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A hom h not known by
his trappings, but qualities, so
men are esteemed for virtue,
not wealth. Socrates.
WHAT IS THE ANSWER?
SUPPOSE a' prominent news-'
paper of Spokane should jump
to the conclusion that the di
rectory of its home town wss padded.
Suppose that paper, without a particle
of evidence, should publish an edi
torial declaring that the directory
could not be used as the basis of any
Honest estimate of Spokane's popula
tion. What would the people of Spokane
think of that newspaper?
How long would the people of Spo
Icane continue to support that news
papet? Suppose a prominent newspaper of
. Seattle ahould charge that the busi
ness interests of that city were seek
ing to deceive the outside world and
that Seattle's population was at least
40 per cent less than they claimed.
Suppose such charge was wholly
without foundation.
What would the people of Seattle
think of that newspaper?
How long would the people of Se
attle continue to support that news
paper? AN INDEFENSIBLE TRICK.
THE CRITICISM by the gover -nor
of Oregon, the district at-'
torney of this district, the
county judge of this county, and oth
ers, of the reported determination of
judge F rater of Seattle to release the
murderesses of George Mitchell on
the ground of insanity, and deport
them to Oregon, is certainly well
founded. In the first place the liber
ation of the women on the finding of
an irresponsible and perhaps biased
commission, or their escape from due
trial, is an injustice to society. Peo
ple who so deliberately and cunningly
plan and execute stich a dastardly,
cold-blooded murder as that of
George Mitchell are sane enough to
be punished for the horrible crime.
At least their fate should be decided
by a fair trial jury. If this insanity
dodge can be successfully worked in
their case, it can be by anybody, at
least any woman, who designs to mur
der some one and can "get religion"
of some extreme, disgusting sort be
forehand. But why is it assumed that these
women were residents of Oregon
when they committed the murder?
If so, wheresbouts in Oregopl.The
fact is that they had their residence j
wherever the beast Creffield was, and
he had been some considerable time
in Seattle. His residence, and theirs,
was wherever people would tolerate
their presence. They had been driven
oat of Benton county and out of Lin
coln county, and did not d?re to
show up in Oregon any more. They
had no home, habitation or abiding
place in this state. Leal rcs.rlence
depends in many cases on circum
stances, and such people ai these
could lose one residence and g.iir an
other in 24 hours. When the murder
was committed they were not about
to return to Oregon. So far as ap
pears they intended to stay in Seattle.
To take it for granted that they are
resident1; of Oregon seems to be an
unwarrantable judicial assumption.
But aside from this. Judge Frater
must know that the finding of his
commission has no force in this state,
cannot be recognized or considered
here. Neither can the women be
tried here, or outside of King county,
where the crime was committed. The
most' that could be done with them
here would be to re-rxamin them as
to their sanity and if found insane
commit them to the Oregon asylum,
which is probably the judge's scheme.
To say the least of it, this would be a
piece of small, sharp practice on the
part of a judge.
This city and county are constantly
handling the cases of criminals and
insane people who have drifted in
here from Washington and all over
the country, and never thought of
shunting them back to the states from
which they came, for care or punish
meat. Such a thing would be impoi
sible. We have had to do with
good many criminals and lunatics
who came- over Here from Seattle
first and last, and see no reason why
that town should not reciprocate. In
brief, the judge's position, f6r several
sufficient reasons, is untenable.
A REPUBLICAN KICK.
XyUR VERSATILE and stren
I I ' uous friend Colonel Hofer
of Salem, who professes not
to be a candidate for collector of cus
toms, is hostile, however, to some
other candidates, particularly Mr
Malcolm of Portland, who, it is ru
mored, has the inside track for this
position, the ostensible reason for this
hostility being that Mr. Malcolm
"has rendered the party little or no
service." The valiant Salem editor
asserts that "men who go out and do
battle for the party in campaigns
when it needs help, men of influence
and ideas are not wanted." Thus, by
giving fat offices to "men who have
no political ability, hb Opinions about
politics, the party is left without lead
ership," which in a few years will re
sult in the terrible calamity of Ore
gon going Democratic; and the buck
ing capital city editor cites as fit lead
ers Governor Chamberlain, who
"fights for public rights," and Mayor
Lane, who "applies the whip to a
boodle Republican council," and he
says that "the people are getting tired
of namby-pamby, meaningless, emas
culated standpatism Republicans, who
have no idea of public affairs but to
suck the public teat."
