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Editorial
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THE jbURNAL
. AM IXDKFINDINT KSWBFArsa.
Pabltokw
JbU.k awry eoealag ?! ."l-,L.!Sf
. Inf. rtftfcv sad .XeaahUI T street PertUae.
' Kntorw) f tn aeotorace at P-rtli4. Or
goa. (or traoovlooloa throofk the . stalls as
aeeoao-eiase aiaiier. . .
TELEPHONES..
KoitnrUI Itmm..
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VrooteaS-lleiiJiBilB 4ri-l AJTor11lir AS"".
JJO Ki rt, JWw s TrUmoe build
.. loev folcefo. . ' ' ' - '
Energy will -d -anything
ah . be done in this
world: and no talents, no
circumstance, no opportun-
; hies will rpskc a man, with-
out It -Goethe. r- - .-r-
WHY THEY WHISTLE.
ENATOR; ELKINS has - mfde
-ithe interesting rediscovery thst
;the chief point ".of difference
between e rich and the poor man is
that the latter whistles. The person
afflicted with poverty does this for a
variety of useless-and highly immoral
reasons; As he tramps hetrtbrolcenly
through the graveyard of his dead
hopes he whistles to keep his courage
-up.--And again he .whistles, sailor
like, in an effort to raise, the wind.
Sometimes he does it because he is
Tiotealing, as it is a fact, seriously
set forth by some of the most learned
.scientists, that the disfeathered biped
is quite unable to whistle when his
mouth is occupied , by any . sort -of
ood but his own uncanhed tongue..
The late Benjamin FrankMfl, while
in, a plagiaristic spirit, wrote of the
- boy-wh, Tlacking- the-holy endow
ment of a Trading instinct, bought a
whistle at a great advance over the
trust price of fhe day, and thereafter
whenever he. wis robbed in the name
?f" business" humorously referred - to
"the fact that he "had paid too much
for his whistle."
s": It is just possible "that Senator
Elkins, who has no use for a poor
man, , aside from requiring him to
: point a moral and adorn and wag a
tale, overlooks the fact that the an
fortunates whose penury puts out of
the questions further - purchases of
machine-made whistles at rust-mde
prices, continue to blow on the same
old instruments the same old tunes.
If the whistle of the poor man atrhoys
Senator Elkins, and he must - have
' music, wef would suggest That he re
place it with a grand piano; if he does
not care for ' a ' concord ' of sweet
nds, e fancy thatymepe6pTe
would be willing to trade their whis
tle for. a broiled steak.", 7 i
A LOCK CANAL.
T. LAST the type of canal at
Panama has been decided
upon by congress, . both
' houses having voted for a lock and
' against a sea-level canal, and as this
2m eets The approbation of the prcsi-
dent this important and vexed que
tion may be considered settled. --J-i
Of course we know nothing of the
-relative merits of the two Jypes,. ex-
cepl inch slight, second-hand knovri-
edge .as "could be gleaned from jhe
" " published discussion -thereof; but be
' lieve that congress has decided wisely.
" It looks reasonable that a sea-level
- canal, once constructed, would be far
preferable and more valuable, but its
"cost wouhTrun uplo several hundred
, millions, and it might talce a quarter
; of a century "to. build it,"while it is al-
' leged that the lock canal can, be com
pleted in about eight year,' aindiwit
h -
7 in somewhere near the estimates.
The cost,- for such a very "great
- and enormously rich country as this,
is not a matter of prime importance",
TrovidiBgthe" sea-levercanal "would
.' be vejry much better, but the element
of time a difference of ten to fifteen
- years is. a matter of great conse
quence. '... "
Eminent, JSDgmeers declare that th
lock canal is not only entirely feasible
but is not greatly Inferior, "taking
inteV-oceah traffic into consideration,
nrFsel-levercanaTriirJTf this be the
-...f.a.e the. decision ife-wise.
I f) courfe there will le many who
7 will criticise and attack and accuse,
"but, we'beliieve" that congress and the
ssident have dniie the best lh
atI75oi
could be done in this "natter.
GOSPEL OF GOOD CHEER.
I
N
HIS SALUTATORY in his
new paper, the Optimist, Mr A.
. Bennett, after some explanation
of hi position, says: "I will always
endeavor to look for the "good and
eschew the evil to live in the sun
shine and forget the shadows, I am
just, a plodding country editor who
Vs the fruits and flowers along life's
pstWty and tries to show them to
"othV -j .". . '.;(.;
' This is a good platform for, the
"country editor," and th,city editor
as well, to stand on, a good rule to
work by. Not all editors, nor many
art constitute! to carry out this pol
icy and program so successfully and
unaffectedly as Mr. Bennett, who has
"sunshine in his souL" yet all of them
could work along this line somewhat
more than they do. None of them
can scare up a "Kabbitville" corre
spondent, .but most of them could
brighten up their papers a little, ajd
make more ' of life's good . and less
of its evil, and so cheer and encourage
their readers. , ,.... "'
' Of some evil deeds newspapers
must take cognizance; they must, por
tray, cloud and storm as well as sun
shine and calm; .must .. notice bad
odors as well as fragrance; , must
point but the thorns as .well as the
ers; but may we not make more
of the pleasant and sweet and beau
liful and beneficent .things ot earth
and of our immediate 'surroundings?
