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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27

A member of the Philadelphia bar
tells of a queer old character in Altoo-
ma who for a long time was the judge
of a police court in that town.
On one occasion, during session Of
his court, there was such an amount Of
conversation and laughter in the court
room that his honor became very an
wrath, he shouted:
"Silence, here! We have decided
above a dozen cases this morning, and
I haven't heard a word of one of
them !''-Harper's Weekly.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27

the other Is by forgetting God. To al
OF us God Is out of sight. To some In
deed He Is out of mind. While the ma
ural eye cannot see God, the spiritua
eye can see Him. The eye of the sou
sees God through faith. Walking by
faith Is always surer than walking by
sight. There are countless false paths
but the traveller need not take any OF
them. Faith In God makes the mind
clear so that we act wisely and right
ly.-Rev. G. w. Barnes, d. d.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27
A BfRamfst.

Little Willie-Papa, what Is a biga-
mist?
Mr.. Hennypeck-A blgamist, my son,
Is a-Shs-s-s-s! Is that your mamma
coming up the street? No, see 1t isn't.
Well, bigamist Is benefactor who
prevents at least one of his fellow men
from marrylng-Puck.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27
AcknONyIedRlnR God.

Addison has said; IF you wish sue
cess In life make perseverance your
bosom friend, experience your wise
counsellor, caution your elder brother
and hope your guardian genius"
A shorter recipe Is to acknowledge
God In all your ways. There are two
ways ,in which people pass through
this world, one is by remembering and
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27
Joshfng Her.

Mr.. A.-Going downtown to select
your spring hat, eh? Well, you better
wait until night.
Mrs. A. Tin surprise might, George?
Why7
Mr.. A.-Didn't you say 1t was going
to be q dreams
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27
Not Missing Anything,

Maize-When summer men propose
what rule do you follow?"
Marle-Present company always ac-
epted.-Kansas City Times
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27

There are lots of people who put up
with things all their lives that other
people wouldn't stand temporarily.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-06-27
Earring shaped Lake,

The Peud d'Orellle lake, in Idaho,
took its name from Its shape, which re-
sembles that Of an earring.
The sun., 1907-08-12
The Greatest Treason.

Another Federal Judge, THOMAS G..
JONES Of the middle and northern dis
tricts Of Alabama, has modified with
reluctance his injunction restraining the
State from enforcing a passenger rate
law while litigation in the Federal courts
involving constitutional rights was
pending.
The State Of Alabama and the South
ern Railway Company having entered
into an agreement by which tho company
was to reduce it's freight and passenger
rates, as required by the new rate law.
and by which the State was to restore
to the company it's license TO carry on
a transportation business, Judge JONES
was obliged to suspend the injunction
originally asked for by the Southern
Railway Company when it appealed to
q Federal court TO preserve it's constitu-
tional rights. But he took occasion to
say that a case in equity had been pre-
sented which gave the Federal court
"undoubted jurisdiction, and he stated
that if the company had stood on its
rights "the court would have exhausted
all tie power the law gives it for the exc
cution of its process. But this plain
speaking and resoute Federal Judge did
not stop with this assurance. He dared
to affirm:
The greatest treason that court OF the United
states could commit against the liberties OF tho
people Of Alabama as well as the citizens OF our
common country would be 10 quail from the issue
and abdicate Its plain sworn duty In the admins
trston OF the law"
As Judge JONES will be furiously as
sailed for asserting the validity Of Fed
eral process in the controversy between
the railroads which set up constitutional
rights and the sovereign States" which
undertake to suspend those rights, it
becomes Of interest to inquire who he is,
what his antecedents are and what his
qualifications as jurist.
THOMAS GooDE JONES is a Democrat,
a Confederate veteran, 90 years Of age,
and until his appointment to the Federal
bench in 1901 he practised law at Mont
gomery. He is the editor Of eighteen
volumes OF the Supreme Court reports
OF Alabama. He was Speaker OF the
State House of Representatives from
1884 to 1888 and Governor Of Alabama
from 1890 to 1894. During the great
mining and railroad strikes Of 1894 he
took personal command as Governor OF
the State troops and restored order with
out bloodshed. To save the credit Of
the State he increased the tax rate in
the face Of violent opposition, As Com
mander OF the State troops during the
Halves and Posey riots in 1888 and 1883
he was the strong man in grave emer-
gencies.
On the record THOMAS GooDE JONES
seems to be fully as loyal a Southerner
as GLENN of North Carolina or CONFER
OF Alabama, and an older and better
lawyer than either Of them. As an
American citizen and supporter Of the
Constitution he need not fear comparison
with any man.
The sun., 1907-08-12
Burial at Sea,

