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A- .-'II WEDNESDAY. MAY 0. 1C3. PORTLAND, OREGON, 1 s-vsk 'V-ea en .'. ' A ' , f""N ' . ' . S' , . 3 : h k r n a 11 a g'Q o if. . THE OREGON DAILY . a it iiDiriNomr mwifirn ' Published every evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday . i - - ml . , II J. flW A fill ...-. warning. s me journal ruuuim. ..... . . -Yamhill; streets. Portland. Oregon. : Entered at ths poatof ftc at Portland, portatloa through tbe malls aa seoona-ciass , TELEPHONE Editorial Room. . Main M Business ; FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE. ' ! Vreeland-Benjamln Special Advertising Agency. 15 Naaaau , street. New York; Trlbuna Building. Chicago. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. I. The Dally J .T.M The Iell JoareaL 1 year.... e.w Ibe KaUf JoursaL iU.,8ua- I. wiueu aey. a smews. ..... , The Dally Journal, Bwatbe.. Tee Dally Joaraat wilk Sua oar. S swaine........ The Pally Joareal. S sKietlie.. f.TS ieO I.M 1.J0 Tl Dally Journal, Wlte sua- '. Say. I BHHiih. 6S Tfce Dally, per week, Sellr- erea, Haaday htrledeS M -Dally, week, deUeereU,- Sua-- ear eiceitted. ...... JO Remittance should-be made- by - express orders and small amounts are l-cent postage tamps. . , ' ', . . W1THYC0MBB SPEAKS up. - - P ROCESSOR WlTHYCOMBE opened his cam. paign ii Corvalfig yesterday , with a, rather neat - - - apeech, .which had evidently . been very carefully prepared and conned-"Apparently following- the Jead of hia political mentor, the Oregrortian Mr.- Withyc'ottibe ' laudetTthe" Republican partyrttr past, present, and future, and declared that it had yet "V great miioti to per form," though he failed to atate what that "mission" was. "He haf nothing-to tohe-protecttre tariff. whlch eemi td b the-Republican party'i jhief ."mission," or about trusts, or the ahip subsidy bill, or senatorial tools of RockefeIlefrl'';'""'Y":-.l-r:-:i-'J:!: Professor Withycombe acknowledged that "this is a fntirel time fnr thr Rrnnhliran nartv of Oregon." but he did not deism to exnlain why this that gave : President - Roosevelt some If the fact be as stated, the reason for interesting-. '-.'., Professor Withycombe went on to " franchises and some other matters, in -Chamberlain's. Indeed, it would seem the last week or two largely in studying the governor s taunt Aiigerpeech. -The Republican candidate for governor fail entlrelyito connect his views as to taxation and other business mat- ters with his previous statement as to the importance and '" necessity of keeping' the Republican party in power ..eternally and at all points. Oregon has a - Democratic governor, or rather, it might almost be said, a .non ' partisan governor, and it seems that the state's business ' has been very well attended to by him and his appointees and his Republican colleagues in office. -Surely the school land business is in "far bette'r shape than it ever was tinder a Republican -administration; taxes have been lowered; at,d really there is not a pie. suggested by Mr.-Withycomhe4hat-ovfwr getting a square.jdea - Chamberlain does not stand forv- f V- So it is not at all clear: tolhe people" whythey should tnaKe any tnange- in-oovernor now, merely on ine score vf party. If we have a good. abJe7TOtfutrWire1ylattF ..... factory governor, who-haa done welt . and who we all know will continue to do well, isn't it really folly to oust -h'm and put an untried man in his place, solely for the sak of "part?".What has "a "party" done for the average individual, anyway fs A gooLmanylvoters are looking at the matter in this way. . ...'' THE INCREASED COST HOUSEKEEPERS do not need to be told that the cost, of living has greatly increased during the r . JZ past 10 yeSrs.T.Their' weekly ;or'monthly bills for the necessariea of life tell the story, plainly.-. Prices reached a higher point last year than at any other time within the past 16 years. The average of prices for 1905, according to carefully prepared rnost 16jper cent higher than the average for the ten-year penbl890tl899729eYenTTiTgherniha -for-4897,-an4-2.6 per - eent - higher - 1904, The I90S average, compared with average prices during the 16 years beginning in 1890, is shown by government statistics , to be 58.6 per cent higher in farm products than it was xent higher jn foodstuffs than in 1896,22.9 per. cent higher in elothtne-han-.tn Jwr'JV1S-.pef and lighting than in. 1894, 41.8 per - and implements thantn 1898, 41.4 per ber and building materials tharTin higher in drugs .and chemicals than cent higherin house furnishing goods -23.4Tm cent hurher- art icles laneous than in 1896.