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vsrtlssr. THE STRIKE.
THE BASIS of "ill prosperity is
peace. Discord and bickering
JL is a aura means of waste. Capi
tal and labor are essential to
each other. Their interests are so
closely allied as to be identical, but,
as Lincoln a aid, the labor is first to
be considered, for it created the capi
tal ' Yet the two are interdependent,
and upon their permanent and unin
terrupted concord rests their hope of
permanent and. uninterrupted thrift.
They ought never to be at war.!
Portland mill ownera and their p
eratires onght not tot be arrayed in
hostile camps. They are a group in
society, separated from other indus
trial groups,' and their purposes and
hopes are in common. By. every rule
of human existence and moral ethics,
-the thrift of the ona ought4o- be th
thrift of the other. If they are to
fight; their struggles '.should- not -be
between themselves in ' their i own
group, but they should present a
united effort against other groups.
They are a business family, one the
employer, the other the employe.
Their business hearthstone ought to
be in common, their weapon of war
fare should be turned against the real
of the world, not on one another.
Between the contentions of these
Portland employers and the claims of
their employes, there Is a point
where the equities meet It may be
nearest the claims of the employers,
' it may be nearest the contentions of
the operatives, it may be midway
between them. It is at a point that
would probably be easy to ascertain
by' calm - dispassionate investigation
and discussion. The owner is entitled
to a fair profit on his investment
The operative is entitled to t fair
return for his labor. The rising tide
- of Pricei 'OTI" fT lne make a
. larger wage necessary if the inill
owner is in position to make the
, advance without sacrifice of all his
profits. There is a just share for
both aa a result of this industry in
which to all intents and purposes tbey
are partners. ' A way to determine
what thia fair share is, can easily
be found. Let employer and em
. ploye . meet, hand to hand, heart to
, heart, and man to man, aa members
of one business family, and by . the
simple honest rule of being fair with
each other, arrange their differences,
not by the harsh inhuman linea of
angry contention, but by the manly,
honorable and sensible plan of peace
and ordinary business sanity.
REGULATINO CORPORATIONS.
OVERNOR HUGHES has sub-
' I mined to the New York Iegia-
VJ lature a comprehensive meaa
' ,:' ure .designed to regulate public
service corporations, which in view
of his position and the circumstances
surrounding his occupancy of it will
be scanned with almost as much in
terest as if it were a product of the
president If enacted into law, it
will be in a targe degree experimen
tal, but there is little doubt that it
would Operate successfully and bene
ficially if it could be executed by the
right kind of officials. There is where
the rub comes, with respect to almost
any good law.
- The bill proposes to establish two
commissions of five .members each,
between whom will be divided on
distinct lines the regulation of all
public aervice corporations, super
aeding the present state railroad
eommiirn, the New York city rapid
transit commissMih and the state gas
electric cormuiion. Some of
the powers and dutfcs of the pro
posed commissions are: '.
To res-ult tha trnafr, eolsntrant
r leaaa or rranoblaaa.
To pravent any public Mrvloa corpor
ation from buy In or holdlof tha stock
o any similar corporation without Pr-
m (salon, t ' ' m
To havo jurisdictloa evar isaua of
stocks and bonds..
To forbid tha ' capitalisation of any
franchtfM, except ao far aa-that fran
ehlaa ha baen paid for to tha etata or
municipality. - .
To forbid tha capitalisation of any
Merger between two oorpora tlona be
yond the amount of tha capital stock of
the two so merged.
To forbtd the capitalisation Of any
contract for consolidation or leaaa. (
It will be observed that each ' of
these powemind duties is-aimed at
some present persistent abuse of cor
poration privileges by various meth
ods of manipulating inimical to the
people's interests. Under this law
many of the favorite jobbing devices
of such high financiers as Harriman
will be put on the forbidden list j
Governor Hughes snd his supporters,
among whom are. but few. "loyal,"
genuine" and standpat Republicans,
are determined if possible to prevent
hereafter the enormous burdens sad
dled on the public by the deft gentle
men who juggle with stocks, bonds
and franchisee - V1
Some statea already have laws reg
ulating and tinder certain , circum
stances ' restricting issues of ' . stock,
and it is under such a law that Minne
sota is seeking -to prevent Mr. Hill
from making himself and friends a
present of $60,000,000; ! but tht
Hughes' law, which is voluminous in
details, is calculated to be an im
provement upon any of these laws. '.
