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A GRAND JURY'S DUTY.
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' T MAY reasonably be, presumed
that the late grand jury shared
in the quite general" sympathy
with the act of young Murray in kill
ing his sister's seducer, and in the
probably prevailing sentiment that he
is morally guiltless or justifiable; yet
the grand jury indicted him for mur
der, and we think performed its duty
in doing so, leaving it or a court
and si trial jury to decide whether he
should be held guiltless or not. So
far as the grand jury was concerned,
a crime had been committed, and the
indictment of its perpetrator should
have followed, aa it did, as a matter
of course. -; - r
- BuFwhen it came to the case of the
proprietors of the Oregonian this rule
. was set aside. , The grand jury ad
mitted that crime had been com
mitted, but excused itself from find
ing aa indictment on the grounds that
such violations of the law against
criminal libel were frequent and the
. public had become used to them, and
that the case under consideration was
a "newspaper fight," in which The
Journal was not void of culpability.
All of which waa aside from their
duty, and was a jreak nd equivocat
ing excuse . for not performing it.
Why not also have said: We guess
-young Murray did about right; we're
in sympathy with, him; so we will set
aside and ignore the law which we
are sworn to support and find a not
true bill in his case"?- Such reason-
r-a-deoncluion -would have been
a reasonable and right in ont case
ieTJther. The only way 18
prevent lawlessness is to '. enforce
the law impartially against high and
low, rich d poor.-Had the district
' attorney and the grand jury done this
it would have ended libel and defama
tion in this state. As it is, behold the
. results. " -'' ' ' ' '
If officers of the law . ignore or
override the law, how can it be ex
pected that private people will re-
' spect and conform to itf In a grand
jury room, of all places, there should
-"' be no favoritism, no distinction ' as
between accused personsTlncrinanu
facture of excuses for crime.
PUBLIC COAL LANDS.
OME TIME AGO the president
withdrew j- frpm public entry
under existing land laws all
the coal lands of the country yet em
braced within the public domain, and
it is presumed, that in his forthcom
ing message he will urge legislation
confirmatory of that act The inter
state commerce commission, prob-
bly-voicing- the president s , senti
ments, has recommended the perma
nent withdrawal of all public coal
- Imds, with a view to having them op
erated by private parties , under a
royalty systertv'by which the gov
ernment, while not directly operating
the mines, will control -theircpfl-tion
and receive a revenue therefrom.
-This much of "government owner
ship" is to be commended,- and it
- would be useless to voice regret that
such a plan was not pnt into opera
tion long ago, before all the coal
- lands of the country known to be val
uable as such had oassed out of the
government"." hands ind into those of
private owners, largely railroads." It
is a case of locking the stable doors
after most of the stock has been
stolen and recent investigations
show that in some cases the. word
"stolen rpplies literally. But there
may be tome Toa! lands- not yet
' stolen or otherwise sppropriated,
and as to them the recommendation
is a good one, and congress ought to
" pais the necessary legislation to carry
it into effect . ' -
The numerous great mines of
Pennsylvania and . Other eastern
Kates, the billion-dollar iron-ore
field of the Mesaba range, the coal
and iron beds of Missouri and Wyom
ing, and the petroleum fields' of
Pennsylvania, Texas, Kanaaa and
CaJ i fqrn i a for.- why-j should-not - pe
troleum be public property as well
as coal? are - beyond the govern
merit's, reach . or power to regulate;
but there may be a few scrub cattle
yet in the rear" recesses of the, big
stable that have been overlooked or
not considered worth atealing, . and
that may develop into good stock;
and new coal fields will doubtless yet
be discovered on the public domain;
so in this case as in many others it is
better late than never" to do the
right thing.'
APPLE CROWING IN OREGON.
A-TTENTION ia irresistibly
challenged by. this season's
. financial records in Oregon
orchards. ;: Instead of debating the
question of what: section produces
best, it is of mori value to come to
full realization of how extremely well
all navedone.irere," for instance, is
the Eisman orchard near Grants
Pass, which because, of its diseased
conditions six years ago, the owner
threatened to dig up. Good judgment
and remedi-s were applied, "however;
and two years ago the crop from the
35-acre orchard brought $10,000. Last
year, the yield was lighter, for in
Oregon apples do not usually bear
three heavy crops in succession. But
this season, the net profit from the
orchard is $8,000.
