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MONDAY. APRIL 23, 1&06.
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THE O RE G
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Published every evening (except Sunday) and ere 17 Sunday morning, at
..,'.' . . ;' hill streets. Portland, Oregon,
7THE INDEPENDENT
i utuif apt? few states in the
,.:.- .fmiM reatcr Interest
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n( Viir nennl than ih Oregon So tar a$ me
' face of the record goes the state is overwhelmingly Re-
publican. ' On national issues, alljhingt being equal, Jhe
majorities rolled p for the Republican candidates are
' always heavy. Nevertheless, and this is a matter of pe
culiar satisfaction to. all of those .who hope fori better
things in government,-there is nowhere a larger and
- ; more independenrVoter-On ttate and local Issues the
best qualified man will usually win if any sort of a fight
' is made for him. As a natural consequence the yellow
dog" politician is very-much less likely to win here than
xlewliere. In this,- the most populous county m -the
; . stttc, the officials who have rendered faithful service are
' a( a r..l.rtlnn nn matter what their politics. It IS
, this certainty of reward for good service and certainty of
punishment for poor service mat naa aone ana is oinB
so much to keep our public service up ttf the top notch
of excellence and which makes of Oregon one of the
' (promising states in the union., . .
- - v Considering the complicated machinery of the direct
- 1 an si the vntera' unfamiliaritv with it the re-
suit, superficially at least, seems very
will be some disappointment, some aouor as to inepcr
. feet wisdom of all the nominations, but less, than there
would have been had the nominations been made by the
V usual convention methods. When the returns are com
pleter this will form a very interesting subject for dis-
'v eossioii. J:t-r::c Y-jTriri
V... V"Y'..TBB MADE IN OREGON FAIR. '
HE MADE" IN OREGON. FAIR should be given
liberal support, and the made in Uregon move
ment should be vigorously pushed along.
' One reason why Oregon has not grown and developed
En past years as rapidly as California is because Oregon
people as r whole have not been sufficiently loyal to
' their home manufacturer their infant industries, their
local products
Thii ia heinoc chanced and remedied
extent, and thia fair will do much to,carry onjthis good
work. Buy Oregon made goods; the manufacturers of
i them will bay of you will employ more-and moreJabor;
YVwili increase the value of property, will thus' decrease
taxes, will attract population and capital to' Oregon.'
7"The made In Oregon fair win not 'only be a splendid
advertisement, and attlJnteresting .and instructive spec
tacle to easterners, to newcomers and tourists, but will
-healthily stimulate activity, enterpriseindustry and de
- Telopment among all our own people, iandao, help to
make a greater and more prosperous Oregon. '-:-
Get the made in Oregon spirit and habit Help pQsh
along the made in Oregon project Don'tbe . 4 Jclam.
) ' And be a good neighbor.' , .'','
V NOT SUFFICIENTLY PUNISHED.' - ?
THRfir PROMINENT CITiZENS 'oKUmatilla
county, .one of thenfft ank cashier, another a
.wheat raiser and the third a stockman, were re
cently convicted of having driven 16 helpless and half-
starved deer into deep snow drifts and
- presumably tor, tneir. ntaea, ; or . pernaps merciy. ior
sport." ' Judge Ellis, now a candidate for congress, fined
these men $125 'each, which was some punishment, but
we agree with the comment of the Helix Herald on the
case, which aaysr . "The fine waa not commensurate
with the crime. ! They should have received the extreme
penalty of, the law. They are all men of accountability
and knew that they were violating the law. A fine on
'"-each and for every animal killed should have been ad-
ministered.' v. .'t'.. '
The act described was not only illegal, which merited
'severer punishment considering the number of animals
'- ' killed, but was -one of ruthless cruelty to helpless and
hungering beasts that on that account should hare in
volved a heavier penalty. . -' i ; -,
Probably theae men considered this performance
"sport." ' One could almost wish the terrified and in
'siocent animals had been able with horns and hoofs to
: have had orae "sport"' with these men. ' ' ' f - -
r There la one lesson which Portland should learn from
the catastrophe in San Francisco and that is that there
are toe many flimsy structures being built in Portland.
-- They are a danger in themselves and a menace to sur
rounding structures. (The standard should be higher
'- than it is. ' .' - ' ; . : ' " ;
Two Irish Wits.
From the New Tork Tlmaa. "
Sheridan's wit, like hia oratory and
drama.! to talent, waa ofa high order.
One of hl beet witticisms waa provoked
by an incident which occurred In the
- British house of commons while he was
making- a speech In which he severely
berated hi opponent One ot the mem
: bers was continually annoying him by
houttag, "Hear! Hear!" at every pauae
In hie speech. So, to trap hie tormentor,
Bherldan deliberately said: "Where?
