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Procrastination is the thief
of time.
Tear after year it steals, till
" " ..'all, are fled, V
And to the mercies of a mr
. ment leaves . . .
The vast concerns of an eter
nal scene. "
. ; - , . .Edward Young.
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I BIGGEST
QUESTION
STATE.
IX THE
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HERE IS comfort In the an
nouncement that, after all, the
railroads are not to advance
freight rates. Thay might
i have done so . the Interstate com
merce commission to the contrary
i notwithstanding! unless it could have
been established that the hew rates
would be "unreasonable, unjust, or
. excessive." It la claimed by ex
t pert that . the proposed advance
. would have cost each person In the
f country $1.75 per year. ' The rall
5 roads In 1907 received 7.98 "mills
per ton mile for transporting freight.
They , received a, passenger rate 50
per cent higher than in any other
civilized country. Their ,,. earnings
!, for 1905 was 4.4 per cent as against
f 4.'l per cent for' 1900, holwlthstand-
ing an' enormously Increased wage
and material cost and an equal or
f greater increased expense in paying
I dividends' on overcapitalization.
1 To have levied a tax of $1.75 on
2 each person in the country at a time
when the trend of labor and material
cost Is downward would have been
to have called down criticism on al
ready widely; criticised railroads.
The fact that the step was contem
plated ; and that there would have
been no. power to havei stayed it, Is
a reminder of the urgency of de-
L voting -attention to- t-waterwayfi
" The, average cost of water haul is
1 about one eigntn that of railroad
f hauls.' The unimproved rivers . are
waiting fr water transportation to
. be utilized in multiplied parts of
. the country
Oregon of all states : Is a field
where the opportunity for water-
t haul is wide, and the iieedt because
of railroad discriminations, ) is em'
i phatlc. Whed the people ot tho
J .state grasp the. slfuation,n force the
waterways issue and ; compel " the
railroads to : compete with river
hauls, ft will be fair days , for. Ore
gon. It is the biggest question in
the state, made so by recent threat
of advance in railroad rates. . 1
- FEDERAL OFFICEHOLDEKS' AC-
: TIVITY.
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N THE southern states Repub
lican organizations are main
talned only by and 'for the, sake
of federal patronage, hence it is
quite, natural if not Inevitable that
r federal , officeholders in the south
should lake an active part in select
ing a Republican candidate for pres
ident, especially when the president
, of the United States is strenuously
endeavoring to compel the nomina-
tlon of his favorite to be his aucces-
eor. Tet this activity of federal
brigades;" to the extent in many
cases of nullifying the win of the
masses or Kepubllcan voters, mostly
negroes, seems to be contradicting In
practice certain professions that have
neen made, and even of orders pub-
uciy announced. .
, - Of Alabama's 22 delegates to the
. Chicago-convention, according, to the
"New' York Globe, 16 are federal of
l flceholders; so are 15 of Georgia's
, 26, 16 of ArkanBas' 18, 7 of Florida's
10. 7 of Kentucky's 26. 6 of Louisi
ana's 18, 8 of North Carolina's 24,
same ; In Tennessee and about the
same in other southern states. Out
of 980 delegates In the convention
125, mostly from the south, are fed
f eral freeholders, and '- all are of
; course for Taft Yet. we have read
. of erders that federal officeholders
must noi De acuve In politics. It is
, not strange that the antl-Taft
i "allies complain that they are not
t getting as quare,deal. -
I v In some southern states" the,' fed-
. eral officeholders ran the state and
- district conventions In anything but
a square deal way. In South Caro
lina the collector of revenue, after a
physical fight, bossed the convention.
In Florida force was also resorted to
, on both sides. In the Alabama con
v vention there were 54 postmasters 1
superintendent of - mails, ! letter
' carrier, 1 distributing clerk. l watch
man, 6 United States marshals and
deputy marshals, 1 clerk of court, I
internal revenue, agents," 3 United
(Sides district attorneys, 1 receiver
, of public moneys and 3 referees, in
I bankruptcy. Similar conditions ruled
In Missouri,. Iowa, Arkansas ana la
' I.'cw York city. , -
Mr. Tart is very likely the choice
ot the Republicans of the country,
acjjsuits the people better than any
of the "allies, but It is regrettable
that he will win the nomination part
ly through this activity of the federal
offlcehoiera, and that the president
should have so used them. It is
bad precedent.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE.
I
T WOULD be Interesting to know
what the real situation Is in Ore
gon with respect to tuberculosis
In cattle. . It is, In fact, a sub
Ject on which it is Important that
there be full information.. Thel
Journal knows of cases of very are
animals that had recently to be
slaughtered on account of tubercu
losis, and that the post-mortem dis
closed . grave conditions. The incl
dents leads tp the surmise that pos-
siblythere Is occasion for attention
to be strongly directed into a proper
and full Investigation of the situa
tion. . -;'."? . i.- ..'. ,
There Is a great deal about tuber
culosis that the most illustrious of
the scientists do not know. That
there Is a close relation between the
disease in the animal and la man,
they positively assert That human
beings contract the malady to a
large extent through the medium of
milk is declared by-the higheit au
thority. That" affected cows cough
up the fecal matter from the lungs
and swallow It, after which the germs
pass into the milk in dust from ex
creta is a favorite and plausible
theory. Scientists have reported
that poultry- has contracted Avian
tuberculosis from the sputum of hu
man beings. There is similar au
thority to the effect that poultry fed
on the livers of tubercular cattle
also become affected. There are
reputable . scientists who hold that
the tubercular germ Is practically
the same In man, animals and poul
try, being changed to a degree by
mere environment.