,'eHvirbiirbrirftyTir.Tis-gerand
help others to get all the good pos
sible ot of life. Be an optimist and
not a pessimist." You will live better,
happier, even longer.' - As Brother
Bennett .carols: -? ., -
"The difference 'twixt the Optimist
And the Tessimistis droll;
The Optimist eats the doughnut.
' The Pessimist gnaws the hole.
OPPOSITION TO ALDRICH.
THE SPIRIT of revolt against
-; corporation ' domination ' in
and astir even in little Aldrich)and,
Rhode Island. Or. is it only rivalry
between two-men equally beholden to
the 'tariff-gorged . trusts? - Colonel
Robert. Is:es Goddard, a wealthy cot
ton; manufacturer, has formally an
nounced his candidacy for the senate,
in opposition to the Aldrich dynastyj
though it is not Aldrich,' but hi me
tob, Wetmore, whom Goddard will di
rectlyoppos in the next7.senatorial
election in the little "rotten borough"
of Rhode Island. ... '
- Wetmore iannuaWyspends, afew
weeks at Newport," a little time in
Wash ingtonr -ani the - rest in Ne W
Ywk or Europe, and if regarded as
Aldrich's "rubber stampHe doesn't
worry about what to. do or not to "do
when in the senate; whatever Aldrich
says goes, and whatever suits the
Standard Oil senator is good enough
for h im. :'y " T " ' ", ' 7
'The movement in Goddard favor
is said to have started among the peo
ple, and ihough rich and a protec
tionist it is to his credit that he is
willing to head a revolt against Boss
Aldrich's machine. - In ; his accept
ance of the nomination tendered him
bjFatTTndependent Republican . con
vention, he ' says that "there can be
no hope for reformation in Rhode Is
Iandpolitics until machine controTTs
thrust aside. "-""" "' .
The - anti-Aldrich ; movement in.-
ctudes manymanufacturersf and-ap-
italists, as well as people of other vo
cations, who. have heretofore been
strong supporters qf the regular party
and its tnachineji-which i. therefore
in danger of serious Injury.""'
fr The Puget Sound millers should go
tonight school long cnougblPlcafp
that it is easier and-cheaperrto-haul
wheat down hill than up oyer, moun
tains half a mile high anjgrop
it : down' again. Or, knowing
this,- they-should not'insist that na
ture' easy route should be .handi
capped merely to build up their busi-
ness. i iney can move to ronianq.
And notwithstanding the murder
ous germs that assail us ' at every
meat, America has a lower death rate
than any country in. Europe, except
ing. Norway and Sweden. Are we to
understand that the canned horrors of
lth
e packing-houses are really health
food in disguise? 'J y ' ' "T .
A good many men, .who are pre-
tendcdly for Bryan are for him "in a
horn, as the boya used to say. They
are for him long enough to kill off
Hearst, and'then they will try to help
the Republicans nominate a genuine
conservative"; Aldrich would suit
them best. - - '
That the cost of the Panama canal
willfarexceedthe estimates is cerr
tain, but if. there be not more than
$SO,opO,(XX)' or so of graft' the people
will not : complain," so long as the
canal is dug within a reasonable time.
me of those big trust and rail
road magnates who have been de
fiantly violating the law and plunder
ing tha people 'so long would look
very . well indeed to the people in
prison garb..
Mr. Roosevelt has again corralled.
lassoed, and-branded the senators,
with..7the ' exception of - Mr. . Bailey,
whose i- maverick heels and :; shrill
squeaks disturb the peace of th
rodeo. ' i. "' '
Now !4hat Haakon and Queen
Maud are duly crowned, we hope .the
Norwegians are happy and will be so
ever thtr. -4",.-l-- . - ,
ity the sorrow of 4 poor anarch.
Here is Mj. Sicnosikwier, a con-
JSatJQinkdspieLJEoi
- VEGETARIANISM
Br Ooi4 V. Hobart.
(CoerricM, luo. br AnMrlnaa-JourMj-Kxmlar)
Slftlh Lleber Son Looey: V haf ra-
celfod your- letter trans Maluinoy City,
Pa., und your mothfr und me va vai
slat to hear dot you haf prosperlsed so
aucceaatvely In dr commercial trafeler
puineas.
Ve vaa aorrv to hear dot you Buffered
alight Indlapoeitlonment after eating
aome canned llverwurat In Shamokln,
Pa- . -
You-could avoid such mlaerr. Looey.
If you vouTT vatch der doing of der
beef trust more oomprehenalvely.
It is an open secret dot der beef trust
aboUaliedllverwursTSrerare nt
und replaced It mlt shredded boo thee Is
iimi "1H-r 'i 1 i i
V va all veil at home mlt der. egg-
oeptlon dot I took a chance on some
canned plr knuckle at your I ncla
Oscar: Schmtttberger a veelr ago Tue
day, und for two miserable day J suf
fered mlt profane polaon. . -
or course. Looey, I dink it is a. una
Idea for der beef trust to be progreealve,
und I haf no serious obcheckshun ven
dey .-can up' a. few pair of low-priced
Bootch cheviot trousers und call It beef
a la mode, -but It hurt me In my famfly
prlda to alt at der dinner table und aee
der southeastern corner of an Insulted,
doormat coma to my plat disguised a
a weal cutlet.
