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Editoriai: Page The of j OURN AL TTT-TF TOTTU'WAl r dI,crnibIe t(ftc v bunding up A liu J V- LXx.lNxA.J-eitjlfr commerce or chipping between AS IKDBPENDINT mWIMMl C . JACKSON. the twd countries, and the ' subsidy fSbUJSef I . .ithrintiffl Uriel, till MMMiiMra 7 Sanaa? !. at Tke Joeraal f " I . he, ruu 4 vaaiu iiwm, r-ertiaaa. schema to get something out of dome at $375 per square foot; the contractor charged $20 per squire foot. A firm furnished certain glass panels for $260, for which the state paid $1,315. Some things the state paid for vent .into private buildings Altogether, ia the one item of glass, the state was swindled out of over 1 . A rtfV : .A.J .L . - t. At. - .KI hqkiii aim TITS l hum vugui tv. 'rum : i iv.uw. Ana tnv viuii w ui ins At, eMttMata nwrM r taia nmba. afterward, when the effort to revive J cheapest sort, and some of it was not befort congress, Mr. Cannon, now graft, so said Pennypacker. And if speaker, declared on the floor of the! there was, the people like it ' mi ,h. ..m fwtiua. Or. ior I nothing by bountv from government ttnu Um aUe Mseoirt-elasa ,..,. ,t.,t- .1! .,,-1, ,,). . ways will, and ought to. Four years xrbion ADVcmaiNd nnranaiNTATiva VreeUae-BeBjearia Specie! AdTrt1lae A(WT, Me him! itnt Hew lork) Xtlbaae Maud- SatMcrfarta, ffiii Hw as ftOY Is tM Galtes Suuml. Cauda at Maslaal DAILY . ee reer.'.,....ss.oo One ejeatk. .. ' SUNDAY. a rear. ... st.se I ou ot.......l DAILY AMD SUNDAY - Oee rar.. ST.S9 I On amta....... M HARRY LANE'S DEMOCRACY. house at - Washington: "Beginning with ( the year 1847, ,down to the present time wt have paid out of the treasury over $21,000,000 for this purpose ' of ' establishing . steamship lines. Seven million dollars would buy all the steamship lines engaged STEEL TRUST FIGURES. 7 HE STATEMENT -of the United States steel corporation for 1906 shows that its gross sales that year amounted to in ; commerce that sail under tneiv-KVu. numoer -oi. em American flag on every ocean in the ployes wat 202.4S7, and they were world, and more than that, the sub- P'd $147763,540. an "average of a siditing of, these steamship lines little lesathan $735 for the year. The THE Democratic party in Port' land baa one man who is dis- i tinctly cnmleti to ils loyal, -ttn-ti -. tnet earnlnira?or the vear amounted , . - I II vlll VUV Waay SI It avw v - - m the present time, has bankrupted to 5156,62473. every prominent man that ever fa-1 These figures show, first, that the vontd it" lnet earnings amounted to about 23 When the present mail subsidy bill cent of the gross sales. That is. swerving support in the com ing mayoralty campaign, and that man is Harry Lane. It "will be an honor to the party if he seeks re- nomination at its bands. ' A handful of Democratic politicians have undertaken to throw cold water on Lane's candidacy, asserting that his platform is not in accord with the principles of the party. If this as sertion is made' in good faith which we doubt then those who advance it are too narrow, too bigoted and too blindly partisan to deserve V hearing. Mayor Lane has declared that in ubiJdy needeA was oassed in 1891. it was tht howl protected by the robber tariff, the of the subsidists that it would revo- teel trast was able to make 23 per lutioniae" ehiDoinir and build up a profit in ita business, whereas .rreat foreiirn commerce in American n unprotected business man would shins. After 16 vears of it with more be satisfied and pleased with one- than $3,000,000 a year paid from the nan as mucn net prout, treasury in mail subventions tht same I It appears, second, that the net gang howl that our foreign commerce earnings were larger than the amount is carried in foreign ships, that our (of wages paid to employes. That is, flag is off the ocean, and that more I each employe earned not only his the event that he seeks a second term he will go before the people pledging himself to do his Jul! duty by them, I "unswayed by motives of private friendship or partisan advantage." He declares that "the rights of the whole people are first to be consid ered in all matters pertaining to mu nicipal " affairs." - And when Harry Lane says these things every man in Portland knows ' that ' he means ex actly what hi says. It is not ' platform that is pleas ing to , the spoils-hunters and , the wages, barely enough for his Wherein does the record confirm upport, but also earned a still larger the president's view that the ."coun try" lost something when the late subsidy bill failed? BEATEN BY PARTYISM. amount