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Ebbltt House New Stand. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. DEC. 21, 1004. THE RAILROAD PROBLEM. Whether Congress should empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix railroad rates In disputed cases, on traffic between the states, Is a sub ject of much Interest at Washington at this time. The President, In his recent message, said: The Government must In Increasing degree upervlse and regulate the workings of the railways engaged In Interstate commerce; and euch Increased (supervision Is the only alterna tive to an Increase of the present evils on the one hand, or a still more radical policy on the other. Here the possibility that, if the rates are not regulated by law, the railroads may be -taken under National or state control, seems to be hinted at. The President said, further: While 1 am of the opinion that at present It would be undesirable. If It were not Imprac ticable, Anally to clothe the commission with general authority to fix railroad ratee. I do not believe that, as a fair security to Ship pers the commleslon should be vested with the. power, where a given rate has been challenged, and after full hearing found to be unreason able, to decide, subject to Judicial review, what shall be a reasonable rate to take its place, the .ruling of tbe commission to take effect Immediately and to obtain unless and until It Is reversed by the court of review. It is an exceedingly difficult matter to deal with; for the courts are not friendly to legislation that would take or tend to take judicial power out of their hands. At present, when there la complaint about interstate rahroad rates, the Commission can Investigate and decide, butvin order to enforce its decision It must "take the matter into a Federal Court, and this prooess is so tedious and difficult that it is not al ways effective. What is now proposed, as the Chicago Chronicle says, Is that "the matter shall be turned around and the railroads be given the laboring oar. That Ib, the purpose is to make the de cision of the Commission final unless the railroads themselves take an appeal to the Federal Courts, but even this ar rangement is environed with constitu tional and administrative difficulties." The Chronicle says further: Washington is In a ferment on this subject. Senator Elkina, chairman of the Senate com mittee on Interstate commerce, and Mr. Hep burn, chairman of the House committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, are making laborious investigations In regard to the con stitutionality of the proposed legislation, and their entire committees, not to say the whole Congress, have begun to express not only deep Interest, but great solicitude In regard to it. The principle of National and of state regulation cannot, however, be dis puted. It rests on foundations too well established. But the difficulty of mak ing regulations that shall be "reason able" is immense. The New York Times makes this statement: If we had Government regulation of rates, as the President recommends, we should not be o very far from Government ownership. If the Government has the authority to deter mine the annual sum of money an individual or a corporation may earn by the use 6f Its property. It has already come pretty near to owning that property. At least, from the point where the acceptance of the Preladenfa recommendations would place ua the road to actual ownership by the Government is short and easy. And yet "regulation" must come, as it seems; ior tne railroads are as little disposed to comply with the popular de mand as the popular demand is dis posed to be satisfied with what the rail roads would call reasonable. Great agi tation of this subject may be looked for In the near future. RUSSIAN POLICE METHODS. Despite the extraordinary pow'ers with which the Russian police Is In vested, its Incapacity to cope -with or ganirea opposition Is notorious. The Nihilists have time and again made a mockery of police plans, and have car ried out their schemes as they desired. -ana this in a country where every per son Is compelled to have a passpbrt and even the janitor Is an official spy upon th Inmates of every house or building. The reason for this Incapacity is appar ently due to corruption and freedom from supervision. The Russian police employes are servants of the Czar, and there Is no department of the govern ment to exercise a check upon thehi. The "Third Section," which has af- lorded material for so many melo dramas and supplied plots for so many stories, does not now exist, in name at least, although the unrestrained powers of this secret service are still said to be retained by the department With each man in the service directly and solely responsible to the official above him, it is easy to see how the report that Sasoneff, the murderer of Von Plehve, is In Switzerland has gained general credenoe, despite the convlc tion, tor the assassination, of a prisoner in St Petersburg. The London Express says that Sason eft escaped from custody oh a forged order presented by sham gendarmes. Be that as it may, the conflicting state ments made by the polios authorities of St 'Petersburg inevitably lead to the belief that they made some mistake in the matter, and, in view of their re sponsibility through superior officers to the Czar hhriself, it is evert probable that they convicted an Innocent man behind closed doors. Strangest thing of all appears the commutation of the death sentence upon a prisoner convicted of such an atrocious crime as the assassination of Von Plehve. And even the prisoner's term of Imprisonment has been reduced