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country of large natural resource
and it if now . carrying . about as
heavy a burden aa it ean well atand.
Besides, without boastfulness, the
United States, while , It . might be
damaged a good deal " for a little
while, ia not a . country to be
whipped, nor ultimately worsted.
Dut more than all this, the enlight
ened, progressive thought of the age
is tending toward peace, not war;
toward the settlement of Interna-
tlonal disputes by arbitration where
diplomacy falls.
SHORTSIGHTED FORAKER.
Letters From ttc People
People Demand Statement No. 1,
In the case of an 18-year-old boy I proved during the past few months,
snatching a woman's purse on the land that, prospects are good.'; This
street? Why his threadbare coat, I is valuable testimony, for if the eJgsr I
dib lanerea trousers ana worn nm i u iuuacw iraao aeepa up win n i Portland, Or., Feb. I. To the Editor
shoes? Is there a mother, is there lis pretty 'certain that other lines of h Journal. Thia is a overnment
a sister, and how fares It with them? j business are not falling off any. llel0f the people. Xor the people, and by the j revived. ;, , . r. . '!
mey say mat some win tnnve ana i says mat newspaper advertising fur- people. jtnas always neen so. ' . Lit the people make sure of alaoting
some win not, ana pernaps it is true, i msnes a gooa oarometer tor toe state i were mru Lmn lapses in ins past mat i senators tnemaeivea.
Dnl An all lli. nlflfnl lniliniM nf I ft traa ind luiiiitlHmi nf Knalnaaa I Mfmd tO detract from - thlfl VlW. , it I '
waa iBDara nr ina natnia. in vnnina i unj miiiarr im n ...uu
-rl Small Cijang t
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All efforts to sidetrack Bryaa die a-
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Oeer vs. Ellis; the old factional fight ;
Ue REALM I
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, ; The measure of charity
thou dealest shall be poured
Into thine own bosom.
Topper. ..
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TUB RAILROADS AKD THE PEO-PLE.
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human life come from mere thrift- and that In -his business there has
lessness? ' Ibeen no curtailment of advertising.
The third of these pathetic stories I With the lapse of winter it looks as
related bow the net earnings of the I if the "stringency," except as the
steel trust for the past year were I presidential campaign ' may affect
$160,000,000 with a surplus of I business a little, would disappear.
tl 18.000.000 of undivided nrofltfl on
hand. It is a tale of tears and I Since last spring there has been I force from William Jennings Bryan as I but It la doubtful about Cuba.
of the aovernment . atlll lived. lt on 01 mon' 1"'
awaited tna call of .the. people to, bring I g..io flunalj The Journal la tha
II InlA . Hnn That nail . mm Mm, lu. wanat. In Via t t ' .
mm " . w(.vw. mmmm mmMm 4 ml mj vw.l.W I k m , M .
ncaln. and It mihiu from tha nonnla nnt I . . a a
from party. The cUrion note of reform I ! T T"L,n ffP'?P to. have
is in the .1, and tha peopla hear it VUM w Wp " H'
It appenla to the' people with aa much
Give the Child m Chance. '. 7
NE of the foremost of tha many
eocleties for aiding the. poor n
New' York has taken In hand an'
important piatter for the school
children and has opened study
foojjyi In the different centers where
they may prepare theft leeaone. The
workers among the tenement families
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ORAKER'S is a notable case of tragedy. Selling steel rails to Amer-n unusual similarity of seasons bd- Krom Theodore nooaereit. f rom Francla
-pik RESIDENT ELLIOTT of the
" la Northern Pacific railroad has
JT k been, talking at Lewlston,
Idaho, complaining about and
condemning the . people's efforts to
exert tome little measure of control
over the railroads, and trying to
frighten them into supino acquies
cence in whatever the Harrimans,
Hills, Qoulds, Rockefellers and other
railroad magnates may do to them.
The little power, given to commis
sions, Mr. Elliott says, has retarded
the west by 16 years. This, inter
preted, Is a threat that the people of
this country must let the railroads
' absolutely alone, to do whatever they
please and bow they please. .
President Roosevelt. Mr. Elliott
says, , has ' "wrought havoc," and
threatens to do worse. Havoc!
What weoe Northern Pacific divi
dends last year? How many, mil
lions has Harrlman milked Oregon
, of? And how many tens of millions
wrung from the people, by -equity
their money, has be taken out of the
" west for his Wall street speculations
and to use in forming a gigantic mo
. nopoly, so that he would have mil
lions of people absolutely at his
" mercy? It Is the people that have
a right to cry "Havoc!"
Mr. Elliott wants a "halt called
on thia ' vicious legislation." He
wants, as we said, no control, regu
lation, supervision or Interference of
or with the railroads on the part of
t he people. He will be disappointed.
