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v People art commonly so
: much occupied ' in pointing
out fault in those ahead of
them aa to forget that some,
astern, may at tha same in
atant be descanting on thelra
In JUct manner Dlllwyn. ,1-.
THE UNITED RAILWAYS.
N THE PRESENCE here of Mr.
rl
C E. Loss, head of the company
1 " that proposes to reorganise and
,! finance the United-Ratlwaya-jiroJect,
'; and in his guarded and comenratiTC
yet encouraging statetnents, there is
T grundforreaiional)le ' expectation
that 'the necessary fundi will soon be
raised, and the .work of holding the
proposed lines , actually begun and
: diligently prosecuted.- It '.is -difficult
to distinguish the merely speculative
promoter, working to get a franchise
in order to sell it at a big profit, and
. with no conaiderable amount of cap
. ital at command, from the genuine
railroad builder, able and honestly in
I tending to carry on the proposed en
terprise. Mr. Loss appears to be one
of the latter sort, though it will be ad
' visible to' wait a little and ec if he
' "makes good' before becoming en
thusiastic over the prospects of rail
roads up the valley. - ?";'..
' - It is, taken altogether, a big project,
requiring the outlay of seyeral million
dollars, and it could not. be feason
r ably expected that it would be carried
out without some delays and tempo-
rary set-backsf but it seems reason-Tible-now-to-4iop-that
these are near-
ly at an end and that the work of ac
tual construction will soqa go ahead.
. If- tbis occurs, the, people wil not
I complain' MucT about whatever has
occurred heretofore, though it is not
believed-chat the1 original-promoters
made any ' very 4arge amount of
money out of their franchise.
T What the people want, the people
,. of Portland and of towns up the Wil
:. lamette valley, and the country peo
. yle too, is the roads, and Mr. Loss
and his associates will surely discover
1 that the field for them is an inviting
pne, and that its harvest is sure. ' But
-whiltf the people realize that delays
were inevitable,. they feel that there
fc :have been enough of them and that
. franchise and . right-of-way holders
' should now get to work and prose
' cute'it with all possible vigor and dis-
tf-1t- 1- -I 1 ...
picn. imix. .u encap, dui a xaices
f money to Build railroads, and ' what
is wanted is men with more money
and less talk. '
MRS. THAW SENIOR.
.yfOLUMNS upon columns have
f been, published about the suf
S.- fering of Mrs. Thaw, mere, her
move"ments , heflooks, the slightest
sthing she haf done or said, since her
son Harry killed White." It was de
- 2 tailed at grf at length how the news
;;; was kept from her on her arrival in
England, and how it was "broken to
her later, and she is guarded and
watched and commented on as if she
' were the first and only mother whp
has suffered-suclr an affliction. And
why? Merely because she is a very
' , rich woman. Not that she is better
... than other mothers, nor that she is
otherwise distinguished in any way,
not that her son is deserving of es
pecial sympathy, or consideration, or
. vshc either, but solely because she has
. a great deal of money. v
:. " We may well sympathize with Mrs.
Thaw senior, for she is a mother in
deep affliction, but there is no oc-
...... casion to sympathize more with her
' or make any more futs over her than
over the. mother in like case who is
; poor or in but moderate financial cir-
cumstancev IThe poor mother loves
-her' son just as much and according
to her means would Jo as much for
him if be gets in trouble, and probably
would be less blamable. It is said
young Thaw had an allowance from
bis mother's income of $80,000 a year,
and as, he was a rather "wild," dis
sipated and worthless fellow, she cer
tainly showed very poor judgment in
thus' furnishing him with ample
mean "to-jfrsttfy-hts-avil tendencies
and desires.-
We are adrry ( for' Mrs. Thaw,
. nevertheless, but surely not jmore
sorry thsn for the poor mother whose
eon ha gone fearfully wropg1an4
who can do little or nothing to help
him to escape the due penalty of his
crime.- That a wo'man's millions and
nothing else make her so absorbingly
interesting is not a good sign. ;
PROSPEROUS RAILROADS.
