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WE HEARTILY CONCUR.
T"1T TrITH A FEW slight emen-
r a uauou ua umiaaitma,
Y " ; ' The Journal 4 heartily
j agrees with an editorial, published
iia morning- in the Oregonian. For
, the purpose of giving it the wider
i publicity which .The Journal's eol
1 umne afford, the editorial' is repub
lished , herewith, .' the occasional
changes tieing indicated by parenthe
ses. Thus revised, it is as follows:
"A new spirit animates tha eltlsen
. ably of Orf on,'! says tha Baker City
; Democrat. It does, Indeed. Oracon
loMD't xpat to rid Itself of the (Ora
gonlaa), bat ' intends to subdue, (it)
te har purposes. (ItajL long relto ot
' snore than (9 years la at an and. Tha
old selfish mossbacklam ot Oracon.
typified to (tha Oregonlaa) In (Its)
oant-par-cent methods. In (its) dlapo
stUon to "hog" everything, to' rapraaa
all bualneaa not controlled by (lUalf)
and ta allow tha country to grow only'
ao fast aa (it) oould absorb tha arowth,
la giving way rapidly to 'tha now aplrtt
that animates tha cltlsenshlp of Ore
gon." " V' ; . . "-
All . business, all effort in Oregon,
.thaae Ions yaara, .has bean forced
through particular ohannela In Port
end.- Toll ha beea taken relentlessly;
and a vary body . com Ins . from abroad,
vho mlaht b auppoaed to be strong
aouah to do bualnaaa Independently
aa boon discourasod and turned away,
t has boon tha .etaady purpoae and
Mley of the (OregonUui) aaaanataa- of
.ortland never to allow anybody; to
coma- into ' Oregon who might j Da
atrong . enough to . do bualneaa on
bis ' own account, - without - paying
tribute to (it). Millions of dollars have
been turned away from Investment In
Oregon by thaa methods of (tha Ore-
axnlan)v Portland wasQts) bailiwick
or province; Oregon waa (lta). eyater.
I very man who wanted to eomo and do
bualneaa haa been sandbagged, aa far
aa (the Oregonian) could do It. - To
control tha exohangea of Oregon and to
a baorb tha profits and the estates of all
who bad tha temerity to try to do bual
aaa without paying tribute to (it) has
en tha policy of (the Oregonian) this
.all century.' ; - -' .- :
Oregon caa grow only as It escapes
ve control of this repreaalva aystara.
ioe growth now baglnai It la notloe--la;
it la marked on all sides. .But It
l Independent, wholly. Of this old no
jpollstlo and repreaalva spirit and pur
se. i The thaw haa eat In. It la a
baela. The froat that has bound Ora
ou in fettere ad long loosena. This la
ib "new spirit that animates the eltl
anahlp of Oregon." It la duo partly to
ha newoomera; partly to the awakened
ndependenoo of the ' older residents.
Oregon Is not to bo bound la. chains any
" oey wno, i or ao ions, ware
masters, and maintained their mastery
iy muu ox oppreeaion ana repree
elon. are bo longer "the whola thln.-
Boon they will bo but a email part of It
"LYING IM A BUSINESS WAY."
'eaaaaaBMMaaa i, '
TT SCARCELY needed . the evi
I v dence of some star witnesses in
' the land fraud. case which has
been on trial for several days past
dor the public to be informed that a
tood deal of rather "Ull" lying had
oeea done in order, to gain govern'
meat land, nl to swindle suckers
who imagined they were to make a
little money easily. Ia this business
.lying, and under oath if necessary,
was considered to be a matter-of-
course thing, like one going out to
. breakfast or changing his shirt -
- Uncle Sam is prosecuting here and
; there a few of these liars, mostly, as
It appears so far, in Oregon thouah
i there are as many, proportionately,
In 'other coast states and this hap
pened largely because Binger Her
tnann had been six terms a member
of congress from Oregon and was for
some six years commissioner of the
general land office at the very head
of the land office and was supposed
' to know all that was going on.
Hence his sins are visited, properly,
on Oregon first We bsve to grin
and bear it ' " .
