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THE MESSAGE. -
'HILE, the president flaya
the "muckrakera" and
"apostles of discontent,"
be inferentially admits that there is
much to be discontented with, and
; warns, the "ultra-conservatives" that
. they are the cause of the. growth of
socialism in fbe land. He commends
congress" for its good work, but de
clares that the government must be
given greater control of the railroads
i ' and interstate ' corporations. He
hsin't a word to say against Chair
man and Secretary Cortclyou, of
V course, but' he is opposed to cam
paign contributions by the trusts. He
.shouts prosperity at the outset, but
insists that railroad employes and all
' government etnpjayerahould hiveari
, eight-hour day. He doesn't say that
all the coal should and does belong to
the people, but he has withdrawn
from entry, and wishes congress to
legislate accordingly, sash cbal lands
. aa have not )ret been fraudulently or
Otherwise obtained by private persons
. or corporations.'- He has nothing to
say about how the multimillionaires
,' obtained their vast wealth, but kug-gMttlbatJhepubliLlaiejLJiule-toll
- form it when they die Not only-Abe
' railroad rate law, but the meat inspec
tion law, should be amended. He
"chants the praises of peace, but holds
that an occasional war is the usual
an4 ordinarily ., the only means by
wnicn a .nation can nccomc grciij
therefore we should have a great navy
and a fine army. . He quotes from
!TaJigcsSejcetark.Taft and Root,
but doesn't mention Shaw. He urges
-the desirability of a greater American
merchant marine, but does not say
whether the ship subsidy bill is good
.or bad. - He eulogizes agriculture, but
utters no protest against the 'tariff
... Jaw that extorts involuntary contribu
tions from the many for the benefit of
. the few. On the whole, we guess it
is a pretty good message, though it
might have been a good deal stronger
and better in spots.
EUGENE'S OPPORTUNITY.
fTTHERE is merit in the conten
I tion of the Eugene Guard in
an article reprinted in another
column. An ultimate aim with refer
ence to the Willamette ought to be to
render that stream navigable to Eu
gene. " The possible in the line of
making rivers navigable is unmeas
tired.' What the. hand of man has
done in this respect is observable in
the growth of the Great Lakes' com
merce irom tne . little schooner pi a
few hundred tons to the 15,000-ton
steamer. Artificial aid to the
Thamea has made London accessible
to huge ocean-going steamers and
lifted Manchester commerce from
nothing to hundreds of millions an
Dually.
; In the case of Eugene, not a. lack
of waterflow, but rather snag, shoals
"removal at little comparative cost,
re the barriers to steamboat naviga
tion. .When the Oregon City locks
are made free, it will be of vital im-
, portance that the navigability of the
river shall extend to Eugene so that
important city may share in the ben
efits of the removal of the 50 cents
' per ton differential which the lockage
fee gives the railroads. If plans for
" audi an improvement are not at hand,
- provision should be made at once by
' congressional appropriation for an
immediate survey. The Eugene peo-
pie should be leaders in the enter
prise, and, in speeding it they ought
to be clamorous advocates of an open
. Willamette aa a first step toward an
' improvement which, as the Guard
.well says, means so much to the fu-
ture Eugene. ' j ' '
The imminency of a terrible and
bung-starting conflict between this
country and Japan becomes more ap
parent the more the correspondents
write about it. That we had a, cap
itt chance of pulling the tail feathers
it the oriental game cock was freely
predicted some time ago, but the
uutt uiitful predictions kit Indulged
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in by the correspondents tince they
discovered that in fight with Amer
ica the mikado would have the active
aid of the Gtiroshur of Man.
LET'S HEAR FROM ORANGES.
I
T WOULti be particularly per
tinent and in order Jor the
v grange., of Qreionto express
themselves not only on the subject of
the improvement and opening of
waterway in generat, but just at this
time in favor of free locks at Oregon
City, and of such steps by the govern
ment or the state or both as the farm
ers think best to be taken. The
farmers have a peculiar right to be
heard on. this spbject, and they can
speak effectively through the granges,
as they have on other questions. A
strong,- earnest;-well-expresseirTflea
on the part of the granges should
have wejght in congTess and in the
Oregon . legislature. All legislators
are friends of the farmers, or say they
are; so tell the lawmakers whatyou
want with reference to this matter.
