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Our "present contention -with Vene xuela, of -which we hear so much .through the news reports of the day, has arisen from the operations In that country of the New York & Bermudez Asphalt Company, which alleges that It is about to he despoiled of its rights by the Venezuelan government. The company has a highly valuable "con cession" from Venezuela, for which It asserts It paid a. large sum; hut it . Jill... . U 4tA .country is now repudiating Its agroe znent, and the United States is asked -to Interpose, for protection of the prop erty of its citizens. Attorney-General Moody, It is announced, has furnished an opinion In the case, to the effect that the proceedings in the Venezuelan courts, supported by the Castro govern ment. Involving the asphalt company's properties, have been so "Irregular" as to amount practically to a denial of justice. Judged by our standards doubtless It Is so. Tet Is this a reason why the United States should take up the contention? Look at It. Certain Americans, fully aware of the character of the govern ment of Venezuela, went to that coun try and got certain asphalt concessions, jio doubt of great value. But now it Is denied that thetreasury of the Venezue lan government received any money In payment. Very probably the officials put It In their pockets. More than like ly It was a transaction of bribery be tween the company's agents and the officials. Besides, it Is alleged that as some part of the consideration the com pany promised to make improvements and to develop certain territory not In the asphalt district; and, according to the .statement of Venezuela, this has not been done. Hence the Venezuelan government Is disposed io treat the con tract as forfeit and null, and the com pany flies to the United States for the "big stick." If this is the true stale and statement of the case we should keep the big stick at jfaome and not Interfere at all unless it shall appear that refusal or failure of Venezuela to carry out Its agree ment with the powers following The Hague award would bring European fleets upon the scene. In that event we should have great Interest In the affairs, fate and destiny of Venezuela: for we shouldn't be willing to see any European power take possession of that Important country. Here Is the Monroe Doctrine looming up at once-7-ln danger of infraction. This company, through extortions fa miliar to -monopolies, has made enor mous sums on asphalt, used, so largely during recent years in the United States. Now it calls upon the Govern ment to protect its monopoly by send ing Its warships to the scene. The un fortunate feature of the whole case Is that our Government not to protect this monopoly and to enforce Its claims, but in order to keep European nations, pressing- on other matters, out of Vene zuela will have to send a naval force there. Nothing, however, could be more repulsive than such necessity, in such circumstances. But our action ought to be put on the proper-ground. If we Interpose at all it should be on behalf of the Monroe Doctrine, not for protection of this monopolistic asphalt company. Speculators ought to be taught the lesson that they can't do this sort of thing with success. It is not a question of protecting American citizens in a foreign country, for which pur Government is ready and should be ready always to contend. What is presented in this case is the question whether speculators, seeking chances abroad, and making contracts for gain to themselves, with governments known to be irresponsible and corrupt, are to relS on the United States to protect . them and to enforce their claims. When men go to foreign countries for benefit of their own pocketbooks. It would be to the Interest of our taxpayers, and ' of International ethics, too. to .leave - ,. these men tb. abide the result of their peculation. Yet at. this time we may now have to interfere, to keep other nations out of Venezuela and save the Monroe Doctrine. STATE AND CHURCH IX FRANCE. It was Impossible that France should always maintain the relations that have existed during the last one hundred years between herself and the church that Is, the Church of Rome. In the former time she could not maintain longer the relations that had existed for ten centuries between church and state down to the Revolution. For the Revolution was a protest both against the principles of feudalism, political and social, and the relations of church and state; and it broke up both en tirely. Then came the patchwork of Napoleon's concordat, which allowed the church, that had been utterly de stroyed by the Revolution, to renew Its existence on restricted terms, under protection of the state, with its patron age and control. Such arrangement, while It was the best perhaps that could have been effected at the beginning of the last century. Is, however, so greatly at variance with the modern-time spir it, that it is a wonder that it has lasted till now. However, It Is clear that it Is now about to be terminated. The situa tion has become utterly abnormal, both to the government and its supporters, including a majority of Catholics living under the concordat. France cannot do other therefore than move on to com plete disestablishment. The single, all-Important question throughout the Christian world, from the day when Christianity was recog nized by the state, has been the