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Show A Prtitett from .Ioattilu Miller. r-'.uropo. is the grave and California the cradle. I do not quarrel with thosu men and women who turn li.uk to look on tlie tombstones of their fathers ia the old graveyards of Kuroie now and then; hut I have li. i It patience w ith tliuewbo habitually habitu-ally turn lroin the cradle to the tomb. There is very little Mood or soul or snap in such people. Ami niiiybe it is as well that they co totliu rear iu the great battle of life, and remain there among the tomb-atones tomb-atones with t he weak or wounded. liut I do quarrel ery seriously with the press of America for piling all the petty disputes of Kuril) on our plates morning, noon and niuht. We must breakfast on i the gouty growls of liismarck, luncU on I'arnell and Gladstone ami dine on the j Mrs. O'.-diea scandal. Meantime the j mighty and majislic Pacific empire, which I loads a treasure ship with bread and wine, gives senators to the nation that guide the i destinies of tins world, writers of books j that are read and builders of railroads that belt t he continent, lias only a p iragraphl j Tins is ignoble. Let tho ruffians of j Europe growl on each other, and be i blowed! Why, the single state of Oregon Is of much more importance to the world i today than nil ticirinany. California is of ; Uinrh more co:. -spionee than all Kngland. j And ast.ne of the sixty -three millions of j Amf 'icans I solemnly prot est aaitivt being j forever ijesieied by tlie follies of Kurope. j |