Jill UIOIY Cr.ECCn STATET.lAfi FniUfcd starr Tueadar u4 Friday by the cTATESMjLS FCBUBHXSQ COUFAJiY X. J. HTCfDRICK. Manacer. T. T. 3&VR, JEdltor. BUBSCEIPTlOir JCATJC& Ons yew to advance.., njgt Pis inotr, u advance J0 TbrM Biwaib. In advance 94 The BuUacnan bM been etAbMbert for nearly Cf:y-two years, snd li bM son subscribers who hT received It nrir that loot and bidt who har read it lor tMMntloa. Homo h thaaw object to having Lb paper dia-onUcned ft tb time of expiration of fbrtf iibamMloot, tor the bunefit of Uvea, end for other rtMou we naveeonelo'led to 'iUcontinne abrcrlpUooe Only when notified to do so. AH persona pavtnf when sabaerlbnK. or partus in ad rase. w1d haretbw benefit of th dollar rat. Bat U they do not pT tor ix soon the, tbe rat will be $1.25 Tear. Hereafter we will send the paper to aU responsible persons who ri. it. tbouirh they nay not end tbe money, wtih tbe understand. in tbattbey are to pay I1.2S year, lu case they let ibe tfaoacripUon aonoant ma ever tz months. Ia order that there asay be no miiun dentana'iBfr. we will beep this notice standing at this place in tbe paper. CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000 MODEXN TACTICS IN WAEFAax. Stripped of all unnecessary verbiage, the object which a nation has when it goes to war with another, is to kill as many of the. other's soldiers as possi ble, and to do it quieklj. War means death. Powder and guns and bayonets are used for no otber reason than that they are engines of destruction, and modern inventions In that direction a.e so very much improved over those ia use forty years ago, that the natural expectation Is an 'increased effective ness as to death-dealing results. , - But, singularly enough, the reverse has followed. . Armies numbering way up into tbe thousands can "fight" all day with the latest appliances for mowing down men at a fearful rate and at almost unbelieveable distances, and after it is all over it is found that a roan hero and there has been killed and perhaps a dozen injured. A few are also ''missing" usually. In this respect, modern "wars" con stitute a travesty on the idea. Guns have been invented that will carry a mile, say, so the armies arc careful to remain ft mile and a quarter apart. Each army is bent upon the destruction of the other, has been maneuvering a month for an opportunity to "get at" the other, but when the distance- be tween them is finally reduced to that point where there is no intervening ob stacle, that ungovernable eagerness to carve the enemy which op to that time had been literally insuppressablc, de part, and the "engagement" is pulled off at a safe distance. . The Russians and Japanese will prob ably "fight "through entire summer without killing as many men altogeth er as lost their lives at Gettysburg within three days probably not so many, as were killed in Pickett's cele brated charge within the space of three -Lours. . Itrshould be rememberd that there were'54,000 men killed, wounded and missing at Gettysburg, 25,000 at Antie tam, 28,000 at Chancellorsvi lie, 33,000 at Chiekamagua, 23,000 at Shiloh, 18, 000 at Fredricksburg, 23,000 at Stone Kiver and there were so many cngage- ments failed mere skirmishes, ' where 5000 or more were killed and miHsine, that they were scarcely worth record ing;. ; . . Iut the men in the great Civil War were fighting' for what they regarded as a great principle, and when two armies fouud themselves within flght; ing distance, they proceeded to get near enough to accomplish what they had in view. In all the annals of the world's military history there has nev er been a war which developed so much courage .of the highest order as that which was waged between the North and the South, for and against a prin ciple which had its first tangible ex pression in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. AT SEA. Notwithstanding the long and dis jointed platform adopted at St. Louis', the lmocratie party appears to have no definite idea as to what really ails the country to a sufficient extent that Hair Splits 'I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for thirty years. It is elegant for a hair dressing and for keeping the bair from splitting at the ends." J . A. Crue nenf elder, Grant! ork. 111.. Hair-splitting