The relatives OF passenger who died
on an ocean liner and was buried at sea,
according to custom, protested recently
against the refusal Of the captain of the
ship to keep the remains on board and
convey them TO shore. Without entering
at all into the merits of this particular
case we shall perhaps be justified in
considering on general grounds the ad-
visibility Of continuing in the present
day the practice Of burial at sea in the
same unrestricted form as heretofore.
Those who go down to the sea IN ships
have not the same legal security for life,
to say nothing of their risk of natural
accidents, as those who remain on dry
land. This inequality is partly inevi-
table. Such safeguards as the watchful
neighborhood of friends and acquain-
tances familiar with a mans goings out
and comings in can evidently not be
extended to the traveller. On the other
hand must the special perils TO the sea-
farer indicated in the words We are about
to quote be regarded as necessary in
modern civilization:
The law does not require any certificate OF the
cause Of death when the remains are inferred ~
ses. II the body 10 consigned 70 the deep the Law
The sun., 1907-08-12
Tn. Latest New. From Italy.

Attention has Of late been directed 20
italy by two events that seem likelyto
have an important bearing on the internal
condition and exterior relations Of the
kingdom. We refer primarily to the in
creasing bitterness of the agitation on
the part of Socialists and Radicals against
the modus riuendi existing between the
civil power and the Papacy, an agitation
which has now taken the form Of a de-
mand for the suppression of Catholic
schools and monastic institutions;' OF
grave significance also is believed to
have been the conference which in the
week ended July ~ took place between
the Italian and Austro-Hungarian Min
listers for Foreign Affairs, accompanied
by their chief secretaries, at which con-
ference the Austro-Hungarian Ambas-
interview is reported to have resulted in
an agreement as 10 the course which
would be pursued by the two Govern
ments represented should the death Of
the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH, who will
soon have completed his seventy-seventh
year, be followed by an attempt on the
part of his ter million German subjects
10 become incorporated in the German
Empire.
There is no doubt that the present
feeling of the pro!etariat and the lower
middle class in the central and northern
provinces Of Italy against the Catholic
Church is more acrimonious and threat
ening than that evinCed by the Socialists
and Radicals of France, though the latter
have put an end TO Catholic educational
institutions, abolished the Concordat and
enforced the separation act In France
the attitude of the skilled workmen and
small tradesmen, who form the bulk Of
the urban electorate, toward the Cath
Ole priesthood has become one Of con-
temptuous indifference rather than Of
suspicion and ranCor, Now that the
State has debarred the Catholic clergy
from the teaching function and has
ceased 10 contribute to their support
the Socialists and Radicals exhibit no
desire TO visit them with persecution.
The corresponding classes in the Italian
Kingdom cannot look back on an equally
long record of triumphs over the Catho-
lie Church and therefore have not
learned TO regard il with equal tolera-
ton. Especially do they resent the indi-
The sun., 1907-08-12
MIR. Lodge on Tariff Revision.

We should Judge from the reception
of the speech of Senator LODGE upon
tariff revision at Nantasket Beach that
his obviously partisan view of amend
ment was not popular with the assembled
Republicans. There was no outburst Of
spontaneous and enthusiastic applause
when Mr.. LODGE solemnly said:
u have believed for the last three or four years
that II would be wise to revise the tarir. believe
that the tariff will be revised by the Republican
party In accordance with protective principles after
the 9TH OF March. 1900"
Mr.. LODGE was also understood to say
that it would have been we'll to under
take a revision Of the tariff two years ago
under the direction of a Republican
President and by a Republican Congress.
II his profession and his confession were
heard with scepticism and some impa-
tience the Senator has only himself to
blame. He has not been known as an
active and insistent tariff reviser. In fact,
he has kept his ardent desire for amend
ment under wraps. as they say on the
turf. And he is not an advocate Of it
now, assuming that the welfare Of the
country demands revision. unless Re-
publican Congress is allowed to do tho
work alone.
Mr.. LODGE, by the way, served notice
upon the Democratic party in Massachu-
setts that only State issues would be dis
cussed in the fall campaign. Governor
GUILD, however, knows better. Massa-
chusetts believes that a change in the
tariff is vital to the health OF her manu-
featuring industries, and the candidate
for any State Office or for the Legislature
who refuses to take his stand on the ire
pressible question will surely suffer q
loss of votes. Senator LODGE has not
added to his personal following by insist
ing that tariff revision is political mat
ter and the concern only Of an omniscient
and benevolent party to which he has the
good fortune to belong, and on which he
reflects as much lustre as he derives
from il. What mustthe voters of Massa-
chusetts think Of a statesman who de-
clares that he has held for three or four
years that the tariff should be modern
lied by Republican Congress, but who
has done nothing TO bring about that
contamination?
The sun., 1907-08-12
The Roosevelt and the Gas Bag.

