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LET US HELP OURSELVES.
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' N PROPORTION to their prora-
" iaea the performances , of Mr.
Harriman and hi subordinate
managers have been alow and few
in Oregon. It ia announced at lait
that work ia actually to be begun .at
once on the Coos Bay road, which
, if true will count for a good deal to
Mr. Harriman' credit,, but there are
other matters in which he is exaa
i. pcratingly alow. Building a railroad
i a big job, but chartering two or
three iteamera ought not to be ao dif
ficult. u '.y ;;. .vv
Many month ago Mr. Schwerin
;wasgoing to add several .ateamers
to . the Portland-San ' Francisco ser
, vice, almost right away. H had the
vessels chartered, or knew where he
could put his hand on them, and was
: going to make that movement di
r rectly. We could almost see " them
teaming along the Pacific, headed
for Portland. But that is the last
that has been heard about it. Hiv
ing a monopoly railroad. between here
and San Francisco, Mr. Harriman was
in no haste about putting on more
' steamers. And if we wait for him we
nay wait many months or even years
7 for the . additional vessels urgently
; " needed On that route. i ," ;
The business men who are agitat
Ing for an independent line, or rather
cne to be operated m connection" with
the Northern Pacific, ara making the
right kind of a move. Mr. Schwerin
L has apparently forgotten all about the
'-, mattery Portland should proclaim a
declaration of independence of Mr.
' Harriman, and form an alliance else
where, unless this need is aupplied at
Once. Patience has ceased to be a
virtue. ' All the commercial interests
' of the city should unite to relieve the
. city from the tyranny to which it has
too long been . subjected in this
' matter.'.' . - ' -;
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THE IOWA IDEA.
HE IOWA TARIFF plank is
careful to declare, and to re
iterate, us trainers' adherence
to "the American system of protec
tion." Duties on foreign imports, it
ays, "should be levied not for rev
enue only, but so as to" and.it runs
through the usual list of alleged bene
fits of jvototjoohenjtjcontfnues:
. ' "Wise and unselfish tariff laws,
maintained in the interest of the gen-
eral welfare, equally opposed to for
eign control and domestic monopoly,
- are essential to our commercial and
Industrial prosperity. - We believe
: that all inequalities in the tariff sched
ules, which inevitably arise from
. changing industrial and commercial
- conditions, should be adjusted from
, time to time; and, condemning with-
: out reserve all assaults upon the pro
tective system, we favor auch reason-
able and timely changea at will keep
the tariff in harmony with our indus
;: trial and commercial progress."
' The Tlowa Idea" is contained in
i c the declaration in favor of "reason
l.' able and timely changes," and in the
' heretical phrase . 'domestic' monop
oly." ,The standpatters objected to
:the phrase "wise-and unselfish tariff
" laws'! as conceding that a tariff law
might be unwise and selfish, and even
. Suggesting or hinting that the p'res
, ent law was so. No good Republican,
Mr." Perkins Insisted, should utter the
faintest whisper of an admission or a
; hint . that the sacred Dingley tariff
law is in any degree unwise or sel
fish,' or tends to create . "domestic
. monopoly," : Yet these expressions
' are very mild and guarded, and eco
nomically no protectionist can reason
ably object .to the statements made.
The "Iowa Idea" is in itself only a
faint tfmld voice, a very, alight, feeble
and innocent little thing, as far as it
could be considered inimical to the
Dingley tariff law; but the mischief in
it, from .the standpatters' point of
-view, is in the veiled nd implied as
sertion it makes that the present tariff
ia unwise and selfish and conducive to
- "dmestk-monopoly" and . this is
tuvly. rendered tba not obvious bjr
the reiterated protest that the party
in Iowa is sorely and solidly in favor
Of protection.
, Well, the "Iowa idea" doen ap
parently amount to much, but it will
grow.- ; '
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NOW ANOTHER CROP.
I
T EEMS but a very short apace
Ol time since snips were carry
ing away to foreign ports the
wheat and flour bfv last year's crop
that was brought from the . upper
coUntry to Portland, and again the
revolving year has brought around
the time -When another crop will soon
be coming in, with which to fill the
ships now on their way for cargoes
of the chief breadstuff of the Cau
casian race. The inland empire is
now in"thevery midst or its harvest,
for. though great trains of wheat will
soon be rolling into Portland, away
up in the Palouse. country and in
northern Idaho the harvest Will not
be finished for several weeks yet. '
A wonderfully interesting study is
this of the wheat, but no one except
that . literary genius, Frank Norris,
who died untimely in his youth, ever
thought of writing in fiction form
its epic, as he did, with marvelous
power and insight, in The Octopus
and The Pit, leaving the third work
of hia contemplated triology unwrit
ten, and never to be written, for there
will not be another Frank Norris.