'.. Where? X ask, can we find a more fool
lah knave, or a more knavish fool than
hef "Hear! Hear!" shouted the un-
auapectlng victim. Sheridan, ' turning
- toward him. aid, ? thank the honorable
... gentleman for his Information," ana sal
hovd. amid a general roar of laughUr.
" Even Sir Boyle Roche, the father of
Irish bulla, could occasionally give vent
'" to genuine wit. Dortng an exciting
parliamentary debate a Mastering ora-,-
tor triumphantly exclaimed: "I am the
guardian of my own honor!" k But Sir
T - Boyle Roche quietly settled him by amy.
ing: '-"I-wlsh the honorable gentleman
4 ; ; Joy la his sinecure."
H SetiT 7-Ton Pump to Patent Office.
,5 ' '" ' , From the Scientific American.
1 . Soraetimea the rigors of patent Of
floe procedure are not without their hu
'. morous aide. X New Tork attorney
,i filed an application for Improvements in
I . a oentrlfugal pump.
- V - The patent office declared the invwv
'"' tlon Inoperative and demanded a work'
r Ing modal. The patent offlce waa re
' , quested to eend an examiner to Trenton
' to inspect the macnine in actual opera
i tlon. This the patent offlce refused to
i i The attorney, therefore, politely sent
a eevm-ton pump to the patent office
' eent It moreover, from Trenton to aat
. "lafy a sceptical examiner. .Twenty-one
men were required to get It Into the
' examiner's offlce,
'. " .provialon.
I ' - - - ttA ' SB f jmiU ntnKdk.na)tnwt
! - - Th yrmt ft.Uliot.ftlf lookd up lmpw
. jniiy I ruin "-' v" " mm'
- weiir' he sitd. "What is itr.
''1 dealre, air." the young man fal
tered, 'tc marry-your daughter, pro-
"Went Provldedr he said, testily.
( Trovlded what?"
',' "Jws Vktim," muttsraa.ua yeuui.
O N D AlLiY
' IND1P1HDINT NIWIPAriB
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL . PUBLISHING . CO.
VOTEr
HAZARD
Union In which poll-
, A CCORDING
amonir the masse
to stay at home
city.oryicinity-
follows:
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s J. .. - Accidents
At home
. Horses and -
, - At home
"Recreation
Railroad travel
Bicycle accidents
Streetcar travel
Use of firearms
Animal bites
Assaults .......................
Steamship
Miscellaneous
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satisfactory. There
to a considerable
the one so largely
and the new city
make all possible
in the event of
chances' are very
slaughtering them,
' Lava, a New Vegetable.
From the StXoula X31obe-Dmocrat
"Celebrate Eaater by eating lava, the
new vegetable,' with your roast mutton."
said a chef. ."Lava wlU delight you,
will repay you for your Lenten abstl
'pence. .
"Lava la a Scotch seaweed. It grows
among the rocks on the wildest end re
motest, beacbea. Fishermen gather it
and prepare It for the market with a
long courae of steeping in brine.
"Growing, lava la a supple weed, that
rocks with the movements of the wavea
and displays amid the clear water and
white foam a rich brlllance of green and
red. On the table its brilliance is
lost It is a dull green then, like, spinach-
.1 i.--: . .AV. , :
"Lava looks like spinach; It . tastes
like an hore d'oeuvre, like- some salty
sea thing drenched with lemon In a
word, appetising and delicious. It beat
accompanies mutton, and the "preaale
mutton of France, that mutton, raised
on the sea coaat meadows, which be
comes flavored delicately with the sea
salt on the grass that the sheep eatr
fliava is most nutritious and physi
cians recommend It as a diuretic . It is
taking well. I prophesy a great future
for It in America" . ,
Story of a Sevrea Vase.
, From the Liverpool Post
A wealthy manufacturer in the pot
teries ia at present the subject of a
good joke. While on a continental tour
he purchased a Sevres vaas for some
hundreds of pounds and brought it home
fnoat carefullv. - "
Thinking that the foreman of , Ms
works might gather a hint from 'the
design, he called that gentleman In and
showed hlra his treasure. rHow do you
like itr ne asaea. s --
The foreman took the vaae in his
hand, turned It over and returned It
with the brief reply: '1 don't think
that I can learn much from it"
"Why hotT" asked the manufacturer.
"I don't like telling you, sir."
"Come out with it." ,
"Well, I designed that vase myself.
It Is a foreign Imitation of our own
work and Is worth fi at the outside.1
Others That Are Sad.
' . ' From the Washington Pout
Mr. Carnegie says many millionaires
are sad..- There are many paupers, too,
atr. Carnegie, who are not boisterously
joyful. .... ' .- . ...v
J OU R N .At L
rvo. . oakboix
The Journal Building, Fifth and Ycnv
OF- STAYING AT HOME7
TO FIGURES tabulated by an ac-
cident insurance company itjs safer to travel by
- 'rail, in spite of the many railroad accidents, than
and walk or ride around in your home
This table pf casualties i presented as
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I Per Cent
to pedestrians 24.14 ;
( indoors) , . . . . 18.80
vehicles.... - '............. 18.16
(outside) . .