The subject thus opens up a field
that assumes not only an interesting,
but an extremely important phase.
It is heightened by the knowledge
that in Wisconsin, one of the great
dairy states of the union, the prev
alence of human tuberculosis be
came so widespread that the state
authorities were moved to drastic
measures In ridding the state of tu
bercular cows a- movemnt in which
the. investigation disclosed deplora
ble conditions.
There are section of Oregon In
which .the, dairy industry Is to be
come paramount, and every consid
eration, not only of mere profit, but
of the more Important duty of pro
tecting ihunian lite, suggests that
common Intelligence and some, as
siduity tie tfpplied to" this subject.
Are the authorities In the state, on
whom rest the responsibility, alive
and alert to the situation?
PROHIBITION PROCEEDS.
THERE IS no mistaking the drift
in 3 Oregon with reference to
prohibition. The late election
returns speak in a voice that
can scarcely be misunderstood. With
the single . exception of Lincoln, the
dry counties are drier than ever, and
many wet ones have been added to
the dry belt. More than half the
counties In, the state are to be with
out saloons, a result that three or
four years ago would have been ac
counted preposterous. In the list
are some of the most important and
potential counties In the state. They
are a character of county whoso lead
other wet counties will be apt to fol
low. What makes the case more sig
nificant is that in some of the coun
ties that went wet the majorities are
bo' slender as to make their position
on the wet list extremely uncertain
In fact, It Is' probable that were the
question of state prohibition sub
mitted directly it is possible that a
vote In favor of that order would be
returned. . , -.' ;
The new order in the state Is the
experience over again of other parts
of the country. Wherever local pro
hibition has found a . foothold the
tendency has been to spread until
most or all the counties or townships
have become involved. It has fol
lowed this ocder until within a year
five new states have been added to
the prohibition list, making eight in
all. The new ones , are Alabama,
Georgia, Mississippi, "North Carolina
and : Oklahoma. The v former dry
states are Maine, Kansas and North
Dakota. " -' ';- "' "'.;",
The Raleigh (North .Carolina)
News and Courier in commenting on
the late prohibition results In that
state voices a general expression in
other states when It says: "The ex
perience of those counties In North
Carolina ' that for a long term of
years have given prohibition a fair
trial has shown that under the reign
of prohibition conditions have Im
proved so much In every way that
yesterday the. majority " In - those
counties were so large. as to show
the entire satisfaction of the people
with the working of prohibition."
FELL FROM I ITS OWN ROTTEN
: WEIGHT, " ;
T
HE LATE plan for corrupting
decent citizens elected to the
- legislature seems to have' been
abandoned. The monstrous ad
vice poured out from a certain quar
ter to these legislators to stultify
their manhood and shame their fam
llles, probably by violating their
covenant with the people. Is - no
longer poured. It was jfound to be
futile. Or perhaps It occurred' to
those who gave theeadvice that in
the giving they exposed their own
cheap estimate of what a man's word
of honor Is worth. No man can ad-
vise another man to do violence to a
pledge without disclosing his" own.
turpitude. The community discovers
in a minute what character of nmn
he is.Y If this is not the secret tf
why the plan .was abandoned it Is at
least with most men sufficient rea
son. . . !..'
It Is well for such preachments to
end, They never ought to happen
They lower the civic standard and
tend to corrupt citizens and morals.
Vile as they are and strange as it
may seem, such teachers have dis
ciples. That Is the scandal of it and
the menace of it, and hence, when
there is surcease from the shame it
is well. - i -: ' ' J - . .,-
STATE PROHIBITION UNWISE.
I
T 13 said that the Prohibitionists
are so elated with their success
In carrying the majority of Ore
gon counties and nearly carrying
some others, that they will try for a
state prohibition 'law two years
hence. If they should take such ac
tion, they . would 1 be unwise. They
would be likely to do their own
cause more harm than good, and If
nominally and superficially success
ful would ; make 'actual prohibition
more doubtful' and. difficult than it
is now, and sould encourage unlim
ited Illicit traffic in Intoxicating liq
uors, . Local option, prohibition by
precincts and counties. Is partially
successful, and probably can be made
more bo gradually, but statewide
prohibition has never very, fully or
satisfactorily succeeded.
The larger part of Oregon , is un
der prohibition now, or soon will be,
and the prospect Is good for -most of
the rest, of It going dry In two years,
by counties and precincts. .. Under
the present law the Prohibitionists
have made great gains, enough, in
so- short a time, it would seem, to
satisfy the most zealous of them.!
They would better let well enough
alone, and continue their efforts un
der the present law, which gives
them every advantage they could
ask. To propose state prohibition
might provoke a reaction that would
give not only the prohibition cause,
but what is more important, the
temperance cause, a backset for
prohibition Is not always synony
mous with, temperance. . -
Let the counties decide this ques
tion for themselves, as now, One
county should not be allowed to im
pose either ' prohibition or saloons
on another county. That some pre
cincts of counties can force prohibi
tion on other unwilling precincts is
certainly advantage enough for the '
Prohibitionists; tout this is f justifi
able on the' ground that ihe county
Is the proper unit of political action
within a Btate. With this modifica
tion the principle of "Home rule"
should be strictly adhered to In this
matter, and each county should be
allowed to decide this question for
itself and not In any degree for any
other county. Many friends and
supporters of the local optlpn law
s it is would not be favorable to
and would not give their moral sup
port to a state prohibition law.