- -- The years of comparison with lat complete and emphatic . - !VVelL"jt will besaid,what of alljhis? The country is prosperous; there is an eager demand for everything produced; farmers and all producers are prospering; why should anybody complain?" But it is to be observed that . the prices of farm products at the farm do not show the increase. These are wholesale prices, and the farmer . really receives but a small percentage of the gaiu.J Man ufacturers are undoubtedly doing better .than they did in ' ' Philosophy of Clothes. - From the Tailor and Cutter. .': Our experience In connection with big and little men leads us to the conclusion that little men are generally vain and decidedly faetldlowe in the matter of dress. They Are fully conscious of -their , own deficiency In the matter of height and bulk, but will not tolerate It being mentioned by' others. They want -the tailor to make the moot he possibly ' can of ''them, Tmd - to give - tbem- the smartest style and the best of fits. With big men and by these we do not mean corpulent figures, but tsll and .well-developed men our experi ence Is that they. are often clumfy and "indifferent In" the matter of drees. "and aa they prefer comfort lo style, the but ter seldom has the chance of doing that Justice ta them which he desires, and, consequently, very fewb1fjnen appear to the best advantage. The customers who give the least .trouble are those who are described ss . average built -men; they recognise that they are not Apoiloa, and so see the need for proper attention , to - their Ths worklpg-.els.sees have their own . ideas, on the matter of dress, but are " not so exacting as those who have not Is toll for thelr:Hrlng. " In certain districts , thetOaste 'for bell-bottom trousers is very pronounced, t and woe betide the tailor who does not Impart a proper bell-form to ths bot toms. , An aristocrat Is the most exacting of all customers. .. He will order one thing and require rflsrnTiatarnnrr-wiien' hs nBsterTTan'wectrRufiTnimer- tries It em. only to go back to ths ortBfHcan Beauties." - iaal nrder before 4t la finished. , lie will p'tii- garments waiting ' or mootts to be tried vn, sod hs Is nut the last decade of pjubuaher. tttaron; wort an Oregon. forrtrens- miu.f, Office. .Mala 600 ei uia ay JOURNAL The Daily Joareal. wita ea dy. 1 year ......ST.00 shows that tariff soon be radically The Pally Jnaraal. 1 year.... i 00 The Dally Joornal, with Sua-: . day. a BMmttaa I TO Tbe Dally jwsrsat. S awatbe.. XI The Delly Joornal, wits Baa? day. swatka . I The Pally Journal, S aasatbe.. 1.40 The Bally Journal. -. day. t swath....,.- 85 The Pally Joareal. 1 Booth... ' J Tea aeadaj Journal. 1 year, . 1.00 The Buaday Jourael. S smiths 1.00 Rockefeller should draft, - postal -notes, acceptable la 1 and If the proposed is so, in a state tically des t roy Jocal 43,000 - majority. it would be very ' ' - ' - - , ltsott taxation ot regard to which it vrnor i favor of tht law mi 111 i,1 "' "" that he has spent tar larger than betore, good thing for tfie OF LIVING. estimates, were al than - the - average - for .Hit-is the year of lowest verely punished for or marred his two could be found to in 1896, 297 per ..n - wig cent higher in metals eased, and for him, cent higher in lum tures, let t have 1897, 24.1 per " cent in 1895, 21.5 per than in 1897, and igatedSArinifljeJrxsalary-f -f 1 jjOO-si-year, ......i ) things on earUvroTthe governor- to -doi year are thus taken who thinks it a come far in excess San Francisco. v Figure out, honor lican party ever did always so considerate, of his tailor's need for caah as he might be. Of course, there are soma splendid -exceptions," but tsklng them as a class, they' are exacting, and. In many eases, fas tidious. , - Business men vary considerably In their peculiarities. Many -of them dree a In harmony with their business, which often means strength and ease, rather than style and- smartness. , t The .business - man generally knows whst he wants-and tries to' get It With as little waste of time as possible, and will often overlook dVflclenoles rather than send the garments back to be al teredr r - . ..v. Serenity. . , ; .:. By Zlporsh I Harrt. Hrw-strange)y sweet Is nature's srmg. When vesper mekvlles"' Lisp through the soft and tranquil air. In minor harmonies. Enraptured t have often strayed .7 Among the peaceful hills. '-'.. ' And'-ttlite-ndtnr the birds.-theJresr And murmur of the rllls." I know not why my soul grows ssd. Why tears fair silently. While rjoa sublimely, veils the earth ' In grand serenity. Portland, Oregon. lo. Tht Stinrr Man I ' From' ths PhlladelphfAIPuhllc " Tedger. "What lovely roses:" she exclaimed. x "res,- he replied oolrtly, "they're very proTiably blushing jst ths pries the flor ist Ssks lor tuern,t. the nineteenth tentury, but their em ployes have shared but slightly if atall in their pros perity. "Protection of Amerfcan labor" by a high tariff law ha been clearly demonstrated an utter sham, a de- tutrgaous-Jjua We are glad to see Ihe famers prosper; we like to see them get good prices;but there are millions of workers in lf sorts t avocations ta xmes vynQaepcn and must absolutely depend upon daily, weekly or monthly wages. Many of these wage-earnerrhivetanff ilies. to supportj-children Jo educate, clonics ana xooa and books to buy fof two, three, four or five people; the cost of living keeps going up,, while their wages remain the same.' This cannot go on forever nor very much longer. . Wage earners must be paid more, and in pro portion to the cost of the riecessariesof life.