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THE FldHT NOT WON- '
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ASSURANCE by Senator Fulton
that the next congress will ac
cept the- tate 'a offer for public
ownership of the Willamette
locks is encouraging. It does not,
however, mean thatthe fight for an
open Willamette is won. The friends
- of the project will learn later the
' need of vigilance and unceasing ef
" fort. t rMany. battle has been lost
when victory was within easy reach,
A SO-cent differential at Oregon
City on all freight shipped in or out
of the Willamette region, is of price
less value to ' parallel railroad lines.
In the 33 years that it has been in
vogue it has put millions of dollars
into tire pockets of railroad owners.
It has, been a toll-taker standing at
the dcr9TTevery"trm1iooi"rin the
region. 4ias-been tribute levied on
V the movement ' of every pound of
freight, end it consequence ha, been
a stream of gold poured constantly
into the laps of transportation barons.
; It has kept railroad rates as high as
they were 30 years ago. It has been
; an 'arrangement of infinite value to
railroad owners, and equally costly
to the public. It is one of those for
tuitous arrangements that the bene
ficiary never surrenders without a
struggle. '-. '! v'-'.'
-Why should they? Human nature
is nearly always the same, and it is
human to be selfish. If at the psy
chological moment, these beneficiar
ies do not strike a blow at an open
Willamette, history wilt be a lie, and
the order of things will be reversed.
; Deep down when nobody suspects, a
? scheme will probably be concocted to
strangle the plan.' It couldn't be done
in the Oregon legislature where sen
timent for a freed traffic was universal
and irresistible. .That it will be a t
tempted at Washington where rail
v road lobbies are mighty and the leg
erdemain in legislation frequent, is
certain to happen if our people
should be lulled 'to sleep by belief
that the battle is over and the tri-
; Alertnts is. the only shibboleth
' with which to finally achieve an open
. river. The members of our own delega
tion will oi course do all they can,
but they are only a few when in ar
ray against the power of might and
mammon as incarnated in the rail
roads. ,' : ' . .'' , .
f - :- ;;a BELATED CALL.
MR. MORGAN has been to see
-the. president He- tellr-the
executive that 'a number of
" , , , railroad presidents want au
dience at the white house to discuss
f the relation of the government and
", the . railroads. The tall ought to
. have been made before. Two or
. . three decades ago the roads could
have made out a better case.. An
eleventh hour repentence is not al
ways lasting. But for the fact that
they are under discipline for . their
sins, it is perfectly understood that
they would not be to profuse and
free in their declared purpose to "be
' good." '
These 1asi few years of Wall street
railroading have given them a preju
diced standing in the -president's
court. ' Mr. Harrtman's juggle last
summer with Union Pacific dividends
is jtill a ree n spot in the president's
memory. Baron Harriman's board
of directors adjourned without de
rl.ring a dividend that was expected
to be fully seven .per cent, and the
stock tumbled. That was August
SV The agents of Mr. Harrimar and
1. . fncniU tou.hr secretly of Lnioa
Pacific stock until aa estimated 400,
000 shares had been rounded tap.
Then, not a seven, but a ten per cent
dividend was announced, and Union
Pacific shares shot skyward. :.
' From $144 to $185 a share in five
days was the record. It was a jump
of' $41 per share, and Mr. Harriman's
profit was estimated at $10,000,009.
It was juggling by the president of
the road and his executive committee.
It was nothing but a -cold blooded
robbery and by methods so question
able that few others than a - Wall
strert rsilroad president-would, have
stopped them. ' ! ',
And this was only one of a thou
sand cases of brigandage, worked by
the railroad plunderbund. , By acci
dent it got into the spot light, most
of the cases remaining successfully
undiscovered. To stop the piracy,
the chief magistrate has invoked the
law and the sudden repentance and
pilgrimage, of the railroad presidents
to the White House is the conse
quence. : '.J''s2,,. . ' ;
And, strange to say, Mr. Harriman
is to be one of the callers. ,
PAUPER RAILROADS.
aia-aa-aaa, , 1' . , V A
.' Av NOTHER railroad president baa
l got into print to declare that
A hi- road ' was' not making
enough to pay expenses and
interest pn its bonds, notwithstand
ing it had no water in its securities.
Then it must be an exceptional road.
