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- The readiest and . surest .
way to get rid of censure 4a
to correct ourselves Demote
' thenea. : .
FRANCHISES AND
'A ' LENCE.
MALEVO-
v lrnnv r XT 17 .! A "
11 .V WX - Will, WIIV UVCU
I p long m uregon understands
'. '' la, akratl) ft am . tf
.- f -f an-a as t sua vj
the 'morning- paper in its persistent
attacks upon certain citizens who
would riot on all occasions bow down
"to its dictation and demands,' and
. '.knows that its frequent lucubrations
, , about franchises granted many, years
ago , are only a manifestation of its
characteristic malignancy. (
- r- 1r-1strne-that-theeouncils-and
other persons in authority who grant
'. j d and " approved 7 those franchises
, should .have looked farther ahead and
studied the future with more pre-
cience. It'Ju true that even then,-as
,iw, no perpetual ranchisessJloUld
Jiave been granted. ; Butifanybody
jwarf cJrme-rn theatteFit was the
... men in office ..who could not or did
aaot see . fac-f nough intcQhcuturc,
, - rather than the inen who received the
ofranchiseil-,They only asked what
everybody in those days was willing
to give them, and glad to see them
. take at any price or for no price, so
' as to encourage and aid the develop
C. ment of the small, scrubby city.
The city wanted street railways
..J-builtior instance, huLwhefc-wasthc
money coming from to build them?
The towowa small, as compared
with the present Portland;, and- while
everybody knew it -would grow, few
" : if any foresaw to what extent it -would
7 grow. - The desired railroads" would
cost a great deal of money, and prob
ably would be operated for a consid
erable time at a loss. Profits had to
be watted for, Jiobody knew exactly
no Hong. Andso,Tas wr "sayrrthe
-.franchises were granted, we presume
without much if any protest, Per
haps the roads would not have been
, built for several years, and, the devel-l
opment of the city would have beeTi
greatly delayed, if other terms had
- been exacted. "
We say again that the granting of
perpetual free franchises, as we can
." all see now, although, few if inybody
- saw it then, was ... a ; great mistake.
The franchises should have contained
a provision that after the receipts
reached a certain amount the company
should pay a . certain percentage of its
income as a tax. But it is to be re
Mnembered that in those days' this
-Vas not generally required. Freczindi
-pel peludttrancliises were the rule.
People had not yet awakened to the
equity, not to say the necessity of
limiting, franchises in point f.f tT"t
and taxing the companies to whih
they were granted. - Nobody de
manded, it "What was -done here was
done everywhere, and as a -matter of
course. Itas joJawise thingJo
VI o, any more than it was a wise thing
for doctors 100 years ago to bleed all
their patients, with whatever ailments
they were afflicted, but. what was be
ing done elsewhere was done in Port
land, and nobody in particular is to
blame for it, unless it be the poli
ticians whom the Oregonian always
' supported. The doctors quit bleed
ing patients, and the people have quit
granting free and : perpetual fran
chises. ' , ( '
. So that all these tirades of Hie
morning paper, directed against cer
tain citizens on account of former
franchises, are pointless, insincere and
inane-. ..The. franchises "have nothing
to do with the attacks, the reason for
which we stated at the outset.
-MASSACRE OF-jfewSr
HOW LONG Ts the civHized
world going to endure this
continual 'massacre of Jews
in Russia?
Ko other nation can Interfere, it is
said; neither England, -nor Jermany,
oriiie.JJflited-Suu.i.-r-all must Jteep
mum,'; inert, phlegmatic,, mast" of
ficially look the other way, while
these - horrible wholesale assassina
tions are going ort.
Is it because international law can
not sanction interference in such a
'case? Then international law should
be driren out of it r deep rut '
. Is it ' because .the nwrdorers art
r.6minal "ChHstiairs"? , Tfaen fcheh
Christianity needs conversion more
' than heathendom.' "x- f ..
- The whole world, if it has a heart
wuh. Mcaxia dioa ol blood or a soul
worth saving, is horrified at these
demoniac atrocities and hellish mas
acres. 1 ', ,: " , ..
There will be revolution in Russia.
There ought to be. A government
that cannot prevent or permits, that
probably encourages and authorizes
these awful crimes, deserves to be
consumed "with fire a,nd sword."
' Russia has apologized', and pro
fessed and pretended and lied long
enough. Its government is a cruel
thing, that in its present form ought
to be wiped off the face of the blood-
weeping eartlu. Kishenef is repeated
at-DialMOCky a'ud elsewhere, every-
where, in that widespread land ;.of
multiplied horrors. , '- . i '
,The United world ought to rise as
one man and demand in the name of
humanity, Regardless of czar or gov
ernment or policy that these horrible
crimes against humanity shall cease,
at once and forever. .
This is-thV twentieth, not the six
teenth century. . -i.
A PARTY'S PREDICAMENT.
BUT what would the Republican
"party have done.in the,
' , Packers', inspection busi
ness,. the ..;'''::, :
.Anthracite coal affair, the
' Standard. Oil. the , - 1
Beef trust, the s . ,v .'
