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Fame come only when it it
deserved, and then ia inevit
able aa destiny, for it ia
destiny. Longfellow.
THE LIMIT OF FORBEARANCE
A
VJSITING Englishman, com
menting on the American
temperament, said: "Your
people are peculiarly forbearing m
abuses against which the Briton
would openly revolt You go along
year after year submitting to a bur
densome condition, and we who are
looking on think you haven't noticed
it, when suddenly, in a single day, a
complete change is made, the slate
is wiped clean, and you begin a
new era.''
His observations apply with forcible
directness to the . railroad situation
in Oregon. here is no reason why
the people of this state should have
put up with existing conditions these
many years, but they did it, and were
reasonably complacent about it. TheyJ
went on paying nign ircigiu rates,
submitting to poor train service and
car shortages that were practically
one continuous shortage, suffering
isolation of communities because the
Harriman management in Wall street
aaw fit to do nothing further than
make surveys, and closing J heir eyes
to the fact that the Harriman land
department policy was sequestering
5,000,000 acres of the best grant lands
ia the state. Whenever a community
broke over the traces and howled for
a railroad extension to enable it to
market the products of its prolific
areas a Harriman traffic agent went
into the dissatisfied territory and
gathered data from which to make a
report minimizing the productive
capacity of the region and pronounc
ing ' it inadequate to support a rail
road. If an independent railroad pro
moter bobbed up and by aid of a
bonus from the people got his project
in alair way of being consummated,
the Harriman management's program
waa to claim the territory, trot out
its ancient Survey, appeal to the
courts, and fence in the right of way,
which usually meant an end to the
hoped-for railroad extension and de
velopment. Oregon people, with the largest
area untouched by railroad transpor
tation in the United States, bore with
these conditions a long time. A quiet
change of sentiment that had its in
ception about a year ago has rapidly
grown, until it has spread all over
the state. With comparative sudden
ness, the people have realized that
they have the remedy in their own
hands. The resolve to use it was a
natural conclusion, which will, at the
next aession of the state legislature,
probably find expression in an at
tempt at regulation through a com
mission. RESERVOIR AND PARK.
THE SUGGESTION that the
city, either by agreement with
the owner or by condemnation
proceedings, acquire a reservoir site
on Mount Tabor as soon as possible
la a good one. The rapid gTowth of
Portland at present and for years to
come, notwithstanding the belittling
and slanderous representations of the
morning paper, will render an addi
tional water main from Bull Run a
necessity, and there is no place for a
reservoir so appropriate as on Mount
Tabor. Proximity, elevation, adja
cency to the main pipe line and the
exceptionally rapid growth of sur
rounding districts, all recommend thai
as the peculiarly suitable site, and
with the very expensive lessons of
experiences m reservoir construction,
grievous mistakes formerly made
ought now to be avoided. It is none
too early to plan and prepare for the
very rapidly increasing demand for
water.
As to the purchase of a large park
site 011 Mount Tabor, there will be
conflicting opinions, and opposing
views entitled to due consideration.
It will be urged, contra: We already
have more park grounds than are or
can be for pars properly improved;
Portland has no such need of extens
ile park as eastern cities; the city's
bonded indebtedness snd yearly tax
burden should net ha ma eased ac
cept for actual and urgent necessi
ties. But proponents will urge
Eventually Portland, grown to be a
great city, will need more parks; al
ready more than half the city's popu
lation live on the east side; this pro
portion will increase, and the east
side people are entitled to one big,
fine park, the beat site for which is
on Mount Tabor; the grouifti can be
obtained much cheaper now than
later, and neglect to secure it will be
greatly regretted later; as the city
will double in population and wealth
long before the bonds become due,
the burden will scarcely be felt,
j Providing a suitable site can be ob
tained at a reasonable price, we think
the affirmative has the better side
of the argument. In the matter of
park grounds it is necessary to look
far ahead. What will this city be in
25 years, and thereafter? Will not
the children of today as they grow
old say rightly that we acted wisely
and with judicious foresight if we
secure a large, fine east side park
site now?
A TRULY "LIVE TOWN."
