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GROWTH OP PORTLAND.
I LUMP." ni it to be this
year, after the fair? Pox
ale, find the slump. No, it
Isn't fair puzzle proposition, for
there is no slump to be found. V, I
It was expected that the amount of
building and travel and postoffice
business and bank clearances might
how a little falling off after the fair,
attended by tens of thousands of out-
of-town visitors, was over; but those
who were ready to conoede this have
been favorably disappointed. Every
month this year has showed a large,
healthy increase in these transactions
as compared with 1905, the fair year.
- Bank clearings for the first seven
1 months of the yesr increased from 123
millions to 145 millions, .postal re
ceipts from $247161 to $306,064, and
real estate transfers from $10,550,400
to $12,970,438. ..
An even larger percentage of gain
appears in the number and amount of
building permita, although during the
corresponding period last year a great
many people were building on ac
count of the, fair who except for It
would not have built till later. Yet
the percentage of increase in building
permits is, the greatest of any city in
the country. ' And some of the build
ings now in course of construction
are by fa the largest, highest, most
expensive and most durable ever
erected here, .
Real estate values, instead of 'de
preciating, ' as pessimists predicted
have risen not only steadily but rap
idly, more so than ever before in the
city's history. -And behind or in the
midst of all this It surely would be a
vain task to search for a' shnnprT""
' Under these circumstances it, is a
piece of ' petty childishness for .the
Seattle papers to try to "run down
and; affectedly " commiserate " with
"poor eld Portland." Seattle is be
coming quite a large town; Portland
is a larger one. Seattle is growing
rspidry; Portland is , growing even
faster. There is plenty of room for
both, and for pretty, prosperous,
growing Tacoma too. -
, . ' Nothing can stop or check Port
land's rapid growth, not even the car
riage of all the surplus wheat of the
inland empire by rail to the mouth
of the Columbia; yet the improvement
of the bar, and the channel below this
city, is extremely important Then
we must get more coastwise com'
, merce, and a smelter, and other
, things, and need to look lively"; but
this being done, how fast Portland
will grow, considering what if. is do
ing now. . .
v. NOT A SQUARE DEAL.
PHE DUTY on greinbags, or
the material from which they
. are made, affords . an in-
etrncttre illustration of how the
sacred Dingley tariff protects the
farmers and assures them of pros
perity. Saying nothing about the
rest of the country, but considering
only the Pacific coast, it is estimated
, that 44,000,000 grain bag will be
needed in this region this year. But
. to be conservative let us put the num
ber at 40,000,000. All the material
j for these bags has to be imported,
and the duty on the raw material
adds about one and one half cents to
the cost of each bag. Thus the farm
ers of the Pscific cosst are taxed this
year by the dear Dingley tariff about
$600,000 on grain bags alone.
' But this is only one item; on his
implements, all the materials of his
house, his clothing, and nearly all
: necessaries that he buys, the farmer
pays a greater or less tariff tax,
. Well, revenue must be raised, and
it is no more than right that the
farmer should pay his share. To this
he would not object if he received any
share of the protection that is en
riching the trusts from whom he must
buy, but he receives no protection, ex
cept possibly an nnappreciable
amount in some roundabout and mys
terious wsy. The trusts get "cash
money," by millions. "'
A good max fvmcrs art finding
out that while being taxed to protect
and enrich others they are getting no
benefit from protection; and that in
sult is being added to injury by the
assumption that they .are. fools and
can.be made to believe that they are
greatly benefited when on the . con
trary they are injured , ' ' '
The farmers do not object to pay
ing their share of the revenue, but
they do or should object to paying
taxes to' foster and maintain monop
olies, and enrich trusts, and getting
not even a taste of the "pork" them
selves. :.. ' ' ';..' ; . u.',
If Is not a square deal for them.
FOREST FIRES. rVf ;.
