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l .- ' - . - 1 : ; 1 1 . . i i ... i . . i . , , i i . ' i i .. : : i - - THE JOURNAL . "A IKDIPKND13T giwararaa. i. JACkSOM.... ;..,.fbllrt . inc. rirut sb4 irowU ,. f ' hltrrf t t. tM.tc.fftc at j r. lor tranamlaaiue thra(k the MOuad-CUa MIM. - ' - ' . - TBUPHOWI. , - feilfetrtal Bona 22 amelar Orttc.. ...... .....' TOKBION ADTTI8I0 BB FRSSSMATlVg f mliid BM)bH SpwM A il TtlBlnf Ar'. ' 1A9 Kama atr. Kw Tor; Tribes boUV In(. Calcaga. ' f " " "- BobarrlptUa TH jr Bill! t VKf addr Ja U I, alt ad gutte. Canada Me"' : DAILY.. . .' ' Ooa rr...,......0 I Ona swath.. I . - -BUKDAT.- 1 On yr.. ....... $1- Ob axmta.. '.....$ M D1HT AND SUNDAY. ' Oa year... ST.t 1 Oa stoats.. Let Fortune do her worst, whatever the make ua lose, aa long as ehe never makea us . . lose our honesty and inde- pendence, Pope: ' ' MaWaaBaaBaaBsaa4BaBaaaaaaavB THE ELECTION FRAUDS. N.THE RESULTS of the grand -into ..the . Seljwood election' frauds there, is , a lesson which cannot be impressed i loo aeepiy on me mmas ounc voicrs. i Plainly arross fraud were committed. f Men whose standing in the com' - muntty hitherto has Heen -nnities ; ttoned are vmner indictment -and must l face trial on charge tof perjury and violation of the election laws. In ex " ttnuation of their acts it is said that ' they believed themselves to be within the letter of the law and relied upon the advice of attorneys whom they bad consulted before undertaking the wholesale colonising of the Sell wood .- precinct. But the excuse is not a suf ' ficient -one. It is a familiar maxim j that ignorance of the law excuses no ' one, and no man can. violate the law - with impunity,' even though acting on , the advice of his lawyer. Moreover in this case every man implicated in K .H.mnf.fl afnffinar r f ttiji Kallnt. box must have been aware that he was ' acffnhtrafytothe. s'plrit of, the Jaw, even though he believed that he : was nui ovcrBiciiiii iib aiiifc icucii tvery intelligent man knows mat plates, cannof be acquired by a-one night stay at a hotel, while still main taining I homejn. -nother locality, Those who voted at Sellwood on the strength of ' such pretended resi dence, and ihbse who Vouched for them, knew. well that tney were ooing the very thing which the law was de signed to prevent. ' , ' The Journal has taken a vigorous stand in demanding that these evas : ions of the election law should be ex- josedand punished. The integrity of the ballot has been involved and , under such circumstances 1 he Jour nal knows neither friend nor foe, but regards all Alike. The duty imposedj upon this paper has been an unpleas ant one, for among those indirectly j Concerned are men who have been its warm friends and supporters, and whose personal friendship has been - demonstrated onjnany occasions. Tint " V ! rr il ' n- . t - .laA li. ties of personal friendship is the ob . ligation to enforce the laws, without fear pr Jfavor. ,, The traffic in ballot , must stop and all who indulge, in it must be taught the lesson of respect . tar mat institution wnicn is tne toun dation of equality and. of American 'citizenship.,. -'- , -r. , THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. R. DAVID ' LUBIN, . like Luther Burbank, has been a more useful man than any ' United States senator, or srovernor. or . other politician ' and alleged states ' man, that we have read of for many years. . Remarkable progress has been ' made recently-in the establishment of 'an1-International .' Institute' of Agri ' culture, due chiefly to the tireless ef forts of Mr; Lubin.. For years he has devoted his time, energy, and money ( to the cause of agricultural develop- ment, and' to the' organization of this institute.- Its object, the Baftimore ?News remarks,' Is' the promotion of tht'wdfareof'theragriculturallasses and throujrh them of all classes ' the world over,' without preference or nartialilv tar any country. Sr orrat : a. A vr. T 1. . "upon the king of Italy whea he had an opportunity to lay the. plan of the institute Detore mm inai inai monarcn - issued a proclamation in favor of the plan, and invited the cooperation of other nations. A protocol has been drawn up for the formal establish ment oi the. institute as, an interna tional concern," and 'several nations have already ratified it , The King of Italy has taken steps for the construc tion "of a building for the. instituted Rome, which is expected to be com pleted -within a year. : The United ' States his not yet , enrolled . itself ".among the nations participating in the scheme, but the question of ratifying . the protoc.pl cpm up in the'ien . '.--- . ' .."