S
EATTLE IS nothing if not spec
tacular. She "does things," but
she is careful to let the world
know that she. does them She shines.
and she spares no pains to attract
the world's attention to the light as
something more marvelous than any
thing it ever beheld before, the new,
great wonder of the western world.
And except when it comes to
padding bank clearances and commer
cial statistics all this is not only leg
itimate, but laudable. It is an exhibi
tion of a commendable, admirable
twentieth century spirit. It is strong,
confident, virile, progressive young
American manhood in vigorous ac
tion, accomplishing, expanding, rising,
developing. In many respects Seattle
sets an example to slower cities.
Seattle conceived the idea of hold
ing an exposition .in 1909. No sooner
talked over a little than decided on;
no sooner decided on than the first
big step in providing the means was
taken. No hesitation, no doubt, no
finical calculation of chances, no long-drawn-out
siege of solicitation; a
word and a blow; pop, she goes; this
is over, now fbr ,the next move.
This, oh Portland, is the "Seattle
spirit" in worthy action. Take a
tumble. . ,
Yet, let us not underestimate Port
land's energy or minimize her civic
activity. Portland is not so slow her
self, though conservative and on oc
casions too much disposed to inertia.
Seattle beats us for snip, and still
more in the art of advertising, but
Portland ts not idle or listless, and
can do some "pointing with pride"
herself. In fact, Seattle in thisiex
position matter is imitating Portland
and trying to better the instruction
given here. Though It appears on
the surface that Seattle raised some
$609,000 in one day, while it took
several days to secure nearly as much
in Portland two years ago, yet the
scheme has been worked up for weeks
in the Sound City and brought to a
climax for dramatic effect, for adver
tising purposes, which was entirely
proper and creditable. And Seattle
has also the great success of the
Lewis and Clark fair and its excellent
management for an example and an
inspiration.
oldfr
1909 Seattle will be fonr years
than Portland was in 1905, and
will have the advantage of four years'
growth. It has no such historical or
sentimental basis for an exposition
as Portland had, but this will not
greatly matter; it will draw the
crowds al! the same, and we doubt
not will make a splendid showing.
Oregon will of course be there, and
Portland in particular, and should
plan and prepare to excel if possible
Washington and Seattle in their ap
pearance here last year.
The letters m the interesting series
"From Portland to Palestine," writ
ten for The Sunday Journal by J.;B.
Horner, professor . of History and
Latin at the Oregon Agricultural col
lege, have attracted wide attention,
not only from the fact that they re
veal the high lights in the delightful
trip of an entertaining man, but be
cause of their photographic fidelity
to the places described. Many in
quiries have been received regarding
their date of publication. The first
appeared on July 22; the others fol
lowed on July 29; August 5, 12, 19;
September 9, 16, 23, and October 1.
State Senator-elect Hedges has re
turned all his passes to the railroads.
The action calls for commendation
and we shall wait with interest to
see how many of Mr. Hedges' col
leagues follow his example.
George S. Shepherd announces that
he will resign from the council, and
The Journal, which would rather see
pasted in the scrapbookt than carved
Ott tombs the- good things it says of
men, again remarks that in its criti-
asms oi the councilman item thejmeiabef of society
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT.
Saxon Rhyme on Paring Nails.
Cut them on Monday, cut them for
health.
Cot- them on Tuesday, out them for
wealth. '
Cut them on Wednesday, out them for
a letter. ,
Cut them on Thursday, for something
better.
Cut them on Friday, you cut for your
wife.
Cut them on Saturday, cut for long Ufa.
Cut them on Sunday, you cut them for
erll.
For all that week you'Jl be ruled by the
devil.
Success.
"What constitutes success?" A Bos
ton Arm has awarded a prise for the
best answer to this question. Mrs. A.
J. Stanlfy of Lincoln, Kansas, wrote:
"He has achieved suedfess who has lived
welt, laughed often and loved much;
who has gained the respect of Intelli
gent men and the love of little children:
who has filled his niche and has ac
complished his task; who has left the
world better than he found It, whether
by an Improved poppy, a perfect poem
or a rescued soul; alio has never lacked
the appreciation of earth's duty or
failed to express It; who haa always
looked for the best In others and has
given the beat he had; whose life was
an Inspiration, whose memory a bene
diction." Waterless Canal.
