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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1904)
.rc you go!n Imp plcklns? ;OIJ papers :"i ct-iiU it-r hundred. Fogs ami mint regular hop picking leather. Trot. Collins, of C!atinlc, was In .J Ionium Tucuduy. Ciipt. Nvkfoiu, otJ!uiniir, visited ht. .Helens, Tuesday, Parties diirin;jold nwwupupcrs should ,cnll nt thi.olllcc. HntiNTKii uid Journal (muni weekly) i.'or 11.75 ht yt-nr. J. H. E. 1 Umr no, of Jkuinivr, visited .Portland, Tuesday. Then In om tnlk.of a bow-ball lourn . nnu'iitntCliiUkuiiii'. .Judge Ulnnchard, of Maimer, ti'nt iSumluy ut tliu lx iu:(). J. W. Day, of St. Helens, went to Portland, Wednesday. Dishes given away free nt tlio New .York store in St. Helens. W( (VI.ro of ltiiinii-r has given his residence n contol iminj. 1'rof. UrUtow, of Portland,, wus a St. Helens visitor, Wednesday. X. Larson, the Maygcr Mint Market . man, was a Rainier visitor, Monday. Strict improvi'ini'iiU n ti 1 new side walk arc now tho latent in Rainier. Forest iirv are nging almvo Yankton 5n tlio l'.unkor Hill district this week. Ilx-Senator Mcltridu was registered nt jtlie Mooro hotel. Sii'id,', "durl.iy lust. Mrs. J. It. Wi'ker.on, r.f lfuitiivr, 'iho , Jiuh been quite ii, it- 1,-ain coviil'.-fi iiiR, Tho RUvuuer irp, 1J. Hernial, of L'. S. .engineer s rvhe tied up over Sum! iy nt Rainier. A. I. C'lurk has just finished tlio rk . o( papering, Victor lurwr's rci-idoncc bo A nv tioblo. Mrs. David Hcnshaw, of lloulton, at i tended tho Artisan's tocial nt Seaside , lunt Tuesday. Mm. Reynolds went to Oregon City Tuesday, where lier huHhuid Iiuh secur . ed a situation. 0. Watts, wife luid two - sisters, from Snippoone, formed n pleasant parly nt ; Seaside tliiM summer. A Hign of Imrd lurk 1h for thirteen to i-Bit down nt tho tablo where, there, is on ly miflkicnt grub for six. Prof. J. 15. Wilkcrson visited Portland .last week and attended teachers' exam . jnution fur n lifu diploinn. I'ugono Miles and n party of young iJolks from t St. Jlc'.ena attended the .Jtoulton (Luico Saturday night. At Uailey .it Brinn'a you find a good .quality of general merchandise, nt tho right price. New goods arriving -daily. Morgus of tho Now York storo .at. St .Helens If offering social inducements f for cash trad)j. r'co him for Hue, premi- Uin dishes. Married, nt tho homo of A. V. Myers, tClatskanie, August 12, Kcv. Jas. K. . Hawkins ollleiuting, John P. Myers nnd lora L. Liggett. Excursion rates to Uingling' P.roH. Circus over tho X. P. It. R. from Houl. .-ton, $1.13. Dates of sale August 29 nnd . ItO. Limit for return August Ulat. X. A. Perry, Agent. "beginning July 2nd, nnd continuing Nfor tho summer there will bo no evening , train from Portland, on tho A. & 0. K. R., but instead train will luavo tliero nt .2:30 P. M. A firo set out In . tl;o vicinity .-of P. ilhigho's place burnel HO cords of wooil t and a quantity of tools for Churcldey ,Bros., of Portland, Tuesday. A. (5. Ilnggin, of Uninier, lias tho con tract for putting in thtr brick founda tion ior tho : now scbool buijding at ilteubcn. Tho foundation will bo 3S by i cr fent, .Mrs. T.urnett. who has been running the Rainier Grand Restaurant, has . closed the restaurant nnd removed to Graham's landing, a short distance be , low CJoblo. ' J. II. Gibson and wifo moved from . "Moorsvillp, back of Goble, to Kainier, "whero,thcy will mako . their liomo this winter. Mr. Gibson has work in Ycon's logging cnnip. A burglar entered tho rosidenco of A. G Ilnggin, bnck of ltainier, a few nights since. He was met by a Bhephcrd dog and in his hurried exit broke two. fruit jars and a window sash. If you like, tho Kkqihtkr ..tell your f friends about it and induce them to sub-. ( flcribe. Whavospocinl clubbing rnt.es ,with tho Portland Journal, Oregoniari .and San Krandnco 1'lxnmine.r. 11. A. Sewcll, of, the Columbia ii Log-.