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Or., tct trao-alaatoa Uroufk tUa aw 11 u aeoa4-lMS tualtM. ... . v v c v, , ttaxrHosnuun. un. bomb, a eosu An SttxrtaMla raare-4 br tb- bera. iu IP aearauir im arptrxmn '"" rOBSIOH AD VIETISINQ BBPBJCSINTATIVi VrrctoBd-BraJaaila Special Ad -Oalnf Afraer. pmrnwlrk BulMlnf, S36 Klftk evesae. MW Yt Totes than Bryan did. Men like O'Brien bave no com prehension of "principles" or Issues or political trends. - They are always should be retained in his position. It is barely possible that an equally good or even a better man might be selected, but the presumption Is that this Is not the sole object, as It talking about the wisdom of the should be, in making a change if any York; Trthnna BulMlna, OloafO. Suharrtptloa Tares br Mil ta say Sddraai la. Lb Dolt Sutea, Caaada a stalk. v DAIUX. . Cna -ar..,.,.S5.00J Ona naaU .SO .ti j SUNDAX. '. On raar.,....,.ftAO I Oaa Boath. JT 6aILT AMD SDN DA X. , Oaa TUW J Ooa amtk........S . fathers, and long-established "prin ciples"! always shutting their eyes to the present and the future and change Is to be made. This Is an extremely Important position, and I very few men are fit to fill It. Hence But is Roosevelt being supported by a united Republican party? 'While drawing Democrats,' Is be not alien atlng Republicans? Are not most of the Republican leaders either ac tively or passively opposed to him? We are not attempting by these comments and queries to make any argument for or against either party By Ba,trio ralrfa ' "Do woratn dress to plain' mtnr i re-aaer asked the othsr day. I asked man friend what ho thoutht about it weiV h answored. "thy may try to cress to piease men, but I can't say t.hJt thJl wake much of a Success of .r Then he - added rerleotively. """" muon 100 ruaay in tneir ff" .P'" averago men. Thty .7. . . r m.njr coiora ana inns." looking backward; always sneering It Mr. Looney has tilled it well, he 53- " Ko error is harmless. If it does no other evil we cannot reckon the Injury it does by merely filling the place of truth. Phillips Brooks. S THE USUAL RESULT, CHMITZ ALSO goes free, or his former trial comes to naught, through a decision of '. the California appellate court. The reasons assigned are a defective Indictment and Inadmlssable testi mony. It is difficult to speak with moderation 'and poise of these fre quent tbwartlngs of Justice, often on mere' trifling technicalities, by ap pellate courts. It has become, on their account principally, almost an Impossibility to bring any criminal of wealth, prominence or distinction to punishment - , "V There is no doubt whatever of Bchmlts' guilt, and his crimes were among the very , worst that a man can commit, such as long sentence at actual bard labor In a prison could scarcely atone for. They were crimes against not one person, or a at and scorning any. progressive or reformatory movement or any effort to change conditions to benefit the masses of the people. They are mere bourbons, fossils, reactionists. They want the Democratic party to ally Itself with the trusts and corpor ations and protected Interests, Im agining that It might thus buy its way Into power, utterly unaware that not one Democrat out of three, perhaps not one outAtf ten, would support, such a program or candi date. . These frequent pleas for estab lished "principles" are shallow and foolish evasions and attempts at de lusion. "Principles" are not worth anything except as they can be and are so applied to present and pros pective affairs as to benefit the masses of the people., What O'Brien pleads for Is the "principles" of Ryan, Belmont and Harrlman. He would like to see the Democratic party tie itself up with men of their Ilk and the' Interests they represent. If suoh advice were followed, the party might not carry even a south ern state; It certainly would not de serve to. should be reappointed unless it is certain that his proposed successor Is a better man for the place, and such certainty is scarcely possible The sum of 'the matter is, a man who has in all respects made a good record, except perhaps In pleasing some politicians, In such a position ought to be kept in It as long as he does well. Every added month of experience, If he is the right kind of a man, is of value to the public. Such offices should be entirely sepa rated from the spoils system. argument ror or against euner psny, "And 'what," said I rniekly "would but only suggesting that the Post's your majosty .uggeat as a uitabU and i. a.