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r TWO DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, 8ALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1903 29, HE AIL! JOURNAL Scrlppa News Association Telegrams. DY HOFER BROTHER8. Dally On Year, $4.00 In Advance. Catty Three Months, $1.00 In Advance. Daily by Carrier, 50 Cents Per Month. Weekly One Year, $1.00 In Advance. JOURNAL 8PECIAL DELIVERY. On Week I .10 Ono Month $ .35 Throo Months $1.00 tAt Journal Office. .At Daue's Grocery, South 8alem. .At Bowersox Grocery. Yew Park. Aoylum Avenue Grocery 8tore. Electric Grocery, East State St -WHH-WM pCBfZQ mhm-m-q-hiihuhihu OREGON COMING EVENTS. National., llvostock.. convontlon, Portland, January 12-15. Aurora goat show, Dallas, Janu ary 14-15. i The Weather. Tonight and ybdnoaday, tv Mi occasional rain. cloudy, THE LOST DAYS. 1 wish I had not gone Back to the llttlo town, "With all my wealth of memories, io sadly fling them down; That I had, no nioro boob Tho lazy llttlo ntreot That Idlon down tho hillsides whoro Uio town and country meot. I wish I had not gouo To loiter and to look, And miss tho hoy tlmo glorlos In tha ono ttma Blnglng brook 'Ono day It was ho deep; Ono' day It wbb bo wldo; Ono day It hold cool Bhadows whoro Uio sunshlno want to hide. I wish I had not traced The rosos onco again, And tried to find tho redness and tho BwootnoBB they had then; Nor gono at oarly morn To find them filled with dow, Nor soarchod them for tho honoy that the bees and I onco know. I 'wish I had not walked Tho llttlo country lano And hoped to hoar tho blrdsongs wltli I tho echoing rofrnin; That I had not gono out Upon tho meadow grasa ISxpooting vagrant clover scout and mint tang as I'd pass. I wish I had not gouo Dnqk to Uio llttlo town Daolcto my castlos built In Spain to boo thorn crumblo down; To fall to hoar tho songs That roso so gladly thou; To wake and never droam that I could ho a boy agatu. W. D. N. In tho Tacoma Ixlgor. a THE SAD SIDE OF ROYALTY. Tho IncoiiBolablo grief of tho Czar and Czarina of all Uio Russlas ovor tho birth of a dead son Is moving the world (n sympathy. It seems Uio saddoat of mockorlcs that Utoso who bend bonoaUi tho wolght of Imporlal crowns, should not bo ablo to onjoy tho hlosslngs that como to' tho poorest of awl's child ren. , What would not tho Emperor and Kniproai of Uio Muscovites give to havo an holr to tholr throne? Tho liooroat woodohoppor nnd his wlfo bonding ovor the rudest oradlo in thulr cabin homo arc rich Indoed compared to tho royal pair in tholr chlldlwifl woe. Tho common laborer tolling In the field, his wlfo at the washtub, havo a sweet recompense for tholr labors, whllo knowing that llttlo children shall cluster about their knecw. Hut tho royal pair go silently through tholr marhlo halla, without tho music of childish voices or tho ttcliolng pattor of Uttlo foot, and re tire at night with no llttlo oltngtng arum twining about thulr necks. Tho old saying of throo meliorations from shirt Hleuvos to shirt ulftoves is recalled in considering tho Infe cundlty of those aristocrats. Child-bearing la Indued one of the liloMsliiftK of poverty. The man and woman who by pov erty aro compelled to lead a life of arduous toll seem best flttod In the High lutellefltunl culture, rollue ment above a contain, point Is fatal to it Poverty and labor are not the curse that somo of the agitators would havo tho world believe. They are the cradle and tho nurso of vlrtuo, tho shield of hmunulty and the bulwark of tho nutlon. Had tho Czarina boon brought up In tho ohseuro walks o( llfo, she would be giving birth to children In the most natural and BatlBfaotory way. A Ufa of selfish. Idleness, of lux- ury and uon-exertlon, lias ever pre- ONiOfftW) eluded i tho function of maternity, and that which Is tho glory of'povorty is tho pathos of royalty. 