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CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
XUNtON
BED
PEOPLE WHO KNEW A GREAT
MAN WHEN HE
NOBODY.
WAS
People who knew a great man when
he was nobody ami. who, therefore re
fuse to acknowledge his greatness,' are
thk-k as leaves In Vallambrosa. The
reat man may be a little great jnart
or a big great man; he may bej the
great man of a village or of 'a nation
that makes no difference to those Mho
knew him when he was nobody. Other
may think him great, but those iwh
knew him when he was nobody remem
ber,a classmate who never amountea
to much, used to head the class , at
school and was much brighter than
the man who aierward became great.
- Reasoning a priori, one would sup
pose" tha.t the people who knew a man
when he was nobody would be j the
first and loudest to acclaim him when
he became great. But human nature
does -not respond always to ; the
promptings of pure reason. En vy
jealousy and other disturbing passions;
darken the understanding and weaken
the will, and when a man mounts In
the world to some eminence he is very
likely to find -those , who knew j him
whdn he was nobody barking i and
snapping at his heels like a pack of
hyenas. , j
So long as a man stays down an the
level plain with the crowd he hai
friends' and fellows willing. ? to njh
f him or ward and cheer him on. But as
soon as he rallies his head.' above thW
cfowd he becomes a target for! the
slings and arrows "of enVyri&fcrTjInd
Jesilouiv And the' higher he mounts
the moit: bitterly he Is assailed. It i
one ut the. severetot jK-iml (.- of gcett-
ness to see the people one loves j fall
away, -one by one, through misunder
standings and jealousies, and to know
that the new friends, who flock to every
rising man. are moved not' by love 'of
him tut by s-lf Interest... What pi n
In power is sure of the fidelity, of" his
friends? It Is almost' inipossfhle to
love disinterestedly a' great man -great
In iower or riches for the
thought of what he can do to help one
will obtrude upon the sentiment of
pure friendship, Perhaps this feeling
of the hollo Wness and self-serving nat
ure of the friendship that is offered
hini is the cause of so many great
men, who were generous and kindly
enough In adolescence, becoming thor
oughly selfish, cold-blooded, and cruelly
calculating In their later life. j -'
'Napoleon Bonaparte, for example,
say a w riter in the San Francisco Bul
letin. In the height of his carreer was a
selfish and wicked as an intelligent
man could be. But In his youth he was
a very decent sort of fellow.., He sym
pathized keenly with the struggles of
the Corsicans, under Paoli. to regain
th-r liberties from the "French, a nd
he censured his own-father for throw
ing up Paoli's cause and going! over
to France. At that era of htslife, says
Watson, "he was human In his sympa
thies, loyal fh his friendships self
sacrificing toward bis family; and ap
parently as pure as a' girl In his morals'-"
An be rose his old friends,! who
had known him when be was a nobody,
turned against him; but the few w bo
stood by him In the first years of his
life be never forgot and he never tired
of rewarding their fidelity.
a
Coughing
I was Riven up to die with
quick consumption. I then began
to use Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral. I
improved at once, and am now in
perfect health." Chas. E. Hart
nun, Gibbstown, N. Y. - f t;
It's too risky, playing
with your cough. The
first thing you know it
will be down deep in your
lungs and the play will be
over. Begin early with
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
and stop the cough. 2m.
Con.olt rmr doctor. If 1 says taks4t.
tbn do aa'be oar. J f hm ten ma not to
take it. then doa t take nr: Ke knows. .
Constipation delays recovery;
Take la&ative doses of Ayer'a Pills,
tentle, purely vegetable.
J.C. ATEK CO., Lowell, Ma.
M3i j 1 -iwswssaa a
A WORD TO THE ASTORIAN.
It is to be hoped the Astortan, la its
anxiety to Justify a holt against the
peoples caucus list June (though this
Is not surprising, since it must justify
the refusal" of certain men to go into
a caucus two years " ago, by which
means the man who was the choice of
a majority of the Republican members
was defeated), will not indulge in
misrepresentation. That : paper says
Ckvernor Cfeer "freely: acknowledges
that he used the knife "in f Marion.
This ; Is, " wanton misrepresentation.
.There is not a man in. Oregon whorr.
