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, FALSTAFFIAN POLITICS. - ;
i HERE IS a ort of cowardice
ligion of slavery. The moral
mental poltroonerr that shrinks trom . lnae-
; ' pendent action and surrenders its powera to the arbitrary
regulation of a- dominant influence his ever been the
price which misery pay to craft Whether it be in re
iligion or in politics the triumph oi mediocrity over abil
ity, of .boldness over modest merit, of corruption over
comcncm decency or of slavery and upertition over
' kdignity and reuon the "cause will; 'in' every instance,
reveal the sinister aggressions of craft and corruption
against the natural right of man. , , ' . .
' Let na observe this principle in its political application.
, 'Aristotle and Machiavel have sufficiently authenticated
"' Its application to ancient and mediaeval society to' justify
;. i an ino.ir7 into modern initjtions,-iH
For a long time he Democratic party was the dom-
fnant influence in this country. : During that period the
rif'tlrtfT AU1rry Drrinf ratig prrjiArnt, the bat-
. like attachment of popular majorities to menacing legis
lation and reprehensible methods and the indolent fealty
of intellectual impotency to the customary success of
- Democratic partie bears a singular resemblance to what
i .we hear and see today of President
ytMtotocT
, ,jncrcial.inrompctcntvcxy.jaaLjrreck. every proiesr
ional outcast who had made a failure of business and
. was too- feeble in individual fibre to risk his manhood
t in private competition fled to the protection of politics
as .the only refuge from hanger. The party in power
eontrolledithe ..bread-wagon and these refugees from
honest toil clung to the party with the same unreasoning
fidelity as we observe today among perpetual office
holders and the corpulent administrators of graft. -Hunger
has a, tad habit of malfc. iniquity - popular.
Vhrn Oregon had only a few industries, when means-of f-
livelihood -were leS dnrersified than today,' many Wen of
; natural talent were forced or attracted into politics, and
naturally into Republican politics, as the only inviting
- field of personal aggrandizement In the absence of cora
i r mercial opportunity the exploitation of the state as a
? possible avenue of profit was justified upon principle of
appetite.
In the. language of Falstaff the political crib in Ore
gon wss . where good digestion awaited on appetite;
and our. political heroes, like their ' theatrical prototype
have,' in-the eyes otn impartial spectators, 'assumed a
character of humorous vainglory as destitute Of sincerity
es it is full of 'malicious envy and factional diatrust
.Nevertheless , it furnished ' the incentive , in numerous
sninds to become "Republican" , in politics, upon the
theory that when life itself is a' gamble, the corpulent
I '.will "get .into the game-T----
' . Under such 'circumstance,' men of the first magnitude
. became political pariahs. The ablest men were brushed
into obscurity. Dignity and honor fled from exalted
merit and. legislative . hysteria clamored with political
hypocrisy to convince neglected loyalty of the virtue
of self-denial and partisan obedience. This, was po
litical. slavery in its last stages of mechanical immobility
and the lightest load of liberality crushed the whole
machine into belligerent factions. This was Oregon.
.Thi waa the Republican, "party" that so singularly re
,;pudiated its ablest and most honorable adherents.- And
this is the "party" of blighted ambition and neglected merit
that ha betrayed so many good men into forfeiting their
principle. and self-respect to the ingratitude and greed
of factional hypocrisy and spoils! . ,- '. " -I
This js, not a pleasing reflection ta the average public
spirited man. As he looks over the legislative history
of Oregon since the Republican party became dominant
, be discovers;. so many acts, of public perfidy as
to justify repudiation of the whole record." He
"inds laws promotive of monopoly, r of private
arraft-and-2- jobbery bristling like dragon's teeth
- along the whole .line from, Eminent Domain : to the
Charter of St Johns. In acts of confiscation, repudia
tion and exclusion he finds a parallel only in the Boer
, republic; and even the poor, which the charity of gov
ernment usually exempts from exploitation, he finds
burdened with taxation.. He will look in vain for any
Jaw penalizing those criminal conspiracies that are grind
ing the life out of industry and honest toil. He will find
- i law protecting the independent railroad builder from
the rascality of 'territorial barons; and when he realizes
, that his vassalage to any party has created this legisla-
' tive tragedy and postponed the development of Oregon
. lie will revolt. against political slavery and proclaim his
Independence as a man.
.! Tnie. the old-war-horse oJLthe Republican party have
thi year; -been repudiated. But it wasnot in con
:.' sequence of the party! record. The young fellows have
JesoTved'faTunhorse the old fellows who have hitherto
f'wbrked" the young fellow in campaigns and forgotten
Jiim thereafter. It is proclaimed that they,, in turn, will
imitate the fallen is the sincerest flattery of departed
power; But these principles, while attractive enoueh to
aspiring politicians, are" cerUinly very far from the ele-
ated dignity sensible men are looking for in a party
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veening 10 escape irora its own recora. 1
Oregon has outgrown its provincial political simplicity,
Men' are becoming ' interested in
'; oiling political machines for combines and .corporations.
