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. . . SAIX.X AND SUNDAY.
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, -Work Is not' man's punish
ment. It Is hie reward and
his strength, his glory and
his plsasnrs' Gsorge Sand.
I NOT PRIVATE PROPERTY.
. frrjHZ TIME has passed when the
, I theory could be maintained
, . that railroads are purely .pri
vate or corporate property, the seme
a a sawmill, with which the owners,
; acting through the officers, could In
. .respect, of rates, do Just as they
pleased. , Yet some ' railroad presi-
; dents and attorneys ding in practice
. to that idea'stiU. Under the new rate
regulation law they may receive fur
ther enlightment In regard to the peo
ple's right to a potent if not a coo-
: trolling voice in this matter.
Mc James J. Hill Is one of the
roost, .enterprising and - popular of
railroad magnates, but ; he operates
his roads on' this purely prirate prop
erty theory, thus: So as to create
over and aboTe operating expenses
and payment of 7 per cent dividends,
a surplus that is used to mske exten
sions of the system and improve
ment. .' When the surplus thus usedJ
has aggregated $25,000,000, a block of
stock is issued end sold, not on the
open market at current prices, but to
shareholders at par in proportion to
their holdings. The proceeds reim
burse the surplus fund.' which thus
becomes an endless chain, convert-
rg surplus profits, into capitalisation.
Thus the public is making his roads
more t valuable . by many r millions
: yearly, besides paying operating ex
penses, fixed charges and a reason
able rate' of interest The United
States supreme court, in a case from
Nebraska, recently defined the limit
of charge to be that which would af
ford a reasonable return upon the ac
tual value of the road, after paying
operating expenses and fixed charges
not the creation of a surplus fund
r improvements and extensions.
Under this decision the . interstate
commerce commission must find that
' rates thst produce a surplus are , too
high. , And it utterly precludes finan
cial management bssed upon the
theory , that railroads are purely pri
vate property.'
NO SEASON IN A MOB.
A MOB bent on lynching is
- often liable to make mis
take either in the identity of
the victim or, mora probably, the
fact as to his guilt A mob is insane;
it has do reason; it wants to lynch
some one, and it is not very partic
ular, when its blood is hot whether
, It is the right msn, or if sure of the
msn it wants his life whether-he is
really guilty, or not '
... An instance of this occurred re
cently in Dallas, the county seat of
Polk county, ordinsrily a quiet, or
' derly. community, a small, well-behaved
city in a strictly agricultural
: region, where one would have sup-
posed a mob of lynchers could not be
brought together Yet a large num
ber of men though few or none, we
hope, of the better snd more respon
sible class of citizens gathered
. around, the justice's office intent on
. lynching a locsJhattorney, snd were
only restrained, according to accounts
in, the local pspers, by the very est
nest and eloquent pleading of the
,' sheriff.'' who promised to induce the
intended victim to leave the town
' immediately,' which he did, and so
probably "saved his life.
" And the accused -man was not
guilty ai all. This had been already
conclusively established before the
mob gathered to wreak its-vengeance.
He had been accused of an ssssult at
a certain time on a little girt, but
proved by undoubted testimony thst
I the accusation was totally false,' yet
these men wanted to take him out
and hang him, and to save his life he
hsd to lesve home and that vicinity
in the night The man being inno
cent this was aa outrage upon him,
but perhspi In view of the fact that
he was not lynched he is satisfied.
The public will applaud the action
of. the Indiana judge who discharged
a man who had been arrested' for
. stealing
food foe
bushels of wheat for
hit wife ba4 U staxvsd
children. But what sort f a com
munity is it thst would allow a fam
ily to tome to such a psssf And
why couldn't this msn find employ-
ment st such a time as this?
THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD.
UTOISTS and travelers by
other vehicles., as well as
pedestrians, will . be inter
ested in a. recent .decision by the
British court of sppeals in' a "rule
of the road" cafe, inasmuch as it is
likely to be followed in this country.