Governor Geer advised : to" vote rbr
Chamberlain nor one ; he advised to
vote for Furnish. ; The Governor au-
tnorixes the Statesman ; to make this
statement. All this talk about "knif
ing" by men who would insist c upon
committing '"- political ; hari-kari. . last
spring, ia a blind effort to shift the
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blame forf a mistake .which they now
"freely acknowledge and fools no
body. ':'.. ';';'
Why were the Republicans of Clat
op required to "make the; fighrt of
their lives" to carry a strong Republi
can county for the Republican candi
date for Governor? Nobody was mak
ing the fight. of his.llfe, toxarry that
county for Governor Geer. yet he car
ried it for Senator by 274 majority over
Mr. Wood. . f' '
"But the Astorian adds that "Gr, in
return for his treachery, receives: -the
uipport of thousands iOf Democrats?'
Play fair, Mr. Astorian. In j Clatsop
county,v Mr. ,Blackman, Democratic
canamate ror 7tate i reasurr,; receive
t total vote or 633, Mr. Winn, for
3tate Superintendent,' 689; Attorney
General, 637; Godfrey, for State Print-
jr. 671; and Butcher, for Congress. 592.
These were .all , Democratic state can
lidates. - For Senator Mr. 'Wood re
ceived in Clatsop county a' vote of 721.
IF GOVERNOR GEER RECEIVED
ANY DEMOCRATIC : " VOTES IN
CLATSOP COUNTY FROM WHENCE
CAME MRs . WOOD'S INCREASE
OVER THE' BALANCE OF .THE
OEMOCRATIC TICKET?
O course, to sustain the revolutionary
path it has marked out for itself, t no.
one expects the Astorian to be fair.
but will it be as fair as it can?
Governor Geer had the courage to go
before the people with his candidacy
Mr. Fulton did riot. All this attempted
jugglery to fix he blame for j the mis
take In the State Convention, -which
anybody could have foreseeni is the
thinnest kind of cjiildih stupidity.
vTheTpopuJar vote speaks fot- tt-lf. I
11... . . 1- 1 , .'It Al il.A: Jnrl
The people knew. all about all the de-1
tails lot- ihe campaign pn election day,'
and members of the Legislature s who
fare anylhing for tS ftitcro s of . i f he
Republican party in Oregon would bet
ter listen to tae people." Thsy "are not
she-n, neither are they fools.
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DID THE ALLIES MAKE A DISCOV
ERY?
An exchange thinks the allies blork-
ading Venezuel-i n ports made a discov
ery of some kind,' at some stage in the
game. Here is the argument:
The agreement of the "FresldErnt; of
Venezuela to submit to arbitration the
differences between Venezuela and the
European nations that have blockaded
Venezuelan wrts nlaccs the allies in
ca n. w a u Jnitivii. - - iiixr votT - j--
purpose of the allies was to collects
sum of money insignificant in amount;
n n a-TLr u-. -t ruilUn TT V a MtAttaililA I
when compared with the coat of the
-
collecting expedition. Venezuela s
yearly Imports are, one year "with an
other, about JS.000.000 in value. This
small amount of goods comes mostly
froiri the countries conducting the
blockade. The receipts from the :-cus
torn houses are the .principal sources
of revenue , from, 'which payment oi
debts could be secured. and the -blockade;
closes the custom houses. - The
oeonte l evn the portion of them who
are of foreign birth, "are so Incensed by
the action of the ( European Govern
ments that. lt will be a . long time be
fore old. trade relations will be re
sumed..' The Inscrutable feature in the
policy of the allies Is their assent to
arbitration. When a nation, or aa
alliance of nations, submits a dispute
to arbitration. It admits that ruttkmal
honor Is not an element In the diftpote.
The controversy at once takes on toe
character of a commercial affair. In
the Venezuela case there was without
doubt a purpose to punish the Vene
zuelan Government , for . various acts
complained of, but the allied Govern
ments knew perfectly . Well that the
only substantial asset of the offending
Government could not be levied upon.
What, then, was the real purpose ;
the allied movement against Venezue
la? Why did they submit their claim
for moncj"; to .a court that, can only
give a nominal verdict in their favor?
