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4 WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY". FEBRUARY 24. l!r. TKC GXEGGN VVUKIY STATESMAN fthe nfmal to ang around the Published Tery Tuesday and Friday ty tb STATESMAN PCRI JHl2a COM I A NY 11.00 AO , K. i. HEM.. 8. Manager. ".,". CBS3u-jj KATES. One year, la adrarvMS... Hi mom ha, in ariraoce... 1 bice noBth. ia advance una year, on time . Tb Statesman Uui etaUiah rr ue'lf Biiy-tw year, sad U haa soaae autjaeribt-ra arbo bave iwlTl It nearly that lonr, and loam wbo bare read It for a generation. Some of tbea obet to aatinc tM paper di-v.oUnn at U tuna of expiration of tbrir aotaacriptiope. for tb benefit of Uiee. and for otber reamooa r barenonclodad to dixnonUnue aub eripti' n only when a-Hlftcd (odoao. Ail peraoa paying wnen muvmmuiog. or paying ia aaane, win nave ma Dcnesi oi me auiiu rale, ituf u tfter do not pay f-r st month, too rale will bel!.2f a year, nereajier we wui aena tne p respooibi persona who order it, tbouh tbey may not aeod th money, with the nodentand- lag in a i uiy are to pay a year, rn cat 4 they lea tb ubaeriptJoa account ran oxer months. Ia order that there may be no loisoo derataalEng. we will keep thlm notice atasding at m ia piac ia iaa paper. . CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 400p Em WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SAY? Oregon will hat e an able man in the United States Senate to 1 succeed Joseph Simon. Mr. Fulton will be a hard and faithful worker. . - -: But the hand on the- dial of progress Ik set back, i The principle 6f election of United - .... ' ' States Senator by direct rote of th people is slaughtered in the bouse of its supposed friends. This Is the- unfortunate feature of the outcome of the struggle ended Last night. .. I ' ' wnai will the people of the state have to' say about the matter? 1 five but that ; he can triumphantly withstand the shock of the transition. In very many instances the show has been so rotten as to Imbue him with the feeUnsr that he can't : get away from it fnoujhj Aa for catch ing cold, your true ; Westerner always has sense enough to button tip his overcoat, raise his umbrella and strike out on a (food, brisk walk. Every time. No lingering in the theater or dawd ling by the wayside ; for ; him. That isn't his style, f The Anaconda. Stand. ard declares that no Montana theater will be tempted to pattern after the Chicago innovation Just yet,' and we opine. IT IS STRANGE ENOUGH. Some of the reviewers are having a merry time over a contribution to the latest ' number of London's Nineteenth Century written by a daughter of the late Lord Pauncefote, long time Brit ish Ambassador at Washington. This young lady, Hon. Maud Pauncefote, liked America and ; had a good time here. All the society chat in ; Wash ington used to say that the Paunce fote girls' wet e rtal nice, : practical. clever and bright. , ; f i One would think that a young wom an answering ; this description could put together a magazine chapter alaout the century In which she spent years' and hit things off about as they art j. it appears to be Miss Paunce fote's understanclinsr of the raw that i ""officers In the .Army and Navy of the United States seldom hold their posi tions for a long time, being in this level; if he tries to stir up his people A bank cashier says I there; are- so many rascals in church that an honest man dislikes to be seen In teif 'gom pany. . This Is plainly a scaadal. and shows how absurdly some people rear son upon this subject. The preacher properly replies that there are rascals among the cashiers, too: but this does not prevent bonesf people from accept trig- banking positions. Truly, how ever, the accusation Is not worth con sidering. "A retired capitalist , tells the preacher that the clubs and other social organi sations distract the attention of the men. : There Is no mysticism about club, no unpleasant reminders of duties unperformed; no call to Join In altruis tic labors; a man at his club can be as lazy, as comfortable and as selfish as he pleases. - It " is much . pleasanter there. ' '.