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t ITOKIAL PAGE OF THE JODENALj '""LMMU ED lii n 'i i THE JOURNAL A INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Pgbllabar C. I. Jaekaoo . ' publlatwd rr tuning eirpt Sunday Ijn fmr 8.ir.d7 moriiln. at Tha Journal Build rum !! im atntfrwl at tha i-netofflce al Portland. Or . fur tranamlaalun IBroiifb Iba Balla aa atvood-claaa ill tar able, that the fragile conrt of per manent arbitration now forming at The Hague may la tlm eventuate Into a real parliament of man. It would be no more of a marvel than Mi ::r:rru.,duu." evolution of the frail grouping of colonies by the process of change into the great republic. The opportunity for seizing terri tory by an armed force Is passing and with It a chief Influence for armament. Constitutional govern ment Is slowly but surely under mining divine right thrones, and by the process also Is undermin ing Importance of cannon and colonels. The passing of those la the removal of influences and motives that mostly block progress for a world's parliament, a world's peace and the abandonment of arts that savagery most loved. TEWtrHONE MAIN T1TS AI1 eepartmenta reached b thla nombar. JWl the ep.rar.ir tb department you want. rOREIGr7l)VI!UTISISa REPRESENTATIVE Vnwland Benjamin Sped. I Artertllnf Afoorr. Unrniwtra Bulldlnr. 2 Fifth "'. few Vorli; Trlbuna Building. Chicago. Soharrlptlon Termi bf mull to anj addraea Id Iba Ualtad Statra. Canada or lleilro. PAII-V. On raar . $fl "" r nth I 60 SfNPAV. Out aar lil.V) 1 One month I .IS PAII 1 AM" . On rear t t One in. nth $ 40 Neit to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most Important thing Is to know when to forego an advantage. Earl Beacousfleld. JUDOE ARTMAN'S ARGUMENT. WE IMAGINE that the Judges of the supreme court of the United States, If the case ever gets before them, will Dot have to labor very hard mental ly to present reasons satisfactory to themselves that Judge Artman theory of the unconstitutionality of the liquor traffic Is unsound an Illogical. Judge Artman presents an argument that appeal! quite strongly to the moral populace, but not strongly, we suspect, to the legal mind, though he Is a lawyer and Judge. He argues that the constltu tlon, and the civil and criminal laws must be based on and conform to the moral law, but we foresee two an irwers to this; first, that he rests hi own case on a foundation outside the constitution, which Is an unmoral -not Immoral instrument; an second, that there are no well-defined limitations or full legal conceptions of what the moral law is. Things are considered immoral that the con Stltutlon takes, no note of whatever they are entirely outside Its purview It had to do with a politico-social organization of the American people and made no pretension to set up any standard of morals or religion kt trusted to the law-making depart . ment of the government which it created to pass such laws as It deemed fit for the regulation and restraint of conduct, but of Itself de clared nothing either immoral or criminal, much less declared that everything immoral, or harmful should be made criminal. Besides, It will be answered, to make liquor, or even to drink it, is not immoral or neeessarily harmful per se. It is the overindulgence In the misuse of the stuff, and the asso clatlons connected with the traffic In it, that are harmful and that lead to Immorality. Besides, who shall lay down the lines of the moral law? They vary greatly among law-ob serving and respected individuals court is not a Judge of morals, but Of statutes. Nothing can be a crime tto the man on the bench that the law does not make a crime, however much he may think it ought to be made a crime, because la his Judg ment It Is harmful. Immoral or wicked. r We are making no plea for the saloons, or the .liquor traf flexor the stuff that does so much harm; only hinting at some of the broad reasons why It Is scarcely to be expected that the higher courts will agree with Judge Artman. It will be in teresting, however, if not valuable, to have the highest court in the country pass upon the question, and to read Its reasoning on the decision it shall give, and therefore we hope a case will be carried to that court tor determination. of the people rather than of the po litical bosses Is growing and spread ing. It cannot be resisted, because the people like the Idea of regaining and exercising power, of having a voice In government. In their own affairs. It may be said they are not fit to exorcise that power, and that a large proportion of them take little or no Interest in elections and pub lic issues; but this system will tend to Interest them and give them keener sentp of their responsibility and duty as citizens. The people are coming to the front; mere politicians and bosses must retire. Likes and Dislikes Letters From the People RAILROAD "WATER." F KEEPING UP THE FIGHT. T PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE. 3 