relation between two utterly distinct powers, the spiritual and the temporal, each claim ing its share of control over the indi vidual man. It is evident that this relation could take only three forms: The temporal authority may control the spiritual, the spiritual authority may control the temporal, or they may en deavor to run equal and parallel. In general Byzantium represented the first of these three relations, Rome the eec pnd; the effort to establish the third Is represented by a series of concordats. which mark in successive Ft ages the failure of both the other plans. The survival in some form or other of each or all of these three Ideas in Christen dom (except in America), is the stum bling block of contemporary life. In the nature of things men ought no longer to consider the relations of church and state. But this by no means Implies that government can be indif ferent to religion. The English mind and habit are too conservative and too slow to do things by leaps, or at once in the downright way; so disestablishment has been slow In England and Is not yet fully accom plished. But "they do these things bet ter" at least otherwise "In France"; and the government now apparently has a strong majority for dissolution or abrogation of the Napoleonic con cordat; that Is for complete and final separation of church and state- The churoh Itself Roman or Galilean probably will not be averse to the change. The spirit of the time. In France, has passed far and away be yond the principles of the concordat. America holds the torch of light and leading In the world for separation of church and state; for America Is the great exponent of the principles of the new time. TWO VXEW6. As a contribution to the enlighten ment of the President of the State Sen ate, The Oregonlan submits the follow ing comment made by Hon. George Mayger, member for Columbia, in the current issue of the Rainier Gazette: "One normal school for this state is plenty. The Idea of appropriating 52S.O00 for the Drain Normal, which last year graduated only two scholars, is preposterous." "But you voted for the bill, Mr. Mayger," the reporter reminded him. "Certainly, sir; but it was a rank hold-up. legislation which I had promised my constit uents was endangered of being snowed under by the normal school machine, unless I prom lead to support their appropriation. Talk about your machines," continued Mr. Mayger, "the normal' school machine is the most powerful tttlltical combination in th Legislature, and they hold you up In broad daylight, and unless you promise them assistance, there are 23 to 00 members who are on the outlook to get the scalp of whatever legislation you may favor; and they pretty nearly do that. too. You may say for me that I am positively opposed to more than one normal school under state pa tron&ge and control." All this shows how strangely a good man may be mistaken. He must be mistaken, since we find the following In the March 9 letter of President Kuy kendall in reply to the Yamhill refer endum committee: I am morally certain that there was no such oomblnatlon. I am very sure that no member of the Senate will claim that he was com-' pelled to do the bidding of the normal school people or imperil his legislation. During the whole session. I did not near of any intimation of an attempt to coerce anyone by a threat to throw the normal vote against a man or a measure. This is reproduced for the instruc tion of the member from Columbia, since he is Imbued with the fancy that he was hit, or In constant danger of being hit by the mythical normal 6chool machine. Representative May ger made a most satisfactory and use ful representative.. Laboring under a delusion that the Legislature was In the grip of the normal schools, he steered his legislative bark away from every Flying Dutchman that hove in sight from Polk, or Umatilla, or Douglas, or Jackson, or Lane, or Benton Counties; and he sailed safely into port with a fine cargo of fish on other legislation. He suffered from a veto or two, but that Is irrelevant. The point is that there was and Is no normal school ma chine, or graft. Perhaps, too, there are now no normal schools, though we may anticipate events a little. Tim STATE U NTYKRS 1 TY. President Campbell, of the University of Oregon, is quoted as havlnff said that if the people, through the referen dum, annul the appropriation for the state Institutions, the State University can continue its work, but not as effect ively as it could have done with an other building and with an extension of Its general equipment. .This is no doubt true, and the contin gent fact as stated will be a matter cf sincere regret in educational circles. If the appropriation is held up with those of the normals, however, it may per haps result In the greatest good for the greatest number the legitimate aim of all law. That it will seriously cripple the University of Oregon Is not to be feared. The statement of President Campbell Is clear upon this point. That It will check the development of wise and generous plans for the growth of that institution cannot be doubted by any one who has taken the trouble to visit and give personal attention to Its equipment. But this check, .though embarrass ing, must of very necessity be but tem- porary. A university that takes charge of students. In the name of the state, trains, educates and sends them out to take their places in-an age of