thing that makes me ' tired ia thla constant bragging on themselves. "The brain and heart of woman" I hava heard 40 times during this winter, as If man had neither! If our sisters do not stop arguing by self-praise, we wTll atop bragging on -them. Men don't brag on themselves like that. Take a lesson In modesty from us! X. T. Z. .an - .'; , " LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE ' ate wanta XJght Portland, Or March 0. T6"meEdt tor of The Journal-iAs a cltigen and taxpayer of this county, I, In common with others, am interested In .the county affairs and , county government One question of managing the county affairs is the working of the county prleoners on the public roads. Ths present county court hss been working these prlaonera and that la the first time they have been so employed. - Judge Webster and Com missioner Barnes have both publicly announced that they - will continue to work these prisoners if they are re elected to the offices they now hold. At a meeting a few nights ago Mrt Bteel, who Is a candidate for county commis sioner, announced- that he waa opposed to the working of the prlsonara, and that If elected he would prevent any further working of them. Neither of the ouier-candidates for county Judge, Mr. Lewis or Mr. Ulltner, have yet stated what their position la, and the people of this county would Ilka to know what position they take on this queetlon. , -' " . ', 'vt'"- ' We would like aiso to Know wnai ins other candldatea for county commis sioner are going to do in regard te this matter. Thla is an Issue before It he people of this eounty. Stand up, gentlemen, ana let us near what you have to say. ' XX, A. llfiNAHAM, : A British Tale of Depew and Porter. From the London Mall.' In England we are not very good at after-dinner speaking, but in America they did ' understand It said George Wyndhara at a Friendly society dinner st Dover. ' '- There were Americans whose fame aa after-dinner speakers had reached our shores, Clisunoey Depew, for example, and General Porter. -' When they used to meet at the eame dinner there was frequently a very brilliant passage at srma ." -.' On one occasion Mr, Depew, wishing to put a spoke In General Porter's wheel, eald: "I can't speak very well after dinner, - but It is ne trouble te General Porter. Tou put a dinner In the slot and up comes a speech." Later it wes General Porter's turn, and he ssld, "I can't emulate Mr. Depew; with him you put a speech in the slot snd up comes a dinner." . r , Soldiers on Oxen. ; r . From the Chicago Journal. ' The strangest military body In the world Is a band of cavalry at Saint de Moorvny, a provisos on the east ooaat of Africa, which Is under the rule ef the French governor-general of Madagascar, These soldiers go about their military operations on oxen.' Ths animals sre lesn creatures, snd It Is said they move wit surprising rapidity..! ' , , THE GREAT NEED OF WILL POWER By -Eiu Wheeler Wilcox- . . . tCprrlh. isos. by W. R. Hearsl.i ' A correspondent writes snd asks me who is the author of the following in splred lines. : I nn not .know, jjutfor yeare I kept the verse pinned ia a con spicuous place on my desk ss a spur to action. ... .. -. ., ...... , No truer words were ever written, and l thank the author ef them for the im- . petus the lines have bean te me: : "Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same old story -: Tomorrow, and the next more dilatory! Each Indecision, brings Its own delays, And daya are lost lamenttsg o'er lost ' 4ay -, ; , . ... .. And you in earnest? Belse this very . mlnuta.- . What you can do,' or think yon can. ' begin it Boldness has genius, power and msgio' - .in it - -'v .. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated; " Begin It and the work will be com- ' i . i ,.. . . , . . The world is overrun with neoole who era always going to do thlnga Toasy is never the- suitable timer- there Is a ''tomorrow,"when they ex- f pect to hsve the conditions right And so to the end of life they await this "tomorrow." "Each Indecision brings Its own delays, ' And days are lost lamenting o'er lost ' aays.-. - - -- ' When they realise they must take v their stand with the failures of earth " they blame "fate" and "luck" and 'chance," and talk about the "wrong - environment" which hindered them from achieving success. Ne man ever attained an eminence - yet who did not overcome many an Im- . pulse to "wait" Occasional bursts of "' genius drive gifted people to do suo- . cess ful thlnga spontaneously! But It la not at all probable mat Homer, Milton or . Shakespeare wrote . only - when impelled to do so." They overcame a aplrlt of Inaction,- a desire ( to do nothing today and to wait until morrow,"- and -spurred -toe Jagging - muse. .,-.! . It is the will power and perseverance back of genius which has given ths . world great . creations In literature, muslo and art aa well as great-achieve- . menu in other realms.. ' v ' - " If you believe you-can do anything -. ever in your lire, begin ill : . Begin it today: Take some step io- ward it take another step tomorrow. . . If you are hindered the third uay... . take two stepa tne rourtn. Tou end today, a soul aubllme. And this great pregnant hour of time; With God between, to bind the t wain Go forth. 