The Medford city charter gives
that town power to license saloons
and to allow other things contrary
to state laws or the county vote, and
the question whether the charter or
the state law is paramount is to be
tested in the courts. Medford. is
seeking to do what the "Reddy'
amendment proposed to allow all
cities to do have saloons and "wide
open" towns if the local authorities
so desired. The Journal is of the
opinion that this question has been
already settled by the supreme
court against Medford's contention,
But if there is any doubt about the
matter it is well to take another case
up to that court and get another de
cision. It Is an Important question,
and if not fully settled let us have
it settled, which will perhaps be ac
complished by the Medford case.
s The fearful and wonderful poll
tics emanating out of Oregon may
suggest to many, familiar with that
bower of beauty a comparison with
the heathen paradise In the hymn
"Where only man is ; vile." -Indianapolis
Star. ; And what In Oregon
politics gives rise to the suggestion
that the Oregon voter Is any viler
than the one in Indiana? Is it "vile"
for a man given the rlgh,t to have a
share in gbverning himself to exer
cise that right and seek to better
conditions for himself and the com
mon mass of his fellows? And is it
politically virtuous and saintly for
the common voters to turn all their
public affairs over to a lot of organ
lzedj unscrupulous, self-seeking pol
iticians, ai they do In Indiana?
iThs Pendleton Tribune says that
In ' passing the law4 making State
ment No. 1 obligatory upon mem
bers of the legislature the people of
Oregon have merely "enacted a
vacuum."- Don't be tod. sure about
that. The law was- enacted Dy an
overwhelming majority of men who
meant that; It should have the In
tended effect, and so It will, regard-
lessless of - the .probable fact that
the courts,, would not uphold the
law. The people don't need to go
to ; the courts , with this law. The
candidate hereafter who tries to
evade It will . run up against some
thing different from a vacuum.
, Repreaentatlve Hawtey, when
asked If he thought the legislature
ought to elect Chamberlain' senator,
asked.' . " Wasn't that the question
eettled in the electlonT" L lit. Haw
ley evidently ' carries his code of
morals Into,, politics. ;. : ,,:. .
Small Change
Everything- comes to him who works
nara enougn ana naa good luck.
Now there's Harrlman; wHy wouldn't
w mu m una .canaiaais lor vic-preoi
It looks like.' Hetty Green was trying
harder than Andrew Carnesrle to die
poor. y. v , -
Railroad ' uasee an whlakv luari
seem to have defeated Hoka Smith ii
ueorf la. ' . - . .
Seattle must have loat tta ealhra.tMl
BDirit: no dlrectolre mown haa iDDaand
PerhaDS the Reuubllean eommlttaa
win nnaiiy decide to admit Only , sworn
-j.au veiegaies. .
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A reoort from Mexico aava the Ti.
quia have ult fighting. So- they are
an aeaa ai jaai. ,
It would seem that Taft would not be
innii iv ua vaaujr mursu (rum a. poasi'
lion ne naa laaon. , .
v e
Won't there bs some Queer antics In
newly dry towns that have a. Fourth
No wonder New Jersey eoddles to
corporations; they pay $1,500,000 taxes
a year to inai siaia.
e
No. the Democratic vlatform is no
great shakes, but tt eoulds't bs worse
than the Kepumican platform.
There! Is not much time left Jarwhlcn
to set mentioned as a Drobable Repub
lican candidate zor vice-president.
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The death of O. H. P. Belnorit la ber
he was very rich.
una aiuuuu iiiv
day. . .
.
Peary' says that as soon as he has
captured the north pole he will cro after
V.rii
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I
me soutn poie. ine soum po.
not worry yet awnuo.
Billiards, tornadoes, floods and sis
.
tarda are year-round subjects of news
from other parts of the country, while
uregon is ires xrom an.
The Salem Journal remarks that "the
Republican-party- in Oregon has too
many leaders with India rubber back-
Done ana jeuynsa principles.
''Horse cars have Just been abandoned
on some streets in New xo cuy.
Ryan liked horse cars because It -waa
so easy to water , me norsea.
The ltnna and tlarers of Africa would
pay as much attention to special mes- I
sages and appeals to be good and do
right as tne Jttepuoucan leaaera in con
gresfi did.
.Those neat water fountatnff wlll prove
valuable addition te tne xny s con
veniences before the summer Is over.
ana every year nerearter. More oi inenn
will bs needed.
.
The country now. fhas statues to Mar-
ctia ; Aurellus and to Marcus Aurellus
Hanna, both- recently unveiled. We.
don't remember the formers political
record very- welt
. Provide places for the children to
play, and teach them how to play, of
course, but It won't hurt them to tell
them to worK s little ana oe userui do-
tween play spells. too.
Not meaning to expresa any opinion
as to the new land fraud cases, it may
he remarked that if the government
got (1.25 an acre for land up In that
region. It got , XY that most of It Is
worth. ,.;
Oregon leligkts
V
Pallas will have a thres-days' street
fair. June 26-27.
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The Alsea' district Is to have a new
AA 1 II. .... .!
Th first alfalfa crop U being cut
around iscno; yieia gooa. .
m
Most people in the newly dry towns
are optimistic as to results.