Rebate railroads - ' '
If it had not been for President
Roosevelt?
Everybody knows that not a thing
would have been done against : or
t bout 111 eni. . " . -
Now if the anti-Roosevelt Repub-
licaarrccmtrothxFatTonarRe-i
publican convention in. fact, if any
body in " sighfj but "Roose velt orTa
Follette is nominated for- president,
what, or what not, wilt the .Repub
lican party do? " ; - -r:-
We all know. Experience, an old
maxim says, is an expensive but a val
uable teacher. " ; ' ' ' '
The Republican party leaders, most
of them anti-Roosevelt are m the
hardest row of political stumps they
tvtr"neountred andnKOodTnany
of them know it
Roosevelt could . doubtless , be . re-
electedn 1908, if he-would say, the
word, -in spite of the Republican
party; for he-is really not of it; ut
if he adheres to his determination not
to run, who? what? ; v
'It is a curious predicament for the
Republican party; the only man it can
elect is not;reallyT Republicatt and is
a man its leaders hate. V j : , ;
.The explanation is easy and can bt
told in a word: The People are wak
ing Up! '
The Britisher isslow to see, take,
or make a joke, but when he does in
trulge-in- humor-ttHa-of the-Titanic
sort. The movement to abolish the
house of lords is the best-joke we
have heard of since Bill Nye circu
lated his petition for the removal of
the chief of the weather bureau on
the ground of unjust discrimination
against Wyoming in the matter , of
snow. . ----- -r -
At the very moment that the state
ment is made that Kansaa was never
so prosperous, that there are no un
employed in the state, and that as an
inducement to get men ' t'o aid in
building up the commonwealth fried
chicken is promised, for dinner every
day, the news comes that the Pop
ulists cannot - get enough men : to
gether to hold a conference.'
. Whatever etyle of canal is con
structed, the statesmen of the future,
whose grandfather is not born 'yet,
will "point the finger of scorn" at the
engineers, will turn "the eye of con
tempt" on the, builders, and will "de
nounce in the strongest language at
my command" the. shameful waste of
money. This, of course, in the event
that the canal is ever built. -
An Arkansas negro was sentenced
to 999 years in the penitentiary for
seizing a white girl by the foot. It
was a bad trick and aeserved reason
able punishment, but if a white man
had seized a negro girl by the fo6t,
the same judge would doubtless have
laughed at it asji good joke.
- A'; professor has declared that the
Nehalem stuff about which hundreds
of columns have been written is sure
enough beeswax. Now willj come
somebody of equal authority who will
declare it isn't beeswax, .and .the
whole " subject- will 7 be flailed - over
sgaio, : :
Old King Leopold says he will gov
ern the Congo state exactly as he
pleases and will brook no interfer
ence from any government. He
holds the lives of millions of foreign
human beings in his hands by "divine
right," we suppose.
tVVelcotne to the new state of Ok
lahoma, making the 46th star. JS'ext
year we jmay have the -47th and 48th,
as. Arizona and New Mexico are on
the waiting list ? '
Letters From tlie People on Topics
. of Current Interest "
The XaitlatiTa and aUfaraadom.
PortlMJd. : Juna T the Editor of
The Journal I sn In your valuable
paper an jntarvlaw en the Initiative
and referendum law, a law which I con
sider a wholesome shield for the ro
teotlon of the meases from those who
get rich aa apotla taken from etKera
rather than m the produot of their own
honest efforts .and skill. '
I wish to remind Mr. Forbes that the
waaaea f the people an nut pTaetlcaJly'
iffrtorant ; -thaS - they- do- not nd - a
"course of education to treat these ques
tion rlftitly':? that history, aa man
knows it. la an moat wholly a record or
the Inspirations of the io-called "crank"
who Invariably comes from these aame
maaaea, who nave- tna . distinction or
deciding; all Important questions for the
bettarmant of mankind. .
That the history of the past 100 years
shows . a broader education In theae
Some people than the "newspapers of the
state", ean furnish; -that the masses
have risen In that time In face of diffi
culties caused by poverty and toll, and
have- developed- fiber, resolution and re
sources. Tor difficulties and dancers are
taken as a new Incentive to action.
1 shall leave It to any thinking man
to siy whether this law -Is not needed
to remind the man of millions that his
mllllona are not wholly his own and that
there ia danger In the development or
his baser elements of nature at the ex
panse of his better and nobler faculties.
for neither high .office nor great wealth
creates virtue. .
No thinking man doubts the decision
Of Mr.- Forbes' Intelligent nun," when
success 1 measured by the gathering of
much gold, of stocks, of bonds, etc. But
thank Ood there always have been and
always shall be men of character -and
ef means to Invest without fear where
nothing more than Justice Is demanded.
MRS. A. BONHAM (A Laborer s Wife.)
