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THE CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY.
H'
OWEVER it may have been
in the time of Tennyson'i
' May queen, it is Christmas,
"'not Mayday, that ia now. the "mad
dest, merriest day" of the year, for th
children.""'' Snow and Ice and crisp.
frosty weather, that prevail in tome
parts of the Country, may give, a little
more zest to the day's amusements
; but it would not' beeasy to find,.
- happier; rrierrierlot of children any
where than those of Oregon, though
. misty clouds overhang green, soft
grounds. - " It is the children's great
annual holiday, and being so it must
necessarily interest and call into ac
tion most grown-up people too.
. We might find and ; point out a
. good deal of folly in it. to the seeming
of sedate adults, but we prefer to look
at the pleasure, the gifts, the kindness,
jthe benevolence' and charity, the in
rbcent inipsement and unfeigned af
ectlofi of ihe day,' and call it "very
.. good.", V I-.'-':- r-.- :r '.
.' lie whom multitudes of mankind es-
, teem as peculiarly ' divine was
teacher of charity, in its broadest
Behse, of i forgiveness, of mercy,'; of
peace, of health and healing, of love.
And he (hot infrequently illustrated by
little children, type of innocence and
freedom from care, r Tomorrow, more
ban anjUJ-fi the year,, J.'a lit
tfe chilf shall lead themT '
' .DESERVE MQREPAYJ.
uuuui expressing any
'opinion as to whether or
not the streetcar em
ployes should have joined generally
in the recent strike, The Journal is
free to say that they ought in these
times of high prices for all necessaries
to receive more pay.' . Their labor is
of a higherclass than that pf some,
.They have to be fairly well dressed
and behave in a broad sense of the
, term like gentlemen. Their duties
-are important; , they have to carry a
good deal of responsibility. They are
required to work a good many hours
at a shift, and many of them are com-
' pelled to eat and sleep irregularly.
' i They must be out ' in all sorts of
1 'weather, and have to be patient with
all sorts of people. ' All of , which
makes them laborers of a somewhat
higher grade than many others who
earn larger wages. :
These streetcar men, by working
, . seven" days a week, can earn on an
; average about $16 or $18 a week.
, Every workingman should have one
day of rest out of a week, and if car-
.4 men work only six days their1 .pay is
proportionately less, i Everybody
. knows that in these times man with
family, especially if he has to pay
rent, can but barely exist on $14 or
$15 a week. He has but a very slight
chance, with the utmost ecdnomy and
' without indulgence in any luxuries, to
procure himself a home of his own
and a surplus against the dark days of
" old age. . i
" ' We don't advise these men to
' strike, don't know as it would be to
; Iheir interest to do so; they must con-
tend with things as they are, and can
not all at once, and by sheer force
bring about conditions that ought to
prevail; but we know that these men,
if capable and faithful, earn and de
serve more pay than they receive, and
we think the public, in any way that
it can should give expression to this
opinion, for "the laborer is worthy of
his hire. . .
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ANOTHER CRAZY PROFESSOR.
RATHER as a curiosity in the
expression of vnuason than
' as .statements eoncurred in,
The Journal recently reprinted an ar
ticle on women by Professor Otto
Weininger)which illustrates jo what
absurd extremes., an educated man
may go in following a fixed idea or
concept in which a grain of truth is
, embedded in a mountain of error.
This semi-lunatical savant's basic mis
conception is that there is a "tremen
dous contrast between the sexes, that
there are scarcely any points of sim
ilarity between, them, whereas on' the
tjutrary, though with certain not Very
easily defined general differences,
they are very much alike. This pro?
fessor nust m have, yjew " womaa
through some very distorting lenses
to lead him to say
However learaded a man mar h
IS immeasurably above th moat up
rlor woman, much so that all com
parison and classification of ths two
are Impossible; but, even so, no one has
any riant to denounce or defame woman.
however inferior she must be eonsld
red. ...
- There can be .no conversion of such
an egregiously false statement into
terms of common sense.' Again he
says: " . ' ;'.
i Woman ie ' neither hlah-mtnded nor
low-minded, atrons-tnlnded nor weak'
minded. She is the opposite of
these. Mind cannot be predicated here
at all she is mindless.
, And this in the face ot -women
teachers, , doctors, authors, .artists,
philanthropists, bread - winners
women intelligently busy in a thou
sand ways, from caring for homes
and rearing families, with almost in'
finite pains and patience, to women
filling chairs in colleges and entertain
ing millions by works of imaginative
literature! .This professor should
have been a horse doctor.