- x- - l. ...tl lOeOOminl atVla for wnman". question seems iw uo un n tha s-iaam h. ii. m. v. uouvi i uv vu a auwav s-v, wna a man wno conaiiieirsid word "Republican" Is substituted for the word "Democratic." Suppose we eliminate both words, and ask: What Is the matter with party?" A whole lot: and a complete answer would fill a large volume. , MElf AND WORK. N EASTERNER" writes to The Journal complaining that be has been able to find work but a portion of the time since coming here last fall. "A A St. Petersburg paper, says that Rockefeller wrote to.. Tolstoi, as a Christian teacher, asking advice as from one inspired, touching the mil lionaire's duty In disposing of his great wealth for the best Interests of humanity, Tolstoi answered him, citing Integrally the parable of Jesus to bis disciples about the beg gar Lazarus, .who gathered the crumbs which, fell from the table of a rich man, who dressed In purple and fine linen and each day sat down to splendid banquets. Lazarus died and was carried by the angels to the and that the opportunities and' ad vantages in this state and city have bo80m ot Abraham in heaven. The not give bis name, his letter is not rich man died and went to hell. To all this Tolstoi added that wealth Is published, but The Journal will 1 ay lrepugant to Christianity and com C PLEASE PARTICULARIZE. T. LINDSLEY, formerly a clerk in, the employ of the Title Guarantee & Trust company, has stopped bis that while for the past few weeks it probably has been difficult for all worthy men to obtain work, the in dlcations are that conditions will be better for them in the near future. It might be suggested in this con nection that If men really able and willing to work do not find anything to do at once In the city, they might do better to go Into the country for awhile. Just now the demand there himself an authority on woman's dreaa torlal on woman's' headgear that ap peared In tha Evening Journal a yea- or -p" iior saia mat women . . n,.ac. a norh8l- bonnets. Lh "'"V a,t 14 y"--, he said, and S. r,"ebU -and becomlnav f tell at man was right I agree with ami vu ion oonnet Question. ' you. Indeed r I answered. ?And """ u na,iM aitor in question succeed In aettlna- ell to place these horsehair monstrosities uwir otmi. you would, I suppose, And them more beautiful than If they I .f" lT""nniM nla tneir own HIT- . . . naiurmny," na returned, in such a ""souiine superiority and fin closed ' subject was perforce I asked several other men what style of dress they admired for women and they were all rather vague. Strangely enough, most of them thought women looked prettier without hats. Of course they are so used to their hideous black derbys and battered, dis reputable old Panamas that they have no appreciation of all the pretly things that go to make a woman's hat I must confess, however, that some Of our hats are fearful anil wnndarful enough to justify man's opinion of them-, Men' as a nil 1IV nlaln Minn Plaids they rather admire, but ftowered i wayV Then. I Oregon, - J apparently V didn't count,' any- mayba Mr, Bryan will carry and' figured effects do not appeal to thAm'weU laundered white shirt waist with a neat collar and smart tie they always admire. A well made skirt with a neat, belt also suits their fancy.' . Women are very apt to eacrmce tne becoming to the fashionable. If a thing Is very much In style a woman cannot resist It though, she may have an uneasy consciousness Uiat It docs not in the least become her. , ' A men never likes to sea a lot of floating ribbons and veils about a woman" He likes to see her neat and ship-shape. . ','2.1: After looking his over. Mr. Bin-ham i Know one man wnw y believes It reaomhl-a a. Umnii T . . a a - mil r n a. wn M iDron dili ,r , , i - "It makes a woman look so cosy and homelike," bo says. ; When a woman clad all In new. and aoraeous apparel enters a room, full of The neglect of coast trada in Ore gon Is a mystery. .-, vr" ' . e ',.', . Hurrah tnr Fultnn r... Fulton or lournJ. " . -" If there an fiutiv a- i. .vi.. to be done about them f r.m people she Is not conscious of tha mas cultne eyes that are fixed upon her, but of the feminine. . ', . When a man ooes wmpimnni mr nptm her appearance in a certain gown. ment from a woman. she is perhaps mora pleased than she would be at receiving the same compll- Nobodv in thla rarlnn will Mmitl.u la the east wind stays away all winter. Who enuM liava tminul . T Tr. Hltchlnga doing anything un.ethic.alT , A rrait irunn nnt "-BaH T-.,..