Jf The Hague court finds' that Vene
zuela owes all the allies claim as their
just dues. It cannot enforce judgment.
It is a reasonable assumption, one jus
tified by known. facts of the case, that
at some stage In the operations against
Venezuela, the allies made a moment
ous discovery. What may be. the nat
ure of .that discovery is matter for
speculation. ' If the allies had succeed
ed tn persuading President Roosevelt
to accept the 'posit ion of arbiter, there
would have been more basis for spec
ulatlon than there now Is. With the
Hague court l: as arbiter, speculation
has uncertain ground to stand upon.
1 NO LONGER THE "POOR INDIAN.
Great changes have come - to pajs
among- all nations and peoples the past
few earsi tut none" iea
than that noted In the condition ot thel
American - Indian, particularly those
tribes now Hvinsr in luxury within the!
bounds of the Indian- Territory. - Time
was when the, pet subject of abuzel
against the Government waJ thej Lit- j
ters treatment of the aborigines. The
redskins everywhere had the sympathy
of. the? tender-hearted city folks of the
-i - i
East, who imagined Uncle Sam !. was i
systematiosilly abusing his wards iwith
the object of their gradual extinction.
cooping- them up in a comparatively
small -district, despoiling them of kheir
old fertile lands and allowing thera but
a yearly stipend for sustenance. 1 was
a truly dismal 'pictura that used o be
drawn of the much abused.: Indians.
Today all is changed-The nobW red
man, instead of being classed a aa ab-
jeet ward of the Government, kepi r-: ia
durance vile and generally imposed
upon, Us distinguished above all other
peoples on earth in that as a' nation he
possesses Ihe .greatest wealth per cap
ita of any. No state of .Europe. Asia,
Africa or Australian can show as much
average wealth for the total population
as can the Indian tribes of America.
Venice and Genoa in their most pros
perous years of maritime supremacy
could not have done so,' nefther could
Rome, Athens or other ancient gov
ernments of whose riches history tells
us so much. For instance, the allot
ment of the Choctaw lands will eive!
every, man, woman and child in . that
nation a fortune: equivalent to 110,000
in addition 'to resmlar homesteads
auarter and half sections of fertile
. . pv,owln ' thft Chortawll mel
the Osage. Who have over 18.000.000 to
their credit in the hands of the Govr
errunent.'or a per capita 'cash wealth "of
over s 4.700. ; Resides this they own 1.-
700.
4Q,000 acres of land In the gross, or
over 700 acres to every member of the
tribe. Thus these wards "of the Gov
ernment j even down to the children,
have more riches than the average la
borer could save in a dozen years. '
But, thjs is not all. The Indians have
not fteep- their richest days yet by .a
great deal, i The future promises more
to: thera. than to any other class "of
people, 'and almost Insures their per-
manently claiming the , title of the
wealthies't nation on the earth, if they
maintain their racial distinction. The
Government still makes t provision for
the maintenance of schools without ex
pense to the tribes, and has large sums
of money In trust for the redskins. Thi;
Is annually drawing interest and, in
creasing, a More important than all.
hoeven te the magnificent prospect
.
before the Indians in their realty hold-j
ings In the Territory., the thousands
and even millions of acres of land still
controlled and owned' by the aborts-1
ines are amonar the most fertile in the
West, being alike adaptable to ! t'hel
growing of crops and the raising of ail
forms of live stock. There is no reason j
why In time these lands will not be asj
aruable for agricultural purposes as j
are the farms of Illinois tcnlay. Then
in;' addition to the agricultural-ossi- J
biCties of the Indian lands, there-rej
other sources of ' future' great wealth, j
such as extensive coal fields underiy- 1
ing the Country, numerous gas well...l
oih wells, and beds of precious I
and every day minerals of commerqfe.-
The day for charitable sympathy to-
wards tne inaians nas now passea. in-
I ik-H tt Ivol n&r mirA lnvviTmrtT ft'ink
ot;' - - ' - M.
dependent upon the Nation for support,
they are Individually wealthy and are
loirs Fiitui
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Something ftr Mothers
V
4
to Think About.
Lives of Suffering and
Sorrov Averted.
M Happiness and Prosperity
, Assured by
Ca!icsraSca?,0inte2sT2id Pills
.Vhsii All Else Fails.
