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We are sura to get the bet
ter of fortune if we do but
grsppl with her-Seneca. t;
. SULLIVAN A TYPE.
- yrR. BRYAN'S objection to Mr.
jV I Sullivan at a leading figure
'la the Democratic: party is
worth reprinting i and remembering.
lie said: ?i.l,-
. I hold that no man who la officially
Connected with a corporation that-' la
seeking privllegee 'ought t act aa i
member t a political organisation, be
causa ha cannot represent hla corpora
tron and Th people at the sams-tune.
What X say of him I aay of
aspirants for positions In tha party or
ca.nlaa.tion in ahar states. If tha Dame
eratto iartr aot virtue enough to
apew out those- who traffic in politic
for the - advantage of the corporations
to which tny belong. It doe not deserve
victory nar can it hope tor - it.
This declaration. ' should ' be con
sidered in its ; proper perspective.
Mr." Bryan is not fighting Mr. Sul
livan as an individual but as an ex
ample of corporation control of party
machinery, which releMrr Sullivan. Ja.
his 'tirade did not recognise or re
spond to. Mr. Bryan, if he is to he
the Democratic leader and candidate,
serves notice not only on Mr. Sul
livan, but on all of his kind to get out
6f positions of trust and powdt with
in the party. He'wants none of their
help, and will t officially associate
"with them,'; v 'tf'-''W " -V
Ring-method and corporation serv
ing Democratic politicians will resent
Mr. Bryan s declaration, and say that
he assumes to lie a dictator, but it is
, quite, time that such dictation should
come front . gome influential and im
pressive source,' and jtia entirely
creditable to Mri Bryan that it comes
from him thus early. He wants no
nominatioa - or Jeadership conferred
by Democratic corporation magnates
or servitors, like . McCarreh pf New
York, Whitney of Boston,' McLean
of Cincinnati and Washington, D. C,
Sullivan of Chicago and their tort in
every aue and city., H has in this
onslaught aot only attacked Sullivan,'
but has grappled, with the most in
sidious evil xA present-day politics,
with which the Democratic party is
afflicted, in only a less degree than
the Republican party, j.'. '"J. v
ROOSEVELT A STANDPATTER,
SENATOR FORAKER declare
that President, Roosevelt - is
himself 'the high muckamuck
among standpatters, and that the Re
publican leaders ' in adhering , to a
standpat' policy ', are - only obeying
orders issued by f the; president
Roosevelt, Foraker says, took'the in
itiative' in this matter by calling into
conference several Republican jead
f era and. instructing them what ( the
. platform should be. He is not for
tariff revision, for'fhe himself has
spoken it, has proclaimed it." ;"f
! ; So if Senator Foraker hat correctly
stated the fact, the president was not
prevailed, upon by Ihe leader! in con
r gress to stand pat, but rather "took
the initiative" and declared and dic
tated jthe atandpat policy to thent
; Senator - Foraker may be mistaken,
and, his conscience would not trouble
him on account of a misrepresents1
(ion; but it seems unlikely , that he
would; so publicly and unqualifiedly
make such a statement If it were not
true and verifiable. " Indeed, since
; "Roosevelt is to be the issue" in the
' 'congressional campaign, it is Reason
able to suppose that the other Repub
lican leaders would not have come
.' out flatfooted. for standpat policy
without his approval." . ' ,
. Such being the case, may not west
ern farmers and others who are being
plundered the , year - round . for the
benetit of the protected trusts, some'
what modify j, their opinion' of the
president? . '.- v f1 ' ':' '.V':' :
7 . I' i . ' S3 i . "
THE SEATTLE ELECTION.
g-l EATTLE VOTED DOWN the
1 , -proposition for" public owner-
ship of its streetcar system, to
Re acquired by the issuance I'of "mu
nicipal bonds, and this much-mooted
question is thus settled for awhile at
least in that city. . Very likely the
proposed change would have been un
wie; at least it would have been
doubtful experiment , As to public
Cities of this character a city should
always reserve the power to acquire
and . operate them, - but this power
should only be exercised when under
private ownership conditions, become
intolerable, or it would, be manifestly
to the city's interest ta do so. Res
sonably good and fair management Gf
a streetcar system by private parties
is preferable tothe" doubtful experi
ment of municipal ownership,
, But Seattle" and King ounty voted
by a large majority in favor of a. bond
issue for the purpose of digging,' or
beginning to. dig the Lake Washing
ton i canal, f otherwise' the "Seattle
ditch." The government ha refused
to take hold of this project, perceiv
ing that it was 'properly one for pn
.vate rather than public exploitation.
