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''The strongest passion allow.,
us som rest, but vanity keeps,
perpetually In motion. What a
dust do Z raise! says tha fly on
the coach wheel And at what '
a rate' do I drive 1 says the fly
n the horse's back. Swift . ':
PEOPLE AND COUNCIL.
19, THE COUNCIL ' should ; pass
r the East .Third street franchise
,. ves the prospective, veto of the
sniypr, it ia MKciy ioi iuc ri ca
elum will be invoked to appeal the
matter to the electorate of the city,
- in - vrhidse-theTer-rittledmrbt
of the result; The people are no
longer disposed to give away, very
aluable: street franchises, or part
svith them for a small fraction of
their value, to corporations. " Times
snd conditions "have changed since'
Portland's puling infancy, when it
was perhaps good policy to give awsy
such franchise! in order to' develop
the town; now corporations sre glad
So pay for these privileges, snd to
confer a vastly valuable , privilege
spon a corporation for what is mani
festly but a small fraction of its
worth is something thst the people
are not likely to allow, since the new
constitutional amendment arms, them
with the power of successful resist
ance.' Fortunately, a city council
... fannnt in Innffr atimv stiff defiant.
fy giv away or sell for "a song" the
property and rights of the people."
I n this matterr an4 -in thst of the
crtd Fourth street permit, the council
seems to e " either oblivious to or
defiant of public sentiment and of the
people's interests and rights.- On a
svrone? nronosition it acts oromotlv
and affirmatively; n a right proposi
tion It doggedly refuses to act at
all. But in both cases the people can
act, and wc think that they should
and wilL ft is a very good thing
tbaf the peoplehave the power either
to, nullify the, council's action or', to
e nm ol ie jA.aM " . . 24
FOR A CREATES OREGON
'-' . ' TV II. I 1 ' - J
THE ORGANIZATION of a
state development league, and
of aeveral . sectional leagues,
particularly the Willamette Valley
league, has; done much already to
stimulate the development of Oregon
and . advance ita . material lintcrMtt
Never before were all sections of the
state working together so harmoni
ously ss now for the Greater Oregon
whose "large, beginnings ' are now
plainly apparent to all observant" be
holders.' ' Never before was there so
little friction or jealousy between dif
ferent sections of the state,' sever
so dear and general a comprehen
sion of the important fact that what
ever tends to the development of one
section makes for the development
and prosperity of all sections. Never
before were the people of Oregon so
free from the delusion that one sec
tion or locality or town could advance
Its interests by decrying or nigging
ot harassing or working against an
other town, locality or section. Never
, before has there been either so much
working as welL as talking effort or
so much unselfish enthusiasm in the
matter of Oregon's development ss
bow. ':'
And thran raanlta it, 1
measure due to the state development
, league. "It hat worked, and very suc
cessfully',' to bring about these re
sults. And not Onlv thnr. but actual
tangible. aicnificint ... i)lmt
Trjou unea. . ever were the
people of Oregon so active, so hope
ful, ao Confident an innrrriitiv. r.t
Oregon's- resources, sdvantages snd
possibilities, so wide-aWake and ener
getic' In -proclaiming and improving
Oregon's splendid and illimitable op
portunities. And this gratifying ion
d it ion is due in' no small degree to
the persistent, intelligent f and self-
sacrificing efforts, of the State
Vflftomfnt Hint and loral lfas-nva "
) The state development league meets
mi waivui luuat - biiu IL vaaiuil la
expected to be more than usually in
teresting and important. Thet.it will
have good results is' certain. -It
should be attended by a larger nttm
ler than ever, representing every
county in Oregon. The league should
l encouraged and supported ia every
practical , way. . Everybody, should
consider , himself in sentiment snd
local action a member of. It . Every
body should pull fof. a Grester Ore
gon. It is coming, anyway,' but hor
much greater, and how rapidly, de
pend on the Oregon people .as
wtloli.. I( is possible in ten yesrs for
Oregon to, overtake and pass --Wash
jngton- in population - and wealth.
With no jealousy; of and with great
admiration ' for , our neighbor state,
let's do this. Pull for it, all together.
VALUATION ? OF! RAILROADS.
