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o e e e BANDON RECORDER rack Weak BANDON........ .......... a.. OREGON Trouble never comes singly to • bigamist. __ The only people in France who take no Interest in duels are the undertak ers. ___ The south pole Is ’ no doubt begin ning to feel as if it were already las soed. ___ Royal weddings continue, and the people of Europe continue to pay for them. ____ What has become of the man Who used to say that his home was wher ever he took his hat off? The man who goes hunting and falls to get a shot may be the same ctiap who goes fishing and never gets a bite. Sir Thomas Lipton says that It Is luck to be born poor. It may be luck to be born poor, but it is hard luck to live so. The Kaiser's new Dreadnought Is said to be so fast that she easily out distances even the criticism of the Socialists. » The discovery that cancer cannot live in the same place with llmburger cheese Is of particular comfort to folks who have either. Gypsy Smith’s favorite song is, “Where He Leads I Will Follow.” That's the one that made Edna May famous, and won her a rich husband. "Is the college girl a mollycoddle?" the New York World asks. Thai’s a question for some other fellow to an swer. Jumping In where angels fear to tread is not a pleasant pawtime. _____ f_______ A man who has been arrested at Yonkers, N. Y., for bigamy admits that he can’t remember the names of all his wives. It is probable, however, that he could, if he were to meet them, truthfully say their faces were .famil iar, _______________ A deelre to enjoy the privileges of democracy and to be Independent once in a while of the claims of royalty is the reason given by Princess Christian, the eldest surviving daughter of the tate Queen Victoria, for joining a wo man's club. Captain Amundsen Is going to start for the north pole, taking with him a food supply great enough to lart seven years. He evidently 1« determined to avoid any danger of being doubted, when he returns, because of the speed he had to make in order to avoid run ning out of pemmican. What this world needs is new and better men and women. Who will find at hand all the religious help that is necessary without devising new sys tems of ethical culture. Not all men are Intellectual Brahmins, who can feast their souls on academic Ideals Most of us need the personal help and sympathy of a Divine Being, who Is to us a reality and not a theory of Mvlng. ______________ Eight new sanctuaries for birds and animals have been set apart in the state of Victoria, Australia, by the gov ernment within a year. This Is In ad dition to the ordinary protection af forded by law to kangaroos, platypus, magpies, laughing jackals and certain other animals, and Is intended to pre vent the extermination of native crea tures. Several years ago a private clti- sen established a game sanctuary in South Australia, and the birds within it are now about as tame as domesti cated chickens A similar fearlessness of man 1s noted In the East African game preserve along the railroad on which Mr Roosevelt traveled on hl3 way to the hunting fields. Paper of a stronger texture, some thing that will stand the test of time, better than that commonly used for legal documents and public records, la earnestly urged by a prominent of ficial whose recent researches have im pressed ui>on him the increasingly perishable nature of that now used. Undoubtedly his plea is well founded, and it might have been extended to cover the paper used In books and newspapers, that la. the books and newspapers which are worth preserv ing. As a matter of cheapness, such a quality of paper is now generally used that its lease of life la certain to bo much shorter than that used in earlier years Paper can be made from many different materials, and is employed for a multitude of usee; but principally ft is used, and will con tinue to be used, as an adjunct of "the art preservative," and In this connec tion it is desirable that It be as sub stantial and durable as possible. Interest In the Darien Canal project has lately been revived In Columbia. An engineer who la trying to get a con cession from the government for the construction of the canal has been In London seeking British capital for th« enterprise The recently appointed Japanese consul general in Bogota ex presses an Intention to co-operate with the engineer. Those familiar with the history of the Darien project will nat urally Infer that there is more inter national politics than canal building in the renewed discussion of IL The Darien route by the »V « tin AWtto River wu explored bf American en glueers in 1U7, in 19/9 and in 1811», but the difil«*ltiee in thq were so great that the project was abandoned It la true that Senator Hanna talked about this route during the negotia tions over the Nicaragua and Panama projects, but it is generally believe 1 that this was for the purpose of bring ing the other negotiations to a success ful issue. Four other general routes serosa the isthmus have been consid ered besides the Darien, Nicaragua and Panama locations. One is by way of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec tn Mex ico, and the other three are in Pan ama; the Chlriqul Lagoon-Dulce Gulf route, the Ban Blas Bay-Bayano River route, and the Caledonla-San Miguri Bay route. A railroad has been built across Tehuantepec by