RATI’«DAY M IRCII 7 I WW.
HE TRI STE!) THE PEOPLE.
toll.«* Pri s:d«*;.t, and fillet! with’
««■«•ret «aba Is tn discredit him,
practically al hi» program luts
been put upon the statute book bt
that ns me Congress The canal
anil Cuban tr»alien will »«.»on In- rati
fied by an extra session of the Sen
ate. Adequate tariff concessions
, to the Philippines may vet be made
' All the test is accomplish!d.
Theodore Roosevelt truited the
people and took them into his eon
tideuce. And the people trusted
Theodore Roosevelt anil rose up
and voted their confidence in him.
And Congress heard the voice of
the people and obeyed—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
When Theodore Rovnevelt sue-
<<led lo th" Presidency h man
«.tn whom political tact vias both
mi «ustim-t and a tine art, many
gravely doubted his success as a
• .1.struct!ve leader. Many thought
I in too iinpttuotiH in speech and
i..w strenuous in method to secure
t In- co-op-ration of Congress, and
p e lie ted the failure of hi» policies.
In his first mes-age President
Ibxisevclt recoin mended the sup-
P cssion of anarchy, changes in the THE REWARD OE HONESTY
—
i umigralion laws, creation of more
• i «-st reserves, national organ iza-
United States Senator Hoar is
11-111 of irrigation, unbuilding of the one of the ]>oorcst of distinguished
i .vy, reorganization of the army
American statesmen. He savs that i
.-< --i militia, civil government, eur-
i ii<-y reform and lower t iritis for all the income producing property
lite Philippines, reciprocity with he has in the world or ever had
Ci -a, an isthmian canal, a Depart- yields a little less than $1800 u
m nt of Commerce, prevention of year, and more than half of this
dieorimination in railway tales, comes from stock in a corporation -
regulation of tlie trusts, and such which has only paid dividends foi
decree of publicity in trust manage the past two or three years and is
ment as would give the necessary likely to pay no dividends after two
knowledge for their effective regu or three years to come. With that
lation.
exception, the house w here he lives
Many of these things other Presi- with its contents and about four ,
• .-«its had recommended tor yean— acres of land, constitute the Sena
»«•me of them from the very founda- tor’s whole possessions, save two or
• ion of the government—but in three vacant lots tnat would not
v aim Nor w as Congress at ail bring $5000, not enough to pay his
prompt lo heed the recommetidu- debts.
ueiis. At the first session under
Senator Hoar has been twenty
R >-sevelt it did create more forest years in Congress as represeutative ■
re- rves, make liberal appropria and Senator, getting a little poorer
te is for the navy, give the Philip- every vear. He and his wife have
I cs civil government, finally de- been comia-lled to live much of the
■ e on an isthmian canal route, time in Washington boarding
I start national organization of houses in a fashion to which no
i r gation. The latter was almost Pittsburg mechanic earning $2 a
> v only new feature of the Roose- day would subject his hous-holJ ’
v it program that Congress ap- Senator Hoir. however, never had
pii-ved.
to spend a dollar to be e ected to
A a for the trust question, the the Holme or Senate. He was first
P • lident was at first privately and nominated for the House when he
'
i openly denounced in Congress was abi-ent in Europe, trying to re
tor raising it, and was accused of cuperate from overwork. His only
’ pi tying to the galleries.” Trust extravagance is that he has been a
lull leiiees availed to prevent even I large coll-ctor of books. On the
reciprocity with Cuba, and .<» fub other hand, John D. Rockfeller is
<>d -he Philippines with a trilling credited with owning $35,000,000
I iriif concession. As for general par value of the Standard Oil Stock. ,
r- ¡.illation of the trusts, it was de- ‘ which »t the present market value
i - i . r.-<! that Congress lacked
power, is worth al out $200,000.000. He
.a d that nothing could be doue uii - is probably as rich a man as An
1.1 ihe constitution was amende!. drew Carnegie, if not as rich as J
liut Theodore Roosevelt kept I*. Morgan, whose wealth it is dif-
1 ig H on. He kept right on talking , ficult to eetimule.
i<i ■ he American people. He told
Mr. Hoar at 78 is rtire to die a ,
i >-- ii not only what he wanted, but poor loan in this world’s goods,but
»-I n now arid why he wantedit, he is rich in honorable fame as a
i. id whv they ought to have it for statesman, a scholar and a philan
iti»;r own benefit. He took the thropist. w hilc John D. Rockefeller
pi opie more directly into his con- is only notorious as the organizer
I
I -|.*n< e as to what he wanted than and executive of a robber trust.
