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ATHENA. ORE.. JULY 31.
1908
Chairman II. E. Miles of tbe com
mittee ou tariff of tbe National Asso
ciation of Matrnfaotaiers s.ieras to be
Undiog oat tbe real obaraoter of stand
patters' promises to revise tbe tariff.
Mr. Miles bas labored bard for tb
creation of a tariff commission and for
the use of tbe knowledge of experts in
tlio fixing of soiled ales, and at ouo tim
be seems to have tboogbt cougress bad
come around to bis programme, but b
knows better now. In a reoeut inter
view, pnblisbed in the New York
Joarual of Commerce, be is quoted as
saying:
"Information daily aconmulates
showing that it is tbe fixed and seem
ingly unalterable purpose of Chairman
Payne of the bouse ways and means
committee to defeat every attempt to
ouforoe tbe principles advocated by
those who stand for an honest tariff
bused upon clear proof. His remarks
in pubilo and private show at every
turn bis absolute insistonoe that the
next tariff shall not be based npon in
formation, that it shall be made in tbe
dark, that experts shall be employed
only as a mere political play and that
the next tariff shall be as full of graft
and favorism as be and his kind oau
make it. . .
Electrio lighted farm homes, barns
and feed yards aro coming to be no
uncommon thing in tbe west A light
ing plant is not only a convenience but
reduces tbe fire hazard by doing away
with milking by lantern light and
climbing around iu feed yards and hay
mows with dangerous lanterns. Gas
oilne ougins aie also becoming almost
a modnrn necessity on tbo modern
farm. Tbey are doing all tbe big
things which the farmers formerly
used their horseB and borrowed their
neighbors' horses to do as well as all
the little things wbiob tired tbe women
and boys. All over tbe west farmers
ura buyiug automobiles, wbiob have
ueooroe so practical that they can do
pond on thorn for quiok and long trips,
suving their horses for work in the
fields which oau not yet be done by
oleotrioity, gasoline or petroleum.
Over in the irrigation district of
Malbenr county is one of tho most
uuinuo engineering feats recorded iu
the West and the East Oregouian
dooms it worthy of mention, iu tbo
valley along tbe Malheur river where
the laud is level for miles, are two
large irrigatiou oauals runuiug side by
side for three miles aud so nearly dead
level is the ground there that water
i una iu opposite directions iu the two
ditches. The ditobes come into tbe
valley from difi'ereut directions aud
trout higher ground aud tbe momentum
of tbo volume of water foroes it across
the doad level of tbe valley, iu opposite
directions. At one end of the valley
one ditch pnssos under tbe other iu a
Hume.
A country merchant of Iowa decided
to Liouk away from tbo bid fogy spirit
which bad affected hiiu and bis follows
for some time. Daringly ho spent
100 in advertising a special sale. The
first day of the sale tbe storo took iu
almost $1,000; tho next six days ave
ragod over $100 eaob. His advertis
ing bill amounted to 3 per cent of tbe
business he did. He found tbnt it paid.
Too niuob care cannot be exercised
at this time of the year regarding fires.
Tho dry season is here aud great dam
age might result from a little careless
ness. Especially should campers be
careful of fires in the mountains and
should remember that tbe laws regard
ing vump tires are severe.
A striking feu tine of tbo August Mo
Clure's one that will bo widely dis
cussed is an essay ou "Prohibition
aud Social Pbysiohology," by Prof.
Hugo Muusteiborg. The distinguished
psychologist says: "Better America
Inspired tbau America Sober."
"The nuoouscions habit of smiling
promotes wriukles," says tbe Sioux
City Journal. But so does the habit
of frowning. Must we koep a straight
face ail tbe time?
It may interest the iuhii who itwobus
into uu Kiupty pocket now ami then to
know that the prosout per capita cir
culation in the United States is $35.35.
Prince Helie dn Sagau says be never
wauts to pee America agaiu. Dot
America said it aboat Helie first.
A Boston man is offering $50 reward
for a treatment that will cure a parrot
of tbe babit of repeating profanity.
Wby not try tbe ax?
We believe tbe Chicago News when
it says "there is always some man
around who is willing to ptoond any
kind of a motion."
A little garden seed, well tended,
will produce a lot of backache.
EILLIE SUNDAY.
Tbe Christian Herald was formerly
edited by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage.
