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- LOVE SOXG.
: :
Sweetheart, there is no splendor
In all God's splendid skies,
Bright as the lovelieht tender
Which dwells in your bright
eyes. 4
II. 4
Sweetheart, there are no blisses
Like those your Hps distill;
Of all the world's sweet kisses
Tour kiss is sweetest still!
III.
Sweetheart! There Is no glory, 4
Which cluster "round my life
Bright as this bright, sweet 4
story: 4
"My sweetheart and my wife."
Frank L. Stanton. 4
4
For the legislature which convenes
today excellent advice is contained in
the editorial by the
The Sorest Koad Portland J o u rnal
To Reform. reproduced, upon
this page. The East
Oregonian especially approves of the
suggestion that the legislature endeav
or to increase its own efficiency so
that it may handle legislation more
ably and increase the regard in which
it is held by the people.
By such a course as this may the
legislature work most effectively to
curb overuse of the Initiative and
referendum. The fact there were over
40 legislative measures on the ballJt
November 5, furnished positive evi
dence the people lacked faith in the
legislature. There is further evidence
to the same effect. It is found in the
estimate the average citizen places on
the legislature. The average man re
gards the legislature as a slip shod
affair striving to thresh out a vast
pile of bills in a very short time. The
average man knows that logrolling
and petty political bickering enter
strongly into the proceedings of the
legislature. He knows that influences
are often at work for or against
measures and have effect even though
such Influences do not represent the
will of the people or their welfare.
Such things cause men to lose confi
dence in the lawmakers. The present
legislature can do much to right thi.
situation. The members now at Salem
can if they will increase the prestige
of the legislature and bring it up to
the plane it should occupy In the pub
lic thought. They can do. that by act
ing along broad lines rather than al
ong small lines,' by thinking of prin
ciple rather than of petty personal
politics, by refusing to indulge in log
rolling and by demanding that such
legislation as Is enacted shall go
through strictly upon its merits
They should stop laughing at mem
bers who take their positions serious
ly and vote their convictions even
though the "bunch" does differently.
Those who favor a short ballot and
want to see the initiative used less
frequently will urge the legislature to
assert itself. It is the surest way to
improvement. Nothing can be done
by tinkering with the initiative, The
various schemes proposed are nos
trums that would prove worse than
the disease if taken. Most of the de
mand for reform of the Initiative
comes from standpat quarters from
people who do not believe at all In
direct legislation and would like to
we the initiative quietly tapped on
the head and put to sleep. They
would not care what the medicine
did If they could just get the people
to take it.
With snow falling and the thermo
meter in eastern Oregon falling' low
at times one of the biggest
Colds, questions of the hour is how
to avoid taking cold or how
to cure a cold when you get one
Mark Twain found all sorts of advice
as to how to treat a cold. So can
CASTOR I A
Fr Infants and Children.
Tits Kid Yea Han Aiwajs Bszght
Bean Um
glgnatw f
anyone else who seeks such Informa
tion. Dr. Kuhn, a German authority
asserts that colds are not usually con
tracted from other persons as has
been believed recently but that a chill
affords to microbes already in the nos
trils, throat or mouth conditions fa
vorable to their active growth. If
that is true the important thing is
not how to cure a cold but how to
keep from getting one. To a large
extent a person may have freedom
from colds by avoiding exposure and
by proper care as to eating.
Like Oregon. Kansas has a good
agricultural college and it trains young
women as well as young
1'enillt'toit men for their places in
Also Sees It, the world. Speaking
recently of the instruc
tion the Manhattan school gives on
the subject of "How to become good
wives." the president of the Kansas
college said:
"Many girls have been handicapped
at the most crucial period of their
lives through ignorance of household
work. To rear a daughter without a
knowledge of cooking and home care
b a great injustice to her."
The same Idea is being recognized
in Pendleton as one may see by visit
ing the domestic science department
at the high school.
The Oregonian. did not advocate
curbing the initiative by making It
impossible to submit the same bill
twice in 10 years. It said the same
proposal. That sounds like .a dis
tinction without a difference but
then the Portland paper has a weak
case and is entitled to the benefit of
all possible doubts.
