EDITOELVb EVGEOP THE
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Philosophy frlumphs easily
over past, and over future
evils, but present evils
triumph over philosophy.
Rochefoucauld.
commends the employ-era' liability
law, now befuro the supremo court,
and the eluht-hour law. herever
It Is practicable. Worklimn"'" have
reason to be pleaaed with his posi
tion on these subjects.
On the subjects of forest, ranges
the public lands and Irrigation the
president dwells at length, and gen-
erally tnkes n i s!t 1 u that will meet
with public approval. ne inlRht
smile at his saylnK that while per
sons who are ninkmn groat ionunes
by destroying the forests nro d
blame, the peonli- who allow this to
be done are more to blame, and at
the same time fx1 makes no criti
cism of the tariff tax on lumber
to express an opinion In any given
case, than an ordinary cltUen or
even physician, yet we think that
such questions and the evidence
elicited thereby are a good deal of
a farco. This conclusion la pretty
v ell established by the fact that In
almost any murder case similar to
that of Thaw or Mra. Bradley, the
alienists themselves diametrically
disagree. The prosecution and the
defense can always find an equal
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Councilman Daker Erplalna.
Portland, Or., Deo. I. To the Editor
01 mi journal:
"That a lie whloh Is half a truth la ever
me blackest or Ilea:
That a lie whloh la all a lie may be met
and fought with outright;
But a He which la part a truth la a
harder matter to flgfet."
-Tannrson.
In your leading- editorial of Sunday
RUBBER BAND MORALITY
you quote me as having stated at the
iiiDouiia: or ma council laai w
as followa
IH).VT FX) R (JET rOKTL.lND.
TROUDIX)US. panicky time
A has been expected and pre-
dieted for several years. It
had to come. At the gait a
good many people were overriding
prosperity It was Inevitable. But
now that It has come, and has been
pretty well sized up, and It is seen
that it cannot amount to any pro
longed period of serious depression
but la rather a "flurry" net a win
ter, but only a summer storm the
country will be all the better for Its
happening. It will have cleared the
atmosphere. ''There will have been
.aorne damage and loss, but nothing
that will be appreciable to the coun
try as a whole a year or two hence,
and for awhile to come prosperity
' will be ridden less recklessly.
This being pretty well understood
as the general fact of the situation,
Portland and by "Portland" we
mean every organization and person
of potentiality should turn its at
tention more away from this passing
Bquall, and toward some of the large
things that it should be constantly
' striving to accomplish. It Is to be
hoped that money for various needed
and projected improvements will be
available early next year, but until
It Is we shall have to wait with what
patience we may; but the general
Idea of making Portland the most
w hich hns encouraged and nlded this
dest ruct Ion.
There are a Merles of cssavs of
considerable' length, one good one
on the importance of farmers In a
country. Jn tho execution of the
laws, the president says, thero are
two great evils, sentimentality and
technicality. The first must be rom
ertled oy an awakened public con
science, tho second (alas!) by legis
latures, courts and lawyers.
Improvement of waterways Is com
mended, of the Mississippi In par
ticular. A good word Is said for the
Seattle fair. The parcels post and
postal savings banks are recommend
ed. The Philippines and Porto Rico
are dismissed in two brief sentences.
As to the first, Taft will report; as
to the second, "I again recommend
citizenship for the people of Porto
Rico."
There will be the usual differences
of opinion about the message. II
seems a rather labored effort In large
spots, and Is twice as long, at least,
as there Is any need of. But with
most of It the people generally will
agree that Is, the very small min
ority who read It.
RIVERS AND HARBORS CON
GRESS.
A'
beautiful city In America should be
kept constantly in mind, and no op
. portunity missed of doing whatever
can be done in that direction.
When monetary matters return to
a normal condition; when the courts
have passed upon the bend propo
sition, and when finally the required
bonds have been sod, Portland can
mbve forward more rapidly than
heretofore. But everybody need not
sit with folded arms even now. Mun
icipal destiny comes not altogether
by nature; vigilance and epterprlse
must play their part.
JUST AS EXPECTED.
THE PRESIDENT has expressed
himself so often and so fully
in public that there is little that
Is novel in his message. He
aid about what everybody knew be
forehand he would say. The so
called panic has given him a ' lead
er," and in the opening portion of
the message the large moneyed, cor
poration and Industrial interests may
discern signs of moderation or con
servatism, though there is really no
retrogression from the policies he
has pursued in the past. At most, he
only emphasizes what he has often
said in favor of being "sane and
safe."
The president urges that the fed
eral government should control not
only railroads but other interstate
corporations. He advises some
changes in the interstate commerce
Jaw, particularly one allowing rail
roads to make combinations as tc
rates, under government supervision.