It is to be feared that the author
of such a law will .be regarded by
many as not a safe and sane man for
president '
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RULES OF EVIDENCE.
THE "rules of . evidence being
something that no two lawyers
or judges can agree, upon,
i :' when applied to testimony in
various ases,-rt -would be -an utter
vaste of time and effort and a will
ful provocation to brainstorm' for
any one else . to attempt to under
stand them. It aometimea appears
to the layman, however, that they
are chiefly designed to ; keep . the
truth out of reach and hearing when
its full unfolding is most needed, and
to afford abundant opportunities for
appealing casetrto higher courts,
where the judges might .chance to
disagree with the trial judges.' - In a
criminal case this doubt coa
fusion and conflict of opinion as to
the rules of evidence . are chiefly
beneficial to the defendant, for while
be can appeal from everything said
and ' done during a trial, the state
cannot appeal at all, even if trial
judges should rule out all its compe
tent and material testimony which,
of course, never happens. . -
In the Thaw case the rules of evi
dence do not -allow the prosecution
to dispute Evelyn's , story of the
confession she saya , ahe made to
Harry in Paris.' No matter If it
were entirely an invention, if noth
ing that she described ever occurred,
and this could be proven, it is shut
out, because it was this .confession,
regardless of its truth or falsity, that
according to the theory of the de
fense caused Thaw's homicidal brain
storm some three - years later. It
would seem to a person -sitting in
legal , darkness that if it could be
shown that Evelyn told Toaw an in
vented story, that fact .. mighty be
shown as discounting the credibility
of her trial story; but it seems not
In some cases a witness msy be
asked almost anything imaginable
under the sun to test his credibility,
and to discover what if any,' proba
bility there ia that he is lying, but it
seems that thia instance Is an ex
ception. If you want to know what
are the "rules of evidence as spplicd
to any particular case, lo, there are
thousanda of -volumes which - you
must read, that will take you 70
years, as full of unreconcilable In
stances as a hedgehog's hide,, is full
of bristles after reading all which
you will know less, if possible, of
the subject than you did before.
Of course a judge ordinarily makes
a rather shrewd guess, on the chance
that appellate judges won't reverse
him, but in a criminal case he natur
ally Inclines to decide with the de
fense, because if he makes a mis
take in this direction there is no ap
peal from it i But in a roundabout
or surreptitious way a shrewd law
yer manages - to get the evidence,
even if rejected by the court, before
the jury, if by no stronger method
than in questions that he knows will
be ruled out, and in suggestive state
ments in arguments; so that an intel
ligent jury really finds out more of
the truth than the "rules of evidence"
intend it shall. -'
. The big strike may unfortunately
stop building operationa for a little
while, but everybody counts on one
side or the other, or both, yielding
before veryilong, and so real estate
sales go right on increasing, every-
body realizing ' that Portland ia
growing faster than ever, and ia go
ing to grow faster yet, and that prices
are bound to continue to rise. '
CRUELTY -TO LAND.
A . PENNSYLVANIA., man has
. proposed r a law that many
people would call a piece of
' freak legislation, it being one
for ; the "prevention of cruelty . to
land," and he haa organised a society
modeled somewhat after the aociety
for the prevention of cruelty to ani-
mala. When one ob-jerves ? how a
good niany mew-treat the- land they
own. he mav be inclined to think
that such a law is not without some
reasonable basis. '
It will be ' remembered that Mr.
J. J. Hill, In one of his discouraging
addresses not long ago, predicted
wholesale disaster because farmers
were recklessly exhausting the land
as well as the timber, and doing
nothing ' to recuperate and conserve
ita productiveness, for which reason
lands of some states now produce
scarcely more than half as much per
acre as they did when first cultivated.
