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The hypocrite : would 'not
put on the appearance of vir
tue If it; was not the moat
-proper means to gain lover- -.
Addison. ".' 7 . .' v . '" '
J -Jetty and canal.. V
IT .'IS now suggested, since it is
; probable-1 that the Jetty at the
, , mouth of the Columbia will need
';. .all the money that congress is likely
'.' to appropriate; for ; the . Columbia
- river, and since up-country interest!
,y naturally demand that work on the
Celila canaL be' not deferred, that the
.'. state appropriate money with which
-7 to continue work., on the -canal, so
" that- all the appropriation can be
used on the jetty. 'We will not now
, discuss the advisability of such a step,
'farther than to say that if Oregon and
, .' Portland, after atl they have done to
' - open the Columbia river, in dredging
.the Jower river channel and in buying
for the government the right of way
V for' the canal and railroad and build
' - ing the portage railroad from Celilo
neatly to , The. Dalles, have lo -help
Uncle Sam to dig the canal, Washing
ton and Idaho ought 'to help. The
legislatures of the three states will be
t- in session 'next winter at .the same
time, and if any such, appropriation
; is made by Oregon ft should be conj
difional on appropriations from these
other states, which will be benefited
.3 by 'the canal quite as much at Ore
'", gon. i.- t ''' '
f ' It is represented that if the amount
, likely to be obtained for the' Columbia
' ' river is divided, the work that can be
done with the fractional appropria
tion will practically' be thrown away,
because the work will have, to'cease
; when the money is exhausted, and by
i 4he time more money is available the
Job will have to be done over again in
t Urge part, as hap been the case here
- tofore: 'Or, if the money Us saved till
( another appropriation is made, the
; -jeUyiately constructed will have been
I largely," destroyed.; This is probably
j - true, and being so the wonder is that
f the government, being committed to
both, these projects, will proceed in
1 this, penny-wise - and - pound Foolish
. fashion.. Economy is th plea, but
i surely there is po economy' in' this
manner of, procedure.. : , Under this
policy the government will not only
delay for year -the Improvements
1. that are urgently '.'needed, but will
throw away hundreds of .thousands of
- ollarseedleaslyndtneVcusabry7
f It is this view of "the case, one that
t every practical man must admit to be
' ' indisputably right, that thould .be
pressed upon tl1. mn 'Jn congresl
T- who will decide the matter. ' "1
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; --A Vain wapnino. r-'
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rTTHE New-York Press, an able
V -1 al" Iel'n Republican news
' 'j' paper,, takes a, different view
i ! Mr. Bryan's position on-govern-C
ment ownership of railroads, and of
) the question ftself, from its contem
f poraries of that party. The Press de-
"l- clsres that Mr. Bryan has taken a
' popular" stand, and one that will be-
com more so, "because the govern
y.ment regulation which we now have
1 will njf'more than acratch the surface
;.of tbe1 evils of private ownership."
- Extortion, the Press predicts, will go
-on under the new law the same aa it
'.j did before, monopolies will still be
favored, syndicated railroads will re
tain their power of commercial life
and death oiref individuals and com
munities, and in consequence people
"will be won over in swarms to .the
5 Bryan idea, of government owner-
?'nip.-;v,-;Vir-.;-
The only way to prevent this, the
Press thinks, is to put through the
' next congress a iar. more radical and
reliable measure of government con
J trot , "This busmess," it says, "will
,Tiot wait.'- 'We think, that Mr." Bryan
- has not struck his blow-at private
r ownership a. day fod "soonl v Unless
. ;the worthless -Hepburn act, is quickly
; displaced with a thoroughgoing pro-
f ram of government control, includ-
Ing the valuation of the railroads to
jfjfix fair, charges, the present rate law
will Itself be a far more eloquent
plea for federalization pf the high
ays than any Mr. Bryan can make.
: rVls3. the. lulurc uX.(2ie.dcpaxUiunt of
: ;. - . W,l
justice to land a few big-rebaters in
prison and to -make that practice as
odious as robbing the mails. will swell
daily' the army of converts' t6 the
Bryan program," . V y, ,
1 -mhy-casihef ewnf be T"cpntest
between the government and the rail
roads, as soon as the" government re
fuses to be run by them; but, says the
Press, "If private ownership persists
in writing it if?!wif TeTmaTSi! 'oixirig
them on the people through railroad
lackeys in congress,, we believe with
Mr. Bryan that tho voters two years
hence, will commission a president to
take the first steps toward govern
ment ownership." , '" , " ,
This will be ignored or derided by
the combined standpattera of all
sorts, for' their greed and gluttony
have blinded them, to the conse
quences of their fatuous service of the
people's enemies, but the Press may
ere many years reprint its warning
underj.; the CiptionV,: ;Wa told
you so.'
