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A perfect Hie Is like that of
ship of war which has Its
own place In the fleet, and
caa share In Its strength and
discipline, but can also go
forth alone in the solitude of
tha Infinite sea. We ought to
belong to society, to have our
place in it, and yet be cap
able of a complete Individual
existence outside of it.
Hamerton.
THE V. P. PROSPEROUS.
WOW it may be with other rail
roads we are not lately and
I specifically informed, but it
seems from the latest report
of the Union Pacific railroad that It
at least has no excuse for either rals-
. Jug rates or decreasing wages. Dur
ing the past year, right through the
panic and depression, the Union Pa
cific .including the Short Line and
the O. R. & N., not only paid the
' per cent on Its common stock, but
: earned a surplus of $11,000,000.
This does not look bad for a period
of hard times. It seems to the peo
ple of Oregon, who contributed
largely to this agreeable surplus, as
"If the dictator of the Union Pacific
system ought to be able and willing
to do some railroad building In Ore
gon. He has said himself that times
" were better, and the future looked
bright, and if so he must expect a
good deal larger surplus this coming
year. In simple justice to Oregon
part of that surplus, as well as part
Of that for years past, ought to be
pent on new-roads In Oregon1. But
: while not doing this, to increase
rates would be "rubbing It in" In
deed.
' --,Mr. James J. Hill was quoted last
week as agreeing with some other
railroad presidents that rates must
be raised or wages lowered, but
when the income from Mr. Hill's
- roads is observed one cannot under
stand why this must be so. Those
roads have been paying very high
'" dividends for years, and lacked a
pood many millions of losing any
thing during the last fiscal year
.' But one can excuse Mr. Hill for
wanting his roads to earn big
pjoney; he spends a good deal of it
building more roads and developing
form and Its results. Politicians are
not going to favor a change that
would put them to a great extent out
of business. They have an Impres
sion that the Republican party crip
pled Itself badly and went fur to
ward committing hari-kari by adopt
ing these new methods In Oregon,
and so the leaders, the beneficiaries
of the present organization, machine
and boss system, will be slow to fol
low Oregon's example. Hut the more
the matter Is discussed and the bet
ter It Is understood, the more lnsls
teM anil compelling will be the peo-
j le's demnnd for It, until, 'if they
choose, they can elect men who will
not dare to refuse and who will be
pledged to carry out their will.
So. as never before, and on ac
count of Its primary law, Its State
ment No. 1, Its Initiative and refer
endum, and Its last election, the peo
ple voting on" their own laws, the
eyes of the country are on Oregon.
But what drew attention to these
more than anything else was the re
sult as to United States senator, be
cause that was not only peculiar and
unprecedented, but dramatic. It
had In It more than all the rest the
element of human Interest. To un
derstand how It could have hap
pened people have studied the whole
subject, and our whole system, and
many have had their , eyes opened.
Most of them, after investigation,
instead of saying. "What crazy peo
ple they must be out in Oregon,"
are saying,- "Those Oregon people
seem to know what they are about,
and have worked out their own sal
tation; why wouldn't what they have
done be a good thing for us to do?
IDLE LAND AND LANDLESS PEOPLE.
ever be done to help them, yet let us
not be hopeless even la their case.
Tens of millions are glyen annually
by rich people in aid of colleges and
churches, and charities of one kind
or another; why may not some of
our multimillionaires and people of
less, yet large wealth, conclude that
there Is no better way of doing their
country and humanity a service than
by aiding Just such a movement
For the most part it need not be
charity either, Just practical, ration
al help. Suppose some millions o
acres were bought In various places
and the more hopeful sort of poor
people in the cities taken there and
given a little start, gradual pay
ments to be made. The men and
grown-up children could find em
ployment In town or country near at
home; the croft would produce a
partial living if not fully enough for
the family, and in a few years the
debt could and in most cases would
be paid; there would be tens of
thousands of pew homos, hundreds
of thousands of people would bo
happier, healthier, and In every way
better what "a world pf good" a
few millions of dollars thus expend
ed, loaned, would do!
Mr. Rockefeller s university is
good; Mr. Carnegie's libraries and
technological institute are good; aid
to churches and hospitals is good;
but none of these fill the urgent,
paramount need; the man or woman
or people who will buy a million
acres of land and put several hun
dred thousand poor and landless but
worthy people upon it, they to repay
only the outlay as they can, will
do the most beneficial act ever yet
done with money.
Small Change
That "2ad" will toon be her
Mr. Taft has only a week lft to fix
It up tha bent ha con.
Tha lata John F. Capita helped to
make tha world happier.
There la
Kern except
nothing popullatlo
his whiskers.
about
the country.