•f t l’ri sident since Lincoln, and ' arid the ostentatious «li.-penser of
i u-e completely why he wanted it its gains.—Oregonian.
I:«-* i any Pres:dent since .Jackson.
And he had his reward. Within
J •»- than a year after Congress ad
Representative Moody has won
j-untied, almost in open opposition his fight f««r th«- Federal building
Love is sr-me-
times a hard task
master. He drives
women to tasks be-
yon«l their strength
and lays heavy bur-
fl ens on their
should _-rs.
Love
of husoand, love of
family, forces many
a woman day by
day to labor for the
home when aching
back and throbbing
head make her ut-
terly unfit for
household duties.
Weak, nervous
i
ten who suffer from headache, back-
1- -, lie iring-down plins and other con-
l.
enees of womanly disease, can be
f • npletelv cured by the use of Doctor
I’i-.ve’s Favorite Prescription.
It es-
t i ashes regularity, dries weakening
di d is, heals inflammation and ulcera-
1i-.nl an 1 cures female weakness.
■'.A mtil two v»ar« neo I w»« taken sick ate! It
I «* . -<1 a- if I had n-i nerves at all.- writ«-« Mrs.
1 . Wu atiieck. of Delray Mi- h "Could n >t
* .-■•rd an hour in the day without bein-y tired
*
1 d ctoreil fir-t with one physician, then
wi: . a tot ier. but did tr-H receive’any lx-nefit.
< ,-«r- ildaay one thiny and the nest-bniethinir
* I-. 1 It d almost given up when I thontrht
.* i--r m •«’. due might hi Ip me. so 1 wrote to v->«i
i .- t g .«■' n t> do. Yon ndviM*d me to lake Iir.
.
I-' ivorite I’rewripiio-i and ' Golden Mi-«l-
i. .li - j . < rv.' I did - > an I vail I see a tliflrr-
* i rl pit ri .viy I only took four l-ottles in all
: i I frit lietter than 1 hail in a long time. Can
.ir • all -lay now and not f.el tired a« I won,J
i . i hour 1- >re t.ikiivz ytmr ti • ...lent 1
i-iitik it is the oily rnedicir- "
Fierce’» Pleasant Pellets cure ilii-
/..... a a.id sk U lie ulaclte.
I
at Baker City. Or..the omnibus bill
will carry his amendment provid
ing 15000 for a site at that place.
Luder the terms of the bill the
supervising architect will advertise
for offers of sites, and the most at
tractive property will be purchased
within the next, year. This ap
propriation forms the basis for
future legislation, and will enable
the delegation in the next Con
gress to secure a further appropri.
alion for the erection of the build
ing. It is contemplated that Un
building will provide accointnoda-
tor the Postoffice and courts, in
event that future legislation shall
di vide the stale info two districts
and provide for a term of court in
Eastern Oregon.
ENGLANDS HAPPY MARRIAGES.
Hom«- ttf The «11 Ire lie. «Mated In the kunnls
of llumnow To««u,
Duniiiow. iii 1 am *» county, England,
linn liven bringing it elf Iwforv the pub
lic iigti in l«.v a rcvivnl of its l!itch-of-
bacon ceremony. I'ninnoiv ought to tn*
able to furnish some answer* to the
great question of how to be happy
though married. Il is the place where
it was oner the custom to re want and
promote corjugal felicity l-y giving a
ttiteh of bacon to the couple who, after
a year of matrimonial cxpericnea,
could swear that they had not once re-
grett«*«l entering the estate commended
of St. 1‘nul to be honorable. It iip|H*<ir»
that even the pious prior of Dunmow,
who instituted the custom huudreds of
years ago. had certain modern, sce|>-
tical notions about the success of inur-
riage. Apparently lie was of tin- opin
ion that there would seldom be ttiauy
claimants for the price.
The number of candidates who filled
the comlitions l av«- not been many in
tin- whole history of Dumi'.ow. and the
presentations of the Hitch uf bacon
have been few and far between. But
thia year Dumnow revived the custom,
and two couples received the unard
due to those who marry ami do not re
gret it. On«- wa-. a Dublin magistrate
and his wife and the other u railrotul
servant utul liis wife, from Hertford
shire. Th«- jury was composed of six
maidens ami six young b bclors, and
after the trial an operatic cantata,
"Ye Duinnow Flitch,” was perform«-«!.
Th«* oath w hich the winners of the
tlit.-h have to take is enough to deter
many from proclaiming their married
happiness to the world.