There Is ia Connaught, Ireland, a re
markable curiosity which gives an ex
ample of official oversight. When the
great famine of 1S47 was upon the land
the government -f the day conceived
the Idea of opening a line of navigation
from Sal way to Balllna, by way of
Lough Corrlb and Lough Mask, so aa
to avoid the dangers of the western
coast. The work gave a great deal of
employment, and so far the canal served
Its purpose. But when It was com
pleted it waa found the canal would not
hold water; The fact that the rook of
the district Is of a very porous charac
ter had been overlooked.
Creation of Man.
Indian mythology ts quite aa beauti
ful as biblical lore. Bury your -prejudices
and read what the aborigines of
AmerioaJjsay of the creation. The an
gels Gabrtsr. Michael and Israfll were
sent by God one after the other to
bring,' fax the purpose of creating
Adam, Seven handfuls of earth froas
different depths rind of different colors
(which may account for the various
Fourth ward no impugnment of his
honesty was expressed or intended.
Mr. Shepherd has beenx Useful and
a conscientious official aijd It is to
be regretted that hi eBusiness rela
tions withthe Harriman railroad ren
der it improper for him to continue
to retain his office.
Seattle continues to go ahead, and
The Journal is glad of it. She is
forming her fair plans on the style
that made Portland's exposition such
a success, arid shows a courage and
resolution in the undertaking highly
creditable to a city of her size. Seat
tle certainly is the bantam hen of
the north.
A Lbs Angeles judge says that
the accidental or careless killing of a
person oy a arunxen auiomooiusi
should be made a capital offense. A
great many people will agree with
him. A reckless automobile scorcher
is bad enough when sober; a drunken
one is beyond tolerance.
Thaw is insane, say certain- alien
ists. Plenty of specialists can be
found who would pronounce anybody
insane if they had a client as rich
as Mamma Thaw, from whom they
could alienate a lot of money. What
a nice thing it is for a murderer to
have a rich, doting mamma.
Of coarse, the longer the delay in
repealing that Fourth street alleged
franchise, the later will come the
contest in the. courts and the longer
the railroad will have the use of the
street. But councilmen can nave
passes all these years.
From a careful reading of the let
ters of acceptance of the guberna
torial nominations in New York one
will inevitably form the opinion that
the only thing that is not an issue
in the Empire state is government
ownership of railroads.
An interesting political utterance is
that of Senator Beveridge, who says
the tariff must be revised; the state
ment proves the' reiterated aphorism
that when a man talks all the time he
must say something of interest once
in awhile.
It is costing the people of this
country nearly S100.000 a day to in
tervene in Cuba, and almost as much
to prevent other nations from rned-
f-dling in our, family affairs in the
Philippines.
There is a frequent recurrence of
the rumor that the csar may give up
the struggle and abdicate, at least
temporarily. Very likely he is in the
notion to do so at times, and then
changes his mind. He is an unstable
fellow.
It is lucky thst Mr. Piatt is a mem
ber of the United States senate. He
has ceased entirely to be a useful
of the Common
complexions of mankind), but the world.
being apprehensive of the cortsequencea
and desiring them to represent her rear
to God that the creature he designed to
form would rebel against htm and draw
down his curse upon her, they re
turned without obeying God's command.
Whereupon God cent Asarall on the
same errand, who executed his commis
sion without remorse; for which reason
God appointed that angel to separate
the souls from the bodies, being there
fore called the Angel of Death.
Reflections.
The social climber prefers a
tree. New York Times.
family
Plasterer's and decorators make a lot
of money by having the head of the
family try to fix the plumbing and
flood the house. New Terk Press.
It's a waste of time to make rules for
other people to live by. Chicago News.
. The fellow who courte trouble gener
ally ends by marrying it. New York
Times.
According to tho way their mothers
feel per cent of the boys who go
back to school in the fall are starting
straight for the Whits House New
York Press.
It's Impossible to convince a woman
that a man's reason la better than bet
Intuition. Chicago News.
Scented Ink.