THE FIRST of the big de
structive forest fires in this
: State for this season has oc
curred, and without a prolonged and
soaking rain very soon, others will in
all probability occur in spite of all
precautions and Watchfulness. That
something, much, in the way of pre
vention ia done by the forest rangers,
snd that a large proportion of people
who for whatever reason go into the
forests are more careful than they
uaed to, be, may well be believed;
but absolute prevention is an impos
sibility. When all is done that can be
done, without a vast expenditure, for
est fires are bound to occur, after a
sesson of 1 several weeks' ; dry, hot
weather such as has been experienced
this summer. Thousands of people
are in the mountains, for one purpose
or another -traveling, taking a vaca
tion, or Working and it cannot be ex
pected that among these all should
be careful, nor that there should not
be an occasional malicious miscreant
All has been done, perhaps, in the
way of preventing and checking for
est fires that is possible, and if that
be so we only have to "watch their
smoke" philosophically and make the
best of it
Forest fires are far. Jess frequent
snd destructive, as to the quantity of
timber destroyed, than formerly, and
they will become less frequent and
destructive from year to year, not
so mqch on account of additional
protection and increased care aa be
cause the forests will from this on
rapidly disappear, except in the re
serves. There the government should
increase its watchers and its vig
ilance; outside. them, in a few years
there will be no forests to be con
sumed, .-.'v ' ' .'.
EXPRESS COMPANIES.
THE NEW rate regulation bill
. should : subject the express
companies to governmental
investigation at an jearl yjlsy. There
are: four of them? the Adams, the
American, the United States and the
Wells-Fargo. They are - said to do
about 90 per cent of all the express
business, and practically control the
other 10 per cent They operate over
158,000 miles of railroad, and divide
up the territory so that neither of
them competes With another, thus
having an absolute monopoly of the
business, and are under no restric
tions or regulation as to charges. , .
But tinder the new law they muat
file schedules of rates, and on com
plaint of shippers these rates msy be
reduced if deemed unreasonable.
They are common carriers, like the
railroads with which they are neces
sarily closely allied, and the director
ate of the express compsnies is made
up largely of directors of . railroad
companies. . - .....,.,,. .f(..,
The litigation now in progress in
New York affords ground for a sus
picion, to ssy the least that these
companies are making unreasonable
profits for doing a species of the
people's business, to say nothing of
alleged improper diversion of some
of the very large' surplus profits.
A strained effort is being made to
make it appear that Bryan still stands
for free silver at 16 to 1, and that
therefore if he is the Democratic can
didate in 1908 this will again become
the 'paramount issue. ' This is the
hope of the tariff plunderers, so as to
divert attention 'from the tariff ques
tion, but if won't work. . Nobody
knows better than Bryan that at pres
ent fr.ee silver is a "dead horse."
-' The ksiser seems to be worried
about Secretary Root's trip' down to
South America, but if he will manage
(he affairs of a few European coun
tries besides his own he will probably
have enough to do without meddling
much in affairs on this side the At
lantic . ; .- .
Rain was seldom .ever more wel
come, and everybody is healthier and
happier on account of it The amount
of good it has done could not . be
calculated.
Grandpa John D. is positively be
coming silly on Sundays, and appsr
ently needs a clerical guardian.
' There may not be quite as many
bops aa km anticipated awhile ago,
What Ifl PoiHtlaiia'a Greatest Need?
MEMBERS, OP CITY COUNCIL TELL JOURNAL READERS
s WHAT WOULD IMPROVE ROSE CITY.:"
. Building Laws: . O. 8. Shepherd.
"Tne rultton of bulldinn is a vary
Important ' faetor In the Improvement
t tho city," aald Councilman (Horse B.
Shepherd. "All bulldinn eioDt thos
with steal frames should bo limited to
four stories. And, aa four-atory build
ings will not bo peyln Investments in
the downtown dlatrtot. auch a restriction
would result in . the erection of only
flrat-claae structures ta the - business
section .., ., .
"Where the bulldlne requirements are
not strict many people lease ground for
short periods and put up the cheapest
Structures possible, . figuring that the
life of ths buildings will not bo longer
uu the lease. - with suoh a system.
10 year from, now the city win have a
lot of old rookeries that would bo a
disgrace to Chinatown.
-Many of the buildings erected on
toed ground are mare firetrapo - wood
throughout with a veneer of brick, sup
ported by. slender Iron pillars that more
nearly resemble pipe stems than, they
do the columns of a bmlldlng. . The laws
should be strict enough Co prevent nan
ra aidant speculators from erecting fire-
traps tnat are a menace and disgrace
to the city. . ,
"If Investors are reaulrod ta nt in
steel buildings, the chances are that
they would erect structures from 10 to
11 stories high. High-olasa buUdlnssJ
stimulate improvements far more than
the makeshifts, designed to serve the
purpose of a lessee, which are of perma
nent value to the city.