Figures showing the receipts of most
of the principal railroads of the coun
try are eloquent with a tremendous
and increasing volume . of business
during recent .years, and never so
greats as Jast year, when the roads
all over .the country were .literally
swamped with congested , freight
While wages have recently- been ad
vanced by some roads, which will
considerably decrease their net earn
ings, the freight rates have not been
reduced, but on . the contrary rather
advanced, and . the roads have more
business than they can da They
acknowledge that they need tens of
thousands of miles more tracks and
an immense amount of new 'equip
ment to attend to traffic; and they
will succeed, in convincing nobody
that such a volume of traffic is not
very profitable. Indeed, their own
figures, even -where J the ijroaJsere
greatly 'overcapitalized, show that the
business is very profitable. - . : '
JThepurpose of such plaints is ob
viously to induce the government and
state legislatures to let the railroads
entirely alone, interfering nohow and
asking no questions; but the people
will neither be frightened nor cajoled
into giving up railroad regulation.
Tbey have paid too much for their
experience not to profit by it .,
GOVERNMENT BY CRIMINALS.
IT IS PRESUMED, if not proven
'that "the sheriff and coroner of
San Francisco knew where Ruef
r was hiding as' well as Detective
Burns did, and perjured themselves,
not "like gentlemen," but like tools,
in order to . keep him out of the
court's "way. It is "noticeable through
out these " proceedings against
Schmitz and Ruef that the defend
ants have been fighting for a chance
to get their cases transferred to
some other judge, manifestly hoping
to get before one who was also their
tool, as doubtless some of them are,
and as Judge Dunne seems not to be.'
. The San - Francisco Chronicle em
phatically -declares - that - "with the
exception of a majority. o! the judges
San Francisco -J" governed', by jts
criminal elements." . The tactics of
the boodlers, ssys the v Chronicle,
which only states the manifest fact,
''are to evade trial until the public
has forgotten the evidence so far as
it has been disclosed and to call the
continued efforts of the prosecution
to bring them before a jury 'political
persecution.' Their toutera harp upon
this at every opportunity, and .human
memory is so short and human in
tellect so feeble, that the grafters have
good reason to think that a great
many honest people trtsy be brought
to sympathize with them as victims
of 'relentfcss persecution.'";.
The Chronicle proceeds to restate
the facts' that have become common
knowledge, though it is so difficult
to get them into the shape of Sworn
evidence before a trial jury, and that
these, facts are sufficient to convict
is evident from the desperate efforts
made by the defendants, especially (paper illustrates th old fact that there
Rnf tn evade trial or Jo e-et a triaff" waya n old eonservstlve element
Kuet, to evaae trial, or o get a trial whlcn trle, u, ,.t to obtmct progress
before one ol their judicial tools or
friends.
The fight being made by the peo
ple, however, through the district at
torney's office and they more fortu
nate in electing the right kind of a
district attorney and in being able
to secure the services of Heney is
not so much to convict 'Ruef and
Schmitz,' though this is important if
the charges against them are true, as
to free the city from "government
by its eriminsl elements." - In its
courageous and admirable fight, for
material rehabilitation. San Francisco
has. aa even' more important and per
haps more difficult task on hand, and
that is to get and keep its criminal
elements out of power. And every
city needs to be vigilant to do the
same. , . . i -
That there 'should be a great
amount of graft in-the reclamation
business was to have been expected.
It seems impossible for the govern
ment to protect itself from graft on
a colossal scale in whatever U at
tempts to do with the public lands
The time is not very far distant when
there .will be no lands of , any kind
that can be the subject of graft, and
only then will it come to an end. A
few land grabbers . have been pun
ished, but most of the big ones will
never be touched.
One-report says that Secretary Cor
telyou takes at midday only 15-cent
lunch, another says that on one day
at least his lunch consisted of a sal
mon sandwich, a piece of mince pie
and a mug of cream and millc If
he could get allthat in Washington
for 15 cents, Dr. Wiley should in
vestigate the restaurant
- y. ., v.;.
When the granges of the state
unite on invoking the referendum on
any law, it may be presumed that the
law is objectionable and that there
are good-reasons for taking a pop
ular vote on it The granges' opin
ions . are worthy of respectful at
tention. - - f "' ; ...
Probably' Vice-President Fairbanks
is not : greatly . flattered and pleased
at the talk of running him for the
same-of f ice-agatnT Fouryears- more
of candidacy, on a vice-presidential
salary would be too much like suck
ing a big lemon, v : .
Very likely several ' railroad mag
nates would sell "their" railroads to
the government, at their own prices,
but the ' government would inform
them at the outset .that it does not
propose to. invest several billions in
material for water wagons. ,
If .1,000 homeseekers aday arrive
in Oregon for the ojKdays ot the
tourist rates, the population of the
state will be materially; and . gratify?
ingly-' increased. r"--Ther number -may
not be '60,000 btft it will be large.
