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tired nature, and an enemy
to pomp and noise; it arises,
In the first , place, from the
enjoyment of one's self; and
In the next, from Hie friend
ship and conversation of a
few select companions. False
happiness loves to be in a
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THK PORTLAM GATEWAY
IT HAS been a long and tiresome
wait. After 20 years, recogni
tion of the Portland gateway by
the northern railroad lines is or
dered. This recognition was resisted
as long as there was ground upon
which to stand. The echoes of Pres
ident Howard Elliott's curt refusal
have scarcely died away. When the
Portland commercial bodies urged it
upon him a few weeks ago his an
swer was an emphatic "no." The re
joinder to Mr. Elliott's refusal is the
command by tfie Interstate Com
merce commission that the Portland
gateway be opened and that througti
passenger tickets with all the con
veniences of baggage and other
transfers incident thereto be inter
changed and honored. It Is an in
fluence that will be quickly and po
tently felt in Portland. The distant
traveler visiting the coast and de
siring to include Portland in his
itinerary can do so without the seri
ous inconvenience, delays and diffi
culties that formerly made his lot
weary or kept him out of Portland
altogether.
What the railroads refused to
vouchsafe the Interstate Commerce
commission has ordered. Step by
step that tribunal is demonstrating
its usefulness. A hand is needed to
intervene at crucial moments be
tween cities or peoples and the all
powerful railroads; and the commis
sion is that hand. Recognition of it
as a useful instrumentality is gain
ing steadily in the public mind, and
its authority is more and more ad
mitted by the railroad world. It
took more than 20 years of persist
ent effort to get the commission,
even in crude and impotent form, but
events have proven that it was worth
the wait. By the processes of time
and national evolution it will come
more and more into vogue and more
and more into power. It is another
proof of how the American people,
when confronted with the most dif
ficult of problems, will solve them.
It also shows how, when such a prob
lem is removed "from politics and
away from politicians, its solution
is comparatively easy. It points the
way to how there could be, and ul
timately will be, deliverance from
the tragedy of the tariff.
A ;i nrqut'l to the Portland gate
win decision it is reported that the
roads will carry the matter into the
courts, which i.s not unlikely, but the
principle is just and i.'i the end a
just i i-i nt i i S o usually wins.
JI STK K IIV DKRKIXGER
A SPECTACLE in a San Fianusco
court is two groups of heavily'
armed detectives, cat h s'.and-
""" ItiK guard iliirhisj the proceed
ings, one group over tbe attorneys
for the prosecution and the other
over counsel for i!i. dcfen.se. is
literally a court, m conducted
by two armed iainos with opposing
counsel defended at the revolver's
muzzle. Armed detectives are sta
tioued about the rouit room and
armed men accompany witnesses in.
their comings and goings and while
giving testimony. t is a spectacle
bewildering if not shocking to the
sense ol civilization. That it could
' happen in a barbarian land Io which
the customs of civilization are
strange Is comprehensible. That it
i!un be, and Is, an actual occurrence
in a civilized city is the tragedy of
the epoch.
It? Is a painful manifestation of
the tetrible conditions that may re
sult to any city from a season of bad
government. The barter of fran
chises, the sale of public indulgences,
th corrupt acceptance of blood
money itoy supervisors, the rascally
traffic of a mayor In public conces
sions, the exercise by the boas of the
century of the powers that were only
the people's the product of all this
1s the sacred precincts of a court of
Justice kept io orderly procedure and
isurt'sn life in the discharge of a pub-
FRAUDS, CHEATS AND HUMBUGS
o
N THK ballot in June there will
appear the plan for a commis
sion government in Portland.
There will also appear charter
amendments, of which certain pro
visions are in direct conflict with
the provisions In the commission
plan. The quest ion is raised as to
the muddle that would result should
all be adopted. Speaking of this
possibility the Oregonian says: "11c
fore we get done with it we shall
find out whether the people, acting
en masse, without possibility of de
liberation, can make better laws for
themselves than they can obtain
through the representative system."
Proclaiming recently that it "de
spises frauds, cheats and humbugs."
the Oregonian, in ttie above remark
is guilty of one of the grossest cases
of deliberate humbug ever attempted
upon any community. Its effort to
day, yesterday and always, Is to
prejudice the public against popu
lar government, and as often, it em
ploys palpable "deceit'' in the effort
to do so. If muddle is threatened
in the case of the conflicting char
ters, who is responsible, and if mud
dle shall come, who will be to blame?
It will not be the electorate, because
the electorate did not propose either
measure. It will be the city coun
cil, for It is by order of the city
council that both measures are sub
mitted. It is by the precious rep
resentative system, arid by. no other,
that these conflicting measures were
flung to the people to pass upon.