Old Father Time -pauses not, and
we acarce aee the sails of the last of
one year's grain carriers depart on
the highway of the ocean till we hear
the rumbling of the trains that bring
in another crop. And if we atop to
think of it, what a multitude of peor
pie, from the time it ia planted till it
satisfies . hunger nTTrmillioir honjes
and pubb'c eating placea, are intensely
interested m and dependent upon.7
The wheat' '
NOBODY LIKE ROOSEVELT.
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T fS a fong time, about 22 months,
before the , next national Repub
. lican convention will be held, yet
Various candidates are being earnestly
discussed, and their chance weighed,
as much aa would seem to be timely a
ear hence. - There ia scarcely any
doubt .that if he shall be alive when
the - next Democratic convention
meeta Bryan will be the nominee.
This fact has developed o unexpect
edly-earlyi-so-prematurely-it -might
be said, that the Republicana have
been stirred up to active interest. in
the matter of their candidate, .the
great question with those not candi
date themselves being: , Who can
moat surely beat Bryan? V
It is acknowledged by Repub
licans generallylhar1fryand6ei
not insist on harking back to free
silver at 16 to 1, which he acknowl
edges liimself is a "dead horse," he
will be a formidable candidate, one
difficult to beat, and there are many
Republicana who believe that there Is
only one man of their party who can
beat him, and this man haa repeatedly
declared that be would not be a can
didate. If Roosevelt adheres to this
determination, in spite of all the pres
sure that may be brought to bear
upon him, the next question is:" Who
is most like him? For the Repub
lican would need a man of Rooie
veltian characteristics to beat Bryan.
The trouble is that there is no one at
all "like" himrthouglr-Taftprobably
comes nearer than any of them to
filling the bill , -
' Uncle Joe Cannon may show up
strong in the convention, but he and
Fairbanka are likely to kill each
other off; Root is a very able man,
but a corporation lawyer; where i
the man like Roosevelt with ' whom
to beat Bryan?
. Immediately after the czar an
nounced that he would take a trip
after his hard and confining work,
the price of bombs went to a point
at which it is impossible for the un
fortunate poor of Russia to buy more
than a mere handful. : Therefore, the
demonstration along the little fath
er's path will not be as loud a usual.
Great Britain heaves a great sigh
of relief. The charges of graft in
connection with the war in South
Africa have been entirely disproved
and with flying colors the officers
emerge from the muckery. They
have proved that they are merely in
competent. ,
7 Fifteen prisoner who tried to dig
out of the- county jail "have been
feasting free on bread and water, and
intruding on. the wonder as to how
they enjoy this light summer diet is
the question: , Will Sheriff Stevens
charge the county $3 a week for it? -
Now that the ' Russian peasants
have ceased tearing each y other to
shreds we may look for further, out
rages on the Jews. ' v -
. The eastern papers are making a
great to do because of tbc fact that
-..-.J . . tit. I pruiiMign, ana mnm oaa writ
canned tpngu caused 20 (eop.lt to bJ.0B, aioauent nast aa tbl M-Uxfil.
Wkat Is Portlancl fl G rcatest Need?
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TELL JOURNAL READERS
rWHAT WOULD IMPROVE ROSE CITY.
Better Streeta: R. E. Menefee.i
A 15-foot channel to tba ocean," aaya
R. XL Manafaa. But that la a ne4 of
tha whola Orag-on country. Locally our
a-rwaai naea la better atraeta. Tha oltr
council haa ahown a dlapoaltlon to push
aireor improvements, and thara la mora
wora under way than thara aver waa.
"An important feature In the Inv
provament of the atraeta la crushed
roc"i.S.n.,l - thettt-owtff 'wn-taH
quarry and roca cruahlnf- apparatua.
Immediate atrpa to brlna about this
ownership ahould .be .taken. . The
cruahed 'rook supply Is ' controlled . b.v
three or four firms, and ao much work
Is being done that there Is practically a
erushed rock famine. '
"Either tha aupply Is belna limited bv
the-peopler- who control the few rock
crushlns plants In order' to h61d ud tha
prices; or their capacity- Is not sufficient
to meet tha present demands. - At any
rate much needed repairs are delayed In
many cases for want of cruahed rock. .