Arctic exploration seems to languish
this year Of our Lord 1907. Notwith-
standing confident promises proclaimed
q few months ago, that miracle OF
marine architecture the I N"5evelt still
keeps 10 her moorings at al inglorious
distance from the ice packs. With such
a name can it possibly be boat better
adapted 10 loud professions than 10
homely performances?
On the other side Of the ocean Mr..
WALTER WELLMAN continues to utilize
his gas bag for purposes Of publicity.
He has not yet been favored with ex-
actly the wind upon the wings whereof
he proposes TO make his daring flight.
His is a most excellent gas bag, having
contributed vastly TO Mr.. WELLMAN's
happiness and prosperity without once
endansering his valuable life. We can
easily understand Mr.. WELLMAN's fire.
uuently proclaimed affection for it. All
the same, neither the Roosevelt nor the
gas bag has thus far weighed anchor,
and the North Pole still conducts its
long established monopoly of business
at the old stand.
No difficulty attaches to the question
whether we prefer to keep the most gal
liant of Arctic explorers here at home or
would rather have them discover. locate
and stake out the Pole, thereby oele-
brating American valor, rewarding
shrewd investment and putting fresh
salt upon the tail of that almost extinct
bird Credulity. If we were sure OF re-
covering them virtually intact, we should
without a second thought despatch the
Roosevelt and the gas bag, twin instrl-
ments of profitable melodrama, on their
mission of delight. Unhappily, we are not
sure, and so we view with gratitude the
stanch guy ropes of the Wellman gas
bag and find consolation in the efficiency
of the Roosevelt's hawsers. Better permit
that once impetuous and bounding bark
TO incur a foul bottom and accumulate
a thoroughly disastrous bilge; better
have the gas bag tug at its rotting ropes
, until it shall collapse like a maltreated
eelskin.
Meanwhile, both the vessel and the
bag remain with US, to exalt and 10 in
spire. Not until next year at the earliest
will either bust loose" upon an ice
locked zone and set the secrets Of the
Pole a-quiver with alarm. Mr.. PEARY
may reasonably be expected to put in
a long, and let us hope opulent, lecture
tour. Untold thousands long to hear
about what he hasn't discovered in the
past and TO receive specific details Of the
mysteries he will certainly unveil next
time. They are used to it and the appe-
tite is thriving upon disappointment.
WELLMAN, on the other hand, has learned
TO know a good thing when he sees it,
and with winters in Europe, springs and
autumns in the United States, summers
in the North Sea, and solicitude and ac-
clamation everywhere, he can safely be
counted on to take poetponement hope
fully.
The North Pole is all right, anyhow.
The sun., 1907-08-12