Our morning ' contemporary has
mentioned something ' of ' this sort,
but it should be remembered that two
- years ago tast-spi Ingaye, TVeTTInlt
year previously, when Hermann was
nominated to fill the vacancy caused
by Representative -Tongue's death
; The Journal told all about this; all,
. or a large part about Mr. Hermann;
it protested against his election, on
.higher grounds than partisan politics;
it warasd the voters of the first dis
trict thst he would be indicted and
could not hold his seat; it showed up
!.' official record and yet the Ore
Ionian; knowing all this as well as
The Journal did, denied it, defended
'n supported hinVtiecIared Jn'sub
zt ' fhit : the salvgtioa Of the na
tion depended on his election; that he
must be elected to support and vin
dicate Roosevelt; who had kicked him
out; and now it has, the audacious
temerity to whine that its pet candi
date is the cause of the whole trouble.
This is largely true; but the mouth
of . the Oregonian' should be closed
against such a- complaint . ,
.' The indictments against Hermann
and the'multitude of other defendants
in the land fraud cases are strikingly
illustrative of the fact that lying, in
getting government land, has become
a habit arid has come to beCQtuid
ere4legitimate. Mr. Kincart '. the
timber cruiser, said on the witness
stand the other day: .I'm' willing
to lie in a business way, but. not under
oath. There are many things in busi
ness that it would be impossible to
tell the truth about" rV, "
,That is the idea of "business" a
whole lot of people have. We. can't
agree with . Mr. J Kincart that it is
necessary for a business man tolie,
though no doubt a good many men
will share his view. But Mr. Kincart,
and others, should learn thst habitual
lying "in a business wsy". is very
likely to lead to lying under oath.
The fear of the penalties of perjury is
all that restrains an habitual "busi
ness" liar from swearing falsely after
a "S'elp me" and this does not al
ways -keep him from itYY.'C"''--..-
Mr. Kincart and his confreres were
cheerful "and multitudinous liars,' no
doubt and there are others. "Lying
in a business way" is not necessary,
nor in the long run even profitable.
"Truth ia mighty, and will prevail
WHAT WILL SHE DO WITH IT?
iTlif $30,000,000 or some
where , nesr thst what
can a good woman do?
It is. a big idea, a big proposition.
Money talks. ;; t is the most eloquent
thing in the world in a purely com
mercial, business-way. . . -.
That money would feed and clothe
thousands who are hungry and nearly
nsked. ;"" ".'..? ' '
But .would that do the most good,
after, all? Only a temporary, ephem
eral good... t .;v'':,v
The late Senator Stanford and his
wife established . a great university.
That is a good that will last through
all generations,
Carnegie, with his" "tainted"' mil
lions, in his old age seeks to do, and
does, , some grxdy-fQundingl
libraries.
We don't believe that Mrs. Sage
will keep the money. , The poor
woman has ho children. The Lord
seemed to know Russell Sage pretty
well, and never gave him the most
precious gift of earth and heaven a
child.
Mrs. Sage is old - and 'childless.
She hss 180,000,000, more or less.
What will she do with it? ;
THE EXEMPTION DECISION.
HE SUPREME COURT hav
' ing decided that an exemption
law is unconstitutional and
void, it is up to the people to decide
whether they - desire to amend the
constitution in thisrespect Under
the new initiative feature of our or
ganic law, this can be done,' if it is
thought desirable. That there should
be an exemption probably most peo
ple believe. It would be well now to
consider just what that exemption
should te how much and what
This now, we will hsve to engraft
into our constitution.
- But it may be remarked in this
connection that the system of taxa
tion is . changing, '. becoming more
equitable. Taxes will hereafter be
laid - more on . large properties, on
franchises, on privilege on usufructs,
and less on the small holdings of the
poorer classes.;.. .; y
The constitution should be amend
ed in this respect and just how is a
question requiring careful considera
tion. .V. .v'"- ,,..:
The general commanding the Jap-
snese army that is surrounding the
palace of the Korean emperor has in
structions to pot shoot into the un
derstanding of the recalcitrant ruler
the belief that his only safety lies in a
protectorate by the mikado. The
surviving relatives of some of Korea's
leading men have been won over to
Japan's way of thinking. ,V'.r.,j;.
Two explanations are at hand of
the extraordinary story told by the
bafkeep'er f egardlhg the criminal who
robbed his saloon and then gave back
half the loot The first impugns the
verscity of, the barkeeper; . and the
other is unimportant
The Russian populace positively de
clines to .accept any constitution that
does not preserve to. them the in
alienable "right to bomb czar and
pistol Jews. ' - ,
The business of insurancesince
some , companies are guaranteeing
rtlients against loss to their property
through balloon collisions may be
WhatIP ortland
MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE BOARD TELL JOURNAL READ-
' ERS WHAT WOULD IMPROVE BOSS CITY.
Ownership of Ground t John Montag.
