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YOUNG ROWDIES.
m 'W HAT to do with young
J rftioo nbodlums, whose
mischief runs into aa-
t suits, thievery and other forms of
riminality, and includes all sorts of
Jvke, is a constant problem in all
American cities. The juvenile court
pa doing; good work as to some of the
Jyounger members ot the contra
kernity of hoodlumism, the reform
avchool straightens out a few, but
these agencies are entirely inadequate
to eradicate or suppress the gangs of
hnalicious mischief makers, and in
some cases only the severest meas
ures will serve as a sufficient check
nd warning. The Albina section of
the city has for years been terrorized
by a gang of these unrestrained hood
lums, some of them men grown, and
fcrnce a number of them have recently
feen rounded up in consequence of
issaults on officers it would be well
to make an example of them and pun
ish them with such severity that not
jonly they but others of like disposi
tion and habits will be deterred from
their accustomed performances in
tuture.
i It does no good to lecture their
parents or others who should be in
kuthority over them. Parents of
Isoch lawless and dissolute youth are
generally careless of what they do,
and often consider their hoodlumism
Admirable smartness. In many cases
young boys are entirely unrestrained
jst none or as to ineir goings ana
komings. Parents of such children
should be made legally responsible,
fend punished rather than their off
spring, but since this cannot be done,
.or is not done, the youthful hoodlums
fnust be dealt with in the best way
possible to check their malicious and
jcriminal mischief, and is some cues
the only remedy or possible means of
felief is a long term on the county
stockpile or a period in the peniten
tiary. Leniency in many of these
Bases is a mistaken policy. Very
youthful culprits should of course be
reclaimed, if possible, by mild meth
ods and helpful watchfulness, and
Older ones should be given a chance
to reform, but the only thing that will
have any deterrent effect on many
Of these vicious hoodlums is severe
(and thorough punishment.
TOO MUCH INJUNCTION. .
A SEATTLE JUDGE, corre
sponding to one of our cir
cuit court judges, iu denying
a writ of injunction a few days ago
faid: "It is getting so a citizen can
Hot speak to another because some
Eurt has issued an injunction. You
nnot stand here or stand there be
cause s court has forbidden it under
Malty of being punished for con-
empt. Such practices will do away
itfa all government I do not care
lether the orders are against strikes
U corporations. A man who violates
m law takes his chances of being ar-
rested, and if punished should take it
as a man. A court has no right issu
Jng these orders covering every action
f citizens."
As it happened this was a case
where Socialists had1 sought an in
junction to prevent policemen from
Interfering with street meetings, but
If the judge spoke sincerely he would
also have denied a writ seeking to en
join such meetings. What he means,
r may be supposed to mean, is that
the fact of illegal action 'should be
tried out in the regular, usual way, or
what .until recent years was the usual
way, and not pretermitted by the
formerly extraordinary process of in
junction.
r This judge is right. People who
complain of the resort to injunction
on all sorts of trivial or unnecessary
Occasions voice a just grievance, a
real and not an imaginary abuse of
judicial power. It has become too
much the practice to enjoin persons
not only from the continuation of
wrongdoing already begun, or from
criminal or illegal action imminently
and surely threatsned, and that would
clearly cause the complainant great
toss or injury, but from sll sorts of
actions and at the mart desire of an 1
selfish opponent of such sctions
This has been especially the case
when corporations were the petition
ers. Thus "government by injunc
tion" has become a real evil, and
there is need of a. return to the old
idea and practice In the use of this
legal procedure.
IF REGULATION FAIL,
OVERNOR DENEEN of II
linois, addressing the Bank
ers' association of that state
recently, said: "The opposition of
those whose business is properly sub
ject to government supervision and
control to legislative regulation plays
into the hands of the extremists.
Persistence in this opposition can
have but one result a tendency to
substitute for the idea of government
supervision and regulation the idea of
government ownership."
Even Senator Beveridge, who
seems to wish people to understand
that he is an especial mouthpiece of
the administration, said in a speech
in Chicago: "When these managers
(of railroads) treat their trusts as
their private affairs to be conducted
for independent profit alone, govern
ment regulation is needed, but not
government ownership, unless gov
ernment regulation fails."
