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Experience, the hiw tnujrbt us thnt every insn wants to buy ns cheaply ns another Thai's Uusiness. Every man wants to buy of a concern with a reputation for carrying out "Ha cla'ins and promisea. That's Confluence livery iiiiin wants to get value received. That's Satis faction. The Union of Jualne38, Confidence and Satisfaction results in the sunport. of the people. THAT'S PERMA NUNT 1RA0E It U the practice of these precepts in season and out of season that has put us where we are today, and will p'it. u still further up tho'heightsof business supremacy. Keep Votir Eye on Us. Brack & HlcComsss Company DRU JOISTS - PENDLETON i mi 1 1 rm4t '"Ml.immJJW n MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1902. DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS. Democratic governors are elected j jien wno desire to become ldngs In Oregon every so often, regardless should remember that "kings ought of the big republican plurality ofto shear, not skin their sheep," for votes. Oregon has had Lane, Qrov- if they do, the doors of the peniten- or, Thayer, Ponnoyer and will have Chamberlain after January 1 next. The governor's chair is about the only thing political not monopolized hy the republicans in Oregon and, because of it, the democratic party has been able to catch its breath as well as a fresh hold about once in every ten years. ,, . . , tl, or,ipr nf This little change in the order of things political does not have a bad effect upon the political atmosphere, because it forces the dominant party to improve the error of its ways, that it may recover and retain its lost ground. Moral: It is never well for a peo ple to vote one way all the time, for if they do government will grow worse and worse, until government by the people becomes government for the few, with all the evils and abuses of that condition. The fact of the matter is, govern ment by the many even by the ir responsible many Is preferrablo to government by the few even by the responsible few. In short, the wis dom of the many is greater than t he ' wisdom of the few at least so far as wisdom applies to government; for the fact of the matter is, if all men were really wise thoy could be individually self-governing, thus relieving the state of all need of the care of the individual, but this theory is appar ently unattainable, and the individu al is left free to choose the best form of government, the nearest to Individual self-government, that of the people by tho people, for the peo ple, and tho nearer we live under that form tho better it is for all of us. Those who attempt to bo wiser and greater than tho people in tho usurpa tion of tho powers of government must stand from under when tho people realize what Is their real in tention. Eternal vlgilanco is the price of liberty and, tho truth Is, tho peoplo aro not vigilant enough by half. If they were, no individual would have tho privilege to proy upon them and there aro many such, which are tho sum of tho abuses of govern ment under present forms, principal ly duo to tho peoplo placing too much power Into tho hands of their representatives, thoso who aro ex pected only to servo the people. . WOULD BE KINGS. Tt., Tinlllnf annnt rnnnov ,., " ' ,7 i like water for nowspapor notoriety in order that a mole hill should appear to be a mountain, using tho malls to defraud his victims, has been con-'!10 . 7 , . tt u i o - .. f vlcted in the United States court at Des Moines, Iowa. Balllet deserves all ho will get, not exceeding eight- een months In prison and a lino of , 0uu"' Mr. uamet unrated 10 no a iving of royal color and llko a king, ho at- tempted to bo a big man In tho mln- ing world at tho oxponso and sacrl-, toco of other peoplo, mostly fools who were caught with wild and un- reasonable promises. Balllet Is tho . o, w.n tot ,, ltnows just - enough about law to make him a dangerous knave. There aro others besides Balllet engaged in llko business, who use tho . . . . . . ., malls to catch suckers, hut they aro Great Educator not as yet so offensive as to arouse the suspicions of Uncle Sam's mil Ions, nor is their business .of such magnitude as to excite public opinion against them. Here is one instance whare the big thieves are more likely to come to grief than the little ones. tiary instead of those of a palace, yawn for them, and there is where they belong. GOVERNOR TAFT IN ROME. The people of the United States are indebted to the Baltimore Herald for a de.inition of Judge Taft's exact status at the Vatican, where he is to have an audience with the pope to- delicate and perhaps the most im portant of the Philippine questions is about to be solved in Home not at Manila nor in congress. Seeing that the Philippines are "in the hands of congress," one may well wonder why a problem between the United States and the Philippines is to be settled at Rome. The wonder grows when we read this from the Herald: "Much nonsense has been written about the official status of Governor Taft at the Vatican. As the Herald has stated on previous occasions Governor Taft represents neither the United States nor the president, but the islands of which ho is governor. The question of the friars' lands is one of the most important and intri cate of all questions before the Phil ippine commission. The title of much of this land is unquestionably vested in the church of Rome and Go.vernor Taft seeks the counsel and co-operation of the pope is the title holder." So Taft represents neither the United States nor the president; he represents the interests of the is lands of which ho is "governor" by grace of. a presidential appointment. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the gor- erned, one would think a governor would derive his just powers from the same source. But this is an im perialistic conception. "Taft "repre sents" the interests of a country whose people ho does not represent. Men who think It Is a waste of time to split hair In more than nine parts may well wonder why so much veneration is paid to the friar own ership in tho Philippines and so Ut ile to Filipino ownership and rights in the island. One would suppose that the civil rights of the Filipinos are more important than the proper ty rights of the friars. But the Im perialist who rerresents neither the piesident nor tho United States, but only the interests of the islands whoso peoplo don't want him is evi dently convinced that while the Fili pinos have no rights that need to be respected, tho most tender solicitude must bo shown tho friars. Taft, It appears, is a sovereign In his own right. Whatever authority ho has in the Philippines he derives as the carpetbagger appointee of an imperialist president of the United States. As tho appointee of the pros- ident 0110 WOUld SUPPOSO that llO TOP- 1 resenta the President. As tho car- ( pet bag govornor( procounsul or sat- rap of "territory appurtenant to the ' United states," it would seem that represents the Un.ted States. But 110 represents the interests of he ,8,ands. jliat ns the viceroy of .India, represents the interests of India, or tho lord Hou.enant of Ireland ropro- sels..r ,,.uer1esl,sol Ireillliuv , m Tatt is legislating for the Philip pines in tho namo of tho president 0f tho United States. Hut ho goes to Rorno as tho sovorelgn of tho I'ldlipplnes. Helena Independent, PEOPLE DEMAND IT. Tho first congress of tho United States discovered that, by oversight 2g- SSSIflc & S and free speech. Accordingly, at tho first session, tho first amendment to tho constitution was proposed and fiT aSt, Y M th states. it declares that "congress shall make no law abridging the free- dom of speech or of the press." Ono of tho chief objects of this amendment was to encourage the press to criticise freely tho miscon duct of public officials, and to ex pose dishonest or weak men In pub lic office. It goes without saying that news papers should be held responsible for tho abuse of that right. They must speak the truth. They must not wil fully bear false witness against good men in the public service; but the constitution and tho laws confer upon them the right to scrutinize closely tho acts of any public servant, and the public demands that they shall, upon discovery, acquaint the voters with any and nil such acts of official misconduct. Failure to perform that duty would justly subject a newspa per to severe condemnation. With rapid increase of population tho people, more and more, demand the performance of this duty. In large cities the voters have little or no time to investigate tho conduct of the various departments of the public service. They want tho facts in the press, and are entitled to .them. It will be a sad day for popular government when that right is de nied, or when the press, instead of exposing misconduct in office, shall be prompted to screen weak and dis honest officials. Spokesman Review, THE HEAVENS IN JUNE. Tho finest region m' the sky which i?. now visible is Mm near the east ern horizon. It contains ihe bright est part of the Milky Way, which is here divided into t.vo parallel streams, and Jive is I flee' with many knots and patches) of unusual bright ness. At our usual hour cf 0 p. m. on June 15 it is well ch.ar of i.he horizon Along it3 course Jin a number of con spicuous constnllauYns Cygnus in the northeast, Auullu south of it and Scorpio low i.i tho southeast, not yet completely risen. Lvra and Her cules aro higher up in the east, and Ophiuchus fills most of the south eastern sky. Corona Borealis and Bootes are overhead. ' Viyio is tho most conspicuous const idhition In the southwest, Leo in tho vine, and Ursa Major in the southwest. Geminni and Auriga are just disappearing. Draco and Ursa Minor are above the Pole and Cassiopeia be'.ow It. Mercury is evening star i.t tho be ginning of the month, and sett about ai? hour and a naif later than the sun. He should .bo easily visible af ter nunset, just below the bright stars Castor and Pollux. As he monies between ua and the sun he disappears from the evening skies. On tho 23rd he passes through his