THIS ZP-A-IFJUie, HAS -A- "WJ3DE CIK.a.TJL.TIOISr. p W ?JF?f ffff WW W W ffffTf BRpHD-HXE THI I'lMtl'LB'tt l-AI'IK, THE BROAD-AXE, f THE BROAD-AXE, Z Om l lit QMlk Kry Mth " HEW TO TUB LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHEiiE THEY JUT. VOL. Ill HUOENE, LANE COUNTY, ORE. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1899. NO. 41 'Ikti lUndwrllluir I on Hie Hall. The decadence of our institu tions '.in seen every day in the K7.nlax, liuriMi raring, prise fljrht lug burring maU her, base Lull gambling, and the ballut enacted lor the depraved tiisUs of a rlnas maJe luxuriously rich nud in differently selliah by the posBcstiioii f prfvilegid rnoiifii ilira. Thr dally MioldM, murrles, rohboriea, rliua and filllty diseasy "t the hnurslasa, over-burdonod and dis satisfied re the other aidi err the shadows to the llrat picture Well luay ur heathen friend, Wong ('Inn Foo, Imast that mining the four hundred millions of enplc in -China, there lire less murder in it year than there are in 1 1 nngh" hlnlo nf New York, within tlx rami' time. '1'lif iUrMiol is: W'lnl i t' I' il.vie, n ii' I how, when nml liy wimtn? Tiii is lu-iiic-s. If the tjiii -llu:ii uf uur day arc- t 1m n.lvcd, ihry will In- aolvid by ljti"i:nj pcrnora other are iml capable of looking into causes, or competent to liKilliru a 'l.i n un) per frit Ihu detail iievcvary ti j tarry tlii r-umi inl t-trutiiri. Iiitlil-tiMi trachea u tli.it we mutt ;o from a to llio nholf. nliiio-t rvrrv'omtniitiilv wo I it ! i-r li.ilf a doii-n r more bisine H-roin iiti oriMiruti' th iii-lv' in- to a Coiiioany uud ot lain the rivilrgo to rrorive niom-y on ih--)MHit, to loan t'.rrdit nud to t urrriicy; and it i.k-i not tuln ininh jthing to o that t!ieM-It-rKona jjrt rich. A j; tilt, mniw one or more ef lln-m I..iiikr nil! nmK-it with thrin ! r t, the "amp aa that whi. h ( n-.clvc-a four or -, m ire eu-xesf j1 ; ri, h' lh-j.l.H.-r.it an l jromi t corner grm-rrvmi'M, pro-pi-rou" lnulier. or Well-to-do luanufarlur f ra, etc, and will inoorporaUt and ohlniii the privilege to furniph gtn, tUhrra " to bring " water" inl " Un town; other to buy, uiortRapc. improve nnd nfl.unN; others to litiild nnd operajj'htri-el tram -a nyr; tlhcr lo tonslniat atcam railroad-; otheri to put np telegraphs and telephone line; other to Irtike toll road nnd britlei'; other to buy and control the oil production: iilh-T to operate teain-liipi nnd Mailing vessel; other to iioure life; other to insure property; and ot'o-ra to build an I lea hi hoteh, thentrea, Hata, cto; lo buy, improve nml ' monopolize i,r.'.-ntiom; to Inannfacturo nud control Vuhht-r guodt; elrrtrio motorn; to farm l.irg tract of Un J; t raie cattle; to publish papers, magaiine and book a, etc. We ace more and more com panies incorporated every day, and wo aeo the. lit.lo compnniea lieing aliaorhcd by tho larger, livery where wo arc tho individual IniKine'ita limn aKaix-inting w ith Iti otaelf other buainea tM-ronM and taking oat papers of cortortion to do lome-thing too hig for ono man to execute. Everywhere we ace concentration and combination itiid corporation limited. If we . look vloso we will fin! that ho or ho who has business forethought to get into two or intra of these 1 incorporated coir panic is richer than lie or oho w ho has only in coruorated in onc wo will aeo that thn great wealth, in .ths United fclaU-s palicularly, has been made through investment in incor jioratod companies nnd that there i scarcely a . successful btifincss ieron who is not in one or more uavs connected with them. Luxury and overabundance of everything characteiixcs thg sui rounding of tho never dying in corporated individual; poverty, w retched iibss 'and the absence of tho common comfort of existence lire tho lot of tho unincorporated individual. Land for Sale. i 327 acres of Timlier Land for ale. Situated five miles west of Klmira, on the Long Tom river, HiiilOwcuty miles from Eugene, Oregon. Will be sold on reason able terms. For further Information enquire t'f Jrtines llonijt, of Eugene. 