Every child born into lite worbi with
an Inherited or early 'developed ten
dency to distrcsifin, dtfluring' hu
mours of the skin scalp ami blood, be
comes an object of the mot tender so
licitude, not only because of Its sufler
but lccau"c of the dreadful fear
that the disfiguration is to be KfelotJg
and mar its future happiness and pros
perity. . Hence it becomes the -du ty of
mothers of such afflicted children to se
quaint themselves with the best, the
purest and most effective treatment
available, viz.. The Cuticura Treatment.
: - Warm baths with Cuticura Soap to
cleanse the skin and scalp of crusts and
srales, pentlo. splicatlons of Oiticura
Ointment, to allay itching. Irritation
and itiflnmrnation, and soothe and heal,,
.and mild dose of -ulicirs Resolvent
Pi!U, to cool the blood In the severer
ce, aro all that can le dcfred for the"
allegation of the suflTerin'r of skint tor
tured inf int and children, and the cora
. fort of worn-out parents. v '
' Jlillions of women use Cntieura Soap,
skirted iy Cuticura Ointment, fr pre
serviog, purifyine and beautifying the
skli, for deansinw the scalp f crusta,
scales and dandrnfl, and the stopping
of fallins hair, for softening, whitening,
and sootbiopred, rough and sore hand,''
for baby raghe, itching and chafiot,
la the form of washes for annoying
irritations and Inflammations, and f'tr
manv : sanative, antiseptic purtaea'
Which readily suggest themselves.
1i&-'miTjhn,otiM:'lt?nb
East than to need Charity from any
sourcea.' jTrie noble "red man is now
havins his Inning, and is a living illus
tration of the old French saying of "lie
who laughs last laughs best,'
PROOF READER'S ERROR.
j I
- Governor Geer authorized the states
man to say - that he did not! advise a
Republican in the state to ! vote for
Chamberlain nor, one to not , vote, :for
FttrnishC By a typographical error" the
latter "t wais omitted, thus chang
ing the mealing intended. In this con
nection it is well to say that Governor
Geers record, as a campaigher and as
to JUs support of every Republican can
didate at the polls for thirty years. has
not ;been excelled by another man in
the state, .Most of jtbar men now howl
ing f perfidy1 never - made a, speech for
the ticket in their Jives and have often
openly, bolted a part of the tlch;et out
right. Prominent men sire ieven know"
who! remained out "of a caucus ""-tw
years ago for the avowed purpose , of
defeating a man for. Senator whose sup
port showed him' to be the choice of
his party. No "perfidy" about that nor
any , desire to defeat the will of a ma
jority! . Certainly not!
DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN
v , ' TONGUE. ,
I
Hon. Thomas H. Tongue, Congress'
man from . the. First Oregon , district.
0f! dled In : Washihgton Sunday. January
I v
loss of Mr. Tongue. is a serious
i one. to his state. r He. t
a - leatling
I Paoe in ingress ,ax: tue oegtnntng of
J hIs .j8 term, and his Influence in the
popular hranch of the law making body
of 'the nation has increase 3 from that
time." He was a member of some of
the jmost important committees of the
House. , and he .was a debater and
speaker, ranking well ' np towards the
head ot the list among the leading
orators of the United States Congress,
or of the country. - He "was among the
ten or. a dozen men In the popular
branch who was listened to with at
tention whenever he secured the lloor
on any question.
Mr. Tongue was an ardent Oregtmian.
He :was no a native of Orsgon, but
he spent the whole period of h?s young
mafthod and his active hfe In this
statie. He believed in Oregon and his
country. He "was far seeing and vlgor-
-ous in tne advocacy of the cause of
right as he saw it. Ills vaa a loyalty
and. a friendship worth having. lie
never deserted a true friend 'or it jufci
cause. . , "
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In the ordinary coarse of events Mr.
i ojnrue had long years of usefulness
yet
fbef
'ore hirru He had reason to look
fda'rd' id'additional pouyi'cal lonors.
Ile p:as in the vigor, of manhood, with
syriipathlea broadened' by contact w ith
the; best and greatest nien of his'-'ti'me.
But be is suddenly taken yaw ay.