The latest flat of society Is that ink
must be scented. Count Boni, the hus
band of Anna Gould, Is credited with
Introducing this novelty Into the land
of the free. He shocked the proprle-J
tors of that famous hostelry, the Ponce
de Leon, In St. Augustine, by sending
for Ink pertumed with violets. Com
mon ink, with its plebeian odor, Count
Boni asserted, waa Impossible. So per
fumed Ink is going the rounds, and It Is
essential as sachet bags for the chiffon
ier or essence for the handkerchiefs.
Hyacinth Is a favorite scent for Ink,
for, being rather strong) it retains Its
odor much longer.
British Railways.
Cars and other equipment on British
railways' have always been remarkably
light as compared with the rolling stock
In America. Thus in the largest parlor
ears between 214 and 2V4 tons of dead
weight must be hauled for each passen
ger carried, whereas to the heaviest
English cars the proportion wilt be
only from 1 to 1 V tons to the passen
ger and In the majority of the rolling
stock the dead weight will work out at
from' a third to a half ton for each pas
senger. Strong-Arm Woman.
A woman who might have been Mrs.
Bandow answered the bell. The census
enumerator took the name, and then
asked for the . occupation. ' says the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
"I'm a strong-arm woman," said Mrs.
Sandow.
"What's that?"
"It's like this." she said. "I used to
be in a sideshow. One day a smart-
lookln' lady slipped up to me an' says
'What do you get?' I says: Ten an'
foun'. 'We'll give you twenty.' she says.
"Well, I left the show an' went with
her. I found she was the president of a
woman's club. She took me to a meetln
and I got my orders before the whole
boonch.
" 'Mary,' said the president, 'ev'ry Mon
day mornln' we hev bargain salee at
the big department stores. We all like
bargains, but the ladies of the club
don't stand no show. They are light
weights. They can t get In.
" Now, Mary, shs said, 'you're
strong woman. You could fell an ox
with a blow of your (1st. What we want
you to do Is to take a list once a week
of the things we want to buy. Go down
town with It on Monday mornln' and
get the goods.'
"So that's what I do."
Woke Up Napoleon.
A number of British tourists had an
exciting experience while Inspecting the
rooms of Napoleon I at Versailles lately
i The party was in the emperor's bed
room, and the guide was pointing out
the beauties of Napoleon's bed when one
of the ladles exclaimed: "There's some
body In it now!"
At this moment a man, looking won
derfully like Napoleon, and dressed In
the gray cost and cocked hat of the
familiar shape, sat bolt upright la the
bed.
"I am Napoleon the Fourth." he said,
"the defect descendant of Napoleon the
Great. I fought at the battle of Sedan,
and after the bettle I retreated to Parle,
came here and fell asleep. You woke
me up. Go away."
The guide understood that the man
must be mad, and had the good sense
not to contradict him. He replied: "If
t please your majesty to follow us, we
will conduct you to your palace." The
man followed with dignity, and was evi
dently taken to the hospital at Ver
sailles, where he Is to be looked after.
He Is an Italian named Benvenuto
Buononore. It Is thought that It may
be hie extraordinary resemblance to Na
poleon the Great which haa turned his
head.
Kaiser and the Divining Rod.
The other day the German kaiser In
vited Prince Hane von Carolath wo
demonstrate the mysteries of the divin
ing rod At Wllhelmshohe. The prlace
successfully found several pieces of
Jewelry, Including a diamond ring be
longing to Prlnoess Victoria Louise,
hidden for the ccohalon.
Later on the prince discovered a
spring and revealed to his majesty the
presence of several mineral water de
posits, which the kaiser said should
be Immediately bored for. After lunch
eon the party proceeded to a different
part of the park and the kaiser himself
did his utmost to discover the presence
of water with the divining rod, but
In spite of all his efforts wss utterly
unsuccessful. The empress and other
members of the Imperial family also
obtained no results.
Prince voh Carole th, however, discov
ered the presence of water In sand over
which the kslser had experimented. In
thsnking his gust, the kaiser eald he
trusted the mysterious powers of the
divining rod might be generally known,
because much public benefit might
thereby accrue.