0 DESERVES LITTLE CREDIT. "Pralso Is comoly; praise Is picas ant," but somotlmos It Is too d -d cheap. This applies to some of tho parti san nowspapors that aro praising the "hangman's" session of tho loglsla turo to tho skies. Why not wait un til wo bco what mlstakoB liavo been mode and what mischief wrought. Tho brevity of its session was duo to tho promlso wrung from Its mom hers by tho Democratic governor. It doierves no crodit for that negative: virtue. It will bo found that no sosslon ov ertook as much money out of tho tax payer for tho longth of tlmo it sat. No virtu o In that. It restored a dofectlvo taxation law undor which taxes come duo when tho peoplo aro least alilo to pay, and many farmers aro forced to tho banks to borrow monoy to pay taxes. No vlrtuo in that It trifled with tho Hat salary, and dollboratcly talked it to death on pro tonso of wanting to consider it That was not a cardinal yirtuo to get to hoavon on. It allowed tho gambling bill to bo stolen, and ninety men sat with fear and trombllng for twelve hourB, lost fiomo ono would call attention to what nearly all tho mombors know had happonod. How virtuous! Tho shippers of tho stato asked ro llof from a car shortngo (that has caused Wostern Oregon to loso hum dreds of thousands of dollars) and from increased freight rates that kill tho snwinlll business. Undor the influence of a poworful corporation lobby tho members wore whipped into voting against tholr con stituents, and many of thorn hid and slunk nway from going on record. Thoy are so virtuous J L.ot us pass them by and bury do osntly, and not stir tho mess. Tho soonor forgotton tho .bottor. vOnly don't praise them too much. GOOD PICTURES IN THE SCHOOLS What more laudablo undertaking than supplying tho public schools with good plcturos? What bottor moans of educating tho tastes of tho growing genera tion than by hnvlng thorn hocomo fa miliar with tho mastorploces of art? Tho public art oxhlblt to bo glvon in this city next month will surely re celvo hearty support. Tho movomont is to put at loast twonty good pictures in each of Uie public school rooms. Art reproductions can uow be had so choaply that tho grandost subjocta can bo mndo familiar to the oyos of the whole community. This, in ltsolf, Is a liberal educa tion, nnd tho tenchors Bhould. bo re quired to glvo tho children tho hla. tory and monnlng of each picture Tho boy or girl who passes through tho Salem schools will go out Into tho world familiar with tho namos of Uio groat plcturos and Uio groat painters, sculptors nnd architects, Such Influences placed upon young llvos mold Uiom In Uio right direc tion, noautlful and pure pictures raonn pure thoughts, pure morals and puro llvos. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM. An tho supremo court has declared that this fuature of the constitution wns legally adopted as It the peoplo in their primary capacity could do anything lllogal lot It bo tried. Lot the people not undortako tho Initiative on overy trivial matter no dangor of that but lot them not go to Bloop and let this nmondment becomo a dead letter as it has In one of tho Dakotns. lt somo Important mattor bo takon up, and mnde an Issuo, and put through. Just to show that tho people are able to initiate and accomplish ro sultH without waiting for tho nllpow orful legislature. ' Tho "don't-care-a-d n" spirit of tho legislature Is becoming something torrlblo for tho peoplo to contam plato. It fears nolthor man, god, the devl. nor the prose. There Is no power to curb Its ex travagance, Irresponsibility, corrupt! blllty. or immorality hut, the Initiative and Referendum. A DIRECT PRIMARY LAW. The good effect of a direct primary law was seen nnd felt In the recent city election. Nominations had to be reasonably acceptable to the people. That was a cheok upon the majority party. The party that goes Into powor will not with greater caution lu nil It does, on account of direct nomination. Tho Republicans know tho poople of tholr own party will ha,vo a direct vote on the record made by each mom bar of tho olty council and tho mayor. To commend themsolves to Uio peo plo they will havo to do what Is right ...... exist, are subordinated to tho doubja process of selection at tho primary and at the election. Tho movemont started by the Initi ative to got a direct primary law should bo heartily sustained by tho peoplo of all parties. THE. MEN WHO DON'T ADVERTISE Thoro aro active, would-bo busi noss mon who don't believe in adver tising, and turn down tho nowspapoi Bollcltor3 with contempt. Such mon overlook tho fact that the newspaper to Ilvo must be in touch with tho living, vital mass of the com munlty. It is themsolves who, In their nil wise contompt for tho newspapers aro getting out of