-' - - -' ' af in' a (tyr days, Uroadfy spesk- mg. the purpose of the Institute 'wilt be to do for the whole worlL.by co operative acjion of all emluid gov crnments, what-the United States de partment of agriculture does for this Country n the matter of spreading in formation that is of value to those en. gaged in agriculture or having deal. ings yn gncultural products. More especialfy, the 'Object . is to keep be fore the producers and 1 dealers so complete a statement of I the facts bearing on the , supply, present , and prospective, of the various articles of agricultural produce as to' reduce the. margin of speculative uncertainty to a minimum. - Evidently, this is a task that' can only be- performed by organized international effort. .- Truly, the progressive farmer is bur greatest citizen in America .partic ularly. Hats off to tha fafmer. the intelligent, studious, ,. , growing, thoughtful, developing farmer. He is the salt -of & earth. T)ie , Lubins and ' Barbanks are greater than the Aldrlches and For tkers, the Cockrans and Baileys! AN EASY OLD CONSTITUTION. RTICX.B .XI, section 6, of the - constitution of the United States reads:' "The ; president ' shall, at stated times, receive for his services a com pensation which shall neither be in creased nor diminished during the pe riod for which he shall have been elected, a4id he shall not receive with in that period any other emolument from the United States or any of them. . ' ' . " , ..' Yet congress has passed a bill in creasing the present president's emol uments by $25,000 a year. , The peo ple don't care about the money,' but should the constitution not be ob served? ' ' ; . O well, as an eminent statesman once remarked, "What's tha constitu tion among friends?" f - Owing to Russia's civil afflictions, Great Britain's continued misunder standing with some of her fuzzy- wuzzies, France's ever-to-be-regretted sorrows in Morocco, Italy's trials in Africa, and the necessity that Japan shall keep her spurred heel in close proximity to KoreVs neck, the cus tomary international peace conference at The 'Hague "will not shed its be nign grace over tne world this year. i Wa are betraying no political secret when we say that all hope of Mr. RAosevelt getting the 'presidential nomination frotn . both the leading parties, "with an honorable mention from the socialists, has been aban doned. . The Longworths have been presented at court. ''"..'.." . ' After all the talk in congress about the anti-pass bill, the conferees have agreed on a measure that is not very different from the unwritten law of the "present custom. Those with a pull will, continue to nde free, and the plain people, will be 'charged, all the traffic-will bear. It looks as if some of our esteemed Republican contemporaries had re ceived" orders to kill the standing "ad". "I won't run again; T. Roose velt," and substitute for it the pure reading notice headed:. "The will of the people is .paramount to the wish of the, individual." A meeting is called in Mew York of generals who. hav taken part in Santo Domingo revolutions, and al ready the hotels. areoyercrowded, and the people are' talking of taking a new census. The world, says a scientist who has made some very careful calculations, will last for 100,000,000" years yet Good news! That will just about give us-time to finish the, canal: -r About the' only , time Oregon is mentioned in Washington is when our congressional delegation rises and complains thit he has been slighted in the appropriations.- : ; , , , "No, it isn't the most seasonable weather,-butJt is better than 95 in the-shderandpeop1edyingTf heat Those are the conditions in Chicago. : .... Well, a "commission" will scarcely force the farmers of eastern Wash ington to send their wheat over a half mile high mountain and pay for it. A man, elected to congress in Ore gon has time to learn' quite a lot be tween the time, he is elected and the time he takes his seat . ..... The story of the Chlcagobackiitg- houses is nearly as distressing as he history of the Thaw-White taiee. ' Race suicide!. Not any in the Ore gon country, judging from -what has happened in the Pretty Baby contest started byfbe Journal. (The pictures 6f ' hundredVof the handsomest chil dren ia" America have been senV to A Little Out THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT. v Cheap and Nourishing. Bpaaktna of milk In eonnaetlon with kidney dtseaaaa. It la InUraatlna to point out what an oxcellant artlcla of diet chteaa la. John D, Rockefaller th othar day - remarked: "Ona of tha a-rnatat rrareta of my life 1 that I did not discover chea earlier." And Mr. Rocker eller la autte rlaht - : There ts no article of diet which eon tains ao much eoi&entrated nourlah ment and yet la ao easily dlaoeted. Hrana. for lnatanca. t highly rard. becauae the chemlat proves that they are chock