Independent Republican' as well as tndeperrdmt Demo--tratrareTrsolved
that Oregon shall be liberated from the
Trampled to Death. "
" Dr. Straun, tha Bwlae sclantlat -and
oxplorar, was. killed by an elephant In
Sumatra a few weeks ago. '
t'Ths doctor and -the natives who ac
companied him left Pal m bang for tha
Interior of the Island, and had just en
tered a great forest when aa enormous
boll elephant rwahed out at thewU
Dr. Streoa and a servant who war
leading, mounted en aa elephant fired,
hut apparently Without afreet, as the
animal eontlnurd Its career. ' It attempt
ad ts ruih the elephant en which: they
ware riding aganant a tree, and then
- flung tha driver Into the. air and at
talked the scientist. ' -
The flnotor was lifted asid thrown to
the ground with such violence that his
barnacle thalJiave
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operative conditions.
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cowardice or tne
Roosevelt and trium
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from destrncttve
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for none. -'
Tha great secret
been his strong
Roosevelt, Bryan
1908, and declares
largest nope. ,
A close election
f. I H HE liquor
given them
They would and
f The principle ofTiome rule," as involved in the local
option question, is
consciences of the
on the part of the
cohorts, no matter
conducted... .
tire: from politics,
trouble for them.
better business than
rifle was broken in several pieces, and
ba was knocked senseless. The servant
succeeded in attracting the elephant's
attention, and had to run for his life.
He finally escaped by climbing a tree.
The infuriated brute then returned
to the doctor, who was lying helpless
on the ground, and trampled him to
death. Jkfterward tt daahed Into the
foreat and was lost to sight'
Should. Have, a Guardian. -
Representative Harrr itaynard off Vir
ginia Is now a. firm believer In a per
aonal hoodoo. Ha is sure ha has one,
bigger than (he. capltoL ,'
A night of two ago, when he was com
ing east from Pittsburg, he was robbed
lot hi watch and money la a sleeping
disfigured her hull and impeded her
commercial progress. Men of ail parties thoroughly
understand the maxim of Schopenhauer that nothing; is
ever 10sri06rnuch advantage awhen you "hv beert
cheated out of it when applied to. Oregon politic. It
haa compensated them wilh a mote up-to-date Mgaciry
... . .
impropriety or carrying ineir
principles in other people heads. Indeed, no political
party can permanently succeed in shackling tha human
of its perpetual assertions of purity,
ana ail mat, IV IS conaciuui oi ua own ui hiui lumaii.,
realises the .degradation of threatened discovery and us
ually, "reads the sentence of bosterity in the foreheads
of the wise." .. " ; . ' '. ,
To clean house and comply with the latest -provisions
of the law of sanitation will cost the packers $1,000,000.
But the peopfe will pay. . ' ,.v v
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EFFICIENCY COWTS." ,
HE RECENT FLOODS in eastern Oregon and
the Walla Walla valley are something . extra
. ordinary, causing a vast damage to property of
every kind, particularly to the lines of railway travers
ing the section, the O. R. cVN, company being the main
sufferer. This railroad physically was "knocked out,"
and had it been under ordinary management it would
have been days before it could have been restored to
As it was, within a few hours after
the damage had been done the work of restoration com
menced and within a remarkably short time it was an
nounced that : traffic had been , resumed. ' The ' extra
ordinary performance- was 'due to the fact that a "real
railroader" is at the head, is the general manager of the
O. R- & in the person of James P. O'Brien, ably as
sisted by Superintendent W. J. Buckley and a small .army
of very efficient men.. .. . . -:r; -
' General Manager O'Brien, in discussing the flood and
its effects, tells the East Oregonian that the denudation
of the mountains along the source of the streams will
increase the danger from floods every year, as there is
no timber left to hold the snow, or to catch therain and
cause it to soak into the ground. Rains which now. visit
the denuded forest sections flow directly into the streams
as into a trough, there being no foliage, growing timber
or other obstruction to prevent it .. '
The East Oregonian asks, "What aoe we going to do
about it? The conatant denudation of the forests goes
on year after year.. . No effort is made to replenish the
timber supply, and the only logiVal rnnrliminn ii that as
years go by, cities and settlements below will be more
and more threatened and will be compelled-to go to more
and more expense to, insure their existence. r
For every tree cut from the mountainsthe govern
ment should demand that another tree be planted.-This
high water hereafter.'