Mr. Bryan's Commoner, quoting
these expressions of eminent Repub
licans, says: "Very well. We will
all be for government regulation, and
will give it a fair test; snd then when
it fails Senator Beveridge must help
bring about government ownership."
Mr. Bryan has also shown from
the president's own language that
he regards ownership as an ulti
mate and last resort remedy, if reg
ulation fail. As to whether it fails or
not there will be a difference of opin
ion later. That will be a question of
fact on which there will be disagree
ment. No doubt the great majority
of American people are against gov
ernment ownership if it can be
avoided. Mr. Bryan has but little
confidence in the success of regula
tion under the Republican party,
hence declares that ownership may
be ultimately necessary. And though
Republican leaders assail him for
mentioning government ownership as
a possible necessity they do the same
thing themselves.
The Oregonian, ever wise in its day
and generation, remarks: "Another
result of the 'year after the fair' is
that the croakers and kickers are all,
or nearly all, dead, or otherwise
silenced. Who would have thought
it, two years ago?" We are pleased
to hesr this news, but it creates just
a little mistrust when it comes from
the same source that declares thst
the population of Portland is only
slightly more than it was before the
fair and that the present population
is far under 150,000. The moss on
the Oregonian's back is too thiok to
be raked off at one time.? It is still
traveling the turtle's pace, although
Portland and Oregon increased their
gait seversl years ago.
It is not only in Oregon and in the
west that development is "in the air."
The old state of Kentucky has a state
development league, and the Louis
ville Post asks: "What is Kentucky
going to do in the next 25 years?
How is it going to deal with the great
issues of the hour? What 'of taxa
tion ? What of transportation? What
of education? What will Kentucky
have to say concerning good roads?
Concerning better agriculture? Con
cerning a fair ballot and a fair count
and purer politics?" All same Ore
gon, except that our first considera
tion is immigration, more people.
more power.
With the Philippine islands report
ed to be as quiet snd peaceful as a
long-forgotten graveyard, the de
mand of General Wood for more
fighting men and guns of greater
killing capacity comes as a distinct
shock. But two reasons can be as
signed for the desire to add to the 20
000 soldiers in our insular posses
sions, snd one suggests that General
Wood must have been misinformed
when he was told the islands wera
peaceful; the other obtrudes ' the
grisly thought that the government
fears intervention from some bullying
power, and wants to be prepared
for it.
The New York Evening Post Is
supposed to be an anti-Hearst paper
to the limit, and yet it says that the
president's Harrisburg speech deliv
ered in New York would make a
Hearst campaign document. The
Post is so ssfe and sane that it has
gone crazy
Ex-President Palma supposed the
American government would suppress
the rebellion and maintain him safely
in his teat. On the contrary Taft
rather sided with the rebels, and
Palma and the rest of the government
had to resign. Now the ex-rebels
went the offices and a pull at the
treasury right off, and will soon be-
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO RE
?
A Shooting Gallery Secret.
The beach waa empty. The board
walk waa dead. Tha enoo ting-gallery
man was packing to so south for tha
wlntar.
"Do you sea this glass ball?" he said.
It waa a ball ot hollow glass, an airy
Slaaa aoap bubble, that had swung all
summer at tha and of a thread In tha
foreground of tha day pipes, balls and
what-not that had made up tha gallery's
targe ta, aaya tha St. l.oula Olobe-
Democrat.
"This glaaa ball," tha man went on,
'Is my great money-maker. All sum
mer long people tried to hit this ball
It waa bigger and nearer than any
other target and everybody failed.
Thousands of bullets ware fired at the
ball, thousands of nickels were spent
on It; yet hero It Is, still untouched, my
beat breadwinner.
"All wlss shooting-gallery man have'
a glass ball Ilka this. It makes sueh s
tempting target, yet It Is never bit. It
la never hit because the air that pre
oedea a gun charge Is sufficient to blow
the ball aside, out of tha way. You
might Are a hundred shots at it, but,
like a living thing, like a timid soldier,
tor lnatanoe, it would dodge each shot."
Nature Notes.
Camels cannot swim.
Tha spider eats daily It times his
own weight.