"There Is no street In this city that
has aa unbroken lino of good buildings,
whereas Seattle's principal street has an
almost unbroken line of splendid atruo-
turam, and this is -one of the principal
factors In Seattle's pretentions as a city.
"in the naming of buildings It sounds
much more cosmopolitan to- have names
Nooks and Corners of History
THE TRIAL OF
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.
It Is safe to say that the trial of
Aaron Burr, for "treasonable designs
upon Mexico," was the most dramatic
bit of forensic II reworks In all the hls-f
tory of our country.
The celebrated oonteet earns off In
the roar HOT, in the elty of Richmond,
Virginia, and for. a generation the trial
was the talk of the town and of the
nation. ..,.(
The prosecution had as its leading
counsel the celebrated William Wirt,
Patrick Henry," whUe the -"ead' and
front of the master array of legal talent
for the defense was Luther Martin, the
attorney-general of Maryland, and one
of the half.dosen greatest minds that
this country ever produced. '
On the bench sat, in sombre dignity.
the great John Marshall, Washington's
close friend, and later- tho . Illustrious
ohtef Justice of the supreme court of
the United States.
- In the galleries of the court room, and
fllllngwavery available bit of space upon
tho floor, were gathered the cream of
the nation's beauty and genius. Grand
dames and fair belles vied for admis
sion with great lawyers, Judges, states
men, from New Hampshire to Georgia,
all anxious to see and to hear every
thing that should take place. .
The. "prisoner at the bar" the eatut-est-
legal mind, perhaps, of them all
was the busiest man on the floor. All
unconscious, apparently, of the many
pairs of .eyes that -were eagerly fixed
upon him. he was Intent upon the ease
from start to finish, suggesting to his
counsel the telling points - for and
against his cause.
Wirt S speech ' was a record-breaker.
even for Wirt. Vain, with one eye on
the ease and the other on the galleries,
the eloquent Virginian, putting his best
foot forward, made, in tho opinion of
many, the speech of his life. .
t The climax of Wirt's speech cams
when, after the most terrible arraign
ment of Burr, he asked the dramatic
question: "And who Is BlennerhaaseUT"
but ' with . fair climatic conditions
through the picking season there will
be a very large crop, and the price
will apparently be such as to allow
the growers a large margin of profit
" Chief Engineer- Shonts -says"that
what Is wanted in Panama is more la
borers and less rain. More laborers
he may get, but even Puissant Teddy
can't etop the rain. - , - . , ....
' ' ' i ' ' '
.' Mrs. Miller, up in a balloon with
Aeronaut Stevens, "threw out the
spsrking crank," and they had to de
scend. Some people can spark with
out a crank. : '
And this morning, ."Senator Long
worth, heir apparent to theresideney
of America, and Princess Alice" will
be plsin Mr. and Mrs. Longworth,
Money flies,if not dirt, in Panama.
f
- - 1 Maxima of Hetty Green.
If there ware less talk tn the world
there would be fewer fools In the world.
. Industry, determination and principle
are essential to the young man who
wants to bo successful la business. I
should advise him not to lis awake
nights thinking how he may cheat some
body. He cannot get along without
honesty.
I should say, keep out of Wall street
Indeed It Is foolish to attempt any sort
of speculation. V
Determination and good senss will be
of more use to Mm than book a .
To spend money uselessly Is a sin. ,
Pay what you. owe and make others
pay you likewise. -
I am heartily opposed to ths Incoms
tax. I believe It to be unjust snd in
iquitous. It Imposes a tax upon thrift
Industry and commercial brilliancy.
The men who stir up agitation In
financial circles are the bussards who
subsist upon dead men's estates, who
promote corporations and who settle
estates. They fear to tackle the liv
ing. ...
I attribute my own personal success
to the fact that I nsver "sold Short."
Russell Sage was one of ths highest
typea of business men.
Russell Sago could not Vtovlde In his
will against charities of his widow, but
probably, he had hat ,weU trained, -
: .A .v. .;.,,
George S. Shepherd.
other than those of the owners. When
you hear of the Smith or Jones building
It signifies merely that the building is
owned by Smith or JOnea. Oriental,
Occidental, Hawaii, India and names
of the same sort suggest a far-reaching
field of business, and would certainly
be of more benefit to the olty than the
perpetuation of grandpa's name.