A great Fourth celebration is planned
at Josepn, on vvauowa urns.
The Town Cow haa been banished
from tho streets of Philomath.
Benton was the first Oregon county
to go dry, and has been glad of It ever
since.
Hood River's -Kamrth celebration will
he an exceptionally big one, because of
tne new county.
date Creek precinct. In lane county.
gave 6a votes in ravor or tne university
ana only live against.
Borers for oil north of Dallas got a
ftiignt now at a aeptn or buu rent, ana
win noon try Diastlng with nltro-gly
cerlne.
In The Dalles, many people build bird
boxes and they -are all used bv birds
for nests, showing that birds are lazier
than supposed.
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Salenv (statesman: No beter prospects
ilT VL.'SXnSlJWJXZ ev.e,'
All I
other field crops ditto.
The little town of Haines, about IS
miles north, of Baker City, is growing
vtjiv mm, says me uaKer uity uemo
crat, which gives a lot of particulars.
A woman with three little children
and a few effects In a push cart and
entirely destitute passed through Eu
gene from Marion county to California.
A woman 45 years old arrived In
Mosier driving a team of three dogs
that lrew a wagon carrying 300
pounds. She had traveled over 200
miles.
1 .
This year, as never before, says The
Dalles Chronicle, the resident, nt th. I
city are -sleeping outside. Some have
tents in the yard, others simply set a I
cot on the lawn. I
ary. . ' ' '
WOOdbUrn IndeTWnrtn Tlnth XT I
J511 .c''cl"1"'11' counties are too large. I
Biiouio oegin at once on ask- I
ng the voters of Oregon, through the
Initiative, to give thia section a nw I
county- I
t .,, I
la urande Ohsprvor- with tvi. .a. I
vent of warm weather cornea a serious j
problem to tne fruits-rower, .f TTTiin I
county. From every district in the val-I
i. '. .yr cnerry pickers. Ho I
bumper like is the crnn ftit th m.
ers feel assured they will bo unable spectable little library, especially as it
tp care for the picking in the proper I could be changed a volume at a time to
Mm. iml... .ban. 1 J . 1 . . . l a. I ,V 1 wak . M .t Mil
from points without.
viiciTi in un inuux oi piCKers I
Estacada has been sued for the inter
est on Its water bonds, no Interest hav
ing, ever been paid. One quite good rea
son, according to the News Is that there
have been no funds to pay with, and
second, the present mayor and city
council consider the bond luiu . in.i
and are disposed to bring It to a tet
at law.. It is claimed that the debt in
curred by the Issuance of these bonds
Is in excess of the amount which the
charter says the city may contract.
;V:V".. .V.-';' ',-.-;,s. - . - "- .--,.
' Gervais rejjresenta one of the ' Very
best agflcultirral sections In the wonder
ful Willamette valley, says the Star.
Hero j an old established settlement
well built homes, well established public
school afta business point, Tho town
Is flat and soil is rich and produces to
the very best advantage and regularly
all kinds ef fruit and berries, hops,
wheat, oats, potatoes and truck farming.
Her dairy resources are unexcelled, and
poultry plentiful and easily tended.
LJirse farms unfortunately predominate
and should bt cut up into smaller tracts.
THE BIRTHDAY
)-yhi' i ?;- BY FREDERIC J. HASKIX. -':'-L-
' ' - v (Copyright,. 190J, -by Frederic J. Haskln.)
' Washington, June 18, One
morrow congress, representing the
"that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes alternate
red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white In a blue Held,
representing, a new constellation." On that day the stars and stripes
' waa first frmtn as a government flag by" John "Paul Jones oa the
Ranger. The flag had already, been In semi-official use, almost a year.
thrifty Betsy Ross having supplied many ensigns tp the nation, en
signs that were they Ihow in -existence would be worth their weight In
gold. ;o : .-..:
It was not until September J. .1777,
that the action of congress on the flag
question .waa made publlo through the
press, though. word'Ct the new law had
reached Colonel Gfttisevoort's command
at Fort Schuyler and a drummer boy
naa maae a nag 'arter the paescribea
pattern.. For the white he took two old
ammunition shirts; for .. the red he
requisitioned on the wife' of a private
ror one of her red flannel petticoats;
for the . blue he used an old coat that
had been captured at PeekskilL On
August a, 1777. the first battle) fought
under the legally defined flag was that
lougnt -in aeiense ,or iort . ecnuyier.
aratloti'e riag Supply. :
This was our first battle flag. - Today
the nation supplies to its defenders
thousands, of flags every year, flags
mat are maae not or srtirts. Detticoats
and Jackets sewed by the clumsy fingers
of a patriotic drummer boy, - but of
bunting that has borne stern chemical
and physical tests, that' has been cut
and sewed by hundreds of experts. Last
year to the army of the United States
there were furnished 1.207 storm and
recruiting flags. S42 post flags, and (1
i mere naa Deen issuea .v atorm ana
recruiting iiagm, sti post riags ana 40
garrison flaga Tbei sewsd.Tnto a big
coverlet . would reach.':' comfortably
around the United States and givs her
the appearance of a plant, harlequin.
