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.OREGON
When man In too buv to I happy
he Is to be pitied.
It might be well for parents to re
member that (lulled children come
borne to roost
A Russian officer get court-martialed
If he doesnt obey orders, and assas
sinated If he does.
Ever notice how easily the heart
broken girl cements the pierce togethei
and awaits another smash?
When the New York police begin to
raid poolrooms with axes the gamblers
think "this la the most nnklndest cut
of alL"
Speaking of hoodlums and crime, the
father who makes a comrade of his
boy Is not likely erer -to have to ball
him out of JalL
It will be a-loug time. Just the same,
before the National Educational Asso
ciation succeeds In popularising "thru,"
"bhcness," and "tuf."
We get about so equal a taste of both
heaven and hell on this earth that w,e
rvout feel quite like a stranger what
M;r our fate In the hereafter. .
An Invention has been made for the
protection of persons skating on thin
Ice. It ought to be In big demand by
Congressmen who are seeking re-election
this year.
There la, of course, the possibility
that some unusually violent earthquake
down in Panama may make a split
cross the isthmus that will render the
canal unnecessary.
An engineer declares that 80,000 peo
ple now do with machinery the work of
10,000,000 persons a few years ago.
But they lack an everlasting sight of
getting the pay of the 10,000,000.
President , Castro of Venezuela de
clares that he Is going to test the Mon
roe doctrine. Would It not be well te
let him understand before be goes to
any trouble In the matter that the Moii
roe doctrine was not Invented for test
ing purposes T
A big snapplug turtle bearing upon
Its back the Initials of Daniel Webster
wis caught In Buzzard's Bay a few
t'ayr ago. This will no doubt be en
ronraging to people who seek to win
fame by whittling their Initials on ev
erything that comes handy for such a
purpose.
The best man at the wedding Is some
times hard to pick out of course the
bride may consider him the bridegroom,
but the maid of honor would speak for
the handsome usher, and the bride's
mother for the rich uncle who gave the
handsomest gift, and the bride's little
brother for the caterer, so there you
are. ' '
Whatever views may be held of
divorce, there Is one feature of divorce
trials which is repulsive to all people
of good feeling which It Is a pity there
Is not some law to abolish, and that
Is bringing little children Into court as
witnesses against accused parties. Such
Impressions as ore then gained might
never leave a child's mind and general
public policy seems to be against the
practice.
Russia Is stealthy and tireless. Even
while its armies were being defeated in
Manchuria fftid Its throne was shaken
by revolt. It was secretly fastening a
Bnner grip on ports of the Chinese em
pire. The fact that Russia has a line
of military posts across the northern
part of the Chinese empire has beel
kept secret from the world. It was re
vealed by on Indiscreet publication In
a Russian provincial newspaper. Rus
sia's purpose, beyond the satlwfylng of
Its old lust for dominion, cannot be de
termined. Whatever It Is the powers
Interested In maintaining China's terrl
torial Integrity are directly affected.
It may be realized by purchasers of
diamond tiaras and the like that styles
In settings change almost as frequently
es In a woman's hat and every other
' year at least must see the precious dia
dem rebuilt This odds to orlglua) coft
for no self-respecting jeweler changes
the settings of a costly piece of Jewelry
without adding a few new stones to
the first amount, thereby Increasing Its
value. Of course famous crowns, with'
associations attached, that have recent'
ly come Into the possession of very
rich Americans remain as first designed,
for even an American shows some sen
timent when It costs blm a fortune to
Indulge In rich historic Jewels, but
otherwise diamond and pearl end emer
ald tiaras are constantly made over.
Little Interest has been shown In the
visit of a Chinese commission of in
jiulry to this country, but It deserves
the attention of those who wish te nn
derstaud the clvllltlug forcee at work
In the world. If the pinna which tli
government of China has In view are
worked out utveafully-Hnd tlie In
vestigations of the commission are pre
liminary, to putting them Into execution
a new method of dealing with the
East will have to be adopted by the
Western government. The Dowager
Empress announced a few months ago
that a constitution would be granted
to China In ten years, and that eome of
the leading men of the empire were to
go abroad to study the governmental
systems of other countries with a view
to adopting them In a form modified
to meet the needs of China. 1 The com
missioners were to study not only the
political Institutions, but the systems of
education and the business methods of
the world as well. Boon after the ar
rival of the commissioners In this coun
try It was observed that they were par
ticularly Interested In the American
public school system, as It la Intended
to open many thousand new schools In
China for the Instruction of the people.
so that they may be qualified to govern
themselves when representative Institu
tions are established. China already
has an army of a hundred thousand
men trained In modern European army
tactics. It Is said that this army will
be Increased to a million within a few
years, and that large quautlttea of mod
ern fortification guna have been order
ed for use In the defense of the empire.