Direct legislation had no more to do
with the condition than wlfh the ab
rogation of the Young Turks' consti
tution by Abdul Hamid, and the
Oregonian knows it. Its attempt to
make the people believe direct leg
lie duty made safe by hired sharp
shooters, armed to the teeth with
derringers, revolvers and other tools
of destruction. It Is a sight to star
tle men into reflection over the issue
of whether on every occasion and un
der every circumstance it is not
wisest and best to cling closer and
closer to forms, measures and men
that promise the most for clean and
orderly government. v ho and what
are the men that could find other '
tn.iii regret in a civic condition
where a court, lliough an emblem of
peace and security. Is a walking ar
senal, and where justice is dealt out
at the point of the derringer?
THE PORTLAXn Jl DGESHIP REF
KKENDLM T
HE OPINION of the attorney
general in advising the secre
tary of state not to accept for
filing the referendum of the
added Portland judgeship seems a
proper one. There should be order
and discretion in the use of the ref
erendum. It is a vital process for
securing Rood government and
should be protected. Its use should
not be abused. It ought not be in
voked for petty purposes or on mere
nersonal or technical grounds. Its
wise use is the surest guarantee of
its perpetuity.
In general no emergsncy clause
should be attached to legislative
measures. There are. however, in
stances where issues of public pol
Icy warrant its application. The
Portland bar, in the desire to fa
cilitate court Issues, urg3d the added
judgeship. The people of Portland
want promptness and not delays in
the courts. It is the delays and
postponements of the laws and
courts that bring both Into con
tempt. The general view of the
people is to give adequate judges to
th courts and then demand dls
patch in court procedure. It is a
wise and sound public policy. The
legislature yielded to this manifest
demand and attached the emergency
clause. Certain persons raised
technical questions of verbiage as
to the legality of the clause, and on
that, eround soueht to defeat it.
Everybody perfectly understood the
meaning of the legislature, the ob
jectors Included. Nobody could
misunderstand it. On exactly the
same clause Judge Harris of the
Second district was several years
ago appointed. The same is true in
several other instances. The techni
cal question now raised, after many
precedents, is a mere play on words,
a proceeding with which the pub
lic has no patience. Technicalities
have become tiresome because near
ly always uselessly invoked. In a
court this technicality was held to
be unsound, and the emergency
clause pronounced valid. It is dif
ficult to see how the attorney gen
eral could have held other opinion
than that which he has announced.
Factional and petty use of the ref
erendum should, as a matter of pub
lic policy be discouraged, and Indi
lectly, the refusal to file this peti
tion has such an effect.
At Silverton the student body of
the high school took up the cause
of nine suspended classmates, and
with the assistance of the principal
and county superintendent, over
ruled the school board and the -ban
was lifted from the suspended pupils.
At the University of the Pacific, San
Jose, a reorgauiza'ion of the faeulty
resulted in a student revolution of
which the end is not yet. At Whit
worth collegp, Tacoraa, the removal
of the president was insisted upon
by students, and the demand was
emphasized by hanging the objec
tionable executive in effigy. AT the
University of New Alexico the presi
dent was recently removed by the
board after a bitter fieht by the
islation responsible for it is the most
glaring piece of humbugxejj and
and chicanery attempted in this city
in years. It is newspaper quackery
of which Tortlnnd ought to be and
is heartily ashamed.
Of the 35 measures that will ap
pear on the ballot, the people pro
posed seven initiatives and one ref
erendum. The city council is dl
rectly responsible for the remain
ing 21. Nineteen of them are Char
ter amendments, prepared by the
council's committee of seven, and or
dered on the ballot by the council
Five are measures prepared and
proposed by the council direct. The
remaining three are the commission
plan and two alternative water meas
tires, prepared by the committee of
15 and proposed by the council
Thus direct legislation is responsi
bio for eight measures, the Portland
city council for 27. What Is-more
the council was asked to submit the
commission plan to the people at a
special election to have been held
two or three months ago, but it re
fused. Had it complied, as it ought
to have done, there would have been
no possibility of conflict, such as is
now threatened, for at such an elec
tlon the commission plan would
have been adopted or rejected and
out of the way. It is therefore the
immaculate, taintless and white
robed "representative" government
in its most virtuous form as re
fleeted respleirdently by the Port
land city council that has made the
nossibility of muddle. What "hum
bug" it is to attempt to shift the
responsibility to direct legislation
After all, does the elevated tower
really detest "frauds, cheats and
humbugs"? .
members on charges made In the
student publication. The militancy
of ihe American adolescent is be
coming notable.