touch with tho general public. Probably all their original success was duo to tho fact that thoy, by somo hook or crook, wore well ad vortlBed. Having succeeded by this very means thoy make tho mistake of des pising and kicking from under tholr feot tho laddor by which they climbed to success. Wo havo observed many such per sons in twenty-five years of nowspaper work, and thoy all end with as great a failure as their beginning was marked by success. KEEP OUT OF IT. Hon. Harrison It. Kincald has closed the fortieth year of his editor ial work on tho Oregon Stnto Journal. Ho has probably flftoon hundred times asked hlmsolf, was It worth whllo, and would I do It again If I had my llfo to llvo over, and thon gono out bohind tho woodshed and swore si lonty at himself for hnvlng boen such a fool. Young man, sot Up ns n jack law yor; run a peanut stand; bocomo a crossroads school toachor; dross up as an oducatod clown llko Jimmy Duff of Silvcrton, nnd lecture on phronolo gy; becomo any kind of a enso of ar rostcd development, but don't become an editor. It wears out moro intellectual axlo greaso and uses up moro high-priced gray mattor, and brings in loss return than any of thoso lofty occupations. Run a successful bootblack stand, but don't run a nowspapor for tho dear, su'fforlng, llborty-lovlng public. A RATTLING COMPOSITION. A lady subscriber writes this offlco that sho has accomplished a feat in music that is a distinct achlovomont In that art an Instrumental com position In honor of Tracy and Morrll. Having Just completed n two-step and waltz which I havo cntitlod Tho Tracy and Morril two-Btop nnd waltz, I wrlto you to soo If you wish to pub lish it in Tho Journal. Such a musi cal composition would glvo you n wondorfully largo salo. It might moro fittingly be called tho lockstop and gunchnso, as tho morry hunt after tho escaping con vlots wns accompanied by a tatoo of Winchester bullots. A Quiet Wedding. This is tho way "Llttlo Rosobud" rocontly wrote to tho Albany Domo orat regarding a hitching beo in Oak vlllo: "On tho ovonlng of tho 2Cth a woddlug occurred In South Oakville, which was intonded for a quiet affair. Miss Wlnnio Holstoin, tho brldo, wns ono of tho popular young ladles of our town, nnd Mr. Morrison, the groom, was comparatively a stranger. Howovor, somo young follows (who didn't bolong hero) decided to mnko night hideous and 'a hot time was had in tho old town. They first took the horse of tho bridegroom and stabled him with tho pigs; then they took his saddle and put It on a cow, all this boforo midnight. At midnight thoy fired off about SO shotguns, and mada all tho other hideous noises they could. Thoy succeeded in awakening all tho people In a radius of four miles and all tho cats and dogs in this end of tho qqunty. Thoy turned over the muathouso, and broko a window in tha parlor. Thoy wore called in and troatod to a grand feast. So ended a quiet (?) wedding." llfk Jacket' Memory. Red Jiukot. the Indian chief, linil more coiitlduiico lu his own memory tluui In bookH and papers of white mon. There was a council ut oue time be fore Tompkins, nu curly governor of Mew York. In regard to nn undent treaty The nxent snld one thing, but Red Jacket corrected him. "You htiYo forxutten," said tho American agent,, "We have It written down on pnpor." Tho paper then tells a He," wns the confident answer. "I havo it written here." continued tho chief, placing bis hand with dignity upon his brow. 'You Yankees aro born with a feath er between your fingers, but your pa por does not speak the truth. The In dian keeps his knowledge bore. This is tho book tbe Great Spirit gavo him. It does not lie." A reference was made to tho treaty In ouestlon, whon to the as tonishment of all every word that Red Jacket had said was continued on the document A writer in Blectrlcity says that Uie IaKU4ij ui wyuu van ua muuvian bc ourod bv exnoslnc tha wood to X-Uava. which puts 50 years Into one day. I JOURNAL X-RAYS Someone must have taken tho gambling bill for a sleeper. Maybe that gambling bill commit ted hari-kari. Tho mcanost things Roosevelt has had said about him nro tho words of pralso given horn by Dowlo. Tho Russian Japanese warcloud llko that hovering ovor the Turk scorns to be of tho stago variety. It may have boon all right to hold