splits friendships. If the, hair splitting is done n your OWn hcad.it loses frirnrlc 1 for you, for every hair of your neaa is a friend. ; Ayer's Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the splitting. If the splitting has begun, it will stop it. M-n a MUM. All rrrJ. jz, rr'i.n?:? r yon. ,,r w"iwr ami w win or your --.a: the promulgation of 'specific grievance. Protection la said to b robbery, but just what system "of "tariff reform" could be devised that would rob more people in the game length of time than was accomplished within four years under tbe only Demo cratic tariff we , have ; had forj fifty years; would be difficult to imagine. -Even Governor Chamberlain, in his interviews since returning from the East,; says nothing abbot the tariff as an issue in the pending campaign going so far away from it, in fact, as to admit that "Wall Street," that dis tressing bogey man whose very name prostrates the Democratic masses, is about equally disposed towards Roose velt and Parker. But the tariff in its protective form has come to stay in this conntry for many a year ia the future. The Demo crats will not seriously attack it in this campaign and te voters will gladly let it alone. In this connection we wish to call attention to a speech recently made by Congressman McCleary, of Minnesota, on the present tariff sys tem, which is a masterpiece of logic, and unanswerable, as may be said, indeed, of any speech Mr. McCleary ehooses to deliver on any subject.1: The Statesman desires to call tbe attention of its readers to this speech, which can be secured, free, by making application to the American Protective Tariff League, through its secretary, Mr. W. IV Wakeman, 339 Broadway, New York, N. J. MUTUAL ECSTAST. "Secretary Shaw should be the hap piest man in the United States. lie aay, high prices indicate prosperity, and prices are going higher .every day' Baker City Democrat. , But Secretary Shaw has no right to a monopoly of this inexpressible pleas ure. ; For about four years to-w.it, be tween '03 and '97, the Democrats- all over; the country jdioutcd themselves hoarse in bilter denounoiation of the gold standard, giving not only as a rea son, but the reason, that it had caused money values -to appreciate and all other values to correspondingly depro eiate, untir1 the prevailing low prices were driving the Masses to actual want, and the . tyran ny of the Money Power, the EelcnMess Octopus, etc, had done it alL Oh, no. Now that under the gold standard prices have turned from that pitiable condition, our . Democratic brothers should not be so painfully modest that thev feel themselves on- . . . v- t. worthy to share in the general rejoicing over the narrow escape guaranteed by the timely return of high prices, ior whirh deliverance the Democrats them selves uttered their most devout and constant implorations. INHERITED. CALAMITIES. In an effort to utterly discredit Alexander Hamilton as a great states man, using as an excuse for set doing the centenary of his death a few days ago, Col. AVatterson says, among a lot of otber things that are unfounded conclusions, that "Hamilton Is not without many adherents to his views in this country today, whose influence is seen in the existence of trusts, sub sidies, and other centralizing tenden- eies as the outgrowth of his teach- mgs." Among which, perhaps, might be mentioned 40,000,000 that have been pilod up by Uncle Gassaway, every dollar of which has been earned by the sweat of his face and of other peo ple'sthe cheerful support of the Dem ocratic nominee for President by Wall Htree and the Democratic criti cism that if .Roosevelt, as the President of a centralized government, i would "but say tbe'word," and enter a sov ereign state and suppress its militia with Federal troops, we might expect justice to prevail in Colorado! Oh, yes, there are evidences of. Hamilton's hand to be seen here and there ia this country yet. SECOND PLACE. In speaking of Salem's population the Portland Journal refers to it as" the second city in tbe state in importance and population, but adds that surfe claim "would be disputed by Astoriahfve) he herself would have in all prob and doubtless by llaker City." .i i -.L. t - . The claim is so manifestly. true that one is surprised to read in the Astor iaa such a paragraph as the following: f "Perhaps by Astoria" is good J such a cute way of slurring the un- disputed second city of Oregon, ; i with fully 3,000 more people than Balem and 4,000 more than Baker City.". - .