"The council, In its dealre to improve
streets, has Initiated Improvements by
resolution without waltlnc for petitions
from the people or a certain district to
have a atreet Improved, and there has
been very little objection to this
method. While tha council has mani
fested . a decided earcrness for better
streets, - tha same ' spirit of progress
seems to Invade tha people and the ab
sence .of remonstrances is remarkable
eonslderlnv the miles and miles of Im
provements taken up during last year.
All tha atreeta in tha bualneaa dis
trict In need of repair have been marked
for Improvement, and the areafest need
wlll.be on suburban atreeta. The work
on these will be taken up aa rapidly a
possible.
"It will be neceaaary by next year to
enlarce tha street cleaning department
and Install new and mora modern ap-,
sent to the Bellevue hospital in one
week. WhylTlhe uncahned " product
is responsible for more trouble than
that every day.
The Pittsburg millionaires are grad
ually tapering off in their offenses
against the criminal laws.' , The last
of the degenerates to get into the pa
pers is merely 1 forger.
The statement that -Piatt and De-
pew win resign , arouses nearly as
much interest as that other one which
saya that thi is positively Parti's fare
well tour.
Mr. Gompers will probably be
throwing away hia ammunition in
fighting Littlefield and Cannon. He
had better go where he has a fighting
chance. -I-.
In the Wells-Fargo company Har
riman reigns supreme, without any
interference or opposition on the part
of Jim Hill.;
' The government is going to buy
and coin a lot of silver, but this is aio
indicationjthatjree jilver at 16 to-1
is coming.
Bride Forgot
A lapse of memory caused much un-
klnnlnu. to In liwln, haarta In HTM.
mlngton, Delaware. It may have seemed
to them to have been a slight oversight.
but when Howard 8. Amey and Emma
May Urban appeared before tha Rev.
George L Wolfe and aaked him to
marry them they were forced to admit
that they had omitted to secure parental
permission.
This little formality ahould have bean
gone through in the light of the young
lady's age, she coyly confessing to only
17 short, sweet summers. It was the
law's attitude upon this point which
caused the minister to decline the honor
of making them man - and - wife - and
which also caused him to lose a fee.
Tha couple, happy In anticipation, ac
companied by another young maa and
woman,, came from Philadelphia and
Srocured a license ' at the office of
laaistrate Broman. They then pro
ceeded to the Rev. Mr. Wolfe's home, at
1111 Market street.
Mr Wolfe asked the candidates their
agea. - Mlas Urban frankly stated that
she wae but 17. The parson then ra
fuaed to perform the ceremony, but left
nvlnr aha would get the consent of
her mother and return in a few daya to
be wedded. -
Lehr Objected. .,
rrom the New Tort Times.
Hnnrr Bvmea Lehr and a newspaper
photographer figured prominently In a
scuffle yesteraay on xwtu
in front of the Newport Casino. The
photographer attempted to take a snap
shot photograph of Mrs. Btuyveaant
Fish and Mr. Lehr aa they alighted from
Mrs. Fish's carriage, but was prevented
by Chief of Police Crowley. wh stepped
between tha camera and Mrs. Fish Just
In time. . ,; . & " '.
u. ij,hr waa coming out of a Jewelry
store, and the photographer Succeeded
In snapping a photograph. Mr. Lehr,
greatly enraged, rushed up to the pho
tographer and dragged him Into the
store, but after a moment's considera
tion realised that he had committed a
technical assault.
Ha returned the camera, which he had
wrested from the photograpner, ana
paid him tit for tha plate containing
tha nea-atlve. thus closing the Incident
so tar aa the photographer waa concerned.'-
. ' Irish Woman Honored.
