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does not, again slumber t un
folds itself into a system of
.thought; grows, in man after...
man, generation after genera
tion. Carlyle.
JUMPING- UP AND - DOWN ON
THE PEOPLE.
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1-lIRST Hill has the 5t. Paul rail-
road captured, then Harriman;
next Hill, Morgan et al. have
' in shortly afterward Harriman apd
the Rockefeller gang of land pirate
get possession. , And ., so it goes,
- week ia and' week ..out, month after
rnonth; and the Burlington, the
Northwestern, the Illinois Central,
and other roads have been subject to
"' much the same contests.
It is stated that Hill supposed he
had the St. Paul sure a few days ago,
' . having bought tip a majority of all its
stock, but it seems he was green; by
.the simple trick of issuing $100,000,000
new stock, to be picked up by Har
riman before Hill was onto the game,
Harriman gets controPbT "the- road.
' What. itt the basiVof the new stock?
" How doe j. its issue affect . original
stockholders? And bow the public?
.What sort-of frenzied financiering is
it. that grinds out stock of a railroad
in blocks of $100,000,000 merely to ac
commodate a gang of Wall Street
gamblers? ' ' '
How much longer can Mr. Har
riman go on making something out of
nothing, buying railroads on Wall
""s(recf "wind? z. He-ha an'PBttmited
, amount of money, the Rockefellers',
at command, no doubt; but it seems
; that most of these big deals are car
ried on by new stock issues, ty infla
tion of the capital stock, while the
bulk of the money is used for bluf
. fing purposes.
The people are getting about as
tired of Jhese railroad gamblers' ven-
. dettas as br railroad combinations and
mergers. - The public interest is not
' considered. in the least. The crops
can't be moved, the, people can't get
coal, produce can't be shipped, freight
, cars travel at a snail's pace or not at
alt, people are recklessly wrecked and
killed, and rs. a general proposition
the sentiment of the big gamblers is,
"the public be d d," while they are
battling like mad to skin one another,
, whenever they are not fixing tip jobs
to rob the people. . ,
-It is no wonder the people are plan
ning to do something and studying
what to do. They can't submit to
present conditiorismuch longer. If
no other remedy can be brought into
effectual service,, the government
ownership scheme wilj sweep the
country like a whirlwind within a few
years.
PENSIONS DECREASING.
AT LAST the pension budget
has begun to decrease, and
probably will never rise
again to the, figures oftbe last few
years, for the old veterans of the civil
war will pass away rapidly from this
on, though the' nation would be glad
to keep on bearing the pension burden
if thereby their lives could be pro
' longed. , ,'. .,
The latest annual-report shows fhjit
- since thend erf the-war 41-rears-ago
the United States has paid about
$2,500,000,000 in pensions, as against
about $1,000,000,000 prior to that time.
From 1865 to 1892 pension disburse
ments increased annually, ahd'duriaig
the next 43-:-years remained near
ly -stationary-." ranging between
$141,000,000 and $145,000,000 a year,
except that" in 1S93 the pen
sion total rose to $162,000,000,
and in 1889 it was $149,000,000. Dur
ing the last-fiscal year it fell to $139
000,000. $6,000,000 less than the pre
yions year. , ,
" Unless there be new and" more lib:
era legislation the decrease will go
on gradually now. The average age
of the civil war veterans is approaeh
' ing 70 years, but there are nearly s
million of them on the rolls yet, in
cluding widows,' and last year's net
loss was enly 12,470. , Rut in the na
ture of .human life this decrease- must
jtrt on at a constantly- accelerating
lace, and if will not be many years
till the veterans of (hit great struggle
ere few and far between,
The country is glad; to pay these old
'..v-v'--'.b;vv
men the stipends they receive, -and
would be willing to pay more, only
requiring thajjtJiepensionertbeju
and deserving soldiers of that terrible
crisis in our nation's history, and of
other wars. The country -can . afford
to be liberal to these old men, whose
memory" when they are gone all fu
ture' generations should hold in rev
erence. ' '.' V -. v .''
A SURPRISING VERDICT.
