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uloua by the qualities) we have
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Rocbefoucald. x's :
? A PRIMARY LAW FAULT.
-ik JOMINATIONS FOR state of
fXI ficers of Texas were recent
ly made under a direct pri-
- roary nominating law similar to that
in operation' in Oregon, and one ob
jection that has been urged against
it is the cost , of seeking, not to say
securing, a nomination at the pri-
- xntries.. Of the four Democrats who
. sought to become the candidate for
. ' governor it is said that the successful
one spent in this effort $13,000, and
the other three less amounts, but each
'more than $5,000. To obviate this
manifestly : objectionable feature of
the law it bas been proposed, and the
idea is mectlngwith considerable
-favor, to reducednr number of mem-
, bers of the legislature and raise their
, salaries, and impose ; on them . the
duty of electing state officers.. There
is very little likelihood,' however, of
such a radical and even dangerous
proposition being carried out. I the
v objection mentioned can be obviated
at all, it. must be by some . other
.. . method'-!li yV-": --- i'-TsT: -T. j
. As the law works now, a . man
cannot become a 'candidate without
the - expenditure : ' of ., considerable
money, though he has but a small
chance of winning out, and the. man
who spends the mos money, though
in quite a legitimate way, stands the
best chance of securing the nomina
tion, whether he be the . best man
-r nAf ' l-httr:-:. ?
The nomination of United States
senator in Oregon last spring is illus-
iraiivv oi ini regreiiiDie oui so jar
as yet appears unavoidable feature of
the law. Mr.. Bourne spent, quite
legitimately- and honorably J we , as
sume, a very large amount of money.
Others couIdnot -afford to do this.
Without that expenditure it is ex
- tremely doubtful whether Mr. Bourne
would have been nomirjaied, . We 'ate
' not saying whether or not in this case
the best man among the candidates
secured the nomination; but it surely
will not always happen that the man
who spends the most money is the
best man or the one that, if expendi
tures of the several candidates had
k been . equal, . would have received a
; plurality of Votes. . ";.
Perhaps .a partial solution of the
" 'difficulty may be found in limitation
of expenditures, a strict accounting
' thereof and their payment by the
; state though against this strong ob
jections might be made. .
i-v The primary law, 'we are sure, has
' ome to stay, but in Uml respect, and
. perhaps in some others, it, may need
f amendment, if any of its wise legis
lative friends can devise any way to
t v improve it . ;
FOREST RESERVES.
ENATOR HEYUBRN stands at
one extreme of the forest re-
! : . t r rr .
- ,,chot at the other. Pinchot hat prob-
; . ably modified his views and restrained
..nis rererve-creating desires somewhat
during the past' two of three years,
; j so bat he is now comparatively "safe
.' and sant," but everybody familiar
with the facts knows that the reserve
Impolicy, ccnvirtfd"1nto a Jbobby rjdderj
' ,V by enthusiastic extremists, has been
a source of much tril and great
frauds, There have been those with
. influence . and : authority who would
' sacrifice almost everything else in or
der .to ereste great western forest
reserves, but there has been some
modification of this intemperate seal,
and it may be assumed that hereafter
there will be less cause (or complaint
and inviting basis. for fraud than m
the past Mr. Pinchot bas actually
been out west several times now, and
is better informed than when be pic
tured to himself all the timbered
mountains of the far west a series
of forest reserves, ;; ',, -.
r Senator Heyburn's ' violent opposi
tion to forest reserves, on the other
' hand, is intemperate, unreasonable
and foolish. He goes to such ex
tremes, be becomes so angry and of
tensive, that be defeats his own pur-
-ss and (Jomi sgakit bira frt thai
might be sympathetically open , to
calm, candid arguments against the
creation of so many and so large re
serres, -V'.V' ',
- That the forest reserve policy is a
good one few will now attempt t6 dis
pute; the only . debatable questions
now are: To what-extent should it
be pursued? How can it best be car
ried out so as to do the most good
to the greatest number now and here
after, to injure as few people as pot
sible, and to prevent its becoming,
as it has too often been in the past,
a means of wholesale - land-grabbing
and land' frauds? . , . ' z
The : government has made some
great mistakes ; in carrying out -its
good intentions . in .. this matter; it
plunged into it without consideration
of immediate consequences, either as
to injuries to individual settlers or as
to possibilities ; opened up to . land
fraud sharks, but the forest reserve
policy in conception and intent is a
I good one, is, one vital to the inter
ests of the great majority of western
people and of the whole country, and
Senator- Heyburn's violent and viru
lent attacka on it will be in vain.