It is now edited by Dr. Lewis Klopsob,
who is a Christian philanthropist of
fame and learning. He evidently does
not like tbe methods of Hilly Sunday,
for in tbe last issue of tbe Herald be
says:
"Evangelist William Sunday deliv
ered an address to tbe Presbyterian
ministers at Pittsburg tbe other day,
which if correctly reported, stamps
tbe speaker as a man who has missed
bis vocation. Tbe stream of vulgar
abuse which flowoa from bis lips migbt
have passed for wit on tbe ball field,
but it was altogether out of place in
the pulpit, especially soon tbe oooasion
in question. Certainly, tbe man who
could apply to tbe average preaober
such choice terms as 'fudge-eating
molly-coddle.' 'stiff,' 'salary quack,'
'grafter' and 'candidate for tbe funny
bouse' is not one to command or de
servo the respect of any American au
dience of average intelligence. His
proper place is an inteloontor in a
miustrel show.
"People may bear with Mr. Sunday's
eccentrioities in language, aud even
with tbe crazy, chair-smashing thea
trical tactics, but when be undertakes
to revile men who are a thousand-fold
abler, more respected and incompar
ably better qualified for tbe work than
he can ever hope to be, he simply ex
poses himself to ridioule. His amaz
ing suggestion to tear down tbe semi
naries as useless and to 'stand the pro
fessors on their beads in mud puddles,'
was bis wildest record of flight of ora
tory, and shows to what extent it is
possible for a man to unmask bis real
obaraoter wben he "outs loose," as
Mr. Sunday did. It would be a chari
table construction to say that his
language was that of a man who bad
lost bis mental equilibrium. '
"We regret to say that the Christian
spirit was conspicuous by Its absence
throughout the address. Sucb an in
cident discredits evangelism and does
moro barm to tbe work than Mr. Sun
day can repair."
WHAT WATTERSON SAYS.
Aooordiug to an emineut alienist
there are three great causes of suioide
and insanity, each of which begins
with "w." Ore of them, and not the
least of tbani, is worry. Everyone
advises everyone else never to worry.
Few persous take the advice, except
those who would not worry if the
world were coming to an end tomorrow
aud they bad murdered their brothers
yesterday. The president of a "Don't
Worry" club in New York committed
suioide the other day. Tbe incident
is tbe subieot of no little humorous
comment, but it was pure tragedy.
What is more patbetio than tbe self-
destruction of a man who had promised
bimself and his friends that be wonld
never lot worry got a grip tipon bis
mind? Tho tale of the ending of his
life points a moral. Wine, womeu
aud song, of tbe quality that kill, a
wise man may escape, but worry may
sot its faugs in his vitals despite bis
every precaution aud bis every reso
lution. And vorry, so tbe pbysioiaus
toll us, breeds toxins of its own, as
well as ti aggravate any physical ail
ment that may be preying npon its
victim. I
It is a great thing to be able not to
worry. It meaus a gift from provl-
denoe of a oortain sort of physical and
mental makeup. : The uegro rarely
worries. As a rule, he is free from
care. As a race be is immune from
oortain nervous diseases. Providence,
wbiob gave him for a complexion "tbe
shadowed livery of the burnished sun,"
put more suushine npon tbe inside ol
him tbau is bottled up in a half dozen
white mon. It is not neoessary to a
Don't Worry" club.
What became of the man who, ob- J
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I serving that everybody worried about
! something, decided to worry about his
red whiskers because he didn't really
care what color tbey were, and felt
that he would not suffer greatly, his
tory baa failed to record. Very prob
ably another worry overtook him and
laid bim low.
Tbe greatest relief from worry is to
seek out someone other than a police
man to whom yon may tell your trou
bles. A sorrow shared is a sorrow
lightened. The general rule for avoid
ing worry is to live so that if misfor
tune overtakes yon, you can console
yourself with the reflection that it is
misfortune and not your fault. Join a
"Dont Worry" club the test one
may te found around a hearthstone
if you will, but do not expeot that all
of your efforts will rout all of your
worries. Wben tbe president of your
olub blows out bis brains, bear in
mind the fact that he was unfortunate
rather than perverse. He did not
worry heoause be found it an enjoyatle
pastime. He did not refuse the con
solation he offered because of obsti
nacy. Consign bim tenderly to "tbe
soft embraces of tbe sweet, cool earth,"
and to probable, or at least 'possible,
peaoe. Best assured that there can be
no punisnment in store for mm, even
iu a brightly burning hereafter, some
what below tbe level of the sea and
somewhat above tbe temperance of
Tucson, that will te more of a torture
than tbe malady that ended in bis
death. Louisville Courier-Journal.
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