"A good line of docks would also be
beneficial to the city. I think that next
to good buildings docks are important
to the advancement of the olty."
AARON BURR.
Blennerhaasett, the simple, eonflidlng
soul who, according to the argument,
had been so unmercifully fleeoed by the
prisoner at the bar. : -.
It was, to say the least a most af
fecting speech. The women cried, and
some of the sterner sex even were seen
to reaoh for their handkerchiefs. 1 "
' Wirt had more than held his own. and
It was the opinion of many In the audi
ence- that Burr would be oonvloted.
And then Luther Martin sprang Into
the arena. like a'Bencljlgsr, l'lng I
is, thlwilngfor gore I There
cams a growl, as If from the Jungle, and
the women trembled!
Hero was a man, and no mere stage
player, a virile, powerful, uncompromis
ing Intellectual athlete, and It was plain,
to tho men folk at least that soon there
would not be left a whole bone In Wirt's
body. " r. . -
- And It was even so. The man de
scribed by Henry Adams as "tho rol-
locklng. witty, audacious attorney-general
of Maryland, boon companion
of . the whole bar. drunken, gen
erous, slovenly,' grand.1 ths bulldog of
federalism," pltcbed Into the counsel for
the prosecution, and when ' he. was
through with him he was non est'
It was the giant against the carpet
knight a native-born Hercules against
the very finished product of the gym
nasiumand the result was as might
have been expected.
The great man on the ben oh listened
to Wirt and listened" to Luther Martin,
and although Wirt was solemn and Mar
tin was Martin. Mara ball saw that ths
defense had ths case, and ruled accord
ingly. .' .
"The assembling snd enlisting of men
on Blennerhassett island," said ths re
nowned Jurist . "showed no overt act
Bven If it did. Burr's agency does not
appear, and the overt act must be es
tablished before Burr can be pronounced
guilty."
Burr was acquitted! Luther Martin's
genlua and Marshall's fairness had
saved htm. and ths most thrilling trial
of the country's history waa at a end.
Story of ' a Shattered
- Mausoleum'
England's quaintest snd perhaps old
est church has Just come into the lime
light of news through an eecletltfatlcal
suit brought against ths rector, who is
charged with selling burial plota In his
garden and pocketing the money. .
Pertvals church Is near Ealing. It
la a tiny structure and was built soon
after' William tho Conqueror landed in
Britain. Its records run from the
twelfth century. There are only five
housee In the parish and the population1
Including the rector and his family and
servants numbers only 4$. The rector's
garden adjoins the little cemetery,
which has room for 161 graves, all of
which have been filled and I0S of whloh
are distinctly visible.
There is a little story connected with
one of the graves. A Countess of Castle
Bar, who lived some hundred years ago,
was a decidedly lively woman, The
people said she would never . reach
heaven. On her deathbed ahe ordered
a tomb of a huge block of stone to be
constructed over her grave and told her
friends to watch it. . If messages could
be sent from ths hereafter she would
signal them by meana of the tomb. If
ahe got to heaven it would remain in
tact, but If ahe went to hades the tomb
would split asunder. The tomb Is still
In the churchyard, but a ruin. The
gtgantlo stones are split asunder and
trees and shrubs are growing In the
cracks. According to the tale, these
oracks first appeared soon after the
countess waa burled.
The ease of the rector and ths graves
came before a consistory court held
In St Paul's cathedral by Dr. Tristram,
chancellor of the diocese of London.
Tho charge waa made In a most round
about way, for tt waa brought out in an
application to confirm the grant of a
burial space in Perlrale churchyard- to
Madame Emily do Romans, a non-parishioner.
The rector proved that ths cus
tom' of allowing non-parishioners to be
burled in Perl vale dated back several
hundred years. He also showed that
the garden and grounds were the abso
lute property of the rector during his
Incumbency. As ths ohurohyard was
full he had cut oft a portion of the
back garden and added It as a grave
yard. a
His opponents said bs had mads a
market of tho burial ground for yeara
and had pocketed thousands of dollars.