- Of? What is there to ba afraid whole there la no doubt that women dress to please their own sex. ' , ; ' In the first place, no man appreciates the cut or material or style. f How many women, I wonaer, nave had the experience of dressing up. to please a certain man. only to have him serenely unconscious that there was anything unusual In the costume Half the time a man could not tell to save his life, what dress his wife, had on, If vou asked him suddenly. So It la small wonder that woman does not pay much attention ' to man s criticisms on tha dress question. . Can't you see the lorqj or crea tion passing by the ladles who wore horsehair bonnets and bestowing all their admiration on the rooiisn-minoef ladles who preferred to make them selves look pretty T -I think, perhaps, that wo know best what' suits us. after all; wise mascu line critics to the contrary notwith standing. NOW Is the time tn fnrrnar mnn In London, If you need any; the discount IS ..Off, - . :,.'... j ' Even this year, girls should look be' rore they leap and then, in some cases, not leap. , . V . f y . It Is - said King Alfonso ts nine 11Jy' No wonder the fellow , has so little sense. But wouldn't Nevada ba better oi lts few people, or even San Francisco J subscription to The Journal, giving la not as great as It has been, either, alone, but against the whole Ameri can people. It was more Important to punish this man and thereby set an example and give warning to . other officials Inclined or tempted to rob the m people, than almost ' any every one of your statements is ab- cnmmai wno nas Deen tnea in tnis BOiutelv false, as will be proven country for years. To put that man aterv we invite Mr. Llndsley to and Ruef In prison for a terra of farnish a bill of particulars, setting years would haVe done this country -ort The Journal's "mlsrepresenta- a vast amount of goodi- To let them tlons" In connection with the failure go free through trivial technicalities of thl ba. noe. he refer to the as his reason this paper's "constant I and wages at this season of the year misrepresentation of the failure," would be low, but a job of any kind and he adds: "I have known these I In the country would be better than officers (of the company) Intimately none In the city. This state Is now for years and I know that almost j suffering somewhat from an acute attack of Harrimanltls, but that burden will be lifted, at least par tially, somehow, before long, and Oregon will then be the very best state In the union for all kinds of. intelligent and diligent workers. mon sense; "money," be said, "was created for the convenience ot life's necessities and to help those who have It not; to bold It so that it does not serve the poor Is simply an evil." He ended by recommending that Rockefeller do not forget the words of Jesus, that "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven." Will this lesson from Tolstoi get any nearer the rich man's soul than what he reads dally at the family altar? Probably Mr. Rockefeller seriously wishes to know and do the right thing. Must one be as rich as be to profit by the same lessons that are given him by Tolstoi? Is itself worthy tcbe called a crime against society, and cannot fall to bring upon our judicial system the contempt of an Indignant people. Information gathered by the expert from the books of the bank and pub lished In these columns? If so, do CHANCES TO LEARN. these books misrepresent the facts? This single instance might not 0r doe8 he flnd fault wJt The Jour justify? such severe criticism, If It were an exceptional, case, but such decisions have become '; the rule. Echmlts is only one of a long line of criminals ' whom the -courts have freed; though of whose guilt nobody A' nal for publishing the fact that his friends bad been indicted on the charge of criminal mismanagement and breach of trust? We can respect Mr. Llndsley's loy alty, even though It be mistaken, but had the slightest doubt. It seems there are Beveral thousand deposl- as it me main Dusiuess oi some ap- tors wb0, to their cost, also trusted , pellate courts has become the search- the offlcerg of the defuct bank and , ing ior excuses to iree criminals ana 'overturn laws. Almost any techni cality,' , however flimsy and far- who probably will not think very highly ot his judgment. Some of ham Ilka Mr T.fnrfalAV "hart bnnwn fetched, will do. The punishment Lv ,Hmt-ii, for viw and leaiure ui our criminal laws, as iu exceptional or' anywise distinguished offenders, has become nearly a dead letter, almost hopeless of enforce ment, 1 ' . ' . . . . , There seem to be some grounds for a reversal of the Schmlts case, purely legal In character, but probably- less grounds would have suf- now wish they hadn't But It Is Idle to discuss at this time the measure of wrongdoing on the part of those responsible for the wrecking of the bank; the facts will all come out eventually.' One question, however. Mr. Llndsley: Now that you have stopped your . subscription to The Journal, where