2-21 liiu. Democratic Tenuis Uepreaent the Uori-rnmruL Thore Is it radical difference between a democracy and a repre sentative government. In a demo tiacy, (he citizen themselves make the law arid riiKHiiteiid it administration; in a represents live government, tho citizens em power legislator and executive officer to make the law end In carry It oat. Under a darn -y racy, soveraiguty remain uninterrupt edly with the citizens, or rulhrr a changing majority of the a iti ena;' under a representative gov ernment, sovereignty in rurrciidcr ed hy llie ciililif, fuf slated term, to officials. In other words, di m-o.-raiy ia dirc-t rule hy the major- jitr, while representative Kovcrn-iiiu-nt ia rul-i t.v iiuhti d-ioii of I iiil i'-i-oliin liii-H, inlir-i'lly nndj j rnii'itrl v r.oniiUo t tin-m.i jurity ' () I'l tvi', ii'ih- Cr-l (Ii.- ii.llm m-r 1 ttiil c'lii. Ily (!.' ril'j( - to lu.Si' govi-rnim nt in ihu I'liitcd Minlt-.H wh.it it ii: Thi county, ft.it'-; nnd fiih-rnl ft vrrniiK'iit'i an? not don cr.i in. In f rin, tln-y arc qu iil g irhti otiii id of rrpri'K.'iilau4 an I j x. t uvee; .u; iu l.irl ll.ry nrc fr iiiciitly romjilrto i If arc'iii-n, com lx!ru in arl l uinmlina ling" of politi.-iiriB that lirrtly conlrid thT l.nr ;in 1 th'i' ofl'n- and in pail of the j-rroi iiirnlj pint or.iry, who j.uri;!i j-o . h xu-latijii through tho H.iticiuii. Olrtrvf, ru-t, cirtain ftroi.g inllill-lirt't for thrt Intli-r th.it ol tnin in o '.ire dmnK-rncy ; An ohvioiM iiilluciii'c in, in one .lie mlilu'iuii t -Hi ll for jHtncr - a If inU-rta.' W lie it all the incuihcni of any ldy of nten find thrmi Ivrn iu efpiitl rt'lati.m to a profitable eml in wtiich They solely ire concerned, I hey will surely la inclined to :ierttluir joint inde-peiidi-nec of other bodies ill that resje-t, and, furtlicr, each mcmler will claim his full phare" of wh it- ever tM-orlit aris. Hut, more! than that; something lik equality of benefit licing achieved, t erhaps through various agencies of force, l picoiid influence will be brought powerfully to bear on those con cerned. ; It is that of justici4 Kair plav to all the mcmlfrs will be generally demanded. In a pure (democracy, therefore, intelligently controlled self-inter- U-sJ and a consequent sentiment of justice are tho sources in which the highest possible sccial benefit may I expected to Wgin. Tho reader has now before him the political principle to bo here maintained pure democracy as distinguished from representative government. ' My argument, then, becomes this: To show that, by means of (he one law making meth od to which pure democracy is restricted, that of direct legisla tion by the cilixcnship, -tho po litical '"ring." Ixiss," and "heeler"' may be abolished, the American plutocracy destroyed, nnd govern ment simplified and reduced to the limits art by tho conscience of the majority as affocted by social tie cecities. My task iwolvcs proof that direct lcgislatiau is possible with large communities. Oregon'" Anniversary. Any iK'rson wishing to hare his mind refrithod, touching the his tory of Oregon since a state, a j'cr iod of forty year., should get the Orcgonian of February 14, 181)0. That enterprising paper has 9ci- al edition devoted entirely to mat ters pertaining to the formation and adoption of the constitution of Oregon, and of Oregon's admission as n stale into the union; nnd also account of tho formation of party lyirs and the nctioti of all tho promi.ieut m.e:i of that period. It would pay K stcuro a copy of the Oregon inn, containing the account of tho observance of the fortieth anniversary of Orcgou'l admission into the union. It is slrange to rrflecl that much fivvdoni l ectins u chain, and to.' li.Kv h rest a mm mo.-'. 