inferior conjunction, and early next month he will re-appear ac the morn ing star. Venus is morning star in Aries and Taurus, rising more than two hours before sun. rise. Mars is morning star In Taurui. At the end of the month he rises an hour and a half before the sun, and may again be seen. Jupiter is at Caprlcornus, rising before midnight on tho 1st and at about 9:30 p. m. on the 20th. Saturn is on tho boundary of Sag- ittarius and Caprocornus, rising rath er more than an hour before Jupiter. Uranus is in opposition on the 10th, and at his nearest for the year. At thiei time he is in right ascension 17h. 13 m. and declination 23 dog. G min. south. Ho may bo identified with the aid of a star map. Those without such help may find him by means of Theta Ophiuchi a third magnitude star about half way be tween the head of Scorpio and the Milk Dipper in Sagittarius. Uranus is about 2 deg. north and a little 'west of this star, and should bo directly above It at about 10 p. ra. The planet's pronounced greenish color will aid In identifying him; but the only sure test is by his motion. By comparing two sketches made a week or so apart, of tho stars visi ble with an opera glass in this re gion, tho planet can bo certainly identified. On acount of his low alti tude, ho is scarcely vlslblo to tho nak ed eye. Neptune is Invisible, being In con junction with tho sun on tho 23d. Tho asteroid Vesta, tho brightest of tho more than 400' pjanets of this group, comes to opposition early In July, under unusually 'favorablo cir cumstances, being Just visible to the naked oye. We defer fuller comment till next month, only noting that on Juno 26 tho small planet passes just south of Saturn, being but half a degreo dis tant, and can easily be picked up with a field glass. It Is movinc tn. ward tho bowl of tho Milk Dlppor, at tno rate or a decree In four dava. At four o'clock In tho morning of Juno 22, tho sun enters the sign of Cancer, and, in tho language of the almanacs, "Summer commences." But at this time tho sun Is in constel lation of Gemini, and ho will not en ter that of Cancer for a full month 'to come. Horo Is a great discrepan cy. vh.'ch demands explanation. How does It happen that the signs of the zodiac, while bearing the names of tho constellation, do not agree with them in position? Tho fact is, that when the signs of tho zodiac were named, thoy coincid ed with tholr respective constella tions; hut during tho 2,000 years that, have passed since then, the signs have moved, while the stars have stood still, so that they no longer The signs of the zodiac have their positions fixed by the equinoxes the Intersections of the eloptic with the celestial equator. The eliptlc moves but little among the stars, but the equator shifts Us position in such a way that the equinoxes, carry ing the signs of the zodiac with them travel entirely around tho ellptic in a little over 25,000 years. During tho last 2,000 years they have moved westward about 30 deg., so that each sign has "backed" in o the constellation which originally preceded it. Partly on acount of the resultant confusion, tho signs of the zodiac are no longer used In astronomical calculations. Their appearance In tho almanacs in the present connec tion i3 the last survival of a method of reckoning bettor adapted to tho das of astrology than to the present time. , ,, This change In the position of the equinoxes is called precession. It is due to the attraction of the sun and mood on the bulging equatorial re gions of the earth which, it. is well known, is not exactly spherical. This action combined with the earth's ro tation, causes its axis to move in very much the same way that grav ity," acting on a spinning top, causes its ar.is to revolve about a vertical line, instead of making it fall over. New moon occurs on the morning of the 0th, first quarter on the after noon of the 12th, full moon on the evening of the 20th, and last quarter cn the afternoon cf the 28th. The moon is nearest us on the 5th and farthest away on tho 18th. She is in conjunction with Venus on the 3d, with Mars on the 4th, witli Neptune and Mercury on the 7th, with Uranus on the 20th, with Saturn nn Hip 23r1 mill with Jlllliter Oil the j 21th. Henry Norris Russell, in Scien tific American. Destroy the Cause, you Remove the Effect Newbro's Herpicide kills the dandruff germ which causes falling: hair, and, finally, baldness. No other hair preparation kills the dandruff germ. Stop dan druff, there'll be no falling hair, no baldness. I)ickisso:i, N. D.,Nov. 8,'M. H.wo lecn mlng Herpicide, anil have U6ed nbuutoue third of ,1 SI bottle, ami Hurl that it doi'3 nil, undeveii more, than youclatm for It. It net only cleanses the scalp from dan. (IruK and prevents the hair ftom falling out, I'M promotps n new growth. Have only used the quantity mentioned, and have more h.itr on piv head than I havo had for years. I also find that It keep3 tho hair soft and glossy. EmVAED Dodo. For Sale at all First-Class Drug Stores. 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