CCORDING to the. Wall
, Street Journal, the railroads
'of the United States have
been more prosperous during the past
fiscal year than A any previous year.
and the same is true of the Canadian
roads. When all the returns are in it
is expected that they will show an in
crease, of over Iff per cent m gross
earnings over the year ending -June
30, 1905; for the first U months the
increase was nearly 12 per cent. The
increase of some of the larger roads
was much more than this, that of the
Canadian Pacific being 22 per cent,
of the Northern Pacific 20, of the
Great Northern 19," of the -Rock Is
land 16, of the Pennsylvania and the
Union Pacific 15. of the Erie 14. and
of several others considerably over 10
per cent . The total gross earnings
for the fiscal year ending last month
were over $2,300,000,000, an increase
of $225,000,000 - over : the t previous
yeart and the -increase in net earnings
was about $107,000,000. Considering
that not manv years aso many of
these roads were bankrupt and n the
hands ofl tceiver srtbiimpJendid
showing for them and for the coun
try f-thatlsHtovee-thereatlyin-4
creased productiveness and prosperity
of the, country, though Jt.iuggests
that "a " reduction " in freight rates
would be equitable, so that the people
would get a percentage of these im
mense profits.' A !.'. 'i '. -k '
The Oregonian proposes to do for
Zola what France and all the world
beside couid not accomplish it says
the writer is to be buried beside Na
poleon,' first moving the weary war
rior from his granite sarcophagus at
Hotel des ' Invalides to- some sunny
nook , in the Pantheon., .' Why - the
Oregonian should ' burst 'the great
stone tomb and disturb the rest of
Napoleon at this time no one knows.
It is impossible to believe that bur
contemporary is ignorant of the fact
that the first consul does not lie in
the Pantheon; and its grave-disturb
ing utterances may be attributed to
the recent hot weather, which has had
serious effect on - intellects -much
more safely enthroned than that of
the, morning paper '..O'.V ' '''i ; ;; 1 ?'
, i i- k
It is indeed pleasant to know that
one of the beneficiaries of the Re
publican tariff-protected trusts is able
to. spend $500,000 a year in free trade
Britain foftheprivilege of shooting
deer. -'Mr. Phipps probably feels cer
tain that if the rich men over there had
the protection he enjoys they,would
not have to rent their estates to ex
patriated Americans. :
The - drowning season - is at its
height now, a dozen or more victims
meeting death in the water yesterday
in various . parts of the country.
Many such tragedies every summer
seem to have no effect in preventing
similar recurring accidents. At the
Oregon ,and Washington" beaches,
however, the season has so far passed
without a fatality.' , ' .; . :
We really hope Uncle Ethan Allen
Hitchcock won't try to indict and
convict our senior senator and send
him to prison. t is not only down in
Astoria that most people .think he
ban purty good teller.
There is evidently no use ifl any of
his friends advising. Bryan not to
talk; he just can't help talking, and
maybe it is, as Well, for if he kept
silent it would be sajd that he was
afraid to say anything. ,
Senator Fulton; in one of his most
confidential 'moods, whispered to all
the world his -Suspicion that Secre
tary Hitchcock is in his dotage; and
the secretary . seems ' determined to
prove it ' "
People 'of Pendleton," there' being
some cases oi . typhoid there,! are
urged to btoil their water. With the
mercury 110 or so in the shade this
ought to be easy; set it out in the
Yes, it is the land, the land, that
the Russian peasants want, and there
will be no rest in Russia until they
get it or until much of it is taken
from its present. ownerslZZZiII?-
The unusually prolonged spell of
extremely warm weather has done
some' damage," no doubt, but ' some
good, too; it has cooked the hop lice,
for instance. ; .
Mr. Taft has reached that point in
It,:. . . , ... :j.:iI
iiiim uiufi ujDiii c yiniucnu.il!,!,,,) aks dees net have to worry about
nomination where he has begun to
take himself seriously. ;..
Above to. shoutings 'Of the cap
tains of industry is heard the voice
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT.
. Verses by John Howard Payne.
8trl!nr MaoKtalay, son of the UM
Antoinette Sterling, the famous Amer
ican contralto, baa recently Tinisneu a
life of his mother, ear a the Critic
Marsln. Among thar lntoresUng
thlnn In thla book are two varaea
written by John Howard Payne , tor
"Horn. Sweet Home' whtoh. It la
claim ad, .were ' never before published.
Hew sweat tla to sit 'neatn a fond rath-
era ami!, : . ,
And the eares of mother to soothe
. and besutle.
Lat others dallfht m)d new pleaauree to
,., roam;
But clve me, O give, the pleaauree or
. Home! . ; v .. -y .'
Home Hrfma Swaat, sweat Homel
But gtva ma- ah I give me, the
ploaeuroe of Home!
To thee I'U returm verburdened with
ear
The baarfe deareet solaoe will smile on
me therel
No mora-from that 60t Uge agiiU will
I roam;' - - ' .
Be ft ever ao humble, there's no place
like borne I . .