special- izatlon In Industry, of keen competi tion in professional life, and of exacting requirements In the applied sciences, cannot afford to fall behind on the ways and means proposition. State pride, if nothing else, forbids this. There Is a strong sentiment through out the state In favor of the State Uni versity. This sentiment is in the very nature of things based upon Intelli gence that looks to results and stands ready to supply the means. Further. It is supported by civic pride, without which a state makes slow and unsatis factory advancement In any line. The University of Oregon stands for the state's estimate of Its 'own needs, pos sibilities and powers In the work that it has undertaken, or It stands for noth ing. Private or sectarian colleges can afford to crag along short on equip ment, begging their way. Not so the university for the support and useful ness of which the name of the state Is pledged. The appropriation dilemma is all the old story of the chastisement and hu miliation that befell good dog Tray, transferred from the primer to the uni versity curriculum. Illustrating in sim ple, effective way the penalty of being found in bad company. riNANClAX. WONDER OF THE AGE. The last issue of the New York Spec tator contained one of the most re markable financial statements ever pre sented to the public. It was an elabor ate table showing In detail the busi ness of the American life insurance companies for 1904, and the standing of ninety of the principal companies at the close of the last calendar year. The totals shown by this statement are of such vast proportions that It Is difficult for the mind to grasp their full mean ing or the bearing they must have on industrial and financial conditions throughout the country. The compa nies mentioned by the Spectator had in force at the close of business December 31. 1904, policies calling for the ultimate payment of $12,537,538,793. Of this amount, more than $2,467,000,000 of new Insurance was written last year. Dur ing the year policy-holders paid jn pre miums to the value of ?4SS,1S9,303, and Income from other sources brought the total receipts for the year up to 559S, 952,745. an Increase of approximately 547,000,000 over the year previous. Policy-holders and. their beneficiaries were paid 5247,000,000, and the assets of the companies on January 1 amounted to the enormous sum of 52,506,956,999. There is apparently nothing alarm ing in these almost fabulous figures, as it Is quite plain that the companies are paying out under their contracts only about one-tenth of their assets annual ly, and the increase in the surplus re serve is healthy. There are features, however. In connection with the matter which are quite portentous, for of the total amount of assets shown on Janu ary 1, 51,254,000,000, or more than one half of the total. Is held by three big New York companies. The largest of these companies In 1S94 had assets of 5202,000.000, and in the comparatively short space of ten years has Increased them to 5440,000.000. The assets of this company are pre sumably good. They include stock In four of the big banks of New York, in six trust companies and In mortgage companies, also investments in railroad stocks and bonds. Two of these largest companies hold more than a third In terest in two of the greatest banks In New York, and the financial power thus granted through tho control of such vast sums is greater than Is held by any other organization on earth. But the question arises as to the limit to which this marvelous expansion may run. Suppose the topllner of the Insur ance world doubled Its assets in ten years? Is it not reasonable to suppose that the 5440.000.000 of 1904 will be in creased to 5SSO.000.000 In 1914, and the power of control In the great financial institutions be Increased correspond ingly? If all details of the investment of these enormous resources were avail able for policy-holders, and if the money were not used for exploitation of personal schemes of the trustees of these assets, suspicion would never be aroused; but there have recently been murmurs not altogether calculated to Inspire confidence. These suspicions have at least been strengthened by the actions of a prodigal spendthrift who was at the head of one of the largest companies, and there is a growing be lief that the policy-holders should be given more Information as to the part their funds are playing In the explolta .tlon of either "high" or "low" finance enterprises. A little more publicity re gardlng expense 'accounts would also afford a clearer definition as tp what is regarded as necessary current ex penses, and what should go Into the surplus reserve fund. PUBLIC ROADS IN OREGON. That the two days' session of the Southern Oregon district convention of the Oregon Good Roads Association should have drawn so large and repre sentatlve a gathering at Grant's Pass Is not only of great present Interest to the state, but Is a presage that pub lic opinion is at last making Itself heard on this most Important matter. The townsman is Interested in good roads Into the country. To the dweller in the farmhouse, that he and his Xam lly should be able to come and go freely at all seasons of the year is vital. The papers read at the recent conven tlon show the practical bearing of the questions raised. That "bad roads are an indirect tax on agriculture and hor ticulture" is now generally admitted. But