nam pages.
struggling creatures, will she not lis
ten to the inborn whisper that .mur
murs in the deep of the heart? If
there is an Intelligent Force control
ling the universe which has made me
and kindled within me the spirit of
hope, is it reasonable to think that
this cry will not be heard and this be
lief remajn unsatisfied?
Theories have their day. Phlloso
phles change. Creeds crumble. Yet
the heart has reasons which logic
cannot sound. Rev. Andreas Bard.
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T11K HELPLESS RAILROADS.
Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific, in a little pamphlet
entitled "The Railroads and the People." has pictured the utter helplessness
of '.he railroads in the present Industrial growth of the country.
He says that the northwest has simply developed so fust nnd produced
so much business that It has been Impossible for the railroads to keep pace.
He says It is not the desire of the companies to have cars standing idle
on side tracks. There is no money in that for the railroads. They desire
o keep loaded cars moving, more than any one else, for that is their chief
source of Income.
The country has enjoyed a surprising nnd phenomenal progress and it
has come upon the railroads so suddenly, so unexpectedly that factories,
machine shops and mines are unable to turn out building material nnd fin
ished cars and engines fast enough to keep the vast tides of traffic moving.
Mr. Elliott is partly right. The past 10 years have been dynamic, preg
nant years, filled with surging life and vitality. The hot life blood of Indus
try has awakened such a volume of moving and uncontrollable forces that
the ordinary channels are far and away inadequate to meet the pressing
demands.
Flour mills, sawmills, factories and other industries have been "swamp
ed" with orders which they could not possibly fill. The country's growth
has outrun every industry. Even the breweries are working overtime.
In a sense the railroads are helpless. And yet they might have antici
pates the remarkable growth that has been enjoyed. Judging from past
experiences, they might have prepared in a measure, for the rush.
But neither railroad commissions, general superintendents, courts nor
people can create freight cars and engines, faster than the factories are
now turning them out.
ITS PART OP AN EDUCATION.
Prof. J. S. Landers, city superintendent of Pendleton public schools,
the able corps of teachers and the several hundred school children who took
part in the school entertainments given this week, are to be congratulated
upon the success of the events.
It's all a part of education.
Not only is "The Pixies" entertaining, fascinating from a dramatic stand
point, but its presentation offers children an opportunity to appear in pub
lic, to gain and hold self-control, to practice a rare art which gives grace
and dignity to speech and actions and which is a vital part of ever' thorough
education.
At least twice each school year, such entertainments should be given.
While It costs endless patience and labor, yet the results are gratifying. It
is safe to say that more good is accomplished in the time given to rehears
ing these performances than would be accomplished In drilling in routine
lessons.
The very diversity gives life to pupils.
THAW AND TirE ALIENISTS.
In the critical and analytical searching of the alienists employed In the
Thaw case, to discover whether the mind of Harry Thaw is unbalanced, and
if so, how much so. make up a rather entertaining yet farcical phase of the
trial.
Thaw's mind will admit of no very far-reaching Investigation there Is
not enough of it. Alienists are practically wasting their time on Thaw, from
a scientific standpoint but perhaps not from a financial point of view. They
can afford to fill up the papers with hypothetical questions, scientific terms,
technical phrases, startling forms of medical Jargon with which to alarm
the public and give rise to "learned" discussions.
But Harry Thaw's case Is not unlike that of Macbeth, who asked his
physician, after the murder:
Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased?
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow;
Raze out the written troubles of the brain;
And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote.
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart?
SENATOR FULTON'S MISTAKE.
LOVES .IOAQUIN SULI.ER.