In this he sounded a true and needed
note of warning, and the .Pennsyl
vania . man s society is all ngnt,
whether the proposed law is or not
' He "says that the' land ia being
'abused" and "cruelly treated" w by
heartless and foolish farmere who
olant the same crops year after year,
giving it no, rest or encoursgement
by rotation of crops. He speaks 01
the land as if it were sentient an
in a certain sense it ought to be so
regarded. : It is our "mother earth,
and certainly is' susceptible of abuse,
under which it returns evil for evil,
or of responsiveness to good treat
ment in bountiful crops. The bill
this man .has drawn up has been in
troduced i the Muinesota legisla
ture, and though it. will not pass It
may well serve as a subject 'of
thought, discussion and action. .;
The lands. of. ihe"Pacific northwest
are exceedingly fertile, particularly
I m
the volcanic loam east pi tne moun
tains, and their fertility seems Inex
haustible, but, steady and persistent
wheat, cropping will eventually wear
even them out; while the land of the
Willamette valley, adapted to many
uses, deserve scientific rotation - of
'Cruelty to land" ia indeed a- great
national fault, and if not prevented
by law ought to cease through In
creasing knowledge, and. if from no
other motive through self interest
Abused JandV like - a ' starved, beaten,
unsheltered animal, will of necessity
cease to become profitable, while in-
telliirent. careful, considerate treat
ment of soil will richly repsy its
owner therefor.,-' :.'.'.V:-.f
' INTERESTING IRRIGATION ; '
;. PROJECT. .
O NE OF the most interesting irri
gation projects in Oregon is at
Irrigon, in the Columbia river
: basin. A phase that challenges
unusual attention ia ' the unusually
large percentage of aand in the land
under " reclamation. Before water
was applied the only growth was a
Very fragile aage brush, the shifting
of the surface sands by the winds,
together with the arid character of
the soil "making It impossible for
plant growth to exiat -After three
years of reclamation, almond and
peach trees, well developed and ap
parently full of thrift and. promise,
are everywhere observable.' . Plans of
cultivation also ' include apricots,
strawberries, and other varieties of
plant shrub and tree. ' '. ,
What greatly heightens the diffi
culty of reclamation is the fact that
below the sand layer there is a gravel
bed which so facilitates seepage that
retention of moisture is next to im
possible..; Even, after 'water, was
brought on ' the land . by , artificial
means, the loss waa so great that
irrigation by the usual . means of
open ditches for distribution purposes
was impossible and there was resort
to pipe lines. The pipes are made of
three parts sand and one part cement
the manufacture taking place on the
ground. The cost is large, due to the
high price of cement but miles and
milea of auch pipe have been made
and is now in use.
The distribution mains are served
by an open ditch, 20 feet wide by six
feet deep and nine miles long, sup
plied with water from the Umatilla
river. Thirty thousand acres of land
are involved In the project, of which
3,000 are actually in cultivation, most
ly in five and 10-acre tracts. '
.' A problem yet to be worked Out
is to find a means of arresting the
shifting of the "sands that still ham
per the work, in a measure. For the
purpose, alfalfa or winter rye will be
planted , and kept closefy cut as it
grows, serving the double purpose of
sodding the soil and at the same time
filling it as much as possible with
organic matter. From a scientific
standpoint the development of the
whole project will be watched with
extreme interest. , The work haa cost
immense sums of money, but in their
application what was almost a desert
i being transformed into one of the
garden spots of the state. . , ,
It was an Iowa dairy expert who,
after having traveled through Europe,
said: "There is no place in the world
where dairy products . catt be pro
duced aa cheaply as in Oregon." Yet
butter is 35 to 40 cents a pound.
How is this?
Ex-Secretary , Hitchcock may not
positively know anything that would
be convicting evidence T against Mf.
Hermann, but he undoubtedly has a
decided ' opinion ,, about the official
record of the ex-commissioner.
Several doctors, experts, of course,
have agreed that the human soul
weighs from half an ounce ; to an
ounce. This is scarcely more cu-
.ioua than that their brains weigh
more than an ounce. 1 .'' ; ;:. -. .
11 Mr. Harriman is to be let into
partnership with the people he must
not object to their keeping a very
close watch of him and experting his
books every evening.
For president; ox' the Republican
ticket, J. B. Foraker; on the DemT
cratic ticket, ,.T.. F. .Ryan.-; Now If
this .should come to pass, how happy
Mr. Harriman would be. '
The Colorado legislature came near
making terrible blunder Jast week
adiourninar sine die before the per
diem pay limit waa reached. '
Uncle Joe Cannon can show the
trusts that he stood by them; he got
the ship, subsidy bill through the
hous6 all right ",. ; a - ; y
- . eaaWAewaaw aaaaaaaSS
Well, the railroads could be mak
ing an .immense amount more money
if they had jprovidedtrackage and
equipment to move the products.
Letters From
' People
One View of the Strike.