-;:J-- - : Mr. Qulnsberry. after a rather ex tended analysis of his correspondence. not come to church because of hardness of heart; their deeds are evil and they prefer to associate with their kind. ; The two elements of the correspond ence are as far apart at the end as they were at the beginning, and Mr. Quisen berry has been wasting his time; and the time of the others also. The only fact exhibited' is that he men ! do not come to church In as great a number as he thinks 'they ought to do. Why not take them at their word instead of expressly reserved:, to Qod Almighty, one f o may inquire by what.Jlofir'5 11 la .Vmonstrated that a man who has robbed, the public In collecting a' for tune ought not to be permitted to re pay the plunder, to the public. Even if we have the hardihood to Judge the souls of rich men. In the face of the Gosper . aolems , monition, we : scarcely dc ny them the privilege of making -expatiation of their sins. The g-ullt iof sin -attaches to the. soul of the1 criminals not to the money which represents the material profit of his sin. aioratlty cannot be predicated Of money. If the giver's" titleto his wealth Is good In -law, any person. however5 Pharisaical, . argues a ' writer in the Sanr" Francisco Bulletin. Is Justi fied In receiving- a gift of It from its legal - oner. ST The expediency of com merce requires that legal tender; pass freely without scrutiny of ; the . means by which the owner got It. Things would ' come r to a standstill if every coin had to have, attached to it an ab- session would have disregarded the. popular mandate. This, questtop a Sat PERSONAL AND GENERAL. y The feeling of the allies toward t. settled, and It will not be settled until key mavy be compared to the Inters of it Is settled right. The matter will be the small boy in the bird that is bHn;f heard from in the luture in Oregon poll-1 t?""": Thanksgiving." says lh. s. .... . 1 r. tics. It will not be passed jaiy by. w people of Oregon are aroused. . They will not drop It. They are the final ar biters.. Mr. Fulton Is an able man. and Bulletin, 00 liie will make a good Senator, lie will a ' . . - . j c . r I occupy nisa exaueu iwsiiioii wr am years from March 4th. But he will not be elected a second time without first having submitted his name to the peo ple of the state-and . received their en dorsement as their "majority candidate. comes to' the conclusion that men tioJtract of title'; approved by some sen tlemen who share with the Deity thr right "of Judging: consciences. There might be occasions when ques tions of expediency would justify the refusal of I a gift as, for instance, if 1! . obnoxious conditions were placed upon lt Harvard might very properly de cline to rejpelve a sum from Mr. Dev- ery of New York for the erection of a Devery Building' and the founding of a chair of ethical culture, but this de clination should have to be based on putting an unsupported Interpretation -,ntJ ot exDedi;nc- not of morality. upon it7 xney are not interested. That Is the;, sum of the. mattfr. It may be humiliating to confess that the sense of duty does not exist and that ' preach- respect like postmasters and membrrt I er cartnOt arouse it in these. tnen.' . Bet of the Cabinet." ; That certainly is a strange bit f comment from one who was reared in-the diplomatic atmos phere at Washington. f . " Then, . too, the Hon. Maud ; tflla the WESTERNIZATION OF CHICAGO readers of the magazine article the astonishing news that i As It take al! sorts of people to make a worlil. In rn ate of sharp com-I-etltlon it takes a!I sorts of services to pull public patronage away from the other fellow to yourself. The man ager of a 'Chicago theater advertises that he Is keeping his olavhouse .open half an hour after the performance in order-, that the. audience may remain for social and hygienic purposes. His idea Is that the sudden change from fancy to fact involved in hurriedly leavinsr the theater for the street is a severe shock , to the nervous system and furthermore is provocative of Kiipie or - pneumonia. A person wrought up to a, high pitch of emo tion Is an easy mark for such diseases on slight exposure, by reason of his -A ' - !res being ojwm' and his sense " of precaution benumbed by other and grander feelings. By lingering half an hour In the theater ami engaging In critical ami explanatory reviews jof the -show with other people, his de scent from the clouds to terra firma will be easy.'; gradual and sa'fev It is compared to the present system of rushing for the open air like a para chute dewent compared 'to falling out of a balloon.: That's the talk in Chi cago. ! The