Several,, soldiers have sued pro-
proprietors .of amusement resorts be
cause the uniformed young men were
not admitted or were ordered out, and
their officers arc backing them up,
insisting that Uncle Sam's uniform
must be respected. But the cases will
be better judged when the other side
of the stories is told, and it is known
how the . young men of war were bel
having themselves " . -"
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Vice-President Fairbanks last night
bubbled effervescently on the subject
of government ' ownership of '. rail
roads, which he terms "a radical de
parture from the sound principles
which have hitherto guided us." Mr.
Fairbanks' idea of a sound principle
relates entirely to something that has
received the sanction of antiquity and
the approbation of the United States
senate. -- '' ; r -
Whenivery. rich and ' strong 1 men
acting as a corporation insolently
transgress the law and injure multi
tudes of weaker individuals, and are
punished only by fining the corpora
tion,' while individuals guilty of really
less heinous offenses are not only fined
but sent t6 jail, the public is justified
in supposing that the square deal is
only an iridescent' dream.. ; ; ! .
The longer the city puts off it's ap
parently inevitable contest . with . the
Southern ' Pacific , railroad over the
FotTrth street " allesred " franchise,
tbe longer it will : be , aurxendering
rights -and revenue to' which it has
long "been -in justice entitled. But un
fortunately the city has an anti-people
Council on its hands, and cannot
move in this matter till -next year.
, Portland's bank clearings were over
14 per cent greater this week than for
the corresponding week of '1905, and
the corresponding week. last year was
considered something of a ' record
breaker. Our .baseball' team's per
centage is considerably higher, too.
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The minions of the czar are becom
ing more, and : more. heartless. Not
satisfied with taking ' red flags and
bombs from the anarchists the police
arealinghetrpristilautomttL
biles.- tflo wonder, the Russians "are
displeased. - -; J ',' . : v '.
Harriman . buys the St. Paul rait
road every few days, according to re'
port, but his sales of it are kept se
cret. How he can buy it so often
without selling it in the meantime is
a mystery. '-t '
it isn t much use to argue with a
man who .; really, believes , that the
Dingley tariff caused prosperity and
increase of wealths What he needs is
primary lessons. ; . J '
No terms of settlement of the
Cuban question " will '. be , considered
adequate that do not Inform the peo
ple where ! the rebels got their arms
and ammunition. v ' ' V .
Now that everybody is done laugh
ing at that spelling reform edict, will
Mr. Roosevelt kindly tell us whst he
thinks of government ownership of
railroads? ' " -' '
A lot of New York Democrats
seem to be trying a good deal harder
than is necessary to itire 'Demo
cratic defeat in that state. , ' . , ,
It is hard to estimate how many tea
cups have been a sold through Sir
Thomsa Lipton'e efforts to "lift" thai
challenge cup. l;.ijL.;:Li.-l
The Republicans are every where in
dorsing both Roosevelt and the sen
ators who opposed c him and threw
him down, or tried to. . . ' i
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, The people of a city, not the rail
roads, should , own and control its
streets. - '
The prune' crop la most parte of Ore
gon where It Is extensively raised Is
a -reeerd-eeeakes) -1 .
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT.
; Bible. Must Be WaehedV,. v
,'. ' From the London Chronicle; '
The custom of klaalns; the Testament
was Insanitary, repulsive and 'norrlbl
o contemplate, said hie .honor. Judge
Bnasa. at Hltchln county court. .
. Notlcea- are to be put In bla courts
saying that the Scotch or any "other
form of oath majr, be used, and his honor
has . ordered Testaments with sanitary
covers that may be washed for : all
courts In his circuit, for those who
wlah to keep to the old form. ; ,
, Pianist. and Pig-Keeper.
'..'"if. Paderewakl, the r famous pianist,
makes a bobby of farming, which In
cludes In his. ease pig breeding. This
pig breeding has Juet eauaed him' con
siderable trouble. V He reoentlr pur
chased four fine pedigree piga, which
were dispatched to hla order from a
farm near .Colchester to hie farm In
wltserland. They were sent via Har
wich and Antwerp, but when they ar
rived at the frontier - the - authorities
would not pees them, fearing possible
swine fever. The anlmhls were then re
turned to Antwerp, and. after much de
lay, brought back to London. They were
then transshipped to Boulogne, and for
warded from there te their destination
by rail. . '. . . ; :V.',
,.:.;' . .. - Evil Daya Coming. V
' - From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
I'm putting off the evil day ' -'
In quite the usual eort of way: .
Of course I never can forget - . i
The dreaded day will catch me yet '
The frosty day when I expose
The shine , that's on my winter clothea
! . Another Case of 23. . .;' ;'
Owners of straw hats have a moral
and legal right to use them until the
close of summer, the official date of
l:j;The-PlayV;.V-v;
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f By Johnston McCulley. ..