It would be benefit to private prop
erty owners chiefly7Tnd 'only inci
dentally'and in a limited degree to the
country's commerce, hence ', Seattle
and King county should do the work
r-though doubtless they hope, to- get
tfce money-expended back from the
government some day. ; "
Aa Seattle alregdy has a great arm
of an ocean at its doors, and a harbor
"where all the navies and merchant
fleets of. the world could ride at an
chor safely," the government does not
perceive, the propriety of digging a
canal to a lake some miles in the
interior. But if Seattle and King
county want . to - do this, nobody, will
object and the people over there are
hiotiikc-niea,wliu 'can't dcr it.,
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PRICES HERE AND ABROAD.
-
IT IS no longer denied by stand-
patters, as it. was until the proof
became positive and overwhelm
ing that American protected manu
facturers of many things sell ' their
products abroad much ' cheaper than
they sell them at home. Thia was
disputed until the Jalsehood ..became
6lennrTOssand-paTpabIe,)1uf1how
one flimsy excuse or another is made.
It is generally known and conceded
now that American consumers pay
more than foreigners, but how much
more is not , so - generally - known.
Steel leads the liet, Americans being
charged at least $8 per. ton on rails,
and much more on some other steel
products, than foreigners. There is
a long list of these protected products
on 'which American consumers are
tariff taxed to the extent .in the ag
gregate of hundreds of millions of
dollars year, and yet they are al
most insolently asked to stand pat on
the robber tariff. , ,. ;',?,--
. It is true, however, that Americans
are also similarly tleeced by trusts
and combines not directly and spe
cifically protected by the tariff Chief
of these- is the Standard Oil com
pany, and next, in importance comes
agricultural implements. ' Here are a
fewrexamplea,-thefirstj number in
each case being the price in the
United States; the seeond . the price
in South America: '..Jsl:
Advance plow, $18: $9; hay- tedder.
$4S: -$30; 1 mower, ' $65: ' $40; horse
rake," $25: $17; feed cutter, $90: $60;
another .make,. $40:.: $28; cultivator,
$30: $22 and so on through a lontf
list'-. f-yf-x ir''-.' !v,?-f ' !
; 'The tariff unquestionably breeds
and fosters monopolistic trusts, but
soma of the greatest robber trusts do
not depend directly and chiefly on the
tariff." So the work the people have
on hand 4a not only revision of the
tariff so that it will not shield, aid
and enrich- trusts,, but also to break
up trusts that operate independently
of, the tariff, .'f ; j' ' itt't' ;"::
And for either parpose new cards
and dealers are necessary. A "square
deal" cannot be had with the old deck
of . marked cards and subsidized
dealers. ' v :?'.;-. v". '-
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We have received i some , letters
whose writers demand to know "if
women should be allowed to usurp
the seats set aside for smokers on
streetcars." The question is a del
icate one, and we welcome this cold
rain and nipping wind, which will let
tie it satisfactorily to all concerned
until next spring, at least ' ' v ;
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. ... . . . ,
Thpublicatton of that chapter of
the Bible by a morning coatemporary
does ,' not astonish sd .much aa does
the fact that credit is given Solomon
for writing ' it. '.Usually-when our
contemporary finds anything as good
as this, it uses it to illumine the 'dark
places of ' its editorial " pge and
neglect! to tell where it came from.
The Cuban : revolutionists .will
please sit- up i and.tike' notice that
Uncle Sam is preparing to take S
hand in their little game, and if he
does .tlei revolution will opn look
like a 30-cent pieceof fractional cur
rency, that has been loose -in ey
done.,, .-. '. .''. -".-,' :-'
"AVhen a man puts his hsnd to the
plow and a nation takes up the sword
there is no turning tack. American
ships arg once m6re n Cuban wsters,
ahd bur sailers are watching the bel
ligerent! through the sights of , the
esrbinest And in 'the' Philippines all
the peaceful natives are forever asleep
A Little Out
INCS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT.
; vV''r;' ''.:'The- Recompense..-'-
So alt who walk ateap-waya. In grief and
; "Jeht. -: ' ., -
Whara aviry atop la full ot toll and
. pain. :'
May aa whaa they hava . gained . the
aharpaat height, . -'
It haa not boon In vain.
Since they hava )eft behind, tha notae
.. r- ana nwi;
" And, though their eyes' drop tears,
. . their sight is cleat;
The air la purer, and the- breesa la
. aweet. r
And the blue heavenmore near.
;', w,.-i....-.r;1.-Mra CJE.UeD
- Sayings From Masaachusetta. '
From the Journal of 'American - Folk-
-t)onAt aUy- tlll the last dog'a hung.
Joy . go with yea and a (ood breeae
after you. - .' - r . ' -
To drown tha miller. (Said in oreaa-
making when too -much water la put
into-the flour.) 'V'
-The atiu pig eata tna iwuu v, i ,
No man dies without an heir, w
Three ramovea .are a-e bad aa a fire.