THOSE WHO insist that the way to keep peace Is to arm to the teeth are wrong. The proof is at The Hague. Step by step the conference Is evolutlng Into a congress of the world. The process Is tedious and progress essentially slow, but change is going on. It Is as impossible to arrest evolution as to silence the roar of the ocean. It brought man out of primitive into present conditions. He no longer Bits in the forks of a tree and dines on nuts, no longer crawls out of his cave in the morning and hunts for a club with which to kill a snake for breakfast. The world "has moved a long way since then, and it has a long way to move yet. Its next and most important mutation is develop ment of the Idea now in embryo at iThr Hague. There the nations are learning world legislation, Just as primitive man gradually discovered a better breakfast food than snakes The advantage of the plan will soon commend itself. It is, in truth, as Important and' as beneficial for the world to leglslat a for a nation to legislate. , It Is sot beyond hope, and alearl within the realm of the prob- HE NATIONAL Rivers and Har bors congress will prepare series of articles for the press setting forth its alms and pur poses, what it has done and espe dally what it will endeavor to ac compllsh, which The Journal readers will find Interesting and encourag ing. The country, we believe, has much to hope from the work of this organization, and we of the Pa clfic northwest, and especially of Oregon, eastern Washington and Idaho, are greatly Interested In this very important work. In a circular letter the officers of the congress say: "The fact that the existing means of transportation are wholly Inade quate is a fact needing no demon stratlon. The very statement of the proposition carries with It the only demonstration needed and even the most earnest and capable of the man agers of the great railway systems of the United States freely admit their inability to move the freight of the country and with equal frank ness concede that the question can only be answered rightly by the im provement of the rivers and harbors of the country." The congress asks the active aid and support of the press, especially, In Portland, of The Journal, and will surely have It, to this paper's great est power. The Journal has been foremost and insistent during the few years of Its existence In urging and aiding the river and harbor im provement movement, and will keep up the fight constantly, fully realiz ing the vast Importance to the whole country and especially to this por tion of It, of open rivers and suf ficient harbors. The effortB of the press have not been in vain, and will not be. and we doubt not that the work of the Rivers and Harbors con gress will be productive of great good. A PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT. I N SPITE of all the contemptuous flings at the initiative and refer endum, Its principles seem to be making steady progress through out the country, much the same as the movement for the Australian bal lot system did some 20 years ago. Many will remember how that move ment was sneered at, Just as thot initiative and referendum movement is now, but It gradually won its way, on Its merits and the manifest neces sity for protecting and purifying the ballot, and now nobody proposes to go back to the old system of buying votes en bloc. The gains for the initiative and referendum this year are noticeable and significant. Oklahoma adopted it In Its constitution one reason, perhaps, though not the main one, why some Republican leaders are trying to prevent the acceptance of the constitution. The people of Montana last November adopted a constitution providing for direct leg islation. A Joint resolution has been passed by the Maine legislature sub mitting the initiative and referendum to a vote of the people at the next general election. The people of Mis souri will vote on the same proposi tion next year. The North Dakota legislature has provided for a direct legislation constitutional amendment. The movement has made more or less progress in several other states. The proposition was defeated in our neighbor state of Washington, but it passed the direct primary law, and the other will come there before long. Some legislatures have given cities or counties the Initiative and referendum on local affairs, the Iowa legislature passed a law giving cities the right to change their sys tem of municipal government so as to adopt the Galveston commission plan, and Des Moines, as noted in these columns recently, has done so. It is Baid that over a hundred mem bers of the next congress have pledged themselves to the National Federation for People's Rule to vote for the advisory Initiative and refer endum on eight questions of specific policy. RESIDENT A. B. 8TICKNEY of the Chicago Great Western rail way has a way of talking some times that worries some of the other blg-bugH In the railroad world. He tells too much truth to suit