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Page OF Jb HE; j O.URNAL THE JOURNAL c a. JACKSON...;.... i tnTrW 'leaJeUl. rerUaaa. . soe. tar rmui.i ! knk ae smIIs MaeS-etaes iHlHh : ' TBUPBoan. ,-r - - OfSce , ' SOS Mm rOKBIOIt ADVIRTTSINO BPBMTAT1T . IS K HlMt, w lark; XrltHiM bulk U(. Ulcere. '. - .. Sokwrinrtaa Terae hr Mil ' Is tee Datte Sum. Oaatde ef afeaUe . ... . BAILT. Oee year.Tnf.T.as I Qn"iiwrt......4" aUKOAX. CM ya...i.'..tX.oe f Oh uars.....'.. DA1LX AND aUNOAT, .......tT.OO I On MBtk. iMtk......:a .as That fncxhsaetTble goo4 nv ture which ta the moat precloaa . "gift of .heaven, apreada . Itself ; like.bD over the troubled Hi o thought, and keepa the mind emooth' and ' equable In t the roughest weithen -Irving. .,' , AN ENSLAVED COMMON- , ?.;; wealth; . j ; . , HE v' CONTEST of :Waton r Churchill for the g overnor ' ahip of New Hampshire, on hit platform of reeinf the atate from : "Maine - railroad, baa attracted .jnr tional alfention. - That - New Hamp shire ahould have long been eb com pletely under the thumbi of this cor . poration Is-the- rnore- interesting" be 'cause originally, when railroads first began building In the eastern states, .it wis thejjl.oweiit andniost aus picious of. any In granting them de aired fights and ' privileges.' ' It passed "no eminent domahr lawr on the con ; trary prohibited a.railroad from run , ning through r any TraurrVi property ' without' his" consent, and in all char , ' ters to railroads reserved the .right of state-purchase, and ownership, i But ,' that wa' nearly three quarters of .a century ago. ' While the railroads have grown strong . New Hampshire . has advanced but little in populatipq and . wealth, and has deteriorated in t moral stamina. It has barely 100,000 more .population' than It had in 1850, ipilable corporation tool fill the prin - cipal offices, andfor quarter of a icentnry.br mora, h baa been 'common knowledge ttnaj the principal railroad . traversing the-rocky Inhospitable lit 'tier state owned"k-''';i;v.r';: . ? In the' early 80's U Portsmouth brewer named Jones sold bis busi- -,. ness ahd.properfy for $6,000,000, with which he, bought a controlling interest in the Boston &. Maine railroad, and .assumed along ;with " Its ownership the overlordship of the atateHe and "Tila associates selected members of ' the legislatures, United States sen- - ators, aad other officers, passed what ever jlawa V they pleased, enriched f hemselres yastly- by stock .watering, and made a veritable ""pocket bor- j , Jouglj" of the, atate.. Succeeding 'Jont came iucius Tuttle, dictatorial,. ; .vindictive 'aad unscrupulous,' visiting -teclless vengeance on all who op , posed hirnT" It waa he who killed Senator Chandler politically for dar- .ing to try 4o curb the railroad's - power" and restrainrita rapacity,1 Great efforts' were made to ' induce 7 Tuttle to 'let Chandler go back, to the aenate, but he bad contributed 50,000 to - the Republian national campaign fund' and had hia will. '.SThis railroad never 'scrupled to. nse :. money , to accomplish its purposes, ': but its chief and cheapest means of "bribery was the pass. It may aeem strange that many officials, partic ularly , members - of legislatures, can :. be bribed by passes to do whatever railroad dictatea, but that passes go far fa effecting this result there isl no- doubt. Newspapers are also ' treatedliberally in the matter1 of . passes, and thus in too many cases frare effectually subsidiied.. It is es- 'timated that the B.. & M. railroad djstributes 5,000 ' annual passes in ,. New Hampshire, and supposing these are considered worth f on an average .$50, the total of this species of brib ry in thai little state is $250,000 a i .yer', A11 th Uwyera- are given " passes, and so paid, a aort of a re- tainer fee or made to feel friendly to the road which, by the way, owns 1.190 of 4b U48 miles of railroad in New : Hampshire. . There are over '400 members of the New Hampshire legislature enough of itself to crip pie a atate and they all ride free . whenever .they list, as also do all other state and county .officers; all newspaper men, and men prominent in various ways, ridefree; all min isters ride free or on fractional fare - Thus New Hampshire is enslaved, ,is owned,. by this, railroad. No man, at least no Republican, baa for many years' dared to run for any important . office - without -going to Bdston and asJtiftg'1Mf.i Tuttle'i ' permission.':, No 'law that-cart in eren'the mot remote "Way aTJWt iilt ,'oa4 can!' be .passed withwif 'Hi ' eonHent," and ' any law t.ia h e. re quires mult be paisf d." ' A state In this condition is not to be pitied; it is to be scorned.' The peo ple of' a commonwealth that ' for decades will submit to suoh enslave' raene are not fit to be American free- men. But Winston Churchill has is sued a declaration of independence, and if the Republicans of New. Hamp shire dare nominate and elect him they-will show that they still hive some remnantsof independence and manhbod left v'.l.v... ": ,,;j-.'f r""r" "-"-x THE AUTOMOBILE. S f-lROM VARIOUS pointa of view ri 7-tbe automobile :it a good V.'