, 1882-06-17
Editorial SpinniAgs

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A skillful water-gardener could resdil.
make q vet Paradise ont of The Dslles
Springfield, MAss., will be lighted viii
electric lamps, at coat yearly of $3.50
Since 1873, the sale of public lands il
this Territory has increased 73 per cent
The news from Oregon at first pathetic
aas become patheticker and psthetieker
The modern political xaichword-nom
mate only those who will vote as they ar
bribed.
Chinese seamen are delivered at Sgd
ney, Australia, for $laO head, or S26C
Q pair.
Ralph Waldo Emerson left 500, ,00I
and no xill-or rather, no money for the
lawyers-
The Southern Pacific has an iron, bull
let-proof express car, with loop-holes for
rihemen.
The crop of seal. skin jacques seems as.
sured, the report being, that seals are
plentiful in the North pacific regions.
Why is the coming election likely to be
satisfsctoryl Because it is to be carried
by Justice.
1t is said that Walk zen Miller has lost
his money in Wall street. We wish 1t
had been his inclination to grind out poe
try.
The latest dress fabric is called woven
air. 1t Was invented by the Cherub;m
who, instead of kissing her, got tangled
in her smile
Against 1887 ,5l3 earned during the
first four months Of 1881, the Northern
Pacific company earned 81 ,463, 900 during
the first four months of 1882.
According to letters received by the
New York Times, the South is solid
against the Arthur administration, and
Tor the old Bourbon Party.
A genuine Raphael painting has been
discovered in Philadelphia 1t had been
eleve.' times sold as chrome. Examine
your tea and Gleomargarins ehromoa
The drivers of the fancy coaches of the
aristocracy of New York use horns to an
nounce their approach. Ours nse horns,
but the -ound is only slight gurgle.
A type-set.lng and printing depart
ment for girls has been added To the
High School in San Jose, California.
The local editor is always in command
of the latest news.
George Craft has disappeared as sud
denly as though shot out Of ten-pound
howitzer. Anybody meeting this Craft is
requested tn trim the sail and head It
toward Salem, Oregsn.
Low down in front and high up behind
with ear-laps, is the latest style in hair
dressing. From the new kinks, it seems
that We have always shamefully neglected
the possibilities of hair.
Politics are coming to the fore in Cali
fornia and all the visionary rufiians of the
Sand Lots, headed by that religious fraud
kalloch, are jubiiant over the prospect
of "spoils.
On the 30th of this month Guiteau will
know the truth of the teaching Of physics,
that it is easier to jump down than to
jump up Conkling colld have explained
that to him.
A Pennsylvania editor was recently
sued for slander because he incidentally
referred to ward politician as a 'lan-
tern-j jaWed cockroach." Verdict-guilty
as 20 lantern-j -jswed but not on eockroaeb,
price two bits.
Coeeieus Nerva, a famous and wealthy
la~yer of Rome, killed himself out of
compassion for the miserable condition Of
the city. There arc great many less
compassionate men in Virginis City, Nc
vada.
It will be lesson to political aspirants
in the future as in the past to be careful
what paper in Walla Walla endorses
them. The Union endorced a candidate
for State Senator in Oregon ard never
was man worse beaten. He is a good
man but went into the fight too heavily
handicapped
Grateful always for newsy items, 1t Is
well enough to lay that poetry will be
laid aside for more convenient season,
and that it will be q waste Of time for
young people to ask advice in the paper
about love affairs, our belief being that
cold print dissipates the romance of such
things.
A citizen of Portland was committed
tor assault and battery because he dubbed
an innocent and dsfsnceless policeman
Right. A man must be heartless indeed to
take a policeman. club from him and
punch him with it. Policemen must be
protected.
Oliver Dalrymple. the bonanza farmer
If Dakota, in speaking Of whea'-produc-
ing countries, says When you take int"
account the reliability Of the crop and
its average yield, l do not believe that
Dakota has its equal on the continent,
unless it be Washington Territory.
The petroleum pipe constructed from
the Couban oil territory over the Cancas-
ms mountains to Novoroszisk harbor on
he Black Sea coast has Just been
opened. 1t is seventy versts long, with
daily capacity to deliver $1,000 Pnds "i
petroleum
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