do you expect to find ficed. The whole system Is wrong and .unbiased reDorts of fu and farcical, for under It a trial ture developments In relation to this court;, is aimost certain to commit I bank? some error, ana tne most trinmg one will do, that will excuse a reversal. The plain, prominent, glaring, Indis putable fact of the defendant's guilt: cuts no figure whatever. The thing j Is to use' some legal legerdemain to free him In spite of his guilt. - The courts are all or nearly all honest, clean and pure though un der Herrin's choosing of some In SCARCITY OP SOLDIERS. HE GOVERNMENT finds it dif ficult to secure soldiers enough to maintain even the present small army. An officer of a battalion stationed In Texas reports: T 'I have present today In' the four Judges f companies 66 men and 29 of these California may be excep-lare to be discharged this month. At -tions -but the-trouble - lies-in -4he the end of thhr month if we get no i mistaken conception of judicial duty, recruits one company will have three " The real business of a criminal court men and' another four. The other ought to be to determine who is two companies will have 11 and 12 . guilty and punish them. Every men respectively.' , atep and motion and word and look . This Is probably an extreme casej and breath by which this Is done is j but there Ms slight inducement for cot essential, yet every one ot these Is made essential. Hence as a rule only the poor and undistinguished defendant can be successfully con victed and punished. It Is a dis couraging thing to contemplate. REACTIONARY DEMOCRATS. E iX-JUSTICE O'BRIEN of New York, at a meeting of Demo crats, referred in highly com plimentary terms to ex-PresI-l dent Cleveland and Judge Parker, and in part said: " "Whenever the party has stood firmly and unitedly a long time to come, it Is not strange young men to enter the army, or to remain In It if they do enlist. The pay is small, the life Is monotonous, there Is nothing to gratify or stimu late any worthy ambition, at least as far as privates are concerned, and altogether the term of enlistment seem? so much time about lost. In time of war, or when a war Is in prospect, various emotions and promptings cause young men to enlist- ambition, patriotism, love of adventure, . etc. but In time of peace, and v wiih no prospect nor scarcely any. possibility of war for PERSON possessing the faculty of not only deep but sinuous penetration through logical (or Illogical) labyrinths, by which one-may arrive at exactly the op posite conclusion from that which an ordinary straight-going reason ing process would have carried him to, can learn considerable by ob serving carefully the decisions of some of ' our higher courts. "The law" is a thing past finding out, ex cept through a decision of the high est court, and then one can learn only that as to a particular point It Is thus and so, but why let him not Inquire. Up in Baker county a woman was beaten with a leather strap by man, who, with another, menaced her with "pistol and gun." The men were convicted under a statute making It a felony for a person, when armed with a menacing gun, to beat or strike another with a "cowhide, whip, stick or other like thing' But the supreme court, of course cor rectly, In point of law, says they were wrongfully convicted because a "leather strap" is not a "cowhide, stick, whip or other like thing." Now see how foolish you would have been If you Imagined that a "leather strap" was anything llkd a "cowhide, whip or stick." Of course a leather strap might be made of cowhide, but It Is not a whole cow hide, and then perhaps the prosecu tion failed to prove that It was even a piece of cowhide; It might have been a piece of calfhlde, or steer hide. And everybody will admit on reflection that a piece of strap Is not just like a whip, atti(4ptally unlike a stick. So we live and learn. Moral: If you want to beat a woman, intimi dating her meanwhile with a gun use neither stick, whip tor cowhide, but a leather strap. The size and weight of it are immaterial. Mr. J. P. Morgan has been down to Washington conferring with Sec retary Cortelyou again, and left for New York in company with Senator Aldrlch. So let nobody worry about the currency affairs of the country. These gentlemen will attend to them all right. Heeding tLe People ' From tha Pendleton East Oregonlan, An Oregonlan letter from Salem aays that the principal political Issue this year m Marion county will be statement No. X the contest between the people and the bosses In the senatorial elec tion. Will the voters rule, or will tha ooaaes ruieT mat Is the Issue. In Umatilla county tha same ques tion Is going