them, or tells it too bluntly and plainly. lie talked recently about railroad "water," the very existence of which some great guns In railroad circles deny, and others defend as necessary and said that you cannot put a dril down anywhere among tne railroad without striking a gushing geyser o water." He went on to explain the process of a railroad going Into bank ruptcy, showing that It was the re verse of the process In the case of an individual. In the case of the latter the water, if any, is squeezed out of his assets, and the receiver realizes what he can from fhem re duced to their actual market value. But a railroad goes Into bankruptcy. If at all, for the purpose of being watered by a reorganization process Mr. Stlckney cited several cases. The Northern Pacific, for Instance, went Into bankruptcy in 1895. Mr. Morgan reorganized it in 1896. In the process each $1,000 of first mort gage bonds received $1,350 In prior Hen bonds. Each $1,000 of second and third mortgage bonds received 1,180 of new prior lien bonds and 0 per cent of face value In pre ferred stock. Congress found by in vestigation of the credit moblller scandal that the Union Pacific had cost Its builders $51,000,000, for which $108,000,000 of bonds and tock were Issued, a rather modest rake-off. Some high financiers bought up $70,000,000 of Rock Isl- nd stock, which by the device of a oldlng company and a lease they converted Into $70,000,000 4 por cent bonds, $49,000,000 4 per cent preferred stock and $70,000,000 common stock, creating "water" to sell to the public to the extent of 119,000,000. And what Mr. Harri- man did to the Alton is a matter of recent history. These are only a few of many Instances of high financier ing, making millions out of "water." Now the railroad financiers and managers cannot reasonably com plain If the people are determined to stop this sort of business. The rail roads are really public property, and the managers and officers are public trustees, and railroad stocks and bonds ought to have a stable, actual, dependable, honest value, and not be subject to this process of Inflation for the benefit of a few high finan ciers at the expense of the people. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Conrrlfbt. looT, by American-Journal Eiarolnar) A woman waa boasting In my pres ence or her 'strong likes and dislikes, I wonder how many thousand people I have heard use that same expres slnn. It la such a platitude, "I love and hate with equal inten slty." ahe said. "If you love In real fullness of heart, I ventured, "you will find no room for hate. Lov la like the sunlight, and drive out the darkness of hate." "Oh. but I never forget an injury," the woman explained. "If you did me a wrong I would get even with you if it waan t for ten yeara. It la my na ture." I "A Por use of a good memory. riMH-u. i wuuiu rntner rorget my "'I""', nevengenii inougnis carry bud lurk on their wing. You are cul- uvnwng misrortune. "But you can't rhanta nitnr" n.r. Iatd the woman. "I am like my mother. She never fortrot an In Inrv " "Then I would emulate my father." quoth I, "and forget them." 'Hilt you emi t phnnn nature " r. peate.l the woman. "You have to be as you are made." What nonsense! It la the cr nf th. menial laggard. But It has no founda tion of truth. lX)ok at Iame Natures face Mnw man changes Its exnreaslnn and tnrm .!!" of ,"ll"rnlc marshes he creates fer- iim iHiieys and blooming gardens. Kooky and unsightly hills are trans formed Into artistic alfea for rltle ranglej forests are turned into bemitlful parks And the courses of grent river are changed for the purposes of commerce. Human nature Is Just as susceptible to Improvement. If we are willing to ico about the task with the aame deter mined will. Over and over, the gardener who pre pares a lece of stony ground for vege- XTi V 8 waste place for flowers Is ""ti iu mum away rocks and weeds. "T1 "ver ne hoes, and harrow. Shall Labor and Labor's Products Be Governed by Same Law? To the Editor of The Journal I have been very muoh interested In the sub ject of anti-trust law aa It has been brought before the public recently by the local papers. The Interest that has been taken in thla matter by the "Fed erated Trades" pf Portland la worthy Of comment. In these times, when everything that man has use for and every man or wo man one meets la controlled by aome sort of a trust, It la quite natural that the trust of all trusts, the Federated Trades, ahould want to regulate the "trusts." The writer In down on all trusts, first laat and always. In every shape and Sonjf Styles Change Small Change TT. h.. I. a a From the Kansas City Star. "Inn aki..i .n,,r there are song fashions." a muslo dealer said re- quwtht W th Pldnt couldn't keep oentjy. "The nublia la aa exaoting in e e demanding changes In the styles of pop-1 "J! that Teddy bears .... -v,..... .v ,B .i. ui v..,... . . 