' Last night Mabel- Day. prima donna
of the Stewart opera company, Sana two
songs during the performance ' of ' the
Victor Herbert" opera "Babette! that
brought tdowa the house. When It Is
considered that tha audience waa not
essentially a musical one -and that the
two songs were far from being of the
"popular variety, . this statement
evolves Itself Into a great compliment
for Miss Day.
. The first dtsttnet shock earns In the
second act when aha sang "Be Kind te
Poor Pierrot." The singer put such
feeling Into the song that there were
eyes in the audience dimmed .with teere,
and she . received four encores. The
second shock came In the last act when
Mlsa Day sang "When the Falreat Flow
ers Are Blooming", and put the -flute
to -shame. ,Thle was a little operatic
"business' which served to show Miss
Day's 'Command over heri voice. - The
audience applauded and encored repeat
edly.,, .... r'.-. . .
'"Babette" pleased last night. . The
muelo Is excellent. There Is little
chance for Comedian Leslie to get In
his work, but-he made good with "He
Who'd Thrive 4ust Blse at Five." Bow
man Ralston ; gave another exhibition
of hla wonderful voice. . H. L. Williams
was excellent aa Baltesar. Bertha 8h
lek waa pretty aa Vtnette. Carl Haydn
sang well and got another bunch of
flowers, and Besele Falrburtt did some
droll work that mads her a favorite
with the audience. Mies Fairburn makes
the moat of the amsll opportunities the
opera glvea her to be funny, and were
she given more latitude It la safe to
assume she would bring down the house,
as she does with her "Hunter's Song"
In "Dorothy." . '. j
- The chorus work la "Babette" Is
good, the costumee are gorgeous and
the light effects all that could be de
sired. John Cort has staged the pro
duction exceedingly well. .
.-The best bit of acting aside front the
work of Mfts Day was by Bertha Shalek
and H. L. Williams in the topical song.
"We're Very Highly Polished at the
Court, Don't You Know." And the hu
morousdlmax of the opera Is the OUar
tst, "There Waa Once an Owl," rendered
by Leslie, Ralston, Miss Falrbura and
Haydn, . k. j -
The scene of the opera Is In Belgium
during He occupation by the Spaniards
under Philip II. The setting for the
third act, depleting a scene at Ver
sailles, Is especially worthy of mention.
"Babette" Is a tuneful entertainment,
one which can be appreciated alike by
the ordinary run of theatre-goers and
lovera of the best musie. The Stewart
company wilt close Its preeent engage
ment tonight oy repeating "uaoette.
x
Notes by the Way.
By C'.B. Thomas.'. ;.
In buying a dog be careful to exam
ine hla teeth. If they are strong and
sharp, pick another dog. Tou never caa
tell when your dog may conceive a dis
like for you. ' '.- a
A disused trolley car makes a charm
ing houseboat If you can Induce tt te
float ' -' "'.
Egge make a good breakfast dish.
They can be cooked In eeveral ways. An
egg boiled until it Is soft 1s delicious
with bacon or strawberry Jam.
Goldfish are sensible little compan
ions. They live la glass how s and never
throw stones.
Remember that so long as you can
see a mouse you're safe. It'a only. when
he gets out of sight that he- caa attack-you-.
In case of danger Jump into
the bathtub and turn on the boiling wa
ter. The most ferocious mouse will not
venture to harm you then. The asms
plan , will serve against mosquitoes.
Sleep with your hea under water.
.Never provoxa tne iceoox. it it gets
hot about anythjng Us . usefulness Is
gtine.
A yachting cap is tns wing at a ciam-
bakr. - '
Cultivate the bablt of quotation. How
much tt adds to conversation to bring
in the well chosen words of some mas
ter . mind Of literature. For Instance,
Smith says he has a hard Job. Tou In
stantly declaim with" fitting gestures: .
Life Is real, life le earnest,
. And a snap is not Its goal.
Or Jones hopes ths westher will he fine
tomorrow. You- charm every one pres
ent by redtlng "Ostler Joe,"
A Little Novel cl the East.
'.''.' y ' By Wsx Jones. '. "'. ''j .
'1 After the Beet Models.
The eoft footfalls of a double-decker
camel rang out noially on the desert air.
On the camel was a man a white man.
At least he had once been white, but
years of Ufa under a burning sun hsd
tanned-hls skrn to the hue of weathered
oak. Ufa, br tha way. nadar a buralns
oftKc Common
hi Ah hla veer it September '11, the
exact hour being 1:11 p. m. of said day.
Handicap la Matrimonial Race.
rrom' Family Doctor. .
A physician la responsible for a state
ment at once novel and surprising. He
declare the chances of dark women ob
taining husbands are to those of fair
women In the proportion of three to
two, and that this conclusion la proved
by statistics. : ; y ... . ,
St. Louis Has Odd Distinction.