:XHE COUNTRY'S EYES ON ORE
GON. r
IT
HE fact that in the proper, ex
pected and regular course of
events a Republican legislature
will elect a Democratic senator
In Oregon next winter bids fair to
be a very important and valuable
l&vent to tho people of the whole
pountry, not because of the Incident
t6elf or Its immediate result, but
because this peculiar episode will
have served as nothing else could
have done to draw the attention of
the whole country to Oregon's pri
mary law and its Statement No. 1,
and to the Initiative and referendum,
and the system of direct legislation
now established In Oregon. Lead
ing papers and other periodicals all
over thetountry have examined into
these Orf t '.nuovatlons, and com
mented hen variously, but for
the mi except In provincial
New Yui .rably. The Oreeon
plan of p .ig more responsibility
LARGE portion of the arable
land of this country, thou
cleared or denuded of Its
commercial timber, lies waste
Another large portion is used but
little, or incidentally. Some fur
nlsbes a little pasturage; other
areas are but occasionally or indif
ferently cultivated. Great areas In
these far western states are but
sparsely populated, or not occupied
at all, though privately owned
Even near so largo a town as Port
land one may see thousands upon
thousands of acres lying thus idle, or
nearly so. Portions of these lands
are not of first rate Quality, yet a
few acres handled according to the
most approved methods would be
productive and would support
family. . Even the abandoned and
worn out farms back east can with
care be reclaimed and made a means
of sustenance. It is aa a whole
new country as yet. Our 85,000,000
people make but a sparse population
for It. There is productive land
enough in this immense country for
hundreds of millions of people.
Yet already there are millions of
people who need this land, who
could make a living off It, who
would be Immensely benefited, and
the country as a whole too, If they
could get homes on It, could produce
their own living, or partly so. They
would be more Independent, and
better-- itiiWHi" TlwiF children
would be better reared. There
would be less poverty and suffering,
and fear and dissipation and reck
lessness and crime. There would be
more patriotism, a better distributed
sense of responsibility, more produc
ers and taxpayers, fewer tramps and
failures and human wrecks.
If all this is so, and we think no
body will dispute It, is not the great:
est and test reform movement that
can be undertaken in this country
one that would result In placing mil
lions of landless, pitiably dependent
people upon tens of millions of acres
of these unused or but poorly used
lands? Near a large town from one
acre to five acres would be enough;
farther back more would be needed;
but almost anywhere, If the land
were fairly productive, 20 acres
would be sufficient an average,
say, of 10 acres each. Suppose that
a movement could be started that In
the next 10 years would put 10.000,
000 people, on 100,000,000 acres of
such lands, to become In most cases
their property and homes, would It
Five presidential tickets are al
ready in the field, that we remember
Republican, Democratic, Socialist,
Populist and Prohibition; and soon
there will be another, the Inde
pendent, fathered and nourished by
Mr. V. R. Hearst. There are spots
where the Independent ticket may
poll a considerable vote, thereby
posstbly helping Taft, but through
out the country generally It is like
ly to be at the foot'of the list, unless
it is beaten for that distinction by
Tom Watson. It will scarcely gain
enough strength to keep It alive for
four years.
It la not tha fault of this region If
one doesn't enjoy a vacation In it.
Still, we are doubtful about Kern: It
doesn't appear that he la a colonel.
Perhapa the Democrats expect to
carry California because Kerr la a '40er.
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Now a lot of whcatflelda are put
tin the predlcters of crop failure to
shame.
There Is a growing; suspicion that
governing people Is being overdone in
some directions.
e .
Probably Alice Roosevelt Long-worth
didn't want to go to that old Prohibition
convention, nohow.
Proportional representation ta the
right principle, but It may be difficult
to get it into operation.
Don't worry about who will or may
be elected president: it wont make
much difference to moat of us.
Tha Wall street Democrats are very
strong on "fundamental Democratic
principles with the accent on "fund."
As Taft roes in If he does Fulton
will no out: but perhaps be expects to
be tho dispenser of Oregon "patronage''
nevertheless.
In Switzerland a law forbids women
from wearing hate more than 18 inches
in diameter. Wouldn't such a law cause
a revolution here?
MY CONCEPTION OF THE
PRESIDENCY
Creek Indians have been holding
green oorn dance. This Is all right; It
a tha corn lulce nance mat causes
rouble.
a
JaDan does not like the proceedings of
the liemocratio convention nui jwh
not go to war about mat. tne
will be made by Wall street.
will
war
Tillamook will get a railroad
some of these fine days, whether Mr.
Harrlman builds one there or not,
and in spite of him though he
probably will rush in then and butld
too. Ho always has funds enough
to build a railroad to spite other
railroad builders, if none to build
in regions that he can keep cor
ralled against all comers.
Some newspapers are already
hailing Taft as "the forerunner of
prosperity." Who was the fore
runner of the panic? And where
is the guaranty of prosperity and no
panic? Mr. Taft's party proposes
nothing whatever in the way of aid
to one or protection against the
other.
