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DAIIT AND SCNDAI.
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Instead of saying that man
X- ii thi, creature ' of circura
etance; It would be nearer
the mark to say -that man is
the architect of circum
stancee. Carlyle.
ELECTION OF SENATORS.
T.
rHE CONFERENCE at Des
Moines this week having for
its object the adoption of a
,. "constitutional amendment- providing
for the election of United States sen-
atort by direct - vote of -the people,
has been expressive of popular, senti
ment, but it is doubtful if it will have
, any effect on the senate, which har
always opposed this change. A suf
ficient : number" of statev acting by
legislative petitions, could force the
submission of the desired amend
ment, but it'i difficult to get enough
states to act concurrently though
this conference may Ijave some in
fluence in that direction.
Meanwhile an increasing number
states-are pxacticallX-da'Jg.yh'lj!
! ..is desired the constitution shall per-
' mit them to do and choosing sen
ators at popular elections, the legisla
; tores merely carrying out in official
form the people's instructions. This
has happened; or is to happen in sev
eral southern states, in Illinois and in
Idaho and Oregon, and their example
will apparently soon be followed in
several other, states.
; Possibly, perceiving this move-
, ment, the senate may consent to Join
with the house in proposing the de
,. aired amendment, Jut if it . will not.
and if not enough states petition for
the change, the people of most if not
alt the states will within a few years
accomplish substantially the same re
, suit, as they have done, as it is pre
sumed the event will show next
winter, in Oregon.
WHAT IT MEANS.
E
VENTS of great value to Ore
gon are to result from the car
shortage convention at Eu-
, gene. Seventy-three million feet of
lumber and logs lying unmoved in
" the yards and ponds of a tingle com
. pany, is a condition that has deep sig
nificance. So have the 20 mills prac
, tically closed down in, the Cottage
i. .Grove district alone. So has that ex
traordinary statement that of the cars
- required and ordered for lumber ship-
meats alone, but three, per cent has
been furnished by the railroad. And
the closed mills everywhere, the un-
moved crops, the paralysis --of-tn-
ttustry," the . Stagnation, . the "distress,
the unemployed, the needy homes, all
these left their effect on the men who
went toJEugene. These unwonted
and unwarranted conditions left con
victions upon the men of the gather
ing that neither time nor trifling will
efface. Men who went to the con
vention believing themselves the
worst auffereTS came away convinced
that ' they - were among the least
, When the inventory of all the in
- justices heaped upon the long-suffering
people had leen taken, it was
discovered to be more iniquitous,
snore wicked and more without rea
sonable excuse than any had expect-
ed. ..The crystallization of srntimcnt
Into" determination that there must
be remedial action is the outcome
; ' and it is of infinite value to the state
1 and its industries. , "
; In- the face of the revelations at
, Eugene no legislator should falter in
his duty. It is no longer a question
of whether or not there will be rail
road IrgisUticn, but entirely a ques-
tion of what it is to be. Such legisla
tors as have not yet come to a real-
ration of this fact will find them
selves fully confronted with' it later
on. The men behind the movement
'v. are the bone and sinew of the com-
, monwea!th. They -are the men who
.make our 'wealth from field, mineand
forest and they will brook no inter
ference. The railroad interest will
fare better if it lets them legislate
alone. They now comprehend the
. fart that smooth tongued lobbyists
have kept us from enacting restrictive
statutes, by which Oregon has corrie
. to be one of a little group of minor
states wiihotiVaws' fof"defcrise"6f
ehippers and people, This over.
! avoalrning ear shortage with its de
consequence
and for it the railroads are held
doubly amenable. ' "
These men know that a ear short
age bill was defeated by railroad lob
byists 1n the "legislature of 1903 and
that a reciprocal demurrage law was
ignomtniously slaughtered by the
same body. They were warned at
thcEugenc' "cOtif erence or-ths- lika -
lihood that attempts would be made
to strangle any similar measures in
the coming session.- They ; were
warned that various bills of so-called
railroad purport will be introduced by
friends of the railroad to fool legis
lators and defeat effective measures,
They are looking for tactics of this
kind and , will "be on hand to resent
and rebuke them.
All this, with a determined purpose
to be fair, to be j'usht be reason
able with the railroads is the outcome
of the Eugene convention, and it is
well. -The - Cottage Grove - and - Eu
gene people deserve the thanks of all
Oregon for what has been achieved
and for that other yet to be achieved.