SAN FRANCISCO. ' i :
N THE wake of San Vrancisco's
great and overwhelming disas
ter or April 18 last has come; a
train of consequent lesser afflictions,
enough tpwearout the patience of
very saints and to discourage all but
the most stalwart hearts. Temporar
ily a good deal of the city's commerce
was transferred to other ports, Svhere
fractions of it will remain permasient
ly. ' The cleaning up of the City; and
reducing chaos, physical, financial and
industrial,- to a semblance iofv order,
to say nothing of plans for and the
beginnings of rebuilding, , were her
culean tasks. These were no more
than fairly begun when strikes oo'
curred, transportation was delayed,
and industrial wheels were clogged
in various ways. Prices of necessaries,
and with v them wages, soared into
figures unheard of anywhere before
except in some mining -camp-orat
some point far remote from centers
of civilization and means of produc
tion and transportation. Then came
the strike of the streetcar men, com
pelling the city for nearly two weeks
to walk or expensively and perhaps
uncomfortably ride in "whatever , ve
hicles could be secured. . In brief,
after beirig pretty well wiped out by
fire,'an Francisoo bas had .con
tinuous series of other troubles,
enoughto discourage anybody but
San. Franciscans.- r. -.; , , .
But time and labor and money and
faith will eventually bring everything
around right Normal conditions will
after awhile be restored, industry will
resume its steady gait, prices . will
gradually , fall to reasonable figures,
and surely if slowly the great work
ofjbuilding a better and more beau
tiful San Francisco will go on. . This
will take many years, but boys of
today' may yet live to point back to
the awful calamity of April 18, 1906,
as "a blessing in disguise," V .
I W'i,'' I 1 I 1 ) 1 TS f-' T': ; vv
To people . whose knowledge "of
California politics is a little more in
timate than that, to be gained Jrom
the; World almanac, 'the statement
that Abe Ruef and W. F. Herria are
engeged in a deadly struggle against
each other is cause for convulsive
laughter. Mr. Ruef is as necessary
to Mr. 'Herria as gum shoes and
mask and jimmy are to a burglar,
and Mr. Herrin is to the political life
of Mr. Ruef what water-isto a fish.
Ruef and Herrin fighting! Nay, nay;
the honest people of California will
not get their dues' for some, time yet
A citizen of Portland, on whose
fsce the westering sun of life starts
the perspiration as he mends, cleans
and presses clothes and writes son
nets, is authority for the statement
that he does both with equal facility
and pleasure. He is to be, congratu
lated on his ability to do something
so useful, ana find enjoyment in it
In his lifetime Marshall Field ws
reputed to be the heaviest individual
taxpayer in the United States, -and
now it is said that he paid Uxes OA
less than one tenth the value vof bis
nropertv. and vet some neovle im
agine this to be a squsre-deajunttx
The Proctor marble quarry has
elected the senator's son governor,
but by a plurality , so small that it
indicates that Vermont Republican
ism is tired of being considered, part
of the family's-business assets." '
It Js snnounced that early; next
month President Roosevelt is going
to make a few speeches He-rnust
be fairly suffering to do so; he has
been unprecedented quiet this sum
mer, - ! '- : . , -
There it no gnmihoe method in
Bryan's style pf campaigning. ,-c
' We bad every confidence in"the
last cashiec wha( looted the bank.
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO
v-t. "j Whaler Pluck. t3 4
A'wimlar from Nantucket town "7T"
He hd tha wort o luck;
H Mllad far south around the Born,
But not whale he struck. , y-
Tkree rr crulaad, north, eest and
Prom sole te torrid son. ' . ,
And when ha laid his course for borne
tie d neither oil nor bona. .
Tat m he salted around Brant Point ".
Ha aat hla pennant hlcb, '
And whan ha tied up te the wharf , '
,He luatlljr did eryi f - ( r
We've come home elean as we want out
.And wa didn't ralee whale,
An' we aJn't sot a bar! 9' lie. ' '
.But we've had a damned rine au." -
i 'f,h V'- Shorteninf. ; Vv-'
i Boapr water, -'.the same as ell. -Will
calm the wavea. . : . v 1
In Germany suicides among - school
children era sadly frequent. - .
Tea la so immoderately uaea in Ire
land that it often causes Insanity.
China's national hyras U so Ions that
It takes four hours to render lfc ,,
statistics snow that 4S par eent or
EbiKlish-speaklnc man use oaths habit
ually : ....:.-. .,
Farmers, by emnar their cows ' hat
water, may increase the yield of milk
by one-third. , . .
The Scots, whoso flower la the thistle.
have for their Instrument the batplpo.
A harsh, uaoouth people. - ,
Franco, ute land or uo my. has sor
Its Instrument the French horn.
Spain's instrument la the ' srultar.
Italy's is the mandolin, Wales and Ire
land share the - narp. between. them.
China, baa the tom-tom. ' Oermany has
the cornet. America has tho banjo,
A
Meaning f "Bridge.
The word brldxe Is a, eorruptioa of the
word ttrlteh. which was tho name by
which : brldse whlat . wea f lrat known.