cations offered at the last general cleo
ton Of an inclination on tho part OF the
Papacy TO allow faithful Catholics TO
cooperate with the conservative uphold
ers Of the monarchy at the ballot box.
They would mitch prefer TO witness
renewal OF the former vindictive and
apparently irreconcilable conflict be-
tween the reigning dynasty and the
Vatican.
The incident which provoked the pres
ent explosion OF anti-Catholic sentiment
was the exposure by the Milan police OF
a den Of iniquity kept, under the guise
OF a girls school, by a so-called nun who
had two priests for her accomphces.
There seems to be no doubt that the
ecclesiastical authorities had frequently
but unavailingly warned the police
against the woman, but the Radical and
Socialist newspapers persist in describ-
ing the case as a religious scandal ana
in fostering a belief that all monastlc or
educational institutions maintained by
the Catholics are tainted with similar
corruption According to a despatch
from Rome, which we printed on Sunday,
open acts Of violence against religious
communities are momentarily expected,
and such demonstrations may lead to the.
wholesale suppression of such bodies by
the Government
This is the source Of the disturbance
with which the internal tranquility Of
Italy is threatened. Now let US look at
the significance ascribed to the recent
interview between the Italian and Aus
tro-Hungarian Ministers for Foreign
Affairs. The conference cannot have
been needed for the purpose of securing
the continuance Of Italy's adherence to
the Triple Alliance. for her treaties with
the Vienna and Berlin Governments have
been prolonged automatically until June,
1914. The question upon which light is
believed to have been sought from Signor
TITToNI was What position would Italy
take in the event of the death Of the En-
peror FRANCIS JOSEPH being followed by
an effort on the part Of Emperor WILLIAM
to annex not only the German speaking
part Of the Cisleithan Kingdom but also
its Italian speaking provinces that lie
around the head of the AdriaticT Ac-
cording to a report credited In well
informed quarters at Rome the outcome
of the conference was an agreement that
in the event named Italy would under
take the defence Of Austria's Italian
speaking possessions, so that the whole
Austro-H Hungarian army might be used
in another quarter. In exchange for her
services Italy would receive part Of the
territory shielded. as, for example, the
Trentino and possibly Trieste. while
Austria would retain the Adriatic north
eastern and eastern coasts.
As we have said, the contingency said
to have been provided for cannot in the
course Of nature be long postponed, and
evidently the resultant situation will be
seriously complicated il it be true that
Italy has entered into the compact
| described.
The sun., 1907-08-12
Goats.


FrOm t1e SpfCtnfOT
The long despised milk glver lost q good friend
IN the late Lady Burdett Coutts, for many years
president Of the Goat Society: but would appear
that the goat has other influential advocates. "An
MY children" writes tho Duchess Of Hamilton 10
HOWE Counties. have had goats milk and have
done very well on IT. Lady Dunlesth testihes
70 the remarkable enect OF milk from the poor
mans COW on the infants Of village In which she
takes . benevolent interest. and Miss Rose Hub
bard. Miss Iris Milford and other ladies give evil
dencs - TO iu pslatabuity. An authority quoted
has no fewer than seventy goats; another has
eight respectively. One Of the goat keepers has
had succession of -nsnnics- In his possession for
thirty ave years. another has had an experience
years From these facts, as well as from the grow
Ing exhibits OF goats at the dairy and many county
keeping has become serious interest In many di-
rections
Nobody knows now many goats there are in the
land and Scotland unlike the Irish board docs not
In Ipland II 10 found that there are nearly 10000
were returned a quarter OF . century ago as pos
sessing 100000 animals. In Switzerland and
Norway the goa,s In the ratio OF ono to every
fourteen and sixteen Inhabitants. Swiss goat
keepers have long had the encouragement Of the
state TO develop the mnklns&powers of their stock
TO the utmost degree. and work entitled La
ChAvre," which we lately reviewed. showed tho
results OF intelligent interes, In goat keeping in
The sun., 1907-08-12

does no, demand legal inausst into the attendant
circumstances, vhsn the death " sudden. Suspi
cious or 100 eAIled) accidental The Corn.
mon law does not ordinarily extend TO matters
Affecting life and death on the high seas"
A commander In the British navy
called attention to these facts some years
ago in a campaign which he undertook
for the better legal protection Of the
lives OF seamen in the mercantile marine.
Commander DAWSON showed that about
sixty per cent. Of the deaths occurring at
sea among these men were Of a kind
which on land would be followed by a
Coroners inquest. whereas they were
actually followed by no inquiry at all.
The circumstances Of passengers differ,
OF course. in many ways from those Of
crew. Nevertheless In the point OF legal
security for life passengers are not really
any better on than seamen "a things
now stand.
II we choose to cast backward glance
at bygone horrors, We may recall the
days of early immigration to this
country when in some instances twenty
five per cent. or more OF the sanguine
voyagers were thrown overheard "and
no questions asked" before reaching
El Dorado. OF course, nothing Of that
sort happens now, but so far as the law
is concerned there is absolutely nothing
TO prevent IL. The remedy Of this state
of affairs evidently lies in the prohibition,
except perhaps in the case Of deaths from
infectious disease, Of the practice Of
burial at sea. Thereby the sea traveller
would at once be restored to the pro-
lection of the Coroner's jurisdiction. In
the past, no doubt, the summary riddance
Of a corpse overheard was ordained
by hygienic. If not by superstitious,
reasons. But this argument, so far
at least as hygiene is concerned, can no
longer be advanced. Science has pro-
Creased in that matter.
The sun., 1907-08-12
rxpsr,snee Of q Sarcastic Citisen.