Talk of political surprises 1 Landslides are nominal
and complete reverses are commonplace beside the fact
that J. Edward Addicks is again a factor in Delaware
politics. ..".. . . - .' Jl.:'. -re "r
BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT.
iTvviT'n nmf j it h! 1
Ejcnniwuo putAn - is - looming
tSeTTorizon of nationar politics, anxtlhe
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extraordinary enthusiasm v aroused by his
prospective candidacy for the presidency is one of the
most significant signs of the times. Times and con
ditions have changed since 1896, 'and Bryan has changed
too. He has grown and ripened. He is a broader and
a greater man than when he made his first presidential
campaign, but he is still'the great Commoner, who stands
now as always for"cquaI rights for all; special privilege
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of Theodore Roosevelt's success has
hold upon the'; common people. , Like
enjoys the popular confidence to an
extraordinary degree. - The Bryan movement has already
assumed such proportion that Henry Watterson pre
dict that he will be the Democratic standard bearer in
his purpose to "labor earnestly and
unceasingly (to make his (Bryan's) election an accom
plished fact, entertaining the while the very liveliest and
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has its compensations. Persistent
applicant for places at the court-house are informed
that those five votes will have to be counted again. '
THE LIQUOR DEALERS IN POLITICS. '
dealers, as an organization" should keep
I zsml jdI joliticczJTheyJiave JiKLihli admonOloa
of late, as well as several time be
fore, in a very striking wa. Suppose the furniture" deal
ers, or the restaurant men, should attempt to make poli
tic a hand-maiden of business,. would pot the voters re
sent it at the polls, as they have done in the case of the
liquor dealers? ' . " " v - '
should do so. The liquor dealers
meddling hand . in politics is no longer, countenanced
by the great body of people, and the better people en
gaged in thia trade should realize that this is so. r.
too well grounded, in the minds and
people to admit of successful attack
Liquor Dealers' association and its
how well organized and forcefully
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The liquor dealers, as an organization, had better re
for that is the only safe way out of
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'The pernocrats in many parts of the country have
decided that William Jennings Bryan is the man to lead'
them to victory in 1908. As candidate for vice-president
George E. Chamberlain would carry Oregon for the
ticket ' '.. ':. '- '' , " : , ; .'..; '
And after the packers have lost some millions of dol
lar because they were too greedy to keep their business
houses clean, they, should be fed on the rotten meat
they intended for food for other. . . . . - ,
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"Among the weli-known people who were in town to
day was James Withycombe,"" say an., exchange.
Withycombe Withycombe? ; Where have . we heard
that name before? - -
Four, years more of a "square deal", in Oregon.
"Whom did Teddy congratulate, if anybody? ; ;
Look out for Bryan he's coming home.' - -
car. He left the WUlard hotel last night
to go south on a Norfolk boat Whan
ho came to pay the cabman, ba searched
hla, pocket e and found he hadn't a cent
although ha had cashed a good-sised
check at the hotel just before he left
.The cabman trusted, htm, and ha want
on tha boat and yelled loudly for tha
key to hi stateroom, "I'm going to lock
mycolf in," he said, "and aaa If I can
get to Norfolk without losing anything
else."
Half an hour later,-after the boat
had swung-down the stream, -the door
of Maynard's stateroom opened and he
shouted for a porter. '"See If you cam
find toy grip," said tha Virginia states
man. , i
v. The porter couldn't find it for May-
nard had left It in the cab. . ,
SMALL CHANGE
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Where's harmony, eht
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Thar nay ba aaveral vetoae.
a a ; . ; ,
Roosavalt la a party smasher.' v
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Good evanlng; looks Ilka rain.
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Looks considerably like Bryan. '
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w told you there would ba roseay'
a a ' .'
What are tha coins to do with itT
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There's liable to ba eoraa vetoes next
winder. .'...;..:.,..-
Anyway,' they didn't all vota It
straight. - x .... .
Will Teddy run asralnT 1 a arowlna
question. - j .
Tha birds are slnaina all tha aame
and Juat lha suns. .;, ... . : ...
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Now for a blrger, batter Oregon, re-
gardleaa of politics, -r-
Let us And out If any crooked work
was dona, and by whom, and what for.
. Anyway Chamberlain la a winner, and
after four year' trial , must have de
served to win. ;
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What a calamity to Orecon that It
hasn't 1 Republican members of tha
next house. Weep! Wall!
Divide- M0 Republicans bv sS.000
Democrat a and the reault la Chamber
lain. Oregonian. Too many Republi
cans. - .... v - ,
We wera "In hopes'; that the new
queen of Spain would stop those ao
ouraas bullfights; but she's only a young
thing.-. t .
The Democrats hav hair' a dosen
state senators on guard, all good men.
tooMtryoa cair - ooealblr Traaarfna ra
Democrat being a good man.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Let, 'er rain, -
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Mora rain; mora crops.
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Did you go "wet- or dry"t ' -. "
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Big crops in pregon, aa usual. :
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Big barbecue at Monro Jaturday. ,.
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Stock tatting fat now all over Oregon.
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heyirrTSeallhy:
Tha wool pays no 'attention to noil.
tics, after all. .. . ; ..