The city of St. Louis 1 hot In any
county. Under the Missouri constitu
tion of 187B the city was separated
from the county. In 1S? It waa created
a separate municipality, It seems to
be the only elty In the' country that la
not within the limits or a oounty. ,
';, American Money for Italy.
A single bank in Naples receives
ttoo.oeo a year aent out of the United
Statea by temporary Italian residents.
The same bank haa received from Ital
ians In Argentina and Braall $811,000
and $41,000. respectively, in one year
Pointed Paragraphs. '
; From the Atchison Globe. N
A ' do fight le a good deal like
man fight. Both dogs really want to
There must Be at least one aavaniage
In being thin: It doesn't take a chtggor
o lona- to bore all the way through.
The neoDle who are alwaye butting In
don't aeem to know what a lot of com
fort there la In deciding .mat many
thlnaa are not ona'a business. '
Men In the penitentiary have 'Just
enough to eat and think they. do not
have enough; -free men have too much
to eat. .',-' '-, -. ' ' ;
Every father argues that because the
baby la his la no reason why he should
enjoy caring for It when it cries. .
sun must have some advantages above
life over a burnlnar sun. .
Where waa this man going thle man
who rode alone across, the boundless
desert upon a - camel which, . unfortu
nately for hie comfort, waa by no meana
as . boundless as the desert. No: the
camel bounded, bounced. Jogged, Joggled,
bucked, bumped, swayed and swlsaled
like a. motor boat In a eale. '
- The desert was In Its grimmest mood.
To the aorutiny of the mysterious wan.
derer upon Its surfsee It told nothing.
Each separate grain of sand seemed pos
sessed of the same stubborn spirit. They
showed no expression; they said nothing;
they lay there In silent, grim, sandy ex
neetatlon. What did they expect? Ah,
who knowe the deep deptha of a grain of
sand s imasinatlonT " - -
In the meantime the man rode on.
heeding not at alL From the steady gait
of the camel one would have said ths
rider was on his way somewhere.
Mile after mile waa passed.
"Ahf said the man. - -
It wss the first thing he had said la
LOOO miles. ,
.What had sUrfed this -silent traveler
to such language? -
Waltl Seel he alights. He examines an
object on the ground. - "
It Is a strange object to find u the
middle of the tlabara.
One might expect to find such things
in a city, perhaps; in a Junk shop; in a
oakery: even In an aquarium. . -
The man examinee his strange d lace-very
with great care. He evidently fears
soma strange, evil Influence. -
, The object la a barrel organ. . '
"Ah!" satd-the man. In a fone that was
full of meaning. The monosyllable said
more , than another man eould have ex
pressed phonetically In I days, H hours
and is minutes. ,
'.'Mi," repeated the man Insistently, as
he remounted the eamel with the aid of
a pocket stepladder.
Hla tone Implied that murder had been
done. --.
' Then he struck the eamel a sharp blow
with aa empty tomato can, and rode
swiftly away.
. WhltberT ' ''; " . . ' r - ' -'. ;
Only the desert knows."1 1' ' ''
.. A Donkey in Office. '.
A eertaln king had a philosopher upon
whose Judgment, he depended. It hap-1
pened that one day the king took tt tnto
bla head to go hunting and, after sum.
monlng his nobles and making prepara
tlons, he called hla philosopher and aaked
him If It would rain. The philosopher
told, hire It would not and the king set
out - '
While Journeying along he met a coun
tryman with a donkey. Ha advised" them
to return. -"for,"-said -he,- "It -will cer
tainly rain." They smiled and paaaed
on. . Before they had gone many miles.
however,, they had reason to regret not
having taken the advice, as a heavy
shower coming up they were drenched to
the skin. When they returned the king
reprimanded the philosopher for telling
hint It would be clear when It waa not.
"I met a countryman,' and he knowe a
great deal more than you do, for he said
it would rain, whereas you said It would
not." ,';.-. .......
The king then dismissed the philosopher
end sent for the countryman. He soon
appeared. - - ..-,...-..
- "Tell me." said ths king, "how did you
know Tt would ralnT". -
I didn't know." said the rustle." , "My
donkey told , ms so."
"And how, pray, did he tell you sof
"By pricking up -his ears, .your
majesty.". . . .
The king then sent the countryman
away and retaining the donkey placed
him In the office, the philosopher had
filled. . ...'' v .' ':
- . A Dumaa Anecdote. ; "'''.'
Alexander Dumaa, the elder, telle this
story In his diary: "One day Victor
Hugo and I were dining with the Duo
Decasee and among' the guests - were
Lord end Lady Palmereton. Lord and
Lady Palmarston had come late. There
had been no time for an Introduction
before dinner, and 'after dinner, while
we were taking tea, ths formality had
been forgotten. . Toung Due -Decases
came up to me. 1y dear M. Dumas,'
he said.- 'Lord Palmerstoa has begged
mo to ask you te lesvs an empty chair
between yourself and Victor-Hugo.' . 1
did SO. ""- , "' . - .