Portland March 11. To the Editor of
Tha Journal And ao the American Fed
eration of Labor refuse to sympathise
wtrn-er n rtp-metr rmiow-iaborerr ttrwin
a fight for laborT All because they dif
fer In their political affiliation.. Isn't
It queer that one aet of laboring men
refuse to aaalst another aet who are
fighting the same battle to shorten
hours, with more pajr end better con
dition" for laborT And no earthly ex
cuse, only on political grounds. In thla
case, politics should not enter If the
case were reversed what a howl would
go- up aa-ainat the I. W. W, if they re
fused to help. Tba red biooa or nrotn
erhood - runs In the veins , of all (or
should) lust the earn.
Has the A. T. of I heard from gam
Gompers, vice-president of the CItlsens'
Alliance! Haa he placed ban on the
I. W. W.T Of course, everybody knows
that Qompers and Mitchell of the min
era (affiliated with the A. F. of L.) are
vice-presidents of the National CitlsensT
alliance, while occupying the offices of
national presidents of the above-named
labor organisations.- As I understand
the case, the L W. W. waa organised be
cause of the above stated ' conditions.
realising that labor waa In Jeopardy, al
ways in the hands of those who accept
offices . In the organisation of those
whom labor waa fighting. In all ln.
cerlty, let me uk any fair-minded, onion
man. can roar
The K. of U. and Railroad Tralnman'a
organisations waa sacrificed by Powder
ley and Arthur to further their political
ambition and they climbed - on the
shoulders of labor to acquire political
positions, and then what T . Who has
any respect for them they got their
graft Now,' Compere wanta th A. F.
of Ia. to go Into politics, and form a
labor party. : However, he wanta the
aame avstem carried on as Is now by
the Demo-Republlrans,' otherwise - It
wontd pat m stop to the graft of labor
(?) leader. " Labor does not seem to
have the brains (vou note It by their
actions) la the ranks to flu th erf ices
of mayor and eouneilmen, as I sea by
th dally papers they talk of putting
up Borne sucneasful business men for
these gifts. Well, mayb this 1,000 and
over -of th I. W. W. will make aome
difference In th political complication
of th Labor party. If they refus to be
a party to the scheme, which they
probably will. All honor to the I. W.
W , they are waging an open, manly
flgrhf. They have done what the A.- F.
of L. has never done In any of their
strikes effectually tied np the particu
lar Industry they are after In Portland.
Now, )t Is up to the A. F. of L. to be
men whose Interests ar identical and
back them, or ste? down as a union .la
bor organisation. '
A BTCDENT OF POLITICS.
Handles '"Student" Without Gloves.
Salom. March It. To th Editor of
Th Journal "Student" - seem to be
loaded for a continuance of "vain dis
cussion and pointless repetition." He
refers to a number of theories that
may be true or false, "so far aa h
knows." in a way to convey th Infer
eno that the things he does not know
arc past finding out. if not quit un
worthy of a search. Intelligent reader
of this "pointless discussion' know that
J;, K. has at no time posed aa "a teacher
or demonstrator" of .mysteries; simply
proposed to point a vain repeater the
way' to settle the question for himself
as no other could settle It for him. -
"Student" may fancy himself a real
tnvrstlwntor. but his fancy misleads
him. To him th question under con
sideration la Insolvent. Ills mind r
lects all evidence. It matter not to
him that 'such scientists as -Crooks and
Wallace published to - the world mure
than 40 years ago that mortal and spirit
intercourse waa a fact aa scientifically
established aa any fact In nature could
be. and after the laps- of all these
years they say the asm thing.
But, unfortunately for those snnlent
novfrea, they had not (the light of stu
dent' eaaaya on what Is snd what Is
not flndoulshl on th mortal rjan.
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A HomeMaJe Boy
r
. By John Anderson Jayne.
That's a peoullar expression, Isn't It?
a home-made dot!" ,
And yet when you come to think of
It It lan't auch a Strang term, after
all. For we are hearing of the old-tlroe
"home-made bread." the old-time "home
made clothes" and all of the good old
home-made things of the long ago.
A home-made bread waa made by
mother, and no other bread vr tasted
quite ap good In all the after years.
Th horae-msde clothing was built for
wear, was put together by loving bands
snd ofttimee Into every stitch was
breathed-a prayer for the dear one who
should wear the clothe.
And th home-mad boy I - H waa
carefully watched, by jjl father and.lov
tnrly tended by his mother. He was
polite to his sisters: with bis smaller
brothers he waa paternity personified.
He could look you squarely In the eye.
