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Government mitigate the
inequality of power, and
makes aa innocent man,
though of the lowest rank, a
match for the mightiest of his
fellow subjects, Addiaon.
DONT ENVY THIS BOY.
AN ACCOUNT was tfven a few
days ago in the dispatches
of a Missouri boy 11 years
old, son of a Harvard professdr, who
had matriculated, folly prepared as to
knowledge, in , art eastern college.
Indeed, he was so prepared, it was
stated a year ago, when he was 10,
bat was kept out a year because of
bis age. Well, 11 is a year older than
10, to be sure but even 11 seems a
painfully young age to pat a boy in
college.
At 18 months, it is related, this
boy knew his alphabet. At three
years he could read anything from a
chapter in Lamentations to a nerve
racking novel by Corelli. At eight
he was delving deeply into Thu
cydides and Plato, Darwin and Hux
ley. He soon knew more about the
theories of Kant and Descartes than
any gray beard philosopher. At 10 he
was ready to enter college, and by the
time he emerges he will be ready,
we suppose, to write an entirely new
theory of the universe and the origin
Of species in 17 large volumes.
Little Nofbert Weiner such is his
name is no doubt a prodigy, and in
teresting as ssch. He was born with
am aptitude for absorbing book knowl--dge,
and was encouraged to follow
his bent. He couldn't help being
what he is, and perhaps is not to be;
pitied; but, boys of only ordinary ca
pacity for learning,. don't envy' him.
He may turn out all right though
these excessively precocious chaps
seldom do, and we are inclined to
say: ajpor little fellow!
He seems to have had no childhood.
If he does nothing but absorb the
books he can enjoy no natural youth
that comes, ah me, but once. In-'
stead of being delighted with his first
top he wss poring over Euclid, and
when he should have been playing
marbles and catch, and flying kites
and going in swimming, and romping
aa it is the right nature of a boy to do,
he was delving into the vapory spec
ulations of Haeckel and Ribot and
following Spencer into nerve" gan
glions. We imagine him to be a
wistful, solemn, big-eyed, big-headed,
old little youngun', who never thought
of such a thing as fun in all his long
short life, and whose appearance is
suggestive of phthisis. Poor little
fellow.
He may grow up, physically, and
marry, but we can scarcely think of
him as courting or falling in love, or
snaking a bright, healthy young woman
happy, or feeling that he is the big
gest, happiest and most important
man alive when the first baby is born.
He may become a very useful msn,
and in his way he may enjoy life for
what he can learn, but somehow we
can't expect him to grow up and in
crease proportionately in knowledge,
and are fain to be sorry for him. It
has been said that a little learning is
a dangerous thing; so may be too
much.
' LARGE LAND HOLDINGS.
THE Canby Tribune invites the
attention of the Clackamas
county assessor to the large
tracts of idle, unimproved lsnd in the
vicinity of that town which are held
at $50 an acre by non-resident own
era, none of whom will sell their 4and
in small tracts. The hotneseeker
must have a large amount of money
trt get one of these farms, and an ad
ditional large amount to improve it,
irnd so he turns away and seeks a
tract of land suitable to his means
elsewhere "These land hogs," says
the Tribune, "are holding back the de
velopment of the county. They never
spend a cent for local improvement,
but expect adjacent land owners to do
11 the improving and thus continue
to increase the value of these hold
log "
Thai is no doubt more or less true
of other localities, and is a hamper to
the 'development of the state, but it
cannot be helped, unless by discrim
inating in assessment against lands
so held. Such lands should certainly
in all cases be taxed at their, full
value, as the law requires, and the
valuation should be what the owner
asks for the land rather than what it
cost him or the income it produces.
In brief, such large tracts of unused
or little used lsnd. held purely for
speculative purposes, and which own
ers' wul not sell piecemeal and so per
mit development, ought to be taxed to
the limit the law allows.
OrMw'i first streat need is more
people, settlers, homebuilders, pro
ducers, tsxpayers, developers; and
most of them wsnt aomparatively
small farms. If owners of large
tracta of land will not sell to accom-
modate these immigrants, they should
not be heard to complain of -full as
sessments of such lands.
A WEB OF TROLLEY LINES.