With charges, counter charges,
criminations and recriminations as
to shortages, grafts and abuses in
public affairs, our neighbor state of
Washington is the 6cene of a well
worked chorus. Amid it Governor
Hav is hesieeed bv one crowd to call
extra se8sion and warneci by an-
other crowd not to do so. In the
state there are unpardonable in
stances of official shortcoming, but
the unbiased onlooker is driven to
doubt if there is occasion for all the
hysteria. There are cases of record
in which the outs wanted in and re
sorted to political pyrotechnics
against the ins to get them out.
The South Portland Improvement
association is unalterably opposed to
removal of the Madison street bridge
and has so announced in ringing
resolutions. It wants the money
from the sale of bonds applied in the
immediate construction of that
structure. Similar action has been
taken by the East Side Business
Men's club, which almost unani
mously demanded the early "con
struction of the Madison street
bridge on the present site." These
expressions by local organizations
are sound and sane and should be
taken into the account by all voters.
Such disappointments and dis
couragements as Portland baseball
fans may feel over the beautifully
executed toboggan slide of the
Beavers have their recompense in
the tremendous swats with which
the "Terrible Swede" yields his al
most daily home run. If there is
anything that atones for the loss of
a score it is the electric thrill that
sweeps through the system after
wit nestling a "homer."
The legislature passed the Crater
lake bill. The governor approved
it. The people did not referendum
it. If the legislature had not sanc
tioned the plan the body would have
rejected it. If the governor had not
sanctioned it he would have vetoed
it. If the people had not sanctioned
it they would have applied the ref
erendum. After all this is there
warrant for obstacles to be thrown
in the way of the project?
Letters From the People
Lettera to The Journal atKtald be written on
one side of the paper only and should be ac
companied by the name and addreaa of tbw
writer. Tbe name wtli not he med If tbe
writer aska that it tie withheld. Tbe Journal
la nut to be understood a Indorsing the Tiewa
utemrnts of correspondents. I-ettera abouid
be made as brief aa poasible. Those wbo wiah
their lettera returned when not uaed abouid In
close poatage.
( orrerondenta are notified that lett-ra ex
ceeding IMHt words in length may. at the dis
cretion of the editor, be cut down to that limit.
Billy Sunday's Style of Religion.
Hood River, dr., May 20. To the Ed
itor of The Journal The following are
a few shorthand notes taken from the
program of a modern religious revival
being conducted a la Billy Sun-lav by
Dan Shannon, here at Hood River. These
notes were taken verbatim the com
ments In parenthesis are by the author
-of this letter:
SinRtng of hymn about 10 times re
peated.
Clapping of hands by singing con
ductor.
Clapping of hands by audience.
Conductor romarks that people who
live a perfectly moral life, but have
not confessed Christ, need salvation as
bad as the worst Immoral sinner. (Of
course If a person retains the virgin
Innocence with which they were horn.
tnoy must confess that a loving God
sacrificed his only son to the roost
cruel torture. In order that they rrvlght
be saved from the tortures of heft).
Singing of hymn: 'The Old Time
Religion Is Good Enough for Me." Con
ductor Mys it Is true. (Of course! If
the Catholics murdered children, women
and men at the massacre of St. Barthol
mew; If the Calvlnists tortured scient
ists; If the Eplscopals cut off the head
of Marv. Queen of Scot; f h Round
heads cut off the kuu4 of. Charles tha
First; and If Puritans placed people In
the "stocks" tor not attending- church
on Sunday; certainly the) old time re
ligion ought to be good enough for
Foolish remark hy conductor, about
young men holding girls1 hands. (I
suppose that this Is get inane to the sub
ject or the religion of Chrfstl.
Singing of song: "ft Has Saved Van
couver and It Will Save Hood River.'
(Of course everybody In Vancouver Is
on xna rond to heaven; they don t dance
there any more; they don't play cards
they neither use profane or obscene
language; the army officers have quit
nerving wine at their meals; the pros
tltntea have dinappeared from the city;
and several thousand soldiers who have.
been drilling. In order to be prepared
to kill their fellowmen, have disbanded
and joined the Salvation army: and Van
couver la saved from the devil; glory to
his name).
The great evangelist takes charge of
meeting. ,
Announcement that 500 people from
Vancouver will come to Hood River to
help save th town next Sunday. (Cer
tainly the people of Hood Klver need to
be taught how to save their souls by
the people of Vancouver; for they have
spent most of their time developing
the .resources of nature, which God has
given them, and forgot all about their
souls In tlitr meantime. Thev need to be
saved, especially since they produce the
rineBt specimens in the world of the
fruit which started the world on Its
road of sin. Don't you apple growers
know that you are supplying the "fruit
or sin" to the whole world? If you
don't the people of Vancouver will teach
you better ways next Sunday).
evangelist remarks that: "He that
has not the son of God, has not ever
lasting life." (This is good news, for
we are now assured that hell will not
keep us forever, for surely the Inmates
of hell do not have the son of God
with them).