Mr. Bryan says that the Ideal to
ward which government shoujd
slrive'ls to" "gTve'Tb"" each person as
nearly as possible a due equivalent
for what he contributes to society.
This seems to savor a little of So
cialism, but Is nothing to be
ashamed of for all that.
If the Lusltanla keeps on Increasltig
its snee.l. its stern will scarcely be
nut of Kta-ht on one side of the ocean
1 its bow Is visiDie on me omer
hie.
It Is well enough to put the man
hove the do ar. but this should not
he Interpreted to mean that the man
houhl stand on the tloiiar ana never
let It loose.
'It is the voice of the serpent that
hlrfs us eat." eays Mr. Bryan. wmcn
h.m-o that the sernent la onto nis loo.
He tells us to do what we are Douna
to do anyway.
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A aent that haji been holding a con
ference In Portland Is called the Church
of the Brethren? But. as with other
sects. It would not amount to much
without the sisters.
Senator Tillman is over In Moroooo.
If the sultnn doesn't treat him right,
and Tillman put Ills pitchfork in mo
tion, there nun he worse trouble than a
revolution in V. ;.t country.
" A lovely lovers' moon these nights"
Portland' ( Me. I Kxpress. And the
same in Portland, Or. O'er all the land
shines the lovely midsummer moon and
everywhere it shines on lovers.
If you should bet J10.000 against
$1 000 that Bryan would not be elect-
ej and If you should feel elated over
winning $10,000 and should plan how
to spend it enjoyably and then. If
Bry an should be elected wouldn t it
Jar you? Wouldn't It make you mad?
Oregon Sidelights
have a hollow cement
Mr. Taft cannot prevent whomso
ever chooses from supporting him,
but that Boss Cox is leading his sup
port In his home city ought to dis
gust hosts of .decent Republicans
throughout Ohio. It would seem
that It would be policy for the Tafts
to send. Cox to the rear.
It Is to be hoped that high schools
will not so multiply that the low
schools will be neglected. The high
schools are important, of course,
but the grammar schools are more
so.
Mr. Sheldon, treasurer of the Re
publican campaign committee, la a
member of some three dozen trusts
and other corporations, none of
which will contribute a dollar(?)
directly upon the people, giving I not be the most beneficial one 1m-
tbenf more power, and at the Fame I nglnable? Would It not go far to
time minimizing the power of party j ward solving most of the Industrial
and social problems that confront
society everywhere?
As a definite proposition, some
thing to be broupht about by any
Even If all the middle western
states go for Taft, It ouht not to be
surprising If they elect a pood many
Democratic congrtssmtn In place of
Republicans.
Already columns of Taft, Bryan
and doubtful states are being pub-
certaln. present practicable means, j !lpnpd but ,,,e nvera.p rd!nar
organizations and bosses, is dis
wuBned as something of great import
ance, and as an example likely to be
followed by other states as soon as
the people become aroused to an ap
frebension of how powerless and
misrepresented they now are, and of
the possibility of more direct, demo
cratic and representative govern
ment among themselves.
Of coarse the Wall street organs
and the more extreme rarty organs,
sneer at and ridicule the people of
Oregon as oelng visionary, and ! think that much In this direction Lt everybody believe In good
subjecting themselves to certain and ' could be accomplished by the prose f timF, talk good times, work for
ridiculous failure; but this tone Is of the country, and by public and , pood times, and there will be good
not found In the independr-r. . to- ! other Influential men, if they would i times.
grrtMUre. press, or la. periodicai that. ail Join n urging such a movement. '
look far below the surface and dis-i And once started. It would grow. In
cern the signs of the times. Oreson. ideed, there Is such a movement now.
It la everywhere admitted, has jtoceMore than ever before people are
farther In the direction of restoring seeing the importance and x,alue of
power to the people and eliminating I maVlnit homes on or getting posses
bosslsm Bd corruption in polities ; son of small tracts of Isnd. The
Dallas Is to
brick factory. t
Fine fire clay la said to exist on a
farm near Dallas.
An Elgin b6y 14 years old has broken
an arm ror the intra umo.
TrHonn hta a new Kicker a boy: tile
other young; Kickers are girls.
Washing-ton county hopyards gener
ally present a sood appearance.
Dallas merchants have formed a pro
tective association and will blacklist
bad. debtors.
Two larpe adjoining farms on North
Plains, Washington county, were sold
last week for J100 an acre.
In Hlllsboro 781 'aore money orders
have been sold this year than last,
while the increase in stamp sales is
10 per cent.
There have been more people from
the cast looking for farm lands around
Kugene in tho past 10 days than in
any other period In our history, ays
tho Register.
Three calves two heifers and a bull
were born to a cow owned by Mrs.
Susan Jones at Galesville, Douglas
county, last week. The calves were
born separately and they are reported
to be in a halthy condition.