- This situation, as .we have thus briefly 'disclosed it reform and our system of taxation must reformed. People will not much longer stand this tremendous pressure of the cost of living, without finding "and usingr means - of -relief, That- a be' able to pile up a billion dollars, while a million workingmen vainly strive o gain an humble home.Ms a monstrous wrong, that in some way must and shall be righted, era-long. " 1., A POLITICAL BUNKO' GAME. 0 BIAININGTvotesl,byfalsepretenses is jipt a . . statutory crime but it is, no less indefensible -TT-Oli.r-Tf : ? rreMet""ltiTnf fn,A Tkt' whir.h the liquor , dealers are guilty in endeavoring to secure the enactment of their' bill, amending the local option law, under the false and misleading pretense that it is de signed, to give "equal privileges" t6 prohibitionists and anti-proHibirionist. - r. : r---,-.-! No majn can examine the bill without becoming coni rtneed that h liquor dealsrs art attempting to burrko the people. While the measure is described as an amend ment of the local option law, it is in fact a' virtual repeal of he law. Of the 18 sections f the locat'option law, the liquor 'dealers propose tp repeal all fiut one, and that one is so altered as to be unrecognisable The proposed law is so utterly unlike Jhe existing one that it is absurd to call it an amendment. , . v -' '... law- should he "enact ed it would prac option in this sfat i, - The local option law is not the result of" any snap judgment on the part of the people of the state, nor is it the act of a majority of the voters. It was enacted, by means of tho initiative, in the state election of. 1904Land OVef 83,000 Voters voted lor or against' it The majority was ?ver 3,000: iv.ii.-',-.), -T. . . same elements that opposed tli'enattrrieni 'oi tne" law are now striving to amend, or rather to repeal it Thrrt is no reason to suppose that the sentiment of the people as to the wisdom ot the law nas undergone any charige.On the contrary there is abundant evidence that the experiment of local option has met with popular favor and that if it were again submitted fairly to the voterriof the state' thmajorfty in favor of U woul4 be None see this' more plainly than the liquor dealers and it is for this Treason that they are seeking- to accomplish by underhand methods-whatlheycould noreffeclif "they proceeded openly and fairly. The people are entitled to a square deal, as -well as the liquor dealers. 'And in this case it is the people, not the iiquoTHealera, who are not A CANDIDATE'S SUGGESTION. ERTIAPSCiBfneelftats lantogenthotrtdbef - "abolishedas-Dr. vVuhycombe suggests, though we do not believe it. Possibly the work is now in such a shape that this official could in the near future be dispensed with. But in this connection it is well to remember the vastly useful services of State Land Agent Oswald West, and incidentally to compare them-with the services qf General Odell and former land agents. Dr. Withycombe will ntake no capital by attacking Mr. West, or Governor Chamberlain for appointing such a man in place of the pets and parasites who for 30 years, to put it mildly, have much mismanaged the land business of Oregon, under both Republican and Democratic gov ernors, -.- '.. .;. '; ". . : '" ' . . ' - " . , - Chamberlain and West have? brought order out of chaos, have substituted honesty for many-sided skuldug gery, and the people know it. Professor Withycombe would probably be wise." to TnakeniomaclroirCovtrnor ChamberlainVland agent tinlikely-thatlybungGeorge Mitchell will be c killing the creature who had ruined 'Sisters' lives. 'Probably no jury convict him. It was one of those deeds which humanity will excuse. But it should also be said that perbaptCreffielLcouId not help being what ibtodiy, monUUy-and .moraUy.di as for all, misguided or erratic crea chantyr : ."It is up to-Governor-dhamberlainLsayslhe-Orerr gonian, "to show that the state land agent has earned his -VV ell, t We are still wondering why Uncle Andre w Carnrg ie, disgrace to die rich, and who has an in of all he gives away, 'did not help' out - The senate will give up and pass some sort of a rate bill, but the probability is that it won't amount to much. bright, how much good the Repub to you. . Garbage in the Air. From ,the New York World. 6r the- trifling sum of 15,000.000, two braesy-scientists have offered New York City the opportunity of having its atmosphere freah laundered every 24 houra and all lis microbes, coal dust and bacilli carefuly sifted out. Dr. Hans Lelbetch and Dr. L. D. lyothrop, whq announce themselves as the founders of the new science, hsve presented their plan to Mayor McC'lel lan. - They do" not sea how ha can fall to accept It. .-. These Iwo pioneers in a new flelll of science call their discovery "a system of air canalisation and evacuation Dr. ITansX.clbraIch describes" himself as a civil engineer who haa Hved in Europe. He neglects to give any particulars concerning Dr. tthrop, his associate. Both live in Olouoeatar Massachusetts, but are willing tq move to New York If Msyor McClellan ana The aldermen will adopt their plan for cleaning the air. : The two discoverers propose to manu facture valuable by-products from the garbage extracted from tbe air. They- explsin thst the side products are to "be realised from sewer ksses, snd for this purpose cold storage houses are . to be erected between the "eVacu ator" and ths outlet; on the walls of these houxes enormous quantities of saltpeter, ammonia,' potash, soda and acids, such as uree, .etc., form, sll of which can be used for medicinal and general purposes of all kinds. Oliver I jke Central Oregonisn: This, village Is lately getting to be very much 1 Infested with dogs thst greatly disturb I ths nervous person to a sleepless rest. Rome one took a hot at a dog a few nlchts .ago that made a recherche and lodged la S. L Porter's window. ! SMALL CHANGE Made M Oregon. r - r Keep on clashing up. Aa apology is generally a poor excuse. By the way. how sod whera Is Pat Lroare r : ,.