.Beatore. the Year of Jubilee,
Portland, f June It. To the Editor of
claUat. but In theae daya when vaat for
tunes are being accumulated and settled
upon the . few. entailing corresponding
poverty upon the- many, as It is claimed
by some, now. may I ask.- would a re
turn to the -old Hebrew year of Jubilee
do as a remedy? This was the season
of restoration of : 'mil things and or re
llglous joy. Every family estate re
verted to Its first possessor. Debts were
extinguished and every slave debtor set
free. -The extremes of rlchea and pov
erty were, shuffled to an equality.
Whether Its conditions oouldbe suited
to the modern complicated relations of
a wealthy and commercial state ts not
so clear, but the old Jubilee Idea was In
tts-Theory- aa -equitable" a solution ot
soma of the deepest social problems
ever devised by man. Whether ever re
alised or not. after the model prescribed
In the Levltlcal oode. It stands as s
monument to the far-seeing policy and
humane intention of those whojald the
The Play;
r t. '-rr -By" J.'TJcC. " '
' Let the Bakerltea hold up their droop
ing "heads andTJauth fiendishly lh the
face of the hoodoo that has pursued
them a fortnight-; For yesterday the
hoodoo wae 'raeegated to- the rear, the
real merits of the Individuals" rho go
to make up the -Baker stock company
came forth under the calcium, and the
result was, to - say the least highly
satisfactory. Were the most famous
playwright of the day asked to write
a bill to fit the capabilities of the Ba-kertteey-tie-eould-not-Ti
a ve-done-teet ter
than give them a "When We Were
Twenty-One." .
-" The play le one the public loves.' and
It lost none of Its sweetness. Its whole
some realism and lta pure pathos by
the work ' of the Bakerltea. Without
enthusiasm, but tn the cold light of
reality. It may be said that Edgar
Baume does better In this than tn any
thing he has attempted this season. -His
conception of the part of Richard Caraw
Is a copied one. but he delivers a copy
ao like the original that It . takes an
expert to detect the little mannerisms
wh!enT,esFred; rwhlch are - not
Baume a. He was In the spirit of the
play when the, curtain rose yesterday
afternoon, and as the beautiful story
unfolded he continued In the. spirit . of
It thri'Mg""'. warming to his work
until the climax brought from the large
audience spontaneous applause that was
not forced, that was plainly sincere.
And It was applauae for the work of
the actor, not for the lines bf the play.
Tba best part of his work was not -aa
may be supposed by those acquainted
with the play, the reading to the "trin
ity" of the letter written by The Imp's
father, but was one little line spoked
after the scene In the clubroom, when
Dick returns home thinking how he has
failed to save The Imp from an unen
viable fate, and looks up at tha. photo
graph of The Imps father and aayst
"I dlddhe best I could, old man; Z did
the best I could."
' Mlftsj.Lawrence Is an excellent Phyl
lis. For 4 few moments yesterday she
forgot that she was Miss -Lawrence,
which had a very good effect Her
work was neither underdone or over
done. It Is no more than fair to say
that she comes nearer to Interpreting
the role of Phyllis than she has come
to Interpreting any other role so far
this sear.on.
But Donald Bowles as The Imp takee
the blue ribbon and the gold medal and
the grand prim. - His entrance ts noth
ing less than gentus. Then he descends
for a few moments to mediocre work,
but - as the play progresses - ' Bowles
comes Into" his own and 'does the char
acter Justice. It la In Ms lighter mo
ments that Bowles Is best.' His Impet-
TnWTfv Tfill-KnareT fiTii"rel la worked
uosity,--nis .. anger, nis nn woraw
out In the right proportions. ' But nis I
realisation -of i wrong, his grtef and his
mental anguish Is not so well depicted.
Once la a vital moment Ms voice over
stepped 'the bounds and soared in for
bidden realms, but that might have been
the fault of the weather and Bleeping
with a window open lnatead of a mis
calculation'' of the successive stepe to
the climax. - -
It is fitting to state that Margaret
Neville-does. The-- Firefly In- true vam
plre and fox-woman fashion. ' Though
her presence on the stage le transitory,
she left the feeling that the character
about which the fates of the principals
revolved bad . been portrayed correctly
In the mind's mirror."
Beloved Billy Dills made a home
Ilka and comfortable- Waddles and
brought about a deal of the laughter.
Harry Byers did better work- than' last
week. Fred Eamelton gave a Colonel
Orahame that was artistically correct.
Mrs.' Byers can be' congratulated on A
Iffe-tlke piece of work.
In the productlotV-of . a play so well
known to the pubftn. It, Is true that the
audience follow every line and crltlolaes
the work Jo a greater degree, and taking
this Into consideration the applause yea
terdajr. meant a great deal X01 tba Sa
foundations of the Hebrew common
wealth. . C. K. CLINK, j
Bmall rarmA.
Portland. June IS To the Editor of
The Journal Your very appoalt leader
or tuts- day's issue headed "Divide, up
the Large Farms, heads In the .right
soon to be popular direction.