A Klamath Falls lumber firm now
employs an even 100 men and about
90 head of horses. It is only an indi
cation of what the lumbering industry1
will do for this section aa soon as
there are transportation with transpor
tation f.irtntirs and as soon as the
markets ilcmiiyl the lumber supply of
it..' Klamath country.
By William J. Bryan, in Collier's.
The president's power for good or for
harm la often overestimated. Our gov
ernment Is a government of checks and
balances: power Is distributed among
different departments, and each official
works In cooperation with others. In
the making of laws, for Instance, the
president Joins with the senate and the
house; he may recommend, but he is
powerless to legislate, except aa a ma
jority of the senate and house concur
with him, The senate and the house
are also independent of each other, cacli
having a veto over the other; and tha
president has a .veto over both; except
that the senate and house can, bv a
two thirds vote, override the presi
dent's veto. The Influence of the pres
ident over legislation la, therefore ltm-
noii ; ne snares responsibility with a
large number of the people's represen
tatives. Even In the enforcement of law he
is hedged about by restrictions, lit
acts through an attorney-general
(whose appointment must be approved
by the senate), and offender against
the law must be prosecuted In the
courts, so that here again the respon
sibility Is divided. In the making of
lmnortatit annnintmanta inn Ha mnair
consult the senate, and la, of necessity,
compelled to exercise care and discre
tion. The most Important requisite in
a president, aa in other officials, la
mac nis svmnatny snail ce witn the
wnoie people, ratner man wltti any rrac
tlon of the population. He Is constant'
l.v called upon to act In the capacity
of a Judge deciding between the im
portunities of those, who seek ravors
and the rights and interests of the
public. Unless his sympathies are
right, the few are sure to have an ad
vantage over the many, for the masses
have no one to present their clalmtt.
They act only at elections; and must
trust to their representatives to pro
tect them from all their foes.
Second, the president must have a
knowledge of public questions and tho
ability to discern between the true an i
the false; he must be able to analyze
conditions and to detect the sophistries
that are always employed by those who
seek' unfair advantages.
He must possess the moral courage
to stand against the Influences that are
brought to bear In favor if special In
terests. In fact, the quality of moral
courage is as essential in a public of
ficial as either right sympathies or
trained mind.
A president must have counsellors,
and, to make wise use or counsellors, n
must be open to convictions. Tn
president is committed by his platform
to certain policies, ana tne piatrorm i
hlndlna" he is also committed to cer
tain principles of government, and
these he is tn duty bound to apply in
all matters that come before him. Bu
there Is a wide cone in which he mun
act upon his own Judgment, and here
he ought to have the aid of intnlligent,
conscientious and faithful advisers, in
law provides these, to a certain extent,
In giving him a cabinet, and the vice-
president ought to be made a member
or tne caninct ex-orncio, in oraer, urst,
that the president may have the bene
fit of his wisdom and knowledge of
affairs and. second, that the vice-presi
dent may be better prepared to take up
the work of the president in case of a
vacancy In the presidential office.
There ought to be cordial relations also
between the president and those who
occupy positions of Influence in the co
ordinate branches Of the government,
for our government Is not a one-man
fovernment, but a government In which
he chosen representatives of -the peo
ple labor together to give expression to
the will or tne voters.
But the presidency Is the highest
position in the world, and its occupant
Is an Important factor Irt all national
matters. If he is a devout believer in
our theory of government recognize
tha oonatitntionai rustrirjuiion or Dow
ers, trusts thoroughly in the people and
fully sympathises with them In their
aspirations and hopes, he haa an op
portunity to ao a npienuia worn, no uc
cuples a vantage ground from which he
can exert a wnoiesome innuenco in
vnr of each forward movement.
The responsibilities of the office are
so great that the occupant ought to be
relieved of every personal ambition,
save the ambition to prove worthy of
the confldeace of his countrymen; for
this reason, he ought to enter the poel
tion without thought or prospect of a
second term.
While the burdens of such an office
are heavv. and while the labors or the
office are exacting and exhausting, the
fie d or service is large, ana. measur
ing greatness by service, a president,
by consecrating himself to the public
weal, can make himself secure in the
affections of his fellow citizens while
he lives, and create for himself a per
manent place in his nation's history.
Labor Platf
orm
Following is the economic platform
adopted by the American Federation of
Labor:
1 The abolition of all forma Of In
voluntary servitude, except a a punish
ment for crime.
2 Free schools, free textbooks ana
compulsory education.
3 Unrelenting protest against the Is
suance and abuse of injunction process
in labor disputes.
4 A workday of not more than eight
hours in the 24 hour day.
fiA strict recognition of not over
eight hours per day on all federal, state
or municipal work, and at not lees than
the prevailing per diem wage rate of the
class of employment in the vicinity
where the work is performed.
6 Release from employment one day
in seven.
