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Do today's duijrr. fightj to
, 4ftjrB ternptationeland do not '
weaken and district yourself .
by locking forward io things ' '
which yoa 'cannot see, and
could not understand if you
saw them. Charles Klngsley.
STEVENS AND WORD.
HE RESULT of the recount in
the shrievalty contest should
be accepted by all, in the same
I tpirit .which Tom Word himself vdi
1 plays. No suspicion of partisanship
1 or unfairness attaches to the tribunal
, In which the recount was had and no
V doubt can be entertained that Robert
-J, -I. Stevens is justly entitled to the of
fice. ' " ,'" ; ' .'-'.
; - A very large element of thepeople
f (regret, as does "The Journal, that
f Word was not reelected not for po-
1 litical reasons, but because of his hon
kit, fearless and efficient sdministra
- tion of the office. But the majority
: must rule, even though . it Te a ma
jority so small as in the present' case1,
Mr. Stevens is pledged tp a contin-
- nance of the -policy-adopted by -hi
', predecessor. , ' There is.no reason to
question the absolute sincerity of his
pledge's and so long as "he rigidly'en
forces the laws, without fear or favor,
he' will receive the cordial support of
hispaperrThe7joqrnal . extends to
: him its best wishes for a successful
and honorable-administratidn. 1
To Tom Word belongs the highest
praise which can be given a public
official, for 'he has done his duty
bravely, Conscientiously, v uncorrupt
ibly. He wfiTte "remembered in fu-j
ture years as the sheriff who first put
a stop to public gambling in Mult
nomah county. In the face of power
ful influence, the opposition of sub
sidised newspaper organs, and the de-
t termined resistance of the gamblers
themselves who emplqyed every, ar
tifice that skilled legal counsel could
devise to thwart Sheriff Word in his
purpose,. the gambling houses were
closed and the. blot which had so long
rested on the city was wiped out
. ' For this great and signal service to
"Tdrtland Tom Word deserves the
credit; Mayor Williams was com
mitted to the policy of licensing the
gambling house and was an open op
ponent to the -sheriffs policy. . The
"police were tactiljr standing' in with
the gamblers Single-handed, Word
made arid won 'the fight, supported
-' only by the approval of the better
class of Portland's people and by The
' Journal. He rendered the city a
service which will not be forgotten.
Errors of judgment in minor mat
' ters Word may have made, but his
fidelity to the charge entrusted to him
cannot be impugned nor questioned.
' , To him belongs the meed "Well done,
.thou good and faithful servant."
GOOD ROADS.
'E ARE always glad to read
"good road" items, as we
frequently do of late in
; state exchanges. In Linn, Douglas,
", Coos, Clatsop and many other Ore
gon counties, the people are becom
ing more interested in good roads,
more appreciative of their value.
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L 1 can be done adds sa much to the value
' t of rural property, of farms. With
; good roads farm produce is disposed
"of far more easily and profitably.
Vehicles and horses last longer. The
"investor . w&' wants i To '""buy.- a farm
will cheerfully paya large price f
good roads lead to, it In, all ways
. good roads pay, a a profitable in
vestment. '
We hope and xpect o 'et tfifs
. good work continue and expand. It
will take rnuch time and money to
make, good roads throughout Oregon,
but we believe it will be done. In
fact good begining has already been
.made. Keep,, up the good work.
,Cood roads pay; nothing better.
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OREOON WEATHER.
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. ' a 4 IfM A!H.a .' '.a .
s
i tAMivu oijin wettner, it
has been either freakish yean
tr No two years; so far. as the
4n"Mt inhabi4nt''Vhowl;" were-'ev'er
-iAaJikem' Oregon, '. We have no such
'harp Masonal differentiation .as oc
curs is) toe North. Atlantic states,. and
even- thcHUual cUuif lUtion-- of "43uf
seasons as' "wet" and "dry" is by no
means accurate. For sometimes' it is
wet in June, July, tr August, and dry
in January, February or March. '
' Thus this year has been 'something
that nobody-could have reasonably ex-
fiected. Precipitation has been "shy,f
or Oregon, for nearly, two years.
There was almost! summer weather
last winter,' and in' May and June
meteorological conditions ; that we
naturally would expect in February,
March or April. '.,' ;."
The rains of the past two months
have undoubtedly -done' some, harm.
They have spoiled Some cherries, re
duced the! strawberry crop, and in
jured the .early crop of , alfalfa; i but
they have jilso done a Vast amount of
good, that does not fully appear as
yet, but will later',' in abundant har
vests, ;n the finest fruitage of earth.