full of nutriment Yet the truth la that the human stomach In dt KestlnK a plate of beans tlnda the taak ao difficult that ltuaea up almost as much eneray aa It derives To many P.ojl. eapeclally thpsa not leading ac tive outdoor Uvea, beans are about. aa nutritious as' so many marbles. : . ."But they atay. by you." noma one vU object, meaning that yon won't feel hungry for "some time after a meal of beans. Of course they do; anything that doean't digest stays by you uoleaa you are made violently 111 by It In the logging camp, where the cooks are at their wits' ends to appease what ar perhaps the moat ravenous appetites in the world, beans are served every day In tha wek. for they best realst the onslaughts of .those Iron stomachs. ' Cheese, eapeclally the goat's milk cheeae, auch as Chammebert, though lust a-fult of nourlahment. -would be d Igeated In an hour and a half by these hearty workers and they would need about eight meals a day. But If they coulj live on cheese lnetead of beans It Is probable that logging men would stand the strain longer and reach old ag without suddenly4 going off from apoplexy, Brlght's disease, rheumatism of the heart and other kindred com plaints. '. Things, the Patrolman , Sees. - Oocaslonaly the life of a patrolman has Its bright spots; Occasionally he comes across remarkable things not to be aeen by tha ordinary cltlsen. Wit ness the following report by a member of the finest: - "A mandrlvlng an automobile had 'a bad oolllalon yesterday with a wagon, badly outttng a ' horse, which ' waa at tached to an express wagon In several placea." .. . A horse capable of being "attached" In "several placea" to a wagon, Is one not often seen and la worthy of pres ervation In a museum. - ' Sunflower Philosophy. From the Atchison Globe, Even opportunity knocks.!'' AH the letters a married man gets are short ones, If ha la a perfectly proper man. ' .. You don't know anything about work unless you have witnessed' houseclean- ing In a lawyer's ef f loe this office, and many more will'be re ceived before the close of the contest on Saturday-rjigbv t 'V; " ,'; i , i. . We must have three representatives in congress after, the next census; why not four? ' ; , ', " Portland will be ' It if the river mouth channel is deepened not oth erwise. - Senator Bailey seems to be a case of one who hath protested overmuch. . , - . , The standpatters in Iowa are nearly all mad enough to go to war. Word and Stevens are certainly having a run for their money -. Go it, Hill; go it Harriman; get here. This is the spot Dofi't you remember that we pre dicted rain 1 "- - - Go to Harvard to, school; it's won at -last- v1";-. Cut up the big ranches. Invite im migration. ' , : Standpatism is being swatted. Pull for a greater Oregon. 1 .. y -1 ' . Gulls aa Scavengers. ' Gulls love society. They always nest In colonies and live together the entire year. They are most useful binds about the -waterfronts- of our cities. These gulls have developed certain traits thst mark them as land .birds . rather than birds of the -' In southern California and Oregon I-have-watched flocks of them leave the ocean and rivers at day break every morning and sail Inland for miles. Skirmishing about the country to pick up a living in the fields, following the plow all day long, aa blackbirds do. and fighting at the farmer's heels for angle worm a I have seen others rummage dally about pigpens and gorge on the offal thrown out from the slaughter-houses. If any bird Is useful to roan, the gull is certainly of great economto.lmportan.ee aa a scavenger.' Dog Delays Wedding. The marries of Miss Gladys Harmon and T. C, Davis, ' refugees from Ban Franctaco, was deferred for a week be cause of the death of a dog. the treas ured pet of the prospective bride. When Mlas Harmon alighted from the train at Red Bluff, California, to meet her future husband she burst Into tears and appeared to be greatly grieved. It was learned that her woe waa due to the loss of her dog on the way up. The pet waa put in ar box In the ez- press car,'' but it gnawed its way-out and Jumped from the train near Corn ing. Miss Harmon's grier was suca that, at her request, the wedding, which waa to have been celebrated on her ar rival, waa deferred until next week. ''' A Practical Solution. f . The schoolmaster asked the pupils: "Buppoee In a family there are five children end 'mother has only four po tatoes between .them. Nowv she wants to give to every child an equal ahare. What la she going to dot" Silence reigned In the room. Everybody calcu lated very hard, till 4 little boy stood up and ' gave the unexpected answsr: -iraK tV. Mllliu air 1 ' - j at- " ,.'