'To a certain extent, the song styles, There is always rt.v in a.. .. a w , " - I either hv Ian i ... - - at tituiuv. ana iromnieui awv i - - cam .I a. n.M.n. - '-- k. literature sad play, of the hour. For .hn'm'tfr h ..th' th,t instance, the laat year or two has seen a a a world of books and plays produced llri?.J?fnr. 1w.?r?'t Uck v: ""she has form, and oelieves that when two or more men join togeiner 10 lesuimo the thJrd rjartv. they have violated the first and major proposition of our na tional constitution and should be pun- shed as no common crlmlnala, ou as r.iltnm Thieves and hlahwav robbers of all agea will aft In Judgment on these modern trust manipulators. This trust business Is like imponeu vermin. It has spread' from plant to plant until the whole landscape la 'lighted with its witnering ravage, mo ree of personal liberty has become a tli-Kv, worm-eaten, aicsening inuiaj. Referring to Councilman Beldlng's mat ordinance aa nubllshnd in the daily pnpvrs, there l nothing said about labor trusts. There eeems to be plenty of law for the product of labor articles," commodities,- "mercnanaiae, lrn,,D- generation. portation. rjven tne wora imur wuu-iq out tne surrix is usea in cne urei uruu; of this proposed law. But used In the mime sense as the word "federated" placed . P?umor PraT,n. he more hops and they might rise In price. " ;ith.dJ.dedT;.t.r adhere T The Ur1 bu"n"" J" song writers quicaly caught the public fancy with a flood of Indian and oow- boy Songs. In the mualA atnraa from one end of the country to the other the The great wheat harvest east of tha display wlndowa are filled with theae mountains i now in full blast. " n uuisiue covers picture me Indian maiden peeptng from her tepee Bryan acts like a man ,. ki. or the cigarette amoklng cowpuncner that a th d time h? ffitwln ' lounging on the ground near hla saddled . , msnt win. cow pony. As for the words, anything The ocean Is wide vet in it. .. Zr- lhrK h"2 ''V1""' Chap"'' ''S.m- MPftn'e """"w Tfrequentlyoll'de St titles of this class of songs always tell An ,, their nature. 'Idaho.' 'Cheyenne,' n. JL. n..wItt?Il 8'n Franeleoo'a 'Navajo.' The San Antonio Bong.' 'My about him r wlthout knowing anything Alamo Girl,' and 'My Chippewa Maiden! were among the good sellers Many uiners mri wun less success "Only a few years ago aongs were all the fashion about him. a e A Chicago Infant was "cnlna- .. StrVetcaV " birth; 1 WM bo?n ln a a aven tne tombstone angels tha look the 'coon' aongs were all the fashion. 'My Ual's a " 1 . , tomDstone angels tbn Hlghbor. Lady.' The Oeorg.a Camp- swnt rolls? V2 ftj?11 meeting,' 'All Coons Look Alike to Me.' a a Bill Bailey, and dozens of others war The Hsywood 1nrv h.v. u.. v....-v whistled or sung by everyone. Only one , '',, ?11 y f ro.vln.f ,h,m touT, or these melodies promises to last a Fuyaiuauy. unitrfll nn 'ft'. A IJ.. T I , I a a . ' - vi iiutv ill Live n . Id Town Tonight.' This song was .,f far re-orted ex-Mayor Boxton ro ture. th. tftrM,l2", ,he oil- unt" " becomes what he requires. Even after the grain ft!OWer. 'f1:1? ,nto 8lht th weeds attempt to choke their progrees. But !! T J, th K"rdner is quick to see the mischievous intmHor. ar,,t k. i and hoe are quick to remove them I nllke the imrrian.i. .. call our heart weedi 'by"flowerynamei " Jo ignore their vlclousness h.r h' woman of whom I speak believed St rvn:'ul nature to be a virtue She gloried In It; So mnv onr V'J Iou-y "on sxcesa of Tovi." our ill-tempera "an evidence of spirit" "a Vrh .erJy 0fa "nother s good fortune a high sense of Justice." And we cul t vaie and prune these ugly and un- We straighten crooked llmK. . fZLUrtl ir,1'1' "r. blemishes mini V i "ny not form the mind and heart as well? Pray for ?oHv'o,fh.rd1ln,,,'rht; reason or the folly of allowing unworthy ,..mi. . mar your character; sustain vour' ef forts bv worthv r.r( .- .. divine nature wlthTa you to be" what u "W. kW" "nnot change na- Ve will be what we will be." The Play There wns profound admiration on the part of a large audience at the Marquam last night for the artistic efforts of Miss, Nance O'Neli m her portrayal of J ninini cuaracter in Buder mann s ,rreat play of that name. The ln terpretatlon Is undoubted the most .....snea or any during her engajremen n mis city. I,lay ns probably never hen ZlZ" ?,,TJ .'"ve'v interesting , ,,, llllB ully several or the ....... ., nme appeared ln this part. nit certalnlv none ha. with i"? n.r ,k mlural anaptaolllty for th part, with more genuine stmn Icltv. th r!? manifestation of art. than Ml. .cll last night. In point of Interest ln the tinr. tv,. part of Hchwartze. father r it i . ' l,"ae ln "it or the star i.