. -. - . - . i ;. fPll: of The Journal BrSl .THE JOURNAL A!f INDKfKNDMNT K1WSPAPBB O. B. MCKSON.. .. .Publlaaec . - - I..... InaAivl and mtf Holiday norsliit. tt The Journal BuU J- KiiuiW at the Boewrrtca at Portland, Or- ft tranamUaloa Uirottfk Ux alalia nooi siatcar. ' - " - ' . TILIPHONB M A.IK TITS. AO dapartmot reached by this samba, the operator tlx dfawtuil ro want. roBRKlN A lV K STI 81 NO RCPREENTATIVI fret-land Benjamin BDertal AdrartlalM Aavaey, Hut fMa itmt, htm Xmk; Xtribsn Uatl- -- , iaireg. SnbarHpttaa Tarsi by nO to any sadraa ia me irniiM states, untt ar msuom ; DAILY ' Om rear 4B.00 f Oh BMtt...,. J SL'NDAX OM p......taH I One Bears... ,...f Ji . DAILY AND 8CNDAX On4 tw .. I Om Buatm .S3 Humble low and not prood science keeps the door ' of heavensYoung. BIG APPROPRIATIONS. UNLESS THE GOVERNOR ve toe several billa carrying big appropriations,' the total ap- propriations made by the leg' isiajore, just ended will be larger by about a million dollars thsn -those of any previous legislature, and near ly I twice what they were only four yean ago. They "will total about $3,500,000, or $1750,000 a year, which it a good deal of money for a atate of Oregon's population to spend.'' , - Yet it must be conceded that in nearly all cases the appropriations were justified by the people's de mands. '. Some exceptions may be found, notably m the normal school appropriations, : where some $60,000 might have been saved. " ' - The legislature appropriated $300, 000 for helping to free the Willam 'ett river at Oregon City; but if this will induce the government to pay the rest of the cost and buy the locks or construct new ones, that is - surely a. good investment, and in the event mentioned another appro priation for this purpose will not be : necessary The sum possibly neces sary under the" Johnson bill to aid in building good roads is large, but if we are ever going to get good roads and everybody concedes their great value they will cost a lot of money. There is no, escape from that- Tht $100,- 000 for the Seattle exposition was, lin der the circumstances, a' necessity. So with most' of the appropriations, they ' are excusable if not unavoidable; and some bills that were defeated, like that for purchasing ground adjoining the capital, had merit in them. Let us be fair in our criticisms, and not curse the legislature for extravagance without recognizing the merit in and pressure for the appropriation bills passed..," .. '..'.':' We think the legislature erred more in not passing laws designed to raise more revenue, especially H. B. 82, rec ommended by the tax conynission, 'than in making the appropriations it did. Seeing and forewarned that ap propriations must of necessity be very heavy, plans should have been devised and carried out for increasing the revenue , by higher taxation of railroads, franchises, estates, etc. taxes that would not have borne di- - rectly upon the people." This was the suggestion of The Journal at the beginning of the session, for it fore saw, as every one scanning the situ ation must have done,' the unavoid- ability of big appropriations. These - 'could not well have been a great deal leas, but the direct tax burden upon the average taxpayer might have been much lessened. , ' . ' The demand for the railroad com- mission bill waa too strong to be ' resisted, but as to most other prop ositions special interests succeeded is getting in their work at the expense of the people, as usual . ,-. ; ; V . THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. THOSE WHO work to make a city beautiful arc really dping more for it than those,-who ' are working to extend and en large its commerce and increase its manufactures Beauty cleanliness, flowers, neat '. buildings '..instead- of shacks, clean vacant grounds instead of' rubbish-heaps, artistic forms and ' colors wherever convenient is not merely the gratification of a senti ment; it is a valuable asset ' It is said that under a superin tendent' of public works who held office for 20 years Paris spent $50, 000,000 to make a beautiful city. Its fame as such became world-wide, and now his work pays for itself every year .,. ....'.'"-.. "'- . ,-. When "Boss" Shepherd waa given a free hand to make Washington a beautiful,, city, a great, uproar arose over his extravagance, and although the federal government paid half the expense property owners said "he would bsnkrttpt thn- But he went ahead, an in a few years tha value vf their property had multiplied sev-r rl times, and when, after an ab secca cf ausne years,. "Cos", Step-, herd returned, he was welcomed like a conquering general by a vast con' course that thronged the length of Pennsylvania avenue. Mud has its . place, but it ia damage to a city street. Every weed in a city' is a detriment and a dis grace. Every rosebush or other flowering plant makes not only for civic beauty - but for municipal wealth.'