Ve waa all Veil at home, mlt der
eggaceptlon dot you? mother went down
to Mrs. Charlie Bkeesegelater' house
to play bridge last.Vedneaday. und efer
sine den she ha been troubled mlt,in
omnia of der appetite on account of
soma canned, roast beef aamvichea vich
ah fell for In a moment of veakneaa.
Vea do present vlch ht partook of
der aamvichea .finally reentered d'elr
presence of mind dey found dot der only
place In der can. vich contained any real
roaat beef va der label on der ouldslde.
Tour mother . found In. her aamvlch an
sistent assassin and terrorist all his
life, who ha had to call In the police
to preserve th peace between him
self and some of his fellow murder-
... . rT r m .
ers. - A short time ago wr. ien-
pszkwies voted to have - President
Roosevelt hoist witrTaii anarchist
petaydTTrnd" thrtrouble in the assas
sin's nest arose over the misajppro-
prialion .oC the .funds to be used fof
the purpose. We sincerely hope that
the anarchists j who. threatened vio
lence to MtiSjengsskwiei will be pua
ished as" they deserve.. .
It will interest iome of the promi
nent citizens whb"voted at Sellwood
to learn that an Astoriaj man has
been sent to prison. for violating the
election laws. . .
i; -.:- 1 i .- "..':-''-".-."V-
: What's the , use of having a con
gress then--or one to do anything
more than formally to' enact the pres
ident's orders, since, he is boss?
" An artverttir urce hia natrons not
to-complain of the heat, and with
very'MLjexceptions they arc taking
his advice. r .
- It is to be suspected that the trusts
afefeany''notv"ery-n'rttf8latically
for Bryan, after all. ' :VV-,
All a man has to do if looking for
trouble, is .to get , into office .in St
Johns. ' ' ' ' '.
.The only fairly decent thing about
thecartneuVTneatsseeins to have been
the tin.
Et tu, Maraschino.
Drive to Drink.
Itarry B. Walmsley, food expert of
Kansas City, and the man behind the
pure food bill fn the last session of the
legislature-, declares such to ne tne caae.
Every restaurant bill of fare bear a on
Ita face the proor or rood aauiierauona,
he says.
Here ' are the varloua food and th
way they are poisoned, according to this
Butter Covered with coal tar dyea.
Meat-You known all about the meat.
Iard Ueed ' In - frying meat made
from diseased hogs
-CaUup Full ef salicylic acid, colored
with coaltar dyea
Bread rull of alum.
- Coffee Full of copper1 salts.
, Tea Full of copper salts.
Pepper Alway Impure; full of cocoa
nut sheila, sawdust and clsyr
Vegetables All - Impregnated with
varloua coal tar dyea.
Rosy apple Mad rosy with coal tar
dyea. .
New potatoes Freshened up from old
potatoes with alum, water, after being
craped. '
"Half of the deaths In the United
Rtatea are the result of impure foods,"
Mr. Walmaley declared warmly. "It la
practically impossible to get pur food
In hl country." ..... .
A Very Old Tree.
The distinction of - being the oldest
tlvtng thing undoubtedly belongs to one
of four trees. A century ago D Cn"n
bolle found two yews. -one at Fortlngal,
In Perthshire, and . on In Hedeor, In
England, that were eatlmated to be re
spectively J. BOO and I.Z40 yeara old.
Both are attll flourishing and the older
tree ha a trunk 17 feet in circumfer
ence. -.
A gigantic baobab In Central America,
with a trunk 20 feet through, was
thought by Humboldt to be not lesa than
$,J6 year old. Mexican-botanists be
liev'that they have how jdlacovered
11fe span even greater thn-thla.. ei
from the annual ring a eyuraa of Oifr
pultepec, which has a trunk HI feet In
circumference, Is assigned ah ag of
about ,200 years. .
. ' Halo Around Sun. t
- A. large solar halo"- caused Some ex
citement In Mlddleton, New Torn, lately,
and aroused much apprehension among
superstitious people.. The Immense cir
cle around the eun appeared at 10:10
o'clock in th morning and laated two
hours. Th circle resembled a rainbow.
Inside of It 'the sky was black, specked
with brilliant apota. Ontslde the. circle
the sky waa clear. Theetreeta were
filled with people gasliig at th phenom
enon tbrouak smoked glasses. . . v
T .1,
ic-ixmaic
MORE THAN;A FAD. .
ulterlor motive vich turned ould to be
der lining of a straw hat. mad In lt
your Uncle Lud wig's vlfe drew a shoe
lace und part of a -red necktie, und Mr.
Truckenmuuer cashed In two pants Out
toua und a rain check for a bail gam
m Chicago in 1(8.