The granges all over the country
are among the strong and reliant
forcea that are pulling for greater ap
propriations for rivers and harbors,
and the Oregon granges' can make a
special pull. Jor an. appropriation for
relieving the Willamette river of the
freight toll at Oregon City,
And if the granges think the state
should, act in the matter 'let them say
so, and say h'dw. If the state did no
more at present, it might at least
cause a aurvey of the cast side site to
be made, with a view to making locks
there, if purchase of the existing locks
could not be made at a' reasonable
price. Perhaps the state should do a
good deal more than this, especially
as such action might influence con
gress- to act-in con j im ctidrr-wit hth e
state. What do the granges think?
Lawmakers in Washington and Salem
should hear from them.' ,
THE PATRICK CASE.
G
OVERNOR HIGGINS 'has
announced that he will com
mute Albert T. Patrick's
death sentence to ' imprisonment ' for
life." This will give Patrick'iattor
neys .and . friends - prolonged oppor
tunity ip convince the authorities that
tie was convicted on insutticiept it not
perjured testimony. Patrick's alleged
victim, a rich, decrepit old man, Wil
liam Marsh Rice, has been dead over
Six years snd two months, and Patrick
was arrested ' within a month after
Rice's death, v AH thia time he has
been in jail, '-and has several times
been apparently almost "up against"
the electric chairbut he will yet-die-4
a natural death. ;' While in jail he
married his former landlady, and her
persistent efforts in his behalf have
riot , been in vain. Among his at-
toneys have been ex-Governors Hill
and Black, ex-Senator Lindsay,, ex
Judge Olcott 1 and others; and men
prominent in public and private life,
among them ex-President Cleveland,
have urged the probable injustice of
the sentence. Many physicians have
united in an appeal for reversal or
clemency on the gronnd that the evi
dence was not proof of his guilt
The principal witness against him,
Rice's valet Jones, has been proven
a man unworthy of belief. It is one,
of those cases where the probabilities
of guilt are strong against ie, ac
cused, yet admit of, a "reasonable
doubt" though the courts have uni
formly sustained the verdict against
Patrick. If Patrick is guilty, he will
have been severely punished; if inno
cent, no reparation for his long and
perhaps life . imprisonment can be
made. Such cases are not infrequent
and men are hanged or acquitted and
the world never finds out the (ruth aa
to their guilt or innocence..
People who . credit the president
with great moral courage and candor
will wonder why he did not come out
the ship-subsidy bill in his message.
Friends of that measure will interpret
his non-committal language at an in
dorsement .of it, yet he leaves its op
ponents free to say that he doesnot
commend it, - ' 1
There is no evidence that- the peo
ple would gain anything by beating
Senator Drydeh and electing Gover
nor Stokes in his stead in New Jer
sey, yet to beat old Prudential with
anybody would be some satisfaction.
A state bank examiner will be a
good thing,' providing he is a thor
oughly competent man, and really ex
amines. Frequently, as it has turned
out, the bank examining business has
been but a sinecure and a farce.
And in all (he message not a word
about the tariff 1 Does the president
really suppose the subject can thus
be suppressed and put out of the peo
ple's minds. . ' , ' '
The president's views on injunc
tions are very reasonable; if not very
specific. He thinks injunctions have
been far too often sought and grant-
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE - VOU WAIT.
Beginning of Steam : Navigation.
D. Warren d Rouy, Bhawmut, Pnn.
ylvania The value of atcam In naviga
tion was demonstrated bjr Penye Fapln
In mxlt iteamboat on ta JTulda, near
Causal, In' 1707. Tbla waa aoon destroyed
by a mob of boatmen.. Jonathan Hull of
London. Eniland, aet forth the Idea in
a patent obtained In 173. Bernonelll
perlroentad wltb a steamboat uln art I
flcial flna, and Oenevola with one uln
the duck's foot propeller tn 1757. In 1712
li. Perler navlaated the 8ln with a
mall ateamboat, -and 4ln 178) Claude,
Comte de Jouffroy, comtructd an en-
fine which propelled a boat en the Stone.
In America James Kumeey ot nnep-
pardatown, Virginia, Invented a eteam
boat DroDelled -by a steam engine ex-
pnlllna; water through a horlsontar trunk
epenlna la U stern In lTO.
John Fitch of fhlladeipma launcnea
steamboat worked . by vertical, paddlea,
six on each side, on the Delaware river
In 178$. . ' --
The first sractlcal steamboat, the tug
Charlotte Dundas. was buHt by William
Symington, and tried on the Forth and
Clyde canal, Scotland, In March, 1S01
Robert -Fulton, In connection wun
Chancellor Livingston. United States am
bassador In Paris, built a steam paddle
boat 0 feet long, which was tried oa
the Seine August . lKO.
John 8tevens of Hoboken, New Jereey,
built a steamboat with twin-screw pro
pellers and an engine supplied by a flue
boiler In 1801
Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, leo
tons, ran from New Tork to Albany In
hours In 'August, 1807. , . ,
Shakespeare and the Lemon. .