From all of which some people will
infer that the colonel, whose Repub
licanism, by the way, is often ren
dered doubtful by his manifestation
of independence, thinks the collector
ship should be given to him, or per
haps his friend Tooze, without the
asking.
MOSSBACK ASSESSORS.
A PA PER published in a county
whose assessor nks valued
property at about one
third its actual valuer, remark
that he is not to be blamed
for so doing, and as some
other assessors have done the same
he could not well have done other
wise. This is a very erroneous and
improper conclusion. An assessor is
a sworn officer and is bound to obey
the law prescribing his duties, and the
law requires him to assess property
at its a.ctual cash value. That other
assessors do not obey the law in thia
respect, if ever a good excuse, is not
so now, for the amount of state tax
to be paid does' not now, as formerly,
depend upon the amount of the as
sessment roll. Besides, many asses
sors have-broken away from this old
system of assessing property as low
as ' possible, and are substantially
obeying the law, and there is .no good
reason for any of them not doing so.
An assessor who rates property at
from one fourth to one half its value,
as is still being done in several Ore
gon countiea, not only violates the
law he is bound to obey, but he is in
excusably out of date and does his
county an injury. Oregon as a whole,
and each county in it, should show up
to the rest of the world as they really
are in the matter of wealth.
INSINCERE PROFESSIONS.
VICE-PRESIDENT Fairbanks
and Senator Beveridge, in
their speeches at Chicago
declaimed in favor of government
control of railroads, and assumed that
their party would bring about all the
control needgd. But the people have
no reason to suppose that men likt
l airbank? and Beveridge, and others
who are more potent leaders than
they, will ever control the railroads to
a much greater extent than the rail-
toads are willing to be controlled
Their theory is that the railroads
must be controlled by their friends,
just as the tariff if ever revised at all
must be revised by its friends. If the
Republican leaders meant to give the
government real and efficient control
of the railroads, why did they pass a
law designed to have the appearance
of doing so but taking care to keep
out all clauses which would have
really carried out so far as legislation
Roes that intent? And when, until
Roosevelt forced the issue, did the
Republican leaders or party ever de
clare for or even consider government
control? Even Roosevelt weakened
and accepted an emasculated measure,
and what could be expected of a
president of the "safe and sane"
order? It's a game of bamboo? le-the-voters.
.
It is reported that one more effort
is to be made to pass an ordinance
which shall compel the Southern Pa
cific to either pay the city a fair com
pensation for the use of Fourth
street, or else set off the Street.
Some of the councilmen who voted
against the Vaughn ordinance are
said to have realized that they made a
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO RB
Love's Delay.
Like flowers upon a tomb
That quickly tad away.
So are the soft, unmeanlnc words
Soma lips that flutter say.
A tribute ettAto late
To cheer til senseless dead
Are transient wreaths of memory,
Whose fragrance soon la fled.
far better Is a word,
A living friend to chaer.
Than aweeteat floral tributes, laid
Upon a silent bier.
Tell loved one now your love.
And then, must they depart,
They'll bear year name above, to live
Within an angel a heart.
Arthur L. Tubba.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago News.
Ten drinks Of water do
not make
one drunk.
It's worse than useless to advertise
for lost faith.
Even a bad man can give others .a
few hints on being good.
No advance In the price of shoes will
keep men from kicking.
Some raeh don't want to talk about
justice after they get It.
Homemade advice la usually just as
unsatisfactory aa any other brand.
Don t blame a man for being a atrlke
agitator If he owns a bowling, alley.
Some matches may be made in
heaven, but the majority are made by
the match truat.
As soon aa a sick man geta well he
should pay his doctor, juat to show
that he has no Ill-feeling.
Tall men undoubtedly" 11 ws longer
than short men because short men are
never very long for this world.