The people will never go back to
that position, even If the railroad I Bryan, party would be almost
officers refuse to build another mile I nored, and the people's man would
of track or make a dollar's worth of j "sweep the country
improvement The people are not! It has become a people's move-
going to be scared by the threatened ment, and cannot be stopped. And
Injury to- be ?"inflicted ' by these I the men who are trying to stop It
' tyrants, t : f f r ?tfi 1 . I are, consciously- or unconsciously
- Rather than submit longer and I enemies of the republic, of the peo
perpetualiy to absolute and unre- pie. These things Foraker, who long
strained' railroad domination, the ago forgot the people, cannot see
people will move forward, under the
blindness. He rails at the
president for trying to check
and constrain corporate dls
honesty and "malefactors of great
wealth," and longs for the return
of the good old Republican times
when the party leaders, with the
president at their head, not only
did nothing to offend or interfere
with these classes of criminals or
undesirable cltlxens, but became
their partners, allies and agents.
This, Foraker thinks, was the golden
age of American politics, and no
doubt it was, for such men aa he,
Foraker was always on the side
of the Interests, the trusts, the rail
roads, the combinations of capital,
and none the less so if they were
dishonest, oppressive and'eontemptu
ous of the laws. It was just such
mon and 'combines that Foraker
served, for this he went into and
was kept in public life. He scarcely
denies or disguises It.
Foraker Is blind because he thinks
Roosevelt is an anomaly, a tempor
ary, disturbing Incident, a mere
visionary mischief maker, and that
everything will fall back into the
old well-greased grooves as soon as
Roosevelt retires. It Is true that
Roosevelt is an anomaly in that
high place, but what Foraker can't
see is the awakening throughout the
whole country, in consequence of the
opportunity Roosevelt gave, to the
necessity of a far higher standard
of official ethics, and of the curb
ing and control of the predatory and
plundering interests, combines and
corporations.
-Roosevelt, by virtue of his posi
tion, gave a start to this move
ment, made it possible on alarge,
countrywide scale, and now there
Is no stopping It. A president such
as Foraker would like, himself, for
Instance, could of course do much
to stop or check it, but could do so
but temporarily; besides, unless the
people are greatly deceived in the
man, there will bo no more such
presidents. If, for example, Fora
ker were running pext fall against
lg
leans at 28 per ton, selllpg them in iween mis region ana tne d&?.k ii. it i, reform the people want, it woman la not happier than ahet
Egypt, freight prepaid, for 123. east country, dow tne summer - .j. pj. -a ana n.y
euiiiii & uu into uai its auivi ite.ua i vat .
The Philippine are probably for Taft, found that owe reason that the children
dftl not get on more eaelly at school was
t net they bad no quiet place in which
to prepare their Unions for the next
day.' . i ' . ' ' ; ' i ";,
Still In our common schools the chtl-
Poor Queen Amelia; what peasant
reaentatlve In congreaa from thia die- I dren do a good part of their atudying In
trlct. , - I the school building and we do not aa yt
: -"." ,:. v . .w I "d to make the preparing of leaaona
J. Heney aa from George E. Chamber
lain. It. la reform the DODle want, it
In both the summer M reform the people wlU get and they
i-ih.".'.- n. .V.';r. "Va.inf.H HI Oregon la entitled to the rep.
at $28 per ton, selling them to for- the winter up till a few days ago ' L'Jl ' the Jy.fc - - A
l - 1 T c A ... I. w. ..l I mIM In tha oaatorn and mlririla I JT ?i "" t" v r. " " i
buvu io mo v.oti - " i riiwin, mm people are not ant to ro- I D . m hittar n lk , xTI. . .. , '
trust. It has strangled home com- western states there was practically peat the 'k. the
promlalng their I of a, duty which the famlfy owee to" tha
petition, and a tariff keeps out the no winter until neany tne ena otjto the siren call of sentiment, to thel0"'"- . . i vua mat is too ozten overlooked.
foreigner. It is a deadly arrange- January, na came at u. mmmm - . Ona senatorial vote la fprRooaeyelt, I - How often do we aee a child who has
ment, enabling the trust to snatch lime as tne recent coia speu aiaitlMn to the emus and well-fed and!1? r9oa minaa ue anowa wnoaeiiouna a epmparatively quiet place in
it.. nnM. M.n.nn,,. in ih-1 hra But thara la a biar difference, well-paid aeoloa-lats of the "interesta" I . wat ia. . ... I , ' atuoying ariven from
v"" " - l -.- . I kr.k l A ,irk. m w. I
V "MU tVTT 1 UTJ VWimm W
- I .... I nr h h Inil Inw Aamrr-m iTh.y will rim
country. It is pathetic because it is however, botn in summer ana win-1 crcfii, ana eatremeiy- careful, to elect
a tragedy,
It helps
million
street, it is one ot tne crimes oi tne i " iwuuwuuu wciuc. -mo Drtv nd who win nimtn
conhirT hApanaA newahnva and nth-1 ing Conditions in the Pacific north-1 to work for the DeODlesr Interesta in
ers by the million" must suffer In west and east of the Rocky moun-romXyDhy V"PrhSiefrtyho?