-T.,r- ' Trie anthracKa miners did wall not to atriaa now. .' r Trie trouble In Russia has scarcely psgun aa yet. . j a- The csar hss lost his Witts: hs long ago lost his wits.. - .. - a e , , . Wall, ' you hsva flva days mors In which to register. ' -. " r. e . a It will not ba a very hot campaign. whatever the wsather. . e . s - 'r.: '. : The country could well spars some otbera besides Clarlt ( Montana- Don't worry,'" whatever" happansr '. It wears you out and doss no good. People are Ignoring party and hunting for ths right men, mors and mora. Don't Imagine because It Is midsum mer weather that It won't rain batons long.. . . ..'.'. . . , . e , e ' Nobody will svsr know how man peo ple wars killed In 'the San ffanolsoo wreck. ; j , . i . . . :- - . ' . The Republican party can claim and hold fsat to Aldrlch or Poraker, but It can't claim Roosevelt. - -. . - ..... m t . The. woman who la sura aha has mors sense than her husbsnd Is mistaken It she. Insists onlt to him. , A - great many Oregon voters - don't velt la a .Republican, or. not.-. Roosevelt anxious for Oregon Repub lican candidates to be elected without exception la a funny Idea. Indeed. There sems to be no doubt that air. Mylkey will be semtes a little while If ills U'llslnlu ewejw - " . a e At least no Oregon officials of either party have gotten into trouble like Hob aonr Camrgle anil -ifeeh, by kissing women. A Chicago woman says there Is no hope ot being .happy wltb. a. man you have twice divorced. It la aad to see a woman such a hopeless pessimist. Hera la oner of tha aiiilrta m going the rounds of .the country press. A vouner widow riAtnar ealrH w. u .h. did not marry again replied:- "I'm Juat as good as married, now. - I've got a nar- xmajm. ,nn nnas ins awnwring;.ja a;ot.a4 . . L . . .L . I hog that does the grunting; I've got a torn cat and ha staye out-el) nle;ht.ir Jnat J not as gppdjshoaverage JmA band I'll qult . . Get those made In Oregon. - - a . a .' Nojearth quakes-tn Oregon.- .- - -r . e e ' Ots. of fcomeseekers coming. ' Room for millions In Oregon; e Eugene Guard much improved lately, Cooa Bay railroad work Drocresslna out siowiy. - . Btayton Is to - have an - excelsior manufactory. . More cheese thsn ever before In Til- I lamooit coiinry Xambs nearly100 per eent through out- urani county. Lota of potatoes yet talcs above Weston. In ' the noun. ( e e , Baker county needs and must soon nave a new court house Bprlngfleld will probably have Fpurthof July celebration. LeLe big Joseph has an esteemed eltlaen named David DiggUgsHa-ought. to- be a-goed minor. .... , With-Mr. C. H. Fisher In editorial charge of ths Eugene Guard that paper will undoubtedly become greatly . Im proved and may set the pace for other vaney papers.:--- Mndrss Pioneer: The work of shear ing the big flocks of the Baldwin Sheep & Land company- at Hay creek was commenced this weeK. The company will shear about 10,000 head of sheep and all of them will be shorn by ma chine. ... i, .;- .-. . . e e -- ' ------- Condon Times: A subscription paper was passed around this week and lib erally signed by the business men and cltlscns to pay certain monthly amounts towards the expenses or the baseball team. About $160 has bean subscribed for each month of the season. ; e e Condon Times: . The lambing season la almost . over and the sheepmen are well satisfied with the results. - From tf per cent to over a hundred Is the report of gains from many camps. One or two camps have reported gains of lot per cant. On the whole the gain this year la well above ths average. I Bandon Recorder: A- ''wild man" Is reported to have been seen In this vi cinity lately. Me Is said to have a skin like a rhinoceros and needs no clothing, lit Tlves on milk an J the bark "of trees." Several posses have hunted for him but he eludes all pursuers. He was headed for Curry county when last seen. "A then -Press:., Athena homemakera are preparing better lawns and more attractive yards. It le- noticeable, that several yards "have been filled and graded with new soil and seeded with clover and bluegrass this spring. " A touch, here and there beantlfles the home, and a well kept lawn enhances the good appearance-of a home , more than anything else. e'. e Kent Recorder:., A little "devil" tr rived at our home last Friday morning,, the 17th. and while he Is rather diminu tive, only a a-pounder, he seems to be determined to run the whole shebang: and he comes pretty near" doing It too. He and his mother are doing nicely. but it Is stlU vetyuncertsln whether we will Survive the Bh bck or not Ws pect him tq -ornmence sticking type in a few days, and then ra wjU be able