When this becomes a nation of small
farmers, aa the great French . human
butcher's civil prescience, rather than
eimary-a-snrusTTfiaai '
CS,nn, inmtmmA . Ian i la in
of bee, cattle and land trust barons. It
will chord with: . , , , .4- -
"Westward the course ef empire takes
Us way, '' V !; "' ' '
The four first act's already past,-
A fifth shall, closet the drama with the
day.
Time's nablest offspring Is the last.
- Thls,denouement le drawing fast and
furious now, from meat packers aad as
sociate disclosures. , '. "
The hold of the cattle and cognate
octopuses IS now broken never to be regained.-.
c
- In -"elf-defense the lan) barons,-deprived
of their peace In the packing
robery of the world, will Toe compelled
to find other markets for their four
footed Product . - .
It gdbe without saying they can never
obtain past exorbitant prices, Toenae
thay will be unable to sustain their
former nefarious relations to the Clod
given public domain. Indubitably, their
tormer-preaent Illegal,' oppressive hold
ings must dissipate. Then, thank Ood,
the honest yeoman,' one nucleus of a
nattneVS pride, will be guaranteed oppor
tunity, under the protection of law, to
obtain One, and Aa many A'ont the
opportunity tempts acceptance, of the
small farms' Comprehended In- the divi
sion mooted. . ; BOSEY. - -
. Oars of Slavery slave Psaaed. .
Portland, June Jt To the Editor, pf
The Journal I noticed the, article In
Wednesday's "Journal In which It is
stated that the JAmer tea a Blioult-oo
pany has discharged many of Its
employes for refusing tq-woVk on Bun
day, r -It' hardly seem's - poaalble in
this enlightened and Christianised na
tion that such a thing could be. . Surely
greed and avarice-have at last found
their limit here.
- With the smalFpftfancwhTch,:The
Company pays its empldyes H seeks to
buy both body and souL -
- - And Aside from the queatlotv-of relig
ious sentiment why should a nian -work
and . slave himself Into an early grave
giereiy for the purpose ef putting a few
extra dollars 'Into the coffers . of the
octopus? Ordinary Justice and common
hjimajiitycryouegalnst such treat
ment. . A company guilty ofsiich an act
should be boycotted by every honeat
and right-minded man In Portland, v if
that-Is the only-remedy, and It seems to
be. it Is time to ehow the company
that the days- of slavery have passed.
Who will start the crusade? S. N. E.
kerites. .And no acene ever seen at a
local theatre was more beautiful than
that shown tn the first, third and. fourth
acts of this week's play.
Just a minute! Last week we said
that Jewel Power did not know bow-to
make Jove. This .week she trlSsi-to
flirt and falls miserably. 'Ko" man
would aver be raah over a woman that
flirts aa Jewel Power does it
-This week's bill at the Baker ean be
recommended to - young boys Who are
sowing wild oats and to old boys who
have harvested the crop.
, "Said Pasha V
Jistnlghtatt)ie HelllgtheatreJ.on
the northwest corner of Fourteenth and
Washington streets. Just a block from
engine' company No. J, and not so very
far from a. brewery, a large audience
laughed. , , i.--
Laughter , began ' when Ben Lodge
sprang a Joke to the effect - that he
didn't care where he went when he died
becauae he had friends In both places, a
gagused with great force and effect
by Brother Noah, sole proprietor ef the
first boat theatre. Laughter continued
when there was a. solo entitled "She
Has No Papa Now," a highly orlg-lnel
little thing whistled by Hannibal while
he was crossing the Alps.
"Said Pasha" was the bill, and Rich
ard Stahl, now deceased, was the author
of It- Thel Us t goodpnft. , All honor
t6the memory of the author. .
Robert a. Pitkin last week led one to
believe that he has In him the making
of a oomlc opera atar. - This week he
unfortunately descends to . slap-stick
burlesque far behind hla former droll
characterisation, which made people
laugh. ' Yet Pitkin made people. laugh
last night ' The result was- the same,
and the cause doesn't matter.
Lottie - Kendall is sweet In "Said
Pasha" as she Is always, but there is
little life to her work. Bessie Tanne-
phlll sings remarkably well, of -course.
and Ned Lynch works hard and deserves
the thanks of the audience for a pretty
solo, "Only In Dreams." Millar Bacon
makes the moat of a thankless role,
and Laurel Atkins realy does ' good
work. "Tamo" by Bacon) and the male
chorus was tuneful and made some
what ef a hit , -
Speaking of the chorus reminds ua
Their coftumes this week are pretty
and new and we should be thankful
for that But the pretty Oregon broil
ers cannot keep step end get mixed up
now and then. The male .members of
the aforesaid chorus will, we fear, never
be quoted as corespondents In a divorce
eult - -
Now, the prime object of a comic op
era, of course, is to make people laugh.
It doesn't make so very much difference
whaf It. le In the production that causes
the laugh. - And considering this, we
rTT,,"v - wcn proaucuon
. .. -,,. i.mii..i..
f r.,.- 7..,,
at the Helllgs fulfills Its purpose. You 11
laugh, all right all right aU right! Oh,
yes! You'll laugh I
" '" Do You Know? - ,
y
Pompey's pillar had no historical con
nection with Pompey In any way.,.