The first work in Knrllsh deecrlblnf the
ramo was entitled "Bin too. or Russian
WhlstSj-Jaaaai. tn his . "Playlnr rds
and Gamins," tells us that it was a
pamphlet of only four pares, and no
place of printing or publication was
mentioned. It sum out In HIS. From
the title of thla work wo aot tho name
"blritch whist," -and , soon afterward
"bridge whist," until now we .call It
-bridge." As "to tho met nice of the
Word, several persona who. played , the
say the directors. A little less con
fidence and something' of the work
for which the directors get paid would
save ' depositors' money ; and .Veep
cashiers honest
Soma children having - a loaded
shotgun "to "play with, a 3-year-old
among them was killed, whic,h will
cause its parents sorrow, of course
but certainly -should, cause them no
surprise ',' , :.
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If Palma is going to 'put down that
revolution, as he has professed that
he could and would, it seems as if
if were high time he was getting a
visible move on toward doing scv
Frdnv the stories one reads' one is
forced to the conclusion ; that Mr.
Hearst baa sought to convince of the
necessity of his nomination for presi
dent everybody Jbut the people. ,"".
'It is really difficult to believe that
Mr.- Harriman, controlling 60 per cent
of the stock of a concern, could be
bunkoed by any transaction respect
ing, if -'r-v-:;':1 :T:-r::.t" i,7
Jeif Davis will be the next sen
ator rom Arkansas, and there is . a
very small prospect that as such ne
will, be' either useful or ornamental
; The Sheridan . a total wreck, the-l
Boston nearly wrecked; which vessel
of the navy will make the usual trio
of victims? t ; '.v:v Y
tetters
J...' ' . .'Bryan and the Yoopla,.'
; Medford, Or.. Sept... To the Editor
of The Journal The Oregonlaa of Au
gust 19. la its leading editorial, says In
part: . - ..,
"Mr. Bryan returns to his native land
a man who has stood before kings. - Oraat
nobles hav welcomed hla to their pal
aces;' great scholars have admitted him
to the shrines of thair learned re
searches; great thinkers have exchanged
thoughts with him. He has atudled the
Institutions of Europe and drawn from
their merits and defects leaaona which
ha will heseaftar expound to his coun
trymen. He has tried and . condemned
the .ancient civilisation or China, - ho
has contemplated the immemorial aoe
rows of India and pondered the silent
mystery of the - pyramids 'and ' the
sphinx. . . . He returns to be met
with a greeting eucn aa nations reserve
for their heroes, and saviors. - The me
tropolis of America makes holiday to
welcome the great oommontr te his na
tive land." i . ; . ' -- 1 '
According to press dispatches. Bryan
was greeted at Madison Square Garden
by 20.000 people, composed largely, of
distinguished persons from all parts of
the United .States, and when he spoke
"applause greeted hla . ovary 1 aentenoe,
and his first appearance ' called forth
pandemonium which .shook the building
for eight minutes." Also, It Is said.
"outside tho garden hundreds ' of thou
sands blocked the streets for hours watt'
lag to catch a glimpse of the Mebraa-
It will also be recalled that the Inter
parliamentary union, which was com
posed of great men from all the leading
nations of (he world, listened with great
respect to Mr. Bryan, who was but aa
tavtted visitor, and that this same body
unanimously adopted his noted arbitra
tion resolution. Millions of people have
read -his letters descriptive of his trip
around tho world, and ho has twloe re
ceived ' tho -greatest popular vote - for
president of the nation ever aoeof ded
a Dcmoorat, although some Democrats
have been-sleeted to that office.
Tat toward the wlndup of this same
editorial the erudite editor of the Ore
smUas aarst "Hrt Brrea baa lUKe ap-
of 'the Common
READ 'WHILE YOU WAIT.
game long; before this work was pub'
lianed have cemmunloated to-tba- tu
flay Review their experiences, among
which they mention that the word
blrltch" meant "no trumps," . v. .
..i-L Honor to a Woman.
A remarkable' epitaph' la en a tomb
stone in Brighton churchyard In &na
land. It reads: "In memory of Phoebe
Heaael. 'who waa born at Stepney In the
year 1711. fihe served for many1 year
aa private aoiaier in tne u;n regi
ment of foot in different parte of Eh).
rope, and In the year 174S fought under
the command of the Duke or Cumber
land at the battle of Fontenoy, where
aha received a bayonet' wound In her
arm.' Her long lite, whloh commenced
In the time of 3ueen Anne, extended to
ma reign or George iv.br whose am-
nlf icence aha received comfort and sup
port in her latter vaara. She died at
Brighton, where she had tons resided.
uecemper 11, 1111. aged IDS years." .
Parish Cerk'a Tombstone, ; '
-': ', From tho Indon Tribune.