An-autoiefr had- run down-end -Itilled
a cyclist, near railway tracks, and the
trial jury and lower court awarded
the victim's widow substantial tjem
ages. The defense was contributory
negligence, ; but there was evidence
thst the cyclist hsd paused to "look
and listen,'" though for trains rather
than for the auto. The-court of ap
peals sustained the verdict, the lord
chancellor ssying: .- "When people
sre driving motor cars or other ve
hicles on a public highway they hsvs
a duty to remember thst desf persons,
snd blind persons, and nervous persons,'-
and children; and decrepit old
persons are just as much entitled to
use the public highway as they are.
And if anybody thinks proper so to
drive that there is a chance of serious
consequences from a mistake .of judg
ment or a miscalculation on the part
of the driver, and those consequences
are not averted, he will have to pay
for it in damages." " .'
Thst is, the burden of care, if we
msy'cbin a phrase, is on the motorist
Everybody else is not obliged to
jump aside and . scurry for safety.
The sutoiits have a right to the high
ways,, of course; but so, too, they
must remember, hsve the cyclists, the
farmers' teams, the pedestrians, even
the deaf, the blind, the crippled and
the children. Therefore m their use
of the highways it behooves the auto-
ists to exercise due ear. ?
MINNESOTA AND OREGON, j
HE St Paul Pioneer Press hav
ing criticised the farmers of
Minnesota for being content
to raise 14 bushels of wheat or less
per acre', when by pursuing' certain
methods they might raise more, a
farmer responds thus: ' "We have so
many things to fight against Thus,
if our Isnd is too wet in the fall when
we plow it spoils our prospects for a
fcrop. if snow and frost lay, too long
we can't plant in time; agai'n.our out
look Is spoiled. Then it is blown out
with wind; insects take it also blight
This year grain is lodged; last year
spoiled with best;' year before with
black rust etc. Won't you plesse tell
us how to raise 14 bushels per acre
snd be sure of itf
Think of thstl Resd over the list
of obstacles a Minnesota wheat
grower has to contend with, no
tice his plea for advice as to how
to raise 14 bushels an acre surely,
think of the severe climste, and then
if you are an Oregon whest grower
don't grumble if the crop is short in
spots some years.
Turn from the doleful picture of
this Minnesota' farmer to this item in
the Athena Press:. "Within a radius
of several miles on esch side of
Athena the average yield that falls
below 35 bushela is found an excep
tion. The bulk of the acresge here
a bouts is going 40 bushels and over.
In numerous instances the 50-bushel
mark has been touched, and leaping
over that has bounded up to 60
bushels an acre."
And this hsppens every yesr in that
region, notwithstanding annual pre
dictions of failure. We admit that
not 'all sections of the wheat produc
ing ares of Oregon turn off such
yields, but nowhere would anybody
plant wheat here with an expectation
of harvesting only 14 bushels an acre;
and then the difference in climate,
and in opportunities for diversified
farming here,' are worth a good deal
a year. J he Minnesota , farmer
would better sell out and come to
Oregon. -
" Why should not Oregonisns jelp
out the prune growera by eating
more prunes? Increase of consump
tion would raise the price. Prunes
sre a homely sort of fruit, but they J
are nutritious, healthful, and palat
able, when properly cooked and
sweetened pleasantly to the taate. It
is strange that there is not a greater
consumption of so excellent a fruit
Another boy is desd or dying as
the result of boys being allowed to
csrry snd "fool" with revolvers. A
youth in his teens has no business
with a gun of sny kind, and as long
as boys are permitted-to have' re
volvers a continuous repetition of
such sad accidents msy be expected.
Mr. Bryan's strength grows stesd
ily. Colonel J. Hamilton Lewis con
siders his suggestsd nortinstion a
"combustible move," and declares
that he will not support the Ne
bcaakaa. X . "combustible novT!
What Is PoritlancTa Greatest NccJ?
MEMBERS OF HTY POTTNrTTi
WHAT WOULD IMPROVE ROSE CITY.
Underground Wires: Thomas Gray.
- "One of the moat ursent needs of
the city Is the Inauguration of some
plan whereby the aumerous electric
wires may be placed under the streets,1
said Thomas Gray.