want or steal on tne street to make tains. k I corporation in tne industrial or com-
- s bhakIaI a i . tii
a JI-IJ.-J- iLI- -,- ..J If.1 1 gii ii i jaaaaaaii m ay I HioiUHJ VTUI JU, inQ UUl Ulin WnU WlU
kind
it by tha lntrnalnn nf tha nlhu nmhin
T.t ..... -ilk v..l Iv- " ., V, . .
miuutj uwuu w" - 1 w ui, lomiij. i-ernaps ne aeeaa an-
1 An . ..n,tn, anil rm vara nna rnn minik-i nrna, an anmi . M ...11 j a . .
. It. is a tragedy because ter, n tne extremes mere ana nr riytotMvnitmm zrthktlr . ' - ' itnTiu'l
to make old men by the These similarities are probably only Tjoiity of Yl! tfcpi; wSrfs ' , ,, V' Py tbe piano, and the youngster, with
that f.U exhausted on the coincidental, a. ordinarily there is kbr US "Vw
tnemaeivea I nrva to teu mem o. , "'1 J:"P s to pcnooi tne next morn-
WArW frtf mrMlr t a 1 in....,. aaalnal
iuo iiuoBiiuu vuujoo up uift i igm oomraon intereeta or tne people.
But the trust will not be punished, now. before the primaries: Do you tj ywui not wait for a con.tltu-
The newsboy will. voters want to elect your unitea I conatitution to exercise the right to
States senator? The party question " peopi cnoice to tne miuw
T - I Hlatna itnil. tnr tha fernA anil anffl.
TRV THE COUNTRY. h nothing to do with It until June; I Cent reaaon that they have already
then decide between the party can-1 waited, too long and they know full
T WILL soon be spring in Oregon, dIdates; but In the April primaries EJP K tfT ion? fie g
auu tuere win do b great aeai oi j nominate, on either ticket, oniyiP' win Btana ror it. xne peopM tnem-
work to do in the country. Farm'
ers, dairymen and ffultgrowers Mature.
have been short of help for some
years. Most of them are "fore- When Mr. Heney talks of politics againet it, aa the
I
Ct.a V 1 . Ka la,rla- "uurt" "l ' P"WOr
uiuiiuou, 'v -o'" i ii ioiiowb tnat (Statement iso. 1 is
the aource of all power because It tomes
from the neonle. anil for that ranaon tha
'Intoreata'' are againet It, and wlU fight
interesta nave al-
handed," have not suffered appre- and business, people are Inclined to Tn'Jn VClS? VV6 c?mo2JZll
clably from the stringency. Wei take him seriously, for he undoubt- "Vox popuii tox Del." henceforth win'
donht not that thtr will unnn ha 41t toll, a vnnn manv thlne-a that I P lon.er be a mere sentiment. It will
"V- " " .:, - rr-."-? i. ?sfth. torcefui nty
dlcouj un awaiuug bctoibi iuuu- are import&nify true, uu. wuva ia in ine noay pontic.
sand men on the farms of Oregon, the same connection he says he Is a m'i ?f ;Mnet Jn,te?2!3r "'J?'?:
....... . . . ... , , , I ment ins. i ia tnat the corporate
work that the farmers need done and Republican they suspect him of be-1 interests and their political hirelings
are against ii. wnat Detter proor can
one ask than this. The virtue of State
ment No. I lies In the fact that
It represents the beat wishes and as
pirations of the plain people, and the
proor or tnis is tnat tne plutocrats and
their mlniona are atralnat It that la
agalnat the people. When were they
otherwise? The hope of the people of
m a I ina Without havtnv Ann hla hnma anrlr
Jack London 1s entitled to credit for Li?. n,1d hlrker by the "teacher or.
not repeating that old remark tluit-il IPwnea witn uia loss of "marka"
porta be hla death bad bean exagger- lhy,', fyiM. Ln trad don
ated. I f. J.not aiwaya eaay for a child to
as , fiawia aown to stuay in the evening,
John L, Sullivan struck a blow fori that time la held by all the rest
tPTn- the other day-knocked a S "-"HL"
members of the family to "Just one
game" of checkers or backa-a.mm.nn re
quires some strength of purpose to re
fuse. We should not make It harder for
him.
The child's own bedroom la too nfton
tireless cot that that matters so far
aa ita use for sleeping la concerned
but it doea matter when It cornea to
altting there for atudy. The family alt-
ting-room is bright and warm, but It la
the rallying place of the whole family
and the scans of good natured banter or
mild hilarity. What can the youngster
doT
threatened pressure, to the last re
sorts for relief government own'
ership, or the building of rival
strategic lines. This will surely
happen, if the railroads long main
tain their present attitude of reprisal
and revenge upon the people because
they dare to enact a few mild, rea
sonable and necessary laws. Mr.
