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Ona j ear 12 ,v 1 one montb.. IUII Y AND SI'NIIAY. Ob year fT.M : ln month.. I .80 .. .23 .1 .88 He who Is false to present duty breaks a thread In the loom, and will find the flaw when he may hare forgotten Its cause. Beecher. FAIRBANKS' RECEPTION. T Wall street to secure Governor Dur bin's signature. But the governor, though he had been notnlna'ted by the Fairbanks machine balked at this nefarious measure and vetoed It. The Fairbanks machine, for this, drove him out of public life. It put Hemenway, a notorious corporation man, into the senate In Fairbanks' place, and similarly disposed of other offices, except that h eld by Bever idga. who was too strong with the people. In a word. Fairbanks has always been a corporation, monopoly. trust man, Instead of a people's man, and Senator Fulton must know it. What childishness it Is to say that Fairbanks Is a great leader and statesman because he was pleasant to Fulton when a new senator. If acts of personal courtesy make a man a great statesman, the woods are full of them. Fairbanks Is merely a machine politician. He lauds the McKInley administration because men of the Fairbanks type were then unmo lested in whatever schemes they con cocted. As senator, Mr. Fairbanks was neither author nor principal trust bursting will amount to much, The president either' knows this, or he doesn't. AGITATE, IF YOU WISH TO GROW. 0' HE PORTLAND Press club, not . hm,.. 1 rft..n n, om- sPn80r nor avocate or a single mercl.l organization, stepped raeaBur official to the people or 01 national consequence, in 01 a per son In the whole country can recall any consplcnons thing he ever did or said for Its benefit. Fairbanks' speeches are what any fledgeling lawyer or graduate might deliver on a Fourth of July. Glori ous country, splendid ' government, great people, fine prospects, abound 1 . 1 l Into the breach yesterday and gave our distinguished visitor, Vice President Fairbanks, a reception, enough to let him know that It was known In Portland that he was here, and that he was recognized as the Tioe-presldent of the United States and a much talked-of candidate for the Republican nomination for presl dent The press club was but lately organized, and If the vice-president had come a little earlier he would apparently have been entertained by no one, and scarcely noticed by any body. This seems rather a strange lack of political hospitality, espe cially after the considerable "doings" that were had last week on the oc casion of Secretary Garfield's visit Is a vice-president and a would-be president such a nobody tltet he should be thus ignored not only by th,e commercial organizations, but by that new consolidated Republican elub that we not long ago read .bout? And think of the distinguished visitor's entrance into the state, at Goble. At that unromantlo station on the bank of the Columbia the vice-president was dumped off, to wait some hours for a down-river train. He was met by nobody, and except for the hospitality of the sec tion boss, who invited him to break fast, would have suffered from hunger. Then he sat down on a station truck and waited for the train for Astoria. Ib this the way for Republicans to treat a man whom a large number of them wish to see elected president? And, aside from politics, should not Oregon have been more hospitable to so eminent ft visitor? If M. Fairbanks should .become president, we could not bjame him If he should refuse to give an Oregonlan, except that Goble section man, an office. N MANY occasions, The Journal has pointed out lack of adjust ment in the industrial policy of Oregon. It has explained how and where arrangements are awry. This is not done in the spirit of cap tlous criticism, or to scold. If there Is never suggestion and comparison, there will never be perfect progress. Failure of Oregon's metropolitan press through long years to actually comprehend Oregon and her possl bllltles has been unfortunate. It Is one of the secrets why the state has been slow In passing to that stage of development and Importance to which she Is entitled. It is no mere accident that Oregon has been outstripped In growth by her neighbor state of less resources on the north, and has been actually approximated by some of the sage brush states. Oregon is not a new state. It Is nearly sixty years ago that she became a territory, prodi gally endowed as she was by nature; It is criminally wrong that she should have entered as she has Into her eighth decade at settlement with a population of less than three quar ters of a million. Would it have been so if, during all these years, there had been agitation