:
f
r. one
by Mr. Endecot, one by Mr. Stileman.
one by John Woodbury, and one by
Mr. Verrin. and would b‘> a bad-presl
4 h .« tach Week
dent to keep hous alone.” The prece
dent has fared hardly at the hands of
BANDON.......................... OREGON
posterity. What large, empty places
would be left to-day in the life of vil
A good many distinguished people lage and town if the maids—old and
are becoming parents this year.
young—who keep house alone were
"warned out" after the fashion of our
We don't hear much about appen stern forefathers! The saint of the
dicitis any m< re Have the appendices town is almost sure to be a spinster.
She is the dispenser of cookies and
all been removed?
maple-sugar to her youthful admirers
Three people are walking across this She does up the hurt fingers and wipes
continent. Most of us prefer to stay away the tears of dis: ppolntment from
childish eyes. She is th« first to be
at home and work.
told of the lovers' happiness, and is
The Detroit Evening News accuses the most desired consoler in the house
the ex president of shooting “rhl- of mourning. We cannot know ex
nocerl." This Is worse than nature actly what Detora Holmes did with
faking.
her four bushels of corn, which must
have been a poor substitute for a home
King Edward Is now 67 years of age of her own. But one might guess that
and should be allowed
whatever she planted ft cn some sunny New
creases In his trousers he Is pleased England hillside, and that it sprang
to wear.
up in a rich crop of kind deeds and
wise words and loving thoughts, which
A $6,000,000 Judgment against a Cin
Debora passed on to all her maiden
cinnati man has been sold for $150.
sisters for the cheer and comfort of
Such a transaction must make a man
mankind.
feel terribly unimportant.
XRUMPET CALLS.
8IND0N RECORDER
The American men unanimously
confirm Mrs. Elinor Glyn's statement
that they didn't try to flirt with her
while she was in this country.
When shooting a giraffe always aim
at the heart of the beast, if it is
shot in the head it may not And out
for a day or two that It Is dead.
"There is nothing like bable3," says
Mme. Schumann-iieink. "to Improve
the voice.” Yea, and there is nothing
like babies to Increase the number of
voices.
Whiskers may well be dispensed
with, but as long ns most men’s
mouths are what nature made them, it
Is as well to hang on to the mustache
in some instances.
The canned beef of Chicago Is to dis
place the rdftst beef of old England In
feeding the British soldiers. A Chi
cago beef packer has lately secured a
contract to supply the army for three
.yean.
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The deaths of Algernon Charles
Swinburne and George Meredith with
in a month have deprived England of
her greatest modern poet and novel
ist, but Alfred Austin and Hall Caine
will hardly be willing to believe it.
A girl who arrived at New York
from Europe a few days ago refused
to land until she could be assured
that she would not become a white
slave. A fine reputation our police
forces are establishing for us abroad!
A New York man has recovered $650
for the loss of a little toe. He proved
to the satisfaction of the jury that
it was the only little toe he had on
his right foot and that the loss of it
imposed too much work on the other
toes.
A question which has puzzled a good
many persons has at last been settled
A prominent woman’s rights advocate
says that a suffragist is one who tries
to convert women, and a suffragette
one who tries to convert men. Evi
dently It is not. as some had thought,
a national or racial matter.
The national House of Representa
tives has decided th remodel the chant
her In which It sits. The hall will
be reduced In size and chairs will be
Substituted for the desks. The hall
is so large that members have diffi
culty In making themselves hear 1. and
the speaker finds it hard to keep his
scattered flock in order.
American missionaries have been ac
cused of encouraging the Koreans to
rebel against the Japanese govern
ment. Prince Ito, in answer to a let
ter of the American ambassador. Mr.
O’Brien, says that there Is no truth
in the charge, and that the mission
arles are cooperating with the gov
ernment in Its work of educating the
people. Missionaries have no motive
for meddling in politics in countries
where the government does not hinder
but assists their efforts.
It Is said that one of the depositors
In an American savings bank will ac
cept no Interest, for he Is a Mohamme
dan. and his religion forbids it. It is
a part of other ancient religions, the
JewfBh among the rest, that interest
is not right. "Usury” has come down
to us with a bad sense, not because it
originally meant excessive interest, as
it does now. but because our ancestors
disapproved all payment of premium
for money lent. Antonio, In "The
Merchant of Venice," was not an ex
ceptlonally generous man in lending
money without Interest, but merely
followed the custom of hts time; Shy
lock, on the other hand, even If he
had exacted only a low rate for hts
loans, would have been regarded from
the point of view of an Elizabethan
as a social outcast. The business of
banking was chiefly In the hands of
the Jews In the olden times, until the
whole Western world came to what we
regard as a more huslnesslike and ra
tional view.