The chiton, a mollusk, has 11.000
eparate eyes. '
A bee visits 1,600,000 flowers la gath
ering one pound of honey.
Tha green finch is tha first bird to
fit up in the morning. Hla hour is
I.
Tha skin of the whalebone whale.
boiled to a jelly. Is a favorite dish of
Danish epicurea
Tha boa constrictor. Buckland, tha
naturalist, declares, tastes like veal.
only finer and sweeter.
The highest leap ever made by a
horaa was 7 feat I Inchea a leap made
In 1792 In London by Black Bess, a
thoroughbred.
Tha South Sea Island fisherman
throws Into tha water a poison ex
tracted from a certain bark. The fish.
come restive if they can't have their
way. The prospect is that Uncle
Sam will not get out of Cuba very
soon, nor stay out very long after
leaving it.
Isn't the sdministration rather
lowering itself by sending three or
four members of the cabinet to New
York to speak agsinst such a "mon
ster of hideous mein" as Hearst? It
is a wonder such great men would
condescend to notice him.
Tha Topic. . ,
By James J. Montague,
tl waatthe f renaled financier who at n-
Sualy sought
To learn the final closing price Amal
gamated brought.
It waa hla beaming broker who politely
answered him:
"Joe Oans will take that lanky Dana
and yank him limb from limb."
The merchant saw his banker with the
enterprising view
Of borrowing for 10 days a million
bucks or two.
The banker heard hie question and
serenely made reply:
"The moke don't a tend a half a chance
' against that tow-haired guy-
1
The burglar crawled In rubber ahoei
and silence through the flat.
But roused the sleeping occupants by
stepping on the cat.
Whereat his hoped-for victim alowly
propped himself in bed
And gased upon his visitor "Who win
tha flghtr he aald.
We're on a rock! We'll all be drowned!"
tha gallant captain or led;
"A hole Is In the etarboard bow at least
It feet wide!"
The passengers heard not hla worda nor
blanched, nor quailed, nor
frowned;
'Who waa It" asked they, "landed in
that thirty-seventh round 7"
The hungry flames curled greedily
about the great hotel;
Tha smoke obacured the moonlight eky,
the roof and rafters fell;
But calmly there across the street the
heedless copper stood,
And spake unto tha fireman; "I'll bet
the coon makea good."
e
And If that gallant soldier who lay
dying In Algiers,
Removed from modern "first aid" stunts,
like nursing, grief and tears.
Had bean in thta old town last nlgtt,
before his final breath.
It's safe to say be would have gaaped:
"He'll beat that Dane to death."
Old Paris Vanishing.
The ancient monastery of the Bona
hom me s at Fassy, near the Trocadero,
or what remained of It, is being pulled
down. It teemed with historical remin
iscence. It waa here that' the Passy barrier
stood, and here thai Loula XVI and tha
royal family were received by Ballly
and Lafayette whan they were being
brought baok to Paris by the populace.
Hare also it was that Pulton mads
hla first experiments with his steam
boat. In IRS. Tha vessel steamed from
the old fire station at Challlot to the
barrier. '
It waa at the Bonshommes that Mar
shal da Rantaau waa burled, the Dane
who fought so bravely for France, and
of whom It was said that nothing of
him was left whole but his heart.
It was In the convent of the Visita
tion hard by. founded by Henrietta of
Prance, widow ot Charlea I of England,
that Marie d'Bete. widow of James II,
ended her daya
Will on a Visiting Card.
Her calling card was all the paper
that Mrs. Raymopde Poere wanted
when she made her will, on February tl
last. On one aldeof the card la her
name, on the other her will. She died
In Berkeley, California, leaving an es
tate that conalated of an Insurance pol
icy of 1600. and about f60 worth of
personal property. Tha will reeds as
follows:
"Being In sound Blind, I hereby will
and bequeath to say two children, Dud
ley Franklin PftWe and Patricia, all of
my belongings, persona and otherwise;
In, feet everything of Which I may be
posseaaed at the time of my death, wall
knowing they will leek eat for thalr
father, P. B. Poors. .
"HATMOHD POORR.
-eraelajr. Csa, feUtuar It, list,"
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of tke Common
AD WHILE YOU WAIT.
stupefied, at enoo Coma to the Surface,
and era gathered in by hand. Thalr
flash Is quite aa wholesome as though
they had been netted.