Figures from the Wallace orchard
near Salem' are similarly instructive.
The apple area there is 50 acres, and
$11,000 worth was sold. Three hun
dred tons of Bartlett pears brought
$6,000 and 500 bushels of winter pears
sold in London brought $2 a box or
$1,000 F. O. B. at Salem. The ag
gregate income for the orchard for
the season is $18,000, the net figures
not being available.'
These returns are from localities
not ordinarily catalogaedjf the most
favored. Iney are representative of
what is possible in other places than
the Rogue and Hood river districts.
Both were planted in times when the
best Information jrelatiyt Jo orchard
sites and varieties was not available,
and mistakes, more or less vital,
were made. A portion of the Wal
lace orchard, for instance, is on- low
lands, which arc not the best Yet
the returns from each are extremely
satisfactory. They demonstrate that
safety and profit attend intelligent
investment .In r orchard . properties.
What Oregon has to offer in oppor
tunity for such J investments In the
ever-crowded states beyond 'the Mis
sissippi would be glad to learn. If
they only knew, many of them would
quit their circumscribed inheritances
and seek an easier and thriftier lot in
red-appled-Oregott Here, therear
$10 aa acre brush lands that, set to
apples indtnTelTigently nurtured,
would yield a thrifty, income. -In
turn, the various apple growing local
ities would take on a population many
fold multiplied, and there would be
heavy additions to Oregon assets. It
is a condition that publicity, intel
ligence and time, will gradually but
surely inaugurate.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
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HOULD not Oregon change the
;r and should not the age limit
for admission to the institution be
raised? A state ought to be as pro
gressive with her penal institutions as
in anything else. She cannot afford
to stand still. Had the world not
progressed, the pillory, the straight
jacket, and the inquisition would still
be in vogue. . It cannot be that we
have reached the perfected ideal in
penology. The latest and best
thought on that subject favors trans
formation of penal institutions from
places of vengeance into places of ed
ucation. It is probable that the ulti
mate idea on which even peniten
tiaries will rest will ' be educative,
rather than punitive.
A change of name from reform
school, that the place may be stripped
as far as possible of the criminative
aspect, is d e sifaBTe in O r'egon. - Only
13 atates call these institutions "re
form" schools, and in some of these
it is only the most hardened and
hopeless boys that are committed.'
Other institutions are provided iff
some of the same states for less re
fractory boys where a less ominous
name is applied. In 26 states reform
stories are called "industrial" schools.
Texas alone has the severe title
"house of correction and reform
atory." Illinois which has seven
such schools, catalogues them as
schools of "manual training," "indus
trial" schools and the like, with the
"reform" school, as the place of last
resort. In Massachusetts, wheje
there are no less than 11, they. are
styled "truant" schools, "industrial"
schools and similar". gentle appella
tions. Everywhere there is a trend for es
tablishing these platen more and
more upon plana in which the mental
horizon of the inmates shall be broad
ened rather than narrowed, where
there will be uplift father than con-
Some of? tKe TLins Senator La Follcttc
V Has Done for the People .
Durtna; his first Tour months In the
United 8tats sanata. Robart it. La
Follette azpossd and atoppad the. Ml
ana itasint or coal and asphalt lands
inainaisn Territory.
. lis led th fl;ht which kept the ree-
ords open until thers can be a full In
vestigation of alleged crafts In Indian
Territory. .
He delivered the most exhaustive
speech that was made on the railway
rste bllL
He forced the passage of sn employ
ers" liability act He forced the pas
ses of a resolution authorising the
Interstate commerce commission to In
vestigate- railway and elevator com pa.
nles for., the purpose of discovering
whether a combination exists between
them by which the farmer Is robbed.
He forced the senate to consider bis
resolution reducing the hours of "labor
on railroads In the interest of publio
safety. - : ,
He introduced bills providing for the
block system On all railways of -the
country. '
Senator La Follette Is a true embodi
ment of the popular spirit of disap
proval, which has been aroused against
the body of which he Is a new member.