Yes, Why Shouldn't It?
From the Marshflsld Times.
- The Journal haa offered a full-page
write-up to the Oregon community
that will make the besH shewing In s
1,000 word letter as to what It has to
offer prospective .settlers and what Is
being done to attract the settlers. Why
shouldn't Coos Bay go after that adver
tising? It Is worth having, and our
oiaime are net the poorest tsfUe state.
A Little Nonsense
Something Else to Say.
Mr. Bryan, when chlded for net talking
government ownership In all his
speeches, said he waa Ilka the farmer on
the road to Atlantic City. The line wai
being surveyed and the men were drtv
Jng stakes through the premises of an
old tarmer. He addressed the leader
Of the gang aa follows:
"Leyux' out another railroad 7"
"Surveying for one," was the reply.
'Ooln' threw my barn?"
"Don't see how we can avoid It."
"Wall, new, mister," said the worthy
farmer, "I calkerlate I've got sumthln'
tew say 'bout that. I want you tew
understand that I've got sumthln' else
tew dew besides runnln' out tew open
and shet them doors every time a train
wants to go through."
A Judgment
An elderly man in Shrewsbury. Eng
land, waa showing a couple of friends
about tMs town, They tarried before the
place where the statue of Shewsbury's
great son, Darwin, alts and broods.
"That," said the Shrewsbury man. point
ing with a bulging umbrella. "Is Dar
win," "Yes, answered one of the visi
tors, after a rather unfriendly scrutiny,
"that was him as said we all come from
monkeys." ''Hie did." went on the
Shrewsbury man, "and I'll tell you an
other thing. Not long ago the steeple
of one of our churches fell dawn. There
are many evs says it ts a Judgment upon
the town for putting up a statue to
Ira."
Bright Young Man.
It waa op a Superior-street car.
says the Cleveland Leader1, and the hand
some young man had arisen from his
seat as the pretty girl entered.
Gh. please r she twittered, "don't get
up. Keep your seat, pray do!"
The young man looked at her admir
ingly. "Well, that's mighty sweet of you, lit
tle girl," he said, "and I hate to turn
down a bid like that. But, honest, I've
got an Important date, and here's inhere
I get off. Call me up by phone some
day, won't youT"
when we left the car she was blushing
yet
The Pope's Joke.
Pope Pius does not often make a Joke,
but he made one the other day to put
Bishop Schneider of Paderborn at ease;
The bishop had just been presented to
the pope, and was disconcerted.
Monslgnor." said the pope with s
laugh."We are brothers. Don't you
understand?"
The bishop evidently did not, so the
OnFn.
went on: "we both belong to the
family, Schneider as well as Sarto!
name Is the German and the other
the Italian for tailor."
The Flower.
The wit of Mme. Duse is well Illus
trated by the following anecdote: The
famous tragedienne waa one of a supper
party, and the talk raa on woman suf
frage. A gentleman slyly suggested that,
of course, women could not expect equal
rights with men. "Man was made first,"
he said, "and woman sprang from man."
"Quite so," replied the great actress,
quietly, "It Is natural for the Sower to
come after the stem, but surely you de
not call that an Indication of Inferiority ?"
Pay of European Ststesmen.
The 'Norwegian member of parliament
gets little more than $3 a day for hie
public services, and even then when he
takea a day off be loses his pay. The
same Is the case with the members of
the Swiss diet. They are rewarded with
$4 a day on condition that they do not
absent themselves from work.
To go farther east, tt Is found that
Roumanla thinks her lawmakers worth
tl a day. Four dollars is the dally
wages of those who compose the .Bul
garian sobranje, but members who live
In the capital get only tl dally.
Denmark Is about the stingiest of sll
European countries, so far as remunera
ting her legislators Is concerned. Dan
ish members of parliament get only
11.60 a day, but, on the other hand, they
have the odd privilege of s free seat
In the Royal theatre at Copenhagen.
While the members of the German
relchstag are not salaried the law
makers of the various German states do
not work for rothlng. Sexe-Coburg
members of parliament are paid about
3.26, those Of Bavaria 12.60 and of
Hesse 13.25.