On the currency question he quote?
nd .reiterates his recommendations
Of last year foran "emergency" or
an "asset" currency. This, issued
imder strict government supervision,
and heavily taxed, 6 or 7 per cent, he
thinks would infuse elasticity into
the currency system, so that in time
of stringency it would expand, and
when the asset notes were no longer
urgently needed the tax would force
them out of circulation. He does
. not press this scheme, however, evi
dently realizing that the currency
Question is not his stronghold.
. The country is definitely committed
to the protection policy, the presi
dent says, j--hut he thinks the tariff
should be. revised every dozen years
or so, as a purely business matter
and independent of party politics
He baa nothing to say, however, as
to the present excessive schedules,
or their connection with trusts and
monopolies, and . he would have no
tariff revision till after the next
presidential election,'
1 An income tax and an inheritance
tax are advocated.'especlally the lat
ter, and he Intimates that - a law
it
NOTHER congress besides The
Congress will meet In Wash
ington this week, namely, the
Rivers and Harbors Congress
It can enact no legislation, but
can and will exert an Influence on
the Congress in support of llber
support for the improvement of the
country's rivers and harbors. It
will insist, and will present convinc
ing reasons for its position, that
the Congress appropriate not less
than $50,000,000 a year for a period
of not less than 10 years for this
purpose. This proposition is gain
lng ground In the country, and the
demand for large and regular river
and harbor appropriations will be
come irresistible. The Panama canal
will no doubt be a great benefit to
the country, but the same amount
that it will cost expended on the
Improvement of our rivers and har
bors, within the same time, would
be of far greater and more direct
benefit.
The project for a canal from the
Great Lakes to the Gulf, and for
adequate Mississippi river levees,
which it is understood the president
will advocate in his message, is so
extensive as to be in a class by it
self. Though in a sense local, the
locality it will benefit is so great
that the whole country should unite
in support of it, andit the same
time should insist on The improve
ment of other rivers, and the con
struction of other canals, and the
Improvement of harbors, to a far
greater extent than has been done
heretofore.
We of the Pacific northwest, and
especially of Oregon, are particular
ly Interested in this matter, we ad
mit. We want the Columbia river
opened up as fully and as rapidly
as possible. We want the govern
ment to help open up the Willam
ette at Oregon City. We want Coos,
Tillamook, Yaquina and other har
bors Improved. If members of con
gress look only at our present pop
ulation, they will not be inclined to
vote this money. But they must be
made to understand what this great
region is, and given a glimpse of
what it is to be.
Oregon has been prominent In the
work of the rivers and harbors con
gress. Portland has done more to
get it into action than any other
city. Oregon needs earnest and first
class work done in her behalf in
congress this winter. We must
"keep everlastingly at it" until our
rivers are opened up to commerce.
number of equally eminent alienist
who will answer the hypothetical
question to suit the lawyer asking
it. How thon la a Jury enlightened
by such testimony? Is not a Jury
rnthr mystified and befogged by
such evidence?
Nor Is there need of aueh evidence
even to comply with the provlalons
of law, for a Jury never pays any
attention to the law of insanity as
aimlied to tho case In hand. What
tho Jury considers Is the facts; It
Is Influenced by popular aentlmeat
occasionally a little by a lawyer'a
plea; and lastly by the leaning, if
there be any. of the Judge. We
doubt if. In ono case In a dozen a
dingle Juror forms an opinion In
consequence of testimony given by
alienists in answer to a hypothetical
question embracing the detailed clr
cumstances of the case, including
biographies of the defendant and all
his ancestors and relatives.
The principal facta, that could be
presented in a few hours, are all
that the Jurors care to know, or need
to know. In such a case as that of
Mrs. Bradley they care nothing about
these technical opinions as to Insan
ity. Most such evidence Is some
thing worse than a waste of time
and money.
A SOLAR rLEXUS BLOW.
C
OMMENTINO on the high price
of print paper the Oregonlan
remarked:
-
"One of the consequences of
tfte high price of paper, therefore,
will be improvement or elimination
of poor and flashy Journalism. The
paper that sells for one cent, or even
for two cents, can't afford to use up
60 much paper for gaudy display.
The class of Journalism which they
represent will sober down."
In this statement the Oregonlan
hits its evening edition a solar plexus
blow, for that paper Is addicted to
"gaudy display" and is sold at
cents a week, or less than 2 cents
a copy. It must "sober down" if
the Oregonlan writer is correct in
his hypothesis.
The Journal will continue to be
sold at 2 cents a copy on the streets
or 10 cents a week, delivered by car
rier.