After the
trial, w hich takes the form of «pies-
tions and answers in the presence of
the assemble«! multitude, ’ the oath ia
administered to th«* happy pair while
they kneel upon two burd, pointe«!
roatea. H Y World.
FOREIGN
ECHOES.
The III»«*«, «nil!.« rn«l the l.l it.
Sonu* time ago, while holding cvmrt
in tin* royal ptilavv, owrlockittg lit«*
Danube. I-1 in« is Jo-cph ie«viv«-d a
Hungnriun blacl.Muitli, who desired tu
thank th«* Ktlig for the ,le«'oiati«m eon-
fen v«l on him in r< «■.-gn it ton of bis hal
ing itiveiitcd un agricultural niuchiiio.
Dui'ing tin’ amlicaci* tlie blacksmith
drv-vv from his |*ocki-t two pliologrupiis
representing tin king and i|U< ell, mid
said, handing llie-.i to hi» majesty:
'•May I ask your majesty, mid also th«-
queen, for your signalurv-s?” "And
why?” ilcmmiik'd th«* king, smilingly.
"Well, when I di. th«* cross of merit
which yout tiiaj*-dy lias given m;* «ill
have to be rvturued and my children
vi ill nt least liav.* your ninje* tics’ por
trait» mid signatures in ri metiibrmic«*
of th«» audience.” “The queen is ab
sent from Hungary,” said th«* King,
"and I cal not give you lay signiitiire ut
th«* present moment, for I have neither
pen nor pencil within reach.” "I have
lirought a pencil with me,” .aid the
smith. Iim.ding it to th«* in«>nurvh. Tin*
king thereupon uttuchevl bis »ignature
to the photograph, and di^n i* a-«l the
smith with a s..ine. The »vith <!id not
retire, hovvever. but utoo«l Ills grouml.
"I h there anything else 1 can do for
you?" ii'kc.l Francis Joseph. "Yes.
your ninjvstv. I am waiting for my pen
cil," Th,- king had :a« chanienlly |»>ck-
eted it. m.d h<* rcturnv«l it with a hearty
laugh
San Francisco Argonaut.
llsba lrl«-:.s th«- l.lmiu»».
Feus arc proverbially ulikc. but not
more so th i»i •‘nigger” lav. students.
Ami when c.ieh wears asiracliun hair,
go hl spectacles uu«l a Stewart tartan
ms-ktie. I'/«* M inik Lal U ns like Dad-
abhor Jnruhedji i. ■ any two men In
Iron masks, fhis fact is not lost on n
wily Hindoo Ln. sttidvr.t. Thl . bright
young mind ha... it i aid. taken »«■«cnil
silud.-.rship at Limnhi’s Inn under hi»
own name. He. now. for a coiisulern-
tion. in wilting t>» • mp!>r.iril.v adopt
th«* »cri.-s of consonant w hh'b form the
name of any gentleman with a similar
«xiior sebe.-.u*. and ia li! ’ Improper per
son go«-* up f« «r and successful I v passes
th«* examinations of the council of the
bar.—Phoccix.
ilv'ti Dour 1» Crfarr«
"You look i-.ftcr tb.c «lit: s.” be rain
in hi-., lordly n ¡inner at the «-.inclusion
of a few remarks vu td».*e >►! if ruiin nc
a hou.-c, “ami I’ll look niter the. dol
lars.”
“1‘v«* liccn looking after t!;c <’itnc-i
nil n y life.” she protested. liaHgpantijr:
“that's idl I’ve got to lock after, w hi!«-
you you—"
“Mar!;:." ho cant ot'«-d. fearful that
there wav ;;l"iit to I e an cxpl -iau.
“ while y .ii bale l...n diiigently
looking ;;f:< r the «' *l!at'
11 s fa«» reiux <1 a n g-atlfieil smile.
“ to spend." sl>-i ai«l n cc.'.clu-uoii.
lie reuli -cd tin :: lit * lie had made a
study of him.-<1ii«. po Post.
K aiheb W h . iiklm sits for li is photo
graph about once a week.
Till snlary and expense allow am*-of
I*rvsident Casimir-l’erier is 8'.-40,000
per year.
I t is estimated that foreign stocks
amounting to S3.si9.tkio.iXk> are hcl«l in
Great Britain, and the interest receiv
able upon them S14*.,<M»,000 per annum.