At first slgbt Hungary seems to do
her lewmaklng on the cheap plan, for
her members get $1,000 a year In cash.
But they are not so badly' off after all.
for a liberal allowance Is made Into the
bargain for house rent. Austria-Hungary's
two legislative assemblies cost
the country about 1(90,000 a year In
all. Both In Austria and Hungary leg
islators can travel first olasa with second-class
tickets.
Besides the United Kingdom. Italy
and Spain are the only countries which
pay nothing to the members of perils -mer
t. Nevertheless the cost of the
Italian parliament is sstlmated at M26.
000 a year.
In Portugal also the state does not re
munerate legislators, but they receive
free railway passes, and their constitu
encies are legally permitted to pay those
who represent them a sum of about
IS. 76 for each day's session.
The Coloring of Poods.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
A dispute baa arisen between the
government authorities on the pure food
commission and the manufacturers of
preserved foods, as to the effect of
coloring matters on the foods In which
they are used. The government ex
perts are quite right in maintaining
that they must be convinced that such
adulterations, as they are in effect, are
only technically so and that no harm
can result from their uas; but the man
ufacturers contend that It will be easy
to show this.
But It will be necessary In order to
satisfy not only the trusting public, but
me criurai scientists mat wnat mey
say ts true. They contend that the pub-
lie insists on having Ita catsup red and
Its butter yellow,' and that these de
sirable effects cannot be obtained with
out the use of dyes, which they aaaert
are harmless. Those members of the
community who were brought up In the
country and are familiar with the prod
ucts of the farmers' dairies and kltch-
s. know how much belief to grant to
these assertions. They know that the
only reason why the public demands
these fins colors in foods Is that they
may look like the genuine articles put
up on the old farm.
Good country butter Is yellow. As
Dr. Wiley eald at the conference In
New Terk on Tuesday, "only half
starved cows produce white butter."
And good country catsup la red per
haps not so red ae an aniline dye would
make It. but red enough for all practical
purposes. As for the wholeeomeneee of
the aniline compounds, 1st the manu
facturers convince the JUPerts to this
effect, and -the laymenwlll be eeUs-
m "RIRDSEYE
f TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANGE.
Candidate Hughes, being a lawyer, of
course he is called "Judge."
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The law requiring children to go to
school should be better enforced,
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' Mops' turned out better than waa ex
pected, aa might have been expected.
As the winter approaches the climate
promisee to grow more tropical In Texaa
for Senator Bailey.
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Now the " automobile heart" haa
been developed, a merciful palliative of
the automobile head.
A man Is lecturing on sour grapes.
All but youthful people know about
tbem from experience.
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In the case of young people a cer
tain sort of heart trouble that
Is veryljh .
taL 'iMenB Echo
jHssmBp from
painful for a while la seldom fatal.
And how Is Valparaiso making
That lately stricken city seems to have
been forgotten In this country already.
A Spokane man ia going te build a
fine monument to a Jackass. He 'should
be buried to the earns spot when he
dies.
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Now is when several big subscrip
tions and a multitude og smaller ones
to the Y. M. and Y. W. C A. fund era
needed.
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If travel, as Is sa Id v broad ens a man.
Bryan must be about the widest man
living. And Taft doesn't resemble a
hop pole.
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Possibly by the twenty-first century
prison bars will be made of some stuff
that oan't be sawed in two with an
old case knife pr piece of barrel hoop.
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A pretended newspaper whose reading
matter where local news and editorials
should be is mostly patent medicine ad
vertisements deserves to starve to
death.
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Now, If General Funston gets into a
scrap with the Cubans and licks them,
maybe he will be the logical candidate
for the Republican nomination for presi
dent In 108
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' An test side resident saya a church In
Ms vicinity la. a greater nuisance than
10 saloons would be. Not "many would
agree with him, but a great many will
agree that the church bells are a need
less annoyance.
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It la rumored that Mrs Marshall
Field will soon marry her late husband's
physician. Not, we hope, in gratitude
for any assistance the doctor gave the
multimillionaire in hie recent departure
to the undiscovered country.