to determine whether ws wUl let bim stay er not OREGON SIDELIGHTS j SALE OF A SACK OF FLOUR v- In Mark Twain's celebrated book, "Roughing It,'' appears a splendid tribute-to the' generosity of the people of California and Nsvada during their ''flush times." lie describes the sals or a aack of flour for the "Sanitary Fund during the clvlt war. and his description Is well worth the space here given to it: Money was wonderfully plenty, The trouble was, not how to get It but how to spend It, how to. lavish . U. get .rid of It squander It And so it was a happy thing that lust st this Juncture the news came ovsr the wires that a great United States sanitary commit slon bad been formed and money ' was wsnted for . the relief of ths wounded sailors and soldiers of tbe union Ian. gulshtng . In - the - eastern - hospitals. Right on ths heels of It earn word that San Francisco had responded superbly before the telegram was half's day old. Virginia rose as one man! A sanitary committee was hurriedly organised, and Its chairman mounted a vacant cart In C street and -tried to make the -clamorous multitude understand that ths rest of the committee were flying hither and thither and working With all their might and main, and that If the town would oniy wait- an nour, an ornca would oa ready, books opened and the commission prepared to receive contributions. His voice was drowned and bis information lost In a ceaselssa roar of cheers, and demands that the money be received now they swore they, would not wait. The chairman pleaded and argued, but. deaf ,to all entreaty,-men plowed their way Shrough ths throng and rained checks and gold coin Into the cart and scurried away for more.' Hands clutch ing money were thrust sloft out of tbe Jam by men who hoped this eloquent appeal would cleave a roaa their etrug gllngs could not open. The very chair men and Indians caught the excltejnent and dashed their half dollars Into the cart without knowing, or caring what It was all about women plunged into the crowd, trimly attired, fought their way to Jhecar,t with Aheir coin, and mrf1 again, by and by, with their apparel in a state of hopeless dilapidation. It w the wildest mob Virginia had ever sesn and ths most determined and unaovern able; and when at last it abated Its fury and dispersed It had not a penny rn Its pocket To use Its -own phraseology-," It came there "flushed" and went away buetea." suiWJtUaUJiBt'uiiiiiilgsluii im nam Into systematic working order 'ana Tor- weeks the contributions flowed into its treasury In a gsnerous stream. Indl' vlrlimle levied upon themselves a regu- lar weekly tax foi the sanitary "TuBaTT graduated aeeorotng to their means,- ana there wss not another grand universal outburst till the famous "Sanitary flour Back" came our Way. " Ita history : Is peculiar and.. Interesting. A former schoolmate of - mine,- by the nsme of Rsuel Qridley. was living at the little city of Austin, In the Reess river coun try, -at -this time, and wss the Demo cratic candidate for mayor. Be and the Republican candidate matte an agreement I that the defeated man ahould be pub Ilcly presented wlfh a BO-pound" sack of flour by-the gueeessfui. one and should carry It home on his shoulder. Orldley was defeated. The new -mayor gave htm the sack of flour and he shouldered it and carried It a mile or two, from I-ower Austin Jo Ms . home In Upper Austin, a t tended by a band of muslflZspjl the I whole population. Arrived there, he said he did not need the flour and asked what the people thought he had better do with It A voice said: ' ' f rBrll it to the highest bidder, for ths benefit of the sanitary fund." The -auggestlon was greeted - with-a round of applause, and Orldley mounted a dry good a-box and assumed the role of - auctioneer. - 'The bids went - higher and higher, as the sympathies of ths pioneers awoke and expanded, till at last the sack waa knocked down to a mill man at $2S0, and his check taken. He was asked where be would have the flour delivered, and he said. -, .,, t,. -"Nowhere eell it again.". Now the cheers went up royally, and the multitude waa fairly In the spirit of the thing. So Orldley stood there and shouted and perspired tilt the sun went down; and when the crowd dispersed he had" sold the sack to 800 different peo ple, and had taken In 48.000 in gold. -And still the flour sack waa in his possession. The news cams to Virginia, and a tele gram went back: . "Fetch along your flour sack!" Thirty-six hours afterward Orjdley ar rived, and an - afternoon mass meeting was held In ths opera-house and the auction, began. But the sack, had eoma . aoonat, than it.was .sxpectecUJUxe people were not thoroughly aroused and the tale dragged. At nightfall only $5,000 had been secured, and there waa a crest fallen feeling In the community. How ever, there was no disposition to let the matter reet Tiers - and m acknowledge vanqulshment at the hands of the vll. mg of Austim TiH-htte In the ntg-ht " lie" principal: cIfcxeji-wrs-afr-work -ar ranging the motrow's campaign, and fears for ths rasuV thT n ing a procession of open carriages, at tended by-clamorous bands of music and adorned with a moving display of flags, filed along C street and was aoon