"Kvarv Ranubllran In th city council
ahoulrf vota la nir thla monav. Thaaa
mm wera unpointed undr a Republican
adinlnlxtratlon, and a HnpublU-ana wa
owa It to ourselves to tea that thla
money la paid."
What I did ay waa to thla effect: "I
am a believer In the civil aervlca pro
vtnlona of the charter of the city of
Portland, nnd with all due rpect to mjr
Democratic brwthren I call attention to
the fact that one of the areatest cham
pion of the civil earvU-e waa Urover
Cleveland. The can be no quaatlon
but what theae men ware removed with
out any rauae Juatlflable by the city
charter, of which city charter hla honor,
the mayor, clalma to be a atrona: advo
cate. Theae detectlvea were removed with
out chargea, and In order to auataln the
aharter of the city of Portland ttaelf
and protect the civil acrvke provlalona
thereat. It Is the duty of every Repub
lican member of thla council to vote for
thla ordinance.
It la manlfrat that a child can see a
distinction between the excerpt which
you print and the actual atatement l
made. You endeavor to mnke my apeech
one of party polltlce almply, while wnai
I actually aaid waa In aupport of
From the 8t. Paul Newa.
Here's a rubber band.
The distinction of a rubber baad la
that It etratehea.
It will fit Juat aa well around a tea
cup aa It will around, a child's building
block. Dlfferencea of alae and a nape
are nothing to the rubber band. It
accemmodatea Iraelf to many ahapea
ann raany eiaee.
Our Ideaa of morality are very much
nay, ao many ruooer Dan as.
They atretclrf
You wouldn't call youraelf a cheat
Then why didn't you remind the conduc
tor of your fare thla morning?
You can't get out of It by laughing
about It or aaylng that It a a good Joke
on ma aireeicar company, or tnat 11
duean't amount to anything.
It waa a fraud. You know It. You
airetcned your rubber conaclence.
You wouldn't admit that you were a
Mar. Than why didn't you tell your
wife the truth about laat night?
Yon can't get out of that either, by
aaylng that what aha doean't know
won't hurt bar. You can call It com
mon aenae, or policy, or a white lie, but
you know what It waa.
A man la not a perjurer, but he will
go Into court and wltneea the beat he
ran for hla frlend'a aide. A aaleaman
la not diahoneat, but he mlarepreaenta
hla gooda. The prealdent of a corpora
tion would acorn to pocket the dollar
bill you dropped, but he haa not the
least acruple aaalnat overcharging you
for what ha furnlnhea. It la hardly
considered discreditable any mora for a
'Rah for tha weather, whatever It is.
a e
Look mora for tha good, leas for the
bad.
man to beat tha city on hla taxea. The
government la tha legitimate victim of
anybody who can get the beat of It.
Lewd book a are banished from our
bomea. but we oend our children to pack
the theatr for a matinee of 'Iris,
aoma men paae tha plate on Sunday and
sell ahort weight the reat of tha week.
Marsuerlte In tha opera la lovely; In
Ufa we wouldn't let bar come to the I i accept olearing-houae certificates.
back door. A anee-iengtn oau r"" santa llaua.
" Now woo aaya Bryan la a calamity,
howlar? . ' .
, . e a
- There might be worae boaaea than
Vncie joe.
4
would be aa lmmodeat aa a decollete
r-athlag ault. We would never rpb a
blind man. but let him ba careful If. ha
baa two eyea. We profnaa to deafflne
the ward heeler, while wa make no ae
oret of the fact that wa are buying
votea just aa clearly aa If we bargained
for one vote, one dollar. Tha drunkard
In the gutter la dlaguatlng; tha drunk
ard In the dining-room la our honored
friend and aaeociate. The petty crim
inal of tha police court la an outcaat.
the woman of tha atieet la unapeakabln;
but our doora are wlda open for the
fHihlonable beauty whoee name la a by
word, and for the moneyed man whoao
Ufa la a atlnk In the noatrlla of ao-
clety. We Introduce them to our wivee
and watch our youngeat daughter go out
to dinner on nia arm. we miarepre-
aent. Indulge, compromise, am, ron,
cheat and lie and we do. all of them
without nermlttlna- ouraelvea to ac
knowledge that we do them at all. .
When you ail aione. in quiet, ano
meaaure your morality, nieaaure n
fairly.
Vr llkelv von ran't uae a ralr of
acalea or a quart cup or- a yard atick.
Hvt.any of theae would be better than
a rubber band.
Who haa mora trouble than a nrofaa.
alonal funmaker?
a
The uaual number
read tha mcsaage.
of people won't
any
up
lH-mocrata and Republicans
hat
aua-
Aiier experimenting ror some
months with a morning edition, the
Seattle Times will give it up and
confine itself to its evening edition
which has always been' a great suc
cess. The evening paper, particu
larly in this far western part of the
country, is what most people want
and they prefer, besides, one that is
not a mere afternoon edition of
morning paper.