of net profit on his work for the trust .The average workman who was paid $735 earned $1,508, of which $773 went to the trust " Here is wherein a grievous iniquity of the protective tariff system ap pears. .The people are taxed an enor mous amount on steel products under the guise of protecting American. THE Republican candidate for -1 mayor ft Fort Dodge,- Iowa, X was beaten two to one by a citizens'" candidate, who bap- labor, but the tariff doesn't do this; pened to be a Democrat, and the fort the trust hogs all the money, wrung Dodge Messenger, a Republican pa- from the people pays the workman per, says the Republican candidate $735 and pockets $773 more than he place-seekers. But it is the platform I "had a hard current to withstand, and has earned. ;: The' people would not 01 an honest man who proposes toju was too strong for him. Republi- object so much to paying the heavy do his full duty to the people. If thatjeans voted against him because he I tax if the workinsrmen eot the benefit be treason to the Democratic party, I was a party candidate. His excellent or a fair share of it, but they don't then it is time tor the party to dis-1 qualifications and fitness for the Not a dollar. solve. "V ' . s place were disregarded." ' I The steel trust makes over 100 oer To assail such a platform as Harry I This is putting the case rather cent profit on the wages paid. The Lane has put forward is to insult thejitropg, we imagine, and suspect that I employes receive about 21 per cent intelligence of the Democratic voters the "citizens'" candidate was the bet- of the gross sales, and yet the tariff ofPortland. In truth, it is amaring Iter man, bat the Fioux City Journal, to ' "protect American labchr" is that any man should presume to say tn .extremely partisan p'aper, takes about 50 per cent ' If there were any that they are opposed to Lane's can-1 the statement seriously, and says:': I truth in the labor protection theory didacy. When Democracy ceases to I it la not Joke, nor la there reason 21. per cent would be ample, if for prize fearlessness, incorruptibility and ,J'"",,1rt S," eigners worked , for nothing but the fidelity to duty, then the usefulness aaaertion. a aood man adaquataly oual- fact is that American steel manufac- of the party will be at an end. - I ed tor the of 1 im 'eted for turer, need no pfotection whatever, . . f. , I HfVVr W fcyUIt44JM. M I ... . . . MU . Jin tnese aays 01 gran ana wiae-i pubucan county In a Republican state I as tneir sales abroad snow, ineir spread corruption, absolute honesty in in a Republican nation. And the -! only need of it is legalized authority a public official is a rare virtue." It hm hl wa, - Mrtr to plunder the American people. turned off, an industrious, Intelligent farmer ' would make a living and profit and find 20 acres amply suffi cient and , more satisfactory than a larger . farm. . This is - what Oregon j needs thousands of farmers on an average of 20-acre farms, well tilled. . e. . 1 , ' ns , Mr. Harriman .adduces the - presi- Alice Neilsen in "La Sympatliy tkc Kcy- Bok erne. note to Harmony By C. M. It La Boheraa.1 una by Alice Nallsan and an Italian company under the dl faction of Henry Ruaaell, attracted an audience theatre yeaterday - By Ella Whaler Wilcox. v (Oopn-Kht. I SOT. brnarlcaa-Joaraal-XuDilner) la these days of cheerful rellalon. ,?nZ l?V;rlSin:" by metaphysical whole, It la w.U .r, TV. to learn the happy secret of keeplna . uHiBDcf ufiiwMn loioiam ena in dtfferenoe and hysteria and nervee. It la wlae to know how to carry your trou bles optlmlatloaily and to avoid burden- In a your friends with them. , - It Am. wlae to know how to keep your rrienda from talking continually of thalr Borrows and worries and anxieties,- and . . . .k imr vm riieu will win liriuu viiiae Mem. uwn iciici. 10 mk operas of the old school.- The perform- latter was not entirely capdid, did not I ance waa a mixture of oualnt eomedy ll ,ui. ,,,,t, , .... I ana painoa. ruccini muaio evoaec tell quite the whole truth or present tr.rrH,n .,hll.i.m .,, tha am the whole case in his recent published I era were repeatedly recalled at the end denial 'Thla seems to be lcuxtouslv i 01 1 w I . sew . ri W. M m T..A1 Kt. common incident with the president hT to five an- opponent a little, thelnret ambltloua work deplctlnt the atu-l thua lncreaaln them. worst of it in nreaentino- the facts ael" ur or tM Quarter, it aeaia nui it is not Wlae to become a no- worst 01 it in presenting tne wUn four 0 flv maU Ma f,mtU yftm lmma jc.berg, a atone or a chunk