IT HAS BEEN f welt suggested
- that the 7determinatioa'of : the
value hi the materials used in
the construction of railroads, ia the
pen markets of the world, ts 'fteces
sary to a fair valuation of the prop
erties. " Steel rsils cost the American
railroad builder-the fullr amouhtTof
the protective tariff., more than the
same rails cost the foreign railroad
builder.' : Our ' steel manufacturers
exact from the builders of American
railroads the price at which they are
glad .to sell their rails and other
products , abroad plus the duty of
about $8 per ton. The duty on splice
bars is $9,60, and on, track bolts $30
per ton. so that sn American road on
this account costs at least $1,000 per
mile inore-than a -foreigft"Tosd."7" "
But this .is not the railroads' fault;
it is the people-'a fault for sending
men to ccmgTerytltltllow"lSe
people to be thus plundered by' the
steel ' trust,' which could hold the
American market if the duty were en
tirely removed, as -is proved by their
ability to sell at a profit abroad. The
question of . higher- wages does not
come In at "all, TforTin spite of the
higher wages the manufacturers do
sell great quantities abroad ,in free
trade markets, and nobody supposes
they do so st a loss, 1 .1"
So the railroads not only aim to
make interest and dividends on fic
titious capital, which they ought not
to be allowed to do, but also on the
excessive cost of construction on ac
count, of the unnecessary and vicious
tariff, which is ' legitimate,, for they
are not to blame for this, except in
so far as they.ataud in with the steel
trust and other trusts id securing the
enactment f such V tariff law. "
CAMPAIGN TEXTBOOKS.
CAMPAIGN textbook is like
, a lawyer's plea,' too one-sided
. . tfc It at asaftaf)t vavef'tsa-aaaaV. joliav a
scrutiny sad analysis.- It sets forth
some facts and figures correctly, no
doubt- but they are only such ss ar
calculated to laud and exalt the party
in power, or to criticise snd condemn
it. ; The thing is unreliable, because
its aim is not to tell the truth, the
whole-trtrthndnaothlnsfTDiirrihe"
truth, but to , magnify some' truths
snd minimize or suppress others.' Its
purported statement of facts is there
fore trj-te regarded with suspicion.
snd its conclusions therefrom are not
to be accepted at all without critical
investigation. A congressional cam
paign committee can always make a
fine surface showing for or against
the - dominant party,"- but"WhHe its 1
textbook may contain many statis
tical truths, the thing taken as a whole
is insincere, delusive Snd unreliable.
The basic and central falsehood of
the recently issued Republican cam-!
patgn textbook lies in its assumption
that all the country's prosperity snd
success and blessings are due, to the
Republican party, whereas psrty snd
politics had very little to -do , with
them The Republican oartv since
1896 hss simply been playing in luck,1
and taking credit to itself for results
that it did not bring about and with
most of which it had no more to do
than it had with the San Francisco
earthquake or the alleged shifting of
the earth's axis. In fact, a campaign
textbook invariably descends into the
realm of pettifoggery. . It assumes,
correctly, that a large proportion of
voters do not exercise their reason
ing faculties in politics, but this pro
portion is gradually diminishing.
The ! Republican party will stsnd
pst solidly on-the: present tariff law,
and we expect, as the lesders shrewd
ly calculate, that owing to so Urge
a measure' of prosperity and so com-
psratively little discontent, that party
will win in the congressional elections
this fall. It would not be surprising
if the present Republicsn msjorrty'in
the house were maintained or even
Increased., But It js none the less
certain that the time is not far dis
tant when this wrong and unjust
thing, the Dingley tariff, will be re
vised snd reformed, ' and the longer
its revision is deferred the more rad-
de-peal the change, in Jt will be.
Stolypin ssid he would not tske
life for life, and as a consequence
only - 300 ' Russians-mostly ' Jews--have
been massacred in two days '
"' 1,1 1 - ' '
Congressman . Fordney ; makes a
long explanation of his' explanation
regarding hi verbsl ; assault on At
torney Heney, feels confident ha did
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT.
The Vagus and Tender Dream.
0M If tha vaarue and tend a r dream
Of dead lova'a lincerlna klaae
To cruab'd hearts, hallowed br tha
fleam . :
Of unraturninar bllasaa:
Dcap Vnourna tha 'aoul, n anguished
Drlde. ' .
for the plttUaa daath that wen them;
But the Saddest wall la the Upa that
died
WTlh tha vlrain dsw upon them.
.. r ' ' John Hajr.
. Odd Items Frprn, Everywhere
Mount Sana-ay ia Che most active vol
cano in the world, it la aituaua in
Ecuador.. la. 1T.120 feet in halht and
haa pen In oonatant acUvltr . alnoa
Uts. The aounds of lta aruptiona are
aoraetlmea heard In Quito, 160 - mile
distant, '.and. once:. JCT reporta were
oounted In one hour.. - '
The" popuiatlbn of-"Brobkly" at"the
time of consolidation wa 8J8.O00; It la
now 1.168,000, a vain of 120.009. rela
tively larger than Manhattan'.