An alienist decided that Mrs
Bradley was some years ago an ab
normal woman and therefore insane
because she took an. Interest in poli
tics. But we hope that it is not to
be concluded that all female woman
suffragists are Insane.
Says the Philadelphia Telegraph:
"It is said that President Roosevelt
deposits his salary in a bank as soon
as he receives it. You can't blame
Teddy when you look at some of the
people that hang around the White
House."
Why the Kleinschmldt case should
be compared or likened to the Dur-
rant case is not apparent. There Is
no similarity whatever between the
two.
I
ALIENISTS' TESTIMONY.
N THE TRlAh, of Mrs. Bradley,
the alienist answering a hypo
thetical question of 15,000 words,!
is to the fore again. Without
denying or doubting that men wbo
have made a study of mental diseases
and have had much experience in
j diagnosing them, are better qualified
Again the land fraud and other
federal cases are to be tried right
away, according to report. We shall
see.
A Fancy From Fontenelle.
The Rose In the garden slipped her bud.
And she laughed In th pride of her
vouthful blooa.
And she thought of the Gardener stand
ing by
"He is old no old! and ho soon must
die."
The full Rose waxed In the warm Juno
air,
And she spread and spread till her
heart lay bare;
And she laughed once more aa she
heard his tread
"He is older now! He will aoon be
dead!"
But the breeze of tho morning blew,
and found
That the - leaves of tho blown Hose
strewed the ground;
And he came at noon, that Gardener old.
And he raked them gently tinder the
mold.
both
tain.
The detectlvea were removed Illegally
and without cause, which latter ract
waa admitted by the mayor anil waa
made a matter of Judicial record by the
declalon of Judge tieara, from which
no appeal haa ever been taken. I called
uoon my Republican brethren In the
council to auataln the charter and do
that wh ch Mayor Lane and hla caninet
of legal advlaora In the chamber of com
merce were unable or too atiorisigmeu
to do.
In rullinv out the aentencee which
vou uae aa a text to vour editorial, you
adopt he ancient aubterfuge and one
aided argumfnt by culling from a per
aon'a remarka aentencea which build up
straw man In order to knock him
down by argument.
Preliminary to tha atatementa whlcn
I actunlly did atate, le. me review rhe
torically that in the early part or iu.
Mayor iJtne. without authority of law.
discharged, without warrant or author
ity, aome five or six detectlvea of this
city.
No charcee wera Drougni againsi
them aa nrovlded bv the organic munic
ipal law, and no action waa taken be
fore any Doara or iriDunai no even m
executive board appointed and subject
to removal by the mayor) nd nothing
waa done even after Judge Stars, aa
circuit Judge, decided that the action
of the mayor and hla attorney-general,
ThomHg O- Greene, waa absolutely void
and without any pretence of being legal.
From thla decision no appeal waa
taken by the said authorities, and In
effect decided that the detectives were
entitled to their aalarica. Every grand
iloquent outburst of authority on the
part of Thomaa O. Greene, or Council
man Vaughn, or his honor, the mayor,
with reference to the Incompetency of
the detectlvea. only makca the procea-
ure with reference to tho attempted re
moval more reprehensible, for the rea
son that the blacker the record of the
detective the mora 'pertinent la the
Inoulrv why the mayor and Greene aid
not prefer chargea against them.
It la a nara case oi proving ioo mucn,
The chargea against the detectlvea are
even now and have been for the past
two months pending bcrore the execu
tive board for decision, and after over
nearly a year and a htlf the first tribu
nal who should have tried tho casea of
the detectives haa it under advisement
nnd la apparently unable to reach a con-clualon.
The civil service laws of thla city
clearly and briefly provide the ways and
means to remove all employee in tha
subordinate administrative aervlce of
the city. Mayor Lane and his cabinet
have been vociferous champions of civil
service when It has aulted their pur
poses to prevent appointments by the
council, or to either keep or discharge
various employes.
In the detectlvea' case the civil aerv
lce laws and rules have been thrown
to the winds by the mayor and hla ad
visors, and it was not until the past
few months that he finally resorted to
the civil aervlce regulations to .sustain
his discharge of the detective force.
Mv remarks were addressed In sup
port of the civil service rules and called
upon the Republicans to do that which
the Democratic mayor waa not only re
fusing to do. but was adopting illegal
and high handed methods to circumvent.
Respectfully. GEO. L. BAKER.