THE TROLLEY LINES that
are in operation, as well as
those which are being built
and those to be built, promise a world
of good to the people and to the
country in general With a spider's
web of trolley lines in operation in
the Willamette valley, nothing can
prevent the greatest development of
every interest in this territory and an
increase in population and trade that
will be astonishing, Portland people,
and those elsewhere, will do well to
encourage all such construction in
every way possible and extend to the
promoters of these lines every en
couragement within their power.
In the nature of things the opera
tion of trolley lines will result in the
reduction of present' passenger fare
rates, as well as freight rates, and
bring advantages to the whole people
that will lift them to a higher level
of prosperity. These trolley lines
will do more to moke Portland a big
and prosperous city than any other
influence. They will -afford transpor
tation facilities, whose benefits will
ipresd to all parts of the state and
the results thereof will be shared by
a multitude of people, who will won
der how they got along without them
for so many years. The lines will
provide a healthy competition to the
steam roads, that will give stimulus
and impetus to all lines of industry
and enterprise, swelling the resources
and lending aid to that which is best
in man and country.
The first reports of the hysterical
mania which has seized upon two un
fortunate women living near Hills-
boro conveyed the impression that
their condition was due to attendance
upon the meetings of the Christian
Missionary Alliance in this city. Such
a conclusion seems wholly unjustifi
f iable, as there is nothing in the tenets
or teachings of this organization
which would .encourage religious de
mentis and still less is there anything
which resembles or approaches to the
Insane and bestial doctrines of Holy
Rollerism Many excellent people
are included in the membership of
the Christian Missionary Alliance,
whose aim is declared to be the-uplifting,
not the degradation of hu
manity.
The board of education reaohed an
extraordinary decision last night when
it resolved that the excuse of delayed
streetcars would not be accepted here
after from tardy teachers. People
whose misfortunes' compel them to
travel and ueny them automobiles
know that for mifsing sn appointment
or a train there is but one excuse
more potent than a delayed streetcar,
and that is that the unfortunate late
one went to his own funeral and
could not find the way back.
"We think there is much prob
ability that Hearst will be elected,"
says the Oregoaian. It must have
cost an effort to make that admission.
Evidently our contemporary Iocs not
attach much credence to its own re
ports of the political situation in New
Yoyk. According to its recent "spe
cials" the betting odds in Wall street
are heavily in favor of Hughes. Why
would it not be a good idea for the
Oregonian to place a few dollars on
Hearst? '
For that weak back, pain in the ap
pendix. Sold feet, bad taste in the
mouth, poor circulation, and general
run-down appearance that the Ore
gonian has had for many months, and
which have so greatly worried its
owners, a liberal dose of red ink
seems to be the only thing thst would
give relief. Of course, a cure is im
possible. Get a piece of land, and get out of
debt, if you can, during the time of
alleged prosperity; then you will be
"fixed" all right when hard timet
come, if they do.
' The terrorists of Russia have gen
erously stepped out of the limelight
and have given Messrs. Hearst and
Hughes the center of the news stage.
The Filipinos feel greatly encour
aged, say the dispatches, over the out-
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO RB
"There's Many a Slip."
wl. rm nrl.ln.l.:! with " DOOr
r, nMitmiNi if & klna. and
the prophecy was fulfilled. Whan- An-
oaeus was klna; or Samoa in m -chin
Aiehlpetago. he planted an exten
sive vineyard, ana oppmam
so heavily in ila cultivation that one of
the bolder onea prophesied that he
would never live to taate any of tha
wine.
The king- laughed and had tne sieve
beaten. Then, at last, when tha wlna
waa made, he sent for the slave to wit
ness him drink tha flrat glssa of it la
order to show him that the prophecy
. iu an. t k Rrnt armetared.
tha king, raising the glass of" liquor.
eatd: wmi ao you
prophecy nowt"
im.... i . ii iiit pun ana
lip," was the anawer. The words were
acaroely uttered whan Ancaeus was in
formed that a wUd boar had broken
Into the vineyard and was ruining It.
Dropping the wine untaated. tha king
hastened to uio w-rn, iu rvs -
i.. ..... vittA in h encounter.
and the slave's prophecy was fulfilled.
The Smell of Death la on Thorn.
By Carolina Pom barton.
Don't knew these shining dames
Who totl net. neither' do they spin?