That California lov.es Joaquin Miller
1s shown by the following from the
February Sunset:
Joaquin Miller Is home again at his
eyrie on the Oakland hills "The
Hlghts." That's the way he spells it.
carefully omitting the "e." He has
been in Washington, D. C. tor over
six months but that conventional city
with all its charm at last palled on
the great apostle of "the Sun-down
Seas" and "the White Sierra" and ho
is again among the rocks and nlfnlfa
and eucalyptus trees of his hillside
home. His friends are everywhere,
but an army of them are here, and
they welcome his return. Other poets
are here, but friends all, and they
greet the man who wrote "Columbus"
and "Nicaragua" and honor him as a
master. Stoddard is here and Rob
ertson and Urmy and Sterling and Ina
Coolbrlth, and a host of others who
sing because It's In the California air,
but there's only one Miller and his
fame is as sure as the sun.
TIRED OF THE nilLirPINES.
The American Farmer says of the
Philippine question:
They are howling at Washington
for more army and navy, more money
to fortify the Pacific coast to cut off
Imaginary enemies and moro for forti
fications In the blessed Philippines.
The best thing to do with these
Islands is to give them away to the
first man who comes along with a
yaller dog" he wants to swap. Then
bring home the army that has been
engaged in killing savages and dying
Itself of diseased livers, discharge it
Into the productive Industries and
hereafter keeping a standing army of
not over 20,000 men. That's enough
to gnard forts and police the country-
If wo should have a real war the
people may be depended on to volun
teer to fight it nnd quit after the
trouble Is over. Give the money saved
from all these retrenchments to agri
cultural experiment stations and farm
colleges where It will do some good.
ONE VIEW OF JORDAN.
David St.irr Jot dan Is an able man.
Hut In California he does not stand
as the only oasis of ability In a vast
d'"' i of incompetency. He Is, with
in h! limitations, a learned man.
But all learning In California does
not abide with him, nor will all learn
ing In California perish when he dies.
In the seclusion of several colleges
In this stute are men before whose
depth nnd profundity In knowledge
lie learning of David Starr Jordan
becomes but that of a wader In the
shallows. These men do not talk as
tr.ui h as .Ionian talks. The general
mbllc knows them not. They are
modest and retiring, hut the lamp of
their wisdom shines with a steady
giow before which Jordan must pale
his Ineffectual candle. Sacramento
Bee.
In a whirl of angry oratory In the United States senate this week, Sena
tor Fulton whitewashed the timber and stone land act and unloaded all the
odium of western land frauds upon the shoulders of the forestry department
and the forestry policy of the government.
Senator Fulton forgets that the somewhat radical actions of the fores
try service In Including large sections of mining, grazing and semi-agricultural
lands In forest reserves, was hastened by the robbery of the timbered
areas of the public domain through the timber and stone act.
The creation of reserves on broad lines, was made Imperative by the
rapid disappearance of the timber of the country and by the rapacious accu
mulation of priceless land by corporations.
Mr. Fulton forgets that the brazen frauds of the land sharks who used
the timber and stone act as a vehicle for their friends, made the somewhat
harsh measures of the forestry department necessary In sheer self protection
THE COMPENSATIONS OF PROGRESS.
The tides of humanity move In mysterious directions and through mys
terious Influences.
The rnan who has lived In the far Interior of Oregon for years looks for
ward to the time whn he can move to Pilot P.ock to educate his children
The man who has lived for years In Pilot Rock or Helix, feels the thrill of
aspiration tingling In his veins and moves to Pendleton. The man who has
made a fortune In Pendleton feels the fascination of larger life tugging at
his heart, arr moves to Portland.
The cornpf-risatlng process goes on Indefinitely.
From circle to circle men advance In the scale of human affairs. From
sphere to sphere they move onward, following the Indefinable longing of
their hearts, smswerlng the call of their nature, responding to the whispers
cf a widening activity.
These struggling tides of life that seem
In wayward, aimless course to tend,
Are eddies of the mighty stream
That rolls to Its appointed end.
HOPE.