His majesty never loses an oppor
tunity of showing respect and gratitude
to the nursing profession, and tha thou
sands of devoted 'and selflsh English-,
women who belong to this most femi
nine of - profesalona are honored In the
person Of Miss Edith McCaul, who has
been appointed "vtaltor" to the kings
new sanatorium. Mlas MACeul was one
of ths four nurses who bore the heat
and strain of the day during tha long,
weary efforts msde by Sir Redvers
Buller to relieve Ladysmlth, and aha
was the first woman to enter the town
after. .the relief. Recently shs visited
Japan In . order to see how our eastern
allies nurse thslr wounded, and to her
energy and Initiative was owing the
Inception of the Union Jack olub, Mlas
McCaul, who ia an Irish woman, hopes
to see nursing raised -to the statu f a
real prof easlon. and she haa written
r; .: V
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Nil
r
R. E. Menefee."
paratua In order to keen all the atreeta
of the city cleaned propirly. '
"We have a magnificent chain of
boulevards from Vanoouver avenue to
St. Johns and back along tha bank of
ths river. Theae are controlled by the
county, but with comparatively small
expense they could be made the grand-
eat driveway on tha eoaat, and the city
should take Immediate atepa to im
prove the boulevards and put them la
tha best possible condition.'' .
Letters
' WataJoom Question.
Portland. Aug. . To the Editor of
The Journal I have noted several
artlclea In. the Portland papers calling
In question the Justice of -the local
option law In Its provisions for the call
ing of elections, In that the temperance
people might vote each year to put the
saloon out. but the liquor , men might
not call a vote for two years to bring
the aaloon back. Thla charge has
seemed to me so manifestly Illogical
that . I have expected ' each day to see,
from tha pen of some temperance man,
a clear-cut anawer. Such aaaerttona ara
ao mlachlevoua' In their character, for
some people take their oplnlona aa they
buy their clothing ready-made that I
have ventured to send this communica
tion. .
No less an authority than a supreme
court Judge haa said that no man has
an inherent right to deal In intoxicating
drinks.' The license law in Itself is a
recognition of this truth.
The people are under no possible ob
ligation to grant any place to the bual
neaa, but hitherto have elected through
the greater part of tha state la -grant
the privilege (always a privilege; 'never
a right) under restrictions.
In these later days, presumably be
cause they consider it safer for ' the
commonwealth, they have elected to in
crease these restrictions. ' The saloon'
keepers naturally were not pleased and
have appealed to tne people for greater
privileges under the local option law.
The people have unequivocally answered
them at the polls, and now we have
this hu and-ery of tnjustiee, which"!
am amaaed to learn la seconded by some
who are not interested in the liquor
business.
If the people have twice spoken, giv
ing to the saloonkeeper the privilege of
appealing every two years from tha de
cision of a county or municipality, while
reserving to themselves the right to put
an unwelcome business out after . one
year, who shall be so illogical aa to say
that they tha people are unJuatT Ia
this statement I am not considering the
question of morals, but abstract Justice,
As well could the saloonkeeper argue
that because legal recognition haa mads
hia bualneaa a legitimate one. he
should be bound by only such restric
tions aa are applied to other business.
To this, the clear-headed citlsen will an
awer that the saloonkeeper should ac
cept with due thanks any privilege ao
corded him, but that ao far aa restric
tions touching his business are con
cerned, the people have a right to throw
auch safeguards around tha aaloon aa
they deem needful. -.
Falsa swearing, buying of votes, col
onising voters and the us of Intoxicants
are methods that do not commend
themselves to the conscience ef the re
former, but methods through which he
haa often seen his cause defeated. - If
then the good men of Oregon have de
cided that they will not put the peace of
their homes in Jeopardy by granting a
privilege to the saloonkeeper to call a
vote leas often than each two years, all
eredlt to them. If they have elected to
reserve to themselves the right to call
vote to Insure safety to their home
each year, it la unquestionably 'their
light to do that. The saloona ahould be
duly grateful for the grace granted tham,
for they are likely to have leas. .
' " APA WALLACE UNRUH.
8amuel Sloan's Age. .-
From the Nsw Tork World.
With Russell Sage lying dead at hia
summer home a few daya aao. tha
thoughts of many psople turned to the
financier's old associate in the street"
Jay Qould and Samuel Sloan. Oouldl
waa youngest or in trio By Z0 yeara.
He died at if. Mr; Sloan Uvea etilL an
alert, active man at SS, wise enough to
follow the oounsel of family and friends
and withdraw from the money whirl. -
-Kusseii sag was my beat friend."
aaya this' veteran of finance. ' The two
men had In common a Arm belief la
hard work. 'It keepa a man from wear
ing out," Mr. Sloan declares. But they
parted company on vital points. Mr.
Sags scorned the vaoatlon idea. To him
respite from labor waa waste of time.