"Lord PalmerstoW got up, - took hie
wife by the hand and brought her over
to us. . Look at-the clock, my lady,' he
eald. what o'clock Is itr aaked Lord
Palmerston. '- Thirty-five minutes past
It,' replied my lady. Then remember;
said her husband, that tMs evening at
II minutes paet II you were seated be
tween Victor Huge and Alexander Du
mas, and that such an honor Is not
likely te happen to you twice in a life
time.' ,
"He then took hla wlfa. br the hand
and took her back to he place at the
other side of the room without another
word. Tou see, he hsd pot been Intro
duced either te yiglor Hugo or me, tj .
A Little Nonsense
' Yawns and the Man.
Trayelera'talea-whlch' often add
charm te the conversation of aa agree.
able person frequently render a bore
more tiresome than ever,' a fact that
waa amuslnaly Illustrated by an occur
rence In a Baltimore clubhouse not long
ago. ';
"There I stood, gentlemen." the long
winded narrator waa aaylng.' after dron
In a on for an hour with reference to
hla trip, to S wltserland "there X stood.
with tho abyss yawning In front of me.
'Pardon me." hastily interjected one
of the unfortunate men who had been
obliged to listen to the story, "but was
that abysa yawning before you got
there r 1 . . . !,.'.,.
S He Found the Bullet
The lata Duke of Cambridge used to
tell with considerable relish the follow
ing story of a friend of his, a celebrated
oolonel: .
During the Egyptian war of 'It Major
waa shot in the knee and the pro
jectile made a hole of some depth. When
the surgeons were probing the wound
end causing endleas tortprs the poor
officer begged to know what they were
hunting about for.
"We re searching lor the Bullet,- was
the reply. . .: - '-
"wnati Looking ror tne buiietr wny.
damme, I've had it la my pocket all
the time.' .
., ' " Th Old Lady's Ruse.': . v -
Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland com
pares his fight with ths atreet railway
company to an old lady and her dog.
"There was, you know, an old . iaay
who rented a fumlahed villa for the
aummer, and with the villa a large .dog
also went ".
In the, sitting-room of the villa there
waa a very comfortable armchair. The
old lady liked thle chair better than any
other in the house.- She alwaye made
for it the first thing. ' .
"But alaei site nearly always found
the chair occupied by the large dog.
-Being airaia or tne oog. sne never
dared bid It harshly to get out of the
chair, as aha feared that it might bice
her; but Instead she would go to the
window and call Cate.'
"Then ' the dog would rush to the
window and baTrk. and - the- old - ladyj
wouia siip into uia vacant cnair quietly.
One day the dog entered the room
and found the old lady In posaeaslon of
the chair. He strolled over to the win
dow and. ' looking out appeared . very
much exolted and eet up tremendous
barking. .
The old lady rose and hastened to
the window te see what was the matter
and the dog quietly , climbed Into the
uur, .. .. -. ...
. Disagreeable Poaitioiv :,'
A cheerful story Is told of Delbler.
the French executioner, whose salary
naa been cut orr. a gentleman said
to him: Coura Js a- very unpleaaant
miins, at. jjivDier. ... f
in . r kj.li m
The operator of the arulllotlne renlled
Tt is. Indeed. Such a lot of night trav
eling, and I never could sleep In a rail
way carriage.- .. , .., .
- Mining Under the Ocean.
Consul General W. R. Hallo way. writ
ing from Halifax., saya that there are
now In Cape Breton alx collieries work
ing under water. The largest la the Prin-
ceaa or. Sydney - pit ; In , Cape Breton
Island. - Thia coJUery waa the first la
North America to mine , coal from be
neath the bed of the Atlantle ooean.
The seam of coal averages between five
and a half and six feet thick of best
quality. The angle of -dip or Inclination
seaward Is Bi degrees, or ebout one foot
vertical In 11 hortaontal. Ths working of
tne -wnoie coal" under tne sea by the
bore and pillar system was commenced
In 1877, under en overhead cover at the
shore line of 890 feet of solid measures.
although tart of the workings driven te
tne rise under nyaney naroor wae op
erated nnder a cover of HO feet or waa.
The present workings are distant
from the shore line 1.100 feet to tho dip.