I t is s;;i«l that one of Lord Coleridge's
peculiarities was his habit when on
circuit of strolling round the court to
keep himself awake. This was a fre
quent practice of his when sitting late
to tini.-h a cum *. an«l was extremely
dinconccrting to the c«>uns*-l who liap-
peDed to be a«ldres.sing him.
Loxnox has an annua) average rain
fall of but twenty-five inches; Paris,
twenty-two inches: Manchester, thir
ty-six inches, an«l Edinburgh thirty
eight inches, while Boston show»
forty-six inches. New York forty-live
inches. Philadelphia forty-one inches,
and Chicago thirty-six inches.
Ax eminently practical German sci
entist is said to have applied a mild
current of electricity to a swarm of
Ho Hml.ton.
bees, quickly causing them to fall to
Gushing Yovng M.i-i (t .king elderly
the gruuml in a stupcti«.*«l condition.
tpinster into his cexfidcuce)—Miss
The bees coulil be safely handled while
Wcllalong. I have v ritti n a [xx-in, ad
in this condition, and if the electrical
dressed "To a Youne Lady." la«t me
current were not too strong, no injury
rend it to you:
was done to them.
"For love of you, dear Hasel. 1--”
Elderly
nster ( nipvring) Law.
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES.
Mr. Bpooicmore! Mv eye is not
T iikiik is a twin crystal of emerald in hazel! It’s dark brown! — Chicago
St. Petersburg seven inches long, four Tribune.
brood ami weighing four-and-a-half
Wctl-Dlr<-< t.-il Sympathy.
pounds.
The Gcri; i n •«•■! a of n suburban
A DETECTIVE’S STORY.
church, listening a n iner t to an ama
teur p rfi-ri:» •• in I ehulf of some local
The Sweetheart liobb«-«! to I'ay a Man'«
guild, w os lo-ard to retr.nrk :
Courting Expenses.
“Dot Irak« - i- <• sorry for «lot binno."
“I was disgust! <1 a few «lays ago at
“Why net lor tlie |x.-ople?"a by sland
a case I w ork«! up,” remarked u de
tective to u Washington Star reporter. er uslicd.
“Dvr pc.blcH can git avay.” was tlie
"A young lady who was ]>o.- *<e.‘>He«l of
coiiHiderable money and a nunila r of answer. “Dcr biany nnudit shday.”—
•jewels sent- for tae.
She had been P>cMxm Courier.
roblx-«l of some diamonds value«! at wv-
Mail» of the Kight Slat*.
erul hundred dollar». I finally found
"What are your «¡ualiii* ition» furan
all but one pin. they having been
umpire’.”' a-ked the pre«.dent of the
pawned.
I obtained a «IcHcription of league.
the man who borrowed money upon
“I fell down cn elevator shaft, wan
them, but for several week» could not run on r by a motor car, dropped out
locate him. When I <l!d his landlady
of n I allfton r.ial ra«1 • t< n miles on a
»uid that he had leit that morning und
cyclone. I’m in fair«- nilition yet.”
wax going to Baltimore.
| watched
“You're < i:g.i"««l for next » aton.”—
the d«-|>ot. and wan rexju rewarded by- Detroit Free l‘r« • s.
seeing the man step out of a hack.
Differences.
1 seized his arm and said: -You are ar
"They ray that human nature is al
rested!’ ‘What for?’ he a. ked, in a
tone that’ »bowed he was not much ways the runic." raid th« nii«l<lle-agcd
surprised, l.utgi—nily frightened.‘That lady. “But I don't think »o.”
"What'» tin* rcmon?” asked her
will be explained at the station,* I re
plied.
There was a feniinim* shriek niece.
“Twenty years ago girls read maga
from tlie ba« !;, und, glancing into the
vehicle, I saw it was my fair client. zine» and di«l lie« «lie work. Now they
They had just been married and were study :« road map ni <1 h-nrn to use n
starting on their welding trip. I took monkey wrench.” Wnrhington Star.
in the situation at a glance, and then
rant Ufs.
realizing that I wa» }iowcrless t:nd«-r
Aunt Miranda I siip|x>r<* you saw-
the new order of niTairw, I »aid: -f »«•<• Mary's girl when you wiis down to the
now that you are not tlie man I want,’ city. Un* she grown much »'nee they
end let bin« go. Then be liegan to blnr.- moved uw.-'v from Basswowl f'orncr»? •
tcr.iind,tal;ing!iiiu : side, I gave him to
1‘ncle .iededinh- Grown! Why. she'»
understand I knew of his robbing th -
growjn' y«*t. You won't Is-licve it. bu«
girl to pay the expense» of hi» court- her newest «lrcsr only reaches to her
»bip. and lie quieted down very sud shoulders.— Brooklyn Life.
denly.”