1 OLD In memory of tU ' I-nnR hcarlilv viieh we had today ninny Old (irlnn-a ia d..nd We nrVr rhall him more; He wire u iii)f;lehreaatvd roat That "but toned down U fore. Ilia lmrt Waa 0Hn aa the day, , Hia fwling all were true; Ilia hair it aa irx lim- to frrry, . lie wore- it in a o,u'ic. VheiinVr waa heard the vii of in, Hi brenit aith pity burned; The I rp', round head ii.on hia curio Fiontivory was turm-d. Thu t v-r prompt at pit y'a call, . Hi ki-v no haae d-ain; II in eye wi-rn dark, and rallu r nmall, Ili.H ne wan uijTiilii.f. IK- livid nt pea'-t- with all innnkiiid, In fin -i.d.-f.ip In- e,as Irui-; Il."at had p- t U t holt-f l hind, ili- paiil.iliKinn jM-rc l.'lui-. ' , I5.it piH.r old (irin.cc ia imw at reef, Nor1 fn r niifituiii-V frown; IK- had a di'Uhle-br-atd v ct, "". The-ptrijM-n ran up ami tlown. i He mod-i-t n.i-rit c-'iiht tu find, And pay it its titi"-rt; He hnjitiio in.ili. c in his mind, N roHle n hi rhirt. Hih iif iphliri he did not nhue, Waa tociuhle'ar.d jiay; He wore not rights anl left for ehoe?, ltut t liHiip-'I them every day. Hit kirow lrdjr, hid from jmhlic jjnw, He never brought to view; He made a rioibe town nut ting day?, Aa many people do. Thui, uudirlurlird hy anxious care, Hia pcnct-ful mooientb ran; And t-v-r)Udy paid he was A fine, ld gehtlemun.. Our English Cousins. ny iiox. a. o. itAiii.FY. Kx- iovcriior f Arkansas and Au thor of 'The I 'anger Line Reac hed I he comity rxifline ana prac ticed In-tween the people of this country and tho Knglish ditTers from kluit of any other two nations. the Knglish n-umiii?. the role oi' mother, while tho Americans ac- ccpt tint of grown up eons. Whether this emanates from the historical fact that the Prilgrim fathers left Knglaml, dissatisfied and disgusted w ith Knglish customs ami laws, to build up a system based upon the rights nnd interests of the people instead of one devoted to the interests of wealth and aris tucrncy and nobility ns it existed in Kugland then and exists there now, and therefore should bo looked upon a wayward children th.it should le forgiven hy their kind mother aud encouraged in their new and haxarous enterprise; al though it was not exact iy KngJish: or whether they shorild be ronsid ere.5 guilty of an unpardonable sin and should be punished according ly, is not important in this con nection; the history or two wars and the causes leading to them is sufficient answer. , The United States was then an infant in swaddling clothes, but has since grown to tho full stature of manhood as a nation, with all the rights and privileges of a na tion among nations, w ith tho motto "Wjswill be just to nil but subn.is sivf to nonet? Americans love their country, its form of govern ment and institutions and they are ready to protect them from all who attempt to assail or destroy their handiwork, whether the at- tack is mado by armies and navies or in a subtle, snnke-like manner by trying to undermine their finan ces with gold. The English jieople, who control legislation, are money lenders and manufacturers. The great mass of tho citizens, such as operatives, farmers and wage-earners, while a large portion of them are voters, have io mote voice in the enactment of laws than tho Fiji Islanders, ino result is miliar- t-oVt.t. All laws enacted to serve the pur;.osi a of the money h n.leis and niiiiiiifru tur.r The people' inter- I GRIMES Zine" e rrprnliK! Old Grimr and Old Orimeeee: that rood old man, ests are ignored until after poverty and hunger drive ahem to desper ation, resulting in breaJ riots ar.d innumerable strikes. Then, and not till then, wiil a crumb lie thrown them from the rich man' table. Kngland, grand o!d Erg land, with its phalanx of literati, its skilled artists and artisians, its millions of rhnp-ketper, me chanics and wage-earners, is whol ly under the control of the money lenders aud manufacturers. In alluding to the English govern ment or its iiunipulaters, the money lenders allusion is in tended to the Knglish people, for ' whom I have the greatest respect. England is attempting the subjuga tion of the nation with gold, and the extension of her ter ritory, whenever and wherever tnero is an opjx'lunily, direct ly or indirectly, to add to her accumulations