-. ging company, says that snags and loga nro still burning in tho enmp back of , .Columbia; City, but the green timber lins stopped tho progress of all, fireu in .that vicinity. Judge Hattnn and Sheriff. While visit ed Hillsboro, laat Friday and returned . to ht. Helena with thoir prisoners, Mary .IWbi neon and Michael l'ietiers. Sheriff White had traveled more thfln 400 miles in search of the fugitives. Mrs. A. G. Kcrnick wititca her broth--er, Supt. Copelnnd, that'. Mr. Kernick .lias,, sold a part interest ,tin his Jumbo , mine for $130,000. . Thk . is certainly , good news, and as ho has other qood ' froBpccts, hQ may yet strike somothing trotter. Ijut Saturday, tho utenui tug Vo burg, from Xrhalem lmy, nrrired at tlie d-xkof the lUinier Mill nnd LumUr Co. with draft of 2K)of tho finest lugs that the Xehnleni valley uffi.-n!. Tliis m tl . Mm ni .... i . ii ih uu nrvt Knee hful taMiig of linn In up.,.-t ... f. vi i i L' nim tin liar from Nehalem bay. The i.,r.ji , . i .i. . !! nro nil iniinher one and will Intent i to fill orders recently taken in tho V.nol ern iimrketK. Heretoforo Iol-k Iuivo Uinnl.in.n...i,...i. .. ... :i ....... river nnd It, tributaries. The to ing In of thin raft of w mean, n.uel, for Halnier.nsitlnmiresncontinumH sup. Hyd l.v. for nianufnrturo nn.il tL IiiiiIht isull taken from tho Xehnlem valley. "Whnt shall wo eat?" Is the nil ah ("orbing question with tl.o housekeeper. Wo have pork and beans, lunch tongue, ham loaf, Vienna saiinage, road, ivrui-d, und chipped beef, deviled ham, catsup, mustard, pickles of nil kinds, honey in pound combs, besides salmon, oyftcrs clams ami fruit to help rolvo tho pro!)- leiu these hot days. Wo ult-o keep fresh fruit olid vegetables whenever iMHil!u und pay th best price for produce. II. O. Oliver, dialer in groceries, dry goods, furniture, etc., lloulton, Oregon. Prof. W. 0. Ay lee worth, of Portland. will give a free, musical entertainment and drill at tho lloulton M. L. churcS, next Monday evening. Prof. Aylesworth is h very bii. eehsful music teacher, und if enough interest Is shown to justify, n a singing class will bo orgnnized. It is tu bu hoped that n largo midicnoo will greet the Professor, Monday evening. Wo understand that bo wilt also be present and singm tl,.. Kpn-rUi league fund:iy cveiiinir. At tho r.-cnt tenders' exann nation hld in St. Helena, th'i foil-.win apj li cmiH vere sivvissful: I !r.t grelt Meda S. Arnold, Algl I,. AruoM, I'hyl li i.M. I'.Ln-kf rd, S. Carolina Schn. lNt, v . A. Yoiif-;. Second giiidcLi'.la I.oe, Irene II. Johnson. Third gnuh Ida M. Pduckford. Yirt-il Pricliard. Ksther Silva, Jvlivin Xorth, AlictJ Sharp. Three failed to make tho re-! quired grades for a certificate. Joseph Silva, of Kainier, bad his house, which was built more than forty years ago, rcshinglcd this wee';. , It is a pretty' good old house notwithstanding two score years of rain, sun, and w ind have altered its appearance. Its roof has sheltered three generations, and it U hut fair to state that Grandpa Silva does not appear much older than be did when the old house wus first built. Tho A. ii C. K. It. will sell round trip excursion tickets from all points on its line to Astoria and return, Auwust JJth and iftth at one faro and one third for the round trip, account of Astoria Ke gatta, this rate in no case to exceed $2, or bo less thah $1.00 Tickets. limited good to return until Aug. 28. Special rato from lloulton to the Astoria Kc gatta $2.09. Hates of Sale, Aug. 24 and 2-')th. Ueturn limit Aug. 28. "Commencing Juno 8th and continu ing untilregular summer schedule is in augurated, tho regular train of A. AO. K. It. arriving at Astoria tit 1 1 ::!() A. M. will run through to Seaside direct in stead of.via Ft. Stevens, arriving at Sea uM.t nt 14 W K ... -.. ! 1. :: 1 rKWT . B ,luvu I sidu at 4 :'M n. m. irmfpnd nt 9 .til m I nuvnujfc ivur nourrj ut Hie UCilCll. ll i .. .1 .1.. I. I Tlio IIixjistbr man has houses to rent and houses to sell in the town of Kainier the best school town in tho county. A house and ono block, two houses and j one block, nnd also a hou?e and lot.for good business location. He has also two or three good locations for small fruit (arms or chicken ranches. A. li..Gillot,t, of Pelownre, OJiip, visit ed St. Helens and Kainier in tho inter ests of tho Kidgley Kenefit Association, which.is purely an Odd Fellows insur ance company, tho first .of. the week. Quite u number of tho Odd Fellows of Kainier, took.out, policies ,m his com pany. Tho gnme.of base ball Sunday between the Kainier club and tho University Park club was a closo one, tho score being (5 to 7 in favor of Kainier. The game scheduled tor next