To his living friend the vacation appeals
aa necessary. "The thing for a man to
do when he feels he must have a little
stimulant is to rest." And "a little
round of what la commonly known aa
fun doean't hurt . any . maa In aood
health." -
Children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren surround Mr. Sloan and
his white-haired wife In their happy old
age. The gospel of "plenty of sleep
good food and no worry" la Impressively
Illustrated by thle family group.
. For tha. Tim Being. ..
She had been doing something naugh
ty and her mother had aent her oft to
bed a little earlier than usual and told
her she would punish hsr for It In the
morning. The child knelt down to aay
her prayers, and added thla:
"Flea a a, Ood. won't you take mamma
up to heaven, not for altogether, but
Jual tat lBOfixra.wn
A" 1 Little Nonsense
'.Jill: Shy of "Dupe Cake.'
. From the San Francisco Chronicle.
A 'good atory la tpid on Profsssor
Oraorl, the Japanese, expert of seis
mology, who waa In thla atate for some
time examining phenomena. Although
Omorl la a native of Japan, he apeake
English, and whan he does he speaks
most correctly. -Omorl was dining with
on of bis friends one evening and there
was a negro la attendance, who, despite
his evident willingness and good humor,
was a candidate for rlgher education;
Tha order waa given by Omort's com
rade, and when the smiling waiter came
to the professor, In order to avoid de
lay, he said:.
"Duplicate that for m." ;
The waiter acratched hia- head.' and
then said, "Yeses h, yeaeah."' and went
OUt. -v v
Soon he returned with pa Order.
"Wher la the other order r' . was
aaked. v.
Again the waiter thought; "I done
tried to get some of that, dupe cake.
and i guess the cook mus- be out or It.
Omorl ordered again.
. Too Short for Romeo.
"It la a great mlafortune to a serious
actor to be short." ssld Jamea K.
Hackett "A short man must hav a
shorter- leading lady, or If he waives
that privilege, Jie must, in his scenes
with her, see to It that, when the pair
draw near one another, ah site or leans
en a table, or kneels on an ottoman.
while he stands vsrv erect In, his high
heeled shoes, thus creating the Illusion
tnst he is rather tall.
"But. with all that, a short actor. Is
always at a disadvantage.
"I onca knew an excellent traaedian
of I feet four who dared to play Romeo
witn a Juliet or S reet.
'In a western town one night Romeo,
as usual, alghed:
"I would I were a glove upon that
hand.'
'A shrill voice called from the gal
lery: . i
" 'Te wouldn t flt, Ter too small.'
Pugsling Abbreviation.
On ona of hia early concert toure of
the west, before th famoua violinist
Eduard Remenyl was thoroughly - fa
miliar with - th railway routea of the
United Statea, he Inquired In Chicago
concerning . thebestwyloreach.a
town in Illinois. '
"C B. A Q ," replied the hotel clerk.
without looking up.
Remenyi vu quit dased. but his
aenss .of fun carried htm through.
An, he said, gravely. "Then I win
go D. A. T..7
It waa th clerk a turn to be pussled.
"Whit dnaa that nunr' - ha aairf.
looklng up this time.' .
"Well, what did you meanr' demanded
Remenyi. . i -. ,
"Chicago, Burlington Qulney, of
eourae."
"Ah! I meant day after tomorrow.".
Effect of Vacation. .
Governor Pardee of California tells
abou a man who had Just returned
from a month's vacation.. This man got
out of th train with hia bags and
valises, and with sxpanded cheat trudged
homeward through tha hot city, pleas
antly conscious that he looked as brown
ss a berry, aa hard aa nails In ths pink
of condition sfter hia long month In
th sun snd wind. .
"Suddenly he mat a friend. This
friend shook him by th hand, peered
hard In hia face and aald anxiously:
" "Hello! Going out of town for a few
days, I suppose from your luggageT
well, i n glad to see tt, ror, oeorge, you
need a Chang. Ton certainly do look
tuckered out.'"
i. i ,..., -fjjt Happy Ending. . .
- By Wex ' Jones.
I. - Smith's Nov!.
Paul Woolneck paused beside th safe.
Should, he or should he net? .
Heavy bills were due on th morrow,
and his creditors would no longer be
satisfied with promisee. His young wife
needed a new hat. Ah, he would take
the -money for Msggte's saksl
Next day Paul was at horns. All the
bills, even the loaraan'a, had been paid.
Maggie had a new hat a beauty.
There1 was a knock at the outer door.
"Th officers of th law!" cried Paul.