. od very useful machine.. Its good features, or the useful services to which it can be and ia put,' need pot be recounted; anyone can per ceive them. . But the automobile has also been the cause 6r , orie 'of the causes, of not only a great pumber of sudden and violent deaths and se rious, afflicting injuries, but also of the1 ruin of ' many.-Troung-;men ,"nd women. -Jt Is a 'swift runner, and in many cases it carries its occupants Iwlftly along the-broad," downhill road whose terminus is the boneyard of honor, and', virtue, the populous city of the financially - and morally dead or badly wounded, the chauffeurs Along the highway to which , are Fol ly, Depravity and Recklessness,, and whose rulers are Shame, Remorse and Despair." -: ; : "' The automobile is an expenaive thing, to own or frequently hire which requires a long purse, a large ncome. It is a tempting thing, which 'a great many men ' without such income br "purse indulge in, and once started on this downhill track the automobihng habit grows. There is an excitement, a aort of intoxica tion, in the rushing, reckless pace of the vehicle," that-growa on its users for pleasure, -until - insnany-eases great and ruinous sacrifices are made to gratify the growing ' appetite for this species of enjoyment .Women delight in the exhilaration of auto mobile riding, and many men will! stop at nothing, to . gratify' womea Good ' women who. mean and would consciously, do no harm enjoy this method of rapid transit and no one can censure them therefor, but "fast!! women also delight in the same thing, and there are a countless number of enamored men, often young men, who even from a merely pecuniary point of view alone cannot, afford such pleasure, who are. eager to ac commodate them. In suitable com pany and within reasonable limits there is no reason why; young girls should not " thus enjoy themselves, and. most of them who have thia priv ilege doubtless do so innocently and harmlessly; but who can doubt that many a iyoungwoman orgirlbs made, her start toward .the city of Shame and the rendezvous bf out casts in an automobile? . . ' . Notice ' that nearly all the young spendthrift embezzlers ' and hlghfly ing bogus- check artists are ,auto "fiends." , The passion for fast rid ing, in fast company, becomes in ir resistible mania,, and scarcely a day passes 'but one may read of aome young man and not always a very young , man eitherwho haa stolen or unlawfully obtained money with which to gratify this mania for auto racing. The case of young Velguth, and of the young man calling him self Drinkwater, are recent local in stances .of similar hundreds through out- the country.' -Find a dishonest spendthrift and almost , invariably you will find an insatiable auto "fiend." ' ' -: All thia does not call for the sup pression of the automobile, of course. If people will make use of it to ride swiftly to the devil's domains, it can't be helped. If it were not for these seductive . vehicles perhaps they would traverse the aame road,, only more slowly though, in a good many cases probably not; all that can be done is to call public attention to these facts, to hold up to view these "horrible examples," and to warn and entreat young people to resist, the automobile's temptation to enter upon a downward, evil course. The gentleman from Philadelphia who is showing Jjow crude the Egyp tian methods of embalming were is in a singularly aafe position from which to utter his criticisms. None of the Egyptian embalmers is here to dispute him, and the subjects on which he operates have never been embalmed before, and if they have, are, in no condition to make, sug gestions.. ;' ".' V I Secretary Taft ia ia favor of tariff revision, but it seems hia views count for very little with the Republican majority in congress;, since, he could not get -even a little tariff reduction for the benefit of the Philippines. ' , 'r , , It seems rsther queer that in New York, where Mr.' Hearst hs. sfied the benign light of his' countenance for but a few years, he gets a unani mous nomination for governor, and A Little Out THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT. A Toast : Lt Nt Ut ua drink and b msrry, And with navcr a thousht of the gout Let'a foraet vry aorrow ..today, tot SUIUVIIVBJ t ,WU nave lndia-tlon, no doubt - . . ... Nixon ..Waterman". ' : Reflectlona, ' :. Whan nroaixrltv la with uaithe paaal mlat a-oaa ahead announcin that this la poaltlvaly tha farawall appaaranea. Naw Torx TImaa.. -tarrlhla alo thlna' aout (in m tha.war It surprtaaa har to have you klsa her whan aha knew you ware going to. New York Preaa. i ' It somatimaa comas . to paaa tnat a man aftd hla wife refuse to apply for a dtvoroe. bcauae they . actually . tove each other. Chlcaco Nawa. . v All the horrible example in - the world don't aeem to prevent other peo nle from nttlnar married. Naw York Moat of 'the run in, lire oepena on thoaa who ahare It with yon. New Tork Preaa. : ..