' Of oourae. Looey, ve all snuat glf der
beef trust credit for trying to be im
partiality In der selection of aubatltutea
for meat. At der same time. Looey, ven
I alt down to lunch und fill up 'On
chipped beef. I Ilka to be aur dot dr
beef trust ha not cold-decked ma Und
ven I find ould 16 mlnutea later dot der
chipped beef hat on an underatudy, Und
1 am imw full Of NavaJorahaelTf
makes me peevish. 1
V VSS HI veil at home mlt der egga
ceptlon dot, your leedle brother, Helney,
vent to a plchlo last Turaday und
among der "udder dangerous' sports vlcb
he Indulged In- vaa -oma-jrrajtkf urUm,
vich vaa familiarly known as "dogs,"
because delr bark, va a bad a delr
interior. -
Leedle Helnev dallied mlt two "dogs"
und five minutes sftervarda he leaned
up against a nawsatand und had writer's
cramp In der tomch. . ; ' , : :
Vun of hi playfellowa aucneneatea
dot der-beat cur vaa a hair order dog
dot bit him, so dey opened a Frank
furter eggspectlng to find it furnished
on der Interior Uk a $14 mattreee. "
Not such, however. - -"'Dey
found In dare nuddlng but a
bunch of pink transfers, not -good for
dl date, und a half portion of rubber
vich hat been treated chemically to de
ceive dr appetite. . ' ''
ve har all Become wegetgnan at our
house. Looey, und v vlll live on
splintered pickles und Tuihlgated sauer
kraut until der beef trust "get back to
a meat beale. ;.i'"'
, Tour mlt luff.
" , I. DINKELBPIBT -
Per George V. Hobart
School of Sharks Attack Ship.
- i From the Baltimore. Sun., '
' The metal on th sides and bottom of
the ship W. F.- Babcock, now tn drydock,
telle a story . of the -sea that ha few
eqruals In It Una Above and below the,
copper line, where metal baa been placed'
to meet the attacks of th aea germ
that eat into tit wooden aide, th metal
I curled up In placea by attack upon
th ahtp by harka. '
" Captain Bailey, who -brought the ahlj.
from San Francisco . to . Philadelphia,
With a cargo of scrap 4ron, Is not alone
responsible for the story told. ..A ship
brought to a standstill for on day by
aharka 'that extended " In all ' directions
to th horlson and followed by aharka
for nearly ihree weeks jit. sea, Is , th
story of the gnarled and curled plate
of sheet copper that had to be torn from
the sides of the Babcock when ah wa
docked In Baltimore, i t - r -
"Mate, apln Us th yam," waa asked
by -vialtor. who became Interested in
ths explanation of the curled condition
of the "Babcock's bathing suit. .- And
this Is What h told: V ;
"We called from Ban Francisco, No
vember 24, 1905.- When on th passage
In th Pactfle lour crew became worried
at the multitude- of shark that were
following - th . vessel. On night', an
awful , splash .waa heard about th ves
sel, a If we were In company with a
Chesapeake bay , sidewheeler. In th
morning we' had a revelation. The ocean
as far a th eye eould reach waa filled
with aharka
"They made charges against our sides
and aomklpped away with a piece of
copper between their teeth. Their mover
ment were so faat that we were satis-
fed they were going to hunt -up th
dxntiat vve- had been, making- pretty
fair headway through thla maa of live
ly fish, when the breese fell off,- and
our momentum was not sufficient to
fore th vessel ahead. - Wa lay- be
aharked for 24 houra. It being Impoa-
slbls to go ahead. t A light breese sprang
up and soon placed us olear of our
convoy. ' I
- Leonatnie.' .
;BoTT0wTnarTWhiwai writtsn
Jamea-Wbltcomb- Riley on a wager that
he could, successfully imitate th style
of Edgar Allan Poo. Th poem wa accepted-ae
Poe'a for a year when th
true authorship was revealed.) -
a- -
Leonalnle angels named her;
And they took tha light v
Of the laughing stare and framed her
- In a emtio or white; v -7
And they made her hair of gloomy;
Midnight and her eyee of bloomy
Moonshine, snd they brought her to ras
In the solemn night, ...
In th solemn night of summer, - ; -When
my heart of gloom . , - "
Blooaomed up to greet th comer
Like a rose In bloom;
All foreboding that distressed m
I forgot a loy careened me
Lying joy that caught and pressed me
i In tn arm or aooroi- . -
Only spake the little llsper,
In the angel-tongue;
Tet I. listening, heard the whlaper
"Bongs are only sung
Here- below- that 'hey may grieve you
Tales are told you to deceive you, -.
8o must Lqonalnie leave you,. -
Whll her love Is young."
. 'j- , ..
Then Ood smiled, and It waa morning,
Matchleaa and supreme;
Heaven' glory seemed adorning
Earth with Us .esteem;
Every heart but mine' seemed gifted
With the vole of, prayer and lifted
When my Lemialitle drifted "
From ms like a dream. . . .
A Queen's Hobby. .
One of the oddeat of royal hobblea fa
that -followed by Queen Mtud Den-
ark, who ror yeara has made ivory her
hobby. Not only ha ahe a fins collec
tion ef Ivory statues and other art
objects, - but she collects Ivory In the
tusk a well and he a large collection
of trophies of th elephant' chaae.'many
of which war sent to her by her
brother, ' the present Prince of Wsles,
who ha doubtless added to the collec
tion during his recent trip through
India. Moat of these are supplied with
tiny gold platea. telling where and un
der what circumstances' th - animal
from which th tuak wa taken - waa
killed. .