Their names
Spell gold yet tears I see on .every
thread. ' ? r
6f costly clothing; by their side, the
dead
I smell who died to weave that cloth.
Canst tall
Them from tha Ullee of the field T Tls
wall!
Or In tha still hours of tha night canst
tell
The sobs of children from the dreadful
noise
Machines make, when deprived of
childhood's toys
Tha little onea In factories tall stand
guard
O'er flying wheels, and through the
night work hard
Robbed of their sleep and play?
October 23 in History.
1803 Edmund 'Pendleton, father of
Virginia's declaration of Independence,
died. Born September t, 1711.
181 T James William Denver, gover
nor of Kanaas. after whom the capital
of Colorado waa named, born. Died
August I. 1894.
117 Sir Mlchhael Hlcka-Beach born.
lilt -F. Hopklnaon Smith, American
novelist, bora
1144 Many killed by explosion of
steamer Lucy Walker at New Albany.
Indiana.
11(1 Lord Derby, English prime
minister, died. Born March 2. ITS.
Sir James Reid's Birthday.
Sir Janes Raid, phystctan-ln-ordlnary
to King Edward VII. waa born In Scot
land. October It. 1141. Ha waa an un
pretentious practitioner In Balmoral
look for autonomy, .whisk was never
brighter. From this, we imagine that
General Wood is getting ready to ask
for a large addition to his 20,000
trpops in tha islands.
Speaker Cannon says the Demo
cratic campaign book lied about him.
Very likely; did he expect nothing
but truth in a campaign book? But
do the best they could the Democrats
couldn't outlie the Republican cam
paign book.
The Salem Stateaman says "there
is another Andrew Jackson ' Tn the
presidential chair." Well, he does oc
casionally show some Jacksoniaa
symptoms. But since when hat the
Statesman become an admirer of An
drew Jackson?
Now Fairbanks, Cannon, Tsft and
the rest of the presidential aspirants
are wondering. if Hughes, should he
be elected governor of New York
by a great majority, won't size up
bigger than sny of them.
It may cheer thexnnfortunafet of
Colorado, Kansas, Utah, the Dakotas
and Wyoming, who are freezing in
the breath of a blizzard to be told that
the thermometer registered ox de
greet in 'Portland yesterday?
The farmers who are paying 11 or
12 cents for grain bags will please
tske the first opportunity after paying
for them to hurrah for the tariff
which protects them by increasing the
price. ' .
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Marriage Really a Lottery.
ProM Blackwood's Mara sine
Every year In the Rumal country.
India, about October a marriage lottery
a sort of sweethearts' sweep is held.
The names of all the marriageable girls;
and of the young men of the circle who
want to get married are written on
slips of paper and thrown Into separate
earthen pots. Prom these they are
drawn against one another by the local
wlae man.
This simply determines the fact that
the Rumal girl has coma out and Is
ready to be married, and tha youth
whose name is drawn against here
thereby obtains a particular letter of in
troduction, with authority to make love
immediately with what ardor and suc
cess he Is capable of.
London's Vastness.
There are 17 theatres In 1-ondon snd
41 halls. Greater London Is protested
by 14,144 metropolitan and 1,144 elty
police. There were 114.610 streets last
year and 101,411 convicted; MO com
mitted suicide and 447 ware prevented
by tha ' police. The constables seised
11,600 stray dogs, stopped 2td runaway
horses, restored It, III lost people te
their friends and relatione and put 'out
111 fires. There were 7,110 Inquests.
Tha length of streets in London her
ougha is now 2.161 H miles, and they
coat over tlfl.O0A.ooo a year. to keep up
Trains, tramcars and omnibueea in 1144
carried 1.021,316,844 people. On an aver
age every man, woman and child. of the
aonulstlon made 141.1 Journeys.
of the Common
AD WHILE YOU WAIT.
when he made tha acquaintance of Sir
William Jenner. then acting aa Queen
Victoria's physician. Sir William rec
ognised remarkable medical talent In
the young Soot, had him study under
him, and later Suggested his name to
her majesty for official appointment on
tha royal medical corps After the
death of Sir William Janner, Sir James
may be eald to have been In aole medi
cal charge of fyta sovereign. In 18 Sir
Jamas married the Honorable Susan
Raring, a maid of honor to Queen Vic
toria. " 1
Tha Gentle Cynic. '
green the Hew York Times.