Oregon seems a little .disagreeable
atftimes, but year in and out, it "can't
be beat" 5 . '- ''.- ; :
MAKE ; THE INQUIRY, THOR-
A;'; OUGH." ' ' '
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T IS well known that the fraudulent
voting in -the recent election, wu
not confined to Sellwood, al
though .tt'.was: apparently" nictre"gen
eral and more flagrant there than in
other precincts. The recount in the
Stevens-Word;contest disclosed irreg
ularities, to say nhe least, in precinct
88 and they should be investigated. ' It
is peculiarly important that every elec
tion official who was in any! way a
party to frauds in any precinct should
be held to a rigid accounting, for only
by the stern punishment of such of
fenses can the lesson of the sanctity
of the ballot be taught effectively.
."r'Thgrand jury and the' district at-
lorney-deserve commendation for the
work already done. Some of those
apparently! responsible for the illegal
voting have been' indicted and must
stand trial It is said that evidence' is
obtainable that gross frauds were per
petrated in precincts as yet untouched
by the grand jury's investigations. If
this be so,' their work should not end
until the facts have been sifted to the
bottom. Let the inquisition be thor?
ough, itinsHgiwfeyr") lUiiUiii
"The; honorable gentleman from
New York,"1 said the Hon. Mr. Bart
lett of Georgii in congress yesterday,
'has impugned my motive's, assailed
my integrity, and attacked tny honor.
But; I desire "to inform the honorable
gentleman that it tie dares fay J. lie 1
have an argument 'that -will refute the
cowardly assertion." The argument
was a knife. It and the incident were
closed together with the assistance of
other honorable gentlemen. .
Congressman Cushmari . talked so
long and so hard yesterday that he
was on the verge of nervous prostra
tion, a fate from which his fellow
members saved themselves by a feat
that was impossible to the eloquent
gentlemsm " They silently withdrew
from the range of his voice. '
Of course Sheriff Stevens "wjll fol
low Word's policy as to open public
gambling, and it will be suppressed
as it has been. Public sentiment de
mands this, and will require it Mr.
Stevens has said that he will enforce
the laws, and we believe the promise
will be kpt ' '
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Doctors say that Stanford White
could not possibly have lived two
years more, and we expect to have
Thaw's lawyers prove that the archi
tect's removal was accomplished
merely in response lo the humane de
mand io the obliteration of incur
ables, ' ' v
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From many points in the east come
distressing stories of death from heat
yesterday. The mercury "got no
higher than 62t in Portland, and the
fact should be worth much to the
town in its next prospectus otf "The
Rose City a a Summer5 Resort."
The Standard Oil company wants
to buy the water supply of San Fran
cisco, pc-ssibly for use in another
stock issue"N "
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Where - will our representatives
wash their flirty-linen now. that the
national hot air laundry' has closedr
The dispatches say Russia will ex.
ert herself to protect the unfortunate
ewa. Have any been left alive?
Congress adjourns, Roosevelt takes
a rest, but the plain, people keep on
working. . .- - - ' . , l
; ' ; No. Room" at .Home.
Tha Wlfa of a "farmer named Bickely
of Ilancifalva. Hutiirnr,?ni- Jrit tr-
Sentad har boabana with quMruplU.
Aecordlnf ti Ihe "ruaBaelnyl Mary"
of Bulapit,tiM brlna; tha total num
ber Of Biekaly a children- up to II. of
whom tl aona and 17 daughters survive.
ftxekely haa been four times married.
and hi prt-eent wife ha never had
fewer than three children at. a birth.
On one oceeeton ehe had flulhlJtleta.'
Th : lateat addlllona t (h'family
are had td be aent to a foundlinea
home, as there la no room InBaekety'a
house '.for mnre. than the , 4 children
vlM Uve trim their athcK- .
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ - WHILE YOU WAIT.
' ; A Hint to June Brides.
; ,The June bride, to avoid uneultable
weddlnB.preaente, should do-as a Phil-
(delphia Blrl did ,laat year.
. This wlae youna peraon vlalted the
city's chief jeweler early In Mayi told
the . man of her anoroar.hlnar weddln
and ' aelected : from hia atock ' the sliver.
the vasea, the cut alaaa and the lewelry
Jhat ahe liked.-' , , ' . '
a cierx made a note or all her prefer
ences and afterward as' patrons came
to buy alfta for her the olerk pointed
out to them the objects that she had
recently admired. ' Theae Bifta. of
courae. they choae, and thusnar!y all
me -wise Bin a weddln( presents were
thlnaa that ahe .liked. , .
Animals That Wear Spectacles.
Many birds are provided with nat
ural apectaclea." a : transparent 'mem-'
brane celled the third eyelid. Thia third
eyelid, when not in uae, lies folded In
the Inner corner of the eye. Two
mnaclea work It, apreadln(.tt over the
cornea, or. folding It np airaln much
more cleverly than a man can put on
or. take off hta apectaclea. ' But for tta
third eyelid, the eagle could not look
at the aun. - -
The epectacled bear belonss to Chill.