T'
HAT the acquittal of the young
Spokane parricide, Sidney
Sloane, was a gross miscar
riage of justice,-is expressing the fact
mildly. The , youth : was over-in
dulged, unrestrained, vicious, and
willing and wanton victim of his own
base desires and appetites. It was to
obtain money to gratify these that
with deliberate 'purpose -and in cold
blood he killed his father with an ax,
and carried away the bloody body in a
wheelbarrow and dumped it tn an al
teyway. If the evidence in his case
showed insanity, then almost any per
son who "commits a murder can be
shown to be insane. Sloane's youth
may hava had something to do with
this "insane" verdict, but be was fully
old cnouih tctbe punished. He had
been away to school, and in employ
ment, and had associated familiarly
f o rjr e a rs w thldjssol ute-women n d
so was by no means a child. ' It is not
strange that the people of Spokane
are wrathfully indignant at thA re
sult, for of course young Sloane will
be sane enough to be released from
an asylum soon. He ought to be re
strained from liberty, for the rest of
his natural life. ., .
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
I
T IS A DAY of feasting, and of
worship, and of many forms of
amusement, but what wt think
of just now ia that it ia particularly a
day of music, of nfany kinds ef music,
and of noise that is unmelodious too,
from the "deep diapason" of the
cathedral organ to the shrill penny
whistle at the gamin's stained mouth.
But of all tht joy .voices that are
more or less musical none can equal
the spontaneous, natural, rippling,
ringing laughter of the children. "I
love it, love it, the laugh of a child."
The, organ's deep tones Jthrill awef
somely though not fearsomeJy; that
marvelous repertory of. every phase
of sound melody, the violin, can evoke
smiles or tears; the Christmas bells
are cheerily ' tintinnabulous;- but the
joy of the innocent child, rich or poor,
clean or dirty, whita or other-colored,
expressed in laughter, is the.mosf per
fect music, the 'most nearly divine,
heard nn. earth. .J.aughtcr. jike cry-
ing, is-i natural and a universal lan
guage; a child's laughter is the joy
song of an unstained soul.
The Christmas edition of the North
Pacific Rural Spirit, the leading stock
paper oj the Pacific northwest, is a
magnificent number of 74 pages, be
sides the beautiful covers, printed on
book paper and superbly illustrated.
Leading articles are "The Range in
the Northwest 20 Years Ago and
Now," by Judge Hailey; "Agriculture
in Rural Schools," by Superintendent
of Public Instruction Ackerman; "Ir
rigation in Oregon," by Governor
Chamberlain; and many valuable
special articles by noted educators
and stock raisers. This will be a
good piece of literature for all Ore
gonians to send to eastern friends,
and Mr. M. D. Wisdom, the veteran
editor of this excellent publication, is
to be congratulated on its production.
The Chicago Tribune says the
president't report on the Panama
canal shows that he would make a
good though a diffuse reporter. That
job would never do for. him. He
would want to write everything in the
paper and have it' enlarged. ,
There is always fob much: bargain
ing, in which the people's interests are
noMsken into -consideration, over-the
selection of presiding officers .of the
legislature. . An entirely new deal at
the last moment would generally be a
good move. ' ;'
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Again it is reported that Senator
Platrwill soon resign, but New
Yorkers will restrain their rejoicing
till he has actually done so, ' No de
pendence Is to be placed on anything
the old singed fox says.
r Mr, Bryce will be.. welcomed none
the less -heartily, except by a fjtw
toadies, to aristocracy, because he j!,e
cliried A peerage. -There isn't much
honor in being a lord thes days.
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Of course there were he usual
Christmas tragedies: Laughter and
crying, pleasure and pain, rejoicing
and mourning, diversion and disaster,
sre always near neighbors. - ;
But did President Roosevelt ever
stop to reflect t what; the, country
would do 50 years or less hence, when
he U gone . Or does ht expect to re-
A; Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT."
'Too Small to Ba Seen. -
Not Inns; after hla Introduction Into
natlnnal lire as a momber of the houa
Tlmrr Sullivan of Tammany ball con-
reived a violent dlnllka, for the man
then at the head of on ef-the axero
tiva departments. It waa observed that
Whenever Sullivan, much to his dla-
(ust. waa obliged, to consult the offi
cial In Question, ha nvarlanly left la
anything but the pleaaanteat of humore.
One morning Hulilvan had been cool
Ina hla heela In the aecretary'a anta
room. when the private secretary en
tered, aaylng: "I am awfully sorry.
Mr. Sullivan, but you can't; aee the boot
retary thle mornlngV
Sullivan, by this time In a white heat
beeauae of hla long wait, dramatically
exclaimed: "Merciful haaven! - Is ha so
small aa all thatf .