Corvallls expects to ' have
an even
better horae show next year.
Cattle, sheep and goats thrive tha year
'round and wax fat In Coos county. '
James Edwards, tha 'Benton county
pioneer, died while attending a plenie
at Bellfountaln. He waa 81 years old
and was id apparently good health until
stricken. . . ;
Whltelaka Times: Johny King, bet
ter known oa the Real Estate King, Is
back In town after an' abeenoe of sev
eral weeks. Johny - had . been planting
spuds on his homestead near Whltelake
and is now promising to feed all his
friends on new potatoes for dinner next
Sunday.',.. . .-
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Farmers In' Lake county ' are making
great saving In butter . making. . One
of them says that ha tried his separator
on milk that had stood IS hours snd
been skimmed and that he took - out
mora cream from tha aklmmed milk
than ha got tha first time with the
skimming procees. .. . .
FoaKll Journal:1 Frldav nf lut nth
wasetean-apday In Fossil and although
the town waa far from dirty. It Is Ilka
a new pin now. All tha empty cans
and other rubbish that gather around
back yards wera hauled away and
dumped in a deep ditch outside tha city
limits. '
Foaall Journal: All tha ahaenmen of
this section hsvo been granted permis
sion to range .their sheep In the . Blue
Mountain reaerre this yaar as hereto
fore, tha only difference being that they
muat now pay cents per head for the
privilege. Next year each sheepman
will be given an allotted range for a
limited number of sheep, ., - -,
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Union Republican: Judging from cur
rent rtport there will be aoma surprlaea
In store for the ever-bloomlnr candi
dates for appointment after this elec
tion. Many good men receive appoint
ments, and often the prises fall to men
who could cot-be-elected dog-pal tar la
their respective communities. This Is
tha year when tha good men will have
an inning.
Vale Orlano: Another industry is la
Vale and It means cheaper building
material. Several men ara working at
tha new factory and preparations are
being made to have It in operation- to
handle the building thia summer. Sev
eral large buildings now under con
tract will ba built of tha brick. The
parties placing the kiln state that they
have as good clay for brick where they
have commenced their plant as could
be found In any part of tha state. Tha
stone quarry Is under lease to the
Kercher brothers and they ara work
ing the quarry to Its. full capacity for
the buildings under construction and
contracted for. ' ' : :
How Editor Get Rich.
From tha Morehead (Ala) Coaster.'
' After a good deal of study 'and work
we have at last figured out why so
many country editors get rich. Hera la
the 'secret of success: '
A child Is born in the neighborhood,
the attending physician gets 110; the
editor gives the loud-lunged youngster
snd the "happy parents" a send-off and
gets . 0. It Is christened; tha minister
gets V10 and the editor gets 100. It
grows up and tnarrlea; tha editor pub
lishes another long-winded flowery arti
cle and telle a dosen lies about the
"beautiful and eccompllshed bride"; the
roimaier geia tiv ana a piece or case
and the editor gets 1000. , '
In tha eourae of time It 'dies snd the
doctor gets from $26 to $100, tha minis
ter perhaps gets snother SIS, tha under
taker gets from $&0 to $100; the editor
puhllahea.a note of tha death and an
obituary' two columne long, and lodge
and society resolutions, a lot of poetry
ana e Tree card ot thanks and gets $0000.
' No wonder so nany-' country editors
THE PHILISTINE IN
SPOKANE.
At this writing it seama to me as If
tha city of Spokane, . Washington, quite
surpasses any city . of America, in Us
attention to the excellence and At ta
architecture. ....... ' . . '
Hera Is a city of 75.000 people, Jbullt up
la about U year, not by atruggflng pio
neers, squatters and speculatora, - but
by people who came Intending to atay.
Bpokane skipped the shanty stage. .
Spokane is being built by young, am
bitious, hopeful . people from the east
who cams with money expecting to make
more. . 1
Tha discard of Europe Is noticeable In
Bpokane by Its absence. It la a Yankee
town with a fair mixture of , Holland
Dutch to give it a flavor. j,
Tha Dutch form a great ballast of solid
commonaenaa wherever' they go. Hol
land was once tha financial, artistic and
literary capital of the world, and while
this capital has shifted Holland, unlike
.Spain, haa never foundered on folly, nor
allowed herseir to aina in auperauuon.
Holland has also ttmaerved. her art In
stincts. . ' . v- '" :
The Dutch in . Spokane were strong
enough to Influence their uncles at home
to invest upward of $7,000,000 within 10
years in Spokane real estate' And dur
ing the ebb and flow -of financial tides
tha Dutch have atood by, stolidly smoked
and drawn checks ta favor of Spokane.
If a few Tankees at a time got cold
feet the Dutch took over their holdings
at a liberal discount and smoked their
pipes In a faith not founded on amove.