Elliott Is looking into the wrong end
of the telescope,
JAPAN AND WAR,
"a LETTER of General Kuropat
V kin to a Berlin professor has
been published, In which the
,, , Russian general seeks to
show that Japan intends and is
steadily preparing to go to war with
the , United States. Admitting at
- least for argument's sake, the du
,pllcity of the Japanese character, we
cannot admit the general's further
premise that the United States
., Btands now substantially in the same
relation to Japan that Russia did
Just prior to the recent war. In
. fact, there are but few and these
only minor points of similarity. The
wide variance between this country
and Russia five or six years ago,
with respect to their relation and at
titude toward Japan, need not be
i pointed out to an American
- With Kuropatkin, a Russian, the
- wiBtt may De fatner to the thought.
War between the United States and
Japan would be Russia's opportun
. ity, and; if "may be doubted, by" the
: way, if Russia's code of diplomatic
or international morals is greatly su
perlor to that of Japan. A war with
the United States would so weaken
Japan that Russia, meanwhile mak
ing preparations on a large scale,
would in a few years be able to
wrest from Japan what Russia has
- so long desired. Years hence, when
China-has a great rarmy of several
prllllon men, It , Japan can control
. and use China for Its purposes, the
brown and yellow . men might
" " " ""Msm. woria xo new
EXIT THAW.
IS IMPATIENCE for liberty
ought not to cause young Mr
Thaw to become spectacular
. He has been a spectacle for 18
months. He is not In position to
oomplaln at the courts. They have
dealt kindly with him. Fate and
fortune have smiled on him. He
took a human life, and our code is
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a
tooth. True, it was a putrid life
It was a life that the world is better
off to be rid of. It was a life at war
with purity, beauty, goodness and
morSls. Its breath was nauseous
and its touch polluting. But young
Mr. Thaw was not called of the Al
mighty to remove that life. That is
the business of the court. That is
what the law Is for, and no man
should usurp the functions of the
law. '
This law called for young Mr
Thaw's sacrifice. It beckoned him
to the electric chair. The bridge of
sighs pointed him there. Protec
tion of society called him to go
there. But a kindly human sym
pathy hung over the Jury box. It
considered the little figure in blue.
It heeded her courage and her sac
rifice. It remembered that the world
lost nothing when White went. The
warm thought waves of human sym
pathy were active. The human heart
Is deeper and broader and warmer
than the world allows It Is. It re
sponds with kindness whenever there
Is a shred of excuse for such action,
and that is one of the well springs
of hope in the world. It was the
instrumentality that saved Thaw, and
the rest of his life he Should look
upon courts, juries and -human so
ciety with nothing but respect and
thankfulness.
THREE TRAGEDIES.
HE SUNDAY JOURNAL told
' three pathetic stories. It told
how a penniless old man of
Pni.flan1 trnmnfid thn ntrAAfa
vondert. and write some, large pages I with an advertising banner till he
r
of history; but for a good while yet
Japan . must work ; and wait, if it
would fight the United States and at
the same time and "afterward de
fend itself against Russia, possibly
Billed with Germany and Austria, .
But, granting, again all this Is
said about Japanese, insincerity, we
think her statesmen are and for a
long time will be too wise to go to
war with the' United States. . One
B'jflclert reason is. that v Japan has
not and cannot- get the" necessary
--, Jc;vu is cot within itself
ill be glad to pay for, and that a lng a joker.
portion of the unemployed now
thronging this city can do. Here, Let the people rulei as much as
then, if our judgment be correct. Is I possible. ' We boast that we are a
chance for a good many of these people fit for self-government; let's
men. try it more ana more, ana prove it.
If they will accept nothing else Leave less to bosses and machines;. Oregon c"4red in statement No. l.
but an easy, soldiering job, short take more power and responsibility
hnnra an1 lartro no v rf rt a a f horn I fn n tnnf wn flatfiflfl VA 'VrtlTimnn
i, nn ... in th,ir rnin, into th J nnnl Baker City's Controversy,
country. A farmer doesn't want any
man down who asked nun. to take 'a
drink.
a a
Now that oniona are higher than ever
before, many people win crare tnem
who would not touch one if they were
cheap.
a a
Mark Twain aays It costs mora to
keep a bank recetrer than a harem. Not
that ha has personal experience of the
latter.
"The people do not vote like a band
of sheep." Pendleton Tribune. No,
that ia what la the matter with "the
party."
a a
Some years ago Brother Oeer aald
he waa not "a miscellaneous candidate."
But to aome people It looks aa If he bad
become so.
-'a a
Every candidate ao far aays. "I will,
during my term of office," etc. The
phrane "during my term of office" Is
surplusage. -
j
And little Me-Too Dick will have to
go, too, aa eoon aa' hla term la out It
waa a disgrace to Ohio ever to send him
to tam aenate.
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The president la said to be "fighting
mad." If thia la so now, won't he be
killing maa by next summer, u things
don't go nis way:
8-hour or even any 10-hour man.
The work of the farm, unless on a
big ranch where many men are em
ployed, is necessarily prolonged; it I
cannot be restricted to exact hours.