1598
6.15
4.77
1.73
1.52
1.20
.70
.05
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travel
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:. V'-. ' ' 100.00
This cannot be interpreted td mean that it is four
times as risky to walk down town as to ride to a distant
city by rail, for the proportion of pedestrians or Street
car passengers 'does not appear, yet it does appear, if
these figures. are correct, that travel either by rail or
water is not so hazardous in comparison with walking
or riding right around home as is popularly supposed. '
SAN FRANCISCO WILL BE REBUILT.
ONE SAN FRANCISCO merchant is reported as
saying that the city would not be rebuild except
to -a small extent, unless by people and capital
from New York and other, eastern cities, which seems
to us a curious remark for a San' Franciscan tajnake.
The. city will be rebuilt, and mostly by ,San Franciscans,
who an spite of the terrible disaster that has occurred to
them have or will soon obtain large amounts of capital
and who have abundance of fajth and limitless energy
and enterprise. ':'," '
iThere will always be doubt, a riskv'aa to the stability
of San Francisco's foundation, but that doubt will be ob
scured and dwindle Into insignificance in th work of re
habilitation' and development; the risk will betaken, and
when men get busy again jtf the. work of reconatructing
the ruined city will bother them but slightly if at all;
the new San Francisco, creator and more splendid than
destroyed, except in the event of re
current and aeverer. earthquake 'shocks ' in the near
future,' will arise. - .i..-.,. .... ,--r- - r -
The destruction, after alL was due principally to fire
will take extraordinary precautions and
provisions against such a conflagration
earthquake. And as we have aaid the
many to one that such an agitation of
the earth a crust will not occur there again for hundreds
of years. At least .men will take the chance, for the site
of San Francisco is a vantage point . '
' ALL IS HARMONY NOW) ' "
AfcCCORDINO to the morning paper , all is now
peace and harmony in the Republican party of
' ' ; Oregon. Factional strife has entirely ended and
everybody classed as or calling himself a Republican is
going to stand ahoulder to shoulder - and "vote 'er
straight" There is to be no more bolting or, knifing,
henceforth, forever more.; The principlea" and ' the polr
iciea of the party are to be sustained, and all the Repub
licans of Oregon are going to do ao regardless of -personalities
or philosophy, down to dog-catcher. ' . ;
One "principle," and "policy" of the Republican party,
for instance, is the Dingley-tariff, which the morning
paper opposes and criticises and abjures whenever no
body is to be elected. It is just now singing a sweet
siren song of standpatism. But voters will not be very
much charmed thereby. " -
There are no more factions, we are informed, no more
animosities; the hatchets have been sunk a thousand
fathoma deep; the razors have been converted into deli
cate instruments for clipping dahlias and pansies; wings
are e'en sprouting on the shoulders of the big chiefs. .
How sweet, serene and beautiful it all ist .
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More than ever should the authorities determine that
no building which needs it in Portland should be allowed
to go without fire escapes. And the fire escapes should
be of the best approved patterns.
Barefooted Waiting Maids in Japan.
From Smith's' Weekly. .
TJnleaa there are ladles among the
gueata, the wife and daughters tf the
host do not appear at dinner in Japan.
Before ths meal begins it Is customary
for them to bring In small, cups of tea
and dainty confectionery, when they
take their survey of the party, '
If gentlemen only are cresent. the
Japanese hostess disappears after the
greeting la over, and does not return
until the guests are taking their de
parture. ..,'.
At a" signal from the host herefnott
waiting maids, dressed In graceful and
prettily tinted klmonoa, bring in lacquer
trays bearing tiny covered bowls. Be
fore setting ths trays on the tables the
maids sink - gracefully to their ' knees
and bend forward till their foreheads
loucn.ine noor. They they serve din
ner, which is of several couraea
Birds in Spring Clothes. - '
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
mere ra a numner or birds that put
on fresh, bright beautiful clothes Tor
their spring weddings; . These I birds,
when they mate, change their sombre
dress of gry or brown for plumes of
gold and scarlet
Thus the warrior bird of Germany
puts on for the mating season a run of
many bright hues, while the female
dons a cape of white. ,
xne greoee wedding dress Is two
tufts of hrllllant Mu e..,k... nw.
stand like boms upon his head. They
viiunnv mi nvauiy greatly.
The gnatcatcher Is a dull brown bird,
but in the spring his plumes turn a
beautiful green. , .
The Are weaver's wedding dress is the
most splendid of all. This bird, a sober
fellow In tha winter w. v... w
takes a wife, a dress of bright red.
. Why She Wanted 'park Lane.
From the London Chronicle.