' "Tha thing that Portland needs more
than any other la tha title to the ground
on which our flrehouaea are built,"
said John Montag. 'Tully one third of
our rirenouses are on rented ground.
and I believa before anything else Is
dpne all this properly, should be pur
chased by tha city. .
"We have made mora Improvements
In our fir apparatua In the past two
yaara than In any IS year before. "We
are now lnaulllng four new flro an
ginea. contracta have been let for two
liew rirenouses.. and a new company is
being placed near (be North Pacific ter
minal yarda. This haa been a pretty
heavy load on the taxpayers.
"I am not In favor of a new ftreboat
As , far as . I hava observed.' there haa
never been any need of a aeoond fire
boat, and nothing, la my opinion would
Justify the expense that the purchase of
a new ftreboat would entail. '.' ,
"But I am In favor of the 'owl' car
servlse. ,- I think It would be a great
benefit to th people who live in 'out
lying dlstriots and to the city In gen
eral., V
"I think there should be more parka.
The people ought to" have plenty of
breathing room, and the park room of
the elty Is not sufficient. But I se
riously question th wl adorn of buying
HOW.' . '. ... ., ' '.:-
' "The city -has made a Very good reo
ord in street' Improvement ia th paat
two years, - and I think thee Improve
menta ahould be continued along the
lines that have been followed. , I con
sider the equipment of the atreet clean
ing department .sufficient for present
needa. - .- - . ; , - ".
The Drink Hab it.
BY MRS. JOHN
At th risk r of being considered a
croaker. I cannot refrain from again
ualng my pen In an appeal to the women
of America to eeass their Indulgence in
drinking anything of an alcoholic na
ture. Thar haa been, much aaid in the
papers about the gruwth of the drink
habit among women during the paat
year, especially among those of fortune
and fashion, who- ahould bo xamplee
In all things to their sex.-
I -was recently at a luncheon In a
splendid hotel In thla city, which baa
a eafe for people who are not gueate.
While waltlnsre-arvedrTwwaftheproaperlty and civilisation of the
stylish, pretty young womea come into
the eafe, take seats at a small table
and erSer two cocktails. They aat and.
sipped th eocktalla without anything
alee, then roae and lert the cafe. They
were too young .really to be without a
chaperon,' but dlaplayed. an independence
and . indifference to comments upon
this astonishing abandon that waa pain
ful to witness.
If any ore haa any doubt aa to ' th
extent of the -Indulgence of women in
wine, cocktails, brandy and aoda drink-4ne-
ha baa onlr to ao into tha most az-
clualy. and.. aristocratic, caf aa .. lnany
aJty, on almoat any night, after the
cloa of the theatre and opera perform
ancea, and be will see that every aeat
at th table la taken, and that alcohol
la aerved In some form to each peraon,
whether man or woman, and It Is the
rarest thing that you aee a woman's
glaas turned down.-- 1 1 1 r r r
Thla la - melancholy evidence that
American women do not entertain the
same abstemious position ss formerly,
nor do they realise the demoralising
Influence they are - exerting over th
men of thla country. There waa a time
when few men would liar dared to
order any kind of a drink In th pres
ence of his wife or other ladles. Wine
may have been taken la their own
homes, nut to go Into a publio place
and order brandy and soda or eocktalla
when ladles were In their company was
a thing unheard of. ' Now a young man
111 take hia mother and slaters, and
even hie grandmother, to these resorts
and order eocktalla for them and htm-
aelf and If the grandmother or mother
11 . , ' .......
aid-to-have-Hreached4heJimitJLBut
not quite. A fine line of business is
awaiting the insurance company that
will insure against welching insur
ance companies.. v
While the American people may
not be able to dissuade the offending
insurance companies from their policy
of repudiating San Francisco losses,
they can, by a sudden and absolute
withdrawal' of business, prevent this
non-paying spasm. from becoming a
habit. r ';"'.: V,1;:
When you are figuring on the
leading cities of the coast, you can
always mark Portland No. L What
ever doubt was felt about this before
is dissolved by the efforts of our ball
team, which hat been at the head of
the class. so long thst it has a squat
ter's right to the position. , . :
, .'Fate of Eiffel Tower.' J
Th advisability of pulling down th
Eiffel Tower, en Of the landmarks of
Parla, when It becomes tb property of
the city, wU shortly be discussed by the
murlcipal oouncU, .
Taere la much division of . opinion
among councillors on th subject. Some
think th tower should be kept for aet
ntlflo purposes, nnd suggaet .that It
ahould be leased to th company which
has exploited it 'since 1S3S.