of He seems to act on the principle thatlponda who sin, paint and write, and I putty, utterly devoid of sympathy cr he could do or say nothing wrong, I arv tor the moat part or tne time, reeiinr. and, if he did, it is false to say so. The opera opens with a flreleas room, an empty cupboard, a painter whose hands are ao oold he cannot paint and a tr 1 . t. . ji...i.jiwrir whom proao ia wortniasa exoepi- ir. lummm aaya n wnuiuuiw ,., fo v. w.mtl. n.kei $50,000 of his own money to that of It In. order to warm the wltlese Ka1. tnA H,,f hr n wll h. bodlea of himself and companion. With - 1, . . -1 tuoit a, dtwnat fceBlnnlm the-averag uuuui as 10 waciini u waa rcaiiy.i ambltloua author would nave led ' his Harriman'a money inv more than the I heroes up tar scenes of pomp and wealth. . . , .:v....: . I In which all could have lived at leaat no w..i..Uuv. lw haonUv ever after. But not was theirs. '." .. . . . Iwlth Murger. He ends his atory with waillnv and starvation, aa be beraa It Til, .llni..l Ik. min-m Im mr. . 1. nm aas resigned nis 1 reached at the close of the Drat act. will retain anf ficient I when Rodolfo and Mint! fall la love, - i.t. " t. " V a vt .tk. 1 1 our aim ia idi iiood 01 im avnma vuTOiiu wiiu in uii niuiu where. In aeareh of the key I have known several people whoae natures changed from lovlnsr helpful warmth and tenderneea to eold. stolid lndifferenoe throug-h snetaphysloal stud lee, These people belonaed to no one sect or school. I have found them amen the New Thouahf lh "Men tar Helen tlet," the -Christian Scientist" tho "Dl vine Belna" and the no-name schools of metaphysical students. Bo It Is not the xamc ex tne ereeo, but of tne individual It is -an unfortunate thine for the Individual, the creed and for the world. however, when such a result follows the study of spiritual and mental laws. It aivea a areat power to attain the perfect balance;. It la a loss of power to swing; down te either coldness or oa the SO that he will not have to pay fare I Boor, they have clasped hands instead. I hysteria. whan he travels over It " ,m 01 c?rm- . Al I have seen a woman who was - 1 lima uiarwtra aoa iiii intairaatT ni i ii a - ---- - j, ui mmw uiir x ur a ear- xina inai n wrui to a helsht The subseouent motlvesf . tK. .i.h e a. i.kam Uid the president think; He was en- " IIT," w 7 ' .v I I on street ebanae so utterly after j ; ,v,. .i, I ' s W : Decominj a "uoientist" tnai ens starea gaged in pure politics when consult- Md there is no arand paaaioa. ao sreat I nt. . im... if.,i. k ing with Harriman, spokesman of the I eacrlflce to ennoble any charaoter la I ty, when her beat friend eomplalned ef corporation, and trusts, about bow to At"0 ; ertUemi b Mlml 1; tb4t h. oM w viiki . . I r . . wim Bnpr, i condition, unbalanced nerves and extrav. ,,iw,iit tu, w umviuins; iv uf tare lire, the basso determloee to paw a bel was killed, will not go back. A general always wants great and his overcoat for money to buy wine constant nreoarationa made for war.l n0 meaicine, put lingers to sin a . . ... ' : 1 1011 piaiat over tne coat and kiss it and to an admiral the paramount! goodbye while the girl lies gasplnar on question is always a great navy. I tne pea. ieapite inconaiatanoies that maae mi p.cca appear use a eomie onaiak wrlttan tntn a tniul iman boam Kentucky is preparing another! the performance held the close7 atten- Knnornrninff V hnt M.Pwranf I tlon of the audlenoe, and Miss Nell- r. , . l , 1. . . IT"" -wv-m mi oiuw 101 unmt iayiur, wna ie wnra wttrnor wc-i aeauiued aoene ao fetching that women wept. It was partly funny and partly pathetic, and so well away from the or dinary that It was entertaining. There ahould be no question, about Puccini's musle. ' The theme of his opera Is well sustained throbchout the work, and Its musical climax, unlike that of the story, is reached at the end of the last act Nobody will charre Miss Nellsen with Really, Wall street Ought not to fly singln sympathetically, but as Ifiral off the handle very .easily now, with "!I SLntVo. th7'?.nw J..V a .e. . m as .1 ... w ' . torteiyou reaay to aiiorqreiiet atl Koaoiro, poaseasee a voice of flue. Seel There are a good many Republicans yet whose friends think they would each make a good mayor. Nothing like trying, gentlemen. any moment TWENTY ACRES ENOUGH. will be a sorry commentary upon the I candidate." The corollary Is (that Re people of Portland if they fail to rec & otrnize and reward that virtue when I was runnina on a "oitlsena ticket-- . displayed to conspicuously as in the There is undoubtedly a good