"The .pole mar the beauty of our
olty and the wlree are a frequant cause
of conriaaraUon and a menace to life
and property. J am awara that placlna
underground the wire of all the tele
graph, telephone and electrlo light com
panies would result in the oohetant dis
turbance of the streets, and I am also
awara that such disturbances have been
too frequent In the past -'
"I have, therefore, come ta the eon-
elusion that the only solution of the
problem is the construction, by the elty,
in the bualneae dlatrlot. of one conduit
in each street, which should be of suffi
cient dimensions to v contain all the
wlree and also all pipes necessary or
municipal needs. This conduit should.
if possible, be placed ever the sewers
so that access to it would be easy. Thts
would entail an enormous expense, and
I should favor the submission of the
project to the voters at the next elec
tion, when authority could be asked to
issue bonds Tor payment.
'This oould be accomplished aradu-
ally; for Instance, only one street each
year. As soon as TO blocks sre com
pleted, then all wires and pipes should
be ordered placed in the conduit and a
sufficient rental should be charged the
companies to pay Interest on the bonds
and ' provide . the . necessary . sinking
fund.-. .
...
Nooks and Corners of History
JACOB
: By Rev. 'Thomas B. Gregory.' "
When William III supplanted James
II in the good graces ot the English
people and in the honors and preroga
Uvea of the crown, British subjects the
world over found themselves in a state
of intense excitement.
It was in the strictest sense of the
word revolution.
The revolution, of course, reached
New Tork and In the euddea upheevsl
of thlnge Jacob Lelsler found himself
at the head of affaire in the' city, "and,
later on, throughout the province.
Old Edmund Andros. upon leaving
New Tork for Boston, had appointed as
his proxy ene Francis Nicholson, a man
who had but three backers out of the
4,000 people then living in the eity.
The rank and file of the people, speak
ing through their committee of safsty,
decreed that Nicholson should go and
that Lelsler should take charge of things
until suoh time ae .affairs might as
sume a more definite shape.
John risks ssys that Lelsler was "a
man of Integrity, noted for fair and
honorable .dealing In matters of busi
ness." His integrity and fair dealing
had made him one of the richest men in
the city, besides commending him to his
fellow-cltlsene aa one to whom they
eould profitably turn in a time of olvic
disorder.
At the command of the people Lelsler
put his hand to the work of restoring
order, and it la admitted on sll sides
that he' succeeded admirably well.
He secured the public funds, which
were in jeopardy at the hands of the
henchmen of James. He speedily organ
ised the public defense agslnst possible
attacks from Jamse . and hie French
alllea. In a word, he did all that - he
eould to advance the cause of William
III as against the Interests of the man
whose rule had just been dlsownsd by
the English people. , ul
In the meantime Nicholson bad gone
to JJondon with a tale of woe. telling
William such falsehoods, and telling
them so smoothly and plausibly, that
Leister's bluff, democratic old envQy to
ths court was completely beaten and
discredited.
On the Itth of January. 1(11. aa Bms
llsb, ship reached New Tork bringing
Richard Ingoldsby snd a small force of
Thst sounds desperately like the ton-
aorial name for pink whisker, which
is the disease that has Colonel Lewis
in thrslL
A valiant Venezuelan general Is in
New York to carry on a revolution
against Castro. If he can's succeed
thert he will go as far as Boston.
He has already bought a gun, a
sword and a pistol, and if neceaaary
will buy more.
Won't someone be kind enough to
send a dollar to the Republicsn con
gressional campaign fund, so that the
coin contributed by Mr. Roosevelt
may have - something to. rub itself
sgainst? : ;
An Idaho murderer under, sen
tence of death got a reprieve on the
ground that "the trial was not con
ducted ss he wished." All convicted
murderers think the same.
An, ex-convict lyncher : has been
convicted in North Carolina, and sen
tenced to 15 years' imprisonment, but
how about the "beat citizens" who
commit murder this wsy?, -
Secretary Wilson assures the pack
ers and cattlemen of Chicago of a
"square deal for all," and it is to bs
hoped thst the "all" includes the
public.
Fsy Templeton's new husband is
also a Pittsburg msn, so that we are
likely to have more domestic newt
from that city ere long, i '
How Seablrds Drink.