Mexico, and the canal project there has not been seriously considered for years. The San Blas and the Caledonia Bay and the Atrato routes involve the construc tion of a tunnel, and have been reject ed for that reason. The Nicaragua route Is the only one which was ever a serious rival of Panama, and the United States would now be engaged on that project of the French company had refused to sell Its rights at Pan ama. In suits for divorce, as in other un pleasant cases, judges have the right by law to hear testimony In private In the interest of public morality. We do not know how far this wholesome law differs In different states. It must grant everywhere wide discretion to the Judge and thia may Include power everywhere to suppress the decree as well as the evidence and to seal the whole record file so that It never can be examined by the public. That practice has prevailed in New York City for a long time, though it was not brought to general public notice until census officials sent by President Roosevelt to obtain statistics of di vorce found themselves confronted In New York with sealed records in locked safes. These cases are lnvari ably those of rich and prominent fam Illes, or persons possessing an equal Influence with the courts. This Is a shameful abuse for protection of privi leged classes of a law strained from the original purpose of protecting pub lic morals. It is one thing to prevent demoralizing recital In open court and another to cover up evil whose exam ple would be wholesome to society. The cause of public morals is not aided but injured by allowing persons of wealth and station concealment of vices which are ruthlessly exposed when practiced by humhler persons. There can be no reason for this dis crimination but some form of bribe, whether paid in larger fees for secret hearings, as direct honorarium to court officers or. a tribute to the polit ical organization by which they are controlled. Why should the Astor fam ily be broken up in secret while the frailtiee of John Smith and his wife are exposed to the public and spread upon the record unless it is because they pay for the privilege? These se cret records are kept with peculiar care and. like the secret archives of government, will make interesting reading for posterity. USES CAVE AS DWELLING. Fitted Up «■ n Modern Flat, Water and Electricity. With One of the most pomlnent and suc cessful farmers of Prairie Grove, Ark., who Is an active member of the Na tional Farmers’ Union, has dwelt in a cave for years. It Is probably the most palatial cave In the world, and Is fitted up with all modern conven iences, including hot and cold water, electric fans, electric lights and steam heat. He discovered the cave at the top of a mountain, 1,700 feet high. It Is seventy-eight feet long by twen ty-five feet wide and thirty-two feet high. The walls are of beautiful gran ite, which has been handsomely pol ished. The celling Is forty feet thick. The front of the cave Is of glass, which the owner and occupant, H. S. Mobley, put in, together with hard wood floors. The flues for the cooking range pass out through the mouth of the cave and extend outward a distance of nearly forty feet. Movable screens permit ths Increase and reduction of rooms at the pleasure of the occupants. A fine spring at the top of the mountain fur nishes water through a private system of waterworks. This novel dwelling was completed about two years ago. It is approached by a beautiful road ascending tho crest of the mountain by easy stages, and the grounds about the cave are kept in perfect, condition. The occu pants declare that It Is the coolest dwelling In summer and the most com fortable In winter, and they have no fAr of cyclones, which are frequent In that region. Neither heat nor cold penetrates the solid protection of yards of granlto. Mr. Mobley says he will live in the cave for the rest of his life. The cave Is in easy driving distance of Prairie Grove town.—Boston Traveller. Time to Reform. “Isn’t It disgraceful the way worn en smoke nowadays?” “Why?” “I Just saw an advertisement offei Ing to any woman six puffs for a dol lar.”—Purple Cow. Mode a Good Job. Minerva had just sprung from thw brow of Jove. “I always had a good head for fig urea,” he cried. Herewith he eyed the classic out lines approvingly. • i RAM S HORN BLASTS. Wirnlni N o I m t'alltaa lb« »liked to Repentan«*«. Opinion* of Great Papers on Important Subjects. DRINKING AT MVALS. NE by one old and cherished ideas are giv ing way before the simple application of practical tests. Perhaps no other one Idea with reference to eating habits has become more widespread and more persistent than that it is injurious to drink water at meals. The old medical rule against eat ing before going to bed has been discountenanced by the medical profession itself for a long time now, and it has been repeatedly shown that a reasonable amount of food taken before retiring Is beneficial to many nerv ous people, and is not Infrequently a cure for insompia The rule against drinking at meals has been more persistent, but It appears to be doomed, now that the profe. ors in the physiological chemistry department of the University of Illinois have set about making exper iments to prove the digestive value of copious drafts of water taken while eating. One quart of water at each meal was the prescription followed, and it was found that the subject actually throve on it. The theory is that the water, diluting the saliva, "causes the di gestive fluid to assume greater digestive activity.”