-: . ; : ; , : ly- But Astoria said nothing about the statement of the Jourtuduntil the run of oc key e salmon became phenomenal, as tbe dispatches inform us. We will gladly submit to a test of the matter at any time save during the open fish ing season. : -. . ' - , ' ' ; . ' ) . It . is some consolation, however, . to observe that . the Astoria n places us 1,000 to the good of Baker, though the papers of that hustling burg are yet to hear from. In -the meantime, watch us growl : .t i SPECIAL FBOVIDENCES. - - j It . certainly doing no injustice to other speakers who entertained the visitors to tbe late Chantauquan assem blage at Gladstone Park, to say that Dr, Dwight Hillis was the ablest of them all. No ordinary man Could hold CLECir A1TD X. Cleon hath a million acres, ne'er a one Clcon dwclleth in a palace, in a cot - tage I' Cleon bath a .dozen fortunes, not a penny I. Yet the poorer' of the twaia Is Cleon, o and not I. Cleon true possesscth acres, but the and .Kentucky f There are many legis 6 landscape I; ; 1 , - (latere in those states voting wrong all Half tbe ebarins to me it yieldeth, ta6 tiiner and with faithful wives who uiuucj cauuuv vuj, Cleon harbors sloth and dullness, fresh ening vigor I; lie in velvet, I in fustian, richer man am L Ceon is a slave to grandeur, free as - - - , : thought am I CJ eon fees a score of doctors, need of - .-'.-none have It ' Wealth-surrounded, eare-envlroned, Cle on fears to die; Death may eome hell find me ready nappier man am I. Cleon sees nc charm : in nature, in daisy I; r :. Cleon hears no anthems ringing Jn the sea and sky: Nature sings to me forever, earnest - listener I; j- 8tate for ' state, with all attendants, who would change? Not I. ; j ; Charles Mackay. his position in Plymouth church, as the successor of Henry Ward Beeeher and Dr. Lyman Abbott. He ia a deep think er, a very entertaining speaker and with e manner of delivery wholly his own, it being peculiar in that he makes few gestures, frequently speaking 1 ten minutes without moving either hand and talking straight : before him over the heads of his audience. He speaks rapidly like a machine set to work, and his ideas, always rieh with intellectual food, are thrown out like sparks from a dynamo. But Dr. Hillis has. some peculiar ideas,' nevertheless. His sermon last Sunday afternoon, delivered to 5,000 people, was based upon the proposition that sorrow and adversity' are as essen tial to the development of ; the best there is in. a man as are joy and an unbroken experience of gratifying success. To this proposition, in the abstract, few people of observation will take i, exception, but, certainly, most thoughtful people will dissent from his position that God directly visits, per sonal afflictions upon people that the development of stronger character may ensue and that individuals so punished may feel themselves drawn closer to tbe Divine Power as a result of the chastisement. rThe fallacy of this doctrine is shown by the mere statement of it. If God were' taking a direet interest in the welfare of individuals in this manner, to be fair and impartial, such afflictions would be universal, r whereas, we fre quently see the most devout of men loaded down with afflictions of various kinus, men who, apparently needed no reminder of their duties in this respect, and, on the other hand, the world is full of men, making no pretense to Christianity, rich in this world's goods, with, excellent health, surrounded by every comfort and entirely free from sueii sorrows as Dr. Hillis described as being sent to men and women at times, j solely for the purpoe of making them certain inheritors of that beatific .life which the future holds for the faithful. Such a doctrine is the essence of f orcordination, destroys individual re sponsibility for the sort of life men may; lead, and says, in terms, that the man whom God negleets to visit by severe affliction has a smaller chance for ultimate redemption than Lis more fortunate neighbor who has been se-, verely chastised, and, therefore, i