In novation "is hailed with pleas ure by the Chicago press. "In the first place." says one of the. newspa pers of that town, "it may tend to act as a check upon an inveterate tendency of the American theater goer to ru.h to and from bis pleasures as he rushes to and from . business. Something will have been gained if vthe average play-goer Is enabled to frraso the fact that the interval " . of flve minutes he may consume getting) to the street, is no more precious than the hour or more which he will daw dle away before going- to bed. That the pause following, the fall of the curtain may also serve some aesthet ic' purpose tn affording" the spectator "In Chicago all th. street signs have to be written In several languages to enable the new comer to understand them!; Still an other mysterious remark is to the ef fect that almost all our cities groW toward the west. Miss Pauncefote also somewhat txaggerates the Presi dential power when she states I that President Washington, of his own will. created the Federal Capital and moved congress to tu ?;! However, these slips are cpmpara tiveiy ; unimportant. . ' 'They simply show how much information even -r an j intelligent person who . has f lived " In this country for a 4nuntber of years can diffuse in perfectly good faithl Perhaps the most astonishing instance. ter confess it, and find some other sense that can successfully be appealed to. jf the attitude of the man toward the church'is that or a spectator arid critic who h. asking it': he' is getting his money's worthy would it not be-well to Improve the performance. Trie man cannot be converted from evil if he .will not come and be preached to. Get him into church first and let the preaching follow. . ; Now, about the performance. What is the matter with it? In many of the churches there is an almost complete divorce of the preaeb er and his chol- from the congregation. The sermons are model of style for critics of style; the anthems are more or less complicated and more or less well sung by a band of trained vocalists.- The congregation sits, stands or kneels." In a passive' and non-committal attitude. . It has nothing to do witlt it at all except pay for it; and. naturally. It passesi jildsihent upon the entertaih- If Deveryrwere pleased to devote his fortune, by. whatever methods amass ed, to the propagation of - ethical scl- enjee he wpuld merit; praise for a very becoming spirit and a peculiarly ; ap propriate.' foini.-of atonement. Only the: association publicly , of his name with the gift could be given as a good reason for rejecting it. ' . ' But all this argument is in the air. Whatever Professor Ba scorn and oth ers, may think about it, the colleges and, similar institutions, not omitting the churches. , will take, very sensibly. any money offered them, and no ques tions, asked. Appleton's Annal Cyclo pedia for 1902 states that more than ?C8,346,789 was given or was left by will during; that 'ear to schools, churches, missions, art institutes, libraries and charities, p Of this amount five-sixths was donated by living persons for ed ucational purposes, and it is not re corded that one dollar of it was remit ted to the donor. ' ; : , i VERY MUCH PLEASED. Gtovernor Chamberlain proposes to make the .newly appointed .Superin tendent of the Penitentiary, when he thall have; taken his place on April 1, espohsible for "the conduct of the " In stitution. He will demand that ,-the Superintendent select , his own subor dinates, and that they be under his sole direction. The: official .head, of the institution will have both th respons ibility and the authority. Without the ifltter he could not Jtave rightfully the former, The Governor ' will act as overseer and critic, and when he has any fault to find, or when he de sires explanations to be made, he will ;all upon his Superintendent. r With jut wishing- to make comparisons, the writer hereof desires to commend the Jtisdom and Judgment of Governor Chamberlain in this matter. This gen eral policy should be adopted for all the state institutions. Perhaps it is followed now; If It is not in any case it would be an excellent rule, to adopt and follow. In the main, it will result in better governed institutions. Where there is division of responsibility and authority there is likely to be trouble and friction. , .. . The new, people from the East, on the Immigration excursions, are - already arriving here. .They should be shown every consideration by residents here. It would be a fine thing for the country if more of the large farms could be di vlded. up and the small tracts sold to the new people. The most valuable new residents we can get are the ones owning small places and engaging in dairying; poultry raising, fruit growing and the various branches of diversified agriculture. When the cloakroom for Democratic Congressmen took fire, every one un derstood at once that the unterrlfled had already begun, to warm up for the next campaign.'