The chancellor sent the case to the
highest ecclesiastical court, because he
said it was an Important ens and ths
first of Its kind In the history, of ths
ohuroh la England, ... - ,
setters
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BsapnasrtbTliW ml
Portland. Aug, 1 To the Editor of
The Journal The recent murder of an
Inoffensive old man by two 'Portland
youths who started our cm their vaca
tion in true desperade style, armed, with
revolvers and plenty of "yellowbacks"
to gpur them on to enmlate their favor
ite heroes tn fiction. 'Wild Bill ths
Terror of tho Plains" and "Captain Jack,
me cownoy Desperado." has caused
wave of Indignation to spread over the
siace. ,. .. ,
Many causes lead up to crime like
this. Heredity has a great deal to do
wita tne making of these youtnrui
criminals! environment also. Primarily
the parents are to blame, and secondary
the lads wayward instincts, which
brook no control. Crime and its at
tendant punishment are the Inevitable
sequenoe. . -t
We hear a great deal these days of
not auioiae.- nut it would ne inrimteiy
better it fewer of these children were
brought into the world. . Tbe average
parent baa absolutely no conception of
tho disposition of the children ' for
whom he ia responsible. The study -of
child life, especially the study of the
life of his own offspring. Is a thing
of which he never thinks, and If It la
called to his attention, la a thing to be
lauvned'at and derided. The children
are his, therefore, must Inherit his dis
position, hie character, bis Instincts.
He never wanted to be a bad man when
ha was a boy. why. therefore, should his
son? AH this goes prove how poorly
equipped In the first essentials the aver
age maw ana woman are for parenthood.
in tneae strenuous, money-getting
days too often . the child ia neglected
and left to . his own resources at a
perloualy . early . ace. The ' average
parent even if he haa the inclination,
haa not the time to get near the heart
of his child, to be tho recipient of his
confidences. . Thrown back on them
selves is it any wonder that these chll-
oren Deeomo ertminaiST
The moldinc of a child's character
and disposition should begin In the
cradle. . If this were done our reform
schools and Magdalene asylums would
be less crowded.
Almost any night boys snd girls of
tender years are aeen on tbe streets,
unattended, going 'to places of amuse
ment This Is no doubt all very harm
less, but tt often ends disastrously. That
mis ia a raot can bo proved by a case
in this city laat week when aaalrl of
tender years nearly met her -ruin at the
nanda of her unscrupulous companions.
Had this girl's father known his duty
he would have aeon to It that hla daugh
ter kept proper 00m pan y and waa home
at seasonable hours. . The average
American parent la Imbued with tbe ex
aggerated idea that he cam trust hla
eons and daughters out of hla slsbt
anywhere and everywhere. ' That thla
blind confidence la abused is attested by
the records of our criminal courts.
Therefore our taxpayers support reform
arhnnla anil iife mil jnuwji courts.
and will .support them until parents
awaken to the fact that they have some
duties and responsibilities In life.
: BE8ELBNA.
Oh, to Be an Aeronaut I
By James J. Montague.'"
I' would ' not . be a president
And have to put ta hay -To.
keep the public vision bent
Admiringly my .way.
I would not be -a billionaire, '
.'WMh cops In every pert
To nab. me when I landed there
And hale me into court ; -
" But let me .he aa aeronaut'
And wander through tho aklea
Like moon and aun and comets,, seaght
By scores of wondering eyes.
Just let mo watch my grapnel mow "
Down people in their pride,'.
" Or unroof housee ss I go, "
. And HI be satisfied. . '
' . . ' 1
I would not bs a king and see . -
A scornful parliament , ,
Without so much ss asking me,
- Conduot my government
X would not want to be a csar
. And dodge the dynamite
My subjeots plant tn each cigar ''
. That's gtven me to light
But let me be aa aeronaut
And look down from the blue
To watch you ahudder at the thought
That I may fail oa you. -
Let me catch a cow or so
Upon my anchor chain.
Or lift a villa, and ril know
I have not lived in vain. . r
. . . ' . ""' .
I would not be aa Indian chief ,
And never... never dare . ,
Te sleep, lest some nocturnal thief
Might come and steal my hair.
I would not .be a duma,- or '. .
' . A gaekwar or a dey, ' ! '.
- A lamar Irarned in luny lore, '' . .. '
, . An ahkoond or a bey. f
But 'let me be an- aeronaut ; -1 ' V
And Journey through the sky,
And look to see What I have caught
As I go whlsilng by,
And watch tho sandbags as they fall
Down, down to earth' a far floor,
Where frightened thousands creep and
- ' crawl,
And I will ask no more.'
Thirteenth Her Lucky Day.