The average man feels that nature In
tended htm for a better job than he got.
When it comes to kl sates, few fellows
are too proud to beg or too honest to
steal.
The collection plate may get the
nlckele and dimes, hut tha' devil gets
tha dollars.
Some men are Always either drown
ing their sorrows or celebrating their
Joys.
Europe Is full of American girls who
are completing educations, that were
never begun.
There may bo nothing new under the
sun, but the druggist always has some
thing just as good.
Where, one woman etarta to make a
name for herself, 10 will he satisfied
to take some man' a
We should all try to endure our own
troublea with tha same admirable forti
tude that has helped us to endure those
of our friends.
"Mind Your P's and Q'a."
There ere two accounts of the origin
of the expression ''Mind your P's and
Q's." According to one. It arose from
the early method used In public housss
of charging customers for the amount
of beer they had consumed On credit.
P stood of pint. Q for quart 'and as
the scores were settled weekly, it was
necessary for the toper to watch his
P's and Q'a.
According to the other story, the
phrase owea its origin to the difficulty
the printer's devil has experienced from
time immemorial In distinguishing be
tween the lower case Pi and Q'a of the
Roman type. The similarity between
tha two letters is so greet, particularly
when they are reversed aa in the pro
cess of distributing, that the printer's
apprentice is always warned by the
foreman to "mind hta Ps and Q'a."
World's Crop of Wheat. ,
The world's crop of wheat this year
Is the largest ever harvested. Beer
bohm'a Liverpool report makea It 1.600,
000.000 bushels, against t.J6,7J0. In
1905. Our governmentfa latest report
points to a record-breaking corn crop
of 1,710,000,000 bushels, and crop au
thbrltlea whose opinions have weight
say that the total will be nearly t.000,
000,000. The cotton crop will probably
exceed 11.000.000 bales, and be second
only to that of 1104.
The Play
By Johnston HeOulley.
"The College Widow" Is book again,
with dear old Prexy and his fascinating
daughter, and all the boys, and the
football squad, and the town ' cop, aad
the tutor, and the athletic girl, and all
the other characters that have endeared
the George Ade satire to the American
people.
It opened at the Helllg last night to
a house crowded from the orchestra
pit to the roof. In the gallery a gang
of blgh school boys yelled and stamped
and acted foolish generally to show
their appreciation. Everyone bad a
good tune and went home satisfied.
The company Is not the Dorothy Ten
nant company, but It Is about aa good.
Robert Kelly, who plays Billy Bolton.
Is good; George B. Trimble, who ren
dered Hiram Bolton, did the best act
ing and pleaaed everyone with his
same method Of reading hie lines. If
anyone asks Trimble whether ha Is an
actor, he can eay he la. Wilson Deal
was particularly good as the Honorable
Ellara Hlcka; Alan Brooks deserves
credit for hie work aa Bub Hloks; Em
eet Anderson, who looks some like Burt
King, was fair aa Jseti Larrabee; J. B.
Hollla took the cookies as Copernicus
Talbot Donald Meek gave "Stub" Tal
madge In a fashion that warmed every
heart In the house. He gate Into the
role with surprising fidelity sad never
gets out of ft as long as he la upon
the stage.
Frank Wtinderlee made Si fair Silent
Murphy. Otis Turner did the unlucky
town policeman well. Bessie Toner, as
the athletic girl, won considerable fa
vorable comment, and Patty Allison was
excellent aa Flora Wiggins.
Louise Rutter, who plays the title
role. Is. sweeter looking than Dorothy
Tennant. and every bit as good an ao
tress. Her work last night called forth
applause and was gratifying areneraliy.
While tha nlav doesn't give her much
to do beyond looking pretty,-' she did
that to perfection.
"The College Widow" 1s so well
known that to explain would be a re
flection on the public Intelligence guf
flea It to say that It Is a delicious
satire on modern college life, a satire
that can be thoroughly enjoyed
by everyone, whether they ever saw a
college or not, and all the more if they
have, here's a laugh eyosy minute.
It's worth seeing; It wlH he at the
Helllg tonight and tomorrow night
with matinee tomorrow.
Hie at Ubique.
From the Indianapolis Star.
