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this method of interpretation and treat
ment of religion, of religious history
and of religious dogma, and becoma ac
quainted, moreover, with tb constant
ly -widening results of it For It Is mak
ing It way through all the world
though-they know it not. It Is support
ed, everywhere by men of the deepest
piety, as well a of profoundest schol
arship. The beat spirituality of the ra
Uglou world is penetrated by it,
through and through.
At every attempt, through all time, to
clear religion of the dregs of narrow
and dogm&tlo authority, the cry of "in
fidel" haa been raised. But the time
came at last when historical interpreta
tion of religion, including the Jewish
and Christian Scriptures, became nec
essary and inevitable; for the ecclesi
astical doctrine of tradition had car
ried the church to a position where her
Interpretations and deliverances re
quired radical correction. In some of
the pulpits of Portland, however, as In
thoee of many other places, this move
ment is greatly belated.
Yet to this tendency and to its re
sults, through which dogmatic Is
undergoing transformation and the
world and man's place in It, his life and
the religious spirit in him are brought
under new light, it is useless as fool
ish to oppose the epithet of "infidel"
and the cry of "boycott." The chief
matter in it, after all, is one of Intel
lectual and religious freedom. Neither
inquiry nor opinion is to be muzzled by
such methods nor by any other. "With
the weapons of satire, sarcasm, ridicule
and mockery, it would be easy tfor The
uregoman to retort upon tnese assail
ants; but the subject isa serious one,
and It demands treatment in a serious
and candid way. Only one other re
mark now: Men so narrow, so passion
ate, so blind, as these, are no safe in
terpreters or exemplars of a true re
ligious spirit. Christianity deserves
wiser advocates and defenders. There
Is no religion of creed or Beet, that
comes to anything of a final nature.
But there is a universal religion.
As to religion in general, the main
part of it, after all, is conduct. That
is a lifelong business, of a nature very
different from these fits and starts.
Every observer knows how soon these
are done, and, -with all their noise, how
arid they are, and how fruitless. It is
universal experience that such flaw or
flurry soon blows Itself out; and even
in the religious world it is matter al
ways of grave doubt whether, when the
fitful gust Is over, any balance is-left
to its credit for good. Such move
ments have fallen under every one's
observation, and every one has means
therefore of Judging for himself. Two
days after these strolling players are
gone they will be thought of here no
more.
another product of Oregon's fields,
ranges, forestsiand mines. While thesa
conditions last Portland will surely bo
''no mean city."
PANAMA ROAD SHOULD BE OPERATED.
The Chamber of Commerce resolution
regarding the Panama Railroad is a
good one. It is in keeping with the
policy of that body to demand a fair
field and no favors in the transporta
tion business. The members of the or
ganization by long years of practical
experience have learned that neither
service nor rates are bencfitod by cre
ation of a monopoly, whether It be In
the guise of an American shipping sub
sidy or by an unnatural restriction of
transportation to vessels flying some
particular flag. Now that the Govern
ment has secured the Panama Railroad
and it promises to be at 'least ten years
before the canal Is completed. It would
seem to be the height of folly to close
to all commercial traffic the highway
from which we have been practically
excluded by- monopoly for more than a
third of a century. It will be Impossi
ble to satisfy the request of Commis
sioner Brlstow for accurate data as to
the amount of traffic that can be se
cured, for the road in the event of it be
ing operated as a public utility, open to
all comers on equal terms, as there Is
no-precedent or base from which such
an estimate could be made.
The traffic across the Isthmus has for
more than a generation been in the
hands of the Pacific Mall, and the Pa
cific Mall has In turn been at the mercy
of the transcontinental railroads. This
mutual ownership quite naturally re
suited in the elimination of everything
that bore "the slightest semblance to
competition. The Pacific Mall, with its
Panama steamers, nicked up quite a
tance, however, he has a trifle of en
chantment, and the Arabs help out the
picturesque side of life by riding, driv
ing, loading and even by eating the
animal. Consul Masterson is to be con
gratulated upon his defense of the
camel. He has given it a- high place In
the industrial world, and silenced the
sneers of the unthinking persons whose
hats or coats it has chewed up on cir
cus days.