It la certainly more blessed to give
up without a struggle man It la to
receive it In the neck from a sand
bag. Old Custom Dying.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Here, for instance, la a thine that
would be regarded aa curious by cur
grandmothers, if they were alive to
know It; calling and visiting are going
out of "fashion." Ministers and doc
tors make calls, but of a professional
character, and when a foreign alilp ar
rives in our harbor Ita captain must
exchange calls with the commandant
of the navy yard, but that Ig profes
sional, too. The old habit of running
Into a neighbor's house and chattering
grave' blunder and are now ready to
reverse their position. It will be pro
foundly gratifying to the people of
Portland to learn that the number
of councilmen who wear the railroad
collar is less than at first appeared.
In its hews columns the Oregonian
asserts that Portland has 185,000 pop
ulation, which is bitterly combatted
On the editorial page. It is hard to
explain this distressing internecine
fight on any hypothesis other than
that the editor, like so many of his
readers, regards with grave doubt any
statement that appears in any depart'
ment of his paper.
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General Weyler might be able to .
give Secretary Taft some valuable
hints on how to curb the Cuban de
sire for fighting. Between the
Spainards' idea of a good' Cuban and
the American idea of a good Indian
there was a cruelly complete unan
imity. The terrorists of Russia rest on
their bombs and wash the blood front
their crime-stained hands, while the
dispatches tell of the rioting and
murdering of the negro in the south.
Now that Mr. Cannon has positive
ly denied that he is S candidate for
the presidency, the people must be
lieve that he is. kissing all the babies
in the country because he likes.it.
As time passes, the full horrors of
the railroad rate bill are revealed.
Actors are barred from the pass, priv
ilege, either going or coming.
If the rioters in Georgia and Ten
nessee continue their bloody work
the race question of at least two
Mates will soon be solved.
The Oregonian is figuring Port
land's population on the basis of its
own circulation., no wonaer it
thinks the city is not growing!
Taking Chances.
From the Washington Post.
There were two politicians occupying
the same seat In the smoking car and
Miking together, and in the seat ahead
was a farmer. Presently one of the
men said,:
"Don't you think that China la the
slow and old-fashioned country the
newspapers apeak of. She la having her
armies officered by the beet military
talent In the world, and she Is arming
with the latest muskets and artillery. I
tell you, she wU be heard from within
another decade." ,
"Do you think she will bring on sn
other war?" was asked.
"I have no doubt of It. Tea, air, I
expect to see war between China and
Russia within another decade.
"So you think another war Is bound
to come, do you?" asked the farmer.
:is he turned around.
"I haven't the ellghteat doubt of It,
my man."
"And will It affect us?"
"It Is certain to, more or leas."
The man of toll turned back and
thouaeit thing over for a few minutes
and then wheeled to say:
"Well. I think I'll take my chances
I am ia the pickle business. Flcklei
ought to be worth t a bar), but they
are selling for cents leaa. I guess
I'll hsng on. wsr or no war. 'till they
come up to my flgger. Durn a man
who hasn't get some sporting blood In
of tkc Common
AD WHILE YOU WAIT.
about the weather, and tha neighbor
hood's clothes, and the doings of the
Smiths and the Iniquity of the Jones
children, whenever trfcre waa a lull In
the washing and dressmaking. Is In de
cline, however, and lit Is no longer
proper to go and live on our cousins
In the country for more than a month,
m the supposition that this visitation
Is a visit
The Vision of Insects.
From the Baltimore American.
It Is known that Insects are ordi
narily unable to fly through a net
whose meshes are three Of four times
the sis of their bodies. A bird would
dart through such an aperture without
hesitation. Several explanations have
been offered for the conduct of Insects
In this respect
An official of the Smithsonian Insti
tution not long ago made experiments,
reported to that institution, from' which
h concludes that the peculiar facetted
structure of the eyes of insects Is the
cause of their difficulty In traversing
nets. To an Insect, he thinks, a net
looks like a continuous partially opaque
surface, the separate tinea being un
noticed, and accordingly, on approach
ing a net the Insect alights before dis
covering that It might have continued
its night and passed through
Professor Tired of Being Smith.