Failures in China.
Frnm tljr'New Orleans Times-Democrat
"It Is SOO years sine th failure of a
bank In China," aald a bank examiner,'
"Over 00 yeara ago. In the reign of
HI .Hung, a bank -failed. HI Hung had
the failure Investigated, and to hi In.
dlgnatlon fnwnd It had been due ta reck,
leas and shady conduct on th part ef
me mreoior ana tn president
"Hi Hung st .one Insued an edict that
next time a bank. failed th heads of Ita
prealdent and directors were to be out
oft This edict, which 'haa never been
; evoked,' Has mads China a banking ln
tltutioa lot Safest tn th wor)dV ,
A tittle Nonsense
rvhit im mi, BMrit atiw lika. aaecdote.
er puoi avef jboay ss eae last oe
thinks la the bnt "roe tror krd." Tbe
Jouroal wanla to know just the sue of auo
tht appoala most aironsly te Ita naaers, sn
will give two easb prises a week for tbe
bMt saort stories sent te the nasur Kdltor.
Tho etorle aa4 not So original, eat . the
Bust not be OTte SOO words sod most eoatala
aa element of clean wit. Cor the tost. SS
will be paid; SI will be Slvea Tor xne
bet. Tga eaa son la ee eutoy eterloe es
Su like. Ivory Journal readee ku a cbaaee
la the prlsoa . .
7- f - Hit Politene Pleaaad. -' 77 f
7-7 ' Sent by P. I X. Portland.
.'A deaf old woman walked into a De
troit ator and asked for 10 cant' worth
of aoap. . ,-
"We . don't aell a bit' worth," said
th polite, dark. . -' .
the old lady.
You don't undrfnd
saaaasr
aid th clerk. "L aald a bit won't buy
any soap In thlfcstabllshmnt." -
'Bur endugh." replied ins agea cue-
tomer. "Boap lan't what It ueed to be
In my lime; they -put; too 7mucn7TOtn
tn tt the daya" - - '.--'-
'Oh. Lord 1" exclaimed th now ai-
tracted Blerk. In a atage whlaper, "wiU
vou luat hear this old luntlc!" .Thin
placing his mouth to th dame ear, he
creamed': '- ; '
'We do-nl - a bit" wprth of soap
hre!" ' N . ' ' ' - ;.
Yes." said th old laay, -you may
put It up. in paper and. tl a, atring
around it. If you Ilka" '
Tha clerk rushed t a box,- toob out
a bar of aoap, and almost threw IS at
th poor old woman, exclaiming:
"Take it and get, you oia narnaan oi
thunderatlon!"
The venerable customer carefully laid
her dim on th counter and, a h did
o, aald: ' ; .
Tou re th politest -and -aecommo
datlneat young man I ever. xl and
I'll, call agin, when I want some more
oap."v ' ''.'.."' V .':.:."- ,''
7 Bryan Paid fot the Coat.' '
T.t veae William Jenning Bryaa
vlatted Cornell nnlveraltf and told th
following tory on hlmlf : -
"Onca out In Nebraska I went' to pro
test agalnat my real eatate aaaeeament
and one pf th thing of which 1 par
ticularly compla'lned waa aasesslng a
nut at 118. I claimed that a goat waa
not-eal'. property In Jth legal sense of
the word and snouia nov oe timim.
Ons of -th asseesora a very pleasant
faced old man, vrry obligingly said that
I could go upatalr with him apd to-
a-xhw-wo would Innk over in -rules
and jegulatlona and aes what could be
done. . ' e . - '
-We looked over tn ruiea, ana iinauy
th old man asked: 'Does your, goat
run 1ros-n tha -soadaT" - -
"Welk sometimes aald I,- wondering
wht4h penalty waa for that dreadful
offense. ' - ' . e -
" "Does he buttr again Queried in oia
man..
Ta I answered, "h butta'- i
Well,' aald the old man, looking at
m. IMS rule say, tax all that certain
property- running and abutting oik ths
highway. I don't see that X can do any
thing for you. Good day, u; " -
-" ' A Lucky Fit. . . ; '
Th arrival of precocious asparagus
from those maglo market gardens where
nothing la in faahlon unless It Is out of
season, aay the London -Chronicle, re
mind us or th eon se or humor ana
lack oreensIbmtjroT The"7amou French
wit Fontenella A friend who celled
upon him waa pressed to stay to dinner.
"We will haveLasparague," said Fon
tenella who wa an epicure tn food aa
in-worda
With oiL- amended-hi guest '
"But I prefer it with sauce," objected
Fontenelle. " - . ' .
"Bawe-disagreea with me," the -fetend
pointed Put .'.-'
"Oh, very welL" said Fontenella with
a very bad grace, and he went to give
the prder. On hi return he found hi
gueat in an apoplectic fit. ..Back went
Fontenella to t -top -of th kitchen
stalra.