Baker City. Or, Jan. 31. To the Edl-
tor of The Journal We, the members
A New York preacher declares that It
is airricuit ror mm to taut tnroucn
lot of feminine hata. But we would
have thought it easy for aome preach
ers.
a
Mora than 100,000 girls are being
in Lxmoon acnooia.
including waahlng the
It aeema to be a question that de
serves as much consideration aa tha
one ao often Insisted upon at present.
mat tne nouaenaaia or tne cook -shall
have a Pleasant, cheerr alttlna-ronm
for evening use, to provide a place
where the child who ia expected to da
reference work at home shall be able to
do it -
If with a clean, brlaht. warm, cheerr
place In which to work, the child goes
to acpooi unprepared, it is nia own
fault, but when the blg people monopolise-
every-place In the house and talk
or alng and the child Is obliged to go
unprepared to school he shouldera a
blame which belongs to other people,,
and that la not right A little thought
on thia matter will usually open tha
way for the child or the children to
have comfort and quiet for ait hour or
ao la the evening. If this is found Im
practicable the mother may find It well
to rather the children In fo? an hour
before dinner and Insist upon the school
work being done then.
It scarcely meets the question to aay
that the children should do their study
ing at achocl. for their time Is usually
carefully planned and provided for.
Mornovor, there la a decided 'value In
Will the Republican national plat- "1 -'T.:-7".
form makers ignore the panic, or union of Baker City. Oregon, deslrea to
will they charge Roosevelt with It I thank you for the stand you have taken
Surely they will scarcely have the n Portland in the past on the aide of taught housewifery
"nerve" to lay it upon the Demo- law - and morality and. moreover, we the inatructlon lno
t . . i , . i . ,. . .-,i n..v I T. m " ,7 " "' Dtoy. says me LAinuun cxpreaa, -quoting kiviiik ine nuaeni an opportunity ror
But there is a variety about it, and cratic party. said of our own little city. which, the-fioaton Olobo remark; "Poo" Individual work. -It la oY much more
baby." , lvalue to him to learn to follow ur a
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course of a month. He will not get! " . ?u hw!th the little pink dodger that Rn0de Inland elected to the senate clomped ia. and ' other reference boiJs
blu'wages. but with moderate pay he ,n oul a JJemocraiic candidate tor V. .u. , 1 v. .w . the other day a resident of New York, than to have the mere matter presented
,, v ,,ki .j j nroKlrfAnt anybody but Brvan. The I .r i iLc and a thorough trust man. wetmore. i to mm witnout nia own errort
win nam a miuiui wuio ucu auu u r ' z """ u "ui in I I. nnA annnirh tnr rntt.n llttla
Oregon SiJcliglitJ
abundance of good food. He Is re- World got It. choice in 1904; that 7.u o I the fl'ctlon' w the real
tviavoH tr-nm tamntgtlnn o ni noolBIlUUlU BUIUCV 1 UI HWUiltS. I nrraa nn dAnanM P-hrla AiA nn n. I w vv- '
A4 4 vy U IIV1U IVIUVlflllVU UUU I
anonrl tiotia nf his pnrnlnirB Tn th
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. v u- mn-a I ItOOSeVeil Bet!IIlB IU DC 1U IttVUf
UUI UV V. Urn J -V. UV V. " i. UWIV J VJ . .
If h has an ambition to aaw than OI reaerai, mat is, executive, con-
he can by depending on intermittent tro1 ot Presidential nominations,
work on railroad and other con- . . . ., .
tractors'. jobs. In JLiphtcr Vein
a . i ii I
AinuDg iucbo wuraingmea are a
considerable proportion of young Men's Maids.
men, and some of them are Amerl- "Men's maids yes," said an employ-
cans though not many. Such, at ment agent, "there are more of them
least, would do well to strike out than men'u n,en or va,ets-
isu tne lasnionaoie noteia oi utii-
occaslon demanded. Christ did not use
soft words when he scourged the thieves
ana gamoiera in tne temple.
we heartily indorse all that has been I
said in thia dodger by the ministerial
that thev are dolni W. knw thit I. Tillamook la to hava a new ateam
1' : 1525 ww l'r5i J!Z ZH?? h.8" "hip line to San Francisco none to
and the ballota of our huabajda and Por14"
rnends we will gain a victory that will
into the country and go to work on
a farm. Take very small wages at
first, and prove yourselves. Learn
the work and do it well. Soon such
a young man can have a comfortable
home the year round, and a nice lit
tie sack ot savings at the year s
end. Then, if honest and moral,
other opportunities begin to open up
to him. If he cannot buy land, he
can In two or three years rent a
piece, can marry some industrious
working girl, and in a few years
more he can have a farm of his own
Thousands of young men have done
this. Isn't it better than always de
pending on a "job," and going
hungry when one cannot be had?
LEGAL NONSENSE.
fell exhausted from cold and ex
posure. It was an episode brim
ming with pathos. Another was the
long chase of an iS-year-old'.news-toy
.who had snatched a young
woman's purse on the street. There
Is pathos In any tale wherein a boy
of ,18, whether from necessity or
choice. Is a thief. -
What was the story that brought
the old man at three score to want?