,VV-:
POOLINQ THE FARMERS.'
tUUJJ ., many 'congressmen
must take the average run- of
American voters to be ex
ceedingly gullible chumps, when such
congressmen suppose that the voters
will make no objection to a "subven
tion" when they oppose identically the
same thing under the name of a sub
sidy. .It is to be conceded that th
politicians in congress have some
warrant for supposing they can fool
majority of the voters pretty easily,
since 'the latter have apparently been
made to believe so long that a high
protective tariff was a benefit "to
them; but there are indications that
large proportion of voters are getting
wiser on this matter, and as to the
ship subsidy, under the name of sub
vention, the substituted name will
scarcely serve as a sufficient sugar-
coating for an unpalatable dose, cal
culated to cause - the producers to
"cough '. up" for the . support of an
other trust ' "Subvention" is a fair
term, however,' if understood. Lit
erally it is a turning under that is,
the farmers are to turn a portion, of
their proceeds under the grasping
paws of a few rich ship owners.
i No tarifrrevTsionthis w7nteritime
too' short. No tariff revision fn an
extra session next year too close to
a presidential election. Therefore, no
tariff revision; till 1909. And if the
Republicans can win in 1908, no tariff
revision in 1909, because well enough
should be let alone. Evidently, there
fore, no tariff revision while the Re
publican party remains in power.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner publishes
over two pages of extracts from the
president's message and Bryan's Mad
ison Square speech, showing that on
most subjects the president merely
echoed Mr. Bryan's ideas and sugges
tions. Yet a lot of Republican organs
that can find nothing, wrong in the
message could find nothing good in
Mr. Bryan's speech. .
The- British -ambassador also lost
his job through a , woman another
man's wife, however, not his own.
which may be some , satisfaction to
him. , It does look as if the diplo
matic service would have to be mostly
alloted to bachelors. Look at our
John Barrett, now; he never loses a
job, except to"accept a better one.
It has become 'an almost chronic
condition for, Wall street to want im
mediate relief from the treasury, and
it is always afforded, as a matter of
course. ' What is a United States
treasury for if not to stand ready at
all times to relieve the Wall street
gamblers? . , . .-.
President Diaz has shrewdly taken
good care all along, while encourag
ing foreign capital to build railroads,
to see that they did not get control of
the government, as they have so
nearly done in this country.'
We wish Harriman and Hill would
end each other a Christmas present
of all those rights of way and call it
quits.
Uncle Sam and Santa Claus are the
two busiest old fellows today and to
night you ever saw or heard of. .
Well, yes, perhaps it will be time
next year to do something about, the
bill-board nuisance. "
Oregon's big stocking has
filling op for months past. '
been
Make sure once more that Santa
Claus will not overlook any poor kids.
Of, course a good many put it off
till this afternoe-n and evening.
It only comes once a yeary and to
morrow ia It, : ' f -
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE 'YOU .WAIT,.
Got a Haircut
A vlttaen of Missouri in 104 ' had
his belr trimmed for the first time in
8 years, aa a result of a wager he con
tracted in ISSS. ' He was so aisausiea id
thall year because Orent failed to carry
Missouri, and so convinced, that, aa he
phrased it. It was only, a ."temporary
mental aberration" on the part of the
voting population, that he watered he
would never have his beard trimmed or
his hair-cut until the state again re
turned republican electors. The Roose.
velt landslide of 104 afforded him the
first opportunity he had had for reliev
ing himself of what had become a trou
blesome burden.
Indiana and the Ballot
An American Indian who subscribes
to all the conditions . r filiating . full
privilege of cltlsenshlp. ia permitted to
vote anywhere that other persona exer
cise the elective function, bo long as
the Indian declines to abandon his heir
clvlllaed methods of life, or to oontrlb
ute ia any way to the nation's benefit
tha . government dees not consider it
wise to give htm a hand in controlling
affaire. About 18.000 Indiana vote rag
uarly. ( i . .'.:.'!
A Typographical Error.
A laughable error oeourred in one ot
the larce publishing houses a number
of rears ago. A poet had aent In a man.
usorlpt In which was the line. "Bee the
pale martyr ln a aheet ef fire.' The
reputation of the writer was nearly
ruined when- the wore; came out with
the line, "Bee the pale martyr with his
shirt oa f Ira."-
When a favorite speaker rose and was
greeted with thunderous spptauae, his
party paper came out and said, "The
vast concourse rtnt the ale with their
anoute." . ' .
1 The Prune Crop, '; ' -
" Prior to HIS the prunes consumed In
this country came almost entirely from
France and the Damiblan provinces. The
consumption was small and the fruit
was considered a delicacy. Now more
than 100.000.000 sounds of dried prunes
are eaten yearly in the United States,
and. needless to- say. the product la no
longer regarded aa a luxury.