A lady carrying a little dog got Into
an omnibus and wanted to know if
every turning was Park tana -
She began asking the question at
Putney and repeated it at Intervals all
along the route until at laat she waa
told, to the Intense relief of everybody
in the omnibus, that Park lane was
really before her eyes, - - -,
But they were not to see the last of
her even then. "Look!" she said In
ecstatic tones, holding up tha dog to
the window, "that's where your mother
waa porni"1 '- . 1 , , .
MALL CHANGE
Ward deserved to win. .
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- Nominations are ' one thing, election
another. - . ,'.'
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Oo hungry a day If nteesssry to help.
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- Within a small mouth may lie a long
and troublesome tongua
. 'Rockefeller helpa a little.
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Get rid of tha rubbish.
- Sacrtflce something to aid those In
dlstresa. ;
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A tVt Dowia nevertrledJt get into
the aenata . ., . -
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Soma of the. candidates wasted a lot
of money, yet Its ciroulation did aome
good. ... ' '
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Compe naa tlon will somehow appear.
' "As ye would that men should do unto
you, do ye even so unto them." "
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The men who got nominated are sup
posedly happy. , . ' i.
One never knows when he Is safe, but
life cannot be spent thinking about thia
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Get the made la Oregon 'goods; take
no other. , .
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Fire and water are good servanta but
terrible masters. -
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- Lift up the ldla rich." exclaims a
NewTork reformer. But many would
prefer to hold them up."
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There la no. law against bolting.
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Ban Francisco outclaased the primary
election la Interest . : . r '
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rtennoarata are aearca aoeordln to the
registration, but they may make a better
showing In June.
President Roosevelt seems to be able
to pacify everybody but congresa y
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But toctor, there's Chamberlain. .,
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Make a little aacrtflce for tha suffer
ers; it will do you as well aa them good.
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'' Defeated ' candidates cannot be ex
pected to be greatly in love with the
primary law. , . - ;
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If tha best 'men were hot In all eases
nominated it la the voters' fault .
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Who are going to- "run Indepeadent"
San Francisco will re-arlsa eventually
greater than aver.--irf. - . " '
Still' short on rain, aa baa been the
case for many moons now. ,
By tha way, the election passed of f
quietly.. . v . , ...... .t ..
Most of those ' Callfornlana ' are
veritably "the best people .on earth," or
equal to any. -
Ex-Democrats who run for office as
Republican seem' to find little favor.
Mr. Huston of Hlllsboro "also ran."
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"Made In Oregon."
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A 8alem nursery has planted B.00S
pounds-of Franquetta walnuts, - which
will make about US.OOO trees, and more
will be planted next year. This variety
of . walnut waa .originated by a man
named Franquetta in Southern Francs
lit years ago. .
Dayton Is already considering a Fourth
of July celebration.
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Eugene is sura to- get a street rail
way system. . .
Laboring men sea roe, says tha North
Yamhill Record.
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New Medford shingle mill In ope ration.
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More work going on In Oregon than
ever before.
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Baker county orchardista feel con
fident that this year will be a favorable
one and that they may be able to make
good for ths losses sustained last year.
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Woodburn Independent: .Marshal
Beach has a feeling for dumb brutes
and never fails to put a atop to any
cruelty practiced toward then. - Monday
he noticed a span of horeea that stood
on the street here for 14 hours without
food or water. Tha owner, J. W. Wool
err, during that period did not fall to
fill himself, but tha next morning ne
found out that he had dope wrong, and
waa fined lit. ... -.- i . , , ; . ,; ...
All Oregon mills doing a rushing busi
ness. - -i. -
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Barrett correspondence of Hood Rtvsr
Glacier: L - Dart says he mad aome
porridge " with onlona put In the ether
morning for breakfast and having some
left he gave the cat a feed, but the eats
do. not take to tha onion. Presently
Mr. Pug Dog came along and pokes his
nose Into tha dish, but he refused the
onlona Dart then said, "I am glad. Mr.
Pug, that there Is something wh. h
you will not eat" - Pug then looked up
at Dart as muoh aa to say, "I can," and
quietly went to the dish and cleaned up
the whole mesa Pretty good for a dog.
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Falls City will have soma new side
walks. -!-:
Cottage Orova Nugget: At nearly
every grocery store on Main street are
signs out "Men wanted- tor an Kinds
of Jobs, lumbermen, mlllmen, farmers,
etc.. until there ia no need or a man
saying he can't get work. All he has
to do Is ' to ask, and show that he is
willing to work and he can get a good
price. This Is no lasy man's country.
Every man must earn his living ana
has a chanoe to have two Jobs at any
time.. Lumber mills are running short
handed, railroad man are in demand for
all kinds of construction work and times
are on tha go.
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Oregon Irrigator: Tha Ladles Aid
met at Mrs. Priest's last Thursday.