7 The abolition of the contract sys
tem on nubile work.
H Tne municipal ownersnip oi puouc
utilities.
9 The abolition of the sweatshop
system.
10 Sanitary inspection of factory,
workshon. mine and home.
11 Liability or employers ior injur.y
to body or loss of life.
12 The nationalisation or teiegrapn
and telephone.
13 The passage of antl-ehlld labor
laws in statos where they do not exist
and rigid defense of them where they
have been enacted lnio law.
14 Woman suffrage co-equal witn
man suffrage.
15 Suitable and plentiful play
grounds for children In all cities.
ifi Tim Initiative and referendum
and the Imperative mandate and right of
recall.
17 Tnntlnued asitation for the mibllo
bath system in all cities.
18 Qualifications in permits to build
all cities and towns, that there shall be
bathrooms and bathroom attachments in
all houses or compartments used for
habitation.
19 We favor a system of finance
whereby money shall be Issued exclu
sively by the government, with such
regulations and restrictions as will pro
tect it from manipulation by the bank
ing interests for their own private
gain.
20 We favor a system of United
States government postal savings
banks.
to so great an extent as Indicated,
the scheme is probably chimerical.
That is admitted, and the reasons
are obvious. Two are sufficient;
the people who need the land haven't
the means to get It and make a start,
and most of them would not so iife
the money If they had It. Yet we
think that much In this direction
reader can make up columns as well
as anj body.
Portland Is going to ben right bip;
city and that within a few ears If
It must keep pusMnp and pulling.
I now more than vcr.
Morr- ritiHTvpr: The town cow. that
m-l ol-l jiuxiliary to the family sup
i rt. is of all nnlmals the one most
j df'si-rv i f nvmpathv. Annually, at
th.s tine of the vear In this county.
' sb" Is i' ft without a morsel of green
feed. ar..l the Industry of her chase after
noio is '1s ever.. Is returned with
a brutal !; k or a club. GoJ help the
f,,ni v ( ...
I ' '
Kchn Hcjjsfcr: Or. n-re of Irrl
ct i la: 1 will nroi'Ke more products
rr ,". 1 1 ,i ir, dolla rs than 10 acres of
.!.S"i.t i v ! -ind. That Is why the price
1'..k step to an eastern farmer ac-
iciom" i to rocks, frosts, fertilizers!
; r. I half crops In fact an acre of the
irr.gate'I l.icl under any of the prole' ts
nro-in'- Kcho Is cheaper at 120" than
th" !e' acre of farming larnls In
Mississippi vsllev would be at 110.
The Only Way.
Ellis O. Jones in Life.
The Man from Mars wandered into a
mammoth hall packed with people who
were engaged in sucking their thumbs
and crying for mercy.
"What's the trouble?" asked the Man
from Mars.
"We are cold," answered an ill-clad
wretch as he blew on his fingers.
"Why don't you put coal in the
stove?" asked the-Man from Mars.
'We have no caal."
'Rut there is coal in the ground.
Why don't you go and dig it out?"
It does not belong to us."
"To whom does it belong?"
"It belongs to a few men."
"Well, how can It be secured, then?"
"It must be bought, but we have no
money with which to buy It."
"You sav that Individuals own the
land containing the coal? How did
they get it?"
"The law gave It to them,"
"Who made the law?"
"Our ancestors."
"Why don't you make a law which
will take It away from them?"
"The constitution won't let us."
"Who made the constitution?"
"Our ancestors."
"Why don't you take it without
law?"
"That would he Immoral."
"Who made the morals?"
"Our ancestors "
"What are you going to do about
It I" asked the Man from Mars, finally.
"We have sent for a spiritualist to
see if he can't get us some advice
from our ancestors, answered the
Oregon's Message of Ckeer
From the Sioux City. Iowa. Tribune.
The earnest and sincere advocates of
better conditions to be attained through
wise usa of legislation experienced a
distinct sense of disappointment bor
dering on defeat by the action and the
refusal to act of the Chicago convenr
tlon. They felt that whatever was
gained in the nomination of Mr. Taft
was lost in the selection of Mr. Sher
man, in the smothering with verbiage
of the Tatt principle of tarirr rerorm
and in the rejection of the amendments
proposed by Senator La Follette's rep
resen tatlves.
A view of the situation which covers
the entire field tends to remove the
feeling of discouragement and to re
store hope and courage. While the re
actionary element may nave won a
teiniiorarv success at Chicago the fail
ure of their efforts on the1 wider field
Indicate that the spirit of progress is
still alive and active. It is well to
make note of some of these indications.
Their significance is seen in the result
of the senatorial contest in North Da
kota. Since the day when that state
emerged from the territorial condition
until this movement for progress set
in, the state has been absolutely dom
inated by what we now term the re
actionary element. Th6y had met and
overcome successively the efforts of
men in that state to redeem It from
the spoilsmen.