from life td one of fourteen years, While his alleged and' convicted accomplice escapes with ten years. This feature of the case lends most color to the Btory that Sasoneff, the real murderer,, is free, and that his place has been filled with a scapegoat chosen by the police. the Virtue of sating. Tou will hear younsf men these davs say that "nobody ever gets rich by saving." The notion passes Into the minds of young women, too; and the result is a condition unfavorable to faith in the old-fashI6hed and homely virtues of steady, careful and calcu lated industry, guided by intelligence ana minding the monitions of nrudence at every step. When it is Bald that nobodv ever gets rich by -savinjr. -the anestlon arises at once, What Is it to be rich? Cer tainly one never will Save ehbueh from moderate earnings alone to make him a millionaire: but every one can save enough from them to give him a start on the road to independence. He can. -by industry atid prudence, lay a foun dation or wealth. .Some succeed In this way, in high degreeadvancing step by step from smallest befcinninsrs to Inde pendent fortune, and some few to jrreat wealth. And hone who take this course and adhere to it will fail of moderate fortune at the least. The Greeks had a maxim that the be ginning was half the whole work. It is so, pre-eminently, In the matter of "making a fortune." as the nhrase coes. The chances are immensely against the acquisition of great riches, by any one. But even great riches must have a be ginning; and they who save something have better- chance even for great riches than those who do not For th great mass ordinary fortune must suf fice, or lower still; but in a country like ours ordinary fortune, at least, Is In the power or ev-ery one, if only he be will ing to pay the price for it. In Indus try, perseverarfce, prudence, and self denial; In postponement of present gratification for higher advantages of the future time. NO OUestion but thA fasvlnp lin'hlf conjoined with industry, if persisted in, will lead to Sure Independence. It Is so because the operation of the moral laws is and must be oertaln. Man Is not a fool to his own moral fttitr The process mar be a slow -cc-mr tn in dependence, and slower Still to riches; yet the word riches is more a qualita tive than a quantitative term, and the man who possesses a million may think the man who has but ten thousand poor, while the man of fifty millions may look down upon the common mob wno possess but one million each, as persons of small consequence. But it is In moderate fortune, which each one may have if he will pay the price for it in energy, prudence and daily self denial, where the truest comfort lies Nothing Is so beautiful in thiB world. nothing as an abode of contentment and happiness can compare with it that little home which a youns: counle enter to take tip the work of life to gether, with saving economy for them selves and for their children, living carefully and frugally, doing the work of life as they find it, making accumu lation of character, while they make such accumulation of property as they can. Such may never become very rich though they have a thousand chances to become so, where those who want to 'live fast" at the beginning, have none at all. In mere miserliness there is no com fort nor good. But there is great vir tue in saving, nevertheless. There Is character In It and hope in it. and con tentment in it, and a future In it Wherefore save something. Don't "blow in" the little you have because you Im agine It too trlfllnsr to keen, Hold rt and add to it, as you can. You will see that It will amount to something, by and by. All the time you can afford to he decently liberal, too, on a scale suit ed to yourneans. Tou needn't be sor did, and should not For there aro re sources for a fine liberality in the nrae- tlce of these virtues, which is quite con sistent with the accumulation of prop erty at a rate reasonably rapid. If you wish to become Independent, cultivate the habit and virtue of savins; and don't In the mistaken hope of luck that will make you rich, despise the day of small things. Begin now. Great wealth does come sometimes by acci dent, but not to many. You can't count on it. But you can count, and all evermore can count on results from steady energy,- from calculated prudence, from the habit of saving your resources and putting them, as you may by intelligent care. Into cumu lative form. WHEAT AND FLOUR. EXPORTS. Flour and wheat shipments from the United States for the first eleven months of the year chow a remarkable decrease la comparison with those for the corresponding period in 1903. The showing, so far as it pertains to flour, is hot without satisfactory features, especially as it pertains to the Pacific Coast ports. Shipments from Portland decreased only 300,000 barrels, and from Puget Sound about the same, while San Francisco showed a slight gain. From all American ports there was a decrease from 17,102,768 barrels to 10,686,467 bar rels. Wheat exports for the same period show a total of but 12,219,178 bushels, compared with 67,789,721 bush els for the same period in 1503. From these figures it is apparent that, despite the short wheat crop and attendant difficulty in securing milling supplies, the business of flour exporting held its own much better than that of wheat exporting. As has preylously been noted, tne .Facinc coast ports con tributed nearly one-half of the total amount shipped from all American ports for the eleven months and prac tically all that was shipped in Novem ber. The heavy falling off in both wheat and flour shipments materially reduced the total value of all