Evangelist remarks that: "He that de-
nleth Jesus Is a liar." (The next time
you meet a Japanese or Kuropean free
thinker, ask him a question, and If his
answer is yes you may be sure that he
means no).
Evangelist exhorts audience to read
the Bible. (Certainly, If this relic of
Jewish barbarism has produced Catho
lics, Calvlnists, Eplscopals, Roundheads,
Puritans, Holyrollers, Tongues of Fire,
Tangled Tongues and modern religious
revivals; If It has filled the insane
asylums of the country with inmates;
f it has been translated and revised
about 60 times, and has survived In
tact for over 1900 years, it ought to
be good reading).
Quotation: "What shall It profit a
man if he gain the whole world, and
ose his own soul?" (If it were possible
for a man to gain the whole world. I
he ought to be able to save his own
soul without outside assistance).
Small boys make slight noise and the
great" evangelist says: "Ring off, you
boys,,, or I'll eat you raw." (Very
;hrlst-like).
Foolish remark about women.
Evangelist states that if a man had
a wife that played cards, he would ad-
Ise him to get a divorce on general
principles. (If all men took this ad-
Ice, we would have a flourishing dl
orce court, wouldn't we?)
Later, evangelist remarks that he up-
loltlK the Roman and Episcopal churches
r not allowing their members to get
divorces, or If they separate, to marry
again. (Very consistent).
General Invitation for "sinners" to
come to God by way of the cross, and
not to take the advice of a "cigarette
moking I'nltarian preacher." and sim
ply live an honest moral life. (Uni
tarians are beyond redemption, you
know).
Vulgar remarks about dancing and
dancers by evangelist. (Of course a
little healthful, graceful exercise Is
very degenerating).
Singing and Invitation for "sinners"
to "join the band."
Expectation.
More singing.
Some poor fellow wobbles up to the
"mourners' bench.''
Great rejoicing.
Exhortation by evangelist. "God has
said that all who deny Christ are fools."
No more converts.
Evangelist remarks, very dramatically,
"Fools, fools, fools "
Fools and sinners are Invited to leave,
and the faithful to remain. (The author
leaves In the company of the Unitarian
preacher. I may add that the Unitarian
preacher referred to docs not smoke
cigarettes, although he does smoke a
piio once In a while).
Please remember tjiat this letter Is
not a criticism of all religion; nor of
individual Catholics, Eplscopals, Round
heads. Calvlnists. or Puritans; but It is
a criticism of the fanaticism of these
sects and of all other sectst, and of mod
ern revivals conducted "a la Hilly Sun
day." Also please remember that, because
the editor of a newspaper publishes a
letter, ,It is not an Indication that he
believes In the sentiments expressed
therein, but It Is simply an Indication
that the editor Is fair-minded and will
ing to give a "square deal" to people
of all beliefs.
Awaiting the pleasure of the "Defend
ers of tli Faith. I remain, in the lan
guage of Lowell:
"Happy, unknowing sect or creed, to
rest.
And feel God flow forever through my
breast.
Yours for truth,
FLOYD LINDSAY LEWIS.
liritish Empire Day.
Portland, Or., May 21. To the Editor
of The Journal On Monday evening,
May 24, the Britishers in Portland will
gather together at the annual celebra
tlon of Great Britain's empire day.
The empire now covers nearly 12.000,
000 square miles, or one fifth of the
earth's surface, and contains a popu
lation of 400,000.000.
To this population Asia furnished
more than 300,000.000, Africa 43.000,000,
Europe 42,000.000, America, 7,500,000,
Australia 5.000.000.
This "Christian" British empire has
In its 400,0000,000, 208.000,000 Hindus,
94.000,000 Mohammedans, 88,000,000
Christians, with 35,000.000 left to In
clude the Buddhists (about 12.006.000),
Parsees, Sikhs, Jains, Jens, Confucians
and other religions.
In the anti-lmperialistle arguments of
recent years Great Britain has been
frequently represented as already be
coming a decadent nation, but the above
facts do not warrant such a pessimistic
conclusion.
National music and patriotic songs,
to be sung by some of Portland's noted
professional artists, will afford to ail
Britishers and their American cousins
and friends a very enjoyable evening. :
BRITON.
Christian Science.
Portland, Or..' May 20. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Christian Scientists
have caused a little commotion In our
quiet town. Some want to battle against
the movement, others to let It alone.