, DURATION OF RECENT WARS
Strangle la JKaacaarla, Evea If Eased at Early Date, Will Have
Exceeded la Lcngrth Mas? Great Canaaalgv"-
The Canadian Pacific Railway, which
has always been given everything It
asked for In Canadian territory, has
been refused exemption from taxation
for the Dunsmuir railroad grant, and
accordingly the deal for the sale of the
Victoria and Nanalmo road la off. Sim
ultaneously with this announcement
comes the news that Edna "Wallace
' Hopper, who is making & vigorous fight
for the Dunsmuir millions, has- won a
victory by securing the filing of the will
in San Francisco Instead of Victoria.
The Dunsmuir estate Is worth about
47,000,000, and If the San Francisco at
torneys maintain their present reputa
tion, about allthat the Victoria heirs
win get out of it will be the ral!roa
.which the Canadian Pacific did not buy
and which the lawyers could not take
away from Canadian Jurisdiction.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
As the new "hour-glass" waist en
tails a great deal of rather painful
compression. It is evident that there Is
plenty of sand in the hour-glasses.
. It Is now regarded as probable that provinces that up to that time naa. not
Ultt raon Pr counaei; jouug mcu i fichtlnir in th -Rno-Jftnan War will been lnvaoea
r." Llnlevitch, who displaced Kuro- in ff)Tl. Th
patkin as Commander-in-Chief of the struggle bcgan ,n Keoruary 1SM. and has
Russian armies. Is more than 70 years I already lasted loager most ot ths
or age. Bauanorr. vtho vus.es commana inUKit t recent vars. as shown In the
of the Third Russian army, is also more
than 70. Thus are old saws upset by
present-day Instances.
If nobody will take Rockefeller's money,
wo suppose the unfortunate man will have
to die rich.
Bat Masterson Is down on New Yorkers
who tote guns. He says that In any
restaurant one may see half-baked sports
following article from the Boston Transcript:
As wars have gone In the Old World
since the Crimean War. the present strug
gle exceeds the average ot wars abroad
since the Peace of Paris, which waa
signed in 1K6. There have been fought
olnce that date four wars which have
changed history In the Old World. These
were the Italian war ot 1S53; that between
with 'dinky little popguns stowed away I Prussia and Austria and allies in 1SS6;
PORTLAND, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1B05.
SOME THINGS AND OTHER THINGS.
As a newspaper The Oregonlan deals
with many matters of human interest
It wishes It could deal with all; but hu
man effort, on a public Journal, is not
equal to such a task. But The Oregonlan
is restricted to no field or province. A
time came when It had a right, and, as
It conceived, a duty, to speak for eth
ical truth and for a great body of pub
lic opinion, on the propriety of the
methods employed by a group of pro
feBslonal revivalists, who are traveling
on their "mission" from one part of the
country to another, like a theatrical
company, and now are "playing" In
Portland.
The criticism, bowever, was directed
to one member of the company, whose
part it is to telllhow bad he was once
and how good he Is now. The Orego
nian characterized this as unseemly;
and It is. To the universal human in
stinct It is repulsive even though a
banker in Colorado is said by the leader
of the traveling companj1, to be the pro
moter ot the idea, and has promised to
finance it. What was said by The Ore
gonlan on this method of revivalism
has been reprinted and so widely read
that It need not be repeated here. The
Oregonlan has to say further that It
knows the criticism has met the ap
proval of an Immense majority of all
who have read it.
Again, The Oregonlan knows, as most
of its readers know, that this effort of
professional revlvallBts has not the sup
port or approval of more than a small
fraction of the Christians and church
people of Portland. It is obviously
"machine" effort, endeavoring to work
upon the emotions of an excitable
crowd. Such work is repugnant always
to a true feeling and sound Judgment.
At best, the natures with which it deals,
slightly touched, may show a hasty
spark, but straight are cold again.