They v missed ths fSM.000 I took."
Drawing a gun from his pocket ths
wretched man pressed the mussle te
his temple and pressed th trigger.
Paul bad evaded the officers of the
law. r" " ;
II. Letter from Scribblers at Co. to Smith.
Tour novel, "Paul's Atonement,"
plesses us very much, but ws could not
publish It unless the ending were
changed. Th pubHe-demands-hspplnes
In chunks on the last page. Further,
we suggest that a livelier style would In
crease the sale.
' III.': Smith's Novel, Amended.
. "Is it safer'- aald Paul Woolneck.
It was a eafei-
The coin was there.
Should he or should he nltT -
He had hot-aired his creditors te a
far-you-rell, and they wanted the real
goods. HIb wife waa out of the glad
togs. I
Tea; he would grab the dough for Mag.
He knew he needn't go home if bat had
no money. -.
Next day Paul waa at home. A re
volver was in his hand. i
There was a knock at the door.
"Every knock s a boost" said Paul.
pressing the mussle of the gun to his
sar and pulling It. "
Tbn he changed and pulled, the trig
ger. :
The gun exploded.
But etayl : ':, "
The bullet missed Paul and shattered
an old vase on the mantelpiece.
There was the long-lost will!
Tha ' knocking, continued at th door.
Half dased, Paul admitted ths visitors.
It waa th president of his company.
"Tou a tola our SMO.OOO," he Bald.
Paul bowed his hsad. ,
"Bully!'! said the president "You're
th goods. Henceforth you're vice-presi
dent of the . trust.''
And Msggie sighed . happily . as she
tried on her new .,hat
Oermnn Stndentt. :
A remarkable Inersaaa In the number
Of students attending the 11 universities
of Germany is reported by the Journal
of Education. The matriculated atudents
now number 41.S00, an increase of 11,171
over th attendance of 10 yeara ago, or
nearly SO per cent The University of
Berlin leads, with S.SS1 students; Bonn
hss J.SOS, and Heidelberg 1,441. The
faculty of law la the best attended, hav.
Ing Increased from 4.S7S to 11.11 in the
decade. One of the most remarkable
facts attendant on thla great progress
Is the rapid, continuous decrease In the
students of protsstant theology. . Within
th last 19 years thee hsv diminished
from 4.147 to I.1H, while the students
In Catholic theology have Increased from
1,07 te l.lt. ,
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'Help, help, help! Is the cry through
out Klamath county, nays the Klamath
Republican Same In other parts of
Oregon, . - ; ,
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
cf TIMELY TOPICS
8MALL CHANGS.
Bristol did It without Heney In the
isst esse. '
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Don't get scared before you are hurt
nor auerwara,
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. What will th harvest be 7 is sver an
interesting question.
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' . "Roosevelt, or defeat." are predicting
era epwotMHM papsja. ,.,
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Teddy and Billy both remarkably
quiet as 10 m(f tongues.. . ,
The less you' scold snd fret. "
The betteryou'll feel.j you ,bet,
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We can't reasonably oMect to Bryan
hobnobbing with ' royalty. Isn't he
dettot ' : . . . - '
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Teddy '.broke some' of the system . of
numerous endless ,. chains of. rascally
grail anyway,., - ...i. .
And so this year will also pass with'
out that Alaska steamship Una. , Guess
we are ratner slow.
Everybody connected wfth th Panama
canal is taking a, vacation for th aum-
mer on pay, of course.
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No allusion to" Bryan In any speech
would be complete' or fitting unless hs
waa described as ths "peerless leadsr."
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. If one could be a fin fish, and know
aa much about anglers as he does now.
what a lot of fun h could have with
thenv . v
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Bryan may not believe In free silver
at l to 1 aa much aa ha did In list,
but ha ia the same old f rse silver
tongued Bryan. .
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If Secretary Hitchcock" Ts-tn his dot
age, what a scattering or rathera
gathering-Into pens he would hav
made If he had been In his prime. . ,
e e .
Th threshing'-machines In eastern
Oregon hav begun to burn up or blow
up, as mey jio every summer. Fin ror
th Implement dealers and manufact.
urera. . . . . . . '
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"Hav a drink on me and foraet it"
remarked a New York inan to another
to whom he owed tn.OOO. But the cred
itor tens th court that' on drink
wouldn't Inake him forget It
. e e , . . ' -Dr.