Cleopatra's Needle wss not erected by
the Egyptian queen, nor In her honor.
Whalebone Is not bone, and Is said not
to possess g single property of bone,
Turkish baths did not originate In
Turkey, and are not baths only heated
chambers, , w ,
German sliver was not Invented In
Germany, and does not contain a par
ticle of silver. '
Black lead Is not lead at alt, but a
compound of carbon and m small quan
tity of irorb
Braslllao. Brass never grew In Brasll,
and is not grass; It la nothing but strips
of palm leaf.. -
Burgundy 'pi tch" Is 'not pTtcnT arid-does
not come from Burgundy; the greater
pert of It Is rosin and palm oil.
- Beallng-wax doer-fiftt'contaln a par
ticle of wax, but' Is refhposed of tur
pentine, ahellao and cinnabar. .
The tuberose Is no rose, but a species
Of olyanth. - . , -
A Little Nonsense
Wlmt Is rear fiTorite trtflry Jnke, aaeedote,
er pnuf ETerbndy baa on Uiet he or "k
think la tae bet "oa Tr keud." th
Journal wants to know Jut tb aurt of hum
tbt appeals Boat atmoilr ta Its raadrrs, and
(rill alra two eaah prists a' wavk fur tha
Nt abort torlea sant to tba Humor Editor.
Tke atorlaa next aot bt ertftua), bat tbr
mutt not be o'er Soo words and most contain
an eltoMnt of clraa !. Far be btst. S3
will be patd: tl wilt be gtrea for tba next
bat You can arad In a( maar atorlaa M
roa Ilka. Iwr- Journal rtadar baa a cbaaot
to wla tke pruws.J
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- Army of Distontent. -
Charles R. Hughes, speaking of pro
fessional agitators before the Manufac
turers' aaaociatlon In Maw York, told
"Bi VVCfwl about d,cont,n1,
can va u ii 7ss i xii in ia vvr u ii 1 1 j t na saaaita,
"reminds me of an evening in the presi
dential campaign of 1SSC' when a party
of gentlemen stood before the Hoffman
house. A man who is very Well known
in- New York, said: ."Gentlemen. If Wil
liam MeKlnley is elected president you
will see the army nf discontent and un-
rest- gathered from , all parts of the
Country, encamped on tha Jersey
heights and- theratenlng. your capital-
latto city. Mark my wordsl
. . 'Judge.' said a keen eld lawyer In
the party. If you will go Tin and take
another drink yon will see them there
now. " - : -r
,. , . Tha Veteran's Charm. ;
Three veterans, hale and hearty de
spite their thin hair and their white
beards, were lunching together,. -1
"Do you see this?" said the first and
he held up his watch charm e ball of
dull metal set In a square of gold. "Do
you know what this Is? This Is the
Toullet that they took out of my left arm
at Bull Run. ' ' '
The second veteran displayed Tnla
Charm a metal ball set tn a gold cross.
' This." saldhe.lalthe bullet they
took out of my leg at Gettysburg." He
sighed.- "The bullet they took out." he
said, "but not the limp." s" ' """ "" " :' '
The third veteran's charm was a bul
let' set In a ring of brilliants.
"Out of my head." said he. ' '
,How He Knew the Time. .
negro' amateur steeplejack was re
pairing the cupola of a -local hotel and
losing his footing fell three stories to
the -ground. - He .brought, suit against
the management, alleging that the gut
tering was defective and allowed him to
slip. - - 'v. : ' .- ----
"What time did this accident hap-
tnr"aaked-the lawyer for' ther-hotet
Tou seent to remember everything else
about It"
It was I o'clock.", the witness said.
How do you know. Mt was Just I
o'clock?"
'Because I saw the people eating din
ner aa-1 passed -the windows.", the wit
ness answered. , . , (
New , Use for a . Yorkshire Pudding.
A friend ' on ' a visit to Yorkshire
caught a chill and was confined to his
bed. His hostess" thought to give hr
sick "visitor. a. treat during hla confine
ment sohe baked a Yorkshire pudding
end took it upstairs. -
"Just try that" ahe said; "It'll ahlft
yer cowd." ."""" r- ------
Going up some time later, she In
quired: . - v..-. . . j r...
"Welt 'eve ya etten tt up?"
"Etten it? Ktten tt?" gasped - her
visitor. "NOI'm-wearingJt on my
chest!": '. ' . . ' ' .
Hospitals for Snakes and Fish.
There are hospitals galore In New York
for the doctoring of Ills of human be
ings. There are- also numerous hospi
tals for various kinds of animals. A
dog or cat may go to a hospital, so may
anakes and goldfish.