Thla ta the thirty-ninth anniversary
of the birthday of Emma Eamea. ths
fameua prima donna, who waa born In
Shanghai, . China, of American parents
on August It, 18(7. Her father was s
lawyer of distinction and practiced in
the International courts. She- came to
America when five yeara of age, and her
early musical education was received In
Boston. In 1IM she went to Paris and
began her studies under the celebrated
Km MarehesL On March II,. ISIS, she
made her professional debut at ths Paris
grand opera In Gounod's "Romeo and
Juliet.'' Her success was Immediate
and overwhelming.
After two years In Paris aha accepted
an engagement at the Covent Garden In
London. Here she repeated her PCrlalan
success and another triumph awaited
her on her first appe ranee in America.
Thla waa In the winter of llll with the
famoua Abbey-Grau organisation at ths
Metropolitan opera . house, ' New Tork.
Mme. Games, or Mme. Eames-Story ahe
was married In ltl to Julian Story, ths
artist haa appeared In America almost
every year since her debut snd haa been
heard in all ths principal cities of the
continent -
Fountain 8oap Bubbles. '
A bubble fountain la flowing In Eng
land. The bubble fountain consists of a
series of soap bubbles made even at
the rate of 10,000 per minute, whloh
may be blown with coal gas and aant up
by day or night when, if Illuminated
by ths sun or artificially. It affords an
Interesting and beautiful phenomenon. -
At night further interest may be
given by firing the fountain, when the
flames will run up the stream of bub
bles. . ....
Intermittent groups et bubblee are
suggested aa an -excellent target for
gun practice) cheaper than glass or elav.
and obviously it is mors humane yiaa
aHH( uii KewB 1
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-OIRDSEYE VIEWS
J- cf TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANOX- :
A shady past doesn't keep a man soot
In a hot, day. .'' v. . v; ; ...
Soma people alwaye take their vaca
tion, pext year. - , ...-
. - '.-' .. to' -''.;;:;
, A millionaire can afford te be a so
cialist in theory. -. v ,s ..;....
e -e . -.j .. , . . -By
the' way. does anybody anew how
little Aleck Romanoff is? . .
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Perhaps 'ths sea serpent heard that
the coast countleg had all gone dry. .
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But Mr. Fairbanks, how can we be
sure the buttermilk isn't adulterated?
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Ton can't alwaye Judge Ahe merit et a
watermelon any moss than a woman, by
its- slse. , , v ,
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The farther a man goes on a -vacation
tho bigger : fish (story) be eaa
bring, back. . . ., :.,. ;
It she profits by a varied experience.
Fay Templeton Patterson ought te make
a good wife, ; .
A man bound te . borrow trouble can
suppose that It will rain all through the
hop picking season. ; : , , .1 ... .
Mr. Rockefeller says he wants to get
In touch with the publlo. Wants te
touch ua more than ever, eht .
An Ohio man aaw a ! 8-foot snake.
If the bottle had been larger the reptile
would have been 10 feet. long.
If Harry Thaw had had Hetty Oreen
for a mother he might have been . a
very different sort of fellow..
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Maybe If the gaekwars wife had not
been along he would have Bad a differ
ent opinion of . American women a
beauty, . v ..- t '' H
An Ithaca (New Tork) man turns blus
every time It rains. We know men even
in blessed Oregon wne are blue, rain
or. amne. .
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Mrs. Corey sars that ne rich New
Torker la fit to bring; up children. Well, 1
aa a rule rich New, Torkere don't have
any ehtldren, x-;-!
Pity the sorrows of a senator. Mr.
Fulton hss to spend his vacation time
going, about deciding whoa te appoint
to a few petty offices. . -
f . ... e e, . ... - ,
A Bm-lnsfleld (Maaiarhnsetts) wnmsn
, flg-Ubder arrest tor stealing a ekeletoa
out of 'a house. A good many nouses
have skeletons , that she would be wel
come to. , , v. . . . .(
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An Illinois Insane asylum forbids
the patients from talking polities. This
ia curious and cruel; the Inmatee
couldn't talk any worse folly than the
standpatters. .
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A New Jersey girl gained IT pounds
In two weeks by eating a quart of los
cream a day. Now young man. If you
have a scrawny aweetneart, you anow
what to do for her.
TV.
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT.
When Mother Goes Away.,
From Harper's Magaalnc.