The cable brings reports that Russian
critics- sre repaying our crlttolams on
Jewish outrages by Invidious references
to the Atlanta outbreak. Mb doubt
they are. Foreign observers have never
fore borne to throw atones at the glass
house tn which at times we ensconce
ourselves. The Chinees massacres la
Wyoming, the Italian fury at Hew Or
leans, the negro-phobia that rages ever
and anon In north and south, have fre
quently served to point a moral or
adorn a tale of American barbarism in
tha adroit hands of Latin or German
otvlrlaawon J fggM
There are two ways, aad only two, in
wjilch. by honest minds, this criticism
can he met. One is to say that Russia
Is right to persecute the Jewe out of
race prejudice and that we are right to
persecute the negro out of race preju
dice. The other way is to say that race
prejudice In St. Petersburg or Atlanta
Is equally wrong and without defense.
It is very agreeable to local pride to
denounce tha Ignorance, superstition snd
cruelty which condemn innocent Rus
sian Jews to death aad torture for the
real or fancied offenses of other Jews,
the while condoning or defending the
cruelty, superstition and Ignorance that
condemn i-eapectahle and Industrious ne
groes lo death and torture for the Sins
of crlmtnsl negroes. Such sn attitude
Is provincialism fitted only to a primi
tive type Of man.
Has the Earth a Solid
Foundati
ion:
Faa a Staff OurTiejialiat.)
"To get from London to New York
in three hours' Urns is a possibility ac
cording ta present daw science!"
That is the statement M. K. Ryan.
editor of Civil Engineering, made to me.
I asked him how It could be done.
"Scientists, both Of the present and
the past." he answered, "tall ua that the
earth revolves at the rate of 17 mllea
a minute, if thle Is a fact, ail a man
need to do la to go up in a balloon In
London, keep it etatlonary in the air
and let the earth revolve for, -roughly,
111 minutes, and then come down In
New York."
Mr. Ryan haa startled tbe British
scientific world with a harmless-ioeh
lng little editorial paragraph In the
October number of Civil Engineering.
It reads aa follows:
POSSIBILITIES OF BALLOONING.
"It is net generally known, even to
the engineering public, the developments
which have taken place during tha pest
faw months la airships of various kinds,
and space does not permit ase to enter
Into details. Suffice to say that ar
rangements hare bean made to manu
facture them in Jorge quantities dur
ing the coming winter, and next season
ballooning trips will be nothing un
usual The explorer who first arrives at
the north pole wilt I expect, do so tn
some form of airship and will probably
discover tha foundations of the earth
and dispose once and for all of that
ridiculous and absurd theory mat me
world to revolving In space."
Mr. Ryan wae asked on what he
baaed his theories. Hs counter-questioned:
"On what proved facte do as
tronomers and other scientists base
their present-day theories? I have as
much right to put forth a theory as
they have. I have studied the sciences,
and particularly astronomy, for years.
I contend that the world to on a solid
foundutlon. If it Is moving there must
be a force to make It move. Then that
force should be tbe force of gravity,
and that would be the force of gravity
outside the earth. Therefore, the force
ot gravity outside the earth would be
greater than the force Inside.
"Astronomers teU us a point In ths
equator la ' revolving at the rate of
17 miles a minute, but that we are go
ing so fast that we don't appreciate it
or are nut sensible of It. They tell us
that we are kept on the earth, by the
force of gravitation. If a man to then
standing on ths equator, could he be
held there by force of gravitation If
there was a greater force of gravity
outslds ths earth?
"We are also told the reason we do
not feel ourselves passing through space
to because the atmosphere le carried
around with the earth. If you go up
a few thousand feet tn a balloon where
the centrtfuaal force of the earth would
hhve no effect on tbe atmosphere, you
need only wait there until New York
came around to you aad then deecend.
"Giving astronomers the advantage of
their argument, that we are held on this
world by the force of gravity, tha cen
trifugal force of the earth would yet be
much greater, and we wool be thrown
at once into apace,
"The foundations of the earth. I con
tend, se ggaaaafj m the north and
south poles. Nature has never allowed
us finally to explore these regions
The first person that comes within
range with a telescope will see the solid
foundations. It may perhaps be a foun
dation of rock and if followed up might
lead to the discovery or other hemis
pheres. Who knows? Ws can merely
theorise as ws have done for the ogee
dead and gone.