From the New Tork Times.
Those who regard up-to-data Ameri
can slang as being the very quintessence
of modern wit will be pained to learn
that one of their raost cherished and
overworked expressions, the reference to
the "lemon," Is at least 300 years oio.
being found In tbe works of no less a
writer than the Immortal 8hakespeare
himself. In act V, scene II, of "Love'e
Labor's Lost," wHera the pageant of the
Nine Worthies la' being played before
Blron and his merry companions, who
i'Josb."-the actora to thelr heart'ejcon
tent, the following colloquy occurs:
Armando (Impersonating Hector in tne
pageant)
Tbe armipotent aiara, oi lanona u
Almighty, gave Hector a glf t
Dumaln (Interrupting) JL gin nutmeg.
Blron (ditto) A lemon.
LongavUle Stuck with clovea. T'
Dumaln Not cloven. .
It seems to me that the authors of eur
slang expressions might at least give
oredlt where. tbey received their Inspir
ation. .. , -
Ceaare Lombroao's Birthday.
TCesarelXbmbroso,- prubaMy-the most
famous alienist tn-tne wona, was ooiu
la yeroaia. D ember 4. 183. waa edu
cated at the University ot Turin, where
he has been professor of psychiatry xor
e'd, and that they should be limited
ta extreme and manifestly necessary
cases, but that this remedy should
not be abolished,' and people gen
erally will coincide with this opinion.
It is still intimated that Secretary
Shaventertainrrtlesigns-on-the-Re-4
publican nomination for president.
What a tremendous bump of egotism
that man must .have.
After the colored people have read
the-president's "roast" of lynchera
they may be. almost willing to forgive
him for firing the colored battalion of
soldiers. .
The Salm . Journal wants a new
name for the proposed Willamette
valley "electric railway lines. Why
not call them the twenty-first xentury
lines? ' ,, ' ,
' If "it were certain that the Japa
would take the Philippines, it might
be well to go to wsr with them to that
extent , . - .',''
It is announced that John Alex
ander Elijah Dowie ia insane, but
there certainly js nothing new in that
... -". ; S.
Senator1 Foraker "continues to be
lieve that thia county will not b
happy until it gets him for president
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Oregon's delegation in the lower
house of congress is inconspicuous
by its presence.
JixedJationfc
In a certain western town there lives
a couple, both of whom, before their
marriage, had been widowed. She had
been left with four children to face the
battle of life, while . he had three to
take care of.
Today they have 10 children running
around the house, and the mother has a
hard time to keep pace In the family.
Usually the trouble ta between the chil
dren of the former marriages, but the
other day things were somewhat differ
ent, and the woman knew not what to
do in the ease, so she rushed out of the
house and shouted to her husband:
"Oh, John, come In quick; your chil
dren and my children are whipping our
children."
Strange Cargo.
From the Kansas City Journal.
One of the strangest cargoes ever
carried consisted of several tons of
dried files, which arrived tn London the
other day from Brasll. They are mixed
with meal and maks fine food , for
chickens. ' They bring If oenta a pound,
and there are about IS pounds to the
bushel. The importers used to get only
10 cente a pound, but' the demand has
Increased greatly.. , .
. Well' Insured?, ..
From the Philadelphia Publle Ledger.
A Trenton man avers that there Is
posted oa - the walls of a building In
that city the following notice: i
'Tenants should be cartul not to
throw lighted cigars or cigarettes' or
matches about Otherwise they may
set fire ta the building, and oblige Je
aepa Robinson, proprietor," t; t
many years. Hla fame reata chiefly upon
his investigations regarding- criminals
and their mental qualities, peculiarities
and defects, on this Lombroso Is un
doubtedly the greatest living authority.
The celebrated alienist has been honored.
by medical and other sciooUflo societies
of Europe and America, and hla writ
ings have been translated Into many Ian
guagea. - :, , ; w .T..r..-1.;..r..lw:;
December 4 in History.
.. IMS Cardinal KieheMeu died.
. 1783 Washington bade farewell to hla
officers. . ...
1796 Thomas Carlyle born.' ' .,-
isa-wri or UverpooL British pre
mier during the wark of 18U, died. Born
June T, 1770. r '
liW John C. . Breckenrldxe ' expelled
rrom the united States senate.
1890 King Kalakaua of Hawaii landed
at San Francisco.
1891 Norcroas attempted to assaaslnata
Russell Sag by exploding a bomb.
isss irofessor John TrndalL famous
Bngllah scientist, died.' Bora August XL
1820. v
1900 Oeneral Merctor. la the senate of
France, projected the Invasion of Eng
land by arms.