In- connection with a tombatona in
Eocleeail (Torks) churchyard, on which
la inscribed the word. "Over," story la
101 a weii worth recording. '
Tho grave la that of aa eld oariah
dark ones connected with the church,
who waa also an ardent cricketer and
generally officiated aa umpire for the
village team. One hot Sunday morning,
while the clergyman waa delivering hla
sermon, tne Old clerk, who aat at hla
desk at the foot of tho pulpit, went to
sleep. The sermon having come to an
and, every one waited for the clerk to
say -Amen!" but, waking up at that mo
ment and having evidently been dream.
lng of tho match of the-preceding day,
he bawled out la his ; loudest tones,
weri-, , . ,. ; , ,-....'.
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' ,'. .; .Baby, ' :', :J ''
; " From the Philadelphia Press. '.
Father'a rival In mother's love.
A-orylng-wvlI you only aggravate by
putung down. - , i,
A native of au countries, who sneaks
tne language, or none.
a. mite of a thing that reaulrea a
migiy lot of attention. .'-.-
The maglo span by which the rods
iraaaiorm e nouso into a homo.
A pleasure to two, ta nuisance to every
oiner oooy ana a necessity to the world.
- A mlnUtnr Atlas that bears the
whole world of wedded Joys and cares
on its little shoulders. , , . .
parent power to think to the purpose oa
social question . His remedies ara far
fetched and Impractical. - His expedients
aavor..ofauperfiolaUty, The social
strains- and excesses which may rend
the world asunder In the next decade or
two seem to -him mere surface troubles
which. can . be remedied by an orotund
phrase. Nothing .tUuatratea the eaaen
tlal ahalloweesa of Mr. Bryan's reason
ing better than what ho has to say
about trusts. ... Mr.' Bryan Is a
bread pill which the ouaeka lq c antral
of the Demooratlo party wish to admin
ister to tha country to quiet He reat
lessnsas." -- : . ' . .,
The editor of the Ore r on fan la 'rlsht
as usual) he Is 4 great thinker and rea.
sonsr. . mk Bryan la essentially, shal
low, merely a bread pill. - Every person
who Is entertained or edified by a shal
low and Impractical aaan must jf neces
sity be himself wanting in intellect;
therefore the kings, nobles, great schol
ars" and great thinkers who have wel
comed Mr.' Bryan and "exchanged
thoughts" with him are, a lot of Imbe
ofes. And what shall be said of thoae
degenerate European Institutions which
Mr. Bryan bas atudled, alnoa he has re
turned "to expound to his own country
men" such shallow and superficial IdaasT
ABd the representatives of the six great
eat nations of the earth composing the
Interparliamentary anion must be fools
or they would not have' been Influenced
by Mr. Bryan's apeeeh. ' And tho hun
dreds of thousands of people who at
"Ui metropolis or America" greeted Mr.
Bryan In a manner "such as nations re
serve for their heroes and saviors" were
evidently an aggregation of .howling
a pea. . What . consummate, awe-struck
as sea the American, voters are, anyway!
.. .... v.. :-. ..PHIBBO.
feritisb Poltcy-Holdere Left
from tha London MaiL j
The report of ' the select : committee
of, the house of lords on foreign Insur
ance companies appeared .oa Saturday
and la a very disappointing document,
since the members of the committee
appear to have looked at the Issue be
fore thorn only from tho Insurance com
pany director's point of view and not
from the policy-holder's standpoint
- la commenting upon the American
insurance scandals, soma months-ago,
we drew attention to the need of In
creasing the amount whloh foreign com
panies , should bo required to deposit
or Invest In England aa a security for
tne snuaa poiioy-noiaer. Both Oer
many and France insist that any for
eign company - which doea business In
German or French territory shall Invest
aa amount proportionate to tha policies
issued in uerman or French aecorltlea.
This is a bualneaallke regulation and
one which should certainly be enforced
la England, especially now ' that we
know the manner In which ' the policy
holders' Interests have been disregarded
by certain of the' American companies
te' the past. - - .';-. : '
The lords' ' committee proaoanoea
against such a scheme on the' ground
that It might expoae British Insurance
companies doing business abroad to- re
taliatory treatment This la not a' very
convincing argument, nor is It clear
why England should not take those
measures to protect her subjects whloh
have been adopted by foreign govern
ments. The eo remittee, however, does
recommend skat the deposit of 410,000,
which foreign insurance companies as
well as British have now to make with
tho accountant-general, -should not be
allowed to be .withdrawn, and that fuller
account snouia ne furnished to the
government by foreign oompanles. For
such small mercies we must be grate
ful, ,but it would be wise and politic
to require foreign companiea to invest
in England up to If or 10 per cent of
the amount oc, premiums annually re
ceived. . -
, Simplon Subway la Ventilated.
From the' SO Louis Poet-Dispatch.