He bangs on the flanks of his col-
lesgues and watches for opportunities
to raid. He .surprises the enemy and
catches them in awkward situations. .
That is what happened In the case of
the employers', liability bllL The sena
torial army waa sweating through th
narrow and dangerous defile of the
five-mlnute-rul debate on the railway
rats bill when La Follette flashed upon
the flanks snd offered the liability bill
as an amendment ' It waa germane, in
order, and it had been knocking for con
sideration for exactly . 10 years. The
eyes of th country were on th senate
chamber.
La Follette demsnded a roll-call vote.
He said he would not argue. He wanted
only a rote. - They could vote for or
against It aa they pleased, but vote
they would or they should not advance
another step.
Aldrlch, Elklne and Keen (members
of the Interstate commerce committee,
where the bill vms being smothered),
grabbed a white flag and ' rushed out
to moke terms. They promised any
thing. Withdraw th amendment, and
ttiey would report the liability bill next
Friday any old timet "...
Their promises were reoorded in th
"Record." and La Follette had won his
fight Th 'Z0 years' campaign was
ndsdrana Tm hsrdlyless Important;
than ths rate bill had been added to
th national statutes.
Again in th dosing hours of th
session La Follette fell on ths cohorts
of th regulars. He demanded consid
eration for the bill to limit th hours of
railway employes - In th congestion of
business, when little could go forward
without unanimous consent, he stationed
himself In th middle of th legislative
road and ' drew his oratorical sword.
"Vote,- h demanded. 'Vote to take up
demnation, and . from which ... boy
may. emerge without consciousness
that he is disgraced for life. It is
largely the incompetency of parents
that peoples such places. Because of
that the reformatory -should take on
the' atmosphere of guardian and in
structor, and be so named and re
garded. That is why-It should give
out the Idea that it is a school, not
prison, that it is a preparation for
citizenship, not a nursery for the peni
tentiary. When the boy gets his de
gree from th e-ptaee'lnhould-be-
diploma, not a pardon.
.The Oregon reform school is
lagely conducted on the latter plan
now, though the fact is belied by its
name. When this last vestige of the
punitive idea is removed from the
institution and its age limit lifted to
18, it will be the .more in keeping with
progressive and benign Oregon. -
' FARMINQ IN OREGON.
HE full possibilities of Oregon
farms ".. have' not yet . been
demonstrated nor discovered.
A Benton county farmer has this year
grown 1,000 bushels of choice corn on
14 acres of old wheat land. He has
already turned off two lots of hogs
from the product of his cornfield, and
believes he is in the way of a new and
profitable industry. The results are
so favorable (hat he will increase his
corn acreage next year, and his
neighbors will 1 follow his example.
The average of his yield was 70 bush
els per acre, while the ordinary aver
age in the best corn states runs from
50 to 60 bushels.
There, is a world of suggestion in
the experience of this farmer.. . May
it not be that corn of the right va
riety, and on proper soil is to be a
future crop in Oregon Crops once
thought impossible here, are widely
popular and profitable now. Time
was,, when farmers scouted the idea
that clover, coul4begrownlnthe
Willamette region. Many an old
pioneer taught that to. his. boys, and
went to his grave without discovering
his grievous mistake. Once alfalfa
was reckoned as out of the question,
but today it is grown in enormqus
quantities in districts of eastern Ore
gon, and is fast taking root in the
Willamette region. Dr. Withycombe
of the' Oregon agricultural college
claims it can be . successfully grown
on any Willamette valley wheat land.
Once dairying was accounted an
impossibility, and we imported butter
and cheese by the million worth.
Today our dairy products aggregate
eight to ten million dollars a year,
and "we are exporters. In time our
dairying industry will outstrip that of
almost any other state in the union.
In Pennsylvania, by intensified. crop-
ping 30 cows have been maintained on
13 acres of land. There are dairy ex
perts who assert that two cows' pari
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this bill and moke It unfinished busi
ness. Otherwise I Obstruct!" Th sen
atorlal army halted. There were nine
roll-callo. Each new call on th mo
tion showed the absence f a quorum
but each coil for a quorum showed I
auorum present - ' '
What did this meant . Simply that
senators were skulking.' They were
foiling to respond to their names when
the roll was called, for the reason that
thsy did not dare vote against the mo
tion of La Follette and their affilia
tions with the railway and other vested
Interests were such that they did not
dare . vote for the motion. There sat
Burrows of Michigan and never peeped.