.' ' of ike C otriTndn After a man passes the moat pleas ing compliment' la to Bay to aim: "You do not show your age." It la said that disappointment la hard to bear, but we alt stand It pretty well when we look In the glass. There are lota of people- who never rind out they have a wonderful view from their back door fill a visitor dls ewvera It for them. - ; At least this may be said In favor of the conduct of husbands and wires to ward each other: They never talk; fool ishness over the telephones. We saw thla lying in a store window today; - "It'a a long walk to Easy' street, and no care running." Also thla: "Don't wait for your ship to coma In; row out and meet, It" t ; . The Lilt of a lugbv '.. ' I've tolled with the men tha world has blessed, ' .. - As I've tolled with tha men who failed: I've tolled with the men who strive with ' aest ' ' ' i And I'va tolled with the menNwha walled., ( . . And this is the tale my soul would tell As ft drifts o'er the harbor bar; The sound of a sigh don't carry well, -But the flit of a laugh rings far. a W. GUlllan In tha Lyoeumlte. ' -. "Move On!" , FroroTlhe DeckervUle Recorder. There Ig nu jeasbiiabla excuse for any man to live In a town If ha doean't like It .If you have no' word of com mendation to say for your town, Its Institutions or people,' emigrate. You won't stop the town clock by , going away. ' The chureh belle will have the same musical ring, the little doga will play just ss well and the pure air, bright sunshine and sparkling water will have the same health-giving prop erties. t . ( Away With ' Imitations, i ; From ths London Pally Mall. To encourage the poorer classes to decorate tha graves of relatives 4nd friends with growing flowers Instead of with artificial wreaths or out flow ers the -Hammersmith borough council haa erected a greenhouse near Its ceme tery gates, where geraniums and other pot flowers may be. bought for a few pence.' Hitherto gcaves have been adorned with flowera placed in Jars and bottles. , A Little While. , What If tha daye are dreary t h What If the desert glows - 1 Beneath life's bitter sun-heatf What if the wild wind blows - Oat of the north land stormy T . ' What If earth wears no smile? , ; . A gate will open outward , - In auch a little while! ' -0B.JU. Beers. TkcHatahcl tlieMan By -Rev. Albert E. George. (Cnprrleht., IMhVb W.'B.. Hearst) I Does a plug bat create-a special Im pression? Does It give an ordinary man an extraordinary individuality T A few clergymen in Boston the other day made the test: They were invited to a public " reception. ' Two wore the plug hat two wore the derby. Those who donned the plug had every thing give way to them. A particular respect met them everywhere. . , On the street they felt It When they arrived at their destination, a car. tain amount , of deference was shown them. The derbyltes took In the situa tion at every glance. - They were always In tha background. They aaw It and even at the threshold of the reception little things Indicated they were only number two. There waa evidently something about the plug that conquered everything. Ia the corridors of the hotel It waa In evi dence. Bellboys sprung from the ex clusive corner as tf the catch would be a profitable one. Clerks put on their best behavior, and the - whole atmoe phere waa surcharged with attraction. When the derbyltes came along, there was perfunctory service. There waa no intention -to thla, but It waa noticeable, and Instinctively everyone felt the In fluence of the plug and the tameneaa of the derby. . .. An exchange between these individ uals was agreed upon ht the latest re ception. , The derbyltes wore the plug and passed their headgear to the other two. , . . Then soon "began to enjoy distinction. They were no longer playing the second fiddle. They marked the advance over the conventional derby. Their experi ence tallied with the marked respect they had before noticed accorded their other companions. .... : K ; What'a In a hat? Well, now, there la a great deal In a hat. , ; . k The stovepipe is a great vanquisher, and a great deal better than ita name. ' A man cannot be thoroughly dressed till he gets a plug. In tha British parr llament It cuts an Important figure, so Important that membere are nervous till they, own two, or perhaps three. . Wherever you go, thla type of hat knocks all the objectionable features out of the mail who wears It You re spect the hat only before you' think about the wearer.