of the yellow metal. The cry of money lenders is. "Hold, more gold!" In this they are seconded bv the Government. The gold of the nations must lie cornered as fast as their accumu lating interest will bring it in. Wherever the rugged cliffs and mountains of any country are found lobe rich in gold deposits the bugle of conquest or diplomacy is sounded, and whichever policy is thought to lie the most success ful, i adopted. If the cliffs and I mountains so coveted belong too young ami weak government, a few millions are loaned and great interests nnd friendship is pro fessed ui til the young government finds it cannot meet its obligations promptly and then comes the gnat English warship, bristling with mammoulh guns, ready to batter'with extended arms signifies down their cities and destroy their property. A settlement is finally consummated by the young gov ernment surrendering tho gold territory. If a strong government Is found in possession of valuable gold territory a moro diplomatic ltdicy is pursued, but with an eye single to tho one idea of golJ. ; Obstinacy is a bad thing to live with and to have to submit to, but infirmity to purpose is a worse. In the former you have at least a ....... ..f ...k.i:i a . . ,P,Me..ce, with the latter yon are Ike a eaf,lcroM ,np iraiK' m""ns 8K'I'" . , . .v. . . .'I LnUM... u. .Irel- mil - tsiriin on mo Current, 1UI topscd about on the f.m. .mi w here vou w i! ! bo you lainli'il n a . cret to rrmoti which t c'.cw, have not tl:e; Pnrjnrj And Th Pen I'apfr;At What Ace A man rtnndiue at the corner of i .... . . llUmett and t 8ih trc-!t might have heard the following . conteraation between a Broad-Axe representative and three prominent rjiizens. One a stock man and farmer, another a prominent min ister, and a third a prominent Uwyer. 8tork man said: "I esy It road Axe yon have been giving the taxdogeTt bail Columbia, tat I think siaee the late tat levy I c nt hardly blame the taxpayers for dodgii g.n "Its purj'iry, or pancrism it eem, id the minister. Siil ths lawyer: It lik? the man in Jackson county wId was brought up before the court for j rivinj' in a false list of his property ' who said t th court, '-tieiiilcmen; youhnv g.t m? in a boh-, it- tho i.er.itciuiarv" or the im irli ime." I And the Kroid Axe man left those tliree citixeu still diiu-ti'sinc the pr''Hi.-iition, and what was the re sult we s-av not. I'lii-mins Ihr Klenhant. While the leph tnt i pursued :n f iot in Nubia it i invariably sought in the depth of the forest, where it has jt?ssalai for shelter from the noonday sunid also for thtr-ahort ler.osTttskc-rrtnrlTijpne 21 Inars. The bur.ter having tracked hi' quary to its retreat is obliged to us the utmost stealth in approaching it, the 'e'ephant being a light sleeper and awakensd - bv the slightest unusual sound. - The diffleulty of moving through a dense thorny jungle without making any sound dissimilar to those which might be produced by nature, such as the stirring of the branches by a, slight breeze or the occasional dropping - of a dead leaf is greates tl.an can be realized by one who has not tried it. On getting within arm's length of his came, the swordsman slowly raise hiru-elf to an erect position and deals a ehishing cut on the black sinews of the nearest f.ot about ten inches from the ground, at the same time leaping nimbly back to avoid a blow from the an imal's trunk. The cut if properly delivered, bites sheer ti the bone, severing the large arteries and in a short time death ensues from hemorrhage. Gazelles are hunted hy n powerful breed of hounds, inj'gin to bo serious on the subject build somewhat heavier than a I i i : . . e l : r ' prrvir'owi. in epive oi oeii.j; inr swifter than the hound, the ai-liv. falls a victim from a nervous habit of constantly stopping to look back to see if it is pursued;" it also ex pends its strength by taking great l"un"s ,n fl" "'most vertical direc I tion, thereby not only losing time. b,,t exhausting itsell, so that it is overtaken without difficulty. Hallway Signals. . One whistle signifies "down brakes." Two whistles signifies "off brakes." Three whistles signify "back up." Continued whistles signify "dan ger." Rapid short whistles "a cattle alarm." A sweeping parting of the hand. on 'a level with the eyes, signifies 'go nneatl." lVtwnward motion of the hand i "stop." Beckoning motion of one hand, signifies "back." Uvd flag waved np the track, signifirs 'Manger." Ned flae stuck an bv the road- side, signifies . "danger ahead Red flag carried on a locomotive, signifies "an engine following." 