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XUX JOCAXAX praaper 1 Mearlakaa.
THE PEACE CONGRESS. :
, . -
THE FIRST national arbitration
and peace congress convened
' in New York yesterday, and its
sessions will continue till
Wednesday evening'. Among those
scheduled for addresses are ' many
prominent public men and educators.
Several noted foreigners are present
as guests, the most noted of whom is
Mr. William T. Stead, who while in
this country will exploit his idea of
starting a band oE peace missionaries
from this country for a tour-of the
principal capitals, to be joined ' by
prominent people of other countries
as they progress, hoping thereby to
awaken public sentiment in favor of
universal peace.-"" ::';' V
A circular issued by the officers of
the congress aaysi "The time , for
this congress is opportune,' because
the world is on the eve of the second
Hague conference, in which every
American government will participate
as a result of the initiative of our
government r' : The people . of the
United States are in favor of law
duly declared as a substitute for. war.
The congress - will demonstrate this
fact to the representatives of. all na
tions soon to assemble at The Hague,
and in doing so will render an inval
uable service to the cause of justice
and of peace founded on jastice," -
No immediate results are tct.be ex
pected trotrf ; this congress of that
which will, meet at -The Hague, but
that there will be Ultimate results,' im
mensely Valuable; to Jiamanity, vwe
most believe. ' So many eminent men
from all the higher walks of life can
not thua talk and work for the sub
stitution of, peace for war entirely in
vain. Gradually, perhaps very slow.
ly, but surely, the forces that control
the nations of the world are .tending
toward peace, to the abrogation of
war as a means of settling national
,disputev!yery-ixiend- of .humanity
should feel a warm and cordial inter
est in this great movement, and jn
this congress that it helping to carry
it -along. : "... ' , h V , :.
BAD MEMORIES IN COURT.
BINGER HERMANN, who has
been forgetful in his trial at
4 Washington, ; is not the 'only
: - man whose - memory has," at
times, been bad; It is the habit of the
memory-to fail on the witness stand.
The eight of a citizen, eminent or
otherwise, .who is conveniently for
getful at certain times, is a familiar
scene in court. -The ease with which'
a man otherwise fairly truthful can
not remember when he doesn't :warit
to, is dazzling. It is a talent that by
ita universality, seems almost inher
ent in the race, and Mr. Hermann is
in harmony with the herdeven in
spite of the fact that hia recollection
of faces, and of "your father" and
"the folks" was always a source of
-ritJe -with MrHermann in campaign
I'.rs in Oregon. , ' ;',,
In truthh the forgetfulhess habit on
' e witness stand has become so prev
i.Vnt that in the eait there is talk
s ' nut abandonment of the court oath.
I' ll oath to "tell the truth, the whole
t v h and nothing but the truth, so
' me Cod," is always taken with
ji.fted hand shortly before the for-
ful witness begins to forget 'With
' is solemn affirmation fresh on the
i, the witness, ' when the . truth
n bard, finds shelter behind the
over-worked nd familiar answer, "I
don't ' remember,", and the result,
often, la perjury. We hava thua aeen
insurance presidents,' eminent railroad
magnates, congressmen and ex-con
grcssinea and citizens high' and, low
make whatever reservations of truth
they see fit or consider; aafe. ; Fear
t l ' .-11 . "
01 punuuoicni may sun cxisi, om n is
so puny and the taking of the oath bo
perunctory that the affected memory
la well nigh epidemic , More virility
and less of laxity by .those who ad
minister the court oath would help
cure the ailing memory of those who
take it , ;-J . , 'C '
A FOLK OR HUGHES NEEDED,
HE STATE needs Folk or a
Hughes," ia the heading of
. aa . editorial in the Detroit
. News," which goes on to tell
It is the, old etory machine
why.
"T
pobtica,defiaTicertheeople'aVTHTO)E
corrupt bargaining in the legislature.
The particular incident which the
News criticises was. It says, "merely
one more addition to the rapidly ac
cumulating evidence that the influ
ences and interests which have stood
stubbornly In the'way of progress are
still active and potent at the capitol
Of those works meet for repentance
which were so freely 'promised at the
opening of the session, none baa yet
been able to force its way past the
remnants of the old guard." .'.'
Yes. the "old guard" of the G. 6.