by the met- shlrt, why la the price of the gar ment marked up twenty-five cents? the Louisville Courier Journal re sponds: "Dead easy; the thieving tariff." Eugene people subscribed, the $60,000 demanded b the promoter of the proposed railroad toward the coast, and the road seems assured though such projects are always doubtful until in actual existence. It Is to be hoped that this one will be pushed to completion, and be the forerunner of others. Oregon peo ple must do more ana more to nelp themselves. What Washington said ac-out a third term is of no interest or lm portance to a good many people now, it seems. Letters Froip tke People ropolltan press along the line of state ing prosperity, and all that; but for development? Discussion helps find virile, striking, progressive ln way t0 truth- In the absence of agitation, our people have been too prone 10 rouow Deaien patns. rneir chariot wheel of progress has run too much In a single rut. Methods have been followed too long because they were fathers. It Is time to be gin pioneering for a modernized Ore gon, because under the old methods we are wasting our substance and letting brilliant opportunities slip If we fail to build here within the next few years commonwealth that is more empire than state, it will be because we insist on remaining blind to the greatness that stands waiting at our own doors. If the newspaper shall not comprehend and agitate for any thought, flaming with a purpose to benefit the people, pregnant with real progress, the Fairbanks mind Is as barren as a desert rock. On no Important Question of even local interest or importance has he an opinion worth mentioning. He Is all things to all men, being particu larly careful, while patting the un derling masses on the back and tell ing them what good fellows they are, not to offend the big thieves and robbers who are pocketing the lion's share of prosperity. Mr. Fairbanks is not a bad man, as millionaires and politicians go. Doesn't Like the Honk-Horns. Portland. July 18 To th Editor of Tha Journal: I noticed your tdltorlal In toduy'a Journal which reads: "Just for imKll ' plroe of reform, suppos the council prohibits those nerve-racking little peanut stand whistle. " That la well enough aa far aa It foee, but the writer would suggest that lust for a big piece of reform the council prohib its thia moat of all nerve-racking noise, the hnrah honk! honk! honk! of the automobile. This abominable noise. In tended for a warning la heard every few minutes On every crosslnar. Tho autoa come sneaking along until within h few feet of a crossing, then let off a Dig blaata that could be heard a away, frightening women and oooupants HOW THE RICH LIVE Dcfparrsts Attempts of Millionaire to Increase Cost f Banquet By Cleveland Moffett Among tha aooaeaortae of ooatly and ostentatious banquets such aa we have been considering, I may add hand painted menu carda, sometimes ordered weeka in advance from artists of repute; also souvenirs of considerable money value, diamond Dins, sold bracelets, gold cigarette cases, funs, lockets, watch ohalna. etc.. distributed among the guests like so many bon-bons. A western SDeoulator. whose vasrarlea Keen him much In the oubllo eye. save a dinner some time aao at the Waldorf- Astoria hotel, where four shares of United States Steel atook, neatly folded In the napkins, were laid at each plate. e And another Wall street magnate, being taken, I am toldk with the charms of a young married woman, hit upon this way of making her accent a valu able present that he wouldoot other wise have dared to orf. lie In tad a pleasant company to dine with him at a eonsplouous hotel, and. In the course of ne meal, each lady received a "souve nir" of jewelry worth 1200 or $100, but 1 1 as "niiwanlit'' evfvawav sv KA l.w t klaa av evil 1 mill m A V oil a.u Lll V - w uj. inn preference wsa worth a cool 11,000. They say she left the dining-room With cheeks aflame. This recalls the Roman dinner de scribed by Petronlus, when at a cer- aln moment "the oanola of the cell ing slid apart and suddenly a. areat hoop, as though shaken from a noga- ead, waa let down. having golden crowns with lara of perfume hanging entire circumference, rnese bout Its we were aakea." Invited to accept aa keep- FAIRBANKS AND FULT6N. WO THINGS about the Fair banks reception at Seaside are significant that the vice-president had no wrird of praise for the present administration and that Senator Fulton lauded Fairbanks as la high type of statesman, a man than whom no one is better fitted for a leader. It la reasonably to be inferred from these two disclosures. one negative and the other positive, that Fairbanks