When mother goes away
It's kind of lonely, but I haveat Urn;
To mlaa her much, for I must run aad
And Pt here are books to reed ami trees
to climb. : . . - . ,
But when the night eomes en and K
grows late, ' ' M,
And all the house Is dar and still,
Ah than . .
It seems as If I really eouldnt watt.
Till ahe eomes nome again. . .
Some Carious Tltlea. .
rrv, nitAwlns - are titles of books
written during and before ths reign et
Cromwell: -The Bplritusl Mustaru
Pot to Make the. Soul Sneese with Devo
tion." .1 ' '
"Crumbs of comfort ror am v-oimto
of Coventry." "
"A- Pair- Of Beiioers 10 mow turn
Dust From John Fry."
"A Reaping Hook, Wall Tampered for
the Stubborn Ears of the Coming Crop;
or Biscuit Baked In the Oven of Charity,
Carefully Conserved for the Chickens
of the Church, the Sparrows -of the
Spirit and the Sweet Swallows of Sal
vation." .,.';
"Seven Sobs 'or a norrowrui boui xor
Sin, or the Seven Penitential Paalme of
the Princely Prophet David: W hereunto
Are Also Added William Humle Hand
ful of Honeysuckles, snd Divers Godly
and Pithy . Ditties, Now Newly Aug
mented.": k t
. Brief Bits.
Tha oldest trees in the world are
African baobabs. One is sstlmated to be
1,700 yeara old. .. - - ..-.
A eubla foot of lead weighs 111
pounds: of mercury, a cubic foot weighs
84 pounds.
Seventeen eubio feet of elsy go ts a
ton. and 18 feet of gravsL
Sea. water contains one gram or goia
to the ton of water. .
Quarantine was first eaforoed at
Venice tn the year HIT.
The Llaard light stands 180 feet above
aea level. The lighthouse wss built so
long ago as 1711. , .
-The 10 large diamonds In ths crown
of England are worth 11.600 each.
The city of Arequlpa, in Peru, la more
subject to earthquakes than any other
town in the world. It lies close under
Misti, a(hugs volcano. ; - : ' -
Young Railroad Boy..
' Perhaps the youngest railroad - boy
In the United States, if not In the world,
la Ourdon Thompson of Glasgow, .Mis
souri, years of age, and etlll in waists
'' '. A Terrible PueL '
. One of the most terrible duels re
corded was that Between Colonel Joloey
and X MoArthur. They were brothers-in-law,
and the affair took place In
Dublin. As usual, there was a woman
In the ease. The man were eeated at a
friendly dinner when . the altercation
arose. The duel waa with pistols, only
one of which was loaded. .
Ttie, men 'draw lota for the choice,
and each selected a weapon. They thea
took their sea ta en each side of the
Ubls, and. deliberately resting their
arena, aimed. It .waa a highly tragic
seeae
s the yellow light susamlnf from
III
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.' 7
, Fine fishing all ever Oregon 'new. -' '.
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More people are raising mulsav -j They
pay.,'-',.-,... .; . .-, .
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Six dollars a head Is asked for sheep
around Corvallla. ; .-,
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' Sixty bushels of wheat an aero from
one field near Athena. .. ' i .
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Near" Toncalla Is a , flowing artesian
well only 40 feet deep. ... , v.- 1 , . ;
Bualneae better than' ever before at
this ttms of yesr, in Brownsville, ... . ,- '
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Wheat yielding from SO te 41 buahela
aa acre around Athena, as usual: . "
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Many horses have died In
county from eating Chinese lettuoe.
Fine , Oregon ' watermelons.' ; almost
equal te thoae made in Georgia, soon.
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Big crops, glorious weather and a cir
cus coming, exclaims the Eugene Guard.
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A team of tl horses attached -to ' a
combine at work ran away In Umatilla
county, damaging the machine and soma
of the horses. '. ,., ., .
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Lekevlew is only $7,000 in debt 4s In
good sanitary condition, has good
schools, looks fairly well, haa bright
prospects, and la happy. , . ' . , ,.