-rpreiea Dy Mr. McKee Rankin whose portrayal la as flawlessly perfeel h , '""' eivea. i ne author no doubt Intended It to be almost. If not equally absorbing as that of the stellar ii-.i . n.r ii represents the type of citi zenship that brought the German em pire into greatness. Mr. Rankin's por trayal Dlaces It on the same plane with that of the heroine of the play. t. The word adPtd by the volunteers as a Spanish- Mj,d not graft during his term of a few wh.n ft him Anirican war marching song and the day8; ney was watching him. wn?VA military bands still Dlav It. Ho often a the word "rederateo piacen oeiurr n i,.. n.i... . ..' l ...i un i and an attached? That Is thepolM ,une hat m bftnev(, lt to be can Jum- 200 tl hfu ".hinnli'Cve a' law thaf wlU be t,onal alr N'urIJ' of the others have will be the next this th ng and have law ,J,.at,.w11.1' been forgotten. States? a law to every man alike. If it Is not good for the product of labor to be con- "Of course the Sentinel: If a grasshopper times hla nwn Tanrth next president of the United war changed the I stvle of tha nonn ar .on.. n.t.l.-fl.lH I r,i ad anrt m.nlntilaTed n V a iruiL wny i . . . . ' - i . , , It -t bequ..Lyibad for labor SnS .rir. 'V. r,. .iT. .-h of tham were the sentimental kind. thr rruciauti i nura v. amj..w . .-j " A paper that favors Roosevelt for president, yet would be quite satis fied with Fairbanks, furnishes evi dence that lt is of the "yellow dog" partisan order. The two men are entirely different ln ideas, methods and purposes, yet the Pendleton Tribune would plead and hurrah for one almost as earnestly and lustily as for the other. With many people a party name covers; a tutiRlttide of sins. The trusts are safe for another two years nt least, according to the decision of Republican leaders not to meddle with the tariff in that time. The people's Interests can wait, indefinitely. The trouble is that the man who habitually carries a big stick usually wants to whack some weaker fellow with it. Sudden death at sea is sad and ter rible, but not so much so as slow death by roasting in a railroad wreck. This Date in History. 140J Hotspur (Sir Henry Percy) killed at the battle of Shrewsbury. 1637 'Book of Canons and Common Prayer Issued for Scotland. 1663 Baron d'Avaugour, governor of New France, resigned. 1785 Saxony, Brandenburg and Han over formed the Germanic Alliance. 1803 Rising in Ireland under Em mett. 1828 Slllstrla Invested by the Rus sians. 1844 Christian Oobrrcht, celebrated engraver to the United States mint, died. Born 1784. 1858 Jews relief act passed by the British parliament. 1864 Dr. Iivlngstone returned from his expendition in Africa. 1865 Great Eastern started to lay the second Atlantic cable between America and Europe. 187J France and England signed a The law presumes a man innocent un- a proven ru.ty out with a mar oman the presumption la tha way. hi. no. tlon u"g m "row music ana moving pictures .... , ... . can, answer mis question ... , th. tk... " ft I If there Is a kltrhen.eantn. . .. If lt Is right for 1.000 DricKmaKeri r '",,"'".. .''""" "i Whits Houaa th H.m.j emnloveA hv 10 brick ooerators or man- . .w, ." . na .v..; .iV." i." .wur ufacturers to form a brkkmakers' union 'ewey oauaas. Already they have dis- -. '- man caoinel and fix the price of wages, the number -iy uui-nmuimny inty are na. '..J , .hi.. ! .h?xi ,nrir ,ri resurrected even on the keroaene clr- UI liuu.a " " ,,. A W.nnh limit the number or bricks eacn one i "'" . ,t '"-"-""'.. men wouia t ' ., . w. iiJ , ' . aA k "Some 10 or 15 years ntro there was live longer by e-0 nf about on all-fm.r. their convention say who shall work or grent run of the slmon pure sentimental J' thla Is correct It Is to be hoped ho not work regulate the number of ap- ballads saturated with pathos of n 'n t practising what he preachea. prentices who shall be employed and fix Sort. Everyone can recall The Picture the time, manner and place for the pay- That Wai Turned Towards the Wall.' Mr. Marrlman aald lie would reply to ' -. , -- ... v. t .. u ...,... n "Tha. I. attar RHraH In Hlunl 1 a ri A f 1 . i . . . ' " meni 01 ineir wun.ii . rr.r... ... i 1110 irnnrainie commerce commissions part or the value or tne manurst-iur i mf unn. nn"uin i.,,,iirui una i-mia report. Dut lias not done so yet Per brli k. why. then. Is lt not right for the was 'She's More to Be Pitied Than Cen- haps to get his excuses Into convincing .a . -. 1 ...... - .1. nrm I anreil ' I , - - t. . i . , . . , . ... iiiit' r.or. ...ii r uiu.ria . ' ' nttrj i onn no it, a imuir nil nan na inni an. . . . i ... i, -ii, I aaa - n - a union ana nx me price ui i.it and regtilate the number of brick that "We've had periods when religious hull he delivered to any one customer, I . wp. .11 th. nana n th. t . and determine oy inr uu. ..n..i . .,,, v,. .hill hnv hrlck and who snail not ana ' i"'v"'' ho ahull manufacture brick and who The public discarded the sentimental shall not? And If It Is right for the ballad and Bowery songs and hummed value. nrir'KmRKirri union it urvmic ta mi mo i ... . . ... ILm " " ' 11 t. K.r. t almiiltana. I Lilc l-JOIV t UV Of MV KOSflrV. ouslv to quit work In order to enforce a Tne.r av" r,1 'lm'8 ,when a.m" demand, and wben this falls, to call on P"' songs held the attention of the .Vo t.m.t.r. the bricklayers, the car- P"P"lar fancy for a short .while, but nentera and no end of other trades to were soon forgotten. quit their work and thereby bring stag- a mf tter or 'act the American nation of business, disaster and ruin to people continually ask for a change In many then ln the name or common nij.c u. n.c.r iwumr r,inKn. o.n ' v, i.