Its Latin: name la uraua ornatus. It ta
black and around lta eyes pale rlnga are
drawn, which have exactly the appear
ance of a. pair of gogglea. ." ;
In Praise of the Mother-in-Law.
Give me a knife or lend me a saw
And I'll cut on the leg of my mother-
in-law. . . -
At. a -June' wedding 'breakfaet ex
hilarated with the rich food, and old man
aana the above llnea In a loud voice. -
But the young bridegroom, rising.
took the singer aternly to teen.
"I have no aympathy." he aald. "with
the mother-in-law Joke. My mother-in-law"
he- bowed toward the lady "la
dearer to me than my own mother.' I
can truly aay, with. the great Poe, that
My mother
Waa but the mother of myself, but yon
Are mother to the one I love, so dearl.
And thua are dearer than the mother I
vonmaor mo oeauurui things that
the poeta have oald of mothers-in-law.
Do you remember Goethe's llnea?
Tou and your darling complement,
your mother; --' -
Each Incomplete and' wanting aana the
oiner. . -
"Tou know ; Dante's.' sentiments on
this question:
"Oh, mother, doubly mine In-that thou
art .....-.,-....
The mother of my dear.
Thou haat, thou'U fiave forever, all my
" heart.' , . -
"And I am aure you will agree' with
ka kiaiillful rnath snirlngl
" 'A man could not repay his mother-in-law-for
bringing hia wife "into the
world, though he ahould carry her and
her huaband on hia back a thouaand
yeara.'
"How much truer, how much more
beautiful," . concluded the bridegroom,
"are the- mother-in-law aentimenta I
have juat quoted than the doggerel sung
by our venerable friend :
" Olve me a knife or lend me a saw.
And I'll cut oft the leg of my mother-in-law."
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Out of the .Condenser.
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Snake liver, an'. Indian delicacy.
taatea like wild duck. .--
In Boston 300 children annually are
named after Emereon. C- 1
Ldiea' gloves are being made with
a tiny pocket in tne paim.
The church haa put , to death ror
witchcraft, all told. t.eoO.000 peraona.
Half the ao-ealled mad doge have
nothing the matter with them but the
toothache. . . ;
Tne Making of
BY REV. THOMAS
The adding of a new star to the na
tional flag gives timeliness to the story
of the atarry banner.
The atara and atrlpes became tne nag
of the United States on June 14, 17T7.
On that day it was resolved Dy con
gress that tne -nag or tm imnevn
United States be thirteen stripes, alter
nate red and white, snd that the anion
be thirteen stars, white, in a blue field.
representing a new constellation.'
The congressional enactment creating
"Old Olorv" said nothing concerning
the particular form In which the stars
should be grouped, snd as the circle Is
the simplest of all figures, the clroular
form naturally became the one In which
the stars were arranged.
Tha national flag continued wun
thiriMa atrlrjea and thirteen stars until
January IS. 176, when congreaa voted
that "arter May 1, iivo, in in,m .
United Statea be fifteen atrlpea. alter
rmA and white, and that the union
be fifteen stars, white, In a blue nld.T
Twenty-three years later, -apm ,
1118, congress adopted tne xoiiowing
resolution: ' .
"Be It enacted, that from and after
the Fourth of July next the flag of the
United States be thirteen horlsontal
stripes, alternate red, and White, and
that the union be twenty stars, white,
in a blue field. . -
"And that on the admission 01 a now
.tato intn tha union one'star be added
to the flag, and that sucn addition shall
take place on the Fourtn or uiy next
aucceedlng each admleslony' '
rwtain membera of congress, in their
pstrlotie ardor, wanted a new stripe for
each new state, but Mr. Wlndover, one
of the members from New York, arose
In bis place and said: ...
"Mr. Speaker, I am heart snd soul In
favor of any proposition that will give
,,. . hi Dir. We are going to be a big
pJople. and we need a correspondingly
big Hag. 5U IX mum . noi
as to be s burden to us. At tne rata
yell Slides Away. .
tk r.Merrte "of Balnbrldse. Ohio, sre
much excited over-a remarkable land
allde which has tsken place on the aouth
aide of that village, durtna the Met few
for aoctlona of tha Mil continue
to elide away at intervals. -Thevaiida Js(j
on what is known as Hlggins hill, Where
a stone qusrry naa owra oinnwu ,u,
many-yea rs.