. A clean lot pi young grass that supplants a conglomeration of weeds and rubbish makes the city richer as well at mora beautiful Th man who tears down an old shack and erects a . neat, artistic business building or dwelling not only ad vances his own welfare but that of everybody in the city. ';, I Get the proposed .parks, and 1m P A. ...... trt. i. prove mem. xnougn it costs a mu lion, they will pay. It Is Important to enlarge and improve the harbor It is no less important to have am ple, beautiful parks and bouhevarda. Both attract people, money, busi ness. tThey "build up", a city. " -Suppose Portland was known throughout the world in five years at the most beautiful city in Amer ica, aa well as one where the finest scenery may be viewed; suppose it had and deserved the ' reputation around the f!o,be of being the cleanest city, the one with most flowers and neatest residences and grounds and the finest parks, who shall estimate how much that would be worth The more beautiful 'a city is, the happier and healthier its people are, morally aa well as physically. Like begets tike. People are fashioned largely' by their environment' Ugli ness, like vice of which it is a near relative needa but to become fa miliar through being often seen to be not only endured but liked. Dirty rubbish and. old tumble-down shacks and filth, and" ugliness of all kinds breed mental and moral as well as 1 hysical microbes, disease germs. ' Brighten up. Spruce up. Clean up. Burn up. jriant. iJuiid. faint Help make .the city beautiful. The city as a municipality can do some thing in this direction, but the larger part must be done by individuals, each as opportunity affords. " r , TREATMENT OF JURIES.' THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE says 1 that the treatment of Juries in ; that city "is a' public scandal . , They sre herded together in unsanitary quarters in forced compan ionship ' with -possibly uncongenial men, their letters are opened; they are not allowed to attend to even import ant, private,, business, and in two re cent cases' have been kept in ignor ance of deaths in their" own family circles lest their attendance upon a deathbed might be made the oppor tunity for bribery.? All this,; the : Tribune argues, is wrong and unreasonable. The jury, it says, is as much a part of the court as the judge. The 12 men are chosen with care, aa to their judgment, hon esty and responsibility at least in theory and "are quite aa likely to be free from external Influence 'as a judge who depends upon the favor of politicians and prominent citizens for his reelection. The juror is not a candidate for reassignment to jury service. " He has no reason to ingra tiate himself with any set of men. There is no reason to believe that the average juror ia more predisposed to crime than any other man. Yet in thia country it is the custom to treat him as if the only way to prevent his being bribed is to lock . him up. Why not lock. np the judge?",. v b , v..; , There appears to us to be a' good deal of reason ' for this criticism. The way a juryman in an important case is treated if an' assumption that he is dishonest : or weak-minded. When the rule of holding a. jury to gether in seclusion was adopted there were no such long and tedious trials as frequently ' occur now. Why should not jurors be as free as judges to sttend to their important personal affairs and spend' their nights at home, .except when deliberating on a verdict? .Having been chosen, with great care and deliberation they should be presumed to be both intel ligent and honest though the meth od of questioning talesmen is not conducive to the selection of such men. ' ''' ' ' ' ' ,' : ' CAPITALIZATION AND VALUE. T fcSiirxiJMu Deiore Minnei -- - . m at 1- ebta, legislative committee, President StlcTcney of the Chi cs go Great Western railroad admitted that he sold at 50 cents on the dollar stock and bonds whose par value was $3,600,000, realizing $1,800,- 000, or only one half their face; and he said that he believed that railroad owners were entitled to all the inter est and . dividends they could get providing treasonable rates were charged. But how can rates be "rea- snnsble" if the stock and bond holders require high interest and big dividends on a double capitalization? And who shall