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attributed II 10 a bad strain In ances.
try somewhere. That settled the mat.
ter Society was gulltless. The boy
or girl got badly born, that was all
and the matter was left to the Lord
and the child's ancestors. Society
washed its hands OF the whole respon.
sibilIty.
There are signs OF wholesome reac,
ton against over.emphasis on heredIty
II Is becoming increasingly apparent
that environment has more TO do with
life, moral or physical, than heredity
We are the victims Of Surroundings
Where we live. how we live, the mani.
fold influences, circumstances are the
vital and effective forces In life-mak'
ing.
Science has shown that the struggle
for existence and the consequent sur.
vival of the fittest Is one method OF
environment by which forms Of life
are shaped.
Human beings are equally subject to
the law and equally susceptible to the
influence Of surroundings. Place a
rogue where business u honestly con.
Quoted and ne turns honest by force
OF circumstances or gets beaten In the
game. All of which has Its signlf
canoe In our social problems. We shall
have slum people 80 long as We have
slums. We shall have vicious people
so long as we permit vicious environ
ments their baleful influence upon life
The good folks grow up out Of bad
conditions and bad people come from
good surroundings does not vitiate the
general sociological proposition thai
people are the result OF environment
more than of native instincts or hered
tary tendencies.
Institutions for wayward childrcI
are we'll enough as a panacea, a make
shift, an easy way to get out Of socia
responsibilities. But they do not 81
deep enough. Note where the majority
of your bad boys and girls come from
The kind of homes they have, tht
streets they live In, the kind and
amount Of food they have, and Their
change the conditions 80 that at least
the next generation Of children from
the same sources will not need the
Bridewell. Scarcely child that enters
your penal institutions and graduates
criminal but might have been al
honest citizen If his surroundings had
been better.
Clean out your moral cesspools OF
one kind and another and the matter
of personal morals will largely take
care of itself. Are we not spending
the most of our energy at the wrong
end Of the problem?
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Perhaps no species Of villainy Is
more cruel and reprehensible than the
adulteration Of drugs used in disease
and which may murder the invalid
they were supposed to benefit. 1t is
fortunate that the Washington authori-
ties have taken the work in hand and
have succeeded in unearthing q gang
of these scoundrels in Chicago by
making raids on the places where
bogus drugs were made, confscating
four patrol wagon loads of medicine"
and arresting five persons for misusing
the mails.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

When Monsieur Coppee was shout.
ing insults at the authorities In Paris
not long ago in one Of the petty poIiti-
cal crises which frequently occur in
the French capital, he declared that he
was ready to sacrifice his liberty and
even his life in the defense of the prin-
ciples which he charged the govern
ment with disregarding. At the ell
max of his obstreperous denunciation
of the powers that be he felt hand
on his shoulder, and, turning, saw the
prefect Of police. Instead of arrestine
him and hauling him to a dungeon,
deep and dark, the prefect said, with
z smiling face: "Shout whatever you
like and smash windows If the fancy
takes you. You can even, If you like,
attack the police. My men have strict
orders from me never to arrest you,
no matter what you may say or do"
The French have evidently discovered
the best way to destroy the effect OF
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EXCITEMENT CAUSES JAas.
Elm motionaIism IL as Intoxicating aa
Strong Drink.

Strong Drink.
Yes; In my opinion, II is quite poe.
slble for 4 man to become intoxicated
IN moments of great excitement, and
sometimes man will become just as
drunk as he would II he empted the
contents OF gallon Jug" said the OBJ.
servant man, according to the New
Orleans Times. Democrat, though II
IL. from my observation, very rare to
find a man who will lose control of
his legs In cases Of this s2rL
Crowds, with the excltements that
20 along with these gatherings, the
noise AMI hurry and all that kind of
thing. will make some men drunk Just
as readily as booze. We have known
the same condition to be brought
about by great heights or distances,
by some persons In reaching the top
OF high buildings. seasickness, in my
Judgment, Is drunkenness Have you
ever stood close TO a railroad track
while a passenger train whiried by at
full speed? II you have you can un-
derstand fully what am trying to tell
you. The noise and swift motion Of
the train intoxicated you for the mo-
ment, and for the time being you are
just about as drunk as you can be.
Rapidly moving street cars will
have the same effect on some persons.
The temperament OF the person, OF
course, has much TO do with the de-
gree of drunkenness resulting from
these conditions. The crowd is PROB
ably the most prolific source of drunk
enness Of the kind have reference
to. Few persons can escape some sort
OF intoxication In a crowd. The most
sedate persons imaginable will show
the symptoms, and you will find the
condition to exist, no matter what the
character Of the gathering. Crowds
in the streets will cause 1t. We find
1t In the ballroom.
'"Church gatherings are not exempt.
I have seen preachers noted for their
sedate, courtly and dignIhed bearing
drunk with the excitement and fine
emotionalism OF some big religious
gathering. No doubt almost every
man can recall many instances Of the
form of intoxicatlon l have been dis
cusslng."
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|E7d5 POPULAR
ItN6AgaSA [2lyg1[Rl17