The aaeesaora returna auow 1 mat
Oorham haa mora cowa than any other
town, tn Maine. 1.SI7. Auburn la aecond
with 1.(61 and Turnerthtrd with 1,816.
At an international aresamaains com
petition In London an American girl
from the Caucaaua won the grand prise,
having made an elaborate gown, all un
aided, within 14 hours. . ' '
A mar owned by Charles Berrr of
Farmlngton, -;New Hampshire, reported
atolen to the police of tha state, waa
round .after . two days In tha basement
th -ataMe.-wherer she "tiad -evidently
Strayed, to escape the Intense hrat. -
Joseph Fontana of Augusta. Georgia.
has grown a cucumber six f eeL long.
which will -be- exhibited at falre to- eol
held aoon. Tha cucumber la a Chinese
variety, and la oooked and eaten after
tha fashion of an egg plant, Inatead of
being used as a relish. - - - . . ...
v Concerning Gudgeons. '
There are certain confidence games ao
grossly crude that all the' victim may
expect Is s. laughu-Thara la no sympathy
for him end ha deserves what -he gets.
which Is A lesson In experience. . But
the - representative from the back
counties -Who buys a gold .brick, who
bets that he can open a lock, who
wagers his money upon the location of
nimble pea under a. shell compared
with .the city-bred gudgeon who reads
the personal of a ""widow" and la moved
thereby to I'looaen up" Is a monument
of wisdom,-dignity and astuteness. ...
Laxy People Feel Heat '
According to Profeaaor Morrison " of
th University of Chicago, summer Is
not tha logical season for. taking vaca
Hone. Aa shown by. th action of car-
not use the word damn, and with one
superhuman effort closes the incident
and his mouth. As a matter of fact,
however, the gentleman 'from Michi
gan takes himself much too seriously.
The people of Oregon have always
consideredhat . congressmen from
the banks of the Kalamazoi were
made for thei enjoyment
. Congressman Littlefield, comment
ing on the Maine election, and: the
fight that Samuel Compere made
against him, says, "as a matter of
fact ' the labor leader's opposition
helped me.'' ' AsLfttlefteld-carried
his district in" 1904 ly 5,391 votes and
was elected yesterday by about 1,300,
the sort of help the labor leader gave
him 'will not be courted by other con
gressional aspirants. , 4 '., .
Salem is to abe congratulated on
the compietion of a portion of the
first of several electric railroad lines
of which it -will be the center.f This
bit of road is in operation as yet only
To- ChmIwa7buFwilTTe extended to
Portland, and others will be built
to connectnthe capital city with Dal
las, Silverton, McMionville and other
points.--- ------i-n - -
It you want to get a quick, and
fairly comprehensive view of Ore
gon's wonderful resources, and see on,
what those who predict a grand fu
ture for the commonwealth base their
prophecy, you should spend at least
one day it the state fair. - Eight hours
there are worth 30 days', reading of
the state's material wealth. v i '",'.
Some day the farmers of the state
of Washington will think the lumber
men have had their fat innings about
long enough, and ' will - demand a
iquare deal. Then the stand-pat con
gressmen will be left at home.. :
From his conversation one would
think that J. J. Hill was the greatest,
pessimist in America; judged by his
rsilroad building he is the foremost
optimist in the world. "
- Unless the railroads subrnjl to gov
ernment regulation and' cphtrol, and
obey the laws' regsrding theni, the
demand tors government ownership
will increase and become irresistible.
The only office for, which W. .R.
Hearst has npt been a candidate is
that of presiding elder fn the Metho
dist , church. Mr. 'Hearst ' is not ' a
Methodist. . J" "' -:-
y :
: T1 " - t,. "
Now a lot more people are accused
of land frauds up in Idaho. : O, Ore
gon wilfhave plenty of company if
the square deal goes all around.
As long as the windts in thesouth
west tKe westher forecaster is safe
in predicting rain, tonight tomorrow,
or before long, '. "
of tkc Common
tain animals In hibernating, winter la
the natural time for resting and re
cuperating from one'a labora. The aura-
mer .: nest la most enervating to ' the
idlers, the loaf era, those .who have
nothing to keep their minds and bodies
busy. As proof or tms. oo wo not au
feel th'bea more acutely on Bunday
than on 'any other day? - A 71-degree
temperature on Bunday cauaea more
suffering than one of IS degreea on
Monday, The man or woman who keepa
buay on a hot eay would never notloe
tha heat, nine times out. of ten, were it
not for the remark of other who have
nothlpg to do but think and talk about
th weather. .,
. A Million to Fight Insects.