Men familiar with the races of the East
regard the Chinese as superior to tbd
Japanese, lu that they are more trust
worthy, more patient and more stable.
The Chinese are conservative, and have
been slow In accepting Western Ideas;
but they have at last concluded to
march with the procession Instead of
standing at one side while the rest of
the world smiles amiably at their pe
culiarities or Jeer at their weakness,
Of the late Sir Edward Thornton, the
British diplomat, who lived to be al
most ninety years of age. It Is said that
bis life was spent In taking no exercise.
He would take a cab to cross the street
and be-never would walk upstairs If an
elevator was accessible. Yet he was the
traditional "picture" of health and suf
fered little from small or lnrge ailments.
Nor Is the case of Sir Edward Thornton
an Isolated one. There are many In
stances of men carefully avoiding exer
cise of a physical kind and still attain
ing great age. On the other band. It Is
well established that noted athletes do
not, as a rule, enjoy long Hie. The two
circumstances, taken together, appear to
cast some doubt upon the modern
theory that muscular activity la essen
tial to longevity or at least to good
health. They rather support the doc
trine, held by certain German biolo
gists, that all physical exercise after a
man has attained middle age la at the
expense of vital force. There is, at
least, something to be said on both sides
of the question so far as middle-aged
people are concerned. Those who main
tain the desirability of exercise will, of
course, assert that Sir Edward Thorn
ton attained his great age in spite of
his abstention from exercise rather
than because of It, and that be might
have lived many years longer if be bad
lived an active physical life. This,
however, Is mere hypothesis which may
fairly be met by pointing out that many
people who devote themselves most vig
orously to exercise die before they
reach middle age. If the rule holds
good In one case It ought to bold good
In the other and on the face of It the
nonexerclse people would seem to have
the better of it Sir Edward Thornton's
case at least affords proof that a man
may Ilvo almost to the century mark
without taking physical exercise. It
may lie admitted, of course, that this
Is a matter In which one man's meat,
may be another man's poison. Individ
ual Idiosyncrasy Is a strong factor In
the 'problem. Active physical exercise
may not be necessary nor even advis
able for some men, while it Is essential
to the health of others. In such affairs
every man must find out what la bene
ficial for himself without reference to
the requirements of any other man.
There Is no hard-and-fast rule for phy
sical exercise any more than there Is
such a rule for diet There Is, on the
contrary, every reason to conclude that
though Borne men will benefit by vig
orous physical activity other men will
be better off with none at all at least
after the culmination of their bodily
development "When I could ride 1
never walked ; when I could sit I never
stood; I slept ns long as I could"
this was the secret of longevity once re
vealed by a centenarian. It Is not a
particularly Inspiring formula and It
makes laziness the chief end of man.
Yet there Is some reason to suspect
that he who desires mere length of
years rather than achievement or re
nown will do well to consider the pros
pects held out by the languid rather
than the strenuous life. Certainly the
human machine, like all other machines,
may be overworked.
A Remedy to Hand.
"Did you see where a powder trust
bad the government In Its clutches?"
"What of It? If It supplies tbe am
munition, why doesn't tbe government
go gunning for It?" Baltimbre Ameri
can.
Conquest Great
American Desert
lrrlatloa.
"American Irrigation was old when
Home waa In the glory of Its youth,"
saye a i. Blancbard In The National
Ueorgraphlc Magailne," "The ancient
aqueduct and subterranean canals of
South America, extending for thou
sands of miles, once supplied great
cltlea and Irrigated tmiueuse areas,
Ceuturlea before the venturous Norse
men landed upon the bleak and tunoe
pltable shore of New England a large
population dwelt lu the hot valley of
the far southwest From the solid
rock, with primitive tool of stone, they
cut dltcbe and hewed the block for
many chambered palace, which they
erected In the desert or on the lime
stone ledge of deep river canyons.