Sunday will be with Olatskanio on the Kainier grounds. Mcssers Llanchnrd and Thomas, of tho Kainier soap company, made a business tirip to Hepner tho first of tho week to look after tho mineral supply for use in tho factory as Boon as the building is complete nnd tho machinery installed. . If you want a five or ten aero tract of fino fruit or garden land or good loca tion for a chicken ranch, good school and church privclegos handy, good factory adjoining placo, apply at this office. FOK SAT4E, reasonable, , five jnilch cows; three freeh and two will soon bo fresh, and one four year old Purham bull. Apply to Mrs. Hilma GJeitson, on Doer. Island road, near Carico. . .This week tho Hecustku turned out somo fmo colored posters for Uiuptats Tribe No. 21, 1. O. K. II.,who will uivo an entertainment and dance Saturday evening, Sept. 3rd. . , Messera Ohas. Malmston, Omar Spen cer, and Miss Oral Spencer passed through lloulton, enrouto for Portland, Monday. , Married, at St Helena, 'Wednesday, Judge Hattnn officiating, Henry Wasser and SaraQ Jones of Kcuben, Oregon. II. T. Growell, living 11 miles north of W 1 rren, has a milch cow and a couple of heifers for Bale. Mrs. II. 0. Oliver was a Portland, vis itor, Wednesday, St. H alons' Mystory -feolvad. Mury Kolinson tho li-ycr-oM daughter of Allen Kolinton, of St. Helens, who dimpiKmred from her home "'iiiimuv, juit leaving m cank-u I ( ... . , i , . 'drew ;tli a note pmnn.1 to it telling !., . , , , 1 , . ., 7 ! that h'io hud loiimntted cuicide, and . . , , . on Friduy. July 2f, leaving cant-off Illuming I in Ipo un tho man whohivl ! CHuni'd l4T t't eoiiimit the deiil, wo i i' company witu wiciiaei J." ' r ' ' "t 7, ' I V " TK, ' ,tt'1 Wft lLc l.' ' , , , , L ..? .?pta An " ta Oregon City in tho nfu riioon nnd stopped at tiiu hotel n t ftlxnit H o'cUk k. Suspicion was nrousetl, tho couplo watrbed and finally a iiuin who had resided at St. wascalh'd und identified tho girl as Mary Uobinson, of St. Helens, and the man us a person ho bad seen sawing wisxl with a steam saw at St. Helens. When the town marshal arrived and demanded ..A'!iiittnnc to tho room Pieters refused unless bo bad a warrant for his urrest, but later yielded and the door was ojieneil. While waiting for the sheriff of Washington county, Pieters iuinjK'd out of a second-story window and attempted to csenpe. The town marshal immediately followed and re captured bis man. Neither man was injured by the jump. It required tho ellorls of several of tho by-standem to secure Pieters and escort him back to tho room to await the arrival of the sheriff. Poth Pieters and Mary Pobinson Mere taken by Sheriff Connell to the Wnsh ing.on county jail, at Hillsboro, to await tho arrival of Sheriff White. IVleM bed $HK on his person when limited. The fdlowing is tb'j sUry told by Mary Hull! nson. ' I wa.- -tolen from my homo on the i "i;:t "f July r by l'ietier nnl several i ther nun, who:n 1 did not know," she said. "I learned afterward that one of the men's names was McDonald. 1 1'itit-r had asked ine three times to "nirry him, nnd I always laughed at him, because all of us nt. home i.aed to laugh at him. I thought he was either crazy or joking. The day before be etolo me away be saw me in tho blackberry patch and told me he had i.iadu prepara tions to take mi) o-A-ay, and that if I re fused to go with him, ho would kill me. He frightened me so badly that I was afraid to refuse to go w ith him. That night wo went outside St. Helens to a timber claim where Pietier, myself and tho men with Pietier stayed until the following night, when wo went to Van couver. From Vancouver wo- went to Portland, stayed thero two days, then lett for Sacramento. We remained there several days in. a hotel ami then return ed toVancouver by way of Astoria by boat. At Astoria I was left alone in my room all day and part of a night, and flien I was taken to Vancouver, I am glad I am going home, but I hate to meet my parents. I don't care for Pietier, and only went with him be cause ho threatened to kill mo if I did not." As s'le has told one or more stories in direct contradiction of this, it is imposs ible to discover the truth from her statements. Pietier's story, which fol lows, is quite different and may bo nenr- - .!. ,!. "I have known