-, It Is truly wonderful what an Influence follows It i ii ' Si'.' ' V ' Traveling Lake. ; From ths Dundee Advertiser. ' ' Among the many Interesting discov eries of Dr. Bven Hedtn In central Asia Is a Singular oscillation In the position of the Lake -of Karakoshun, or Lob Nor. This lake seems as restless aa some rivers that change their beds, but the cause of Its movements Is a continuous Changs In the level of the desert In the midst of which It Ilea, bordered by vegetation. At present the lake Is re treating northward, and creeping toward Its ancient bed, where It is known to have lain 1ft the third century of the Chrletlan era; and aa It slowly moves the vegetation, animals and the fisher men, with their - reed huta. follow Ha shores northward. Dr. Hedln believes that after reaching the northern part of tha desert the lake returns south ward, the complete period of oscillation being 1.000 years or more . y - ; " Ah Alao Rait"'. ' -'C ' From the The Dalles Optimist t Home folks era Just a-djrln' "r " - To caat a vote for Bryan, ' "; But they've to months to wait; And before th polle are ready - , It may just be that Teddy Vr ' Z - Will be forced to strike a gait ' , And then tbe morning after"' ' Ton will hear the g. o. p. laughter And cheers from man to man. ' Then we'll chalk ths f I auras tip: - ."Teddy, he haa took the cup, i '' , ls4 BiUx Brraa .'also, rao," A: . ? Little vNonsciise (Wast B) year favorite story Joke, eaaceo. ar puat . KTarrbodji baa o tbat a AS think I th baat "yoa rrr kaard." Th Journal want to know Juat th eort of aemor tbat appeal avast Uoaly to Ita rAT, sad will (Ira two eas friar a ' wk for to brat: abort atorlM scat t th Humor Editor, Th atorlaa naa not b rl1ol. Sot " eat eot be orar Sue worda and Bust eoatali b alamaat of pIm. arlt. iur .tha baat ' will b paid!" II will be gia to th axt bat Toe raa sn4 la as ma or start a roe Ilk. ary Journal iwaaaa aas avBai U Wla the prtaas. , - ' ''"'. . No Leader. " f Samuel, Compere, president of . the American Federation , of Labor, , aald - In waamngton, apropos or famous leaders; "The best leaders Issue always the -fewest orders. ' They surround - them- selves., with subordinates they can. trust, and they leave all detalla n these sub ordinates' pharge.' .And what holda good of ' leaders holds good of superintend enta, foremen and bossea. "The best of thm never annoy their men with use less order . ' -'.. ''When I -was a elgarmaker I knew a young man who would not have made a good overseer of 1 leader. Like' an old woman,' thia young man waa continual ly, ordering people About ..when,., there waa no jus for Jt " - ' i -Once be sailed tor England; leaving In hla brother's charge a parrot -that ho was very fond of. When he - got . to En si and, hla-old, petering, 'interfering habit came on him, and... afraid that maybe his, brother waa neglecting the parrot he 'sent over thla cablegram: u "'Be sure and feed parrot. . .-' .""The brother cabled back: , " Have i fed htm, but hew hungry aa-aln. -What ahal I do nextr - f The Wily Medicine Man. .'; The toctora were talking shop ap-' pendlcltla, - cytrges vand the Ilka. ,r -I got th,ebst of John Millions the other j4ay,"., said a doctor with a gray beard. ' ' - - "Hoy ir the- other asked.. . "MUllona sent for me to -prescribe for a cold. He knew my charge would be, as per usual. 125: but all he handed me, aa I took, my leave, was three IB notes." "What did you' do thenf -.. "What did I doT Why, I dropped the notes on the floor. The butler picked them up and handed them to me, but I continued to look about the carpet and finally. I got down on my hands, and kneea. "'. . " 'Aren't Oie notes an found f , said Millions, Impatiently. , - "No said I.- There must be tw still on the floor,, I've only got three here.l-- .' - - ..-v- .- "Then - Millions, with a sour ' smlre, handed me $10 more." : , . - - Biting Sarcaarn. Jean Gerardy, the well Known 'cellist at a dinner In' Philadelphia, praised American wit "Ton are all witty ha "said. "From your millionaire down .to your gamin you ara quick, nimble and sparkling In retort . .-. , f- "Tour gamins', wit is sometimes cruet It caused a friend of mine to flush -and mutter an oath -one day last -wtek in New Tork. .. ' - ' f I t . i'Myr friend. -In a hurry to catch a train: .'ran. out of hla hotel toward a cab, -and a' ragged -little boy -opened the cab door. -for. him and 'handed - In his valise. .'': '::, "He gave "the - boy ; nothing. -In hla hurry, you see, he forgot "The disappointed, urchin , smiled sourly, and called thla order to -the driver: "'.'' ..." - -':,. "" "Nearest poorhouse, cabby. , Henderson's Self-Possesslon. When David B. Henderson waa young he waa retained In an estate case which Involved large Interests. The future speaker was mighty hard up, and he was seriously thinking of asking the heirs to pay his bill, which he had never rendered:-He waa meditating whether to charge them $200 or $100, wnen. one or tne neirs, representing-! them alt atepped briskly Into his office, and taking out a roU of $500 bills, said: "Mr. Henderson, I want to pay your bill," and commenced laying down these $600 bills until he had $2,600 before the astonished lawyer, looking up at Mr. Henderson, the heir said: "Is that enough?" And the lawyer, with that self-possession which subsequently made him famous, calmly ald: ' "Peel off an other one and we -will call it -square." Astonished the Bishop... Biahop Potter, the well known Amer ican prelate, tells a good story of him self regarding hla first visit to this country. "Bngllshmsn ' often addressed me Oaa "my lord,' ha said.' "Thla waa not easy for a good democrat to hear, but I got accustomed to It and waa in a fair way of being spoiled, when a little incident set me down. I waa In Southampton, and an old friend, a fellow countryman, recognised me. Rushing up, he seised me by tha hands. -- y - "Hello,-blsh!' he cried. How are your" " -' : v'',.' Open-Air' 'Cure. :'. ": There are cynical doctors ' who sus pect that juat the plain open trolley car will do wonders for those who cannot buy motor cara or hire chauf feurs. If a man or-woman has nothing to do but seek health, the. open, trolley car may be enjoyed at Ita best sayg the New Tork Bun. , The patient may' choose his hours of travel. . He naturally chooses ' those hours when the world of busy folks Is not. rmshlng townward or homeward. Forty cents a day will give one a great many to Ilea of suburban trolley riding, and Jh suburban trolley cars keep up with most of the automobiles. - - The patient haa change of scene, plenty of fresh air and a not uncom fortable eaf It 4s not difficult, either, to find a fellow passenger to talk with, and there Is. always, the solace of a book. . - . It would not be very expensive to' do 10.000 miles - of trolley - riding- In the' suburbs of any one of four or five At lantic eoaat clttea between April and October, ' and well, the doetora would hesitate to say that the trolley lines may not yet find It worth while to put on properly comfortable . open cars In Winter for the benefit of health-seekers. ' Prowlers of Paris. From the .London Globe. ' A wild acene with burglars and their sympathisers wss witnessed - In Paris near the Place Voltaire during- the small hours of "Friday morning. Two burglars had been caught In a house, but escaped by. brutally assaulting The Inmates. In the - streets they were Joined by Straggling night prowlers until their numbers swelled to about $0, between whom and the police, assisted by several soldiers, there waa a running fight eev oral times renewed before the two bur glars could be eecured. Had It -not been for the opportune "arrival of the aol dlera. the police would. have been out numbered and tha thlevee would have escaped. As jt waa,, ona or two of them had the! t uniforms ripped, to lattera BIRDSEYE VIEWS . TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHANGE. . : ' -. ; ; Permit no blind pigs. r ..'.' '- . '.. , .' . ' y" ', Will Bryan talk too- much? . ' .-.'. '' "'.' Only one day more of June. : ; '. , . i:r,-: -.i ',.. ; Kloe weather-, fot big ducks. . ( , J '' '' t e e. ' .. :., ' How about that tax commission laT " . - f '.:- -u - --. Flood predictions for mid-July In or der, 'v, IV..' ' 'V - - :.-.,- 1 e . '. "The 'winter will Ih 'ever ef ore long, we hep. ..,.v v'. - , - ,- . ' We hop Hill' and -Harriman : will both, win. . 'i - . . i. : . ' .-f j Have you 'bet en tha sheriff proposi tion yett - .; . r- ' .. '. ..' ' 1 ! :' l At least It didn't enow that is, right in Portland. .'.-. t .- '. v" :, " ,; : - "' If you' cant be happy, be as happy aa yon .can " , , . ... . . ''. : i ' l will' be dry. again and hot enough for you yet. -' - - K-' " Maybe, now, It wont" rain en 'the Fourth, after all. t . r : . -Still there- Is ho oeeaalon to go erasy ever Billy Bryan. ' '.,;.. r ' .. V"' Perhaps there won't . be any more college1 rows till (all. 1 K - ; -e . e . ' ' Those burdocks and thistles are grow ing very luattlJtheaw daya. jr . - . . ' " : Perhaps - July . a. '' . . .Will be quite dry. -' ' ' . ': e .; i .' . If you keep your eyes open, you can not fail to see Portland grow.. , v- - " ': '' Will Teddy run? He hasn't said he wouldn't for oulte a while now. - - .But ' it ' seems a if Senator Bailey took himself rather too seriously, y -. .. i ' We ' know a man who says that all woman In white look alike to him. k-Vjt ' . e "' - It would take a big number to ex press' the different kinds of fools there are... . .Uu. ... i 1 ' -W watch in vain for the report of, a wedding that Isn't either pretty or very pretty. , " - e e , ; ; ; The morning paper will be a tariff reformer .. Until . the next.' election comee on. i . . ., e'e , '- ' We. expect every statement No. A member of the legislature to . vote for Jonathan Bourns Jr.' . -".".' - '.