Is an antagonist of Roosevelt- and his policies, and that Fulton is a supporter of the vice president rather than of the president Senator Fulton, and ex-Governor Geer, who says in his paper that Fairbanks would make a good and satisfactory president, and others who say he is a fine type of states man and leader, are badly mistaken Mr. Fairbanks Is a successful rail road lawyer, though not of the first class, and has much business ability, the get-rich shrewdness, but as a statesman he never did or could rise above mediocrity even If his inten tions and purposes were of the best. But more Important than this, he stands In opposition. In habits of thought and conduct, in Ideas and motives and purposes, to the prin cipal things that the common people are semi-bllndly striving for today. It Is true that he is not personally j and superficially an iceberg; he puts on, as a garment, superficial genial ity; but he Is not In sympathy or touch with the yearning, striving r heart of the honest, common people, who seek and .demand better c'ondl .v tlons for the masses and restriction , of the monopolists. , Mr. Fairbanks gained most of his ' wealth through dealings with and for Morgan 'and .other Wall street high financiers. While senator he sought ; to get ft bin 'consolidating certain .Indiana railroads through1 the Iegls - lture,:, which vas done by the ex penditure of many thousands of dol- Ian, Fairbanks pledging Wmseli to He is no worse than thousands of others, Is superior In some aspects th,s greatness, who will? to many, but he Is through and through a type of man whom the The. Chicago federal Judge who country Is getting vigorously ready has ,hJ Standard Oil case under ad to retire to private life, not advance vlsement received his curious patro to higher positions and -greater nymlc because his father, while a power. soldier In the civil. war, was wounded Eight years ago, with no Roose- at Kennesaw mountain, and he gave velt in the foreground, Fairbanks this name to his infant son. For might have been elected president, awhile young Landls was private "Peach" Depew once came quite near secretary to Secretary of State being nominated president, and Gresham, who commanded the regl- would have been elected. But there ment m which the elder Landls has been a tremendous awakening, served. He was active In the "Al 11- morally and mentally. In our political ance" affair, incurring President world, and we think there Is no Cleveland's displeasure, but was aft- chance whatever for the election or erward forgiven and offered a dip nomination of Fairbanks, or any loraatlc position, but nreferred law. man like him, next year, or thereafter. A VAIN FIGHT. in which his present high position Indicates that he succeeded. He ap pears to be a man who dares to do right. T HE Indianapolis News has a pe culiarly suggestive cartoon en titled "Government's Uphill right Against the Trusts." Ex-Mayor Scbmltz, in his angry protest to Judge Dunne, asked that he "be not subjected to humiliating remarks which the papers are copy- There the various trusts and benefl- ing and will print," and Bald that claries of high prices, of boasted he "was not here to be humiliated prosperity, are congregated, and by a lecture which the newspapers with darts or arrows easily pick off can repeat in print." Publicity of any foe that Uncle Sam may send the court's "lecture" was what he up the bare unprotected hill against feared. He cared little for the them. It is true to the life. As court's opinion of him, but writhed long as the high protective tariff at the prospect of that opinion being wall stands solid and unmolested, spread before the public by the press. attacxs on trusts and monopolies Publicity is in many cases a large must largely fall, for the high tariff part of the punishment. It is what enables and authorizes them to do some criminals fear more than im- the very things of whose results the prisonment. The press is a mighty government complains and which by agency for keeping people straight 1IUI li 1 i i ram mi. jus u rnvtiKU iu repress. few mile auto will turn and laugh at thoae whom men uciBBiaui Burn naa ingnieneu. 