exports, but it is not apparent from this that the wheatgrowers have suffered much by reason of the short crop, except in certain localities where the failure was almost total. Exports of both wheat and flour have been cut down because prices were sc high at home that we could not com pete Xvlth the sellers of other countries. The increased valuation of the crop marketed at home undoubtedly made the aggregate amount paid- the farmers nearly as great as w received for the 1503 crop. Wheat for milling always commands higher prices than can bo paid for the cereal for export purposes. a8 a raw product For this reason it IS gratifying to note that the decline in flour shipments was smaller propor tionately than in wheat 'shipments. Millers complain that their export busi ness has been seriously injured by their inability to hold their trade in the for eign markets with this year's high priced wheat This damage is not irre trievable, and can probably be reme died. The economic advantage in con verting the raw material into a manu factured product is fully as apparent In the flour industry as in any other lines, and with a return to normal conditions In the wheatgrowing districts there will be plenty of wheat to grind next year. The fear expressed a few years ago that our flour trade with the Orient would suffer by reason Of the Japanese engaging In the milling business does not seem to have been well founded, for the exports1 of wheat to the Orient are much smaller than they have been for the past three years, while flour exports are- holding up fairly well. The coun try as a- whole will not be loser when our wheat exports cease entirely. It will matter but little whether this change is "brought about by the increas ing value of the land for other purposes or by reason of the demand for home consumption taking up all of the prod ucts of the mills. Either would denote improved industrial conditions. SCOPE OF THE '5 FAIR. Announcement m The Oregonian yes terday that the Lewis and Clark Fair management would erect one additional structure marks the final consumma tion of the plans for the great Exposi tion. The limit has been reached. It is the definite purpose to' go ahead with the enterprise along the lines now marked out and to permit no exigency to Involve or to require expenditure of a- greater Sum of money than is now proposed to be invested. The Orego nian has from day to day presented to the public the current history of the Fair, but it Is fitting again to define succinctly its scope and purpose. The Fair will have: Two thousand, five hundred exhibitors. Twenty-five distinctive exhibit buildings. . Innumerable small structures. Btato buildings Oregon, Washington, Cali fornia, Massachusetts', New York and pos sibly Idaho. Participating states Oregon, Washington, California, Massachusetts, New Tork, Idaho. Utah, Louisiana, Nevada, Missouri, Pennsyl vania, Indiana, Iowa, North Dakota, Minne sota, and possibly Wisconsin and Illinois, with eoma others, and the Territory of Arizona. Foreign nations participating Japan, China, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Switzer land, Italy, Australia, Corea, Slam, Costa Rica, Hungary, East India, Persia, Algeria, Egypt, Russia and tbe Dominion of Can ada. United States Government buildings and exhibit. Philippine exhibit. Area of site 182 acres (land): 220 acres (water). It is obvious at a glance that the Ex position will be vastly, more- elaborate than had been originally planned. The actual outlay in money for the instal lation of exhibits, preparation of ground and buildings, and for expense of maintenance, will be something more than $S,C00,000. The investment in ex hibits and in all branches of the enter prise will reach a great many millions. The unique and distinctive feature of the Exposition will be -its wonderful site, and the unexcelled architectural and landscape effects that have been made possible and . have been marvelr ously taken advantage of. It Is not too much to say that, so far as the visual beauty of the Fair Is concerned, no sim ilar enterprise in the world's history will have attracted more favorable no tice. The scenic combination of land and water is uhequaled. It will be something to be remembered and dis cussed by every visitor who is fortu nate enough to be attracted to Portland during 190p. The enthusiasm which the Fair pro ject has aroused throughout tbe Pacific Coast has reached very great dimen sions. The State of California on the south, realizing from Its own wonderful success with the Midwinter Fair In 1894 the enormous value of a similar project, has arranged to be represented here on a large scale. The State of Washing ton through the most unfortunate ob stinacy of its Governor, failed to make an appropriation; but it has since that time manifested In a great many ways its substantial interest In the Fair. It will unquestionably make an appropri ation at the next Legislature sufficient to set forth the great resources and de velopment of that marvelous state and Its pushing and growing' cities Of all the states in the West Washington can least afford to be absent from the Lewis and Clark Exposition; and it knows it Still less can it afford to appear here with a meager and insufficient display of its products, enterprise and Indus tries. Idaho and other Western States are not behind either California or Washington in their purpose to take an important part in the Exposition. If the Lewis and Clark Fair has done one thing more than another, it has stimulated and unified the public spirit of Portland in unprecedented measure. It is the one great enterprise under taken by this city and state