top of silk hat, tirst.class hypocrite. In
conferences, conventions and minis.
'erial gatherings, talking more demon.
lnationallsm than Christ.
There are wells without water. trees
without leaves, nights without stars.
towers without fragrance, fields with.
out harvests, pulplts without sermons,
gardens without flowers, soldiers with.
cut weapons, countries without a
cause, furnaces without tire. singers
without song, ships without rud.
der. a religion without faith, homes
without mothers. meals without food,
Il God without any heaven, a friend
without country,
Such IL picture of q friendship.
which Is as pretentious as the father
OF hell, that Christ put In a class by
itself.
There Is one who came TO the world
the friend that sticketh closer than
a brother" lie touched with his iniiu.
ence the perishing in humanity and
cured II OF its malady, II took tired
hearts and put their WEAKNESS into
everlasting sleep; went into the gar.
den of humanity and killed the ugly
weeds aud left II blooming with the
blossoms that will cast their fragrance
into the centuries. never to die That
Is the friendship of God
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Wanted to Comnromiae.

Judge Lueders-You are charged
with lettering. What have you got to
say for yourself7
The Hobo-Nawthin', Jedge, only I
don't want youse ter be too bad on me.
OATS all.
Judge Lueders-Well, how will tnir.
ty days and bath strike your
The Hobo--Say, Jedge; can't youse
make 1t sixty days an cut out do
wash7
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

DR.. Wiley, the government chemist,
says there is no reason why the av-
erage man should not be useful until
he is 80 years OF age. 1t is not diff
fcult to guess who would be elected
IL Wiley and Osler were running
against each other for the presidency.
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FRIENDSHIP AND BUSINESS.

bJ kcVs FEaHH ~ DFuHcIs
Friendship is born in adversely. Its
motherhood knows the sorrows Of the
world. Much of the so-called friend
ship is merely whitewash. In theology
It will show its white surface, with a
heart as black as hell. Take Cor
dovia with domestic love, dead in Its
coffin, ready for interment See 1t in
punches of men in black cloth with a
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the ma Jority OF
cases your honest
man turns rogue or
IL beaten In busi,
ness. Herediy as
the prime factor In
moral life has re.
celved great EN-
phasis. II Is un
doubtedly signin
cant. But II has
cen overworkei.
II man or woman
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

Suppose the newspaper man, every
time he hears anyone critcise him or
his paper, should retaliate by holding
up to the public gaze all the faults
and shortcomings Of said faultfinder,
what would be the result? The editor
may not know 1t all, but he does not
live in a community long before he
knows a great sight more than he pub
fishes.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

No, William, there will be no onicial
celebration In Cuba over the pension
with which Spain proposes to honor
General weyler for his past services
on the island.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

A Princeton man recommends reh-
gion as a cure for trusts, Once start
the trusts In that direction and they
would soon have all the religion there
is In the country.
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A SINGULAR EXPLOSION
An Iron Rail Twisted Around the
Trunk of Big Tree.

That an ordinary steel rail can be
hurled high In the air. and twisted like
a piece Of wire around the trunk Of q
big tree seems incredible, yet such a
thing recently occurred at Nanaimo, B.
c. The explosion from which this Gu.
rious thing resulted was disastrous In
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Mrs. Craigie, the English novelist,
says women are unfit to sit on juries
because their nature does not contain
the element Of justice. Every man
who has been caught in wickedness by
his wife will indorse Mrs. Craigie's
declaration.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

Now that Ella Wheeler Wilcox has
concluded her autobiography, there
win be some mean folk to insinuste
that she is at the chloroforming age.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

That hen-egg-sized diamond was sent
through the ordinary registered mail
at a cost Of IS cents. Such things
are awfully discouraging to the indus
trious and hard-working train robber.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

King Alfonso Of Spain is credited
with a desire to marry an American
girl. But that's nothing. There are
plenty Of young men right around here
who are entertaining a similar desire.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29
SHORT METER SERMONS.
All power is born Of sin.