Undlscouraged by these defeats the
movement grew and gathered in
strength and made of the senatorshlp
this year the decisive issue. It is of
good cheer to know that Mr. Marshall
who led the movement, is far in the
lead, with Mr. Johnson, a like minded
man, but little behind him, while Mr.
Little, the representative of the reac
tionaries, is In a hopeless minority.
The stronghold of the Interests is
the senate of the United States. No
where over the field have they made
gains. In some states they have simply
held their own; in others they have
lost ground. La Follette displaced one
of their kind in Wisconsin; Brown took
, - 1 .. , ! n V.krn.lfB- Up
Crawford will supplant another in South
Dakota, and in North Hakota eitner ur.
Marshall or Mr. Johnson, as the voters
will determine in November, will dls-
clace Mr. Hansbrough. who was an
eleventh-hour convert to progress. Even
distant Oregon sends its message of en
couragement, fqr Mr. Chamberlain, se
lected by Republican votes to succeed
Mr. Fulton, although a Democrat, owes
his present office of governor to the
fact that he lias been nn earnest advo
cate of jjsarfesslve legislation. Thus
the naue of reform gains strength in
me senate, ine vwry cnauoi ui iqsvuuii.
lhe 1 1 REALM
ffFEA1ljNE
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The Woman Detective.
NEWS Item from New York tells
of an agency which advertised
recently to furnish youn
women for "roping and investi
gating" at summer hotels. Some
one who took the trouble to Investi
gate gives the Information taht "rop
ing" is a new slang word for a certain
kind of detective work. In this case
the plan is to furnish attractively got
up young women to go to the summer
resorts and become so friendly with
other 'women that thev will tell them
all their secrets, which can be used by
those desiring the information, or thd
young women can he hired by suspicious
husbands who wish to know with whom
their wives are associating and how
they are passing their time while out,
of their sight.
At once the Question nresents itself:
Are there, then, such women to be had?
Would any woman stoop to such trick
ery and deception? Is there no aucn
thing aa sex lovnltv? Anrl n rA womn
so constituted that thev would consent
to earn their living by such a Judas
like trick?
Alas and alas, there are all kinds of
people In the world, more's the pity, for
some of the kinds keep alive only the
traits and thoughts and characteristics
that the world would be better off
without. One maV sav that It mav well
be a warning to women who are dis
porting themselves at summer resorts
while their husbands swelter and f umq
and Vorry along In town, not to get
into miscnier nor ao things that they
would prefer should not be known, but
that is not tha nolnt Of course thev
should not, nor should any of us at any
time be Indiscreet in our friendshlns or
our actions.
But conceive, If you can, what must
be the moral tone of women who would
consent to sell such services as those
enumerated in the advertisement of the
detective agency.
If anything should be sacred In this
world it la confessions made from one
person to another. If anything should
be forever locked from the world, not
less completely than in the sanctuary
of the confessional, it Is those things
that one human being, seeking th
comfort of open confession, tells to
another human being.
Are we not all children of one fam
ily, and should it not be our first im
pulse to extend the helping hand? And
what blackness yawns oeneath the feet
of one who finds his confidence be
trayed; the one he trusted with his
leart secret selling him to a commer
lal agency.
Detectives are necessary, no doubt, in
the present state of world progress.
Crimes which are thought to be com
pletely hidden from , human eyes thov
bring to light. Honest persons are vln
dlcatedi lost valuables restored and
crimes fastened upon, the perpetrator.
let tne woria or men iooks upon one
ho extorts information bv pretendod
friendship, to betray It for money, with
loathing. Judas Iscariot stands In bW-
tory as one of the few capable of such
a deed. The prince of traitors, a syn
onym for villainy. To be a traitor Js
to be without the pale of legitimate
affairs. Be the thing that is betrayed
little or big. the principle is the sainc.
It is to be the scorn of all honest men,
an outcast, a blackguard.
The thought of these young women,
attractively got up, presumably well
mannered, smoothly decoying their vl
tlms, I confess, troubles fine. It should
give any woman a shudder of indig
nation that womanly charm should be
used so seductively. It makes one
wonder whether loyalty la after all only
a masculine trait. tWhether it Is true
that women as a whole have no con
ception of that feeling that binds men
together in party ties, in college fra
ternities, in all manner of secret so
cieties and brotherhoods. A man who
betrays his brother has got about as far
down as it Is possible for a man to pet
And a woman who betrays a woman?
Therevare no words black enough.
t
Practical Housekeeping.
F not covered with a pretty flrefront
or surrounded with a dainty mantel,
the summer fireplace Is a gloomy
looking place at best. Do not decorate
the mantel with pictures; use a few
dainty ornaments. Have three Jardi
nieres of flowers, one palm and two
pretty ferns to place before the grat..