- British hopgrower have had to main
tain thl aeaaon on of their 'hardest
fignta to aav their crop from 'th
ravagea of the aphis, or green fly. and
It Is not. Improbable, that this warfare
haa added 11,000,000 to th coat or rais
ing th crop, eaya th London MalL
Br th ua of lnaectloldea, applied to
th hop by spraying machines, it is
generally possible to defeat th attacks
of th aphla and Its innumerable awarma
of progeny. -
Aa many as six or eight washings
have been necessary in some cases. The
cost of th operation varies from IS to
17.60 per acre. . Buppose th whole of
th 4S,7 acres under hops thla year
have bean washed Ova times, the eoat
would reach. In round 'figure, from
$1,220,000 to $1,800,000.
.Why?:
If dough is do, why shouldn't bean be
spelled bough T
If bough ia bow, why ahouidn't eow ne
h
If cough la eoft why ahouidn't toft
b spalled toughT -v
If tough' ia turr, why shouldn't nun
be spelled fl ought -
If blow la bio, why shouldn't brow be
brot ! .:' .
If do la dough, why ahouidn't do be
dough T . i
And if dough la do, and does -ia do.
why shouldn dodo b doughdoT : '
And If why but howerer ,
. Lucky Horseshoes.
There is A right way and a wrong In
th picking up of a horeeebo. ' I waa
walking with a country-bred boy along
a Bomeraet lane and saw on lying In
th crumbling summer rut "Thar 1 a
horseshoe," said I. , Th isd sprang for
ward, but stopped suddenly befor his
fingers touched th Iron. "But I wont
pick it up," said ha. "or I shall spoil
your luok." - It may perhaps bav been
only a point of etiquette, but he aaaursd
me that a horseshoe of my finding could
bring luck neither to him nor m If he
touched it before me. ....
Letters
. He Bays Seer 9
Portland.. Bept. 10, 1901 To th Editor
of Th Journal: In Friday's Journal on
editorial page Is aq article, headed "Do
Deer Drink T" I wlah to answer D. t.s
Perhapa In Grants) Pass. CVegon. the deer
have become web-footed and perhapa na
ture baa provided them with an auto
matic sponge on their backs by which
they - receive their refreshments br ab
sorption,1 and perhapa Mr. D. S. la an old
civil war veteran, and If ao ia excuaabl
for the article. W sent some-delegate
from Portland last June to attend th
encampment at Grants Pass, and on
their return they reported that they saw
a chlnook salmon climb th big flag
staff, and they bad to xet A .cow boy to
lasso It to get it down again. Of course
we appointed a commute to invatlgat
th cause of such a report and learned
that th liquid oson that Grants Pasa
furnished th -vet waa th cause.
But In th middle west states deer do
drink good, pure water, and they are
th cleanest drinkers you erer-aa wv -1
had tha cars, of eight doea and their
fawn for two years. We . had to keen
them In a high corral during th sum
mer because they ar great lovers of
lettuce, peas and cabbage. I hav also
seen wild deer leav th lick and go di
rect to the creek only a few 'hundred
yarda away and drink. Respectfully.
;' . W- E. ATDKNr
Asrrs With B. . '
Ttllaroook. -Sent -. re Tin Editor of
Th Journal: D. writing about deer
In Tha Journal of yesterday, aaya he
doea not think that deer drink. I was
talking with a game warden lest rear
and ha told m th in a long life epent
In a deer country h had never seen on
of th animals take a mouthful of watsr,
I askd if It weren't posslbl that they
drank when h was ' not looking. He
aald, "Tea. but not likely." I never aaw
a deer take a drink, but It never occurred
to m that thla waa because they never
did drink. I agree with D, 8. J. at F.
- " Household Notes. ;
-' By Wex Jonea.
On of th moat uaeful things to hav
about th hous la a Standard Oil mag
nate. 'Run through a wringer daily, he
will yield enough money to keep th
automobile in repair and to buy chicken
aandwlchea for tha cat Of oourse, 1
la advisable to give th magnate a re
bat on all aums extracted from him.
Thla will keep htm In good temper and
with ear b will live to a good old age.
'' In peeling potatoes care should be
taken to save a llttl of th eor.
Delicious clam chowder can be made
with,, dame. 4 , ,
The society butterfly pay much t
tentlon to the, etiquette of calls, but for
tha ordinary 'person th only rul that
muat b remembered I this: Never call
any one unless ready to back up your
remarks. - - -, - ' "''.''
Blacking for shoes can be made of
whit lead. Thla glvea a distinguished
air to tha tootsies and makes tha wearer
look aa If he had tramped through, a
sack of flour and didn't care a hang.
Mo horn should be without book. At
least ' th "hundred best" should be
tastefully arranged on th waahtub or
In, Ah cellar. Among th hundred beat
book ar to be found most of th Mat.