-t.;. , A man who haa been married tnree times says it la elmoat aa eaay to pleaae a woman during- eourtamp aa n ia airri- cult to plae her After, marriage. eago News. .'."','.:"." , : i Bits of Information. The Empreaa Kuaenle at one time owned a wardrobe valued at S 1,000.000. Toda aha apenda aa little aa poealble on haraeif and oeeaaea , invamoiy in black. . ' ; Emperor WllHam'a latest fad ! Phe- toxraphv In three colore. Ha haa a atudlo In hla Palace of Monbljou, where he" works. t college caff or "mortar Doard made of atraw and oolofed white or black haa Juat been placed on the Engllah market for the hot weather. The amount' of cotton grown under the auaploea of . the Brltiah Cotton Growing association waa tn ltflt 1.S00 bale and in 1S04 S,00o bales and in 10J 14.I0S bales. Owing to the large profits accruing from' the various municipal undertak ings at Bolton, England, for last year. the corporation haa been able to head ever In relief of the taxea the aum of . ..l Feats of Memory. The ' memory" Is a faculty Which through patient practice may be culti vated and trained to wonderful de- that in California, where he was born and lived ' to manhood's estate, his candidate can't get an indorsement for constable in Lonelyville. ' - V fi're'r Beals is merely human after ill. The-weather has-been - so de- ightful for 'months . that he got into the habit bf issuing his forecast: Tair, wa-nl; northeasterly winds, and letting it go at that For. some time, however; he will have to show a little versatility, in his predictions. : If it were not . for the- fact that every day pr two a company of Amer ican troopsis ' attacked, and aome killed, always including an officer, by the pacified and1 pampered Filipinos, we-would suggest to Palma that the wayto-supprest ebelHon-fnr-Cubi "is to put . it 'down. . . . v j. . There is a disposition in some quar ters to blame'- the woman for the "downfall" of the young thief Vel guth. It is possible if there were fewer Velguths there would. not be so many womeii of that particular kind. '- -V.U' ; - .-;;..:. :,Li: Until he speaks up plainly and un equivocally to the contrary. Presi dent Roosevelt must be regarded as a rank standpatter -on the tariff,; which a great and increasing number of Re publicans are not . i , , , Mayor Lane says for the right he is willing to go to hell, which is an extraordinary -place to look for any thing 'of that sort. - Still, the mayor may know .more about it than the rest bf us, " ; .. , i The equsnimity with which the sugar .trust regards that fratricidal war in Cuba causes the ordinary ob server to wonder' when prices will be raised.""'- y . . ' ' ' A Secretary't Diary. ' " ; ; ; - ' ; ' By Wax Jones. ' ; Monday Three Women euing me now. Damages claimed, 1110,000. Wanted to see. Sagglemore Kill - and V couldn't SO they try to soak me. Life is dreary. Tuesday Row on 'about piers Mn Cloister Bay. . Have been told to atop it as . It brings place into wrong; kind of notoriety. How can I atop 4 woman with a shotgun or a bunch of commis sioners T Can't do It Wish I was dead. Wednesday Hermit ' borrowed . my fishing rod. Hat to lend my fishing rod, especially to boys. Secretary Toot's tour partly damaged by earthquake tn Qhlle, and I am blamed. Row can I tell where the earth Is going te quake, and how could I atop it if I knew? ' Life's a blank. -- : - - i Thursday Had to pungle up a dollar to campaign fund. Money's scarce these days, too. The- Infant Industries get ting most of It -Think of chucking up lob. ..j-J-.l: ..T-- j Friday Bum breakfast this morning. How could I help ltT I'd like to know. I can't be Jollying the cook all day. Tough on a man that does his level beat and Isn't a weakling. Demand a square deal. . - Work at Panama alow. I can't make 'em work there. I can't get; In Chinks and make them look like any thing hut Chinks. Feel like quitting. , Saturday haU be glad to get out ef Cloister Bsy, Time the. others were coming In for their ahare. Think I'll stick It out until Washington, bf tte Common gree. ' Jorphy, the celebrated '' eheaa player, could play several games of eheaa simultaneously without seeing any of, the boards on which the various games were being conducted. It was a peculiarly .Impreaalve sight to see him atandlng in the middle of the floor, with