Ths means by which seablrds quench
thetr thirst when far out at eea le de
scribed by an old skipper, who tells how
he has seen birds at sea, far from any
land that eould furnish them water,
hovering around and under a etorm
eloud. chattering like ducke on a hot
day In a pond and drinking in the drops
of rein as they fell. They will smell a
rain squell 100 miles distant or even
farther on, and eced for it with almost
Ineeaoeivabie awtftasaa,
TTLIi TfWPWA una papa
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LKISLER.
regular, troops. TTpon landing, Ingolds
by demanded admission to Fort William
with bla soldiers. Lelslsr aaked for
Ingoldsby's authority. 1 He could ehow
no authority, and Lelsler defied him. :
In the. clash between Ingoldsby's and
Lelsler's forces a dosen or so . of the
king's troops- were killed and wounded.
Lelsler still held the fort when, on
March. IS, 11, another ehlp entered the
harbor bearing 1 one Henry Bloughter,
who, aa the sequel proved, was Wil
liam's duly accredited governor of. the
provlnoe. i 1 .
Bloughter had no sooner set foot upon
land than he aent Ingoldsby to "demand
the surrender of. the fort. Lelsler's
reply was that he would not surrender
the fort until written order from the
king ordering him to do so should be
shown to him.
The order was not forthcoming, and
Lelsler held on until the next day,
when, leering that Bloaghter held the
klng'e commission, as governor, he sur
rendered the. fort into his hande, with
apologies for having refused - to recog
nise his demand of the previous day.
- There, ' in eommoa decency and right
the matte ought to have been allowed
to rest; but Lelsler had enemlee who
were determined that he ehould be made
to euffer, and the enan who had done
hie level best to advance the Interests
of William III was, -by William's own
creatures, eharged with the crime of
murder and treason, and, being con'
vloted by a packed oeurt end rum-mud'
died governor, was, on a) dark, rainy
morning in the month of May, 11,
"hanged by the neck until he was dead."
i The Infamous execution took place on
a gallows that stood on Park Row, near
the corner or rrankrort street.
Lelslsr died like a man and a Chris
tian, declaring that be felt no malice
toward anyone, and that he had only
"tried to preserve the Interests of our
sovereign lord and lady, William and
Mary."
Thus perlahed the man to whom be
longs the high honor of having called
together the first American congress,
which, at his call, mst in New Tork
City, being the - "first of a series
which was by and by to end In the great
continental congress," the . creator ot
American liberty. .
. Cucumbers. ' t
Pew garden plants have been known
to and cultivated by man longer than
the euoumber. De Candolle has proved
that thla plant has been In cultivation
between 1,000 and 4,000 yeara.
There la no specific remedy for the
etrlped 'euoumber beetle. Direct appli
cations ot poisons, euch as Paris green
or other areenlcal, will destroy the
beetles whsn they occur in moderate
numbers.
A normal erop may be placed at about
100 half-barrel baskets per acre, the
price varying from 60 cents to ss much
as 12 per basket.
After the fruits have been harvested
and the marketing season haa closed,
the vines should be destroyed by gath
ering and burning or ploughing them
under, eo as not to harbor or breed dis
eases. A point which I of prime Importance
In the management of the cucumber
patch Is that none of the frulte be al
lowed to come to maturity. The ripen
ing process, which means the develop
ment and maturing of the seeds,, pro
duces a heavy atraln upon the growing
plant the life and yield of the plant
being In proportion, to the number of
fruits which, are Allowed to ripen.
Leather Neckties Now.,:- -
From the New Tork Press.
In keeping with other auto appoint
ments of wearing apparel, leather
cravats are now in the - publlo eye.
Four-ln-hands ere preferred, and are
tied by the wearer. . Ae pliable ae silk,
these goods come In white, pearl, tan,
brown, black, red and mixtures. Solid
colorings or combination ahadss retail
from $1 upward, according to length
desired. For women's wear the width
le narrower. , '
The traveler need no longer visibly
Identify himself or herself with the
proverbial umbrella. The folding um
brella no more le looked upon ee a fad,
but admittedly fills a long-aching void.
The handle may be eo adjusted that the
umbrella can be conveniently stowed
away 1A a It-Inch eultcaee.
Monkeys as Nurses.
"Monkeys make poor aureee," said e
soo keeper. "When they live near a
stream of water and 6ne of the colony
falls slok, they invariably toss him over
board. They don't want him around.