An Ancient Custom. '
No doabt from the ancient custom of
Durnina wie ernxy ro m- iu
plating the was figure ef eminent men
In Weatmlnater Abbey, id oiaen umea,
upon the death of a crlebrlty, a waxen
figure representing him fully dreaaed
aa In- Ufa waa made and carried In the
rear of the funeral procession. After
the service be effigy waa set up In
the church sa a temporary monument.
and during the time It waa on exhibi
tion It was-euatomary to paaie or pin
nieces of paper containing compliment
ary epitaphs upon It. The royal figures
In Westminster Abbey data back to tUe
fourteenth century.
A Costly Pun.
The costliest pun that was ever per
petrated was probably that of Sir Wil
liam Colllngbourne. for which he paid
with hla head In 1484.
Richard III. was then on the throne.
and. .with his agents. Rat cliff, Catesby
and Lovel. wan working hla crooked will
upon tha English nation. Using as the
basia of hla aatlra tha wild boar on the
king's shield and the popular use of the
word Love! as a name tor doga, Col
llngbourne wrote the following:
The Rat. tha Cat. and Lovel the nog.
Rule air England under tha Hog."
Tha punster waa aent to the block for
hla ill-judged witticism.
The Shortest Sermon.
One of tha Shortest sermons on record
la the one which Dean Swift preached.
before charitable society. After an
nouncing hla text, "He that glveth to
the poor lendeth "to the lord," the
preacher simply aald:
."Now, my. oreinren. n-you arv-auus-fled
with the security, down with the
dut." ,
Ha then ant down, while the ushers
took the collection. It waa unusually
large. -
Elbridge T. Gerry's Birthday. "
Blbridge T. Oerry of the New Tork
Society for tha Prevention of Cruelty to-
Children, was born In New Tork Decera-
ter SS, MOT, - H i -grndon of ElbrUlge
nam. I vlce-nrealdent . of the United
States and one or tna slgnera or ins
Declaration of Independence. Mr. Gerry
was educated at Columbia college, gradu
ated In 1S5S and two years later waa ad-,
m It ted ,to the bar, He was a .raamber
form it so thoroughly in the next two
years that it -will &tay good?
President E. . Benjamin Andrews
must have been rather short of oh
jects to pitch into when he launched
his artillery against the Salvation
Army. . .
Senator Bailey may be reelected
but if so it may reasonably bejioped
that he will steer clear of Standard
Oil associations after this. , '.
Surely if slowly the doctrine of
Peace on earth, good will to men"
a a a .
grows, expands, ana Decomes ef
fective. . .
If, as reported, Paria has socially
ostracised Castellane; this is the first
thing we ever heard in favor of the
fellow.'
Of course just now all the normal
schools are making a fine showing,
in print. ' '.
Be merry, but be good. i
Secret of Picking a Safe Lock.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal
"Mllner Jamea was tha most artistic
safe breaker In -the buslneas," said
Mcoq, the' detective. "He la dead now.
He opened In bis time more than 700
safes without tools or gunpowder sole
ly oy worxmg out me ceraoinaiiun wnn
his fingers. . . . ' " v
" it took me a year.' he once said, to
learn the trick of poking combinations.
I studied all tha locks there were and I
had three eafee. of different makes to
practice "on. Tha ear la tha most lm
porta at--factor-In , my method., and Jt
must be held tight aaainat tha safe door
on a lino with the tumblera. When the
knob of the lock la turned slowly and
one of the tumblera reaches tha notch
corresponding to the first number of the
combination tha tumbler will ft 11 with
a little click. Care must be taken not
to displace this tumbler. Tou keep on
trying the knob back and forth gently
till each of the-tnmblors drops. Then
the door opena. Hardly ne man In a
thousand has an ear delicate enough for
this work, and to be a success at It
you've got to give up tobacco and al
cohol.'" .
' Proper Time for Inspection.
Prom tha Philadelphia Record. .
One of the officials of a town-not
many miles from Philadelphia ha a been
tha butt of much good-natured raillery
for soma days past as the result of a
bull made by )!m at a recent official
meeting.
Complaint had been made that the
hose In use by tha fire, depsrtment of
the town hsd been very unsatisfactory
and that at the laat two fires to which
tha company had turned out sections of
tha hose were found In a leaking con
dition. After considerable dlanuaslon aa
to tha proper action to be taken the
official tn nuestlon surprised his col
lea guns when ha arose and aald: "I
move, Mr. Chairman, that until further
notice the chief ef the fir department
be Instructed to 'have an Inspection of
alt fire hose 'ade i two days before
vera- fjra." ..i. i ,
of the Common
of the New York stata constitutional
convention In 1W7 and. served aa chatrmet
of the- New Tork atate eommlaalon on
capital punishment, which substituted
electricity -foe- hanging. . Ha has been
commodore of the New Tork Yacht club
and prominently MentlflM with numerous
public and private Inatitutiona. But it
la as president of the Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Children, which has
become generally known aa the "Gerry
society," that Mr. oerry Baa attracted
most attention. ,
December 25 in History.