There was good Mr. Lodge disappearing
Into the cloak room when the L'a were
reached. There were a dosen senators
pretending that th Issue was a partisan
one, and taking refuge In th plea, that
they were "paired" "with an absent col
league.--1- '
But La FoUett held thewpass. and re
fused to be moved. They gathered
round his deek and fed him with bon
eyed words. They breathed threatening
of dire consequences if he persisted.
But it was of no use. FlnaJly Hale
arose ana announced surrender. He
told his colleagues whp were skulking
behind "pairs" to com out and vote.
third time La Follette fell upon
in enemy, un mis occssion me sena
torial soldiers were gathered together
in a quiet place for a division of th
loot Th publio building bill, other
wise known as th "pork barrel," was
under consideration. La Follette'a "un
finished business" th bill to limit th
hours of railway trainman, eta. became
th regular order.
Scott of west Virginia, manager of
th "pork barrel." asked La FoUett to
let his bill wait
1 demand th regular order,'
th calm and firm announcement of La
Follette. A delegation a. non-partisan
pro-pork delegation hurried over . to
La Follette'a desk and began to gesti
culate. His face was like a mask.
Hale saw that th raid must be re
pelled at any cost, and he sounded his
forces to arms.
"Varv welL" he declared, "then I will
move to lay aalde the unfinished busi
ness, anf we will nave a roll-cau on
that"
This was steel against steel, and La
Follette parried.
"Of course, my bill merely arrecta
th publio safety," said La Follette,
with gentle sarcasm. "I know It would
ba-Toteor aownTia against a T:ir"bf th
character of th on under consideration.-
,
Follette la demonstrating what
has long been a matter admitted In
theory that on man may be a host
In th senate; if only he is willing to
pay-the price, and -to-play thsj game.
It la a bold gam. But he has piucgeu
th tall feathers from eeveral magnifi
cent gentlemen. Th gam la still
young. His enemies will remember.
But th people will not forget .
acre can be supported in the -Willamette
aection and that the valley
under intensified methods could sus
tain four million cows. It all means
that the possibilities of our soils are
little comprehended, even yet What
adaptation might do is a vast fieluVof
conjecture.' Vetch that once yielded
but 12 per cent protein i)as been bred
to a standard of 20 percent, or nearly
twice as much protein content as in
bran, Corn that the Benton county
farmer grew so thriftily, may be cap-able-of
such ImprovefflenTfTidapti
tion in variety that even far , more
satisfactory results will be obtained.
These be times of intelligent investi
gation and guided by revelations of
the past, what may we not expect
from Oregon soils in the future?
..The Swiss farmer in spring carries
his soil back up the mountain side
from whert the melting snows dis
lodged it, and there laboriously makes
anew his field, and crops it Were
painstaking efforts like that applied
in Oregon, what kind of paradise
might the region not become, and
what millions worth of crops might
it not yield? . . .
Of course Guggenheim of Wall
street and Colorado will be a very
proper senator to represent the peo
ple as against the coal land thieves
and the fuel trust It is proper also
that the people who allow the election
of such men to the senate should be
robbed of their lands and required to
pay two prices for fuel or freeze to
death. '
The pacification of the Philippines
proceeds "as fast as sabre and car
bine and cannon .can . accomplish it
Another tribe has been marked for
reformation and. the day following
Thanksgiving over 30 of the recalci
trants T were "pacified"" forev-erTT&e
chief escaped, 'but ' his .wife 'and
daughter were captured. ,
Somehow the people do not seem
to be enthusiastically in favor of the
Wall street scheme for reforming the
currency, even if if is recommended
by ex-ControHer Eckles and advo
cated by ex-Chairman and Secretary
of the Treasury Cortelyou. What
Wall street and Rockefeller want the
people think they donV
The defense of young Gillette
seems to be trying to Outdo the
prosecution in making out a clear
death-deserving case against him.