decide what is "reasonable? This seems to be the main ques tun now to be determined between the railroads and the people what arc reasonable rates, based not on the capitalization but. on the cost, of the railroads? Senator La Follette con tends, and hia contention , is surely "reasonable," that a reasonable rate can be nothing else than auch a rate aa will produce a fair income on the investment The rate bill passed last year by congress empowers the . interstate commerce commission te- prescribe ana enforce a uniform system of ac counting for common carriers, snd this may prove to be the most vital clause in the law.. Thia will prepare the way for arriving at a basis upon which msy be determined whether all previous efforts to fix reasonable rates have been vitiated by the ac ceptance Of fraudulent and fictitious representationa aa to capital in use, investment cost ' This' congress will do nothing to strengthen the law at thia point'ss La Follette' desires," but intimations have recently come from Washington that the administration contemplates urg ing hereafter the 'necessity for sup plementing the publicity clause of the law with provisions for a systematic valuation of all railroad properties, as demanded by the rejected La Follette amendment - Not until such informa tion can b obtained can rates be reg ulated on an equitable baSia. i DEPEW ON FOREST RESERVES. 0' NE OF THE senators who took part, in the debate on the forest reserve question, and upheld the government in its policy and acts in creating forest re serves, was Senator Depew. It ia not impossible that' Depew might be right on some particular proposition, and disinterestedly speak' for the -people's welfare, but . the presumption . is strongly the other way. When auch a senator as Depew speaks, a sus picion at once arises that whatever he advocates or defends is wrong, but this is not. necessarily and absolutely so, and the matter cannot be properly decided on that test alone. - But what Depew does not know about western forest reserves would make a volum inous document, while what he ctjtt about the welfare of the west could be expressed taa briefly as the new dog law. - On the- subject of lobby ing, or grafting, or legislating in the interest of a railroad or a trust, he might speak . with much knowledge and intelligence and indeed as an ex pert; but on the subject of forest re serves we do. not think his advice is valuable to the government, and are quite aure that the people of the west need none of it THE PRESS-GAO BILL. SUBSCRIBER asks, with refer ence to the congressional pos tal, commission's report, re cently commented on by The Journal: "When is it ljkely that ac tion will take place? Is, there time yet for both houses to take action on this bill, and is it expected (hat this congress will dispose of It? In esse they do not, would the bill die a nat ural death or would it-come up next session"'';' .'.:'.-:-...'.. This is only a bill reported and recommended by a special commis sion, and has as yet no standing on the calendar, so there isno likelihood of its being even considered by either house at this session. All bills die with the expiration of a congress, so this proposed bill would have to be taken up -as an original proposition by the next, congress, in which, how ever, the report might be a live docu ment Such a bill would necessarily call put much debate, and we have no fear that it will be passed without much modification by the next or any other congress unless the president should happen to champion it with his big stick, which is not impossible. " r There is a possibility of the river and harbor bill being talked to death in the senste again; there are senstors small and mean enough to do this; but it is not probable.' If this bill should be beaten the president ought to call a special session of congress immediately to pass one like it The country demands river and harbor im provements. . We hear ' of a general raise of freight, rates, and yet railroad men claim and. can produce no. end of figures to show that rates sre-steadily declining. - Nobody but a railroad expert can mak the two .alleged facts harmonize. 