-it ni riht for the oner- after a catchy air 'arrives' lt Is worn .i; .r. r,n mnr. nnd no less to a frazxle by universal use and then than co-laborers and co-partners in the discarded for a newer hit Even tho cost of the manufactured article to go .ng. uiu-uma .n.ii.uu- e..Kn n..'. Into combines and make demands and. the national anthem would not be long when these ara not forthcoming, call remembered were they not sung reg- out the arrocer. tne DUtcner ana uib umuj in mr i.uui.r a a. mnuv 01 h.ir.r .nd an on down the line and the old popular songs deserved to live. close up and starve the refractory mem- but it's a very small per cent that lasts bers of society into terms? mrougn a generation, neverai civn war rv.. lahnr enlnv mv rltrhts that the songs have been preserved and three or product of labor should not equally en- four 'before the war' southern negro j0y i meiooiea nave Deea eaveu. 1 ne ijieiony 1. nnt a dntlar li the bank or ln- of one sona of the Revolutionary period. r..t.d veaterdav's work and should It I 'Yankee Doodle' Is still popular with the not enjoy all the privileges of today's children and is much used as a military Work? I air. uinpr oirn oi inai pel na, ttucn as Is labor to be exempt Trom an cm-i i na w nire focKnne, nave Deen ror petition and mt man wno ra mini g-oiien lor a nan ceniury, his hands to produce an article ror mar- lr.t tn he under one law wnna on inn au-ii .ai.. 1 SIC. . .u. ,ai f l.hna Imiih. -"..-.....- V.cV to all kinds of competition and turn, but the old songs, almost never the man who pays the laborer his por- The new songs contain the same old tlon and holds the product of his labor gentiment with more or less new airs for sale, for the purpose of recovering , M ,hl r..M r.,,t s well as his addl- a"l words. For Instance, one of the tinnai coata such as taxes. Interest. 11- earlv Bower sonas was The Onl With cense and personal work and supervision 0oidn Hair.' Others similar to lt have " "ii"o. , . . Dean sung aurmg a najr aozen aurerent Is not the man who has days labor 1(lH , d Blma word9 U8ea for u to be reckoned with and gov- c... ,, . ,, , i , . 111-. w . 1. ..'th. men who "ul """'" "" ""a"1- jnrni u, i ;y," - ln. One verse ran: flJLy".,ir back my daguerrotype. BaKlfJ Hi IU1IH HVII " a a. a a ' - Oregon Sidelignts Jacksonville real estate Is rising in Now hopgrowers are spraylna. aa a preventive of lice. a a It Is a prosperous year for Cooa county dairymen and cheese makers. a a Hlllsboro is filling un more and more every week and needs another hotel, a a There were 40 cherries on three Inches of the limb of a Hlllsboro Blng cherry tree. Let us have one law for all or no law at all. A nativk uin. 1885 -Princess Beatrice, 'dautrhter nt So tha moymat ftr U. real rttlejft6.", tiffifinbu"1'1 U Prlac The play has been seen ln Portion on many occaalons and the story is well known. Its problems are also well known, for thy portray the clash be tween modern thought and hidebound "ia me strict and puritanical Ideas of the former generation As a representative of these new deas revolutionary to the hearthstone teachings of her childhood. Miss O'Nell. as the prima donna who returns to her native town after achieving greatness upon the stage, shines with a splendor V i 7 i u Bn actress. Her dis dainful ncorn of custom and rebellion against the yoke of parental authority . u..r,ICu iu no ner nest errorts. As a representative of the old school or patriotic devotion, worshiping the ares and penates of his home? and holding duty as the highest tit all at tributes. Mr. Rankin, as the venerable army officer and father of this modern prima donna, surpasses the efforts of o...Y .. wnu una essayed the part. His uKUKniruiiy paternal. MiSS O'Nell and Mr. HanVrln r..l,,. excellent support ln this production of Magda. However, their parts and in terpretations are of such a character as to eclipse even unusually good efforts on the part of other members of the comanny. Mr. Frahklyn Underwood la nauaioi.iuijr in me sympathetic part of i.nmor ui ni. miry i ana gives a consistent portrayal. As Dr. Von Kellar, who represents the nypocruicai possessor of lofty virtues, Mr. Edward Emery rather overacts the part. Miss Frances Slosson appears to good advantage, though she has not the opportunity for a display of her viva clous charms that has previously been assigned her. Miss Georgia Woodthorpe appears ln an excellent bit of character acting. "Magda" will be the bill at the Mar quam during the entire week. The Dlarr of a Hero. By Wex Jones. Monday Everything lovely. Number of influential workers coming to lunch. Expect to get In solid with them. Later Perfect pandemonium. One of