Mft-Harritnan-xaught 4ii-Fisheas-4
fly a few weeks ago, but neglected
to cook and eat him, so now he re
appears as a bigger Fish than ever,
and may. try conclusions yet with the
Harriman leviathan..-
. It takes an hour to read a hypo
thetical question on the Thaw case.
The bailiff is supposed to wake the
jury up in time to hear the answer,
though this is not important '
It looks as if Abe Ruef was about
at the end of one coil of rope. .But
there are. the -chances of a jury dis
agreement .and a reversal if . con
victed.
t-J-V'' 1,11 11 "..' ;-.'.-
Now the president is telling the
California legislature what to do.
Wouldn't he please issue a . few in
structions to the Portland council?
A package containing $175,000 worth
of stocks was dropped on Wall street
but fortunately the! water did not run
out . -
The Russian . douma is attracting
but little attention. Nobody expects
that it will amount to much.
' a i , . ..: 4 'V 1
First and last, Missouri has a good
deal of luck its legislature is broken
up by the smallpox. (
tetters ;From the
' People.- '':-.
Belongs to Cuba. .-',.
.. Eugene. Or... March IX Ta tb Edi
tor or The journal in whet condition
1 th 11 of Pine (near Cuba) qu-a-
tlon at present T - I there say llkell-
nood or tne united Btate taking tb
Island through light of treaty f
' H. F. ANDREWS.
Cubs' right to the Isle of Pine ha
been recognised by tha United Bute.
There 1 no present prospect that th
Island win b ceded to tMa country.-?-
s ; ' Trial Marriages.
Portland. March It. To th Editor of
Th Journal Mrs. Frank wledan's ar
ticle on trial marriages in last night's
tn whstever form it may appear. Th
besuty of it 1 that progress sooner or
later crushes this old conservative ele
ment aside and goes right shead. I
way improving for the betterment of
humanity. . Th old alway . bay to
give way to th young. Our old-fashioned
marriage system I getting quite
old; Mm day It will die Its natural
death. - ,- A. P1ETZOLD.
:Th Determined Sultor;: r
-1 ' ' From Lira.
' Conversation lagged for a 'moment;
(ban. a h alpped hi tea, h remarked
quietly, but with a meaning mphesle,
"Ton are to b married. "
. "Mercy mI To whornT" was the
startled rer'r.
'To ma; i itne today on parpea t
tU jou," . , - . , :. ' ,
Reading the Human
Countenance
' From Currant Literature.
Many profeaalonal and bualnaaa man.
and more aapeclally thoaa who auparln
tand tha labor ot largo numbara of
araployeo, auffat loss from their Inabil
ity to judes aoouratfilr tba capacity ana
chantctar of thoaa with whom thay ara
brouarht into contact It Is seldom raal-
Isad that ona of the raraat forms of hu
man ability la what Talleyrand termed
-ability to aatlmata ability In others.
Ia our country the mar money loss en-
tallad by placing Inoapabl man in posi
tion of supram roaponalblllty 1 In-
ealculabl. An eminent British admin
istrator ha said tnat ninety per cent of
man of a high 'order ot ability, when
claced In positions of supreme reapon
lblllty, fail ntterly. If, then, there be
such a thin; as a science of eharacter-
readlnc and a science of capacity-read
lnv, it must bo still very llttl under
stood notwithstanding the various
learned worka now in print on the sub
ject. -
The most telltale inaioation oz cnar-
acter and of aptitude la the whole ooun-
tenane 1 the eye and It nue.
Heredity, say our observer, 1 written
in the color of the eye. II la conn
dent after many years of first-hand ob
servation, and after much nerusai oi
the work of thoaa scientist who have
attended to till subject, that vary dark-
brown or black eyee denote an ImpetU'
ou temperament capable ot great ex
treme of feeling, like and dlalixea.
and the most passionate ardor In ro-
manlto lore. - Dark-brawn aye denote
thoaa trait In a lead intense degree,
the temperament becoming mors placid
a tha brown grow lighter.