1, - 1 This is the week when tbe. M. C. A. and Y. W. C A. fund should make a big gain. Portland cannot afford to let this effort of these excellent so cieties fail, a . ,i ' Uncle Sam is easily 1 robbed - in many wys, but when somebody gets away with actual cash out of one. of his sub-treasuries, he is surprised and sits up and takes notice. This ia an unusual way of robbing him, and he doesn't like it. This is the governor's busy week and he keeps his veto ax handy. Smallest Scliool in All the World Almost at th mouth of tha Kl1 canal In the Battle tea la tha amalleat school In the whola worldw govern mant educational Institution which cost far mora money than tha district ra calvea In school taxes. Tha sovarnmant built the school houae and suppllas a raiment teacher. Tat thera ara only two scholars, and It diit ba aoma time baf or th class roll Increaaaa. . . This raoord-braakinf school, owned by usrmany, is on an Island. Buderoo. where only on family resides. 'Martin Paulsen la fisherman and farmer, and lord of th lele. U In comfortable circumstances and has a crowing family of youngsters. Thra years ago youns Martin, his oldest child, became . of school. age. Paulsen found It Impoaslbl to send th boy dally to th mainland. Having- been advisedwhat to do,' b maa application to have Budaroog or, a ted a school district, showing his tax receipts, and proving that for many years a had paid school taxes for the whol Island. Th government replying to th appli cation, said that under th law It waa not obliged to supply a school for only mala chlldran. and as Martin Paulsen, Jr.. was ths only scholar, Suderoog must wait In two years Katrlna Paulsen be came of legal -school age, and again th zatnar applied to th government, this tlm demanding th establishment of a school. And so last year Germany sent bricks and mortar and lumber and workmen and built a small but regulation na tional school house. Then a govern ment teacher, Helnrlch Arp, was sent frona Kiel. Ths two scholars war en rolled and th smallest school In th world began lta sessions. Teacher Arp, who la 15 year of ag. pined In th solltud of th Islet and mad application for a billet elsewhere. But governments mov slowly. It has been six months sine Teacher Arp asked to b moved. Now he haa amended his patitioa by asking to re main at Budaroog. in the summer thera wer many excursions to th Islet from th mainland, and th- teacher mat a pretty frauleln at on of th picnlo parties, who has consented to becom Mrs. Arp and llv at Budaroog. For a married teacher th government sup plies quarters, so a dwelling la soon to b erected near th tiny school. -. . In a few years. If all goes wll, th teacher may b teaching his own eh 11 dren, and Suderoog school will lose Its record of th smallest . school in th world. . The Play " For -an evening of refreshing enter tainment go to thji Baker and see "Miss Hobbs." It Is a delightful satire on what a few yeara ago It was quit popular to term "th naw woman." It Is on of th bst plays ever written by Jorom K. Jerome, who wrote noth ing that Is not Interesting, and is pre sented by th Baker stock company In a wonderfully faultless fashion. There wer big audiences at both afternoon and evening pert qrmanoes at th Baker ystrday. And there was no doubt about their being pleased. , . Th story 1 on of dellolous comedy. Th central character Is, of course. Miss Hobbs, a really attractive young lady, who Is affile tad with a man-hating mania, and organises a society for tha purpos of teaching how It Is possible to do without auch unnecessary era tures. It Is th task of Miss Lillian Lawrence to portray th character of th advanced-thlnklrig woman. In . a comedy part Miss Lawrence appears to her beat advantage, and In th title role of thia charming story she Is given a batter opportunity to display ber talent than In any performance in which ah has recently appeared. - It Is difficult to Imagin how th portrayal could b im proved upon. . To Mr-. Edgar Baum is given th part of Wolff Klngsearl. who accepts a wager to make love to Miss Hobbs. As a - polished and bnlshed actor, th Ba ker's leading man has few" equals In stock companies and he certainly meets all possibl requirements of th play, Aa Perclval Klngsearl, Donald Bowles Is exceptionally pleasing,, and Miss Ma rtbel Seymour does a remarkably good plec of acting as Mrs. KtngsaarL Others of th Baker company who ap pear In the piece are Mrs. Mlna Crollus Oleason, Miss Ethel Grey .Terry; Mr. James Gleason, Mr. Howard Russell and Mr. William Oleason. Each gives a wonderfully clear and vivid portrayal of th Individual part that has bean as signed to him. Th play Is on requiring perfect act ing and It presentation by the Baker company is as nearly perfect as could be offered. "Miss Hobbs" la te be the bill at th Baker for the week. ' "The Fast Mail" at the Empire. "The Fast MaH." always thrilling. Is sensationally so aa presented at the Empire. It began a' week's engage ment at the Morrison street theatre yesterday and played to packed 