4 . e , e . .;',. : '
' ; With Its lumber mills . and . logging
camps running at their greatest capac
ity. Its grain fields yielding bumper
crops, and the prloe of hop such as will
make -the yards a paying -proposition, 1
Polk county le unusually prosperous
: " . e -e
"A Hood River man saw" a swarm of
been oa a high limb of a tree, went
home and got hie two sons and a bed
sheet which he spread under the limb,
which they shot off, then folded up the
sheet and now the bees ; are working ,
for him. :
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Seaside Signal: The editor had quite
a 'number of, local and persona Heme
for thla week's issue of the Signal, but
a blow en the Jaw from that notorious
ettlsea. B. J. Callahan, at noon today eo
completely knocked them out ' of hie
head that many of them cannot be re
called. . ', .. ' v. a. ''.'..
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Correspondenee of Dallas. Obaeryert
of timber up on the Long Tom,' X over
took a man with a wagon and o team.
On the eeat with him was his wife hold
ing' a babe on her lap: In the wagon '
box,' seated on a pile of straw, were five
little fellows, all bareheaded. Juat be
fore I caught up with them, one of the
hind wheels of the man's wagon dropped
into a cnuca nmt V,J
... T a tha 'nan ,
IVUVW,. AMI WW. ....
that he nad. loat one of hia children. He
Stopped and pteaea it up, wnea ni win.
emia; dui mwm, .,
fool, if you don't drive more1 careful, wa
Will lose' nan or nu young mm
we get home." , -"-"t
of tte Common
and. knee trousers. He owns' 100 shares
of stock In the Missouri Valley Central
Electric railroad, which traverses the
district known aa ths black soil coun
try along the Missouri river.
Colonel Price of Glasgow, Missouri, is
vtee-prenident of the company, and when
the road was chartered , bought 100
eharee of stock and presented them to
hla grandson. Master Ourdon Thomp
son, who was than I years of age. The
lad takes great Interest in the road and
no- doubt will become an of floor. In the
company when he attains the proper
age and experience. It le safe to say
Ourdon is the youngest railroad stock
holder in the United States.
. Household Jdatter. .
If the 1T.081.88S quarta Of preserves
and Jellies Imported Into west ran Aus
tralia In 104 were to be placed on tbe
top shelves the result . would be the
breaking of 8.1T1 legs of small chil
dren, l,tt arms, and 1.110 ribs. The.
Jam if spread at average thlokneea
would be sufficient to put a thla layer
of Jam on l.UO.SOMOl . thin . slices of
bread that la 14 slices to the pound
loaf. It would require 8.811 pounds of
alum to produce thla bread if it were
made in bakeries, and the tax on thla
alum, if It were Imported Into Sierra
Leone, ..would he 111.17.
'V ' Tongue Twisters, y' .-;,'
From Medical and Surgical Reporter.
Read the followlag aloud, the ahprter
onea quickly, six times In succession:
Six thick thistle eticks. ' Al
Flesh of freshly fried flying fish.
Two toads, totally tired, tried o trot
te Tedbury. .
Strict atrong Stephen stringer anarea
six sickly snakes.
She stood at the door of Mrs. Smith's
fish-sauce shop, welcoming htm In.
A haddocky-a heddocx. a black-apot-ted
haddock, a blaok spot on the black
back of a black-spotted haddock. .
.' . V Rather Stale. .
People whos digestion Is at fault era,,
very clamorous for stale , bread, but
even the most chronlo dyspeptic would
fight shy or tacaiins . "
supposed to. be more than 4,000 yeara old,.,
having been baked In Egypt about 8.800
B. C. It was found, among a maae of
rubbish In the ruins of the Royal palace ,
at Dal-el-Bahrl, on the NUe.--
The Sorrowful Trett 7- '
' The "sorrowful tree."r which grows
oa ths Island of Ooa. near Bombay, la
ao called because tt haa a drooping,
. itiirlnar the daytime. Us
a miyv.B,.vw - - -
sspect changing aa the sun goes down.
Then Its leavea open ana iragrant Blos
soms appear.. - -
the tall candles, ths flash ef the disor
dered dlshss and ths two grim-faced
men. In the hand ef one of whom lurked
death 'for the other.' Xust before -ths
word te fire, the colonel raised a half
fnied glasa of wins In his left-hand
ui. mrAn, tielth Mr MrkriYiur "
in. mmtt - . r
"And to yours, sir In ths next world,"
answered MeArthur. .
"Are you ready, gentlemen? , Than
fire I" A spurt of flame leaped -from
the mnaale of McArthufe pistol, while
the empty - weapon of the 4 colonel
snapped harmlessly aa ha sank forward
dead across the table, overturning de
canters and glasses, j. V
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