The Oyater'a Foe. ' '
Starfish, like men. love oysters, and It
Is probable that the aea'a starfish, eat
more oysters than the world's men.
These little creatures, lighting on an
oyster bed. each choose a fat bivalve.
and alt down on him, wrapping about him
tneir nvo nexlbls arms, waiting for the
moment when he will open hla shell to
feed.
When, finally, the oyster does open his
shell, the starfish squirts tn upon him a'
certain poisonous fluid that kills him in
stantly. Dead, hla ahell opena wide and
the starfish begins a delicious meal.
There la many an oyster bed that yields
far mora of Its product to starfish than
to man. t
. The Abiding Need.
Charlotte Wilson In Metropolitan. -
The woman-need la gone that made thy
aisa
My manna, and a heaven of thine
. ayes.-.. , -
The patience-preaching . years have
made me wise, -
Till, In the woods and fields, tne aturdy
bliss ' ,
Ot fellowship and work. I cease to miss
xne tnrobDing ache of those old ecsta
sies. .
Save to remember with a wan auiDrlse.
Bometlmes, how long .the road that led
to thia. ; V " ' : r T
But to be sure that somewhere, strong
ana wnoie.
Thou llveet. striving, noble though be-
Master again of the essential soul
I doubted when my crul wounda were
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This, long" my. deepest, direst need of
thee,
O. once beloved 1 It Is granted me.
Letters Frorri .tlie
People
- Kumaalty and Immortality.
i Portland. Dee. 1 To the Editor enf
ine j ou mar. A STuaeTTt BjrKs Tor
demonstration of the existence of con
adouanesa , after - it leaves the body,
Well. It can't very well be demon
strated, but It can be proved.' Con
sciousness consists of, the five' senses,
which are the constitution of the soul;
the soul la the connecting rod between
the human and- the supreme being.
Consciousness is the production of the
friction between the heart and the
brain. As the governor on an engine
controls the power of the steam, aa well
aa the power of the engine, so with the
brain; without a governor It would run
away with the heart and ruin the body.
The brain la tbe foundation of a human
being, and the heart la the constitu
tion of a human being. The constitu
tion of the soul leavea the body and
goea from whence it came, working oa
the same principle as a water chan
nel, and the body goes likewise from
whenoa It came. THINKER.
' tt Xa Chaeaotarlatle.
Portland, Dec 1. To the Editor of
The Journal The statement that the
southern negrophoblsts are almost will
ing to forgive tbe president for Inviting
Booker Washington to luncheon, does
the southern people injustice. Southern
people are no more negrophoblsts than
are northern people. Every southern
man worthy of tbe name la perfeotty
willing that the president shall Invite
Booker Washington to luncheon, and
Other negroes, too, as oftan as he de
aires, for It ta the president's own affair
aa to whom he ahall eat with.
However, the president is. only now
becoming cog-nlsant of a fact that la
known to all who are familiar with the
characteristics of the negro and other
Inferior races, and that is, that aa soon
as he of the Inferior race la admitted
to equality with the superior race he
immediately assumes superiority him
self. Thousands and thousands of
northern people have learned thia lev
son to their sorrow very soon after sat.
iuB-an-a soutnernhomewand aJmoet
iiiyji.uijt mey Become ia short order
the most- stringent sticklers for white
supremacy.
.It is strange that It ean never' be
learned that two races aa radically
variant as are the Caucasian and the
Ethiopian pan never be made to live
together on terma of equality. Human
lawa to enforce such equality go for
naught History la full of the proof
of thia proposition. It is a matter of
auperlor white or superior black. Which
shall It be in this country! To ask
the question is to answer It
The prealdent did right la discharging
the negro troops, for how else was he
to get at the culprits who disgraced the
uniform they wore as well as the aoce
sorles after the fact A aoldler la sup
posed to obey his superior. These negro
troops defied the commander-in-chief of
the army in refusing to testify aa t
who waa guilty of a dastardly act of
which they had knowledge. Now they
threaten to go .to the polls in doubtful
states and annihilate the - president's
party., It la characteristic
OEOROE L BROOKS.
JTeachlnf la Portland. .. .
Portland, Dee. I. To the Editor of
The Journal As a comparative stran
ger in Portland, bat one who has aat
under the greatest preachers of our
time, I may be pardoned for expressing
publicly, through our columns, my con
viction that' you have In Portland' a
preacher who takea rank with thoss
whose pulpit fsme haa given their
names a foremost place In. the evan
gelical pulpit of the last eentury. Last
evening I attended, the Flret .Congrega
tional churcn, where the greatest ser
mon I have heard la seara waa given by
He Ended the War
With Spain :;
Opinions differ respecting the mili
tary genlua Of the lata William R.