The parcels post Increases business
at the post office and it will do the
same with local stores that go after
the business.
This is something like it. Nothing
beats a good thick blanket of snow in
the winter time.
The stockman can now feed out
some of that hay.
A PKOGKAM OF PROGRESS.
(Oregon Journal.)
The Journal presents herewith
eight important reforms which it
commends to the intelligence of the
legislators who are to convene this
week In biennial assembly:
1 Reform of legislative methods
and legislative procedure by mini
mizing the number of bills introduc
ed and confining introduction to the
first weeks of the session by making
committee assignments a matter of
merit instead of a known and noto
rlous evils to the end that public
confidence in the legislature may be
restored and the growing use of the
initiative be minimized.
2 The passage of a good roads
bill, framed in a spirit of compro
mise by capable men, carrying such
provisions as well cemmend it to gen
eral confidence, and providing the
largest possible encouragement and
introducing the highest practicality
into the work of rod construction.
3 The enactment of Irrigation
legislation in which there will be pro
vision, so far as the legislature is
able to further it, for giving the land
to the actual settler at actual cost,
and providing to the utmost extent
lor the elimination of speculators, ana
speculation from the debauchment of
irrigation in Oregon.
4 Statutory reform of court pro
cedure for abolishment of the notori
ous laws delays, for eliminating ad
mitted frivolous motions, technicali
ties and appeals, and for reducing the
great public cost of litigation, all to
the end that It may be sanely done by
those equipped for the purpose and
not be madly done by .those incom
petent to engage in such a reform. .
5 Enactment of the workmen's
compensation law framed by the
state commission named for the pur
pose, which is a measure for ending
ambulance chasing, for greatly reduc
ing the work of the courts, and the
cost to the state of litigation, for sav
ing the great sums sent out of the
state in casualty insurance and for
bringing employe and employer into
close and amicable relations respect
ing the personal damages for indus
trial accidents.
6 The passage of an ample but
not extravagant appropriation for
properly representing Oregon at the
Panama exposition at San Francisco
in 1915, action made necessary by the
fact that Oregon will never have op
portunity to be closely identified with
another event of such world signifi
cance. 7 The enactment of a law to re
strict the sale of the revolver and
to regulate the carrying of conceal
ed weapons, by which a step will be
taken in a great reform that is to
become countrywide, and through
which crimes of violence will be en
ormously lessened and human life be
made far more safe.
8 The passage of greatly needed
amendments to the c riminal code by
repeal of provisions, put into- effect
for a primitive time, and the sub
stitution of more effective measures,
better suited to the necessities and
exigencies of a more congested pop
ulation and a more highly developed
age.
This is a program of progress.
The Oregon legislature can render no
higher service to the state than to
carry It into effect
There are other measures to be
passed. There are other Btatuory
changes to be made. But the above
constitute a program of constructive
legislation whose translation into
law will be a sufficient reply to those
who condemn legislatures, and will
be full warrant to the taxpayers for
the great expense to which they must
go in paying the bills of the biennial
assembly.
The last election ballot in Oregon
carried a total of forty-one Initiative
and referendum measures. They were
forty-one protests against the short
comings of past legislatures In this
Btate. - '
They" are forty-one reasons why
the coming assembly should proceed
to carry out this program of progress
as a means of restoring public confi
dence in the legislative body and les
sening the use and abuse of the initiative.
ANTEMORTEX REPORTS.
Senator Bailey of Texas was so
fiercely attacked by some of his op
ponents the last time he was a can
didate for re-election that one editor
indulged in a circumstantial forecast
of 'what would happen to him in th
county election the next day.
"He was so specific about my fin
ish that he reminded me of a story,"
said the senator. "An influential citi
zen in a small town had an attack of
appendicitis. The editor heard the
report and hurriedly made an item
of it which he printed In this fasn
lon: .
"Our esteemed fellow citizen, John
G. Harris, will go to the hospital to
morrow to be operated upon for the
removal of his appendix by Dr, Smith.
He will leave a Wife and three chil
dren." Lipplncott's.