From the New Tork Times.
Because he thought that there were
already too many persons bearing the
name of Smith, Ernest Bradford Smith,
a professor In the University of Penn
sylvania, had his name chanced to
Ernest Smith Bradford Just before bis
marriage to Miss Florence B. Mott.
daughter of Judge A. Mott of Neenah,
Wisconsin. Both bride and bridegroom
are delighted with their change of
names.
Odd Numbers.
Astronomical photographs show stars
to ths number of (S.eoo.OOO.
.There are 17.000 dally papers pub
lished In the English language.
An expert cigarette maker will roll
2,500 cigarettes a day.
In Rome cemeteries over 8.000,000
people are burled.
Geographical
Including Islets and uninhabited rocks
the British Isles consist of at least
5,500 different islands. Only about tt6
are Inhabited.
LrCtt
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Portland. Sept To the Editor of
the Journal la there not in the human
race a disease germ that baa destroyed
former civilizations, and must. If not
discovered ' and eradicated. Inevitably
destroy our own: can thla apparently
fatal disease be cured or must It ever
menace the life of civilised nations?
Must it ever continue to make void all
the progress that man has or eaa
achieve, and must our own civilisation
go down ' to oblivion, as . former ones
have gone?
Aa we gaae into tne prehistoric vlstaa
of the paat, we And traces and relics
of a high state of what wo are pleased
to call civilisation existing (.004 years
ago. In which the arte and sciences
seemed to be well developed. That
civilisation passed away; others came
nd went In the same manner, and each
ucceedtng period was marked by the
struggle of the race up from a mere
animal existence to the proud and lofty
position of an exalted humanity, which
could almost grasp the divine only to
rot and fall again, a victim of the re
lentless force of the mysterious de
stroyer. What Is this disease? Why
has not man progressed from the first
In one continuous march upward? Is
there a remedy? And what will our
clvllaatlon do to escape the curse that
haa thus far made void all human prog
ress? Will any man of science, any of the
many wise churchmen, any of our so
cial reformers answer?
A. WALKER.
A Teacher s Testimony.
Portland, Sept. J4 To the Editor of
The Journal Although the Oregonian
aays that all the schools are crowded,
end ths t. In many districts churches and
halls have to be utilised for the over
flow from the classrooms. It does not
give Portland any greater population
than it had two years ago. We have
built and opened schools In the paat
two years and have had to utilise tem
porary quarters and movable housea to
accommodate the large numbers of new
scholars.
If the Oregonian would take the
trouble to visit some of our schools and
note the doubling up of classes, and
would send Ita reporters around to see
how the homes of the scholars In tha
outlying districts were crowding each
diner. It would soon be convinced that
the population la growing at a very
rapid rate. Respectfully,
A SCHOOL TEACHER.
The Fisherman.
By Eden PMUpotts.
He wss a lad of high degree;
She was a fnrmer'a daughter.
He came to fish the silver ley;
Or did he com to court her?
"o, angel where you will." quoth
she;
"The little trout may swim to thee;
But never think that you'll eatch
me." i
Tet where was that fair maiden born
But felt her heart beat higher
To see a lordllng look forlorn
And beg to come snlgh her?
t"Stay nearer, If you must," quoth
she,
"Since 'tis an act of charity;
But never try to speak to ma"
The woodland waye are aweet and green
Under the summer weather,
And through the dingle, through the
dene.
Oo boy and girl together
"You held my hand,. because," quoth
she.
"The stepping-stones were slippery.
But now I n over, let It be."
A heart that barns, a breaat that alghs
Red Hps with promise laden;
A pleading voice and bright brown eyes -Alas
my pretty maiden!
I "Can such a king of men." quoth
she.
"Look down to wed a girl like me?
Then will I trust my soul to thee!"
She sits amid the yellow aheavea.
That little farmer's dangbter.
Or counta the scarlet cherry leavee
Fall on the shining water.
"Red leaves and river deep," quoth
she,
"Come hide my tear-worn heart,
far he
Bath broken and forgotten me."