In washing dishes it la Inadvisable to
break any but th durtlast . Thl saves
tim and money, for it takes, long time
to gather up th pieces of dishes flung
against the calling in a fit of plqu.. .
'When' writing out an order for the
butcher or baker, don't lose tire bother
ing about whether "roast' I ' spelled
Tost" or "route"; let It go any way, and
add "a aa T. R. - ..
Lmons should always be kept In the
house. Tou never know when a gueat
may riulr to be handed tin, and. In
addition, lemons mak dellolou flavor-
l&g for roast beef. ;
A Little Nonsense
A New Degree.
Merrltt Btarr la telling a story apropoa
Of th declaration made against spelling
rerorra by President Kllot of Harvard
university. "When Theodore Boosevalt
was in college," aaya Mr. Starr, "a com
rade of his waa a candidate for th de
gree of doctor of philosophy, r This man
adopted spelling reform aa his particular
Una or work, and aa commencement day
drew near h went to President Eliot
with a request
"Tou know, Mr. President," h said.
"that you ar proposing to maks ma a
Ph. D. Now, I hav mad a specialty
of spelling. reform and I always spell
philosophy with an f. I therefore called
to ask you if you could not mak my
degree F. D Instead of Ph. D. .
- -Certainly, my dear air," repUed th
president of Harvard.- "In fact, if you
Insist, w shall mak It a D. T." . .
; , Got Soma .Easy Money. -
Som tim ago , aald . Represent t!v
Lonarworth at a recent dinner, a con
tractor was going down a street in
whloh he was having a building rcted
when he saw a man standing on th
scaffolding with bla band in his pockets
and smoking a pipe. 'Climbing th lad'
der and stepping in front of th man,
h angrily xmlaimd:
Tv caught you , loafing-on ma this
Um ail right Here la your four days
pay. and you can consider yourself dis
charged. . ... ', .
Th man pocketed . th money and
went away with much speed. Just than
th foreman appeared, and th con
tractor told him what h bad don.
That yellow waan't working for us,'
said th foreman. "He waa only hang
ing around her looking for a job."
Montana, ! Dlatances.
'Xet m hav $$0," aald a prospector
on-lay to a tawyer-frlend. 1 must
hav . powder and grub. I'll pay you
back . within a weak. rv struck it
rich. I'm within three feet of a mil
lion dollars." Two weeks later th law
yer, who bad accommodate! hla friend.
met him on th street Th prospector
seemed anxious to 'avoid hla creditor.
Th laat tim I saw you, you were
within three feet of a million dollare.'
remarked th - lawyer. "What's th
news nowT" "Oh, h ," said th pros
pector, . "I'm not within a million feet
of thre dollar.
, Getting It Right "
..At a labia d'hot In Baden was a
young American couple, and -on lady
waa asked In conversation whether ah
liked Botticelli. .Th reply earn some
what hesitatingly: - - - -
No,. I that Is I n afraid I v never
taated It In fact," ah added. "I know
very llttl about foreign wines."
'My dear," xclalmed her husband, in
fsvar of . expostulation, "Botticelli
isn't a wins it's a ch
lA .Matter, of Complexion.
Sir Robert Ball, after a lecture on
"Sun Spots and Solar Chemistry," met a
young lady who expressed her regret at
having missed th lecture. "Well, you
see," b said. "I don't know that it
would hav Interested-tou particularly.
aa It waa all about Bun spots." "Why,"
ah replied, "it would hav Interested m
extremely, for I nave been a martyr to
freckles sill, my llf." -
- ,'. Th Secret ; -.-
!,'. Br Edward R. Bill. ' '
A tide of aufl and song In beauty broke
Against a bitter hear whet n-voio
wok
v . TUSthua ft Spoke:
V "' ; . .. .- V r - - t
What waa it In th old tim that I
" know. . ' " : : . .... . . .- .
Xhat mad th world with Inner badty
glow,- -.',:
Now a vain ahowt ... ; 5 ' :
' ''.; -. ... .. -r: u
Still dane the ahadowa on th grass at
play,
Still mov th clouds Ilk great ealm
-.-thoughta away, .
. Nor .hast, nor atay.' f -..
But I 'hav lost that breath "within th
,. gal,, y.. . - . ... ,-. ,
That light to whloh th daylight waa a
- - vil.
":" Th star-ehln pal.
BUU all th summer wlthJts songs la
- flUsd. . ; v
But that dellcloua undertone they held
TT Why la It a tilled t " .,
. -v-. , . .. : .',..'-..
Then I took 'heart that X would find
- - again - .;
Th voices that had long In silence lain,
i . .Nor Uv la vain. : ,
". . . . . , '-.