- - 000- ' King- Edward, opened Parliament In a quiet way.' conftnjng himself to the quaint old creroohles.1 Because of the lack of excitement some people object ed. They believe that Parliament should be opened with an ax and closed witn a snotgun. o b Once when a great man got ih the way of a William goat and had 'been carefully gathered up. and put ,to-bed the physician! afe the patient's request sent out a truthrul bulletin. It read: "Mr. Famousness is confined to his apartments by .ftp attack of goat." Ev ery one said, "What a funny mistake!" find all the newspaper translators nad agreed that it should Iread "Attack of goQt." Moral It is so, much better to tell the truth. Some oh else is sure to make a lie out of it. 000 . Tested "For Deafness. Mrs. Caroline Buck has a suit on trial in the Supreme-Court against the New York Central Railway, ! alleging deaf ness from an accident. U She claims to be deaf in the right ear Attorney L. B. Williams pulled out his watch and held it to .her right ear. "Can you hear that?" he asked. "No." :. :- . . . "Can you hear It now?" holding it to the other ear. -, . "Yes. ' "Xowf holding it three feet awj. v. 1 "Yes.- 6 . ' ! Mr. Williams opened the watch and showed- the Jury that it had no works and consequently could not tick. V - o o ;. Hank's Mourners. It was quite Christianlike, but when Hank went the way of mortal mer. No one In all our neighborhood .1 Could say a word that soundel gH I. of all is Miss Pauncefote's description I ment andustifla in patronizing monument "as ''a I U" or. not aa. lt. happens to. be. good or. of the Washihkton gigantic pyramid." As she must have seen this obelisk every day of her life in Washington, and as -it Is no more like a pyramid than . it is ; like an ellipse, this description of hers" is' an excellent commentary upon jthe infal libility of 'human testimony."? There are so many things' In this world which people think they know. yet don't know. If funny blunders of this sort are made by one who has al- A'ays been described as . clever . and who has had ' years of observation. hat wonder is It that post-haste tour ists on this continent get such a mass of misinformation about the Oovern- mn and people of the United States? bad. ii.il. Theoretifltally it would be a good thing to bring preacher, vholr and con-' ; FOREST GROVE. Or, Feb, 21 .- (SpeciaD.r-Maypr. F, T. Kane,, jit tbtS place, is ; very, much elated ,d.YfT ' the i erection of Hon. C. W. Fulton as Xtnit- f 'States,, Senator,. He. remained up last night until tjhe news of the elec tion -was received here," and immedi ately .wired,, MrvFulton his( ruralTU- laiaVIIDa -" j- s The Governor ought to have author ity to veto any Item in either of the appropriation bills. There - are Items In the special appropriation bill that ought to be knocked in the head with a the veto club, but ' there is no way to reach them without killing the whole measure, which in some" of its para graphs is deserving.'-It is the most vie ious kind of a system that allows the bad to ride Into success on the back and strength 'of the good. . , ' - gregation Into closer relationship. Inj ,Tn -'f a dispatch In ithe Ore- pracuce it is found that "those preach-i gonian' of Sunday. ers who have enlisted the co-operation .-H is satisfactory but for its incom of their congregations have ' had' the pleteness, It should be mentioned also greatest success, v Jones, Talmage, that the road supervisor of the Eola Beecher, Spurgeon U Insisted ? ipotiT disjrict was, nearl tickled to deat h. the creation of what may be called a i asd that he remained ud until after 1 HOW TO GET MEN TO CHURCH Rev. H. N. Quisenberry. a Baptist minister of New. Orleans, is conducting an enquiry: "Why so few men. com paratively, attend' church. ' He means by that to ask: ; "Why so small a pro portion of the men attend church.