He used clean language. ' His thumb snd
his foreflnaer were not stained with the
telltale cigarette. , He enjoyed his books,
and whan be was out on the playground.
how he sould run. Jump and kick) Home
made, yea; but when he grew Into man
hood he made a home for himself that
carried the aroma of th old home; and
now that lie has children of his own
they still bear tn their bodies ths mark
of th old home training of th long
ago. ..""'
One in a while not vary often, how
ever In thia nursery-training, gov
erness ' bringing - up, ' boarding school
training age do you see such a boy; and
when you see him he la a delight to the
eye, a pleasure to th ar and a whisper
that th future of th eountry wiu be
In good handa. ; ' ' ' .
You don't find th home-mad boy
loafing out en the street corners; you
don't find him befouling th air with hie
conversation. .- He doesn't make ladles
shudder when they pass his way. ' . You
find him in offices doing a work, that
will lead to a auperb manhood, ' You
find him. wherever ha may be, laying
good, solid foundations for hlsutur
career. ... , ,
One .th home-made boy waa fre
quently seen on th streets. Now
yon rarely see him. Buch -a - good.
old-fashioned boy he was. - this home
made boy; eyery en delighted in him.
Buch a boy waa aeen tb other day in
a prominent downtown store with his
father. Straight as a young sapling.
with an eye like that of th eagle, and a
smile that waa like a rey of sunshine in
a darkened room. Honest square, man
ly, upright ne showed In every line and
act that h was a home-made boy, and.
further, that be was proud of It
. Hla father bad taught th boy th
way of truth. And th boy,, as boy a
usually do, bad followed bis rather
around' the eorner. for, a?s a rule, just
th kind of a ooraar the -father- turns.
Just tha kind of a corner will th boy
turn. ' - -
His mother ' haa taught him from
childhood that to be strong Is to be
pure; that to be pur la to b atrong;
that to be upright la to be manly;, that
to be manly Is kingly. Sh has taught
him courtesy, honor and gentleness.
And now this hom-mad boy Is prov
ing to his father and to hla mother the
value of th careful training, they have
given him. .:. '. . ,:.
Don't think that h la a sickly aentt
saaataJlaW a- rglrly-glrly". boy;- that-b
doesn't enjoy baseball, football and all
th reat of the sports that belong to a
manly boy. Ha, Isn't that kind. - He la
a good, old-faahloned, home-made boy.
Would that there were more in th eoun
try and la the eity similar te hlml
. One of these fin days th boy who
has received th eld home training will
oome - up - against real temptations,
agalnat real difficulties snd then, be
cause be has moral backbone, mental
stamina and strong conscience) fiber, be
will resist and out of that resistance
will corns further strength and courage.
And than h will be known aa a man,
manly among men..
Then let's give our hand and ear
heart to th home-made boy. and bid
Mm godspeed for a happy and trium
phant life. .. '.. ,-. v '
' A Common Opinion. - -
From the Woodburn Independent
W ar askd, aa an independent Re
publican newspaper, to sir our opinion
of th recent legislature of Oregon. The
legislature wasted too much time In th
beginning and then had not aufflclent
time to give to th consideration of
meritorious bllla Too much Urn was
also wasted in th endeavor to circum
vent th governor, undoubtedly repre
senting th people, even If be waa play
Ing politics, as claimed, and-th legisla
ture in many respects not representing
th people and In one, at least alapping
th people in th face. Th 'governor
proved that he stood on constitutional
and economical ground and put the
legislature In a deep hole, from which It
I trying to bnt cannot very well crawl
out without th assistance of a rope,
which th general publlo aeema to be
very unwilling to provide. . In a com
paratively few Instances th legislature
accomplished some good, but In many
featurea It was a miserable failure, one
cloee observer considering It a. silly
body. -Th people , naturally feel that
th legislature has been too extravagant
ana ar uankrui that w bad aa axeou
tlve who knew how and when to uee
the veto ax and waa not fratd to wield
It , It -' waa plainly discernible . that
throughout th legislative session ths
normal school combine was th dicta
torial power and on this account th
people were not faithfully or - fully
served. A - number ef good bills were
killed, and tb senate gave unmistak
able evidence that It waa there for the
benefit of the rich. . .
' March 13 In History.
' 1470 Lancastrians defeated at battle
of Stamford (war of the roses).
1SS Haguenot defeated at Jarnac
161 -Bartholomew Legat burned at
Bmithfleld 'for heresy, .