Paroxysmal religion always goes that
way.
It is not true, but false, as asserted
by certain of our men of the pulpit,
that "The Oregonlan arrays Itself
against Christianity, sneering at it and
scoffing at its fundamental truths." Nor
la It true, but false, as one, on his own
account, asserts, that "The Oregonlan
makes persistent attack on religion and
religious ministers." It does nothing of
the kind. A year ago one clergyman
here, the embodiment of bigotry and
intolerance, made an unprovoked, false
and venomous attack upon The Ore
gonlan. He got the reply he deserved.
This is the single case ot criticism by
The Oregonlan upon any clergyman of
Portland. It was Justifiable retaliation.
The assertion that "The Oregonlan
arrays itself against Christianity" has
no basis at alL It does( however, at
times, deal with problems of religion In
general, including Christianity, on the
historical principle. It is the way of
modern religious inquiry. The Jewish
and Christian Scriptures are bodies of
literature, subject to the canons of uni
versal literary inquiry and criticism.
Such inquiry and criticism have re
leased them, largely, from the inter
pretation of an ancient dogmatic the
ology. Christian doctrine, too, has its
history, at every stage. This also is
studied and Interpreted by modern
scholarship, In the rational spirit. It Is
unfortunate Indeed that this spirit is
not known to more of the pulpits of
Portland. If they had It, these pulpits
would know Professor Robertson Snllth
and Dr. Briggs, Kuenen, Wellhausen
and the great modern Jewish Encyclo
pedia. Informed with the spirit of these
and of the hundreds more who hav
given to the Jewish and Christian
Scriptures and religions the natural his
torlcai and rational Interpretation that
belongs to them, our brethren of Port
land, who are so furious toward The
Oregonlan, would no longer think it an
answer, even to the humblest follower
of these great scholars, interpreters and
religious teacners, to scream "Infidel
ity" at him.
These persons must get accustomed to
AFTEK THE EXPOSITION CLOSES.
Much outside capital has already
been brought for Investment in Port
land property at present prices. Much
more would be brought here If our own
citizens could disabuse their minds of
the theory, sometimes going the length
of distinct prophecy, that values are
excessive now and are sure to fall when
the Exposition closes. Such an opinion
should be Supported by analogy and by
good reasons. If this can be done, there
Is no more to be said. If It be merely
fancy, based on a pessimistic spirit too
rife in Oregon among those who have
not reasoned matters out for them
selves, or sought to learn facts, then
the sooner such a notion is dispelled the
better. Reports from St, Louis supply
the following recent history
1. !Real estate. During the first three
months of one large real estate
firm states its sales to be three times
better than the three best monthB of
1904, although In that year much land
was bought and many buildings erected
for the Fair. Another qualified ob
server says: "The values of everything
have increased fully 25 per cent. For
one piece of ground in the downtown
district a price of $140,000 was paid.
The same was resold within three
months for $175,000. Another piece
bought at the rate of $2000 a front foot
resold in three weeks for $3000." In the
residential district similar conditions
prevail. The rise in amount of values
in building permits tell the tale. In
January. 1904, the total was $848,333.
In January, 1905, $999,884. In February,
1904, $907,430. February, 3905, $1,275,122.
The first twenty-three days of March
1905, showed $1,236,635,
The quality of the structures be
ing erected is that nine-tenths are in
brick and stone, only one-tenth of
frame. The most modern improvements
are being installed.
3. Although the temporary hotels
and lodging-houses run up for the Fair
have been pulled down and the ma
terlals sold, both hotels and restaurants
are doing excellent business. It is said
that St. Iouls can support a few more
high-class but medium-priced hotels.
4. Costs of building materials and of
labor are maintained. The entire build
lng trade Is prosperous,
The Exposition 1b said to have
brought to St. Louis more business
than It had seen for ten years. The
year 1S92 was called a "good year," but
1905, as far as It has gone, has sur
passed that.