Th company would ao aouot o will
ing, for, on the whole. It has mad a
handsome profit- Ia USS 4t netted !,
SO from th feu of sightseers, but th
reeelpte waned till they were only 111,
In 1ISS. During th 100 exhibi
tion they jumped up to 110,000, and last
year they feU to 1 11,000 again.
- ''J ' Hunting the Hair. 1
From the London Graphic 1
'' The good city of Limoges has Just
sees th termination ot Its annual "hair
fair." It is at tha "folr aux cheveux
at Llraegee that the 'wholesale buyers
of human hair are wont to" renew their
stock. Not that these great personages
buy direct from the grower. Jnst aa
there are scalp-huntera among the red
skins and head-hunters among the Ma
laya, ao there are hair-hunters In the
pleasant land of France. Thaae sports.
men.pursoe their gam among th peas
ant girls of the French villages, armed
with stock ot eboajt swsUtj Crsea
Greatest Need?
John Montag.
'3ut we ought to own tha ground our
flrehouaea are buut on. ana I ininx we
should acquire It at once. After that
tha matter of mora and better parka
should bo considered."
Among Women
A. LOGAN.
declines he considers that It la a pub
lio rebuke and Is very -much offended
thereby.
That there must be a halt to this
sort of thing there la no denying, other
wise the nation will degenerate, aa all
nations have that have been reckleaa
In, the use of alooholio stlmulints. Th
women of any nation' are responsible
for the standard of virtue and temper
ance that la maintained by th man.
Hence th influence ot the women of
Puritan daya over the men of - the
American nation laid the founds tlonforl
people of thla republic. : The
conse
quences of the mingling of many races
on thla continent In tne century and
half that baa passed haa brought an
unfortunate ehange In our Ideas of prin
ciples and character, until we temporise
with dissipation and are blind to Its
baneful, effects upon tha generations
that are -soon to be the bom keepers
and custodians ot the. affairs of th
republic. ' r '
. I realise I am risking the forfeiture
of friendship when I assert that
cannot think that a self-reapectlng. In
telljgent. woman.-who. realises her r-
aponslbllitiea to society, will In publio
or In piivst indulge in cigarette-smok
ing or drinking. It haa been with great
pain that I hava witnessed the indulg
ence of my sex in these deplorable vices
and it is Impossible tor me to find an
excuse for .any woman, young or old.
who gives ber sanction or Joins men lu
drinking or smoking.
We are falling upon melancholy days
when it is necessary ror ministers of
the gospel to preach sermons on . the
vicious habits -of women In. polite ' so
ciety. The women of this country hava
uatly bad the credit of doing more
toward th building up ' of churches,
educating the people . and advancing
good work than the men, and we ahould
bo very - aorry If there ever comas a
time whan, through habits contracted
abroad, they forget the high plaoea they
&av hitherto held. Legislation gov
erning vice of any character whats
ever la futile If tha women of the na
tion do ' not array themselves on the
sld of sobriety and morality.
stuffs, and the like. ' When Maria,
Peanne, or Jacqueline has been tempted
Into parttiur with har magnificent mane.
the game ia bagged, and tha hair-hunter
can be aura of aelllng It at Llmogea at
prices ranging' from SO to 110 francs
the kilogram to th wholesale dealers
from Parla,- who. In turn, dispose of tt
to foreign buyer, On -of th dealer,
says a . French journal, recently sold
(.000 franca' worth of balr In a single
lot. But alaa for the trade! the peasant
girls are growing too coquetlsh, it la
said, to part with their woman's glory.
and the aupply la beginning to fall to
keep pace with tha demands of the halr
huntere, ;:
Clove Garters' Vogue. ";
If you don't ' wear "glove garters"
you are out of fashion, says ths London
Mirror. ' :'.-' . '....
Ths latest thing In Jewelry la a golden
chain bracelet having an Invisible eon
ttnuou spring - running through ths
center, which can be worn either as a
bracelet on tha wrist, or higher ap ths
arm, to keep th gloves In place. '
Jewelry, Ilk hats, chsnges with th
season nowadays, and to keep paoe with
the aooiety woman's mania for "some
thing new,", the west end Jewelers are
continually designing novelties.
The glove garter la tha latest Inven
tion of Mr. Vlokery and they may be
bought for 17 a pair. .
Another bracelet that la all th rag
now la made of flexible gold. In , the
form f a strap, and 4m buckled riund
th wrist Bom are quit plain, and
cost merely II : 10a, while others, set
with Jewels, can be aa expenalve as
the puree of the purchaser will allow.'