Columbia up and tako Panama away from her, but it is unhighwaymanly to keep twitting hor about It. Tho suggestion of nnnoxing San Domingo is made. This would bo much llko an individual trying to bonovolently assimilate a bottle of tabasco sauco. General Wood In his troubles showed wisdom In going to Uio Root of tho matter. Tacoma prides ltsolf upon tho fact that whllo the whole top Is reported to havo slid off Mt. Ranler. Mt. Ta coma is still doing business with his top all there. According to dispatches tho invad ing Colombian army consists of four, teen generals, forty colonels, 300 other officers, and 400 servants nnd tortilla bakers, tho last perhaps tho most deadly. Schwab donles that ho was ono of tho promotors of tho shipbuilding Btoal, but ho admits ho got most of the plunder, but Uion ho always did enjoy a Joke. Harrlman and Hill nro said to have reached an agreomont, but thoro was nothing said about how much tlghtor tho cinch would bo drawn. If tho Czar would tako San Do mingo to his bosom and also off the map, tho othor nations would make no objections. Tho Vormont woman who enticed hor husband to tho river sldo play- fu'ly tied his harids, bohind his back and thon chloroformed him throwing tho body Into tho rlvor showed truo womanly delicacy and roflnoment In tho art of murder. Don't bo a moro obstruction cum bering the earth. Help somo ono to do business. Don't opposo better roads, paved strcots schools. Start somo business, glvo somobady a chanco to mako a living, do some thing, ho allvo, don't bo a moro spongo sucking Uio lifo nnd enorgy of othors. If you havo not done so, ordor nn ndvortlsomont in Tho Now Year's Journal. . A suscrlbor at Macleay asks us to namo tho most sublimo vorso In tho blblo. Thoro are so many of thorn, this is almost Impossible But tho ono noarost to answoring that de scription wo recall at presont, is Joromlah 10:12: "Ho hath made tho earth by hla power, ho hath estab lished tho world by his wisdom, and hath Bt retched out tho heavons by his discretion." Can you quoto ono moro sublimo in thought than that? Mark Hanna prefers to rest on tho laurels of two successful national campaigns. Somo politicians do not know enough to quit. Rockefeller must be pleased when Schwab and Morgan aro scrapping. Tho popularity of Santa Claus con tinues unabated and he Is by all odds the favorito presidential candidate. If Colombia don't like tho way Uncle Sam got his right of way for tho Panama canal, what's the matter with referring tho whole thing to Uie Hague International . Arbitration court? Constitution A saored document standing botweon tho peoplcnnd their needs, and relnvoked only on such oc casions. Tho gambling bill gavo a fow Holy Rollers In the legislature a chance to make speeches for tho benefit of their antl-gambllng constituents, and then let It pass out of oxistence. The noxt opora company that comes to Salem without a pretty girl ln the chorus should bo fined for contempt They do say that there is only one thing slower than the malls betwoon Salem and Portland and that Is tho exprq&a. People ought to bo glad to get baok anything when they send to Portland for It. As gambling is not exaotly an hon est way of netting money or anything else, It, was perfectly natural that Uio bill should have been stolen. An axohasge has a lot of rot about .... rr :---"-- .l. ruuM -mo nnunS rumu.ee or Amenoa," 5 u. u. uiauaiu, agei naming the army and navy men. Ho'.... ovorlooked the faot that as fighters. Ayers Tho Youngcrs, Earps, Wild Bill, Go- ronlmo and Aapacho slouches. Kid wore no a waaiungwu i" ,. . torstato commission today gave hearing on its proposed requirement Uiat after January 1, 1004. tariffs on export and Import traffic bo published . ,.t . ....l..t MM,n HHI..X In. and fllod with tho commission the samo as domoctlc tariff. A largo num ber of representatives both of tho railroads and' shippers attended tho meeting. During Uio session tho ad mission was mado by Frank Water house, representing tho Boston Steamship company of Seattle, of n discriminating contract liotwcon that company and tho Northern Pacific railway. Mr. Watorhouso was dis cussing Uio 75-cont through rato on' t -RrMlt v Ot Tn,il nnllnltv I nera,, iw u . . -h , . producer oxceod8 tho output appor- divided bo ween tho water lino and fay . th"Droaesr0U not como to this then," ha ?,, "f ! asked Chairman Knapp, "that you c- o California mlllmen de want tho Northern Pacific road to ln, avor d Hcatlon of carry hemp from Seattle to St Paul!"1'8 P"vls, "f " "JJh7 for 37 cents, whon It Is brought d"co mro ,than te 1uota ,n, d,8trlcf ovor by your steamers, but it whcro tho demand oxccods "? BUM brought ovor by a tramp you want thorn to chnrge twlco as much as their proportion?" Watorhouse "If Drought ovor on a tramp steamer thoy won't tako It" Chairman "Why not?" Watorhouso "BeMuse thoy havo ,i contract with out lino which prohib its thorn from taking it" Chairman "You don't moan quite that, do you?" Watorhousc-"Yos; sir; I moan that" Chairman "Tho Northom Pacific havo an- arrangomont with you undor which thoy will not carry any homp oxcopt that you bring It ovor in your steamers?" Watorhouso "I moan thoy will not tako It at Uio samo rata Thoy would not mako tho samo through rate to a tramp sailing ship or tramp stonmor arriving at Soaltlo or Tacoma that thoy would to a regular line." This admission caused considerable commont. American nowspapors ovory year pay in wages $80,000,000 and recolvo $8O,G0O,00O for subscriptions nnd $95, 000,000 for odvortlsomcnts. Just Uilnk of It, Sonutor Chauncey M. Dopow Is olthor director, manager or trustee in moro than 70 corporations. &eeeoeeaesoGfts8av88se0e&H8s5 Getting Ready for Invoice and want to clean up some lines entirely. Mackintoshes for ladies or children, all this fall stock, 20 per cent reduction. f Knit Shawls for 25c, the best you ever saw for the monev. Ladies' Hose fleece lined 12 l-2c a pair, best value in the city. Towels at 10c each, bleached with colored borders, look like they are worth 25c. General Redaction on all goods in the store except spool cotton Rostein & Geenbattm 302 Commercial Street. eet9eeea9aee&9eeae0 (Balt8llH-gi3lll4iaHllliifltMH,,i The Entire Stock Of Boots and Shoes and Rubbers ; We have purchased : be sold at a sacrifice ;; get the bargains. !! P.MANFRED ;; Successor to Jacob Vogt. 265 Commercial Street ij tatieQioiatsf ig-t&t$tfrtaBttareteie-foitrst8 s:t:::i!AGENCY OF:::::::: ;; XmL,rJUK, (jrUTHKUS & GO.!! 1 1 I GRAINBDYBHBAMDSHlPPEHSOPflff ATftfii Oats For Sale. HOP GROWERS SUPPLIES. Crude and stick Sulphur. t n nni.nm a. ,r'TWTWTT,r'rwTWT,''"'iwlWllBIlMtt Cherry Pectoral quiets tickling throats. Doctors have known this for 60 years. Ask your own doctor about it. Do as he says. i;AV&cJi' f Coast Lumber Combine Broken. Coast Lumber Combine Is Broken.! I Tho great lumbar comblno of th Pacific coast 1b practically a thing o( tho past Tho conoorn that has has . mado ovor $100ot000or Its member, , of ,ate wag dUruptod Thursday wh Callfornla momberphlp Btatea - .. . ... , --t.-- vn agreement They announced a short whllo lator that Uioy had mado con tracts for oxports after tho first of January bolow tho comblno scale of $14. Tho presont agreement expires Jan uary 1st, and nftor that dato Uio great est lumbor war tho Pacific coast has ovor witnessed will bo inaugurated Tho foatdro of tho agreement to which tho mlllmon of this stato object s a clause which prov!do3 that where without suffering tho penalties pre- scribed Trlbuno. by tho comblno. Ashland The Cheeful Liars. "Tho Liars" tho society comedy In which John Drew, Isabel Irving, Henry Miller and Charles Wyman by Uio Baker company, of tho Baker woro so successful, will bo produced Enterprises, nt Portland, Oregon, next wook It wns ln this high class play that this company mado such a triumph in Los Angeles a few months ago. fled Time I take a pleasant herb drink, tho next morning I feel bright and my com plexion Is bettor. My doctor says it acts gently on Uio Buraache, liver and kidneys, and is a pleoeant laxaUve. It is made of horba. and Is prepared u easily as tea. It Is called Loao'e med icine. All druggists sell it at 25c and 60 cents. Lane's FamKy Modlclnoi moves tho bowels each day. If you cannot got It send for freo samples. Address, Orator Woodward, LeRoy, N. Y. Tho , birth rato among tho foreign born In Massachusetts la 52 por 1,001; among tho natlvo born It la 17. OASTOniAi Dura tha f Khi You Ha9 Alwayit Bot$ IJIgoature Spf J&tf-fi--' of fietjr7:&cUi( of Jacob Vogtmust ;; Come early and ! 207 Commercial St. Salem On I MVU" uol.iut " 5