They were permitted to work in their
usual busy, atlsnt way until 4,- when
they adjourned to tha launch for a de
Ughful rtda
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A. drunken woman, passing through
Independence, was "run In" by ths mar
shal, but noxt morning paid her fine
Ilka a man, and went on about her
business to cook In a logging camp.
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Medford ia raising a band fund.' '
MARIE COREUXS NAME
' T is cody r ";. . .
i From the New Tork American.
Marie Corelll'g brother. Henry N.'
Cody, died yesterday m a miserable
baaement at No. tit West Thirty-sixth
street where he made hla home and at
tempted, tn falling health, to carry. on
a small laundry bu sines To all ap
rA. p-a . u. Pjui.tub vi. -
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On the table beside him waa a well
mumped copy of hJ alsteVa weird
story, "The Romance of Two Worlda"
The romano of thia world long ago
had gone out of the Ufa of tha lonely
man, and with hla pipes and a bottla
of brandy-en the table, "he fell asleen
under the fumes of the gas pouring Into
niar nine oasement room a seeker after
uie hidden things of death.
The passing of thia man throws the
nrst light upon the mystery that has
surrounded the identity of the famous
novel i at. who has only shared with the
publio the history of the Uvea of the
creatures of her fancy, and at tha same
time vailing her own life so closely that
she has been the daapair of would-be
biographers or interviewer- Her- nom
de plum serves bar so well. In private
life that perhaps . not a dosen persona
know her real name. , ; ,
''- L.;J .
" Carolina Cody la Marl Corelll'a real
name. That is disclosed In a letter ber
brother, Sidney, in England wrote to
the other brother who ended his life
yesterday. She seemed to Wish to for
get her kith and kin tn tha exalted posi
tion wtiloh tame and rlchea haa brought
her. and Harrv Cody, althous-h he often'
spoks) of his sister and seemed tar yearn'
for a woman s love as a needful -Inter
est In his lonely life, respected her
wishes, and she may not even near of
hin death.-.. J - ... ,-.
'Cody haa lived In New Tork for 10
year Ha came of a good English fam
ily, very poor, - however, and .when tney
gave their Infant daughter Caroline for
adoption into tha family of Dr. Charlea
Maekay, a noted musician, tha children
then old enough to know of . and ap
creclate what had been done took a
pledge. of secrecy which haa been held
Inviolable. Even when rame came to
the young woman from her writings un
der the nom de plume of Marie Corel!!
her brothers were not sure that it was
their sister, but In that belief held her
high Id their affeetlona and esteem, al
though they never had seen nor known
Henrv Cod waa fortunate enough, as
a young man, to win the friendship ot
Governor-General Llagard of .Canada,
who took him from England to Canada
aa has secretary In 16. The. young
man had the nature of a fortune-aeeker
and when, hie mission in Canada grew
Irksome, came to. New Tork and em
barked in buslnesa 'Ha built up a chain
of cigar Stores and prospered for a
time, but Anally was forced to sell-out
at a loas and since mat time jwunmi
to conduct a laundry business, starting
on auite an extensive scale, and gradu
ally retrenching until at laat in two
basement room which served htm aa a
place ot buslnesa and lodging, he tried
to make enough to keep hlra alive by
doing the laundry work himself. Hla
health-was bad. and he became such a
ehronio sufferer from asthma and heart
trouble that he could no. longer sleep in
bed. and took his rest in a chair, trying
to relieve the pain when It grew too in
tense with morphine and brandy.
fcga Agaaul rOOItl 0hftlTfl
lUaJ .llh Rrtnlra. Tn Hfoka wri
WVIV saiivu waaaa vwrmm-m
on the table, both worka of his sister.
"Tha Romance or two worias. ana
one with its title page before him, as
lhanih ha had been - studying it "A
Chiistmaa Greeting.
Among hla closest menas toay was
known to have had a romanoe of youth.
He had fallen In love with a young
woman of a family tn a station above
him, and, finding that hla hopes could
k. n4iiiuil. waa clad to leave the
country. He never was known to speak
to a woman outsias oi mi muinm. n
nsver spoke of his family, except tq one
- .i.u fH.n1i. nd thev almoly
knew vaguely that Marl Core 111 was his
sister.
From tha correspondence In his room,
Cody seems to have broken off relations
with all of hla family exoept hla brother.
His father died aome years ago, as a let
ter from his sister Eleanor Informed
him.-- : - - ' -
t. mytmrm ' that KlMtnor "and ' the
mother, in their wlah to guard the secret
Pmiir, : lilrth. ' resented in
quiries by Cody and hla brother, and
mat una strainea m re'u" toiwu
ths two sons and their -mother and
sister and left them In mystery about
the novelist - Sidney Cody, who has a
prosperous school at Sim Grove, South
sea, wrote about the , mystery which
thev wished to solve to Henry. One of
his letters rani : '
"Our house used to be called Rosiyn
Villa but when I took It over I changed
the name to uoreui, in nonor oi our
... t afraiit. however.. that -riohea
and fame are not conducive to Unking
the members of a family closer."