Each battleship of the American navy
enutiM to 2su nags -every tnree
years, though many are renewed oftener
man tnia. ina majority or tneae-are
aignat nags, inougn eacn amp carries
43 foreign flags, measuring 88 by IS
feet. The coat of the flags for each
battleship Is about 12,500, no small
item in Uncle Bain's bui for eauipments,
especially when It la recalled that he
has 27 first and ' second-class .battle
ships In' commission. Besides , these
there are cruisers, torpedo boats, tor
pedo boat destroyers, submarines, moni
tors, gunboata,- supply ships, , colliers,
training and ' receiving ships, some 266
all told, that must have a aoodly suo-
ly of bunting for every-day use an'l
fess-up occasions. For tl Be naval
flags VncIe Ss.m ul up about $48,0J
worth jof : material every year, pays
S17.0QO .In wageja and produces an aver
age of 59,000 flags of i different patterns.-
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Must stand Teats.
The material of whtch the flags for
general service are made must stand
severe tests. .The navy uses about 16,-
000 yards a year , for Old Glory- alone
and the goods must be of , superior
grade. The bunting is 'American made,
it must be an wool ana i incnes wiae.
It is -washed for 14 hours In soap and
fresh water, and next day . given a like
treatment with salt -water. Then for
10 davs It is exDOsed to tne wcatner.
30 hours of sunshine Deing -stipulated.
And that Is not all. The-tensile
strength must be proved, for there are
storms to be weathered and a 60-mlle
sale pan whlo average cloth to ribbons.
A strip of bunting two Inches wide
must have a strength of 65 pounds
when roved on the testing macnine.
Two inches of filling must stand 45
Dounda. When tho bunting has been
proved It is given over to. cutters and,
sewers who, by rule ana line, cut out
and make the flags.
The president's flag requires the most
time and tnonev anions' the) national de
signs made at me KrooKiyn nayy yara.
it takes a woman wonc nar nany a wnoie
month to make one. The-design. Is th
United States coat or arms on a blue
field. anA as all the stitches are set -by
hnnit and the - embroidery done with
silk at IS a pound, each flag cost a
nrettv penny wnen aone. 11 is ino ior-
eign flags that take most time snd
money in the making, for as each bat
tleship must have Its quota Uncle Sam
must have them on hand. The ltln-
American republics have flags that cost
a great deal. Ban Salvador's emblem
th Its landscapes, seaecapes, riorai
collection and cabalistic, designs aeeps
one woman busy f or 1 -days and costs
Uncle Sam 52.50. Germany's eagle and
scroll worK Is next highest In cost, and
whenever the white elepwant of 61am Is
made. Uncle Sam must hand over $38,
hue Mexico s . serpenireagio Design
calls for $39.60. The .very largest
United States flasj, $ fcy. ll feet,, costs
the government only $40. -
nags fo All Servioes.
As to the rest of Uncle Sam's flags.
official and semi-official, no census
could ever be taken. Every embassy,
legation and consulate abroad has its
quota, every cuetom-house.. postofneo
and mint, every administration building
that In any way loucnes wis muon ut
A RemarkaLle Lilrar
From the New York Bun. .
"One of the roost remarkable
11-
braries I ever ran across," aald a woman
or wlde experience, "Is the Forbes 11-
brary at Northampton, Massachusetts.
r aDent six months there a yeaf or two
nJ H truckm. that-if library
methods should become much more lib
eral than they were at Forces one tobio
set up elaborate housekeeping pre tty
soon without much to draw pn beside
the town library. - vI't '
"Northampton la a place at abouflO,
000 inhabitants, so that the mere elite
of the Forbes library is something to
make other towns or tnai. ciass -n
humble. It contains more than loo.vvv
volumes, many or tnem 01 me inu
expensive class or book. At nas oooas
lit 11 languages and many old and rare
sets. It is endowed. . .... ,
"There is another public library ; In
town containing over 80.000 volumes.
Here Is a list of what we could have
absolutely rrse irom int u
with a friend, so that we had two card
t.v. ... .Arb r,f flotfnn and two
other works. These might be kept' one
week or two, according to the book,
without eharse. The fine for keeping
them longer was the usual penalty of
. . . 3. .1 . .
"That made for the two of us from the
two libraries 12 volumes si a urns, cut
that waa not alL 3 - .
-pk n. enuld take out on what
waa called the study pocket 10 volumes
at each library, and these we could kep
Tho mil. 0 volumes
which we 'could keep , on our shelves
i,kni,t ,nmin. .hnnt rinea There
was only one restriction as to these.
xney couia o db iiohou,,
"fi,i, ai volumes mad a very . re-
suit our neeaa -xui mia y i?
"Forbee. as the . library is generally
called, had an excellent collection or
photographs of foreign places, famous
galntings ana - sculptures ana gram
uildings and monuments.- These were
distributed In very mucn me sams way
as the books taaen on tne stuay pockcu
'Probably -iome discretion was used
in the matter, hut I know that persons
living In . the hotel where we were had
beautiful carbons, artistically framed
hanging on their walls, and Llt was
beneficent Torbes which had placed
them there. If they wearied of a picture,-
got tired of - the 'MonaLlsa' and
decided to have the "Venue of Mllo for
a change. It was dona The Forbes li
brary card was an Aladdin's lamp ati.I
a. little pencil scratching" on It worked
the transformation. -. -.'-r-rK.-.-
"And there was more, ' too; The li
brary had stacks on stacks of the best
music, which waa Riven out to students
Just as books were, Music is an ex
pensive luxury, so that this was es
pecially nice of Forbes. '
"Certain copies of the magazines In
th. readinr room-could be taken -out on
card and kept week but these wereJ
always la aemanu. so mere . wasaaoiaer
OF OLD GLORY
b.undred and thirty-one years ago to
thirteen federated colonies, legislated
I : - j . .