An affectionate disposition, sweat ana
gentle, accompanies the russet brown
aye which ta not yellowish. Tellowlsh
brown eyas denote an inconstant 'al
low disposition, with little will power and
tendency to lasclvlousnaaa But tn
ideal of sublime purity of tb a frac
tions is found to accompany eye of
violet or darkest blue "eyes rare as
they are heavenly." Those who have
not such eyes may take pleasure In the
observation that not much Intellectual
lty accompanies them. Clear eyes of
lighter blue, calm and tranquil, bespeak
cheerful, constant nature, with intel
lectual powers and .the passion ..well
balanced. . Qray denote Intellectuality
alway and everywhere. r y
Bryan a Campaign' Wizard. .
from the Sioux City Journal (Standpat
.. pep.) - -
Mr. Bryan In these busy day of cow
ing 1 addressing mora Republican than
Democrata, and the difference between
them I not to be discovered In tracing
tha waves of enthusiasm. He i an ac
complished actor, and be Inoculate hi
audience with politic without giving
mem a twinge or conscience, a to tne
Democ ratio party there 1 no struggle
before him,, and he 1 left -free to go
about In search of 'the lost sheep, "
that be may find them and take them
with fatherly care into hi arm and
bring them into the fold. . Let it be ad
mitted that an unseen power lead him
on, parting the way through all Red
seas and' drawing bolt and bar that
ho may enter where he wilt The Pha
raoh can do nothing but stand by and
sea their children In poluloa trooping
after this modern Moses. -
ltwa.thougat th. dy-of fusion
were over; heboid I jthe time of rlpa fruit
ha come. ,A powerful Influence aa
been at work In th Republican party to
obliterate It line and to give them
merger with th coloring distinguish
able aa th spirit of Bryanlsm. . It 1 ao
longer a word of opprobrium; It ha be
come the algn of progress. ' The atone
which th bolldera rejected 1 become
tha bead stone of the corner.' ,
It may be there la to be no more need
of political parties. It may be . the
heaven ar about to open and that Ja
cob' ladder 1 to reappear to mortal
gas after being lost to light the
tnousand of yeara And yet th barba
rian may rally again next year and put
a mist before th eye of the people,
wherefore they may yet do business and
prove themselves the Strang instru
ment for th postponement for an
other four 'year of th arrival of th
millennium. ...,';',
. , :, Maxim Gorky's Birthday.
Maxim Gorky, tb well-known .lus
lan author and leader of th reform
party, was born at Nljnl Novgorod,
March 14, 188. - When- he waa a lad of
I year be waa left an orphan. At th
age of t h wa apprenticed to a cob
bler. Soon, tiring of his work, he ran
away and became a cook . boy on a
Volga steamer' The cook oa thl boat
encouraged htm In learning to read, and
finally, with a bare smattering of hi
own language, he tried to enter th Uni
versity of Kazan. . Th learned men
laughed at him and turned him away.
Barefooted, be wandered 'through th
streets ot Kazan, and after many priva
tion secured a position In a bakery.
Later he peddled apple and wa a rail
road porter. During th latter part of
hi .vicissitude lie attempted to com
mit "suicide. Throughout all hi trouble
Oorky wrote constantly, and when-be
gained a nam for himself the earlier
stories were eagerly seised upon. . In
104-6 Oorky took a leading part in th
popular uprising in Russia, was Impris
oned by th csar and finally freed
through th influence of th Grand Duke
Conatantln Oonetantinovltch. After
ward he fled to Germany and baa ever
sine remained outside of Russia.. A
year ago be spent several month In th
United State. ; s, .
. Suffalso' Robea-Scarce. ' -:
From th Kansas City Star, "7
."Buffalo robe will soon be a thing
of the past," said a local dealer, who
has bad alx. robe on sal this winter,
th property of a cttisea who could not
afford to keep th precious skins longer.
Five of them . have been sold, and
while IS 00 baa bn off ETAONIET
while $600 ha been offered for the last
of the lot th dealer 1 holding it for
t00, the price demanded by th owner.
Th robe ar not unusually large
ither. 'i
Imagine . a ' carrlag being', driven
about town, a 1800 rob throwacarelea
ly ever th seat While the owner atepped
into a business bouse for a few mo
ment! Few people would recognise th
robe as valuable, however, a they
have no more style than th ordinary
fur rob sold at ISO er so, but th value
1 there, aa th Duron seer wilt learn
who pine for th akin' of a real buf
falo. . . V
"I remember wall enough seeing buf
falo robe sell here for flS apiece 10
years ago," ald an old-timer.
: The Tailor'a Crest - '
From" th Ladles Horn Journal.""