that the average cost -throughout the Nation of 25 cents per ton for every mile of farm products hauled by road to market Is three times as great as the cost of hauling over good roads, and four times as great as the cost of hauling over the best roads In foreign countries, is bringing the cost of bad roads very close to all of us. If 25 cents per ton be the cost of haul in? over the average road in the Uni ted States, how much more it Is In Ore gon is a question that can only be answered by him who knows how long an Oregon mile is In Winter time, with no bottom to the road less than knee deep to the horses. Winter hauling In Western Oregon comes so near to being an impossibility that the term an "In direct tax" partakes of sarcasm to any one whose hard lot it is to try the ex periment for himself. Then the "economy of good roads" smiles pleasantly at us. Like angels' visits the good roads are few and far between. We admit it alt. In excuse all ;OregonIans plead only, in the words Of on.e of.' the agents of the office of public roads inquiries, "our long famil iarity with bad roads, and the Indlffer- i ence of those in charge of highway affairs." In other Words, our "evil com munications have corrupted or good manners. However, the convention was in structed on the "Methods and machin-1 ery used In roadbullding" in modern fashion. Then followed the one pivot on which all turns. How shall good roads be paid for? Naturally there are two questions: What Is a good road? and what district requires a good road? A positively good road Is one laid out by a competent engineer or surveyor. avoiding bad hills and right-angled cor ners, making the nearest practicable route, and well built with permanent materials. It seems that Mr. Abbott, special agent of the National Govern ment 'for the Pacific and Rocky Moun tain section, estimates the cost of a good road. In this sense, at 51000 a mile. So, with a sigh, we will put the posi tively good road aside as too good for Oregon. Then the comparatively good road must be our IdeaL It is a satis faction to notice that, so far as pub lished reports go, the financial side of the Oregon road system now In force was not denounced as either extrava gant or unpractical. Therefore the con vention showed Its wisdom In seeking instruction how to build a reasonably good road under the direction of our ex isting officers, with the sanction of the County Courts, and the help they are permitted to give from the county treasuries. The calling of district road meetings and their authorizing special taxes for special improvements is also most desirable. If every county authority would see to it that a limited distance of road be substantially improved annually, the residue of the road mileage under their control being maintained, but without extra expense being devoted to It, the county funds would not materially suf fer, and almost insensibly a vast im provement would be apparent. The question of the use of convict labor on the roads does not seem to have been discussed. Governor Cham berlain's message to the Legislature strikes the safe note. Employ the con vict labor on roads radiating from the penitentiary and within distances per mitting the return of the workers there each night, but do not risk them at long distances from headquarters. It Is to be hoped that other conven tions may be held In due succession in other districts of the state, until the leaven of ambition for better roads and more of them shall have been set work ing in the whole lump. The cheap, off-grade flour which the Minneapolis mills have been sendlnsr to the Orient has apparently failed to meet the requirements of the Japanese. The Eastern mixture which passed for flour sold in the Oriental markets for prices materially lower than could be made by Pacific Coast millers. Despite this fact, the Japanese Importers are placing heavy orders with Portland millers for good flour, to be shipped In May and June. The abnormally low and discriminatory freijtbt rate made by the Great Northern gave the Min neapolis millers a slight foothold in the lar East, but the quality of the flour and the prestige of" the Portland and other Pacific Coast mills will prevent the Eastern men from Becurir.sr a ner- manent trade In a field from which they are barred by geographical restrictions. Heavy rains are reported, throughout Oregon and Eastern Washington, the downpour in the Horse Heaven coun try and other light land districts being unusually heavy. This is most pleasing news, as some complaints have alreadv been made of Insufficient moisture. Fa vorable weather for the past sixty days has resulted in a large acreage of Spring grain, which was 6 own early enough to get a start from two to four weeks earlier than usual. This grain will need more rain later In the season, .but the soaking Just experienced will work wonders In giving It a good stand. The union labor war goes merrily on, the latest returns showing the union sailors to have a sllcht advantnep. a jury has decided that a union sailor, at tacked toy a union longshoreman, has a right to carry a revolver, for the nur- pose of protecting his life. The man with a gun. after beinir dlschared was rearrested, charged with striking a longshoreman with a stone, but as the stone was probably used for the same purpose as the gun namely, to discourage the advances of unionism of tne longshore variety no serious