At this point ths overhead cover Is 1.140
feet in thickness of strata with M te 40
feet depth of water above It.- The andart
aea worklnge In the whole coal cover
l,ta0- acre. No water haa yet found
Ite way Into ths worklnge ee a result of
removing the pillars. A feeder of a few
gallons of water per minute wae eneoun
tered In some whole-coal worklnaa driv
en 16 the rise,' a! also at the face of the
water levela driven In the direction of
the outcrop to the south, but this water
evidently . followed the seam of coal
downward from Its outcrop tinder ths
waters of the, harbor. - There haa been no
water known, to come ' rrom overhead
across the measures. ,-
This Immunity from ' overhead leaks
from the ocean .la probably .due to the
presence In the superincumbent Strata
of U beds of fire clap or underclay of a
total tbickaeae ot feet, aa well as to
ths numerous beds ef shale. The subeW
dence of the overhead strata caused by
the removal of a bed of coat six feet In
thickness would . probably under these
conditions soon choks Itself, so that there
would be no further actual motion or
settling of the' strata for more than Say
100 feet upward. Above that point -the
elasticity of the beds of shale and fire
clay mentioned would prevent ' any rup
ture. Fire clay when brought into con
text with water soon forms a soft clay
resembling putty . and - Impervious to
water. Out of the submarine area there
haa. already ' been taken some IJSO.sno
tons of coal from the main seam, while
tne company naa also commenced the
working of another and - thicker seam
In ths same area, from which In all like
lihood they will secure aa much coal aa
has already been taken, ' i
'j..V'Cst Holds'. Belt
' From the Chicago Tribune. - :
Undaunted . by ancestral precedent
"Tabby," a scrawny grocery store cat In
Robert Sherwood's store, 9(2 Garfield
boulevard, haa established a champion-
nip mat is recognised tnroughout ths
vicinity. Tehby" holds the belt un-
Isputed, In Hyde park, and la open to
all comera feather, welter or . heavy
weights.
'Tabby's" onslaughts on the canine
race became so terrible that publlo oau
tlon had to be established. This was
dons In the form of two large painted
signs which decorate ths show window
nnd - screen door of Sherwood's store.
They-read: . s w.
i r "' ' - - DOOS v ' '..' 'j
; - BEWARE! ' '..,;. t
t ' OF THE CAT. t
v..
Complainte reached, the grocer from
cuatomara aa well as, resldente. In the
flat bulldlne serosa 1 the atreet doaa
owned by Arthur Q. Shawl C, Wlnning-
hara and Albert E. Barlow auffered In-
Jurlea at ths cat's sharp clawe. -
It seems to be a pleasant pastime
for the eat" said Mr. Sherwood. "She
haa tackled every dog. regardlese of
ise, tnst naa come in 'tne store,, ana
never has been whipped. Ae a caution
to the owners ef doge X had to put up
ins signs,- ,
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANGS. ,
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. Perhape Van, Auher will also writs a
book. ..... v v -.
Ins new, dodge for playing craay ts te
insist on sanity.
Please. Teddyaay you didn't really
ror euro mean it. .
;''.,' .'e ;'..'.'
' The Pad ft o northwest must all hang
and pull together. '
Unfortunately,' a pr1seflghters tongue
is never knocked ' out (
Summer le disinclined to yield her
sceptre, to autumn Just yet
Perhape Funs ton ts to be sent to Cubs
aa an offset aa to else, to Taft '
x he straw hats are having a great run
for the money they cost this year. ,
The Demoo ratio -Ucket In 101 is pret
ty Sure not to be Bryan and Bailey.
f. e ; 'e -,....... ; ...
It Is a. dull day la Wall street when
Harriman doesn't buy a big railroad. -
Of eourse the money for the T.- tt,
C A. and Y. W. C A. building wUI be
raised. , . ).,-. ? - .; , H , .,. ..... ..
If the Cuban Insurrectionists ' will
give up they can . spell anyway they
please.
Don't worry - about there not being
plenty of use for your umbrellas before
long.'-'. . ... . -i;.:
Mr. 'Willie. Hearst waa surprised at
the tack so suddenly taken by Buffalo
Mack.. ; ..-....,. -r-.v
Can anybody tell what's the urt of
anybody making political speeches down
south anyway t -
'., e a . - , r ., . . ,
To help Oregon fly with her own soar
ing wings, all her people - must, buy
maae-m-oregon thinga. , .,
It la tmposslbls for ths law to punish
Btensland aa ne deserves, but ungratl
fled jdealre will help some. - -
A eoundl chamber ts a poor place In
which to play peanut politics and dis
play 'petty partisan spite. " ; ;, .
i. :",-,. -.. .v' 'e. e . y". .
. The eJent letters are assumed to give
consent to their being dropped. But f
they had a voles they might protest -
", , -. i :- e . .. : . . ;, -.
A Chicago ' girl has aued a - man for
130,000 for hugging her too hard. That
he le worth 110,000 made It very painful.
' "i s a. e e r, , -
With all her wealth, poor old Hetty
Oreen can ( be happy uecause ehe has
to pay taxes on a small fraction of par
property.; ;. ; .