1 say; attain, attain! " - LEWIS AND CLARK At La Caroaa. Waahington. April I A considerable number ef In- .. dlana crowded about us today, many of whom eame from upper part of the river. ' These poor wretches confirm tho reports . of scarcity among -the nations aoove... ; which. Indeed, their appearance euffl- . eiently proved, for they seemed almost , starved, and greedily picked me oonea and refuaa moat thrown awayf by. ua. , , In the evening Captain Clirk returnee from-hie excursion.- On setting eut yea- terday at 11:3 o'clock he directed hla , course along- tha . south side of the . (Commute river, where, at me nia- , tance of elaht mllta. he paaaed a village - of- the Nechacohee tribe, belonging to the moot nation,- The village itaeir is mill, and being situated behind Dia- mond island, was concealed from our view, aa we passed both times along ,- the northern shore. He continued till t I o'clock, when he landed at the single house already mentioned as the only re- . mains of a vlllasa of 14 straw huts. ' Alone: the shore were great numbers of.: email canoea-for gathering wapatoOm which were left bv the Bhahalas. wno . visit the place annually. , The preaent Inhabitants of tho house are part. of. the Neerchokloo tribe of the same na tion. On entering one " of the apart ments of the - house 'Captain Clark offered seversl articles to the Indiana in exchange for wapatoo, but they ap peared sullen and Ill-humored and re- fused to give mm any. ne m.reigrr sat down by the fire opposite the men, and taking a portfire match from hla --pocket-threw aamatliplce of it Into theTlame; at the aame time "Tie took--hle pocket compasa, snd by meanS of a magnet which happened to be in his Ink- horn, made the needle turn rouna very -hrieklv. The match now took fire and burned violently, on which the- Indiana. terrlfled at thla atrange exhibition, im mediately brought a quantity of wapatoo and laid It at hla feet, begging him to put out the bad fire, while an old woman " continued to apeak with great vehe- , mence, aa If Imploring protection. Hsv-ing-received the roots, Captain Clark put up the compass, and as the match went out of Itself, tranquillity was re- . stored, though the women and children , still took refuge in their beds ana ne- -hind the men. . He. now paid them for' what he had used, and after lighting hla pipe and smoking with them, continued , down the river. Soon after entering the . Multnomah he waa met by an old In- dian deacendlng the river alone ia a ' canoe. . ' ;"".. Great Cities of Germany. " - From the New' Tort Bun. "' Anv cltv of more than IOO, in habitants Is considered a great city. Of these Germany has more than any other country, namely, 4J. ' ' Great Britain and the unitea mates have each. Then there Is a break tut we reach Russia with It. Franca with 18. . Italy with 12. Japan and Austria- Hungary with 'eight each. When the preaent German empire was founded. In 1871. Germany had only five such cities, but by. 1900 they numbered n. Five of them have more than soo.oos each. . Berlin, for Instance, has' more than 1,000,000 Inhabit: nte The - next largest Is Hamburg. 100.000. followed by Munich, Dresden and Lelpsle. In five yeare Krupp'a town or cssen aa Increaaed M par cent Cologne, with Its 42S.000 peopla, has- had an astonishing growth, .i ..... .. " '";7.', r.2 ." . ii hi City and Country Life. From ths Falrport MsuY" . One needs only to spend a few days In -; some large city like .New Tork to ap preciate the advantages of living In the, eountry towns. There la no worse pun ishment than being obliged to live In a city, with Its rushing, crowding, roar- -Ing, nerve-Jarring elements, . where the ordinary flatdweller bae no mora sense of home than does a milkbottle. A peculiar thing about this matter la that tho appreciative countryman has no use for the city only ss an amusement feature, and the dyed-ln-the-woot city -man eould not be Ufed out ef his clty environment with a steam derrlok. Each . Is wedded to hla idols; but give us the country, where there te room te breathe . snd sleep like a Christian, and where one can have friends end get some real enjoyment out of, Ufa. No cltv life for US. ,.. ,.,. . . f... . ; ; .. . ,- 1, F1? -1 ' . ' , v ., ,4...:. ,