the workers, a Prohibitionist, and he drank four cocktails without knowing what they were. He fell asleep on the table and when he woke up said he would do his best to defeat me. I don't know why, for he even ate the cherries. Tuesday Sat on the veranda of the hotel all day and drank a glass of but termilk every five minutes. Plan works, well. Opponents visibly weakening. Wednesday Drinking buttermilk on the veranda this morning when a girl got ln tho way of a sprinkling cart. Dashed out and rescued her from drowning. Tried to keep affair quiet bv telearrarthinn; lt to two or three na- pers. Public loves a hero, and that hill I Ington. First returned to the house of ,n Cuba waan t so very h igh. i commons In 1857, he was apolnted a j iiursua-y oiiuun uuiius wun ino eifj- vator bov today and thanked him for a Oh give me back my rings. Oh give me back all my love letters And all my Christmas things. .... . a n ...i ki lis we same siory, ioo, wun sacren MlIWSnKie s lriB"uiiiura i ruuH iu. The churches are constantly -Portland Or.. Julv 22. To the Eduor changing their hymnals and the publish nr Th. To.irnsl- The neoDle of Mil- ln housea are continually crying for of The Journal. Tne people 01 mu new hymns. Those old stirring Metho waukle want five-cent fares to Portland. d)gt nymn 8Uch as 'Bringing In the The streetcar system would make money I Sheaves.' 'yield Not to Temptation,' and a. a. r. ..tohiiahed Tt tn de- The Lily of the Valley.' which we heard . . . . , ... nr,.h I and sang as boys and girls, have been clared that two-cent fares are enough replacedBwlth modein sacred songs with to pay running expenses and interest extra 'tra las' for the voices of the on actual cost of investment ln any large trained choirs." cltv. Tom Jonnson. or unio, nas nau no difficulty ln getting coiaoioooea mu- jnc Little Girl in street railway corporations limited By Wex Jones. to three-cent fare. To give Mllwaukle Out with -good fellows, how time a five-cent rate would be profitable and flashes by. practical to the O. W. P. but It prob- Borne on the wings of the drink and tne song. Let Us live while we live," is the echo ing cry "When we re dead we'll be dead ones so terribly long. ably would Interfere with some land speculations ln other suburbs of Port land, and lt would certainly boom Mll waukle. The chief beneficiaries of the pro posed five-cent fare to Milwaukle would The day is for dullards: for good fel be the owners of vacant land. It would i0ws night. not make buildings cost anv more, nor When the table Is spread and the lahnr- hut the other ingredient ln tne corlra are a -norm! no- recipe for home-building is land. And And mirth rises high and wit sparkles land would quadruole ln orlce 30 days bright. after a nve-cent rate was actually es- nd the racket runs loud and there's taDUsnea in m iwaumo. ome-uuuuern no one for stopping. vnuM he seeklna' to escane from the lot speculator ln Portland via MiiwauKie, BUt when morning haa dawned and the ana tne lot, soecuiaior wouia u en- roysterers fled, deavoring to forestall the home-builder. Away from the dazrle and out of the What a merry race it would be! swirl If the land owners in ana around oh, the ashes of folly! mirth's roses Mllwaukle want five-cent fares let them form a Ftreetcar corporation ana ouiia to the cltv line from Portland. Then let them run their line for nothln absolutely free, and the expenses would be more than met bv ine increased val ue of their real estate. would not be long before the O. W. P. would take over their line and pay a ooa round nrlce for It for fear It might be met at this side of .he line with a similar effort at bringing our local transporta tion monopoly to time. "The Lord helDS those who help them selves." and wo all need help, the Lord knows. The advertising a free streetcar line would give to the land owners of that beautiful nine town wouia he worth more than the original cost many times over, for lt would be heralded and commented on from Oregon to Soutn America, vea, to the uttermost ends of the earth. Why not? FRED C. DENTON. Duke of Devonshire's Birthday. Spencer Compton Cavendish, the eighth Duke of Devonshire, who is reported seriously 111, was born July 23, 1833. He succeeded to the ducal title tn 1891. hav ing previously become well known by nis courtesy iiue oi marquis or nart- droop dead. And we always come back to the one little girl, Away and away on the far-leading road, Away and away o'er the world-circ ling blue, Away and away, with adventure the goad, Strange harbors and cities and coun tries to view. Ah! This is the life for the man of red blood What is home, what is country, what sweetheart or friend. As onward and on, over mountain and flood. We follow the rainbow and seek the earth's end! By some day we tire of the road and the pack, The roll of the ocean, the far cities' whirl; Our hearts cease to sing and our long thoughts swing back, And we always return to the one lit tle glrL ' safe