6. The presence of foreign diplomats
officials and business men, and of men
of distinction whose Influence affects
society of all classes in the city, both
in silent and In open teaching, is said
to nave raised the general tone, giving
all kinds of citizens an upward impulse
and distinction.
So that the after Influence of the Ex
position has been p raise, not to de
press, the city in the relations of citi
zens to each other and to the city it
self. Why should we not. In our degree.
expect with good reason similar bene
fits for Portland? Every difference Is
in our favor. Who desired to go to St.
Xiouis for scenic beauty? Visitors will
come to see by the ten thousand, and
will remain to live. Who would live
at St. Louis Xor climate? Here health
as affected and Influenced by climate
will gain by the move. St. Louis com
mands the concentrated trade and com
merce of a developed district by land.
Portland centers infant industries with
prospects of unbounded future in the
trade and commerce of two hemi
spheres, with the Pacific for highway.
Leaving, then, comparisons, let us re
member that Oregon values have seen
no artificial boom, but rather a steady
rise from the unnatural depression of
1S93. But, like the young lady's letter,
the best part is the postscript. While
the land yields a growing Increase, the
city prospers more abundantly. The
yellowing harvests of Eastern Oregon
mean growth to Portland. To be the
mart of this young and prosperous
state means that here are handled,
manufactured, graded, baled, shipped,
bought, sold, or paid for, the wool.
The Victoria sealing fleet, which has
kicked up more international squabbles
than have ever been provoked by any
other fleet of equal tonnage that ever
floated, is in trouble 'In a new quarter.
The crew of one of the schooners has
been seized by the Uruguayan govern
and thrown In prison fo? alleged poach
ing on the shore rookeries. The Cana
dian government, on behalf of jthe own
ers of the schooner, has filed a protest
and a claim for $65,000 damages. Rea-
lar purpose.
slrous of learning the business. One of
the experts, who visited this Coast last
year, reports that the Pacific herring
are smaller than the Atlantic species,
and contain more oil. Kippered, the
Pacific variety will not keep so long,
and could not compete with the Atlan
tic fish, but the expert believes that
the Western States, Australia and the
Orient offer a great market for the
product of. our Pacific fisheries.
eonlncr from oreeedMit- It Is. raa tn nre-
lucratlve business with the Central dlci that . due Beason v.
American ports, and this traffic was ap- numerous Uruguayan dollars placed in
parenuy au mat 11 carea icr, t circulation ill Victoria, lust as in the
through business between the Pacific pa8t the o the RuEsJan3 and
Coast .ports a tne Atlantic ports was Americans was distributed for a slml-
never cuitivaiea. xnis tenaencj- 10
throw everything to the railroad was
perhaps pardonable under the clrcum
stances, but It placed shippers In a po
sltlon where they were deprived o,f any
of the benefits that might follow had
the isthmus route been operated on Its
merits.
The Independent steamers of the
American-Hawaiian line have built up
a considerable traffic between the ports
of the Atlantic and those of the Pa
clflc The rates made by these big
freighters on certain classes of mer
chandlse form the base from which the
railroads have been compelled to build
their tariffs. If these freighters, steam
lng over a 13,000-mile route around the
Horn, can make rates which the trans
continental roads must respect, it
would seem highly probable that
steamers obliged to travel only about
half so far could pay the cost of the
transfer at Panama and still remain
very powerful factors In the regulation
of transcontinental freights.
It is as yet an undetermined ques
tion whether the canal will be able to
take much business away from the rail
roads, but there Is no -question as to Its
power to act as a safety valve and pre
vent rates ever again reaching unrea
sonable heights.
As this was one of the strong argu
ments favoring the construction of the
canal. It holds good in degree regard
ing the Panama Railroad, which will
play its part as a freight regulator
pending completion of the canal. The
railroads, despite the long and bitter
fight they have made against the canal.
express the belief that they will handle
the- business after completion of the
canal as they are handling It now.