For seven years work on what may
well be considered one of the greateet
trlunfphe of. mod era engineering has
been eerrlad oa unceasingly. The fa
mous Simplon tunnel is now sn accom
plished fact - The work has eoat over
lS.SOO.SOO, One terminus of the tunnel
la at Brieg, In the Shone valley, and the
ether as leelle. Is Italy. It consists of
.two tunnels, only one of whloh will at
present be used for trains, the second
serving the purpose 'of a - ventilating
shaft through which 1.100 cublo feet of
air can be passed every second, bring
ing the temperature down te II degrees
laorenheit, . - r--- ' ,
A Little N
onsense
A Leg Worth Mora' Than a Man,
Jesse James, tb noted outlaw's son.
Is, at tha age of 10, one of the moat
talented and respected lawyers or Kt
aaa City. : .
In a claims case that he recently-won,
Mr. James told aa amusing story. '
"There was a woman," he aald,
"whose huaband waa killed In a railway
accident. The railroad, to avoid ault
gave her 16.000 damages, -
"Tha sum satisfied the woman.- but a
month or two afterward, taking Up-a
newspaper, aha read about a man who
hod lost hla leg in tho same accident
and behold, thla man' waa given by the
company damages te the amount - of
"It ' made : the woman mad. She
hastened at once to the ' office of the
railway's claim adjuster. She said bit-
terly " . ' - - - - .
" 'How is this? . Hsre you give a man
I7.I0S for the loss of hla leg, while you
only gave me 18,000 for the loss of my
husband.' :
'"The claim -adjuster ad lied amiably
and said la a soothing voice:
-Maoam, tne reason is quite piain.
The fT. toe won't provide the poor man
with a new leg, whereas with your
tS.000 you can easily get a new hus
band, and perhaps a better one.'
"'. Warren and Beveridge.. . Vs
Senator Warren of Wyoming was
pleading with tears In hs eyes for the
cow during the closing 1 hours of the
senate. Tha question of sending the
agricultural appropriation bill with the
meat Inspection amendment to confer
ence waa being discussed, and Warren
put In a few words for the cattlemen,
says the Sen Francisoo CalL - -
Senator Beveridge, anxious to get the
bill to conference, was trying to hurry
Warren along. He aaked Warren to
say something about putting labels. OU
the cans .packed by the packers.
' Uut, said warren, the senator in
sist that I shall hurry through. Will
the senator withdraw his Intimation
that I shall hurry T" . .- - , ,.-
1 believe that I shall stick to my
intimation," Beveridge replied. "" l
-Then. said -Warren." "I win "comply
ment him and I wlll say thatI hav
the utmost confldenoe In the senator's
ability to Yush the can' and to bring In
the proper measure wherewith we can
find . both can and contsata Ho can
"rush the can' as he pleases and Z will
undertake to follow him." :
1;:: A . Hard Knock. - - -R.
C. Seaver," the r famous - tennis
champion, described at a dinner in Bos
ton a ma ten wherein, navmg been in
bad form, ho was beaten by a poor
player. 4-; - ";.
"When I saw . myself, defeated,"- aald
Mr. Seaver,-"Iwas much taken aback,
and' when my opponent flushed . with
vlotory, laughed In my face tauntingly.
confess that I wss mad. - -
"I was as 'mad as a stock broker at
my acquaintance whom a tramp called
on the other day. .. , '.v
Y Boaa,' said tho tramp;. 'ray clothes
Is fair fallln' off my bactfTou haven't
got such a thing as a pair f , old pants
you might give me, hovs . you'
"No.', said the broker. haughtily, .1
don't keep my wardrobe In my office.'
" 'Where do you live, thenT said the
tramp. Til take your address and call
In the morning for that, old pair you've
got on.'- ; .' '." -' ..i.."
'Helping in Church.
A Scottish-parish minister met the
laird's gamekeeper one day. and said
to him. ..'"Why is It. Davidson, that I
never see you In church r '
"Well, sir," replied Davidson, "I don t
want to hurt "the attendance." -' -- -r
"Hurt the attendance? , What do you
mean?" aaked the minister. In surprise
"Well, you sea. sir, replied the game
keeper, "there are about a doaen men In
the parish that go to enurcn wnen I'm
not there, and would. go poaching If I
wentito church."
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Medical Uaea of Many Fruits.