Down in Grand street there is a fish
and snake hospital, and here a good deal
of delicate work le done under trying
circumstance a. . Give a snake chloro
form and you may make a belt or pock
etbook of his skin the next minute tf
you choose, for a snake Is so cold
blooded and lta temperature when nor
mal so low that an artificial stilling of
hla pulse will kill him.
' There was a python In the hospital
that had a cancer In lta mouth, and It
was not at all pleased with the atten
tion the men paid It - It wae a very
strong snake and It took four men to
hold It and one to ' remove the three
mtl spots,-which " If thejrremalfied
would In time be the undoing of the
snake. There wae a great deal of scrap
ing, lancing and cauterising to be done,
and now and again the ugly fellow
I would give such- a powerful turn to Ms
body that the men would fairly- blanch
tn ttielr efforts to keep htm stllL
. , There are many, things that ean hap
pen to snakes. If a snake bruises his
tall It la as good aa a dead ' snaka
Necrosis of the bone aete In, and little
by little Ahe snake leavea his body in
his - tracks. - - This - snake Is generally
sold to the small showman for a little
money, and la carried' about and ahown
to the wondering crowd. . He Is a sick,
no good, ambltlonless snake, end the
"brave charmer" need not be In the
least afraid of him. -
In the goldfish hospital you find
many tanks filled with the pretty little
fellows. Some of them are well, othere
sick. There Is ai parasite In the water
that many times' fastens to the scales
and breeds quickly. If not ' soon re
moved the fish will be covered with It
and die. . .
When this happens the fish is put
Immediately Into salt water and Is prao
tlcally disinfected. There are - fungous
growths that come on flan. Theae must
be cut off or the fish will die, for they
absorb 'all vitality. - Thia Is indeed a
delicate operation, end Is performed
with a pair of, small manteare sctssprs.
It la best not to tfy to eut your fish's
flas. Ton may-kill It -
Hat on a' Long Journey.
From the TopekajCapttsL.
dnenynatpassed through here
yeeterday for a trip over the Fargo ex
press linen. The hat waa started from
Omaha and was shipped from there to
Bt Joeeph and afterward to Topeka. It
was sent west from here.
it was msraeo ana eupposea to re tne
property of Judge Rooney of Omaha,
and bore a tag, with Instructions to all
the agenta to forward It on the long
Journey over the lines, of the express
company. - At each station where the
hat stops the agent puts the tig of his
office on the hat and sends It" on. After
It has traveled several thousand miles It
will be covered with tage until It fill be
almost impossible to find the eolor. and
tags will be. pasted upon tags, on the In
side end on the outside, and every tag
will bear a, different office stamp.
This la one of the various waya the
messengers have Just to pass away the
time, end often such , articles travel
around the world. Theee packages pass
through often, and If one has traveled
veryfar.Jt l( sometimes difficult -to
know what the article lorlgftlally was. (
Use, for Ex-Presidents.
From th'"" Philadelphia ledger.
There la no trouble in Santo Domingo
about' what to do with ex-p'resldents
m
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
of TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANGE.
' . Three times and In. W. J. B.
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, Told you It would clear up; didn't say
When.. : : .,- ' - - .
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Now. ' who wss the original Bryan
man? -. . . ' ' -,
A
cabbage patch..' beats theCabbage
l".how. ' - . .
Patch'
"Toung men, do- something useful dur
ing vacation. , V .
. ' . ' -V '-e gV .:..'. rf-
- The legal voters Of Sellwood precinct
must decide. .. , " v . :-, ..
LJIenleaat' qualified to give '-advice
are slowest In giving It
, : . ' '
Did . it ever do anybody any good to
kick, about the weather? -
..'' ''.'' y -.y' : V-"'
. Praise the things', your . wife cooks,
even if It be hard to eat them. .
'. It la no thanks to them when some
men become, "done with politics.'
Lee;
1 It. was scarcely expected that J. 'Og
den Armour would praise the president
:.: ... ':.'. e ' ' . .
Doubtless we shall soon hear It now
about 400 times a day: "Is It h-t en gh
f-r y-ur
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It is feared that Depew can never
be strengthened up to Jhe point (
resigning. .
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' The- main difference between some
men and sponges Is that sponges will
take water. .- .'.
'. - v a - - -. ' v. ,
. Some people run three blocks to catch
a car rather than walk four to get to
thelfdegtltiattnn. .-"" . -i
No, Kthylynne. the muck-rake la not
used in gardens any more, only In mag
asines and newspapers. .. ..... .
. .', - J .'. a ,.
- One of the unaccountable things about
the president Is why he has kept that
fellow, fihaw about him, so long,.
Jacobson will run against Johnson for
governor of Minnesota There ought)
to ne more Johns than Jacobs there,
1 -....aa .
""X Kansas City woman fainted upon
earning tnat . her taxes . were. ao Jxlgh.
8he should have oalled In a doctor and
glen him her property for his feesr
Probably Albany, - McMinnvtlle ' and
other .prohibition towns will find that
they canget along- Just as well without
saloons. . . . - ,
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"Hermann waa once a good man, but
he la not running for office now.'-. re
marks the Sllverton Appeal. The last
statement la undoubtedly true. ,
, -.;..;' -, --etrt.. -".-.'.''.'