What doe It mean that sage and
snvnge, paint and sinner believe In Im
rnortnllty; that from the broad altar
of humanity the flame of hope as
cends to the "Great Unknown?" When
the first mother stood with weeping
eyes over an ooen gravt nnd her tears
fell upon the pallid features of her
lore, when forget-me-nots were plant
ed upon the sod and woeful sighs
were lost In the stillness of the cem
etery, when the first human mind
searched the midnight sky and the
child's quest reached beyond the lim
its of time, then sprung up in the vlr
gin soil of the soul, the grand and In
dellble conviction that man was "not
born to die," but created for Infini
tude.
Shall I say that this longing In the
s-ii'tuary of my bosom has no mean
ing? Is the eye created for the light,
the ear for the sound, the migratory
bird for a brighter shore and the
yearning soul for nothing? If nature
all around us answers the sigh of
THE PILOT.
"unset nnd evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the
bar
When I put out to sea.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of fare
well
When I embark.
For tho' from out our. bourne of time
and place
The flood may hear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
Selected.
CONCEALED HIS TROUBLES.
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A vast fund of personal knowledge is really essential to the achievement of
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A Knowledge of Forms, Knowledge of Functions and
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bered thut Syrup of Figs nnd Elixir of Senna, manufactured by the California Fig
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actual use thut it is the first and best of family laxatives, for which no extra
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This val.uLlo remedy has beaa long and favorably
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MONEY IN DEMAND.
Never In the history of Wall street
have the big corporations of the coun
try resorted to short-term note Issues,
fjr the purpose of rnlslng cash for Im
provements, as now. Full $150,000,
af0 of notes have been issued or of
ferer1 fi.r sale since December 1, with
more to come. In addition there have
been many equipment trust Issues and
extensions of maturing bonds, the lat
ter transaction differing only nominal
ly from Issuing notes of short-term
bonds.
These conditions have been brought
about through the prevalence of ab
normally high money rates and the
rners.l overstocking of the securities
markets with Issues of a permanent
character. Then, too, the situation
has leen amplified by the great pros
perity of the country, which Is out
stripping the financial means of the
country. Investors also have come
tr lcok up n the present tendency of
legislative bodies to pass laws regard
ed as detrimental to great dividend
earnings, on the part of railroads and
Industrial combinations.
The New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad leads all the Interests In
note issuing by putting out paper to
the amount of $26,000,000. although
the American Telephone & Telegraph
company and the New York Central
railroad were close behind with Issues
of $25,000,000 ench. The Luke Shore
put out 15, 000.000; the Southern
railway J15. 000,000: and the Michigan
Central Jl 0,000,000. with many others
for smaller amounts. Recourses to
mdo Issues promises to he a popular
methcM of raising funds for railroads
during the current year.
"An old negro who had been doing
odd Jobs at an Institution in a large
city," said Champ Clark of Missouri,
to a circle of his colleagues, recently,
"for some unknown reason disap
peared for a number of weeks. One
day another old darkey came In his
place and the matron asked the cause
of the absence of the former employe.
His wife am sick,' was the answer.
Wife?' queried the matron. 'Why, I
didn't know he had a wife.' 'Yas'm,
he's got a wife, but the reason you
nevah heah him say nuffln about it
is he doan" talk very much about his
trubbles.' "
Teliiianteplc Railway,
The new railroad recently opened
for traffic across the Isthmus of Tehu
antepec Is expected to prove of groat
impirtmce to the world's commerce.
For the time being the new route will
be directly available for the trans
portation of American domestic traf
fic only, the first steamship connec
tions being those provided by the
American-Hawaiian Steamer compa
ny. Under a freight contract, which
the steamship company signed In
1906, and particulars of which were
given by Special Agent Pepper a year
ago, about 300,000 tons of sugar will
bo shipped annually from Honolulu
via Tehuantepec to New York, Phil
adelphla and New Orleans. The dis
tance from New York to Honolulu via
Tehuantepec Is 5699 nautical miles,
while the distance via Pannmti Is
6688 miles.
WOMEN OUTLIVE MFN.