His sighs and groans annoy them so.
Psetl Off ths dock r
"Hers in captivity I have to remove
at once a slok monkey from his oom
radee' reach. .t Otherwise they would
soon kill htm. When they can, well
monkeys take a strange Joy in torment
ing an Invalid. Thsy bits the end ot
his tail, they drag him about they
pinch him. Finally, when he dlee, as
many as can" find room sit on his body,
elose together, very solemn, ss UiOUgS
engaged U some religious rite,''
A. Little N
onsense
w -... The Revolving Carpet t
ittle wee telling the atuiy.
"A young fellow Who had been some
thing of a high roller went broke and a
friend got him a job with an auctioneer
firm.
"The first morning he was on the job
tneygave him the keys to a very nice
home on Madison avenue that wee to be
disposed of as te furnishings, and told
him to go up and make a eaeuel Inven
tory and get back before 1 o'clock, so
that they might get the announcement
in the early eopy of advertising the next
day. -
"When the young fellow got to the
piaoe ne round a sideboard with a gooo
sisedj stDcit, .ofamurand . cjgaxu.t'll
remaining.
"About A o'clock In the afternoon the
manager ot the place asked where the
new man was. -
"No one had seen hrra since he left
for the place uptown in the morning and
a clerk wae cent to laveatlaate.
"He round the fellow who had gone to
make the - inventory lying ton a couch
near the Sideboard, with empty bottles
and elgar stubs scattered about He
was sound aalsep, but had evidently
meant to do his work, for In his hand he
held a long blank fbrm on which Inven
tories ere recorded and It had one entry
at the top, which read; ' "One revolving
carpet'" ; ..' i.
Absence of, Tact '
Miss Clare Clemens. Mark : Twain's
brilliant daughter, wae talking at Atlan
tic City about entertaining. '
Tact, she said. "Is essential to good
entertaining. With the moet hospitable
spirits In the world, one may, wtthoug
fortable. Tact averts blunders. v ,
'I once dined at a house where the
hostess had no tact Opposite me eat a
modest quiet gentleman. Thla getnle-
man auddenly turned aa red aa a lobster,
and fell into a horrible fit of confusion
on hearing hie hostess say to her hus
band: How Inattentive you are, Joe. Tou
muet look after Mr. Blank better, He's
helping himself to everything.' " ; ,.
Much Too Particular. '
"Such railroading." aald President
Beer of ' the Reading line, apropos of
reckless running, "reminds me . of. an
Irish brakeman.
"This brakeman, who - was employed
on a railway In the neighborhood of
Cook, wae annoyed one morning to find
the train atopplng In a deaolate place
miles away from any station.
"He ran to the cao and shouted to the
engineer; - ---
"Hi, ye omadboun, what are ve stop-
pi n' here furT.
"The engineer retorted angrily:
"Don't you see the signal's agin 'us.
ye gossoonT
'Musha.' said the brakeman. naw
mighty particular ye'rs getttnV "
Rapid Movement
Jimmy Allison, of the Bhubert foroes.
was formerly in the newspaper business
in Cincinnati and reported a murder
case In which one of the witnesses was
a negro porter la the hotel that wae the
scene ot the killing.. The- negro wae
asked how many shots he heard. '
"Two shots, euh," be replied.
.."How far apart were theyf" -
"'Bout like dlssaway," explained the
negro, clapping his hands twloe, with
an intsrval of about a second between.
"Where were you when the first shot
wae rirear"
"Shlnln" a gemman'S ahoee In duh
basement of duh hotel, .
"TMisre were you when the second
shot was fired V-
, "Ah was a-paasln' duh Big FV depot"
Where He Was Needed.
Oscar Hammtrstaln was examining a
husky applicant for a position In the
chorus of dear's grand opera company.
re you a goon singerT" asked Oacar.
-wen.- replied tne applicant, I can
make a h 1 of a noise."
"You're at the wrong number," de
clared Oscar. They need you down at
ine aisinot-aiiorneye omoe."
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Human Gods.