TAWNEY'S EXCUSE- -
EPRESENTATIVE Tawney
of Minnesota, a Republican
leader in congress, has dur
ing several N campaigns for reelection
declared for .tariff revision, but has
done nothing to bring it about He
was reelected -this year, butby-
much decreased majority, indicating
the disappointment and displeasure
of hit constituents, Id Whom lie has
thus explained:
"No Individual member of congress, or
combination of members, can upon their
own Initiative accomplish, a readjust
ment of the tariff, for the reason that
uch readjustment Involves - a modifi
cation of Republican party poller. It
can only b accomplished upon the Ini
tiative of our party leader, the presi
dent of the United States. -. When he
recommends any readjustment or re
vision of the existing; tariff schedules
the majority of the Republicans, In my
AudamenUwllLaDBPrt-hlin."
This is a rather strange statement
and excuse, even if the president be a
very masterful sort of man in his of
fice. The president could, it is true,
recommend and urge revision of the
tariff, but it is certainly the business
of congress, - and primarily of the
bouse, in which Mr. Tawney is a
leader, to move in the matter. It is
wholly legislative and no) at all ex
ecutive business, until a bill is passed
and nt to the presTdeTrtoTtigberiavei "on air g'sTbipTwHmlactory manner
nature. Dare no congressional dog
bark except when Sir Oracle Presi
dent opes his mouth?
" It is to be expected that the tariff-
robbed people of Mr. Tawney't dis
trict will not accept this excuse, and
that he may prepare to meet two
years hence the fate of McCrearjr"and
Lacey. . " " .' ' '
If what the papers-bf San Fran
cisco say of the carnival of graft and
crimes of all sorts is true, we should
think the Japanese would not care to
have their children exposed to the
contaminating influences of the
schools of that city. 1
It must be admitted that when the
farmers, mitlmen and shippers of Ore
gon see their products rotting on side
tracks th-y are getting some valuable
data, on the Subject of government
ownership of railroads.
It is reported that the Wells-Fargo
company is to raise wages. TMfls
very well, but a reduction of its
charges is also - considered in ' order
by its frequent patrons, and would be
an appreciated Christmas present' to
them.-.
In the latest effort to pacify a body
of Filipinos 10 American soldiers
were killed or wounded. The natives
who escaped immediate pacification
will be atarved into an acceptance of
the blessings of peace.
"Bacteria," , says an alleged au
thority, "are to be found in street
cars in great numbers." No; no; at
least, not in the streetcars of Tort
land. There's no room for them.
A large moving picture of the
American workingman going to
Japan to compete -with native labor
at Japanese wages should accompany
that proposed treaty between Mr.
Roosevelt and the mikado.
For every dollar spent on the army
and navy, at least one dollar should
be spent in developing our waterways
and harbors. -
Secretary Bonaparte wants $33,-
000,000 for new battleship. A far
greater need is open river and im
proved harbors. r
Under the circumstances, the gen
tleman from Texas may want to
change his line of defense, and try to
prove an alibi . J
The car shortage convention turned
from its work to applaud an open
Willamette to the echo. If adopted
resotuUon "memorializing trongress
to purchase the present locks or build
new ones so that SO cent per ton can
A Tattle Out
THINGS PRINTED TO RR
Pointed Paragraphs,
From the Chicago News.
- A crafty man Isn't - necessarily
Bailor. -
l HumiH
about on crutches.
Life Is not worth living unless you
live for the rood yon can do.
The less husbands and wives have to
say about Jealously the batter.
Football players oucht to be able to
travel on their cheek in after years. -
In football it's a touch-down; in mat-
rlmonv it's a shake-down.
Never Judce a man a. wprtn by tne
amount of life Insurance he carries.
Perhana you-may ha vs. noticed that
rich, relatives usually live to a rips old
ft fire - ' .
It's the man who never does anytning
who is always Johnny-on-tha-apot when
It comes to telling- now things snouia
ha dnne. . .
Did von ever sea a reiiow waising
around on his uppers whUs -waiting for
a dead man's shoes T
Whan his patients dls a doctor ex
cuse himself on the ground that they
failed to follow his advice.
December 8 In History.
17l Henry Laurens, South Carolina
statesman, died. Born 17Zt.
j 88 2 BJornstyerna Bjornson, Nor
wegian poet and dramatist, born.
1841 Thomas R., Bard. United State
senator from California, borta.