'houses st both performances. It has been a favorlt' with th publle for years, and la regarded as th greatest of all rail road drama. Th reallstlo scenic ef fects hav been enlarged and greatly Improved, and tha company that is pre senting this play of Lincoln J. Carter's is an unusually large and strong on. On of th most realistic and highly sensational scenes Is th explosion of a steamboat , on th Mississippi river. Among th other thrilling features are th duel on th suspension bridge, -tha flight of th fast mall, th bank rob bery and happenings In th Italian quar ter of Chicago. "Th Faat Mall" has been seen re peatedly In Portland, -but ha never been seen more advantageously than at thy Empire. Nor ha it thrilled an au dience mart thoroughly thsn It did at that theatre yesterday. During It en. gageraent this week It Will likely prove to be as great a drawtng-eard aa waa ever offered at the Empire,- . Tha Worst Is Coming. From the Baltimore America n. At a recent muslosl exposition In Ber tin aa Invention for Increasing th reso nance of th vole wa exhibited. It consist of a Aim, which Is applied to the rnpf of the mouth, and acts as a sounding board. . It la intended Sor th us of orators, officers and any one wishing to incress th reach of tn voice, aa wall aa musicians. Has Funny Dream. Prom the Indianapolis News.. . How do Americans pronounce the same of their country T The head mas ter of a school in England says it la nunurruokugh.'t . Dinkclspiel Talks on Chances - V Meln XJeber Looey V haf recelfed your letter from Pittsburg, und ve vaa glat to hear dot" you vas smoky, but vail. I-.- i '. I nottoed vot you say In your letter, Looey, dot yust py der merest chance you happened to call on a customer mlt der result dot you sold him a t'ouSand dollars vorta of goots. Much. Looey, much In ' dls'vorld do v owe to chance to aggscldent It, Is der ggacldntal meeting be tween friends vlch causes vua of dem to lend der udder fellow . two dollars. nefer. Refer, nefer .to return. It . la. chance dot brings a oouble of t'lrsty friends Into .der rathskeller vea ve haf snook in alon mlt only der prle for vun in our cloth. ' Chang und tsgacldeut ruls der vorio ---mlt a leeui help now und den from der Trusts. Der cow glfs der milkman all of der best dot is , in ber, but by chanc der pump gets in his vsy, und , owing to dot chans eat blu milk mlt our porritch. , Dr . baker is making up a mine pi und py chanc vun of his suspender buttons leave him ' suttsnly und goes ouid into der vorld to seek Its fortuns in der bosom of dot pi. . Pi chanc dot sliver of Dl cornea laughingly to us In der busy laedl bean ery und py chanc v press dot button svlftly between our teeth. Der slmpl cggscldent of der teeth pressing dot button brings us to our senses, und v throw dot pi at der vat- ter ana vunc mor py dls lucky chance v vaa. saved from der curses of dya- pepsum. 1 A man dot 1 know anent slsht bitter hours making up his mind to so horns und order his vife's mother ouid of der bouse. Finally, mlt hla mind mad no und a sandbag In each handle started for hom ! - Van but a block from his' bouse nv chanc der- gas company hat removed der cover from der street and quite unvllllngly he fell In It. ' . Dus der sggscldent of Fata Inter. wened to safe for der lady a beautiful hom, and It vas onlv shortly after dls dot she laid asid bar brass knuckles vlch hat alvaya been such a atraia on dos taper Angers. A man mlt a Important annsemant rush down to der street corner und py chanc der motorman sees him und atop der ear but nly py chanc. . I glf you mother ten dollars to buy a bombaaln Talking gown und sh goes to der compartment stor und py chanc sh sees somedlns- inn spenstv und It comes hom C. O. D und I pay for It. but nefer by any chanc do r se dot orichlnal ten dollar, i.. But VOt la dSr OSS tn art narann.l' Looey, van py chanc your mother Is a goot friend to us bothf , Toura mlt luff. . D. D1NKELSPIKL. perOEOROB V. HOBART. ' ' 1 i. i . i ' Letters From tke Why Hs Stops His Paper. uaeu i io 7 Mr Journal yon ask m to ex plan my self for calling your j" uny anvei you say you stand for a square deal now I want to ask yon Is tsklng th pepol and then ap propratlng that momey to Improve th harbor and rivers a aquar deal I fall to in It, who urn then wtr corses does th people "NO then who gets the benlf It of this money THH steamships company, does the pepole get aney benlflt In aney way NO their frslts are raised, the pop are called upon th following year to repar th work all ready done thia la where the benlf it eome In Islnt It now. I for one say let those