"Human beings have been often wor
shiped." said a theologist. "Indeed. I
sometimes wonder that a sect haa never
been - formally . eotabllehed under the
name f Anthroplans,-or something of
iui sore
"The king of England la worshiped In
orlsaa, a province of Bengal. A pink
marble Image of the human god squata
on an altar of blaok teak wood. A cop
per lamp burns continually before the
snrine, ana a rresn garland or yellow
flowers Is wound : dally 'by a priest
about the Image's brow a The pink
King Edward Is prayed to principally
by young mothers. Aa a divinity ha is
deemed, most efficacious In the healing
ox ma mymenia OI little children. I am
sure Edward himself would be bored If
he could really hear the lone and nltifut
tales of earache, colic, mumoe. messleS
and whooping cough that are poured
dally Into the etone ear of his Image
or ine young momere or orlssa.
"Paul du Challlu was twlos worshiped
In equatorial Africa. On one of these
occasions he eat on a wooden dais while
a band of naked warriors danced befnre
mm ror tnree nours, pricking themselvee
witnR amvec untu their black bodies ap
peared to drip with a red and glistening
varnish.
Captain Cook was worshiped In ths
south -seas. The Islanders, even aftar
thsy had killed him and eut him in email
pieces, still believed In hie divinity, still
expected him st any tlms to return, and
punisn inem. .
Joseph Conrad, the s-reeteat writ..
of English on the active list today, haa
a atory about a human god. a story
celled 'Heart of Darknass.' This story
Is Imperishable by reason at its tinn-i.
ble and strange beauty."
Filipino Firt Maker. '
" Prom the Brooklyn Eagle.
A curious contrivance la use h some
of the natives of northern Luson, Phil
ippine Islands, for the purpose of ob
taining lire. This consists of a herd
wood tuba of about one oentlmatra In.
ternal diameter and six centimetres In
length, and a piston ot slightly Isss die
meter and length. The tube le cloeed at
the end by an airtight plug. or. Instead.
the piece of wood of which it Is made
te not bored completely through tte en
tire length. The lnelde of the tube le
smooth and highly pollened. The piston
haa a handle and reasmblse the piston
of the email boy'e popgun.
The end of the piston Is mad to fit
the tube airtight ' by a wrapping of
waxed thread, and directly In the end
a shallow cavity la eut Lint scraped
from weather-beaten timber and well
dried la used for tinder. - A email bit of
the lint le placed in the cavity at the
end of the piston, the letter Is Inserted
a half Inch In the open end of the tube
and then driven quickly home with a
smart etroke of the palm. Upon with
drawing the piston the lint ie found Ig
nited, the - eudden compression , of air
generating t&e nspsawarji heal ,
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
TIMELY TOPICS
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- Going hop-picking? Make a fine outing.,-,
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Trials are becoming briefer In the
federal court ; ' . ..
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Nobody got away , while Heney was
gone, after all. '
tr-But younireKsj'ceTjrttpected to send
in your last dollar.
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' afr. Harrtman resembles Abdul Hamld
in non-performance. . " ' -
Pine vacation weather, unless you go
where there ere skeeters.i
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Will the New Tork custom house want
ta charge Bryan duty on that boom?
The eaar seeme to be holding the ltd
down quite successfully -for a little
while again. "
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If you must go to an exposition before
next summer, there's one next Winter In
New Zealand. '
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We shall chip In to no campaign fund
until some party mekee the donation fee
as low as SO cents. . , . -
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There Is always -"something ta be
thenkful for no more of the HartJe
case for several months.
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.. What has becom of that man who
was so anxious to get into Jail? . Maybe
he went to Seattle lnstesd. -
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Ac New Tork clerk made a fortune by
the Investment of a postage stamp and
now he. Is stuck on himself.
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.."Poor old Portland," exclaims the
Seattle Times. Too bad. . But don't cry
too "hard about Portland, sonny.
It'eome too-fat people could transfer
some of thetr surplus sdlpose tissue to
come too-lean people, how much happier j
tne worm would be. . ,- .
. Since Vice-President Fairbanks haa
come out for buttermilk as ths best
summer drink, how can he expect the
support of ths brewers? . ,
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An Indianapolis woman Is suing a
man of TS who Jilted her and married
""another" for damages for breach of
promise. What a gay old boy he muet
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Reports from the packers' goods eeme
yesterday from away up In Canada and
away down In Mississippi. . The stuff le
warranted to operate ths sams every
where. . .