Man, too, are always In search ot
novelties In Jewelry. 81m liar to tbs
strap bracelets, watch guards for even
ing dress are mad and sold for it 10a
- The Cynlc't Word BookT T
v . 1 . By Ambrose J3ire...-..-i.'-i
serving to distinguish these creatures
from their creators.
RAILROAD, n. Th chief of the
many mechanical devlcea enabling us to
get away from - where we are and go
to wher w are not For this pur
pose the railroad Is held la hlgheet fa
vor by the optlratat, .for tt parmlta him
to make th tranait with th utmoat
posalbl expedition. - - -
ramshackle; adj. Feratming to a
certain -order of architecture, otherwise
known as the Normal American. Moat
of tb publio buildings of the United
State are of th ramshackle order,
though some of, our earlier arohlteots
preferred th Ionto. Recent additions
to th Whit House In 'Washington are
Thee-Oorio, th eoolealastla order Of th
Dorians. They are exceedingly lmnoa
1st, and seen) lt a brick, . , . j
A Little Nonsense
-V:r;r-lL Boiled Down. , '
An amusing story Is told of the ed
itor of - a go-ahead London evening
newspaper, who. In th eternal ruahlng
to proas to get ahead of th opposition,
was constantly impressing upon his re
porters th necessity for condensing all
news. - '
A- terrific boiler explosion had taken
plana on board a big ship lying at Ports
mouth. . .
"Get down there aa hard as you can
h said to one of his men. "It you
catch the 11:40 from London bridge
yoei'll be thar soon after I and -oaa
Juat-wlra.ua.. up. sonathtBg. for tha. fifth
edition." .
And the rto iter went
Boon after i o'clock that afternpon
they got a wire from hlmi
"Terrlflo explosion. . Melpomene.
Boiler empty. : Engineers fulL Funeral
tomorrow. No nwra."
Y ; : ' 'Which Waa "Ed,"? "
When th late Senator Wolcott first
went to Colorado he ' and hia - brother
opened a law offlb at Idaho Springs
under th firm nam of '"Ed Wolcott
at uro. -, uuer in parinaraoip wsa
dissolved. Th future sanator paoked
his few assets, including the sign that
had hung outside of bis office, -upon a
burro and started for Georgetown, a
mining town farther up In tha hills.
Upon his arrival ho was greeted by a
crowd of minora, who critically aur-
veyed hlra and his outfit On of them,
looking first st ths sign that hung
over the pack, then : at Woloott end
finally at th donkey,- ventured: "Bay,
stranger, which of you Is Bar , '
Oiled Him Down, .i : ;
4 ....
It was a moot queetlon tn Washing
ton as to whether Senator Bailey of
Texas put Senator Spooner of Wlaoon-
sin -to rout with his speech on th rat
bill.' "Oh. yea." said a Republican, eon'
gressman, "Bailey bad the best of lt-
sarae as th fellow wb baa a row with
the hackman. H was telling about It
when hia friends saw him In th hospl
tal. What happened T . they - asked.
Why,' said the man. ? called th hack-
man down.' 'Tear- 'And he. cam
down.' groaned tb Injured man."
Prepared to Accommodate.
' From th London Tribune.
Last 'summer a well-known professor
went with his family to a small sea-
aide reeort on the east eoaat and board
ed with a farmer who waa In tha habit
or taking paying guests. This year he
wrote to th farmer, and In his letter
aaid: "There are several little matters
that I deaire changed ahould ' I decide
to pass-my holidays at your home. We
don't like the meld, Mary; moreover we
do not think a sty ao near th house is
sanitary.
Th farmer replied: "Mary is went
and we 'aven't 'ad no hogaj sine , you
ware away last August."
I ' Better Than Clothes.
"While I was back home on a visit to
Harrodsburg." said tha 'Kentucky col
onel who haa Juat arrived on Broadway,
"I aaw Jack Chlnn. He waa upon th
eve or stahtln' . fo' Cincinnati. . He
ca'led with-him a ve'r lach valise.
" 'Mua' be goin' to stay quite a while
Jaokr-aaye-1.