"My theory also to that the movement
of tbe sun to not an optical delusion,
but that It revolves around the earth
once In 14 iildereal hours. I also claim
that If ws have been moving through
space for thousands 'of years we would
have arrived 1st some destination or
have received some evidence of motion.
It can also easily he shown that the
oentrlfugal force of the earth does not
carry round the atmosphere with It as
ths wind blows in all directions.
"If the earth revolves. It Is absolutely
certain that there is a fores which
makes It revolve,"
Girl a Crock Pitcher.
From the Washington Post.
Miss Carrie Moyer, the 17-year-old
daughter ot Victor Moyer of Maonngle.
Pennsylvania, Is a. living refutation of
the charge thst whea a woman throws a
ball or a missile, the one point of safety
for any human being Is directly in line
with what she alms at
From her earliest childhood Miss
Moyer hsd a deep love for baseball.
When other girls were Jumping the
rope snd trundling the hoop Miss Moyer
was playing baseball Snd handbell with
the boys in the neighborhood, snd svery
Juvenile captain of the diamond con
tested fiercely for the honor of having
her on hla team, for even at that tender
age ahe could 'line them out" at a rate
that made every youthful batter sore
In the shoulder-blades fanning the
empty an inconsistent atmosphere.
While Miss Moyer has been fond of
alt kinds Of athletic sports It was not
until ahe was a student at the Kuts
town normal school, a fsw years ago,
that her great ability as a pitcher came
Into observation. 8he there played upon
the regular school nine and helped win
many a victory.
While she prefers pitching, as being
most scientific snd affording a greater
opportunity for display of skill, she to
able to fill worthily any position on the
diamond.
In a recant game In Bethlehem she
struck out five men. Apperently, she
pltehas a alow boil, out It Is so very
elusive thst not on in three is able to
find It when it reaches the plate.
Railroad Jobs for the Asking.
From the Roeeburg News.
It Is generally understood that the
Southern Paetfto haa been running short
handed, and hers comes another proof,
for at the depot le posted the following
notice, shewing that the positions sre
open for applicants and will Close Oc
tober 12:
One brakeman on Nos. 47 snd 60, be
tween Wood burn snd Springfield, with
Sunday layovsr at Sprtngflsld.
One brakeman on Noa. 47 and 60, be
tween Wood burn and Springfield, with
layover at flllverton.
One conductor on Noe. 47 and 10, be
tween Wooden rn snd " Springfield, with
layover at Springfield.
One conductor on Nos 47 end 10, be
tween Wood burn nnd Srptngfleld, with
layover at Sllverton.
One brakeman on Noe 111 -and lit,
between Junction City and Roeeburg.
One conductor on Noe. lit end 232, be
tween Portland snd Junction City.
One conductor on Nos. 11 and 11, be
tween Rose burg and Ashland.
One conductor on the' Oswego local
morning run.
One brakemsn on Nos. II snd 61, be
tween Portland and ("orvallls, Sunday
layover at Cervallis.
Two brskemen on Nos. Ill snd 111,
between Portland and Junction City. ,
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BIRDSEYE VIEWS
cf TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL C HAH OK.
Don't forget to buy Oregon
goods.
Only a fsw days more of Hearst and
Hughes.
It to" the right man" that to wanted
la paying positions, young men.
e v.
Now Is the season for the s assent
get-your-overcoat-out-of-soak Joke,
s .
Hearst ought to get quite a lot of
votes on account of Pat McCarren's
opposition.
n e ' e
Terr few people care who is sleeted
president of the next state senate and)
Speaker or toe house. J
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It coats tl to take a bath In Gold
field. But people there without plenty
of money don't want a bath.
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Now we are to have a very Important
discussion as to the -relative merits of
English and American khaki.
v. '.
Some men stay out very late, absorb
ing Dutch ' courage because they ore
afraid to go home moderately tote.
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I Frequently a party ta a dispute hi
ready and willing to abide by arbitra
tion on condition that tbe decision to
entirely in his favor.
No subject that Senator Bevertdge
can discuss can possibly be anywhere
so near aa important aa hlmaelf. In
his apparent estimation.
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A diotum of a Tacoma Judge to that
divorce should be more readily' granted
to ohildleae couples thsn to those that
have children. But would net such a
Judicial policy be a great encourage
ment to race suicide?