Once more woman has demonstrate
ed her superior vitality, to the dls.
eomfiture of mere man. Of the cen
tenarians who died In the United
Kingdom during last year 42 were
women and only a paltry 16 were
men; In 1905 the numbers were 36
and 22 respectively, and in 1904 41
and 22. During the last 10 years the
women who died after completing
100 years, at least, of life exceeded
the male centenarians by 327 to 177
an advantage cf nearly 85 per cent.
Tests d by length of life woman can
equally claim the superiority. Bridget
Danahar, who died last March In
Limerick, was said' to be 112 years
old: Mary O'Hara. another daughter
of Erin, was oniy two years younger,
and Mrs Sarah Egar. of King's county
was credited with 107 years, whllo
Bridget Somers, who ended her day
In Sllgo workhouse In March, 1904,
had reached the ripe old age of 114.
So healthy Is Ireland that It Is said
she has at present more than BOO
centenarians, while Kngland, Scotland
nnd Wales ran only muster l'2 among
them Westminster Oazette.
There was once a sculptor named
Phidias,
Whose statues were perfectly hideous.
He made Aphrodite
Without any nightie.
And thus shocked the ultrn-fnstitllosis.
Boston GlDh.
.AY SERMON.
Were 1 to preach a sermon
In simple, homely terms
Adapted to the culture
And growth of knowledge germs,
I'd say, with chastened spirit:
"Just do the best you can.
You may not be a poet
Hut you can be a- man."
If I were bid to tell you
Ho best to reach the top,
I'd say with no misgiving:
"C?o step by step nor stop
To grouch, or look behind you.
Just do the best you know;
You may not be a genius,
But you can grow, and grow."
Denby Morrison.
CALUMNY.
Column and column, lifted high,
Raised my temple Into the sky;
Column and column, shaken low,
Lie where rharnt presses blow;
Column and column shattered He,
And Between the- stones the- vipers go.
James T.. P.lchardon. In the March
r.vervhody's.
Tho nobility ef the United Kingdom
numbers 750.
A Word About
PIANOS
I jok over the list of the well
known i lanos handled by the GREAT
UOt PE of SMERMAN, CLAY & CO.,
ind see how many other pianos made
In the United States are cheap at any
price. Read the list carefully: Stela
way, Knal-e, A. B. Chase, Hardmon,
Kvrett, Emerson, Ludwlg, Estey,
Vese, Packard, Fischer, Klngsbery,
Haller, Stoe and a large number of
others, nnd when It Is known that
these little houses cannot buy these
pianos at any price and that they are
S'tid ill over the United States at ONE
PRICE, freight added, you will knew
vou enn't make a mistake In selecting
one handled by the house of Sherman,
Clay & Co , buying, as they do, three
times ns many Instruments as all the
other houses on the ooast combined,
they got the lowest price that a good
piano ran be made for. Sherman,
Clay ft Co., the one price house.
Special sale this month only.
JESSE FAILING,
Pendleton, Oregon.
Ministerial dutlps do not prevent
Rev. Joel H. Metcnlf of Taunton,
Mass., from pursuing nstronomlcal
Investigations. His study of tho stars
has resulted In the discovery of a new
comet which Is now being closely ob
served by astronomers throughout the
world. It has been named Metcalfe
comet
MLBERTM
THE LAND OF GREATER OPPORTUNITY
An irrigated or unirrigated farm in the Canadian Pa
cific Railway Company's three million acre project will
mean a fortune to you. Farms adjacent to railroad '
and thriving towns may still be had at low prices with
very easy terms. The soil is deep and fertile; abund
ance of excellent water; good markets, and healthful
climate. As a stock and grain country it cannot be
surpassed, and under irrigation, great crops of alfalfa
and sugar beets are grown. - -
Low Rates to Homeseekers.
Ask for Booklets.
Jonathan Johnston,
527 Main Street, Pendleton, Oregon.