"Cook, lie roared, "you can dress th
asparagus with aue. '.. . ,
-HWTrH-Loe-Itr-
A-party 'of KTentiirklans, Includfrig
senator lindaay and a number of mem
bers of ths house. were paaaengera on
aa eaatbound - train - laat fall on - their
Tay to attend the opening of eongresa
Before the party retired for th night,
according to the American Spectator, ths
aenator had permitted them to partake
of the contents of a : flaek; which he
returned with, -religious. ear. t. the
deptha of hla dreas-sult case.
In th meriting, a the"-train waa
wending Its way through th Alleghany
mountains, a member of ths party Who
had risen early perceived the senator
pacing up and down tha stale, an ex
pression of disgust and dismay upon
his genial countenance.
"What th matter, Lindsay V asked
th other. - -,
- "Matter enough, waa th reply, "why.
I've m th better psrt of my baggage."
"Lost or stolen r' . .. . . - . ....
"Neither," said Senator Lindsay; "ths
cork -cam out"
i-. . The Poem "Life. . 7.7;.-;..
Much rlntereat-waa aroused by th
publication In last Sunday's Journal of
the poem called "Life." found In a little
book on "Literary Curiosities" in th
British museum, and aald to have beeq
compiled by Mra H. A. Demlng. "
Tha poem waa mad up of line from
th work b of different writer; of whom
tt were repreeented.
Many readeraof Th Journal haV
sent in "keya" to the poem and others
hsv found in - scra0 bonks similar
verses containing many of the , lines
used in Mra Demlng's compilation, be
Sides others, thst mak" poems of con
siderable length. '- V-v ,
Among the best Keys" thst hav
reached The Journal Is on by Mra C J.
Jordan of this city who has identified
about 22 of the author; R, A. Bums of
Astoria haa found th names of it; Mra
Taylor of Pendleton 17 and Mrs. Frank
of PSIem IS.- Other readers of Th
Journal have found a large percentage
of tha writer.
An Interesting communication comes
from "A Subscriber:' In Weston, Oregon,
who carta attention to the fact that
other compilations hav been made that
contain many more lines than did the
poem printed on Sunday; the letter la
accompanied br, th. fuller . compilation
which haa M lines. .
- The "key" to th lines publlsherf-lssl
week will be printed In next Sunday's
issuer -
Lonesom for Complaints. J;
In Abyssinia It was one th habit of
romplalnajite to stand before th door
of th king' palace, loudly appealing to
hla majeaty for help. "So accustomed
la th king." , wrote on traveler, ""to
these querulous tones of sorrow that
when tha rain prevent - such as are
really distressed from repairing to th
capital, a aet of vagranta la provided,
whose object it Is to raise the cry of
artificial Borrow, lest h should feel a
lonely. o.ulln,t ,
T IRDSEYE VIEWS -i-
. of TIMELY TOPICS
I SMALL CHANGE. v
.- -t ... , , ..
.Moat ef those weed are still (rowing
lUStlly. ' . . r' - -
- e" e-- - 'T
7 We'll soon know ' who's ' who, ' for
sheriff. ... . , ? .- - .
. : ; !' " .
Dr. Xowl say h heard muaio at
night. CatsU .
, , e e .. ' '
Lbnaaat dava tn the rear.' Davllcht
to do lot of good. . ; ' , f
, m m , y. ,.
sinshttrsbyfadtVratc,UP,W",
-Thlv-Jnne Is going to beat all fur met
bride records. Good sfgn, ,
. r ,. '. ,.t e er , r ' ' .
No business man wants a cigarette.
smoking boy In hla employ.
i e . . '.'-,,
Recuperation by a vacation Is '.'for
moat people sea) ly hard work. '-' - '
; '" .',"' ' ' .71
' The Penrisylvania railroad clerk who
"in ado" 171,000 a year on a aalary. of 171
a month should b rapidly advanced to
th position of president of th road,-
,. - ..- -. . i
I Uncle Chaunc Dep'ew taking physi
cal training so as to become a muck
raker? - - . - e e : - '.
Because he ha Dunn well, th cof-
leotor of internal revenue will serv a
third tarm. , . - ...
Th dentist will never Quarrel among
themselves hard enough to pull on an
other'a teeth. , r
Borne of the' man's Panama hats are
ao expensive as to make th women al
most envious. .i ,
Bryan' ha vialted Bussia.' bat will
consider, that country tarn beside In
diana next fall. - .. i
Th mor Shaw talk th greater th
magnifying power of -the glass required
to e hla boom. . - . ,
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With so much activity In timber
land, Puter'a enforced ldlenessmust
tnak htm S.- X D. "; 'r-.
-'; ..'...- ' e e ".-.---;.
Senator Morgan i St year 'old. and
feels able to discuss th Panama canal
bill for 20 year yet ' .
. , a ' '.
The-girl who-Jilt a worthy young
man doea htm a great favor, though he
can't always eee it that way.
. a ' .-' '
?Th-w aenator from Delaware-! at
the head of the powder truet and will f
try to keep- H from being blown up.
t '' , '- -"'?u .7-:.
W. R. Hearst and Graver Cleveland
won't attend Bryan' reception, yet thla
doesn't prove that they are chummy. ,
' . ' -' "' e- e -'. "
" Opportunity knocka only one at om
men' doors, but goes Into other men'
houses and loaf around day and" night
" ''... -J-A
Parla editor offered Rockefeller
$1,000 for a lS-mlnute Interview.