That waa a comparatively sensible
old man. Mr. Woolery of The Dalles,
who married a nice, healthy eld girl
of 71, instead of some pert, pretty young
grass widow who would ears only for
his money. ,
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What a lucky thing for Larry Sulli
van that ho was net elected council
man last year. He could never have
mans say groat roriune out oi iruw
job, though no doubt he would have tot-.
proved an nis opportunities.
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A Portland philosopher and savant
says that inhabitants of other planets,
particularly of Mars, are here among
us loaded with valuable advice, which
we 'are not yet fitted to receive. They
must be timid creatures; why, multi
tudes of people on the earth are ready
to believe anything, especially If it
can't be so.
A New York women equal suffrage
leader and lecturer who is In Colorado
saya neither men nor women have as
voters sny common sense, sad that
women do little but "jabber." She la
going to ask enough questions of the
Slorado women's convention to fill a
ok. and she eopeeet the report she
will make to the New York league will
fill a freight car. This woman seems
to be "onto her Job" ell right.
W J. Bryan
iV MENACE TO
Mr. Bryan sees W
i As employment of
little children a
rials menace to the
permanency of the 'republic, tn an
Interview WilQ Marion sassier wssn
buroe he gave his views on this sub
ject, which will In the near future
share interest with ths national policies
of the two great parties:
"We have no right to the labor ef
children," he said. "It Is one of the
worst evils cf the present day and
should be corrected. If children sre
driven to toll before they have received
a sound education end before thalt
bodies ore grown, where are-we to look
for the future oltisens of the country?
This to to destroy our civilisation In
the making. Every boy and girl haa a
right to demsnd of the stats sn oppor
tunity to bSSomc a healthy. Intelligent
oitlssn, capable of self-main tern nee and
self-government."
"You have been talking of special
privileges, Mr. Bryan. Do yen not
think that ths cruel competition, ren
dered abnormally fierce by the fact that
some of the competing parties play with
loaded dice. Is what drives manufac
turers aad employers of labor to theea
unnatural devices to out down the cost
of production? Do you think that po
litical laws undsr ths present unjust
economic conditions can remedy these
evils? Will not such tows merely be
evaded? Will not children continue tn
labor when their labor is sn economic
necessity, no matter what ths leglsls
ture says about It?"
"Well, there Is always some evasion
of law, of course," he replied; "but I
think laws have their effect, for all
that; and that it is our duty to pase aa
good laws as we con, and do our best to
get them obeyed."
"But will they be obeyed. If they run
counter to economic laws? It la true.
Isn't It. In the broad sense, that every
man has his price?"
Mr. Bryan smiled the smile of the
ideal lst---rf ths man who has faith in
hla fellows.
"Oh. I don't know! Some of then)
seem to hold their Idsss of duty above
all price," he replied. ?
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"But put the price high enough let
It be, ssy, ths actual bodily life of a
man's Wife and children. Wouldn't a
man disregard a good many lawn to
keep them from starving? And under
present conditions Isn't that practically
the position a laboring man la In when
ke eelle the labor of his children? He
must sell their labor, or they will all
go down. What, under such circum
stances. Is a state law to him?"
"You are putting- it pretty strongly,"
said Mr. Bryan. "I don't know that
there is ao clear a connection between
special privileges, monopolies, sad this
great evil of 'Child labor. I am a con
servative man perhaps you have heard
that? Well. I am. really; and I Ilka
rather to understate than to overstate.
But I will say that a sound political
law must not run, counter to an eco
nomic tow. We moat moke It As assy
as possible to do right. We. need, s law
to every stats forbidding children to
work before they are II years of age,
and forbidding their employment by any
factory or business concern; but we
need also, and more than that, euch a
eh sags In economic conditions aa would
enable fathers to support their families
Without recourse to the labor of their
own children.
ess
1 aa glad that tha women are be
IE
OREGON 8IDBLIOHT8.
Estaoada baa a second barber shop.
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Seaside haa sven winter attractions for
some.
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Merrill will spend 11.000 In building side
walks. e a
Lots of wild geese up the Columbia;
foxy, though.
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Hope are going the opposite way from
beer a little.
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New families moving Into Cottage
Grove every week.