large measure, not responsible for what the after life has in store for him. This indefensible doctrine had its day during the last two centuries but has few sincere advocates today. Dr. Hillis took for his text, primar ily, the instance of a woman whose lit tle babe bad been taken from her by death and bad appealed to him for consolation, if, any 'were to be had, and he bad replied that it was a direct visitation from God to weave a golden thread which should at all times through her life draw her heart to the treasure 4hat lies secure in Christ's bosom, etc. , The inference from this is, of course, that if her babe had been permitted to aTjfility wandered away from the correct vm v w auit a ju anni a. i uiii iuu cut h ur s. path) and finally been lost! And yet, both -the doctor and the woman could have named thousands of other women whose babes are spared to them in all their beauty and comforting compan ionship, thus, by 1 inference, contribut ing to the final - consignment of the mothers to a world of unending punish ment! ; ,. -; r - At the late eampmeeting at Turner a minister who believed this doctrine of implied individual irresponsiblity, gave the instance of a member of tbe Nebraska sebate a few years ago, who voted "no" on a' bill providing for prohibition in that state, lie had been married but a week to a lovely woman, who Was in the gallery during roll call, and so chagrined was she at her hus band's .vote, that she called, a page and sent him a note ' saying that "if you ! love me, cnange your vote to yes' at once He read the notc looked in ' 1 ' . , WMaScu.hv mm n. 4K r j r Jooks with her, and arose m b,. seat and changed his nt: lhn Mmino it-' " : ' J o . f rt : siist c nnisteT that C a l'"' "B8umer bnt should IsiasUc minister, that Cod was ,n that, not be thus imported on general princi- J woman ' heart and that lie had used I her at a means of converting ner nus- band to tae great cause of temper- I ai , - . . - . j j And 7t, tne average miao, ; iree 10 j reason, wiu at once inquire wny sucu attention should "bo lavished upon the cause of temperance! in Nebraska, while so ranch remains undone in Missouri would bo only too willing to give their aid to the cause' of temperance if their j hearts were but touched in the manner that inspired -tbe wife of tbe derelict Nebraska legisltaorf . ' This idea of special providences of God in small matters directly destroys individual responsibility and has dona more to 'undermine true - religion than all other causes combined.. There are certain fixed laws of right and Wrong, well . understood by everybody, and i o one is going to escape the consequences of their violation by attempting a sbel- ter behind the plea that .aJ some people more than others, God is no respecter of persons. THE BENSON LAND CASE. Of course, there is not an honest man in Oregon (and most men in Oregon are honest) who does not wish to see all grafters, in whatever branch of tbe public service they may be found oper ating, city, county, state or nation, punished to the fullest extent of the law governing such abuses. The best results of civil government can only be .I,- the prosecution of betrayal of a publie j such instances of trust. Not only will no man who has, .-ill ,. interests of - his country at j ject to this, but every good! v. the best heart object citizen will aid in ferreting out sneh . " V- "T T get out on tbe platform at some infractions of the code of public hon.jof rPoaching outbreak, whidh.s always 8tation at Green JUvcr, hua audi estyasfaras be has the power to do part,of ,t, that constitutesihe chief u WOader bow be vrill ever endure . . . .. . incredient of the unforcivoable nnuc- . L . .rri. ;.-. 