Really, Grandpa Rocky doean't need the
money. - If .lt had been Unci Russell
Sag, now-. '.'..',. s .v
"Message; ty Mary.
rfCCASIOOBEDICfVTIONOFJHEJTEMPLE.
Christian Scientists from all part of
I the United States gathered In Boaton
for th dedication of the magnificent
new annex of th Flrt Church- of
Christ. Scientist, which took place Sun.
day, June 10; On of th moat interest
lag feature of the occasion wa th
dedlcatorymessagi
Eddy, the leader of the Chrlatian
Science movement Th message was
aa follows: ' .
My-bloed jrethren
Th divine might of" Truth demands
well-Ttotng-.-. tn --order to demonstrate
truth, and thla not along In accord with
human desire but with spiritual power.
St John write: "Blessed are they that
do ' hi commandments, that they may
have right to th tre of life; and may
enter in through th gates Into the
city." ,
Th aear leaves of faith 'without
works, scattered abroad in Zion'S wast
placea, appeal to reformer, "Show me
thy faith by thy worka"
Chrlatian . Science la not a dweller
apart in royal solitudes It lanot a law
of matter nor a transcendentalism that
heal only the elck. Thla Bcienc I a
law of divine Mind, a persuasive animus.
an unerring ' impetus, an ever-present
help... Its presence Is felt, for it acts
and acta wisely, always unfolding ths
highway of hop, faith, understanding.
It Is the higher criticism the higher
hop; and it effect on man 1 mainly
thla that what one know, of htm, on
examination on I 00m pel led to think
genuln. whoever did it. A Christian
Scientist verifies hi calling. . Choos
ye!' -.- "
1 When, by losing one's faith in matter
and aln, one flnda the aplrtt of Truth.
then he practices the Golden Rule spon
taneously;. -.and ..obedience .to thla- rule
spiritualises man, for the world' nolens
volens cannot-enthrall Itr-Luats-dlejlMm-
sty, Bin dlsablea th student; it pre
clude th practice or efficient teaching
of Christian Science, th truth of man a
being. - v . .
The Scripture reads: "He that taketh
not his crosa, and followeth after me, is
not worthy of m." On thl basis, how
many ar following th Way-howerT
W follow Truth only as we follow
truly, meekly, , patiently, spiritually,
blessing -saint and . alnner with- th
leaven of divine Love, which woman
ha put Into Christendom and medicine.
A genuln Chrlatian -scientist loves
Protestant and Catholic, D. D and M. D..
lovea all who lov Ood, good; and h
love hla enemies. . It will be found
that Instead of opposing, auch an Indi
vidual subserves the intereata or both
medical faculty and Christianity, and
they thrive together, learning that
Mlnd-nower la good-will toward men.
Thus unfolding the true metal in char
acter, th Iron in human nature rust
away, honesty and Justice, mot "hiet
Ice," chsracterlsw-th seeker and finder
of Christian Sclenca
ThsnkTorthTatlroad company's
courtesy! long Uv that railroad man
agement in which '"map's a man for a'
thstl" - -.
Th pride of place r power Is th
prince of thl world that' hath nothing
tn Chrlt. Our great Master said: "Ex
cept ye become a a little child, y
cannot ntr th kingdom of heaven'1
the reign of rtghteousneaa th glory of
good,-healing th alck and saving th
alnner. Tha h1fht of my hop must, re
main. ' Glory be to Thee, Thou God moat
high and nigh.
- Whatever I - divinely' natural and
4din1onstrablv true lH athlos, phQasapfev
HI
; 7 OREGON SIDELIGHTS. 7
- Cow '. creek . mine are prospering.
Gilliam county may hav a fair next
fall. . 1, .' ''J-'. ''")
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One Blalock Arm bought 10,000 grain
acka .,' r . 1 .
- - ' --i ' ' . ;:'' : r.'-. .
- Mor men 'wanted In Oregon's bay;
field, v -!; ' '-..
- r -'.::., '
' Btg eoal mln being opened -up nea
weqtorq..
e e : " .:..:'
.TCsaton la ,a city of fin gardens, a Best a
th leader.
. - --.'.,: :- .. .
Grant Pass' will build a f IS, 000 brick! '
schrolhouss. -r"V ;" ' ' ' ,' "
: i, a e... '- 1 ' .' ' - . .
.Bumper crop of hopsalao, predicts) ,
th Salera Statesman.', . ' - . '.
,
In six week K.000 head of sheep, were
shipped from Happner. .
. - ., e . e :. - . ' . '
' Josephine county fruitgrower
organls a union Juh ft. .
will
Chlttlm bark only I cents In 'Benton .
county not worth gathering. '
' e e . " ."'
Hood Rives man haa .10 aores of '
Engl lab Walnut tree doing nlcily, .
,' -.-:. ...B -. ; V.
It ta predicted that all Rogue River;
valley will become a great orchard., .
XX-ZZXirprr-tr - , ... 1.
Telephone line ' from Drain to ths
hitherto Isolated Smith river region.