One calls -Christian Science a satanlc
delusion, another a fake, others call it
better than the rest of churches. The
Christian Scientist answers by saying
that ministers and physicians live on
the Ignorance of the people. If raining
else Is true In Christian Science, this is
at least partly- true, and.no Joke alto
gether. If H was not for the ignorance
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF 1
i i i -
SMALL CHANGE
Spring, tomorrow, or next day, sure.
-
Tbe peach and the summer girl are
nearly due.
What a bridegroom for Miss Portland
Joe iiinion!
We can expect spring almost any
morning now.
A late spring may mean a voluptuous
autumn matron.
Well, was Abdul Hamld's life worth
saving, anyway?
As between being a tenor or a bishop.
we haven't decided.
The press agent In
jungle is evidently safe.
Ute African
Record fruit crop almost sure In spite
of lots of frosty darkness.
Smash the man who tries to knock
any progressive movement
The Democratic party is happy. It
isn't tesponsibie for anything.
What a patlest, plodding, good na
tured people we are there' Aldrlch!
,
The Aldrieh tariff revision will put
many things por las nubes. Mexican
Herald. We thought so.
An Ohio newspaper says this country
has 10.000 poets. Yet some teachers
say people have to work.
Dr. Wiley, the government expert
says that 80 per cent of the whiskey
sold Is really not whiskey. But-can he
put us onto the other 10 per cent?
Indianapolis 8tar (Ren): Observe
that Julius Caesar Burrows did not
choke in confusion when mentioning; in
awestruck tones the praiseworthy tariff
on iron ore.
Detroit News: Senator Lodce's Idea.
that production is carried on for the
benefit of producers, and does not arise
through demand from consumers. Is
about as sensible as saying that the
production of food leads to the creation
of stomachs.
Chicago Record-Herald: Roosevelt as
usual, la confounding his critics. The
people who complained that he was go
ing to Africa to shoot Inoffensive wild
things must be ashamed now when thev
read that he never raises his gun until
the lion or leopard has crouched for a
deadly spring, making It necessary lor
the eminent hunter to shoot in order to
save the lives of his companions.
9
Clear and wild, as the voice of a
child, is the redbreast's dawnllght lilt.
Now as ever, and forever, he Is free of
fcuilt. In early worm there is no germ;
le warbles to his tnate. To her he's
true; like me or you. he executes his
fate. Audacious, loud. In ray or cloud,
he chants his chime of cheer; he robs
rind sings, he flees on wings; for noth
ing he lias fear. He kills, and pavs, lie
cheers, always; his voice Is morning's
leaven; we list and pause; we hear, be
cause, he makes us think of heaven!
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
"Wond ers of Astronomy'
(From a posthumous work. "Astron
omy of the Bible," which was published
in 1S63).
Go with me to yonder "lighthouse of
the skies." Poised on Its rocky base,
behold that wondrous tube which lifts
the broad pupil of its eye high up, as
if gazing instinctively into the mighty
deep of space. Look out upon the
heavens, and gather into your eye Its
glittering constellations. Pause and re
flect that over the narrow zone of the
retina of your eye a universe is pic
tured, painted by light In all lis ex
quisite, and beautiful proportions. Look
upon that luminous zone which girdles
the sky observe Its faint and cloudy
light. How long, think you, that light
has been streaming, day and night, with
a swiftness which flashes It on its
way 12,000,000 miles In each and every
minute how long has It fled and
flashed through space to reach your
eye and tell Its wondrous tale? Not
less than a century has rolled away
since It left Its home! Hast thou taken
It at the bound thereof? Is this, the
bound here the limit from beyond
which light can never come? Look
to yonder point In space, and declare
that thou beholdest nothing, absolute
ly nothing; all Is blank and deep and
dark. You exclaim: Surely no ray
Illumines that deep profound. Place your
eye ior one moment to the tube that
now pierces that seeming domain of
night, and, lo! 10,000 orbs, blazing with
light unutterable, burst on the aston
ished sight. 'Whence start these hid
den suns?
Whence comes this light from out
deep darkness? Knowest thou. X) man!
of the people, we should never have
any use for ministers, lawyers, doctors,
editors, teachers or leaders of any kind;
not even a man like Lincoln would have
been of any Service to the United States
if the people had known all; yes, rven
Mrs. Eddy would not today have
amounted to very much had It not been
for the Ignorance of the people. You
can take almost any phase of life, if
only the people were wise enough, they
could save an awful lot of money and
toll and by the people, I mean all min
isters, doctors, even Mrs. Eddy Included,
although this wonderful specimen of
womanhood may feel a little offended.
There is an age tn "which a man or
woman believes they are all wise, but
we generally leave It at the age of 20
or so.