Like J Heprjy; Ward Beeeher, he wished
to ''die Jh the , harness," and s-j Le
died, peacefully and jneona? lously
crossing the thin dividing line between
tins and eternity. L
The 't.rl r V..L
'-' l J . ,
joiri with his colleagues among whom
he labored, .In placing wreaths of te
memberance on his bier. ; They mingle
their tears with the weeping of those
loved ones nearest and dearest to him,
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ana unite In a irreat throne in extend-
Ing sympathy to them in their, saddest
of all bereavements In the loss of a
good and kind father
loving' husband.
and loyal and
CONSOLATION IN BEING POOR.
Should a man wish to leave behind
him a memory that will survive the
ravages of time needed to administer
on his estate, he needs must die poor.
as the word is understood in these
days. There ia Charles Broadwaw
UKouss. the well-known millionaire mer
chant of New Tork, w bo accanialaJted
a fortune in business, despite his
biindnes. It will be recalled that for
some years before his death he had a
stamding ofTer of what would be a for
tune for the average man. to anyone
who would cure his Infirmity and make
him able to enjoy the blessed privilege
of seeing. He 'died without having at
tained that desire and the money that
might have been some man's fortunate
enough to have restored his eyesight
was left to his family, primarily and
secondarily for others to fight over.
In Mfe Mr. Rouss was roted aa a
man .of manyj benevolences, in all ris
spects. a most exerplary citizen. Y-t
he, hasn't been dead long enough for bis
estate to be setled Tip before the.fam-i
Uy cl6set is jthrown wide open and a
whole bunch, of skeletons expoad to
the public gaze. As usual In such
cases,these skeletons take the shape of
Women. : ' ''' : - -. .- '.-" ;,:';
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.According
to, the statement 'of one j
of these women, a matron of six and
forty, she met the merchant , thirty
say. a girl of IS. Ileirtather .vas in the
dry goods business! and she met Rouss;
through visits to his place to make .
purchases." He paid her marked atten- ,
- .
tion, tf lling ler. he was a single nun.
and finally Induced her to. go to Nl-
-rr . ii i t .
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as performed. They afterwals 1 ved
together as. man and wife. When she
discovered his duplicity; something like
ten years ago she -say be oftered to
would not bring suit and make the max.
. ter" public -He paid about one-flftli or
- ' the amount. Now she is suing the es
; tate lor the balance.
Then there "is another and yourger
woman who brings a slwiUr - claim
against the estate, the 'difference be
ing (that it is for a stated allowapce
and not for a lump sum. It would sc m
that; when the first woman had it-ached
the age of 3S, Rouss craved charjge.
He may; have ben blind, but e.'d ntly
love wasn't, thereby giving the nega
tive to the old and well-kaown Fayipg.
Anyway the c-ircurastanees, as allege,
were the same in txth vajes," Kuss is
dead 4nd his - name has st to go
through the court Just as that of niany
another rich man baa belWe. It s a.1
most enough to reconcile a man to
dying poor. ...
.The Republican party of Oregon- is
approaching one of the most serious
periods of Its' history. Two years ago
the representatives of that party put
into-the form of law the principle of
the election of United States Senators
by direct vote of the people. It was
acted upony nearly 7&.000 men of Ore
gon at the polls last June. Now it is
proposed to disregard this vote; in ef
feet, to say the people of Oregon do not
know what they want; to slap them in
the face, because the man receiving the
highest number of votes 43,000 votes
is not pleasing to a few Republican
bosses, ambitious themselves and self
seeking. It is .not the political fortunes
of Mn Geer at stake. IT IS A PRIN
CIPAL, THAT, IS AT STAKE, and a
principle dear to the hearts of the peo
ple' as they .indicated by their votes. It
is not a proposition solely .to slap in the
face; 45.000. Republicans of Oregon,-who
voted for Mr. Geer. : It is a proposition
as well to slap in the face 33,000 Demo
crats who cast their ballots for Mr.
Wood. It is a dangerous-proposition
and-far-reaching: Do not forget that.,
The ghosj of these-78.000 votes will not
down. It will pursue the men making
this proposition like a Nemesis, not this
year and next only, buf for years to
come. Better nave a care, gentlemen.