What cornea over the devil'a back la
aura to go. under hla belly, v.. -'
There's aa much edda . in . loixe aa
there la in anybody. - . )
A ahort horse la soon curried.
Dunghllla rise and caatlaa f all,
He'e got a gait like a pair of bar a
Her tongue rune wiggle-waggle like
a dead lamb's tail. ' i
-I'll do It 1st two ahakea or a lamo a
tail, -. ' '";.- ,'."
Her tongue rum ts If it waa hung
In the middle and wagged at both eada.
Don't trv to come your dumb leasee
over me l. s-rmislead wsrpuU the wool
over my eyes). . . -v.-i v
SltUng on the little edge or notning.
That beata nr wife's relatione. Also:
That beata the Jews, or, that beats all
ereation. ' .' 't
Don't need it any mora than . a cow
needs two tails. .
Don't know enough to be ha aaslatant
Janitor to a corncrib. ,
Town" of Many Languages. V,
' From the Buenos Ayres Herald '
There are few cities In the world" hav
ing mora newspapers and of auch varied
tongues than Buenos . Ayres. --uio-geher--the-uumber-fr
dailies, -weeklies,
monthlies and irregulars published in
the republio fluctuates about It. Be
sides, of courae, the "national", lan
guage, with Ha wide divergencies from
in the trenches while our troops are
pacifying the irreconcilable! ss fast
as they show themselves in the open.
In working out our manuest aestiny
the records of the war office are be
coming as fnt fretting ai the commer
cial reports, and while , we may con
tinue to be a nation of shopkeepers,
our balance of trade will be in favor
of arms, . ammunition and political
buncombe about the national honor. .,
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v ' v c . - i -
- As between -a. government-owned
railroad ' and a railroad-owned gov
ernmentif that should . be the ul
timate issue, the people 'should find
the choice easy.' -: And it must be con
fessed that the railways are taking a
very active interest in the direction
of national affairs Just :no tci
Mr. Hearst cannot be charged with
selfishness. - He is-not devoting any
more space to his own fight for the
governorship of New York than be
gave to the Thaw case, and everyone
knows that the assassination of Stan
ford White, had some interesting fea
tures. -
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'When Mr. Ifarriman makes rail
road rates in' California it is on the
basis of , f All the traffic will bear,"
When he makes rates in Oregon he
adds "and something over," x- ''?'
jThe mere mention in the press dis
patches of, a national milliners' con
vention is - enough to give ' a ' man
with - wife and grown daughters the
fever 'n ager. 'f- - ''..."
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"Teachers , ; and J,- teacheresse!,"
writes Editor, Geer. This is worse
than Ruzehveltian orthografeh. Can't
a woman as well ai a man be a
tteacher r. " -' -. $ . !-- "r - n ::: . !. )
. .-. 1- t, 11 1 .. ' i "' ' -
Zion City-is reported. $3,000,000
shy; liabilities $6,000,000, assets $3,
000,000. Which shows that - Dowie
ism and business don't work well to
gether. ' - " -"f
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t , The Ohio Republicans would think
it nothing strange to open a conven
tion with . prayer to Cod and a few
minutes later indorse the deviL '
Representative Ramsdell is sn im-i
portent man, for Oregon and will be
treated accordingly, Though" he Js
not from Missouri, show him. ; .
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Stolypin says Democrats are dan
gerous. They are, and of'right ought
to be, to such a government as that
of Russia. "J '-,''..' ;
Letters
f i,
' Oas ef yortdand'B aTeeds. - . ,
'. Portland, Sept 41. -To the Editor ef
The Journal Since Mr, Bryan-haa an
nounced what will probably be a lead
ing question In this country for some
time to .come, and since Mr, Roosevelt
haa alluded to the Subjedt in manner
that shows ha is not an enemy to its
csreful consideration, and as prominent
cltlsnna and public men of all parties,
both in and out ef office, have expressed
themselves aa layering the public own
ership ef all national monopolies. It Is
"u te". tbs Aaarieaa eiUaan to begia
of the 'Common
Spanish.' there are papers published In
Castlllan, In Catalan, in Italian, French,
German and English, In Basque, In Nor
wegian and in Danish. In Arabia, Sy
rian. Hebraic," Servian and In - several
dialects, while la the Chubut territory
the Welsh organ haa considerable sale
and Influence,.-, i''.'--i.w' ;..'"
' Would Be a Blow to Russia.
".'V "From the Boston Transcript s -
Among the forms of boycotting the
Rusalan government auggested is total
abstinence. It Is said that if the Rus
sian.1 people; .would elmultaneously
rawear oir '.. and keen thetr pledge- for-
year or so the financial distress of the
government would compel It to surren
der the autocracy on any terms. More
than a quarter of the Russian revenues
are derived from the spirit monopoly.
the government aeiitng all the liquor
the people oonsume. Last year of the
total ordinary revenue of) i.!7T.04S,l!
rubles, (2S,tT,400 came from spirits.