Mary Iiobinson since she wus old enough to walk," he said, "One night I saw her wandering around tho river bank near my scow. I asked lieu whatBho was looking for, for I thoucht she had lost aomothin.' she would not answer mo at first; but finally declared that sho was never going to go homo again and was going to drown hersolf. I aBked her why, and she said that Pan Lopq Ixad ruined her and that she could not face the disgrace. I tried to reason with her and. told her to go homo and niaybo I could find a way to help her out of her difficulty. I finally told her that if she would run away from home I would put her in some school or hospital where no one knew her and whero Bhe could hide her shame. She agreed. I planned it all, and she seemed pleased with all my plans. I took her away ahd first tried to place her in the Sister's school at Vancouver. Failing then; I went to Oregon . City, t hen to Beaverton,.where I arranged to place her in St. JIary's Home. No ono went with us when wo left St. Helens. I have not mistreated the cirl, but have watch ed her carefully, fearing she might in a moment of melancholy, take her life." Michael Tiotier, who, is known by everybody in tho vicinity of St. Helens, is 65 years of age. And it is the general impression of those best acquainted with him that the part he took in the matter was ono of eympathy, and, that thero wns no intention of anything .criminal on his part. While Pietiers is a recluse and a hermit, he has never so far as tho records diov ever been arrested for crimo before. A suspicion' may havo boon entertained against him at, times, but never wus evidence sufficient to warrant his arrest before. The story in Saturday's Orcgonian purporting to come from Sheriff "White in regard to Pietiers is contradicted by the girl when says: ".Pietiers ,did not attempt to harm mo in any way." , ' Now as to the story regarding the young mnn, there is alBO room ,for much doubt, and it is possible' that the notes written in regard to him and tho stories told were fabrications to shield tho real criminal. Tho story of Mary Robinson on tho witness stand is entirely. . different frpm jhatitwasatP.evrrtnn. She denies j living gone to San Francisco. Said she j nan concealed in tho brash for a whole Keek within a hundred yards of the ;t"iiufM. Helm, l,rro r), could look out and ee tho ioplc m arching ; for her, and that there was nothing to I hinder her going home at any time if ; she so desired. She haid that she threw st-.ii.nngainstthe old man's ti-ow to , wake him up; that he never tried to persuade her ta go away, but that be , plead with her to go borne. That he did not mistreat her in any way. That at all time !, acted as n fnthi r to her. Pieters hearing wni held before If. P. Watkini, Tuesday afternoon. Pietiers h:i bound over to appear before the grand jury at the OetoU-r term of court, and his bond was fixed at fV.CO. It is hkely that he will not give bond. There is i.othin wrong in what be has done, the law is all wrong from Pietier's view of the Kobinson affair. Time will reveal the fact that others are connected with this affair. It is the presumption of law that a man is innocent until he is proven ffuilty. The stamping of feet during the preliminary .examination of Michael Pietiers was in very bad form to say the least. There is alwavs sorn? ginxl about the worst of men. And there arc scores of good things that might be said in ex ten tuatioti of Pietiers. . Ono is that lie has tended to his on business, nnd by so doing has amassed a fortune. He has befriended more than one man in this county and helped him through ii nancial dilliculties. Had a rigid cross examination of the one witness against him been had, there is little question but that her evidence would have been greatly shaken. The Doath Penalty. A little thing sometimes results in death. Thus a mere scratch, insignifi cant cuts or puny boils havo paid the leawi penalty, n is wise to have rU:kIeli s Arnica Salvo ever linndv. It'a the hcht Salve on earth iiLd will prevent iiaiuy, wne.n j;urns, sores, L leers ami 'iles threaten. Only 2"c at Perry & Lirahams. Riley's Biblo Story. One-eyi"' Kiley, of Scappooe, tried to disjuisc himself and board the lion in bis den. He changed bis shirt, but the editor smelled him irom afar and was absent, as usual, when he arrived at the Hii:ict'.::n s'lnctorun. If 5 lir 'l pen r .'Su ing his bibie of late and quotes from memory which may account for inac curacy: "When in doubt, always vote thA .democrat'c ticket." "Pilessed is ho who votes with the democrats.' 