to be an Issue. The peo ple are going to make it an Issue. The voters, Republican and Democratic, are going1 to insist on candidates for. the legislature subscribing- to this state ment; they are going to Insist on the people having their rights. The East Oregonian insists that vot ers aemand of candidates for the legis lature that they sign this statement. It is the highest duty of the public serv ant to servo the people. The bosses have ruled long enough. Let the people have their rights. Let us be rid of the legislative con tests over senators. Let us settle It oncefor all at the polls, where ail pub-1 lio questions should be settled. Then the law -makers can spend their time making laws and when through can come name ana stop the expense. Statement No. 1 By, J. Ilennessy Murphy. It came on unexpected at a time we were dejected. And groping In the dark to flnd onr own; It smaoked of roly-poly, and though we couian i see mrougn it wnouy. We were willing to play It and be ahown! When by the great Colossus If It didn't swat tne bosses, And laid them on the shelf to pine and moan: It worked so on the level that it raised tne very devil For Jonathan sneaked In and took the bone. But It swept away dejection, which was xouoweo Dy renection That we'd stumbled onto something inai went some: A statement that erases chicane stunts ana spoils the faces Of the gents, who put their party on the bum! A statement which displaces what ma- cnine always disgraces. And a marrlaea with riunllr-ltv knt An enlargement of the vision and a long aeiayea oecision. with any other calamity than with .camiaiuj v in session T , The second elective term proposition would not -ba unanimously supported by Oregon Republicans. - Morgan Jas been to sea Cortelyou again; look out for soma mora our rency relief for the country. ' e a .- " The Taft boom may not ba growing mUCh. but It lS a rOOA al hla-a-a? v..m uv cab vu put together. As to Girls. I like my freedom, I admit, My ..pipe and chat with some old Whether one agrees with Mr.. Bryan's plan for currency reform or not, no one can well dispute the justice of his criticism of the Cor-telyou-Morgan scheme, one wholly In the Interest of a few bankers. If enough hopgrowers plow up their vines, the price of hops Is pretty sure to rise. The question Is: Will enough other fellows plow up? t Now if a Fulton club and a Bourne club are formed, and they fraternize and coalesce, that will be an en couraging sign of harmony. It is estimated that during a few" weeks last fall the people hoarded $276,000,000 more than usual. No wonder money was tight. An Increase In the total amount of Portland money orders during 1907 of about 20 per cent over 1906 Is another growth straw. The secretary of the treasury de facto, J. P. Morgan, has been visit ing the secretary de jure, Mr. Cor telyou. crony. But still Ira not opposed a bit To matrimony. A blessed and a holy state I know that cannot be disputed. As for myself, I merely wait until i m suited. Show me the girl who's to my mind (They are not scattered round so thickly), But show her to me and you'll flnd Me acting quickly. I do not ask for beauty rare Or for a bearing; croud and stately. For Intellect I do not care So very greatly. If she's not absolutely plain And if In her the virtues mingle In a fair proportion, I'll remain No longer single. Tes, such there are some perfect gems . . . Sweet girls with dispositions sunnv. The trouble, though, I flnd with them's They have no money. Chicago News. The Polite Toothpick. ' The clubman, having finished his tur key dinner, picked his teeth. "It is provincial," he exclaimed, "to regard tne use oi a toothpick as impo lite. The world's most fashionable res taurants the Rlti, the Savoy, Palllard's . ana so on set toothpicks on every ta ble, each toothpick sealed in a little j paper envelope. "We have a town in Michigan, the town of Harbor Springs, which Is de voted to the toothpick Industry. Hera a huge factory turns out 7,600,000 white Dircn tootnpicas a aay. The process is simple. The logs are incnes long. mi inai meres worse tnings than an nonest Democrat! And It's too late to eschew it, yea, lt'a mo iaie to unscrew it. For its sunk within the people's thinklnr nan I And all your soulful unction cannot phase a people's gumption. When Its sunk within the people's thlnklnar nan! And your pleadings cannot hide it for tne people now nave tried it. And it's sunk within the people's thinkine- nanf O there Is something going to skit you. ;i mere is someiuing going to nit you. That is sunk within the thinking pan! people's BtiH everybody won't ba obliged d take everything Mr. Heney aays as tha j aumiuif nana