— Manchester Union. THE TWO-DOLLAR BILLS MUST GO. WISH to simplify coinage has led to the disappearance of many coins which It was supposed when their coming was author ized would be a popular convenience. The $3 and SI gold pieces have gone. The last was too small and the first never was needed. It was supposed by the men who suggested Its coinage that the 20-cent piece would come in handy, It proved to be a nuisance because It was so near the size of the quarter dollar, It did not help materially In making change, So it did not last many years The silver half dime was abandoned because too small, The 3-cent piece In silver or nickel had a long life, but was discarded finally. So was the 2-cent piece, It was agreed that there was no need of a coin between the cent and the 5-cent piece. Now it Is proposed to get rid of the $2 bill for a sim ilar reason. The only objectors thus far are-the bank tellers. They say It saves them time In handling money when there Is a good deal to be handled. Of course It takes only half as long to run through a hundred dol lars In twos as when It is made up of ones. But the bank tellers are not the only persons to be considered. There are notes for their special accommodation—$5,000 and $10,000 bills, which the common people never own and seldom see. The men who handle money on a small scale—the petty dealers, for instance—would be •glad to see the $2 bill disappear. They consider It some- ,what of a nuisance. The twos certainly ought to be called in and con verted Into ones. There ought to be In circulation more bills of that useful denomination. There is never a surplus of them, so great and so constant is the de mand.—Chicago Tribune. A SLAP A -UGH BROWS. E ARE overburdened with high brows.” says Thomas A. Edison. "We have too many professors and academicians." This surely Is a busy world, and the harder a man works in it the more he discovers there is to be done, the more anxious he is to see things done, the less time he takes to brush the dust of granite from his hands before he assumes the next job, the greater the irritation and impatience he displays toward those he terms- with little courtesy—the unproductive. It is given to everyone to catch occasional glimpses of won ders that could be accomplished, of marvels which could be digged from the earth, of happiness which could be brought about, if only such and such work were under taken. Mr. Edison probably has had more qf these great visions than anyone else In this country. It irks him that men should muss over ancient manu cripts or dis pute over species of shellfish. Rather, he thinks, should they be up and doing, holding nature up for comforts, forcing content out of the energies of sky and earth. And still human nature yearns for the wisdom which cannot be utilized. It loves to gorge itself with the Indi gestible facts of history and science and metaphysical speculation. How fine for humanity It would be if all worked all the time to cure Its Ills—and how fearfully, fearfully wearisome!—Toledo Blade. RESPECTING THE LAW. HE American people need to have more re spect for the law,” sagely remarks the chief Police Commissioner of the city of St. Louis, relative to the re< ent outbreak of crime In the Missouri metropolis. True, but what the American people need most Is to be taught to respect the law by being punished when they break the law. Ab stract ideas of reepect for the law as a great moral en gine count for but little with a large part of our popu lation. One man In the penitentiary Is often worth more than a thousand lectures upon the beauty of law observance. It Is often said that It Is much easier to enforce a law In Great Britain and upon the continent of Europe than in this country, because the people of the older countries respect the law more. It would be more proper to say that they fear the law more. If a man breaks the law in England, the odds are about 50 to 1 that he Is punished, and punished promptly. Punish ment Is frequently a great aid in making the law re speeted.- Ixjulsvllle Post. T *»»*•*** Mrs. Peterson, with an odd smile on her Ups. THE BOY AND THE CENT. 3 Her husband nodded. “I thought I «-ees-en-n-s-sae «««-««•-««• might as well.”—Youth's Companion. Mr. Peterson did not mind being called a moralist In fact, he was rather proud of the habit, whlph he sedulously cultivated, of discoursing In a high, ethical tone about whatever came to his notice. Mrs. Peterson, a silent, hard-working woman, listened to her lord’s remarks faithfully, ap plauding and commenting at what she thought were appropriate spots. One day Mr. Peterson returned from the village hot with righteous indigna tion and overexertion. "These people,” he said, fanning himself rapidly with a palm leaf. “These people and their children! I am almost glad we haven't any chil dren, Marla, for if we had I’m sure we should train them up to be just as thoughtless and Ill-mannered as the rest of the world.” "What—” began Mrs. Peterson, in her soft voice. “Begging!” answered her husband. “Plain, every-day begging! And John Lincoln’s son, too! The little rascal! I don’t think he’s six yet” "He was five last May,’ ’replied Mrs. Peterson, with a readiness which showed that although she hereelf had no children, her Interest In her friends' offspring was keen. “Anyway.” maintained Mr. Peter son, “he’s old enough to know better.” This was somewhat illogical, seeing that only a moment before a virtue had been made of the lad’s youth. However, Mr. Peterson was a moralist. "He’s old enough to know better,” said Mr. Peterson, "and he doesn't do better. This very morning, for exam ple,”—he paused to emphasize again the fact that it was to-day, as If the date made an Important difference— "this very morning I was passing by John Lincoln's house on Vernon street and there, in the front yard, was his son John, Junior, playing with the puppy. No sooner did the boy see me than he said, ’Please, Mr. Peterson, give me a cent.’ ’’ "I am surprised that Sarah Lin coln’s boy------” began Mrs. Peterson. “I am not surprised at anything in this world,” announced Mr. Peterson, "after the things I've seen and heard In my life. I am disappointed. So 1 said to him, 'What do you want with a cent, John?' And to this he re plied, 'Buy something.’ If any boy of mine—had I a boy—were seen on the public streets------ " "Wbat did you say to him then?” asked Mrs. Peterson, becoming a little Impatient to get to the point of the atory, aa she had cakes In the oven. "Why." said Mr. Peterson, "I hap pened to have an extra cent in my pocket, and so I lectured him for sev eral minutes on the crime of begging, and------” "Then you gave him the cent!” RIVAL OF ADEN. British St ronifhold at lied Sea A if at n to Be an Important Port. SCOTT AS A DUNCE. Great Author Gave Sueeeaeor Fee fol Krepioic Hi« Place Warm. Once there was a dunce. The name of this dunce was Walter Scott, and when he was at school hi was such a dull boy that his teachei called him “the great blockhead,” ac cording to the Philadelphia Record. But Walter Scott did not cry and he always tried to do his best, and after ward, when he grew up to be a man, he became famous all the world over because of the great books which he wrote. And because he was so famous he was made a knight, and afterward he was known as Sir Walter Scott. And yet he was such a dunce at school! One day, when he had become a fa mous man, Sir Walter Scott went on a visit to the very same school where he had been called “the great block head.” He talked to the teacher and to the boys, and then he said: “You have shown me the clever boys. Now show me the dunce. You have one, haveu’t you?” The teacher, therefore, called up a poor little boy, who. was very bashful at being brought before such a famous man as Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter smiled cheerily at the lit tle boy, and said, “So you are the dunce, are you?" “Yes, sir,” said the little boy. Sir Walter patted him kindly on the head, and said, “Well, my good fellow, I was the dunce when I was here, so here is half a crown for keeping my place warm!” I rather think that every boy In the school must have wished he was the dunce then! Aden, the British stronghold that commands the entrance to the Red sea, has of late years fallen behind the times from a commercial point of view, says an exchange. Through the poor harbor facilities the trade of Aden, once paramount between Egypt and India, has been largely transferred to ports that were quite obscure a few years ago, as Berbera on the Brit ish Somali coast, Jibuti alongside of It on French territory, and Hodelda, the Turkish-Arabian port on the Red sea. Many of the larger modern ves sels, unable to enter the Inner harbor of Aden and unwilling to suffer the expense of lighterage, have dropped the call entirely by enlarging their bunkers sufficiently to take enough fuel to carry them from Suez to Colombo and vice versa. To remedy this state of affairs, the Aden port trust at the beginning of the year decided to make extensive im-! provements, dredging the entire area of the mooring basin In the inner har bor and the entrance channel, the To ronto Star says. Work was begun In March last, and although the contract called for completion within two years, It Is now certain that by the end of February next the entire project : will have been carried out, so that the very largest vessels that can now >ass , through the Suez canal will be accom modated in the Inner harbor of Aden. I This much-needed activity In Aden Airirrn vutlng*. Inner harbor forms a parallel to the When the late Gen. Edward M. Mc vast Improvements now carried on at Singapore, that other citadel of British Cook lived in Pike’s Peak, he once pre imperial sway. There, too, competl- I sided at a dinner in honor of a fa tlon had made Itself keenly felt for mous Indian fighter. Mr. McCook, as some years, thanks to the awakening he then was. concluded his Introduc activity of the Dutch In making the tion of the Indian fighter with the best of their opportunities In the Malay words: archipelago. Of the rivals that have | “I can find but one fault with the arisen to Singapore, the best known, | colonel's methods. I allude to his well- hut not the only one. Is Sabang, at the , known custom of enlisting In his regi entrance of the straits of Malacca. ment only baldheaded men. To aggra This competition, so surprising and vate the'Indians’ feelings so cruelly as frequently alarming to British Inter that Is carrying war too far.” ests, is proving a