. cuiumonwwuu i .P1""
berty. Of the more tharrhaVf a mil-
linn nuhlliv luthnnlB of th ITnlted ctateS
h. tr. fiiii Tn toi of tha
spiritrpVt5Hsmhlch they foster,
Other educational Institutions, com-
panles of state mllltla, patrlotio rgan-
rsatlpna. business houses, clubs', private
resiuencea, sea goii
character, all Bisp
the total number fr
the hundreds of thou
ries turn out countless numbers vsry
tunureus ur iiiuubbiiui. h- dis . tuw
div. nur nr camoalsrn veara tne outpui
Is greatest in private factories, . for
every speaker's stand, every train bear-
Ing political delegates, every hotel hous -
ing political poaies must Dursi ouvia
biaze or rea, wniie ana.oius
When occasion demanda
patriotism
-
af the flag
nscnuse of the wide una of
for advertising purposes during the paat
16 years- a movement haa been under
JS?";u? &&1,?,$&2SS'
tlon. and the trades unions to secure na-
tlonal and state legislation for the pro-
tectlon of the flag against such degrade
In. ii... wtill. 1 l.rl.ktlnn hu not
yef been secured publlo sentiment has
been awakened and t,he fla is receiving
mors reverence. .
.iiT.M. th -tnnrt was!
n
nnhllcl miIiu1 th Amartcan
xlaar was when it was flown
.- ...
prn xrom -ros- 1
pect HU1, Somerville, Mass.
early In
January, 1776. Though . a New York
regiment had borne a 10-a tripe flag, a
design borrowed from the British East
India company, Its use had only been
local. The Prospect Hill flag was the
one seiectea by tne committee tnai con-
cress naa sent over irom rnuaaeipnis
ton as to the adoption ot some national
o Cambridge to confer with Washing-
emblem. . Thirteen strloea were ehosen
to
some
lnarton'i
and weTi sewed together - to exiresi
lh. .r. 11 1 imn.rt.nn. n T , in, Minn Ml
chosen to represent the Idea of lust and
reasonable demands that might be se-
cured by peaceable meant Red was
chosen to represent the force and deter-
mlnatinn that must ba used. It necea-
... rT.r.Vu;. .
Th. tint n J tehe British union
.The first flag .bore lh Bntian union
.fVn.y.nJstT
2?nan.l. r J?i-.ire ifS0:
set in a circle to respesent the endless
. j -.- --rr,
Qnfl
ness or me colonies-.reaeration. soma
authorities claim .that the stars, too,
came from Washington's eoat of arms,
Ull TT llli:il .1 , UinillOJ CU LUlvTJ IUIUI.1I
or rowels.
The men who carved the nation from
the chaos of political strife did not
foresee- the 'nosslbllitles of 4 com
monwealths when they designed the
flag. All the empire their minds could
then compass was hedged aboat the
territory of other nations. So when
yi"", ' , " r , "7 . , . . VT
;r..i . it
proceeding on 1 a tupendous -scale, "
waa- seen that' the . f las waa about to
rr,v it thmn ti.A n atf.r. and in ifrlfMM.
uvuiMo u,,v.To., ..,
bo a law waa enacted that save us the
flag of today 18 stripes for the original
colonies, and' Stare arrangea in par
allel lines on the union, one for each
state as it was aamittes. i ns war as
partment determines the order In which
the stare are to be-placed, and the re-
vi ounm. iuvw oiiitiiu .
Fourth of July following the admission
of the atate bringing the star,
waul Jones' riaar.
In the national museum at Washing-
ton the government preserves Home
historical llaga Among these are the
one carried T?v John Paul Jones' Bon-
homme Richard, the one of the Atlantlo
Telegraph company that floated first
from the Nlsgira and then the Great
Eastern when the Atlantlo cable wss
laid; the one made from the first silk
raised and manufactured in the United
SUtea; the one carried bv the Red
Cross society's American ambulance In
the siege of Paris: , the garrison flag
of Fort Moultrie; the flag of the Kear-
sarge; the first union flag that floated
over Richmond in -the . civil war. and,
most important of-aU.'the flag which
hung over Fort McHenry-at Baltimore
in September, 1814; Inspiring the na-
tlon'. hypn. 'rThs bur Spangled Ban-
IlfJlt t ' ..
provision allowing any periodical, no
matter If It had Just that moment ar -
rivea rrom ut -puoiisner, to De -tagen
nut at t n. m. and keDt until 10 a. m.
to be taken
All this was a year ago. I shouldn tl
be in the least surprised if by this time
Forbes was circulating iernerles. calms.
morris chairg, writing desks, umbrellas, I
afternoon tea and other desirable anal
ameliorating features of existence." . 1
, The .Turpentine Supply.
-From Harper's Weekly.'
Within a few rears "the - turpentine
problem will coma to the front While
tne -eu
likely
the -supply-of this commodity is never
uaeiy to xau,
represent the is colonies, adopted, I " "' ,' .V:'.'K'-'J' "'V v'".:::
say out of compliment to wasn- 1 ""fl-rjr. i V"',,.!.