1821 Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia
abdicated. v '
U 80 Congress provided for a boun
dary lln between Louisiana and Arkan
sas. - .v
1141 Lleutenam-Oeneral. Henry
Shrapnel, Inventor . of . the Shrapnel
ahota, died. , . ' - . -
1851 Orsinl and Pletrl guillotined
for attempted assassination . of Na
poleon III. '
It 43 Unsuccessful attempt Of Far
ragut'e fleet to pass confederate bat
teries at Port Hudson.
' 1179 Duke of Connaught married to
Prtncesa Louis Margaret of Prussia.
1114 System of . standard tm
adopted throughout America. . . '
194 British house of commons
adopted resolution advising abolition of
the house of lords.
ll8 Eleven lives lost by th 'burn
ing ,of th Bowery Mission lodging
house In Nee) York. -
Suffragist Not Peacemakers. ;
From the Washington Star.
The London woman suffragists who
ware fined for disorderly conduct at a
meeting save crushed the hop that th
ladle would on day be th means ef
Quieting excitement at the polla.
How to Get .and
Keep Health
" By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
(Ooprrffbt, 1B0T, by Amerteaa-Joaraal-Eiamuwr)
The fault of the age Is a mad endeavor
To leap to heights that were mad to
, climb; ' ',
By a burst of strength, ora thought
most clever,
W plan to forestall and outwit Tim.
W acorn to wait for th thing worth
having; -
We want high noon at the day's dim
; dawn: ;-..,...-..
We find no pleasures in tolling and sav
ing '
Aa our forefathers did In ths old times
gone.
W fore our rosea, before their season,
To bloom and blossom for us to wear;
And then we wonder and ask th reason
Why perfect, buds ar so few and rare.
W crave th gain, but despise th get
ting; . . . i
W want wealth not' as reward, but
' dower! ..'.' i
And th strength that is wasted In use
less fretting -Would
fell a forest or build a tower.
On of th ' best resolutions you can '
make is to utills the days, or, rather,
th moments comprising th days. In a
wis manner. It is wonderful What can
be accomplished If w do not . fritter
away time that moat precious' posaes
sion which belongs to all men equally,
and upon which no trust-or syndicate
ean obtain a "corner."
No matter what regular occupation
may employ you dally, there are mo
ments which ean be used for recreation
or mental improvement tt you ar In
health. A half hour given each day to
reading will astonish you at th end
of si i months with th number of vol
umes completed. f ,
Fifteen - minutes before breakfast, is
minutes after dlnner.-wlll not be in Used
by you If you make your resolution to
take them every day. - ',
'You will find you hav Just aa much
time as you had before you began this
system," for you hav been - frittering
away more than those II minutes morn
ing and nights without being conscious
ot it ., ' (.j--
Then, If you are musical, arrange to
give 10 minutes every day to sight read
ing. You can 'manage It If you are
determined to do so. '
I knew a busy, young, self-supporting
woman who had only a rudimentary
knowledge of music to make thla reso
lution, and it waa amaslng to see th
progress sh mads in on year's time.
With only 10 minutes each day devoted
to thla one purpose, ahe Surpassed many
professional musicians in her abltity to
read difficult music at a glance.
If your life la an Indoor one, on ac
count of your occupation, snatch five
mlnutee after rising and ten before re
tiring for physical exercises. Any book
en physical culture will Illustrate a few
movements for th development of th
chest and th reduction of superfluous
flesh., and for th general benefit of the
Whole system. ; " .,-'.- . -
If, on the contrary, your work la of
an exhausting nature; take a half hour
er " even" is minutee-ome'ttineuTtng
the day and sit or He down and relax
your. whole system. - i - . ' .-.