1893 Trial of Dr. Meyer, the alleged
murderer by poison, began In New York
City. .. ...
1908 Herbert spencer, Kngiisn pnu-
osopher, died. Born April 17, 180.
1904 Mrs. Cassis Chaflwick. million
aire swindler. Imprisoned In ths Tombs,
New York.
Irined Nurse for Doga. "
A young New York woman enjoys ths
unique reputation, of being' a trained
nurse, for sick dogs. Tor some years
she has been a member of ths staff of
the New- York dog hospital, wbers the
sick pets of the wealthy are nursed
back to health. She often has as many
a 100 dogs to car for. It Is her duty
to give them their medicine, and in
other ways carry out the doctor's orders
exactly as a trained nuns would do for
human patients.
assatt's Birthday.
Alexander Johnston Cassstt president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
was born In Pittsburg, DeoemDer a,
18. At ths University of Heidelberg
he obtained a liberal education, and on
his return home he took a course In
civil engineering. In 1811 he entered
the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad
as a rodman, in ltd he was superin
tendent of motive power and three years
later h waa made general superintend
ent of the system. In 1880 he was
first vice-president snd two years later
he created a surprise by resigning his
or smppcu imu ,uc umuicuc ""
gton. . These te times when the Ore
gon people see their rights and call
for them,
.The Japanese are likely io score
another great victory; they will, beat
Mr. Roosevelt for a third term.
-Btrnrh arCsttf 0Tn1aTTaHy-thmks-f
President Roosevelt continues to be
quite unfit for publication.
Mr. Harriman continues to be the
great combination in restraint of
trade in Oregon.
Every time the war begins on the
nickel-in-the-slot machine, the dice
box shakes. -
And still there are Pulajanes to be
killed. Those people must breed and
grow fast- - -
, The Play- -
By Johnston McCulley.
'-. "I don't believe laws mads cen
turies ago can keep apart a man
and woman of today." Act II..
For about fl"e minutes last -n'sVht
Miss Maxtns Elliott, famous brunette,
cast aside her title to being a beauty
and assumed -that of an actress. She
acted with her whole heart and soul
and, sent a thrill through the represen
tative audience that crowded the Helllg.
She waa depicting the Joyous love of
a girl who had made an Idol of a man
and bad Juet learned that the man had
made an Idol of her. There was deep
passion In every movement. In every
glance, in every little Jerk of the head.
For those few minutes Afaxlne Elliott
was sn actress in the class with tin
bsst of them. "
During the rent of the play Maxlne
Elliott was looking beautiful snd acting
In a pleasant and realistic manner.
There is no doubt that f'lyde Fitch's
Dlav fits her It tlvn th. ntr,n !
chance to bring out the good points o
her -ability. Th bad points ir there
are any ar ktpt to the background
through the cleverness of the play
wright There are a Iw "heavy" mo
ments when Mies Elliott does not rise
to the occasion. Her strength as an
actress lies In ths happy girllshness of
her love, her rapid changes from hops
to despstr, from contentment to anxiety.
8he portrays well ths sweetness, the
bitterness, ths delicious pain of un
certainty of love. '
It Is easy to see why New York liked
"Her Great Match" it casts sarensm
st Chicago., It is sssy to see why Lon
don liked it it . makes repulsive an
American woman of the shady society
type. It Isn't the usual Fitch play.
There Isn't a line of it left burned Into
your brain, as thers is in most Fitch
plays. The characterisations are strong
in every particular. They claett a little
at times, but their strength over
shadows this fault. There Is evidence
of the play being rehashed, 'cut, re
touched and treated mercilessly at ro
hearial, but ths result Is balm for the
rough treatment.
Miss Elliott has surrounded herself
with a capable eompany, with ths possi
ble exception of Cory Thomss, who
plays Augustus Botes in a manner al
most Inhuman. Miss Muriel Wylford
Is good as the despicable Mrs. Sheldon.
Susanna Perry, who wa here a few
months ego-as seoend woman with Nat
Ooodwln, la delicious as Victoria. Rotes,
Mathilda Cottrolly does the Orand Duch
ess of HohenhoUteln is a highly satls-
of tkc Common
AD. WHILE ; YOU WAIT.
position and announelng his "retirement
from business. For IT years Mr. Cas
satt took no part in ths active business
of ths road,-bt In 1891 was perauaded
to return to the pennsylvsnia as presi
Ont a position he still hm
iwoody; , V -;
From ths Boston Transcript
Wood pulp Is mads into paper,
o trees become books.
and
For problem novels, knotty trees are
most appropriate. ,
For soulful works ths pine.