A Little Nonsense
Resembled His Father.
He waa the eon of a worthy cltlaen,
and bad Juat returned from college.
His father was A bruse.ee. matter-of-
ract man, who had no liking for any
thing pronounced, and he noticed with
sorrow that his son returned with the
latest thing in collars, and various
other Insignia of fashion.
The old gentleman surveyed him
critically, when he appeared la his of
fice, and then blurted out:
"Young man, you look? like an Idiot!
Juat at that moment, and before the
youg man had time to make a fitting
reply, a- friend walked In
Why. halloa. Billy! Have you re
turned from colleger' he asked. "Dear
me, how much you reaemble your
father!"
"So ha has been telling me," replied
Billy. v.
And from that day to thla the old
gentleman haa had no fault to And
with his son.
Burglar's Five Seasons.
Captain Spencer, senior prison mls-
sloner of the Church Army, tells a atory
of a certain convict's philosophic view
of his existence. "Well, my man." naked
Captain Spencer, "whan do you do when
you are out of prison?'
'Well." said the convict, "In aprlng I
does a bit of pea picking and in the
aummer I doea a bit of fruit picking
and In the autumn I does a bit of hpp
picking."
"Oh!" said the captain, "what hap
pens after that?"
"Well, now, mister," replied the con
vict. "I may as well be honest and tell
you that In the winter time I does a
bit of pocket picking."
The mlssloner furrowed his brow In
amassment, asking Anally. "And what
happens then?" The convict answered
laconically. "Why, here I am doing a
bit of oakum picking!"
Scared Both of Them.
When Mr. Justice Maule was on the
bench a bullying counael was one day
browbeating- an elderly female wltneas
In a case before him. Having badgered
her Into a state of utter speechlessness
the lawyer appealed to the Judge to
make her answer hie questions.
"Why do you not answer, madam?
asked the Judge." "Because, my lord.
he scares me so. replied the trembling
woman. "So doea he me, ma'am," said
the Judge.
Not for the Judge.
A sarcastic lawyer, during the, trial of
a case, made use of the expression.
'Cast not your pearls before swine.
Subsequently, as he arose to make the
argument, the Judge facetiously re
marked, "Be careful, Mr. 8. . pet
to cast your pearls 'before awlne."
"Don t be alarmed, m lud: I am about
to address the Jury, not the court,' waa
the reply of the barrister Tit-Bite.
Tke Play
By Johnston McCulle.
In Richard and Prlngle's Georgia min
strels, which opened at the Itelllg last
r.lgtot. thatee la a ooloned gentleman who
can do some wonderful things In his
special line His name Is Marsh Craig
and he Is called the human enigma. In
other words he la a contortionist.
But Craig goes through hla work
without the disgusting details usually
affected by ontortlontata. Every move
ment is graceful. He gives the Im
pression of doing It easily. He la the
star of a regulation minstrel show that
Is worth the price of admission.
The minstrel features of the pro
cram are numerous, and a few of them
stand out in relief against a mediocre
background. James Jones sings "Every
one's In glumberland In a manner that
causes a request for more. Lester Mc
Danlels has something nifty In "Going!
Going! Gone!" John Smith doea a fal
setto stunt under the guise of a boy so
prano, hut sings some songs of the
old south that are pleasing to hear.
Clarence Powell, king of the aggrega
tion, comes at os with a new song en
titled "Never!" which causes a great
deal of merriment and cdhtalna several
local hits. Professor Haftifat and his
ragtime band dish out strenuous music
In huge quantities.
The Second half of the program starta
off with the, work of Fred SfmpaorL
trqmbone soloist, what deserves a mcdajj
for the music he brings out. Arthur
Prince gives a few new stunts In the
juggling nnd hoop-rolling line. Chris
tian and Johnson do' roller skate, tricks
that make you feel nervous
Clarence Powelt needs some new
jokes. In hie Atom of Advice last
nla-ht he failed to spring a new
Worfct of all, he apologised for the'oM.
It seems aa 'hough a professional min
strel man who haS nothing else to do
could be able to manufacture at leeut
one new one'between sesaons. but per
haps Powell wss budy doing something
else.