P,f-whose greater or less "remnants"
are still potent in all the New Eng
land states and in many others, and
an echo of wind, like a voice from the
tombs, waa heard here Saturday when
it -was announced that "Portland
ought to be governed by the Repub
lican party" that ia. We, Ua iCa
? The "remnants of the old'gilrd"
have set themselves in opposition to
"Governor" Hughes in New York., be
cause he regards the people as of
more importance than his party. The
"old guard",' Democrats in Missouri,
with Gumshoe Bill Stone as a leader,
set themselves in opposition to' Folk.
The "old guard" in Philadelphia has
returned to its wallowing in the mire.
Foraker is appealing j to the , "old
guard" in Ohio. And in Portland
there ia a remnant, though a", very
small n inded,-of the -old -Democratic
guard that complains because
every street sweeper doesn't wear a
tin tag, "I am a Democrat
i
" Yes, every ' state and every fcltyr
needs a Folk or a Hughes" that is.lt'yes ot tropical 4 climates are. pig-
a man in the .highest executive place
who considers the people's interest
as infinitely -superior to the interests
of a party or a machine, and who be
lieves and acts on the belief that only
by serving the people can a public
servant creditably serve hia party. '
r AN UNTOUCHED ASSET.
I
T is only a matter of time until
Oregon, will have to manufacture
her own cement ; The demand is
A going .to be such thst every
source of supply will be taxed. En
gineers now recognize the great value
of reenforced concrete as a building
material. The San Francisco earth
quake - and fire actually -proved it
While buildings of every other mate
rial were damaged, all reenforced
concrete work remained structurally
uninjured. J- UU. .- 't
;A test at New Brunswick, ew Jer
sey, demonstrated its resistance to
fire. A building waa; built for , the
purpose, of which the roof was a slab
of reenforced concrete. .When suffi
ciently hard a dead load of pig iron
aggregating 150 pounds to the square
foot-was- put on the roof. la-the
fire test the temperature kept at 1700
degrees for four hours had no effect
beyond calcining the walL
To extend the scope of the test
stream of cold water was. introduced
and like the heat it failed to do dam
''"Am. . e. . a
age. Aiier tne rire pig Iron was
placed on the roof until Its weight
was 600 pounds per square foot but
the structure sustained it with ap
parent ease.
The other building materials have
grave faults. Steel will rust, and in
the fierce heat of a great conflagration
will yield. Wood is highly.combnst-
ible and will decay. Stone cannot
withstand fire, especially the frequent
combination of get hear and' the
sudden application of a stream of cold
water,' and has the further fault of
being unfavorably affected by the car
bonic acid in the atmosphere, which
makes It porous. Most of the faults
that apply to stone apply with almost
equal, force to brick. Reenforced
concrete on the other hand is not aub
ject ' to decay, is not affected bv
rnst or carbonic acid in the air,' it
requires no painting or other 'pro
tective treatment as other materials
do. Of it Walter Loring Webb, one
of - the country's' leading engineers,
y;. , , Various tests which have
been made by, the building . buteaus
of great eitles, as well as by the in
voluntary tests of grest conflagra
tions, hsve shown' thst Jts power for
resisting fire' and even a combination
of fire and water, is greater thsn that
of any other known type of building
construction," and that "it ia aq ap
proach, to the ideal building, mate
rial." :
The coming use of the material will
be enormous. . The fact of ita more
extensive and more popular use for
building will create a demand extra
ordinary, 'The stress of this demand
has been felt for months in the scarc
ity of the "material on the Portland
market ..The dam in a single irriga
tion project ' in Arizona requires
thitvd of a million barrels. Only fifty
million barrels Were manufactured In
the United States last year,-'' -
Oregon has unlimited materials, but
manufactures no cement ' She brings
it by the shipload half way around
the world. Her consumers are now
paying for it $4.80 a barret It costs
80 cents to $1.10 to manufacture it
What a splendid opportunity for the
investment of capital. . ; v
AM A.
E
XCESSIVE light ii held by a
distinguished army surgeon to
be a chief cause of our troubles
at Panama. It is the most for
midable foe we shall have to combat
in completing this vastest of all en
terprises. , The French failed 'in he
undertaking because of their ignor
ance of how to combat infectious dis
eases. Their pathway from sea to
sea was . strewn with human bones.