The fallacy of Christian Science Is
not in the major premise, neither in
the conclusion, but that there is no
minor premise. There never was anal
never will be a woman that understands
logic or philosophy. That there are a
good many men that are In the same
fix. Christian Science has proved beyond
doubt. As a rule, woman excels in
mathematics and ethics, and for this
reason I should recommend all to study
the writings of Mrs. Eddy. There Is no
better treatise written in morals thnn
Christian Science; but In regard to doc
trine, there simply Is none. Here she
is flying from creation to revelation
without leaving a trail.
J. SCOTT,
Danish Lutheran Pastor.
Grange Favored State Railroad!).
8herwood, Or., May 17. To the Editor
of The Journal A small editorial ap
pearing In last Sunday's Oregonlah Is
placing the Oregon State Grange in a
false light before the people of the
state tn regard to state ownership of
railroads, by stating that that body
went on record a being opposed to such
a proposition when, in fact, just the
opposite is the truth. A resolution from
a subordinate grange was introduced
at the recent session held in McMinn
vllle asking the State Grange to go on
record as being opposed, to state own
ership of railroads, said resolution being
referred to committee on transportation,
of wuich I bad the honor to be chair
man. The committee gave the resolu
tion careful examination and hy unani
mous vote deolde to recommend that
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Cove may have a cannery.
a
Union will have a stock show.
Vale is to liave a fine new depot.
a
Stavton is bound to have a publlo
park. m
Imnaha item In Joseph Herald: There
will be lots of cherries in i rccuu
rfion-lt if wre ilon I nave a-iir mv.
freezes.
vm.if minor has sent in word from
Monroe that a generous farmer out there
has given a fine fat s-year-oiu siee
for the barbecue on Saturday, says in
Corvallis Gazette.
AiHonir viomoeriif- The Oreeonla
t.i. ihs littio himsea bv the nap of th
neck and gives them a Jerk, but it ex
alts the biggest and worst of them all
Joe Simon. There is consistency foi
you.
Yamhill Record: A farmer made th
ramuru- in cur presence the other ua
that a certain person had spent a dolla
in ..or fun to u-n to a nelKhboring towi
to buy 15 cents' worth of dress trim
mlng.
Vnrsna T!clifer- A s an evidence tha
if nova tn rntno hoars in this country J
W, Maxwell soM six hogs 7 months old
ror jys.siu, or i.io eacn. "
combined was 1018. for which the butch
er paid 7.75 per hundred.
'
A few things that Gold Beach needs,
says the Globe: A Danx, a Darner soup,
a resident dentist, a cnurcli ana a mm
ister, a hundred more families, an ener
sretie boosting club, a new ncnooiuous
that will accommodate the district.
Hennner Gazette: William Beyme
ruH..rl Ms, Hardmnu ranch of about hid
ar.r known rh the Farnsworth moun
tain sheep range, to Mr. Wright for the
Emil Schorr farm, composed m hi
axT-oe at Monument. It Is reported that
Mr. Wright gave J20.000 difference.
Mnrshfleld people didn't starve, how
ever The News says: The bar was too
rough for fishing boats to cross during
the greater portion of last week and as a
ennsennence there was no sen. xin in
ii.o local markets. There were floun
ders. shad, smelt, etc.. however, and
tlams and crabs.
Corvflllis neoole who were star gaz
Ing about 9 o'clock last night, were as
t.inisherl at seeine a large hrllllant me
teor flash over the heavens, says the
Gazette of May 20. Its direction was
from northwest to northeast, and it was
in nlaln sight for quite a tune, witn
Its flaming body and long tail it made a
startling sight.
Port Orford Tribune: It is safe to
sav that the property of the late R. I)
Hume In this county has decreased fully
Kn ner cent in value since that gentle
man's death. It is parti v, attributable to
the fact that Mr. Hume ltnew the fishing
business from a to j!. and was a man of
wonderful energv who secured and sue
eessfullv defended a monopoly up to
the time of his death leaving a pla
I HUH II riUM V d c" i '- ' . . . .
to fill.
'By Ormsby M. Mitchel
the paths to the house thereof? Ten
thousand years have rolled away since
these wondrous beams set out their
mighty Journey! Then you exclaim:
We have found the boundary of light;
surely none can lie beyond this stu
pendous limit; far In the deep beyond
darkness unfathomable reigns. Look
once more. The vision changes; a hazy
cloud of light now fills the field of
the telescope. Whence comes the light
of this mysterious object? Its home
Is in the mighty deep, as far beyond
the limit you have vainly fixed ten
thousand times as far as that limit is
beyond the reach of human vision. And
thus we mount, and rise, and soar,
from height to height, upward, and ever
upward still, till the mighty series
ends, because vision falls, and sinks,
and dies. Hast thou, then, pierced the
boundary of light? Hast thou pene
trated the domain of darkness? Hast
thou, weak mortal, soared to the foun
tain whence come these wondrous
streams, and taken the light at the hand
thereof? Knowest thou the paths to
tho house thereof? Hast thou stood at
yonder infinite origin, and bid that flash
depart . and Journey onward, days and
montns and years, century on century,
through countless agcs-mlTTfohs of
yearj, and never weary in Its swift
career? Knowest thou when it started?