Do this as regularly as you ' eat your
dinner or eomb your - hair, Immense
benefit to your whole being, mental and
physical, will result . ' .. , . - v
Think of nothing the most difficult
thing to do, but de It; or merely Imag
ine yourself a plant growing in ths soil
and a sweet summer rain la dropping
upon Vou, washing and refreshing every
leaf. -; -. .... ,. -,
, You will rise Indeed refreshed for your
occupation.- - With the exception of a
time set apart for thinking of nothing,
teach yourself to always think of some
thing worth while the remainder of th
day. Many people going to and from
their dally occupation, and Indeed scores
of people who have no occupation, fall
Into a habit of shiftless thinking on
th street, or In publlo conveyances, or
In Id) moment elsewhere. The mind
roams about like a leaf In ths wind,
resting nowhere. -, , ;
Study the facea you see and try and
form acme idea or the characters of
their owners. Notice ears, noses, mouths,
eyes, chins. Observe how few beautiful
mouths and ears you will find compared
with other featurea It is aa interesting
us of your mental powers, thla study
of faces, and will teach you sympathy
if nothing mora. . . .. ,
If you find yourself without faces te
atudy, then memorise verses, phrases or
numbera, to retain your memory. Learn
to recall th numbers of edosen or a
soors of youn- acquaintances' home's. In
stead of always referring to an address
book.- -,
Commit the words of songs to memory
even If you do not sing it will maks
you popular with people - who do or
memorise a dosen lines of prose from the
dally paper If you have nothing else et
hand. Just for practice..
It is better than allowing your brain
forces to become weak and slip-shod
from lack of direction. u -
Make the most of the odd -ends of
time, and you will make the moat ef
yourself with little cost and no loss. ,.
'- Bishop Maes' Birthday. ." '
RtRev. CamUlue Paul Maes, Roman
Catholic bishop of the diocese ef Cov
ington, Kentucky, waa born March. IS,
14I. He le a native of Belgium and
his education waa received at tha rini.
lege of Courtrai In that eountry. -He
was graauatea rrom tne College In 1141
and spent ths next six years nrenar.
Ing for the priesthood.. He was or
dained in 1S6I snd cams to the United
States the following year.. For IS
years he was located In Detroit and he
ia not leave that city until he was)
named ae btahop ef Covington. He was
consecrated bishop January 2G. 18S.
Bishop Maes haa the reputation t be
ing one of the most learned churchmen
in America and is the .author ef several
books well known among Catholic
clergy. He ia the permanent president
of the Eucharlstlc congress and a mem
ber of the board ef directors of the
Catholle. University of America, .
! ' Time to B It V
. There waa to be a circus In town
next day, and Robert wished to go to
see It unload; so he sought to obtain
his father's consent says Judge. The
first question his father put to him on
being approached waa. "Have you asked
your motherf
"Tea, sir," wss Robert's prompt
reply.
'V.'hAt did aha eayr the father pur
sued. ,. -f . .
"She said I couldn't go," Was the
frank rejoinder. 1 r i
"What do you mean,' Robert by com
ing to me to ask to do, a thing after
your mother haa told you you could not
do itr
"Well, papa," the little fellow ob
aervrd, "t heard you say last week that
you're the bos of this ranch, snd I
though It was. about time for you to
assert reurself.
Small Change
Senator Fulton oan ahow some good
work. , ..
-.' . "
The sheriff should be satisfied with
his salary. "
- ' e ' ':.'''
Only three days more In which to '
eave that t per cent
.. ' . a . a . ,'. V
The president la one Panama canal '
boss who can't or won't resign,
" . ' a . a ' -.-'.
No, Mr. Harriman did not exactly
speculate; he played a cinch game. -,"
' ' - e - . ; . ,' '
The city would not go wet In tears if
some other, eouneilmen, should resign.; , -.
e a ... .. .,-' "-. -
' Two things Portland eannot brag on '
ere its birthrate and 4ta divorce record.
'" " e- e
' Another defense Thaw would - object
to la that he was too big a fool to go
craiy. : , .. - . - -.
Rules of evidence are designed to keen
Truth on the outside of the , Temple of SJ
Justice. -. ,x . : '. ' .. o . ... , . ... -..v , 7
e r e ' j. .
Some southern Oregon papers still
claim that Hermann, la a victim of per- .
secutlon. ., . -. .
.... -., e e . .
Th financiers have become so dog- J
goned smart thai they can even water V
Oil stocks. .-:. , r -r
-'.-" 1 e ' . ' : -
- There is some advantage in living In
Boston; tb baseball season opens there -ln
a month. . . o - ; .
; . . -. ; ;.:e - '
Brother Gear predicts great things ef
Senator Bourne, but says nothing about '
Senator Fulton. : - -
a , ,i " . .
But If Senator Spooner's salary wae v
not sufficient why didn't he become a.
Chautauqua lecturer? 1 v . !
... '.-j ,:',':: 'A'1 .',''
' Myrtll Cerf eeeme to be a sort et ' '
Ruef a erf. But what ean be expected
of a man named Myrtile? , .