Choosing a Husband.
An expert In phrenology says young
ladles should avolqV the email-headed
man. Heada wearing hats of tha slses
of H or smaller, or lesa than tl Inchea
In circumference, can never be power
ful. Between tl and 20 Inchea in cir
cumference heads are Invariably very
weak, and no lady should think of
marrying a man with a head less than
10 Inchea In circumference. People with
heads under IS Inchea ara mentally de
ficient, and with heada under It Inchea
invariably Idiotic.
Suicide at Eight.
A girl only S years old committed
suicide in Vienna by throwing .herself
rrom tna winnow or her mother s nouae
Into the street.
The child had an Intense dislike of
school work and spent her days wander
ing about tha streets. The police re
cently took her home to her mother,
who threatened to punish har, and
locked her in a bedroom. A few min
utes later the child waa found dead
upon the pavement.
Ostriches for London.
A California oatrleh farmer Is about
to open a branch office In London, where
He will have a collection of ostriches,
and Incredulous cuetomera will be
treated to feathera cut direct from the
ha oka of the ostriches, manufactured
under the customers' eyes, and sold to
them across the counter "at a price
they never heard of."
True Kindness.
Among the noblest fn the land.
Though he may count himself
the
leaat. x
That man I honor and revere
Who without favor, without fear.
In the great city daraa to stand -
The friend of every friendless beast
Longfellow.
Sot Ingersoll's nephew.
New York. Oct. IS. To the Editor of
The Journal The Journal of September
27 had an article entitled, "Peeping Tom
Bays He Is Ingersoll's Nephew." As a
member of Colonel Ingersoll's family, I
beg that you wilt kindly allow me to
say that Colonel Ingeraoll had but three
nephewa bearing the name of Ingeraoll,
ona of whom recently died, and John
and Burton Ingeraoll, now living in Wis
consin. Tours truly,
SUE M. FARRBLL.
Household Hints.
By Wex Jonea.
The best way to clean old gloves:
Throw them away and buy new.
Some people are very fond of canar
ies. So are some cate. This should be
remembered If you "want your little
feathered alarm clock to wake you In
the morning. Hla song Is lesa muffled
Inside a cage than Inside a cat.
Try to be different. Oet out of-the
rut Por instance, moat people can
make a atab at playing the piano with
their hands, but how many can pity
with their feet 7 Practice this on your
piano and surprise your friends. Nov
slty la the eternal cry. Even In small,
everydsy thinga, don't get into a me
chanical, listless method. You alwaya
sweep the carpet with the same end of
the broom 7 of course you do. Be dif
ferent next time; eweep with the han
dle. Vary the monotony of cooking oc
casionally by baking the soup and boll
lag the roast Wear your shoes on
your head sometimes. Get oft a trol
ley ear backward once or twice. Don't
be a mug.
Fire the cook by phone from your
huaband'a office. Then atay away from
home until she's gone. This method la
a great preaervatlve of beauty.
To remove wrinkles from the face
and to acquire a pleasant expression.
Induce an uncle to die and .leave you
tl 00,004.
Now that the "R" months are here, a
bouquet of oysters makes a charming
decoration for the drawing-room. Ar
range them artistically In a tall vase,
the stems inward, and keep them sup
piled with fresh water. Of all flowers,
the oyater Is the loveliest, and matches
any kind of wall paper.
In chaalng a burglar Out of the house.
It is best to keep In front of him, aa
otherwise he Is likely to trip over ob
stacles with which you are familiar.
Do not make the mletake of going
through a second-story window, aa you
are likely to break your leg, and be
sides the burglar may not follow you.
Duck out ot a ground floor door or
window and run the burglar till you
come to a cop. You're safe then.
A few small lobsters kept In the tub
will give the morning bath aH the de
lightful excitement of an oeaan bath.
Sharp elndera and gravel on the floor
will complete the Illusion
Leper as Recruit.
Greet excitement has been caused
throughout Switzerland by the discovery
of several alleged cases of leprosy in
the VaUls Canton. The federal gov
ernment aent three medical experts'to
make the fullest Inquiries Into the die
ease, which le believed to affect three
(am 1 1 lea.