A Little 1 Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT;
Average Length of Sentences.
"The English ssntence grows shorter
and shorter," says en essaylat. "Spen
cer. Sir Thomas More. Lyly and Bydney
used sentences of the average of 6i
words. Nowadays the eentenoe of the
average Journalist are only it words
long. .
"Bacon Introduced the short sentence.
At a time when everybody elss wae
usinr 10 words, he took to It. Praise
be to Bacon. '
"Macauley used a very short sen
tence. Ite average length wae IS word a
Dickens' average wae tl. Thackeray's
wea St. '
- "Matthey Arnold's sentencee are long,
but - beautifully balanced. They are
thlrtv-aavenera. -.Henry James' are
longer, end, though Intricate, are well
worth nusxllns out for In each a won
derful meaning la concealed. They are
thlrty-nlnere.
- "Kipling's sentences are twenty-onere,
George Moore'e are twenty-fourers. H.
O. Welle' are twenty-threers. Upton
Sinclair's are twenty-twoers."
On tha Front Porch.
A soft air shook the honeysuckle vine,
and puffe of delicate perfume floated to
the young lovere. -
Clarenoe'e tone wee reverent and
hushed. It was as. though' this slim
and beautiful girl were In his eyes e
goddess. - '
"Darling." he eaid, "each time I kiss
you It makes a better man of me."
- A voice from above cried harshly:
"What are you by now, then aalnt or
archangel?"
A burst of ribald laughter, the rattle
of a closing window, and once more the
night was bathed, in hold calnv "
Playing Boss.
From ths Washington Star.
De bumble be le tollln',
Like be'e supposed to do;
, De garter snake uncollin'
Fob to chase a bug or two: '
Do cloude le hurryln' on delr track,
Dey's got de sky to cross,
An' I's Jes' layin' on my back '
Out yere an playing boas.
. Little Facts.. .
An old Italian brigand named Paolo
AridatL who had been In prison for 41
years, has Just been released. When he
was released the government gave him
It, ita estimate or nis earnings .auring
his incarceration.
The use of tobacco Is Increasing. The
revenue reports show that In 101 there
wae an output in the United States aa
follows: Clears, 7.007,214.441; cigarettes,
1,624. 481,141; plug, finecut and enuff,
II7.SSI.11I pounds.
After a etruggle lasting several years.
the respectable portion of-the English
A Sermon in Precious Stones, .
"prom ths Philadelphia Press.r
In all agee of the world the measurs
of a nation's prosperity bee been gauged
by the luxuries with which the people
surround themselves. This le ae true
now ae It was in the days of Roman
conquest end It is shown particularly
In a recent official statsment concern
ing the Importation Into this oountry of
South African aiamonde. - Last year
tit. 000,000 of .these, precious stones
found thela wsy Into the United States.
When Speaker Cannon uttered ble
smphstlo and unique declaration con
cerning this country's rfueeess he only
declared a fact The paat 10 yeara
Judged by the Importation -of diamond
alone, haa been the most prosperous and
successful this oountry hss ever known.
In 1197 the Imports of diamonds In
round numbers exceeded 11.900,000, al
though tha pries pet carat was act
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OREQQN SIDELIGHTS. .' '
Buckwheat" doee well around Tunisia,
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North Bend may have a denaturiaed
alcohol distillery.
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Rainier neede a civic . Improvement
club, says ths Register, i
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jQroat amount of freighting between .
Shantko and Prlnsvllle. , , , .,
Wheat running from tl ta 41 bushels
sn acre around Weston.
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Klamath Falla needs 1,800 working
men, says the Republican. .
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Heavy frost on the meuntetn shove
Weston 'some nights recently.
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A Grant county man chased on horse
beck a large deer and successfully las
soed him, :
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Four generations of the Hereford
family, all strong and vigorous, live In
Lake county.
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In eome orchards In Grant county
eome trees are loaded with fruit, while
others are barren. , .
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Klamath countv'a oldeat citizen. ' flan.
lei Gordon, active till almost the last
died at the age of . .