A living death is a life without In
centive. The man or woman who li
purposeless, has no responsibility, li
producting nothing, is merely feeding
the physical senses. Is missing th«
meaning of existence and forfeiting
the real joy of living. The quickest
and surest way of tiring of the world
is to concentrate thought on self
Those who have nothing to think of
but self carry a wearisome burden
In the news columns dally we read of
the disasters that befall purposeless
people. Every city every day has its
quota of suicides from this cause
The bunion of mere self becomes sc
heavy men and women take their live«
to escape it. To temporarily free
their minds of the stress of irresponsl
bilitv others drink themselves Into th«
gutt< r. There is a deal of wretched
ness from this cause. "The world 1«
full of such a number of things that 1
am sure we should all be happy as
kings," the poet sang, and very truly
For one has only to look about with
seeing eyes to find things to do that
are worth while doing. Evasion ol
responsibility is rank cowardice, and
makes for an empty life.
If time
weighs heavily upon you. get busy!
Adopt a baby. Go conservatively Into
debt. Interest yourself In the strug
gle of some fellow worse off than you
are.
Get married.
Devise some
means of affecting an equitable tariff
Discover a new star. Find a cure for
cancer. Scheme a plan by which the
graft danger may be eliminated from
municipal ownership of public util
ities. Discover a substance which
will prevent teeth from decaying
Write something which will make men
think less of selfish gain and more of
brotherly love. These are suggestions
—and "the world Is full of such a
number of things" that one need not
think long before discovering an
agreeable hobby. Do something and
be happy.
BAD PARROT A PRISONER.
Profane Pird Hauled Ont of n Tree
by a Policeman and Arrested.
Ham*« Horn Sound« a Warning Mota
to the I a redeemed.
a
WHERE LAWLESSNESS BEGINS.
T the last session of the Ohio Legislature
an act was passed making illegal the or
ganization and maintenance of secret so
cieties in the public schools of that State.
The law was the result of a general and
growing belief that secret societies—Greek-
letter fraternities, or sororities, as they
are commonly called—are a menace to the wholesome
ness and democracy of public school life. This opinion
is held by the more intelligent and better Informed peo
ple of all the States. But now the pupils of the public
schools who are members of secret societies, or desire
to be, have revolted. They are reported as determined
to fight the new law, and as having raised a fund to pay
counsel. In other States, notably in Massachusetts,
there have been similar revolts against authority, in
these cases the authority of the school committee rather
than the Legislature; and discipline has not always been
maintained.
In all these cases something is at stake which is far
more important than secret societies. It is the whole
question of respect for and obedience to the law. The
parents who do not see this are blind to their duty.
Children in this country are too eften permitted to dis
regard municipal laws and police regulations, and are
not even rebuked for their lawlessness. But pupils in
the public schools can do nothing In defiance of the
laws of State, city or school committee unless they are
aided and supported by their parents. It is time there
was right thinking and plain speaking on this matter,
and that responsibility be placed where It belongs.—
Youth s Companion.
THE USEFULNESS OF OLD MEN.
RESIDENT ELIOT surrendered his duties
as the head of Harvard University the oth
er day at the age of 75, but Levi P. Mor
ton, aged 85, rode in the ordinary smoker
from his country home to his New York
office, and made his share of the smoke eu
route. The fact that Mr. Morton has a
decade the start of President Eliot does not seem in the
least to disturb him. Another incident to add to these
Is that James F. Hyde, at the age ot 95, has just been
re-elected treasurer of the city of Lincoln, Neb. The
young men are not running everything in tills age. The
youth of 62, known as Edward H. Harriman, is quite
active in business life. James J. Hill is "getting around"
at 72. Those fledglings, Rockefeller, Morgan and Car
negie, while not so active as either Harriman or HUI,
do not admit that they aje out of the game.
There seems never to have been an age of the world
when men who have wisely digested their experiences
and observations were more in demand than now. The
aged treasurer of Lincoln not long ago published a pam
phlet on the science of accounts that is full of sugges
tion for the youth who already knows it all. At 75
years President Eliot, out of the fullness of his expe
rience with books, has set himself the task of selecting
a three-foot library whose study will give any man a
liberal education If there is an irreverence about the
time, it should be corrected by observing the character
and attainments of these and other old men, mighty in
GERMAN AND BRITISH CANARIES
< hnracterietlcs of <
hkl *
COST OF WAR PREPARATIONS.