17l David Gai-rick scored triumph at
Goodmans Field theatre In tha "Fop's
fortune. ' .
ins Battle of "Trenton, New Jersey.
Id Clara Barton, famous Civil . war
nurae, born.
IKS Patrick 8. Gil more, bandmaster,
born. Died September U. 18VS.
1817 Colonel Taylor (afterward presi
dent of United States), In command of SO0
troops, repulsed large .body ...pf-Indians
near Big Water lake.
1144 Count UamsJurff. Russian states
man, born. . .
KIS8 President Johnson Issued universal
amnesty proclamation..
1871 Outbreak of Ku-Klux at Marshall,
Missouri .,-'..
, True Charity. , ' ,
' r' By Ella "Wheeler Wilcox. .
I gave a beggar from my little store
Of wall-earned gold. He spent tha shin-
Ing ore -
And-cams again, and yet again, still
cold ' ,"
And hungry as before. 1
I gave a thought, and thrfigh that
thought of mine ' . .
Ho found himself supreme, divine!
Fed, clothed and crowned with blessings
manifold
And now ha comes no mora.
Napoleon's Name. ' . , .
The name Napoleon written In Greek
characters, will form seven different
words by dropping the ."lnai letter of
each In succession.
When .read, these worda form a com
plete sentence, meaning: "Napoleon,
the destroyer of whole cities, was the.
lion ef bis people."
T. Long Lived Statesmen.
Many British statesmen hava lived to
great age. Gladstone and Lord Pal
meraton were tha . only English pre
miers who became octogenarians while
In office. Six of the prime ministers
lived to be over 70. Of these. Lord Sid
mouth waa the oldest. . He lived to ba
87. Earl Ruaaell died at I. the Duke of
Wellington lived to the. age of II, Earl
Grey died at SI, Beaconsfiold at 77. and
Chatham at 70.
Old Families,
The oldest family In the Brletah tales Is
the Msr family. In Scotland, which traces,
Ma pedigree- back to WSS.-Tne camttbens
of Argyll began In 11M. Tallyrand dates
from 1199, and Bismarck from 1270. The
Grosvenor fsmlly (that of the- duke of
Westminster. 10SS: the Austrian house of
Hapaburg goes' back Id 93, nd the house
tdft ai
of Bourbon to 864.
Gambling in Mining
Snares ." '
Frnat Mining and Scientific Press.
Tha erase for mining stocks has be
come a speculative, debauch; some one
will soon wske up . with a headache,
possibly a heartache, too. It la ah every
day blunder' to suppose that gambling
tn shsras on the say-so of Irresponsi
ble people Is 'mining; It la 'no more
mining than the tunny business of the
turf la horse-breeding. , The affair of
Dr. Lyman, the Goldf laid consolidations,
and the Nlpisslng episode all mark the
beginning of a collapse In the trading
of mining stocks of the purely specula
tive kind.
Cobalt .and Goldfleld are today the
excuses for" the two greatest gambling
affairs on record. . At Cobalt the mines
already organised into companies repre
aent a market value of 1200,000,000,
while It is a fact that the entire output
of the district since the first ore was
shipped reaches only 13.000.000. We do
not deprecate sn eager Interest In min
ing, only the Insane gamble that uses
mining for an excuse. One of our con
temporaries the other day ' expressed
surprise at our depreciation of specula
tion In smalt-priced, mining ahares, be
cause from Its point of view any money
that went Into mining was so much to
the good. The fallacy Ilea In the notion
that buying paper certificates or play
ing with them, la mining; the fact Is
thst In times of a boom like this the
amount of actual . work done under
ground In ratio to the financial opera
tions based upon It, Is humorously out
of proportion. What In more, the mining-profession
suffers; boom mines need
optimistic people not hampered by too
sarred a regard for truth and the flota
tion ef wild rats needa only the service
of the wlldeyed among make-believe ex
perts. ; In Nevada today there Is mnny
a promising young mining engineer who
Is being undone by the gambling fever.
who makes his office a bucketshop and
hlsjenlcal tralnlngOura fer thesWeBlTnr- mt Eugene seldom If
norant. - Another evidence of the barter Pnmniia an. mod. Ther ar
of self respect for quick gain la that of
tha mining engineers who permit the
use of their portraits In the flamboyant
advertisements of a mining prospectus
and In disreputable newspapers.