pen alty will follow. It is along distance and, a hard march from Mukden to Harbin. It Is h.irvi pursuit, therefore, for the Japanese to rollow the Russians, who have the rail road to help them, which they destrov as they retire. Harbin is 320 miles north of Mukden and 370 miles west of VlnH vostok. It 1s no easy thing for a great army to pursue, over such distances, and to carry Its supplies. To -do battle and to sacrifice men In the battle. Is an easy thing, by comparison. Tacoma has never been more fullv de scribed than in the anniversary number wnicn nas just been Issued by the New Herald of that city. A large number of excellent photographs are reproduced in a manner that does great credit to the engravers and the printers, and the general appearance of the issue renders it as admirable for souvenir purposes as Its contents make It valuable for ref erence purposes. Two of the gentlemen who robbed the bank at Lebanon, thirty days aero are in the penitentiary, and will re main there for seven years, unless thev have good luck. Linn County justice is reasonably swift, and it gets there, "Revivalists" are now to shake the whole population of Portland over the perilous edge of hell, for some weeks. Most people will keep their senses. Some will not. The Standard Oil Company will with draw from Kansas. This will be a happy solution to a -vexed problem, if it will do likewise In the bther states, Perhaps the 30,000 Venezuelans who propose to land at New Orleans have never heard of General Andrew Jack son of glorious memory. Missouri gives 535,000 more for the Lewis and Clark Fair. That shows what Missouri thinks of world's fair benefits. The Japs are In no hurry to follow the Russians on to Moscow. It is- a war that will' be ended. short of Mos cow. . . NOTE AND COMMENT: . ' A college baseball team is coming over here from Japan this season. That's ; when the Russians will have a chance to grin. Seattle has a "Raffles." That's all very well, but he was caught by Tacoma. To any new college in search of a heart ening yell, we recommend the slogan of Colonel Lamcdo, of Caracas "Carababo, Bombona. y Ayacucho." Louisville papcra received yesterday contain advertisements of BocK beer. "Oh, to be In Kentucky, now that bock Is there," as Browning might have sung. Germany and France snuggling up. . "Live wire!" says the French Cable Company to Castro of Venezuela. When the Czar hears tliat a new Island has risen In Japanese waters, he will protest that Nature is not maintaining her neutrality. Chief No Shirt has srone East. He should beware lest the con man steal the shirt off his back. Just what the diaphragm Is we do not know. Whatever It is. however. It must kiss. Itself goodbye and go. The new style of waist and tho diaphragm do not agree, so the Dressmakers' Protective Association, through the hlerophantlc mouth of Miss Elizabeth White, has Is sued a decree of banishment against the unfortunate diaphragm. That the decree will be obeyed by women there is no doubt. When the waistline can be ship ped from under the shoulders to some where about the knees, as the Empire fashion waxes or wanes, what difficulty Is there in eliminating the diaphragm? Miss White has been giving demonstra tions of diaphragm chasing with living models at the Dressmakers' annual ex hibition. Her tip to fat women Is to sleep "fiat on her face," with two pillows under her chin and her toes, which must be kept wiggling all the time she's awake, touching tho foot of the bed. This, she says, has a simply murderous effect upon the region of the diaphragm and also lengthens the front of the neck con siderably, as one may well believe. Is it1 though, so bad to be fat that a woman would thus place herself upon a rack, and Is this' diaphragm thing absolutely in compatible with the "new figure?" Some days ago we referred to a para graph in Harper's Weekly concerning the use of "Eta." and "Ptsg." as abbrevia tions for Pittsburg which is noW offi cially rendered "Pittsburgh" by the Penn sylvania Railroad. At the same time an Indignant protest against the use of "San Fran" and " 'Frisco" was in part re printed from the San Francisco Post. Now comes a similar protest against the abbreviation of Oregon. C. T. D. sends some vcrse3 on the subject from Turner, and there Is nothing that can be added to what Is said therein. Who would speak of "Where rolls the Oreg.," or of "Where rolls the Or."? Of course, some excuse must be made for the busy man register ing at a hotel or the stenographer ad dressing a sheaf of letters, although some purists kick at even that privilege. Soma time ago the illustrious Edward BOk, of tho Ladles' Home Journal, publicly con demned a correspondent who thus ad dressed him: E. Box, Curl I Pub. Co.. Phil. Pa. Anyway, her are the verses from Tur ner, and the Civic Improvement League might take up the idea they contain: Do sot abbreviate The moat beautiful nam Of oar beautiful etats. Famed in eon?. "Where Rolls the Oregon." Not the "Or.." the "O.," the "O-g-n." Sin not again. And there are others "Oreg-." and "Ore." Specious brothers, Name them no more. But Oregon, fall Oregon. Famous alike in song and story. From valley, dell to mountain hoary. Of all the beauteous sisterhood, most fair. Happy are they that dwelleth there. Lone may that happiness be thine and mine And when our sands of life are cone, A peaceful grave In Oregon. Touchln' on and appertainln' to most of the published pictures of him, we hope General Llnlevich can prove an alibi. Oyama's wife and daughter are both graduates of "Vassar. Maybe that's why the general prefers camp cooking. If all tho candidates for the mayoralty vote for themselves, the election will come out a tie one vote for every as pirant. March doesn't know Its own mind. Congregational ministers won't take Rockefeller's money. In the words of the slapstick man. they don't think It's oil right. Been revlvaled yet? WEX J. Frenzied Freshness. Milwaukee Journal. "Pop!" - ' No answer. 