(U ! e-ratlfvina- to find in Council
man Baker mich an ardent champion of
the civil service provisions of the char
ter. But he does not deny that his re
marks on this topic were followed by
the appeal quoted In yesterday's edito
rial, to-wlt: "Every Republican In the
city council should vote to pay this
money. These men were appointed un
der a Republican administration, and as
Republicans we owe It to ourselves to
see that this money Js paid." It was to
this lans-UHB-e that The Journal took
exception, and still takes exception. The
Injection of Dsrty polities' into the de
liberations of the citv council, and par
ticulars Into a ouestion involving the
expenditure of the taxpayers' money is
unwarrantable and inexcusable. If
Councilman Baker wishes to avoid the
suspicion of "playing politics" In the
disbursement of city funds he must re
frain from such partisan appeals as
that quoted.
The Palsy of Congestion
Issued by the Dubllcltr department
the National Rivera and Harbors
congreaa.
It I J not alone freight rates tha
bring palsied condltlona to trade and
commerce. The freight congeatlon
brlnga tha greater and the longer en
during palsy and the railway Interests
no leaa than commercial and manufae
turlng Intereata, are now appreciative
or the ract.
Great and beneficial thouah the est en
Ion of railway far II It lea may be. and
are, they have been phyalcally and ab-
aoluteiy unable to comply witn tne ae
manas or tne wonaerrul oeveiopmeni o
all Interests In the United States. Tne!
officials frankly admit the fact, and are
turning to tne inland waterway as m
means of rellaf from freight conges
tlona than which there could be nothing
more completely detrimental to trade
ana commerce.
The fact that Prealdent James J. Hill
of the Northern Pacific, and Prealdent
Flnley, of the Southern Railway, have
accepted Invitations to addreaa the Na
tlonal Rivera and tiarbora congress, a
its meet In ir at the New Wlllard. Wash
Ington, on December 4. 6 and and will
aid In the work of the congreaa In
bringing about a fixed national policy of
Inland waterway and harbor improve
menta. la in Itself one of the strongest
possible arguments In favor of the
adoption of that policy by the congreaa
or tne united Biaiea. xne two ginne-
men recognise the existence or a con
dltlon which the rallwaye cannot meet,
but which can only be met by the can
allsatlon of the Inland waterways. It
Is a condition which tba whole country
haa long appreciated, but a condition
which can be made to pass away for all
time by aystematlc work of inland wat
erway and harbor Improvement, with
annual aprpoprlatlona In amounts that
will Insure continuous prosecution of
the work, speedy completion and full re-
Iter irom tne paisy wnicn ireigui con
gestlona have brought about.
The Errand
He was neatly dreased, but bis clotnes
were patched, the kid that I mot
In the street,
Aa I hurried home at midday to the
annual Thanksgiving eat.
And the wind waa blowing like elxty,
with a kind of a frosty sting:
The sort of a day you button your coat
and walk with a brisker awing.
I thought of the Thankaglving daya on
tne iarm, wnen i waa a young
ater. too.
And what they all meant, and looked at
the kid and aaid, "This 11 never
do:
Coma along, old man (I called him)
and have' a good aquare with
me."
But the kid shook his head and kept
walking, hair acared, it waa eaay
to see.
"Coma along now" I caught hia ahoul
der "you needn't go shaking your
neaa,
And "spite of saying 'I dassent," right
into the house he was led.
Where the women folks fixed up a
plate 'a id popped him into a chair.
And he, with occasional "dassents," went
after his turkey ror fair.
When he'd polished his plate ha looked
nervoua and clearly wanted to
fly.
But we choked the youngster'a objec
tions with about an acre of pie;
He cleaned that pie like a good 'un
'twas pumpkin, tha Old-fashioned
kind. ,
That tastes like a benediction and
leaves a rapture behind--And
again the kid got restless and said
that he dassent stay
The child wasn't used to kindness-, I
guess; hard words came more in
hla way.
A Memory of a Lost Delight.
From Outing Magazine.
A fireplace anyone may have, and to,
me the wonder la tnat our civilization
has abolished the very soul from our
northern homes. Fire Is no longer the
Joy of the household, out the slave.
lmpriSOn3a in ins ceiiar. jn, out it
was delicious, when the old-fashioned
family sat together In the great kitchen
Hiviimd the huge fireplace. All the
evening ve told stories, ato doughnuts,
drank elder, all the time paring apples,
and hanging the long festoons of quar
ters from the beams. Bnt the dear
little mother, she it was who told the
best stories, whilo she was knitting
mufflers and socks, or mending our
well worn clothing. There were no
farlors at all in those days, and aa for
hrummed pinnos, we had not yet heard
of them. At 9 o'clock, honest nnd
drowsy, we knelt and thanked God for
life and love and home. Our bunks
and beds and trundle beds were all in
close proximity, and from every one of
them wo coma see tno names, sun
1timrlng up the chimney while the big
firclog was slowly eaten through. There
waa not one millionaire In all the world,
nd indeed we were not worried over
the affair.