A later letter speaks more fully about
their sister, and Sidney complains of
the mystery which led to a clash with
his mother. ' : ' ' '
"Thanks very much ror tne news
paper cutting." he write It appeara
not only That an men are tutrs, uui
u .m o much leaa. Mr Tom
Kelly and Marie Corelll I ahould think
ara on I cannot Bay whether the por
trait la like her. There is one thing
certain that aha wishes to Ignore her
kith and kin. ' .
"1 wrote to her a little wnue ago, ana
for doing so brought mother and
unm me in venseanca
aimivi www.. -- -
It seems absurd that a brother cannot
write to hla sister, mere is a mystery
about K that I cannot underatand."
R. A McCnrdy'a Private Safe,
From the New Tork Time ' "
, rland of Richard A.
McCurdy. former prealdeat of the Mu
ti,. Inmhm, AQoioanv. tells the
following story ot a small steel safe
which the Insurance magnate always
kept In his private office when head ot
the Mutual:
"Ths safe waa one In which Mr. Mc
Curdy kept many of hla most valuable
personal papers, etc It weighed a lit
tle more than 10 pounds, and he had It
speclaly mads for him. It was always
kept in a secluded corner of his mag
nificently furnished sanctum and cov
ered over with a piece of green plush.
pk. m,mm nntnlnr exceDtlonallv un
usual about the aafe Itself except In
one particular, ana . m wm in m,
opening of It Thia was a secret One
Am m uii. ahnrtlv after the - insur
ance scandal became public, Mr. Mc
Curdy let me into in myeiery wnue a
was visiting him In hla offlca Ho waa
about to open tha safe to take some
papers out of It when ' ha auddenly
turned to ma and In hla Impulsive way
said as he neia out tne mj; in give
.4.1-- In mm tm
you vvvrf 141414s . - -
you open It-' Well. I took the key and
Inserted It In the lock without any dif
ficulty, nut not ror tne uie ox me couia
I open the little steel d-or. I fumbled
with the key In the lack for several
minutes, but It was no use. Mr. Me-
r.4l Ih.n tana-titna-lw frtAk tha Icav
from me, calmly Inserted lta wrong and
into tha lock, and with a dextrous twist
of the wrist the diminutive door swung
open. W - .. - ,
illr. McCurdy seemed to ba very
proud of hla little dodga On the very
day that he resigned from tha Mutual
he had the safe removed to a aafa de
posit vault In tha city." . ;
THE PiAY-Sfr
-The New Century Girls opened a week's
engagsmsnt at the Baker yesterday In
"The Taking Mr. Raffles" and "In
South Dakota," and the beat olio that
has been In Portland alnoa the burlesque
wheel began to revolv . The comedians
of the show are ready .with new. cen
tury Jokes. " The chorus members are
shapely and sing with oonalderabla merit
and so the rest hadn't ought to count
against them. "
But It la tha olio that makea the audi
ence alt up and take due notlc Edyth
Murray, the toy artist Is a dainty little
creature who captivated her audiences
yeeterday by hard and meritorious work.
Ward and Raynor put on a comedy sing
ing and conversational skit that la far
ahsad of the ordinary, Bowen and Llna
do exoellent work on the horlsontal bar
and-in thia case tha woman halt of the
sketoh doesn't just put - on the frills,
but does hard work and wins applause
for. herself. - r
There is not much to be said about
Stewart and Desmond, but there la a
great deal to be aaid about tha mualoal
turn of tha Burtons, which la by far su
perior to aaythlng of tha kind aeen on
tha local burleequa stage thia season,
liter, too, the woman end of ths sketch
does the greateet part of the work and
ber musical ability and clever -costume
change brought the team many curtain
calls at the Initial performance." '
There la a tone of richness about tha
entire production that appeala - to tha
laded burlesque spectator. 'The; Scenery
ia new and gorgeous and the costumes
are not dimmed with aga ' There are a
host of merry musical - numbers and
pretty dances without limit. ' The open
ing medley la a startling surprise and
takes ths audience off Its feet, getting
It- into proper shape and -feeling for
wbatrfollowa . What follows is the hu
man statue but you must go to see
that - r . .
The New Century Girls will hold forth
at the Baker alt week and give a. spe
cial performance Saturday night at
which amateurs will be allowed Jo dis
grace themselves and prominent Bow
ery "book" will hook those unworthy of
consideration.
Trvnp at ;the:Empir. .
"A Thoroughbred Tramp" I a farcical
melodrama, that seems to appeal to an
audience euch as filled the Empire thea
tre last night It ia an old production
one of the one-night stand sort but It
haa been dressed anew, adorned with
embellishments of humor that. make It
almost a new show. It Is a succession
of highly melodramatic and sensational
Incidents,' but enough comedy has been
Injected into It to keep an audience In
a laugh most of the time.