Over this we have triumphed but we
have yet to conquer the insidious ob
stacle of too much light Hustling
men from the north go to the' isth
mus, fall under the baneful effects of
over-light arid a destruction of nerv
ous force, energy and vitality results.
That the resignation of distinguished
engineers who have gone there ambi
tious to make a name is thua brought
about is very probable. The testi
mony, both on the isthmus and in the
Philippines,, ia that for a time their
wonted vigor is manifest, but that
after a few months it disappears. '
Sunligh which we are wont to re
gard sas full of health-giving prop
erties, is a germ killer. We use it to
destroy the bacteria in the skin and
for destruction of ' certain infectious
diseases. If it be over-applied iy
destroys the tissues. Its destructive
agency -4n this - rcapect haa ' been
known for years to medical science.
That too much of it results in disease
if not death is easily believable.
To counteract its influence the na.
mented, that is, none layer of the skin
is darkened as a protection against
excessive light Under hia black skin
the. negro lives in a dense shade.' Liv
ingstone and other successful explor
ers of the tropics, were undersized,
dark men.' : The Franks, Goths ahd
Vandals,' as well as other northern
types who conquered and undertook
to inhabit tropical climes paid the
penalty in final extinction. The men
who work in underground mines are
notoriously healthy. The vegetation
of the tropics has its cells protected
against the over-light and nature has
similarly shielded the birds and
brutes, all of which ought to be
warning to intelligence to make due
precautions . if men "from .' the . less
sunny climes are to attempt life in
the tropics. , ;
Major Woodruff,. who makes these
contentions, says in Harper's Weekly
that darker and smaller men should
be selected for duty at Panama, be
cause large blonde men are, pect
liarly susceptible to tropical neuras
thenia, which ia the name of the dis
ase produced by too much light He
aaas: i ne new discoveries as to
light should be put-to practical use.
Less work per day, and none in the
midday will give more progress. The
houses should be darkened, the cloth
ing should be opaque, the umbrella
and big helmet ahould be more in evi
dence and vacations in the north more
frequent ' Then we will hear of fewer
men ' who have sunk ' into irritable
weakness or ' have become actual
nervous wrecks after Jwo or. three
years, . Tropical light is the real
enemy at Tanama." . ' :
In the course. of an article on the
chance of , a ' southern Democratic
candidate, Mr. ' Bryan's Commoner
says: There are democrats in every
state in the Union." That's so, and
several kinds of 'em. too. . ' .
It seems that Senator Foraker and
Secretary .Taft'l ; brother are very
anxious to secure tqe favor of ex
Boss Cox, who isn't so much of an
ex" as some people supposed.
There is not much danger of the
mayor and councilmen of Woodburn
becoming bloated capitalists on their
official salaries, which are $18 a year
each. ' It seems as if they ought to
tarn that much, at least ; : ;
y. Senator Curtis of Kansss, who has
been to Cuba, says that 90 per cent of
the inhabitants are not fit for self
government, and the other 10 per cent
are , quarreling ' among themselves.
To this it might probably be added
that a Urge fraction of the incapable
90 per cent is quarreling also, or ach
ing for a chance to do aor It looks,
therefore, as if Uncle Sam had an
other, permanent investment in "the
white man's burden down in Cuba.
There are only two 'things to 'do
either take the island and make i
territory of it, or clear out and let
the Cubana go to the dickens.
. Now Miss Spokane, . please keep
quiet long enough to let Mesdames
Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles express a few
words on the subject '.
Nearly all the atates have driven
out the gamblera, or made their busi
ness a crime, but they are free to
operate in stocks in Wall street, if
they have wads worth while.
A good many people would like to
start with Peary for the north pole
back in 60 or 90 days.
; la effect former Senator Cockrell
says of his son: "Ephraim is joined
to hia idols; let him alone.'
Fairbanks still hopes for a recur
rence to political sanity. ' .' ; ; ,
Mate Home Heaven
on,
iwartn
Br EH Wheeler Wtloex,
Copjrrlsrit. 1107, br Anurloaa-Jouraal-
. Sxamlnar.
For what ar you living
For what ere you worklnat' '
To make home and the eom-
forts of llf for those dear to yoaT
. Perhaps you are a husband, or a wife
or a. parent, j. 4. r.