1 Red flag hoistc-l at a station is ' "fi"1 to "stop." j lanterns at night raised and ' lowered vertically, i a pignut "to tarl-" i T.anterna awnntr at rijlit ancles 8 .-. - .B nifies -back the train." iValh is tl.o dropping of ll.e f'o'vi-r that Hi- fnii! ii.ny -veil. SbmiM Women Many. Ideas on tho subject of tho g at "n,rn K,rl marry have nu,:lu" a C"nsiurai.ly. Where Jnve nd daughters were mere gooiB ano entities ani men hal the princiil aay in the- owlter, I'Ule girls were cruelly forced to marry at the beginning instead of the completion of the change from childhood" "to womanhood, they were made wives, that ia to syt while they were still far tram being perfectly developed women physi cally, aud were utterly immature mentally, with alt their natural womanly instincts, which aro the ,...! .,r..;.Ui,. iU ....i,.. ..:n in abcyane. .rortunaUlv the'., iniquity and absurdity of this has l'efc" thoroughly excised, especial- '.v tl"ce we. have hal women tdy the' ioWrc'ts of t',c'r own pr' that now if l"'',lU - ,Jvnl'l " pitchfork tieir littla daughter of from1 twelve to sixteen into matrimony, as they did with impunity 'not so v.-ry Ion, az, the whole com munity "would " cry' shame " upon them. In India, unhappily, this pernicious custom still survives. ko that we have an object lesson on the subject ol its disastrous effects both on the little victims and tliM ra.-H. v, . . . o whole , tendency ot the j modern rystcm', of -education for girls is to prnl mg their girlhood. The ghastly doctrine that this is ne:tssarily a wicked world in which misery must bs our portion, no longer finds general acceptance. It is a favorite axiom with us now adays that every age has . its pleasures or should have, with a fair chance childhood, girlhood, womanhood; and the consequence is a growing effort to preserve the baltnce between them, and to get the full value out of each. Oar intelligent girls begin to have ideas of their own on the subject of the disposition of their lives j prompted, no doubt, bv mothers of a new order. They do not care to bo put off with half an education, and hustled into matrimony while they should still be doing their college course. They like to enjoy as 'they go along. They coir.bine recreation with study, and delight in everything; ard it is not wntil ih?y have had the foundation of a 2 od general education that they ' u" matrimony "Serious" is quite the right word for their attitude. The meaning of lift; has begun to interest them, and they pause to inquire. They Jo not care to lie legislated for by some dear Old. gel.tlcnian from ' Keucrnuy pre r o lunwjr, Palestine, who never knew an i bu' i't at what ag it is some educated woman in his life, ard wh l lard to doter:iiino. It seems w as accustomed to think of thei m that the only possible I highest ladies in h land as spend- ing most of their days sitting on niost ovioas, n.iuioly, when she the floor euckiug sweets. The at- arrives at. years of discretion, tempt to shackle them with oldjThis hrppens at various ages, and inapplicable dogmas has re-! according to the character and suited in rebellion, and a dis- capacity of the girl- Some girls respectful attitude toward some of j r0 sensible women at ninet-en; th-ancients, out of which have some are never sensible women developed very decided opinions t all. The Gentlewoman, on the subject of married life as it r should be. The lord and master' The