T ReflectionB. . u .-v,- . V
Ton may call a fellow a brick.' but he
ta only clay after alL New Tork Times.
Occasionally a man apenda a lot of
time at hla club because there' a no
place like home. Chicago Newa.
The time a' man gets hot in politics
la when he thinks something is con
trary to tha constitution, which he haa
never red.--New Tork Press.---. -
Before a ' girl reaches the age ef 1!
aha Beta used to having . : her heart
broken. New Tork Times. ' .
tf Adam had eaten the apple first he
would probably have declared that Eve
dared him to. Chicago Newa. y y. ,
Let His Wife See His Money. .
' From the lndon Chronicle, 'v '
A woman whose husband, a atrapplng
fellow named Fred Jones, was ordered
three months hard labor for deserting
ber, told the Tower Bridge magistrate
recently that aha and the asvea chil
dren had to go Into the workhouse.
aad that to tantalise her her husband
used to ehow her over the garden wall
the money he had earned, v - : '
.. Cause of Revolution. ' ; V:;
. From tha Indianapolis News. -'
In Russia it Is unlawful to alve
klaaes Inpublic A kiss in tha street
Is penalised by a fine of 11.78. and on
a tramcar by a fine of IS... Declaration
of love on a postcard renders the sender
name to a Tine of 11.50. v : , '
to study carefully what It would mean
to have the enormcus energies inherent
m the national wealth of creation united
with the spontaneous revanue created
by the growth of population -and tha
energy of our people all utllfsed for
the general welfare Instead of being di
verted io the pockets of the few. ,.
We hava evidences every day of the
use to which many of those . . made
wealthy by special privilege put their
Ill-gotten galas. . We have t but to read
the , papers - a-- little bit to- learn
of .. their . debaucheries , - wlth -. . the
money wrung from labor and the pub
llo by discrimination, by laws and court
decisions that bring a blush of shame
ana anger so tha race of the conscien
tious. Wo want a system of Justice in
our- government that will make honest
men and women, rather than a rule of
business othics that will create gay men
and women. The privileged class of
loaay uvea - in . luxury on unearned
wealth, while .the producers are often
compelled to go without the bare neces
sities of Ufa.'; ....... ' -' ;
PorUand's ' great need ' ta - mere
prosperity for Its masses of people, bet
ter wages for tha men and women who
produce Its wealth and less extortion in
the prices they are compelled to pay tor
what they consume. . i ., . ..' ,
, We have prosperity, surely, for those
who enjoy special legislative privileges
and those who have sntered into com
bines to control the prices of food
stuffs and building material, but how
about tha great masses of our people
who hava.no means of Income but by
tha labor it their handa or brain 1 . ,
i i -,:. , t-A. WAUCSR.
Osi the Bnbjeet of Plnaao.
Portland. - Sept. l J. To tha Editor of
The Journal A lecg-tlm Republican
rises ta remark that he haa been read
ing yonr paper aad notioea that hie
Uncle Samuel la kicking about tha price
of silver, and that gold la selling for
more than it Is worth In foreign cons
tries, and that w are purchasing, which
brings to mind -omc of the funny things
indorsed aa political wisdom long ago,
for the benefit of the dear people, of
which I waa one. When the misunder
standing - between the , northern and
southern states cam to be settled and
currency waa very much needed. Presi
dent Lincoln called together the bank
era, who aald about it per cent In
terest would be about right. Later Sec
retary Chase proposed the greenback as
a substitute, and It was adopted. Then
the aforesaid bankers said "too much
money." The O. O. P. said "Wa made
the greenback and thsy paid the soldier,
and that did the bualness." ...
Then some on thought h had made
the .discovery that greenbacks had noth
ing' but tha United States government
back of them and that they were not re
liable, so they were mostly burned and
Interest-bearing bonds Issued Instead,
with the self sama United State gov
ernment behind them aa security. m
W then evolved the greatest money
system the world ever saw ths national
bank I O tra and they have now as
aumed the dignity of legal tender be
tween man and man, and represent a
double Interest. Then we pounced onto
Dad a silver dollar, when the bullion in
it' was. worth l.!t in gold, on tha
ground that It was not good In Tewop.
And our uncle haa been having a time
with It ever since. Wa war then and
are now using all klnda of enrrency,
from th copper osnt and nickel to the
Intrlnslo gold, much of It without any
promts of redemption, hare or here
after. Many of our brainy editor and
philanthropists no doubt feel Ilk re
tiring to the back yard Bnd turning a
somersault every tim they , hear any
thing mentioned In regard to silver.
Tst they pay th butcher, th baker and
the clothesmaksr tat aald debased on In.
.-; ' . -, : s A MAZING.-. .