-' To get an answer to this question, he has written to a number of men In various professions and trades, asking why they religious atmosphere before they would undertake to preach. They warmed up their people by giving them part in the service. It was not alone their remark able originality of thought or their wonderful eloquence that made' for them sensational success and filled their I no o to bed afalL tabernacles with men. Their method of making- the men take part and be-1 Wfcen the bill came up in the House come performers in the service aroused I tne Oregon Legislature a few days the dormant religious feeling- and be-1 e ; to PPropHate 500 a year to-as- came a great Instrument in mAbina t In the payment of premiums by the: o'clock. Also. that, the postmaster at Shoestring-postotfice wqs more than pleased, and he did not go to bed on the night In question until 2 o'clock. Also that the school clerk at Tahzy ; Point was overjoyed, and. that he did The United States will content Hself in Cuba with a naval station at Guan- - tanamo, near Jhe southeast corner of the island, and . a coajlng ; station at Bahia Honda, on the north coast, west of Havana.. These moderate require ments cannot wound Cuban "susceptl bilities. They are distinctly' a protec tion to the island from foreign inter ference, as well as a convenience to this Country. ' ; their services, popular. THE QUESTION OF MILLIONAIRES' MONEY. ACCEPTING DIRTY - The outcry against receiving on the part of colleges, churches, cities and an easy descent from the world of I do not com to church; what fault they J other public and quasi public' institu fancy to the world of fact Is at least I have to nnd greater attraction tlons . "tainted gifts from cnlllionaires conceivable In the case of plays mak ing a strong appeal to the intellect or the emotion. " That may ; work" all right enough in Chicago, which is trying hard to de westernize itself and put on the airs of Bostoptan culture. But out here in the real West, the time is not yet at hand when any such effeminacy will be tolerated. When a play is over in these parts there is no temptation to exists elsewhere on Sunday, etc. . A bank president answers that there is lack of personal understanding be tween the pulpit and the pew; an an swer w men is too indefinite.; If the pulpit makes plain the way of salva tion. It has done its part. What has the banker to complain off He says the preacher should not be too sancti- vas started by one or two of the more vulgar and servile newspapers and was so manifestly a play for notoriety that che repectable secular journals gener ally Ignore it. But some of the relig ious papers have taken up the cry and -n one of them, the Outlook.' Professor aascom of Wiliams, contends that to accept gifts of money which the re- monious, but should get into touch with i Iver knows was ill-gotten by the glv- Coldi " I bad a terrible cold and could hardly breathe. I then tried Ayer's. twccrry rectors 1 and tt gave me tm nediate relief." : V, C. Laytoo, Side!!, IU- How will your cough be tonight ? Worse, prob ably. For it's first a cold, then a cough, then bron chitis or pneumonia, and at last consumption. Coughs always tend downward." Stop this tendency by taking Ayei's Cherry Pectoral. SgL Coiisttlt your doctor. If he saya tain It, tlw-n da ba aay. I f lie tell yoa ant to take it, then coa t take it, lis knows. the banker and talk business politics. sociology, and so on. He orgets that the preacher has other duties to visit me sick and distressed, to bury the dead." to conduct the services, preach the sermons, and to administer the fi nancial as well as the spiritual and so cial affairs of his charge. ; A laboring man answers that one rea son for non-attendance of men of his I er. is to make one's self an accomplice ;n the wrongs by' which the money was rathered. - . . j The simplest ' way of refuting this argument Is to reduce it to;, ab surdity. If 'the University of ' Chi cago did wrong to receive contaminat ed money from John : D. Rockefeller (Professor; Bascom mentions Rockefel ler),; then the butcher, the baker, the Oregon Poultry Association, some of the members of that supposedly august body,, especially some of , the- members from Portland, treated the matter as a Joke and laughed it down.' The Legis iaturet of