Broad Axo and Silver theory they ridicule. .What thev I Knight-Watchiaan can be bad demand in a husband is comrade, friiml flliil liti'ot at ait t iinr i , attainments aud talents Jy nil means if possible the girl kuo.vj q'li'.c enough to sco the advantage oi i.iai; out one who miss; ap- predate her all arounil for what she is worth, and help hor to the full development of such powers as sho may posses. ' She decidedly objects to marry an extinguisher, w,, would tell her that her proper piace is in tne nursery ano aueuen j with an inflection on the words ' which conveys bis ojinion tint nursery and kitchen are more worthily regulated without mental j attainments, and the care of thein necessarily precludes any further; degree of cultivation. To smha: suitor the modern girl replies: "Kot for me. mv BOod mm 1 . .it'- v Versatile being, in whom ate am . . i'"finile P-wbt.itiw. and I mean 'l. in mi' iii'.-t ii lllT-ril. l I Ijo doinj I ma'xa tlio most if too, nnd it e-cry iu' vit'i v),- you i ii I cms) in conUft." " Thinking thus Icr hfrself, tha modern pfrl grows fradtu Uy 'mora self-respecting. She recognize Uio full indelicacy of being bdeUght' at warea to the market to be disposed r f to a euitor, ano: area ro sense In,, v.?:: neniicr. un un sxsucr coum ant f nnn - rteri - one" xaowa itml . . woman'a life Is tm tonfrr con ridered a failure tlmply because she doca not carry, and this makes bet not onlr indenetidenL but also ' sotnewbat defiar.t the potitica bssngetill afhcieatly new to-ins wondered attend not wholly approved. The pendulum, boweywr, ewinga towad approval. We have jeering at "'old maid" -even in ' e i j - . ... i7ioririen hi nirm - tins rm m n whose indejndence And varied interest make th;-m the envy of many a married sister whoso j health has suffered and her liberty ij'-t-n circumscribed ny what , ara only loo often the thankless cares of married life. Early marriage meant early ageing for women, and one con seqU'nce of prolonged girlhood ia -thf postponement of middle age. Women preserve their youthful nes much longer now than u-ed to be the case. A very old lady told me that t w hen she was a girl it waa the " cornxv ming lot wotxn -of tritrtr . . - . . , 10 cui on ner own nair ona wear cap and front. In this way thn . alidicated all claim tt yonth and gave up any pursuit which might bring upen her the reprtah of youngness. It was considered un seemly to lie anything but staid and middle-aged at thirty. Nowa days at thirty a woman who baa had a fair chance in life bT just beginning to enjoy herself thor oughly and ia looking and '( feeling her best ! L She has got over the worst . part of her education, her principle are formed, she knows the world ond knows herself and what she1 cn do rJ. barring accidents. she may reckon on another thirty years at least of active life. Some of the handsomest women of the day in England are over forty and are proud of their age, but then, thanks to the modern system of education and the bicycle and other active pursuits, women ot forty keep their figures, and look and feel no older than women of thirty used to d-. From all of which it has come to pass that the niod.-rn girl niarriea later in life than her predecessor. 5he feels that there is no hurry and takes plenty of tiiue to look about htr. The healthv-mindcd 9 n8Wcr t0 " question I aiso tna j for 11.35 a year. stt:t i Setierately they Not In It He has no enemevs vou sat; : My friend your boast ia poor; j He who hath mingled in the fray i Of. duty that the brave endure, Must have made foes, i If he has lions . Small is the work that he bus done, lie lias nil no Irani iim the , He has sho4 no cip from pi rji.red lip; He bus never turned the nng to right, He has len a eowird in the fight. - Subscribe for lb- Bnmd Axe and lhe Oregonian. Fh- two pj;eis Will only o-iat "U ll.T". Tie Itwo rmoer .-i.ntiK wu'o 1 1 PMrs s-rJUI wou.o cvrl , vnotifJl lty tho explosion f a powtleT mafcizine at lliu.g-Chow S'JJO svl di'-rs tii-'.-Villtrd.