They are offering tangible evidence of
their confidence In their own prowess
by steadily improving the physical con
dltlon of their roads, increasing term!
nal facilities and developing through
traffic to the Orient. They may make
in their hip pockets. We fear Bat has
got the wrong Idea here. New Yorkers
go armed to restaurants, not that they
may indulge in promiscuous slaughter ot
their fellow citizens, but In the stern
resolve to protect their pockets from
the walts. Most ot them, however, get
scared at the critical movement, and pay
tribute without a fight.
8pring has ihjw been Internationally rec
ognized: trouble Is reported In the
Balkan's.
We wonder If the Spring frocks ever
look as attractive after they are sold as
Jhey do on the -wax models In the win
dows. It doesn't seem possible.
Swift McNeill, the scrappy Irish mem
ber of Parliament, has been making some
of his famous bulla ot late, according to
the English papers. While questioning the
Attorney General for Ireland on a recent
occasion he said that he would put an
other question, "which distinctly arises.
Mr. Speaker, out of the answer which the
right honorable gentleman has not given."
Some time ago the same redoubtable
member said to the astonished House: "I
will now repeat what I have been
prevented hlthf.rto from saying."
The ChUook goose Macduff, to which
we referred yesterday, will find a rival
perhaps during the Fair, for a Mlssourian
in Livingston County has a hen that na
deems worthy of being exhibited here.
A number of Scotchmen, experts in
fish-curing, are now engaged In con
ducting a series of experiments with
herring in Nova Scotia, and will this
Fall visit British Columbia to put up
some herrlnsr In the best Scotch method
w . . 1 . - rarw 1 1 up-. uKriiianK )f .in DeiiLpmopr
and to give Instruction to persons de- a"e,wa3 8" on " egss nQ oaicnea 15. W months after the declaration of
the Franco-German war of 1S70-71. and
the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-7S. In
the Italian war the crisis was
reached and passed In less than two
months. The Austrians crossed the
Tedno April 27, 1S59; and the French en
tered Genoa May 3. The Austrians were
defeated by the allied French and Italians
at Montebello May 20; at Magenta June 4,
and at Solferino June 24: an armistice
was signed July S. Whether we date tha
beginning of the war from April 27 or from
May 3. It will he seen that ita result was
settled in less than two months at Sol
ferino.
The contest in 1S66 has coma to be
known as the six weeks' war, though
Austria was overthrown In much less
time. The declaration of war by Prussia
against Hanover and Saxony which
forced the fighting since It was a defiance
of Austria, was issued on June 15; Konlg-
gratz or Sadowa was fought July 3. There
were between June lo and July 3 several
general engagements, but Konniggratz, or
as It Is as often called, Sadowa, was such
an overwhelming defeat for Austria that
practically the struggle ended there. The
further fighting by Austria and her allies
was only for the honor of the flag, and
the preliminaries of peace were signed
July 26.
The defeats of France in the Franco-
German war of 1870-71 came with the
rapidity of thunderclaps. France de
dared war July 15, and the declaration
i was formally delivered at Berlin four days
later. The first engagement, the skirmish
at Saarbruck. occurred August 2, just
month to a day before the capitulation at
Sedan was signed. The investment of
Paris by the Germans began September
The cumulative sentence, which pro
vides for the doubling up of penalties
for Infractions of the law, seems to be
working quite satisfactorily In the State
of Washington, where it was adopted
two years ago. Under the provisions
of this law, Tony Jurich, an overcoat
thief, was sent up for fourteen years,
It being proven at the trial that he had
previously been sent up for seven years
In "Oregon. The Infliction of a fourteen
years' sentence for stealing a coat Is
certain to cause even a professional
criminal to pause In his career and In
dulge In some mental speculation as.to-
whether the game Is worth the candle.
The President has asked for the res
ignations of the Panama Canal Com
mission. This does not necessarily re
flect on the-ability or integrity of the
gentlemen comprising the commission,
and some of them, may be reappointed
on the new commission to be named by
the Chief Executive. The President's
action does indicate, however, that he
realizes the responsibility resting on his
own shoulders in connection with the
rates more attractive than can be made -sreat undertaking and also the neces
by the canal by the time It is completed.