' He Yever Saw nam Drinking. '
' Baker City, Or, Sept. 11. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Referring to' th
iters 1 in-yoonpeper about deer drink
ing, t beg to say that I have never seen
a deer take a drink in my Ufa, and I
have watched deer- ae closely as any
one. Probably Mr, W B. Harden haa
noted then more narrowly than I have,
and probably ha thinks ' that becaus
many other animals drink deer should;
but ther la not a man In this cl tr
end many her are noted shetsvwho
bss ever seen a deer drinking, v
' I knew thia la not very good testi
mony, being negative, but It's a fact.
aaywayj ( Vry respectfully. B, a. T,
A Little lonsense
eBBMSBssaasaaBB
They Were Present ;
- There Is a certain new congressman s
wife who, coming from a rural district,
yesrus greatly for social distinction.
Not long ego she called on the wife ot
one of the senators from ths same state
and. with an affectation of slight in
tsreat In the auhlact. remarked:
"By the way I did not see you and
the senator at the ball at the legation
last night."
. "No, we did not' attend." the other
responded. ' 'I presume from your-re
mark th.l win w. thara. n
. "O, yes. My husband thought he
would get a good opportunity to talk
with aome of the other representatives,
so we dropped in," the member's . wife
replied. "Didn't you read -an account
of the affair In this morning's paper?"
'Yes,'l ld.- -But" t think they must
have omitted your names." the other
said, with secret amusement. ' "Her is
the paper,'' aba added, picking up the
sheet. '.
There was the usual list -of diplomats.
officials and officers and tha regulation
and others. t
We, of course, wera tha others." the
member's wife said with a alighUf
bias mannar. -.-.. ; -. -y "V
When Mark Twain Was Easy.'i
"The game of billlarda has destroyed
my naturally .aweet disposition. Ono
when I was a reporter in Virginia City,
whenever I-wlehed to play billiards, I
went out t8 look for easy marka," aald
Mark .Twain. "One day a stranger earn
to town and opened a billlsrd parlor. I
looked him over casually. When he pro
posed a game I answered, 'All right' -
"Just knock tha bans around a iittie
so that 1 can get your gait," he aald,
and when I had done so he remarked:
T will be perfectly fair with you. I'll
play you left-handed.' I felt hurt, for
he was freckled and had red hair, aad
1 determined to teach him a lesson." He
won first shot ran out. took my half
dollar and au I got was tna opportunity
to chalk my eu. ' ,
Tf you can play ilk that with yonr
left hand.' I said, Td like to ae you
play with your right - ' ' .- i -
-I.ean'V, he said. Tm lert-nandea.'"
Entering the Jewelry Bualnese.
Mayor Kirkendall of WUkeabarre had
succeeded in breaking up a email but
dangerous gang of criminals and a cler
gyman was congratulating him on hla
"The boldness of theee men." Bald the
mayor,, smiling, "was what led to their
undoing. "They were aa bold aa If they
had had the law behind them." They re
minded me. In the open and above board
way they sinned, of tha young man who
aald ha wag going; to open a Jewelry
ator. i- r .' : ' ''';".' ,''" '',.'
"A friend, knowing that thia yonng
man had no money, exclaimed:
: " Tou open a Jewelry stover - .What
are you going to open It wlthf. -
i "'A crowbar," the young man an-
. ;-.A Good Narae..,; .;;.'.'
Captain Sealbv of the White Star liner
Cretie. waa explaining to a Clnclnnatiaa
that hla company bad considarebi eurti
eulty In finding - name for their new
ahlpa. " t- , v - :-
"They -an have to end tn Io." you
know." th captain explained.- - - .
Th Clncinnatlan. who was pale ' and
eeedyi aald. as he looked dismally at the
rolling Moan: .- . . . ,
'Tor a aultabl name, I would auggeat
"Seaaio. 7 y. f -.. ..;"-.-. ...;..
; t By Johnston McCulley. -Th
season opened at the Helllg thea
tre laat aught, whan a crowded house
saw William Collier and hla Austral laa
company tn the 'Augustus Thomas
comedy, "On the Quiet? .-'..-. ..;
At 1:11 o'clock, the time th curtain
la supposed te tie, almost vry seat la
the house neld Its expectant occupant
At !:!t o'clock th orchestra . filed
slowly into the pit and began th over
ture. A few minutes later the old aad
faded aabastoa curtain arose- and dis
closed to view, not th first soene of the
play, but an ordinary advertising cur
tain liberally sprinkled with requests to
buy sertaln brands of soap, at cetera.
Finally, at 1:4? o'clock, th lights grew
dim, th footlights flashed, uhe adver
tising curtain want eelllngwarev aad th
play and tha new aeason was on. -
William Collier la looking somewhat
older, but h la a till youthful in mind
and action. He can still dano around
th stage merrily and flash out wit by
th yard and look unconscious when he
brings down th house. It was a typical
Collier audience laat night, a . typical
Collier affair. Every one had a good
laugh, and before the end of th first
act every on waa feeling comfortable.