In which every man, woman and child how feels a personal interest. There Is a genuine faith in the Fair, a well-founded and universal belief that It will be success ful not only as a spectacle but as an Investment If it shall have done noth ing else it will have Drought all the people of Portland -and all the people of Oregon together with one common aim, and that Is to work together now and hereafter for the welfare of the state as a whole. A PRACTICAL QUESTION. Tha question of so arranging the study and recitation periods at the High School as to give pupils Intermission- of an hour at noon is one that Bhould receive the careful consideration of those who arrange these matters. To bolt as much food as may be disposed of In this way, in from seven to ten minutes, or to gulp down a cold lunch and with the food in both cases unmas ticated and undigested, hurry back Into the recitation-room to begin work, is at once unhygienic and, as a correspond ent puts it, "disgusting." There should be no necessity for eating In this man ner. Plainly stated, there isno neces slty for it, except such as Is necessarily created by a bunglingly arranged pro gramme for school work.. It is not unreasonable to believe that both teachers and pupils would be bene flted by a rearrangement of the sched ule that would add half an hour to the noon period and extend the school day thirty minutes, or until 3 o'clock P. M. The question is fiot one, however, for the teachers and pupils to decide. It I involves considerations of hygiene, of table manners and of orderly habits about the home that should be decided by the responsible head of the educa tional system. It Is too much to hope that the schedule will be changed dur ing the current school year, of which six months yet remain in which to bolt lunches at the High School or In the homes of pupils that are near enough the school to permit this process to take place at the family table. But it is not too much to ask that & rearrangement of "periods" may be made during the coming Summer vacation that will pro vide for intermission of an hour at noon. If there is any reason why such an arrangement cannot be made, it de volves upon those In authority to make a statement to that effect, since it is not too much to say that nine-tenths of the patrons ofVthe High School repro bate the present arrangement, which limits the noon recess to twenty-five minutes and dismisses the pupils for the day at 2:30. Old-fashiohed methods are not by any means always the best; but there is much to be said in favor of the school day of from 9 o'clock A. M. to 12, and from 1 o'clock P. M. to 4, with an in terval of fifteen minutes in the middle of each session. Such a school day, with its opportunity for deliberate movement, is not so burdensome to teachers or pupils as the day, crowded In the middle and abbreviated at the close, that at present obtains favor with the High School authorities. A return to this old-fashioned school day wouid, it is believed, be of distinct ad vantage to High School pupils and their work. It is only a matter of a few years at most when It will he incumbent upon the State of Oregon to establish and maintain a school for defective youth. Distinctly -different In thefr attitude toward life from the Insane, the asy lum for the latter class of unfortunates is in no sense fitted for the abode of feeble-minded. Many of these can be taught useful arts which will enable them to be, in a. measure at least, self- supporting, and to be, what Is of even greater Importance, happy in the nar row sphere of life to which the limita tions of their intellect confine them. A bill for the establishment of such an institution and carrying the necessary appropriation for the purpose will prob ably be early introduced at the coming session of the Legislature. Such a measure should develop careful inquiry and pave the way for future action in the matter,, or to prompt action pro viding the class to be considered is large ertoughat present to justify the expenditure. The development of Government irri gation plans has brought great hard ship, if not actual starvation, upon the Pima Indians, who are confined to a reservation in Arizona, Streams that watered and made these lands produc tive have been diverted from their course, and the lands have in conse quence literally dried up. These In dians are said to be industrious, intel ligent farmers, and but for this mis fortune would be self-supporting. Their condition appeals for prompt and gen erous assistance until such time as the pumping stations that are being placed on their, reservation are completed and the stress of drouth is removed. It is rather surprising that Government en gineers should have made this blunder, and It would be strange indeed if the Government did not make haste to re lieve the distressing situation that re sulted. The State Board of .Education' has de cided that the only kind of teachers' contract that Is legal Is a written con tract and that a teacher cannot be heard to claim that she has a valid con tract merely because she has been elected to a position and has begun work. The Board followed the statu tory provision and was wise in so do ing. The law is plain and is not un reasonable In its requirements. The practice of not observing the formai- Jties of law leads to confusion and liti gation. The precedent that has been established by the State Board of Edu cation will be beneficial to the public school system. The parcels post, which may be es tablished as an adjunct to the free de livery mall system, urban and rural. Is no novelty. The German postofflce car ries an eleven-pound parcel any