1 coat of arms. These stripes I " .V-V'?"'?"?.
fall, an inevitable lncreasenDr- Btlf,.tSnmm
will go Jiand In hand with the knc Jnl.4,.l!!..',n
of the Dine' foreata I born at Gloveravllle, N. TV June IS,
in price
depl
letion
.turinnuui uan w uuuuto arum nil
the pfnes; but the-chief source is the
. , , j,,..,,,..
-i- u r .w. I
extending from North Carolina to, the
swamps of Florida.. Already the best
onTSSS The3 di.a7reeprnirml?er"bl
mlledown theooa.t"ln aerchf freso
sections of pine land have been worked
su
uppnes. are woramg on tne last iron-
ler thS barrens of the central Florldan
tier t
peninsula
Water VroPu"n,dl.?"thCeB.I.cen? oTmun
rrneltv anil harilihln v Manw oamna ara
in,.
.n,i, l.KnJT ln.ir. i:..aH
rlcta leased
their state
e housed la
r towlrr ol
out to tne contractors Dy ti
governments. These men are
which guards sit with loaded rlflea The
rree camps are recruitea in tne mam oyi
negroes rrom tne coast ports, wnen - ii,
man is "wsnted" for any crime, he gen-
erauy stnxes iniana ior ine nearest I
tumentlns ctmn. whera owlnr to the
shortage of labor, he Is sura of a K igki-Tno famoS T marb e arch re
WL? "cJPM?n- V. J mn fTr?m tamfrontroof Bucklngha'm
vance agent of the company has located I
f cam?'-8i?Ka?
is ereciea, or. a row oi caoino tor tne
free laborera The giant still of cop-
per Is set up. and day and night tfie
work IS keptn operation until the tur-
iMntlna haa - been axtractM fram i the
f,. fTK,.i ,.T.a A,... -v,:
scored wltfi an instrument Specially de-
vlm.A tnr lhl numoM anS th. aan I
y'?e.a.. or. mis purpose, ana tne sap.i
TrioKiine- onwn into a rncentacia.
11 y evaporates, leaving behind a gummy
Unce which is subsequently Scraped
r, put into barrels and carted to
distillery. - There It is converted
turpentine, resin and water. The
substance
away,
the
Into turti
reain adheres to the sides, of the vat
and the fluids are drawn off Into a
barrel. The turpentine, rising to the
surface of the water. Is then drawn
off into a second barrel, after which
it is ready for sale, v '
' Saved by Habit. . '
-. From the Philadelphia Ledger. .
' Mr. Cannon was in an automobile,
merrily breaking the speed ordinance.
''Mr. Speaker!'1 called out a policeman,
raising a warning hand. .
"Tour motion Is merely dilatory," said
Cannon grimly, "and the. chair declines
to entertain It.
4-
Most newlv dry towns arw considering
an occupation tax.
letters rrom the Fcople
One Too Many Ciphers. - .
-To" the Editor of The Journal Is
Tuesday's edition of The Journal I sea'
that F. J, Haskln has an article under
the haadlnar. . "Prnki.mii Th.tf,.. i..
' u I - UH. ' .11-
of this coal wasted givas .off 65,000
pounds of carbonic acid gas. - Now if
w iuks a ion or coal and call it all car
bon, leaving out moisture, ash. anlnhur
eto., we could not possibly get more
than 7,178 pounds of carbonlo acid gas
ib uicauM tj. til is tne chemical
I iwniuiM ior n, ana its molecular weight
h. 48.87, which means in plain English
I nnm , . . 1 B
Z .""V'i."1' two pans
bines with S1I7 nnTnrt. JnVv, tX.
e;,W'07 f& mistSre ?he?einBtS fo?m
0,0'"'" r
- 1 , . - r . . r
1 w s go more titan mat in. carbon)
I j'uuuus. ana noi od.vuu. as
ventivs aehluses." In which he- makes
the atatement that 143,000,900 tons of
coal ars wastedv annually by the locomo
tives of this 'country and that each ton.
lying" flags, bring have 2.000 IZths, equaling 166.67X4J.7;
ffifv uae'yar into ?3ua""? J-I ttun& in round numbers!
ft - m -i 1 . . w o a Ti,-r t-ftnr nr ma ir....
I "liea' Haskln has been giving ,
j Js a good deal of gas of late, but of a .
1 harmless kind; but when he begins to
u sucn a volume or a poi.
I spnous kind you must begin to look to
in? aafBty valve of his Uhk. "You could'
I hot buy that much chemistry from a
I doctor or drug store for $6.
- 1 ... . - ' ENGINEER.
I - 'W Hits the Snot. . r
I or-le.--To.the Editor of
I -0J.rnTw"- nouo an artlcls in
I your d'toriala of yesterday entitled
I Prohibition." We aonsider thtn .aa nm
of the best articles we have ever read
J on this question. Our . experience in
1 iuibb unuer ine wordings or prohlbt-
i nun vuinciaes exaouv wnn vour ature.