hla arms xolded. defending hlmeell and attacking the various opponents, with the position of the chess men on the several boards always In his mind's eye. '- The noted Jesuit Suares was said to have known all the works' ' of Saint Augustine by heart ' These consist of 11 large volumes. Pascal la aald never to have forgotten anything ha read, and the same Is told of Orotlus, Lelbnlts and . Eulerv -Themlstoolea - knew - the name of every one ot the 10,000 oltlsens ez.Atnena. : .. . , . ;; J; Novel -Life Insurance, : - A eurlous form of life Insurance waa Introduced some years ago - In Frenoh manuf aoturtng " towns tinder the name or xa Fourml (the ant). - The peculiar ity ts that the longer a man lives the leas he becomes entitled to. The pay' ment of about a dollar a month assures the payment of ItOOO to the heirs of a man dying . before the age of SS, the payment diminishes proportionately to $619 at St The Idea, seems as bo that if a man dlea young hie children are likely to be in want, but wba he Is as they ... will be sole te earn their own living. . . . . ... v .... . , 4 Rather 8tatUtlcaL; ' If every crow In the United States eats 111 grains of . corn after It is planted, the amount of corn lost that would have developed -would be ST.41S. S8I.SOS sralna of eorn. or enouah to plant S11.48S S-S acres which, in turn, would have produced the following e sen S.SS1.4SS I-S bushela et eorn. and enough cobs to treble- the eoro-coe pipe crop of Missouri and make S.I IS gallons and three pints of pure Vermont maple ayrup. : ' . - t Ahead In Poatoffkea.- ( The United Btatea haa more post. offices than England and France com btned. There are 71.111 postoffloee ia the United States. France has 11,181; Germany 18,110, and England and Ire land toe-ether have 11.060. The ajrereaata annual number of let ters transmitted through the poatoffloea of the world is estimated at 10.000.000. About 11.600,000 newspapers also pass through the world's, postoffloee. Letters Obsarvaaee Of Sabbath, Portland. Sept 11. To the Editor of The Journal No celebration waa seen held tn this country In preparing for Which... the.que4tloi f -opear-oleeed gatea on the Lord's day has not had a prominent place. It mast be that thia ia aa important matter In the commer cial and social life of our nation. . In all these eontests two opposing elements have participated. ' - The ' question has alwaya been aa to .how . the Sabbath ahould be observed. - Those who take Issue with conservative opinion oa this question are generally very sensitive In regard to what they are pleased te term - their -personal liberty: and are ready - to charge ' conservatives with Pharisee Ism, bigotry and blue-la wi am. But no question la ever illumined or settled by epithets, nor ia It ever settled till the right prevaile. The public wel fare demands the settlement of publto Sabbath observance. People living to gether under the name' flag must meas ureably harmonise on publlo questions that practically'' affect, publie manners, otherwise the conflict of opposing ele ments will retard the progress of civili sation, and even endanger the publie peaoe, and may Jeopardise the safety of, the individual eltlaen. - , .. It cannot be denied that the element that refuses to if restrained in this matter- la largely ' the aame that will not brook restraint along the line of eivle morals generally. For this very reason laws affecting .publie .personal conduct must have . for their, primary basis an authority more than human. Individuals cannot make laws' for each other. Each Individual Is equal to every other Individual. In natural personal rights, but not to all others. ' No man has an Inherent right to dominate his neighbor. . But men cannot live together under the same flag without a govern ment to which all owe and render alle giance. Hence the proposition at once becomes an irrefutable conclusion, via: kAU proper human government Is the administration of law based on divine revelation. This conclusion at onoe in volves the question of the origin of civil government. The Bible asserts "The powers, that be are ordained of God." Rom. xlll:l. Ood la, therefore. the author of civil government Bnt he never originated anything-' without es tablishing laws for Its oohtroL The laws necessary for our race were codi fied by their divine author and- given to a representative nation from SlnaL They comprise 10 great fundamental principles. Though prohibitive in- form, each contains. Impliedly, a positive re quirement to be obeyed ny every -member of the family of man, whether In hta domestic, ecclesiastic or civil - rela tion. In their spiritual demands the obligation falls upon the Individual. The obligation of tbsir defense In the eltlaen devolves tipon the atate. That this was the intention