' The bill was over 40 feet high, an
a great deal of vslushle-rock bad been
removed from It during the last few
years, but tn greater part of the broken
atone and earth' has been dumped on
the hlllalde. The recent wet weather
paused thla to loosen and a portion of
the hill commenced to. slide or( Thurs-
dayfntsht, and has been golnt down
ever Since,-'- ; - -- '' f. -
A mud roadway, which waa Used by
teams tfr bring, down the stone, wsa en- f
tlrely obliterated, but the remarkable
part of the slide is that aa old, stone
of the Common
Some aay that men of ganlua are Si-
waya thin, but among tha fat and fa-
moua - may be mentioned Kenan. Dr.
Johnaon, Koealnl,- Baluv Henry Jamea,
Dumas, Balnt Beuvs and W. D. Howella.
1 The. Hope of Salvation.. t
For lo, what changes time can brlngl
The eye lea of revolving yearef.
May free my heart from !! ita fears,
And teach mylpa a song to sing. .
Bcfere yon field of trembling gold '.
' la garnered Into dusty aheavea, i
Or ere the autumn's scarlet leaves'
Flutter as bird adown the' wold,
I may have run the glorloua race, " i
And caught the torch while yet aflame.
And called pon the holy name
Of hire who new doth hide hia face.
v- . - . ,''. Oacar 'Wliae.
Origin of 'Grass" Widow.
"She Is a grass widow, aald the pro
hinor noddlnar in the . direction of la
imAw with vellnar hair.
"A.'graaa' widow T Oh,- prof eeeor,. ' I
iiMii't think vou would uae alang."
" Oraaa' widow la not slang." said the
professor, Btoutly. "It Is. on the con-,
trarv. . a verr - ancient and correct ex
preaslon. ' It eomea from the French
'arraca.' It was ortginally written 'grace'
widow, i Its meaning Is 'widow by cour
teav. : -
"There Is nothing slangy or dlare
spectful In the term 'grace widow,' A
widow, may call neraelf that wRh pro
priety, and with proprieiy anyone may
call her that.-
"Red as" b Sapphire." ' '
To say that a young girl's eyes are aa
blue aa . sapphlrea ta aa abaurd aa It
would be to say that her mouth la as
red aavvelvet Sapphlrea, no more than
vol vet. ara ecluelvelT one color. '
The aapphirea of Ceylon run fKm
soft blue to a peacock blue, wnicn last
la -.radically a green. There la also a
red- aapphlre, sometimes called a Cey
loneee ruby, a stone aa precious as a
Burmah ruby, i .
Besides blue, green and red aapphirea,
many fine onea'are yellow and white.
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. Foreign Notes.
r One of the resulta of the laat Oerman
eanaua waa tha dlaooverv ' that the vllr
lege of Bnerbuach. in tha. district ot
Burgdorf, In HanovelUhSS only fott
inhabitants, two malea and two females,
and la therefore ttis amalleat municipal
ity in the world.. V - , . .
According to a German military jour
nal, the Brltlah soldier wears a helmet
which wetgha nearly 1 i pounds. The
helmet r of the- Pruaatan infantryman
weighs, only a trifle over 14 ouneee,
while thejeyian -la still better off with
a kepi, which turns the. scale at between
11 and It ounces. - "V . -
For three years a hospital has been
In existence at Bromley, near London,
where only a fruit diet Is allowed t& the
patlenta. and where during that time
there have been only two deatha among
the tOO patlenta who have received
treatment The institution la known as
the I-ady Margaret Fruitarian hospital.
. China, following Japan'a example. Is
aendlng large numbers (f students to
Oreat Britain and the continent of Eu
rope. They go to the ehlef Industrial
eentera.
The Chinese detective force la a se
cret body, and the best organised In
the world. Its members keep an eye
on every man, woman or child, and. In
addlMon, watch one another.
Japan's mortuary Hat in the late war
numbera S0.7SS, made up of 47,161 killed
In action. 11,414 died from wounda and
ll.HOJ from sickness. The total In
cluded 111 officers, 74.J0I noncommis
sioned officers and men, and 11,157 non
combatants. ' k v
the Nation s Flag
B. GREGORY.
the United States Is now growing, If a
stripe were added for every new state
admitted tt would soon be Imposaible
to find a mast or pole tall enough on
which to hoist the flag."
Mr. Wlndover's epeech aettled the
matter, and the limit waa drawn at the
thirteenth atrlpa.
The flrat time the stars and stripes
was displayed In battle was at Fort
Stanwlx, now the city of Rome, Oneida
county. Colonel Peter Gansevoort was
In command of the fort, and being sur
rounded by St Leger and called upon
to surrender, tha gallant old colonel
replied as follows:
"It Is my determined resolution, with
the forces under my command, to de
fend this fort to the last extremity, la
behalf of the United States, who placed
me 'here to fight for It against all its
enemies." -.