Th tailor lgn la a llttl Inland
town wa an apple, simply sn apple. Th
people were amused at It. They earn In
crowds to th tailor; asking hlrW what
on earth thet-tnesnlng of th sign wsa
The tailor with a eomplacent smile
replied:
"if It hadn't been for' a a apple where
would the clothing business be today T"
Atolisk'AU Duties
Art
on
Issued by th American Free Art league
, Congrea will grant abolut free rt
as ouickly aa a apeclfle duty er ll"
or a tint limit of CO year. o that all
suggestion of such compromises ar 111
aflvled. if not actually mlchlvoua
In fact there I little doubt that a ma
jority of Congraas Is. at th present
moment. In favor of absolute free art.
Tha onlr ehataola in tha way 1 equally
an obatacl to any change tn th tariff.
But for th parliamentary rule wnion
provide that, whan an amendment to
tha Dina-lev bill la before tta houae,
tariff amendment covering all kind of
eommoditle ar germane, th American
Pre Art league' bill would probably
be passed with llttl difficulty. It Is
the danger of precipitating a general
tariff debat which make tb leader
reluotant to take us the free art bUL
Th problem 1 to annul thle rul by
getting an agreement between tn leao
ar of both branches of eongrea not
to offer amendment on other aubjecta
or to angag la a general tariff debat.
while th fra art bill I oa It paaaag.
Th lea rue and It friends ar wo
ing for such aa agreement, and aa free
art raises primarily an educational and
not a commercial question and t enure
ly outside th general tariff contro
versy, auccaas at.aa early -date eeem
assured. - . . . ..
A pecifie duty or a time limit would
hut out many educational work of art,
and for thl laaaon obght not to be pro
posed. Either would Involve the aband
onment of th broadest ground upon
which th advocate of fre art stand;
L a. that all work of art which have
an educational value ahould be admitted
free. Both would be a tax on educa
tion.'' '
Under th league's bUraom work
by inferior artist would doubtless com
In, ss all original ar admitted, but
meehanical reproduction ar excluded.
If paint Inrs made within 10 year
were placed under th ban, many of the
worka of tha beat foreign modern paint-
am would be Interdicted. Thl would
Include the worka of auch artists . a
Roesettt, Mlllsl. Madox Brown. Burna-
Jonea, Moor, Lalghton. Poynter, Watts,
Oronardaon, Boughton, Hunt, landaeer,
Lenbach, Boecklln, Defregger, Plloty,
Alma-TaJeraa, Fortuny, Rlbera, Courbet,
Manet. Monet. : Puvla d , Chavana.
Oeroma, Dor, Detail le, Melsaonler,
Breton, Legroa, Millet. Troyon. Dauhlg
ny, Rouaaeau. Dupr. Corot. Constant.
Delacroix, Hlroshlge, Oaho and Israela
Th change to a speclflo duty of 1100
would be of great indirect benefit .te th
publlo museum. . although not -of ao
great a benefit as absolute free art, but
it would create an unjust discrimina
tion between th millionaire and ' th
man of moderate mean. There would
be danger of lta being dubbed a million-
.!rs movement, which might prove
fatal. ; . . - . - . v. .v-
Many of the artist themselves ay In
only moderate - circumstances, rand it
ought to be mad a easy for them to
bring : home painting within their
mean a for mllllonalree. . In many
case ' their modest purchase would
hav a greater educational value than
th expensive purchase of millionaire a.
Th artlatlo value ot a painting 1 not
aiwaya to t measured by ita.prlca
which la the false theory upon which
th advocate of a apeclflo duty, pro
ceed Many gamoua . paintings-war
originally void for vary small amounts.
The United Stat had absolute free
art for nearly one-third of th last cen
tury, and all other civilised nation ex
cept Japan, whloh ha a distinctive art
of tta own, now hav abaolut free art.
Th experience Europe show conclu
sively that thaSbeneflt front abaolut
free art far outweigh th evila-
Many ef our leading artiste are al
ready on record tn favor of abaolut free
art. The officers of the league ar in
constant eorraspiwdenc with the Amer
ican artist in Pari, and etat that th
rumor in regard to their defection 1
false, and that' they, are el vine? tha
lsague their heartiest support.
It wUl be found that moat of tb ar
tists ar moved by the same high mo
tives which animated W. W. Story, th
sculptor, tn ltSS, when, with hi fellow
artists In Italy, h maraoraltsed congres
In th following words: "Art I a uni
versal republic? of which all artlat are
citlsena and entitled to equal rfghts,
without special favor to any. Thl at
least I th.vlw that all real artlat.
of whatever ''country, take of It If
there be any ao Iowa to desire that for-1
elga artist hould -be heavily handi
capped in th race, they are unworthy
ot th nam of artist Speaking for an
that I know, I can honestly bay that
our deslr I that thar should be to all
a free field and no favor." Only la
thl spirit can the greatest art be pro
duced. ' . - . e
Let the friend ef art and education
Join with one accord for th complete
emancipation of art
Today In- History.- ' -
1HS Peter ef Caatll defeated at
MontleL
1471 Edward IV of England returned
from exile.