In danger of blockade by a huaxalng multi tude of citizens. In the first carriage sat Orldley, with the flour sack In prom inent, view, , the -, latter splendid with brlghf paint and gilt lettering; also In the same carriage sst ths mayor' and the recorder.. The other carriages con tained the common council, the editors and reporters, and other people of Im posing consequence. - The crowd pressed to the corner of C and Taylor streets, expecting the sale to begin there, but they were disappointed, and also un speakably surprised; fnr the cavalcade moved on as If Virginia had ceased to be of Importance, ind took Ita way over the "divide" toward the small town of Oold Hill. Telegrams hsd. gene ahead to Gold HU1, Sliver City and Dayton and those, communities were at fever heat and rife for the conflict. It was a very hot day and wonderfully dusty. At mo ena or a snort nsir hour we de scended Into Gold Hill with drums beat ing and colors flying and enveloped in imposing clouds - of dust The whole population meiv women and children. Chinamen and Indians were massed In the main streets, and the band was drowned In cheers. Grtdley stood up and asked who would make the first bid for the National Sanitary Flour Back. . Gen eral W. said,: ... "The Yellow jacket Silver Mining company offers .a. -thousand dollars, coin!" 1 " - A .tempest of applause followed. - A telegram carried tho newej to Virginia, and 16 minutes afterward that city's population was massed In the devouring the tidings for It waa part of ths program that the bulletin boards Should do a good work that day. Every few -minutes a new dispatch wss bul letined from Gold Hill, and still the excitement grew. Telegrams began to return to us from Virginia beseeching Orldley to bring back tho flour aack; but' such waa not the plan of the cam paign. At the end of an-hour 'Gold Hill's small population had psld a figure our para t nat - awoke an- thr enthusiasm of Virginia when tbe grand total was displayed upon the bulletin boards Then the Grldley cSvalcada moved on, a giant refreshed with new lager beer snd plenty of it for the people brought It to the carriages with out waiting to msasure It and Within three giours more the expedition had carried Silver City and Dayton by storm and waa, on its FSY back.covered. wIUj glory; Hvery move had been telegraphed and bulletined, and as the procession en tered Virginia and Died down C street at nair paat S In the evening me town was abroad In the thoroughfares, torches were glaring, flags flying, bands play tng, - cheer " on ' choer cleaving- the air. and the eltv ready to surrender at dls oration. The- auction Mgan, every bid waa greeted with bursts of applause, and at the end of two hours and a half a population of fifteen thousand souls had paid In coin for a -60-pound sack of flour a aura equal to 110,000 In green- backer - It waa at a rate tn the neigh borhood of ft for each man, woman and child of the population. The .. grand total would have been twice aa large. but the -at recta were very narrow and hundreds who .wanted to bid could not nt within a hlnrk of the stand, and could not make themssfvea heard. Theas grew tired of waiting and many -ot them .went home long before the auc tion was over. This was the greatest day Virginia ever saw. perhaps. . Grldley sold the sack in Carson city and several California7 towns; also In San Francisco. Then hs took -It" east and sold it In one or two Atlantlo cities. I think. ,1 am not sure or that but I know that he -finally earrled it to St Lauls. where a monster' sanitary fair waa being held, and after selling it there for a large aura and helping on tho enthusiasm by displaying the port' ly sliver bricks whloh Nevada's dona tion had produced, he ' had the flour oaaea up into email cases ana rsiajiwi them at blah irrloea. k . . It was estimated that. when the flour sack's mission waS ended it had sold for a grand total of f 160,000. In green backs! This Is probsbly ths only In stance on .reoord where' common fam ily flour brought t,000 a pound In ths publlo market s--; '. LEWIS AND CLARK Opposite the mouth of the Chopun- nlah. t " - . ; - , May I. After sending out several hunters,, ws proceeded through a level. ylch country for six reached the house of Twisted-hair, elt- uated near some iarchtroesan1 a few us lass nf hill -e,--t,- - .a t,;,irr.r ifco-uausl fnrm. nf aUckgPf. jnats and ansa ray. ai soon as we naueaai tms plaoe, we went with Twisted-hair to the spot where fee had buried our saddles. and two young Indians were dispatched after our horsae Our hunters Joined us witn nothing but a few pheasants, ths only deer which they had killed having Deen lost in the river. -We therefore dined on soup made of the roots which we purchased or the Indiana. Late In the afternoon Twlstsd-halr returned with about half of the aaddles we had left In the autumn and soma rowdar i ana ieaa wntcn were burled at the same place. - Boon after tbe Indians brought ue 11 of our horses, the greater part of Whloh were hi excellent order; thou git seme -had - no yet recovered -from- herd usasw ana mree naa sore packs, we werovhowever- vary glad -to procure them In any condition. Several Indiana came down from the village ' of Tun- nacnemootooit and passed the - nlcht "x ttlfUMe1 A 11 4 Ptrtt x "111 they oth slept In the house of the lat ter. ..The man who had Imposed hlmeelf on ba as the brother of Twisted-hair also came and renewed hia advancea. oui we now round tnat he waa an im pertinent proud 'fellow, of no respecta bility in the nation, and we therefore felt no Inclination to cultivate hia in. tlmacy. Our camp was In an open plain and soon became very unoemfort able, for the wind wae high and cold, and the rain and halt which began about 7 o'clock, changed In two houra to a heavy fall of snow. 3 in of Origin of Familiar Sea Terms. - From the Marine Journal " r There la hardly a language which haa not been called upon to provide at least one of the ourlous sea terms which are In Constant use and whose origin Is so oDscure. - For lnJrtarree.r the word "admiral" la not of EngllahJorlgln, but la from the Arablo "Km 11 el Bagh,'.' Lord . of ths Sea. - Captain comes from the Latin caput but mate la from Icelandic, and meana a companion or equal. Coxswain is a word whose-derlvaUon would never be guessed. Tbe coxswain was original ly the man who pulled the after -oar In the eaptalii-w-boe.tvwhicH war known aa the cockboat Thia in turn" la a cor ruption of the word coracle, a small round boat used on ths Wye and Usk rivers. So coxswain cornea to ua from the Welsh. Commodore la not so difficult to trace to- -Hs beginning-. It Is almnlv ths'Tfsl- Ianodmmahdatore, meaning co"mmandeJvi isu sui'ii pei san- as- Davy- Jones -ever exlated, though we often bear of him and hia locker. One shouIdsieakot4 "uurry Jonah s - locker, -foe -that was the original. Duffy Is the West Indian name for- spirit or ghost while Jonah refers, of course, to; the prophet" Another curloua ease of a term grad ually corrupted out of Its original form la the dog watch. ' It waa originally the "dodge watch." because it lasted only two hours Instead of four, and thus makes It possible that ths same men shall not be on duty every day during the same hours. Then there is the "sheet anchor," the name given to the largest anchor car ried by a vessel. : It Is really "shots anchor," and la ao called because of its great weight, which makes It easy to shoot out in case of emergency. Instead of the terms "port" and "star board" which are used nowadays, they used to -talk of "larboard" and "star board." Starboard has nothing in com mon WKh stars, but tk reSlly the Anglo- Saxon "steor - board" for "steer side," because In ll galleys 'which were steered by an oar the oar was fixed somewhat to the right hand side of ths stern, and the helmsman held the in board portion In his right' hand. ' "Lar board" was probably a corruption of lower board, the larboard aide being Inferior-to tfie-other The "Jury mastr has nothing in com mon with a Jury except Ita derivation from the same word "Jour," the French word meaning day. The Jury mast is one which ts put up temporarily for a day Just as a jury in its legal term meant a tribunal summoned for a short period only. i-. . Would B the Same. .;. ; From the Boston Transcript. ' The advocates of the sea level type of canal at Panama are trying to make capital Of the earthquake by arguing that serious seismic dlsturbnce would destroy locks. Doubtless It Would wreck sea level canal jusi.aa quicaiy ana completely. The Wrong Word. , From the Chicago Record-Herald. isn't It funny," asked the Seattle Times, -"how- grwft n es political boas can 'be when he Is .trying to get baca Into the furrowf. Doesn't our con temporary mean trough inatead of fur row! i,. ,. 'if . , ' ' ' i LETTERS FROM THE ; PEOPLE j Wobmb Secured Zasws.. ' Oswego, Or., May To the Editor of The Journal A' correspondent of Ths Journal says that In ths four equal suf frage states' '"the - suffrage advocates " cannot point to a statute they have sue. . seeded in enacting; that has the smallest tendency to better conditions." A- list of the good Iswa that they have suc ceeded in enacting haa been published In leariet form by the National Suffrage association and anyone Interested csn get It free of charge by writing to the ' National Woman Suffrage Headqaarters, Warren.. Ohio.: I will not burden' voue" columns with the list of the good laws that the women voters have secured. for it fills eight pages. Your anonymous correspondent evidently doea not know much about the matter. As samples, take ths Wyoming law providing that men and women teachers In the publlo schools shall receive equal 'pay when equally quail fled; the asms In Utah; In Idaho the law establishing a state library commission . and . providing an especial I appropriation for .school libraries; in Colorado, the establishment of - the Juvenile court In Denver, tbe law provM-. ins ror a woman physician oa the board - of. the Insane asylum, the law establish ing a atata Industrial home for girls; and In all tne equal suffrage, statea a cum- . ber of Improved laws for the protection of children. BESSIE B. PETTLNCJ1CR. ' Changes as Civilisation Advaaoeev Portland, May t To ths Editor ot The . Journal Ths . abolitionist doctrine preached by .Wendell Phillips and Wil liam Lloyd Garrison was considered the rankest lawlessness and villainy In