Senator Aldrich is refusing to pay
his taxes. What a shame to try to
collect taxes from him and Standard
Oil in such trouble, too.
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Delays are sometimes dangerous,
snd the' Republican party may dis
cover that this applies to tariff re
form, " .. ' '' '
-MONEY-JN-XURKSYS,
HANKSGfVINO and Christ
, mas turkeys arc the subject of
numberless paragraphic jests.
but there is a serious,' practical sfde
to the turkey question, . aa indeed
every one who buys one or more tur
keys for holiday dinners must per
ceive on the slightest reflection, and
it will occur to him. that since he pays
25 .cents a pound for turkeys, the rais
ing of these birds must.be profitable.
So it is 1n some localities, although
owing to the nature of the business
and the risks dealers sometimes take
the middleman gets a good percept
age of the price paid by the consum
ers, andalthougV more care is re
quired to raise turkeys than any other
fowl.
7 Growing turkeys is a profitable in
dustry in certain comparatively lim
ijed localities. They are raised in
all . parts, of the United States, but
portions of some states have acquired
a reputation as turkey producing re
gions, perhaps due more to the fact
that one person after another in those
places became expert in raising the
(owl than to climatic conditions, Both
demand and ' supply increase every
year, and there will always be money
in turkeys'' for those who know how
to raise them . and take pains tc
do. SO. ; " ' ' " " J-.
Southern Oregon, especially Doug
las and Jackson counties, has gained
wide repute as one of the best turkey
districts of the country. Climate and
food products up there seem to be
just right for producing large num
bers of excellent turkeys, and a good
many, people are rnaking snug sums
every year raising' them, as they are
well entitled to da' .
Reporters are .' better, detectives
than the professional detectives, says
Police Commissioner Bingham of
NewYQrkutJfNewYork,ade
tectives are no sharper than those
of some cities that we have read of
this is no great compliment to the
reporters. ' - - ..
Having fought against impending
death for six years, Patrick will now
begin fighting for liberty, which
many impartial people of prominence
and good judgment believe he de
serves. rf ' :-
Tomorrow or next day - congress
will learn from Teddy what t has
to do. - ' . i '. .
"A Successor to Piatt
. From New Tork Times.
Th indication given In Senator Piatt
telegram to IS. H. Butler that, he Is
considering the Idea of resigning is
celved .with Interest here. Should rnt
senator follow such a course, it will
make a considerable difference in - af
fairs at the capitol. .'.
FoTineesjNewdrarasbeen
practically . non-existent as factor In
senatorial . affairs. The departure of
Mr. Hill, who wielded great'lnfTuence
In th senate, left th state practically
unrepresented, ' Senator have grown
used to that atat ot things In ths
course of years, and at least one sena
tor from New Tork who would b In a
position to Insist that they should be re
spected In legislation would Introduce
new factor into th congressional
game.
New Tork has not been wholly un
represented. To a certain extent Sen
ator Aldrich of Rhode- Island, who
spends a great deal of . time In New
Tork and has soms Interests there, has
neen looked to in emergencies. A not
able case of this kind was on the occa
sion of th sppolntmsnt of William H.
Pllmley to be assistant United States
treasurer at New Tork In ltot. Mr.
Pllmley" appointment was unsatisfac
tory --to the business Interests of New
York, and they applied to Mr. Aldrlch
to have the matter remedied. Without
consulting either Mr. Piatt or Mr. De-pew,-
he. had th confirmation rescinded,
th nomination sent back to th presi
dent, charges filed against Pllmley, th
nomination withdrawn, and Hamilton
Fish appointed In PUmley'a place.
On other occasion other senators have
been called In to attend to New York
matters. For example. In th ess of
th National City bank rental Item, a
year and a half ago, after It had been
stricken out of an appropriation bill In
some on act In th senate. Mr. Bulger
sccordlngly went to Senator Patterson
of Colorado and asked him - to take
charge of th matter. Mr. Patterson at
tended to It, and had it don without
either Mr. Piatt or Mr. Depew being
called upon to, take any part In th af
fair either for or against th Item.