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"There Is no fool like an eld fool,"
and there Is no bigger old fool than a
man who marries a young woman with
strength and disposition te pick him up
and throw him downstairs If he objects
te her kissing the coach man.
Nooks and Corners of History
THE OREGON TRAIL.
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.
History tells us of many celebrated
highways. There Is the renowned Ap
plan way, along which the legions
marched out of the Eternal city to in
numerable victories; and the famous road
leading k from Syria through Palestine
down Into Egypt, along which monarch
after monarch of the olden days led his
tramping hosts, snd the great highway
that stretches Its serpentine length across
the desolate steppes of Siberia; and the
celebrated roads along which Hannibal
and Napoleon and other Illustrious con
querors led their soldiers across the
Alpl.
But, despite the glamour of their his
toric renown, none of tbeee celebrated
roads Is to be compared In thrilling
human Interest and sublimity of natural
environment with the "Oregon trail."
This wonderful highway, over J, 000
miles In length, strstcbsd from the Mis
souri river at the mouth of the Kansas
to the Pacific ocean at the moutn or tne
Columbia.
This wonderful road Is in many re
spects the most remarkable known to
hletory, remarks the author of the "His
tory of the Amerloan Fur Trade In the
Far West." Considering the faot that
It originated with the spontaneous use
of travelers; that no transit ever located
a foot of It; that no. level established
Its grades; that no sssflnssr sought eut
the fords or built bridges of surveyed
the mountain passsa; that there was no
grading to speak of. nor any attempt
at metalling the roadbed, the general
good quality of the f.OSO miles of high
way will seem most extraordinary.
Before the prairies became too dry the
natural turf formed the best roadway
for horses to travel on that haa prob
ably ever existed. It was amply hard
to sustain traffic, "yet soft enough to
be eaelsr to the feet than even the most
perfect asphslt pavement. Over the way,
winding ribbon-like through the verdant
A Two Thousand Year-Old Bath.
Signer de Marinls, the well-ktiown Ital
ian deputy, haa taken a leaf out of the
book of his Illustrious confrere. Mar
cue Tulliue Cloero, bathing In the
mud of Lake Agoaa. aa Cloero did t.000
years ago, In ordsr to gst rid of ths
gout! The mud of the standing waters
In the district west of Naplee waa fa
mous from early times for the relief
of arthritis; the luxurious high livers
of the Imperial days knew Ita efficacy,
and no doubt did their 'Wire" there In
much the Same rough and ready fash
Ion ss their modern representative does
now. The dletrlot In which the bene
ficent mud of Lake Aguan is deposited
was known In the old -days as Camp!
Phlegraei. the Phlsgraean Fields, and It
Ilea between Naplee and Cumee, with
Putsoll (Possuoll) on ths seaehore. It
Is one of the most Interesting parts of
Campania, and, of course, highly vol
canic, as is the whole shore of the Bay
of Naplee. It la no doubt due to the sul
phur snd other deposits tnat the mud
of the little lakes on the premenotory
Of Cumee owes Its health-giving prop
erties, and aa nature works much the
sams way now in that region as she did
tn the time of the Caesars .the effect
upon Slgnor Marinls' gout will be much
the same ae when . the great Tully
soaked his Inflamed Joints In the eose
"of the Phlegraean Flelde a salutary ef
fect we hop,
1
OREOON SIDELIGHTS.
Black eyes and smashed neseef are
fashionable In Drain.
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A Eugene man killed two deer with
one shot, one of them -dressing ovsr 100
pounds.
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Lake county haa Imposed the highest
school and public library Ux of any
county In ths state.
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A San Francisco meatman says the
best alfalfa In ths United States Is
raised la Klamath valley.
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The Independence Enterprise says a
negro burglar answered questions "till
he was black in the face."
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The Salem-Mehama electric road will
be a great thing for the capital olty
and the country the road traverses.
man hat made some maple
m watermelons at least It la
pie syrup as a good deal sold
Stayton. having four churches and
four saloons, the Salsm Journal calls
H a well-balanc'id town. But some of
the' saloons' patrons are not alwaya well
balanced.
A mountain Hon that had been devas
tating upper Powder river valley for
many months has been killed and
weighed 260 pounds and measured 10
feet I Inches from Up to tip.