dis tance up to"forty-slx miles for 6 cents, and beyond that distance anywhere in the empire for 12 cents. For 10 cents the British postofflce will deliver in the British Isles a three-pound parcel, with free collection and delivery, house-to house, anywhere in city or country. Commander Hlfose was. blown to fragments by a Russian projectile, and has been all but deified in Japan. Com mander Yezoe approached the Sevasto pol and fired a torpedo at her, and a Russian ball cut him In two. Now he's a hero, too, being dead. Hob son may have gained something in. osculation by the outcome of his episode, but he has suffered a trifle otherwise. Nan Patterson told the story of her life with ah air of candor that proha bly will have much weight with the weaker sex in the jury-box. Anyway tbe conclusion Is Nkely to be reached that i?oungv ought to have been shot and Nan will be turned loose with no more questions asked. As near as can be made out from the Smdot investigation, the Mormons may not exactly practice polygamy openly, but they continue to have a leaning toward miscellaneous domesticity. San Francisco may be a little shy on churches and T. M. C. A. movements, but it manages to keep in the public eye by contributing $S5,000 or fiD.OOO to a prizefight every month or so. Mr. Carnegie says it is1 lumbago that keeps him away from Cleveland. That explains It all. But we thought it was heart failure. Mr. Rockefeller has given $245,000 to Chicago University, from which we judge that Standard Oil still has money to burn. Extraordinary Hand at Whist. T-nnilrm TJallv Malt. A wonderful hand at whist was played at the St Paul's Institute, Grimsby. Th rnrdq were shuffled and dealt in iht- usual way, but when the players looked at their hanas mey xouna mat one of them (tne geaierj naa u epaaes, anojner 11 Vie.trf fho ihird man 12 diamond an A the fourth 11 clubs. Spades were trumps, and the lucky dealer simply threw in his hand and claimed tne n uucks. Born PInchgut. Plalnfield Courier-News. The pioneer settlers of this section fay common consent reicrrca to mo present Plalnfield as PInchgut NOTE AND COMMENT. New Yorkers now have an opportunity to free "A Wife Without a. Smile," for tha first time on the stage. It Is a curioua fact that when a civilised nation, that Is to say, a nation "with a big navy and well-armed soldiers, declines to be Influenced by foreign ideas or customs, the action is commended as a manifesta tion of national spirit When an uncivil ized nation, that is to say, one lacking modern artillery, tries to follow a similar course, tha procedure is condemned as an evidence of reactionary spirit. Mo- rocco, according to yesterday's dispatches, has been firing her foreign military ad vlsers. and France, which by virtue of a recent treaty, has the doubtful privilege of acting as the Sultan's guardian, 13 re ported to be much alarmed over such a very reactionary moVemfent Supposing tha inaueur&l ball were not given at all. would the Inauguration be constitutional, or would the whole thing have to be gone through over again? When one sees snme of the eoresnuslv- befeathered roosters and hens that tajco pnzea nowadays, it seems an awful con descension for such creatures to lay eggs for humble human beings to eat at break- iast. Holiday Joys. Scene a Portland office. Tlmer-Any forenoori. Business Man at hl desk. En ter Persuasive Young Man. F, Y. M. "Here's a programme of the annual entertainment of the Doutrhnut Punchers' Association twenty dollars a page how many pages do you want? best advertising medium In the city give you the back page for " Enter Second P. Y M. "This Is what you want yearly report of the Society for the Prevention of Indignities to Cock roachesyou'll take the whole front page? -well, I'll put you down for half " Enter Third P. Y. M.-"You want to advertise in a newspaper cut out those programmes and posters here's the dummy for Vol. I, No. 1 of the Monthly Aeronauts.' Review-rcfrculates among an Influential class " Enter Fourth P. Y. M. "Here's an ad vertising scheme for you I use quite a number of cards In $15.50 a hundred I'll put a two-line ad for you on the back no? well, tell you what I'll do Enter Fifth P. Y. M. "Want to show you great advertising scheme for the holi days " Enter Sixth. Seventh, Eighth and Ninth IP. Y. M. Exit Business Man pursued by the pack. Chetoo made a bad break yesterday by laiung into tne trutn ror once. "Ho news here today," caid the dispatch. What joy thero must be in heaven over the reforma tion of this one sinner and such a sinner! Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt has issued 300 invitations to a kick-up of come kind, and the climbers are dismayed at the reduc tion in the number of the eligible. Three hundred Is bringing the affair to the dimensions of a mere family reunion as seen In Utah. Kingdon Gould should bo severely rep rimanded for shooting at Columbia Uni versity fellow-students who attempted to haze him. His only valid excuse for such action would hay been to hit those he aimed at The Salem Statesman asks, "Why doesn't Sraoot Reed between the lines and give it up?" Why should he? It's the Senate that's trying to Reed Smoot "The latest thing is a Pike party. Day aey Mayme Appleton attempted one last evening, and found that her thin women guests dressed as Esquimaux, while the fatter ones dared something on the Igorrote fashion,'' says the AtchiBon Globe. We reprint this for the benefit of any Portland woman that may want , to be beforehand with a Trail party. Ap pearances Indicate that Esquimaux guests would not be numerous in Portland. Canada Is about to build a navy. That will be handy for