ot their aatbor Is plainly evident from the- fact that Moses, the civil ruler, and not Aaron, the priest of the church, was made the custodian and executor of the entire code. This did not unite church and state, but' it did oblige the state to recognise Ite divine author and the fundamental principles on which he placed civil gov ernment The fact Is that nothing can prevent such union so effectually as the Bible theory herein advocated; and noth ing eouid as effectually prevent anar chy. Man may be taught to "fear Ood and keep his commandments" as tlie essence of true llbecty, but civil gov ernment with God 'left out Is sure to become tyrannical and destructive ef human rights. Apply this exalted theory of civics in all human affaire with which gov ernment haa to do and you have the remedy for all political Ills. ApdIv 11 to the matter of the weekly rest day ana me solution js practically faultless. No one would be dictated to by bis fel lowtnan; no one would be oppressed by the slavery of endless toll. All business would be on an equal footing as far as the Sabbath Is concerned. No public example of lawlessness would-be, set before the unthinking masses. De Toquevllle, on a visit to this coun try, remarked to an American friend: "Franca must have your Sabbath or ahe ia lost" And France has Just enacted a law abbllahlM all avoidable labor on the Lord's day" . - - X H. LCI PER, Field Secretary Northwest Sabbath . Association, , - ; " , A Little .Nonsense J ' j. Anecdote of Sothern. Sothern was. traveling on a tour in northern England, when. Juat as their train was leaving York, he 'removed th railroad ticket which a fellow-actor had stuck in the band of his hat "They'll v want ' our tickets ' here, Johnny," be said casually, and hta com' pan Ion began an exhauatlve search for the missing tlckst When be had searched his' hat and hla pockets tsn tiroes over and looked on seat and floor again and again In vain, he exclaimed In despair: ..- - , v ' By George. , I've ' lost my ticket They'll make me car over aaalnr' "Pay over agalnl I'd see hem banged first" aald Sothern. "you: get under the aeat And It'll be all rlarht" - His friend orawled under the seat ana lay there gasping for breath as the tloket collector came to the door. "Tickets, nlaase." ha. demanded. .' Sothern handed the man two tickets. "Two tickets,. sir. Where's the other a-anrlamanT" - - - "Oh." replied Sothern nonohalantly, "the other gentleman prefers to travel under the aeat,. its only ma way.- - Teat of HU Sanity, Vll V4 .. ..... w .uvv warm controversy with the superintend- enS- of Bt Elisanetns over a paueni wnont tne doctor oeiieveo waa iwnnur Sana. Finally. agreeing to be responsible for him, he) secured the superintendent's consent to take him in nia carriage on his round ot calls, where he could study him to better" advantage. -The patient .was bright and. Interesting, a good conversationalist, and the doctor became firmly convinced that he waa wronrfully held at the asylum. . Sud denly the patient asked: ' r "Have you a small pieee or toast in your pocketT" - - 1. : , -roast! mo,- repuea me. aocior..-Are vou nunaryr' - , , v "Oh, no, sir," said tne patient moat politely. ."Only the truth la I am a poached egg, and unless I have a piece of toast to ait on I anau go to pieces directly." r . Dr. Bliss drove Mm hack to tne asy lum for aome toast , The1 Greater Difficulty. Jl gentleman driving aa automobile on a- country road met an old-fashioned hi ah carriage in which waa an old faahloned-couple. : They Jumped to the ground . and the . automobile . came to a halt. . . . - The - rentlemaa of ' the ear stepped forward and offered to help lead the horse past the machine. ' "Oh. 'never mind the norea, neve mind the horse," said the old gentleman. "Tou lead the old lady past that thing. and I'll get the horse by all right" A Justified Understanding. The mistress of the house was newly installed, and looked It but she bad clearly defined Ideas on Industrial ques tions; and. when the man who had called her to the door asked for a little some thing ttt eat she Immediately looked toward the Woodpile In the yard, i "Well." she said, "if you will get that ax" "Oh. I ahaa't need that" the man Interrupted, In a reassuring tone." "My teeth are all right" a , , . Came at the Back Door. - woman lived .near one another and were the best of friends; but the first envied the second her cook. . She actually went te see that cook one morning aad offered bet more money than she was getting. .But the loyal cook declined. ' - A few days later the two women' met at a dinner party and secondcut the flrst dead. . . , . . v "Why. Mrs. Jones, yen know Mrs. Brown, don't your said the hostess. Mrs. Jonas, with a sniff, replied: "I believe not She sometimes . calls on my cook." ' .',. ' .'