Homer-Home Sweet; aweet Homel
There's no plaoe like Homel
There's no place like Hornet
' Peopla and Things. '
Count von Bismarck 1 Bohlen, after
a visit to Chicago, said that it wae the
dirtiest and ' worst paved eity - in
Christendom.''' . v.;.'"-, . .
Bronte, in Coke oounty, Texas, is
moving. The town -consists of severe!
hundred "people and e, -number efauo-
tantlai business houses, and -public
buildings, - but it is located two miles
from the Kansas City, Mczlco Orient
railway now building through that sec
tion. Aa the road ' would not eome to
the town, the town decioed to go to the
railway.
From Norfolk. Ts- to Atlaatie High
land a," New York, a distance of lis
miles, "the longest continuous ' sea "trip
ever made by a submarine, is the
record voyage made by the lAke, a new
torpedo boat But one atop was made
on the trip, to allow the orew of eight
to observe a school of whales. The
Lake is the largest submarine ever built
la this country, . She - la , SB feet in
length.
Robert ' I' Btrongf euow of White
Bluffs, Tenn., has Just been granted the
one thousand eight hundred and first
patent issued by the United , States
patent office for a mouse trap.
Faro bank dealers and first -Maes
roulette wheelmen are la ' demand in
New Tork at SIS and 171 a week. A
number of Bloux City gambling experts
have gone to the new eastern pastures.
Wisdom of the- Modems. '
From the Atchison Globe. '
Elections and marriages are lust alike:
there Is nothing the candidate will not
promise beforehand. -
How bard to beiiovw the aloe things
you hear of otharal How eeay to be
lieve the nice thin as others say of you I
ir-peopio wcratortie-true tothera
selvee, and to each other. Instead of to
superstitions, - what a blessing It would
be!
A man is brought up to believe that
wemea are better than they are. and a
of , another trust manager declaring
he' is xut' for Bryan, first, last, and
all the time. . As the days pass our
faith incaset.ihsteforethePemgr
cratie convention all the corporations
and trusts and money -combinations
will be-out for Bryan with-clubs.
The" people . have a ' very personal
interest in the location of ; the oil
tanks, whose proximity to. places of
business means a higher rate of insurance."-
'
The prominent Democrats have
nearly all declared for Bryan now,
but still the ; ponderous Princeton
angler says not a word.
The people uf all parts of Portland
who pay taxes to bring in Bull Run
water are entitled to their share, and
a sufficiency. v
The best time to settle a strike is I
befoi Jt-occursr and th only-war to
do so is by mutual concessions...
Maybs Harry Thaw is trying to
play crazy by his methods of insisting
that he is not in the least insane.
: ' This is a s weet time to talk about
an incresse in the price of sealskin
coats. ----.- - -s - - -r--'- -----
' Sheep for Mountain Meadows.
. From the Denver Republican.
Thirty cars of sheep went up to the
top of Rollins psss on Tuesday7humber
Ing 6.000 head. These sheep have been
sent Into tmw country by 8. E. Burgess
of Oregon, who Is trying an experiment
In ranging. The slopes of the pass are
In government reserves, and ths owner
pays S cents a bead for the privilege of
the renge.
Mr. Burgess has sxamlned ths hills
carefully and decided that there is plenty
of good grass at the high altitudes, espe-
daily for sheep which browse close. Ths
cool, nights -win. also, be excellent for
them, and they should taka on wool
as well ae fat One big .saving that he
figures on might not occur to the lay
man, and that la In the wool. Cheep
.ranging smong brush will lone hundreds
of pounds of wool that la torn from
them. On the mountain slope they will
be free from that end the wool ehould
also- be clean -and -free- from dirt- when
shearing time comes. , a
An Interesting feature wss the' way
that the sheep were unloaded on the
pace Tuesday night. There are no pena
and rundowns there, so -the animals were
made to Jump out of the oars into the
big snow, banks and were then herded
and driven down to the propoeed ranges.
A Mother Hubbard Wedding Gowri,
When a girl gets married on ritealrn
what shs shall wear, There la Just one
wsddtng dress on the Island a plain
dotted Swiss Mother Hubbard. At every
wsddlng ' this dress Is worn, always
freshly washed and Ironed. A draw
string about the .waist makee It suit
the requirements Jef the very elender
of tke Common
woman is educated. te believe that men
are worse. . i .
A man's tendency Is to- keep- himself
clean first, hta house second; a worn
an's tendency Is to keep the house clean
first and herself second. - - '
If you think you -are well known, and
learned, go three mllea from home and
you will find people who never heard
of you who know things that you never
heard of.