that it benlf lta by these Improvement pay Jor them If you call taxing the pepol for the benlflt of Railroad company and Steam ships eompanys a square deal I dont want a aquar deal I consider it an Insult to . th taxpayers of this stat there - fore I called your paper a dirty sheet you stand for eooprstions I stand for the taxpaer th peopl " wppoiigr. no, wnen you get In line not ba for, lok to your kind for support not to me. hoping this will be sufleent I am a tax peer I am a Rancheer . . I am a Laborer 3. L. KELLET. Odall era. I request you to stoo the Journal aa i consider it a airty sheet '..' ' Sammy. ' " By Willlsm r. Kirk. Two years old and going on thre, v flqtiar and chubby and bold waa he. Gladly he heard his mother say: - Don i pot tier ma, child; go out and Play!" For trot on the street were other tots, ' Vaguely forming their baby plots. And babies are better chums. Ood knows. Than a sobbing woman who sews and sews. Out on th tnt. where trsffla swirled Dummy areameo or a strange new world. ror in-, street joined a Milton far away - - A hill that he meant to climb aome day. But the street car man waa large and j gruff, - -.,..' i v And the teamster man had 'troubles enough. So they paid no heed to Sammy's shrill 'Tease, Mister, take me up the hill." He anked a man In a touring ear, ' But th man was busy, as tourists are; He asksd a coschman in livery trim, But th coachman only glared at him; He aaked a mounted policeman, too. With shiny buttons and cost of blue. The mounted policeman shook -his head And over the pavement awlftly aped. But Sammy waa brave and pleaded still: "Fas, Mister, take me up the hlU." One fine morning ths air was clear l Bam my thought . that the. hill seemed near; And while he waa balling a truckman grlnj Hla baby feet proved false to htm. And th people knew, as the car ground . past, - . Sammy had climbed the hill at last, , The Dictionary of Misinformation. "WEX JONES, Lexicographer. Cdait, noun Th rim ef a country; devoted to bathing, drowning, flirting and being bombarded Coast, v. t. To hit an old gentleman in ths slats with a slsd. Furs Th only overcoats which cost mar second thsn first handr Ic- TrustA non-exlatent body which gats real money from real poople. Love A foolishness of th head and th wl'dont of the hesrt. KiitV The street cleaning department. ' Turtle Th only thing . that looks nappy la tn soua. Sometimes There Is Right in Might By Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Did it ever occur to you that once In a while might could, b rightr Did you vr atop to think that great corporation might b misused and abuaed by an Individual or a score of individuals Of ours th corporation ean stand. the Injury far better than the Individual whan the ease IS reversed. Whoa might le wronged it ha mor force to re bound and right Itself than weakness nsa. , - Tat a principle of Justice baa been outraged, all th same. ' Most of us are quick t take aides with th "under .dog In th light" al ways. Tst th under dog sometimes begins th flxht and deserves to b's downed. - I -I bay een -small er Irritate and rteater a big Newfoundland until ths great giant turned upon th pigmy and laid him howling In th dust. Then dosen people rallied and beat th NSW' foundland with canes and words, crying shame upon the big dog who would hurt a little one. Thia la sentiment,, but It la not Jus tice. - ' Almost every day 1 eee women and children, aad sometimes men, running In front of th cabl and trolley oars. or leaping upon them while In motion, at th risk of their Uvea. A man undertook to leap on a Broad way surfac car at th Sixth avenue crossing th othsr day, and but for th quick aid and strong arm' ef th con ductor h would hav bn crushed be tween th car and th elevated pillar. Th conductor turned whit with fright. and maybe anger, a h aald: "Xou shouldn't try that very often.". Of course, lr th man had been xinsa hla family Would hav sued th rati' way company and th nswspapsrs would hav written editorials - on the criminal carelessness of motonnsn and conduc tors. I ' ' 1 1 - I Know th men ara sometimes careless and Indifferent te human safety or life. But I must confess that I have seen them more ' frequently sinned against than sinning. Small boys stand by the wayside and wait until the car Is near enough to touch . with an outstretched . hand, and then dart In front ef It, flinging a shout of daflanc in th fac of th Infuriated motorman. . That more children ar not killed or maimed for llf by th streetcars In thia city speaks highly for th skill and ear of th man who conduct them. I wlah a law