For schoolboy stories ths birch.
For animal tales ths dogwood.
. For books on style the epruce.-
- For sesslds books ths beech.
For jok books the chestnut.
: "u Doga to Suit..-; ;?ry ','
For a teacher Pointer, . ", . ' '
For a Jeweler Watch. - ' v '
For a detective Hound.
For Wall street lamb Shepherd.
For a car dog Spits, . . .
For an explorer Newfoundland. 1
For a tough Terrier.
For a tramp Setter.
For a college man Coach.
For a baby Toy.. -
No Thieves in Finland. '
Finland Is a realm whose Inhabitants
are remarkable for their inviolate in
tegrity. There are no banks and no
aaf deposits, for no such security is
essential. You max leave your luggag
anywhere for any length of tlms,and
b quits lure of rinding It untouched
on your return, and your purs full of
money would b Just aa secure under
similar olrcumatancea.
Love snd the Ross.
PerclvaL
Let us prise ths rose.
In the' unclouded morning of-this day.
Which soon will loss its bright serenity I
O, let us prise the first-blown, ross of
-- love; -
Let us lov now, in" this our fairest
youth.
When lovs can find a full and fond re
turn.
Other Differences.
Ths radical difference between th
hand of man and of the monkey lies In
the thumb. In ths human hand the
thumb ttastheHMtmpolng puwei
msans that th thumb can b mad to
touch ths tip of each or any of the
other fingers on the same hand;
monkey's thumb Is non-opposable.
ths
Right and Left Hand.
About 14 per cent of otherwise nor
mal people use the right hand In prefer
ence to the left; ( per cent are left
handed, .and it Is a curious fact that
en third of ths ' per cent are ambi
dextrous. tees CasavettL , Charles Cherr makes
Miss Elliott a good leading man. Leon
Quartermaln Is good as Cyril Botes.
"Her Great Match" tells ths story of
tne lovs of the crown princ of East
phalla for an American girl, and of her
great lov for him. Their lov Is played
upon by an English brewer who wants
a title, by the stepmother of ths girl
who wants money to avert a scandal.
Through th mass of traitorous dealings
ths lovs emerges untainted and tri
umphant. The crown princ declares
himseiriHcrrag-girt nves-htnrTigr-tirerr-t
A morganatic marriage Is consented
to by th father of th prince. The
girl refuses. After a trying experience
ths crown prince abdicates his right to
ths tbrons to marry the, girl he loves.
Oldt Certainly! Not a new thing In It.
But it Is worked out in the approved
Pitch manner, there ar lines that'are
beautiful, there is an even grade of
merit from ths first to th last thers
are lovs scenes that are delicious and
characterisation that stamps Fitch near
er th master than when he wrote "The
Climbers' or "Ths Olrl With th Green
Eyes." ,
Maxlns Elliott in "Her Great Match"
Is distinctly worth seeing. Sh will be
at th Helllg this afternoon and for a
closing performance of the engagement
tonight
. The San Francisco Spirit
The following paraphrase of "Manda-
lay," which was printed In th San
Francisco Argonaut not long after ths
btg fir. Is going - ths - rounds of th
press:
Put m somewhere weet of East street
Where there's nothln' left but dust.
Where the hands are all a-hustlln'
And where everything's gone bust.
Where the buildln's that are atsndln'
Sort of blink and blindly star
At th damndest finest ruins
Ever gased on anywhere,-
Bully ruiri bricks snd wall-
Through the night I've heard you call.
Sort of sorry for eefch other
'Cause you had to burn and fall.
From the ferries to Van Ness . .
You're a Ood-forsken mess.
But the damndest finest ruins,
Nothln' more an' nothln' less. -
Ths strangers who come rubberin'
And a-huntln' souvenirs,
The fools they try to tell us .
It will take a million years
TTi rnrw ws ' pel slsi lr.il
So why don't ws come to live
And build our homes and factories
On the land they've got to give.
"Got to give!" Why, on my soul, ,
I would rather bore a hols
And live right In the' ashes
Thsn even move to Oskland's mole.
If they'd all give me my pick
Of their buildln's proud and slick
In the damndest finest ruins
Still I'd rather be a brick.