. It the Creileld and ' Mitchell women
are eent back to Oregon, the authorttlea
muat eee to tt that there, la ho more
holy rolling. . - . .'
, Ji ' ' - . . -s
Are the Pittsburg muckrakers tired
out or off on a vacation T No big do
mestle soaadal haa been reported from
there for several daya.
;';...;.'.'" . e, e - . :'-, ;
Hello, Seattlel s Polk Co. says Port
land has 1(1,000 inhabitants, having
gained 14,000 In the past year but, of
course, you can beat that - : . ' r
....v.. ' .-. '.; i- e :-e-- i .i---
' The New Tork Dema at the polls nay
be worsted,. . r - "l -But
will try In convention to avoid be
ing Hearated. ,.',V-.. .... t
V' .. .' e' 'e . ,'. '. ,
" If an Auker. ls a thief., ha is only
another added to many Illustrations t
Inexplicable folly mingling with consid
erable serve and shrewdness In the per
petration of ertme. - ......
.. .'- e . .j.. " ",. ' '".
- Really, the sugar trust did net heed
the Cuban revolution to ' advance the
price of sugar. Ths trust does this
whenever It takes a notion without
either jeause or apology. - ' -. -
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jrcv-'Jeffersonaever- favored-govern-,
ment ownership ef railroads.... In fact
hs paid no attention to rallroada. for the
very good reason that none had been
thought of yet much leea constructed. I
Nooks and Corners of History
VASCO NUNEZ
By Rev. Thomae B. Oregory.
It la In ths story f the pioneer Span
lards In the- Americas that the romance
of history reaches its senlth. - - ,
. For romance few careers known to
history esn be compared with that of
Vaaoo Nuneg de Balboa, the first whits
man to look out upon the Paciflo ocean.
Balboa wae born near Palos, Spain, in
the year 1475. By birth he waa a hi
dalgo,, or gentleman poor, but proud,
handsome, stalwart and courageous.
Jn lldl. when St years old. he struck
out for the new world, hoping that upon
Its. virgin shores he might be enabled to
patch up his somewhat dilapidated for
tunse, ' .'..;
He flraf tried farming in Hlspardola,
with the result that be soon found him
self head over heels lh debt.. To escape
hla debtors, who were clamoring for bla
body that being about , the only, thing
he had Balboa had himself headed up
In a caak and rolled aboard a veasel
that was about to aall for San Sebae
tlan. an Important point on ths Isthmus
Of Panama. .
A Uttle later we find aim at Dsrien,
a mere adventurer, waiting for some
thing to turn up. Between the two gov
ernors 1 of the country there was much,
strife, and by bringing his shrewdness
to bear upon tns situation saiooa man
aged to get the settlers , and soldiers
thoroughly mad at both of them, and to
get himself and another person by ths
name of Zalmudlo appolned-head magis
trates. One of the men supplanted by
Balboa. Nlcuesa. was put aboard a craay
old craft and sent out to sea. 1 He was
never heardaof ' again. - The ether,' En-
claco, ; was , deposed and told to keep
quiet Enclsco managed to reach Spain,
where he laid his case before the king
with such success that Balboa waa sum
moned to Spain. , . ' ,
This order Balboa did not' propose
Juat then to obey. Sooner or later, he
knew, he would have to repair to the
presence of his Imperial maater, but
before doing so hs wanted to secure for
himself an argument that would more
than offset the complaints of Enclsco.
During his forays Into ths Interior of
the Isthmus Balboa had heard repeated,
ly of a high mountain range and of. s
vaat ocean beyond, and If he could find
that boundless sea he would be all right
iThs king oould aot-condemn the maa
11
- OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
The Umatilla school now needs a aee-j
ona teacner. .
v. , . - : ' - e e . ..'.,
Gardiner Is to be connected bv nhona
with Coos bay. 1 .
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Many strangers In North Powderi air
houaes occupied. . ' '
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Timber claims becoming .scarce In
Wheeler oounty, ,
, ' ',,..V--: I
The Haines Record wan fa a develop-'
ment league organised. . - A
' e . e; - . .': .. U- .' I
-Several new business Structures and
residences In Wallowa. , .
. Coos county, canneriea busy with a
generous run ot aalmon, . - : I
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- A Moaier man sara nrunea nav hattaa'
than apples. Sometimes, perhaps.
e ' e . . - v " ... :
"Rosebud" writes "Blossoms" from
Flora to the Lostlne Ledger. :
v.. e e - '..',';''
. PrlnevUle Is growing steadily, and
real esUte Is rising In value. 4 -
Some oata raised near Springfield
yielded nearly 71 bushele aq acre,'
' v, - '. e a ;
A locality In Harney oounty la named
Calamity. But It doeen't live up te lta
name very well.,-, - --. .
f :' - e .; -
"Items to Read." the Umatilla Chron
icle beads. Us local news.' What else
would they be fort , . .