That fruit la a wholesome article of
diet Is, of course, a . generally accepted
fact, but the Important place which It
takes through th medicinal eTrect it
exerts upon the entire system has only
recently becom well known. Th me
chanical effect ta net direct, but the
fruit encourages the natural functions
by which the several remedial processes
which they aid are brought about. -
Tha fruits which come under th head
of laxative are the -orange, figs, tama
rinds, prunes, mulberries, dates, nec
tarines and pluma Th astringents.
pomegranates, cranberries, blackberries,
sumach berries, dewberries, raspberries,
barberries, quinces, pears, wild cherries
and mediate. The diuretic ara goose
berries, red and white currants, pump
kins and melons, j Lemons, lime and
apple are stomach sedatives. Taken In
the morning early aa orange acts very
decidedly as a laxative, somatlmea
to a purgative, and may be generally
railed on. Pomegranates are very
astringent and relieve sor throat sad
uvula The oark 01 tne root, in tne
form of a deooctlon, Is a good anthel
mintic Firs, spilt open, form an ex
cellent poultice for bolls and small ab
eesses." 'Strawberries aad lemons, lo
cally applied, . are of some service in
the removal of tartar from the teeth. :
Annies are correctives useful In nau
sea, and even seasickness. Thsy Imme
diately relieve the nausea due to amok
lng. Bitter almonds contain hydae
eyanlo add, and are useful In a simple
cough; but they frequently produce a
sort of nettle -rash. - Th persimmon is
palatable when' rip, but th green fruit
la highly- astringent, containing mucn
tannin, , v r'rr .,-."'.".' '.. --iWTZ
. ' Frostbitten In August ' '.'".(.
Iv" From the Denver Republican. , v
One of the moat amesleg experiences
that haa ever befallen an eastern man
In Colorado befell C. H. Oraham of Chi
cago, Sunday, oa the vtop of the conti
nental divide n th Moffat road, whan
he had his feet frostbitten after hsvrng
spent two and a half hours walking
around on th bug drifts of perpetual
snow. -" . ' '
Mr. Oraham and a f rlend ' Douglas
Budd, a passsnger conductor running
out of Des Moines, Iowa, went to the
crest of the divide on the morning train
and stopped off at Corona, where there
la aa Intermission of tw and a .half
hour before th train back t Denver
arrives. ------1 - f. -. . - -
.The two men were greatly Interested
In the snow at'tha top of the divide and
spent the-entlre time shoveling It about
to ascertain th depth of th drift.
Mr. Budd decided after apendlng an
hour On the snow that h was getting
eold feet, and went to th station, but
Mr. Graham, persevered la the work of
Investigation. He wore, low shoes, and
as a result of his perambulation, over
the snow his feet and lower limbs were
thoroughly ehllled. V.
After he got on the trsln he was at
tacked" with excruciating pains In bis
legs, afld' on arriving In Denver went
to the office 0' Dr. H. H. Martin. In the
Cooper block, wca pronounced his case
on of Troetmte and appiiea tne
tomary remsdlea, . . r- - - v.
09
xcf TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANCX C .1
Tha
is a back "numbsr now," until
his trial.
e e
'Streetcar conductors surely earn-all
they get' ' .
e e
: Evidently Purer would like to change
nis hotel.
ettensland has dancad; now let! him
pay- the fiddler. -
. ... -" s. .-
Raise so many good apples that they
will oe cheaper.
' ' : . ... :. '-.
sre r ueer intimates that he lan t a
sure standpatter.
O welt" the f Democrats would hav
had a rw anyway. ,
-IS v. .. . '
The show of Salem next week will be
worth going to see, .
There Is room at the top, but the wind
blowe strong there. "
t-- ... ; ,- . -er a-' i.
Now Bryan can eat roasting ears and
drink cream from th Jersey cow. .
. ,,V' ' ' :'
A man must be hard up for a Job who
wants to be a policemen in Bussts,
Thoae Rainier bank robbers should be
fined, for not observing Labor day. '
; ,';i t-. -r ' e : .V( '..,
Teddy seems disposed . t . hedge a
little on his speJling referm splurge
That naval ' review is another thing
that we wouldq'twalk ver.LOOt.mllea
to see. . - .
If It doesn't rain next week a great
many Oregon people will be happily
It haa often been demonstrated that
a man can talx too much and too long
or nia owa gooo.
A good many bank examiners 'don't
direct and ' some bank examiners don't
know how to examine, ;- .- -
r ' W. V? V a-.' . '4: ,- h-.t
Oans may he Nelson's superior as a
pugilist, but he must not expect , any
recognition .of social equality.
Vice-President Fairbanks Is becoming
qulU a "mixer.' , He may need all the
votes he can get, and even mora.
' ' - . v, e. e .-; '.. -' t t
Oay Parse la' about the Ust nlaeeHn
the world In which one would have ex
pected to see a Sunday law enforced.
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Boy burglars, highwaymen and' mur
derers are becoming alarmingly numer
ous. - What. If anything, can be done
about kt
e
- A man who never eaa of win change
his mind la about a stand-off for oaa
who changes his mind whenever be
hears a new suggestion.
,.'. . . . . .
W live lit hopes of seeing them yet.