some other nation that feels like taking a few ships. Poets have been worried for a long time over the scarcity 6f rhymes for "lover," a word that Is much used in poetry. "Above her" th bright stars above her, or something of that kind is about the only one that can be used. "Shove" rhymes with ''above," but it la not a poetical word, and Its only use in poetry, so far as we remember, is in the graceful lines about the Ark "Said the flea to the elephant where are ydll shoving?". A local elocutionist has succeeded in adding another practical rhyme to the list He recites something to the effect that "He was her lover. And always thought of her." The rhyme is not apparent in print but give the word "or an elegant "uv" sound and you have it Portland is fast becoming the poetical center Of the United States. The gas was leaking or something was wrong in the millionaire's mansion, and the plumber sent hie man to sae about it After putting in two or three hours on the job, the man put his tools in his bag and was about to depart On his way out h met the owner of v the mansion In the spacious hall, where many beautiful paintings were displayed. In rapt admira tion the plumber stood before one of them as the owner of the Bouse came In. Said the owner: "Do you think that a fine picture?" "Indeed I do," the plumber answered. "And it must have cost you quite a little sum?" "It did indeed," proudly answered the owner of the house. "I paid 557,000 for that painting In Italy." "Humph!" aald thn plumber, "Is that so? Plumbln' ain't peld half enough." WEX. J. Wasted. Accomplishment. Atchison Globe. An Atchison old maid makes bread that should have married her to at least a president of a railroad when she' was 16. Achievement. Melville Henry Cain, In Leslie's Monthly. A thing of beauty and a joy Forever la & certain Nancy; How she can fall to charm a hoy I can't aep. Incomparably sweat her air. Her years Just trembling over twenty, Wlth wit and tenderness to spare Aplenty. Too hunian far to be a. saint. No taint could do things quite so hand some! My! she can sketch and golf and sing And dance lorae! Her heart which some day can't be won. Is quite In keeping with her beauty. (It's in "my" keeping. This" Is on The Q. T.) And is the future ally hued? Am I an optimist? Well, rather. Last night I utterly subdued Jier father. i THE HERETIC WHO IS NO HERETIC Dr. Sauaael T. Garter aad the Presbyteriam Coafereace. The bars arc down id the Presbyte rian Chtirch. without a doubt, sayS the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. When the presbytery of Nassau has Invited Dr. Samuel T. Carter to romaln In the church, notwithstanding his complete revolt against the Westmin ster concession or faith, expressed in his letter of three months ago. The most significant thing was the presen tation and acceptance of the unanimous report of the committee which conald ered that letter, and had subsequently conferred with Dr. Carter, advising that the presbytery "request our brother to cOhtlriUe lila hohored con nection with the Presbyterian commu nion, believing that his presence will be for our mutual benefit" After thii it was that they heard -Dr. Carter in his own defense. It was a great triumph for advance; and gives to the Union Theological Seminary's quiet dropping of the requirement of subscription to the confession an emphasis which it needed fof full effect Dr. Carter's statement of his position wa3 very definite, and surprising in many respects, seeing that he la none of the young- men, who might be supposed led astray "by every wind of doctrine," but one of the Tathers of the church of our day, seasoned in Presbyterian Ism, an old Calvinist; and. It follows, one whose convictions are matured hv a lifetime of constant study. He said that "If Calvin were living, I should like to hear his emendations upon hla Institutes. I think he might make the general remark: Burn them, and let me write another. If Calvin were liv ing today, he would be chairman of the revision committee." That shows con siderable faith in the mellowing influ ence of time and the Intellectual and spiritual growth of the mighty theolo gian, who formod a- system of belief so ironclad that if one accepts its prem ises the rest follows by logical process. But now. If there be a change coming such as Dr. Carter thinks would have Calvin's countenance, then those prem ises, starting with a false Idea of God. are all swept away. A stunning passage In Dr. Carter's defense is this: However it may fare with me or with the church, there stilt remains a, very large com pany of plain pcopli who have not time, nor taste, nor training, for theological discussions, but who are miserably afraid that there 1 9, after all, such a God as the God of the West minster confession, and there Is such a des tiny awaiting them as the confession says there is. These doctrines have been taught for ages, and tho whole force heredity comes in to impress them, and they are deeply im pressed on the minds of the common people, so that they often think that he is a dangerous man who dares to ieny them. Now, foe. their sakes I am willing to receive all the severe judgment and ostracism that may come from many quarters, and to stand out again In the open sunshine, and holding this thing up. say: "In God's and Christ's name. It Is not true." There is no such God aa the God of the con fession. There la no such world as the world of the confession. There Is no such eternity as the eternity of the confession. It la all rash., exaggerated and bitterly untrue. Thera Is something deeply pathetic In the sad. patient look of tho common people, who fear that these