deall A -bkaoiuv man, wno not only case of Mayor Lane. It is not neces- of this sort of sentiment throughout U practices oui preacuca mien slve farming, and who lets his light shine,' recently said: sary to bis reelection that he should the country when it comes to city receive a renommation at tne nanas e lections. Manv neonle think- that of the Democrats, but it will be a municipal affairs should be divorced I "People of moderate ' means should disgrace to the party if the name of from party, that party should be en- not urm 100 m,lcn una' ' A m,n can Harry Lane does not head its ticket tirely ignored in electing city officers, ,Urt on a 20-acre farm. Forty acres in the (-amino- umoiiffn. . . . ItUm ..m. i .i.;n .1.1 .v..lmay do him, 80 is enough, 160 an aounaancer.ju acres a misiortunc, THE SONO OF SUBSIDY. I tors or church truitees, and the pre dominance of Republican or Demo cratic voters is not sufficient to' pull 640 acres a calamity, This man was raised on a six-acre farm in Switzerland, hence was 'pre pared to make the most of a small tract of land in this country, And, IN HIS letter to a Nebraska con- the cindid,te of the domiotiat f artT gressman.. the. president says the h ,gainst a non.ptrtisan country has - lost something by . v.., failure of the late congress to pass -,,. th .v. though there is a' vast amount more the ship subsidy bill The "country" L., y -i.--i.ei-. i .. .11 t.. of room here than in Switzerland, an lost $850,000 a year In the 50s trying , , f rt , ... ' , j. , increasing number of Americans will by subsidies to make a paying busi ness out of the Collins stesmshrp line between Boston and Liverpool To begin with, congress subsidized each steamer of the Collins line more than $19,000 a voyage, but effer two years the company asked for more and This tendency to independence of I arty ties is bound to extend fur ther hss indeed done so already in many cases and elect the minority party candidate if a majority of the people believe he is the better man to serve their interests. Hence we see need to make a living on small tracts of , land, and stories of small farmers' success are interesting and instruct ive; " r ' ' After renting land for three years, this young Swiss had a capital of $275 and bought 20 acres of rough, congress raised the sum to over $33,- candidatet of thf minority party elect- P cleared land at $12.50 an acre, O)0 a Toysge, aggregating $850,000 a ed governors of some states, and occa- Ping 100. down, people laughed sr Even thisfalled to bolster up ,ionaliy a member of congress of the t him. but be worked and studied the business, and in 1858 the enter- dotninant party defeated. , Even, in his sofl. also the nearest market This !"" was- given op. as unproiiuoie. i j.i.i j i i was seven years ago, ana now ne nas voting is becoming common. Hun- Und producing-fiiie fruit, po- dreds Of thousands Of Democrats "toes ano otner veget.D.es, ,ancy voted for Roosevelt in 1904, who may ,eed corn, alfalfa, clover and other not only vote for a Democrat ext bernes. He has a neat year,, but many Republicans may go hon,e' keeP" ttMtn nd two miIch over the line with them. : The people cow' ,ive ,n comparative ease and will more and more strive for the nxury, ana i neat surplus and regard party lines less and ometimes maites , i most on 'Corn, again on potatoes, again on pears, but always has one .a . lea ... NICE GRAFT IN GLASS. of more tn,t y,eia 'tn- tial protit, sometimes as mucn as The experience is not a precedent by which Mr. Roosevelt can prove his theory. ', f .And the same is true of still an other subsidy in this country. In 1867, the Pacific Mail commenced a monthly, service from Ssn Francisco on a Subsidy of $500,000 per annum. best v. win mi company ottered h-.a to aouoie tne service lor another $500,000. and a bill passed congress authorizing the service. It was sub sequently proven thst the company bad spent a million dollars in bribery to secure pssssge of the bill, and on that account the. contract was an nulled. While the subsidy-was in effect, the imports from the orient increased somewhat, but the exports actually , decreased. In that case, subsidy failed utterly to do anything for the "country." . , ' " - ' But he claim of the president is th at subsidy would build up a great rommerre with South Amerles. Ex- reritnee does not prove it. .For 10 jrar ending in 1875, this country "1 Traril paid jointly. a subsidy, of ?' V;0 s yrar to 'a steamfihip' line rrrt New York snd Rio Janeiro, t t' e end f the period there was OVERNOR - PENNYPACKER $100 