Those alectrlo roads up the Willamette;
Or, . aoeent corrected, . some , will say
If road aren't soon built upth valley
- - vtruiamena ,
Tte Smile TLat
BTJQHrCANDERSOlUAyNEV
. . , . , .
fOopyright, ISO, by W. E. BearsL) -"
We hav heard and read much rela
tive to th smile that won't com off. '
- But hav you ever aeon the man with
the em He that wouldn't stay onT .
The man who has th 'smile Ilk th
old wolf la Little Red Riding HoodT
The smile that I th result of antici
pating the repast that shall hav been
enjoyed when L1U1 Red Riding Hood
la all eaten up? ' - - .
- Sometimes you see th- smile that
won't stay on on the face of a beggar
on the street who, when asking you for
a dim, has a blessing ready If you give
and a curs If you don't happen to give
a coin . of the republic , Into , the out
stretched hand.' . .'i; ::
Sometimes yea sed It . when som
feller - - with a get-rloh-qulck-scheme
comes around .and you fall to nibble at
the seductive promises that .he has to
snake,. ' ; ' "'1. i'..-'.- .t
Sometime you see It, when, after a
partloularry fine dinner, and you hav
"tipped", th welter liberally, and than
as yon turn away you hear 'htm say:
"Mr. E. Z. Marque, up la SI. has turned
a half dollar my way." -. - . -
Sometime you see It an the face 'of
som long-faced, bewhlakered old hip
poorite who has made his money shav
ing on notes, renting his property for
Immoral purposes, compelling widows
to disgorge th last penny oa th mort
gage and interest. Tou so th smile
that won't stay on when . In prayer
meeting he "thank God that he la aot
as other men are." ' And ' down deep in
your heart you say, "Thank God all
other men are not as he la" :.
Th smll that won't stay on usually
Is fastened to a faoa that Is made to go
with the heart of a grouoh, the con
science of an India rubber man'a'nd the
brain that is cheered only by the ellnk,
chink of dollars dropping Into hi cof
fers, ground out In the mm of oppres
sion and rounded in th mold of deceit
It's a good thlrfg for men living in
this busy workaday world that the ma
jority of "them ar blessed With that
euaUsT' whloh the phreaoioglsts eall
"ability to read human nature." Other
wise the smile that won't stay en would
be as readily taken to warm the cockles
of th heart aa the emrle that won't
come off.-' - '' ' ' , v , .. . "
. W love the man who, ta the exuber
ance of good nature levee everybody.
We despise themaa who wears th
smll of th hypoorlt simply for ths
sake of gain..
i The Boy and the Bears. z':i '-'
Pistol River Correspondence t Gold
. -.'. .. Beach Globe..,. . ... . ,-.
': Quite an excltemeatat Davidson pfaoe
the ether evening while eating sapper
the little boy started te the barn .for
his sorse . to go and get the cows, all
of a sudden he came a puffin and blow
ing to the door and opened It- and said
oh X. mamma I beard something la the
bushes th old bear Jumped up and
grabed the first thing that she got bsi
hand on It waa a gun and the big cub
grabed a butcher knife, and the eub
grabed a . twenty two away went fol
lowing the little boy th old bear kept
aaylng where I It and th big eub had
Ita butcher knife drawn ready to sub
the -animal so th ether eub held It
twenty two ready to shoot It eould not
of shot that animal If It had been ready
J te eaten, has tog aaa aaa mUUas te
";;'v
Monmouth is oiling its streets, - '
' -
Many, vicious hobos hav- congregated
In Drain. ... . , ----.
v '.-,-; e . e - . .' '. '. ... : '.
.The feasle crop In Clackamas county ,
is also goodj ,
,'., ' .', e '
Dry-land farming becomes more' suc
cessful every year. -,
-.,::- v,- , .: e""e ;
A lemon growing on a tree near Ma- -MlaavUle
meaaurea lttxl3H Inche,, - .
... e .e.,, .
An average of four carloads a day of
prunes are being shipped from Mlltoa,
' ...';'-' ' e": e -ji ....: (
Great quantities of fruit will go te
waat ir various parts of western Ore- 'i'
' ' . ; ' e - a -f .: . .
A good deal of real estate in Hood
River and the adjacent valley Is Chang-'
lng hands, '
-. '," : .' a.e '.-".,:-' r'-'.; , -, ,
A Douglas eounty 1-year-old chad
ranbarerooted Into hot ashes and '
burned off some of Its toes. ,
.'. I.-,.'. ',,'. :-.. .e- ..1 ; V- .' .' V. .'
" The trouble with a good many men
Is thst thsy want to work somebody, .
Instead of working for somebody.
.'..;' 5 is .v'.-.-','.-; t; 1 '' V'. rC
For many years af arm on th foot
hill aaat of Milton has averaged over "
so ousneis or wheat an acres thle year -II
bushels. : '-..'.' j. v ,
A farmer near Springwater In Clacka.
mas eounty harvested IT bushels of . .
wheat an acre. end. a neighbor II bush- . '
els of oat an acre.-..., . ; , -
The people who -are pleading for
wormy apples for the poor are prob
ably those who are too lasy or stingy
vt spray ineir. tree. . .....,.'.