If you are no one of the, you are a
on or daughter or brother or sister;
then, what are you doing- to make thoee
who ar nearest to you happy and con
tented? - '
I do not mean to ask what material
thlng-a you are bestowing- upon them.
Jiaterlai Uunca air no happiness ua-
less thy supplement other blesslns". .
is your presence in your home a bn-
dletlon and a Joy t , - '
Do those nearest yon look for your
coming and regret your going?
ir not, why notT " '' ' . r '-, !
Horn la tba earthly expreaaion of
what we will find waiting for ua after
death. . ...
Just aa we fashion our homes hare.
by our mental attitude, ao wo will find
them ready for us When we pass on.
And heaven must begin on earth. Hare
must.the -foundation, be laid. All the,
hard work and money you may be put
ling Into your home will never give hap
piness unless you are loving tha In
habitants of that home, and showing
your love In words and acta,- ra self
control and patience. - .
If you are letting tha fretful tone and
th Irritable meed and the nervous habit
destroy tha comfort of your household
you are waatlng tha whole effort of
your life, tba effort to bestow happi
ness, j ... .
If you alt . down to a . gloomy table,
where despondency and 111 tamper pre
vent sociability, you might better etand
In the bread lino now, and take your
repeat i In tha park. .There, at least.
you would not depress others by your
presence.. .
, If a man prepared a bower of beauty
for his family and than Introduced
swarm of mosquitoes and carefully bred
the Insects ao that the bower was never
free from them, you ' would think, him
a fool or a lunatic. '
- Tat many a man and many a woman
do a similar act by building and fur
nishing a beautlfnt-yesldano and filling
It with Irritability, patty tempers and
aelflsrrhess, ,
Irritating trifles present themselves to
every life. They await ua at every
corner alone- tha Joarnev.
They should be treated as trifles and
brushed aalde; not dignified to tha po
sition of tragedies and permitted to -destroy
the peace of a household, to shad
ow feasts and darken the doors Of re
pose with bitter memories.
When we allow the small worries and
annoyances of dally Ufa, the mistakes of
others and the Jarring of domeatlo ma
chinery to ruin the pleasure of a home
w Insult Ood. ',- v .-
- It is like pulling down the blue can.
opy of heaven and using It as a door
mat for soiled leat. -
Money, education, position, power all
are worse than useless unless they bring
helpfulness and happiness to others.
To do this they must be supplemented
Iby affection, good wilt self-control.
Though you give to your ramuy au tne
advantages wealth eaa ' orrer, you ar
worse than a highwayman If you deprive
your household of peace, love and con
tentment In the family circle.
Take mental stock of yourself and see
what sort of a husband and father you
are. ,' ' .- -' ? 1
Bee If you could not better live for
those you love by giving tesa jaoor ana
money and more kood will, patience and
affection. '., '''-
-, r--r i- Ona Commendation.
'All at once the newspapers ever the
state are knocking J. C. Cooper's propo
sition to take th Oregon girl to
Jamestown, posing as Oregon Mlnne
hahas, and are earing all manner of
unkind things. They seem to think
that the state would be poorly repre
sented and Illy advertised thereby. Non
sense! Why. bless your hearts, broth
ers, the collection of girls which
Cooper could make from Oregon's best
would take the effete east by storm, no
mattsr how they were rigged out And
It's when the girls would start home
ward that tha country would experience
Its first real ear shortage I ' The sur.
prising thing to us la to see the Oregon
pencil pushers, -wua ineir reputation
for gallantry and loyalty to Oregon
products, posing as sonr-visagea, rsrp
ing critics and misanthropes. We're
hsmed of the whole outfit. Here's to
Cooper and bis Oregon Juanltaa! .
V.-'-1' Society Note. .-.'-.' '
Washington Dispatch ia New Tork
- . World. '
Mr. Edward H. Harrlman of - New
Tork, ' Was formally Inltinred Into , the
Order or Sapphire yesterday. All tha
distinguished guests were ' profoundly
moved by the solemn and Impressive
ritual of, the third degree.. Judge Alton
B. Parker of New York and Mr. Henry
M. Whitney of Massachusetts, who are
charter members, could not restrain
their emotion when the president of th
United Btstes, acting as master of cere
monies, conferred upon Mr. Harrlman
the Inatgnla of the order, bearing the
sym hollo figure of Truth erushed to
earth,-' , . --v . - .