Aside from thee exclusively New
York matters, however. Is th nutation
of New York's lnterestlnmatterapf
(reneral Ifglalatloh, such as railroad rat
regulation, th tarirr, th currency and
other. Aa th leading atat In th
Union, New York has, of course, much
Interest In such subjects, which Interest
oould not be expressed in any Influen
tial way through either Mr. Piatt or Mr,
Vpew. The former occasionally mads
a .set speech on some topic of th day,
but very seldom, 'and such speeches
have little or no effect Mr. Depew'a
had none at all, being chiefly speeches
of the kind which he wss one noted for
on after-dinner occasion. Aalde from
the speeches he never ' took part In
influencing legislation.
There is a delusion to the effect that
It Is only In th lsst yesr or two thst
Mi'. Piatt and Mr. Depow havs been
nonentities In th senate. That Is not
th' fact Neither of th.m ha ever had
th least Influence on any subject what
ever. Nsw York as a factor In th sen
ate departed with David B. HIIL - '
December 2 in History, V
105 nattl of Austerllta.
1 SOS Madrid taken by. the French
and King Joseph restored.
1114 Oenerarjackson arrived at New
Orleans snd declared martial lsw.
1121 Monroe dnctrln declsred. -
1S4S Ferdinand of Austria abdicated,
succeeded by Francis Joseph.
1K&3 Louis Napoleon became emperor
of Franc.
1 St 1 Armored cruiser New York
launched at Philadelphia.
1st I Jay Oould. financier, died.
lit Samoaa treaty signed.
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THE COWARDS
For Ood gave us not a spirit of fear
fulness, but of . power and love and
discipline. II Tim. I;7. . -
By Henry r. Cope.'
M
A.NT a man who prides him
self on his diplomacy ought
to be ashamed of his coward
Ice. .H is suave where be
ought to be stern; he commends because
he dare not condemn. II .- sets ths
good will, the cheaply won approval ot
others before th Indorsement ot hi
own conscience and paya for thas pass
ing pleasures witn nis own- power or
will and self-respect '
getting convenience before conscience
makes moral cowards. Frdtn motives
of 'profit, or for popularity or eaae, we
silence th higher voices and follow
th lower; we satisfy ourselves with
th mediocre when w might have had
the best. We adopt th world spirit
which scon's at th Ideal. We set gain
before godliness, th Incidental of life
before It essentials. '
Sometimes this cowardice takes ' th
form of th smooth man's steering th
saf course; th seeking for a middle
road between right and wrong. Th
baldest hyprocrlsy of all 14 that of him
who Is guided only by expediency, by
Urn serving, seeking to find at every
hour of declaloa a way of voting on
both sides.
One begin to make these compro
mises and it will not b long before
moral lines" of distinction, become
blurred and at last invisible, a hsse
spreads over tb map of morality, and
th mind adapts a curious set of syno
nyms, where confiscation Is rsndered
competition, theft Is but shrswdness.
and murder becomes necessity. Cess
to stir yourself to. th clear decision for
ths right and you have lost on battle;
more, you have lost nerve for vry
battle.
Moral cowardlc Is simply unwilling
ness to pay. the price or tn oetter
things; it Is' dull content with th un
worthy or th evil becsuse of th cost
of the worthy and th good. Th brav
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Sentence Sermons.
Bv Henry F. Cop. ---
Things are without what ' thsy are
within. . . '
e e
Hiding aln dooa not jicXlt
e e
Only veneer virtues fair bad weather,
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Orthodoxy ia apt to b oonformlty to
my habit. '
mm
Losing the temper take the edge off
tb ability.
No favoring wind comes to him who
will not pull on his nu.
... e
A man never believe In honesty until
he has some of It
The only
man
who
whom poverty can
crush Is h
lacks th rich of
character.
Th easiest way to fall out of th
Christian path la te alt down In It
, .... ...,). e
Religion may nave many forms, but
they all have on face of lov.
e
When a man - Is determined ' to go
blindfolded, the accuracy of hla ayes
will not help him muoh.
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Th mora of a truth man knows, .th
larger liberty he finds in it .
Ths man who brag of being speedy
doesn't figure on tb grad be 1 on.
He who has many thought to hid
never has any that men are glad to
circulate. .