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At a stock sale near Halsey, Poland
China sows sold for 140 each; shoats
weighing 10 or TO pounds brought 0
or $7. stock sheeo l and tt. and cows
from f 10 to tSO.
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It seems to be e mad race between
the railroad companies to see which
can reach Drain first, says the Nonpa
reil. Soon our people will be kept oil
the Jump day and night dodging the
cars.
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Drain and vicinity Is sadly In need
of a fruit cannery. Thousands and
thousands of bushels of fruit, prunes,
etc., were Jost here this season, owing
to there. being no cannery, eays the Non
pareil. ' a. e
An Albany man saw something green
on the street and thinking It a trick
passed It, but on second thought picked
It up and found It wis three 6100 bills,
that had been dropped by the mayor.
What a glorious find that would hs)ve
been for a hobo.
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Announcement In Springfield News:
Whereas ths China pheasants have in
vaded my garden1 patch near Spring
field In vast, numbers, and have con
spired te annihilate and devour the
crop which I have planted with much
labor. I hereby give notice to the game
warden of the state of Oregon, and to
whomsoever else it may concern, that
it they, do not remove said. ajoUa nee
I from my premises it will be necessary
nor me to protect the same, with imple
ments suitable for that purpose.
prairies, amid the profusion of spring
flowers, with grass so plentiful that the
animals reveled In Its abundance and
game everywhere greeted the hunter's
rifle, snd, finally, with pure water In the
streams, the traveler aped his wsy with
a feeling of Joy and exhilaration.
But not so when the prairie became dry
and parched, the road filled with stifling
dust, the streambed mere dry ravines or
carrying only alkaline water which could
not be used, the game all gone to more
hospitable sections and the summer sun
pouring down Its heat with torrid In
tensity. It was then that ths trail became a
highway of death and desolation, strewn
with abandoned property, the skeletons
Of horses, mules, oxen snd, too often,
with freshly made mounds and head
boards that told the pitiful Ule of suf
fering too great to be endured.
Every foot of the I.ooo miles of this old
trail la marked by , human misery,
tragedy and death.
But there Is another side to the story
of the Oregon trail. It wss ths way
along which passed some of the grand
est snd bravest spirits that were ever
incarnated in the flesh men and women
who wore to found beyond the great river .
an empire that was destined to put to
blush ths proudest states of antiquity.
There was along every mile of ths
great roadway toward the sunset a
glamour such as history can never re
peatthe glamour of a virgin continent,
rich In all ths elements of national great
ness. Waiting for the weary traveler to
make It his own I
The course of the old trail may still be
traced from the Missouri to the point by
the great western ocean where It came
to an end, and It is said that there Is
some serious talk at Washington of
building along the line of the ancient
highway a magnificent national road,
which shall stand as sn everlasting me
morial of the heroic men who built up
the great northwest.
The Last King of an Ancient Line.
The Sultan of Brunei Is 13 years of
age at least so he told me. And while
he stoops aa he walke. he mekee the ap
pearance rather 'Of a temporary Invalid
than of aa old man. Hs seemed pleased
when I told him that he might pas for !
0; and indeed he might, for his face Is
singularly free from wrinkles. His ex
pression of benevolence suggests the
late Leo XIII hjs smile Is engaging,
albeit tinged with sadness, says Har
per's. , '
His house was ruling when the Roman
empire had hardly ceased to crumble
His ancestors gave the law to a vast
eastern empire when Europe was but a
patchwork of barbarous chiefs, and
whsn, after centuries. Spanish and Por
tuguese found their way to the Spice
islands they laid propitiating gifts at
the feet of the Borneo sultan ds vas
sals, humbly begging the right to live
within his dominions.
Brunei Is still the metropolis of na
tive Borneo Indeed the name Borneo
Is but a corruption of Brunei yet few
maps show ths existence of this empire.
Bryan in Alabama.
From the Birmingham (Ala 1 Ledger.
Mr. Bryan's Indorsement by the state
te nearly unanimous and will be com
pletely Su before the net SMtlrmni cnti
ventlon. Wo other name will go before
the ooavsattoa,
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