It was a spirit that waa - quite in
keeping with the genius of the starr
banner wtflch then, for the first' time,
waa flying loose its folds to the battle
snd the breese.
' The first salute jjrtven by a foreign
power to the stars awd stripes was in
Qulbaron bay on the ..coast of Brit
tany. ' V
Paul Jones, Jn the Ranger, waa cruis
ing In those parts, and coming up with
a French admiral saluted Ms flag with
the courtesy that always characterised
the American sailor. I ,
The Frenchman returned -Ihjp ' salute
gun for gun. "",-
Before that event It had ' been the
usage of Europe to salute the flag of a
republio with four guns less than were
fir ad In saluting the flag of a crowned
potentate, but Jonee claimed that "Old
Glory" ,was the peer of any flag afloat
and that In saluting It must get as
many guns as It gfves.
Glorious old flag! and of every
American, north, south, east and west,
the prayer Is: : - , ,
"Long msy she wave."
well which was on the top pf the ' IU
slid down the embankment 'for av dis
tance of tt feet and was not destroyed.
The well, which Is IS feet deep, has
always had from It to 15 feet of water
In It, arid there la an old windlass, atone
and water, . and It did not even cause
turbldneaa of the water. - The windlass,
which Is nearly worn out, appears as
good today as It was before the well
moved. , ' ' .i ,' .
A Cool Room.
A man recently walked into' a hotel
at Cheeotah and asked for a room. In
describing the kind of room be wanted
he said: "I want a cool room. The
weather is beastly hot. snd I would die
in a close roam." . i .
"Waal." drawled the proprietor, with
out movlnsr.rrom his chair,
I've got a
room where a man f rose .to death last
winter.
ls th-a-a-t co-e-o-I'enough for
yel
A' Little Nonsense
ffA L. . J - k . .ill.,.
ar (mot Iwybodj haa eoe that be or aba
talnlia la the baat V'joa arer ar." Tha
Journal wanta ta fceow )uat the Surt of bnnior
that appaala aaoet trout lj te Ita reaoer. and
will l,a two cash arlaae a weak tor tha
owe aoori aionaa aaai UJ ino nuov
Tha atorlaa Ba4 Bot be orl final, bat thar
But aot bo oTr Sin worda ao4 Boat eoeuii
aa aleaaant nf ,u., 1f . ear tha boat. I
will ba paid; II will be sla foe tha aext
boat. Toe rao ao4 ta aa maay atorlaa aa
roa Ilka. Imy Journal aaaaar haa a ahaac
a wia ua priaaa. J
Campaign Orator..
The Hon. Bourke Cock ran la generally
regarded aa a brilliant polltloal spell
binder, and bis friends take particular
delight In telling of a cltlsen who heard
him speak during the last presidential
campaign. The cltlsen in question la a
Democratic voter, but an ardent protec
tionist. -.r-r,-:- .- : - - -
The next day tha man In queetlon
waa dllatlng upon the oratory of Mr.
CockranL when one of his hearers Inter
rupted.
"Well. I haar what you say. but !
don't know what, you ara talking about.
A1 person, haa got to take one aids or
the other In a controversy, wnicn side
did- Cockran take T , y
"Why ar I don't know he didn't
aay!" the admirer responded, and then
went off by himself, with a pussld .look
upon his face. -
1 A Tvnical American GirL
J. O. Phelps Stokes, the noted sociolo
gist, praised In an address tha demo
cratic and unsophisticated spirit of' the
typical American girl. .
"A typical American girl," he said,
'dined one night In London at frlnce's.
During the concert that followed the
dinner, the girl noticed a tall, handsome
man, and said:
" Who la that gentleman over there r
"Her host, an Englishman, frowned
and replied: .-
" Gentleman T Gentleman Indeed' Why,
that Is a lordLord Seymour of Somer
set.' ' . ,
"The American girl smiled and said
calmly: ' -
"But I suppose 'some of them are
gentlemen sometimes.'"
f -A Weil-Timed Sermon.
Prophet Crowdy, who has established
a strange sect itvPlainfleld, New Jersey,
is an immensely tall, stout man, with a
resonant, deep voice and a good sense of
numor. ,
As he preached one Sunday In Plain-
field, an auditor consulted his watch,
Thereupon the prophet, smiling, said:
"Put up that watch.' please, brother
Don't put me in the position of Bishop
a. or rnuadeiphia.
'Bishop X preached one day last
month on earthquakes, and after the
service a man salL.to him:
'An excellent sermon, bishop, and
The bishop smiled bitterly as be an
swered:
' 'Yes. it eertalnlv waa well-timed.
Hslf fr congregation had their watches
out a- wnu ( talked.'"
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Slightly Mixed. !