1 m vi- x. of approaching outbreak, whi4h is always code of public hon- 5 11 7- 6 . . - , . ., . ,1a part, of it, that constitutes the chief las tbe power to do , . r ' . . .. . , ,. - f ingredient of the unforgivoable nnuc- twin jifci'Kit ion nf i ( so. liut the wholesale accusation or 1 , both in and out of office, of crook- men edncss, if in, and of a desire to swin- die the state or general government, if I out, and having public business to transact, in the absence Of proof, but on general principles; is a jwsitive wrong, not only to the men so accused, but has a baleful effect upon tho rising generation. . The present administration of the In terior. Department at Washington has madca reord, not only for ; honesty, wbiei is good, and to be commended, but it has gone so far in that direction that in many eases it has besmirched the standing of good and innocent men ia its desire to emphasize its reputation for pursuing those bent on plundering tbe public land department. If Mr. Benson and his associates in their business of acquiring lands oh a huge scale have violated the national or state laws regulating such matters, they should be visited with whatever punishment the law provides for such cases, but the examination of the na ture of their transactions by the dis trict eourt of New York indicates that the zeal of the Interior Department has out run its discretion. If theso men are guilty the Statesman trusts they may be adequately punished, but so many of the cases so industriously worked up by inspectors whose first desire appears'to be the establishment of a good reason for their appointment have fallen through, upon the first in vestigation, that tbe public has begun to have little faith in thex" exposures" that are from time brought to light. "ECONOMIC WISDOM." "Of eourse, it .would have been a matter of great satisfaction to those of us who have always been insistent and unyielding gold standard Demo crats if we could have had a declara tion in the platform committing our party in distinct terms to , the accept ance and constant defence and mainte nance of the gold standard not be cause of an unexpected increase in gold production, but on the grounds of economic wisdom and national honor." G rover Cleveland. And it is presumed that Judge Par ker holds precisely tbe same views re lating to the money standard that should prevail in this country. Mr. Cleveland takes no stock in the subter fuge of the Klondike mines, but relies upon tbe principle as one of "economic wisdom and national honor." Whether Judge Parker will declare in his letter of acceptance his belief in tbe gold standard as one of political expediency or as a measure of "economic wisdom and national honor," will be watched with much interest; '; INFECTED rBUTT. The;fruit inspector for Sea trie re cently 'condemned an aggregate of two carloads of California peaches which had been bought by the dealers in that city and placed on tbe" market. They were from Vacaville, Sonoma county, and were badly infected with what is known as peach moth, a worm that buries itself in the fruit and causes it to decay. One. bouse alone had bought 1200 crates in one of which there were but fdur sound peaches to be found. , While we have no regularly authoriz ed state, or. city fruit inspector, the j horticultural commissioner from each district can do mch tw.,.i wv: - r. . I " v.oUulli a o - x 1 1:1 tun lULPrraii nr I rii I r rnnm m hy Joca, , dealers, especially that . . . J - tates. This proteeon ly nfllCu nan been avnt hlr. frnm ! From the Office. Window v x -5H-WI Hiawatha Barred. . ,''--;'.:: . A f ew tayi ago one of tbe Louden papers contained this advertisement: Wanted: Offiee Boy;-pdite, at tentive, 'quick; v one who does ot ' whistle f Hiawatha' preferrcL Ad - 'dress, cc." ; k A London man who saw the advc r- itisemeat remarked to a friend that the advertiser would never find .what he was afterf-that he bad twenty boys in his employ, every one of whom whittled "Hiawatha." . While it is likely that sueli a boy will never be discovered, f he anxiety of the advertiser will generally be sppre- eiated. 6ne of the greatest vuranees on this planet is the unconscious whist ler of " Hiawatha," and they are all unconscious. Nobody ever commits that unpardonable offense if be knows it, and therein lies the only avenue to its toleration. Sight here Sflem, boys belonging to the best families we have, while going along the streets with the best of intentions, apparently, every surface indication pointing to a sornd rond- and honorable intention, will suddenly stab the otherwise quiet , , -. - , : , od discordant elements of ; erring in - disee-rdant elements of jarring in - barmony that ebaracterise those pattii- mr uara! ot -Tu.cu t u- Saf .lbe "ention of the helpless boy. 14 " PfrhP suddenness, the ut - ter absence of any apparent inoication jmeanor. jThjj boy himself doesn't know " f. . " , ... what H. has done. The affront l.aS t '?At 1 ' fa? "'"r""" " 1"" t a. 1. 