HE cost of a great battleship complete is
about $10,000,000, and the effective life of
one of these floating fortresses is about
fifteen years. Figures of this sort acquire
their greatest significance by comparison.
It is somewhat startling to be told that
the cost of a great battleship equals the
valuation of all the land and the 100 buildings which
Harvard University has accumulated in 250 years, plus
all the land and buildings of Hampton and Tuskegee ln-
stitutes.
According to Bloch, the writer on war, the cost of one
shot by a big cannon, including the deterioration of the
weapon, is $1,700. This amount would send through
college a boy who could get along on $425 a year, as
many do. It would pay for an ordinary workingman's
house. Taking the average figures as given in the sta
tistical reports, this sum is equal to a workingman's
wages for three and two-thirds years. It is as much as
the salary of the average school teacher in this coun
try for five and one-third years.
Our governments, national, State and local, are con
tinually importuned to do more for social betterment in
one way and another, especially for education. Refusal
is based on the lack of funds. When it is remembered
that one battleship represents an outlay sufficient for
the establishment of a university, the possibilities from
the reduction of expenditures for military purposes
loom large. Think what could be done for education,
for Irrigation, for reforestation, in providing better
housing conditions for the people, and in many other
ways of like significance with the expenditures made
necessary by the fear of war!—Chicago News.
WIRELESS ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
HE marvelous lighting of 4,000 Incandes
cent lights at Omaha by current sent
thiough the air from a generating wire
less plant five miles distant marks another
new era In electricity. The first telegraph
line in America was opened between Wash
ington and Baltimore May 24. 1844. To
day the United States has more than 200,000 miles of
line, comprising more than 1.250,000 miles of wire, in
the operation of which 30,000 persons are employed at
an annual salary of more than $14,000,000. The first
telephone line went into commission in Boston in 1877.
To-day the United States Is talking over 3.400,000 tele
phones, or one for every twenty-three inhabitants. There
are 40,000 telephone operators, and their annual total
wage income is $11,000,000.
With what amazing rapidity will every available wa
ter power be harnessed, since the Omaha expert has
fouid a way to send electric power by the same air route?
The wonderful accomplishments of the last half century
may read like fiction, but the greater possibilities of
the near future actually smack of Aladdin and his won
derful lamp.—Chicago Journal.
GRAND STAND TURNED INTO APARTMENT HOUSE.
Hird Which
In More N u in er ou n than Cat.
Charged with resisting an officer
The canary Is nowadays the cage
using profane language, being a dfs bird. He Is first, and all the rest no
orderly person, causing a crowd tc where. He is, perhaps, more numer
collect, trespassing on park lands pro ous among us than even his natural
hibited by law, and being disrespect foe, the cat. He is equally popular on
ful to a policeman without cause, o the Continent, where Germany pro
parrot is a prisoner in the offices ol duces singers famed the world over;
the Essex County Bark Commission in and when In India I found that the
Newark waiting for its owner tc Chinese were breeding and exporting
square things with the authorities, ac thither a cheap and serviceable brand
of canary for the delectation of our
cording to the New York Times.
When Sergeant Wilson passed a tree subjects and their rulers; for the Hln-
in Branch Brook Park he noticed a I doo, although the records show that he
crowd gathered around the foot of it was a skilled bird fancier when the
He hastened to the spot and was In inhabitants of Britain were savages,
formed by a boy that some one was has never risen to the higher flights of
up in the branches “swearin’ awful.” agriculture in breeding his cage birds
"Here. you. come down out of that," for himself, a writer tn a London ex-
yelled Wilson. “You're violating th« change says.
law.”
The German breeders have concen
"Oh. you bonehead! You ham fat!’ trated their attention on the bird's
came the answer from the new and song, as might have been expected
from their national love of music;
thick foliage.
"I'll give you a minute to come hence the song of a good "German"
down. Then I'll pull you down.” said Is a revelation of long-drawn sweet
ness to those who are used to the rath
the angry sergeant!
"Robber!
Help!
Take him out! er ear-piercing efforts of the English
Bonehead! Strike one!” said the vole« bird.
It is a sad fact of avian depravity
from the tree.
"He thinks he’s at a baseball game,' that it is easier to corrupt a good
canary by letting him hear bad notes
said one of the crowd.