The performance concludea with a
skit entitled "When Jim Jackson Comes
to Town," built along the usual attempt-to-be-humorous
lines. The com
pany Is playing at the Hetllg et popular
prices, and last night the house wss
crowded. The show is worth the price,
tt will he on tap tonight and tomorrow
night, with a matinee tomorrow after
noon. Howth Castle's Queer Custom.
l.sst of his snclent line, the Earl of
Howth in his eightieth year la awaiting
the final summons which cannot now be
far off
At his country aeat, Howth castle.
County Dublin, Ireland, the old family
custom of having the gates thrown
wide open during meat times la atlll ob
served. It has a picturesque origin
One Grace O'Malley, s haughty and
powerful damsel, on her return from s
visit to Queen Elisabeth In UTS pro
ceeded to Howth caatle and found tne
gate rinsed, aa the family was at din
ner. Thereet she took "great umbrage."
seised the son and heir, carried him off
to her own caatle of Cej-rlgahooley and
refused to release him until Lord Howth
pledged himself and all his descendants
to throw open the gatea of the caatle
during meal hours.
In the courtyard of the caatle. where
the family baa resided continuously for
ths last six centuries, la sn ancient yew
tree tended with the utmost case. A
legend aaya that whenever a branch
falls it porteads the death of the head
of the famllyr The superstitious peas
antry believe that Just before the earl
dlea and the race becomes extinct the
tree will fall.
The original surname of the Howth
family was Tristram. Sir Amerlcus
Tristram In 117? lsnded at Howth and
defeated the Irish st Ivors on St. Law
rence's day. lit. Lawrence was his
patron saint. In gratitude for the vic
tory Howth assumed the aalnt'a name.
Afterward with Sir John de Courcy he
subdued Ulster. Tha great two-handed
sword which he wielded se effectually
IS still preserved at Howth caatle among
a host of other family heirlooms, .
m THRDSEYE
ef 'TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANGE.
Now Spokane la the Pacific northwest
hub.
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A cheerful genuine smile la good med
icine. V-tM ' '."'SO,-,; i , ' .; j
Puter's book will be a 8. A. D. atory
for soma.
The Oregonian deserves quite a large
circulation In Seattle.
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Taft Is a big man, but can he alt
on two lids at once?
A united Pacific coast pull in con
gress will have to be respected.
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Still we hear of no big trust or cor
poration grafters being sent to Jail.
So
It will be some relief when the hops
and prunea a,re either all picked or de
stroyed. '
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Seattle will see to It that the Ore
gonlan'a knock of Portlsnd gets a wide,
epread circulation.
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New Tork politicians are all at sea,
and If moat of them should be .drowned
It would be small loss. .
Party politics ahould hereafter . cut
no figure whatever In the election of
city officers, especially councilman.
t
If the bar association Isgjolng to pros
ecute all crooked lawyers" It will have
plenty of buelness on Ita hands). Where
will It draw the line?
The Hlllaboro Argua remarks: "Mayor
Lane may not be elected to succeed him
self, but he will live In history as
one man who waa his own mayor."
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Eastern people whose information
comes In directly from the Oregonian
wUt suppose that Portland Is s little
over half as large a town as Seattle.
.
Senator gmnot having most of the
women down on him already, win dare
to advocate a repeal of the anti-canteen
law. He will enjoy aeeing a lot of sen
atorial hypocrites wriggle.
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Some eastern women who sll aummer
have worn skirts part of the day only
to their knees now Insist that stepe
shall be provided so that they can get
on car's without expoaing their anklee.
wmcn anows tnat tnere la nothing so
inconsistent as fashion.
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The Dayton Optimist thus raps sev
eral Oregon alleked newspapers: "When
a newspaper gets Its editorial utterances
whittled down to a few patent medicine
readers. It la time for the editor to
either take a rest, buy a pair of scis
sors or quit." '
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It Is astonishing how manv Remihlt-
can statesmen are now verbally In fa
vor of governmental control of rail
roads who two or three years ago would
have opposed It as much aa thev now
do government ownership. Sudden con
versions are generally suspicious.