These volrelve ruins, older tnau the
memory of many centuries, tell the
story of a thrifty, home loving and
semi-cultured people, concerning whose
fate history brings us no word. In
these palace and lu many mile of
cans Is w may almost read the story
of another Egypt a people tolling un
der the burulug sun of tbe desert,
wearily and patiently executing the
commands of an American Pharaoh."
In the last quarter of a century a
crop, producing area of 10.000.0U0 acres.
equal In size to the State of Massachu
setts, ha been wrested from the desert
Irrigation cauala long enough to span
the earth twice and representing an
outlay of S'JO.OOO.Ono have been built
Every year this area return a harvest
valued at nearly twice the cost of the
Irrigation canal. Tbe I'ulted State'
American desert no doubt a Mr.
Blanehard explains, becauxe It wa not
considered worth stealing. For many
year the sentiment has heeu growing
that the government should make this
vast empire habitable aud this senti
ment crystallised Into the reclamation
law, signed by President Roosevelt on
June 17, 1002.
The first of the great Irrigation
works to be undertaken by the govern
ment I In Nevada. In the bed of an
cient Lake Lahontan and embracing
what waa long known as Forty Mile
desert tbe most desolate and arid spot
on -this continent except Death Valley,
the engineers completed the plan for
an extensive Irrigation work Involv
ing some rather novel engineering fea
tures, the grentest and most ImiMirtant
of which Is that of lifting the water
of the Truckee River Into the great
canal, which will carry them over Into
the Carson Rlrer reservoir, whence
they are diverted Into laterals and car
ried out upon the desert. When com
pleted the Trarkee-Carson works will
cost more than fO.OOO.OQO and render
productive more than 40,0f0 acres now
absolutely worthless, but which, when
Irrigated, will sell readily for $30,000,
000, It Is estimated.
Yes, She Could Help lllra I'p.
A well-known bishop of Tennessee
waa taking his customary stroll through
tbe park the ntlier morning. lie hap
pened to sit down on one of the benches
there. Now the bishop Is a very great
man, not only In the'MethodlHt Church
but in embonpoint as well. Ills weight
proved too much for the bench, which
collapsed, spilling him oil the ground.
About this time a little girl, rolling a
boop along, snw the reverend gentleman
prostrate and offered ber assistance.
"But, my little girl," said the bishop,
do you .think you could help such a
great, beavy man to bis feet?" ,
"Oh, yes," replied the little girl, "I've
helped grnndpn lots of times when he's
been even drunker than you are." Lip
plncotts. Snake on the Cm Meter.
Arch Davenport, a Fort Scott Joker,
turned a large snake loose In his cellar
under bis boune. The ga meter was
also In the cellar, and for six months
bis snakeshlp forced the gas company
to give Davenport a flat rate on hi ga
bllL The young man who rends the
meter never got nearer to It than the
door. Last week the snake was found
dead and the reading of the meter
showed tlint Davenport had paid for
only half the gas he had uhc1. lie was
compelled to put up the balance due.
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nousag jiif juurimt.
Plan Storr.
Sunflsh Seems that all food one
buy Is adulterated these days. ,
Pike Sure. I never think of buying
any canned preserves or anything like
that my wife makes all such stuff as
that Why, Inst summer she put up
forty gallons of Jelly fish. Finest JeHy
flsh that ever went down theilke, too.
Kansas City Times. . j
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Quite So. J
Towne I wonder why youiig Itndo-
ley doesn't settle down?
Browne Oh! I sujipose dint goes
against the grain.
Towne What grain?
Browne Well, the wild onU I'hll
adelphla Tress.
Poire
Is certain if yon take Hood's Snmpartlla.
This great modioliiu cures Uioho eruptions,
pimples and bolls that Appear at ftll seasons;
cures acrofuU sows, salt rhenm or ecwnm;
adapts Itself equally well to, and ulno cures, dys
pepsia and all stomach troubles; cures rheu
mutism and catarrh; cures nervous troubles,
.l..l.llit .l 1,.,f tlniit f.Millnir.