In how many homes in Portland is
there a ; similar tragedy ; of life?
What la the background of poverty,
HAT A LOT of nonsensical
legal red tape has to be un
wound in criminal proced
ure, performances with no
more sense or reason In them than
It would be for a man while putting
on his clothes to turn around 39
times every time he put a button in
place or passed a shoelace over a
button. The speaker of the Massa
chusetts legislature has been In
dicted on 162 counts in consequence
of having had something to do with
an excursion of that many school
children. It Is supposed that he
somehow violated a state law In
getting reduced rates, or in some
other way. If legal procedure were
not in some particulars an absurd,
nonsensical thing, entirely un
adapted to common sense business
methods, one count, specifying the
number of people involved in the
transaction and the offense, in a few
simple, plain words, would be quite
sufficient; but the law being what it
is, "and legal custom what it is, far
cical, ridiculous and nonsensical,
the prosecuting officer had to write
out a long Btringof useless and fool-;
lsh verbiage 162 times. This Is
only one instance of hundreds that
prove the opening statement of this
article. We wonder If the time will
ever come when the legal profession,
In the matter of criminal and even
civil pleading, will consent to get
into communication with common
sense. - -Z ,
fornia, Florida, the Riviera, Egypt, and,
as you pass open bedroom doors of a
morning or an afternoon, what do you
see? You see maids changing the atuda
In evening shirts; you see them press
ing trousers with patent alcohol irona;
you aee them brushing coats; you see
them putting- fresh laces in No. 10
brogans.
'The average well-to-do couple the
couple that can afford the best winter
and summer resorts travel with a
maid, but not with a maid and a. valet.
For. after all. a valet is very expensive.
and his dutlea occupy only a few hours
open the eyea of the law breakers and
we will snow them tnat we have influ
ence if we have not a vote.
ALMIRA 8TATKS PALMER. President
HOLLIE C. KINO, Secretary.
Many Are Worthy and Want Work.
Woodstock, Feb. I. To tha Editor of
the Journal. I have been Interested in
your efforts to find employment for
the unemployed by free advertising,
but I am inclined to think that all are
not worthy.' I waa very much needing
a woman to work by the days or hour.
get
ild-
a a
Drain exoecta to wake up and
lively In the spring, when railroad but
lng begins again.
"We are golna to campaign religious
ly for the Port of Astoria," says an
Astoria paper. But wouldn't an lrre
llgioua. campaign succeed bitter down
there 7 V
Aa proof that confidence In tha Bank
or Drain is Deing gradually reatored,
mora money Is being deposited right
aionr tnan y arawn out, says tne Non
pareil.
a a
"Thia ia probably the laat taate of
winter we win get tin next winter.'
says tha Salem Statesman. "Probably"
The problem of belna an up-to-date
and still an old-fashioned mother It
becoming every day more difficult She
aare not let go oi any or tne time-nai-lowed
traditions which are the world's
common basis for child-rearing, yet the
complicated life of today demanda many
otner tnings.
So. cheerfully, thia rurtner duty la
laid upon the hearts of the mothers who
want their children to have a fondness
for books and to get all the good poasl-
bte out of their education. See that tha
child has a quiet, comfortable place In
which to study and ihat lie la not
obliged, on account of the selfish
thoughtlessness of the older members
of the family, to go to school unprepared.
g s :
How and When to Tip.
T takes more tins to travel abroad
comfortably than In thia country
but smaller ones may suffice. You
will find,' for Instance, the "hold-up
methods, irrltatlngly prevalent hare.
non-extatent abroad ' almply because
I
ao l answered an ao, and received a
promise from a woman to come and
work ror me at zs cents per hour from I and perhapa: but don't be too doggoned I .v... ..' a ,
1 till 6 p m. I am Inclined to be hu- sure of It UU8oneu I there they cannot conceive of a trav-
iimne, auu us x iihji u imaii wasning I v
1 V1. reaay 81 i"e PPOinted .tme, 1 s. U Kline of Corvallle. a delegate
waited 24 hours, and ended by doing it to the laat ''national Republican conven-
niysew, inuuB.i 11111 a. serni-invaiia. tion, thinKs .Fairbanks will be noml
Now I would like to ask: "Do people nated for president, according to tha
at..-. 1 . 1 ... -
a day, and a maid can get through all of advertise ror worn because they really I Republican.
an not. ' I wani 11. ur is 11 uecause iney reel tnat I
them Just aa well
"80 the average ludv's maid la a man's
maid as well maid to the wife, valet to
the husband. She likes her latter duties.
They are, you see, simple and easy, and
they draw forth the. moat generous
tips.
Monarch' Privileges.
tney are getting something ror no
thing?- A IN ANXIUUS INQUIRER.
George Brandes' Birthday.
George Brandes, Denmark's leading
man 01 leneru, was porn in copennagen,
February 4, 1842, of Jewish parentage.