Shaftar, but even those who deny him
the possession of great ,klll cannot
deny that' he took Santiago de Cuba
and ended the war with Spain. In war
as in peace It la results and not theo
ries that count aaya the Chicago Chron
icle. .
General Shatter .was not a diplomat
nor aa army politician. .Up to the be
ginning or the Spanish war he waa un
known beyond the limits of the regular
army. He had nov "pull" and he was
neuher aggressive enough nor adapt
able enough to further" hla fortunea at
the war department. When he waa
placed tn -command of the Cuban ex
pedition It waa not hla prominence but
hla lack of it that won him the. assign
ment ; He waa regarded aa a man whs
would go .ahead and do what he waa
ordered to . do without cherishing any
bopea or . expctattonaef political re.
warn.---".'.- -.-.. --
- The event Justified the Judgment ot
those who selected him.- Rhaftar em
barked upon what 'waa truly a most
perilous adventure Jwlthout interposing
any difficulties or offering any suggen-
tions. He was told to-go ahead and
take Santiago and. he went ahead and
took It without any speotacubr acres-
series or appeals to the gallery. The
war ended and the power of Spain for
ever banished ' from this hemisphere,
8haftar dropped back into the routlno
of army life, performing hla duties
exactly as before, and when the age of
retirement waa reached be went Into
private life without any publlo demon
stration whatever. His disappearance
from the publlo eye excited no com
ment.
It ia probably, the first time In the
history of the English-speaking na
tions that a commander who conducted
a great ' and successful . campaign
against a foreign power haa been al
lowed to drop out of Sight, (o all In
tents and purposes, aa aeon aa the cam
paign ended. - In that respect Shatter U
unique. , . - -
The Mexican war, which waa no
greater shakes than the war with Spain,,
made numerous congressmen, senators
and governors. It raised UP two presi
dential candidates one of them suc
cessful, The war with Spain aided no
body In particular least of all the man
who brought it to a victorioua termi
nation; Dewey-received -a- prent-of
a house and lot which tha donors soon
afterward . begrudged . htm. Sampson
and 8chley won -nothing- save heartburn
ing and controversy. Nobody aave the
lieutenant-colonel of the First Vnlted
States Tolunteer cavalry waa evon
seemingly advanced by It-and to him
It brought the vice presidency, which
he did not want- L.-..
Shatter, however, got absolutely
nothing.- Tet he won the struggle. Tbe
case Is unprecedented.
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V illamcttc River
Locks 7r t "
' From the- Eugene Guard.
If la almost unbelievable by strangere
visiting Oregon that tbe people of the
Willamette valley .have, submitted for
yeara to having been taxed 50 cente
per ton, or any other aum, for their
produce and auppllee paeelirg through
the locks at Oregon Ctty.
The habit of bearing Ills uncom
plainingly ia aa true to our nature aa
That privileged, paras! tee always find
resdy sympathy with the masses when
ever a newspaper triee to create intel
ligent dissatisfaction at any prevailing
wrong. It Is the unthinking who hold
ell progress In check. The Intelligent
reading publlo know that the one and
only Important condition favorable to
the people which ' the railroads have
been unable to overcome la "the water
ways. They see, too, an example of
what a free canal across the . state
has done for New Tork City and the
etate. Until the Erie canal waa built
Boston and Philadelphia were ' close
competitors ef New Tork City, The
opening of the Erie canal made New
Tork for all time the Empire State of
the union and. la helping the city tn
Its race for commercial and financial
supremacy over all other cities of the
two hemispheres. '
It le-not enough that the state of
Oregon should make the locks on the
Willamette free from toll: It ahould
build a eanal from the head of naviga
tion to Eugene of a sufficient depth to
eccoramodate river ateamers. Such a
eanal would endure for all time aneVj
Insure water freight rates to farmers
and manufacturers; would treble the
population 'of the Willamette valley,
quadra-pie the value of taxable prop
erty and make of Eugene a manufactur
ing metropolis unsurpassed by any
thing on the Pactflo eoast If there be
any who doubt the reasonableneaa of
thia statement let them consider that
there la tributary to Eugene the most
extensive and valuable tract of timber
tn the United Statea, - and that thia
city haa within utilising distance on the
McKensie rtver and other atreama the
basis of electrie power eurpassed only
by that claimed for the world-famed
Niagara falla. '
. Autumn Leavea. '
From the PatI Mall Oaaette.