Have the palm on a low tabourette in
the center and place the rerns on th
hearth. Bowls of nasturtiums placed
among them, brighten the aspect at
times. A large mass of ordinary as
paragus that is going to seed will make
a handsome room ornament If mixed
wuh large, shaggy Japanese poppies.
r
poor wretch.
tha any other atata In the union,
and a thT read these discussions
In aatera papers and magatlnes
millions of p?ople ar asking them-k-Ivm:
- "Is sot this a good thing?
hy should vi sot do likewise ?"
It will be difficult, for the Initial
movements necessary mint be made
jr tie ta poer, and thev helot r
to and arre a'rrty, a organisa
tion a aacMne. and boes, that are
taiu-sJly cj-possd to -aay saca re-is acl fcorae. Par baps noUUsf will
"homeerof!" movement is In evi
dence In the vicinity of all of our
large cities, but It ought to spread
out to all the smaller cities too and
grow into a stead. Fraud migration
of hitterto landless peopla upon
tmall farms or "'horoecrofts "
Stl'd there are the multitude,
tfcos who need such home places
worse thsn the ret. who never have
nor can get enough ahead to secure
These are times when
cannot afford to be slow.
Port Inru
Pretent Tuberculosis.
"Wh-n you teach children to
kiftslr.g. swapping gum and eattr g ha
baJced fo'ds n1 t" be cln cj ii
loing
le
S'lmethtre tc r,re-t tubr
losls dolare.l rr K A. Kr,uf.
N"v Tork. at the W'-it t on i-er t ..t
I tie Amtn an Medical &oc;atloi 1:
Chicago.
Arrordlht- to tb Milton
'"correc tc s; rk r f the "Tums'um
r-ier." and it exp'slr.s "The tumelum
i a pi'-e cf shout two miles on the
W ,1'a a river w here hv aim freak
f r.a'-ir r trees have grown on its
'ink". it i'-aci not fr several cn
; t'.r;ca. ard as 'hee Is rothir.g to oon
i fine t' 3tf i( tlev spresl out orer
jt.'.e f.a: :n numerous small streams
ao:dhen' tr nord t'imalum which In the
l.vnan t.r.gi; means 'spreading waters.
As ;: p ak i f the Cascade river when
aJ!,i!lrg to the cascades of the Colum
bia aa to wri'e of the Tumalum river."
Truth Crushed to J-arth.
From the Cb!-m-o News.
'Tdif, sir." faltered the office bry.
"I would lik to get off to attend tb
haaftwili gam this afternoon."
'No ; ou ion t s-gpr--t te hsc
have no rrtT Intenttoo of going
to th gajn tr.ss I have. Ton rt
T- -'e Te stage rtad its last trip
'.nf, S-st .r'av and this wk ths set
tr t that rit, whn hv had
heir ri ' carried bv stage for the last
1 .. yrnr r to rami to tn to W t
i rr go without It. and many of them
have to travel from 4 to M miles
to s-id returning from the pc-t-off
get a letter nr jerr In this
--,t)on the Vr1! Journal says
Had the Right.
From the Sacramento Bee.
Republican politicians and news
papers In Oregon are still clinging to
the the notion that the Republicans in the
next legislature of that state should
. . . disregard their pledge to vote for 'the
r-sgle It is nponle a choice" for United States sen
ator, individually given br a majortty
of that body before election, and cast
their ballots for rake, the party candl
date for tbe office.
If. however, the Republican majority
of the legislature should thus dellber
ately violate a solemn obligation, made
in writing as a condition of election,
the shameful brench of faith to the
voters would forever disgrace the party
and retire rrom puoiio lira ail who may
be guilty of it
When at the recent election a mi
Jorltv ef the voters of Oregon cast
their ballots in favor of Governor
Chamberlain, a Democrat, for United
Stat senator, many of them deliber
n'ely disregarded rarty ties and made
their choice hat ween the two eandl
de'es on r-ronal merits alone, as they
had a right to do.
rr R. c ffvlli, one of ths most
prominent ministers la western Penn
arlvania. fr the mi! IT vaxira rastor
v - cTk ! an ovriiTitrs Rrur-'OT tr, iixiraourg Herirmed Frehs--
irA" rronct. tat many Republic . terian rhurefc. recently arpt4 the
utCan ar miliifi tkrula t.t lhv Dfaaaf)nhll Af kiMlnal aMatl
This Date in History.
1785 Mahmud II. sultan of Turkey,
born. Died in 1836.
1SG0 Thomas CorWln of Ohio became
secretary of the treasury.
1861 Confederate congress met at
B ti-ri mcinft
1864 General Early defeated by Gen
eral AVerill at Martlnstiurg, va.
1S66 Austrlans defeated the Italians
at Lissa.
1 870 M. Prevost Paradol. French
minister at Washington, committed sui
cide. . ,
isgO General Manuel Gonzales elect
ed president of Mexico.