dreadful things may be true, because their leaders have never said that they wer false. If no one else Is ready to say it. I say It. This world, so full of flowers and sunshine and the laughter of children, Is not a cursed, loot world,, and. the "endless torment" of tha NEXT YEAR'S EXPOSITION. Climate Will Attract Many People to Portland. Boston Transcript The United States seems to be a country of almost continuous National or Interna tional Expositions, so7 now that tho St. liouls Fair is a thing of the past Interest develops In its immediate successor, which, as the world knows, Is to be held at Port land, Or., from the first of next June to ,the middle of the following October; and 13 to commemorate the exploits and serv ices to this country of those now familiar "pioneers and heroes, Lewis and Clark. A correspondent of tho Brooklyn Eagle gives some particulars of the attractive pros pects that await the patrons of this en terprise. The people of the East have be come somewhat weary of Expositions, but the one immediately in view is under dif ferent conditions than those that have ap pealed to them in tho past They do not care particularly what it is or what It commemorates, but the place in which, it Is located will doubtless prove a magnet of drawing power. Everybody this side the Mississippi would like to .visit the Pacific Slope, and many will bo grateful for a reasonable ex cuse for making tho trip. Then "Portland hag developed a new and wonderful repu tation as a health resort for overwrought and nervous people and some wonderful recoveries are recorded. Many were afraid of the St. Louis climate, but that of Portland In one of the strong Induce ments to pay It a visit It Is soothing and soporiQc. practically free from rain in the Summer time and neither too hot nor too cold. Thus tho conditions are right for the maintenance of a tranquil mind and an equable temper. Portland sent Henry E. Dosch, one of the shrewdest and most prominent of her retired business men, to Japan last year to show tho people of that country how to run the fair that they were holding at Osaka. So pleased were they with his services and the benefit derived from his counsel that the Mikado conferred upon him the decoration of the Third Order of the Sacred Treasure, and Portland has made him director of exhibits. His draft upon Japan will be cheerfully honored to the extent of a 52,000,000 exhibit which will be twice as great as that at St Lou!?. In fact the Japanese will occupy one-third of tho foreign exhibit building. Mr. Dosch is also making an effort to secure an ethno logical exhibit that will take in all the tribes and races from Kamchatka and the Aleutian Islands to Borneo. Samoa, the Fiji Islands and the Bushmen of Aus tralia. In fact the Exposition will be quite as much Oriental as Occidental in character, and those who would like to visit Asia, but cannot will find Aala meet ing them more than half-way at this city on the Columbia. Chicago had the "Midway," and St Louis the "Pike," but Portland will have the "Trail," a very happy differentiation and very appropriate to the particular service that Is to be commemorated. It will be built on piles along a bridge, nearly a quarter of a mile long across tho lake, to the island on which the Government buildings are located. Moreover the Jake will be a real one, not made to order by the contractor, but prepared by Nature, which In such matters Is much trie more satisfactory workman. So we may expect the coming year to be one of Immense trans-continental travel and EUrope to see fewer Americans than usual. Stains. Thecdosia Garrison in Scribner'a. The three ghosts on the lonesome road Spake each to one another, "Whencft came that stain about your mouth No lifted hand may cover?" "from .eating of forbidden fruit. Brother, my brother." The three ghosts on the sunless road Spake each to one another, "Whence came that red burn on your foot No dust or ash may cover?" T stamped a neighbor's hearth-flame out. Brother, my brother." The three ghosts on the windless road Spake each to one another, "Whence came that blood upon your hand No other hand may cover?" "From breaking of a woman's heart. Brother, my brother." "Tet on the earth clean men we walked. Glutton and Thief and Lover; White flesh and fair It hid our stains That no man might discover." "Naked the soul goes up to Clod, - Brother, ray brother." ""f confession la not God's nor Christ's nor th Bible's Idea of future punishment. I Insist upon It that in our church these things cannot be said too positively or too loudly. That has been practically accepted by the Presbytery of Nassau as their own utterance. It is a magnificent en trance of the religion of Jesus into tho religion of Calvin, dispelling Its gloomy and vengeful fatalisni, and ac knowledging a good God Instead of a being- of hatred and horror. The bless ed thing about this matter is just that Dr. Carter and the presbytery of which he is a member discard that inhuman deity for a God that can be really loved. But Dr. Carter went on to speak of the charge made against him that he was a rationalistic Unitarian. That ha denies; but he plainly states that he does not consider Unitarian rational ists as in danger of damnation. "I am not." he said, "worthy to loose tha latchet of Dr. Channihg's shoes, and I protest against the spirit of exclu sion toward those who love the Lord Jesus Christ" Further, he declared. "I cannot accept the atonement doc trine of our church 'ah angry God soothed and appeased by the blood of an innocent victim. " He holds a dif ferent view of the atonement As for the Bible, he says: But I believe, -In