inaispuiaQlS irulILf Bu t . it might not ba wise for Japan to believe all that American magaslne uuctruan write aoout our navy, e It Is hardlr suDDoae- that tha ( Republican national convention will point with pride to tte panic of 1907, They are fine fowls ta look at, but the bird we Ilka beat la tha fcamalw biddy that lays a big egg 'most every A get-rich-qulck schema is so, only for the fellow who gets the money; for the investor It is a get-poor-qulck scheme. Pittsburg burglars raided a preach era nouse ana stole some sermons. They should be sentenced to learn them by heart. e Refrain accidentally overtiaar O, the a. O. P. is all tattered and tern. And the wicked assassin la Jonathan Bourne. ' a e George Ade wants to ba an Indiana I aeiegate to the national Republican con. ventlon. Ha would come handy in con structing a platform. a Governor Hughes waa not brought up by a Baptist minister for nothing: he recommends the total suppreaston of pootroom gamming in new York. a a A San Jose- man "wanted ao badly to use his revolver that he mistook his o-year-oia-son ror a Durgiar and killed him. The revolver is almost invariant b, mesni ux crime, nuscmei or .aamage. a The following statement did not orig inate in mis oirice. xt is made by a I sawed into botta 28 "Infested With Wolves." "Now Is the time," sajd a nature stu- dent, "when the snow choked forests of the past were infested with wolves." "infested with wolves' a shudder ing phrase, for this animal is the moat perfect expression of carnivorous blood- tnirst mat wains. His Jaw, Is the most terrible of weapons; its slashing bite can break the leg of a buffalo, and the fold, resembles nothing so much as the incessant cracaing oi a heavy whip. He took down a book. "Here is what the wolves of France were like," he said. "This la a letter from the famous Duchess of Orleans, dated at Marly, February 9, 1709: " 'Packs of wolves commit fearful ravages. They have devoured the post man of Alenoon and hie horse. Two of the beaats attacked a tradesman near Mons, one springing at his throat. In response to his shrieks two dragoons who were walking by came to his help. One drew his sword ' and ran a wolf tnrougn tne ooay, on which It turned and seized Its new assailant by the throat His comrade came up and beat the brute off, but not before It had paper in Iowa, where every office down to aogentcner is ruiea Dy a Republl can: "The Republican cartr in thia atate has suffered under the leadership I The Louisville- Post aays that the! new secretary or atate naa agreed to I turn over tna entire Kentucky dele gation )in the Republican convention to Fairbanks. He must ba a ria-ht smart I boss if he can do this, which probably! 9 vail w - .,, Qregon Sidelights Klamath Falls has a school of dra- matlc art. reopie or uanaa ana vicinity are! woraing xor a cannery. e e It is one thing, as may discover, to get an office, and another to run it successfully. What Is the use of a Heney to convict when there Is an appellate court to undo his work? 'Finally, when effective bnln arrival both the soldiers and one wolf were found dead. The other had a-ot awav. I As for the tradesman,, his leg was eo be ampu- THB BOOT PINCHES BOTH FEET. A' for Its principles, we have never met , with a defeat,. and .It has only been . when the party has been divided. be cause of the hope that success would result from following some, shifting, 'popular sentiment or some1 new and Impracticable reform, that we have 'met with overwhelming and deseryed defeat.To ascertain Uhe cause of this, we need but look carefully into the campaigns that bave been -waged and contrast the men and measures that were -successful , with the con dltions that existed at the time of dcfeM." ' - '- ' t Judge O'Brien meant to intimate that Cleveland and. the men .who supported him, and also Parker and lis supporters, stood for "rght prln-ii-los." while Bryan and his sup j.Mlcrs stood and stand for mere outer sentiment" or ''lmpractl-' that the army life does not attract young men. They can find some thing better to do. THE REFORM SCHOOL. HE OFFICE of superintendent of the reform school ought not to be used as a means of pay ing any political debts -or be stowed on account of any political or personal obligation or preference It is to be expected that politics will be considered to the extent of be stowing the place upon a Republican, but beyond that the only considera tion ought to be the superior fitness and capability of lone applicant over another. , ) The term of Superintend ent N. H." Looney having expjjred, it is reported that Treasurer Steel and Secretary BenBon have , decided to NSWERINO ITS question, "What Is