1 nave been a regular reader of The Journal from Ita first lsaue to the present and am glad the people have Buch an Influential organ to champion their cauae and It Is certainly a won der that Tha Journal has not attacked this ear-piercing, nerve-racking noise ere this. Let the council buret tha bel lows of theae infernal horna and force the mi to owners to use bells Instead. Indeed people would willingly give way on approach of chiming bells, but to the present despicable, unmuslcnl horns, never! ANTI-HONK. The Bolt Didn't Know. Attorney-General Jackaon of New York was criticising In Albany a cer tain excuse that had been offered him. "It was a slim excuse," he said. "It reminds me of the exouse of the light ning rod agent. "In the daya when all the world swore by lightning rode, a farmer haul two costly onea put upon a new barn. But only a week or two later there came a violent thunder storm, the barn waa struck and In a few hours all that re mained of It was a heap of charred black refuse. "Next day the fanner sought the lightning rod agent. Fine lightning rods yon sold me! he shouted. Here'a my new barn been struck and burnt to ashes! "'What?' aald the agent. 'Struck by lightning?- in the flaytlmer " 'No; at night. Laat night" "The agent a puzzled frown relaxed a little. "Ah,' he said. It waa a dark night. wasn t ltr Of course it was, aald the farmer. 'It was pitch dark.' Were the lanterna burningr "What lanterns?' The agent looked amased, Incred ulcus. " 'Why.' he said, 'you don t mean to tell me that you didn't run up lanterns on the rods on dark nights ?' I never heard of such a thing! shout ed the farmer. Run lanterns up! Why " 'Well.' said the aaent. "If you don't know enough to keep your lightning rods showing you can t blame me. A friend of mine who visited Palm Beach lp the fashionable winter sea son glvea me an Instance of particu lar significance, alnce ft shows that an Incitement to gambling la no more thought of at these gathertnga than an offer of cigarettes to the ladles The souvemra on this occasion were stacks of chips worth IIS each at the gambling tables of tha nearby casino, where pres ently the guests were risking these chips (and more of their own, no doubt) at tho alluring chances of faro and roulette. Which simply ahowa that we are fol lowing in the steps of past ages, for In a letter to his daughter did not Caesar Augustus write: '1 have sent you 2(0 denarii ($42.60), which sum I gave to every one of my gueata In caae they were Incllna! at aupper to divert them selves with th tail (dloe) or at the game of even and odd." In a future article I shall go Into de tails of gambling, both among the rich and the poor; for the moment I may ex press the opinion that in this matter we have nothing to learn from the spendthrifts of the paat. Tha "fabulous aums'' said to have been squandered at play by tha ancients would doubtleaa excite only Indulgent smiles in our great gamesters. Thus Nero's famous stake of 400.000 sesterces ($20,000) on a single throw of the dice, and Marie Antoinette's ha sard of 140,000 llvrea ($2 8,000) on a turn of the cards at faro have to my knowledge been exceeded by the princely husband of one of our western helreaaaa.-'who' Saaured me that once In Oennany he riakad 600.000 marks (about $115,000) on a throw of ..,'....; a a Nor are we fttr'behJnd the ancients In fantaatlq features of our banquets, Petronlus relates that "a whole boar Is served up with euokllng plga of pastry, a slave rips opan the boat and a number of little birds fly out Into the room." But it la only a few yeara elnoe a rich New Torker gave a bache lor dinner at 'his "studio." where sn enormous chicken pie waa "brought in zrr w."Tn i.?" P'" w opened not only did birds fly forth, but a maiden aoantiiy attired atapped out after them. Thle glgantlo pie bringa to mind tha pathetic case of a talented sculptor woo, nuiwunsiajiaing nia abilities, found hlmeelf deatltute in New York, and finally reached tha point where he waa obliged to model elephants, llona ana ugera in ice cream. Duller or blanc mange a.s decorative pieces for elabo rate banqueta. No doubt Wo shall ahortly hear of atrusa-llns architects making caatlea out of cakea, eta., which will only be repeating the lesson of history, for in tho period preceding the French revolution we read of arand dinner where there was an1 "'enormous cake oovered with icing modeled into a miniature reproduction of all the build- inga and gardena at Versailles. The windows and dSora were 4t with Jewela to repreaent lighta wlihin, and tho whole waa illuminated with countloaa tiny wax candles. It took a prominent artlat two weeka to daalgn It, and the cake ooat over 6,000 franco. a The sameness of this effort of the rich to find "something different" Is well ahown In tho caae of the weatern I millionaire aald to have given a ban quet with goldfish In the finger bowla and hla monogram on tha aweet breada. No doubt he (or hla daughter) thought thla a novelty, but we read In "Court Life of Louis XIV" that "at a great banquet there were tiny fishes of the finest beaten gold floating around in fountains of sparkling wine." And the Emperor Caligula la 