OM King Coal
' ' Old King Coal '
Was a merry old- soul.
And a marry old soul was he;
And why he was merry
Is a simple thing, very
For he laughed with a gladsom glee,
He! He! m
He laughed with a gladsorrm glee, .'
The thermometer stopped.
And it dropped, dropped, dropped.
And the snow began to snow)
And it frls. frls, frls.
Till they said "Oe whiz!
It's gone down to thirty bslow! . .
Obi Oh!
. It's gone down to thirty below!"
And Old King Cola, .
The Jolly old soul.
He laughed till hs weakened his knees;
And says he. "That's nice; .
. , , You Can pay my price,
- Or 'you'll -freese, or yoti'll frees,
Or you'll freese! ireezel frecsel
You can pay my pries or freese!'
. .fltuart MasLeaa,
tetters Jrrqm
4 People
Immortality and XumaBity,
' Portland, Dee. I. To th Editor of
Ths Journal Absolut knowledge of th
state of ths soul after death cannot be
obtained, and ths two facta P. J. Green
states in this eVertlng's Journal prove
mind, or soul, seems .to wax stronger
as th ordinary or objective senses ar
dulled, and In deep hypnosis, when th
body is practically dsad to all pain and
sensation, if judicious suggestion be
Used it can be made to see clalrvoyantly
and . do other things, th mention of
hlch would be uncalled for in this
article. Truly, will th observant stu
dent say, If this subjective entity grows
stronger as - ths body grows- weaker,
then at death, when the body la use
less, must this soul become strongest
and necessarily Independent
Tma is the argument for Immortality
used by Professor Hudson In th "Law
of Psychic Phenomena,", and what P.
Green also Indirectly states. Person
ally, I believe that statement but th
same line of reasoning would lead us
to belle e that ths flam which grows
larger snd brighter ss th wood -Is be
ing consumed would exist Independently
when th wood is destroyed. Th bright
reflection of th sun whloh th small
mirror casts cannot exist after ths
mirror la crushed. " r .
The useless "echoes" of dead mortals,
projected . generally unconsciously by
living sympathetlo frlsnds of the
deceased, are experienced by th passive
spirit mediums and mesmerised sub
jects, snd on account of some pecu
Uarlt "action or word (suppossd to be
known by no on but th client and th
deceased), which ths medium triumph
antly proclaims to th client as hav
ing been received from ths dead, but
which the cilent hag unconsciously com
municated to the. medium through tele
pathy, both go away satisfied that ths
great problem of Ufa after death has
been solved ones Snd for all.
r. J. Oieen'a second "proof Is partly
answered by the foregoing paragraph.
Further. 1st m stats that th constant
suggsstlon of this student to himself
of what hs was to do at ths moment of
death, and his presumably Intense de
sire in his last hours to carry out his
suggestion, caused him to speak at
distance, in the same manner that th
mesmerised subject sees at a distance.
while there still lingered In his body
some sparks of vitality." Than, In full
knowledge that his classmate had been
communicating with him, bs peaceably
expired and was seen or heard no more
TintKTgJsphrs than have been ths bll.
lions who have gone before him.
HENRY C BCHAPPERT.
' Streetcar Service.
Portland, Or., Dec. . To th Editor
of The Journal Never In all my life
have I reeided In a place where street
car service is so unsatisfactory ss It Is
In this city. It Is an abomination ana
disgrace. . This morning after waiting
for a car until I and several others be
came thoroughly disgusted, we walked
from Fifth and College street clear to
Yamhill street, and even then no car In
signt. un ins ; way, sianaing in ins
dripping lain, ws noted many hundr
of working girls and women, wet to
ths skin, waiting for ths oars that run
at ths short Interval of about every en
quarter to one half hour. Is their drip
ping clothes th unfortunates will have
to labor throughout the day-ta ths stores
and factories where they- ar employed.
endangering their health - and Inviting
sickness, and all because of ths Inef
ficiency of th soulless corporation which
is rapidly making Portland known
throughout ths world as "the walking
city,", where ths car service is so poor
iY- -r-t "i"! '-' , the rtsr Imfftrtif
ons expects to strive at one's destina
tion before ths afternoon of th follow
ing day that Is, If ons Is unfortunate
enough to depend on th car service of
th Third and Fifth street tines.