the matter with the Democratic party?" the Louis ville Post says, in part: "To day, within the Democratic party, there Is no overwhelming principle controlling the thoughts and the conduct of men. There is no unani mity concerning the kind of legisla tion that should be enacted. There Is no support of principles which a large body of the American people want applied to government." This is perhaps trite. But isn't it equally true of the Republican party? The Post says that "Mr. Bryan is the only Democratic leader! who has been public policy public attention land , public discus sion." If this be true, and If the Democratic party should with prac tical unanimity support Mr. Bryan this year, might It not be said that that party was united in favor of such legislation and principles as he advocates? And w all know pretty well what these are. Can the Republican party make a similar showing? The ' Post says further;. "The activity, of Mr. Roosevelt la drawing to the Repub- Mr. Heney Is doubtless observing that the defendants are now getting their Innings. nches Ion a. The rap bolts are steamed, and then sliced as wolf had seized the second dragoon MrV Schuebel "''j cKri. Jne "A11! ISPS? lnJ om.. beh,nd and dragged him down. iiuuvuo inviiQa niuci null me uu bons are run through a machine that drops into a basket on the right the fin ished toothpicks, and Into 4 basket on tA16?,1, the IS?.6 spHnters. . J pitifully torn tha if had te ui iuui.iipk.-ks muni? came irom i tated above the knee. doiniviuo io roni, a town near fans. This town takes the quills of 2,000,000 geese, and produces 20,000,000 quill picks a year, "If you ever see a man sneer at tooth pick users, set him down at once as n provincial, as one ignorant of good form as it Is conceived of In London, Paris, Cairo, the Riviera." At least no court can re-establish Schmltz as mayor. Let San Fran clsco rejoice In' that fact. Yes. Queer? Wouldn't It f til you '.with wonder If all who swore off at New Year Stuck to their' pledges like thunder And touched not a whiskey or beer? Wouldn't you view with suspicion An Hem you'd read in the news, Declaring no other commission Was pondered by Governor Hughes? And wouldn't your head go a-swimmin', And wouldn't you inina it queer If all of the fashions for women Stayed changeless through an of the yearT f An item as gay as the others At wnicn you nave giggiea ana J laughed: That Fairbanks and Cannon like brothers Were boosting like blazes for Taftl And wouldn't It strike you as funny, Not to say oeuceaiy queer. .able to rtwu&& rney In a manner to attraetf . b. Quincy, in New York American. Theodore L. Cnyler's Birthday. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyier, noted through. out tne wona or fresDytenanism as a pulpit orator, temperance advocate and philanthropist, was born In Aurora, New York, January 10, 1822. He graduated Roads and bridges of Linn county are! generally in good condition. I An English Lutheran church society! Tha hounda of Dr. Dodann of naka.1 City pursued and captured four coyotes.1 klllat tha man jr.- i,.rll Yi "A. i WW Ilium ICHUI1BIB I1B.VB OUn iffl. wn fVi1,? ?L t-ltb2Z PlOr-?d tor the Corvallls public school maaing i t in ait . e e . ' A proposed ordinance in Tha Dalles! prescribes that saloonista eannot sell tot habitual drunkards when a written re-l quest haa been placed by a guardian art a ponce oiiicer in tne nanaa or a sa-i loonman. e a ... In 1876 the population ef The Dalle-f was 800. xne census taken in 1880 lnl tne wnoie township was 8,260, In 18841 a.auv. in ivvi, o.uuu. Eugefte Regiaterr A larger number of migrating individuals seem to have struck the-.plty in the past few day than usual. v They seem to be all ovei the city and many of them have as sumed an . attitude of boldnean thai neeas curping, or tney will take th from Princeton college In 1841 and from the Princeton Theological seminary five years later. He was ordained to the ministry In 1848. In 1860 he became pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Pres byterian church In Brooklyn, the pulpit of which he continued to occupy for 80 years and of which, he Is now pastor emeritus.. , During all these years., in addition to his other duties, he has been foremost in many temperance and in . A Libel on the Ladies. "AH over the world, at this time. women in a uniform way are showing their silly vanity by knitting." 5 ' "Their vanity? Their Industry, you mean,"; we interposed. "Silence. Let me exnlaln - Tn all tha beautiful nubile nlacea whnrn thin win. ter women most ao congregate, you see 1 tna city ana many or tnem nave as mem unuiiug. in tne sun liooaea lounge of tne Engadiner Kulm at St.