.
A. TREND OF TIIK TIMES.
Ex-Governor Pennypacked. discuss
ing the divorce evil in Philadelphia,
said, with a smile:
"In these times one never, as the
saying goes, knows where one is at.
An acquaintance of mine extended his
hand to me at the Historical society
the other day and cried: -
" 'Conratulate me! I'm the hap
piest man alive!
'I looked at him doubtfully.
"'Engaged, married or divorced?'
I asked. New York Tribune.
TEXT AXI SERMON.
"I had a little lesson several weeksJ
. . i . t . i .n
ago, remarKea tne man wiui wiu
gray mustache, "and it called me In
good shape."
"Go ahead." said the stout man.
"I was in the garage where I keep
my car and happened to overhear a
conversation among the boys. A cer
tain man had been Injured while
traveling abroad very badly injured,
it was reported and one of the boys
was telling the others about it. 'Tn.
story in the papers says he can't get
well," the youngster went on. 'Did
you know him, Pete?' And the boy
addressed promrly replied, 'Sure, I
knew the old grouch.' Say, that hit
me pretty hard. Here was a lead
ing citizen dying and all the boy could
remember about him was that he was
a grouch. Yes, sir, it made me sit
up and think hard. And I got In my
mind that when I passed out I'd like
to be remembered for something dif
ferent" He paused.
"That's worth considering," said
the other man.
"Good text." said the first man.
"Good sermon." said the other.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
JANUARY.
January gets its name from Janus
the celebrated two-faced god of the
Romans. It was said of Janus that
he could see things both coming and
going and he was therefore placed
on guard at the beginning of the
year. Up to that time the year had
begun ' with March, but after Caesar
took Ireland, the Irish insisted upon
having St. Patrick's Day shoved along
where it would not be too cold to
march, and Caesar made January the
beginning of the year. This occasion
ed a great uprising in Rome, where
the year had always Degun in March,
and Caesar's defense before the Pil
lar of Pompey Is considered to have
been the finest oratorical effort of
his career. He told the people that
In doing this for the Irish he had
probably forestalled a movement for
home rule which reconciled every
body at once, and no more was heard
ot jt. ,st. Louis Post Dispatch.
PIKES PEAK NOT THE HIGHEST
What is the highest mountain In
Colorado? "Pikes Peak," nineteen
persons out of twenty will answer,
and incorrectly. The twentieth may
know that the two highest mountains
in the state are Mount Massive and
Mount Elbert, both in Lake county.
In the Leadville district The alti
tude of each ot these mountains, ac
cording to the United States Geologi
cal Survey, Is 14,402 feet above sea
level. The height of Pikes Peak is
14,108 fee Moreover, there are mty
nr Hixtv other Deaks in Colorado ap
proximately as high over 14,000
feet The lowest point In Colorado
Is 3350 feet above sea level. Of all
the states Colorado has the highest
average altitude, estimated by tne
geological survey at 6800 feet
Although not the highest mountain
Pikes Peak is probably the best
known peak In the United btates
There was at one time a weather bu
reau on its summit, and It now has
a substantial railway station at the
terminus of the highest railway line
In America. It pan also be reached
by an excellent wagon road and trail
which connect the summit with Colo
rado Springs.
LARGE COAL MINES.
There are 735 coal mines in the
United States which are producing
more than 200,000 short tons of coal
each annually. In 1911, according to
a statement by Edward W. Parker
the coal statistician of the United
StaV?s Geological Survey, 269 bitumi
nous mines and 168 anthracite mines
In Pennsylvania produced in excess of
this amount. The average production
of these Pennsylvania bituminous
mines was 321,773 tons and of the
anthracite mines 444,697 tons. The
largest anthracite mine had a pro
duction of 1,020,420 long tons (1,
142.870 short tons). The largest bi
tuminous production from one mine
(a Pennsylvania operation) was 1,
285,483 short tons. Thrrty anthracite
mines produced over half a million
tons each, Illinois, was second to
Pennsylvania Jn large minues, having
93 mines which produced more than
200,000 tons; ' West Virginia was
third, with 59; and Ohio fourth, with
S8. The total production of these
735 first-class mines was 253,459,
S39 tons or 51.7 per cent of the totul
production of the country.