If,however, there Is an opportunity for
something better In the meantime, we
should not be deprived of our only
weapon for securing it by failure of the
Government to operate the Panama
Canal as an Independent highway over
which all steamship owners should
have equal rights.
slty for having the assistance of men
thoroughly In accord with his own
Ideas.
DEFEXDIXq THE CAMEL.
Of late the world has been hearing
so much of the triumphs of modernity
in the birthplace of the world, the
trains that will soon be puffing Into
Mecca, the rails that are. being laid in
Ur of the Chaldees and by Aaron's
tomb, the motor-cars that are chug
chugging in Jerusalem, that it Is with
a sense of relief we hear the news of
the camel's enduring hold on the life of
the East-
Consul Masterson. who represents
American interests In Aden, that Red
Sea port which Is usually described as
resembling a stove that bad gone out
fifty years before, assures the public
that the camel is absolutely indispensa
ble to the prosperity of Aden and its
hinterland. What boy has not pictured
the long caravans of laden camels and
the fierce Bedouins who prey upon
them? It is therefore glad tidings that
Consul Masterson brings. "Even in the
ordinary work done by a horse," he
The Governor of Tangier has Invited
Ralsull, the bandit, to come In with his
tribesmen and meet Emperor William
of Germany. The dispatch conveying
the information states that the Moorish
brigand has been granted immunity
from arrest while he Is on exhibition.
It Is not stated whether the same safety
has been promised the Emperor. A
man with sufficient nerve to abduct an
American citizen would hardly halt at
a German Emperor.
General Llnlevltch Is all right, but
he telegraphs he can hear nothing from
bis armies. It reminds one of the
French Marshal Soublse, who was pit
ted against Prussian Frederick. He
had a fine army, but couldn't keep
track of It. He-rose one morning from
his tent and looked round about him.
"I feel pretty fine," he said, "but where
Is my army?" He never found It after
wards.
Snow, sleet and a cold rain swept
over California yesterday, and men
died from the heat in Pennsylvania.
The wires are down in the direction of
the north pole, but as our climate seems
to have shifted on to the "Topsy-Tur-
chickens.
The moro one learns about the Japan
ese, the more wonderful they appear.
A recent paragraph states that a "com
munity of silent female recluses" exists
near Hakodate. The women are all
young, ranging from 16 to 25, and they
observe a strict rule of silence. This
beats jiu-jitsu hollow.
A woman in Wabash has obtained
verdict of $600 damages against her
nephew, who .Injured her by playfully
pulling away her chair. This seems Hkely
to put an end to the custom of using rela
tives as the butts of practical Jokes.
A writer in the Sphere, discussing the
case of Maxim Gorky, notes that Lamb"
expressed a quaint wish that Charles
had executed Milton, so that the -Cavalier
cause might have been made more ob
jectionable. It may be that some of
Gorky's sympathizers are secretly wish
ing that the Czar would hang the au
thor.
Miniatures of the eye are becoming
fashionable. The best that, can be said
for this fad is that it means leaving the
rest of the face out of the portrait.
New York now has a floating poolroom
which receives wireless messages beyond -
the three-mile limit. New York may be
provincial, but she's "smart when it comes
to fleecing the lambs.
Revelations of An International Spy.
I THE FATAL ERROR.
By "Q. T."
(Synopsis of previous chapters: Monsieur "Q.
T." received a. message front the Grand Duke
Twlrlyvltch, summoning them to St. Peters
burg-. The hand which, thrust the message
through the roof of Ms hansom cab proves to
be artificial, and Monsieur "Q. T." keeps It
In his socket. As he U about to enter the
Winter Palace a heavily veiled -woman lays
her hand, upon hi shculler, shows that 9be
knows the famous agent, and Is about to dis
close a. secret, -when the gate of the palace
opens and the Czar appears. A bomb Is thrown.
and after the tmoke clears away. Monsieur
"Q. T." sees)
CHAPTER IV.
The- force of the explosion had torn
the veils from the woman.