: Letters From , the
People
Changing 'Text Booka. '
Portland. Or.. April 4. To the Editor
of The Journal Borne eweeplng changes
In th textbooks now used -n our
schools ar under discussion. As to tb
merits of the propoeed changes a lay
man and consumer may be aupposed to
have little knowledge, and the writer
reedily admits hia lack of qualification
aa m general umpire. - Still,' there are
points that seem contestable even from
my position: . . .
The teachers who seem most deslrone
of chance are the verv ones who ob
jected to a change in 101, the time of
the last adoption, whan - a complete
change of books was made,, exoept men
tal arlthmetlo and speller. At that time
the teaohera were quite unanimous for
a change In writing, the fad for verti
cal style having been adopted with little
consideration. There were very - taw
teachers Indeed who healtated to say
that th 8iencrlaa system must bo out
lawed. That change waa made, and long
before the term of the adoption expire
these teachers ar as determined upon a
change of writing as thsy were in 1S1.
It Is eertala thatMf-lha.oplnlop of
teachers throughout the state were
asked aa to the Item In our present list
of books ' most -necessary, for change.
writing would be the first subject for
amendment. ' '
The personnel ef the corps of teach'
era chanaes raoldlyi ' marriage aeci
matea their ranks annually, and prob
ably more than .half of our teachers to
day have taken up the work -during the
Isst five years. Th principals who
have been tons? In service and other
teachers who have remained long ia the
profession,- have the greater weight of
''sentiment' at such times as this. To
the teacher, the textbooks are like the
tools. to the carpenter, and five years
ago, when fop nearly to years before
there had been no cnangea or import
ance, the teachers were familiar from
long experience with the nooks then in
as, and were avers to change (exoept
writing).'1 ','.."-'.. '
The ohange of ao. ef nearly all the
greater lines ef study has made much
more work for teaohera - The teacher
has been compelled to tak up untried
textbooks and become familiar with
them, and th work thus Imposed upon
class alwaya ill-paid and generally
rworked. has been trksom. Th
eomplaint of the teacher against the
geography now In us (and which has
become almost a national textbook) la
"that It compel the teaeher to work too
hard." . i . .
I risk the assertion that In a national
aasembly of teachers. If th Question
were raised aa to what American author
In mathematics Is most popular and
prominent the majority would answer
"Wentworth." . ' .
Not to take too much ef your valuable
spaoe, let us consider for a moment the
subject of change in gross. Either now
or at any ' time, change ehould not b
considered merely for th sake of
change. Either now or hsreafter. If th
book in use Is superior or equal to any
other substitute at the eame price, a
change In such case la a direct loss.
Familiarity with th Implement, ae the
workman's familiarity with hia tools,
counts for much. Younger children In
the home succeed to the books of their
elder brothers, and retain some helpful
thlnge learned from them by their pre
vious use in the ramuy.
l The very books against "Which the
Complaints are elted are being adopted
In ' the foremost cltlee end most pro
gressiva states. Unlsss our teachers are
better Judges than these who prefer
elsewhere the books we propose to dis
card, tha action of the latter must be
worth consideration.
It la safe to say that no such eearch
ing examination Into ,tha merits of all
textbooks for common schools waa aver
made as In 161. The action of the
board In the adoptlona then made has
met with greater approval than has fol
lowed similar selections for a - genera
tion.: . --.-.. '
Economy, convenience and many other
Important reasons against the sweeping
changes proposed should lead the board
of commissioner to readopt the ma
Jortty of the books now In use.. . . .. - -
- The ehanges made in 101 were Justl
fled in 'several Inatanoe by the great
saving In cost of books to the people
an economy which haa bean realised In
every family where children attend pub
lic schools, and If the peopl were to
be heard upon tha question their verdict
would be quite opposite to the alleged
"general sentiment among edneatora,
, . PATER FAMIUA8.
- ' Opposed to Changs. -
Portland, April IS To the Editor of
The Journal The article on "Change tn
Booka,"' recently published in the Ore
gonian,' would aeern to discredit almost
In toto th Judgment of th etate text
book commission of flv years ago. As
a teacher I wlah to protest against the
Implied criticism of th work of that
oommiaslon. four of whoa members ar
to serve again In that capacity in June.