The Taeoma " TLedger ' takee nearly" a
column to show tha Inconsistency of the
Oregonian. But what's the use of prov
ing something that everybody Who reads
the Oregonian knows? , .
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Congress adjourned the ether day to
go out and see an airship sailing or
swimming around over the capltol.- - If
they had been at Portland last summer,
as ,they should have been, they could
have seen the same sight on several
occasions. , . , .
A ValuaHe Dog
- .
By Anton Tschechow.
Lieutenant Dubow, a no longer young
army officer, was chatting with the sol
dier Knaps over-a glass of brandy.
"A magnificent dog," he said, ' point
ing to his dog Mllka, which was sleep
ing peacefully on tba floor, "a moat
unusual dog! Look at lta nose!. That
nose alone Is worth money, a connois
seur would pay 100 roubles for It on
theajrength of that-nose alone Yo
aonot Believe mer Then Tron ao; not
know anything about doga." : .
"I rather . llattermyseir' '
"But don't you see then? He Is a
thoroughbred setter Qot don setter at
that. Just . look at hla shape and then
his scent; there never waa a dog like
him! - Do you know what I paid for
him when he waa Just a small -pup?
One hundred roubles, and that was
cheap. Come here, Mllka, come here,
my dogl" ' ; ; ,
. He petted the .old. anlmaL and. kissed
It between ears while tears came into
his eyes. - - r
"No,'' I will never-, part with you.
Mllka. You love me, don t youT Ua
away, you pig, you put your dirty paw
all over me. Yea Knaps, I .paid one
hundred and fifty roubles for that dog
when he wae a pup. and he waa worth
It it is a pity tnat 1 nave no time
to go hunting. That dog must hunt;
It Is psrt of his nature and that Is why
I want to sell him. Now, you buy
him, Knsps, and you will thank ma
all your life. If you are ehort of money
I will cut the price In half and let lyou
have him for 11 fty. roubles. What do
j w oaf v .iiaaa, a
"No, lieutenant, I don't want , your
dog. Jf It were a mala I might buy
It but" :
"What do you say? Mllka le no male?
What -Is he then, may 1 ask? A fe
male? . I roust say you - surprise, me,
you don't even know the difference." .
'You tslk to me aa II I were blind
or a child. '. Anyone can, see the. dog
nar had pups more than once."
a'Thenex tthlng you. will. aayI am- a
woman! . Oh, Knaps. Knaps! - I tell you
Mllka la a thoroughbred - male Gordon;
Better." "- -
'I . beg your pardon, Michael Ivan
ovltch. Do you think- I am a fool?
Do you want to Insult me?"
There, there! Don't get excited. WS
will - say no more about It. You don't
want the dog, and that settles It. I
slmolv wanted to let you have it at
a bargain. - Walter,vtwo more brandies."
The waiter brought tne brandy end
for half an hour the men eat there In
si lem-e. 11 '
Well, now. even If the. dog le female.
what does It matter?" the lieutenant
began." - "It really makee it evan more
valuable. You, can cell the pups for K
roubles apiece. ' It'a a thousand times
better. Every- one's crasy to buy - her
pUps,i and female dogs are much more
faithful. But since you have, auch a
poor opinion of the female aex I will
let you have her for 28 roubles."
"No, really, Michael Ivanovltch, I
won't. pay . a. kopeck .for. your deg. I
have no use for It no place to keep It
and nd mony to pay for ft.
"Why did you not say 8' right away?
Now I hate to have you ' go away dis
appointed. I will let you have the dog
for nothing." ' . . -
"But what should I do with It? I tell
you ' I bare no place to keep It
m
. OREGON SIDELIGHTS. -
No more cattle at large la Beevertoa; "
V' ' - ., . ' " j , -
Nearly all Oregon towns win cele
brate, '', '' ' - -
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Land around Freewater sells for 1300
an acre.
. 1 r a i ... .1 k . 1 1
Umatilla county expects Its largest
wheat crop. . ' , 1 .
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About 1IB acres of hemp around SoIr
looking well. " r .
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Business In The Dalles eheeee factory
rapidly: increasing. '
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i TwalftrgebearsJtllie4jeaeButler,
Polk county, last week. t
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If much talking will do If,' Astoria
will ome day have a new hotel.,
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Coqullle has a woman's development -league
and they- are going to beautify
that town. ' -" ,',; .- ,
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Despite - the -short cherry crop the
Newherg cannery will be kept busy this
summer. - - . - 1 . , . ;; ; .-
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' A 400-acre farm on Myrtle ereek wilt -be
subdivided and sold in small tracta
Oood schema. - .......--..,......,-..:.
,- . .. -x a a - ' ; '.,.
There Is every Indication that Salem
Is going to get the Dallas and! Falle
City -road; and -this summer. a ..
. '-e a . .