needed stimulus to A Bl« One. British enterprise, to which a too-long “W’hat a nice advertisement for the enjoyed monopoly had been wholly un personally conducted travel trips!" re favorable. The magnificent works un marked the Casual Observer. dertaken both at Aden and Singapore, “What Is?” demanded the Practical together with the project for a aew Person. naval base at Bombay, are Irrefutable "The fact that the north pole has and welcome evidences of Great Brit- been discovered by a Cook tourist.” a'n’e continued supremacy, while the Found. fact that the Suez canal, when fully Mr. Popp—Hurray! For once In my dredged in another five years, will al low far larger vessels to pass through life I know where my cuff links ars. Mrs. Popp—Where are they now? than at present is a guaranty for still Mr. Popp—The baby's swallowed vaster Improvements to be carried out by Great Britain In the harbors of her 'am—Cleveland Leader empire._______________ _____ One way of gracefully saying that There ace a good many very poor people who have plenty of money. If a hair shirt could make a saint, the devil would wear mourning all the time. The purpose of all education Is to enable us to see that the world Ls moving, and show us what it is moving for. The trials that just about break us are the ones that make us. In most cases we look in the wrong direction for our happiness. The man who fears the light is al ways running from a shadow. Whatever God's providence gives us to do Is something He wants done. The money that does us the most good is the money with which we do good. Some folks will do anything for the Lord except behave themselves at home. When we know that God Is the giver of all good, we shall find good In all He gives. Anybody can talk religion, but it takes a true follower of Christ to show what it is. God provided for the worst that could happen to man before He breathed into him the breath of life. God believes in good cheer or He would not have made hearty laughter about the wholesomest and healthiest thing in the world. •H -fr++-’r++->+-?-)-+-{-++-5-++++++4 ++ | THE MIGRATORY SENSE. j V-i 4-++ !-++•{•+ The migration of birds, unlike the migration of human beings, is a very mysterious thing. Flying, as most of the song birds do, by night, coming and going in great flocks, and chang ing their locality for no one reason, but for many, the problem of these “tidal waves” in bird life is wholly fascinating. D. Lange, In the Atlan tic Monthly in discussing some phases of it, speaks as follows concerning the birds’ sense of direction: How do birds find their way? There is no doubt that they are often guid ed by sight along coasts, lakes, riv ers and valleys, which are plainly vis ible for a great distance from the height at which birds travel. In other cases, old birds which have been over the route lead the way, and the young birds follow their calls and their leadership. What wonderful stories these wing ed travelers could tell If they could talk to us! What fascinating teachers of geography they would make for our children! It has, however, been shown lately beyond all reasonable doubt that in adldtion to keen sight, acute hearing, individual experience and race instinct, birds possess what must seem to us a kind of sixth sense, the sense of orientation. The Harriman Alaska Expedition found flocks of murres, which are sea-birds, flying straight for their home on a lonely rock island thirty miles away, through a fog so thick that everything a hundred yards off was absolutely hidden from view. What human brain could guide a ship thirty miles through a dense fog with out a compass? Still more conclusive demonstration of this sense of direction in birds has recently been furnished by Frof. John B. Watson. He caught and marked fifteen sooty terns and noddies on the Dry Tortugas, in the Gulf of Meaico, and took them out to sea. Some of the birds were carried as far as Cape Hatteras, eight hundred and fifty miles north of the Tortugas, before they were set free. The sooty terns and the noddies are southern birds, which seldom range farther north than the southern coast of Florida, and it Is not likely that any of those experimented on had ever been farther north; but none the less, thirteen out of fifteen found their way back to the TortugaB Islands. Didn't Know. "Well, Mr. Henpeck, what do you think of this Feary-Cook controver sy?” "I really don't know what to think about it.” "Difficult to know what to think, isn't it?” "Yes, especially when one's wife ta out of town.”—Houston Fost. Escuinlile Ileaeatmeat. "It’s really provoking,” said the fond mother, "baby always cries when we have company.” "Well," answered Mr. Croucher, "you cant blame chil dren for disliking company. If <t weren’t for- visitors they wouldn't have to recite or play pieces on the piano.” Tie Arithmetical Spirit. "As a rule," said the cynic, "one may reckon the number of his true friends on the fingers of one hand.” "Well,” answered the good natured person, "anybody who counts up his friendships the same as he does his money doesn't deserve any more." When a woman buys a newspaper she thinks she Isn’t getting her money's worth unless she finds the People get too old to dance, bvt a girl Is homely Is to constantly refer name of somebody she know* UMSg to her sweet disposition. they never get loo old to sing. the death notices.