The story la that of an easterner who
haa. lost hla fortune and through the
reverses that came upon .him becomes
a genuine tramp. He wends hla way
westward Into a Colorado mining camp,
where be ferrets out the conspiracy that
resulted In his ruin, exposes the con
spirators and discovers in the person of
a handsome widow hla wife of former
years. J. J. B wart wood, aa T. Rush
Thompson ' the . "thoroughbred," . Is a
clever character actor' and bubbles over
with fun.' He haa fair support and the
staging of tha production is vsry good.
The show Is well worth seeing to those
who enjoy seeing a mixture of comedy
and melodrama such as this. : . ,
: Wrong Sid of tha Door.
- From- Llppineott'a : Magaalne.
At the commencement exercises of one
of our large colleges a prominent law
yer had been aaked to addreaa the grad
uate Being very busy about that time
he neglected to give any thought to the
subject of his discourse. On arriving at
the hall where the exercises were held
he waa still at a loss for a topic. In
passing through a large swing door
which led Into the hall Itself the word
"Push" painted on the door happened to
catch hla eya Like, a flash it occurred
to him that here was a text that he
could use very appropriately. When his
turn earns to speak he arose and ad
dressed the audience in aomewhat the
following manner: ,
"Toung gentlemen, the aubject of my
little talk with you this morning can
ba expressed in one short 'word; It Is a
thing that la especially applicable to
you young men, who; In one line or an
other, are going out into Ufa to make
your way. It Is a thing without which
no ma n - Is - sura of attainin g -auoeea
Gentlemen, on yonder door Is the word
I refer, to.".- ; "
Every eye In the room Immediately
glanced toward the door indicated, but
on the inside the word "Pull" was plain
ly. pinteL Th laughter and applause
which followed were nearly deafening,
and it waa aome time before he could
explain his statement:.
Quinine, Drug in Moat Demand.
- From the Philadelphia Record. ' '
When a Chestnut street drug store
clerk was asked recently what the drug
In greatest general demand was he re
plied: "Well, if you cut out the toilet
preparations and lotion aome of which
might fairly be called drug it's quinine,
which is far ahead of all the rest.
. "Some people take It all the time, and
nearly all the ethers take it on special
occasfbn. and wa hand out more of It
than anything elae. Tha people who
take it regularly find it a tonic. In
reality It's not only that, b,nt a stimu
lant and, of course, when used that
way-It has its bad effect - Tha last
time 1 1 heard the figures thia country
waa Using more than 100 tons a year,
and lt'a certainly no less now.
"Most people think of South America
aa the source of the main supply of
quinine, but it Isn't - There Is where it
was originally, found, but most of that
now on ths market cornea from India,
Ceylon and Java Some experiments
are being. made to grow the clncho, a
tree in our southern etatea, but as far
.they don't amount to much.
Bear Haa Two Teeth Pulled.,
Pottetewn Corr. Pittsburg Press.
A performing bear traveling with a
vaudeville company playing here . this
week waa the patient in a case of dental
surgery today. . ,
The bear has been out of humor for
some time on account of toothache and
the two troublesome teeth were removed
by a local -veterinary
The animal was strapped on his back
td the floor and the trainer and veteri
nary set to work. The tusks were so
Arm that ths Job took an hour and a
half. The animal performed aa usual
this evening. ......
There is no similar case ea the reo
orda of dental surgery. .
X
A Circus.
Vlsltt What a wall-behaved little
bey..' .'' . .j
Mother Tes. I told bim It he was
good be could watch hla father take up
the carpet ,
SELF - RESPECT -tAND
SELF-RELIANCE
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. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.'
, (Copyright, 1908. by AtBerlcaaJaarsal-ExasilBer)
Aa we grow olden we realise more and
more the value of the eld principles xf
truth, honor and virtu taught ua in
our youth. . i
And we grow to feel great charity ' for
mose whs wore not given .thia funda
mental basis of education.
-There waa a time in my life when I
aemea it an unklndtoeas of fate that
denied me. the advantages ot money in
early youth.
: Uka all young egoist I believed my
self particularly fitted to enJovand I
properiy -use-worn advantage
. Aa I looked about me and saw the mis-
se of many such favor which others
enjoyed, I felt that providence had been
both unwlae-and unkind tn Its choice of
people ror the bestowal of its benefit
Not then hid the great truth which
alone makea God Just, the truth of re-'
incarnation of the aoul in many live
Impressed Itself upon tn .Not then hsd
I come to ths knowledge that each aoul
Is directed to Its own environments here
by former deeda and thoughta, and that
by thoughts and acta In this life. It Is
changing Its present and deciding lta
ruture environments. ,
- But now. la the light of experience. I
know that three things taught ms in my
early iie were greater In worth than
any inheritance of wealth or fortun
Theae three things were the value of
aelf-respect Self-reliance and independ
ence or debt, , -
--'.The poorest parenta on earth can
teach their children theae things.