Here's to the Farmer.
By C. H. Carpenter.
(Suggested by reading a clearing
house certificate or "Wneat Money"
Ciiva us your hand, Mr. Farmer, we
- nrnhd to know you. We called to
you in our distress and right nobly have prosecution In Oregon. The great record
But we shut him up In a Jiffy and si
lenced all of hla "buts,"
And fixed him up in an armchair with
a lapful of apples and nuts.
We kept him snug for an hour and
then ha began to cry.
And It took us near thirty mlnutea to
find out the reaaon why.
He said he'd be licked by his father, the
poor little trembling wair.
And ho ked on crying and crying,
though we told him we'd keep him
saie
Wa pitied the poor little fellow, with
such an Inhuman dad,
And asked him why he'd be beaten, and
he said because tie d been bad.
Tha eyes of the women grew tearful as
tney sootnea tne poor nine Kia,
And I said, "Come on, what's tho mat
, ter? Tell us Just what you did."
And he sobbed, "The whole family's
waltln' and thlnkln' how long I
take
They'd aent me out when you grabbed
me to buy the TUanksgiiin'
steak."
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Punish the Land Grabbers.
From tho Washington Post.
Doubtless the government knows ex
actly what It is doing. Perhaps tho puri
fication of California politics may be
more Important Just now than the pros
ecution of alleged land grabbers. It is
true that Mr. Heney cannot be every
where. He is an admirable man, yet it
Is not fair to work him to death. Yet
lf he cannot be spared from the political
proaecution of Harrlman, It ought to
be possible to find some one capable
of carrying on the good work of graft
Literary Notes
By Wox Jones.
"Maltbya Millions" la a thrilling
story of mystery. Tha central figure,
miserly old John Matlby, baa aaved up
$1,000,000 from the proflta of hla peanut
atand. Hla wealth la all In gold, and
Maltby keepa It hidden In a aock under
hla chair. Bam Slight la tempted by tba
atorlea of Maltby'a wealth and entera
the houae In the miser's abaence. After
a long aearch he flnda the board on tho
floor, but la unable to force the aock.
and he la detected by Matlby, who had
aold out hlewtock and returned for an
other peanut. Then but It would not
be fair to the author to tell how 8am
reforma and marrlea old Maltby'a beau
tiful daughter, who had been entirely
forgotten by the miser until Sam drew
his attention to her one day In Brook
lyn, wnera ane had gone to be alone.
Sylvester Souffle, wrfoae lateat book.
Topay Turvy," la selling In aome
atorea aa fast aa Donteata Blscuita.
doesn't like to work In tha morning, and
never thlnka of doing anything In the
afternoon. Work in tha evening he
diallkte very much, and work at night
la. of course, out of the queatlon. As a
result Mr. Souffle takea a long time to
write a long novel.
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The Commercial Aspect of tha North
Pole" la published by the Yarvard Ro-
ciety for Sclentlflo Research. Aa the
north pole haa no coanmerclal aapect,
tha author haa done better than might
have been expected.
'The Advcnturea of Arthur" la a
novel of 260 pages, encloaed In blue
covers.
The currency will be reformed by
Ita frlenda of couran.
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Wa tuppoaa Judge Lowell would not
consider tha vlca-prealdency.
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A man doean't need to have
money to Know all about It.
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Lome, Iad Knickerbocker, ehoi
your bund and loascn up tha pot.
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But ahouldn't an actor have a right
to marry aa often aa an act rasa T
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"Tha election paaaed off quietly" la
a number of Oregon towna yesterday. ,
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It's rvrcmber. but there are rosea Itt
bloom In Portlund, aa uaual at thla time
of year.
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John Hot Air la a prominent Okla
homa Indian. Why waan't he aent to
the senate?
Booka of travel are always Interest
ing. Some of the best published thla
season are:
"Tiffin In Tibet." bv Anglo-Indian:
"Through Patagonia In a Wheelbarrow,"
oy Loon Attic; "Flatbush ttSWIirk Row,"
bv Explorer: "Bv Alrshln t8tha Pole."
by W. W.; "Three Daya In a Broadway
vjar, vy Anyone.
Booka afford a fine field for the dis
criminating selection of Christmas pres
ents, iney can De nad to match almost
any furniture.
Boya wilt ie fascinated bv "Around
the Globe." It is a thrilling story of
adventures In many lands nnd seas. Kiva
boys build an airship which, by the
ejection of gaa and by loading with load,
can be converted Into a submarine Thev
ly to the north pole, dive to the bottom
or tno ocean and catch a whale, which
tney tram to rouow them bv feed n a It
with cans of sardines. When the boys
are chased by robbera in the Sahara
desert the whale kills the bandits with
blow of Its tall. There are manv
other realistic Incidents that will stir
the blood of any boy so that he will go
out and break the neighbor's windows.