We are creatures of the lower .life,
end suffer as we neglect this simple
truth.'' A man who is a good neighbor
and friend and pays his debts from the
proceeds-of his honest labor ia worth a
thousand theosophlste who are always
expecting occult things to happen, and
Invent them when they do not.
The old-faahloned woman said little
and spanked much; tke' woman of the
present time eays much and spanks lit
tle. When' we remember the spankings
we got when we were little,' we think
today's woman la the better, but when
we see how noisy today's children are,
we wish we oould have, more old-fash-,
loned women around..
-" ::" Scotch
Law,
i" The young maa who goeth a-walk-
Ing at .eventide with his lady love, and
afterward flndeth his purse depleted
by the tempatlona of sundry toe cream
shops, will hear with delight that In
Glasgow, Scotland, there is a law pre
scribing early- closing hours for loe
cream shops, for violation of which a
number of persona were recently heav
ily fined. . : '
The Olaagow law provides that any
person who keeps or uses any house,
building, pert of a building, or other
premises as an ice cream shop ah all
not keep- such premises open or suffer
them to be kept open ezceptduring
the hours between 1 o'clock In - the
morning and 10 o'clock at night en any
day. . . . - t ,
. Italian Items. , --jj
About (00,000 Italians raise . silk
worms. - -
Ovsr I.OOe.aoe acree of Italian lands
are devoted to the culture of the grape.
Dago, as applied to an Italian, comes
from Diego, a common name among
the Spanish. ,
Salt, in Italy, muat be bousrht la the
tobacco shops, salt, like tobacoo, being
a government monopoly. - -
The beat Briar root for nine eomea
from southern - and - western Italy.
Roots as big as a man's body and hun
dreds of years old. are occasionally dug
up In 'the Riviera country, - -r-r -
Macaroni at eugo al burro fas ths
Italians oook It) te a delicious dish.
The savory macaroni Is served with a
rich aauee of chopped meat, and over
all grated eheeae le sprinkled. '
Pleaaa Don't '
From the Baltimore Amerioan.
If nothing goes right and evcrrthlnc
wrong,
t ' Don't worm
If you find your beat effort have gone
xor a song, -Don't
worry.
If nothing you find where It ought to
belong-. 1 w-
If racket goes on with .a eeaselses ding.
.' ' ona. - r- -r.
And trouble's Just ladleed with shovel
and tong, .
, Please don't worry. . ' -
and the very stout' There la also one
plain ellver band ring which does duty
at all ceremonies, being carefully laid
away between times. Ae for wedding
gifts each woman gives from ber meager
possessions some trinket one a eombr
one a bit of ribbon, one a string of
shell beads, ate.
The eeremony is always performed
according to the rites of the Church
of England In a little ehuroh built by
the Islanders, of native woods, all high
ly polished. After the oeremony there la
a celebration. In which everybody - on
the Island takes part, the women all
gay In their best calico dresses and the
men resplendent in starched white shirts,
wmcn ars worn only at church and on,
gala days. Each -family kills goat,
and there Is a wedding cake made nf
grated eocoanute, grated eweet potato
and eocoanut milk, baked in aa oven
hewa In the- rocks. The health of the
bride and bridegroom la drunk with
water, which Is the only beverage m
the Island, even tea and coffee being
regarded aa poison.
..
Importation of Asbestos.""
The importation of asbestos Into the
United Btates inor eased In If OB. It
amounted In value to 1141.471, aa corn
Dared With I7E1.SS1 In 1SS4. ean n,r
Otis Smith of the United Btates geoiogi-
surrey, tn eTeportontos production
of asbestos In 1S0S.
Most of the asbestos Imported Into
this country Is produced in Canada.
Tho United Slates market takes approxi
mately two thirds of the Canadian product-
In the past decade the production
In Canada has shown an almost con
stant Increase from a tonnage of ll.ttl
In im to 60.170 in 1S05, with values
of 42.I5 and tl.4S,tS. Italy, Rus
sia. Australia and South Africa arc ths
principal countries producing asbestos,
but aa all of these purchase Canadian
asbestos, the likelihood or mnofr competition-with
-Canada is not - apparent.
New- flnda of asbestos In the eastern
Transvaal and in Natal have bsen re
ported recently.
- The conditions of the asbestos mining
Industry in Canada oontrol In a way
the development of asbestos In the
United - States. . The proximity of the
Quebee deposits to ths principal mar
kets and the Investment of American
caoital in some of these mines will
caJae the Canadian product largely te
control ths price until asbestos deposits
are found elsewhere which are com
parable In grade and extent. ..
j 7Radium In Water. :
The thermal watera of 8. Giullano,
near Pisa, have been found to contain
highly active chemical emanations of a
substsnce closely - resembling radium.