4-Tho Lord loveth a good democrat." "When a democrat is in office, keep one eye on him; when a republican is in office, keep both eyes on him." Puts an End to it All. A grievous wail oftimcs cornea as a result of unbearable pain from over tax ed organs, Dizziness, Backache, Liver complaint nnd Constipation. Hut thanks to Dr. King's New Life Pills thev nut an end to it all. They are gentle but thor ough. Try them. Only 25c. Guaran teed by Perry & Graliam. CIRCUIT COURT OFFICERS: Thomas A. McBridz District Judge .District Attorney Harbison All en . COUNTY OFFICERS: R. S, Hattax, Judge....' St. Helens II. Hendkrmiv, Clerk Ft. Helens Martin White, Sheriff St. Helens i AsrEit Libel, Commissioner Mist II. L. Colvin, Comni'r Marshland Fpwih Koss, Treasurer St. Helens A. T. laws, Assessor St. Helens I. U. Coi elasd, Schoul Supt Houlton W. T. Watts, Surveyor ....Scappoose H. R. Cliff, Coroner St. Helens End of Bitter Fight. "Two phvsicians had a lone and stub born fight with an abscess on my right lung" writes J. F. Hughes of DuPont, Ua. "and gave me up. Everybody thought my time bad come. As a last resor 1 tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. The benefit I receiv ed was striking and I was on my feet in a lew davs. ?ovf I ve entirely regain ed my health." It conquers all Coughs, Colds, and Throat amd Lung troubles. Guaranteed bv Perry & Graham. Price 50c, and $1.00. Trial bottles free. , The fall of Port Arthur is hourly ex pected. Look out for an entire change in L. Swett's advertisement next week. Tho plummers have arrived at last and put in water for the Kkgister. Geo. E. lleid is constructing an addi tion to the Register office this week. Jlrs. A. II. Matthews is taking ashort vacation at Seaside beach this month. Where on earth could you find a finer region iu which to sleep nicely o'nights? On Aug. 15th, County Clerk Hender son issued marriago licenso to Mrs. Dora Barnett and 0. E. Ohipman. , ,Mrs. II, Henderson and daughter, Uuth, went down to Mayger Saturday, for a Bhort visit. Not everybody can go to tho seaside, but evidently many can. In either case, bo happy or contented. Mrs., Wilkinson, who has been stay ing ith her daugher at Rainier for some time, has come up . to lloulton to live in t her residon.ee which has just been completed. The rat-scented bug -about half the sizaof a coekroaph Jias arrived in Houl ton and is filling the atmosphere with an odor that ia fully as offensive to tho olfactory nerves as dead rats. J THE GHANGE Coveted fcy X W. tAK0W. Chu&am. H. T, Ptxm Currcsputol nt Acw Tor: StiU THE DEGREE WORK. It Importance nt Alway Fully Coaaltlrred. Fred Fhrpard, lecturer of the Ne York State grange, urges n reform In the manner of informing the decree ' work. In bis state L-cturer's HuUi-tlo. In many grangej, Lo says, there is a . aerlous lack of that influence over their I membership v.l.Ieu should be exerted by the different granges, from the fact that too llttla attention lit given to "de gree work." TLI wori Ih done too of-1 ten In a careless, slipshod manner which is neither a credit to the grange nor attractive to the candidates. Fir.4 Impressioiu are lasting, und if the can didates do not receive a favorahle Im pression when tho degrees are"worked" something Js lost to them that they can never gain. I have yet to learn of a grange whose ritualistic work Is per formed well that Is not a successful grange. A reform In the manner of doing this work Ih most urgently need ed. Tho manuals nhould be banished from the grange hall. More attention and care should be lvon to the regalia. The floor work should be done In such a manner us to Impart to It the beauty and Imprcs.sIvonesM which It possesses when rightly performed. The lecturer can, as circumstances will permit, de vote a portion of the time at his dis posal to drill In the floor work. In this way the officers of the grange will re ceive that practice so much needed that the degree work may make a pleasing nnd lasting Impression on the candi date an Impression which time cannot efface from their memories. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. Examination For Xevr York State. Grunge Sctolamlilps In A a (tout. Competitive examinations for the grange scholarship to the agricultural college will be held Aug. 0 at some convenient point lii the various coun ties. The.se examinations nro to be conducted In the pawnee of tV.o com mittee. Each master of the Pomona or each deputy In counties where there is no Pomona Is to appoint one brother and one sister to act with himself aud bol l examinations 5;i each county. No coiiifiy caa Lc vo ijyiu inn ouo schol arship nt cue time. Any member in good standing In nny grnno Is eligible to compete for these schol:irshii. Tb.e candidate should make application to tbe master of bis Pomona .or to bis deputy. Each scholarship Is valued at $00. In cr.se any candidate fails' to. pass the entrance examination to the agricultural, college the scholarship falls to the one of the same sex having the . next highest standing. Tatrons desiring further Information regarding the college of agriculture should apply to the director at Ithaca for the cata logue. Grange Work In Neir Tlampahlre. The state board of agriculture, north ern New Hampshire Pomona and the state grange united forces In holding a great farmers' outing among the White mountains on July 27-29, The exercises on the first day consisted of addresses and musical and literary exercises at Bethlehem. Tbe second and third days were devoted to sports and excursions to places of Interest The series of field meetings, continu ed during the last twenty-one years by, the Pomona granges, will begin Aug. 1. State Secretary Drake has got up a book for recording the attendance of the members and officers and the rank of the latter In degree work nnd the score of the grange In literary work. It is a great saving of time and will greatly aid the deputies In their Inspec tions. The next state grange meeting, will be held In Dover, N. H., in Decem ber. -Tbe Founders of the Order. A personal letter from O. n. Kelley, one of the founders of the Order, to the editor of this department says that "the real founders of the Order were somo thirty instead of 6even. If I am one, surely Miss Caroline A. Hall was one. The foundation was laid when Fredonla (X. Y.) grange was organized. Brother A. S. Moss was tbe father of that grange ho was certainly a 'founder.' " The common Impression Is that there were only seveu persons Interested originally In the movement, but Mr. KeHey ought to know. ' Hon. George S. Ladd, master of the Massachusetts state grange, will de liver an address at the grange meeting nt Thousand Islands on Aug. 1G. Mrs. B. B. Lord, past lecturer of the New York state grange, will Bpeak, besides others not yet announced. The first chartered grange was Fre donla grange, No. 1, of New York. Tho first state grange was that of Minne sota, organized Feb. 22, 18C9. The first session of the national grange was on April 13, 1S09. Grange day at Chautauqua will occur on Aug. 20. The new grange building at the lake Is completed and will be the center of interest for all grange visitor at that popular resort. , . ' . Discuss the commercial side of farm work frequently in the grange. Tho Belling ' and marketing -of crops Is fi, worthy and profitable jsubject for con sideration. ' ; Keep the grange out of politics and politica out of tho crango. "Too OM.' Ilecently In two American elt. tw fed mi'ii Lave committed sukide b cr.nuB they could not obtain employ ment. One cf the enscu U related from New York. A maa about twenty-two 'years old had applied to th nlk'ht watchman at a Jumber yard for work nnd was told to call la the morn ing. Hi? rat down by a pile of luuilier where a nuniher of men were gathered and nnoanl ijuite dejected. '. "No one wants an old man," be paid. As the ul;ht wore on the other' went nr.