Another thing, what few cars they do
run on thes lines are the ears of the
days gons by, when - Portland wore Its
swaddling clothe and was not th metro
politan city of today. Why don't they
switch thes streetcar relies to" the Nob
hill lines and glv the stockholders of
this corporation, who reside In that dis
trict a taste of what their perfect ear
servlr Is llksT Travel is not heavy oa
ths heights early In th morning and th
large cars could well be spared to bet
ter th service of th lines where they
sre needed. Why not give tb working
elass a chancer Js there nothing that
can be done to compel this corporation to
better its streetcar servicer
t OUS a LOW IT.
DeaeVBests la Chain CtaasT.
Portland. Dec. 1. Having read an
article in Th Joural In regard to re-
tall butchers blacklisting th slow-psy
people, I should like to say a few words
on those lines. I think II Is a move
In ths right direction, only tt -does not
go fsr snough. I believe th poor pay,
In other words, the dead beat element
should b compelled to pay their debts.
snd thst not only tb merchants of the
city but all honest people should unit
In trying to hsve some kind -of legisla
tion passed thst would -fore them to
do so. Ths lis a It stands Is bad, and
only planes a premium On dishonesty.
The Idea of allowing a man to make use
of the exemption law or placing his
property in other people's names In
order to avoid paying his' debts is all
wrong. Still It Is being don continu
ally, snd yet w tslk aDout our courts
of Justice Can anybody point out the
Justice?
Now this state of Oregon needs good
mads, and sh needs them bed; why not
let her build them and us the dead
Beat eieTngnr-111 peifunn the lalinT A-
law that would compel a man to pay
his honest debts or go to bresklng rock
for the state at a fair wage until he
had earned enough for the state so thst
th ststs could pay the debts for him
would bs s good, and I think a Just
law. It would do away wtth ths dead
beat element to a large extent and give
sn honest man a chanc to g credit
If he was in need of It. as ths merchant
would reel thst the msn would pay as
soon as possible. In fact, it would re
move the premium from dishonesty and
placs it on honesty.' I should bs pleassd
to hear from soms more sble writer on
th subject ' A SUBSCRIBE!.
How Long Ostrich Live.
From thi Nations! Geographic Magazine.
Nothing Is positively known as to how
long an ostrich will live. Some writers
claim that it will live 10 years. Os
triches which are known to have been In
captivity for 40 years ar still breeding
and producing feathers.
It is th experience of Arlsona farm
ers that among birds having good nu
tritious green feed desth seldom occur,
except as the result of aocldsnt A dog
or other small animal will sometimes
frighten ostriches and causa thsm to rutwl
inio me isnre, wnicn may result in a
broken leg. When this happens, th bird
may ss well be killed aa few ever re
cover from- such ait Injury,--"-
Tillamook Is snnoyed by hoodlums
whs destroy privet property. .
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B IRDSEYE -VIEWS-..-ef.
TIMELY TOPICS
- -, f - SMALL; CHANQE,
Do your eare burn, Mr. Harriman t
-It seems thsqsriliq'ndrTaa on
Loss. , . .. ' ,
Ths Christmas giving problem Is again
on nana. . ,
Ths railroad ar hearing other rum
pling man their own.- ..:-,.
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Tick your friends.' says Rockefeller.
But aupposs they aren t geese, .
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Vox popult even at Eugene.: Oregon.
cannot b Ignored. Mr. Harriman,
Mayor Bchmlts Is no longer ths loader
or the musio mad In San Franctsoo.
If there were not slot machines some
people would have no us for nickels.
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It must b admitted that soms of the
old Mormons ar well up on husbandry,
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Oregon was distinctively at th bat at
th Rivers and Harbors congress Thurs
day.
i
Th mashers should be sent sfter th
slot machines and both kept out of
sight : ,
That heavy wind storm ts supposed In
railroad circles to have originated In
Kugena. . '....;:
It Is feared that "Uncle ChaunoeT has
not so great a stock of stats Jokes as
formerly,
I m m
Teddy suoeeeded In Issuing a message
that waa partly read, at least by a good
many people.
e .' e .
Pullman porters are thinking of giv
ing th company a tip that they would
like wages.
e e .
If this b prosperity, say th would-
be shippers, give us a chancs to unload
soms sf It for cash, Y . .
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Some families who sn'thuatastioally
bless ths stork for visiting them hope
bs won't call again.