Some Suggestions
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
The other evening I sat near a group
Of women who were playing bridge.
Among them waa a yoman of about
41. She waa a handsome, well-dressed
woman, with an endless flow of con
versation. She looked charming, hut the minute
ahe opened her mouth the charm fled.
Not only waa her voice high-pitched
id naaal to a degree, but the amount
of alang she used was astonishing.
"You're a beaut," "Not on your life,"
'Bet you boots" were s few of the
expresalona, and there were many others
equally or more objectionable.
The effect produced by the slang
phrases falling from the lips of that dig
nified, elderly woman waa unpfessnnt In
tha extreme.
Slang In any form Is objectionable.
but tt certainly, sounds worse coming
from an old person than from a young.
However, if you contract the habit
While young It Is pretty sure to stick to
you, for there is no habit harder to eurs
one's self of than the slang habit.
Bureiy tnere are enougn woros in me
English language to supply ths ordinary
vocabulary. a.
So many words are considered slang
nowadays that It la almost ImpoaalMe
to eliminate It entirely from conversa
tion, but there Is no use In going out
of the way to bring It In at every turn.
It la not at all unusual to hear the
words "bully" snd "Kitten" fall, from the
lips of a pretty, rensed-looking gin.
Did you ever near or tne pewuenen
fairy prlndess from whoke lips toads
and vipers dropped every . lime ahe
spoke? ;
The slang that falls from the line of
Spelling by Prerogative.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The apectaior ouiers irum
llalr periodicals In seriously considering
the reaaona wnicn mey nev mtTu
President Roosevelt to adopt a modified
form of apelllng reform. It shows that
changea have taken place and are taking
place in the spelling of English words
But the Spectator nils at tne nenn oi
the matter when It objecta to changes
made "by executive order." If Mr.
Roosevelt had snmmoned an Interna
tional conference to consider sugges
tions for ensnges in convention!
methode of Spelling English word, no
n, would havs objected. The new rule
lacks permsnence. Another president
msy re verse ' necisiun u w .,.
No assurance of stability can be given
it h. tZnuss-e la to be dependent upon
the vicissitudes of politics
After two and one half year more
of Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Bryan may be In
a position to Issue an executlee order
Introducing hie notlona of apelllng.
After him perhaps sir. ueos may runner
"simplify" the language. The British
e th Rnvllsh-sneaklns World
w usss -
could not reaaonably be expected to
make their orthography dependent upon
the result of an American erection.
In the meantime public document are
deformed, lose eredlt, and art mad
ridiculous. There I not even uni
formity for the moment In government
printing. CongTeee may object, like
Senator Forakar, to the president's
spelling and order it documents and
proceedings spelt In Ita own way. It
Is not hard to Imagine the confusion In
tk government printing office when a
compositor must bear In mind the rules
of the branch of the government for
VIEWS
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
A co-operative creamery will probably
be started In Hood River.
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The Hood river valley and the Rogue
river valley have no occasion to quarrel;
each can beat the world. If not each
other, on applee.
Sll vert on Appeal : If any of our sub
scribers wish to pay their subscription
in wood this fall you will SndJ ths
edttor'a woodshed close-to the road.
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The Germans seem to be rapidly tak
ing the Rex neighborhood in Yamhill
county and are preparing to build a
German Methodist church at that plaoe.
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Big sticks of timber, some of them '
having a diameter of asven feet, will be
rolling In from the Falls City region at
the Newberg mill by rail aome of these
days.
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Mis Goldle Irvine oontlnues on ths
road to a millionairess, aaya the Inde
pendence Enterprise. Saturday sha
ricked lOVi boxes of hops, earning
I.M.
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While loading lumber at Mountllndale
two men discovered a three-prong buck
within 13 feet of them. One grabbed
his whip and the other a elub and they
started after the venison, but the deer
outran them.
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Dallas Itemlser: Te editor picked
from hla home garden yesterday a cu
cumber a foot long and more than that
In circumference Things grow to such
a also In Polk county that I do not know
whether thla la anything to brag of or
not.