Wh aava ha '.
h Trom the also of youah valise, says
T. With -an Incllnaahun of mah hand In
(ta dlrecshun, 'so many does.' .
vioes, nunr ' says jaca. semen
shuslr. ' 'Cloesl - Mah does la on mah
back, kunneL What's eantalned in that
theah valise you . menanun is ' eight
quarts of the bes whiskey and ens
COlt'S plStOl." ..;- - ' -
: Politics ta Farae.":""
ZangwllCth noted writer, had in ex
perience not long ago which convinced
him that ' in deciding what constitutes
real greatness a good deal dependa upon
th point of view. At a political meet
ing he fell into conversation with al
man who knew all tha . apeakers nd 1
pointed them out as they . sat on ths
platform. ..-, ' ,
"There," no eaia, -sua senator Loag.
"Whatl" ' exclaimed - Mr. ZangwIlL
"Do you mean Henry Cabot Lodge, th
literary man th great historian r
No, sir-!" replied th other, with
distinct contempt. "That's . Henry
Cabot Lodge. ' United States senator
from the great stat of Massachusetts."
; The Oregon Referendum, , '
Frank Fox, In the Atlantic.
' It is perfectly eafe to predict that in
th tt or 40 legislatures which will be
In session next year advocates of tha
Initiative referendum will hold the cen
ter of the stage. Woman's suffragists.
prohibitionists, slngle-taxers. Socialists
snd other groups of voters who despair
of getting their special propositions
through - th legielaturee will combine
to press th system of direct legislation
and constitution-mending, which gives
each of them a chance; and thay will be
reinforced by amiable theorists who are
attraoted by the Idea of securing for ths
people a larger measure of power.
In some quarters it la treated ss a
kind of treaaon to popular government
to express doubt f tn wisdom of such
proposala. "Can not , the people be
truatedr it la asked. Doubtless they
can. But it la for th interest of the
people that proposals for new laws, and.
still more, for ohangea in th funda
mental law, should be scrutinised, sifted
and debated before they are put upon
the atatuta books or incorporated in con
stitutions, i Under our system of gov
ernment no real demand of the majority
of th people can -go long unaatiafled.
What to people really want sooner or
later they will get But they wlU be no
wors off If the concession of their de
mands is deferred long enough te allow
of time to consider whether the thing
that is offered is really th thing that
they want If eclating processes for tha
amendment of constitutions are slow
and sometimes disappointing, thay are
at least safer than a system, wbich al
lows only four months Urns for so radi
cal a chang as that now proposed la
Oregon, t.
JMatrimoniaL Dilemma,'-
A curious "confusion of identity bids
fair te prevent a young work girl of
Parts from marrying. - .
Two years ago her eider sister wrote
on tb eve of her marriage to th mayor
of her native village for a copy of har
birth certificate. Vat some reason the
official failed to find tha entry and ac
cordingly had the extraordinary idea te
send th girl th certificate of her
Counger sister, stating that he thought
its would -do ss well. - - ' -Th
girl waa married and now har
younger sister. In her turn, on th eve
of marriage, haa offered the aero cer
tificate to the Paris officials, who, on
verifying the document have discovered
the facta. .-.. ....-.
Josephine Deneart fa now in th post,
tlon of being unable to marry unless her
sister concents te annul her own mar-1
rlege, and by so doing place har nam
a th official registers aa "free te
rry s . ' .
o IRDSEYE VIEWS
TIMELY TOPICS
; SMALL CHANGE.
, Oat andkeep close t nature.
Acre of burdocks and thistles t be
out -
' 8tia Bryan may get some of the Irish
vote. .
. Sanator
man."
FoUette Is
a "owning
Well, are we going to; have the owl
carsT -.r '
. Tb cigarette fiend ahould walk, at
least -. ; v - .
I many eases sloknesg O a matter
of imagination. ..."
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' Here's hoping you will do a lot of
good. Mrs. Bags. . ., .t,v - --r
,-;.
1 Th douma doesn't know much more
thaa our congreaa. r , . ,
' --, a
' Batwaea Tommy Taggart and Jlmsky
Jonea.lta a tossup.
Loud and eonstanl call for men able
and wlUlng to work. ., . ',. J:
, ,. s .;. . . . 1 ;
gomatlmes it cost a whole lot to gat
a little dishonest money. ' . v.
It ia a" good thing that everybody
can't take a vacation. - " : ,. '
' Who oould imagine a more delightful
'good old summer Una . - .
'' ''? -;: ' ': ' '
The standpatters are going te break
their own politloal necks. ,.- . ' ., ;
. , v -
We cad't understand 'why Teddy isn't
preaohlng thes Sundays. . . - "..
The next Republican national . con
vention will b. interesting, . - -.
Th country . owea something ' to
Be re ridge he isn't, lecturing. -:, ,
If you are a standpatter you will
hav to show Mlssaurlana and others.