Knopf advlaea -tufeereuloels pa
tients, among other things; to "rest
rest reft." We would almost be willing
to nave a little bit of tuberculoala our-
aelves If surs that we could follow this
advice. . r
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That was a Strang thing In the dis
patches yesterday a dlapatch. from
Oyster Bay and not a word about Teddy
in it But aa It waa about a woman j
sitting 'on a pier that the authorities
were aemousning. : and who wouldn't,
budgs, it was i mora Interesting than
newa of what waa had for luncheon on
sagamore hill. - 1 ' i
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT.
Gammel Oat, s New Dlah.
From th Nsw York Press. "
Th nswest dish is gammel oat It
looka like cheese, only it Is a rich.
mahogany brown. It spreads eaatly.
like butter, and,, haa a dellcloua taste,
new ana strange, a mue use una rr
mesan cheese, a little like anchovy
caate.
"It will make a hit won't Itf aaked
ths importing grocer, aa he showed it
to the woman customsr. "I discovered
It In Norway, I am going te sell it at
11.78 a pound.
."Gammel est," hs went on "la the
chief dish of the Norwegian peasant
It la made of goata' milk, herba and
augar, and tt Is ripened two or three
yeara. Yellow at first It turns brown
with axe. -"
" "It Is cheap In Norway, ridiculously
cheap. ' I have Imported a ton or it
and half a dosen of the best hotels have
taken It up. Some day It will be aa well
known aa caviar."
Personal Intelligences
A. IX Pratt in Puck. .
When Owen Wlstsr is very, warm he
perspires.. .
Ella Wheeier wucox spends tne Bum
mer either at. home or abroad.
In writing Lincoln Steffens uses a
pen, pencil or typewriter. He flnda a
rake' unwleldly, ;...-
Richard Harding Davis dislikes ex
ceedingly to see his book referred to
as "utter rot."
Marie Corelll writes only whsn wide
awake. She uses hsr right hand and
bresthss regularly.
When Hall Calne Is sngaged in writ
ing a novel be always works either
In the morning, afternoon or at night.
Mr. Cain says hs can do hia best work
only at these times. .
Diaaatiaflcd Man. '
Franx V. Corr In Chicago Record-Herald.
. At 10, man saya there's no Joy
' To equal that of barefoot boy; v
At 40. he thinks all tha fun
Of Ufa la plucked at tl.
. At SO, while he smokes his ptps, "
Msn ssys at 10 Joy's Just ripe.
," If at 100 he'a alive
' He snvles youths of II, , ,
k" ' Tha Downs. . I
There Is an Interesting Item In Notes
and . Queries about th Russian wold
Striking Clocks and Billiard.
The salesman in the Jewelry store waa
talking of the merits of the varloue wall
clocks to a patron and finally pointed
out one aa a great bargain. "Not for
me," Interrupted the customer; "that
clock strike and I wouldn't hav It as
a gift' . "You're different from the
usual run of . purchasers; thsy prsfsr
striking clocks," commsntsd the sales-
man.
"Tss, but thsy don't ksep poolrooms,''
explained the customer. "I went the
clock for my establishment and a strik
ing clock would lose me money... Pool
and billiards are fascinating gamaa and
players gat ao absorbed they forget all
about Jlme, which they wouldn't do If
there waa a clock atrtklng regularly.
A clock atrtklng every hour In my place
would make a big hols In the receipts,
and I gusss a clock that struck halt
hours would put me out of business.
No. air, you don't find a wise poolroom
keeper banging a striking clock la bis
place. . ,,-. 1 ,, J, -
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OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Business, of Dayton creamery Increaa-
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- Joseph la to have a nsw cooperative .
cresmsry. , r-
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Hay offered at $150 a ton In parte of
Yamhill county. '. ' ' i,
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' Several swarms of bees have settled
nCrvallle chimneys
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Boms of th dry towns' don't- know
what to do for revenue, v.v - ,
Eleven men are candidates for Janitor
Of. the Benton-county, courthouse. : '
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In a few years lota of English walnuts
will, be raised In the Willamette valley..
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Milton will have an electric, railroad,
but would grant no aiduslve franchisee.
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Farm land near Dayton Is worth n
an acre; a few miles distant about SflO.
' :." "
Junctlo'n City will have a ts.000 tee
plant, that will aupply horn consump
tion and some outside points. . ,
Mr. Flock of Prairie City lost his saw- .
mill and a lot of lumber. Considering
his name, perhaps hs would hav been
luckier In ths sheep business..