Home have they carried, with song, leav
... lngyha broad flelda bare.
Under the round"'Tedmoo!l,-"thJ-Tait
rich golden sheavee;
And I hear. In the woodlands dim, sad
Autumn's funeral hymn -.
The dirge of the falling leavee.
Alaat ao brief the morn atnee Summer
with (aughter played
Where the sea-seeking stream her
music-mystery weaves.
Now ahe lies still as the dead, deep In
. her forest bed.
Shrouded In shuddering leavea. .
But the old quiet nurse to whom all .sad
things softly creep.
Winter, the wan one, folds her close to
her breast, and giievesr
Till the promise that doea not die, with
a new llfe'e Joy and cry, - ;
Stir In the quivering leaves.
Dark la my own heart here,' as I list to
the winds that weep; .
But hope "of days to be my lingering
soul receives. -
For I know Love's eyee will wake, and
Love'e eweet dawn ahall break
Out of lift's fallen, leaves.
Dr. House. I feel sure that If all Port
land eould have, heard that sermon It
would have given auch an Inspiration
for ohurch attendance that for one whole
year there would not be a vacant aeat
In that church. ' I
I do not belong to that denomination,
so I speak Impartially when I say that
thia elty doea not know, aa It ahould
know, what a privilege .. would ba to
attend thia church and hear a living
gospel preached with auch power. I am
sura rr. House's sermons have no su
perior, if Indeed an equal, in the great
elUes of the eeatv- J. a UAQl'K.
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BIRDSEYE VIEWS
cf TIMELY TOPICS
; SMALL CHANGE. :
But there ean be no trial babiea.
. ! e,'e -V.
" Trial divorcee are already quite fre
quent. . ,--..''''"..".-
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Well, there'a nothing the matter with
good turkey hash. -
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A perceptible decline In paper rail
road building ia noticeable. .
It certainly la time for Harry Thaw
to get another additional lawyer.
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But Caruso would have been all right
at one of those "400" monkey dinners.
' ' e . e ' .
If vou put it off three weeke don't
blume- this puragr&pber ir you get
crushed' half to death while buying 'em.
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The hen fa the proper thing nowa
daye, aaya the Tygh Bee. How le that,
with eggs 40 oenta a dosenT Drat the
hen. .. : . '
Between : vacations,.' holldaya and
teachers' Institutes, perhapa . children
will "get shed" of going to. school at
all after awhile.
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Up In Idaho aome people are trying
to ouat a Judge named Budge. But the
Judge aaya he will not budge, though he
be Judge Budge. ' .
;.Ta5i.ii,.. .-.',. ..-.- . .'" '
Poet Laureate Austin', latest poem
la really nearly aa original and (Other
wise gqod aa one that the average aweet
girl graduate could write.
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Ida Tarbell la writing a history of the
tarlft ; Think of the eelf -sacrifice of
an authoress working for msnv weary
months on something that nobody will
read. - '
A Minnesota man returned an over
coat that he had atolen It yeara before.
Hie conscience would not permit him .to
wear It any longer, especially as It waa
about worn out. - - -
The Canby Tribune aavfprealdents
of the United Slates are put In that- of
fice by the'Hand of destiny. Possibly,
but a good many aenatora get Into of
fice by the sleek handa of Standard Oil.
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The Dallea Chroniole, tn narrating the
suicide of a young man. aaya ie "had
domestic trouble tn which a young
woman figured." But did anybody ever
hear of domestic trouble without a
woman tn It? ' 7 'z'r:-lr. 1 ;'-
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A Pennsylvania man fattened a pig
to send to Governor Penny packer on
Thanksgiving, but a bulldog ate up the
pig, and the farmer Is In doubt whether
to follow the advice of some to send the
governor the dog. " . .
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The banishment of Mark Twain's
Eve's Diary" from New EnglandJ
public liDrsry and tha widely circulated
report of thia action will cahae tha vet
eran huntorlst-phlloeopher to smile Joy
ously; everybody who reads the report
will want .to see the etchings pt Eve la
the garden. .
"heGhnstmaspmt
Peter Flnley Dunne In the Christmas
, . American Magaiine.
Ye can't lnjye Cbrla'maa onless ye've
got th". Chrts'maa feelln". I. can't Just
tell ye what It . Is. but It's aa rale as
annythlng that we talk an' fight about
th' rest ! th' year.