1 0..UU1 tu uV "viPy in 1S47, herding the few head of his object was, be would i.only deny .looM eatUc ,B the traiI of tho tmigraIlt that he I had whistled Hiawatha or rajn ) anything; else-aud at that very mo- WLat Wt5 want no in a flving Ina. ment he was, perhaps really tl mking bne . wm take m to Ncw ,York of his dear mother at home. '- !. . 1' ... i. . . , i ... ,n cn hours. After that, a pneumatic Public I sympathy will be v.ith the . J . , . ... . , f . . . r ... . tube through which we can make Chi- London advertiser, since he' will bo ;.. . , .1 I ' ' ' - . icaS ln twenty minutes and around the compelled to puraae his business with-' , , .' , . . . i 1 . , , , . .world in a day, with stop-ever privi-. girl as ah office boy, some f vhoui, it is believied, do not whistle "lliawa- itha," at least not in its acute stages. O O -M In Old Kentucky. ' in Kentucky, Carrie Nation have found ber equal in trtren- Down seems to uosity LV few days ago, at Guthrie, in that statj o, he met a young; man on the streets who was smoking a cigarette, and without warning, slapped ii fioia his mouth. The wicked fellow rcgnin- . 1 t... -:ir i : Cd tho amageu, uuv oim , iuniing rdiancc for sending him to the bud place, when the female Kansan repeated- the act, whereupon,' the young man promptly knocked her, Jown with bis fist. "'--'! After loudly bewailing the departed chivalry in the Blue Grass btate, .she wended her way over to Elizibethtown, doubtless thinking that in a city boast ing suclij a charming name fiie would be pies. It is enough t Le compelled to j contend with those that are indigenous ' s - to the country And noW the inoictment against Ben son, thi alleged land grafter, whose running down by the "inspectors" sent out by Secretary Hitchcock was said to have been the greatest case of unearthing frauds ever accomplished on the face of the earth, involving practically every prominent man on the Pacific coast, has fallen through after a thorough examination in the United States district court ia New York, -t will bef remembered that after the i.-,-000 Republican majority in Oregon last June Sjecietary Hitebcock took all the credit jto himself, claiming it was the result of bis prosecution of land graft ers in jOregon. After Roosevelt's elec tion this fall we may listen for Hitch cock's modest assertion that it was the result ( pt bis "unearthing of Ben son 's unparalleled crookedness :in . the prosecution of his land deals. In the meantime one can readily 'foresee the result jf the McKinley-Wa re trials if they ever come to pass. Marion county should lose no time in acreptjng the offer of the Lewis and Clark laanagers to donate $500 toward a c.iunty exhibit at the Exposition next year,; provided, as we understand it, the county will expend as much ia ad dition.) Since it is to the interert of every county in the state to make of the Fair as great a success as possible, and since without a magnificent display of Oregon 's resources, such- success ean not Ixi ' expected, it will Le the duty of every county ia tho state to earnest ly and enthusiastically 'assist in this matter. . Thi3 offer of the Lewis and Clark managers, is a liberal one, and should cnliei tbe co-operation of all our peoplej. . Now is tbe time to remove that; Vushel which has been covering Oregoi's possibilities most successfully ever Since it was nettled. irl - i : . , oS cl ZoU that liefore any serious case, are tried 'in their " respective courts involving Editorial IdelliJhls e.nd ptweryektions on Various PeopU and Thlnis. Picked Up and Scrlbled Down . at OdiiTirtiea. treated with more considcratisn for the sex she ajurn5 more or less. . llut ber career here was even wore turbulent ;than at Guthrie. Her first act was to invade a saloon, owned by Mr." A. It. jNeighprs, who, rpon r.cr sec ond attack assaulted her in a manner that at once put ber out of business so far as that town is concerned. , Carrie !no doubt now recalls that there are jdifferent kinds of Neighbors, and that jwhile yon havo no right to covet his jwife nor his man-servant, the injunction lies equally strong