'known tc have "served up for his gueata loaves and other victuals modeled In gold. Speaking of gold dlahea, I happened to be In Triffany'a recently and asked one of the head men if It Is true that people crally eat off gold put tea. Smitll Change ' Make the healthy hoboes work. 1 ilccly and, turning to a young Bring me an afternoon lie omlled man, said coffee set. And presently the young man re turned with a small tray holding three small piecea. They were graoefully fashioned and looked like gold. And the trar looked like gold. "What do you think they ere?" asked tno head man. "Sliver gilt,'' I euggeated. "Hold It," he aald. and he put the aemce In my hands. "It's heavy." said I. "but It can't be aolld gold? "That 'a what It la," he eaaured me. and pointed to tno mark. Theae mur pieces the tray, the coffee pot cream pitcher and the sugar bowl are 18-karat gold solid. The price Is $8,000." Admiral Yamomoto talks, so that perhaps he Is a spy, too. e e If five years la right for gohmlts, ftnw much ought Jluef to gotf e Lower wages for loggers, higher 11 IVQi 1U1I11VI , nun ttimfc I The Rockefeller soons were eoarcely worth compelling to come down. " If Japan takes Astoria, there will bo war; the country will stand by Aatorla. Astoria, but the Columbia river did not freese over. a It took nawsoaDor men to know that the vlce-prldent of the United fitatea waa In town. But what la the uaa of ordering coal or wood If one can't get it, or any sure promise of It? The Paciflo ocenn la not tha nrnnne place for a naval war, It lta name counts ior anyuiing. Governor Vintamln rmnnrtmA In have deoled that he waa "converted." nouoay believed It. a e "What la lnv" v ?!"5.ne. . Thia la worae If poaslble thl wnat is a Democrat?" e e A CajmhrMM r,wv?..- ... immortal. Amt tt . w - l. all night throughout eternity? e e A Burolt aratw la Ala.. . u - queetTon. "Who will be damned"" We presume tho answer Is 'the public." a a Sohmlta asks the rfiiMI Judgment. It would bo too painful; tha public agreea with tho Jury and Judge. Now there la Orendpap John D.; he ta alao a real genial, pleaaant man, whin one geta acquainted with him, and "a great Christian." It should alao be remembered that If you don't buy your next wlnter'a fuel thla summer you Drobablv won't hv any money for Christmas preeenta. a The president has bean hln ..i and ovary farmer knows that in havlna; time he doesn't want to be bothered with politics. a a MoaouttOs are anld tn ha Oyster Bay, and they are not afraid ef the big stick either. But the big altin fixes aome of them. a a O well, anvbodv will do for ilni,,,!.. to the national convention and pres idential electoral ther are nnlr nr... mental flgureheada, with no power to do good or harm. a a Wearera of fancy walatonata nrnnt understand why the makers should nnt receive the higher wares for which. thv struck. There must be about 700 per cent profit In tha things. Oregon Sidelights Give Independence to tk Pkilipp mes It Is true that not all trusts and monopolies are directly founded on or fostered by the high protective tariff, but all are united in its de- A Polk county teacher, who left when his year's work was done, for Missouri, his former home, not ex pecting to return, has written to a rense, ror tne extortionate and tin- friend to look out for a Dosltlon for consclonable profits which they exact him, as he says he Is already home are divided up, so that all are indi- sick for Oregon, realizing as he could rectly If not directly protected. It not have done without making the is the greatest commune of plunder trip back east that this state is the known in the history of the world, best place of all, "the only state for and the one big, safe, reliable breast- me to live In henceforth." h writ Smith College Slang. From Collier's. Instruction in the sense of humor seems to be an Important adjunct or education at Smith college. Smith has slang of lta own and a distinctive trick of exaggeration which outdoea the thieves patter or .Princeton and cor' nell. When a Smith girl gossips she prefaces her remarks with the request hat von "be aa the tomb. Wnen aha Is fatigued or bored she- says simply: i irk. and when a classmate stirrers !rom influenza or headache the Smith sonlan hisses tensely: "Hush, my dear, Molly is utrlcken!" The most common place announcement "thrills her to the bosom's core." she is "as one stricken with palsy," her "soul stands agape." A Smith college elrl stood on an Italian Island overlooking the eruption of Vesuvius. The monster was casting hi flames to the zenith while the ashea of destruction hung murkily over the sea. j' .t- l. :L" Lof early and complete inueyenae uuur Ul 1MB