tho Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures aa truly as I belleVe that Bhake peare wrote poetry or that Thomas Jefferson signed the Declaration of Independence. But even theologians should make their thebrles tal ly with the facts. "We should haveatheory that would make room for such facts as the pres ence In the Bible of the things I menUoned. a creation in six daye, the plague that was th punlahment of David'a numbering tha peopl. and the dashing of little ones against tU stones. The statement of Dr. Carter should work reform In the belated theology of Calvin and the whole doctrinal po sition of the Presbyterian Church. Let us quote Here the close of that admira ble statement:. X would humbly suggest that, by way of Variety, Instead of trying me, you should try the men who opposed taking reprobation and "elect infanta" out of the confession. They are the men who are working serious harm to our church. The man who will not see th truth aa It opens out Its fullness before htm Is the man to be condemned. When Galileo used his new telc-scopo to find the moons of Jupiter. SIgnon Llbrl. mathematical profe&sor of Pisa, refused positively to look through tho mischievous instrument, and denied that there, were any moons of Jnplter. Every church has its Llbrls, but it is our duty to see to it that they do not lead the church in, thte day. as they did In that. The moons will cer tainly not stop shining. If you look Into your histories, you will find that when Socrates was condemned the- offer was made to him to choose his own penalty. He chose that he should be maintained in the Prytaneum at the expense of the state, the highest honor that was ever bestowed upon any cltiren. Following such a bright example. I would say: Do not condemn me; do not cast me out of your ministry; welcome me again to my place in the presbytery, with the beautiful understanding that there shall be greater theological freedom In the Presbyterian Church than has been allowed heretofore; and permit me to make a motion In the presbytery that the Brief Statement of the Reformed faith be adopted as the living, working creed of our church, and that the Westminster confession be declared to be the creed and the testimony of our honored fathers. BITS OF OREGON LIFE. Will It Stop the Hugging? Tillamook Independent. "They Say" that the new City Councf! will pass an ordinance to prohibit the hugging of lamp posts, and then proceed to light tho city with red-headed girls. The mean things! Retribution. Lake County Examiner. Tuesday while snowballing on the street in front of Reynolds & Wlngfield's store. Orvla Stephenson-slipped, and felt-striking his head on tho sidewalk, cutting a deep gash over his eye. Safety Razor Makes No Headway Here Roseburg Review. Glen Woodruff, the barber, has estab lished his chair In C. L. Reeves' parlors, formerly conducted by James Young. The shop now has three chairs and Is doing excellent business. In Multnomah County. Gresham Gazette. Wildcats and coyotes are once more roaming at hearts' content along the Sandy ridge, even coming as far inland aa Terry, where a short time ago a bobcat came to the door of a house and chased the domestic feline from its dinner. Dead Giveaway for Chester. Madras Pioneer. Chester Gard has returned to his home stead and purchased a new cookstore to go In his new house, and we surmise he will not be content until he gets another piece of furniture that is competent to test the cooking qualities of tho aforesaid stove. Imported Reforms. Capital Journal, Salem. Portland has listened to an Imported magazine and book-reformer, and will take Up wholesale' and long-distance re forms. Jacob Rils has written a great deal about the New York slumsand is a pro fessional lecturer and agitator for munic ipal reform. While he has been conspicuous in the magazines and colleges, there is no evi dence that any community can rise above .Its own moral level- The fact about Portland, as about other big cities, Is simply this: Talk morallty to the ignorant and the poor, but let th big steals go. Crusades against the saloon-keeper and the gambler and the prostitutes are popu lar among the Pharasalcal elements of society. Then the official class run a deficit on the city, county and the school district. Uvo dishonestly beyond their mean3 and levy mare taxes. Then more bonds must be issued, and the bankers and the official class extend their powers and monopolies and howl moral reform. Live within your means, and pay as you go, are proverbs that have more real reform in them than all the fanning tha air ever engaged in. Plato said a just community must be as just and honest as an honest and just man. These big cities better adopt com mon honesty first A Kansas Mother. Effingham New Leaf. Mrs. Thomas Brown, who is one of tho youngest-looking women of her age that comes to Effingham, has given, birth to IS children, ii of whom are still living, and every one of them as healthy as mule colts. Mrs. Brown hasn't a gray hair In her'nead. She does the usual amount of work required of a mother on a farm, but has not permitted worry to keep her awake nlghte. Their home is one of the nicest in tho neighborhood. Denied Her Right. Atchison Globe. Hazel Mahan, aged 18, of Marysville, Mo., claimed that Casper Kiser, aged 60, asked her to marry him, and sued him for $10,000 breach of promise. The jury re fused to believe the girl, and gave the man the verdict This Is unusual, and the attention of equal suffragists is solicited. Marysville, Mo.. Is plainly one of Chose towns where a woman can't get her rights. Kiser declared that Hazel proposed to him, and that he refused her bold advances.