”1'11 go up and bring him down,' than to teach an inferior performer
said Sergeant Wilson, who was con good ones; for though they uncon
vlnced by that time that he was deal sciously produce musical sounds for
ing with a crazy baseball crank. Th« the admiration of mankind, singing
crowd admiringly watched him cllmt birds have a poor idea of music them-
the tree, and looked at the commotion sel ves.
in the branches, there being sounds of
Yet they are impressed by each oth
deep breathing, imprecations, and i er's songs, for it is a common thing
struggles. In a few minutes the po for the matrimonial schemes of a
lleeman reached earth somewhat rum canary breeder to be frustrated by a
pled, but triumphant, with an angry sentimental hen falling in love with
profane parrot in his hands The park the voice of an unseen singer, with
commission is waiting for a man with the result that she leads the mate arbi
an extensive baseball vernacular tc trarily chosen for her a sad life until
the owner of the “witching voice" is
lay claim to the bird.
removed out of hearing. The personal
Professional Pride.
equation counts for a great deal in
"I should regret very much to hear*
1 canary breeding.
While the Germans hive been thus
that anybody has ever offered money
developing the canary's voice, they
for political influence."
"Yes," answered
Mr. Graftwell, have neglected his appearance, and.
"your hearing of it would indicate consequently, their birds aie little
very crude work on somebody's part.” i larger than the wild Canary Island an
cestor. and though usually yellow, are
—Washington Star.
of that pale primrose shade which our
The I.aw of Gravity.
fanciers call "buff." not the full, bril
"Silence in the court!” thundered liant tint whbh we usually understand
the Judge, and the laughter died away. by canary color. This, in its perfec
"Mr. Bailiff," continued the instruc tion. is only found In English-bred
tion* from the bench, "eject the next bird.-, whl-li ?r. pl < in m.- iv breeds,
man who defies the la* of gravity ”— much.larger than the ’wild canary,
•
at aa 1
m larks.
Philadelphia Ledger.,
On the sixteenth day of the eleventh
month which was January by "old
style"- of the year 1636 there was pre
sented to the town of Salem, Mass,
a petition by Debora Holmes that she
might have a piece of land allotted
to her in that town. The record of
what answer was made to her request
runs as follows
"Debora Holmes re
Occasionally a dressmaker ,<t*M
fused Land (being a maid) but hath * husband fit*.
the affairs of the world. Old age is not in itself a badge
of honor, but old age attended by wisdom, charity and
usefulness is such a precious possession to a world,
which tends now to run too fast, that its results ought
to be conserved and used Minneapolis Tribune.
With new’ and stringent laws against gambling and bookmaking, the
sport of kings—as the sporting writers call horse racing—is no longer a
profitable business in many places. It remained for Cincinnati, however, to
turn a grand stand into an apartment house and a race track into a picnic
grounds. Oakley Park track—famous old Oakley Park, where the fleetest
race horses in the world thundered into the stretch, smashing world's rec
ords to the w ild applause of thousands of spectators—is to become a housing
place for babies and canaries and janitors and phonographs.
The grand stand, with the seats torn out, a’nd walls and stairways and
partitions put in. will become one of the largest apartment houses in the
country. It is 320 feet long by 60 feet deep, and will contain 125 rooms.
It will be fitted up after the Spanish style of architecture. The three-acre
grounds will be parked off. Nothing in the general structure of the build
ing will be changed. The turrets and judges' stand and the cupolas will all
remain. Even the steps which led into the stand will become marble stairs
leading to suites 1. 2. 3, 4, 5, 6 and the janitor.
To do as Christ
did we must love
as He did.
Once get a ma a
right in his heart
and his feet will
w ill not go far
w rong.
Above the black
est cloud there la
plenty ot light.
God never changes His mind.
What men often call excuses God
rails lies.
Faith without works la like a watch
without hands.
Truth never stops chasing a lie
around the world.
Give the Lord a chance and He will
will give you a chance.
Our needs can never be greater than
God's promises for their supply.
The man who delays to do the right
thing is not likely to ever do it.
The preacher should not forget that
the devil always goes to church.
Not what we can do but what we
can bear is the real test of character.
If there Is a time when God is espe
cially close to us it Is when we are in
trouble.
Following Christ ought to consist in
something more than wearing a red
button and going to church In pleas
ant weather.
The man who looks toward the well-
watered plains of Sodom with a long
ing eye will soon be wearing out shoe
leather in trying to get to them.
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MISTAKEN PURPOSE.
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"Yes, dogs may be all right,’ re
luctantly admitted the nervous man,
"but somehow I always was scared of
'em, and they all seem to realize the
fact. This business of conquering a
dog by looking him straight in the
eye doesn't always work out the right
way. I never cared to test the matter
myself, but I knew one fellow who
did. He lost part of his coat tail.
And there is a foolish saying that
barking dogs won't bite. Another
fallacy. I once knew an old shepherd
dog that would bark and bite at the
same time. I still carry a scar on my
shin as a proof.