The proposition to disregard the
popular vote is not concerning persons.
Ht concerns principles. It does matter
about- Governor Geer, "excepting that
his name was the one on the ticket re-
ceiving the highest number of votes.
It is a dangerous proposition, to slap
4S.000 -voters in the face In, fact. 78,000,
for the vote for C K.. S. Wood was in
round numbers 33,000.1 These 78.000 men
in he state of Oregon voted for a
i?riaciple- -.They, -clinched the oft-re
pealed arguments and demands tor
the; election of Senators by direct vote
of ihe people. They knew what -they
were doing. They will know , w hat , they
are'doinijf in the 'future. And there will
EureTy be "something doing in Oregon
politics if they are turned down and
virtually told they do not. know their
wn business. 1 :
The locomotive- eutput of the United
SUiles is IS per day, and each day of
the yearv twelve old locomotives are 1
onsigned to the scrap pile. As an ex-
-hange says, this is a, net gain per day
of three locomotives to handle a busi
ness which seems to be growing at the
rate of about ten locomotives per day.
There would seem to-be room for an
other factory for two. and the wonder is
hat some of ' the big systenis.which
ertaThiy coukl use J to advantage the
entire, output of an immense factory.
do not build factories of their own.
Yesterday's Oregonian stated that
Tlmmas B. Kay and J. D. bimmor.s.
Representatives of Marlon county in
the Legislature, had openly proclaimed
themselves for. Mr.; Eddy for Speaker.
in ihat city on Friday. So far as Mr.
Slinmons'is concerned, the statement
cannot be. true. On his rvturn borne
yesterday morning he telephoned to
friends in Salem that he had not so de
clared himself, nor anything else like
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAP1E BACK ?
XUacj TtwbNc Hakes Yarn Klscrable.
Almost everybody who reads the news-
- . a . -i t r t
papers is sure 10 Know oi . ue wonaenoi
cares maoe rrr Jf.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, three
v sad bladder remedy.
It is the rrsat ma-
t cal triumph of the nine-
.; teenth century: cts
!l covered after years of
M scientific research by
. Dr. Kilmer, the emi
nent kidney and blad
der specialist, and Is
woriderfuny successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
bles and Bright Disease, which is the worst
form fcf kidney trouble. ; .
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec
ommended f oreverythiog but if you have kid
ney, Kver or bladder trouble it will be found
Just theremedy you need. It has been tested
in cn manv wits, in hospital work, ia private
.i 1 n.'ik..k.lnl.ntAAnoor to our-
"Zi .h., nrVed so successful In
evCTy case that a special arrangement hss
been made by which all readers of mis paper
ellig more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out U you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When rmnemra-"i
thUPfS"
send your address to
Kilmer &CoBIng-
hamton. N. Y., The
nrntir fifty Cent and II jaJt t
dollar sizes are sold by all good dructists.
any mistake, but remember
name, Samp-Root. Dr. X Kilmer's
Samp-Root. and the address. Bingham ton,
N.'Yi. cn every bottle.
During the neffWx weefu 50,(100 ton'
of American-madj kSTicujtull Imple
ments wll be carried across the All in.
tlc froin!fewf Yoi k to supply the foreign
demand for I m proved much i ooVS'j.,' i'gh t
steamships will be, required H trans-
sport the shipment, one of whieli will
take 8,500 tons of the machinery manu
factured in ChicagVi constituting th
largest single shipment ever forwarded
from the United States. -
. The Methodists of 'jie country have
ret oi i to feel gratefut for the year f2
as it brought fnetiij .the . cherished
twenty million thank jottering with a
good million added to it. This is" a
big sum for one religious sect to put
Into' a' lump and slums not only the
faith but the works of the Mehodist
persuasion. .tJ'.-- : v; ' - '-
The opening nutm Id indicate tbt the
Twenty-Second 'biennial session of the
Oregon Legislature will keep fully ip
to Its illustrious predecessors in provid
ing diversion for the state and the Na
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Several members, ofi. the Montana
Legislature are' offended because :- the
Northern Pacific Railroad . Company
gave them sixty-day instead of annual
passes. .... ...j
Ve know a few newspaper subscrib
ers who would like to ; have their bills
referred to The - Hague court, TMs
would give them time to die to beat
the printer; i
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To judge of the proceedings of some
members of its royal family, the Kiug-
dom of Saxony is a. long way from the,
kingdom of heaven. Anaconda Stand
ard.