Bt:eilB uillll uie Dimui COI- thM rh lllnnlnes (hot th llmlte "?"Y... Lt '0"mF r"ner Cuhal together with a "neutral jmny mis munimK, sue uignea, I work shielding all Its members and beneficiaries Is the protective tariff. The government is now tilting with its legal bowmen against the tobacco trust, but the beneficiaries of the high duty on tobacco care little If they are scratched a little as to form of organization or detail of operation. So long as the larlff is maintained the profits will pour in about the same, and will be divided among a few. This is an oft-told tale, and this man is only one among "a cloud of witnesses." Another son of President Garfield besides the secretary of the interior has "made good,"- having been re cently appointed president of Wil liams college. In fact, contrary to what seems a popular Impression, sons of presidents have usually So with the! turned out well. sugar trust, the harvester trust, the glass trust, the nail trust, the vari ous lumber trusts, and a hundred others. To fight them and let the tariff alone is indeed like shooting arrows against a host behind a high, solid stone wall. As the cartoon suggests, "It's funny for the fellows behind the wall." 1 The tariff wall must be attacked, not with arrows, but with cannon balls and monster shells, before Whole House Covered by Wisteria. From the Boston Globe. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Syr- vester S. Crosby, Cambridge, is conv pletely embowered this weak in wisteria blossoms. The vine waa planted at least 70 years ago, Mr. and Mra. Crosby having lived in the house go yeara, and when they came the plant was then 40 years or age. The vine has a national reputation, aa the largest and finest wisteria vine in the bnlted States. Its roots are gnarled like thoaa of a tree, and they have worked through the interstices or tne piazza so that the plant covers both aides of the house and runs clear to tne top or the tower. The branches, with their beautiful blossoms form a shade over all the win dows, and one of the seeds which lodged near the fence adjoining the next house, has already grown Into a good-sized vine, ine rnmo ana oeauty or tne vine attract many visitors each year. This Date in History. 1134 Moors defeated the Spaniards at i-raga. 1619 Dutch and English trade in the East Indies regulated bv treaty. 170" Toulon attacked by the allies. 1 768 John Jacob Astor, founder of the Astor family in America, born. 1793 Falna tried for his "Rlghta of To the membera and friends of tha anti-Imperialist league: The Antl-Imperallst league, through Its executive committee, would auggeat to Ita membera and friends that thla seem a an appropriate moment to urge upon thoae within thetr Influence an especially timely argument against the continued and indefinite retention of the Philippine Islands.; The Immense and unprofitable burden of these possessions has never been felt more strongly than today, but In the popular appre hension that the United States might become Involved In war. It la now rea lized that their defence would demand an almost impossible military and naval forco on the other side of the globe. The absurdity of an enormoua sacrifice of life and treasure to defend a territory whose Inhabitants are discontented with their relation to the United States, a relationship which la deplored by tha great majority of our own liberty-loving citizens, haa become patent. A aaie to Japan haa been suggested In many quar ters as a method of escaping from the dilemma. But to sell 8,000,000 people and their homes to any one la clearly im moral and contrary to American prin ciples. There Is no evidence that Japan or any otner country now wania tne la land a. There la aDunaant evidence that the Filipinos, especially with the fate of Korea before their eyes, are bitterly oppoued to a cession to Japan. The Islands are clearly a bad Invest ment; unprofitable In peace; a dangerous burden in caae or war. uur peopie want to be rid of them. How can it be done? There la one simple, Just and practical method of relief for both countries, which would turn a gage of battle Into a bond or peace, ana wnicn we urge with renewed emphasis: viz. A pledge nee to i ited sort e gave lzatlon bv all the great Dowers Including Japan. Tho secretary or war aepiores ine 'chaos and excesses" which he thinks might occur among the people If left to themselves. But It la clearly demon strated that there la a large and in fluential clasa of educated Filipinos, who are able to guide their fellow-citi zens In self government. They might re establish the government which until destroyed by the armies of the United States was successfully