All power Is born Of sin.
No prayer is lifted on stilted phrases.
Love is the blossom Of the tree of
life.
The best way to pity a man is to
pick him up.
The wealth Of church depends on
It's work.
A man should not base his call to
the ministry on the fact that his mouth
waters whenever he sees a chicken.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

Russell Sage and Mrs. Hety Green
can point to the fact that no college or
missionary board has ever rejected
any OF their 100000 donations
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

attacks on the government is 10 ~
frain from making martyrs OF the at.
taeksrs. A government has to be pref.
" sure Of itself before 1t has the cOur.
age to pursue this course.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

When the Igorrotes returned to their
native land they put on clothes, Prob
ably they quit eating dog meat also,
Their contract had expired.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

MFR. Carnegie says the wealthy man
is a slave, While we are pretty busy,
we are willing to take a day or and
help emanclpate Mr.. Carnegie.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

When woman is unable to say any.
thing nice about man she tries to
make up for 1t by saying that he comes
Of a good family.
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"Hoist with His own Pet ard. +"

The humorous writer he wrote
A poor joke Of Fighter who fote,"
But the gag was so old
That the joker was sold
There was no other bitter who bote!
Cleveland Leader.
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Topics Of
the Times

II is too late now for the car to
take a course in jiu jitsu,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-06-29

If the average man had his just de-
serts the sherlff's boarding house
would be overcrowdsd.
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ENVIRONMENT AND MoRALa

~ NeF, " a. NhIte.
Place an honest man among CONNER.
clal rogues, or where business IL gen.
orally conducted dishonesty, aud In
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

grew up, and in time married coun-
tesses, and princesses and things
local celebrities, everyOne-and it
was not until the third generation
that the American blood began to
make trouble. Count Ernest of
Lippe-Beisterfield, father of Leo
pold, the present head of the fam
lily, found his American grandmother
something of a drawback when the
question of the Lippe-Detmold sue
cessiOn arose.
Because of her the Kaiser declared
that Count Ernest was not entitled
to occupy the throne of Lippe-Det-
mold and declined to receive him at
his court. The throne of Lippe-Det-
mold became practically vacant in
1895, by the death Of Prince Wal
demar. Il descended nominally to
his younger brother. Carl Alexander,
who was insane and had to be con-
fined in an asylum. He set up a court
of his own and ruled, a royal mad
man, until his death early I'm 1904
During this period Of the hereditary
rulers insanity Count Ernest of
Lippe-Beisterfeld managed the af-
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

German extraction, and what more
natural than that Count WastensIe-
bein, the -Beisterfield of his
day, travelling, when in the upheav-
ed state Of Germany in those davs.
things at home got too hot for him.
should meet the lovely daughter of
the Quaker City, who was yet highly
connected in the old country? And
having met her, what more natural
than that he should love her and
marry her, without any unnecessary
to do about an alleged mesalliance,
or any feeling that by a marriage
not noble" he was imperiling the
future of his house? His throne was
more or less shaky anyhow, so why
let it stand between him and his
hearts desire?
And so they were married, and
lived happy ever after. At least
there is no record to the contrary.
The pretty Philadelphia girl sailed
over seas. and became Countess of
BeisteTfeld-Lippe Sons and daugh-
ters were born TO them, and the
American blood in their veins did
not seriously trouble them. They
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

1904, when the mad prince died, be-
came king in his own person
His sovereign lord, William OF Ger
many, treated him with distinguish
ed contempt He declined 10 regard
him as a legitimate sovereign, would
not receive him at court, and rather
went out of his way to be rude to
him when chance forced a meeting.
Still Count Ernest managed TO sur
vive this autocratic displeasuTe. But
he did not long survive Alexander's
death Within a year he followed
into the great beyond, and left his
son, as he supposed, undispured heir
TO his little kingdom
But Adolphe of Schaumburg-Lit
and William of Germany decided
that here was an opportunity TO
make another fight, and if possible
to purge the petty royalties Of the
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

1t took pleasure in reminding him
that he, divine right or no divine
right, was of no more Importance in
its conclaves than the ruler of the
last of the principalities- finally
it decided against him.
1t confirmed Count Ernest in the
regency, and declared him, his
American blood Notwithstanding. the
legitimate heir to the throne if he
survived his mad young cousin,
Prince Alexander. William bowed
perforce to the decree. of the court.
And Prince Adolphe of Schaumburg-
Lippe. probably realizing the fu-
tility Of pushing his claim without
the backing of his august brother
in-law, subsided. Ernest remained
regent, ruling none the less wisely
and well for the fact that his grand
mother was an American, and in
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