Emanuel Leaker's Birthday.-
Emanuel Leaker, champlonv chess
player, waa born In Berlin. December
14. 11(1. As a boy he was greater at
ohess than most great players and early
learned to calculate results far ahead
of the game. Hie boyhood education
was received In the gymnasluni at
Landsbera. and he later atudled mathe
matics in Its higher branches atBerlin
and at Heidelberg. At the age of It
Leaker first became aware of his genius
for chess. His first tutor in the game
waa his brother, whom he readily out
Tte Pla:
By Johnston, McCuuey.. u
mpelllng thoughts that come
to one during a performance of Mr. Guy
Batea Post in Paul Armftronra ("The
Heir to the Hoorah" areiof the great
Americanism and realism of the play
and tha methods of the younger school
actors of wlilch Guy Bates Post Ia
happy exponent.
American to the eors (ls tha play, and
reallstlo to a great degree. It made its
second visit to Portland last night and
opened an engagement to a good audi
ance. The play Is th same and Post
Is the same. The supporting company
ia sllchtlv better than1 tha one Mr. Post
had last season. Thee have been but a
few changea, but theee have been for
the better.
Ada Nevil aa Mrs. Kent Is good, but
overdoes the part Just a trifle. Janet
Beecher. Mr. Post's leading woman. Is
charming In the role of Mrs. Joe Lacy.
She reada with the Proper touch, never
overdoea it, never chews the scenery and
displays soma degree of art that - is
closely akin to genius. Helene Lackaye
nlaya Mrs. Kate, and she does it wun
a happy dash of good nature that takes
an audience out of its seats nguraiive-
ly sneaking, of course. This Vnay be in
part because within the past week Miss
Lackaye has become a Dnae ana nas a
perfect right to be good-naiurea ana
ontlmlatlfi.
Ernest JLamson atui piays usva, ana
ia worthy the role, which, like the play,
a steeped In Americanism. Kaipn uesn
s satisfying as Bud Young. rrana
Monroe still plays Kelley. and he plays
It to (he limit with Just tne correct at
mosphere. OWtrude Dalton makes a
good Madge Casey. - Louis Morrell is
e-nnd aa Livingston Wlnthrop.
There isn't- a loose corner in n com
pany. The -minor rows are nanajea wun
fidelity, notably that of the Jap serv
ant. There Isn't a spot tha manager has
overlooked. The Incidental music Is ap
propriate, and the scenery, while a little
worn from usage, is of the right Sort
Taken altogether, - the production of
The Heir to the Hooran," wun Jar.
Post. Is one of the most satisfying pro
ductions of Its class that eomea to Port
land. There Isn't much meat in the
play, there isn t tns lert-nana corner
of a problem,, but there are several big
bunches of compelling human nature
and a deep heart-interest that : brings
tarsto your eyes, especially when Mrs.
Joe 'reads her heart-broken cry: "I'm
his mother, you know." If you have
never seen "The Heir to the Hoorah,"
you ought to see it It will do you
good. It will be st the Hellig tomorrow
matinee and night and Wednesday night.
"Trilby" at the Baker. .
Th! week at the Baker "Trilby" Is
the bill. The production la up to the
Baker standard, and that Is saying
everything. '
Miss Lillian lwrence essays tne ihii
role. It Is one that is dirneuit in in
stances. Miss Lawrence, who Isn't
afraid to tackle anything that woman
has tackled berore, gets imo me roie
with commendabie-Tmrrtt-mnd sustains
that spirit until the end. It Is one of
the best things she haa dona this sea-
son. Trilby Is a part easily outraged.
You can underplay It or overplay It and
noil an otherwise good - production.
There la a certain touch to tne roie
the touch Du Maurier put In the book
and the touch that made the book sell
uo In the hundreds of thousands. Miss
Iwrsnce. by soma means, nas aoquirea
this touch, and the result, la satisfying
to a great degree.
John Balnpolls piays a goon Bvengau.
n makeup he makes Bvengall satisfac
tory. It Is another role that may essuy
be overdone, easier, perhsps, than that
Trilby. It approaches melodrama
of the rankest naturs at times, and the
true actor must fight against the Im
pulse to rant through the scenes. There
a fine line nere Between rang melo
drama and true art. Balnpolls does not
get on the melodrmatlo side of tha
His work as Svengall la sunathlnc
stripped. In Its he entered the Haupt
Turnler at Breslau and surprised his
friends and competitors by carrying oft
an the honors, since that time he has
been the admitted master of the science.
In lilt he scored a great triumph at St.
Petersburg, in which he defeated Bteln
its Pillsburr and Tschlgorln. ,
, December 24 In History.
1S14 Treaty of Ghent between OreaJ
Britain and America signed. -
isss London A Greenwich railway,
nrst line in London, opened. 1
1854 Hugh Miller, famous English
geollgist committed suicide. Born, 1101.