"I was farming at the time, out in
Kansas, and the dog belonged on the
next farm. The old fellow who owned
him said he wouldn't bite. We had
just moved down from the city, you
know, and It was necessary for me
to call at the old farmer's house for
milk.
"At first Shep wouldn't allow me to
enter the gate. Shep was the dog's
name. I tried all sorts of induce
ments—called him by name in the
friendliest tone at my command, or
threatened him with imaginary stones.
Finally the old farmer would relieve
the situation by escorting me into
the yard, with Shep sneaking along
about two inches in the rear of my
legs. Very comfortable.
“But as time went on I became bet
ter acquainted with the shepherd dog,
and as long as I wore overalls and
toted my milk pall, he permitted me
to enter the front gate without chal
lenge. On these occasions he assumed
a benevolent air, as if he was really
granting me a large favor. It was a
favor.
"But one time I called on the old
farmer on a matter of business, and
had discarded the overalls and milk
pail. As I entered the gate I saw a
book agent marching boldly up the
yard. The poor fool didn't know about
Shep, and he failed to see the dog as
he came tearing up the lane.
“’Hey, there!’ I shouted, in a warn
ing voice. 'Climb that tree quick or
that dog will chew you up!'
"But the poor chap didn’t have time
to budge, for Shep was traveling like
a Kansas tornado. I shut my eyes for
a moment, from sheer pity, and then
opened them again to view the trag
edy. That dog had passed the book
agent entirely, and was still coming.
He was after me.”
111 M Pontncrl pt.
It was Saturday, and Mrs. Cushman,
having arrayed Bobby In his Sunday
best, was endeavoring to keep him
occupied while she dressed hurriedly,
pending a visit to the photographer.
Write mother a letter on your cellu
loid tablets," she coaxed.
Bobby looked out of the window and
across the street for Inspiration—and
found it. His fingers moved briskly,
and in leas than three minutes he wa$
displaying his letter and pressing it
upon his mother attention.
” ‘Dear mother,’ she read. ’The boys
across the street In the Lothrop's
yard are playing a now game. I
should like to see it. May I go?
" 'Your affeeshonate son.
Bob.’
"That is rather short. Bobby,” she
said, still coaxing him, with a glance
at the clock. "You go back to your
room and write mother a little post
script.”
Bobby departed Joyously, but when
the last refractory hook had yielded
and his mother, drawing on her
gloves, hurried to his room, It was
empty.
On Bobby’s desk lay the letter, with
the desired addition:
product, while some even reach India trouble, for I alter, change or abolish
these at my pleasure. Of course I es
to compete with Chinese experts.
cape whenever I can from the com
Another World.
mon everyday world In which I am so
I live In two worlds—one in which Insignificant into the world which is
I must consider the weather and wholly my own.—Orlando Jay Smith.
clothes and meals and bills coming
He Rnre You nre Kialit.
due and a host of duties and obliga
tions, some of which weary me. It
"Bill had charge of the animal tent,”
isn't really a bad world, and I haven’t said Mr. Ringling, "and among his
much ground to complain of it. It is pets was a leopard.
This leopard
comparatively a poor world, however, gave Bill more trouble than all the
when set against that other world rest of the menagerie put together.
into which I retire with every oppor
"One day when I had left the show
tunity—the glorious, free and perfect on some advance business, a telegram
world of my Imagination. The com was handed to me. It was from Bill
mon world, the world of meals and and read:
The leopard has escaped.
clothes and weather, I share with ev What shall I do?’
erybody. No preference or special
"That was just like Bill. He did
consideration is given to me I often not want to make a mistake.
get a kick or a cuff that I despise,
“I immediately wired back to Bill:
even though I know that I earned it. 'Shoot him on the spot.’ Two hours
But the other world Is all my own. I later I received another telegram from
am Its creator, king and master. Noth conscientious, careful Bill: 'Which
"P. S. I have went
Bob.”
ing happens in It that does not please spot?' ’’— Success Magazine.
Men have their troubles the same aa
me; nothing exists without my con
women,
but they have less to say
sent. It revolves around me. I am
After a woman has been married
The N- : i h bird, art most in da- its sun and center; all else is subor long enough to secure a two seated •bout them.
tn..sid. .in.|-are $ven being
i to dinate. There Is no order, system or surrey, she Is usually large enough to
There are as many aides to a story
Gvteiu-nj. in'll •■■i’ wiJi the nav^e ia« la it that gives me the slightest fill the back seat.
as there are people who teU IL