The editor of The Dalles Chronicle
haa been to church, and it was such a
strange experience and nearly all the
others there being women, tnat tie
writes a long editorial about It
a a
A. Tanke of Freewater sold fruit last
eler not tipping.
On the steamship, aays one who
knows. In tha February Delineator,
you will have to tip a waiter, a bed
room steward, a deca steward and pos
sibly a boy who has attended to sear
ting up games. On the boats of a me
dium class about $5 Is all you will b
expected to distribute among them. It
Is quite customary to ask the stateroom
steward for a cup of tea before rising,
111 case you are feeling a little shaky.
and this Is a good plan. But when once
you get up, oresB as quicaiy aa posaioie
14 n ulnar nn talont tny Yt ...lvp.nr from his ranch of leas than veii I ' 1 - . r - .1.
Scarlet liveries in England are the ehcea. and finding literary advancement acres to the amount of $8.400. , If he Is 5",. Thi. wi 1 ottU t i X
Irl..'. l .... I j . . j 1 n.in o v... i . I o Rtarri nA nrnhfihlv romnrlrAil A 1 ... -
may
In Abyssinia royalties alone
wear an earring in the left ear.
In Persia none but the shah is privi
leged to drive white horses with scar
let-dyed tail tips. 1
Only the German emperor Is .per.
mltted to smoke a certain very fine
Havana cigar with a green and gold
band.
In Russia no one but the ccar may
drive at full gallop on the public roads.
1 ne King 01 mam chooses, once a
year, the best stones taken from the
splendid Siamese sapphire mines. For
these he pays nothing.
In Madagascar, where kite-flying ia
a national sport. It is unlawful for
far away, young urandes chose to studv I a Bweae ne prooaoiy remaraea: ...aiipirnarii
jbw, oui Miinougn ne completed tnei-1""'"' " t""-f au I After the boat, on the continent's
co ir-e, ne never practiced. Me studied , '......, .J.good . rule .tn . tipping ia to givn what
belles letters nfcllo-phy and esthetics,! Harbor correspondence of Port Or- J amounts to one tenth of your bill and
unwi comyeueu o enrn ome money, rord Trmune: rxewa is not ao pientl-1 you can add a little to this ir you feel
when he became a school teacher for a ful. In this section as rain owing to 1 you have been well served.., If,,a good
time. One of the most important events the continuous wind that has predoSal-i girl takes out vour- dusty dress and
In hla life waa a visit to Paris and nated for the past two months. It haa elves it a brushina-. and cleans and I
blown the most of the news ao far I blacks your muddy shoes, you would not
nortn mat it wiu never return. begrudge ,j cents, 1 am aura. or a
week' stay, paying f 1.60 a day, you
C. H. Crew of Port Orford lately killed might give your table waiter (0 cents,
a fine and valuable sea otter off Cape He will not expect more. Give a little
Winn no the sain measurina over six " iuo rouw, o i-wnin iu un
London at the age -of 22 years. He en
tered upon his literary career in earnest
in 1866. His first work was "Dualism
of the Philosophy of the Present Time.'.
it was an examination into the rain.
tlona of aclence and faith, and he was
any one to fly a kite aa high aa those I lated Into many European tongues, and
oi wiu royat Tamny ascena.
roundly attained by the orthodox party S 'jt was shot during one of the man for a course, 5 cents to the porter
fin VhirMiSi J,h severe " sthwesters at? a nge of who handles your baggage. But b
In the years which followed until 1S83 over 300 yards, and three out of four sure to keep on hand always a supply of
wr.(1., knn,.,i7r.,l7 . . shots found their marie inside of as C"?P" " email com. w
book aer book covering a wide variety manv Bec0nds. out a quarter where you only Intended
mo wriiinga were trans
of subjects.
The best China tea la arowfl on tne I haa covered the entire rans-n fmm
Seven Tea Mountains,, a plantation on I poetry and the essay and novel to his-
tne Aunt,uiii uuiuers. - uiiuvr otiibut i inrj ana PflllUBUDny
of death no Chinaman save one of royal
oirin may urinK this tea.
nrLn. . Dl...lJi,n M.M : . i
him f.m. 'til. '-,. - " . ? IBHUIIB
, .1.; " n 1 ' rruiv 1 down an old notei crwmney ne discov
ered the brick were dated "1868" and
were branded "W. D." This would in
dicate that the building, was erected
to give 6 or 10 cents, for this would
soon amount u? to a sum.
This Date In History.
1665 First number of London Ga
zette appeared. 1, '
1693 Nearly 2,000 persons killed by
tt, at ,
Hints From an Old Cook Book.1
about that time, but who was the maker Always havo lobster sauce with salmon.
Butterfly Fakers.
The butterfly waa a beautiful deep
blue, as lustrous aa satin; but looking I earthouake in Sicily.
at it cioseiy, tne collector shoos nis
head.
"Another fake," he said. - "See here."
And with his flnaer he brushed off
the glistening blue dust from the In
sect's wings, and lo. it waa but a com.
mon brown field butterfly after all. .