Illinois has not treated this matter, as a Joke. - The Illinois State Poultry Association ts granted S1000 a year from the State Treasury to assist in the payment of premiums. Most of the other. states of the East encourage in . this and similar, ways the poultry Industry. I It Is not an industry t laughed at. It Is 'one of the greatest and most Important Industries of the state," and it should be much greater here-In Oregon. It dtserves every en couragement. The poultry men of Or- egon, if they eVer have a chance at any of these Jokers at the polls ought In Justice to treat their candidacy as a Joke, a huge Joke. They should' be laughed into remaining permanently at home. ' They should on all occasions. when they ask any favors at the hands .jf the people be treated to the series of caehinna lions' which they deserve. n short they "should be cackled into political oblivion and their opposing aditfates ought to be given opportu aity to crow over their defeat. The Statesman Is not at 'all ashamed In these days of political selfishness and the forgetf ulness of obligation which characterize public life . It is good to look upon the elevation of CortcJyou to a position in the cabinet of President Roosevelt as a touch of worthy sentiment utd a recognition of a wish w hich the living pays to the lead.' President McKlnley thought much of. the new Secretary of Com merco. :V "" '. ' ' It Is possible that with the proper efforts put forth. Salem might secure some extensions of the street railway system into the country and the bundl ing of the Dalles-Falls City road to this city. These things are. worth striving for. They will extend the trade, of our business men and add In various way to the growth and thrift of our city. No one could give a hint that he Would find a" mild eternity: AH ruther 'lowed that, like as not. He'd get his Just desserts served hot. 1 It is announced that the Ontario (N. T.) Farmers Grange has passed resolutions to the effect hat herafter the members will not wear, whiskers and beards, and now there Is reason to believe some razor trust has been manipulating the Grange. A diamond, incomparably better In luality than any ever found on the iarth, was thrown at us in a meteor the- other day br some ratriHIlnfr world. And : still the grumblers and growlers win say that things are not coming our way. ' : 1 Pulque is described as a liquor smell ing Uke sour milkj and tastlne I . like class Is that the preachers bow down to I newsboy, the man who passes the plate j I bankers and rich business men. 1st church, the state itself which col- The preacher may well ' exclaim: I lects taxes from him. do wrong: in tak- w hat is a poor man of God to do Thel ns KocKereiiers money for any' con-1 of the fight In which It had part before I Teen aPP'. yet the City of Mexico Danker says he notices an offishness on siaerauon or under any circumstances, and during the session of the Leglsla- con8Ume lt at the rate of fifty-five j the part of the preacher, and the labor- a community more given than 1 ture Just adjourned, for the principle of carloads. a day The cultivated tastes ing man declares the preacher does too the American public to practice what the election of United States Senators f vrloua races are an Interesting mucn Dowing and scraping to wealth.!" preacnes.nockefeller would be left I bvdireor vat fWnu I way. ,A man : In politics writes " that the I preaching is narrow and cold, and de pressing; what Is needed is more sun- to starve on bis pile of dirty gold.-and particularly for the enforcement of the wnen ms uae of heirs died out., the principle by the election of the man whose name was reported to that body as receiving the highest number of the! votes of the people at the polls last June, according to the law duly made and provided. We are-not ashamed of Acute colds often cause consti pation, bilious attacks, indigestion. Ayer's Pills will give prompt relief. J. C A YEH CO.. Lowell. aUsa. filthy lucre: would be Ie't untouched forever by the righteous people as a shine; preaching Is too much on the monument to the supposed infamies by dead level; a statement that is met by which It was heaped up. t an answer from 'a manufacturer to the Without discussing the eajiy -Ini- . ,ons are too uvely oeer-tnan-thou tone of those whb having ins is tei that the time to com and sensational, too highly emphasised take It for granted that every millionv mence the practice wasat the then too much ranting Indulged In. I aire Is dishonest, thereby arrV.Wi.i i,. t, - ; Again, what is the poor preacher to I to themselves a Judicial '. .t.it1 '.vvt,. . .. dot lf.i.na'..