Bishop Potter tails thla story of s
civil war veteran who waa arrested on
Memorial day on a charge of drunken
ness: . -" . . .
On being brought before the magis
trate he was asked whether be bad any
thing to say In hia defense. ;
"Why, your honor," waa. theLreply.-"i
wssn't drunk; I've never jmehed a drop
In my life. You see, I Waa marching
In the parade,-and there waa a band In
front and a band behind, and I waa try
ing to keep step with both."
He was discharged. .
. -Too Big b Field.
From Harpera Weekly.
Years ago while Rev. Shandaloupe
was a student at the seminary he under
took one vacation season Jo sell fire ex
tinguishers. One day ha had gained
acceaa Into the office of a surly broker
and forthwith began expatiating on the
deluging powers of his Incomparable
fire extinguisher.
"To hell with It!" roared the broker,
fiendishly.
"Oh. my dear man." expostulated
Shandaloupe, - "this extlngulaher doea
not deaerve the extreme virtue with
which you credit It."
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' Honesty Rewarded.
When Jim Flak waa In hia glory as s
railroad magnate one day he waa greatly
annoyed by people aaklng for paeaee
over his road for all sorts of ressons.
He was well worked up, when a seedy
looking Individual asked for a pasa, and
aaked aharply: . "On what ground do
you ask for a pass?" - '
The applicant replied: ."Because t do
not went to pay my fare."
Flak called a clerk and said to him:
"Give thla man a pass to anywhere and
return.. He la tha first man that has
told me the truth today."
Greenback MtlL -
There Is one private mill over which
the stars and stripes always floats.
It la st Dalton, Maasaohusetts, and It
flies the national flag because tha pa
per for Uncle Sam's greenbacks la made
there. . .
. More than a century ago the min waa
atarted by Zenaa Crane and the Crane
family atlll run It. . The founder had to
fact trouble at the very outaet, for he
lacked the one eaaentlal to the manufac
ture of banknote paper namely, . rags.
Italians, Junk shops and even rag buy
era were unknown then In western Mas
sachusetts. So Zenas Crane waa forced to laatle an
appeal to the people. It appeared In
the abspe of . handbills and exhorted
thue; . . ' ... i . -,, .
: ' ' AMERICANS!
: Encourage your own Manufao-
I . facturas and they
I will improve
1 LADIES, AVE-YOUR RAGS!
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They urged that "every woman who
haa the good of her country and the
Intereats of her family at heart" garner
up her rags and send them, In consid
eration .-of - "a generous price," to .the'
new factory.
Hither "the good of the country" or
"the generoua price" appealed to a large
number of ladlea, for there were rags
In abundance when the mill opened.
Zones' wss superintendent and had four
men, two girls, and one small, boy te
assist him. , i -
Hand molds were'Jiaed and 100 pounds
of paper was turded out. dally. " Now
ths working foroe numbers 400 and It
manufactures tons of the finest bank
note paper. . . , , ' - -
' Terror to Frog; , ; .
)A goldfish which, haarun amuck Is
tine of the curiosities of New Brighton,
Pennsylvania. Ona of ths residents has
ornamented' his grounds with a number 1
in
DIRDSEYE
I of TIMELY TOPICS
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SMALL CHANGE.
Bet It elears up.
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High water yet If. ' v
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Look tleaaant in a etorjn.' '
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Tou can celebrate anywhere. '
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Young man, stick to ths ranch.
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Does politics pay t Hardly ever. '
e a
OUd tha 1J0J fair wasn't In 10.
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Tbe ken Is better than the -sword.
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Ia i man who runs for office erasy t
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; Lsst of June; glad te get rid ef you.
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"What a lot of fuss to elect a sheriff.
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Did you help develop any this week?
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What, magnlfloent burdocka they axel
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' Make the government build the north
Jetty. . , u ,-. ,
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' But' doea a vlnel'esatnotate taste any
Detterr
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Lots of . p4ople are worrying about
Bryan. . ' ., - . -"':'
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Thank the Lord when congress ad
journs.
Well, we had no June earthquake,
anyway.- '
Will Stevens close ths saloons Pun-
day t Nit. .. ,...-.'. '.
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Portland can be made the greateet Pa-
elf lo coast elty, ; . ' ', -
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Wa aVa- atlll waltlna- ta haar from
Fisherman Clevelsnd.-
r-.-t' .' .fcy. -:.;'- .
hineellor Day la probably enjoying a
WfllTearned vacation.
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Senator Piatt, through an attorney,
will deny that he took to the Woods.
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Leave the grass on the ground In ths
spring.. . It becomes a valuable fertiliser.
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But could - Thaw have been anything
but Insane when he married the young
creature? . . .