It's as- rale aa th' rate bill, th' tariff
or th' Ph'lipeens. I nlver eeen anny
tv thlm things, though I' ye taken me
life tn me hands imanny a time fr an'
again thira. It'a a good deal more rale
to me, f r I caa feel it I can hear it
an' I can see It. Aa me mind runs on
Chrls'roas dsy. I'll vote fr no man f r
prlsldlnt who stands on anny other
platform but to uphold thlm principles
fr which mannjT thousand lv American
cltlsens shave almost been cremated
thryln' to play Banty Claua. -
Chrts'maa brings good cheer, eaya ye,
an' ye' re right. Lastewaya ye're part
right. Th' thruth la ye can't lnjye It
onless ye have th' Chrls'mss spirit, an'
ye can't have th' Chrla'maa spirit on
Chrls'maa onlesa ye've had It th rest
lv th' year. ' T must have it but ye
mustn't shew It I'd advlae ye not to.
If people knew ye had th' Chrla'maa
aplrit at other times they'd take away
lvry.tAlng else ye had. They'd aay to
thlrosilves: "This fellow looks sthrong,
but he ain't He haa a fatal defect
He's afflicted with th' Chrla'maa aplrit
which unfits htm fr th' erool ethruggle
lv existence. Let'a take hla watch."
'Tla betther to give thin to raycelve,
saya th' good book. Mind ye, It aaya
betther, ' not more naehraL It ain't
nachral to do. ayether. It'a alsler to
keep thin to give, an' more spoortln' to
take away thtn to raycelve. That'a hu
man nature, me boy. '
On th' . night lv Declmber twlnty
fourth th' man who hasn't th' Chrls'maa
spirit standa at lb' head lv his class.
He's ehampeen lv th' wurruld. All th'
puraea an' atakea an' ehampeenahlp
belli heTongB to-hIriKH1a hla pitch
ers In th' pa-apers, an' aa he goea by
with hie watch chain elankln' on th'
dlmon buttona lv bta vest th' neighbors
point him out with cries lv rage. On th'
mornln' lv Chrte'mas day 'he's up arly
an' out In th' sunshine. There'a naw
thln' fo'r him to .do, because th' banks
ar-re all eloaed. No wan gtvea him th'
attention he likes. Nobody looks at
hlra respectfully as It " they'd like te
. . Steeplechase Fish. ;
From the Touth'e Companion.
Among the curiosities of nature In the
Asiatic world are the little Jumping Ash,
belonging to the speclee Ooblua, which
may be seen at many plaeea on .the
coast of India, and particularly near
Bombay. - They pass the larger part of
the time on the ahore, preferring muddy
placea, where tbey pursue their preyi
consisting of files and small erabs and
other crustaceans, by leapa performed
with the aid of their fins and tails. They
are extremely ahy. and their Singularly
prominent eyee afford them a good look
around aa they lie quietly on the chore
In the Intervals between their ehasee
after prey. Moving quickly with little
Jumps, they are not themselves easily
captured. They are sometimes used by
fishermen for living bait and are also
sold In the marketa. - .'.
; Single Tax In Practice.
From the World Today.
The dream of Henry Oeorge, aa est
forth In "Progress and Poverty," haa
become a reality. - There la actually a
alngle-tax eolony, the only one in the
world thai la rapidly .becoming a thrlT-
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' OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
eje-BaBjasBBaaBBB
Jefferson to have a nsb market , ;' , -'
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Spraying apple trees ta now in ordar,
There are all kinds of ducks on Skoo- ;
kum lake.
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Chicken and turkey ateallna- freouen
at Hubbard. . .
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Prunes hrtng a or I cents a nound aa
Buena Vista- . .
There Is a lost bed of pearl mussels
near puena vista. .
A number of new houses have been
butlt lately In Falla City. .
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The" Blualaw flahln 'uaia" iu.r
closed was. the besrtn 24 years. If not'
ever. , ., .- .. -, .... .
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A large quantity of. a drug plant
called datura stramonium Is raised In
and near Buena Vlata.
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Seven sons and one daughter of Mrs.
Q. H. Quertn ot Myrtle Point nun a
call on her one evening last week. . -
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A Madras man found a 110 bill and
took It to the Pioneer office where tbe
owner received It leaving $1 for tha
honest, finder. .
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The editor of the Toledo Reporter
claims that the state la not out of debt
because he haa a warrant for money
due from, the state. . , ,
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"Me no w an tee selle.- aald a Marsh
field Chinaman when offered ttl.OOO for
a pleoq of property that he paid 11,000
for four yeara ago. .