1S64 First bombardment of Fort
Flshsr. ..''
lSStvEdwln U. Stanton died ' .
H71 Barnum's museum. New York
City,-destroyed by fire. - -
HIS Dr. Charles Maokay, ' English
author and song writer, died.
1810 Isaao Sawtelle convicted at Do
ver, New Hampshire, ef Murder of his
brother Hiram..
11(1 Collision on Hudson River rail
road at Heatings. New Tork; 14 killed.
A Noble Cab Driver.
One of the striking vicissitudes ef
life haa been revealed by the death of
an Old cabman at Bt. oermaln-en-Laye,
France, it transpires that the unfortu
nate old fellow was entitled to style
himself the Marquis de Loa de Gouet
Oouraud. It im an old Spanish peerage
and In Ma earlier day the last unfortu
nate holder ef the title had lived In
clroumstanoea befitting his rank. But
the latter part of his Ufa waa clouded
by constant mlsfortune,.-end at last two
years ago poverty compelled him in his
old age to take to driving a cab to eke
out a Wretched exlstenoa. -
Pointed Paragraphs.
From.' tha Chicago News.
oman ia the one problem that sci
ence can never solve. -
I hose who win success by practice
I haven't time to preach.
I Some run-down reputations couldn't
I pa upunea wun ayiuunue. - -
1 It takes a woman to do things prop-
Vlllslns In the plays have te be aw
ful bad in order to make good.
A man's particular friends are often
those who are not too particular.,
The spinster has a strenuous time
trying to make herself believe that she
Is a man hater. . -,
Stake the average, man to a drink, a
square meal and a good cigar and he
cares not how wags tha world.
Tha owner of a yacht and an automo
bile ought to be able to run Into debt
faster than a man who haa to walk.
"Handsome is that handsome-does," is
seldom appllcaole to the. man with a
three-days' set of whiskers protruding
from his complexion. . -
of whtoh' the company may well be
proud;
Ernest Hastings, aa Taffy, ta one of
tha hits of the bill. Ha haa the neces
sary physique, tha necessary voice, and
in other ways the role fits him natur
ally.-. . . .. . .
William Gleaaon Is very good aa the
Laird of Cockpen. Howard Russell does
Little uuiee wiin arusuo saiii. n is
the most pretentious part ha has had for
some time.: Donald Bowles plays Gecko
In a wsy to please everyone. James
Gleason makes a good Zouson; William
Harris a splendid Dordor.
' William Dills eomea forward as the
Rev. Thomas Bagot and gives us an
other of his worthy characterisations.
He's Just Dills that's all and anyone
who knows Dills will nay that is
enough. It ia - something to' be just
Dills. He does Bagot with the right
touch and is in great part responsible
for the success of ths week's offering.
Lucille Webster does Mrs. Bagot In
an acceptable manner, save that she
does not ahow her embarrassment and
grief at her son's proposed match as
strongly aa she ought Mrs. Gleason ia
excellent aa Mme. Vinard. The other
members of the cast do well.
"Trilby" as presented by the Baker
company la worthy attention by ths
most particular theatre-goer of Port
land. Scenlo features are up to the
Baker standard, also, which la saying it
all. Manager Baker waa never stingy
when it came to soenlo effects. "Trilby"
will be the bill, all week. There wUl be
a Christmas matinee tomorrow and the
regular matinee on Saturday. .
"The Belle of Japan."
At the Empire this wees: - we have
"The Bella of Japan." and It la ona of
the best ahows that has been at the
Morrison-street playhouse this season.
It is a comedy, is novel and original In
ita way, the scenes being laid In Japan
and the stage settings being marvels of
Ingenuity.. There is a garden , scene
that touchea the old Empire atage with
momentary glory. The costuming Is all
that could be desired and Is nothing if
not picturesque. .
There isn't much .of a .plot . Thsrs
are bright specialties, however, and ex
cellent singing. Miss Bessla Clifton,
the leading woman of the company,
plays the Belle with aome degree "of
art, and her supporting company Is bet
ter tnan is usually seen at the Empire.
Manager Seamens haa dona well to get
"The Belle of Japan" for a Christmas
attraction. Tbera. will be a speclsl mat
inee tomorrow, and the regular matinees
on Wednesday and Saturday, and per
formances every night this week.
Orthodoxy of an Editor.
Prom the Newberg Graphic
Occasionally the editor of tha Ore-
gonlan does not quite agree with thaiiL " , '
Rmuanll ntllxv h t m ..1(1.1.- I. T mwuni
be written he" anolnta his head with oil
before the task Is begun, lest offense be
given. It was not so during the McKln
ley administration. Scott's dislike for
Mcinley was so Intense that he dipped
his pen In vitriol when a scathing criti
cism of his policy was to be written,
and he even pursued him long after he
was In his grave.