- Ia general, th textbooks adopted at
that time stand today th peere of pub
lications In similar lines. Indeed the
books mentioned in the article are uni
versally more satisfactory than the
muslo, physiology and mental arithme
tic texts omitted rrom tne list that
"ahould give way to newer books," so
that to a lay reader the article seems
prompted by some ulterior motive.
The textbook oommission served us
well five years ago. . Our books have
been such ae to Induoe srood work on
the part of pupil and teachers, and,
with few exceptions, those books are
still the best in their various lines. -
,r.,- .x.. i. A TEACHER. ,
Con'nty Superintendent's Views.
TU 1-1. r 1 Arll It h M.
tor of The Journal Ae the date for th
adoption of etate textbooks draws near,
great Interest in tne pronsme action
of the commission Is manlfeetlng Itself
In every part of the state. -Ae the ques
tion Is one of especial Interest to school
offices.-. I respectfully ask 'space In
your valuable columns te point out a
few pertinent facts In connection there
with.
Two viewpoints are assumed In regard
to thla Question the character of the
book, with the Incidental Item of cost,
and th Item of cost, with the momenta
character of the booka - The former
would he the one selected tn the man
agement of businsss and Industrial af
fairs, and -'Just why publlo schools
should not be given the same common
sense management is bard to ae. . .
In view of th heavy coat of buildings
and maintenance, any policy which over
looks th efficiency of minor Item of
the schools Is , penny wise and pound
foolish. . In Orant county about $16,000
In general, special and Indirect taxos
la paid for school purposes. .This le
about $17 per scholar and elso tha same
sum for each--taxpayer. The eoet of
keeping the child In school Is at least
150 per year. Thus ths eost is $87
per child.
The difference in the eost of the best
books and the present series Is but a
few cents. Ths Initial eost ef the
change would be greatly lessened by
special exchange and Introductory
prices. It is susceptible ta proof that
the east ef necessary change la texts
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1 he Joor tuMiarcn
s of London
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By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
(Copyright, 17. by American -Journal
. Examiner.)
A eharmlng method ef helping the
world te grow better and happier is in
troduoed by benevolent men and women
In London. It is called the "Children's
Mann Kvenlnis Association." The
Princess of Walea is the president
The obleou of the Children's Happy
Evenings association are to brtghtsn ths
earlv vsara ef children whose parents.
owing t stresa of work, can provide
them with little beyond the. bre n se
es aa Has of llfej to teaoh them to play
and amuse themselves In a healthy and
order! v manner, and to offer In the
clean, well-lighted school rooms, fur
nished wltb simple toys and directed by
kind and sympathising helpers, a coun
ter attraction to the streets and courts
whioh are too often ths only playground
of tha poor. ; ; v ;
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Ths sssofilatlon haa never departed
from it rule that the "evenings- ahould
be times of amusement pure and simple,
recognising l hls sal liable jart of ed
ucation. ! tha education which tsaohss
children to entertain themselves rather
than to depend solely on others, to be
have with courtesy and consideration
toward thslr companions and to follow
th golden rule of -fair play." r- '
sin with a march around the cent ran
UWflwr mvmmtm m. " I
hall; after which those children who like
to look et picture books or paint go into
claasrooma set aside for such purposes;
others may enter another room and en
Joy pleasant hours with pussle books,
teathinga and the many gamee which
have delighted richer nurseries, for long
years past - Borne delight In listening
to fairy tales, and dolls which dress ana
undress are an unfailing source of
amusement te the younger girls. '
In' many schools children ' learn to
make furniture for a doll's house, little
carts end other toys. Aa old packing
ease will serve for the house and dis
used cards are ingeniously worked up
into doll's furniture. Old reals ean be
made into little top; Christmas cards
by means of small pieces of flannel are
turned into ueedlebooks, old scrape or
silk become pin eushlone and fragments
OS materia are made Into penwipers and
ether useful --presents.- , '
The children are enoouraged to manu
facture gifts for their parents and rela
tives, for everything possible le done to
strengthen rather than loosen bom ties.
Scrap books and loos scraps ar vn
more acceptable gifts than scran books
already filled, for the, children Ilk to
arrange these themselves and to send
their completed handiwork to some
neighboring hospital, for whose benefits
they may have had cause to be grateful.
Twenty-two thousand children et1 111
branches attended this association last
year weekly. .