"! Y.th'nl yo" " hit the
I T! .V; .ilrlr "-"",i'i','","'v'" w
or me siiuauon. . . i.ijuia j. iutrb
Pure Food Law CLtcclrs
"from thsJSew York. Press. -The
business 'world no less than the
general, publlo approves the national
legislation which naa been enacted in
I "LS.!"! 1? .PJi". " ' .V!1!?"-
I ' "uAVMr?r".. 9. mer-
I . .. -- ci "
A."!?i ?
ob'Tbevin. th. tat.t?', i n, h
"Sntrarv ? thev wlah to maSe sure of
lMthlthnritZ tS whi!h th5
f"8 !l,DSniwB but SeXntlv whr
V8?0,""'1'1.! ioul rrequentiy Wliere
lny are in ooudi as 10 wnat iney may
do op may not do they are- Unaile to
t nromrt Information on the subtect
will, enable them goto govern the
manner In which their -articles are la-
, s-alllna- to obtain the fnatructlona by
I which they . are to guide, themselves.
proper action to talc ev their bUalneas
is hindered or stopped. . v '
Undoubtedly the officials having to
do with the application of the'pure food
laws are overwhelmed with the flood' of
inquiries wnicn nave ' come down on
them ini-this task ot Instituting a new
system of Immense scope, but all possible-effort
should be made to unlock
the. wheels which are blocked through
- .1. 1 1 .b
I are an longing ror tne resumption or
fURiness unaer its lormer momentum
there should ba no obstructions to that
I .-. . i
I ,r mar can na avoioea.
I .
, V-
- Are Bound by Their Fledges. :
From the Spokane Spokesman Review. ;
Intimations that something later may
Mil,. C t . tarn .r VX T l7.nHhllM mam.
bBr, et the newly-elected legislature of
Oregon to disregard their obligations
i ana ignore tne cnoice or me peopis'ror
I nit.A ai.t.. ,i.n,in. An nn .minti n
I It is hoped that no Republican will
I stultify himself merely for party ad-
18 ff Lla. i-J F?aV1-J,
omin'n.s ,n' ""UVS" "KJ-"",::.'1
m.?P1"' ""5
"y ..'on WK&JSflSS?!'
iJnJpirZ
Pj "P8, tT jl'";.a thf? ti
l'.PJ";7. !? E?"l0J l.HiST"!.
talking about It at one gives Mas to
U8?'C,'L Jf.i'rIJl
?,ufAn.iw?2u.?;i
of Plausible excuse for going back on
Plfag". , , , .
tP"'?1" fl!?i f 7r n.m n"
J0!.80."" iP.
crat 'or the ntorshlp, but having
,,ih5m.ti.e,1! Lil
fUJon of the people, and having won
their election on the , strength of that,
w nl moralobli.
fyhnhn
iai .A tt II . a Sa
' later events . mey snouiu nav giTin
xnresslon to them before election.
I Having asked for and accepted the votes
of the people under a definite promise fb
ao a secui
I.vaifa th. t
I do a aeclfio act, they cannot creditably
evade the piain auty tney assumed
From a party standpoint it is aesir.r
ble that Oregon, a Republican etato.
I should sena iKopunncan senators in
Washington, - but partisanship must not
override the popular will, and alnca Mr,
Chamberlain, because of his personal
qualifications, apparently Is the popular
cnoice, tne legislators nave no mmonou i
course open to them but to ratify his V
election. - - ' ''
Samnel Plants' Birthday
He studied at Lawrence unlver-
nm w n reauiremeau ana aosirea or
i -r." ' iir i.ilnn Ik 1SHO - V
t'.E1 S'ZLl "MneJat1tn2 -:
ha t fin it a course in tneoioar at ins
Boston unlvers
rr lH S5r ltb PlJlfJ8"? VB.1r:
liin.
Tn 1SSR ha was ordained' to the
mihl.trV "of" thodW Epl-copal
church sjd du
ulplt-" of that
" vvY"',:r" " .' ,!,
d,nImJnatlon . iJ
Giants waa
resident of Lawrence uhlver-
sitv. wnicn position ne sun noiat. vr,
V
gatnsd prominence DOtn SS S . Writer
and a lecturer.. He stanes nign m
the councils of the Methodist Episcopal
church and at the recent general cpn-
ferance in BalUmore some of his
and a lecturer.. He stands high In
friends suggested his name in conneo-
i-w "" """"-v"-
,
This Date in Hlatory. .
niiMnnr f th. Plr.t' Tfnlt.-t : '
"l1 Me""?,.i..H J."1. vnwtl
al8vcei nd,?n' t0 ?U Pr"8nt location
' iVs. tlnited States warahlha bom-
..:,'. -T-V--;i. ..t.i .nn
hf'imaHn 0T
8U" L",8 n-nuised In the
'Iff, 57"- vZit ud!An P u,"fan-tn
assault on POrt -Hudson. --.
1S House or representatives re-
P8f'', tho,in,l?1il Z?t Jfamnf
1898 -Joseph Letter s attempt to l?or-
th .ht m.i-ica ollan.Ml
"v:.::- - . --- r- :-
1J04 Nan Patterson lndlctel for tho
?"f e-5aJ5 Caesa, Toung lit
. ,Tni..a.in.t i ,...,, r,.,
'?,!TAJlall " n f Prm,er De'T
yanlus of .Greece. r . . . .
: ; ' Dusty, , -
That man la made of dust quite true
- appears. , , .... ...
Wives know or should-,
If they to gain their ends resort to '
tears - - . h-j. .... , ,
His name is mud. ' v
From the . Catholic ; Standard and
Times. - -
1 - Maklntf & Hit.
i From , the Baltimore -American.
"Tou have ' been -staving with James
lately.) haven't you, John?" . , l
"Tea- - ..
"They say nfs new wife has sn swful
temper. How did she strike you?' v
"Ulth anything that cams hand" -