. .
Whan your character . is gold, you
will not need any coinage stamp to
mak It currajt
e e . ,
No flower strikes root more readily
or blooms with greater blessing than
kindness. , -
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It ia a good thing to stick to. what
you say, but remember that wnat you
say la very likely to stick to you for a
long time. .- - t
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Charity often tneana throwing sour
dough on the waters and keeping a
weather ay for aa angel-food cak to
com floating in. . .. .
Lot of people never lock th door
on a temptation until they gat It safely
Insld th nous.
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Undu consciousness of th Intellect
usually rises from an unrecognised
sense of an aching void. , V ,
mm.
r Tk. m mwUm V . utm 1immw 1m hl
own pocket I quit likely to get his
hand in his nelghoor'a. ,
There Are Other Harbors.
. Capital Journal
In practically Ignoring all the west
coast harbor Portland la not helping
tb Columbia river, and her politicians
are courting political oblivion.
If allowed to do so, th Columbia river
appropriations will absorb every dollar
of money Oregon on get from congress,
land th west coast harbora will get
nothing.
.At th Spokane development conven
tion let Washington, Idaho and Montana
unit with Oregon In fathering Columbia
river lmproveraente.
-The Columbia, river belonge aa much
to those states as It does to Oregon. Ore
gon has about a ons-fourth Interest In
the harbors en t west coaat of Ore
gon. .
But there I such a. selfish demand for
all that Portland want, that th man
ager of th Stat Development league
could not Indors a sins I Oregon - har
bor. Oregon cannot be developed by build
ing up Portland alone, and by opening
th Columbia river alone.
Let th whole atat become aroused to
th faot and let us stop doing nothing
for any harbor but th mouth of th
Columbia. - . -
Francis Carruthers Gould's Birthday.
Sir Francis Carruthers Oould. the car
icaturist of th Westminster Oasette.
wss born at Barnstable, England. De
cember I. 1144. was a stock broker for
mapy years befor becoming a cartoon
ist Lsboucher gave Sir Francis his
first Introduction to th realm of Illus
trated Journalism by publishing a series
of his sketches In Truth. Lord Rose
bery once described Sir Ffanols a "on
of the most remarkable assets of th
Liberal party." It has been frequently
said that his cartoons and clever skits
have won more vote than ever wer
gslned by th -speeches ef th most
brilliant orator, '
A S
for Tod
ayj
COMPROMISE."
man Is willing to pay th pric of
wounds and even life for th oauss h
loves, the victory he seeks. The cow
ard, counts too long th cost
WTiat are th things we fear? One
look our foe in th face and bow they
shrivel. They are ridicule, social dis
favor, loss of profit of ease, of nsshy
Indulgences. They are mighty only in
our Imagination. They but beset ua in
order that by overcoming them w might
oe maae men. Alas, that they have
become our masters. Th giants serve
th pigmies when men la rulsd by his
appetites or by th foibles and fashions
of his fellows. . .
Never till men know themselves wilt
they corns to their place. Never till we
understand that th worth while thins
of life are not these gaudy prises, nor
th honors and fame, nor the ease and
Indulgence! the worth while things ars
In ourselves. Th eall Is for man who,
Ilk our fathers in a bleak land, found
glory of ths rlchea of character In an
are of poverty,
Men ned"to honor " themselves, to '
think less of what becomes of them
than of what they become, to car less
of what men think of them and more
of what they are; to ceaae th effort to
trim yourself to others and to be Just
yourself without arrogance, in meekness
seeking, manhood. -... i
Life ia tb school of courage; only
bravo souls win her. Th coward who
seeks to achieve by compromise capltu-
latea In th act. Discipline, duty, denial
are hard words. They are for thou
who seek strength. The life that avoids
all loss loses itself. Ths life that fol
lows th ideal life In brave, clear stand- -
Ing for truth. In love that serves and
fears not pain or loss, finds life indeed.
There never yet waa such a thing aa
fearful faith. He onl deceive him-'
elf who seeks to seem good because h
fears man. Religion puts ths right be
fore all sis: It reveals Its eternal glory
and splendor, and for. the Joy set before -
htm a man learns to deapls th cross
I and sham and be brave for Ood and
truth.