fairs of the little kingdom as re-
quired.
But he was not allowed even the
regency undisputed. Prince Waldo
mar before his death had made a
will naming Prince Adolphe Of
Schaumburg-Lippe, brother-in-law Of
Emperor William, legitimate heir to
the principally. and upholding the
claim of the Schaumburg-Lipp
princes, and declaring that the Beis-
terfield-Lippes had forfeited their
claim when their grandmother mar
ried "commoner" Count Ernest
registered an emphatic protest. He
declared that Waldemar could not
lawfully dispose Of the throne by
will, and that he, as the nearest of
blood to the dead ruler, was entitled
to the sceptre on the death OF the
mad Prince Alexander.
1t was then that the court of arbi-
tration first took a hand in the af-
fairs of Lippe-Detmold. 1t heard all
the evidence and all the arguments.
1t had a good deal of fun with i'm
perial William and his strenuous ad-
vocacy Of the divinity Of kingship.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
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German states from any "commonerH
blood.
So the whole matter was gons
over again. Again the federated
states of Germany assembled in
solemn conelave. Again they fouted
William, their Divinely appointed
sovereign. Again they decided that
the house OF Lippe-Beisterield was
none the worse for an infusion Os
American blood. And Count Leo
pold Of Lippe-Beisterfeld, great-
grandson of Mathilde Bohlen von
HoIbach, of Philadelphia, was de-
clared rightful ruler of the ancient
principality of Lippe-DetmOld
It's not much of kingdom that
they've made all this fuss about.
Many of our wealthy men-Our cap
tains of industry-own quite as
many broad acres, control the lives
of quite as many men for good or
i'll, and would not hesitate TO spend
the annual revenues of L;ppe-Det-
mold on a steam yacht or q fancy
dress ball
1t has an area Of 469 square miles
about equal to one OF the counties
into which our Eastern States are
divided. It's entire population, 1885,
coo. could not send one representa-
tive TO Congress. 1t would about
make up one of the crowded city
wards in New York or Cnicago,
Philadelphia or St Louis Still it's
a kingdom with the traditional ex-
emptions and privileges OF royalty
about it, the picturesqueness of court
life, the glamour of a throne. And
to all that the great-grandson of a
Philadelphia girl has succeeded.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

e
~ grace. It does not Of
necessity bar a man from
the throne OF his ances-
tors. It can hold its own,
even in competition with tS3t of the
august brother-in-law of William OF
Germany, that firm believer in the
medieval doctrine of the divine
right of kings Such in effect is the
decision of the court of arbitration,
presided over by the king of Sax
ony. made up of delegates from each
Of the states of the German empire,
and convened to settle the vexed
question Of the succession To tne
throne Of Lippe-Detmold.
There were two claimants to the
throne Of this little principality-
Leopold of Lippe-Beisterfeld and
Adolphe Of Schaumburg-Lippe Leo
pold had the advantage of that pos
session which is admittedly nine
points in the law. He was nominally
Regent of Lippe-Detmold. succeed
ing his father, Count Ernest, from
whom, also. he inherited the dis
pute. Moreover, he was unquestiOn-
ably closer kin 10 the last king Of
the direct line. Charles Alexander;
he represented the branch next in
seniority to that extinct line. But
and its a very big "but'-he has
American blood in his veins And
the rival claimant, Count Adolphe
of Schaumburg-Lippe, is the Kaiser's
brother-in-law, and the Kaiser has
considerable pull in Germany.
Still, much as William would have
liked TO see his brother-in-law set
tied for life on the throne of Lippe-
DetmOld-its not much of a throne,
but any little old throne is so emf.
nently respectable for ones brother
in-law-he is such a stickler for
prinogeniture that he never would
have dreamed of backing the junior
branch against the senior, but for
the honest red American blood.
To be sure the American blood is
pretty we'll diluted now. It entered
into the Lippe-B -Beisterheld family
way back in 1871, in the person OF
the great-grandmOther of the pres
ent generation She was a Miss
Mathilde Bohlen Von Holbach, OF
Philadelphia. Evidently she was Of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-30
rNTEBEsrING ACTION.

Prohibitionists and some others will be pained by the action which is to be taken this winter toward the restora- tion of the canteens at army posts. The request will come, in the first in- stance, from the Woman's Army and Navy League, a society of the mothers and sisters, wives and daughters, in service households, who think they know the life of the enlisted men and it's needs. The Leagues president is the widow of Brigadier-General John c. Kelton. From a careful personal study of army-post conditions since the canteen was taken away she will tell congressman that the well-meant action was "a dreadful mistake It is under stood that her appeal to the congress- men to correct that mistake will be earnestly supported by Mrs. Chaffee, the wife of the chief of staff. The Army and Navy Journal says: Her eff forts to effect a repeal Of the existing law will command the interest and sympathy of a vast majority of those who have carefully investigated the facts. The annual reports of division and department commanders will soon be coming in, and we confidently pre- dict that they will repeat the old story of increased drunkenness and increased assertions as result of the abolition of the canteen. We predict also that when officers in active command of the troops make any recommendation at all on the canteen question an overwhelm- ing majority of them will urge return to the old system as means of pro- noting sobriety improving discipline and discouraging desertion. The views of officers on this question are entitled to consideration. The officer is respon- sible for the condition of the men un- der his command, and his efficiency and professional usefulness are measured by their health, discipline, contentment and general behavior. Consequently when he declares that the canteen helps to promote temperance he speaks for his own legitimate interests as well as for those of his men. He realizes that a sober and contented command is one of an officers strongest claims to advancement.
 There will be an interesting situation when this move is made.