To THE EprroR or TEE SUN-.str: Business
being slack and I wishing 70 do something 70 bene-
nt the summer stay at home citizens of the city, {,
and having neither libraries 10 give away nor sur
plus campaign funds Vintage OF ie0s 70 dstributel
I foolishly wrote " the New York Geological
Society that I thought the public would greatly
appreciate more guide posts In Bronx Park, the
absence Of signs at many OF the lntersectlng walks
In the park rendering Il largely matter OF chance
whether one reached the "Primates" or the bug
house. or words to this effect.
Ireceived a speedy answer signed by prominent
onncial OF the society. He devoted little space to
the matter complained Of. but took up about Q
page In stating that my letter was nasty and
-il considered" and that as apparently lacked a
mind an automatic park should be arranged
for me. Not content with this he informed me that
those TOO poor or too stlngy TO buy q catalogue
for q quarter could obtain maps Of the park for
ave cents"
Now II more signs are not needed In the park
suppose must take this undignined TRADE In
silence but II they arc needed kindly give me some
sort OF . vindication by allowing Q few Of your
readers to back me up. D. W.
NEW YoRx. August 10.
The sun., 1907-08-12

From Ae Ntnsfssnth Century and After.
II sin the htoenth and sixteenth centuries that
the lord vas never without the fool the fool never
without lord. The statement is corrobratod by
the evidence supplied by history OF the extrsordi
nary Anectioa borne BY Kings TO their jesters-a
affection perhaps the result in part OF a licensed
familiarity permitted 70 the fool Alone. Traces Of
u are everywhere apparent. Here and there .
ma gnincent tomb such that erected in the Church
Of So. Maurice de Senlis TO the memory OF Thevenin
dc saint -Lgier. fool OF the King Lord testi-
nes 70 the gratitude Of the master toward the man
who had made him laugh, or again the proof Of
Il s 70 be found In gifts such the rich chspelie
Of ermins covered with q rose bush, with stem OF
gold of cypress and leaves Of wrought gold. pre-
70 his fool IehAn Arcemalie.
l. that when d-ssh had removed him from his post
the King paid 70 mis- memory the unwelcomc com
pliment OF insisting that his son. made after quite
another pattern and regarding the calling with
adherence. should carry on the family tradition
by assuming the cap and bells. OF Charles v.
OF France it is recorded that he maintained At his
court q number Of the craft with whom. his
morning devotions concluded. he was accustomed
TO exchange paroles Joyeuses at honnestes" be-
fore proceeding 10 the more serious occupations
Of the day. Poor mad Charles vi. surrounded him
self with testers. hoping thus to md . means Of
distraction from his melancholy: and. 70 come 70 Q
prince OF the Church. % close and intimate was the
tie uniting Pope Leo X. and his fsvorte bunoon
that the latter assisted 90 his death hsd, and has
bssa asssrssd ono would hope erroneousy to ha ve
bssa ths sole wsteher there.
The sun., 1907-08-12
River or sewerc

The report made by DR.. PORTER, the
State Health Commissioner, on the pol
luton Of the Hudson, caused by the dis
charge OF mill wastes into its waters,
amounts to declaration that the stream
is poisoned, but that there are no sta
tistics available to show that its condition
has injured the health of the people liv-
ing on it's banks. Water and ice taken
from the river below Fort Edward arc
unfit for animal consumption; the poison
in the water kills the fish; the pleasures
OF boating and bathing are interfered
with seriously; these conclusions are
stated as established by evidence; all
that is not proved is that human life
suffers from the conditions that exist.
In short, the Hudson is not yet enough
OF a sewer to drive humanity from its
banks. One may build his home near
it's course without fearing immediate i'll
effects from it's effluvia. Ten or twenty
years hence the situation may be en-
tirely different. By 1927 the stream may
have become foul enough to earn a place
as a cause of death" in the health re-
ports. The question for the State to
consider is whether it is not perhaps
worth while to take action now to pre-
vent such condition. 1t might be wise
to preserve the Hudson as a river, rather
than to leave to another generation the
task Of Transforming 1t back into one.