an acre net . . of Pennsylvania, it will be re- We have epitomized this story of membered.' denied that? there la Nebraska small farmer because we had been any graft worth men-Iran across it in the Twentieth Cen- tioning in the construction of the tury Farmer, published in Omaha, state capitol, and the Republican ma- but have no doubt many an equally chine, -notwithstanding the showing good story could be "dug up" nearer of straling made,' was able to carry home. At least, such should be the Bachelors and ; : Maids ' OliJ By Beatrice Fairfax. In Fort Dodge, Iowa, you must marry or pay the piper. In other words the city council. They bave no us for old maids and old bachelors In Fort Dodge. Incidentally they evidently consider a woman marriageable '"until afce la - 41. All bachelors and spinsters between the ages of t and 41 are requested to marry or pay a fine of not leas than tie or more than f 100, according to the "criminal negligence of the person or persons unmarried.' ' The bachelors belna- set In their ways will probably pay tho fine. . But what will tho spinsters do, pay or -explanation" themselves. A woman may not have the money Ins and truthfulness. The unlaue costumes, the simnUdtv of It all, evsn the trivial nature of the Joys and miseries of the actors In the drama, made bp a production that was Interesting for its novelty.- The musio by an Italian -orchestra of to slavers. w or xing every moment in narmony with, the sincere, carried tbs ' performance above the standard y which the scant dramatlo qualities of the story eould be Judged. , , "Carmen" Closes Engagement . By o. i. yr. There Is a question which was the more enjoyed la the operatic ' season, ui soneme , or -varmen." Kaon was The company showed the wildest ap preciation of -Carmen' last . night of any of the performances, and the bril liant Mademoiselle Few Dereyn had reason to rejoice at the manner of her reception. She was of course the cen tral figure on the stage and ber airs and graces, her open coquetry and wild passion, her Impulsive spirit; ber rap Idly changing moods, were so perfectly agent feeling seemed preferable.to ber later "spiritual development- - ' X The true religion lies In betas; always sympathetic, and entering Into th state of mind of the unawakened and the un developed, and then knowing bow to rouse, cheer, divert and strengthen. ' i It Is not lessening your spiritual dig nity to say to your friend who stalls you she Is physically ill or mentally ssd. WelUteU me all about It It will do you good to talk It over with a friend; then we will see If there Is not a law by which you ean be- made to feel bet ter" - , . Nor Is It a weakness. If In the boar of your ewn trial, when you are "brso lng up" and endeavoring to prove to the world that "all Is good, all Is eheer, all Is health. Joy and suocesa" that you let down the tense nerves and "cry It out." . Jeeus wept at leaae enea Why should not we once In a while? On the erose Jesus showed suffering and even doubt of God's remembrance when he said, 'Ify Qed. why hast Thou forsaken me?" If such moments come to us or to our friends let us not believe we or they are utterly lost to hope, or that they need eold reproofs of stolid Indifference worn mi1. Jesus waa tn His last incarnation, yet the human man suffered and,' doubted temporarily.. . - We are far behind Kim In our devel opment, and It ia to be condoned if we have our moments of pain and depres sion. Let us be sympatbetlo with one another, first of all I Than belpfuL en eourasing. strensrtbenlng. . But, renMmber, sympathy Is the very keynote to. .the . great harmony which the morning stars sing together In the eternal spherea Without It all is discord. eauss trout refused to bite when others Wl Small Change ' We still predict that spring Is comma;- e e ; Now get ready'' to tell trout fishing yarns, , .-, e e t 'w . ' ; ' It la. the open seaaon for printing' "speckled beauties." ... ... e ,e.. . ...... : After committing murder you eg ; James did the next best thing. ' - - ... e .... f. : We have never shed ' a tear yet ' be- ent flahlng. It Is to be feared that the Thaw case( will ret back oa the first page for a little while. ; . ( e ' e .. ...' ;' A panic In Wall street af foots the ' country about as much as a flea-fight on an elephant. . . ...... . , ... a . . ... ,. . In ohootlngat chauffeurs who don't observe tho speed law, be careful not to hit -any Innocent bystanders. v .. t , , e e . ' Now. If Taft'e bulk and Fairbanks' lenath could be combined, what aflna- 4-eandidate the Republ leans .would have. .