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ture which ta the moat precloaa .
"gift of .heaven, apreada . Itself ;
like.bD over the troubled Hi o
thought, and keepa the mind
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. .
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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. , . '
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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 -
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' How to handle the great prune crop la
a problem in portiona of Douglas oounty.
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Pilot Rock has two new bridges, re
piecing those destroyed by flood June L
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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
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' 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. .
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:, 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. .. - . , ; ,.
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' 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
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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. . .,