But at tha end of the aecond act when
th show was two thirds through and
tha audience glanced . at its several
watches and saw thst It was 1:J0
o'clock and had visions of a wait at
tha checkroom after -th laat act and a
Journey horn through th rain, the re
membrance of that long wait before th
Oret curtain cam yp like Banquo'a
ghoat to rob tha evening of half Ita en
joyment , ' ': i - , "
But Collier was all right, all right
When tie did get chance to appear be
fore th audience He made up for loat
time.- - H ran through tha acenea ao
rapidly that H took a master mind to
follow th line and net loan anything.
Collier -was ;iberally applauded, how
ever, and ahowed hla appreciation by
dragging a'atage hand In front of the
footlights and forcing him to bow to
tha audience. That may have been con
sidered 'a capital 'Joke - In ' Australia.
But perhapa in these United States It
spoils the illusion, of the play and
brlnga one back to the dull reality. of
things with the same effect a hunk ot
raw- meat .would hava If thrown upon
the marble counter of a first-class bon
bon stor. .' .'....
i Th company which support Collier
la excellent, with a few exception
Orac Hadsell la a little self-conscious
as Phoebe Rid g way, but ah does some
good work. Grant , Stewart make a
dyke that reflects credit upon his
ability. . George Christ! Is fair. J. O.
Seville, aa th Judge, does to most
natural, tha moat artlstja work of th
entire aggregation, . with - th exception
of th atari -
- Mis Mabel Taliaferro, colller'e lead
ing woman, la a delicious little bit of a
girl, Just th sort for ' th part , she
plays. She made good with the au
dience last night Her work is nsver
overdone and is highly realletlo..- John
W. Dean waa fair as Horace Colt The
rest of th company alse ran.
- The play ia a rattling fare with- Just
eaough plot to carry the fun. It
wouldn't tvt a bora. X It doean't
teach a moral or aolva a problem of
humanity. It I Just a big, clean bit
of real comedy Jhat makes people better
for having seen It and laughed, , to
role played by Collier is one of those
parte which plays Itself. ' But It lose
nothing at collier s ' hands, "on tne
Quiet" wilt b th bill tonight and to
morrow night, with a Saturday matt
nee. , ' ; ; . ..
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JllCUDlilli VlliW
-P cf TIMELY TOPICS
,. SMALL CHANGS. . ',,.;;;
No more atate elections till November.
Again th weather croakers are dlsap-
Palma can't put down the revolution
with palm leavee. - ,
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--gome men always want a Job at some
thing they can t do. - -
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Secretary Shaw doean't aeent te be set
ting th south af lr. - .tii.
People ean't go to the fair and.' pick
nop ai in same time.
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, Go to th atate fair on Portland day.
Thursday, If at no other time. .. f ,
If th' Democrats are having auch a
lively row already, what will it b by
W believe that we'd rather be any
thing els but an aeronaut ' exoept a
oaar, ; ,, . '
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Some papers appear to be run princi
pally to advertise bum patent medicine
dope. ,',y..,'- .,.- , -.-','. . . 4- .
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What a great - frontier circuit rider
Roosevelt would have mad In the early
But bona are good to make bread as
well as beer with or at leaat thsy used
to be. ,- .- -- .. , , ,.
A Pittsburg headline theee days uaual-
ly means a following story of domestic
scandaL
tf yon read It In a campaign text book.
th chance ar that not more than half
ot It la ao. , .
Dowie aaya ha la perfectly pure, which
to many wHl be additional vldnc that
h Is eraay. . . ... V "'.'- '"':
Etx-Banker Stenaland oould have saved
himself considerable earthly torment by
following Hlppl'g example. .. .,, .
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Instead - e4 -battling Nelson," would
It aot better be "Butting Nelson" or
"Squealing Nelson" .hereafter? :
It naturally aulta oftea happen that
la consequence of a man filling up too
much h desires tab balled out-!:.,':
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The hop, ft fm a littls thing, yet makes
lor wo or ehr, , ;. . .
Either In yield or. prtoa, and then again
:. In br. .- r.j.-t , ,;:
J. e . t v" i - . ." : V .
What a fortunate thing It is that what
suits some doesn't suit others, or vice
versa weather, clothes, occupation, con
jugal partners, ate. - -
Why doesn't Palma buy up a lot'ot
Chicago packing house products and let
tha revolutionists capture It? , But maybe
that wouldn't be "civilised warfare." (. '
: Portland haa discovered or at least la
enabled to observe the , sure for Mr.
Schwertn'e blindness as' to this port, He
la actually able, te ae Portland now.