A new alarm elock talk. Says at
10:30: "Young man. time to go home."
But the girl may stop It. . ,
"Liquor Men 3eitcr Loot Out'
BY ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY.
lAUpeacefutlbeal government Is
managed by : local . option. Under It
cities are laid out, houses are built pub
lic structures erected, sanitary laws n?
acted and public aervanta elected whoee
salaries sre' paid- through a 'system. of
municipal taxation all enforce Jaylocal
option. Under- a wise system of local
option the public health Is protected (or
supposed- to toe), as are maraeis, aoai
tolra, sewers, streets. . lights, hotels.
stores all thlnga In fact. : '
Prior to the year 104 the atate of
Oregon waa In poasesslon of a system
of local ontlon for the regulation and
control of the liquor trafflo which had
but. one defect and that was ana sun
Is the prohibition of woman's right to
petition and remonstrate, ., ...-.
As long as Infinite wisdom persists
In retaining alcohol amonej the elemente
of nature man can no more successfully
prohibit lta existence than he can pro
hibit the existence of heat and cold, or
fire or storm, from all of which we ean
protect ourselves through tha a am a aye
tern of local option which regulates ths
school, the church and the saloon. -
- Our former local option law for the
regulation of the liquor trafflo was all
rlsht as far as it went but the arbitrary
prohibition of woman's right of petition
and remonetrahce stirred up continual
Btrlfe, making the application or -tne
local option principle null and void In
eo many- localities that the smaller
towns, villages and preetnets were kept
In a constant state of fermentation be
tween neighbors who ought to have
been at peace. 7 '
The primal cause , ef all this In
toxication of seal wss and is. prohibi
tion, ths very werst form ef which. Is
the prohibition of woman's right to
exercise her Inalienable right to a legal
axnraaalon of her opinion through local
option. . Every analytical thinker knowe
that anything which humanity demands,
whether It be good or evil, will prosper
In proportion as It Is persecuted or pro
hibited. -
The primal cause of all ths intoxica
tion and Intemperance of prohibition
lies in the prohibition of women's right
to the exercise1 or uss of local option,
Women - are as much divided In . their
oplnlona aa to methods of dealing with
Intemperance as are men. Every wom
an knows she cannot rule her own hus
band, and no wise women win attempt
Baasawe-aaaaaal
Stnall
of
nnnda. In which he
grows
water lilies and keens goldfish.
One pond In particular, says outing,
i.h.kitul kv a alnala eoldfleh. a
lonely black one, about i years old. This
lonely hermit has taken great dielike
the small frogs wnicn swarm in an
. ,i this fimi nf vear. and
will not permit a single frog to come
Into his pond.
The moment a frog Jumps in tne nsn
ttacks It, lashing the water with his
s
tall
11, butting the frog with nis neaa
.ii k. .i.a It nut Ttia frosra ewtm
about In a, daaed way and finely climb
out . . '
atmnot im avonlna? a number of dls-
fonsolate little frogs csn be eeen sit
ting Jn a; row on the DricK eoge or ma
id. .desiring but not nanng to
n." 11. . .
Theftah haa lately become euch an
autocrat that he will not permit a frog
even to hang a foot In the water, work
ing himself into sucn a rrensy, leaning
about and leaping out of the water, that
the frogs withdraw-In fright and be
wilderment. The Incident le both
smualnf J snd pathetic, depending on
wnetnvr ,vinwca irom nm a7"'1' ft vv-
servatlon of a speotator or a frog.
Themselves to Blame.
s
From the Mom Observer.'
It le tbe outcome of repeated and per.
slstent violations of law and order
which haa brought -this condition ef
things upon liquor retailers and they
have only themeelves to blame- for It
VIEWS
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
llhlfa nava! nla '. ' '
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Oervals Is traveling Its streets. 1 i
Will be nice at Newport they say;
- Still another ' new - lumber
Rainier.
mill . kt
Some Oregon towns have not cleaned'
up yet. v., . . - '. . ,
MOsler will soon have av complete
telephone system.' - ; 1
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Rainier la deaervedly -getting a great r
reputation aa a lumber manufacturing '
canter.-: ' - - . - . (...
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Mist correspondence of Rainier Re
view: Mr. Dow haa butlt an addition to
his pasteuriser. ' ' ( '
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Tillamook 'Herald: Campers are due
to arrive and many may be expected In
from the valley aoon.