M. C Wire, a methodiat minister, a
son of the earn calling, and two other
live Wires. . kHjed U deer In - the Cow
Creek canyon country.
. ::j..B ";.TTiJ.-.,i,-,B:..
A eat died In Milton 'that had Uved
with a family for Itryeara, and was a
full grown animal and In poaaeealoa of :
th premises when bought by th pre. -
ent owners. , , . . j .,.., ..-...,.,.:
Th Vale Orlano says: -rs "Business
men who do not advertise and oltieena s
who are not subscribers for their home
psper will hereafter be Ignored In our
columns. rhyr-dead,' anyhow."--'; "
A " Crook countr ' "girl ' "paddled a'
neighbor boy of IS, whoae father had
her arrested Tor assault and battery. -Th
Justice- fined her l and : at once
remitted the Ana It's not easy for a
man to punish a sweet slxteener. ,? ;'.';..-
- ; e. e. -tT j--..-.
When at Provolt, , writes a oorre-
spondent of Grants Pasa Courier; look .-
at the beautiful green- flelde of waving
alfalfa and clover and - the, thandln -.
stalks at corn and the sparkling, rippling ;
water running to and fro. And 1 the
strong and lofty farmers of the nation -we
must oall to protect the soil : from. .'
destruction. So now, let u John So-,
gether aa one great mighty power and
tight the peat rebellion. . : , -, -j .
Won't Stay On "
We honor th man who can trudae
through ' life" with th load 'of a sick '
wife, deformed children and business
misfortune on his heart, aad yet have
a Good Samaritan smll -for other
worse off than himself. ' , . ' . , - -,
Ws have no respect for the man who
smiles only when gold I being heaped :
to. himself, or whsn other hearts are '
ta trouble and sorrow., -. ,.f r - . ,'
W . honor the man V who eaa ' smile .
when tha winds of misfortune hav .'
driven th bark of his hope Into the -stralu
of adversity, aad who. through ,
all, sen hope for the day when "the '
south winds will blow softly and bring
him to bis desired haven." .. .
' We do not ear to be seen walking
down street with the man who rejoices
that a San Francisoo disaster will ..
enable him to make money. out of th '
unfortunate victim In , the strickeal
Oltr.-')T '"ir r-;-,-.,-;;' 1.. ; ...v
Veritable ghouls, preying In the grave-
yard, of dead hopes, are the majority of
men wh smile at another's adversity.- -la
the cold, gray ashes of every dead
hop there may always be found a trace "
of th gold that lured th unfortunate ,
Victim of. dead hope to hla untimely
grave, and these Inhuman looters of '
dead hopes rejoice and smll only when v .
they v find the gold that the .other
missed. These ar ith men who hav - .
th smile that won't stay on, .
' Ton have read of the murdering gaisi ,
rotlng bands that Infested Italy In the ' -early
part of th nineteenth century, -How
thsy seised their vlotlm from be
hind and strangled him to death. Not
better ar th garroter of modern llf. .
who for th sake of adding gold ta their
ill-gotten store rob widows and orphans, -
and with unholy Joy smile at the moan ( '
and the groan of those they have robbed ' '
and betrayed. Th. smll that won't '
tay ea Is born tin a 'Corrupt heart,
nourished by deceit and fed by th
bread of satisfaction, baked Jn the ovens .
et robbery, murder and Ilea Beware
of th man with th smll that won't
stay-on- It may appear brilliant and "
seductive, but It Is the brilliancy of
the lurid flames of th pit at which Ms -soul
Is warmed, and Its seductiveness Is
the seductiveness of th leech that Is ,
continually crying, "Give, give, giver i.i'
Avoid 'as you would ' a pestilence, - a
viper, the maa Who smiles only at th ,
victory of , evil, th tear of tha widow
ahd the bitter cry of th children whoa
life he ha blasted. v '
shoot In the twenty tw she was scared
so bad that eh oouldn,t hav shot If
she wanted to, so tha; llttl boy aald
see It and th old bear said where iu
up there th little boy kept' saying so
the old bear saw It at last and found
out that It was a hog rooting all that
you eould see of the bog . was Ita tall
and whsn tha eld bear found that It was
a hog she Just began to laugh and
laugh and than the other two cubs be
gan, to laugh th llttl boy said mamma
I thought a panther. ' ,.....
The old bear and her big cub was
dlglng potatoes and yeuoug-4ifcear '
th eld bear growl and the .aue.iuid
say don't growl so for I am srwful
tired so' ant, X the. old bear would say
they kept on dlgmg potatoes till they,
dug foar -big sacks of potatoes how Is
that tor the old bear and the eubs foe
te da ta one day, ...-. ., ,,--.,
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