T stood at noonday in th hollow wind. '
LJstened at anldnlght, straining , heart
and mind, -v
. i might flndl -' -
'' - : . '
But all in vain X sought at v and
-- mora, . . ''.-'
On sunny seaa, In dripping woods .for-
'.- lorn, , -'t
Till tired and worn, . .;,
One day X left my solitary tent '.
And down Into th world's bright garden
. - went .. ,j,
On labor bnt
The dew stare and the buds about my
: feet, 1 . ;
Began their old bright meaaage to r-.-V:
peat, . ..' ;
i?..'.- , In odora aweetf '
And a X worked at weed and root In
' . ' aTtw ' ' " .
Now .humming and . now whistling
cheerily, .. ' - t--.-
' !t cam to m- ' ';.
,r " ,: "... . . , 1 -" ,t
Th secret of th glory that was fled
Shone like a eweep of aun all overhead,
. -. -.'. And something aid
"The blessing came because It waa not
sought; , . . . - , -
There waa no ear If thou wert bleat or
Hot; ' r.-.:, -......... -.;
The ' beauty 'and the wonder all thy
thought v ' , ' , ,
: Thyeelf forgot" .,
Coal In 'Manchuria. ; ).;.'.
According to tha Japan Herald, th
Fushun coal mine in Manchuria, which
la to form a part of th Japaneee' gov
ernment Investment In th south Man
churlan railway, la believed to b one
of th richest ooal Bold ia tha world.
It Is not an easy matter to even approxl
mat th Valu of th deposits, but
som Ida of lta value. ean be formed
from th fact that the strata xtends
from 100 to 120 feet In depth, running
about ten mile la breadth. ' Th qual
ity of th coal ia aald to compare fa
vorably with th best output of th
Busen and Chtkusen coal mines. There
Is also vry facility for transportation,
both by rail and by the TJao river. Th
price at which th enal la to be aold la
not announced, but th cost of th ar
ticle In ,th Shanghai market 1 aatl-
1 mated at $.10 yea.
OIRDSEYE
SMALL CHANGS. ;
They've mostly sourrlsd or straggled
home from mountains and seashore,
Spelling reform waa alao bejfly neaded
la th time of Chaucer and of Boccaccio.
r . . . ' e e.
Georgian - are likely to think that
Bryan ahould now stand aald for Hoke
nlth. ; ''-.( V;
Probably th real eaua of the trouble
In Russia waa that there weren't enough
omoera,,). . . . - -
-... :, , , . '. '
Already soma tdle-mtnded fallows ar
predicting what aort of a winter th
next on will b.-- ' -'-f ,
Th smlmon pack. Ilk moat other good
things in Oregon, will turn ut better
than was ,xpc ted. . J 1-
Nebraakana . aav - Bryan a warm.
hearty -welcome, but what he will need
in Nebraska la more votes.
The next legislature ahould and pr'ob-J
ably will paaa a car shortage bill. -The
railroads had better get ready for.lt
W. W. Aator mar be made an English
baron. , But then h will com no nearer
sizing up to a good, solid... sensible
Amerlcaa eltlaan. . .
, ... !.r " -f,.-T- r:
Nearlr vry wadding on reads of
nowadays was tha result of - soma
"pretty romance. Of course: love la
aawaya a romance..- .-. ,
athorrlbl work a Democratic
president might do in revising orthogra
phyl Spelling must b reformed by
frlenda of the langwldj.- .
e. - ...... - e - 7 " .
A ' debate is ' on In th aat 'aa to
whether deer drink water. . They do,
out in this 'country, not being abl to
obtain, champagn. or vn ber,-
Something la reported almaat vry
day calculated to' mak Bryan's chaacss
hopeless. For Instance, old Dick Croker
ays h la coming over . to work for
Bryan. .K
Xjlke . a - good ' many - others ' Bryan
doeen't practlo what b preachea. He
Often works . good many -more than
eight houra a day. But thaa ha isn't a
hlrd maa. .:,,'.: ... ,
A Cottage Orov young man haa pub
lished a song ntltled. "My Darling Is
Waiting." . Why doean't he get a mov
on, thenT It' usually tha girl's fellow
who haa to wait . i ' , .. -
An alleged prophet prdlct that th
peopl will utterly deatroy the govern
ment of th United State , In 191t
Which ia only aaylng that another eraxy
maa haa managed to break Into th news
columns. ; - " V f-'
Taft opened - the campaign in North
Carolina. Bv ridge opened th cam
paign In Main and Cannon opesed the
campaign -in Illinois; but.it seeins to
be cloaed up again. . There will be plenty
of raopenere, however. , 1 ,..,, i
fH
Nooks and Corners of History;;
LINCOLN'S FAMOUS PHRASE.