This well-known tendency of the edi
tor of the oregonian to pursue dead men
is a reminder of a dog story. The
owner of a dog with a bad reputation
took the our out and killed him. A
neighbor In passing soma time after
ward found the man with a club In hand
beating the lifeless form of the dog,
and In astonishment asked the fellow
what be meant The answer he got was
"l tell. you L want to let the old cuss
know-there Is a hereafter." On some
points Mr. Bcott is thoroughly orthodox.
Limit of Scorn. '
"Senator;' ventured the artist "I sup
pose you would spurn a large bribe with
considerable hauteur T" f . . x -"My
boy, are you looking for-a study
In hauteur?" - . .
f'Yes, sir.",, ,""' - - ":
"Then you should see me la ths aet ef
spurning a amaU bribe.'. t
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XhcJRcfornuBurcau
nstitute -
The reform bureau institute In Wash
ington was" in charge ot Dr. Wilbur T-.
Crafts, who outlined ' the "plana and
methods of tha bureau for promoting re
form legislation In congress, state legis
latures and In tha cities. The following
fleld secretaries were present: . Rev. A.
a Oress, Albany. New York! Rev. Ren
nets' C. Miller, Fall River, Massachusetts;
Jtv., Bertrand P. Judd. Nashua. New
Hampshire; Rev. George L. Tufts, Ph.
t., Portland, Oregon; Rev. Frank W.
Emerson. - TJncnln. Nabnlku t Ravi
aeorge w
recK, iai.u ouiiaao. mw
York: Rev. and Mrs. Colton. Boston.
Massachusetts; Rev. IX Everett Smith,
Indlanola, Iowa.'
This la the nrst gathering of tha kind
ever held by the reform bureau, and
means the extension of tha activities of
tha bureau, into all the states. The fleld
secretaries namedotver large districts
and - era expected te organise reform
workers within their respective flelds.
While here the secretaries did some
lobbying in support of several bills in
oongresa, principally the MlcCumber bill
to exclude liquor from ships, buildings
and parka owned or controlled- by the
government, and the LHtleneld-Car-
mack bill to prevent shipping of llauor
into no-lloense or prohibition territory.
In state reforms the bureau's campaign
against raoe-track gambling waa fore-
moat, although many ether matters wereJ4 work, they would, want pay for It,
discussed. A favorable position waa
taken ' regarding District Attorney Je
rome. ,',,.-
Reports of tha secretaries showed that
aome aggressive work is under way In
several state. Dr. O. U Tufts of Port
land, , who has charge of the Pacific
coast district. Is pushing legislation on
Sunday rest in Idaho, and In cooperation
with other societies la suooortlna' local
option legislation In the same state. He
will alao seek to amend tha Imperfect
laws on prostitution ia Idaho. In- Ore
gon a Sunday rest bill la being promoted
and assistance given to tha enforcement
of the recently enacted local option law.
in uajiiornia ir. Turta la working for a
Sunday rest bill, and In Nevada an anti-
gambling bill la to be pushed. .
Letters From the.
People'
'. Canaan's Ylew of the Strika.
Portland. Dee. II. Te tha Editor of
The Journal Perhaps you would be
kind enough to permit me a brief space j
in your paper to present to tha publle
a few plain facts In regard to the re
cent - "so-called" - carmen's strike. The
people generally have been misinformed
aa to the true conditions concerning this
controversy . between- the company and
ua employes, and for my own personal
satisfaction as well as for tha majority
of tbex platform men I desire to; have
tha matter -placed before the pubjio In
its proper light ' ' - ... . - '
la the first place, aa a member ef the
union, I can absolutely and truthfully
affirm that neither I nor tha great ma
jority of the platform men were noti
fied In any way whatever of an im
pending strik. It came aa a great sur
prise to all of us whan we enoouatered
that mob on Washlngtdn street at
p. sw December 1. Everyone known
that being a member of a labor organ-1
lsation, he haa a right to have a voloej
on th floor bf a meeting, and also the
rignt to cast a ballot whichever wsy
his eonsolenoe direots him; but th most
remarkable thing about the whole affair
was that even th president of the
union himself hadn't vn the slightest
knowledge that such action was to be
taken, no meeting was called, no one
notified except a few "soreheads" led
by McKenney, who had the presumption
ana auaaciiy, witnout consent or -au
thority or the .men, to call a strike.