against coveting jiis saloon. The perceptive faculties j of Mrs. Nation Lave been fearfully neglected if she bas failed to learn that the Kentuckian, of all' men, will staud no nonsense when it comes to interfering with Lis whiskey or bis tobacco. j ' o o ; ' We're Hard to Please. When the pilgrims who wended their way to Cjregon from Illinois had Mis souri in '43-4, there was a well-grounded complaint that it was a long and te dious journey, involving a great wtste of time.! Later, when stage coaches were substituted for ox teams, CheTe was general rejoicing for awhile, ; but more rapid transit was longed for, which came in the '70 's. Since tlten it has beenj possible to go to Chicago in four days, pleasantly ensconsed in; a iU4ouuj j'viv , , jwith cvrr attendant eomfort that j with cvierjr attendant 'exuId bejimagined. . But the ruiiman car has become in u is pokey. After riding jafcout ,wo tfae avcrag; rcs8CIiger . A.., 41,- ' station, say, ...'i. bly wonder .1, t xo more UJ r.vo rai-rp uavg 01 m -iue ; wr-ier s Ju of fourtecn yc!trS) Wdlkcj ,,ractieally every step, from the Missouri river to the Willamette val- leges. Ueyond that, at present, at Uast, we " seek not to penetrate the veil." Hut Uuele John Minto easily -recalls when times and even aspirations were 'different. On the 5th dav of December. he mailed a letter to Lis father, who was living -in Pennsylvania, -from j Astoria,' the mail going out bv a Ilud- son's Day steamer for Liveriool. Af - ter reaching that KnglisU port, the let- ter was returned to America .and in the course of human events, it reached his father in Central Pennsylvania. Mr, .-l'r:... i,:- i . Minto received an answer to his htter on the 13th of July, 1847, at Astoria." It was one of a large batch of letters brought from the Missouri river, ad dressed to jteople living all over this country, by Mr. J. M. Shively, ' afterr ward, and for some years, postmaster tt Astoria. - VTho letter was handed io MrMinto just where tho town of Hammond new stands, and he says,a take- it altogotlicr, Perhaps Milt Miller was not very mad, anvwav. What is a mcrn nm. bership in a Democratic National com mittee to Milt in a campaign with a gold standard man at the head of the ticket? . The Governor probably im pressed this fact upon. him, as wo are assured that all is peace on th San tiam. j While eery prospect pleases, And only Man is Tile." All such stre't corner cranks as Dowie and Creffield should be suppress ed by the authorities at the locipiency of their demonstrations, instead of waiting until the poison! which has un dermined them has inoculated a lot of other people. There should be no ex hibition; of mawkish sentimentality as to the 'freedom of speech" for a man whose moulhings prove that his mental equilibrium is a thing of the past. In disgust, Santos Dumont has gone to Europe with the intention of not re turning until next' year, doubtless con vinced that he would have no fair chance in tbe United States in compe tition with the hot air period of a Pres idential compaign. Hare you noticed that Carl Schurz has not yet given the public bis views on the political ' situation f Ho is no doubt carefully thinking it over, but when 'he does eome to the front yon will find him talking like a Dutch Uncle. questions of a purely ethical nature, the frazzled condition of the scales which the beautiful Goldcss of Justice on the court houc holds in ictacular prominence should be submitted to a careful process of direct examination. CoL Watte rson warns Parker, whom he is enthusiastically suppojling, that be would acrej no oflSco under the sun. But he should communicate his inten tion to Boosevelt, who will have tho question of offices to deal with. , - -. -, - .. .. ' -' ' . The . Baker City Democrat says "Eagle Valley, appropriately called 'The Garden of Eden,', is treaking all notwithstanding the "deliy in tli mails," flat it! was alout the -happiest day of bis life. He bad been ''married the day before to one of Astoria's fair. eta uauguicrs, uss A. .Morri.n, and they were then on the bank f tho Columbia ready to go aboard the tkifl in which they made the trip from tluro to their future; homo near Salem. And Mr. Minto says, even ;iow, near ly sixty, years afterward, that timrs didn't seem so, bad, since he tan imaK. ine nothiag that would have 'added to his' store, of happiness, notwithstand ing it required two years and : l:ilf send a letter to Pennsylvania aud get an answer. Forgcttiag Details. The other day a party of Salemitrs were discusosing the rather !ry su'iinu.r we have exjericnce.I, when one f thcrn recalled the dry summer of 1h:i, An other added that b. remembered th.it summer and how cxeeelingly smokv it was. Then -several others ree.