conducted under Agulnaldo'a democratic constitution. Thev might deem an oligarchy or even a dictatorship better suited to the genius and present needs df the people. There might and probably would be occasional disorder and disturbances for a time, but these could hardly equal the dis orders arising from our attempt to con quer the islands, and they always ac company the struggle for frea govern ment. The repuDllo or UTance reaia upon a rounaauon duui Dy many revu- lutiona. Mexico, now ao prosperous and orderly, had formerly a revolution or rising nltnnat everv year. The United States waged for four years the greatest civil war In history. Our peace was broken by "chaos and excesses; tne commerce and industry of the world war HLtiirhorl Rverv oeople must work out Its own salvation and destiny according to its own genius. Thla Is the aspiration of the jniipinos. ij i this also the desire for them or tne great majority of the people of the United States, tired Of a trusteeship which ort that the welfare or a neonlfl ia something other than that Reincarnation Pall Mall Gazette. In lonely way a of dim forgotten landa. Ah. do you not recall how onco we went? Did we not gase, and hold each other's hands, In utter eostaar of sheer content? Aa for what we aald we aald but noth ing: The naked truth was ours, that needs no ciotning. Strange flowers were near ua camaleas to me now And at range old cities were they quick or dead? We met we two the when or why or now Matters no more. That golden hour ia riea. But Ineffaceable lta glory lingers. Aa malodlea survive their primal sing ers. And youT Tho moment eyes encount- Toura were ailght with memoriae and with dream a. Tou are mine, all mlno: you know It. O be wise. Ere over all our Paat and Preaent atreams. And snaps our secret chains of joy and wonder. And whelms, and whirls ua. Impotent, aaunaer. Listen. In visions I will come tonight. And eeek with you thoae old mys terious lanaa. And we ahall sea, in the grey uncertain light. Do you remember? whore the temple stands. The deaolate temple of some faith un known. The sunaet fading on ita solemn atone. Brownavllle haa organized an athletin club. The Bank capital. of 8cto has doubled Its And we will never leave thoae landa again, But all that ahould have been for ..a Kail Via - Realitv forgone,, dream a ahall remain, And sweet oblivion cover you and me. Dear all, renounce all comet ... I do not doubt you who have waited centuries without you. There la a fine build) n mck nn. Myrtle Point. a a Tha Springfield flour mill, hullt In 1854, la very busv. Many Women are worklnr In the hn fields in Linn county. Amity Is also after a milk condenser: a company has been formed. e e The new stone Presbyterian church at Eugene will coat 118,000 and will seat 1,100. A Forest Grove man offers a bonus of 1100 to any ona who will atari n good laundry In that town. The loaa of the ahlnva.rd an1 thrM vessels at Bullard. Cooa oountv. amounted to about 1150,000. The Echo Register mlvrvataa thai building of a railroad to tha Ruttee Creek coal field by local capital. Awhile ago the Salem fltataaman nnal. tlvely assured ua that Salem waa going to pavo right awav: now it it mav ahow some pavement next year. a a O. W. Copplnger, near Echo. wh came thero broke 10 yeara ago, will harvest 2.600 acres of 80-huahel-a.n-iLcra wheat. a a Brownsville haa Inn' Sun nnlA tnm Its fine woolen goode and now ia becom ing famous alao aa tha nlace where Ore. gon buckskin producta of the beat aro manufactured. a a Willamlna Correannrtrlence nt Mlnnvllle Newa-Renorter: If agents come to our town and behave a-en Un manly they will be treated all right If not It will not be very healthy for the next one that appears. a Scarcity of wood for fuel nrnnui.- i v." i ---- aim lumuor ior mi nning material, coj uuien wnn ine prevailing nigh jgt!W,S in thla class of material, haa cniSrTft a number of thefts of lumber and wood in Albany, according to the Herald. Weston, in alsht of mountain forests. A Wren's Appeal. L. S3. K. In Indianapolis Journal. Early In May a lady friend of mine where every breeze wafts the odor of" took a small wooden box and made two )" r" ana tamarack, is crying Its immav ai ine prospects or tne ruel ram ine. Four-foot mountain wood retnlla In Hongkong, a recently returned traveler says, one can have a suit of clothes made to order for 10 that, sold ready-made here, would cost from $30 to $40. But then we are prosperous. , v . . . ; Th St. Lonlfl RIohfl-Dfimncrnt r .1 . ' having propounded this conundrum, tf two cents more of cotton and two cent more wages are put Into a i?"lMacklnaw aurrendererf to thai which they desire, end anxloua to get I.J...I MacK,naw Burrentlra o rid of the coatly and dangeroua burden? 