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Douglas county's eessssment. Jumped
from about 11,000,000 laat year to near
ly 111.000,000 thia year. - .
1 .:- . e, - "
Sucking colt mules self la Wheeler
oounty at tie and yearlings at 171. The
muie Dusineae muat pay., ... , ,
t ? ' ' ; -' ' e "" j V ' ,
PrlnevUle offers a splendid field for
a good creamery. One with a medium
capacity eould be made to pay from the
start, says tne journal. .
8. S. .Denning, a eaadldate for eu-
preme Judge of Idaho, waa It or to
years ago a aheepherder In Grant ooun
ty. apending all the time he eoald read
ing law booka. - -t .. .
a . e . e . . . .
A Salem contractor gets a big Job at
Eugene, and a Eugene man a big con
traot at Corvallla. It'a ths turn of a
Corvallle contractor to get something
at' Salem, but there's nothing doing
there until ths legislature meets, saya
ths Albany Democrat . '
.''-:;.; e. .: ': ;,'
At meeting of the Burna Devoloo-
ment league last week active steps were
taxen to .get in touch with experienced
men to make a test for artesian water
In the valley.. . We have every Indication
and encouragement that artesian water
will be found in thla valley-at a reason
able depth, saya the Times-Herald. -
1 .i '' . '. e : e r. ,- . . '.
Over on what le known aa Tea Mile
oreek, south of the Alsea,'la a family
of husband and wife and two sons, the
latter of whom have never seen either
a steam engine, telegraph or telephone
eystsm; have no Idea of a Steamboat
nor railroad, nor have they ever seen
a town eo large aa what may be termed
.country corners." . -T
-. e e '. ' f-. -
Prairie City Miner: Timber locators
continue to swarm - ever the oounty.
Grant county a timber will soon sll be
located. - If . after lta location, mills
make their advent to reduce lta timber
to marketable shape there will he some
live camps here. Some are ef the opin
ion that the timber of Grant county
will be floated deem the John Day . to
the Columbia end sent to' mills along
their mighty atreams. -
'.- .-' ' e (" T ' -v .'-V J ' :
Harvesting the prune crop In Linn
county Is now on In full blast Pickers
sre at workt everywhere,, aaya the, Al
bany Herald. Seven driers are running
In the vicinity of Albany and a packing
house te in operation. The crop Is a
good one, too. -All the treee ere heavily
Udea and the pranca are -of good slse.
running rrom -oe to iOa. a solendid
average for a heavy yield. The prunes
were -not damaged te any extent by the
recent rains, not more than t per eent
DE BALBOA.
: ,
who had added . such glories to his reign,
- Balboa never took two bitea at a
cherry, and almost immediately after
the Idea entered his mind be began to
put It Into execution.
On September 1, mi, with' 1(0 men
and a number of savage bloodhounds, he
sailed away for Coyba. ,
Landing at Coyba, Balboa set out on
his march for the mountains. . Ths
heavy armor, the weapons, the tropical
heat, ths rocky precipices, 'ths tangled
vegetation, and, above all, the ferocity,
of the natives, mads the march a moat
dlffloult and desperste piece of work. '
- They averaged only eome two ml lea a
day. After 10 days they reached the
foot of the mountains. ,1.
In ths cool - hour of daybreak.- Sep
tember It, Balboa started out with but
7 men to make the final ascent About
10 o'clock the guides snnounoed - that
from a certain point on ahead the oeeen
was Visible Leaving hla party behind,
the Indomitable leader climbed alone to
the mountain top. " - 1
'Then, what a vision burst upon him I
Beyond a wide Intervening belt of rocke
and forest end green savannahs, glitter-
Ing In the light of the morning eun, lay .
that myatarlous ooean which Columbus -and
others had conjectured, but whloh
no European had yet beheld.
Descending the western slope of lets
mountains, the party finally stood upon
the shore of the great sea, and Balboa,
taking the flag of Spain and drawing ,
hie sword, ' waded knee-deep Into the
waves and solemnly proclaimed that
ocean, with all adjacent lands front pole,
to pole, to be the property of the Cae
tlllan sovereigns "as long as the world
endures, and until the final dsy of Judg
ment," ' Balboa's calculations were correct
and when the tidings of his glorious dis
covery reached Spain, tne news mads
him "solid" st court. - But. unfortunate
ly, ths vessel bringing ths report of the
discovery was belated soms two monthsMkk'
and In the meantime the king had ap-N
poiniva jrearanma governor or iJanen.
, When the king heard of - Balboa's .
ifimiuia auiiri.m.iii ii. waa aorry TOP
what he had dons, but it was than too
late, and not long after Balboa had made
hie great discovery,, Pedrartas, la a' fit
of apleen and Jealousy, bad the hrava.
sxplorec ttsheeds ... ... .. --
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