journey. Imagine this goes a cer tain person In Oyster Bay one better. Drank 27 gallons of buttermilk. Friday Dispatch from Oyster Bay says certain person has been pitching hay. Ordered a suit of overalls and will spend the day hoeing apples. Must cinch the farmers' vote. Saturday Unable to move after yes terday's work. Friend Insists I must shoot a bobcati Told him I think drink ing buttermlltt makes me more solid with the great mass of the Intelligent voters. Besides, it's easier. Discovered today that oowa do not give buttermilk, and thereby saved myself from making bad break to prominent farmer. .Wish UXMUitt, , lord of the admiralty in 1863 and sec re tary of state for war in 1866. He was postmaster-general under Gladstone from 1868 to 1871, and chief secretary for Ireland during the next three years. He was secretary for India from 1880 to 1882 and then came three more years as secretary of state for war. Since 1886 he has been reooirnlaed as an active and influential leader of the liberal unionists, and on the formation of a unionist ministry ln 1896 acoepted the post as lord president of the council. He opposed Chamberlain In his fiscal policy and led the free trade unionists. Hie wife, who waa formerly the Duchess of Manchester, la a recognlied leader In English society, and he himself is one of the largest and wealthiest land- Beats the Camel. From What to Eat. Sir Robert Cranston of Edinburgh, Scotland, has the camel beaten. For 61 yeara he went without a drink that Is, a drink of anything considered in Pittsburg as worth while but now he is off the water wagon. With others of the distinguished guest Sir Robert Cranston was ln the bar of the Hotel Schenler, Pittsburg, when some one proposed a toast to the laird of Sklbo. Lord Cranston hesi tated for a minute, and then, thinking over the oceans of mineral waters that he had consumed, he winked at the bartender and remarked: "A little claret, please. "I never had a drink of alcoholic liquor in my life until now," he said, "not even a Scotch whiskey, but when the toast to Mr. Carnegie waa proposed 1 fexote Jny. 6X rears' tLlrt.H ' Newbers having secured the Dromlae of a cannery Is now going after a milk condenser. a a Hubbard needs more dwelling houses; there Is not a vacant dwelling ln town, says the Herald. a a Prairie City Is the only school dis trict of the second class over 200 pu pils in Grant county. a a The railroad to Pilot Rock oannot get Into that town and build a terminal because of.' an Injunction. a a One dairyman on the Sixes river has over 100 fine cows and one of the best creameries in the state. a a Roseburg's postofflce business Indi cates a steady gain In the population and business of that city. a a The Canby Tribune editor left hla offloe open and somebody left some currants for him. They are about as sour aa a lemon. a TVfthln t h . nn.t tyirmrri fraip a.thavt. patients have been sent from Portland to Pendleton for tho benefit of their health. a a Through the public splrltedneas of Mrs. G. O. Rogers. Forest Grove Is given a ready-made park and a beautiful castle-like building for a library. a a A man who Is opening up a 10-acra tract near Forest Grove has enough wood on the place to pay for lt besides saving enough for home use for years to come. a In the northern part of Marlon county some of the hopgrwers have been of fered $100 to $125 an acre for the stand ing hops. One grower has 16 acres which will average about 1,600 pounds to the acre. All reports show that the yield wneat win ne almost rnenomenai In the Quantity Droduced and in. quality of the grain In Grand Jjsfnda valley. This applies to both the fall sown and the spring grain. a a Oakland Owl: A few days ago a large cougar was seen on the editor's ranch in the edge of the city, headed for McCulloch Brothers' slaughterhouse, perhaps. We don't blame the big cat for leaving our ranch. Neither of us could make a living on the place ln Its present condition. A Pennsylvania man who owns timber lands in Washington county said to tha Hlllsboro Argus: "I think I shall come to Oregon to reside. I have been ln pretty much every state In the. union and Oregon beats them all for things on a grand scale. The timber la Im mense: the prospects of the state are beyond that of any other, and your cli mate Is simply grand." "An East Side Bank for Eaat Side People." WHEN OPPORTUNITY COMES You will be ready to meet it "tou have a savings account. it's not only the proverbial rainy day that savings ac counts prepare one for, but for the opportunity which la aura to come if you are ready to meet lt. Open an account with our savings department and de posit all you can spare each month ' and watch it grow. We pay interest at the rate of 4 per cent on all account of $1.00 and up. and lnvItSw I i business from "everybody. j rr. TIPS I ?4v Commercial Savin? Rank f . o tOTOR AITS WILLIiJtl ATX. Oeorge W. Bates....... president 3. 8.. Blrrel. .......... ....Cashier ejawjuw3s r