- Morltz, in the tearoom of Shepheard's in Cairo, inthe Carlton's foyer, In the Bicm uwi ui mo ruviera palace In Nice, -r This Date In History. 1253 The Alhambra, a famous Moor- Some knit gloves, some socks? some is.n. palace-near -Granada, founded by! out, makes no differ YV?i"",.r at Palm Beach, at Los Angeles, you see omen knitting, knitting, interminably. waistcoats: ence what, they knit the oblect of tha knitting Is the same vanity. "For the sole purpose of the work Is upon the slim white fingers. The knit. upon tne sum white lingers. . The kuit uuwiuiuh "X nlava th nm a. wail a. hn.h TCI 176 Sta to a acpra or more or books ur.-uuyier cr-j --2 Parliament ."B 1"" "rJ ?Ti. .T ,"T tiddled before the f acea" ludlcrou S3 ' 1791-Vermont adoptea the constltu nVCrejKs-"pape wi have , been traslated Into several to JvJ. addition 1568 Thirty-nine articles published! 1718 France declared war against opain. - a 1787 Ethan Allen born. Died Feb ruary 13. 1789. i ting keeps the hands well in view; it I A762T JrUlien Pubulu pioneer of the keepa them In constant motion; It Ais- et?l0ec0'i"wa' b.1n-i v ... .1 eign languages. Mother of 200. The veterinary surgeon paused in his lecture to aisrtiay an agea cat in a basket linea witn pin iiannei. "Gentlemen," he said, "this cat holds, so far aa I know, the maternity record. She Is 18 yeara old, and she is the mother of 200 kittens. ' ' "I know of many cases of tabbies of 18 or 14 that have brought 100 and even 126 little ones Into the world, but there la no other case recorded of a falln mother of 200." v - He patted the aged animal's head.'' "You splendid old thins;." he said "T wish I could introduce you to the Dreal- dent." 1 - In a Word. Sparrows hate blue. Hot water drinking cures Insomnia. Tha Incubator is an Egyptian inven tion. The tinvacclnated may not vote In Norway. t The word) "bosh" is Turkish and means "nothing." A wild elephnnt can scent an enemy ata aisiance or i.ouu yarus. Pianos are provided for , the Inmates of the London-almshouse of Lambeth. To educate a boy at an English public school, such as Eton or Harrow, costs at least l,i500 a yearf 1 . -4 Over 1E.000 people, practically all the Inhabitants of Markneuklrschen. In Sax ony, are engaged In violin-making. ; A grain of pure musk will scent a room for 20 years, and at the end of that time will annarentiv not hava lessened In the' least in weight or odor. Women rode astride till Anne of -Bo hemia's time. She, being deformed, had to use a side saddle, and the women of her court, to flatter her. adopted a sad dle of tha same awkward make, , - - nowadays, diamonds and pearls, rubies, sapphires and emeralds bevond cnunttne Un a 1 V. l..nl... a . . . a ! upon innumerable pale hands, and about a yard of knitted stuff Is produced a ween. . ) . t, "Watch these knitters.- and see M vnu. find one without at least $600 worth of rings on ner -lingers. " .! :r:. , The Pet Squirrel; , , The Old Soldier, propped on his crutch in the snowy park, called! "Hera, Buster! Here, Buster!" : TTalf a. rinaen snulrreln rnttA the bare trees and ran to him, but he drove them away. , "Git," he aald. "I want Buster." And finally Buster must have ap peared, for the veteran "allowed the sev enth squirrel.-to. run up his crutch and to take nuta from his coat pocket, i"Say,i how can you" tell one squirrel from another?" a bystander asked. VHow do you know that's Buster?", a "By hl face, of course, same as you know your friends,' said - the .old sol dier. "If you like 'em you can tell squirrels by. their faces, and sheep and robins,,-and even. Chinamen," ... . . , , i 1 -t'-j . '- " '.- tlon. 1840 Henry D. Gilpin of Pennsyl vania-became attorney-general of thW United States. ' I 1861 Jefferson Davis Of Mississippi epuKQ in justiucuiiuii ui BBueaBion. I 1868 Lyman Beecher, eminent Ameri can clergyman, died In Brooklyn. Borif n New juaven, wctooer , il ia. i 1866 James Jay Ma pes,, noted Ame'rl lean chemist, died In New York, . Borrf May 29, 1806. - - tj 1870 Postcards first Introduced inti England. 2 it, 1884 Donald M. ' Fairfax. UnH'i States ' officer' who took Mason an" Slldell from the Trent, died In Haaers town, Maryland,.,. Born ,. in Virginia August iv, Jis.. - : An Unlucky Coin. ;f Tfie ouarter' dollar." said a nnmln mntiat. "should be a very unluckv cnir It is nothing but one mass of; thirteen "There are i eiara on iu jnere ar ia :itters In the scroll that th onvt holds In Its claws, there are 13 .feather in the eagle's tall, and there are 1 feathers in nis wing, un tne shield ther are ' 18 parallel tinea, 13 horlzonta stripes and 13 arrow-heads. -.. V'lrlnallv. In the worda 'niiarta nli there are Juct IS letters, ; .