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A caravan of six covered wagona and
oca buggy, with 10 head of horses and
10 people, passed through Sherman
county from Southern Oregon. ,
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An Implement firm at Madras has or
dered six sub-surface packers, which' la
ample evldenoe tbat tha farmers In that .
region Intend to give the Campbell sya
teroatrlalnext season. , ' :
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,'The outlook Is promising for black
aand mining te become an Important in- .
duatry of the lower Coqullle, eays the
Sentinel. ' Considerable aand haa lately
been ahlpped to Portland tor reduction.
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Depending upon the railroad there are
perhapa not more than half a dosen
families In Sherman county with a fuel '
supply sufficient to last over February.
Thia. is a aerloua matter, says the '
Moro Observer. . " .
" ' -
- District Attorney Brown of the third
district my: 'Tha people of Benton
county ought to be proud of their cltl
aenshlp. They have but little uae for
courte and district attorneys. When .
I come to Corvallla to attend eourt, t
get lonely sitting In . the grand Jury
room waiting for complaints to, come.
Trivial rotnplalnta belonging In a 'Jus-,
tlce rather than a circuit court are
about all that come before me." '
kill him7burdohfdaret7TvTybody
Is thryln' to seem happy. Th' pollaman
on th' beat feela that this la wan day
whin he tan be polite without endan
ger! hla -life, - an'- Is ehatt In' merrily
with his old tnlmy, th' lootlnant lv
thruck nine. Th' saloonkeepers who
have holly an' mistletoe hang It out an'
those that haven't hang -out a Tom an'
Jerry sign. Th' grocceryman haa pret
tily dhraped th' box to -dhrted" apples
with macarony an' put a Jar lv pre
serves on top lv th' mountain lv canned
corn In th window. He le supposed to
be a stingy man. an' la -moat lv th' .
year, but now he'e givrn away th' bad
oranges hs waa thryln' to. aaw off on
hta cuetemere -ylsterdah. A. good mann
people who nlver smiled befure ar-re
grlnntn' Evenr th' -motor man looka less
like a mlllyonalre automobtllat and
more like a. human beln' that'a paid to
commit murdher. '
Thin Pluckem, th' man who haan't th.
Chrla'maa spirit meets Father Kelly
an' wanta to get In on the ground flure.
"Th' whole Issue waa oversubscribed '
long ago, an'rth' ray au Its." aaya Father
Kelly, "have been eo satlsfacthry that
no wan will let go hta holdln'a," he
saya. "Wall, "tla strange," aaya Pluck,
em, 'but thle le th' first hit lv undhaV
wrttln' I've missed In a long time," he
aaya. "How did it happen r' he eaya.
"Te weren't leit out" says Father Kelly.
"I offered ye a chanat to subscribe th'
day I paased th' hat re Casey, th' cob
bler, whin he lost his leg. Te didn't
think It looked like a good thing." ho
aaya. "Who got moat lv It?" aaya
Pluckem. ' "I don't knew," aaya Father
Kelly. "I got some fr meeelf'an' me
good f rinds put me In rr aome more.
Hlnntssy got a large block an' I guess
he's got It yet fr he hasn't used much
lv it Dooley waa a large subscriber,
but th' reckless fellow prob'bly has used
uo most lv hla I think th-'-largeat owner
t -easey-himsUf he says; ..I'He got an.'-
up ateadlly Ivry day, while ha pegs .
away at th' half aolee, an' I guess he'e
th' richest man ta Ar-rchey road today,
an' the poorest to-marrah," saya Father.
Kelly. "I suppose. I'm th' poorest to
day," aaya Pluckem. ' "Can't I get even
a little? Cuddent ye apare me about
two bits' worth to get a night's lodg-
tn'r aaya be
,
tng and Important eommuntty. '
hundred acres ef land were secured soma .
time ago by ardent alngle-tax advoeatea
In Baldwin county, Alabama, and there,
on a" beautiful bluff overlooking Mobile -bay,
the pretty -village of Falrhope waa
founded. .It has developed Into one at
the most prosperous settlements of the
atate. .
The population of Falrhope ta now '
between S00 and 70S. There are more
than 100 dwellings, three general stores, .
a dry goods and millinery store, a fine
hotel, two drug stores, meat market -bakery,
several mills, livery stable, .
printing offioe, several shops, occupied
by varloua tradea,a neat church build
tng, fine publlo aohool building, town
hall and lodgee for benevolent er fra
ternal organisations.
; No, Thank Heaven, We Don't.
rrom the New Tork Mall, ,
Beaton atatlatlclane calculate that It "
oosts one third aa much to live In Boa- '
ton as It does to live In New Turk. '.
It la always painful to detec inexact
ness In Boston's uae ef lans-usge. in , '
Boston you buy fond and clothing and .
pay rent la Mew York you live.