Latest News From Rattitville
REPORTED BY A. BENNET1
. . There atnt very muoh moving ia ur
midst this week, and th wthr la
pretty dinged hot and folks la awl
grouohy, and things dent seem to mo
aa -they awto. Old Bian Bunko haa
whipped his wire twic( in s oaya, ana
Hank Stifel got Into a fit with a
sheepherder. and th hull town Is la a
spirit of assault and disorder, aad the
martial haa awl he can da to keep
nutf room ' In the ealaboos for the
new arrivals from the roe rat dlstriots,
ao many of eur peeple trying to brake
In awl the time. And the kola trubble
la for the reason that tha city drug
ator three or four days ago. run out
of material for perse rlptlons, and there
baa not been a drop of anything In tha
town stronger than Sherry Wine alnoe
Monday, and hear It la Friday, aad w
hav a "guard oat en . th hill back
abowt 4 miles towards The Dalle to
alta tha waggon aa It comes with the
supplies, and they are to ahoot a gun
and a H mile thia side la I more fel
lers and they will anser tha aaloot. and
so en la guarda each 14 Into town, and
In th publlo square le a big pile of
plunder to set Into a bonfire aa soon a a
the welcoming shots ring out to tell ua
we ar saved I - But In the mean tim
our thirst Is something awful, and If a
drug ' ator cant keep ua In perscrlp
tlona aome ef ue leading altlsens IS
going to get together and atart a sa
loon, and that la tha sentiment floating
arownd la our midst . . '. .
Our butcher ahop.haa promised us
that h will hava aome fine fresh meat
aome time next week. He dont promts
what kind.. H dont aay why, but my
private opinion la that he haa a rustler
out on the flats and he will kill the
first , thing he can get . away with.
mebbe a sheep, wtoh is the moat likely
for he atnt hardly got -the nerve .to
tackle a- bf, , V .
Our society ladles are expecting many
very Important events to trsnsplr the
coming season, the air being full of
ruhmore of bala and parties "and re
cent Ions.1 We are . sorry to aay ther
ar some trifling differences between
th leadera of our upper eirwee aa to
who la the reel leader. Thia cropped
sut at th laat meeting of th ladles
aid when Mra. Bunco and Mrs. Stifel,
Hank'a mother, hsd a few worda aa
to, which waa the beet man, we mean
wnman. The trubble waa Mrs, Stifel
haa got a new gingham drese. and aha
wore It to the meeting, and aha got
tailed down for putting-on lugss by
sum of the other iscnee, sna Mrs. punco
took it upp and they had quite a little
scran, hut beyond a eupple ef scratches
and tha loaa of a switch or two' it
dlddnt amount to much. : -Such llttl
difference will oeur in th upper
clrklea and tha best thing, te do le to
say aa the Latin , folka aald, vox ropu-
list Vox Dei. -
Well, blllbryan la a dd on. It beeta
awl th way ur peeple ar down en
him. We dont think he eood pole t
vota In BabbltvlUa It he. got nomi
nated by awl the parties put together,
I no I woodent vote for him and -Bunco
wont, and Sim Dtpp wont and Hank
Stifel s wares he wont. Ana wnen swi
the leading altlsens talk Ilk that you
can oe it- IS awl upp with blllbryan
In thia here town., Mebbe he will roe
the day he turned a deeX ear to Rabbit-'
OREGON SIDELIGHTS, '.
A. Weston oolt five months old weigh
11 pounds.. - ,
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Soma Burns people hav the artesian .
well fever. -
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Salem wlU yet be quit a big lectria
railroad hub. . v
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Merchants ot Barney county hav or
ganised for mutual protection.
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- The Westdb Normal school Opened
wlth all the students It could accom- -
mod at. '--.'-'''
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Many eastera Oregon wheat raisers
don't hava to sell and wont, at the
present price. ... .. v.
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A Weston doctor ran a threehlng ma- .
chin through th season, threehlng an .
average of 1.00 sacks a da. ' , .- -
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Over 199 people ar employed in th ' '
fruit packing lnduetry In MUton. and
the output will be about 69 carloads. .
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A Portland man may establish a plant .'
in North Bend to manufacture denatur
Issd aloohol, not from potatoea, but
from fern roots,
'.' ',r"; ''-'. ' ''; .
- A Drain man who lost a hors aaya
that Ita legs grew ao long that It waa
unable to reach th ground with Its head,
and therefore starved to death. - ,
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A sawmill to be moved to a branch
of Beaver - oreek - In Columbia county '
haaisarroundlng timber enougn to last TT
it for seven yeara. if It out 49,009 '
ft a day. . ,' -
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Twenty-two . aacka 'avaraglnr '- 19t -
pound s each of eata yielding at th rat '
of ISO bushels par acre are tha returns
a corvallla man received from a half ' '
aera of ground..-. ' ".-.