, Bo now behold that finest blood -on
earth tha produce ot tha middle west
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, sending- her
strong men and women to Spokane, and
theae with) a : pientiiui - apnnaung i
thriftv folk from New England, and a
daah of our Semitic friends who follow
the lead of commerce with unerring In
stinct and tha Dutch nrmiy noiaing
the topeend you get Spokane, tha model
city of America. - - ' ; '
Mining towns always have a camp-like
quality. Of unstablllty-i- Bash quality
that excites suspicion like a woman over-
dreesed. But - while Spokane jas-. very
large mining Interests you at once see
thai -the ara not supreme. There are
lumber agricultura, Stockralslng vast I
territory on every siao tnai tooaa ,io oy
kana for supplies. . ' i
- Knokana : haa various anchors to
wJnd'ard. , 8 be can't ba taken by ear
prise. Rowdyism, disorder, hoodlum Ism
are thinga that do not thrive In Spo
kane. Tha , hnraea on .tne numr-up
ws gen- navete-oe ammo- ir . ,
and tfislaff rents rom Tor ngnr House
keeping. , . .
.In SDokana when convivial gentlemen
wax needleaaly hilarious tha police have
a way of asking the erring one for his
card; then they call a cab and send him
horned Tn-naxt day they- matt-hlnv a
stiff bill for aervlces rendered, and the
money. goes Into , tha school fund. . .,
Some British Epitaphs, v .,
f- see the Suffolk Instftote of Archae-1
ology has Just lssuea an appear 10 in
cumbents in the -county-te-tranoorlbe
the epitaphs In their churchyards so
that a permanent record may be kept
Boms curious epitaphs come - to my
mind. Hare is one, reminiscent of Omar
Khayyam: '-
"Beneath this stone lies Catherine Gray,
rhanareil to a. lifeless- lump of clay.. ... -
By earth and clay shs got her pelf,
And. now she's turnen to ciay nerseis.-:
Who knows but In a course of years. 4
in aoma tall Ditcher -or brown pan, ,
She In her shop may. stand again T" .
Short and succinct la the lollowing:
"Here Ilea Robert Wallas. , y
The KlSg of Good Fellows, ' . . .
Clerk of All Hallows. ,
.'' And maker of bellows." " -The
following -nunnlnr epitaph la In
scribed on , the tomb of a Liverpool
brewer:
Poor John. Stott lies burled here. .
Although he was both hale and stout
Death stretched him on tha bitter bier;
In another world he hops about."
There is' a delicious blending of the
spiritual and temporal1 In thia: ,
- "Beneath tnis atone, in nope oi x,ion.
Doth lie tha landlord of ths 'Zlon.'
His son keeps on the buslneas still,.
. Resigned unto ths heavenly will." .
Temperance advocates should not read
this epitaph: ' -
"She drank strong ale and punch and
wine ; ..- .
And lived 4o tha age of :Jlnety-plne.?.l
There IS a toucn or maiica in inia id
scriptlon, to tha Rev. Mr. Cheat: - -
"Hers lies at rest I do protest, ;
One chest within another.
Tha cheat of wood was very good
- who says so Of the other?";-
Hera Is a curious ons on a tombstone
in Hartland churchyard:
"Hera I lie outside tha ehaneel door,
Here I He because I'm poor.
The further In the more they pay, . ,
. But hare I lie as warm as they."
' Britiah Warships Sold. ; ,v V
The" sale of 1 obaeleta naval veasela,
Including several powerful iron battle
ahlpa and cmleers, provoked spirited
SXTdlng at Devonport dockyard; a total
of 6.t2t was realised. There were
many Interesting rumors as to- tba
destination of ths purchases, and U waa
averred that the single-screw third-class
battleship' Superb, which fetched top
price-r-s19.000 Is iogaiQ-Bussia,- and
that some of ths mora powerful of the
others will accompany her. . The best ot
tha other -veasela was the . tbird-elas
battleship Iron Duke, built at Pem
broke In 1871, which fetched 15.100. Tha
aecond-class , eruteer Amphlon, built at
Pembroke in 1883, fetched 11,600, and
the twin-screw thlrd-claas cruiser
Rlnparooma 8.600.
There was quite a scene over the twin
screw thlrd-claas crulaer Brisk. A Ger
man gentleman became Very excited and
declared that he had bid a higher price
than the buyer, but those present were
agalnat him and tha auctioneers stood
to their, ground. ' V ..,
Five flrat-claaa gunboats realised from
2,900 to 3,&2S each, and the Sala
mander, a .twin-screw torpedo gunboat
$.100. The Superb was sold, with (00
tews of eoa) aboead. a sweat anusuat -In
cldent.