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Water Is generally useful and harm-
less, but too much of It In corporation
stocks is a great evlL
Th Evansvlll minister whs was put
out of business by a hairdresser should
have remembered th fat of Samson. -,
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Does Senator Foraker suppose ths col
ored voters will elect many delegates to
th next national Republican conven
tion? ... . e e .
Thes who can gat along without
wood, butter snd eggs may be able to
pull through th winter on a moderate
salary. " -v..
If most peopl would not and re
member a kindness or favor as well a
they do an Injury or affront this would
b a far better world.
Judging from th frequency . with
which light and power fall In Portland,
perhaps that plant Isn't so valuabla as
it has keen erscked up to b. -
-N ewapaper-CalleJ-to-Account-
From th Public
Le Meriwether of Bt Louis has done
excellent publle service not only as an
agitator against ths villainous psrform
ances of th Interests la St Louis poli
tics, but also In holding their malignant
newspapere to account. In 1(01 and
1002 hs ably led the municipal owner
ship and equal taxation movement. -In
fit Louis' This brought him plump
sgainst ths financial and political cor
ruptlonlsts of that city. - Although
elected mayor beyond all reasonable
question, he was brazenly counted out
Arid because' hs did not surrender to
th Interests, thsir organ, the St . Louis
Republic, began a campaign of virulent
abuse. It called him "eiank," "social
ist," anarchist" etc., and when tt found
that these epithets didn't hurt it ac
cused him of trafficking In nominations
and playing his followers false. Then
Mr.-Meriwether sued ths St Louis Re
public for libel. In tw eases hs-has
been forced -to two trials eaoh and he
has obtained four verdicts.- ' Ons of
thsss verdicts, for 110,000, Is now pend
ing In ths supreme court of th stats;
snother, for 14,600 and eosts, th St
Louis Rspubllo has pstd with Its ohsck
for I4.014.76, dated ths lth ef Octo
ber last. . ,
ir. Meriwether Is to b congratulated
on his pluck and on his succsss. - And
e Is to be commended for giving thst
publicity to the matter which th Sti
By "Hen'rr : Jsmes. - -'
(From "Ths Ambassadors")
Almost ths first . thing strangely
enoaghi'-that -ehout sn , hQUt .Jater
Strether found himself doing in naran s
nresene was to -remark articulately on
this -failure. In their friend, of what
had been sUperflolally his great dis
tinction. It was as If hs auuasa. or
course, to, the grand manner ths dear
man had sacrificed It to. soms other sd-
vantage; which would -b,of-ours,
only for himself to measure. It might
be simply that hs wss physically so
much mors sound than on his first com
ing out This was all prosaic com
psratlvsly cheerful and vulgar; and for
tunately, if one eame to that his Im
provement In health was really Itself
grander than, any manner It could be
conceived as having cost him. You,
yourself alone dear Sarah" Htretner
took the- plunge "have done him, It
strikes me In these three week ss
much good ss all ths rest of his time
together."
It was a plunge, because somehow tne
rang of reference was, in tn conni
tlons, "funny." and made funnier still
by Sarah'a attitude, by the turn the oc
casion had. with hsr appearance, ao asn
elbly taksn. Her appearance was real
ly Indeed funnier than anything ela
th. spirit In which h rait ner ts am
there as soon ss sh was there, ths
shads of obscurity thst clsarsd up for
him as soon aa hs waa Bested with
her In th small salon d lecture.
By Mary Baker O. Eddy. v
(Frotn Science snd Health.)
Nature and revelation Inform us that
Beautiful Lucidity of rVritten Worcls
I
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Tillamook Is tg have a national bank,
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tacada now owns its water ays-
tern.
Land sales are ef daily oocurreno
at Moslr,
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Ths Medfacd-artesian ' well ts dawn
over ISO feet,.,., - ' -
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Rainier s new iron works are ap
proaching coroplstlon. v
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- Columbia eounty has about ons tenth"'
of th sawmills of ths stats. .
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Ths new carbarn at Casaderc will bs
II feet wide and 600 feet long.
eub bear got In the apple orchard
of, a Highland farmer and ths next
dsy hs sold soms bear meat
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From 101 tree of 7-year-old Yellow -Newtown
a Hood River man marketed
14 'boxes of first grade commercial ,
pack, six boxes of seconds and two bags
of eulls for elder. .
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Tillamook Herald: - Ws raceloved '
letter from soms horns folks back In
Kansss ths other day and they said
that there was two feet of snow oa ths
ground. How would that strike
soms of you Tillainookers?,
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Ths Wood burn nurseries delivered .