Those Central Americana have quit
fighting, or ale their rows are not con
sidered worth mentioning. -
.""V ;.. e ', e ;- -
People who can't leave Portland for
a vacation caa thank the Lord tbatPorfcl
Maud Is a fins surarfiSfTeeorntaelf.'"
Perhaps there would be no earth
quake or other dire dlaaster If th next
prealdent of th stat senate war not
a Portland man. .
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU . WAIT.
Good That Men Do.'
' The 8t Louis Post Dispatch prints the
following list of philanthropists who
have contributed to the health, comfort
and pleasure of the people of that city:
Henry Shaw Gave St Louie the mag
nificent garden which bears his nam.
Bryan Mullanphy Established "Mul-
lanphy emigrant fund.".
Ann Mullanphy EatabUshsd Blddle
foundling hospital and gave away large
sums in charity.
John Mullanphy Established Mullan
phy hospital and othsr home and insti
tutions, besides giving much money to
th poor, i '
John CFallon Gave to educational
and charitable Institutions, Including
Washington university. Just previous
to his death hia gifts were estimated at
11,000,000, a great deal of money at that
Urns. . '
Samuel M. Cupples Gavs to Wash
ington university Cupples halls No. 1
and 1, and Cupplea engineering labor
atory. Bxttnslve other gifts and char
ities. -- . .- ...
Adolphus Buach Gave Busoh hall te
Washington unlverelty. , .' . '
Robert 8. Brookings Oav university
hall to Washington university.
Elisabeth J. Liggett Gave Liggett
hall to Washington unlverelty,
N. O. Nelson Gave school and -lis
acres of land to town of Leolalr.
;: Just a , SplaehCv ; --; ;-';:
Jes a little splssh that's all .
When you let a pebble fall
In tha lake. The waters close -An'
In dignified repose -'.',').
.Picture back the hllle an' sun '
Jes' as they hava always done, .
Everything stems aa before;
Jes' a splash; an' nothing more.
.. . Washington Star.
v ' Muck for the Raker. , ; !
A professor of the Swiss dairy school
of Sonntal has compiled statistics of
the ' number of micro-organisms found
In cheese.- His experiments lead to the
ooncluaion that very gram (on thir
tieth part of an ounce) of fresh Emmen
thaler (Swiss) oheee oontalns between
00,000 and W0.000 living germs. After
two month the number haa increased
to 100,000. Cream cheese oontalns a
still larger number of anlmalculaa, a
gram harboring, after three weeks, TS0,-
eoo, rising to s.000,000 after a month
and a v half. These figures apply only
to ths oenter of th cheeae, while doe
; Too' Many Relics.' i ; "
From the London Mall- '
There la little doubt that collectors
aa a whole are getting heartily fired
of the flood of more or less Intimate
relics of famous man that haa filled th
saleroom recently. ..,
Only a few months a so th chair
whloh ' Napoleoa, used during his cap
tivity at St. Helena failed to realise
mora thaa lit; about th earn tlm a
eol lection of Sbskeapearlaa relies was
sold, producing prloes . In every, case
lower than whea they previously ap
peared under ths hammer; and. last
month a coat aatoT to hav been worn
by Napoleon waa only oonsldsred worth
it. ,
As If to emphasise this decline comes
th sals of a remarkable collection of
Weeley relic at Sotheby's rooms re
cently, which sfter falling to produce
a single bid as a whole were sold In 64
lots, producing th meager total of Ills.
Thes relics were th personal property
of ths famous Methodist John Wesley
sad his brother Charlaa, and their au
thenticity was undoubted, but despite
this fact John Wesley's writing-desk
fetched no - mors thaa 111 10a; his
brother's bureau made with difficulty
fll 10s; and for over half a dosea lots
a bid eeuld he obtained all.
HI
V OKEOON SIDELIGHTS.
Beer ripening.
t
Bread eoeotng.
.';-.'-
Finest harvest weather ever. .
Aurora Is proud of Its fine band.
More eoastward travel than ever.
- - . e e
rrti".
cooked.
hop lloe -Tiave "beB properly
; Callfornlaaa hav been fnveatlng eon-
slderably In Merrill, in southern Klam- '
ath county. . . ; ,
. .
'. Newberg Oraphlot Hay therel It is
hay vrywhr throughout th valley
this season and the quality la the very -
best., , --,..' :' - ,' .
-T. ,,-
With three milking maohtnes an man
can milk CO or to- cows In an hour.
That beats th hand-squaenng method,
remarks th Albany Democrat.