-dk,l 1U smoke of 1S83. Still anjother rccill.xl that it was o. smoky that as ; .he ennio up the Columbia in August ,f that year, passengers on the boat could rare ly see either Shore, and that the plot was constantly blowing the whistle u running under slow bells. He remarket, incidentally, that he came to 8;d.m on that trip and heard Henry ',eer.her ilc liver his lecture here, 'casually mM- ing that ex-Governor Gi'l.bs intMluccd him to the audience.' It happened that nost of the nrty heard Beochef on that occasion Mid at enee one of tbcln said that not nlv did.Gibbs not introduce him but that 1 .1 : 1 ir. . . "e - uuimiir uiu. jic came 011 tiie ntajj.? fn attended and began h i lecture vjlhcut even .addressrag the'..' audience. l-Vri'.er conversation "li.Hclii..-d the fact fiint tl.o cnti,e I,nrtr that liilds vas there except j tho positive ii.. livi.fuat who had made his way here itiiirujrU-' the smok?. . Several of them ii.sisti d that iu 1SS3 Cilbs ha t bwii dea I for ages. - " " Of course the dry summer' was ft rg.d ten in the newiy-crcate 1 intercut in t bo more important nubjeet ns to w iiii in troduced IJeecher at Heed's i.er.i House on that August evening way back in '83,' and as there is im file of the Statesman for that year n 'Si.Jnu the dixptitant with tho livre lif.'d i,.eui ory, having l,usine in 1'o'rtl.iud a .lay or two afterward, went t , the 'i..l li : library, -'consulted the tiles of th,. (ire- goniari, andj found in ' the -aleai Notes" for August, .13, l.v.1, that, on lth - evening before, De.-ch.-r had ie. tur ed here and .Was listeuod to 'Uy tho intellectual classes of Mnri n s nd adjoining-counties, tbe lecture was uj t the fullest expectation and no imu 4a difapointed in the great uiv rs.rlion-. al orator, either ia uianuer f lciiury or vigor of thought.'"' It ;ul A that "ex-Covernor (iibbs ha I the ien or of introducing Mr..- I'.eociier." So Loring K. A'dams v.as li'ht, after all. .'""'.' ' ' ' Kx-Governor Gibbs di"d in Jaiuiary, 187, in . Ignition, aro! ltls remains ere brought to Dregon for interment by an act. ..of the Legislature v liich aj jit iii atel mony for that purpose. records this year in the amount "pt its fruit yield."; The Garden of Kd.cn al ways was noted for its fruit yield, but Eagle Valley! is religiously admonished to refrain from undertaking to break the record. Buceess ia tht Hue-Wouli mean certain irouble. The NewcYork Herald says r'airl,a'nks 'is as pink" an a girl from tho country." riitt n-iiv ;..,t..r..MU:i.!.. ;,m.iii..i !!. n.aj a..v ..... v-.ir.ii'.u ....-.... ..... eriminntion against '.the girl from .the v cityf: Think of the loely lhk teas she attends., ' The latesil Iondon fashion-decrees that the creates on 'men 'a trousers fdiall( be on the-siles .instead of the front. Thin wilLK n new wrinkle tn the Itror- rotes we saw at St. Louis. .The Prohibition Presidential ti kct, Swallow and Carrol, is a genuine r nithological combination, 'but .we. 'ft'c not certain whether a Swallow ever Carols unless it coe on a Lark. . . So far as known, Parker -ha-sn ?t spok en since he. sent Hill 's telegram to fc't. Louis. No doubt when he lii u'difiel of hs nomiafion and asked to accept .he. will respond, "I will.' The St. Louis ilol. Democrat sng geMa that the favorite form of ojcnint; Democratic jneetings this year will be "My Fellow Gold I'-ngs."" "The smoke of little has cleared away" and amon the "missing 'is I'an Laniont. Also Hoke Saiith. Likewise Horace Boies.- ! Judge Patker is hul to be a goo I horseman. He certainly turned a fam ous somersault when. hc"iflpp'd frm Bryan and f ree silver to' Parker aal gold. When the facts are nil known Eng land Malacca little of having any j'1 eausc for complaint, after nil. No doubt Grand IV DavisV check book is what put a stop to'nis matri motsial program. t -