It is aaid that tne nenenoiai errect or
these evening" shows Itself In many
ways, and a bond of sympathy has been
created between the poor children and
their richer friends which could never
have sprung into existence in the ordi
nary course of charitable work..
All - the well-known namee of Eng.
land, both in the social and artlstle clr
dee, appear on tha council lists. They
give not only games ana tops, nut. to
make these '"evenings" a success, give
what la better yet, their persona) attend
ance at Intervals.
Ona hundred people 'can give- ai
"evening" once a year at email eost ta
themeelves and with great benefit to the
children. . Thla would Insure the pres
ence . of two people of prominence at
each weekly gathering.
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' Whether this phase of helpfulness bee
been introduced in America or not X do
not know. It should be, . r
Mrs. Bland Sutton, No 47 Brook
street, N. W- London. England, will
give further Information to any one in
tereeted.
, It is not only a means of helping th
poor enjoy life more intelligently, bttt
it ie the means of giving many idle
young men and woman an opportunity
to ao some practical good in tha world
at such a email coat of effort that they
will not feel the discouragement a more
heroic undertaking would produce.
Let some good woman Of fame or
fashion start this .society la ' every
American center. ...
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., - Today in History. ;
- llll William the Silent. Prince of
Orange, born. Died July IS, lit.
17S Sir John Leslie, inventor ef at.
mometer, born. Died Noverber $, 11.
1107 Louis Adolphe Thiers,, presi
dent of French Republic, born. Died
September I. 177. -
1808 Caleb B. Smith, secretary of In
terior In President Lincoln's cabinet,
born. Died January 7, Its. 1
1818 Charles J. Folgsr. whom Ore
ver Cleveland defeated' for governor of
New' Tork, bom. . Died September '4.
1884. '
1848 General Pollock entered Jellala-
bad with bla troops. . ,. .
would not exceed $8 tat th six years.
or It cants per child annually. ' .
To allow SO cents to greatly Infksenea
th efficiency of a f7 Job la mighty
poor business in anything but common
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It Is very unfortunate that thos who
ar te decide this question are, in the
main, unfamiliar with the requirements
of a modern school. Lightning-like
ehanges ar being wrought all over th
country in th purpose and work of
schools. Th schools ar beginning to
tak up th work of a useful activity
a preparation for useful lives, and
Oregon ought not to be put back six
years from its present position, slready
too near tne rear or tne procession.
Th present series In the main tells
children the facts they ought to learn.
The required books tell the children to
do one or more things, in the doing of
which they discover the facts they
ought to learn. The first gives Infor
mation, the second education.' ' The first
leads te knowledge, the second to both
knowledge and skill. - .
Truly the child Is more than the book.
and both are more than the difference
In the cost of exchange. -
! c. j. Mcintosh.'
School Superintendent Orant County.'-:
' , Those Indian Costumes, v I
Cornelius, Or., April 10. To the Edi
tor of The Journal The letter objecting
to tne Indian costume for McMinnville
handsome girls when touring ths states
le well placed. If Indians are wantsd In
the proposed display, they can be fur
nished at Grande Bonde reservation,
where I think they can have the pink
ef ' various tribes good looks and ell.
One would think that the committee on
arrangements would , be further' ad
vanced in modern ideas than to suggest
such a thing, and I doubt very much
whether the ladles themselves rare for
such a retrograde movement It le all
right for a masque ball, but no farther.
Better have tha Indians In their na
tive dress and show the contrast of ths
Lewis and Clark days and the stride
Oregon has mads since that - tlma
Tor old TamhUl."
, ALBERT O. TATES.
Small Change
Spring may be waiting for baseball.
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: Thaw may be eana, but he is a' bore.
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A real reform la not wrought by trlok -ery.
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This ' 'is really t a record-breaking
winter.
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Not many voter will vote for a trick
est them. - . ..
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The Tombs le not Turrup," ThaWe
thinking. ... .. y ,
' Who'll be the next member ef the
Ananias club f r - 11
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' It is supposed that Buses will soon
be bosslly busy.
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Qrocere claim that KaUaher la a full
weight candidate. . v '
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Tet many Idaho na
are
ready to
hurrah for Borah.
Bryan la not to blame for-Bailer's
indorsement of him. . - . v . , ;
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great .many people are coffering te
"Is 1 hot enough for your "T.
aay.