Such an arbltrarv ant tir an nfflnlat la
beyond the bounds of reason and an af-
front to every member of, tha union that
organised Isst June. I
Another feature of the ease la why I thelr liberty was to be In vain. All but
the company would not entertain ortha bravest spirits were about ready te
listen to the grievancea of tha man. be- iva up. ana even tne wasningtoa.
cause the eommlttee did not consist oflreenes and Marions looked ahead with
a single cannaa or employe of the com-
Deny. Waa there anvthlnar- wiara I
ridiculous or absurd than thatT Manager and th hearta that war heavy bounded
Fuller haa declared that If a man haa tor Joy and the hopes that wavered be
any complaint to make, he Is always came strong In th confidence of vie-
willing to receire it and give the mat -
ter fair consideration. Apparently the
majority or The men-didn't have any
grievance that demanded immediate ad
justment consequently there was no
unanimous response on the part of the
men to leav their cars and Join the
strikers when called upon to do so by I
the crowd.
If there had been a aerloua Intention
of calling a strike, why. then, the prop
er time and place to do It was to run
the cars to the barn and then declare
a strike In a businesslike manner; but
to deliberately blockade Washington
street with ears, and leav them to the
merer of a bowline- mob and rabbla who
exulted In Smashing windows, and whose arg for ths times, ha had already free
yells ascended to heaven every time a T given to the government, and now
trolley-rope was cut, was very strengly he waa going about begging others to
condemned by the carmen who were In- Part with a portion of their substance
cllned to be peaceable and conservative.
We have exacted a promise from Mr.
Fuller that as soon ss these strenuous
times are over with he will take up the
matter at once and Improve the work
ing conditions of the men., wnd I feel
convinced that wa can trust him to do
so without flying off ths handle and de
claring a strike and assuming a revo
lutionary attitude like some of th hot
headed element In our ranks. Th sum
mary action taken recently by Secre
tary McKenney haa disgusted a larre
number of the members, hence thla dis
sension amongst tha platforni men to
day. ,
I may add In conclusion that an In
dependent organisation Is In process of
formation on the order of a fraternal
brotherhood or club, where monthly
ill be held and entertain
ments given. A sick benefit will be one
of the features, and a standing griev
ance committee will be appointed, so
that if a man has sny deserving com
plaint to make h presents that to the
eommlttee, who in turn submit that to
Mr. Fuller personally for his considera
tion and adjustment. ; in thla way only
nd I venture to say that I believe
the public will support me can peace
and harmony be established and mutual
relationship maintained between the
company and Its employes, without re
sort to violence or strife.
AN EMPLOYE.
. Oentle Door Taps. .'
" From Harper's Weekly. - -
A story of extraordinary deafness was
unfolded at a recent meeting of a medl-1
cal noclety at Philadelphia. An elderly J
woman. iinnoinKir. naro . or . near ing,
lived nesr the river. On afternoon a
warship fired a salute of 10 guns. The
woman, alone In her little house, waited
frintll the booming ceased. Then she
smoothed her dress,-brushed her hair the woald may have to witness a apeo
back In a quaint manner, and . said, I tacle of revolutionary chaos without e
sweetly. ."Come In." . , ' ' t ample la history. The chaos may ultU-
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Two snsppy Jspptes attacked a white I
man In Rainier; another argument
In
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BIRDSEYE VIEWS
. ef TIMELY TOPICS
-, SMALL CHANGE, ; -, ; ;.
Those who shopped ' late and were
crusnea should not be heard to eon
plain. ;. . . ' ;' , ,
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senamr gttorer la entitled to svm.
pathy; he haa lost his job, but a till haa
nis Maria, -
, - ' - . e- e .' : 'v f .
It would be a - hard lob- te nrove
i waeiner vnrisunaa made people better
ior worse oft. -.
elastlo currency doesn't
mean
coins that wiu fly back to you after
Blowing laeaa in. .
Now the days will begin te lengthen,
and perhaps that hard winter wlU put
r That old cormorant. Cost-of -Living,
seema to get tha better of Inorease-of-
wages every round.
Aa far ae men are concerned. Christ
mas would soon lapse Into a state of
jnnoouous dlsuetude.
e e
If much of people's play were elaased
I mignt striae for higher wages.
e . e
Of course th stockings of the small
mlaae will not be large enough nor of
some or th grown up ones, either. . .
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Th Conge people may be pretty bad
off, hut they don't. have to give Christ
mas presents, like unfortunate Ameri
cana, i
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Possibly after the holidays tha Ameri
can hen will fly down, off her sulking
roost and lay. a few non-eold-atorage
gga. . . -
V .- '
What a good many women would
Ilka to do is to put oft buying their
Christmas presents till th . January
ealea. . - v' ,-'--(
x . v- - .-.
Senators ' who adopt tha ' policy .of
naggtng the president are likely to find
that they constantly gat hold ef tha
hot end ef the poker.