. : -e. . - ; ',
Quoting an Item about a woman ped- -
dler going about with a cart drawn by ,' '
two dogst, th Heine record aaya: That ',
settle It ' When . women take to th
road In dogomoblle th people automo- 1
bills." ' v .- , -, j.i.
Halnee Record:" We had Ed Case and . . .
Hester MeKnn married and , Settled
down to business proper on good an-'. '
thority. too until Heater's father came ,-:
In -and aald nit Quees the old man
knows: .'.':,';" --'. :-; k -v
A Band young man' want t Prln-
vtlle to get a Hoense to marry Crook '
county girl, and found an eastern girl,,
who had Just arrived waiting to marry ,
him. i At laat reports n waa . uu -
alngla.'.,. v--r"'J ".' v-'.r -.
Prinsvllla Review! . Th Deschutes !
river la Its upper reach la a natural '
aalmon hatchery, but never a salmon
rets un .there, because Bteelhead falls
form an Impassable barrier to even thia
athletia nah.. Dolly Varden trout, the
redslde and rainbow trout and grayling -ar
found from mouth to aouro of thia '
river and have their hatching spots at
different points along tha upper river, -.
but th run ef salmon ceases at xna ursi
fall, 19Q or more mile front th Colum- r.
OP THE DALLES OPTIMIST.
villa. And ef one thing we .axe deter-
mined, and that ia he cant get that lott , .' ...
or any other lott In thia town not If
he would promise to make me the see- t ,
rotary of hla Interior In ess ,b la
elected. , (P. S. Mr. eddltur yoa needent ,
aay It Id print, but I have-a mmlssary
feeling of Billy, and If ha will make m
postmaster ' her Z will , git out and ' .
huesle for him and carry RabbltvUle "
for him. But our peeple muat not no .
thia. I tell It to you oa the Q. TO r ' ,
I Wun a bett over at the Bunoe house
yatarday. Leven of us sot down to , -dinner
and th hired girl com - in to .
take 'our orders and I bett a feller In "
the croud 4 blu that aha wood take all ; ;'.
Jl orders and not make a mistake. And
shs did. We awl ordered beaa soop and ...
ah brung it straight! That was awl
Bunoo had that day, so X had a aklnch.
... I ,' f .'''--. 'it ' . , f .. r y .
There Is aome things we need In Rab
bltville before it will be a reel metropolis.
W need a bathtubb reel bad. Som ef ;
our folk awt to take a bath thia season j '
for sura. I no I need one, and others 'I
I no does, Then we need a wall. It ss
mllee td water and . I dont geaa any-
town can. get a big move .onto herself ,
with water elx mllee away. ' Then we of
course need a postofflc and a shoe-
maker and a dally paper and a dentist :
and another house or two. - And If w "
had a reel hotel It would help ua along.
Soma folks want a ehurah and a school . .
and they, would b a good thing, but...
wa hav prreachln regular now, and aa '
to schools why wa alnt got no ene fltten "'.
I to teach but me and I alnt going back te ' -.
teaching at my. time or are. wa mite
send off jnt get a .teacher, but w
eood en t hardly pay the price ot a . good ,
teacher and we woodant have a- bum V
one. I No, I spose .mebbe If w hav a ,
school we' will have a bang up good one -:,-'
and I -will be the principle.. ; Than w , .,.
need real (bad a kerosene or gaasollne 1
lamp In front of the drug ator to keep
lit ontll about t or t In th morning. -for
som of these dark nights It la hard -to
find thd place, specially when a feller :
is a llttl weary with welldoing. I will -mention
more needful things next weak, ;
Ther will be donation party- at the -reel
dent of the Deacon oa Monday nit ' .
next at T sharp. It Is hoped a large eoai
course will be In attendance and that
everybody will bring something, for the -
Deacon .ia pretty hard upp and la out
ef slsbwood and abowt out ef grub. . '
Come tm. com awl at early candle - -
light to th Deacon's reeldents, some
times ' callea the Mance. v-i.; ; . . 1
I aln t saying much thia week abowt
my' trubble and Lisa'end th barber
shop and tha major and . Blrdlet Not '
much) ror the major is a ded ene la .
Rabbltvilia and Plrdle Is likely reaallng " ".'
potts down to Portland or Soeppoose ot ,
soma other, burg, and m and Lisa en4 '
demand each ether) Tou bett we 4oj "
And I may yet be found 1 th front of TT.T
her shop wringing npp the price of
shave and haircuts and shampoons and
slipping th coin quietly In my Jeansl
aiebbi ,
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TtA rAfVt1 1CnlafiatiA. ..' - '
Tas." said rvibhey, the'ector, ' I hai
a splendid pert In Ihe ahow, but I r-
took sick and-" - ,
"Ah," lnterrupUd , Wiseman. 'a.r
Wisemaa.
mn you didn't Uk we'X"