Ths fallow who tries to get people ax.
cited over politics has a hard job. -
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'Who knows that China, would not be
worse off If shs should "awakn"T
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Jerome and the Jury together ef
fectually knocked out "dementia Ameri
cana,". ' . . , ' -:,,'. r - V .J -I'-
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Mr. , Taft probably realise that the
more some men talk the laes they are
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Already some peopl ere eonstdering
the annual vaoatloa problem. It doesn't
worry others, . ,
It is again the season for reminding
the worm that if he ventures aut early
the bird wUl catch him. .
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The farmers have a long grudge score
against the wsathar man, but ha may
cause them to forget It later. - ,
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"Taooma's growth le most amaatag,'
says the Ledger. Why. we thought
you really expected H to grow some.
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1 No man ever runs for an office -who '
a not an especial and self -sacrificing '
friend of . th worklngman if yon be
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The big etlck never swings toward
that duty of over 100 per cent on manu
factured tobacoo, wholly for tha benefit
of the trust. j , .
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, A Philadelphia man left, his wife be
cause she bad grown too fat. It is a '
poor excuse, unless he did his beef first
to starve her.
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Both Harrlman and Rooeevelt way '
hereafter remember eld Simon Cam
eron's advice: "Batter walk 108 miles
than write a letter,"
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Somebody has seen Mount Hoed amok-
Ing again. We -thought Hood Bad re
formed; It haa been many montho since '
anybody started this eld yarn.. ,
Oregon SiJeliglits ' I
Astoria has begun to consider the re-' '
gatta subject " . .
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' Don't try to skin newcomers, advises
the Oervals Star? - .
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: Several men are prospecting tot geld'
on Mosler creek. . . -
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Bend haa grown from a fourth clase
to a third class postoffice. , ;.
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A company haa been " organised at
Lostlne to operate limekilns. . .
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Butter fat In Tillamook county has
been higher than ever before. ; - '
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Cherry orchards -were never mere
heavily loaded with cherry blossoms.
Several teachers are wanted for small v
country schools throughout ths state.
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A great amount of pruning and Spray
Ing has been dons in Washington coun- -
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A broad, smooth, level roadway from '
Heppner to Pendleton, over which auto-,
mobiles end carriages may be- driven
with epeed and comfort
Cooe Bay le sending te Portland for'
beef. After all we had better be pretty 1
nice to the metropolis or we may go
meat hungry, sara . tha ' North Band '
Harbor.
Nearly one third ef all the transfers '
mad In Tamhlll county lately - wer
from Newberg, aaye the Enterprise, ai
many of them wer for unimproved'
property, which will be Improved during:
the coming eummer. - .
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Monmouth BUr: What la needed here-
moat of all to draw homeseekera are a - ,
few small tracts of Und near town. We
are hemmed In on all sides by large
farms and with no lactories to give em-;
ployment to laborers there Is but little
chance for the town to grow.
The demand far near nfiafnaa rail mMM
in Msdtord already axcesde the supply,1
notwithstanding the . number - of new '
buildings erected since last year, says;
the Tribune. Stor rooms leesed on . .
year ago now command double the prloa . ,
oamaiiaeQ men, . - ., ' ,. -
An Olex man had a laree. lone mula : .
for whioh he wanted , a mate. . Some
young men caught his mule and trimmed "
and fixed him up so the owner did not
knew him, and aold him to the owner at
large price. He got all tha mane.
beck except about $10 for elgare, etc.
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Many of the growere In the vlolnltv
of Free water are arranging for many
additional acres of vegetables thla year ,
on account of th cannery, especially of
tomatoes. Already brokers and whole
sale firm ere bidding heavily for tha
Freewatar pack and the prlcea promise
te show good profits. Farmers and
fruitgrowers are looking forwsrd to a
bumper crop this season. ; . . '
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Coos Bay News: The town needs a;
city hall, new Jail, more street improve- '
ments, dredging along the waterfront, ;
and many other things too numerous to
mention. About the only thing at pres. 1
ent It seems, that the city .can point to
with pride Is Its very effective (T) tele
phone service. Isn't It a peach T Holy '
smoke! Talk about a suffering pubiiol ' :
And If such a thing were poanlble. It !
is getting worse all the time. The only
festurs of ths bualness that Is strictly
up-to-date le the monthly collections la
advene ,
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