- "Some people caa't do their simple
duty without snaking a fuss about if
aaya a paragrapher. And aome make a
fuss about tt without doing it
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"Each wrinkle' en a 'woman's brow
represents an experience," says ths Chi
cago News. But every experience, we
hope, dopant -produce a Wrinkle.
v e e , ; . -..v
. Santa Claus needs A little engineering
and manipulating to Indue him to visit
tha homea ef th poor, and It ought to
be seen to that he misses none of them.
.-' v" ' . as ' e -.',.. ; .' -. j,
"T.- P. O'Connor, who has been visiting
America, 'says Americana are a sad peo
ple. We fear he must. have attended
vaudeville and comedy performances too
much, - ,v
,. - e ,v ,V -, . . .
; A Baltimore man ha offered 125.000
tor a monument te Francis Soott Key,
who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner."
Rather, late, hut, not . toe .lata. Keys
song wlliillve for Ages, .' . v K
A - Patriotic?
- By Rev. Thome B. Gregory. ;
'-The summer ef 1TI0 found the patriot
cause at it low-water mark.. North
and South dlsaater had befallen the eon-
t,nent 'ore, and It began to look aa
though the struggle of the eolonlee for
heavy hearts and trembling hope. ..
But presently tha tide began to- turn
irr
Operating at the time down la east
Tennessee and southwestern North Caro
lina was on John Sevier, a man whose
name should b paaalng deaf to every
cltlsen of thla great and glorious na
tion, for It waa Sevier's energy, patriot-
lam and courage that saved the day and
made possible th liberty, of his coun
trymen.
When ths gloom was the thickest Se
vier was recruiting around Knoxvllle,
trying to raise and equip a fore with
which ho hoped to do aomething for the
cause that waa so dear to hla heart
His funds were low; In fact were quite
exhausted. His private fortune, aulte
in order that liberty might not perish
from the land. Those who were able to
give did so, but the rank and file ot the
people were poor and unable to eon
tribute, and the prospects were gloomy.
In his desperation Sevier thought of a
Schurs't Striking Prophecy Fulfilled.
It la difficult to Imagine 'how the
Russian empire as It now Is (1900),
from Poland , to easternmost Siberia,
could ba kept together and governed by
anything else than an autocratic self-
asserting and directing centralisation of
power, a constantly self-asserting and
directing central authority with a tre
mendous organisation ef force behind It
says MoClure'a This rigid 'central
despotism cannot fall to create oppres
sive abuses in th government of - the
various territories and diverse popula
tions composing th empire. When this
burden of oppression- becomes too gall
ing, efforts, raw,' rude, more or less in
articulate and confused, will he made la
quest of relief, with a slim chance -of
success. Discontent with the Inexor
able autocracy will spread and aelse
upon tha superior intelligence of the
country, which will be inspired with a
restless ambition te havs a share la the
government.
At tha moment when tha autocrat
yields to the demands of that popular
Intelligence and assents te constitu
tional limitations of hla power, or to
anything that will give an authoritative,
official voice ' to the people, the real
revolutionary
crisis will begin. The
popular discontent will not be appeased.
but will be sharpened by tha eonoesslon.
All tha social forces will then be thrown
into spasmodlo commotion; and, whan
those forces In their native wlldnass
break throurt their traditional restraint
mat el t hrlna forth new eoncentlonn of
freedom, right and justice, new forma Sf
organise. society, new developments of
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Coo BeV? " "iM?" "
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Long creek people are again' working
for a new county. ,
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The Dallas publio library Is eonataa.
ly growing la popularity and usefulness.
e e ." . . .-',.
A Merrill man hiccoughed almost In
cessantly for 11 days, and nearly suc
cumbed. . J . . ...
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. .Bolo make its Impecunious .drunks
work on th atreeta. . Though , Linn
county was dry. though. ; . ,
. e e. -.s ?' , '.
The Hood River aenle oron iimmuj
to 100 ear loads, or KS.SOS boxes, which
brought (except Ben Davis) from tttt
tO 11.11. ' " i ....
A King's valley donkey ana-ins r f
down a hill and fall ever and broke
nearly all' to pieces. dama1ng It 1100
or $0 worthT , -
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Cottage Grove la becoming ouiu a Mm
poultry canter. At tha reoent Lena
county poultry show Cottage Grove peo
ple carried err the premium.