1SSS Death of Johni Earl ef Bedford.
H44 Charter granted Rhode Island
uniting It with Providence plantation.
1767 Admiral John Byng of tba En
Ush navy shot for falling to do hi duty.
17S0 Don Oalves, Spanish governol
of New Orleans, captured Mobil from
th English. ,
latl Parliamentary reform bill Intro
duced In the British houae of common.
1H John T. Mason of Virginia be
came secretary of the navy.
1841 General Burnald attacked th
confederate fortification at New Bern,
North Carolina.
1I7S- Gold discovered in Dead wood
and Whltewood gulches, South Dakota.
- 1484 Osman Digna'a force began
their" retreat befor th English army in
th Soudan. - . ,
1811 New Orlean mob' lynched" It
Italian accused of the murder of Chief
ef Police Henneasy.
185 Illinois auprem court .declared
etght-hour law for women Invalid.
. 1.00 President McKlnley signed th
old standard currency bUL
1904 United State supreme oourt de'
cldad Northern Securltle company waa
Illegal. , ..a , ;
When Love Ia Young."
They bad reached that stag of th
ngagement when ttar I uaually more
or lea apeculatlon a to th future on
the part of th bride-to-be, says Puck.
'-'It doesn't em. Tom. dear, 'that we
could ever apeak a croe word to each
other, do It, dearest r' sh murmured
from hi ooat lapel. ..--.-.
"Never, weetheart!"- declared Tom,
stoutly. , -
"But, dear," sh persisted. If mind I
say if if enmo morning th steak
ahould be burned and the coffee cold, and
you war tempted to b Juat a bit Juat
a teeney we bit croa, what would you
dor
Sh looked Up Into his face ewxloualy
and he felt that hi repiy roust b on
th4t would fully reasaur bar. After a
moment' thought h exclaimed trium
phantly: "I'd go downtown and gt mw
brtakfaaC
Small Ckanp;e
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Usually a man' will doesn't' prov
him Insan until h ta dtad.
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Neither Mr. Harriman nor Mrs. Harry
Thaw told tb whol truth. .
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' Mr. Ruaf may not b pleaaed to ob
serve that Heney work atlcka- ' -
.. Nobody ha aroused suspicion against
himself yet by paaalng f 1,000 bUla
. On thing the Thaw Jury wtU never
agree on I what Jerome 1 driving at
' Travel la aald to broaden a man. ' Tea,
sometime by scattering him In pica
Each pianist I th greatest, of eourse.
but each doeen t wear th longaat nair.
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Old Standpat trie to look brave and
defiant, but he la pretty wall battered
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' A railroad trestl continue to b th
favorite place for deaf people to take
walka 1
So far the ' opposition between - th
gift-giving cigar atorea ha not resulted
in giving away cigar.
Contractor Oliver I said te be ef the
opinion that the country need a aaf
and sane administration. ; -- -
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Th Hermann case ta not very ensa
tlonaJ, but It promlaaa to dreg along
quit a respectable time.
If a man ef small sens baa a brain
atorm. wouldn't It be a cyclone in the
case of an Intellectual fellow T
A woman aytt ay . that "the
club, rightly uaed. I a benefit-" ' Tea,
aom people can be taught sense In no
other way, ,r.-.',.-.
Every day. the salary ef a member of
congress now amount to szo.os. May
b whan congrea 1 not In elon he
oan llv on that ..' ' ' ;' ..-. ' ...
X congressman named Moon want to
succeed. Williams aa th minority laadae.
but h may hav imbibed that Idea when
h was a full moon. - , . i , -.
W wish tha -douma. or duma, th
first thing It does, would spell Itself In
English so that w would know whether
to pat an o" tn It or not '
A New Jersey 'farmer ha a goose that
he says I T yeara old. But patron ef
om boarding-house ; thtnk . there la
nothing very remarkable about that,;
Sine aa election occurs within three
months, th people of Portland ar com
paratively resigned to Councilman Shep
herd evident intention not to resign.
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The Astorlan commiserate 1 Oregon
bacauae It ha only on city. But thl
wa not aald la Portland. . What' th
matter with Astoria, and Salem, and
Baker City and Coo Bay 7
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Of m eouple married" In New- Tork
Wedneaday, the German bride doesn't
know English and the English . bride:
groom doesn't know German, but they
can understand .each, other, la. goo-goo
Jargon. ' --"'. .