-': The trouble Is that there are ao many men especially fit for president of 'the senate and speaker of the houset . . ; ; ". -, . ' Even Shaw admits that possjbjy the tariff ought to be revised a little.. Why. possibly that man can learn something, after all. ..';,' e e ' ' .. ; Professor Wlthycombe.ls busy hold ing farmers' Institutes, as usual. He Is a very useful man in the work, and It would have been too bad to elect him governor. , ' . . Literary Curidaities Jnedrtii6i BY A LONDON (By a LeifSoo OomapaedeDt.) There has just been brought to light one of the most Important literary dis coveries of modern times. In a library in Ireland, which waa recently Inherited by an' Irishman,' were found 17 of ths rarest Kngllsh preShakespearean plays. Their owner had no Idea of their great value,, but somebody advised ' him to consult a London authority. Then he learned to hla amassment that these long-neglected volumes were worth more than all the rest of his inheri tance: They will be sold at auotlon at Sotheby's. Historically, . ' these ' : plays are more valuable than those of Shake speare, for they give a? clearer Idea of England's literary growth, from Ita rise to the data of the master dramatist They Include moral plays,, interludes and eomedles; several - are unrecorded editions. Among the most . Important are two well-preserved copies tef .the first and second comedies written In the English language namely, Nlchola Udall'a "Ralph Roister .Dolghter," . -first Issued anonymously In 1618, and ths "Ryght Pithy, Plesauantand Merle Comedte: , Intyteled . Gammer ' Gurtons Nedle." - '..'..'.... Still rarer are an unrecorded edition of John Bale's early sixteenth century morality play, "Here Begynneth the En terlude of Johan the Evangelist," and the excessively araree first edition of "The Ninth Tragedle of Lucius Annasus Seneca, Called Octavia: Translated out of Latin into English by T. N. (Thomas Luce) Student in Cambridge," .and , the only known edition of the unrecorded 'Newe, Mery and Wlttie Comedle or Enterlude, Treating Upon the Historic of Jacob and Esaw," 16$.- The great London literary auction room ie a magnet which sooner tr later draws to It the relics and reminders of great men. One day cornea a fragment Politics and" Women. ;, From th New Tork World. ' ' To Pope Plus X la credited the re mark in the course of a private conver sation that "women ought not In any case to mix themselves In public af fairs." Law, medicine and . especially education were proper spheres for (hem, but politics never. As a matter of truth, the tendency of the times Is all the other way.. With women occupying a constantly growing place In professional, business and In dustrial life It la Inevitable that they should be drawn mors and more, even against their Inclinations, toward publlo affaire. Economlo emancipation, whether or not they have the suffrage or hold office. Is bound to sharpen their Inter est - in'; politics. - For that .' matter, . all politics does not consist In haranguing street crowds from a cart-tall. . It may mean nothing more than an Intelligent understanding t and discussion of cur rent arraira. Thee Is every reason why a woman should feel as vitally .eonoerned as a man In meat Inspection and tariff re-, vision. In big armaments and arbitra tion, In rapid transit improvements, pub lic parks and playgrounds, in clean streets and an honest policy adminis tration. These- ouasUOM are tha-xary; OREGON SIDELIGHTS. : Kat Oregon prunes, ' . , - '.- "- .- -, e e ;' ' .-', " '. ; Maybe Juiyu be dry. ' .. p-V'''!.- . - --u....,r " . Milton haa lne new hospital : . - - ' - '. . "' - v ... There wtll be ptcnlo-weather yet, '.-' . '. ,. . ' ': -.. '..., More telephone wires; all Over Ore gon. . . .. re- ;. ' Nearly all Oregon tewne ' wlU -oala-brate. - ; -- , ,..'-- .." a ..-'vj; " Finest gardens -oa earth In Oregon If you choose. ' '.'v. - i .'.., -. t - ' ,' ..., . .'. 4 - - Weston - Is happy again. Nloe towh deserves Its. good luok.- -; -'r' v . - . , - - ,...', e; a ' s -'.'' '" . Hundreds of timber-land huntera all over Oregon and poor Puter Jn. Jail. : ' : ;,..'"' ' Shanlko Republican: Next; week, we will just about wind up the ahlpmenta of sheep from thla place for the season. The shipments up to the first .of this week wlU amount to 100,000 head since March 1. and probably ,20,000 are yet to he shipped out. , ' -"' ', . . . Gardiner Qaaettet Qame wardens ara paying special attention to owners pf. dogs who permit them to run deer. A distinction should be made, however, la favor of the dog which will tree a oou gar or a wildcat, aa either . of these varmints will kill more fawn In a week than a good dog will In a year. . v; . ,' . ' - ..' e e ' . , . Shanlko Republican:-' On'.