Attenttpn was first drawn to the
matter during the annual examination
of new recruits at Sleare, In the Valala
Canton. One of the men showed unmis
takable eigne of leprosy In the opinion
of the medical officer. He was ques
tioned closely, and acknowledged that
he knew he waa leprous. He etated
farther that In hla village there were
many more like him.
The government le also causing In
vestigation to be made at the Isolated
village of Juttel, where several caaee of
skin complaint that hsvs the appearance
of leprosy have been reported
The newspapera blame the cantonal
authorities, and state that the disease
Is known to have existed for It years
tn the Csnton of Valala and has been
spread by Intermarriage.
Is This the Reason?
Prom the Newberg Graphic.
It Is stated that the Oregonian has
an sxcluslve franchise on the Associated
Press news service, the same to hold
until the population of Portlend reaches
a certain figure. As the Oregonian la
etrlvlng to hold the figures down. It
begins to look like the population might
be crawling up pretty close to tbe danger
Uae fee the Oregonian.
Letters From the
People
Laughter Best Sauce
For Meals
No matter how etrong the digestion
may be naturally. It Is no very difficult
matter to weaken It, and no matter
i iow feeble It may be It Is alwaya poe
afbte to do aomething to atrengthen It.
The aubject la therefore worth some
consideration and of Interest to every
one, the eupeptic and the dyspeptic
alike, for If there is one thing more
ertaln than another It fb that a vast
amount of the comfort and the discom
fort of life depends upon the proaalc art
ot dlgeation.
A good digestion resembles many of
the other blessings of life in this It lei
seldom really valued until It Is lost.
When people have for years adopted the
foolish practice of boiling thalr food,
without taking any trouble as to lte
proper mastication, thsy can hardly won
der that a new condition of thinga erlsse
which cannot be cured In a few weeka
If you subject your atomach to a long
course of ill usage, you can but expect
that It will resent auch treatment, and
not be eaally mollified. If we treat our
acqualntancea badly, we quickly turn
tbem Into enemies and If our 111 treat
ment la long continued they become
Implacable, and It may be Impossible,
even by the beat of treatment, to re
gain their friendship. It la much the
same with the digestive apparatus. If
we wiah to be In its good graces we
must treat It with conelderatton.
We niuat not expect It to do work It
was never meant to do. The stomach
la .not provided with teeth; but It Is
provided, and ao are the Intestines, with
certain Juices whose action convene
food Into a condition In which it will
nourish and repair the tissues and ren
ovate the blood and Increase Ita quan
tity; but an Important but In order
to do this ths food, when It reaches
the stomach must be in a "get-at-able
state"; it must be In a soft, pulpy con
dition, so that the digestive Juices can
have a chance of reaching It. This they
cannot do properly If such thinga aa
meat, for Instance, are swallowed In
lumpa
For thla reason thoae whoae teey
are defective will find artificial teeth an
Immense help Indeed, a very Import
ant factor In the prevention of dys
pepsia It Is hardly necessary te say
that they must fit properly, so that
mastication can be comfortably per
formed. Worry at meal tlmea and hurry
directly after are two potent factors In
weakening the dlgeation.
An Old physiologist, writing seventy
years ago. aald Some worda wnicn are
true today aa they were then.
Laughter." he aald. "Is one of the
greatest helpa to dlgeation with which
I am acquainted, and tbe cuatom preva
lent among our forefathers of exciting
It at table by Jesters and buffoons was
founded upon true medical principles.
In a word, endeavor to bave cneerrui
and merry companions at your meals."
High Noon.
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Tlme'a finger on the dial of ray life
Pointa to high noon! and yet the half
spent day
Leaves less than, half remaining, for
the dark.
Bleak ahadowe of the grave engulf the
end.
To those who burn the candle to the
atlek.
The aputterlng socket lesves but little
light;
Long life la sadder than an early
death.
Wa cannot count on raveled threads
of age
Whereof te weave a fabric. We must
uae
The warp and woof of ready present
yields
And fbll while daylight lasts. When
I bethink
How brief the paet, the future, still
more brief.