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The Dalles Chronicle thinks Cascade
county Is a "dream."
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Dog catchers in many Oregon towns
busy, and in trouble.
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Lots of seed wheat going In the ground
now In eastern Oregon.
The alcohol plant' at North Bend seems
assured, saya the Harbor.
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Farmers around Clark's In Clackamas
oounty may start a creamery.
The big Harney valley will be the i
of great development before long,
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Attendance at the Cottage Grove
school ttO. M mors than a year ago.
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A large colony of Dunkarda will settle
In Butte Creek volley In Klamath
oounty.
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Two town lota that last winter went
begging In North Bend at 11,000 are now
held at $10,000.
The Salem Statesman says that, re
ports to the contrary notwithstanding, It
it not for sale.
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Estaoada pays Its msrshoH $36 a month
and ths councilman rustle up H6 more by
private contributions.
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Lata of corn will be raised In Oregon
yet, though It will never beat Upper
Mississippi valley states.
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Charles Whirlwind Is In the Pendleton
Jail. He hod sows some wind. He has
for company that ubiquitous fellow. John
Doe.
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"While en Broadway Monday our at
tention wee called to the greet crowd of
people pouring Into The Emporium."
This was st Estacada, according to the
News.
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According to Commissioner Hoff, six
counties have lost population in ths last
six years, ss follows: Jackson, 71; Klam
ath, 1J4; Linn. IK; Union, J. Ml; Wheel
er, a, and Lincoln. 1 Who believes it?
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A movement Is on foot in Baker City ,
among a certain coterie of mining men
and enthusiastic patriots to name the
new mountain peak discovered by Engi
neer Bony near the Imnaha 1me, and '
which Is higher than Mount Hood, for '
Governor Chamberlain, says the Demo
crat. on Child Labor
THE REPUBLIC
coming eroused on this subject, and 1
wish they could be brought to see thst
it makes a difference to them, and to
their children, and to all children,
whether the party In power la a party
that stands for special privilege or one
that honestly stands for equal oppor
tunity for all. I believe that the very
life of the Democratic perty depends
upon Its being able to prove, not only
by Its platform, but by the cheraeter of
the men who manage It, that It stands
ready to do battle for the people; and I
am Intent upon proving thla point be
yond the possibility of a doubt. If,
then, It to proved. It surely is important
to every woman as wall aa to evsry
man to see to It that we no longer en
dure the rule of a party which allows
special privileges and monopolies so to'
Increase the pressure of poverty that
at last It drives the people beyond
their strength snd temnts them to do
such unnatural things as, by early
tanor, to destroy tuetr own children.
Certainly we ought so to remedy con
ditions that no such pressure Is put
upon sny man. We have no right to
tempt ths people beyond their strength,
nor even up to It. We ought tn meke It
eaay for them to be good. The govern
ment ought to be upon- the slds of every
men who Is willing to do right not
making it hari for him, not testing his
virtue, but helping him along."
My Letters.
By Elisabeth Barrett Browning.
My letters! all dead paper, . . . mute
and white!
And yet they seem alive and quivering
Against my tremulous hands which
looae the string
And let them drop down on my knee to
night y
This said, . . . hs wished to have me
in his sight
Once, ee a friend; this fixed a day tn
spring
To corns and touch my hand ... a
simple thing, m
Yet I wajpt for it! this, ... ths ps-
per light. . . ,
Said, Dear. I love thee; and I sank asjd
quailed
As If God's future thundered on my
past.
This said, I am thine ang so Its Inl
has paled
With lying st my heart that beat so
fast,
And this . . . O Love, thy words have
111 availed, f
If ewhat thla rajd. I dared repeat at
last)
And This From Colonel Taylor. -
From the Boston Globe.
Bays tha philosophic Boston Globe:
"Cold and wet or cold and erisg, the
evenings Just now csll for a slumberous
open fire, a good cigar, a quiet book
and seme silence." Evidently the Bos
ton editor is an unmarried man. Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Married men appreciate cigars and
silence even more than bachelors.
Boston Globe.
Which sgaln brings up ths question:
"Is marriage a failure? " Brookttne
Press,
Of course there sre wives who don't
care for cigars who provide feverish
literature,' Who Initiate an open fire with
a poker, and who well, for discretion's
sake, tot us say read their bus bongs
editorials.
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