Beaverton furntshts as much freight
for the railroad, claims a -correspondent,
aa HUlsboeo or Foreet Grova. . ,
. - . ' ,:A. ... .. - . - . . "-'.; -
: A Clatakanle head of lettuce weighed
over three pounds, the solid part ma
urlng seven Inches In diameter.
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During the last year tha 'Arlington
postmaster sold It.SSS -worth of post
age atampa Had the amount been f 3.000
he would have, secured a raise of 1100 In
his salary. 0 ;. ..-
" ;-e 'a ' '" ! ; Vi.,--v
Astorlariaa""a" 9?,000,Aod fishing' "in
dustry and surrounding the city It has
the largest body of merchantable-timber
In the world. .Is this advantage not
worth advertising? A new botel "Will -
form the missing link, says the Budget
- a - a - ... ,
' It Is unlawful for any-person to cap
ture or destroy more than S crabs in
one aayin" Coos county." -No crabs are
allowed to be shipped out of the coun
ty. This set aoegrrr-ippiy to theafl
nlng of crabs within the county or the '
exportation of the canned product--
C77 - e " --
In 1IM Sam Anderson, living IS miles .
west of Pendleton -on the - Umatilla
river, went back to Missouri, and on
his return brought a bushel or "wal
nuts, which he "planted and now there Is
a beautiful grove of walnut trees which
are considered very . valuable by the
owner as well aa a pleasing sight to
the hundreds who pass the place dally
upon the cara ' ' i
Woodburn Independent: - Wood burn
enjoys a good trade. The city will com
paratively soon have electric motor
llnea More small Industries will be es
tablished here. All have ot should
possess the greatest conOdence In 1 a
brighter future for Woodburn, ' and If
wa had eod roads leading to this city
there would be no doubt of It. That Is
the one obstacle. Let s clear It away.
"Oh. never mind. The devil take you.
No,- don't go1 yet, let va have another
brandy." ' . . i ; - . ' it '
No, I must go." ' . :.
"Then I will go with you."
They walked down the street some dis
tance In alienee.
'Don't you know anybody who wants
a dog?" askSd Dubow at last "You
must surely know somebody who wants .
suoh a noble animal. I tell you. I paid
too roubles for her when she was a pup."
"No, I don't know anybody." -
Again they walked along In alienee
untll-they-reached Khap" house. -"Then,
as they were about to parttha lieuten
ant saldi ; '-- ' .- -.
"Do you know If the dogcatcber will
celt for a dog If you writer"
Z "I lietleve eo." '
Then I will write today. He -may '
skin the brute for all I care. I am
disgusted with the mongrel. Yesterday .
she stole all the meat I had In - the
house. Yee, If she were a thoroughbred
1 would not say anything, but she looks
as If she might be a mixture of a mon
grel and a hog. Good afternoon."'
And Dubow . walked . on, followed by
nis aog.
-h
. King John's Loving Cup. '
When King - John crossed with his
army the Wssh of Lincolnshire In Oe- '
tober. Ills, the chronicles state that hie
baggage and a considerable amount' of
treasure were swallowed up by the rle- '
ing tide. A relic of that catastrophe .
has Just been unearthed by a man dig
ging clams on the fringe of the Wash. -Thia
man, hooked up the other- dajr a.
corroded, double-handled pitcher about
eight inches In height and -weighing ,"
nearly three pounds. A local builder. H.
Tann. who happened to be passing, paid . .
a shilling for the aoll-atalned utenall "
nd took It home. . .-''
A few daya later, on showing his pur- ..
chsse to W. St John Hone, a Lincoln-,
shire antiquarian, that gentleman became
mucn interested and together they re-.
paired to a local Jeweler. After the cup
had been cleaned. Its metal waa found, '
to be stiver, very richly-chased and orna- -
mented. The date, lj. mi alao foi
plainly mrked on. the. cup., which Is
deemed to have formed part .of King
John'a treasure which he lost while re
treating from the French. -.
Chinese Valedictorian.
jf
From the Denver Times. '. -Unusual
Interest attaches to the graJ- -uatlng
exercises of the Albuquerque
high school this year In that the valedlc- ' .
tortan la. Sara Ho Kee, a Chinese boy,
whose exceptional ability has surprised
his Instructors at . every stage of hla
high school course. , f
Sam Ho la easily, the ' leedsf of, hi
class of IS young men and women, and
It has been known for aome time that,
the valedictory honor would be given to
him. It le the first time in the United
Ststea that a Chinese hag "had auch an
honor.. - ' " J .
' Sam Ho Kee waa born In China Is.
years sgo. He had hie early education - '
In the Chinese schoola and subsequently,
came under the Influence of' mission
teachers In Pekln.- Later, when his . . .
father moved to San Francisco he en- -tared
the frublla schools there. The boy .
came to Albuquerque six years sgo. He
completed the high school course ,ln
three years. '
- Sam says tht ha will no prepare -for
Tele, Ha proposes after finishing hla,
college course to study medicine. - ':'
The are used to head, -revolutions,
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