Knowest thou It because thou wast
then born, and because the number of
thy days Is great? Such, then, is the
language addressed by Jehovah to weak,
erring, mortal man. How has the light
of science flooded with meaning this
astonishing passage? Surely we do not
misread the Interpretation Is Just.
It do not pass, and In regular order of
business the recommendation of the
committee was sustained, with scarcely
a dissenting vote.
J. U. HENRY.
When Subscriber Is Liable.
Hebo. Or., May 19. To the Editor of
The Journal Will you pleaso answer
the following questions through the col
umns of the Semi-Weekly Journal:
How long Is a publisher allowed to
send a weekly paper to a delinquent
subscriber? Is there any way he can
collect pay for the paper after Hending
It one year? SUBSCRIBER.
(Unless the subscriber continues to
take the paper from the postofflce. he
cannot bo compelled to pay for it.)
Tnis Date in History.
1721 Sir Francis Nicholson became
governor of South Carolina.
1775 Meeting of provincial congress I
at New York. I
1782 Washington refused to become
king of an American monarchy.
1S13 Richard Wagner, famous com
poser, born at Leipzig. Died at Venice
February 13, 1SS3.
1825 Rt. Rev. James Duggan, -fourth
Catholic bishop of Chicago, born in Ire
land. .1844 First telegraph message sent
by S. F. B. Morse.
1848 Democratic national convention
met at Baltimore and nominated Lewis
Cass of Michigan for president.
1856 Charles Sumner assaulted in the
senate chamber, Washington.
1865 President Johnson proclaimed
the opening of the southern ports.
1872 The amnesty bill passed con-1
gress.
1884 The Alert sailed from St, John.
N. B.. In search of the Greely party.
1893 Earl of Aberdeen appointed gov
ernor general of Canada.
Hot Name for a Statesman.
Columbus (Ga.) Ledger. ' ,
Theodore- Elijah Is. the name of the
new senator from Ohio. The first nam
will neutralise the effect of the second
and he will not be snatched up from
the senate In a chariot of fire.
Excellent progress Is now being made
an the road Improvement work In the
various parts of Clatsop county, says
the Budget
The REALM
FILMININE,
Fads and Fashions.
N'
EW YORK. May 22. Ri.K.t-
changes aro noticeable In the lat
est patterns that came from
Paris during the. present week.
Ihere can be no doubt that the
skirts are becoming" fuller, although the
increase in fulness la but slight. "The
latest fashion rumor, however, is that
early Victorian styles are to bo made
much of. After the slender lines of the
present style the gay coIots and ruffles
that go with the promised style will
seem rather odd. Such gowns will cull
for a large amount of material, and 20
yards or mure will again become the
usual length of material required for a f
gown.
Just at present the shops show fou
lards In an unusually long range of pat
terns and colors. " Their width, 45
Inches, makes them ' especially useful
for the present style of Bkirt aud
princess gown. It is surprising to see
the wistaria, catawba and mulberry
shades back again after the strenuous
season which they have just passed.
These tones are here in all classes and
grades of Bilk, crepe and cloth, and espe
cially are tney noticeablo tn high grade
fabrics. Silk cashmere, the material ko
much sought' for aXternoon costumes. Is
offered In a host of charming colors.
There Is. a certain rich luster to silk
cashmere that is not obtainable in other
materials. This accounts for its popu
larity, and no doubt will make It one
of the foremost fabrics of the coming
season.
The continued vogue of the princess
gown materially affects the prominence
of the coat and skirt suit in the ward
robe, and increases the Importance of
the separate wrap. In the coat and
wrap shapes for separate wear there is
an unusually large variety. Such gar
ments range in style all the way from
the straightcst and flattest of back of
half and three quarter length coats to
voluminous mantles which seem to Indi
cate that the present style is soon to
change to greater fulness.
Some of the handsomest gowns Been
on matrons this year have been bro
cades as rich as those worn bv elegants
of the nineteenth century. Brocades aro
In growing favor, and the next Htitumn
season Is sure to see them back in all
the glory of old time prestige. It has
been hinted that the weaves of a decade
ago are also to be here again. But such
a day will have to stand back Until the
disappearance of supple stuffs which
carry everything before them now.
1 he lensth of skirts varies almost us
much from one season to another as the
shape of sleeves, and that Is saying a
good deal. However, ail waiKing sKirts
must clear the ground all around this
year. The skirts of the new 'tailored
suits for traveling and shopping are all
walking length. More handsome suits.