Bet He Would Be Arrested.
Gambling has always been a favorite
occupation ofcthe aona of royal housea;
but none, probably, has ever exhibited
so muoh wit and Ingenuity In hla bet
ting aa a foreign prince did at hla stay
In Paris.
Ha laid a heavy wager with a mem
ber of the Imperial club that within
two hours he would be arrested by tne
police without committing any offense
or protoklng the officers of the law In
any fashion. Accordingly, having clothed
himself Jn rags of the most disreput
able appearance, he walked Into one of
the most aristocratic restaurants In the
eltv and ordered a cup of -chocolate. The
wnlter refused to serve him unless he
showed evidence that ha could pay. The
prince at once draw a roll of bank note
from his pocket and offered one of
large denomination te tha astonished at
tendant. Tha later took the bill and
carried It at once to the proprietor, who
sent for the pnlles. In the meantime al
lowing tha strange guest to be served.
Aa soon sa the authorities srvlved
they nrr"td the Incognito scion of
royalty and took him to" the nearest
Station, where, of course, he. waa re
leased after He bad disclosed the facts
ttt the affair ,
of the affair.
School Boy
wish .
8
Br H. T. Ida. .
One ef the greater snagasinea rail
upon tka people of tha United Stalaa to
loin tn an effort to reform the Cbrlat-
mas aeaaon for HOT. 'Jtve the day
ever entirely to children." says the, edi
tor, and "make all adult gifts upon
blrthdaya. " . " " '' "
Tha arrest masa of neonta to whom ttta
appeal is made are already engaged in
crusade against birthday observance
and all gift making which tends toward
accenting the onward creep of time.
"Live in this world aa long as you can
but -grow young never grow old," Is
the motto, :. .- . -
"Except ye become as little children'
It Is aomewhere written. Tba Christ
mas season la the one time of all the
year when hurried humanity can unbend
from the sternness of life's struggles
and Join in simple Joys aa children. 'The
Christmas season can never ba - made
more of a day for children than it la
at the present time. On tha Fourth of
July 'every child becomea a patriot.
On tba-twenty-ftfth of December
every patriot becomes ' a child.
Tha more, perfectly this- Is un
derstood tha better . will : the world
become. The child of (0 needs
tba symbol ef tha lighted taper quite as
much aa tha child of 6: needa tha uplift
of the giving spirit: needa the Inrush of
the Chrlatmaa glory.
The true spirit waa thus expressed
by a sixth grade Portland publlo achool
boy In responsSKto the request of hla
teacher for a composition on Christmas
wtshea: '.'-
'I wish every bid man and every old
woman who ever did anything, when
they could, to make soma child happy.
could hava a geod Christmas dinner and
merry Christmas wish. This I "wish
to bsppen the round world ever In all
time to come.
It Is not the spirit! ef Chrlatmaa that
causes wastefulness and extravagant
expenditure of money. - Many have
learned the joy of simple giving. All
will know when all comprehend the life
commemorated.
Letters Trom tke
People "
-'"- Tha (Irasigs amd Its Work.
McMlnnvllla. Or.. Dec 14 To the
Editor of The Journal An editorial In
your paper of a recent date la beaded
"Let'e Hear From the Granges." If you
mean by that that you are willing to
open your columns to a frank, free and
full discussion ef the principles, mis
sion and claims of the grange. I can
tbank you from tba very bottom ef my
heart.
The grange bas always been handi
capped In Its struggles for recogni
tion for the want of a paper with a
wide circulation through which to pre
sent Its claims.1 Tha principles for
which the grange is contending usually
run counter to tha claims and Interests
of the trusts and combines, and alao
In a great measure to tha actlona of
the great political parties, and the
newspapers of wide and general circu
lation are usually tha organa of one1
and sometimes both of these. Interests,
and they shun publishing to any ex
tent tha claims of tha grange.'
The fregonlan is a paper of wide
circulation. Tet - correspondents soon
learn how difficult It la to get any
thing -published in that - paper that
treada on the. toes of Ita own pet
schemes end Ideas.