Trouble for a Letter-Carrier. ..-
' From the' Indianapolis Btar- ' '
"Accuaed" '' of having disarmed . a
young woman who' bad frightened her
family with a pistol, William K. Pellett
better known ss "Billy, will ("stand
trial" for his alleged Indiacretlom, today
before "Judge" J. EL Shldeler, assistant
postmaster. Pellett Is a postman. He
was hurrying along his route laat Sat
urday Afternoon: On New York street
Just west of White River, he was sur
prised by the sudden appearance of two
women, who wera crying loudly for aa
slatance. " ' ,.'.-.;, '
"She's got) a pistol and there's no
telling wht i aha will do," gaaped one.
who pointed to a house in tha Immediate
neighborhood. i ;
"qan't you save usr gasped tha sec
ond woman," who later Proved to be ths
mother.""
Calling all tha -"nerve" in his posses
sion to his aaalstance. "Billy" entered
the. houaa and calmly' dispossessed a
young .- woman - of an ugly-looking .re
volver. ,. Presenting ths .weapon to lbs
mother of the young woman he pro
ceeded on hla wsy. thinking little et tha
circumstance.
'I want to know.deciarsd he young
woman yesterday afternoon as aha stood
In Mr. Sbldeler's office, "it ja well car
rier haa a right to take woman's pistol
away from her." ' - -
-Hum m. I would have to know tha
olrcumatances." evaded tha assistant
postmaster.
After soma difficulty thaanttra story
wss extracted from tha young woman,
who finally admitted that aha had bean
a patient in a sanitarium, - -
But that is no reason why he should
take say revolver away front me," aha
said, upon leaving tha office, remember
ing her first question in regard to tha
carrier's "right" " -
.Mr. Pellett thought so little , of ' tha
Incident that ha failed to report it to hla
superiors and eonaequently Mr. Shldeler
will call the "culprit"; to account this
morning. .v . -! ,' ''
Tba complainant seemed very snx
lous that ha should be scolded." said
Mr. Shldeler yesterday.- "At least we
want to know about tha affair."
A LITTLE NONSENSE
NOW AND THEN'
' V. Bdltorlal OompliaeBte, .
George . . D. Prentice, the famous
Loulslll editor; knew very, well the
force of word repercussions, and - old
files of his paper teem with them.' He
once aald: "I am never quite certain
that a lady knows what a klas Is until
I have it from her own lipa" His
rlvah editor In Louisville had reaeon to
know his skill In forceful (commentary
when they had their political tllta.
This rival once said, at the end of a
long -article intended to combat Pren
tice, that "Tha Democratic party knows
how the land lies on thia question."
Whereupon PrenUce.-xjuotlng..the.-Te-mark,
aald: "Tea. and the land knowa
how the Democratic party , lies on this
question." ... . - i ,
- Bloksas Ssade Two aCnrtakae.'-:' -
Twice In. one evening tha great nov
elist Charles Dickens.. was guilty .xf an
embarrassing malapropism. . r '
"'I have distinguished myselt In two
respecta lately," ha wrote to a friend.
ephUninsrtheinattsrrTtooBr aryoung
lady unknown - aown xo uinner ana
talked to her sbout tha Blahop of Dur
ham's nepotism In the "matter -of Mr.
Cheese, j found she was Mrs. Cheese.
And I expatiated to tha member from
Marylebone, Lord Fermoy generally
conceiving him to he an Irish member I
iin .itmmnpmiia-citaracijBr-ol-im
Marylebone - constituency - and Maryle
bone representatives" ; .. ,
. . ... - tbs sjsesen's Peel. ; A - -
,: Douglaa Jerrold uaad any occaalon
for hi pun, even- an accident to him
self. Having stood up In a boat off
the Swan at Batteraea, ha fell back
ward into the water. The next morn
ing ha had this eonveraatlon with ths
Swan chambermaid:
Jesrold I . aupnoae - these .. accidents
happen often eft here. " 1 1
Servant Oh,-yes, sir. frequently;. hut
it's not the seaaon yet
Jerrold (aurveylng .himself) Ah, I
suppose It's all owing to a backward
spring. . ,.v; ... .: ;..:...irr-x:
. Ths Xaaeeaaee of WllUe.
"Don't, you believe I caught a pike
four feet long" aald a Detroit fisher
man ths other day to a party 'of in
credulous frlenda. J ,
- "Why. I only got one fish, and I can
prove- Say, Willie," turning to his
little son, "how long waa that flahT"-
Th' one you gave that boy E0 cents
fcrr naked Willie. Innocently.
There are no details of ths woodahed
interview between . father i and . son
which followed, St is suapacted. on th
departure of the,vicredulous friends.
t V' . i '' i 1 .1..,- ; ; . '
. ' Tins STaw raving. '.
' It was of the . aldermen of London
that Sydney Smith made game by his
famoua double-dealing remark" when
they were dlacuaalng tha merits of a
wooden pavement for tha atreets of that
city. The comment upon ' their plan
and deliberations wss that the could
no doubt make tha scheme - a suceeaa
"by carefully putting their heads to
gether." t ... . ,- V -, ; .