Calls on to action, action! Not for me
le time for retrospection or for dreams.
Not tins for self-laudation or remorse.
Have I done nobly 7 Then I must net
let
Dead yaaterday unborn tomorrow shame.
Have I done wrong? Wall, let the bit
ter taste
Of fruit that turned to eshes on my lip
Be my reminder tn temptation's hour.
And keep me silent when 1 would con
demn. Sometimes It takes the acid of a sin'
To cleanse the clouded windows of our
souls
So pity may shine through them.
Looking back,
My faults snd errors seem like step-
plng-etonse
That led the way to knowledge of the
truth.
And made me value virtue; sorrows
shine
In rainbow color o'er the gulf of years.
Where He forgotten pleasures.
Looking forth.
Out to tha weetern sk, still bright
with noon,
I feel well spurred and booted for tha
strife
That enda not till Nirvana Is attained.
Battling with fate, with men and with
myself.
TTp the steep summit of my life's fore
noon. Three thinga I learned, three thlnge of
precloua worth.
To guide and r.elp me down the west
ern slope.
I have learned how to pray, and toll,
and save:
To pray for courage, to. receive what
comes.
Knowing what come xo be divinely
sent;
To toa for universal good, since thus.
And only thus, can good come unto, me;
To save, by giving whatso'er I have
To those who have not thta alone Is
gain.
. When Men Lost Will Tower.
Between it and (2 men lose their
will-power, their Judgment In a moment
of crisis. The less Is only temporary,
merklng a psychological change be
tween the meridian aad the commence
ment of age, says the London Mall.
Df. Dabbe contributes the above ex
planation of tha Grantham disaster, cit
ing the parallel caae at Stroud some
yaers ago. He says he has collected
data to substantiate his point, and asks
the ages of ths Salisbury and Grpnthgtl
drivers to see whether they fit Wn
with his theory. He te Inclined to rule
that no man between tl snd It should
be allowed to drive an express engine,
aa not "master of that unclouded will'
which makes ths greatest emergency
hla obedient slave."
Grave errors of commanders In the
field ead of captains at sea he explains
In the same way. hinting at a recent
national experlenoe apparently tha
South African war. unalneee men show
similar signs ot weakneas, Irresolution,
auaplclon, snd Irritability at a certain
time of middle Ufa A little older, and
tbey again become reliable, tradable,
and wiser In counsel Wtth rest and
patlaaee all semes right again.
f ' a
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
of TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANGE.
Taft won't stay long; toe lid Isn't his
else.
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As soon aa Cuba quiets down San Do
mingo will be heard from again,
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But aa a Havana filler Secretary Taft
has not been a very great success
Tha weather gods ars beginning to
open the winter campaign baok east,
e e
Chicago can't get municipal owner
ship of street railroads, but It can play
ball. V
There Is always some consolation; the
big fuel and lee bills don't come to
gather. The S. P. has won Albany's love; sev
eral trains have arrived there nearly
on time
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Several eastern eRIee are having food
fajre. Women go home staggsrlng with
samplea
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Not even Senator Beveridge haa had
a word to say aoout the spelling re
form Issue.
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, What Is wanted is for hops to rise to
a seaae of their duty aa construed by
thstr owners.
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Aba Ruef says he Is a real good, hon
est, unselfish, non-grafting, patriotic
man Thpm nnm.
O well. If Emperor William had not
become angry about that It, would have
been about something elss.
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Young Joe Medlll Patteraon would be
taken more aerloualy If he would prac
tice what he preaches more, and talk
less.
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That United Statea Expreee company
also needs a roasting: think of paying
poor old Senator Piatt only 110,000 a
year.
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The men over 60 wll aeon have ts
organise and demand pensions, since
there la nothing they can do aad they
cannot be legally executed.
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We really are not greatly eoneerned
about the character of the Endor wo
men. She waa probably no worse thaa
some modern fortune-tellers.
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"Reform, thy name la Poppycock!"
exclaims a Washington (D. C.) sdmin
istration paper. Tble le no doubt, a
common opinion among politicians,
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Palma will scarcely go down In his
tory as the father of the republic of
Cuba, if the republic shall endure, but
he may be considered a stepfather,
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Now It la asserted that General pike
was not the original discoverer and
climber of Pike's Peak. Being a Mla
aourtan, he had to be shown first,
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So far the RepuMicans, except for
Hearst in New York and Bell In Cali
fornia have been doing ell the cam
paign opening. Tbe Demoerete don't
aaem to be flgsng even any can opening.