"Helen Adair" la a novelette of 15.
000 worda. Moat of them have been
usea before.
And
I wove the thing to a random
rhvme:
For the Rose is Beauty; the Gardener,
Time.
Austin Dobson.
Humane Suggestion.
From the New York Sun.'
Knicker-My son, thla hurts me more
than you.
Johnny Well, pa, why don't you take
chloroform before you begin?
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vnu resnonded.
Its you, wttn your bumper crops,
who have brought the ships from "The
Chalk White Cliffs of Albion," to Port
land's harbor, who will leave gold for
vour produce. We are proudly exhibit
ing your world famous apples. Here's
to you, Mr. Farmer, your faithful wife,
your sturdy sons and rosv cheeked
daughters. Long may you live to en
Joy the reward of your labor for you
have aaved the day theacredlt of Ore
gon you've made good. 1
Our Standard of Values.
, Richard Baxter.
Our estimation of things will be seen
In the diligence of our endeavors. That
which we hlghliest value, we shall think
no paina too great to obtain. I
made by Secretary Hitchcock should
not be followed by a policy of mere
idleness ana oonvion
Reflections of a Bachelor.
From tho New York Preas.
Men do all their writing of love let
ters before they are married; a woman
can keep it up forevejn,,
-The most lmportantthlng about'
woman's eyea is they can say so much
without meaning a bit of It. '
When a girl's hair is nice and ourly
sheanever haa any religious doubts.
The harder It is raining tha aUrer a
girl who haa to be out In It is it won't
hurt her best atockings.
A woman doesn't have to bo Very good
to ba better, than the beat man that
Uvea.
Three tone sold In two daya.
"Troy Tenor, the Cowboy."
Order It now with your winter coal.
Second edition of 10 tons now ready.
"Troy Tenor Is a character that grins
the reader like a door closing on your
inumo. cook weeaiy.
"There are no flies on 'Trov Tenor.
the Cowboy.' ' Henry James In the
Evening Ghost.
order a hundred weight for vour fam.
lly. Advt.
Josef Lhevlnne's Birthday.
Josef Lhevlnne. tho celebrated nt.
nist, was born in Moscow on December
is, nis xatner Delng then a mu
clan In the imperial orchestra of Ma
native city. From his father the lad
received his first musical instruction.
At the age of 6 he began to take les
sons from Krlsander, a Swede, remain
ing with him five years, durlnar whU-h
period he made his first public appear
ance in Moscow. At 11 ho begun his
tudies In tho Imperial Conservatory
receiving at his graduation In 1892 a
gold medal and the hlchest hnnnr
rne next tnroe summers ho sp&nt In
the Caucasus, chiefly for the benefit of
his health, but continuing his studies
at the same time. In his fourteenth
year he waa invited by Rubinstein to
play at one of hla orchestral concerts
in Moscow. At Berlin, In 1895, ha was
victorious in tne nrst competition for
ine ftuuinsiein prize, wnicn is offered
every five years. Since then he hns
given concerts in all parts of Europe
mm Auirui aim iur live years ne has
been a professor In the Imperial Con
servatory at Moscow.
This Date in History.
1512 Tho British admiralty office es
tablished by Henry VIII.
1751 George Cabot, who was presi
dent of the Hartford convention born
In Salem Mass. Died April 18, 1823
1777 New Jersey's first newspaper
Issued at Burlington.
1810 Mauritius taken by the English
1839 Frederick VI, of Denmark died
succeeded by Christian VIII. '
1865 Railway communication opened
between Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario
1863 -Genoral Longstreet raised the
siege of Knoxville.
1866 Great reform demonstrations
by London trades unions.
1881 Electric street liarhts lnfrn
duced In Philadelphia.
1894 Leon Abbott, ex-governor of
New Jersey, died.
1897 German marines .took nnuKi.
sion of Kiao Chan, China.
Real Estate News. j
From the Toledo Blade.
A man in Newcastle. Indiana, sold
some real estate and waa paid $1,100
In casM. He was a smart man. He
would not truat the banka. He hid th
bills In bis wife's- atocking and hid
the stocking under the bureau. Then
he felt safe. There waa a boarder In
the house. The boarder needed money,
Ho found the stocking, likewise tho
money. Now the man of the house
cannot find the money. Ho Is also out
a boarder. The boarder, likewise. Is
out .
Germs for Ours.
We'd rather risk the danger
When we fool around a miss.