"Aa the collecting of butterflies arrows
more popular " he explained," more and
of the brick the oldest Inhabitants do
not know, says the sun.
a a
Wasco News: jne of Sherman coun
ty's citizens. C. H. Tom, Is spending
1762 Martinique taken by the Eng- the winter with relatives in the east
lish
1776 Americans took possession of
mew rum vaiy.
178S Final cessation of hostilities
between the United States and Great
Britain.
1794 Boston's first theatre onened.
1796 American ahip' Sedgley rescued
1 169 men from the sinking shin Aurora.
men, with varloua aniline dye powders, 1831--Baron Aylmer entered upon his
color up a 10 cent insect into a good ! term of .office as governor of Canada. -resemblance
to a $10, one. Their work! 1869 John Mitchell, late president of
la hard. to detect for the reason- that, lne united Minewomers, born at Braid-
Mr. Tom unloaded, about eight thou
sand sacks, of wheat at 80 cents per
busnel. . -i ne crop cobi mm, proDapiy.
12,000, and returned him 112,000 or
more. Nowhere can a crop be raised
cheaper than 'in Sherman county and
nowhere can money be made easier.
Harney Valley News; One of our new
comera says he Was in Burns last fall,
A nri nnt mint fiiiA vmir lamb on.
veal cutlets dip in egg ana prena
crumo,
Frv till vnu a brownish red come.
Grate Oruyere cheese on macaroni; -
juaite tne top crisp, dui noi 100 ouny. -
in venrson gravy, ourrani jeny .
Mix with old port aee FrancatellL .
In" dresclng salad, wifnd this law,- v
With two hard yolks use one that's raw.
Tioast veal witnricn sioc. gravy 1
- serve, - " t
And pickled mushrooms, too. obserr.
Roast pork,, some apple sauce, past I
dOUbt - ' :r ":; .-;, ,j
Ts -"HamiBt" with the prince left out
Your mutton cnopa wiin paper cover.
And make them amDer-Drown.airover
JThe president of the United Cigar
Stores company says, as reported by
the Editor 'and Publisher, that busi
ness condiuons cars greau-UB.
when the dye ruba off and discolors
your fingers, you suspect .nothing, since
the genuine dust belonging to every
butterfly's wings would do tha same
thlnff " -
v . . '7 .
Pardonable.
"Talk about nerve!" ahouted the great
financier. "The fellow actually had the
nerve to call me a bare-fared robber."
"Oh, well," . wa gently interposed, "In
hla chagrin over hla loss it was no more
than natural that he should fail to no-
tlco your mustache."
,. " A JKnock. ,
"Did you ever have a bad accident?"
The. lady chauffeur bit her lip.
"I met, my. .husband by accident," she
wood. Illinois
1876 Manitoba abolished the legis
lative council.
1899 Insurrection against the United
States government In the Philippine
islands began:
To Think of Itl '
And now they've even brought. "The
Last Rose of Summer" Into Itl Just
listen: . f 7 -- '
"The last JugT of Bourbon 7, ; :
Left standing alone; V
AU tha colonels that tapped it
Are faded and gone
No ghost of a cocktail,
- No old friend's in view
; To reflect back, 'Drink hearty? ' ,
. 'Here's looklrt at you.' "
. , Atlanta Constitution,
put ut at a hotel which charged him I And make them amber-brown.airov
? ...( nr. mius hr.. -.. 1 Rrnii . lia-h ti v vour beefsteak to fry
coffee. ( iASt week he wag in town, Argues contempt of Christian diet. fc
7 l7m ' -. mx. - u ... .i ,i..2l TTin.... . flavor vain
stopped at tne same hotel and they
charged him is cents ror oread, meat
coffee and mush. The only difference
he says there is between a 25 and 81
cent meal in Burns is you get the mush
.; juyrtie . -oint enterprise: A uoqunie
peace officer held a man to ball In the
sum of tSOO for stealing four combs
and two lead tencils. In another case
he held a man to ball in ium of
$1,000 for burning a barn, ten head of
cows, a number of hogs and some hay,
besides threatening the Uvea of several
persona.- If the latter was twice the of
fense of tha former in1 ball considera
tion, how much should be required from
a fellow who slew his mother-in-law
and all bis other relatives? -
TTMnnva n finer flavor gain
'By atewlng them in good chamjJagae.
T3iw aa11-fa.1 , Til ffAOIllL .-When VA11Vit I
- " j ' . . . -.
. ' got -them, - . . 4.
Tha tn mnlc them is to not them.
Wood groune are dry when cooks have I
marred -m --v t:.---i.-. I
J Before you roast 'em, always lard "em.
Tn rnnat- anrlng chickens la to SDOll 'em.
Just split 'em down the back and broil I
4 It gives true 'epicures tne vapors
u To see boiled mutton -minus capers.
7 ' ' . ... Religions NoterT -7
From tha Chicago News.
It takes a "lot of Christianity to en I
able a man to feel -glad whan he Is I
called on for 110 to nelp repair thel
caurcn. - "