Please, gentlemen, bt us wait tiutil
the obsequies are bveriiat last,' ler ie
filling Ihe vacant place left by the death.
of Congressman Tongue. ;;
The man who Is; elected is the lH'?t
man for the place, always. Be this srid
to the credit and glory of the true
American spirit. I - ;
An exchange remarks: On a sleep
ing car. even aristocratic iieople ,wre
willing to be of low ly berth.
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
It is remarked by -,n )regoi.i'iiv p-r-grapher
that alt roads (now lead to iii
lein, and most, of theni issue jkiskos.
oo o , "'.
tOr forty days and forty nights It will
now rain statsmeii 4nto' Salem the
duration 'of a flood thxi :w imrnn haft
inort? disastrous In the
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olden times, i
: There will not be as
many clerkr.hi;js
as the candidates who
are not f.-i-orrt
think thcreouclrt to bo.
In order toe if-
ry on the business in ai nper antf exr''
peditious manner, but '4here: will t a
few, any way. ' '! ; . '
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' 'NWtwithstaHdinK thiJtl the state -fi'V'
yet their creditor to a inappreciable ex
tent, all the. Legislators are busy r-rf-parlng
to jreseht their little bills.
In the' absent of any inaugural bijll '
tonight,, it is,, possible that some of h'S
statesmen will take In a few high tinea.
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Dr, -Miiburn, the blindj Chaplain of the
TLTnited States Senate, who has resign-,
ed. .now beings In his .(eightieth yer. .
qm-p said to a Senator: "Never allow
a session to be opened without prayer
having been first olTeredVlf you do my
br-s will be sure to get i.iito trouH.-"
The same Senator . recalls that on the,
day of the Tillman-McLaurln frariis !;-.
Milburn was too ill to) attend and the
session was opened without prayer. The
venerable Chaplain devoutly believe ,
that the trouble resulted, from - trial,
omission. . " ' I
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Kmieror Wifliam has informed the
Princess Siilm- Hostmar and . several
other ladies of the court that they are
Hot" fitted to fight Vie, nor elevate the
scial conditions of the cities. The no
blewomen had formed an antl-vloe so
ciety in Berlin, -and the Emperor. In
discouraging the movement, wrot? to
the Princess that she "should know that
such things are much better left to the
law and its officers, and If it is true
that even they are frequently puzzled
as to what course to jpursue. bow. can
you women, residing ia palaces or ov
esUtes In prosperous aurroundlnSS. un
dertake to successfully fight the evil .
Thomas Nast used to tell of meeting
an Englishman while crossing to En
rope and being Invited ;to go hunting in
Hertforsbire The Kngtishman was av
master of a pack of hounds In hia dis
trict. Nast accepted the Invitation and
PromrUr the r'
hunting in" this cetry-and J
tn EngUnd. 1 never felt quite so In-.
.rain.nt in my life.- ae osea - ';
itin tits- story, aw
m
when I arrjvea-
. ik. mniMvnM and
that bril-
Fiant meet, the i men In their scarlet
coats and the Jolly looking women ott
their fine mounts, and there was. I.
trudging along the road with a game,
bat and gun. ' My Km glfeh .friend had
want a t6x hunt, of course." but-such
an Idea never occurred to me.
HEAVY DAMAGE FROM WIND.
ESTBf PARKi Colo, Jan. 9. High
winds which hawe- been blowing for
three daysi h ; completely wrecked
the summer cottage,! district ' in the
nark. All 'the cottages were vacart.
and this alone prevented loss of life.
Itulldings occupied by permanent resi
dents of the park being more substan
tial resisted the force of the wirot to
a great exterit. although many of there
were damaged more j or less. Iarge
trees' were Jaken up by the roots or
broken off "above the ground and
blown a great distance.'
It is Impossible to estimate the dani-
age done, but it will probably reach up
Into the thousands. The damage to
ranchmen' In the park consisted chleey
to' fences, miles of which were blown
down, and to outbulldlngs; which wers
razed to the ground, - '
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