Many mineral waters have these emana
tion, but few contain the radium In a
condensable form, whereas Professor
BattelTl of Pisa unlvsrslty hss proved
thte property-of -the aV-atullana-waters.
the sides of tubes in which the water
le placed after condensation being dis
tinctly luminous.
The scientist himself for ths moment
doe not attaeh ether than. a scientific
value to his discovery. .
' Stealing a Crocodile.
Solomon Kraus trisd to steal a eroco
dile from a circus which wss perform-
-There were seVersl ft ths.,rspfll egjn
a-cage. Into which. Kraus broke at
night, and be selected one four and a
half fet long. i -
Ths crocodile resented removal end
fastening his teeth In Kraus arm held
him until his cries attracted ths atten
tion of the staff, when be was arrested.
A" Little Nonsense
Tha Offka Crape, . . 1
' A New Tork man was talking about
Opls Read, the brilliant author and Jour
nallat ' . .
''Read, you know," he said, "founded
the Arkansaw Traveler. He edited that
excellent paper for to years or mora.-
He made a great success of It.
"They say that In the spring of 1S8B
a reporter for "the Traveler died.- He
was a fine young chap. A visitor to the
Offlca, tha day after the funeral, found
the editor and hla staff talking about
their loss disconsolately. ' ,
" Tt has been a aad loss, friends.' the
visitor said. A sad loss. Indeed." tie
alghed and looked about - the room.
'And I am pleaaed to see,' he went on,
that you commemorate the melancholy
event by banging up crape.
-Ople Read frowned. V , '
" 'Crape r he said. Where do yen see
any crape r i r
"Over there, said the visitor, point
ing. -' ; . ' . . -
" Crape be dumed. said Read. That
Isn't crape. It's the office towel.' "
Accomplish tha Impossible!
-. Br- Stanley 1st. Kastmaa.' Portland.
The nswe has reached Portland of the
eafe arrival at San Francisco of the
eteamer Nigger Babe after an event
ful voyage from the South Sea Islands.
According to the captain's story the trip
was ones of the most hasardoua-ln the
annals of deep-sea voyages.
When six daya out from the Bemoan
Islands the veesel struck an -unoharted
rook and developed a big leak. The
captain, who never had a eerloue acci
dent happen In all the 10 years or bis
sea-faring life,, decided, that the vessel
could be safely brought to port, and set
the paasengers and crsw to work at the
purns. For SO days and nights thsy
were kept eontlnuously at work. ' Whsn
the eteamer was finally docked it was
found that the entire bottom hed been
torn trff her,-and the passengers real
lied that they had pumped the whole
Paolfie ocean- up through the bold of
the vessel every 14 hours. -
Popular Streetcar Lines,' -The
most popular streetcar lines In
Portland -suggest, themselvss ' as fol.
lows: " -- ' .
For the school kids. Holladay avenue.
For workers. Union avenue.
For Jonathan B. Jr., Washington ave
nue.
For raee-horee man, Irvingtoa, -
For Baptist. St. Johns. .
For Bob Stevens, tlrd for Tom.
For Canadian, Alberta. '
For barber, Rustle-Shaver. ; ..
For optlmieCJSunnyelde, .
For pessimist. Cemetery, line.
A Wise) Bride.
From the Columbus Dispatch, V '
"Katharine," said Bob, aa be brought
hla elub chums down to ths depot plat
form, "these are all my friends." ,
"Glad to meet you, gentlemen," replied
the bride, sweetly, "and I am so sorry
that you asa going to be sick." .
"SlckT" echoed the crowd, la astonish
ment. "Why ehould you think we are
going' to be oickT" .
'Oh, because soon after the honeymoon
a I married maa always finds a - great
many sick friends to ait. up with."
- Mixing His Games. '.';
One day Senator Tillman was In full
swing Jawing the president and the rail
road bill and epoke of soms one "eliding
for a base after the fashion of a foot
ball player making for a goal." Senator
Clapp protested against such mixing of
terminology, but Senator Keen observed
easily: "Oh, let him go. . Pretty soon
he will be talking about the tennis play
ersLjUcklngbealleverthenet nd
the golf playere making three-baseTiIls.
" The Noisy Sun.
By Blanche Bars, Coburg.
An Irishman la Washington heard the
booming of the sunsst gun ovsr at Fort
Meyers- "What's thatT" he aaked of a
man near by. r
' "Sunset," was the answer.