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory. ','
In bis world-famous .Gettysburg
apeech' Llnooln declared that th man
whose monument tbey were thaa dedi
cating had died la order that "govern
ment of the people, by th people and
-for the peopl ahould not parish from
th arth.N . ' '
'Like lightning th phraae eleetrlfled
th nation, and from that day to thla
It has' remained, the' moat celebrated
ring ia tha most celebrated speech
of modern time. -1
But fam alwaye haa to pay a big
prlc for itself, and repeatedly since
Lincoln's brief but Immortal address
a delivered it ha been intimated that
the martyred president waa a plagiarist.
having taken from another th most
striking phrase la hla speech without
making any acknowidgmentor tne
fact -
Ta - these Intimations have come the
counter claim that Lincoln' celebrated
phraae waa atrictly original with him
self, and that to Lincoln alone belongs
the honor and glory of having coined It
About the fact that the pnrase in
dispute , waa tn existence long befor
Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg there Is
no room for doubt.- - ...t
Five centuries and a half befor th
day of tha martyr president there lived
in Old England one of . the atanchaat
democrats that the race haa ever pro
duced. Tha name of that old democrat
waa Vohn Wickllffe, . the celebrated
theologian... -.,. ..v v '
Now. in th preface of Wickiiffc's
translation Of tha Scriptures 1IJ4
may be found th words: "This Bible
la for tha government of the people, by
th peopl and for tha people," whloh
la Identical, , word - for ' word, with the
famous axprsslon from Lincoln.
In th year isso, at a publio meeting
held at Olten, ' Switzerland, -, a speaker
named Schina, In th eourae of hie ad
drees, - used thla language: "AIL the
governments of Swltasrlaad must' ao
knowledge that they ar simply from
th people, by th popl and for the
people." ;,".''... V . .''
' ; ; A Ballad of Heroes. ;
Beca.ua you passed, and now are not-
Because in aoma remoter day . v
Tour sacred dust In doubtful spot . ; ..
Waa blown of ancient alra away
Because von perished nust men say
Tour deed war naught, and ao profane
Tour live with that eold burden!
".'Nay, - -
Th deeds you wrought ar not In. vain.
Though It may be, above the plot
That hid your once imperial clay, .
No greener than o'er man forgot , , .
The unregardlng grasses swsy:
Though there no sweeter Is th lay
Of careless bird) though you remain .'
Without distinction of decay, -The
deeds you wrought are not in vain.
No, for whll yt In tower or cot
Tour story stir th puis' play, .
And men forget th sordid lot
Th sordid earea of oltles,gray:
While yet thsy grow for homelier fray
More strong from you, as reading plala
That life may go, if honor atay,
Tha dead you wrought ar not In vain.
' .'- ' , ', '
.. '. ' . v- - ENTOT. ,",. y'
Haroe of old! X humbly lay ,
- Tha laurel on your grave again;
Whatever men have done, men may
, Th deeds yoa wrought ar not In
Tain, . -Aust!a Dobsoa
VIEWS
HI
OREGON SIDELIGHTS. '
A family , named Snpwgoose lives at
Ksno. ... v..-. . -
; l----"'- . e e , ,
Harney valley1 may have artesian
wells. - ..
' ' . -.''.
Ralnlers river comraerc la steadily
growing..
. ' ,-
Hay rid ea and melon partlea tn Jack
son county. ' .
... ; ' -, e e '
Albany haa first-clas waterworks "
and aawsr system. ,
: '. ' .-.
' No longer doubt of rich anlnsrala In
th mountains south of LosUn.
..',!''" . e . '.-',
" A Coos bay paper aaya town property
la higher In Marsbflsld thaa. la Port-
";T r e . T '
This ia Ideal fall weather, says' th
Independenc Enterprise. - Wonder what
It consider summsr weather.
.. - -:'
. A Soap creek. . Benton eounty, farm "
bought a few years ago for $5,000 waa
sold later for $11,600 and mora icently
for $11,000 and It doean't grow soap,
either. - . , .. . -
A Roseburg woman haa supported her
able-bodied husband and hla brother
and a son for three years, and now the "
Albany Democrat remarks th heartless
woman wants a dlvoro. . ,-
Suspecting that hla stacks of grain J:.
-would b burned. Rev. J. M. Mansfield
of wheeler county employed a, nighL. , .
watchman." who went to aleep, and th .
atacka, oontalnmg 1,000 bushels, irorth ,
.90Q. tber. were deatroyed.- -r-
'.''''';"".. - '.. . . . "" .'