-..;.-. l-w.-a. . . . - ' . V "TT-"! viuu misn w atnr. .7,: T; J ' " Vnri1 m",Mwe- inltylmoat ent; Had the principle been adhered ""-' j um w oe on ue oead'vi inese That proposed J 1.000 advertising fund for the Greater Salem Commer cial Club is going . to be completed. Salem Is going to redeem Its pledge made to the Harriman .people last falL . - , The election of Congressman In the First district, any way, will be by the votes of the people.. There will be no chance to hold it up until the eleventh hattll1 Abau. L- ' . . critics profeas to 1-liev; has to at the Just closed, no fuiure body, favorite: The parson, not to go amiss. For Hank of his lone tribe was all A kindly heaven was pleased to send . To taffy relative or friend. And, quite as well, there was no ctII ? Just read from Job and Genesis; And, not to stray off in the dark. Made no extempo'ry remark. Without a friend: It struck us hard As we returned . past Old Hank's yard. Leaving him in. .his lonely bed. Where -not a single tear was shed. Without a friend! And then a cry That gave our thought at once the lie A wail of grief that passed all bounds From Hank's three yaller. wuthless houndsv . . .. . Charles Dennis in 'Indianapolis News. o 00 , .. .Xs;, Salem Is going to redeem th pledge made to the HarrlmanV peote. The other 80,000 descriptive pamphlets will begin to 'go forward within a tkyr dys. Salem alivays redeems her pledges, let It be said with pride. ' o o Let's change the subject. The Legis lature is over and the Senator elected, Now, let's turn our attention to the building boom, the immigrants coming in, and the prospects for building here a bigger and better city. 000 Salem's streets were crowded nil day yesterday. There was a largre crowd from the country. - The business places all had a very good day's business. V-' . OOO Our farmer friends are pleased with the beautiful -weather of late. The ground is generally In good condition for cultivation, and they are making the most of their opportunities. ' ; r.:-. : o ' ' It Is announced that George Moore. - the noyellst, who has been one of the leaders in the movement to revive the - ancient language of Ireland, has decid ed to return to the use of Engli-"!. He ' stiU insists that English Is a worn-out language, but -it happens that many people who speak It are good luitrons of books, while those -who can -ipeak Irish do not buy books, and those w ho buy books. do hot speak Irish- . ' . : .OOO The fact that a tman named Limburg er has something to do with the charg es against Baron von Holleben -suggests that the whole scandal lv de tained in quarantine until it fdows ' over. ' . The greatest of men are children. A new, comet comes In the sky, and a dozen wise scientists are craning their necks and shrieking. "Its mine; I saw it first!" ... . 00 One Shasta man accuses another f stealing his windmill. Now let" an tl greenery fee removed from the grave ot the man who stole a red hot slow. &. P. BuUetin. : 00 o The oldest photographer In the West has Just died. : Fancy the thousands of accusing; fingers pointed at him on the. judgment day, and fancy him . later when ; Satan roars, "Look pleasant, please,-: , ;v .? . . : Sl , " o - CONDENSED CONVERSATION. A woman talks a lot. It's true; '-- But we should not forget, -That man can crowd his thoughts It-to A solid-cuss-word or two; So woman's .handicapped a few And that's the truth, you bet, ' ' : 000 The time Is drawing near for the closing of, the free piano contest of the Dally Statesman. A word to the on testants ought to be sufficient, " Carnival week will be an excellent time for the merchants of Sal?m to do some effecUve advertising nd to f ft acquainted with a wider circle of cus-- tomers,-extending Into the cdjjinlnff counties. It is predicted that t.e op portunity will not be neglected. Sa lem merchants will do a ig trade that week, and lay the foundation for per manent Increases. ' j ' . . ; "" ' .; o 0 0 - : o o o The friends of Mayor Low are steid- Ily predicting his renomination - for mayor of New York at the hands of practically the . same v fuslonists who 1 first placed him In power.