A < lowed room is bad for sleeping,
A Curious Christian Vam«-.
liecaUM- arr once breathed part*, with u
In the Canterbury Di«x«.-san Gazette
sixth of its oxygen amt contains an
there is an interesting an«l authentic
equivalent amount of curbonic aciil gas;
r«xord of the use of Act» of the A pestles
air breathed six time will not support
as a Qiristian name. The entries arc in
life.
the registers of Bought« «* under-Blenn.
P iekcisg the flesh with even the
Actstipostlc, son of Thoma» and Eliza
finest rcedlc hurts I m - ciiu 1.«* the nerves
beth l’egden. from Dunkirk, was bap-
are so thickly matted just under the
tiz d August 3. 1795. and the buri; 1 of
skin that not even the finest [»«¡nt can
this Actsapostlc l’egden, aged 7(1.years,
be introduced without wounding one or
took place November II. 18C5.' The
more.
name cet ins to have been abreviated fo
Actsy, f .r the vicar of Boughton baa
hear«! .- parishioner »peak of her uncle
Actcy I’cgdcn. Ar- in. Acts of the Apos
tles, »on of £ichurtl and Phoebe Ken
nett, wa i baptized at Boughton church
For Infant? and Children.
April U, 1S33.- Not«- and Queries.
It is now a law that a permit
shall not be granted to any per»« n,
company, corporation or associa
tion to move his or their she« p for
treatment from one county into
another, nor in any case fora great
er listane«« than five miles, except
Willing to Qualify'.
that said sheep may be moved for
A few days ago a recruit was taken to
treatment to any place upon the be sworn in bct’ore the magiHtnite.
rang« usually occupied orcontrolled Everything was going cn tiwi.umingly
by tin owner thereof, an«l except till the magistrate asked the mon th--
following question: "Kave.yen < ,, r
that during the summer season, been in prism?” At tie« the man looked
when such sheep are grazed in the startled, but. quickly recovering him
he blurted <.ut: “No, . Ir. 1 have
timber«-«! mountains, they may be self,
never beep In jail. Ini! I don’t mind do
moved for treatment to the edge of ing a feiv da;. If y oti think it n«--« »-
the timber, irrespec ive of «listane«-. »ury.”- Lam!-i.i TeJ.-jraph.
Th«' ICitnl Von «luve Always Tlouglit. noti v.lilcli hu» boon
ia use for «»er HO year»« bus borito (he Higiuiliire of
a:i«l h i i b<*< a in.ule under III» per
sonal ;:p«-i-v l-.lot* t ill«-!' 11* Infiltiey.
Allow i.o ««ii« («><h*«-!*iv«• y«>u hi this.
All ('oiiiiti-rti-its, Imitat ions ami •* .)«i»t -n*-i;<««>.i ” uro bat
Kxp<*t'iim*nlH that trillo with utul <'inlang«-r tlm liralth of
liilimts ami Chihlren l'.ypcrl«*n«‘o against IIxptirimcnU
What Is CASTORIA
Cantoria is a hartal«"«» substituto fcr t'a-.toi- till. 1‘a.ro-
gofh-. Drop» ami Nootlilug SympH. It Is i’l«‘ii*m t. It
contiiiiiH ueilln-r Opium, 'Im phiti** nor otlo-r Nur« otic
Mibstum-«-. It« n;;«* I*« it« p. tut ran 1 c<*. It destroy > Worms
timi allays t'cvcrlHliiiOHS. It < urt*s D'arrlurn ami Wlml
Colic, It r«-ih v «- h Teething Trouble», cures ('<m*tipatlon
uml l-'liitiil«*ik-y. It assimila!« s th«- I'ootl, regulates tlm
Simun« h nmt Bowel*«, giving licnltby am! imtnrul sloep«
Tlu* Cltlldrvn*» I'amu-ea- The Jlotlu-r’s l-'rlctnl.
CENUINE
CASTORsA
ALWAYS
In Use For Over 30 Years.
▼i « ctMtiur 90t»Miiy. vv Musai* atsiD
siw
JMir 'W
Harney Valley Brewery
L. WOI.DENBERG. SR . I’r«>| rietor.
Th«-aervi« ea of it brewer of long yenrs exjierience Ims been se-
cured ami th«-vrotluct of tins Br«-w«-ry is of the best grade in tho ’
itilmi'i Empire, l'lace u trial order and you will not be disap
pointed.
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