This Is proved by thousands of trsM. J'Z
menials, 40,800 by actual count in the Uood nar.ai.arma. wri
last two years- record unprecedented EKXX&TZ
in the. history of medicine. m-.
lie SUIT) u RVfc uuuua (Husuixuuut. Mh(n Ml at alajiiar aerae. turn
Liquid or tablets, 100 Dose On Dollar.
ilanittrSMUaa.
The Doctor The medicine I left for
you doesn't teem to have had the de
sired effect Have you taken It regu
larly T
The Patient ( poet A regularly
a I could, doctor. Yon said 1 should
take It after each meal
$100 Rawer, $100.
The rlaraot tali papa? will be vlesasd te
Intra ihat thus Is si lwt on draadad ulaaaat
lual aclauea bu (mm bl lo ur In all lu
luo, suit that ta Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
I'urala trie only posllWa ' anuwn to I ha
natural Irateriilly. l alarrh baliigaoooltu
Unnal 4Imb. rjutraa a euiulliuilunal mat
mailt. Hall's Catarrh Care la takou ttilaroally,
acting dlraotly upon lha UhkI and mutwui
eunavaa o( lha ayiiarn. tkeralnr dratruylng lb
tuumlatloD of lha ttlwaas, and giving lha ia
llanlairanith by baiMliii up lha eoiiiltull"B
sad anlillns naiura In iKIug Its work. The
pruurlautra have tu much talth lu I la euratlr
puwere that thay olt.r Uu Hun-trad Hollars
lur an roaae thai It falls to cure. Sand lor Hal
0,X!l21aMi: y. cius.r a co Toledo, o.
Bold by dniggUta, 1Ao.
Uall'l Family I'll la ara tht bait
Then are mors thao 4,000,000 trel
peas used up tvery day Id Kugland.
AM At Don't le friemened
but be warned I
Every Mother knows, or
should know, that the terrible
Mortality among little children is caused
by Stomach and Bowel troubles. Colic,
Sour Curd, Cholera Infantum, Summer
Complaint, Measles, Rashes, Scarlet Fever
even Mumps have their first causa In
constipation. ,
The Delicate Tissues of a Baby's Bowels
will not stand rough treatment. Sails ara
too violent, and Castor 011 will only grease
the passages, but will not make and keep
them Clean, Healthy and Strong.
There Is no other medicine as safe for a
child as Cascarets, the fragrant little Candy
Tablet, that has saved thousands of families
from unhappinsss.
The Nursing Mother even In good health
should always keep her own Bowels Loose,
and her Milk Mildly Purgative by taking
a Cascaret at night before going to bed.
No other medicine has this remarkable
and valuable quality. Mama takes the
Cascaret, Baby gets the Benefit.
Cascarets act Ilk strengthening Exercise
on the weak little bowel ol the growing
babe, and make them better able to get
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Tor Infants and Cbildron,
Till Kind You Kave Alwajs Bought
Signature of
A roollab) Mave.
"You seem nervous and restles this
morning." ssld the merchant.
"Yes." replied his partner. "I asked
Porrough to drop In to day and pay
me what he owes mo."
"Ah! Aud you're afraid be won't
come?"
"I'm sfrald be will eome and borrow
more."
TOO LATE?
all the Nourishment out of Baby's
Natural Food, .
Larger children cannot always
be watched, and will eat unreason
ably. The Ready Remedy should
ever be at hand Cascarets to
take care of the trouble when It
comes.
No need to Force or Bribe chil
dren to lake Cascarets. They are
always more than ready to eat the
sweet Utile bit of Candy.
Repulsive medicine forced on tha
little ones does more harm than good.
Home la not complete without the ever
ready Box of Cascarets. Ten cents buys
a small one at the Corner Drug Store.
Be verjr careful to get the genuine
mala only by the Sterling Remedy Com
pany and never sold In bulk. Every tab
let stamped " CCC."
W TRE.E. TO OUR FRIENDSt
Wa wsnt te tend to oar trtend a beautffat
French-deilirned, GOLD PLATED BONBON BUX,
hard-enameled In colors. It It s beauty for Ui
dressing table. Ten cents In stamps It atked st a
neasnre of good faith and to cover cost of Catcareuw
With whlchlKU'Baintr trinket It loaded.
Send to-day, mentioning this paper. Address
Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago 01 Hew York.
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