- " . e. e " : . s' . An Ohio Democrat predlote that Bryan will carry every atate In the Union. Oh, there might be some doubt about Penn sylvania , . - ; A Massachusetts Democrat -is' 1 114 years old. But as he la not a million aire, he has no chance of Peine nomi nated for vloe-prealdent-- . - .... -. . a .' . "Let the sleeping ancestors Me." says a Philadelphia paper. But how ean they -lie when asleep? And can't living FhllV adelphlana do lying enough? Revolvers ' ara Wood things s -ooeasi at they i OSf. ally for certain purposes, but thsy are greatly misused, and the world would, be better off If they were outlawed. ; Harriman and Other. From the (Burlington, Iowa) Baturday Post Benator Cultom of Illinois says that Hani mas ought to be serving a rtfht- eoua sentence in tne pemtenuary. tus offense la ths watering, the looting- of the Alton road. We believe the proper to pay, but will she say. pleasa sir. p.""w'M-r P"10 Ior Harriman to oe in tnepen- :.v-2 tsss: jrLun m utt;rh-ru..awTh'. w VXTZ."! term that describes the youna Blnarerl ftlv . the nlaoe for such la behind and actress, new to America thl year. I locked doors, on a bread and water diet is - consummate artist" btie seemed ua- and not in positions of publlo re- conacious or nor audience rrom the state last November, but the in vestigating committee continues ' to unearth items eloquent of graft, which, however, the people of.Pennj sylvsnia appear to like. One item is $55,000 for a mahogany desk and canopy in the house caucus room fof caucusing should be done in style. The senate desk and canopy cost only $33,000. A glass manufacturer fur nished the mosaic around the caoitol '-- ' ': ' -: case, for if a man can do so well in the severe climate of Nebraska, where a. large fraction of his profits must go to feed his animals and buy fuel, how much better one could do on 20 acres of good soil in Oregon that he might buy now for perhaps $i,ooo: . . - --. In fruit alone, after a few years, and in poultry and eggs, not to men tion many other things that could b asked me to be anything else?" - I fancy not. There are few women, however, who go through life without a chance to fiarry. The right man may not ask hem, or perhaps they don't know their own minds or the man of their choice has proved falsa There are dosens of reasons why women don t marry. And aa for the- men, well, who ean pretend to probe the reasons for a man preferring a forlorn old bachelorhood to a happy home. First of all, perhaps, he batee to give up his liberty, Second, he Is selfish and hates to give up half of his In eome and assume the responsibility of a wife and family. Than, of course, there are some men wbo are obliged to support their par ents or sisters, and for them marrlaave is almost out of the question. The authorities at Fort Dodge may help along some halting courtships, but I vrry much doubt u they will act ually bring about any marriagea Anyway, the man who only marries because ha doea not want to pay a tlO or $100 fine, would not be much of a prise Jn the husband Una Old maids are not nearly as forlorn as old bachelors. ' A woman ean turn a ball bedroom into a really eosy little neet She carriea enough photographs and knick-knacks about with her to make a home wherever she goes. But man ean turn an -otherwise luxurious room Into a perfect Sahara of loneliness. Boots under tne ceo, coats and trous ers over the backs or cnaira Ashes everywhere. letters and papers all over the place, tunas puiiea as man as tnev 111 go (men navs an insane- love ox glaring light), desolation and untidi ness everywhera And that's what he calla the freedom and comfort o bach When be Is young It IS not so bad. but when he Is old It's pretty forlorn. He acts his dinner at a different place every night, wanders about. the theatre, smokes and drinks more . tVifin Is good for him and wastes his money.