Nooks and Corners of History
OUR FIRST
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.
On a closet door In an old mansion
that stands at the corner of Brattle
snd Hawthorn streets, Boeton, one may
resd this legend:
"B. CHURCH JR."
.'he name was cut into the door with
a penknife In the hand of a traitor
compared with whom Benedlot Arnold
himself was ss white aa an angel.
Dr. Benjamin Church came of excel
lent stock sA waa one from whom tbe
patriots of '71 expected grc U thinga.
Finely endowed by nature, a Harvard
graduate, a fine physician and a sur
geon of extraordinary skill, gifted wtth
eloquence and with true poetic fancy;
of splendid social parts snd profeasedly
a patriot of ths true-blue stamp, his
frlsnds figured on his making for him
self a fair name In his country's anna la
But It turned out that like the
"whlted sepulchre," he was fair without
and foul within, a lover of his country
In his pretsnslons but a foul traitor la
his heart.
Benedict Arnold betrayed his country,
but Benedict Arnold was sorely tried;
tried aa but few men have been tried In
this world He waa a traitor snd for
hla treachery he paid the terrible price
that he ought to have paid; but he wsJs
provoked to do what he did by the
rankest Injustice at the hands of those
from whom he had the right to expect
better thinga.
But Hen tarn In Church waa not oro-
vokad and it cannot be said that any
body had dona him any wrong. He
turned traitor from tha lowest and bas
est motive that could possibly nave act
uated a man the love of money.
Tramps Resemble Apes.
There la a striking resemblance be
tween tram pa and apes, according to
Dr. J. MUson Rhodes, chairman of the
central committee of poor-law confer
ence. pr. Rhodea made thla Interesting and
original comparison at the northwest
ern poor-law conference et Cheater en
Saturday, says the London Expreee.
"If," he said, "you walk wtth an un
employed procession for about half a
mile aad study the tramps you will see
thst a great many of them are of the
degenerate type.
"They have a peculiar walk with them
and It Is like that of an enthropold epe.
"I have watched the tramps in Eng
land, on the continent and' In America,
and sll .the world over there fs a great
similarity between them."
Dr. Rhodea, who haa attended numer
ous poor-law conferences, Snd takaa a
k particular Interest In the vagrancy
problem, wee Interviewed on Saturday
evening by aa Express representative.
"I have walked with tramps." he
said, "and have studied their habits.
The greater number of tbem are degen
erates, morally or physically or men
tally. "It yen study the gait ef th habit
ual tramp yen win be startled how
closely it resembles that of the ape.
It la Indeed the ape shuffle, and ths re
semblance te the ape le further borne
out by the man's face There Is net a
sign of Intelligence
"We must discourage the growth of
the class of men who more nearly re
semble apes year after year."
OREGON 8IDELIGHTS.
The epple orop around M osier Is Ins
msnse."
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A Urge bear waa killed la a Oawe
orchard.
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Sllvertoa needa a new bridge aad
more hotel rooms.
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A large wheat field near Attest
yielded 47 H bushels an acre.
BBBBBBBBBzfxeaEur
Ten bears bave been killed tn Patten
valley In Washington county this yean
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Tlmea are lively la all parts et the
Wallowa oountry. One of the causes
la the Increase in oatUe prlees.
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The Pores t Grove Woman's club la
trying to have manual training sstab
lished in the publlo school there,
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A man living near Mount Angel be
lieves that ginseng can be produced suc
cessfully in ' Clackamas county snd le
backing his faith to the tune of aeveral
thouaand dollara.
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Ths Mere Observer commlseretes Its
readers on what they might be ahead
thla fall If they had not Invested In
the Lewis and Clark fair. Perhaps It
thinks the fstr oaused the poor crops
thie year In Sherman county.
'i:jB3jBHHHP-
An evergreen blackberry bush le
growing out of the wall of a McMlnn
Vtlle gunsmith shop. It came out
through an aperture up toward tha root
and beara a crop of ripe berries.