"Ah. indeed." said Pat "and does the
sua alwaye set with a bang in this
oouathryT" - -- - . -,-r-
' - Use) of Fluorspar," ' . .
The highest grade of floursper, Amer
ican lump No. 1. says Mr. Edmund Otis
Hovey la a report of the United Statea
geological survey on the production of
floursper in .l0Bt Is pure white or
clear pale blue In color and does not
euutalu 'more thaw 1 pee sswt nr slllra,
Such material Is used la the manufac
ture of opalescent glass. In the mak
ing of enamels and "agate" ware and
la the production of hydrofluoric add
and other chemical compounds of flour
Ins. - Both lump end ground mineral le
ehlpped for, these purposes-
The second grade of floursper. Ameri
can lump . No. S. . Includes the colored
varieties and la limited to a content of
not more than 4 per cent of allloa. This
la sold In lump or gravel form and Is
used In the manufacture of open-hearth
ateel, because tt imparts great fluidity
to the slag. ''-,
The third grade of floursper, "gravel,"
Includes all of the mineral that carries
more than 4 per cent of silica and all
that Is mixed with calclte. Thla ma
terial la used In foundry work on ac
count of the clean character, which It
gives to Iron esstlngs.-- - - -
The price of the Illtnole crude flour
epar ranged in 1108 from IB to St-per
short ton, with an average of t6.2t,
while the Kentucky crude spar ranged
from 4 to IB per ton, with an average
of 14.74 per ton. The -Tennessee lump
spar le of high grade, as Is shown by
Its having .realised an average price of
per short ton. The Colorado flour
spar brought an average ptloe of 1 7 per
short ton. .1
The prlcee reported aa received for
ground floursper In 10S were from 110
to $11 per short ton, wltn greater de
mand for the higher priced material
than could be satisfied. In 1004 the
average price received for thle material
wae M.44 per short tont In ltOS. II 8,
and In lf0I, t.. Contracts have been
- . a .till hl.h. Vk.'IA In 1 OH A '
DHf ........ ...
- Water aa a Nerve Food. .
' v. . Home Chat.
"If nervoue women would only drlnx
more water they would not be so
nervous." remarked a trained nurse the
other'dey, 1
"Nearly every physician will recom
mend a woman who la suffering from
nervous prostration or nervous ex
haustion to drink lots of water between
meals, but many" women - who - do not
come under a doctor's care would feel
better and look better If they would
drink, say, a quart of water in ths
course of a day. Water le a nerve
food. It has a distinctly soothing st
reet whart sinned araduallr. as one can
teet for hersslf."
' " ' Be Diligent '
Whoso by lack of fllllgenee ca'useth
the plane of another 'to fall, the same Is
e dodraaied auisenoe. Jeremiah ef
Joppa,
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
cf TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHAN08. '
If you want owl oera, say so..
': ' : ' . " e e , 7 "
Make 'im out the weeds and grass.
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This wUl be a bis harvest-week in
Oregon, ' '
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" Few men evei' - bother - themselvea
studying what thsy had rather die of,
-'.' 1 -," . 'e " e r ' '. ::
Tou ean't help a town grow by merely
etandlng around and watching It grow.
., ' . -i : ,v ' s e i .-!,-' :
It's ntoe to be a cabinet officer and
take a long erulle In a big battleship.
'' ';'".'": ' f ' '' .- , ; ; ; ('.
"What will Oeer dor eome papere up
the valley are asking. He) ought to be
able to pitch a lot of bay. ; . J . ,
, - e.:e .;v-, 1 V, :
. Nobody ever yet refused a nomination
for president. ; WUl Roosevelt if it is
tendered to him wi(h ineieteaceT .
Ths summer man la also In evldsnoe,
but he is small potatoes and few In
a hill in comparison with the eummer
girt. , , .-s . .... ,
e , e :.' .- , . .
Members bt a laundry trust In Cin
cinnati have -been -indicted . aad the
prosecution threatens to scrub, wring
and iron them, . . ' ,
, " ., , ; m. e . - ."-;:, ;
A RAsehnre? nanee hu ItuMiM that
publicans so their party would be sure
10 win. .- nut ir prints no anioavua.
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"Many were turned away, - owing - to
the limited else of the hall," aaye a re
port of the Taft-meeting In Greens
boro. Of course, after Teftgofla there
was not room for many others. ,-a -.'.-..
: . - " ' -. - - - .v
An Iowa maa says Sarah Bernhardt
wae born In this country and lived here
till she grew up. Oh. yee. she waa a
neighbor of Tel An, and the girls hsd
greatlunplannlng whatjthey would do.