-ay, nnd the watchman In making bis rounds found the old man stretched at full length, breathing heavily. Ho it ptiired to be in grjat pain, and bis llpa were burned. The man was taken to Roosevelt hos pital In mi ambulance and died threu Lours later. The other case oeenrred In Chicago. Andrew Wcrmilcn, forty-flyc years old, could not obtain, employment "S b'T, Industrious and a first class me chanlcul engineer," was bis description in his letters of recommendation, but all these qualities counted for nothing with the men to whom be went seeking employment. "You are too old," they , told him. So Andrew AVerudleu com mitted suicide. The Chicago Iiccord-nerald Jn com- mcutlng on the latter case well says: We are apt to vpeni much breath from time to time In denouncing the drones ahd 'spongem" on socW-ty whether begirt or Iclla rich ,inj often we use the very prnctlenl argjment that they conum what thr-y do not produce and that they iare consequently wasteful members of society. What thall we ay of tho wasto that Is Involved when society Itself enh find no place for competent men over forty-flve, who are thus driven either U destitution or to lower grades of work of to suicide? The blame resU on, ociet'y. which meana on'ourscivca. ' Does t man get "too oUT.to.be denied the treatment of common humanity? Are we civilized, or even half civilized, when those who have grown aged la Gcrvlce can appeal to ua In vain? Are not the soldiers of peace entitled to our care nnd consideration U3 well ns those of war? Are these who fight to give life lcs3 entitled to kindnesa than those who fight to kill? When men ask riot for charity, but enly for a chance to earn, are we to turn from them be cause they have a few white Lair3? there not enough for all did not tiiu . r.ie!Iishness of man rise, .up to murder Lu brother? ' There tir. the nhnt,hoj.ioa, we say. True, but they are often overcrowded, and some would rather die than loso their own self respect - They do, not . .want to sponge, but to serve. They de sire to give ,an equivalent for what they receive. - - ' . What shall we say of a society where things like these can occur? Surely It needs more humanity nod less greed. ' - ' ' v. ' .. Russia's .Port Arthur Fleet. Sanguinary speculators .about the Russian naval problem In the far easf Lave laid much stress on tho fact that with all the battering of Togo's guns, and torpedoes and the accidents that befell them the Russians came out with a couple of battleships and twice "na inaDy cruisers in good .Bailing as well' as good fighting trim and a couple of battleships 1 effective after damages were, patched up " as floating batteries. A warship' is , not done for until dis mantled or sunk. With what the bravo and ill starred Makaroff left to his suc cessors there still remained a chance to do something not only berpic, but tell ing on the naval situation. All the world reincmbera what Ceryefa might have done when he sallied out of San tiago harbor to cover his name and that of his fleet with imperishable re nown. But glory was all that Jay ahead of the Spaniard had they chosen to run amuck with Sampson's fleet in stead of running away. The situation could not have been changed. JThere was no haven for a lucky Bhlp to rua to in case of escape, no friendly fleet bearing down to succor the surviving ships. ' But not so with the Russian fleet either in Tort Arthur or the open sea. Its partially disabled ships might land" a few telling shots in an enemy's hull before going to the bottom or striking the flag, and the sound ones should, give a good account of themselves un- , lesa the spirit of Makaroff has fled from tho Russian navy.. And if all!, should be lost in an encounter the sink lug of a Japanese warship or two would be far better than surrender without a ; fight or the destruction of the fleet to ' keep it out of the enemy's hands. Mayor - Harrison has been asked to name the most beautiful woman in Chicago. If he wants to kill off his political enemy, he might delegate tho Job to John P. IIopkin3. . If somebody will only find a red ant that will kill the brown' tail moth, tho . people will rise up and petition for hl3 . appointment as an agricultural depart- raent expert " . ' Mrs. -Maybrick is free. at last Jus tlco gets her innings' . somo time, f though sho frequently has to wat a long time at least in England. . . ; The number of widows a man leaves seems to Increase in direct ratio with; t the number of dollars he leaves. ' ' ' Boston Is said to be sinking about a foot every century. Heavy thinking has ita penalties. ...JS ... j