A Wood-Sawing Fly. -.-- ',' '
It is marvelous how many of ths tiny
creatu
la tha-inaaot world -conceal
and preserve , their eggs. Some will
deposit them in - extraordinary places,
others will Insert tham in the skins of
living animals.: Others, again, depoalt
their eggs where the young grub, after
coming from the egg, finds food close
at band. '
, Among these last mentioned ara in
sects who bestow greet labor in Hhs
cradle of tlfeir young. Ths place they
aeleet ls a hard part of a leaf or tha
woody branch of a tree. In this they
saw out a hols large enough te contain
their egga,' whence their name, saw
flies. . For this purpos they are pro
vided with an ovipositor of peculiar con
struction. It consists of two long places
closing Ilka a sheath over a third. .
In the tenthredo this third piece eon
tains two little saws, each of which has
been compared to tha tenon-saw need
by-he -cabinet-makers.' - The tenon
saw Is single, but that of tha tenthredo
Is - double, consisting of two.distlnat
saws. The Insect In using them throws
out ens saw, and while it is returning
puahas out tha other.
This alternate motion is continued
until ths cut is made, when the two
aaws, receding from each other, conduct
tha egg between them into its place.
Not only Is tha edge of tha aaw notched
Into teeth, but on every tooth a number
of smaller teeth appear. -
:,:7. .The- Oldest Treev'T.
" From the London Graphic." ( -'.,
Ths oldest tree in tha world I, said
to be the famous dragon tree of Tena
rif fa, which is estimated to ba - from
4,000 to (,000 years of age.' This won
der of the plant ' world was TO feet or
more in height until - the year lilt,
when during a terrtflo storm one of tha
rerrabraneiieswag broken 6ff.A simi
lar storm in 1$(T stripped the trunk Of
Its remaining branches and left it
standing alone This tree derives its
common naros.from a reddish exuda
tion known as dragon's blood, found in
ths sepulchral cavea of the Guanchea,
and supposed to have bean - used by
them In embalming their dead. It is
said to have been at one time an Im
portant article of export from tha Ca
naries and has never fallen entirely
Into disuse. ' " . -
Obligations of Rank, y '
' From the Glasgow News -'That
rank brings with it obligations
la quite true, but it alao brings a cer
tain freedom from restrictions that.
bind the humble. A man of literary
aaplratlons,i who has yet to make hla
way in tha. world, wrote a poem, which
he saked his wife, to read before send
ing it out Tor publication. - "Why,
Henry,"., she aald on looking it over,
"you have made 'hundred' rhyme with
onward.' " "That's all right," ha re
plied. "Tennyaon did it" "T." re
joined Ms wife 'Tennyson could do
such a thing, but you can't, Henry."
DINKELSPIEL ON .THE j
.brooklynTbridge j
. " By George V, Hobart. .
(CoprTlsbt. ISO. ay'W. , Bears.) '.
Home, Die Vaek.
Meln Lleber Son, Looey: Va haf re.
celfed you letter from Charleaton. 8. 8..
uad your mother und ma vas glat dot
pltsnaas on dar road la still flourish- -
Ing like der bay-rum tree. .
I met' a friend of youra lately by the
name of Mike Bkeesegelster vlch lives
in Brooklyn, v..
. Ha inkvlred after you kindly Wit as
much wolcs as he haa bean able to saves
after dar effects ot going home- ofer
der Brooklyn Brltch at der alga o'clock
maeeacre, efery efenlng. ' .
You know. Looey, dla mad rush of der
Brooklyneers for roaat beef und mashed
potatoes at dar cloalng of dar- day has
bean looked upon as a choke, but If you
could sea dar soars nnd bnr der bones
rattle in your friend, Mike Skeesegelater,
error two years or it you vouid call it a .
bum veeze. v.. . -
. : Mike Skeesegelater has der idea in his '
noodle to write a bookabou!d dls efenlng '
riot st der Brooklyn Briton and mebbe
vlll he. ' , ,.:.,
Ha tolt ma vun chapter of die book in
vlch ha makes himself hla own hero.
I like you to listen, please! .
Mlks Bkeesegelster felt der outdsktrts
of his ofercoat leaving him forefer, bus
mlt dar syeet sound of dsr supper bell
in his ears ha ruahed forvard Into der
wortez of der surchlng push. '
"Zowle!"- - : -
Maddened mlt der thought of der vest
cakes getting colder und colder brafe
mona elbowed der vlmmen, und stepped, .
carelessly on der porticos vlch der po
licemen uaad. as facta. . . .
"Zowla!".--i.. , - - - - -,
Der aroma from der corn-beef hash
seemed to float over from 'der distant
firesides beckoning, heckoningl JJndas
dls Influence strong men puffed elgaroot
amoke In dar faces of der vlmmen nnd
amlled hyeterlcally.