Jt. Lane eounty atagedrlvar mentioning
that It, waa hla birthday, hla two pas
sengerg said iv waa alao their birthday,
though they were of ' different age, t
Next day tha driver carried a paasen
ger who bad. the earns birthday and was
th same .age.- . j. ?'.-..',.'..;
In tain' eounty a '7-year-old boy who -
waa playing with a shotgun, supposed
to b unloaded, of course, shot and killed
hi $-yerHld t slater. Every few days
this aort ot an "acoldenf ooour aom
wher. - When will "ail parent learn to "
keep guns out of reach of young chil
dren T -. .
W. W. Brown of Paulina, Crook coun-
tr, who recently gave $10,000 for a
boys' dormitory for tha Pendleton aoad- ..
emy, ' oa '-condition .that $10,000 more
should be raised ' to . sustain it, la a
bachelor, SO years eld. He reoently sold
$40,000 worth of atock. . 1
A maa naan, Corvallls la one of many .
who hav proved th valu of spraying
h-nit trees. H has $.000 trees and
beretotpr almost all th applea hav
been wormy and Were not worth muoh.
This year h sprayed four times, at a "!
cost of $10 besides labor,, and SS per
cant of hi large appl crop ta Bound
and will command a good prloe. , next
year h will spray nv tlmea. - , .,
Ia aa addresa before th Antl-Blavery
society of-Naw Bag land, Theodora
Parker, the celebrated .Unitarian divine,
oa - May St, 1880. uwid these words: ,
"Democracy la a government of all th
people, by all th people, and, of oourse,
tor all th peopl." ,
" To go a great deal further back than
w hav yet done, w ftnd a Greek '
demagogue of tha age of Perlolea, Cleon - -by
name, -aaylng, about th year 410 ,
B. C: "Man of Athens, X am la favor
of th democracy that shall' b demo
cratic that ahall give us th rul which
shall b of th people, by th peopl aad
tor th peopl." ' :,.ma .
Th ' Similarity between all . thee
phrases is perfect and it goes without-
aaylng that Mr. - Lincoln could - not
therefore have originated tha famoua ;
expreaaloB aa found In hia-Oattyabura;
oration. ; . .. v
,; .It doe not by any meana follow,
howvr, that Lincoln waa a oonscloua
plagiarist Mr. Lincoln had aa inqulr- -
tng mind, and knew a great: many
things, but no man can know every
thing: and It Is mor than likely that
ha had never heard of the phrase nntll
his own mind had conceived It '
r-. But vn If It was proven that Lin-.
eoln had appropriated the phraae. as . .
charged, the fact would militate ln no
serious way against his fame.
Th greatest of th Oermana,. th
Immortal Ooethe, declared on day to
an Intimate friend that if verything
In hi works that h had got from ' ' '
other should be stricken out h would
not hav a doaen pagea left - - f
The greatest. of tha great in the flelde
of literature, philosophy and eloquence
have pillaged right and left and that
too, without atopptng to make any ac
knowledgjnent of th thlnga appropri
ated. i - :' ' ' -v '
( If th martyr presMsnt appropriated .
the celebrated phraae in question with- ' ;
out going tf the trouble of mentioning ; ' .,
the person -who waa kind enough to
have helped' him to It he only did what
the . majority ot tha kings ; of thought
had done before him.
f Clgaretta Smoking by Children. ..
A select committee of Englishmen, of
which Lord Beauchamp, the Bishop of;
Ripon, Lord Eberdar. Lord Heneage and
Lord Blddolph were members, have mad
a report In furtherance of a department
al report previously made on. physical
deterioration, and hav axpressed em
phatically their approbation of a recom
mendation of the latter report "that a
bill ahould be brought befor parliament
at an early data, having for It object to
prohibit th sal of tobaoco and cigar
ettes to children below a certain age."
Tha committee aaya further" that they'
were muoh Impressed by th unanlmoua
opinion of all tha witnesses who came
before them. Including the representa
tives of ths tobaooo trad. thSt the habit
of juvenile amoklng "produced indlreotly
a number of ills, facilitated the work of
disease, and led .to th hablta of drink."
Especially they wer Impressed by th
fact that th vidences ef phyalclal de
terioration that were apparent In boys
war not apparent In girl, who, aa a
rule, ar free from the habit It waa
reoognlsed that Juvenile amoklng had
greatly Increased wlthlnv a few year,
and the committee held that It wis hav.
tng a bad affect on th general health '
and physlqu of the present generation
and that these effect would b still
worse upon following generations.
" '
Astoria will roat Its juauh? streets,
with asphalt and eeneni, , - , '