HcxXs" , . -e e
Kstacada Newa: Nature has been
generous thla year with her storehouse
and the people are heppy In their eonr
try faith. And there are thousanda of
acres of rich soil In Ufa vicinity tha;
can be 'bought, cleared and made Into
good farms and pleasant homes.
Sclo News: It la ssld thst coyotes,
cougars, bears, etc., are much more nu
merous than they were a few years sgo.
The cause given Is the present game
law has eauaed the foothill settlers' to
dispose at their packs of hounds In a
great measure, that formerly kept the
varmints thlnaed down.
A farmer living back of Arlington In
the dry upland recently sold 124 acres
for 18.000, but haa much land left' He
haa demonstrated that many things be
sides wheat can -be profitably grown on
high dry land. He has made a specialty
of raising onions, potatoes, corn and
melona. which all grow to perfection
without irrigation, and haa alao raised
much fruit.
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A farmer says In th Coqullla Record:
Since I lost a cow by carelesa hunters
we put up a dosen notices, but they
attl sneak in the back way and occa
sionally a deer Is run with dogs. As 1
have geme Into the sheep business. I
want the 'does kept. out. I own the
land, and the game belongs to me. and
there ta danger of being ahot for a deer
while hunting on my own land.
for American Girls
some of our girls of today might almost
be compared to the toads and vipers of
the princess.
And there la also much to be reme
died where many of the voices are con
cerned. (
The English,' who are noted the world
over for their soft, welkmodulated
voice.!, say that all Americana apeak
through their noses..
That, of course, fa an exaggeration,
hut we cannot but allow that there ia a
good deal of truth In It.
A aof t yolce Is spoken of as "that
most excellent thing In woman."
Jt I a quality that can be cultivated
If you only have the .itrength of mind
to keep at It.
To begin with, bring your voice down
from the top of your head and apeak
aoftly.
Don't cultivate affectation, but do try
.and make your voice melndloua by soft
ness snd purity of prnnunclstlon.
One fault of many Americana ta that
they speak too qulekly. clipping off a
syllable from almost every ward. Learn
to apeak distinctly and In a cledr, low
pitched voice.
There Is no (eaaon why the girls of
New Tork ehould not have extremely
musical voices, for the ses air la sup
posed to soften much harshness of the
vocal cords
Do not let your Englteh cousins get
ahead of you In th voice question.
So often you hear foreigners say when
speaking of an American girl, "Tea, ahe
la pretty and charming, but did you aver
hear such a voice?"
Now. girls, it Is your duty to oorreet
that Impression: get to work and make
your voleee aa pretty aa your faces.
whleh he la aetttng up type. A double
stands rd of apelllng Is more confusing
than a double standard of money, be
cause It cannot be loat from conscious
ness for 'a moment. A double standard,
which may be modified every two or
four years, or tt often as the notion
seises ths executive or legislative au
thorities. Is confusion worse' con
founded. The paper of the future will
have to print dally Hats of changes In
th apelllng, and every page of every
document will have to-be dated to
make aura that It waa correctly spelled
according to the rulea of that day.
The more the order of th president
I examined the more It appear rash.
Ill-considered, and presumptuous.
Birthday of S. R. Crockett.
Taia la the birthday of Samuel Ruth
erford Crockett, who waa born at
Duchrae, In Galloway, September It.
10. The future novellat attended the
University of Edinburgh, then went tn
Heidelberg and Anally graduated from
New college, Oxford. At the age of IS
ae entered the Free Church of Scotland
and became minister at Penleulk, a po
sition which ha occupied for several
year. In 1M he made hie first appear
ance In the world of authorship with
tha publication of a volume of poems
entitled "Dulce Cor." It waa some year
later that he essayed fiction, and In lit!
won Immediate popularity by the publt
oatlon of "Th Stlcklt Minister " Sine
that time his place hea been assured
among novellsta with a "public," end
hi successive volumes have been wel
comed by a Wide circle of readers In
addition to hi popular works of fiction
Mr. Crockett has written some fresh and
engaging storls for youthful readers.