The grange la intereated. and vitally
Interested. In every auestlon of Impor
tance before the public. Tha proposi
tion to manufacture grain sacks, etc.,
st the state prison was set on foot early
last summer by the grange. Since then
the governor, and a . number of the-members
of the next legislature made a
visit to the Washington state prison and
Inspected the Jute " mill there. They
came back opposed to the establishment
of such a plant tn this state, so the
papers say. While I hsve written sev
eral letters for our local paper defend
ing tha proposition, I see nothing In Its
defense tn our lesdlng papers of wide
circulation. The very reasons given for
oppoalng the -establishment ef such a
plant In this state constitute some of
the reasons why we should ' establish
one. Looking at . It Trom a grange
standpoint, this Is an Important ques
tion, especlslly 'to the farmers, wool
growers and- hop-raisers. Why should
not the reasons In favor of it be a set
before the people- as well aa-those
against It. so that the people may judge
what Is best to doT
The grange la now and alwaya has
been-In favor of open and free water
ways to the markets of the world for
any and all commerce. The grange la
ready and willing at any and all times
to do whst It honorably can toward hav
ing obstructions te navigation removed
those formed in our streams by na
ture as wall as those formed by men In
the nsture of trusts and combines.
The shortage of cars has called forth
a great deal of complaint. The grange
no doubt would bo willing to support
a lsw which would prevent such a state
of affaire In the future. . But I am not
prepared to promise that they are ready
to carry, a banner tn the procession of
that mob that met at Eugene a short
time ego to large the passage, of a law
through the coming legislature In re
gard to the matter. The grange IS
methodical and means to be juat Jn all
Its dealings. They demand Justice and
equity for themaelves, and are willing
to deal out Justlc and equality to all
others. Spasmodic uprisings like the
ever ac
complish any good. They are apt to
take the course of revenge. Laws
psasod under such pressure sre likely
to be too drastic snd are overthrown by
the courts. MILT RICHARDSON.
IThe Joumsl Is tbe people's paper;
Its columns srs open to sny and all for
fair discussion of questions, principles
or Ideas... The grange has slwsys, pad
a warm friend in Ths Journal, e ths
many members of - the organisation
know. Bo long ss the grange professes
ths splendid principles that hsve msde
It s neceassry sdjunct of and a sort of
advisory board to the government. It
can rely on having this paper as a
stanch supporter. Ed.)
Mr. Bourne' Collar.
From the Ht. Tsui Pioneer Press.
Jonathan Bourne Jr. of Oregon le
the first United States senator' to be
chosen by a direct vote of tha people.
Unless the constitution Is changed It
will at 1 11 be necessary for Oregon, like
the other states.- to go through ths form
of naming Its senators by vote of the
legislature, but as (( of the I" .mem
bers of ths leglslsturs sre pledged not
to consider their own views, personal
nr political, but to register the choice
of the people, there Is hardly a possi
bility that Mr. Bourne will fall of for
mal election? -
While a. Republican, Mr. Bourne
naively remarks: "I, Shall wear but
one collar, and tnat la ths people's
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BIRDSEYE VIEWS
cf TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANG?.
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Nobody cares for expenses but father.
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The eongreaslonal sofck ts eheck-fu.Il
rf nrge. iii i i , if. . i
Now, the stores will be kept busy
changing 'em, , , ' ; v.;
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Getting ready to take the annual trip
en the water wagon T , '
Ne akatlng or alelghberis--but we're
used to doing", without, .. , .
Paying -4hPbtllg-wni be the para
mount question next week. .
The railroads seem to hare a horse en
some of the shippers, also.
Happy la ha who wasn't expecting
anything and got sometning,
If you waited till the laat day, maybe
you'll buy .'em early next year.
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Three weeks yet for members of the
legislature to study what to do. .
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Btilt Togo and Noel may have been
better entitled to that Nobel prise.
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Only a - week till swearlng-off time.
A little practloe beforehand might help.
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By the light of a ptne knot the presi
dent' may have visions of mere mea-
ssges. '.'. .. . ." -- J . .'
The Oregon welcome to Mr. Bryan
next montb wilt not be confined to Dem
ocrats. . , ;
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"Food Commissioner Bailey looks at
that IT.000 majority and refuses to be
sidetracked. -,-
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Neither France, nor the Vatican haa
yet called en Mrs. Maria Btorer to set
tle their dispute.
How to pay December bills and make
purchases at the January salsa Is what
will bother some people. .
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Old Bant waa' never so loaded down
before. But he grows stouter with age
and wiser with experience.
-e .
The Congo Tree" state will be as
much of a misnomer If owned by Rock
efeller and Bysn aa If owned by Leo
pold. :; . .
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Aa Ohio man la !ndejiger of death
because of bla Inability to atop talking.
but W. J. Bryan continues, in excellent
health. . ,
A" Kansas woman 10S years old haa
applied for a divorce. A woman that
old can be excused for being tired"" of
msrried life.