-eccount" of the unusual wet spring and the green grasa on the ranges, sheepmen are al most a month late In getting their flocks started off . to, the . mountains. -Sheep are, reported to be in fine condi tion and the ranges In the mountains are the beat for a number of years.., . ..' - -- " - , . , 'vi' - .,' r Fern Creek Correspondence of Moau ment' Enterprise: -Wbsn wa find) our selves out of reach of trains -telephones, telegraphs, eto., we gradually adapt our selves to a more simple life .than , we previously supposed possible for us. It' Oamble, however, haa now .received a new telephone, sab-wa will aoon be con nected with Monument - . - ' . - - ' -' , . .... e- e , .','., '''. .- - Brownsville'' Times:- The Cajapooia Lumber company' reoelvedT- three 'big logging wagons " this week. . They are -heavy concerns, made especially to haul heavy loads of logs or lumber.'. The company's flood dam, being constructed In the Calapoola near the Contaer ranch, is hearing completion. i." ' - - - t -'- , , m e '. '' ..." , '. - Leland Correspondence of Qranta Faaa Courier: . Where la that big Immigra tion that We heard about? '. We are not getting mMch of It -here, although, we J have one . or the - beat and healthiest sections In the .United States, With plen ty of cheap land that can be converted Into good homes. This vicinity, is the best watered of any place la Oregon. ' . .e Myrtle Creek vMaiU. There Is nothing at thla time t or ju a tlfy tbeprurra'e; Bow ers In selling their.. prunes- at-thWw early date . at -the' price mow vofered. The prune crop la not going te be ao "large aa certain buyers are . predicting, and there la nothing to indicate: that prloee will be-lees than laat year, on the con trary they-should be- higher.-. . - While there la a big erop In- Oregon the Cali fornia crop is short CORRESPONDENT. ' of the. proof, of MUton's "Paradise Lost"; on another the family Bible of Burns, and anon Is dumped down the anvil of the Inspired tinker, John Bun yea. Next week many Interesting me mentos of men who have won fame in various fields are to be sold. . Probably the most Interesting of them Is the chair In which Goldsmith wrote hla beautiful idyl. "The Deserted Village." It ia of generous proportions, made of oak and. covered with tapestry. It la fitted with a writing deak, adjustable for reading also; It haa .stationery and) pen and Ink drawers and candle sconces ss well. Here Goldsmith sat at hie ease and polished - those delightful couplets which his brain had evolved In the country lanes. . .When he .died In 1774 he was much Indebted to hla neigh bor In the Temple, Edward Bott who tneireupon became possessed of most of his effects. Including the cbalr. " Ita his tory since then Is well authenticated. Those of a religious turn- will be stilt more Impressed by the relics of John Wesley, which will - be 'brought under the hammer soon. Among them Is the mourning ring worn by the founder- of. the Methodism 1n memory Of his father, the Vicar of Epworth. This grim "me mento morl", -contains .a coffln-shapet crystal,' under' which. .la the tiny form of a skeleton, -with, a- diamond at.tha head and another at the feet ' At .the same aale will be sold a barrel-shaped mug of old, Sheffield plate, which once belonged' to'-Lord Byron, and which la' engraved with .the Arms of the Byron family. Admirers of, Englnnd'e great est sailor will -have "en opportunity to bid for a. pair of rasore with which Lord -Nelson waa wont to shave himself. They are of silver steel. Inclosed In A red leather case, and engraved on -the Ivory handle of each are the worda "Admiral Lord Nelson." v . essence 'of politics.' In " every great moral crisis woman's Influence le a por tent factor for good. i t . If the beet and most competent wom en seek seclusion through scruples .pr prejudice it merely means, as with man, that less worthy ones will exert more than their due ahare of influence,-Poll-'-tlca as e profession, as a means , of livelihood, often brings ont 'the wonas qualities in men. So It must in-, women. But In neither case Is that a good nil son why politics should be forsworn ss degrading end left to the less sens! tive class of self-seekers who bring til Into disrepute. ' . , , (-. ' . . 1 ' . ; Shipping Bounty.' - f A striking effect of the French nsi ration bountlee Is seen jo.' the fact that -the ship Rene Kervlller. ef 1,290 tons '' register, has cleared from Dunkirk In ballast for ? Hobart. Town fir orders, , tha bounty on the distance sailed eom pensattng the ownere for the absents of an outward freight and giving them the choice of Ordering their ship if ram. Hobart Town to Australian. ebal-loadlng porta. Chilean nitrate ports, or Ban Franolaro, according to. th. state of the frela-ht market, bealdea r'urelvlny tha bounty en the entire diataaoe sailed,, -r