.'. Natural History Notes, . . ' By Wax Jones. ? ' The mole la a foolish animal.: He apenda hla life in constructing subways, instead of having the city build them for him. The mole's middle name is not Belmont -.- .' , t :'. Elenhants are retarded with - area! favor by4 authors, because they all have trunks the elephants have). Thus great scops la afforded for Jokes. about the elephant leaving his trunk as seourity for his board bill. The elephant la a pachyderm that is, he doesn't care what names yon call him," The great auk ia extinct and for that reason makes an excellent- cage bird. This bird is the subject of a beautiful poem by Shelley: 1 . J . - -, - Tbe surer squawk . - -.- of tn bounding auk, v"""?"'. Ah, me I how It stlrreth the soull- ' Oh, lands) Oh. lawkl . . ,. ' How that bird can talk, ','; How Us honeyed accents roll. .- - ' ' 'But when you beg - 4 ' ' ' For a single egg, ' Ja tones as If glassss clinked, V The .hopping auk , ' . - Ia eure to balk : ,". And murmur," can't; I'm extinct" . Care ahould be taken in approaehins the octopua By patting It gently and aaying In a soothing tone, "There's e good little octopussy," one may touch it with Impunity, but It is very danger ous when provoked with mentions ef rebates or rate bills. The octopus is as widely distributed as the constitu tion, and by some elasses le worshiped as tbe fetish of prosperity, - . One ot the most useful of domestic animals Is the potato, which - Is- very little trouble to keep, as It lives In Its burrow moat of the time.' As a-draught animal It la not so useful as the horse, and It la but little use as a mother to chickens, yet its cute ways and extreme watchfulness at night endear It to the -The awallow ia a warm' weather'blnl. and Is usually- found In- soda fountains, where one does not make a drink. .The young awallow is called a. "sip," and tbe full-grown. specimen is sometimes called the "gulp." i . .; ... . 'r.- - Getting on lit Years. Mra Elisabeth Hunt who la vlaltlne her Granddaughter, Mrs. Frank Homan of Sylvan avenue. Merlden. Connecticut Is lot years old.. In celebration of her birthday Mrs. Hunt with relatives, held quiet eutlng at HSbbard park, where she received scores of vleltcra. ' Five generations were represented. Mrs. Hunt enjoyed the day thoroughly and did not seem In the least fatigued. She is in full posaesslon of her. faculties. geta about easily, and taxes a lively Interest In the affairs of the day. Mrs. Hunt's home la In Brooklyn, although she spende the greater part of the year vlaltlng relatives In Connecticut . She will remain here till October, when shs wm return to Brooklyn. . t BIRDSEYE VIEWS . cf TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHANGS. . Muckrakers did not make the muck. . ..... , . e , e la city or country improvements pay. ; .. . e e . - It Is hardly ever toe late to do better. ' 'v, v . . Thia year's summer glrfa harvest la about over..-. . v . - .- -. . ' ' , ' .... v. Lost mines are always being or te be aiaooverea, -. . . . Who - said Governor Chamberlain would, never be president? . . . The eeunctl'a motto seems te be that old one: "The people be dV d." r . - - '.r:';, ... e .. a ': ! 'Nobody asked 'Uncle Chlunce Depew wnat ne tnought ef Bryan's speech. v ,r-'. .' - . -,v Te rain, or not te rain, seems te be tne question, with the weather gods. . - It turns out that Teddy Jr. was not there, but be would have liked te ba t ... . e . e . , -(.. , - i ' Don't tell your troubles te the police any more; they have enough of their own. v . .-.'. -. - .',e."e ...,- V ' But ts a man habituated to the use of Chinese gin. worth, making a fuse about T - . - r : " . e e . .-..- John Bull knocked out again: 1ns teed of the king's English, the-president's sngiisn, . : w. y Dowie is - defending himself some merer But meet people had already for gotten mm. v ' ' Still the better opinion Is that a worm belongs la the ground rather than la an apple. -. '",,,- ,',.- v "' ,-'- An Illinois girl eloped on. the same day In whloh shs waa to be married. Better then than later, - i.; , . .-, . What a lot of patriots the 0. O. P. old get Into office around here a few years ago, according to Puter. v The Cuban revolutlonlsta are -willing to lay down the sword In exchange for hunka of pork and pieces of pie. . , e.e ::; .;':.',:."