A member of congress who .doesn't
dare vote for more salary If he thinks
he earns it is really worts no mors
than be gets. ; v.".
An Arliona miner haa lost a fortune.
dodging a woman who waa bound,. to
marry him. But hes In luck; the wo
man dldn,'t get blm or the fortune..--
' . By Pliny the Tounger.
Letter written to the Emperor-Trajan
while- Ha author waa governor of Blthy-
nla. It la the first connected account
of Christ's followers that bas come to
ue from a pagan source.
It is my habit, your majesty, to refer
to you all matters concerning which I
em in doubt. For who can better direct
my hesitation or Inform my ignorance?
I have never been present at any trials
of Christians; therefore I do not know
In what way and to what extent It Is
customary to question or punish them.
And I have, felt no little beaitatloa aa
to whether some allowance should be
made for age or whether the weak and
delicate should be treated exactly like
the more robust, whsther pardon should
follow retraction, or whether tbe renun
ciation -of Christianity ahould be of no
avaU to blm who haa once professed It;
and whether the . name of Christian
itself, without any violation of the law,
ahould be punlehed or whether viola
tion of the law. is oonsldered as Inher
ing In the name. Meanwhile, la the
case of thoaa who have been accused to
me aa Christians, I have pursued the
following plans: I havs asked them par
sonaly whether they were Christians.
If they confessed It, I asked tbem
second and a third time, with tbe threat
of punishment If they still persisted,
I ordered them to suffer the penalty,
since I am very sure whatever It was
that they were confessing, stubbornness
and unyielding obstinacy ought to be
punished. There were soms afflicted
by this msdness who, bersuse they were
Roman citlsens, I rsmanded to Rome.
Presently, under thla treatment, as Is
generally the case, ths charge began to
spread and they were led Into more
overt acta Anonymous accusstlons
containing many names were aent ma
As for thoss who dented thst they either
were or bad been Christiana, when at
my tnatlgatlon tbey called upon the
hames of the goda and offered wine and
frankincense to your statue (which, an
ticipating thla emergency. I had caused
to be eet up with the Imagea of. the
deities) and in addition to that ha ab
jured Christ none of, which things,
they say, those who are really Chris
tians' can be made to do I thought that
they ought to be let off.
Borne, whose names had been given to
Delivering Music by Wira.
" ' From Printers Ink.
Anovel newspaper campaign,. Just
starttnar In New Tork "dallies, la likely
to be extended to other large centers If
the plans of those beck of It are real
ised. A Telharmonlfl. company has Nsw
York stata and New.England rights to
operate a new electrical - device, . by
which muslo le produce a ai a cemrs.
station by dynamos and delivered to
fee. clubs, ho
tels and public assemblies. , A large
xeyooara ai inia cenirai
to that of a pipe organ, le played by
Instrumentalists, producing from dynsi
mos muslo that resembles tne organ,,
the orchestra, ths piano or any" solo in
strument trail bells and harps. Ths
MMmAMw tie lie nmn nonduita. and ar-
rangee a dally programme. Subscribers
may listen to any numoere a,
omitting; those not to- f,helr taste, jand
are charged for service aocortlingly, on
a meter ayatem. The cost will probably
be abofe that for telephone service, but
is expected te aecreeee ame sj-siam
Is exit
ded. .. .....
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Jintereetiag figures aa ts t&a
; r Something ; of tlie .Early Christians v
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ORISflON SIDELIGHTS.
A large band or swans were seen Bear
Elmira. -
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OaMlaweapons'rnanbopghriti.OOO"
lambe asoond Heppner. - . - ..
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Beat lamb buying aver known this
meatit.ln Morrow county. T
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Considerable wheat Is being shipped
from Umatilla county points at H Cents.
Hlllsboro has gained In freight re
ceipts at leaat 100 par oent In the last
two years, and needs a larger freight-
bouse. .. .
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Otter creek, north of Nye creek, near
Taqulna Bay, will try to attract sum
mer resort visitors. ,
Linn county blacksmiths "have organ.
Ised. They ought to make a strong
armed organisation. w- - - -.- -
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It ought to be excusable to een a Mal
heur county man named William BlU
lingaly Bill for short.
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A monster mountain lion was aeea Iq
a publlo road near Merrill by a man
who can hardly keep bla hat on yet
when he thinks about It , .. T
. .v. . ., . .. e .r-; -y-'r- . .