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Flshsnnen ef Tillamook oountv hava
received between ItS.OOO and . 140,004
from one firm thla season. Over 111. 000 '
went to about 10 mea of Tillamook City. -
one of then reoelvlng over 11,100 . ,
; . - -v. .. 7-1 " i- .v- f -
An average of one dog g day Is killed
byi.eC trains In Astoria. As nils
they get eonfUsed and atlek to tha
track; one valuable doc laid down on
it tilt tha train out his head eft -
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Tillamook county posses sea a unrnkaf
Of th finest salmon spawning ground
ea the coast The propogaUoa of. fish
at the Trask hatohsry haa proved a aue
oess thla year beyond all anticipation.
Dr." J. R. K. Bell, for 14 years past
pastor of - the Presby tartan ehnroh at
Baker City, haa. resigned and will spend
A year or more in rest, travel -and ape- .
elal study. He is welt known and hlah.
ly esteemed throughout Oregeav ...
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Tbera Is e video oe In A dosen places
that tha world la waking up to the fact -'
that la Baker eounty . the peealhtUty
of profl table .In vestment In lands and
ether resources auoh aa mines, stock
ralalng, horticulture and manufactures
Is almost unlimited, says the Baker City
Democrat - ..-.,. , -
Hubbard can boast ef the beat atreeta ,
of any small town In the country, and
also of the beat roada leading Into town,
aaya a correspondent of th Woodburn
Independent . In a . few years we will
have a lot of good, rock roads Into -town.
Watch Hubbard make roada,
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It has been notoriously ' true for a
number of years, aaya the Gsrvala Star,
that tha orchards of Marlon' eounty war '
badly kept and eared for and menao .
to, other oroharda that were kept right
and 'were profitable. But a horticul
tural commissioner haa been appointed
who announces hla intention of ridding
th Marlon eounty oroharda of thla evil. '
Borrower '
way in which he might get th desired -funds.
John Adair was tax-oollector ot
the district, and tq John Adair Sevier '
went in hot haater-
To tha tax-oollector Sevier said: "Let
ma have what money you have In your
possession. X must buy horses and ,
arms for my soldiers.; Wa must win a .
victory soon or u la all ever with us.
Olv me th money, and If I live I will
pay every dollar ef It back.) with Inter
est- - ' .. i ......
- Adair answered: ' "Colonel Sevier, Z -hare
no right to make any auoh dispo
sition of this money. , It belong t the
Impoverished treasury of North Caro-'
Una. But If tha country la overrun by
the British, liberty la gone. . Let tha
money go, too. Take It . If by Ita use
th enemy Is driven from the country,
I can trust th country to justify and
vindicate my conduct. Take It" i
Sevier -took -it and tha-reaurT waa
King's Mountain tha battle that led to
tha retreat of Lord CornwalUa, that led
to th surrender of Yorktowa and tha
establishment of the Independence of the
United Statea.
..Years afterward,, among aome of Be-"
vlefs papers that had been picked up
In tha attic of a deserted house In Knox
vtlle, waa found the following receipt
from the treasurer of North Carolina:.
"Reed Jan'y flat mi, of Mr. John
Adair, entry taker In the County of Sul
livan, twelve -thousand . seven hundral
and thirty-five dollars, which is plaoed
to his credit on the treasury books.
-rer Robert Lanier, Treat:
"1171J Dollar - Salisbury Dis't".
John Sevier had kent hla wuh. ton a
honesty waa as stanch aa his patriot'
thoss volcanio dlsturbanoea will be and
what their social outcome, ts a mystery
baffling tha Imagination a mystery
that can be approached only with awe
and dread. . , ,- r. ;-, ,
At Bay. ':,y r.J
This Is the end. then, of "striving; thla
la what cornea of It all
Darkness add foea just behind one; be
fore, an impassable walL v
What doea It matter how stanohly on
J may have battled for truth. e
When with hla weapons all breksn he
sits by the a-ravs of his Tnuthr
What did it profit In paat years that
one did tha best that one knew, ,
When in the gloom of the present Virtue
herself seems untrueT - -
Why should one fight any longer when
nothing remains but defeat T
Surely such labor were useless, and Idle
tna stirring or tet . '
Aht but tha aoul that la faithful know
it is well to, have f ousht
Knows it Is good to have acted, what
ever the doing haa brought; .
Thla Is the erown of the conflict thla
the reward of th strife
Faith In one's self and one's motives, ne
matter how darkened tha life.
Flesh may ba bruised and defeated, but
spirit Is never disgraced
Spirit ia always triumphant, whatever
snarp pain it has faced. . .
Hera, at the end ef my conflict I oeun-
ael not yet with despair, . ?
Though to all seeming my struggles are
his who but beateth tha air. "
Darkness and fosa are about me, yet X
. atand with my back to th wall.
Facing whatever Fata send me. and
facing Fate thus 1 shall fall.
Oscar Fay Adema.
i aver oi exclusion.
I clvllUatlorv" But what , the
sweep Ut
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