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WEDNESDAY. MAY 0. 1C3.
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', . . 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
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dy. 1 year ......ST.00
shows that tariff
soon be radically
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day. a BMmttaa I TO
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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
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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,
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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.. -
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. 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 . . .
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The Republican party can claim and
hold fsat to Aldrlch or Poraker, but It
can't claim Roosevelt. - -. . -
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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.
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Nojearth quakes-tn Oregon.-
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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,
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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,- ' ,
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