1821 Construction of the Lachlne canal begun. " 1837 Queen Victoria's flrat visit to parliament. 186Z united states recognised the In dependence of Paraguay. 18S7 General Havelock entered Cawn- pere. 1(62 James Glalaher reached height of five miles in balloon ascension In England. 1870 Franco-Prussian war com menced. 189J Great fire in London; loaa, 17,-600,000. Referred to the Suffragettes. From, the Kanaaa City Star. "The Beat crop." said Prealdent Roosevelt yesterday, "is the cron of children; tho beat products of the farm gxe the men and women ralaed thereon." Why not let the mothers' congress name the feext secretary of agricultural . KRVING WINSLOW, MOORFIELD STOREY, Secretary. rreaiaeni. Presence of Mind to Pace of Death. From the London Pally Mail A remarkable Instance of preaenae of mind in the face of death occurred on board the steam launch Queen of Eng land on the Thames at Windsor on Sunday hlght. i Tht boat, on which there was a party of about eighty, had almost reached Windsor bridge after a trip up the rtver, when the engines suddenly oeaaed work-ins-. The oa.Dtain went below and there found Francis Butt, the engineer lying unconscloua. Ha died shortly afterward. It is believed that Butt, feeling death approechlnjr, had. the presence of mind to enuc orr steam oorore ua rail. . we thus probably saved many Uvea, .- holes lty It the size of a silver quarter, and placed It, one morning, in the gable of a toolhouse Just back of a lattice fence. That afternoon two dear little wrens went busily to work carrying materials Into tho box for a nest The holes were small enough to exclude the sparrows irom lmeriermg. "All went merry as a marriage hell ' with papa wken'a gay songs and untlr ing search, fof the little family. Finally the nestlino-s were ready to try .their wings. Papa and mamma wren wer Duay ana solicitous. My friend was sitting on th frnnt poron wnon suddenly one of the wrens appeared upon the railing and chat tered and scolded In a very Imperative way. She know there was some tron. ble, and Immediately went around to where ahe could aee the nesthouae. The wren followed and continued aeolding. There ahe discovered a naio-nhnr'a black cat stealthily crouching on top of the lattice fence. She drove it awav. and peace once more reigned. Several hours afterward the wren came back to the porch rail and scolded to her again In the same manner, and she Immediately followed and waa not surprised to find the same black cat back upon tho fence. This time she put it to rout so efficiently that it did noi return, ana inre was no more scoldimr from the birds. Waa It not reasoning that drove the bird to her for neip r . , An Ohio Idea. From the Columbus Dispatch. Johns Hopkins university of Balti more, the first institution of learning In this country to adopt the true university plan of all around education, has de cided to admit women on even terms with men. This Is a working back eastward of an Idea in education which originated in Ohio. Oberlln and Antioch colleges, the latter under the presidency bf Horace Mann.' ware the flrat institutions of col legiate rank to admit woman and to make ooeduoatlon a vlrlnelnla. llnnv Col leges but few universities hare followed. aiaD wood 18 per to be had at any for 16.75 per cord. cord and coal not price. Forest Grove Tlmee: Every' day that passes by ahowa us something tlmt would- be gained by having a cannery located here. Investigation shows this to be 'one of the finest places In the World for the production of the logan berry and It Is fast becoming one of the most sought after of fruits. a a A movement Is under way to open tho Heppner coal mines in order to secure a eupply of fuel for that city the coming winter. Tlio outlook la anything but favorable to Obtain a aunnlv from anv other source, hence the move to open the Heppner mines. An experlenoed coal mine operator of Seattle has been aent for. "An East Side Bank Side People." for East Young Men Should Profit By the experleajoe of the suc cessful bualneas men of today. Every self-made man, without exception, will tell you that the secret of his success waa saving money aarly In life and investing It where it would bring him profitable returna. Every ambitious young man and woman ahould have a savings account and add to It as fast as their circumstances will permit. We invite savings account from men, women -ana children 6w i.vu ana up on wnich we pay 4 per cent intereat, compounded twice a year. Commercial Savings Bank XVOTT ID WTTiT.Tami ATM. w' ,1 B'e" . . .President J, B. Blrrel. ...... ....... .Caebier 3? ...W