Tot there's nothing any stranger
Than a disinfected kiss ,
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Per nape we Will learn that wa enuM
get along without ao many courta and
ao much lawlng.
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What aeema to be needed In New York
Is a divorce of tha banka from Wall
street speculation.
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The Republican nartv Isn't roallv mm
bad aa aome people might Imagine from
the Oregonlan leaving 1L
The baby king of Spain haa been made
a military officer, lie haa been up In
arms nearly ever since he waa born.
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What the Ktigene Guard doean't knew
about "the financial altuatlon" would
make. In quantity, a preaidentlal mea
aage. Future generations. If they read about
preaent-day trials in our oourta, will
wonder that we called ouraelvaa civil
ised. a
Perhaps Secretary Taft la hurrying
home to find out what Is the matter
with Cleveland and Toledo. Why
couldn't they be good, like Cincinnati?
And Is this J. I'. Morgan, whom tha
f resident consults, the same to whom
'resident Cleveland aold the bonds? Yea
but ho waa a Democrat then and la a
xiepuuucan now.
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It waa long ago that a man named
Eplctetus said what la Juat aa true
today: "None, therefore, who feare or
grlevea, or worries, or who Is anxious
1 free; but whoever la released from
grlefa and fears and anxieties Is by
that very thing released from alavery'
Oregon Sidelights
Myrtle creek now haa an electric light
plant In operation. ... ,
Fine English walnuts are alsOralsed
around Myrtle Point. y.
A Cottage Grove man will set out a
pear orchard of 35 acres.
Good beef Is obtained from the range
tho year round In Curry county.
A 00-acre ranch near Jacksonville la
to be cut up and sold In small tracts.
For the first time the attendance at
the La Grande public schools exceeda
1,000.
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There have been at least 15 people in
town this week looking for houses to
r,ent. says the Jacksonville Post.
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A Payette man raised over 600 tur
keys, herding them like sheep. They
averaged, when dressed, 20 pounds each.
Clatsop county, cluims an Astoria pa
per, has fuel oil, Illuminating gas, pot
ters' clay, and Iron sand. In endless
quantities.
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A couple named McBrlde, living near
Weston, have eight sons living, and 56
grandchildren, who assembled at
Thiinkagivlng, according to a Walla
Walla paper.
Daisy Dell correspondence of Toledo
Leader: Salmon are ao plentiful now
in the small streams that empty Into
the ocean, that the school children catch
them with their hands.
Toledo Leader: We hereby offer an
apology for the blank look which tha
Leader hns this week, but owing to yes
terday's holiday and the editor In chief
eating too much turkey, he Is alck abed
today.
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It la most gratifying news to tho
people of Grants Pass, and particularly
those interested in mining In Josephine
county that the American Gold Fields
company will sqpn resume operations on
Its big Grantte Hill mines of Louse
creek district, says the Courier.
Hood River News Letter: Mosler de
serves all that may be said of her ad
vantages ns a fruit aectlon and haa so
rfamAtiBtrotail rn mnr. than nntk ni.
casion. And now that they have a com- J
merclal club organization, with wide- I
awake and progressive men at ita head,
we may reasonably look for Others to
take note of her resources.
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There are no further developments
regarding the recently discovered out
flow of xule Lake, although there are
many stories afloat concerning the
same. They range from a spouting
stream' 100 feet high down at the head
of Fall River to a slight overflow at
Scorpion Point, says the Klamath Falls
Herald. Probably the report that tho
lake would go dry was mostly based on
imagination.
The Myrtle Creek prune will be eaten
by more people this year than ever be
fore, and throughout a wider scope of
old earth's area, says the Hall. One
car went to London, England, by way
of New York, five went to New York,
four to Chicago, two .$ St. Louis, 1 to
Milwaukee, ono to Pittsburg ono to
Portland, Maine, and four to Albany,
and ono to Roseburg.
Of the first dry Sunday In Condon
the Globe says: Although 'the wind
blew, the rain descended and the floods
came' it was hard to realize at that mo
ment the town was "dry." Scores of '
men promeijaded the streets all day
with tho hooe that some miracle mltrht
open a welcoming door wherein a solo
f ame might break the monotony , and
hua end that awful feeling of loneli
ness. The only tning to do was for tha
homeless' wanderers to gather in groups
and talk over the situation ona of a
lost home. Towards evening the unen
became 'more composed, tho gathertaiga
broke up and ono by ono these wander
ers wended their way to seek; rest and
slumber. - .
Encouraging.
From the New- York Sun.
The cftmel regarded the eye of tha
needle.
"Go on," encouraged the rich man.
"Suppose you had to get through a re
volving door." -V
Thus indeed do we see that hope
springs eternal. (
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