-.,"; Of course the New Tork Republicans won't nominate Hughes. He le not the kind of a man their bosses want It fs a pretty easy matter for a man to fall In love with a vary rtoh woman, whatever her age, looks or previous condition ef servitude. . . ." " - e .. v-'; . "' ; ... ' ; The retail price ef beer- having ad vanced In Germany, In response to a higher 'government tax,' there are om inous muttering s throughout the empire. The Germane will stand for a great deal from their belMcose kaiser without much complaint - but not tor higher priced beer. Ho would better keep bis mailed fist oft the favorite national beverage, or he may have plenty ot trouble at home to attend to. . . Oh, Consistency FROM THE EUGENE REGISTER , 1 .... I. Had the people of Oregon been wining to listen . to what . the.Oregonian . aald about oorruptionlsta In our politics 10 years ago and It named names then these . present revelations would have been spared them. oregoniaa. . It Is easy enougn to read between the liaee la the above aad discover that ths Oregonlan refers more specifically to a United Btatea senator, now dead and gone, whom the paper fought continu ously for 10 years; and then, finally falling te down him. climbed 'Into the abend-wagon with 'him, patted him oa the back as a good fellow,- hoping that the change of front might bring the editor ot the Oregonlan the political re ward - for - whloh - he - had persistently fought but - which hs never did and probably never will succeed In landing. If after -a quarter xt a century of -warfare seal net Mitchell, Editor Scott waa convinced that In all things Mitchell was his equal and a worthy political com d anion. It is as little as the Oregonlan could do to ret Mitchell, with all of his sins, whether great or smalt and hlaaahee rest In peace until that time waen tne Judge of all men makes up the 'final record of men's deeds With Mitchell's alongside ot TJcott'a. The Oregonlan has been a great paper In Its time and la so still, despite the vsnom and vttrollo temperament of . Its edltor-in-chlet who now especially In these latter daya seems disposed to pay more attention to aettltng personal scores than to printing the newa . This feature of the Oregonian's Jour nallatlo methods has been luridly exem plified within the past year or so in Its repeated tirade against representative business men of Portland who, believing that Portland would prosper more rap Idly with two newspapers than one, saw fit to lend their Influence and financial support to an evening paper.- The re sult has demonstrated their Judgment to Thoughts on Education of Children. By the Lord Bishop of JUpon.. -, The social tendencies of the time are developing more and more the aoclal conscience. '-. ,.' '', '" ' It -le felt that a wise and understand ing people should make the beat possi ble provision for the upbringing of the next generation. i ? . ' . The children of today will be the strength and la a great degree ',the di recting force et the nation tomorrow. . Let ue aee to It that they are fitted for the high dutlee whloh will fall into their hand. The education prob lem needs tntelllgenoe end care In every direction. .-: '; We need to consider ths relation of bodily health and condition to study and wholesome development We need te consider how far general rules and regulations Intended to foster effective education may ia the end crip ple and hamper It - We recognise that some eode le prob ably necessary; teachers are human and are not all equally gifted, and for the least capable, Intelligent and original teachers the existence of oertaln regula tions may be desirable and even need ful..' ... - . . . But there are other teachers, and they kre more numerous than ' the brains tight bound with red tape would sup pose, whose real effective force Is weak ened and crippled by the tyrannous monotony of the timetable. . When a general Is in tbe field you will. If you are wise, give him aa free PI ' OREGON SIDELIGHTS. ' ' X man near Canby advertise" tomatoes at 40. eenta a bushel. "' , 4 e ..e ., j. A Lexington boy baby weighed If pounds on arrival. , . ' .''. '" ,. s ' e. . .. . ' ; . Eugene Is determined to keep en tak ing importantly progressive steps.-- ' ' ' ; r'"' 1 "- ..' X arood many cf the smaller hopyarda are "done picked" already. 1 - ''.. - i, '.. ' ' How to handle the great prune crop la a problem in portiona of Douglas oounty. ... ; ., ;- e ' - ;.'.;.. - i'-' Pilot Rock has two new bridges, re piecing those destroyed by flood June L ... e e ... . - .. , . An Oregon ' Agricultural ' college di ploma has helped many young men te get good 'positions. . -, "..', ,'-. ; , A large cougar waa seen wandering ground the streets of Estacada one night so says a clttasn, but where he had been IS not reported. - - , r " : , ... e . e '..i;;,; '",; ' Only about one eighth the' .usual amount of chlttim bark baa been gath ered thia season. 'The price has ad vanced front I to 4 cents a pound. . - ' -'-.