Oregon SiJclignts '
'".'.i'J '' I"..'. aaaaaaaaaaa -. .(
Frevolt 1 to have another sawntUl.-.
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Medford has an automobile garage.
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Marquam Is to have a 11.100 school-
houae. u .'-',: i
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Robeburg la t have a street commis
sioner. 'J ;;, ... '
Th CorvaUla creamery la doing a
big bulns. a
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Silverton expects te become a lively
timber oenter,.
Mueh building and bualneee activity
at Hnniton. :
': MeMlnnvin' gravity watr systm
cost ftS.08t.IO. - ,
A Silverton creamery man pave
eents for butter fat y.
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- Wniamlna Is huatlltig In oonsejuno
ef railroad prospect. , ..
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' ' Th . 1111 of Ashland's . school
teachers hav been ralaad,
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. ' A farmer near Weston sold four hogs,
weighing l.SOO pounds, for 1110. t
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Under th lead ef woman,' Umatilla
county town are all "cleaning up." .
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Owing to matrlmenlO Inellnatlona,
th Gold Hill girl band has disbanded.
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. fNon of our original matter I copy
righted." adroit th Lexington Wheat-1
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A Marquam man has Imported two
bloodhounds, for coyotes, from Missouri,
at a cost of fits. ,
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' A - Tarahin '' county woman evf' SO
years old fell and brok her leg and
would not allow it to be act
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' ' QuIU a notable death at McMinnville
was that of a -fin. Intelligent bora that
had served on firm for 10 years. ;
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A Mosier woman, having a chill, took
what ah euppoaed wa quinine and
whlakey, and cam near dying of some
sort of poison.;
Work on th Welnhard artesian, well
at Medford, down SOS feet ha been
uapended for a time, but It may be
unlc 100 feat mora
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Laurel Drove correspondence of
Oranta Pass Courier: Spring is her;
graaa la growing, cattle ar getting fat
flowers ar blooming, frog ar croak
ingall for Joyful spring. ; . '
A new mln I making out of the old
Virtue, lying In the dooryard of Baker
City, six mile to th eaat, aay the
Democrat This mln ha yielded mll
llgn alnc th arly '60.
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Dee ring correspondence of Grants
Pas Courier: The finest salmon of
the year are now up the headwater of
th Illinois," and bow th savory mall
of frying flan permeate th atmos
phere. ; ' . . . .
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Olendal News: Many, fruit tree,,
eurrant bushes and other varieties era
budding or In bloom. Glorious sunshln
and balmy air are the order of the day
In aouthern Oregon, th Italy of our!
couatrxj 1
v .' rv-i y "ey . .
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' ' Kt HELEN
'."A Round Body. .
Physical exercise has so much to do
with our wall being that It I not Strang
to find it occupying th Important place
which It doe In th printed matter of
all kfnda which come to our table.
On wko has always taken lit too
easily feel an Indisposition to axarclae
or after making a beginning feel ex
hausted and decide that 1 not
worth while. .,.-,.,.. ....
Women ought to be particularly care
ful that they do not get too flabby. It
Will bear repetition, for sound and vigor
ous muscles ar easentlal to graeeful
carriage, to th pots and self-poeaea-'
ion which mark a proa of character
and of presence. " - , ,V
Aald from th aesthatlo. however, a
sound body 1 th wellsprtng of happi
ness to a greater degree than w often
realise. .'..--..
On cannot think clearly, kean' nerve
under control, take a broad view of life
and enjoy what life bring If dlgeatlou
1 Impaired and headachea are of com
mon occurrence. If . walking 1 weari
some .or worn nerves keep en wakeful
and fretful. '....
It is possible to get away from all
of these ailments, at least In part.' Any
woman who la not actually an Invalid
can tak a few minute' exercise In her
room, and be . out of door fbr a short
tlm each day. If le- minutes' exercise
1 wearisome, tak flva ,. But keep It
up. That I th rock on which "hom
systems" founder, almost Jnvartably. It .
may be well to have a good system, but
to' hav any kind of a system and to
keep It up Is better thaa to have a good.,
system which Is anly .used for a few
minute a month.' ; .- . . . . i j.
The woman who like to have "nerve"
1 fortunately becoming rare. . One sel-.
dom hears a woman boasting of her in
feriority nowadays, but th woman who
takes systematic exercise, and alu ahowa
It in a clear skin, bright eyes and a
springy step and who radiates an atmoa-
pnere of aerentty and cheerfulness I
not yet so common aV on could wish,
nor aa she might be if we would all
make use of our opportunltiee. '.