1 ' v "Oh. pop!" -' ' ' "HUh!" ' v' -H "Say, pop!" "Well, what Is It?" "What are cowboys?" "Men that herd wild cattle." "Can they hear them far?" "Hear What?" "The wild cattle." "They don't hear them." "Then they Just hear-a noise like wild cattle?" "No, no, no! They sea them see a herd of them." "Tho cowboyi do?" "Yes." "Why do they call them cowfeoys?" "Because there are so many- cows" among them." "Among the boys?" s "No. among the cattle."' Silence. t "Say. pop!" - "Well, what?" "Are there any boy cows?" (Thud.) A Better Job. Harper's Weekly. A certain distinguished minister, who is unusually plain in physical appearance. tells this story on himself: He was vis Itin at a country house, and was being shown round the place by his host's little daughter, a pretty and precocious child of 6. She was somewhat shy at first, but Gradually grew accustomed to her dls tingulshed visitor,, finally asking him. with serious race: "Did God make all things?1 ' . "Yes. mr dear." "Did he make you?" "Yes. he made me, my child." "And did he make me, too?" "Yes." . "Well, he must have got a good deal better at-It since ne maae.you4". New Version of the Bible Scriptures Soon to Appear in Colloquial English, With New Meaning for Old Texts Chicago Tribune. NEW version of the Bible Is J nearly completed and will be published in England and the United The title of this new work, "The Corrected English New Testament." does not convey the full extent of the task which its editors have set them selves. They claim that the scriptures now appear in the "king's English" for the first time. Bearinc in mind that the New Tes tament writings have to religious readers a documentary as well as a literary aspect, their aim has been to give throughout a close translation. But they claim also to have taken ! greater pulns than their predecessors, working on similar lines to produce a work that shall be essentially Eng- nsn, and not only everywnere intelli gible and unequivocal in meaning, but also In Its literary form as attractive as possible to the mass of readers. The work Is put forward in all rev erence for the spirit of the authorized version, of which It is a revision, but i regard for the letter has nowhere de terred the translators from correcting- tne many admitted defects of that version as a true representation of the Greek original. A New Testament so prepared, and made as plain and devoid of ambiguity in every sentence aa care can make It, has appeared to rnem to be a serious need among the general mass of Bible readers. The promoter and general editor of the work fs Mr. Samuel Lloyd, a life governor of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and he is bringing out nis version as an Illustration of what he considers should be done by the so ciety to this end. Mr, Lloyd's association with the promotion of Bible knowledge has been lifelong. More than 50 years ago he emulated George Borrow in smugfrllnsr Bibles into Spain, a feat which he ac- compllsncd by enclosing a large num ber of copies in the hollow balance weights of some machinery his firm was consigning- there. The work has already won the ap proval of so high an authority as the ,blshop of Durham, who has written a preface to it In which he says that it appears to remedy in countless in stances the serious lack of English felicity of the revised version. A tentative edition of the nresent work was prepared some time ago by Canon Glrdlestone and circulated among prominent scholars, some 20 or 30 of whom have voluntarily contrib uted suggestions. In the final revision Mr. Lloyd has had the assistance of tne Rev. E. E. Cunnington and Mr. W. H. Garbutt, the latter of whom gave a Daily Mall representative some In teresting details showing the scope of the work. "We have not striven after any purely literary graces," he explained and any literary merit will, of course, have to bo credited first to the original. But we have certainly stud led euphony, and while having- always in mind the plain man and woman, we havo endeavored never to be undigni fied. We hope we have produced a Testament which may be read In church without shocking the most 'de vout worshiper and without sending any one to sleep one which may be mystic without unnecessary mystifica tion. "It is a curious fact that a great many of tbe texts expressing: popular pious feeling are Instances of the In accuracy of the authorized version. It has pained us to alter them, but truth is greater than sentiment. Everybody knows now that Agrippa 'did not say ho was 'almost persuaded." and that Felix did not tremble,' at all events not physically. "Again, It has not been pleasant to show people that in "talking of 'falling asleep In Jesus' they are not quoting the actual words of the New Testa ment. Again, how many thousands of persons have been misled by the time honored expression the order of Mel chlsedec'? But scholars are now agreed that there was no 'order' of priests In the modern sense. "To give some idea of the revision, the -word 'publican,' which is misleading to the popular mind, becomes 'collector.' 