- His benedict brother may not have so much liberty,, but he has a wife who thinke him quite , wonderful, a eosy home and perhaps a baby who may grow up to be tho president of the Un ited States. - - . I hope the men of the east will not be required to pay a fine In order to get them to marry. There are dosens of lovely, sensible girls, who will make splendid wlvea Hunt one up, Mr. Bachelor, and get mar ried without dlay. You will be a far more useful member of society married than single. . ' start to finish excepting when they forced themselves on ber attention-with plausa . - Monsieur Martin's Con Jose waa sat. lafaotory and his clear, pure tenor was received enthusiastically, eves though it may have lacked fire at some mo menta Of course the Toreador musle sung by Slgnor GalperlnJ and the effi cient chorus broua-bt dowa the house because of Its familiarity, and had to be repeated. The minor solo parts were well sustained. But the chorus and or chestra, did the splendid work of the evening. Ths flare of color with which "Carmen" abounds was faithfully p re sponsibility in the society of honorable sad bigb-minaen men. - But ir run jus tice were -done this prince of the rail way banditti would hava plenty of corn eal) v In the eelle a die cent to hta - The Burlington road -hen bean watered and rewatered. the last time by J. j. mil. who doubled the capital stock. Previous to the advent ' of ' this Napoleon of finance, the road through stock divi dends had doubled Its capital stock An two former eecaslona The original stock Issue wss for twice the cost of the road and tne original stock issue was accompanied br a bond Issua Fur thermore, the aid voted to the road and the land a-rants It got through eong-ress duced by the players, and Slsmor ConrJ by methods we ean now readily under- again coverea nimseir with glory for me iauiuees manner in wmcn be con. trolled his Instrumenta The Introduc tory music to all the acts was art by Itself. As for the chorus, every one snoke of ne laca oi neauty. But they could sing and did. Their support waa unfal tering throughout all the Performances a spienaiaiy trained chorus with ex ceneni voices and, after all, that . Is what makes opera. The ballet dancer deserve mention, for they were clever navea. "Hence, Loathed Melancholy r , Would you write a song for me? Make It full of Jollity, Make It thrill with tmm fru ' Tooth and aav frlvolltv. "Let no tears ereep Into the strain r Lire is too short for weaoina. Time that was' will nsver again ; unit witn tns same glad leaping. .-''... . - Would you paint a picture grand ror my walla adorning? Paint it full of flowers and . ' - Sunshine of the morning. ' Let no clouds of sombre hue . -- Come with darkling shadows . To steal away the summer blus : Above my gladsome meadows. j1 Would you write a book to' fill My heart with life's treasures? Write it full of throb and thrill ' Of love, of youth, of nleasurea ' . Let ao tears ereep Into the strain ' or pages you are doing. Life is a book once passed, again "Twlllbenr no reviewing.- v Horace Seymour Keller. - The New Fad. . -. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Heard the latest eraser "No, what Is It?" "Collecting pictures ef Kvelyn Neablt Thaw. A friend of mine hss J4 differ ent qpes she clipped from the local pa pera, and she thinks , the New York dailies will net her about 700 mora" stand In the light of parallel disclosures tn high f Inonoa were . In themselves squal to the cost of the original con struction. Taken as a whole ths Bur lington rosd stands for a .proposition In financing which must cause Harriman s mouth to water whan he contemplates It The Burlington road le now paying annual dividends or 7 per cent- on Its stock which has been doubled ' three times by watering methods since - ths original first Investment created the property. This means actual - annual earnings and dividends of IS per oent net to stockholders on ths original In vestment Further comment Would ap pear' to pa unnecessary. .Today In History. 1111 Ponce de Leon relied the coun try discovered by htm "Florida" IfSS Henry Hudson balled from Hoi land en his exploring expedition to America,- -.- ....... 17 IS John Nichols a . Brown. . bene factor of Brown university, born. Died October 17. -1141 1 80S First United States bankrupt law passed; repealed December IS, 1101. 1S17 Deatn or Andrea Maasens, Duke or rtrvoit, -Harsnai or France., - 1I4S Bmlle. Zola French novelist bom. XHed September IS, list. 1141 William Henry Harrison, ninth president or united Btatee, died. Born February t, 1773. ' - . HIS Rlr Hugh Rose defeated ths In dian rebels and took Jhensl. HIS University of Alabama at Tus- ealoosa, burnt by Oenersl Croxton. Setting tht Date. ; From the Birmingham Post. ' An author was once called unon to pay a bill he owed. Ths creditor spoke strongly, and' Insisted upon some def inite date being mentioned for settle. ment "Certainly, the author replied. thonah .there seems to be a ratber tin. necesssry com mot I on about this trifle. I will pay ths bill as soon ss I think "The Brainstorm Cocktail." , . From ths Nsw York World. The "Brainstorm Cocktail" Is ths new drink that hae come to oonupy an Im portant position on upper