The Independence Enterprise says
that if the Republican party waate to
do eomethlng for a man who has dons
much . for It. and may. do more, ex
Governor Oeer ehould be appointed col
lector ef customs, " -
. . e e
The fret ef it.
The eweat of It ' ; '
The hurried harvest ttme
The health ef tt -- -.tj--
The wealth of it
. The knives and trains in chime.
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"It is hot" they said, as they, wiped
their brows;
"O for a deluge ef enow."
"It is hot" throbbed the frueturo Of all
the plowe. - . ' , x
"Thue into fruitage we grow."
(A Michigan girl who wanted a Gov
ernment position has beea turned down
by the civil service commission for ths
reaaoa that shs Is too fat She should
begin to make It warm for Taft. And
then shs can assart that aha didn't a I
anyooay. 10 noia ner,
Men Admire Neatness in Women
WHAT THE SENSIBLE HAN LOOKS FOR.
A young maa has written asking my
his engagement, ' 1
He aaya that be lovee hie sweetheart
but that she le ao distressingly untidy
that" he fears he could never live hap
pily with her. He has spokea to her
time and again about this serious fault
but with no good result
I cannot advise him to marry her, for
know that no. girl who ia untidy
about her person and the house .oould
make a good wife. She eould not make
a maa comfortable aad no man'a love
le - proof agalnat discomfort
Untidiness also meama extravagance.
and an extravagant wife la a -drawback
to any maa. t
Thla young man differs In nowise
from hie fellow-men. There le no maa
living .who doee not dislike slovenliness
and untidiness la a woman.
No matter how pretty a girl may be.
if she le untidy it, seriously, attracts
from her beauty.
The plain girL of course, can still
Isss afford to be untidy, but aha need
have no qualm a about being pleasant
to look upon If she keepe hersslf ex
qulsltely neat and dainty, for neatness
and daintiness have a beeuty all their
own. . .'
Many a man's interest la a girl hss
been checked becauae he found her to
be untidy about her. home.
In a town where I used to visit there
lived a family of charming girls.
Thsy wsre pretty and bright and al
ways surrounded . by young men. But
they did not seem to marry,
Jim Bludso.
' By John' Hay.
Wal, not I can't tell whar ha livee.
Because he don't live, you see; ---
Leastways, he's got out of the habit - '
Of llvln' like you and "ma
Whar have you been for the last three
.. -year;-' ,;- .-.. , ". v
That you haven't heard folks tell '
How Jimmy Bludno passed in his chscks
The night of tho Prairie BelleT
He weren't no saint them engineers . .
Is all oretty much alike--
One wife in Natchee-under-the-HlQ .
And another one here. In PTke; '
A keerleee man In his talk waa Jim, .
And an awkward hand in a row, .
But he never flunked, and he never
. ' lied '':-
I reckon he never knowed how; '
And this Was girthe-religion he had
Te treat hie engine wellj -
Never be. passed on the river;
To mind the pllot'e bell;- -
And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire
A thousand times hs swore
He'd hold her nonle egln the bank
Till th last soul got ashore.
AlObaianiaf their dsr on the Mlsels-
sip, - .'.-.'. " .
- And her day rame at laat '
The Movaatar was a better boat
But the Belle shs wouldn't be passed.
And ao she came tearln' along that
night ,r
The oldest Craft on the line
With a nigger squat on her safety valve
" And ber furnace erammed, roein and
pine. ' ','.. ;'. ' ,
The "re burstout as ehs dared the bar,
And burnt a noie in me mgnt
And quick as a flash she turned, and
made H
' For that wilier bank on the right
There was runnln' aad cursln, hut Jim
gelled out, .
v V OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Tale expects to have a oreamsry. j -
Many outers at Newport on Tafluina
bay. J .''.. .
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Solo boasts of the only band In Una
county.. ... i -. . ,',,. . .
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tote ' more labor wanted all over '
Oregon. ;
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Rainier will have a foundry and man
ehlne shop, . v , .
. , ..-... ... v-'.e e- - .,
- Rainier businese , men will form
commercial elub, . v V
' ..'e ;r '..'.;;"''''','. ."
Sherman county expects to harvest
4B0 tons os apples. : -
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: Over SO teachers are attending the)
summer school at Monmouth.
'' ':"' -'-'-'y - -V:
The cherry orop was large and fine,
despite the frees last March. ; ; .
' a'., -
. Artesian wells are to send water and '.'
prices ef lead skyward In the Rogue'
river valley. -
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The approaching railroad is ' eauebuf
an Influx of .hoboes in Lake and Xlana
ath eountlea. ; ,. .