1S81 Sitting Bull surrendered at
Fort Buford.
1884 First message received at Bos
ton over the Bennett-Mackey cable.
1893 Boycotting decided to be legal
by the supreme court of Minnesota.
1901 Intense heat prevailed in the
eastern and central parts of the United
States.
1902 John W. Mackay, American
financier and promoter, died in London.
1906 Peace signed between Salvador
and Guatemala.
190" Thirtv killed and many injured
In a wreck od toe.Pera MsxruieUa rail
way near Salem, Mich.
Duke of Sutherland's Birthday.
The Duke of Sutherland, who Is re
puted to be the largest private land
owner in Great Britain, was born July
20. 1861. He posseaes about 1,400,000
acres of land, besides some of the finest
private houses In England. He is
famous for his lavish expenditure and
princely hospitality. As a philanthro
pist he has earned the gratitude of
hundreds of poor people, and his mag
nificent London mansion, Stafford
House, Is always at the disposal of -any
of his friends who wish to entertain
for the saks of charity. The duke Is
well known as a sportsman and a
traveler, and is the owner of several
magnificent yachts. Ha is also keenly
Interested In politics, and sat in the
house of commons as a Liberal for 12
years. Considering his ability, however.
he' has never taken a very prominent
part tn public life. Several years ago
nis name was unenMone-d In connection
with th governor-generalship of Can
ada. but the expected appointment
failed to materialise. The Duchams of
Sutherland is known as a great bauty.
She has published several books and a
few veara aso wrote a succeaaful clar
for Ethel BarTyrocrs.
The shortest tlfte sronnd the werld
Is claimed to bare hen mads bv LJeu-tenant-Colenel
Burnley Carrpbefl. who
left IJtterroal On Vit 1 its? ..a
Ma return land at Dorer n ' J me U.
1T. orr1nf the circuit In 4 days
and lilt hour If h had caught the
Bt. PtrsburT express at Berlin' he
wewld hsre reduced t&la tisaa hV aa.
era! bears.
Don't be content with simply emptv-
Ing the dust box of your carpet
sweeper. Arter removing dust remove
brush and wipe out box with dry cloth
and then with a damp one. Remove
every particle of dust trom brush with
a whisk broom and wash thoroughly in
pan of hot suds and rinse thoroughly
and return sweeper. You will find your
rugs and carpets will be much Improved
If the sweeper brush is kept clean and
when you have been sewing dampen
the brush and It will take up everv
particle of small threads from soft
rugs.
This Is a good plan for extra closet
room: Fasten a large screw eye in the
celling of the closet, beng sulre to
strike a lath so the screw eye will
"bite." Then screw a large hook Into
the end of a broom handle and fasten
small hooks alternately In the handle
for clothes hooks. Shirtwaists and chil
dren's dresses may be hung on coat
hangers and hung on the hooks. Hook
the handle on the screw eye in the cell
ing out of the way.
R K M
ABIT of white starch moistened Into
a paste and applied to a grease
spot on an otherwise clean blouse
will prove a useful ally, and so Will
fullers' earth put on in the same way.
Both must bs left on till dry. and then
brushed off. when the marks will have
quite disappeared.
wnen uianKeis are to ne washed Tor
the first time they should be aoakad
over night In xxtii water -then
rinsed. This Is to remove the sulphur
used. In the bleaching. After this thev
should be soused until clear tn a luke
warm lather made with boiled soap and
water, and then rinsed well in clear
water.
A wisely economical housewife will
always buy an extra yard when pur
chasing a stair carpet. Fold thla sur
plus length In at either end, and. when
the carpet Is worn at the portions Just
over the edges of each step, It may be
shifted first up. Mien down, so that the
whole covering may be used up evenly.
A mustard plaster mixed with white
of gg will not blister.
impure air in a room ts rram more
Injurious to a baby than to an older
person.
To clean straw matting Put three
pints of bran la two quarts of water
and boll. When It Is nearly cool, wash
the, frrattlmg with It. 'S'nd dry It well
wtih a clean cloth. Add a little salt
laf the water for whits matting, and
vinegar tor recu
t t
The Dally Mem a.
BREAKFAST.
Sugared P'ackberries.
Cereal With Cream.
Minced Liver on Toast. Rolls. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Sheep's Tongue SHe-ed.
gars toga Potatoes.
Peia4 Of Orsen Peppers
8 tawed Gooseberries. Cookies. Tesw
DINNER.
Cold Boiled Wattm, Caper ftanee.
-Crsb U
Butter String Bne- P. teed Tomato A.
Sliced JPeexbea and Cream.
. JaU Cake. lUack CeXfee.
to gel ff t attosMl the runeral cf your i sri, vote tm Prrsa vnlees tir mail the Reform a-d Prmbytertaa Tbtologleil
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