In broadcloth, rajah and other fabrics
used for dressy wear, nppear with a
short train. Walking skirts are capable
if some variation. The short woman
should wear hers as long aa she chji
without touching, while the tall woman
will lik well tn h much shorter skirt.
Women of mMHIum height will find a
skirt two Inches off the ground ait ef
fective length. Ocnuli.c princess gowns
should alwavs have a train. This is nor
true, however, of the seml-prlnc.-ss
frocks where the belt' destroys the ac
tus! tirtnoess lines. All evening frock
except those for dancing are made. with.
trains.
Paris is wearied of the net yoke and
sleeves for simple gowns, and has re
turned to sleeves of the ratine, women
who are making new gowns should take
notice. Not onlv Is this true of special
foulard, but It Is true of almost overv
high- nrleed model that smart women
hove nriic- d from Paris. Those who
dress InTllHilually have been taking out
net sleeves and replacing tnem wim
fabric ones for some weeks, hut It Is
onlv now that the Idea will become pon-
ilar. The sleeves are sngnuy inn.
ruffed out quite a little at the elbow.
then tightened Into a cuff of net. fou
lard and soutache, which is buttoned
over the wrist and flares over the hanil
a ihs season Wears on It is noticeil
that many of tho smartest gowns are of
lie lumper class, wmi oiuuws m in-i
dved to match the materia 1, the ner
isually more or less soutacneu in seir
one. The blouses are nneu witn inn
Ilk. usually in wnne or a ngni comr.
with the effect or lightening the cns
fnine TiYilded girdles in their normal
place at the natural waistline are use.l
In these frocks. Cap sleeves trimmed
with embroidery or slashed at the back
nd laced across In lattice eriect, are
another feature of the blouses.
It is reported that at Palm F.caeh
everv other woman wears a riowereo
liiffon scarf, or one of the hyrlan met
1 affairs draped over her shoulders.
The favorite drapery Is in hood ffect.
he folds of the scarf hanging loosely
own the bark. The shop windows bl
ow full of the hrllllant Syrian scarfs.
ome with gold and others with silver
insel sewed to the mesh. These scarfs
re supposed to be washable and even
he simplest pattern requires a month
f patient work. Tnis summer the
carfs will he much worn with thin
rocks and will be thrown. Highland
lad fashion, over one shoulder like a
plaldle.
All the inst years irocKs are bavins
heir collars and high stocks ripped
tithlessly off now. for never-was there
season when bare throats were to be
o entirely In order for street as woM
s house wear and, for young and m id
le) aged alike. Coats matching thcs.i
ollarless frocks are also without col-
ars. The collarless effects are not
onflned to the light fabrics, dark silks
nd even mohair and wool fabrics open-
ig at tbe throat without any rtnih
save, perhaps, a fold or tulle or a round
Ik cord.
The new, hats, to he stylishly worn.
re brought well forward and Jhep
tilled down In the back. Just back of
le cars, to form a halo In many In-
tances. The objectionable features are
tie crowns, which are -almost large
lough to slip over the shoulders. Man-'
faeturers have bit upon a plan Tre
nding the possibllltv of hiding the
ead under a bushel by making the
rim and first crown In., a sort of san
er shape, to rest upon the coiffure.
hile the one that Is seen, the nion-
rous affair of whatever shape or size,
set down over It.
FLORKNCK FAIRBANKS.
ArVonders of S
cience
(Contributed to The Jo-irnnl by Walt Mam.
tha fnmnuR Kanaaa poet. Hit prese-poema will
be a regular feature uf tbla vulumu In Tilt
Dally Journal.)
On the plains of Grandoldtexns liny
will build a mighty tower, where the
heavgns may be studied by a learned
astronomer, who w-ill earnestly endeavor
to keep cases on the stars, and win
make a special effort to communicate
with Mars. I have known so manv
wonders since my Journey was begun,
that I wouldn't bo astonished if this
latest trick were done. I have lived to
see the "wireless" make the sons of
man rejoice; I have heard a weird con
trivance reproduce the human voice; I
have gazed at ships that travel at the
bottom of the sea, and another ship
that Journeyed far above the 'highest
tree. I have seen the latest triumphs
In the way of women's hats, and when
people speak of marvels. I can only
answer "Rats!" So It will not much
surprise me If we bridge the void un
known, and are talking with the Mar
tians, pretty soon, by telephone: and
the first 4hing that they'll- ask us.
when the wires are working right, will
be: "Do you think It ilkely Jerfries
really means to fight?
4-
(CoprrlcM. toot).
George MatUitw Adams.)
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