It needs ' no college and no private
tutors to Instill such Ideas into the
piastre mind of a child.
It; needa. only . the frequent repetition.
or them by older .associates. - . .
If you have children under your care,
whether you be parent or teacher, im
press upon them the necessity to be able
to respect themselves rather than to look
for empty honor gained at the price of
self -respect: to cultivate worthy alma
and to live open Uvea and to hide not ha.
ing from -the iworld that Would bring
a heme-If known.
Teach them to believe in themselves;
In their ability to achieve result and
te attain noble goals; and teach them
to suffer any deprivation and work at
any .occupation, no matter- how- menial, :
rather than inour debt . - ....
Without this foundation of character
a man will be handicapped all through
life, no matter what adrantagea fortune
may beatow. 1 - : '
- The plaudits of tha world can never
make happy the man who does noTe
epect'hlmaelf. , ' ...
The sneers of ths. world can never
render miserable the man who does re
sneet himself and who knows his Ufa
la above reproach, however he may be
mlsunderetood. .
"Opportunity can do little for .the man.
who baa no beuer in nimseir. tie win
miss the best goals in his reach and fail
ot attaining his highest possibilities
through Aha lack of. confidence.
- The man: wtlio believes in himself will
mske his own opportunltle . -Fate
cannot ao handicap or hinder him
that he will fall..-
Fortune, however opulent will never
make any man independent who. haa no
inbred horror of debt.. - .
- He who regards debt as a apeeies of
disgrace wlU know the full meaning of.
that word "Independence and all ft 1m
plie however meager may be his purse.
- Self-respect aelf-reliance. independ- .
ence teach your' children these three
qualities; add love, faith and cheerful
ness, and you' have equipped them for
life's battles better than if you had be
stowed only titles and fortun upon 1
them. ' . ' . i'
LEWIS AND CLARK
At Rock Creek. - ;
April . Two of the horses strayed
away in consequence of Charboneau'a
neglecting to -tie them aa he hsd been
directed. On of them waa recovered,
but aa we bad a long ride to make be
fore reaching the next village we could
wait no longer than 11 o'clock for the
other. Not being found at the time, we
sst out and after marching tor 11 'miles
over tha sands of a narrow rocky bot- .
torn on the north aide of tha river came
to a village near . Rock rapid, at the
mouth of a large (rock) creek, which we
had not observed In descending. . It
consisted of 12 temporary huts of mst.
Inhabited by a tribe called Wahhowpum,
who speak a language very similar to '
that of the Chopunnlsh. whom they re
semble also In dress, both sexes being
clad In robes and shirts as well aa leg.
gtnrs - and " moccasins. These people
seemed much . pleased to see - us,
and readily gave us four dogs and
aome chapelell and wood In ex
change - for-small articles; such as
pewter button strips of tin. Jron and
bras and soma twisted wire, which we
bad previously prepared for our long
Journey across the plain Theae peo-"
pi as well aa some more living In five
huts a little below them, were waiting
the- return ot the salmon. We also
found a Chopunnlsh. returning " home
With his family and a dosen young '
horse aome of which he wanted us to
hire; but this we declined, aa In that
case we should be obliged to maintain
him and his family on the route. After ,
arranging the camp, we assembled all
the warriors, and having smoked with,
them, . the violins were produced and
aome of the men danced.' Thia civility
was returned by the Indiana In a atylo
of dancing such aa we had not yet seen.
Tha spectators formed a circle round
the dancers, who, with their robes
drawn tightly , round the shouldera and
divided Into parties ef five or six men,
perform by crossing in a Una from one
side. of the circle to the other. All the'
parties, performers ss well' aa epee
tatore Join, and the 'whole concludes by.
a Una from one aide of tha circle to the
Other. All the parties, performers as
well aa spectators Join, and tha whole
concludes by a promiscuous dance and
song. Having finished, the natives re
tired at our request after promising to
barter horses with us In the morning.
The river Is by no means so airncult m
Disease nor obstructed by - so many
rapids-aa It was in the autumn, the.
water being now .aurnaientiy nign to
cover the rocke In the bed.
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; Pointed Paragraphs.
From the Chicago New 'i
1ti ,Hltaltv anAlla mnrJt AmmU '
Many a manufacturer, makea nothing
but enemies. . y t- , -' ' '
Signing your-nams io.a iriena s note
Is a bad algn. " ' v i w - '
But fsw girls are as homely as they
sometimes act - "-; " y
. When riches come In. at the Window
friends flock to the door.
No, Alonso, a m,n Isn't always a
plug because as wears a plug hat
I,
. A P.eminder. .'
. Lives of grafters all remind ua .,
What a snap It la to be - '
.Born wtttjcut a sense of honor, .
Moral or plain decency. (
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