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Sole News: Lebanon le endeavoring
to secure better train Service between
that city and Albany. It'a no uae, boys;
the 8. P, will never do any better until
en electric line is bunt up the vaiisjr
wtth connecting feedera. The Harrlman
systsm never makea Improvements until
It Is driven to do so by threatened com
petition, e e
A large force of men la at work In
the Woodburn nurseries atrlpping and
getting ready for shipments. Among
the 2,000,0X0 trees Is about svery
species known. This la Woodburn's
most Important Industry. Snd by giving
so many men employment the year
round, materially aids In the clty'a
proaperlty and consequent progresa.
Many from a distance come to view
these nureerlsa
Albany Democrat: One prominent
old farmer thla morning winked to an
other prominent old farmer, pointed
over bis shoulder, and they went down
a elds street Into a bam, back behind
a stalt, where farmer No. 1 took out s
flask of whiskey, which waa duly
aampled with a grin, as they contem
plated the Joke on a dry town perpe
trated after ao muoh trouble.
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Government buyers who hsvs been
In the Interior of Oregon -in search of
aeveral carloada ot cavalry horses haws
returned with but three head. Form
erly it waa an easy mstter to purchase
from one to ten carloads of good
csvalry horses In the Interior eountlee
within a short time, but horses are so
scares and high-priced now that the
government buyers return empty
handed.
TRAITOR.
He had Just built himself an elegant
country house near Boston, and It wss
to sustain this splendid establishment.
It la believed, that he eoid himself to
the king's cause.
Benedict Arnold waa no hypocrite Up
to the awful moment when he resolved
to go against his country there waa not
In all the length snd breadth of the
colonics a stancher patriot. . Until his
great provocation had transformed him
Into s devil, he loved his country aa ar
dently aa afterward he hated It; but
Benjamin Chureh, up to tbe very hour
of hla detection, was masquerading ss
S friend of liberty's cause. "In the Old
South Meeting House," to quote the
worde of the author of "Old New Eng
land Rooftreea." "he delivered a stir
ring discourse, which has still power to
thrill ths reader, on the massacre the
dty celebrates, and the love of liberty
which Inspired the patriots' hearts upon
that memorable' occasion, and.yst two
years earlier, aa we have since discov
ered from a letter to Governor Hutoh
Inson, hs had bean anonymously using
his venal pen In the service of the
king."
It was through one of hie studente,
who kept his books, that Church waa
expossd snd brought to trial.
By order of congress he wss con
demned to close confinement In Norwich
Jail, la Connecticut, and debarred from
the uae of pen. Ink add paper; but, hie
health falling, be waa allowed (tn 177C)
to leave the country. He saged for
the West Indlea, and the veesel that
bore him away was never afterward
beard from.
Pursued by Wolves in tduf
Prom the Indianapolis Star.
Samuel Johnson, an Indianapolis
U years old, who waa one of the most
enthusiastic old settlers at tbe reunion
at White City last week, telle of an ex
perience wtth wolveaon Buck creek that
nearly ended disastrously for him.
"I was out on a hunting trip about It
mile from Indianapolis on Buok oreek."
said Mr. Johnson. "There wars thick
woods all around that part of the coun
try and few people near. I was living in
a houss mads of logs In the midst of
the woods and a fine place for wolves.
I never thought much about the danger,
though, and uasd to go many miles away
on a hunting expedition without seeing a
wolf or thinking about one.
"One day I want on a trip aad stayed
cut a little later than usual. It was
getting dark and as I got near home
the air wae cold and If wolves ever are
hungry they would have been hungry
that night. I hurried along trying to get
In the houss before night, and I began to
wonder If there were any wolves near.
"I happened to look back aad saw a
big patch of black movtag toward me.
I hurried faster and Just got Inelde ths
door when the peak reached the house. I
barred the door snd kept clear out of
sight, but on the outside I could hear
the animals howling and scratching
around. Thsy must have stayed sn hour
or more, bat I did not try to shoot them
snd I think they lost the scent of ma
Anyway, they turned suddenly aad rsn
off down ths road aad I never saw
after tha time."
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