Vot pitsneaa has a vomaa on dar
battlefield, anyvayt---V;
Does she carry der sign of der Red
Croaa into var at der brltch T
Ka.
f Den give her der. double croaa- ' 1
"Zowle!" . . . - . '- . .
Mtke-Sheasegelater felt ae-dough he
bad svallowed a bottle of hair dye, ba
cauae all grew dark before him.
Ven he evoke der ambulance sturgeon .
vas looking careleasly over him.
'Much of you vas missing, set dar
sturgeon.- ' i
1 feel It in my bones," resMnaeqoer
-"Even.- your - wolce - eeems to oe -
cracked," set der sturgeon.
"It happened to ba dare van I got It in
eer neck." set Mike Bkeesegelster r : .
"Perhaos it is you monkeyed nit s -
buas-aaw, - maybe 7 inkvlred der;-etur
geon.-;' -v,v-- - --i - - -; -
"No auoh luckiness ror mv signaa
Mike Bkeesegelster, moanfully.
"Ach !" set der sturgeon, quivering
mlt internal" nerfouanaaa; "I see it all!
"No. you doan'd." set fM' y",
hefer be found." - ; -- - -;.
rer aturaeon helped nuneeir to a-
bunch of tremblea - .
"I vas a Brooklynlte!" gasped Mike.
Skeesegelater, "und hearing afar der laat
call, for supper. I attempted to go bfer.
der Brooklyn Brltch. In der eggeclte
ment vlch followed I left samples of
myself all der vay rrom rara kow w
my collar bone Belief ma,, it la easier
,n. . .n tr iir Amr eve of a camel
den It Is for a gnlt to enter der brltch
mltould leaving nis visnoone as a st
nlr. ' . - ' . -
"Vot" vispered der sturgeon, "vot Is
der tree meaning of der vord Brook
lynlte'T" - ' '
"A Brooklynlte." ,set Mike Skeasegels- .
ter, der human chop-suey, "a Brooklyn
lte is a man dot uaes New York to vork
In und at night tries to use Brooklyn to
inn hla Inaomnla. but chenrally vakes
up in der ambulance." ' ' T
Die seemed to bring oer aiurgeon w
his senaes, for he at yunee sat down
und mada euld his bllL-
But far avay der veatf cakes sat on
der table, growing colder und colder.
n.'. kMv 'aiirii riff vail und la full
mlt der mad daah of dar plains und der
Amr nralrla S1VM. . Bin'd . it
I . . , . . - ...
Looey? W . ' ' " yj ,
I dink Mike Bkeesegelster roigm vm ,
m r.irat claaa autnorar liLaer unwa
doan'd take away his llcenselo Jtl.
Tour mtt lun.
f TlTKTfieUIPIEL.
Per George V. Hobart
LEWIS AND CLARK
On the Clearwater river In Idaho. "
' June i. Cutnoae vlaited us this morn- (
ing with 1 or 12 warriors; among these
were two belonging to a band of Cho
punnlsh we had not yat seen, who called '
themselves Wllletpoa, snd reside on the
south side of Lewis river.- Ons of them
gave us a good horse which ha tods In
exchange for one of our whloh wss
unable to cross the mountains, on re
ceiving a tomahawk In addition. We
were also fortunsts in exchanging two
other hereee ef Inferior value for there
much better, without giving anything
else to ths purchaser. - After these im
portant purchases several foot races .
ware run between our men and the In
dians; tha latter, who ara very active
and fond of these rices, proved them
selves very expert and ona of them was -as
fleet as our swlfteat runners. After
the races i were over the man divided
themselves lnt6 two parties and played;
prlaon base, an exercise which wa are .
desirous of encouraging, as several of .
tha men are becoming lasy from Inac
tion. At night these. games were con
cluded by a dance. On of the Indians
Informed us that we could not pass ths 7
mountains befors ths next full moon.
or about the first et July, becauae if .we
attempted it before that time tha horses
would be forced to travel without food'
for three days 'on the top of the moun
tains; but havlnjr no time to lose, we are
determined to risk ths hasarda and
text aa soon as tha Indiana generally
consider it practicable, which ta about
the middle this month. . - ,
. ...
' . Making: Bread by Machinery, j
An invention which promises a large
reduction In the cost of producing
bread has been perfected by a London
baker. It is not only a labor and time- A
saving Invention U might alao be ,
called a machine-saving machine, so
greatly doee It simplify tha process of
breedmaklng. For Instance, at present
ths miller grinds bis wheat perhaps as
many as 1 times to obtain . ths .best
flour. By ths new method the wheat Is
ground only once. This grinding gives
three products flour, middlings and
bran. The foremost is conducted to ths
bin.' the bran is mechanically carried,
and automatically . weighed Into sacka,
while tha middlings psas into tapld
water, by which all tha floury part Is
washed oat. This water, impregnated
with nutritive material, flows Into tha
kneading pan in which dough la made
automatically, ,
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