THE IGLY THINGS.
Of ull the ugly things designed
To make man look his worst.
We think that you wll lalways find
The ear-muff comes In first.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Of all the ugly things designed
To make the public holler,
You've noticed, unless you're blind,
It's the imitation fur collar.
Indianapolis Star.
Of all the ugly things designed
To give a man a pain.
And make him wish that he was blind
It is the yellow cane
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Of all the ugly things designed
To take the comic prize.
The rubber "arctic" comes to mind
The -sort built oversize.
Denver Republican.
IT MADE A DIFFERENCE.
"It I ever get hold of Blnks I'll
thrash him so that his -. mother
wouldn't recognize him."
"What's the matter?"
"He's been slandering me. He
says that I beat him out of $5 in a
poker game."
"Not at all. I heard the remark
myself."
"What did he sy?"
"He said that you beat him out of
15000 In a wheat deal."
' "Oh, well, then, I suppose it is all
right. I hardly thought he was the
kind of a man to go around telling
stories that reflected on my charac
ter." Life.' '
THE PATHWAY TO A DREAM.
Every time a New Year dawns, I take
the forward track, .
An' jit, for all I look ahead, I'm al
ius lookln' back;
No matter how the sun shines how
fair the prospects seem,
In pleasant pathways of old years '
I wander with a dream.
II.
I meet new friends right hearty, an'
talk o' times so new;
An' the world swings like a picture
in the same old frame o' blue;
An' still the kindly sunlight it twin
kles through Life's tears,
But I'm back yonder with a dream
u; unforgotten years.
in.
There I glimpse a meadow where
sweet tiu spring-winds blow;
The roses they remember, in a gar
den that I know;
An' so, while time is growln' gray.
old years in beauty beam,
An' while I'm faring forward I'm back
there, with a dream!
Frank L. Stanton.
BILL'S DISPOSITION.
"So you have got an accident to re
port, have you?" said the head clerk
to the foreman of the works.
"Yes, sir," said the foreman, and
after gnawing at his penholder for a
considerable time he handed the clerk
the report. It reed;
t ,"Date:: April 16. Nature of acci
dent: Toe badly crushed. How
caused: Accidental blow from fel
low workman's sledge hammer. Re
marks: "
"Very good," said the cuerk, "but
why have you omitted 'Remarks?
"Well, sir," said the foreman, who
was a very frank man, "seeing as
you know what Bill is, and as you
know it Is his big toe that was hurt
I well, I didn't like to put 'em
down."
MAID AN I) WIDOW.
Their rival claims to reign supreme,
Can Man decide in no case;
The maid's the diamond in the
stream
The widow's In the showcase.
The maid's a formal table d'hote
The widow's cake-and-honey.
The maid's a promissory note
The widow's ready money.
The maid's the latest book on sale-
Pure fiction sweet seductive;
The widow is a twice-told tale,
But thrilling deep Instructive!
The maid's a soldier of the line
A brave but artless yoeman;
The widow gives the countersign,
And takes the sleeping foeman!
O, pretty bread-and-butter Miss,
And bread-ahd-sugar Madam!
There's nothing really new in this;
Your claims date back to Adam;
When Abel died, his weeping bride
The question first gave rise to.
Which Man can never qvlte decide.
(I wonder If he tries to?)
From Life.
WHY ENUNCIATE?
"What language is the leading la
dy singing?"
French, isn't it?"
"No, J can understand French and
It Isn't that."
"Italian, perhaps."
"It sounds more like Spanish, or,
possibly, Portuguese." . ,
"Yonder is Mr. Flanahan, the fa
mous critic. Let us ask him."
They questioned Mr. Flanahan, and
he smiled grimly.
"The lady, is singing In EngllBh,"
he ald. Newark News.
DAY" OF THE "JAG" IS DOOMED.