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If the Hesslsn fly drives Willamette
valley farmers Into dairying and othsr
sorts of farm production, tt will perhaps
not have been an unmixed evil. .
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A' men csms 'all th Way from Iowa
bringing his family and 4 neighbor's
family, to take a hunting trip to th
Yachats -seglen, having been there sev
eral yeara ago. ,
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Seaside Is wide open on ' Sunday,
rery atore, aaloon and - alt-kinds-of
business keen open. .The wives of th
men church members go to church.
saya th Astoria Herald. .
On account of th tewn going dry and
verythlng going to th dogs an Albany
man who paid ll.OQO for a pleoe of
property Is willing to sacrifice it at
11,600, says the Democrat ,
s . a . .- - ; .
A piece of a Corvallla plum tree limb
four feet long contained 150 well-developed,
luscious peach plume, nearly a
quarter of a bushel, and weighing 14
pounds, vouches th Times. v
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A Eugene man, sold S4I worth of
cherries from two seres of trees. Th
cost-of picking waa tits. Isavtng him a
profit of I71Z. or fist an acre. A neat
Income of 170 a month from two acres.
North PoWder offers many Induce
ments to men looking for a field . of
activity. It la a growing town with a
live, energetlo class of clttsens. .Th
volume of business tranaacted hare Is
larger than in any other town of equal
sis la eastern Oregon, claims the News.
of tne Common
"douma." Ths word seems to hav been
borrowed by Russia from her Scandi
navian neighbors. "Domr" la an Impor
tant term in Iceland law. meaning a
court of Juatlce the body of Judgea.
In thla aens It cam Into us In Rus
sia; hence th douma ia an assembly
of councilors met to pronounce doom
or Judgment .
J Attract of Fact
ted persona cannot vote In
Norway.
A pair of shoes can be made by ma
chinery In II minutes'. ,
Ths Calcutta police are required to
catch shsrks In the Hooghly In their
spare time. ,
The egg-eating championship belongs
to Ohio. Th champion, a Daytonlan,
ate tl egga In nine minutes.
Life Insuranc was Invented by Pas
cal, whoas "theory of probabilities" and
"law of avsrsgea" stilt govern the busi
ness. .
Tjie highest recorded temperature,
ana of 1,000 -degrees, Is nbtalned.also.
trlcally. Thla heat Is required to melt
oxide of uranium."
Waah Your Green Coffee. : 1
From the National Magasln. :
How many housswlvss ses to it tht
the green coffee purchased from the
grocer is carefully washsd before being
roasted T I havs known many otherwlaa
careful houaekeepers to empty the cof.
fee from the parcel In which It waa
brought Into the pan for roasting, never
thinking that they are doing an unclean
thing. . -
Coffee Is often dyed to give it a bet-'
ter color, and aald from this there Is
auch a quantity of real dirt upon It
that It realty astonishes psople who
never waahed it. Wash your coffee.
; Are You a Millionsira? -
' From the Pittsburg Gasette.
You may be a millionaire and yet not'
be aware of th fart '-
A "dollar" millionaire la worth that
number of Blmoloons.
A "cent" millionaire Is th possessor .
of tio.oeo. - r-'
A "mill" millionaire Is worth Just
11.000. . .. . .
But to whst class 'do 1 you belongl
Aha, we thought bo. v..'
Your millions, like our own, can only
be figured In Chinese money. .......
. Tgver Too Old.
Dr. T. C Allbutf, teglus professor of
physics at Cambridge university, re
cently gave , out the dictum': that the
law ought to forbid any man to begin
playing the game before he Is II yeara
old. until which time he Is capable et
mare vlgoroua 1 athletics. Dr. Allbutt
left It to be Inferred that golf should be
regarded only aa a kind of last resort
for those totterlpg down hill toward
senility.
Tha pressntatton of the gdlf problem
In this form lad to Inquiries among the
beat-known exponents and amatsura of
Britlah athletic games. As a result th
following table was completed: Cricket
ahould be abandoned at SO years: foot
ball. 10; hockey, II; lawn tennis, by
women, 41, and by men, SO; rowing, so.
Ths ag for quitting eycllngwas -not
definitely fixed. t.
According to th table, golf should be
plsysd while life lasts, hut ahould not
b begun too young. Scotland's lr sport
curling, alone takss no regard for time,
but looks forward to teraitg
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