their day. . yet la not considered bad .doctrine now, la the same way that ws are aure that our " laers, customs and ethics are " proper and what they ahould be. so the people who held slaves and who mobbed.. Phillips and Garrison were aure their lawa and customs were Just and right or they would not nave had them. Laban would aol have eold two of his daughters" to "Jacob If such 'thlngshad" not been" thr custom and considered right;- Turk ish ladles today do not mingle with men as do ours. So people in different countries and In all agea have had their peculiar customs, laws and ethics. ' There ms when a boy could marry when a "bo'e5uia off hia widowed mother against her will enftveraaa wuqdjuds Jh Jejfth1rjnothera g among men - to vote, custom angr at nics rnauxe ss civilisation -advances, Vnd In' time It will ""T " look no worse for women to go among : men to vets than fas them te go among. men -to work and to church. Her Interest in good government and in the salvation of ber soul Is as great as wan'sr - P. M. f r Idaho Zs law. Abiding. - I ""Portlandr-Or.t- May-. -Te-the-edMof- of . Ths Journal Some man who does not .venture to sign hia name says in, Ths . Journal, that in Wyoming, where women vote, "gambling le licensed, a thing unusual In man-governed states. - The law licensing gambling -in Wyo mlng was. repealed, years ago, and Its : . repeal both. In Wyoming and Idaho was -universally . attributed .to the woman gambling still -goes on, of course, but no longer with the sanction of the law. - v Ex-Chlef Justice Groesbeck of Wyomlnaj voters haa always been oa ths aldsjPfi good government and opposed to gam- bllng and Immorality." ", . ' . In the aamS letter... written In reply to an anonymous correspondent,-who, like the . anonymoua correspondent of " The Journal, drew a lurid, picture of the - -general lawlessness said to exist In Wyoming, ex-Chief Justice Groesbeck ' wrote; -"Ws ars law-abiding people. . . This must be our reputation abroad, it our state and municipal bonds aell at a premium. This .would not bo tho case were we known to be a dishonest or lawless commonwealth, as nothing Is A more sensitive than capital In this re spect.'' MRS. HENRY-WALDO COB ,'trM pint of ska taw. - Oregon City, May . TO the Editor of The Journal The Republicans of Ore gon, hsve expressed their preferepee for Jonathan Bourne and lbs Democrats have selected Mr. Geartn. It la new up to the people to choose between these" two ssr to which- shall represent them -In the national legislature. But let It be distinctly understood that ths peo ple who voted for the direct primary law will Insist that whoever secures a. majority of the votea cast In tho coming - election shall be United Statea senator. Thia is tha true. aDlrlt oftha. primary. law "anilevery" candidate 'who shies 'af " statement No. L no - matter to-wnai- party he belongs, should be defeated . at the polls and will be If the great mass of voters understand ths situation, and it Is generally conceded that they - do. -This Is no tlms for trifling and tha .-signs -oxthe - times- indicate political tricksters should be pfsparert- to atsnd from under. C .: B. HANKINS1 romen knoTOSmbtlhg. Portland. Or., May I. ToOhe Editor . of -The Journal An anonymoua corre spondent asserts In your columna that In Cody, Wyoming, "nine out of ten ot the male cltlsens" have lately been In dicted for gambling; and be draws ths remarkable concluelon that women ought npt to be allowed to vote. Would not -this conclusion follow rather more nat- , urally If It were nine tenths of the women who hsd been Indicted for gam bllngT - - JOHN R. BROWN. Early Settlers Saving the Nails. Norfolk, Virginia.. Correspondence. " - -One of the lessons to be learned at the Jameatown exposition, to be held st Hampton Roads next year and which la to be the most unique and probably . the most Interesting of exhibitions yet held, will be that mental and physical laslness often go hand In hand. - - Tha early .settlers of Virginia nat urally placed a high value upon Iron and thought very little-of wood which was .everywhere - plentiful. Iron, of . course wss lying In the. earth watting to bS smelted and shaped Into useful forms. But ths colonist whowa men- . tally as well aa physically lasy pre- - f erred to proceed along the lines or least - resistance.- Consequently, when he wished to remove to a more remote part of the forest, hs applied a torch to hia house and burned 4t to the ground tn order to save the Iron nails for use r X. In the erection of his new home. It la obvious that this method of procedure continued Indefinitely would-havs event- ually destroyed the usefulnssS of the nails while st ths same time it retarded the development of tha Iron Industry. " Ih addition to this, the flying- sparks snd spresdlng flames - caused frequent destruction of other houses and eons munlttes. with the result 'that lawa had finally to he passed forbidding thia -crude method of acquiring nails fof bulldlng purposes. Matter of referencs. "u---- Mrs. Juhb I Just hats to get on raH - ro8dxaljLai.jiojrLanypeople dls thst - wsy. , . -;-. Mr. Juhb Thafa Just ths reason why . I hats to go tn bed. So many mors ' people dls that way,- ' , ' (...