Broadway. It was Invented last night by soms thirsty wanderers who were seeing Newlsf It after reeevlns; my money 'which York from the top of s water wagon. I a publisher will pay me Jn ease he so This is it: "Taks a very tall glass I cepta ths novel which I will write end Pittsburg glasa referred; CDOp a lot I send him Just as soon as I. feel In ss of Ice very carefully. Place Ice In glass I enerlrette meod after -a really good ana let it ins. - i lace lor a plot has occurred to ni The Chinese eonsul nt!ahtaet rid ef his troublsaome office, but probably he Is like moat American office-holders and doesn't like to resign when under rira The meet remarkable thing about the Chicago election was that Teddy did ' not send a cabinet officer or twd out to tell the Chicagoese-bow they must vota .--... e .a ,.-',' -John D. Rockefeller Jr. baa broken down In health again and aays he will have to rest We fear this young man e carrying too heavy a load of good ness, v . ; I e e .; : r A benefit tn Boston for Henry Clay Bars bee of "The Bostonlans" netted him 111,000, and his millions ef - ad mirers hope there's no bad .luck la the' amount - . ' ', i: . -. : e e - - : The sheriff turned over Juet 917t.ee to the- treasurer the other day. but as It wasn't In 11.000 bills It Is not believed to be the same money that was lost from the Chicago sub-treasury, v .. e e ... . Not many - women - would have so - frankly acknowledged the truth under similar clmcumstanoes as did the worn-' an who said the beating bar husband wave ber did her good, kept hsr at hema But-ehe may have to .admit eomi -day that she has too much of rood, thing, i Oregon Sidelights' Springfield la suffering a fuel famlna i e e A' creamery for Baker City la said te be assured. e e ...- j v " Ashland axpeets to be burning "heme coal" by next fall. ;. ' . e - :' One day last week 111 -cases ef eggs left Sllvsrton for Portland, 4 3 , . e e . . v '', ' ' It la expected that a, Cathollo church building will soon be erected in Free water. ''.':'..; . . . .',-! ; l -- " ' . ' The Lexington creamery, bntlt last ' year at a cost of 1 4,100, will aoon Start up. - : '. e e . Many walnut trees - plants are. , being set . county. e e tad : out loganberry In Yamhill A man who bought 140 acres In Sam's - valley for 111,000 will plant snoat ef It , In fruit ... ' . i . ' , . - ' l . i . Astoria expects a big flouring mill and other good things as a, result ef Mr. Hammond's visit this sprint. ; Though' shearing machines) are used extensively, eastern Oregon merchants have laid la an Immense stock of sheep - shears. , .. - .'- - r- -- A Springfield young woman broke her umbrella over the head af a young man, who In consequence gave up bis Job ef section doss ana ten. -. - e e , .. " J . .. . Falls City will spend this year 11,000 on a water system, 14,000 on school house and grounds, and IS0.000 will be spent on ft light system, and perhaps 140,000 on new bulldlnga ., , - . - e . e . . Prlnevllle Review: The Review of fice had Its windows washed yesterday. This is the first time such an operation ' has .taken place slnoe 1171, and the -editor 'le "now able to ait In his office chair and see dear across the street Juniper wood used la Prlnevllle somea from points to miles distant and two eords Is a good load for a heavy wagon. It Is retailed hereabout at IB. 40 ft cord. and seeing that two days, are used op In cutting and hauling, the wood maa cannot make mora than laborer's wage on th trip- What Prlnevllle needs is a bandy coal mlna ' . . Within the past Ova years livestock of every kind In this county has been up-bred to a degree of high perfection equaled in few sections of the United . Btatee, says the Baker City Democrat. Cattle, sheep and . hogs have been In, creased in value more thsa I per sent by the Inbreeding of high-grade anl mala . ' , ". ,.- . 1 , . , , e . e - " ' Muckle Bros, of St. Helens have eold1 their Deer Island ranch to the American Timber company for - a consideration , supposed to be 114.004. Ths purchasers appear to be buying all the land they can secure in the Deer Island neighbor- . hood, whether Improved or unimproved, and It is believed It Is their intention to colonise it in small tracta e e , j, -. More Observer: v Whether ths Andina' of an ancient Egyptian coin at Kenneth by the son of J. O. Thompson le to lead to eohnectlon between the springs at DeMoas snd the pyramids la the tip permoat question now Is manv Kher man county mlnda It is certainly a very remarkable rein and 'He bistort would be Intensely interesting. -S v. "'4 4