'Law PLAN FOR NEW STATE IN SOOTH Washington Dispatch to Philadelphia Public Ledger. It Is reported that at the next session of Congress a bill will be presented to form a new state out of Eastern Tennessee, Southeastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia. The hill. It is said, will be pushed by Representatives Brownlow, of Tennessee; Slemp, or Virginia, and Ed wards, of Kentucky. AH three of these men represent the territory Included in the boundaries of tho proposed new state. The region Is the old stronghold f the Southern loy alists during the Civil "War, and Is Re publican in sentiment. It furnishes prac tically the entire Republican representa tion in Congress from the South. The region has always been out of sympa thy with the other sections of the three states, and partisan consideration would be counted, on to push It through Con gress. The scheme. It Is said, contem plates the location of the capital at Knoxville. Representative Slemp, when asked to night about the bill, said that there was a strong sentiment for It In the three districts affected. It originated, he said, in a speech made by himself two years ago in which he spoke of such a state In a. semi-humorous vein, with no Idea that the Idea would be taken seriously. He was surprised to And that It was, how ever, and since then such an agitation In favor of It had been developed that no and Messrs. Brownlow and Edwards were obliged to. take cognizance of It- He had spoken of the proposed bill to the President, and Mr. Roosevelt had spoken encouragingly. The bill. It it became a law. would carve a Republican state out of the solid South. "Whatever basis there Is for hope that the three states affected will con sent to the bill is the fact that the sec tion has long been a source of trouble ,to the majority to whose sentiments it Is distinctly hostile. On one occasion the Tennessee part of It came near electing a Governor, H. Clay Evans, and It Is firmly believed in Eastern Tennessee that he actually was elected, and was only count ed out by fraud. The Virginia section was ilah one's backbone, and the Kentucky section has given endless trouble to the Democratic leaders. The state would contain 45 counties, and how has a popu lation of between 700,000 and S00.00O. Oregon vs. California. Ontario (Calif.) Record. A camper west of-town, who has driven from Oregon, says that state Is the largest In tho Union. He has driven for weeks in tho rain, and can't be made to believe that he has arrived, in Southern California, the "land of eternal sun shine." Sumroerland (Calif.) Advance, A few days ago a gentleman from Med ford. Or., announced his Intention of re turning to that rain-swept country to get his feet dry. It has really looked the past few days as if his kick against Summerland was legitimate. But then he hasn't yet received "the storm returns from the "Northern Italy," as he calls that' underwater country. yer' la changed Into teacher of law, and 'penny' becomes 'shilling;' as being nearer the real value. A further Idea may be gained from the sentence In the au thorized version, 'The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much- The revised version makes this The sup plication of a righteous man availeth much In Its working. In the corrected English version wc say, 'Mighty In Its working Is the prayer of a righteous man.' " Some Verses Compared'. AUTHORIZED VER CORRECTED. Brood of ' Vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? SION. O. generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Matt, liL. 7). nosoever shall Whosoever shall say. thou fool, shall say. Moreh! he will be In danger of hell be In danger of the are. (Matt, v., 22). neii or Are. If thy rijcht eye en snare thee,, pluck it out. The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have roosts. "Why eateth your master with the col lectors and outcasts? And as they could not, for the crowd. if thy rlEht eye of fend thee, pluck It out. (Matt, v., 20). J.ne xoxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nest. (Matt. -rtiL. 20). Why eateth -rour Master with public ans and sinners? (Matt. ix.. II). And when thev could not come nigh unto mm for the bring him to Jesus. press, they uncov- i they stripped off tha erea me root wnere 1 roonng waere He He was. and when I was; and when they they had broken it bad torn It away, they let down the bed. wherein the pal sled man Was lying. No one jeweth a patch of -undressed cloth on an old gar ment: else the filling takfth from It, the new from the old. and a worse rent Is made. Immediately the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he 4egan to speak plain ly. When Zachariah saw him, he was startled. Why beholdest thou the splinter w'ich Is in thy brother's eye? On the morrow he took out two ahlll lncs. and gave them to the host. up they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. (Mark li., 4). No man also sew eth a piece of new cloth on an old gar ment; else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old. and the rent is made worse. (Mark li.. 21). The string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. (Mark viL. 35). When Zacharias saw him, he was troubled. (Luke 1.. 12). Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye? (Luke vL. 41). On the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence and gave thern io me nasi. ii.UKe x.. 35). Occupy till I come. (Luke xlx.. 13). My fleih is meat, indeed, and' My blood is drink in deed. (John vi.. 55). The cock shall not crow till thou bast denied Me thrice. Trade ye till I come. My flesh is true food, and My blood Is true drink. The cock will not crow until thou hast disowned Me. Lo, now thou speak est plainly and speak est no similitude. Jesus, the ?azar ene, the .king of tho Jews. Men of Ephesus. -what man Indeed is ignorant that tho city of the Epheslani is temple'guardian of the great Diana and of the lma.ee which fell down from heaven? (John xlt. 38). 1 Lo. now speakest Thou plainly and speakest no proverb. (John xvL. 20). Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews. (John xlx.. 19). Ye men of Ephe sus, what man Is there that knoweth not bow that tho city of the Ephesians Is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? (Acts xlx., 35). And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and Judgment to come. Felix trembled. (Acts xxlv., 25). Then Agrippa said unto -Paul. Almost thou peraaadest me to be a Christian. (Acts xxvi., 28). God, who at sun dry times tond to. divers manners, spake unto the fath ers by the prophets hath In these last days spoken unto us by His Son. whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds, who, be ing the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and up holding all things by the wor.d of His pow er, when Ho had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Hebrews L, 1). And as he - dis coursed concerning righteousness. self control, and thejudg ment to com; Felix was affrighted. Then Agrippa said to Paul. Wilth but little porananon thou, wouldst make ma a Christian. God. having spc In 'the -Tx?disr2 in time past. in. many portions and In many ways to the lathers, hath at the end of these days spoken to us by a Son. whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world: who. be ing the effulgence of His glory, and the very Image of His being; and upholding all things by tho word of His power, when He had mads purification of sin. sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. OBJECTIONS TO A SEA-LEVEL CANAL Brigadier-General Peter C. Halns con tributes an article to the North Amer ican Review entitled "The Panama canal some objections to a sea-level project." There is no question, says General Hains, of the superior merit of a sea-level canal over one with locks; but a sea-level canal, in the ordinary sense of the term, would be Impracticable, since the difference in the level of the two oceans at the ends of the canal would necessitate the con struction of one lock. Is the construction of a canal with one lock worth the ad ditional 5100,000,000 It would cost and the ten years' delay it would Involve? Be sides, a lock canal could be changed, into a sea-level canal if the future demands of commerce require. The argument in favor of a sea-level canal, based oh the steady Increase In the length of ships, loses Its force when it is considered that the locks can be Increased In size It It becomes necessary. It Is a significant fact that three boards or commissions the commission appointed when the Com pagnle TJnlverselle du Canal Inter oceanlque failed, the commission author ized by the Nouvelle Panama -Compagnle, and the Isthmian canal commission com prising among their members no less than 31 engineers, reported In favor of a canal with locks. Says General Halns: It is confidently believed that a sea-level canal at Panama will never become necessary, that a canal will locks will furnish all the facilities' for vessehi of tho largest tonnage- and greatest draft that will ever come into use; but in view of the uncertain possibilities of future commercial conditions, the canal may be built with a view to its ultimate conversion If the necessity ebould ever arise. This can, be done without Increasing the first cost. In fact,' the first cost may be somewhat reduced Retaining walls In the Culebra cut were rec ommended by the Isthmian canal commission; but If the canal be built -with a view to lu possible conversion Into a sea-level canal, theea walls should be omitted, as they would Inter fere with that conversion. The coat of these masonry walls was estimated at about $9,000, 000. Their necesoity was not fully demon strated, but In the Interests of safety from caving slopes It was thought best to build them. The saving of 53.000.000 by omitting them would go a. long way toward defraying the extra cost of the sea-level canal, if It ever became advisable. The technical commission did not think such retaining walls necessary, and did not recommend them; from .which it will be seen that engineers, who may agree as to their utility, are not Of one mind as to their necessity. How They Does It. RockvHIe (Ind.) Clipper. Men who work with their brain does it by making other men work for them with their hands. Wisdom for Tradesmen.- Chicago Journal. Oh. tradesman, in thine hour of e o e. If on th!a paper you should c c c. Take our advice and now be y y y; Go straight ahead and advert I t'U Ton II find the project or som;u. u Keglect can offer no ex q, q q.. Be wise at once, prolong.you"r'd a a a, X silent business soon do k-kk