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Pleasant Hill eorrespondeiice of Eu--gene
Guard r Some of the farmere of
thla place. have some hay cut. . This
kind of weather Is not doing it much
good. ',. -. -
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The farmers are making bay, whether
the sun shlnea or not. Salem Btatee
man. . Muat be carrying , It In the
kitchen -and 'getting their wives to help
tnra-! .'; .;'-"-' .-'r "-v
Rainier Review:, The town marshal -with
two helpers Is laying some new
planks on . Water street. The whole '
street from opposite the postofflce to a
connection with the roadway, of th
Rainier Mill Lumber company should
be newly planked, as It Is worn com ,
pletsly out' , '' .,' -j,-.-..r,. ,.. '
Estacada News: The Portland Journal
has It that the only big Fourth of July
celebration . In Clackamas county, la
going to be at Gladstone Park. -The
Journal ahould remember that Estacada
la In Clackamaa county,, and that ths
celebration here will eclipse anything '
In the way of celebrations that haa aver
happened In Clackamaa. county. Tha
Park'a won't be in It; come and see,
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.' Woodburn Independent: : All of the
paaaengera , on yeaterday , morning's
northbound' overland were - greatly
Intereated in the aafe arrival at Wood
burn .of Mra. Frank Blaako and her baby
boy,- which waa born on tha train as
It was approaching Grants : Pass last
night, Mrs. Blaeko waa on ,her way
from California to visit her parents, Mr.
and Mre. Frank . Eeckhout ' of - this
vicinity. In honor of the town where
the birth took, place, -tbe .passenger
named the baby "arant." : ,
If She also knows, if she, -is wise
enough to reflect,- that what ja -true ef '
man - In the Individual la equally- true
of jnen In the aggregate, cohaaquanUr ,
she holds aloof,- When wlae. from all.,
aorta of aumptuary leglalatlon. ,. She
knows that no man can leal elate euo
eeesfully ' against - human nature; but
she' also knows that har inalienable
right of local option Is ground down:
and held under 'ths heel of two- intern- -perate
forms of (prohibition, each of
which will ultimately hoist Itself "on
Its own petard." ,
Ignorance la the worst of evfle, 'and
yet, evil Is nothing more nor less tbsn
undeveloped good. It must needs be
that offenses will t come," salth . the
higher - law, -"but -woe unto them by
whom they shall come." . '
All men. or even a majority of men.
engaged In the liquors trafflo are not
bad;, nor are they when not goaded Into
self-defense, oppoaed to a fair and
equitable aystem of local option. It
waa the cry of "no quarter" that In an '
evil hour drove them Into politics, caua- .
Ing them to use the votea of their foot
frienda to prohibit woman's right to a
local option of her own choosing, under
which her innate sanss of right led Jby
the benign Influence of liberty, would
lead her In time to be Just to every
body. Persecution or prohibition si
wsys In the last analysis, defeats Its
own snds. If the prohibition of wom
an's right to local option goes on. a
cure, eaaentlally different from any yet
conceived by either of two opposing fac
tional of prohibition, will , ultimately '
auggeat Itaelf.
A temperance man and equal - auf
frsgist, who, like the majority of other
men. Is not yet a prohibitionist said to
me, the day after the late election: "I '
was In favor of the liquor dealera'
amendment, and Intended to vote for.it
but 'when they employed the slum . ele
ment to oppose equal rights for women
I -did what I could -to kill it as dkl
thousands of -other reapectable men who)
believe, aa J do, In everybodya rlghta.;:
Liquor mnn better look out They are
making prohlbltlonlata of the voters
faeter than they Imagine, not beoauee
we believe In the' principle of prohlbl-,
tion, but because they are compelling us
to take sides sgalnst them in-defense
of the equal rights of our mother 'knd
wives." ''.; .
Sherman eounty will have no more Of
It There Is but one way the liquet
dealers can prolong the life of their
trade reform.- Stop resorting to vio
lence. Cesse corrupting elections , by
running In floaters. Quit lining up wltti
every bed man who wanta office and,
punlahlng every good man. Get out of
politico: obey the atate lawa. Instead
of demsndlng special privileges; clear
up the liquor trade by eloalng on Sun
daya; quit selling to minors or chronlo
drunks. That's whst tee people demand
of yota.
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- , 1 ' ;: ; German Education. ' . : .
, it would appear from a, recent de
cision of a German district eourt that
none other than a German education in
a German school can be regarded he
education at alL " A certain German
father had 'sent his two invalid son
to be educated in a Dutoh Dominican -school,
under the Impreeajon that the
education given there was equal to any
instruction obtainable In Germany. Both
the lower add higher eourte sentenced
the father to pay a fine, on the grdunO.
that the boa had been absent without
leave from German school for -SO
days. 'The eourt added that a forelrn
education could only be considered suf
ficient when - the , achool Inspectore
agreed 'theret The supreme court he '
now eonfhrmed the verdicts of the lower
courts, and maintained that firelgn edit
eatlen is no education st alt jtilileaa tHe -Inspectors
can be faduoad trf admit 0,
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