. s a
Over 1,400 salmon were eausht in
one haul of a seine in Rogue river
unless somebody told a fish ysrik .
A fractious horse kicked a Crook
county man squsrely In the mouth,
knocking, out 14 of his teeth.
Prinevllle expects to burn Hey Creek
coal next winter instead of - wood, "un
less the cost ot hsullng It tt miles la
too greet
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Josephine county ie msklng more
progress this year In the betterment of
tte echoole than in any prevloue . year
in, Ita history.
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Prairie City News: The etage wae
loaded to the guarda last Saturday with
ilmber locators. In addition, an extra
ras run, carrying nearly a dosen other
seekers sfter the green woods ot Oregon.
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Malheur Gasetts: We are still minus
sn editor, therefore have to- offer an
apology again. This is a very dull
time for newe anyway, as everybody le
busy In tbslr crops.
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A Columbia- county man on a trip
found a atray mule eatlng.Jtla.grub and
ran to drive It away; when it turned
and kicked him about seven rode, more
or less, nearly killing him and her
name waan't Maud, either.
ot the Common
community In Bunnah has succeeded in
securing the pesaage of a law forbid
ding the employment of women ee bar
maids. The Lancet hope that this ex
ample will be followed in-England. .
Six Frenchmen who were discovered a
short time ego on a remote part of tha
Island of Nsw Britain. In the South
seas, sax that thsy escaped from the
penal settlement of Noumea on a raft
constructed of staves of beer barrels,
and Bailed 1,000 miles on it
Beet haa more nourishment In It than
any other cultivated root except the po
tato. Many farmere In New England are
producing too to 1,000 barrels of applea
each year. One man In New Hampshire
grow as many aa 10,000 barrels In a
alngle yeer. Much of the co-called hill
country la being given over to the or
chards, and these lands . appear very
well fitted for the purpose, although
worthless for anything else.
The number of homicides and deaths
by violence In the United States In 10B
was t.212, aa against 1.41! In 1904. Sui
cides. S.0I2. as against S.240 In 1904.
Killed on steam railroads In Itot. 1,142:
Injured, 15.904. Killed on electric and
elevated railroads. 444; injured, 2,431.
' . Just Bubbles. r- '
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
He knowa better- the doctor.
There's always fun in a funnel.
- The brakeman may not be at home
among the breakers.
Th crowd is dlsssDDolnted when the
balloonist falls to show up.
The thermometer might well ssk,
"How le that for high?"
- One of 'em with the eoldlere In camp
le General Humidity.
.- They man a ship, but it also takes a
woman to complete a courtship.
Vocal teachers are . not alwaya anx
ious to cultivate tha still small voice.
' It may be a fruitless compliment even
to call a girl the apple of your eye.
, No matter how bard they try, some
people cannot help being eof t.
Remember Lot's wife snd what a lot
of trouble ehe had. -
On eecond thought, one of the first
thlnge ln a duel le the second. '
- No doubt Adam regarded all Eve said
aa aide remark. ...
Judy might have wanted eome eoda
Water, though ahe alwaye hed Punch.
The sailor is proor conclusive wi "
can get drunk on water. '
Tour right hand man ooesn t
to get left .1
Tha otit and out honeet man le not
afraid to ehow what's In him.
The terme of a woman'e will are no
more binding than those of her won't
He'e an LU D.,
. And a B. A too, .-
And he has no use ..,
For an I. O. U..
nearly aa high ae It haa been aince.
Thla wonderful Increase ahowa thst
there le a demand for them, end th
demand le an Indication that tha people
have the money wherewith to purchaee
thm.
Diamond are en unfailing Indication
of prosperity. The first thing the aver
age man doee when he gete e little -ahead
in the world le to buy a diamond
shlrtstud or diamond earrlnge for his .
wife. The more money he mekee. the
more diamonds he buye, 'and that men
beve been making money and that the
oountry is unusually prosperous Is Indl
cated by theee figuree on diamonds.
The lege of a chicken near Weston
stick upward, and It Is compelled to
walk on Ita knees, ss It were, says the
Leader. Handicapped thuly. It la nev .
ertheleee a lively- fowl ,and ecretohee
Tor worms with much eagernese an ,
ambition. .. , v "
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