Chicago Inter Ocean: The day of
the scientific bartender is not far
distant. Ye who "look upon the wine
when It is red" and look too long may
sobn find It impossible to transgress
the laws of thirst discretion. The
advanced "dispenser of the suds,"
with his superior knowledge of "con
stitutions and how much they can
stand," and of the exact effect of each
drop- of liquid poured into an entic
ing: mixture, will see to it that there
na bt bo ill effects. . :
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A remarkable "college," in which
the bartender, and, In fact, all em
ployes of hotels, will be given liber
al educations of the needs of patrons,
Is to be erected at South Bend, Ind.
"Intoxication Made Imune" or
"Sane Sprees" might be appropriate
titles for some of the text books used
In the bartenders' class. Soon the
man who shoves cocktails across the
bar will present a card with the ini
tials of a degree after his name.
These probably will be "S. B. T."
which the average person might mis
take for "some bartender," but
which. In reality, may mean "Bache
lor of science of toddles."
The establishment of the college
will be one of the most Important
subjects to be dlaou8ed at the annual
meeting of the American Hotel Pro
tective Association of the United
States and Canada.
A USE FOK CHEWING GUM.
Who hasn't had difficulty in dis
lodging a cinder from the eye Some
times one can succeed with a corner
of a handkerchief, but frequently the
cinder Is too deeply Imbedded to be
got out in that way. It would be
hard to find a more stlcy substance
than chewing gum. The next . time
you see anyone with a cinder in his
eye, just chew a piece of gum till it
becomes soft and pliant, twist it to
a fine point and you will find as soon
as you touch the cinder with it, out
the cinder will come. Leslie's.
Good ami Had Omens.
There are omens of course, con
cerning the ring. The bride must
not try it on before the wedding, be
cause, once the ring is on, It must
remain on, and on no account come
off. The trying on difficulty is over
come by fitting the finger through
the holes in the cardboard supplied
by the Jeweler, or by having the ring
made to the exact size of the engage
ment circlet.
If, for any cause, the bride feels
she must have her ring off after mar
riage, the husband must be the per
son to replace It, as it was he who
put it on her finger in the church.
If she puts it on again herself, bad
luck will follow, says the old tale, in
the shape of a quarrel soon to come.
If the bridegroom drops the ring in
the church, this is a bad sign. It
really means nothing more than that
he Is nervous, hut a supersition runs
that this is an unlucky action fore
telling later vexations.
HOW WISE SOME TEACHERS ARE
To the question given at the state
teachers' examination recently, "Men
tion two ways in which tides are of
importance along the coast." the ma
jority of replies indicated a belief that
tides are chiefly valuable for sup
plying motor power to becalmed sail
ing craft.
"The tide regulates the coming in
and going out of sailing vessels," one
wrote. "The fishing Industry is de
pendent upon the tides for their sup
ply, as fish are carried up and down
stream by the tides."
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Just that makes Pape's Diapepsin the
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It's truly astonishing almost mar
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It's worth its weight in gold to men.
and women who can t get their stom
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home should always be kept handy
in case of a sick, sour, upset stom
ach during the day or at night. It's
the quickest, surest and most harm
less stomach doctor in the world.
"Tides are of importance along the
coast," another wrote, "because they
bring the ships farther Inland than
they could otherwise come there
fore aiding commerce. ' Also of im
portance to bathers and fishers."
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
ONE CALL FOR TWO.
Mayor Woodruff of Peoria was
sympathizing with a reformed char
acter, who, a's soon as his reforma
tion became known, was harraseed by
a band of old creditors.
"One calls for two," said Mayor
Woodruff with a smile. "Our friend
must not only reform himself he
must now pitch in and earn a lot of
money for his old credtiors as well.
"It's actually like the Persian dic
tum on punctuality
"Be punctual, and, inasmuch as
none are punctual, learn to be patient
also."
Borrowed Hair.
"Maybelle, your girl friend has
beautiful hair."
"It will pass, Tom."
"Why do you girls hate to admit
that another girl has fine points?"
"It wouldn't be becoming in this
case to appear too enthusiastic. I
loaned her that hair." Detroit Free
Press. Perhaps a mollycoddle Is a. male
manicure artist. ,
Its Strength
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