' An Aiamedv Cal.J man baa bought '
t.vie acres or tuie ianq aionr tne !
ath river for 131,46s. When reclaimed
It may be worth 150 an aero.
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Tha him itaam ahnvele '
nif lesnt work on tbs banks on the new
railroad ona mile west nt Trah.
are moving west at a very respectable
a
A man renraaantinr a. knta mM
cheese eompany has been looking around
x,euicu wiu m tww ox eaimoiiaiung a
ereamery there, and found oonaldar.hie
encouragement.
e a' .
Tbe Nswberg Oraphle trlvee tbs fcnaU
neas men of that town a mild but plain
lecture on their failure to advertise and
support tbe paper, that la supposed to
keep busy for the good of tbe town, -
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Tbs Times ventures the assertion that
there Is not another town In western
Oregon aa old as Forest Grove with the
same population, or anywhere near the
same, that ran boast ef as many newly
painted reeldencea or as little moss on
the roofe.
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Tamhlll county la becoming aa fine
a dairy section aa tha famed Tillamook
section, since the farmers are becoming
alive to the advantages and profit In
keeping- a few good cowa. McMlnn
vlllea ereamery-ia encouraging this In
dustry by paying tt eenta for butter fat.
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At leaat (00 or tOO ears would be re
quired to fill the eastern orders which
the local mills have already on hand,
aaya the Astoria Budget. Aa near aa
can be learned the majority of the local
plante have dropped out of the eastern
trade temporarily for thla reaaoa an1
are devoting their energlee to the cargo
trade. '-
me by Informers, said that they were
Christians and thsn denied It; that tbey
bad once keen, but bad ceased to. ba
Certain of them aald that they had
Ceased to be Christians three years bo
fore, others more than that, a few even
as long as to years ago. All these, too,
worshiped ' both your statue and the
lmagee of the gods, and abjured Christ,
They declared moreover that thla was
the . sum of tbelr fault or error; that -they
had been accustomed to meet oa
a stated dsy before dawn, and.to etng
responslvely a-hymn to Christ aa to a '
god, and to bind themselves by a sol
emn sacrament not to any crime, but
that they-ahould commit no theft, nor
adultery, that they ahould not bear false
witness or. refuse - to give up a trust
when It wee demanded. When this
ceremony waa over they aald that it
had been their custom to depart and .
to assemble sgaln for ths breaking of .
bread, a common and harmless practice
among them.
They further aald that they had
eeaaed to do even this after tny edict,
by which,-following your commands, X
had forbidden all formal assemblies. .
Wherefore I considered It the more
necessary to try to get at ths truth by
torture from two women who were
nailed deaconessss. I found nothing
further than a perverse, widespread, 1
superstition.'. , ... .
Having postponed action, I hastened
to aeek oounsel from you, for tt seemed
to me that the matter was worthy of
consideration, especially on account of
the number of persons Involved. For
msny of all ages, of all ranka, and of ..
both aexes even, are under suspicion
and will hereafter be under suspicion. -The
contagion of this superstition has
spread, not only In cities but to villages
even and farma, though X think that It
can be checked- and prevented. At any . '
rate, it Is pretty evident that the tern-,'
pies of the gods, which wsrs deserted'
up to a short time ago, have begun to.
be thronged, tbe customary sacrifices,
long Interrupted, ' to be renewed, ani.
also ths pasturing of victims for these,
sacrifices which had been almoet dls;
continued. From all of which it la my -opinion
that this body of men can be
made to see the error of their wsys, If .
only a chance is given them. ,
public to be reached by the advertising
hsve been complied. Thefe are over
26,000 professional musicians tn New
York City. Home of the big hotels pay
$JS, 000 a year for music alone, and there
are 1,151 restaurants, cafes, saloona,
etc., that buy muslo In some form. Over
8,000 slot mschins Instruments In the.
city earn a minimum of SI per day, or
$100,000 per year. There are over too
firms engaged In renting pianos, . be
sides the sales of theaa Instruments', '
one Brooklyn firm has over 11,000 rented,
at an aversgs cost to the user of 14
per year. Aa a maximum estimate of
the business thought to be available for
the Telharmonium the company gives
a list, showing tlU nearly ISO.000,00
worth of muslo by wire might be de
livered to- homes and publlo plaoes la '
Grsater New Tork.
Mra. Roosevelt's Hobby.
;
Mrs. Roosevelt's hobby Is collecting eld
china, of which she haa a fine assort-'
ment. ' In '.the biCnt of the White.
House le an exhibit made up entirely
of remnanta of the dinner sets ef termer
presidential xamuiaa.
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