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1 A good deal of lumber Is being'
shipped out of Sllvertoa and much more
would be If, cars could he had.1 " -
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' A Union oounty man raised 100 crates
of strawberries, worth 1160 to tt per.
orate, on three quarters ef aa acre.
'.';... 0 . '- '.", '
muoh better thla season than they did a . ,
year aerv a uie ;ma wui am iarsV "
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. Tillamook Herald: Dhue McKlnley is "
credited with the first salmon catch of
tha season, having' hooked a 86-pound .
fish laat Saturday while trolling , la
the-bey.-4- r -
. r -.. - e e- . . ; .
. Newberg Enterprise: Harvesting will
soon be la full blaet la the valley, but
the farmers around Newberg know but
little about harvesting, -as moat ' of
thorn have learned that fruit hope and
dairying bring . better .returns r than
wheat raisins. .'.1 ,!.' ....'.
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Woodburn Independent f ' Woodburn
surrounded by 10-acre traete with a
family on each would be far better off
than if it were surrounded by ISO-acre
farms or larger- and oonalderably leea
population. Thla city would thrive
more with numerous chicken ranches
around It than big hay and wheat farma,
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Astoria Budget Julyil: Clark W.
Carnahan, ex-president of the Push
elub, who Is engineering the CuUaby
lake project was la the elty Wednesday
to attsad " the annual meeting of the
Astoria Progressiva Commercial aaso
clation. Having lived the past two
years on the west side, Mr.- Carnahan -ban
developed the Idea that Clatsop
county affords most exoellent advan
tages for homeseekertrr
Other girls leea attractive married.
hue Him, three pretty arlrls. though
apparently great belles, remained' single.
I aaked a young maa friend what the
cause of It waa, and he eald that all tha
men were afraid to marry any of them'
because they were se notoriously un
tidy. .. J
"They are pretty and Jolly." he said,
"but they are untidy personally, and
the house le abominably untidy. I do
not believe the window curtains have
been washed la years, and there are
duet and dirt la every corner. No man
would care to trust hla future to such
shiftless i, extravagance : and discom
fort". : ' V" --
So you see, girls, good looke and
good mannere are not the only4 quail-'
tloa requisite !h the winning of a hue
band. .
The sensible man looks for a girl
who will be a good wife ae well ae a
cfiarmTnf cflfripsnlUH.
Neatness is the foundation of good
atyle la dress.- - - -, -
A gowa may be absolutely up to data
la every respect but If It Is put on In
a slovenly fasbioa tho wearer will have
no etyle.
Unblackened shoes or wornout glove
fingere will spoil the smartest costume.
No hat can look pretty whea perched
on an untidy head.
. Never neglect your personal appear
ance, girls;, take peine to make your
selves as neat and dainty ae you can.
It will add" 10 per eent to your at
tractiveness. ' i.- ,'..
" Over all the Infernal roar, .
"I'll hold her nossle egln the bank
Till the laat galoot's ashore,"
Through tho hot black breath.of - the
burning boat'
. 3Ira Bludso's voice wee heard,
And they all had trust In hie cussedr
nsss, : .'.'
And knowed he would keep hie word.
And, euro's you're bom, they al got off
Afore tha smokestacks fell . . ' ,
And Bludso's ghoatwent up' alone
j& In- the smoke of the Prairie BeUa
He weren't no saint but at Judgment
I d run my cnance wim tiw,
rtlniia amntlemen
That wouldn't shook handu with him.
He eeen hie duty, a aeaa-oure ining
i.a fnr it thar and. then: -
iiiu - - -
And Christ ain't a-going to be too hard
On a man that, men ior men. ... . ,
Rainfall and Tree. Growth.
From the Pacific Commercial Advertiser I
A report has recently neen puDiisnsa
which shows how closely ths growth
cf trees is dependent upon rainfall. Not
only was this seen In ths cess of ons and
two-year-old trees, dui in an inveeugm
tlon extending over a period of 41 years,
during which time the annual lings of
growth wsre eareruiiy examineo. . J 1
With an annual precipitation of from
SO to SB Inches a width of ring waa pro
duced varying from 1 1 te IB-inches. - If, I
on ths other hand, there waa -either, an
unusually large or small rainfall In any I
glvsn ysar this was followed by a eor-l
responding use growin in ins rouowtngi
year. v . ...
TJnfortunste. " '
... . - - "- From Puck. -
I bought a mine, . . j
The mine Is mine no in ore)
X struck a sharp,
And he, not I, struck oral
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