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Sartorial Jottinga. .
Next to whlta ' pal shade, with a
very light shrimp pink a en of th
leaders, ar extensively used at , th'
outhem reeorta :
A Jetted lac robe eeen recently had
sleeves so long that they cam pate lb
w vi int nana. f y m.t .
Brightest peacock ' Mu appears' now
and then, crud In It garnishing and
out of harmony with ite eurroundtnga
Th old-time serpentine skirt weight
ed with Jetted Insertion and trimming
i on or th graceful revivals for aleo.
der figures. ' ' -
Princes frocks of black velvet each
seam outlined with . Jet- worn . by tha
young contingent assume a Gibson girl
air. Such a gown - Is. usually aooomt
panled by a big black picture hat, and
a whit feather bp ,
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Effective New Hair rkyleav ,..ra.
Poufflng or massing the hair In large
rolls which seem to merge Into the
waves has taken the place of the tight -and
crisp maroeL .Thl needs, however.
to be carefully done, which mean not
to be overdone. r The Parlalana are now
using an extremely wide poufflng ef
the hair, and yet avoid the heavlneee we
so often see here. They do not allow .
the hair to get too far over th fore
head, however massive It may be. Some
face heavy looking hair suit, but te
most It 1 unbecoming, especially to . I
those with smaller type of features arnTX
less oeoided coloring. .
in tb Maria Antoinette days, whan It
eeemed the faahion for features to be
small and the coiffure to be high and
puffed, the hair never was heavy on
th forehead, but was raised from it
with many - fluffy curls. Hairdresser
do not grasp these differences and treat
th more decided and delicate type of
featurea with the aame prescription aa
they ao large races..
A massing of the hair in high ffct
is continued, upward in front from tha
oft roll of th pomapdour to look Ilk
a euocsasion ol purr. At th back It
is combed op straight te th top of th
head, a It la worn whan braced with a
stiff Spanish eomb, but instead a knot
of the hair I built upward behind th
purr. . Tb trimming for this coiffure
Is a twist of gauss ribbon made Into
two nrettv cause roses t-the ende.
The pre In each side of tb puff
in front th twist simply passing around
In front th twist almply vpaaaln
around th knot It give th wide af
fect dealred and yet doe not eut eat
the graceful line of the hair piled nar
row and high from the forehead. Gause
ribbon I a happy flniah to the elab
orate coiffure because It widen with
out making them tnaeelv.' .
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'. . Some Mutton Dishes. .
Mutton Chops. Cut aom thin slice
from th leg or the - ehump end ef a
loin of cold roaat or boned mutton;
prlnkl with pepper, salt pounded
mace, minced aavory herb and minced
ballot; fry them in butter, atlr in a
teaspoonful of flour, add one-half pint
of gravy and one tableapoonful ef lem
on Juice, tmmer gently for five rU"l
minutes and serve immediately. -.. tr . I
Hodee-Podge. Mince' one pound' Of
underdone cold mutton and cut up two
heads of lettuce and fine entona. Put
these In a saucepan with two Ounces of
butter,-pepper and salt te tests, and a
teacupful of water. Let these simmer
for three-quarters of an hour, and then
mix in a pint of peaa that have been
cooked aeparately. , , '
Mutton Ragout Cut tnto remains or a
ooid neck or loin of mutton Into small
ehopa and trim off most of the fat; put
two Ounces of butter In a stewpan.
dredge in a little trour and add two
sliced onions, stirring until brown, then
put tn th meat When thl la quite
don add one-fourth of a pint of water,
two small carrots and two turnip sllcei
very thin; season and stew until tender,
about three-quarters ef an hour. Servn
the vegetable in th canter of, a dish
with th chop laid around them. Oreen
lunr , vaj uuiitiiie4 aur ana carroiai
and tumlpa -
' Sheep' Brain Detach th brains'
from th head without breaking theK
and let them remain In hot water for ani
hour. Remove the - akin, tl up in a
mail cloth, put Into boiling water and
simmer for10 mlnutea. Season wltln
pepper and aerve hot with or without,
melted butter.
Sheep' Hearts. Fill three hep'
hearts,, which Have been well -clean.!,
with a savory e'ufflng and tl or akewe
them so that the dressing will pot fa.1
out Bake tn a pan containing a llttl"
dripping for about three-quarter of ar
hour, .turning and beating whan usees
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