would b passed making It a 'Unable offense for -any person over I rears to dart In front of a ear, or to attempt to board or iav It whll tn motion. Haul a few of these little, reckless, mischief-raving tots off to the station- house, and thef will b a cessation of thia sort of "sport" and a deer In th list of accidents and fewer suits la the courts against the "soulless corpo rations." . great many of the cases f this kind brought Into court ar aa unjust. doubtlesa, aa it would b lr you sued Canada because your child undertook to go over Niagara falls in a rowboat and was drowned. Whan w read that a smalt boy lost a leg by bstng run over by th trolley oar and that his parents have sued th company for 110.000 damages, we In Mtinctivel hon that thev will a-s tit The eompany Is rich and th people are poor, and. a crippled child la a tar rlble affliction. Tat la my secret heart I always feel a great throb of pity for the man who la guiding that ear, and whe very likely did his utmost to pre vent th catastrophs which no human akUl could hav averted. I fl this because of what I see. day af tar day, and again and again. If I am a poor, tired servant girl, crossing Fifth avenue, and If I rush blindly, stupidly or purposely In front of Mrs. Astor'a coach and am beaten under th hoof of hr aplrlted steeds, it does not follow that capital I trying to crush labor, or wealth is showing It Indifference to poverty. To be sura, she altaJn Kit carriag unharmed, and I am la the atreet bruised and bleeding; but whoa fault 1 ItT Pity m for my atupldity and subsequent misfortune, but do not an- athematlse her or her class becaus of It. It I sometimes possibl to b rich and right and poor aad wrong' In tbla world. 4 Let Os try to mix a llttl sense and Justice with our sympathise now' and then. Anto Slang of London. From the London Express. With th motor-omnibus there haa com a new "slang"' language. It haa evolved from the brains and tempera of drivers and oonductora. " In the words of one of them ' to en Express representative, motor J'slang" haa "grown up with the trade.". Here is a table of the new vocabulary; , Result; An inside passenger. Monkey: -An outsld paaaangar. Gumboil: A passenger who tskes up th room of tw--" . Pill: A passenger who goes the whole distance from the starting place. ' . Cudger: A pansengar who stops th vehicle when slighting. Tipper: An omnibus inspector. Spot? A private detective employed by .the company. Tlntack: A vehicle that keepa In front and takes all available pa mens era. I'p the Staircase: A vehicle that lags behind another.- Domino: A hold-up' In the trsfdo. "That Is as far as ws have gone," said an. Intelligent conductor yeeterday. "But It does not Indicate finality." The other day, for Instance, I heard a 'man on the other step" style a fare who In. slated on knowing the farthest point to which he could travel for hie twopence a 'bluebeard.' That may catch on In time. It la always a question of time and adaptlblllty. . "Every man haa 'slang, words" of tils own, but they do not become claaalcal, so t speak, until they have hammered their way through th whol mass of motor-omnibus employes." February 25 in tfistory. 171 Frederick I. tf Prussia died. Bern July n. Uat, - rrr 17f Joseph HaborahamT of Georgia be came postmaster general ef the United States. i , . wn French defeated the Russian' at battle of Peterswalde. , W4S King William IL, present ruler of Wurtemburg, born. IMS National banking . system ef United States organised. IMS Disraeli became- premier ef Eng. land on the reslgnstlon ef tha Eart ot Derby.- , ;, , lffis V. S. senate ntsaed nrssldsntlal electors' bill, providing that no state no state eould be disfranchised without ths Joint approval ot both houses, ixOToen. Da Fonsaca elected nraal. dsnt of Brasil. United Stat Steal rrfimitlM Incorporated. , Small Change None of 'en had te walk. .',' ' ; ., i Who wanta a pas anyway, ht . , - .'...'."''; Evidently Evelyn waa easily led. , '' - ' v. s . , .'. - ... .L, ,, Th 'governor refuses to reeognls th hoi, , , ' : ,"V-'- ,,r .". i .'; : . -'.-' '' ' ' How .many ef. their, conscience sre elearT . . 1 ' a Now th lawyers will get busy oyer' the new laws. . . . ' ; ' '' ,' .' "V"' . ' . Th people ar taxed to much for higher education. -- . '.'. :. V What eould be expected of Evelyn, with auch a mother? , :, ... 1 .- , . ; .'. s It Is a good deal easier and saf er to yelp for war than to fight v 1 e' " ' A Mle Lamb married, a' Mr. Clover. She thinks hlra sweet enough to att And then again, perhaps Washington would b glad he died a good while ago. ...', :. . . ... ,. 