. . . e v V... -- y
. The woman who wants men treated as -
mulee may have triad to sneak up be-
hind a kicker with disastrous reeulta. -
.. .-,,-;. i; ... ...... y-i...
' ' Arlcansa has passed a law requiring
all prescriptions te be written In plain ;
English. But how ean dootore de that? .
- ;. : .'',' . a -.-;': -
. Senator Tillman has sngagementa for
ISO. 000 worth of lectures. That pitch
fork, muat be eQver-handled and gold- '
lined. . ' .; ' ... ' . ,
e e . .:' ' " '
"Down with the trusts," says ths Cor- .
vallls Republican In the heading of a '
long editorial. Yet it ia a Republican
ppr...u ; . ;."
. An Iowa man was fined $4,004 tot
caressing a woman's chin. . If he had
kissed her en the Hps he would here
needed about $4,000,000. , ,
e e . -v ' .- '
A boy wae actually arrested the ether
Sat, fnp amnklna- ela-aratta whlla lna f -
Ing around a north end saloon, but no J
explanation of the remarkable Incldener I
has been made. s ',-,-
.. ' '' ' " : '' ' '.,;'..'"
- A Tennesse minister - declarea that
bell Is a place ef strong drink, tobacco,
baseball, theatre "and : peekaboo shirt-waists.
O Death, where le thy sting?
Is be rustling for immigrants? ,
-:e,..;, . v,':,;.:r'
Under the heading, "Help Edit the
Paper," the Salem . Journal printe Uie
following editorial: "The editor ef this
paper is not proud. He doe not know "
It alL" . This Is a remarkable confession
that is a sign ef Increasing wisdom. -
Oregon Sidelights
Monmouth holds weekly anotJon sales.
: A Coos county man- married hla othaJ
er-ln-law.
. . e ',. ; v -
Milton people are working for a good
free library. - - -v ....
Sheridan ia booming, says g reeldent
of that town.. .
Many Sherman county fanners are
sowing barley. .
'.. -.v'-'-'.'N . I'--
Weston will have a new $4,000 United
Brethren eburch. . .' ". . .
, . , , !;,' .' ,.t '
A family named Cabbage expecta to
prosper et Irrigon.-
Woodburn is one of the Oregon towns
that expect te boom thla year.
A Myrtle Point man shipped 19. 00
strawberry plants to Silvordale, Wash
ington. ; -. y , - : J .
The Springfield council haa ordered aN
residents to elesn up . their premises
thoroughly. , . .- ,
.- V e: e .
The Newberg school district has 78$
children of school age, an increase ef
100 In a year.1 r
... '
,. One of Albany's best young women
had her etKhty-stxtb birthday this week,
says the Democrat. . , ....
r .. ' .-i ' e e' , j
- A. farmer near Sheridan is platting
his farm Into 10-acre tracts, He la
aettlng a good example.
- . -a , '' "'. " ..V.
There la nothing, more beautiful than
a Douglaa county orchard In full bloom,.
remaraa tne uaaiana uwi. . .
' The Salem Statesman has not learned
yet how to spelt tba state treasurer's
name puta an 'V on the end.
' . e ' a , n ' '
Milton la growing; land along the elec
tric road between there and Walla Walla
sells for from $300 to $500 an acre..
.-. . a , " .. ." . ; . "
A Canby man named Lucke waa not
lucky when he was severely gored end
seriously Injured by a ferocious bull. .
;',- ' - .' '.v-;
A' fruit farm of 4t8 acres will b de
veloped near th foot of 1 nunt Emlle,
In Union county, by a company capi
talised at $600,000. - - ,
A Yamhill county man who owned a
clovereeed machine left his own shocks
of clover In the field ell winter, . i -it
last week threshed out a prime lot ef
seed, ),.- v " .-' ". ' - "
.. ... ' , . .. . e - - - p..
: Horse-huyers from several ststes have
been at Pnndletnn trying to buy heavysj
team horses, orrerlng as high ss $80 a
span, but could obtain none cm account
of the local demand..
i , s . . . a a .. ..'-''..
Speaking nf the report that Jackrab
blts are dying of - consumption, me
Ontas Valley Journal, says: , Were it
not- that the disease is communicable,
the farmers would hall tha news with
Joy. As It Is, their pleasure Is tem
pered with some apprehension. A rsb
blt with diseased lungs would certainly
be a novelty. Tba open-sir cure does
not seem to work with them. .
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