Hymns to K
now.
- The Throne of Grace.
. . By Oliver Holden.
Oliver Holden waa a carpenter, who
afterward became a teacher andpub I
iisner or music. He issued eight vol
umes of American harmony and bymna
at Charlestown, Massachusetts. Th '
present hymn Is not often sung In th
churches, perhaps because JtJmore
didactic than devotional. J , .
They who seek the" throne ofrg rac--Find
that throne in vry place;
If w lire a life of prayer.
Ood ia present everywhere. .
In our sickness and our health.
In our want or In our wealth
If w look to Ood In prayer,
God la present very where. .
When our earthly comforts fail.
' When the foes of Itf prevail,
Tla th time for earnest prayer;
Ood is present everywhere. ,
, Then, my soul la vry atratt
.. To. thy . Father corns, and wait;
II will answer every prayer;. .
Ood Is present everywhere.
' The Value of Evidence.
triem s Staff Cbrreapoooent.
Two prisoner Francis A, and Luclan
B. have played a Joke on th Warssw
criminal courts which baa mora slgntn-
cance than perhaps , they realised." The
men were driven to th court In th
same prison -ran; Francis, having been
found guilty two weeks before of rob
bery, was going up to hear his sen
tence pronounced, whilst Luclan was
to be tried for house-breaking. s -
After Francis had heard his sentence)
pronounced, Luelsn was called Into th
dock. The case went on In due form.
Th acouaatlon wss read, the accused
Identified by a number of persons and.
as he pleaded not guilty, several wit
nesses were called who swore to catch
ing htm red-handed. When the case
was proved against him. the procurator
asked the time-honored question,' "Have '
you anything to say in your defense?"
At these words, L,ucian got up, ana
addressing the Judges said: "Gentle
men, I can only say ths whole case I a
Joke. I am not Luclan at all."
Hla words caused quit a flutter be
hind the Judges' table.
"Then who are your eeversl asked. '
"I am Francis." th accussd answered.
"I am th vary man you convicted a
fortnight ago, snd--wbose sentence you
were to read today. - The man who
heard my sentence Is Luolan. On our
way from th prison this morning ws
agreed to chsngs places, for I had mad
up my mind to let the world see that
witnesses are not to be believed. You
hav Juat heard them say I was Luclan,
and swear It on oath. It showa how
much your trials are worth."
Tb astonished Judaea sent for th
prison warders snd their bonks to see If
Frsncls was telling the truth. A few
questions elicited the faet that h waa
much to th discomfiture of th wit
nesses. Both Luclan and Francis were
remanded till th Judges -hav time to
think th whole thing over. But th
fiubllo, which has taken great Interest '
n th Incident know th Russian
bureaucracy too well to suppose that It
will lead 4o reforms r a- more careful
election of witnesses. In all proba
bility th prisoner will hav an extra
month or two "pending Inquiries," to
discourage others from Interfering with
the waya of Russian tribunals, j
,
- Frank Baker for Harmony.
From The Dalles Oottmlst;.
tn a rather long and varied career th
editor of thl paper has run up against
some rather mean and email men. W .
remember on who called In a dentist
to take th gold filling out of hi dead
wife's teeth, and another who alter
nately wore hla trousers wrong aids out
And front side back to make them -last
longer, and that other man who always
sat up Saturday nights to save lodging
snd SlSDt Bll dav flunriav tn save hnarri -
"but wa pass these by a, liberal soula
wnen we think of Baker, lat state bos
of the Republican party, trying to
coerce Willis Dunlway Into buying hi
Salem scrap heap, which he- calls a
printing plant on the threat of causing
ths legislature to put Dunlway on a
salary If be doe not buy or leas th
plant! -. . , . ,
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Fifty-Eight Years an Emperor. 1
Thl 'Is th anniversary of Emperor
Francis Joseph's accession to ths throne. '
He has rounded out th flftylghth
year of hie reign. This Is a record of
sovereignty greater than any . df his
contemporaries. King Leopold of Bel
glum has occupied th throne for 4
year and King Oscsr of Sweden come
next wltk e reore of II years,
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