4 ' '.".. . .-' . Now ahoot th song birds; th legis lature has authorised thslr extermination.-, ' - '..." v .,- v "'-':' '' " v' -,-.'-. - Th Insurance ballot Inspectors get tit a day. They can't ba xpetd t hurry. ,u ,. v.; v.: ; ' ' ' . ' ."":'. ', ' - . ' So long a basketball games flourish, why should anybody ear what a Us!, latur didt ' ' ' '' ' ;' v It Is doubtful If any' en of thorn eould tall Juat,vhat was dons, tnuoh less how and why. .-.".'? . v '-".' -: '-. -Kuropatkln'a book will b quit a eurioslty tn one respect; he . admits that tha Russians war licked. . : :....', 1. : '- ' '..' - Th man with hop Is looking down In th mouth; th man with ahp t shear Is happy aa a lord, it ... a S' ... . Th poopta asked fer aa anti-pass law and got a compulsory pass law,' but may b th peopl don't ear. - ' ' ";, ' : ' ';. ' ' - .. If exaggerated ego" constitutes In sanity, some of the legislators need no pass; It's a short walk to th asylum. ' y . ' . '. ' If ther la snythtns els that Teddy' want of this . congr h will hav " . to glv his orders and awing th big- ' atlck soon. , -.- ' '". "... " tj. 1 Th railroad - la - Oregon will not b subjected to a t-ont far law, aa those of som states will. o hav somsthlng to b thankful for. ' , ', v Think what a horrlbl ordeal It would be If a Thaw Juror should die In tbS-' course of a week or two, and all thra . Thaw aluah hay to b waded through again. ' , . " Oregon Sidelights Albany la to hav a nw flour ntUL A Wallowa hen laid 101 eggs during loot, .';.,.- . .. - V A new sawmill win b . built near Brownevlll. y A Rainier woman atoppad behind k lumber pll on a dock to adjust her skirt, fell In th river, and wa rescued a fifth of a mile below, but ean giro no partlculara. . ;. The Merrill Record has failed to put In an appearanc for ssveral weeka past. owing to th sickness of th editor, a: th fact that hla wife presented hi With an hair a few day sine. ... Roseburg Spokesman: It Is reported that a number of new cars and engine are to be her In a few weeka - Thus th new railroad law and demurrage charge ar having th desired affect. . A Creawell man wa leading a' hora and th rop. got twisted around hi for finger on hi right hand, when th bora suddenly pulled back and th fin ger waa taken off at th .first Joint ss If It bad been eut off with an ax. ' -'.. Th " Albany Democrat makes - th guess that the sale to Harrtman means the extension of tha Corvallla and East- rn Into Crook county, to connect with a road running, south and north, "not east, and that tb Natron road will not be extended. - , A Bhedd men fell from a bam Into a chute or flume and striking a scantling his Jaw wa broken tn three places. H was shot 40 feat through th num snd dashed sgalnst solid rock, but hi foot bsll training, he think, enabled him t protect himself from fatal Injuries. Th following from the Cottar Oreve Nugget Is a sample of the good advice being given by. the atate press gener ally: ''With the approach of spring. 'cleaning' up' le the oreer, ana ins ouy authorltiee should compel every prop. the debris left by tn lat ntgn watar, ji fix their fences, sidewalks, ate." UfrX. . a ' .Jill Ther la no diminution In th activity f th hora market, as ye the Corvalll Times. On th eontrsry, th price or all klnda of horses sppear te be stdlly. on th ris. A team for which twd months ago the outside price would be 40A now eells readily at sso. uoou driving horse and drtl horses -in fact, indifferent ones sell readily at from )100 to )150 each. -"" ' Dayton Optimists Many ef the Isrgse farms in thl section win B cut this year and th land will begin to pay a profit to th owner by being prop erly farmed. Th reason, as ststed b an owner of a large tract. s thst It cost over IsoO to maintain the place last year, whlle6thre were cleaning from 50 to loe per acre n smaii iarm. '. Sir Robert Bond's Birthday. .' Sir- Robert Bond, who has been Pre mier and colonial secretary or isw. foundUnd sine 1H00. was born February , IMA. H 1 th descendant or an old Dvonhlr family. , sir nooes-i was mu tated for th -bar,, but entered pontic. and distinguished himself In a vryW . . . , II. . . . W . . r t Ik.. - house of assembly In 4 end vcutly councillor, with ths -"pitrtfolto of Solent lal sscratary. lMS-r7. H ha been' a all th Important committee for th consideration of th French shore end the Newfoundland flsherlee questions, besides having ' negotiated the famous pond-Blalne eonvsntlnn with ths Unit ed States. He wss knighted In 1!N en th oecasion of th visit of th Duk snd Ditches of Cornwall and Tork ta Newfoundland. .. . rnCJ ' 1 - V'-.