Friday 1600 worth of trees from that i
point aAd 1200 each from Oervals, Hub-
bard and Brooke. 1160 from Bllverton
and - $160 from Mount AngeL Ths
trees wers a general assortment a large
portion being English walnuts. - A Jaok. .
son county order of 1 1 1.00P worth of
trees will be shjppedsoon.
' .
Tillamook Herald I If you swn lands
In this eounty that are part la logs and
stumps, you ar losing monsy by not ,
having tt cleared by the donkey engine
method. Have It producing something! '
have it help you pay th tax on it;
have it worth 1200 sn acre instead of .
half that much, or less. In th past -few
years several hundred acres of
valuable - lands - have been cleared
around Tillamook with th donkey en
gine. ,
f Eavesdropping along ths telephone
lines In Lake county. Is complained of
by the Lakavtew Examiner, some people-
"wxntlng to hear what everybody
sis says, although strict rules forbid
ding such practice have been adopted
on all lines, and several eavesdroppers
are being caught On ons lins ths pen
alty for eavesdropping Is for ths first,
offens a fins of 15, and for ths seo-'-ond,
to have their phone cut out
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A correspondent of The Dalles Chron
icle asks: "Why not change from wheat
at a profit of 129 to ISO an acre, and
th possthllltlss ef frees-outs and
J0
1600?" -;It can hs done. If olx orchards
of 10 acres each In th nam community
ar cared for and brought Into bearing
as orchardists car for their orchards at ,
Hood River, ths land adjacent to- them
will more than Quadruple la value.
Let's plant mors apples., and get so
w ..will not have to depend entirely .
upoh a grain crop.
Louis Repubilo withholds In advising
ths public of Ms legal battls and tri
umph, . Mr. Meriwether pertinently
writes:
"Of ths 100.000 persons who read th
libels nons will ever know from any
thing in th columns sf th St Louis
Repubilo that It was convicted four
times in open court of publishing - foul
slanders. - The Republic seeks to keep
ths publle ignorant of tbs outeoms of
these suits; not even In Its news re
ports did it contain tb slightest an
nouncement of- ths court's ruling; th
rultngs In 'all th cases except mine
were duly announced in the Republic,
but th fact mat on that same day th
court of appeals decided a libel sutt In
my favor . was carefully supprsssed.
Ths press must not be muzzled; it must
have th fullest freedom ef criticism,
ven of condemnation. Bnt no neweps
psr has a right because It dislikes . a
man's political or economical opinions, -to
vilify that msn and falsely accuse
him of doing dishonorable things. I
know It is bad. teste to obtrude one's
private affair? upon ths publle, but In
a sens thes libel suits are not pri
vet. I belle v It should be widely
known that no matter how rich, how
powerful a newspaper Is, It may still
bs punished if It steals away a man's
good nam. And so believing, It seems '
not Inappropriate to make known by
this letter th result of my four years'
legal battle for Justice and vindication."
like produce Ilka Divine T science '
gathers not grapes from thorns, not
figs from thistles. Intelligence never
.KQutcjjteUJsn.cj'utrnatter
ta ever non-Intelligent and therefore"
cannot spring from Intelligence. To
sll that is unlike unerring and eternal '
mind, this mind saith, "Thou shalt aurs
ly die;" and ' elsewhere ths Scrlptur
saith that dust return to dust Ths
non-intelligent relapses Into unreality,
Ths Immortal never produces tbs mor
tal, and good cannot result In evil. As
God himself Is good and la spirit, so
goodness snd spirituality must be Im
mortal. Their opposltea, evil snd matter,-are
mortal error and error has no
creator. If ons is real, th other la
unreal snd cannot be the outcome of an
Infinite God.
Natural history presents vegetables
snd snlmals aa preserving their original
species like producing Ilk. A mineral
la not produced by a vegetable, nor the
man by the brute. - In reproduction
throughout the entire round of nature,
the order of genus and species Is pre
served. This polrtts to ths spiritual
truth snd science of being. . Error re
lies upon a reverse 1 of this order, as
serts that spirit produces matter, and
consequently all the ills of flesh, snd
therefore that good is ths author of
evil. These suppositions contradict
evsn the order of natural science. ,
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Seth Low paid t: 7.000 back taxes thst
he discovered he owed, though he might
have svaded payment Low stands no
chance sf being elected to say high
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