-;.' . e , e - -... ' .f, , :. - L :, An Scho man ahlpped five carloads of horses to Alberta, but they were aide, tracked at Kalispell and left 41 houra without food or water. When he found them, half of them were dead er dying. .i. ., '- ' : v '- .' - An Echo bank eashler was asleep whsn a .tralnjsn which fea. waa. a paar aenger passed that place, and was car ried on to Meacham, aad next day the bank could ; transact ae business till neany noon. .. - . , ; ,. - .:' , -. .' v T i ' A Lakeview man tells the . Examiner that he steps-out en his claim one night to keep It from being Jumped, and when ho awok the next morning hla panta assayed - fourounces of gold to the pound and his whiskers went 110 net . A SQverton young -man ahot . and wounded a cub, and ithe mother, a mon ster black bear, rushed at him. He shot twice without cheoklng her; but the third Shot fired when she was almost upon Mm and had reared to grasp him, waa fatal He stood his ground, but had a narrow escape. ;. ; - V... ' -''.:'. ;''4'..!C": ,-' ' Now that Polk county Is out of debt aad haa money In her treasury, ths time 1a - ripe for a eonoerted movement for better roads. Nothing would add more to the growth and prosperity of the country than a system ef first-class country roads, well says the Dallas Ob server. .1 ' v - Two Drain men who 'went fishing and took along a great quantity of "bait" re port having had a terrible encounter one night with a red sea-serpent nearly a quarter of a mils In length, whloh had two heads on each end and one in th middle. They alee- report having seen millions of bright-green elephanta float ing .through the. air like mosquitoes. . . ! -Thou Jewel ! beoorrect Portland la growing and developing ea It hsa nsver -done, before, and the second newspaper occupiea an enviable field In this work. In Its per sistent fight against ita competitor sad the substantial oltlsens who are backing It the Oresronlaa haa exposed. Ita apleen, made Itself supremely ridiculous and naturally -has lost In circulation and prestige In the field It onoe oooupled completely by Ita morning and evening editions. , v- -. The unwise course of the Oregonlan tn htte years has been a matter of keen re gret to many people throughout the atate who In former years were great admirers of the paper and who have suffered a severe shock In-seeing It-stoop -to such small and narrow methoda in seeking revenge on those who, having Portland and Oregon's best - Interests at heart, have sought to do and accomplish the thing that haa been a great factor In the growth of Portland and the state. -This Is not a time to gloat over the downfall of Oregon men who, though they have etood high in councils of the state, have violated their trust and are meetinT"Wlth the punishment they de serve. Let ua look upon It more In the light of Oregon's misfortune. We are' Justified in condemning the misdeeds ot tbe men who have brought Oregon Into disrepute, but it le in extreme bad taste to hold these men up whether dead or . alive, gloat over their downfall and vent personal spleen as a means of getting even en old scores of a political .nature that were as rancorous perhaps on the Oregonian's part as they. were on the. part of the politicians.'- . . . It haa ever been the policy ef the Ore gonlan to breed political factions In Ore-, gon and then damn; the breeds.5 With all of Ite greatness aa a newspaper. It has pursued the most erratlo and Incon sistent course, politically, of any paper in the United State - , . : - ;, . in . .I ... . ' a- hand as possible, L e if "you" are possessed of average common sense. , 'A teacher la in a sense a general in" the field. He haa to deal with condi tions which can hardly be anticipated by those who draw up codes and regu-i latlons.-We know only too painfully how often the - well-meant rulee by which he Is bound are Inflicting definite aad life long injury on the children, yet he--has ne option: he must fulfill the prescribed routine, whether appro- . prlate or not Any attempt at orig inality or at a wise variation In methoda la looked ,upon ' with susplclon-the ' theory in vogue is sometimes hostile to healthy freedom of method. . . . -Is the best teacher the man who most sedulously and most punctually fulfills : the timetable, or the man who turns out children able to exercise their wills un der the guidance of sweet reasonable ness and possessed of . some worthy ' Ideals of life and dutyT - . .. -"-r-r What Presldenti Cost - j The president of Franoe costs each ef his fellow-citlsens 1-1S of a penny per year. ' The cost of the president of the ' United Statea is 1-i of a penny per bead ' that of the president of Haytl 17-10 of . a penny per head: that of the president of Paraguay of a penny per head) that of the president of Argentina 7-li, of a penny per head; that of the preaivs. dent of Mexico 1-20 of a penny per head that of the president of Chile 1-10 ef penny per head; that of the president of Bolivia of a penny per head, and ' thaof the president of Ecuador 1-t n a peony per heaa. . .,