Though Hood Rtver'a' strawberry
crop was short this yeari only about '
10.000 crates -the prtoe waa higher than
ever before, so that th aggregate re-
celpts war larger than usual.
The Oregonian aays A. B. Hammond
Is now It years ot age and had ao con
nection with railroads until ho waa 0 "
years of age. He has owned th Cor-
vallls Saatcra ror is year, sine aa
was 41 years of age. aays the Albany
Democrat .
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Woodbura Independent! Xnooareg -
th idea of email treats and ehlokea
and fruit ranohea. Aa we begin to lose -
th trad of th more distant on ao
count of bad and seemingly uamendabl '
road a and motor lines, let us more ,
thickly populate the country that la
closer in. , ... ., .
Th hum of the th resiling machine
oaa be heard around Hubbard, also the
click of the binder, say th Hubbard
oorreapondent of the Woodburn ed-
pendant Th busy harveat season Is on.
Every one is benaing every none ana
alnew to sav the normous crops na
ture haa so bounteously furnished for
mankind to reap and enjoy. -
- Th harvest baa arrived and tt finds
fcanrfa hum.' aars the uervala Star.
UM without SOmSTataT'
or slight aecldenta. Take hd and
don't slid th pltohfork down the elde
of a stack, mow or load, and then slide
down tha same phvoe yourself. Folks
are too busy thee daya to attend fu- .
nereis. :
of tne Common
to th rind famlliea numbering 1.100.000
bacteria may be found In every gram of
cheese,. In about ltt pounds of cream
cheeae, the professor estimate, there
are as many genua as there are human
beings on tha face of the globe. It Is ;
supposed that all or moat of thee mi
crobes are "friendly, on, i ,
' 8trictly Oenn Proof.
The Antlseptio Baby and the Frophy
v laetlo Pup . '
Were playing In the garden wheel th
, Bunny gambolled up;
Thay looked upon th Creature with a
loathing undisguised '
It wasn't Disinfected and it want Star
.. - lllsad. : - i ; ,..
'-. . l.v . v., .- y . .
They said It waa a Microbe and Hotbei
x of Diaease; - y .
They steamed it In a vapor of a thou-
' . sand odd degrees; '
They frose it In a f reeser that waa cold
as Banished Hope, -And
waahed it in permanganate with
v.. earbolatad soap.
Ia sulphuretted hydrogen they
jts wiggiy
They trimmed its frisky whiskers with
' a pair of hard boiled ahearsi - -
iur uuuumj unir ruuuvr mitieng anoi,
tney tooa it by ta hand t
And looted It a member of the Fumi-
- gated band. r .
There's not a Mloroooccus la the gar-
- den where they play; -
Thsy swim In pure iodoform it dosea . .
. times a day; -And
each imblbee hia rations from a
. Hygienlo Cup
Th Buany and th Baby and the Fro
phylaotio Pup., ,
K " Woman's Home Companion.
Light of His Life.
The cigar Plays an Important part la
a Dutch courtship, - Ths young man in
love calls usually at the young woman's
house with his cigar out, and casually,,
asks for a light That la a delicate
hint and if he calls again for a light ,
the parents understand what to ex peat.
A family council la held, and the reply
la prepared. If on his third call the
wooer receives a light but has th door
Immediately closed la his face, he un-'
deratands that he la cold-shouldered.'
If. on th ether hand, his suit is welcome,-after
.reoelving his light h Is '
Invited In, th young woman Is pre- "..
sented to him, and he puffs out his dec-
laratlon through the curls of smoke,
Goldsmith's desk chair, used by hint
when writing "Th Traveler" and "Th
Deserted Village." was another feature
of the sal, but no on oould be found
to advance a higher bid than fit for It
The 8etv
By Ella-Wheeler Wlleo.
Copyright, 1S0S. by W. B. Hearst)
I know alnce ths sea was fashioned,
1 know alnce the first bard spaka, .
That a aalty song has rolled along, -On
ths sar of the world to break.
t know that the great word masters '
Hav voiced its Joy and Its pain
As seagulls fly, their souls roae high.
To sing of th white-capped main. ;
Z know It has al! been uttrd ... .
And nothing is left to me.
Tat never a one, since the world hegusT,
Knows what I know of th sea. -
Ws two have talked together, .",
Aa ao two talked before ; ( " .
I know Its quest and Its wild unrest
.And Its loyal lev for th shore, "
To me It ha told its secrete :
It has listened to my own, .
Oh, God and the sea and I we three,
staew thlngg te the world aJikaowa,
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