, ..'-, e e "..'
A Rdseburg man sold a team of half
brother weighing t6S0 and l.t7l pound a '
.''-.-'
A Presbyterian church society with
It members has been Organised at Mil
ton. ... . :r .
' -;
" A Union man . picked 100 crates of ;
strawberries fronj. aix row 200 yards
lOntV..... .1 ; . . . ,' s
Confederate, 10rfcU!aienlboguB -.-M-s:
vn& cume ere ill circuwuun in .n
Dallea ' , ,.r... ; ,- -
' : - ..
On Boulder creek. -In Tillamook eountv
church and Buaday school ttrvlcts ar.
bsld in a big barn. - - a. . . . .
Stayton celebrated going "Arff a "It
supposed, but on receipt of new That
it had gone "wet," celebrated again. .- (.'
' . 9 '
Slate Senator Miller of Lebanon has
served " continuously aa schoor director '
for IS year and waa reelected Monday.
e ' e ' . .
' A ' Corvalll crmryrturnd ' out
nearly. Utre tons of butter tn on day. :
It uaea a ton of aalt a week for butter
and another ton for lc cream. ; . T
-ix i 1 ' j ' 7
Near Dundee 1 an Engllah walnut
orchard of t)0 acre. Trees nine yeara ,
old bore aa average o? two bushels each
laat season. - After the tree are ef thla
ag they ylejd front 2200 to O00 per aor s
and require Jittle car. Th walnut '
grow to perfection In Oreaton. ',rr,'
Baker G. Ecldy
or religion I not of God and originate
In Th mlhd"or mortals, rrirth-Ad!
dream according to ths Scriptural all-'
gory, wherein man 1 auppoaed' to start !
from dust and woman to be the outcome
of ' man' ' rib, marriage synonymous
with legalised lust and tha offspring o
sense ths murderers of their brothers 1 .
hOlly apart faem thl mortal dream,
this illusion and delusion. of . aensew '
Christian Bcienc Come To reveal man, "
a God's image. His idea, coexistent
with Him and God giving all and man
having all that God glvea Whence, ;
then, xam art he -creation--of -matter-,--sin, -and
death, mortal pride and- power,
prestige or prlvllegeT The, fir t com
mandment of th - Hebrew . Decalogue,
"Thou ahalt hav no other god before -me."
and the Golden Rule," are thr tl-T
In-all of Chrlatian Science. They ar
th spiritual . Idealism and realism,
which, when realised, constitute a -Christian
Science, heal th alck, reform"
th sinner, and rob- th gray of . Its ,
-XiDiory.
Th spiritual understanding,'. which -
demonstrate Christian Solence, enables
the devout Scientist t worship, not an
unknown God, but Him whom, under
standing even In part h-continues 't
love mors and to serv better. . -1 -
Beloved, I am not with you In propria
persona at thla memorable Dedication
and Communion aeaaon, but I am with
you In spirit and in truth, - lovingly -thanking
your generosity and fidelity,
and saying virtually what th prophet
aid: "Contlnu to cboos whom y will
scrva"
- Forgetting th Golden Rule and In
dulging sin, men cannot serve God; thy-
cannot demonstrate th omnipotence of '
divine Mind, that heal th sick end
tha alnner. "Human will may mee
merixe and mislead mam divine wladonv
never.-. Indulging deceit Is Ilk th de-fendant-argulngT-foT-tha
-plaintiff -fa
favor of a decision, whloh h knows1
will be turned against himself.- -
W cannot serve two masters. , Do- wa ',
lovs Ood upremelyT " Ar wa honest,
just, faithful? Are W true to our-
sclveeT "Ood Is not mocked." "What
soever a man soweth, that shall b also
reap." To abide In our unaalflahed bet
tor self, Is to be don forever with th .
sins of th flesh, ths wrongs of human -life,
-.th tempter and temptation, th
mil apd dcelt of damnation.- Whenf"
w hv overcome sin in all its forms, v
men-may revile u and despltefutly us r
us. and, w shall rejoice, "for great -ts
our reward In lieaven." , . ,
You have dexterously and wisely pro. A
vldd for Th Mother Church of Christ A
Scientist a magnificent Temple where- - '
In to enter and pray. Greatly, im
presaed and enoouraged thereby, deeply
do I thank yoa for thl proof of your
progress, unity, snd lova
Th mndeat dlfle of Th Mothr
Church. pf- Christ, Scientist, began with
th cross; tt excelsior Extension is th '
crown; tj'heroomof your leader re- .
malnfTri the beginning of Ihie ediflo..
evidencing th prats of babes, and th
Word., whloh proceed eth out of ths - '
mouth of Ood. Ita crowning ultimata .!"
Uses to a mental monument a super-
structur high above th work of mn'S
hendseven th outcome of their hearta, '.
giving to th "material a spiritual slg- '
nlflcano -th speed, beauty . and "
achievements of goodness. Mefhlnk
this ohnrch 1 tha on edlflc on rth.
wnicn moot ipflaur self-abnegation,
hope, fmth, love, eatrhing a glimpse of X
glory. MARY BAKKR O. EDDY.
r Pleasant Ylw; tConcord, K li, Juos
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