I recognized, my London landlady
Reasons that the reader will readily un
derstand had prevented me from making
my departure known to her.
The same reason; ot course, had pre
vented me from making- a settlement with
her.
What If she demanded the back rent!
Accustomed as I am to situations of the
gravest peril, tne prospect made me
tremble.
Just then I noticed- that the woman's
right hand was missing!
"Monsieur Q. T.," said the Czar "for
this lady has indicated to me your iden
titywhat" did you mean by meeting a
lady ot my court In this clandestine man
ner? Don't you know thati such intrigues
may be carried on by none but the Grand
Dukes?" As he pronounced the words
"Grand Dukes" the Czar grinned hor
ribly.
"Your Majesty," I answered, drawing
war. Bazalne surrendered Metz October
27, and thenceforward France could take
only the most desperate of chances. Paris
did not capitulate until January 23, 1871.
The war had then lasted six months and
.thirteen days, but tne surrender of Metz
determined the result, for while Bazaine
held out. It was Impossible for the Ger
mans to direct the whole of their prepon
derance against either Paris or' the new
armies which France was raising in the
The Russo-Turkish War of ISm waa re
markable for the success with which the
Turks held oft the inevitable, crises.- The
Russians crossed the Pruth April 24. 1S7T.
but Plevna did not capitulate until De
cember 10, and as long as' it held out It
barred the Russian advance on Constanti
nople. In he months between tha cross
ing of the) Pruth and the surrender ot
Plevna manv battles were fought, and the
Russians were defeated again and again.
The honors of the field and tne nonors 01
generalship frequently went to the Turk,
and yet the obstinate Russians clung to
Plevna until that strongnoia naa oeiore
it two armies, one of the dead and one
of the living. Had Tukey possessed a
government equal in capacity and couraja
to its army the ending of the war might
have been very .dinerent irom wnw i
was, but after Plevna the Turkish de
fense went to pieces. .Nothing -else could
happen, though It was not until January
31. 1878. that the armistice ot Adrianople
was signed.
The "Roar War was notable for many
things besides lt3 duration, especially for
the disparity in numbers between the con
testants. The British put an army in the
field equal In size to the operations of a
struggle between first-class powers. Their
ability to do this was tne most sKuuufc
demonstration ot British power on the
sea. for no other nation could have moved
so many troops without drawing on the
merchant marine of other countries.
whereas Great Britain was not compelled
to make such a requisition. The war was
remarkable also for the length of time
fighting continued after the crisis was
passed, and the obstinacy with which tha
Boers fought after they realized that final
conclusive victory was beyond their grasp,
but even these peculiarities do not put the
struggle, in tho same category with the
contests between Austria, and the Franco-
Italian alliance, between Prussia and Aus
tria, between France and Germany or oe
tween Russia and Turkey. Our own Civil
War was tho longest ot the last half-century,
lasting m6re than four years. Most
of the great determining wars of that
period have been short, as we have noted.
Hhort and decisive campaigns are not a
monopoly of comparatively recent strat
egy or of the new tactics or weapons. The
Jena campaign of 1S0S is still a wonder of
rapidity, for Napoleorl really started it on
the first of October; fought the first skir
mish at Saalburg October 8; the Prus
sians were defeated at Saalfeld, October
10, and overwhelmingly- beaten at Jena
and Aueratadt October 14. Jena and Auer
stadt were really one great battle that
decided the campaign, though the peace
did not come until next year- Eleven
days after Jena and Austerstadt the
French entered Berlin. Napoleon's whirl
wind triumph was his own. The man
won over men. "In war," Napoleon used
to say. "men are nothing, a man is everything."
THE VALDE OF MIRRORS.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
A rich man has the walls of bis house
covered with mirrors Instead of pictures.
la every room he can see himself in pro
file, from the rear, from the left, from
the right in 20 different ways. He claims
that these minors promote grace. He
asserts be has these mirrors on his chil
dren's account.
Mirrors, according to this man's view,
do riot promote vanity. They promote
self-study, and, by consequence. self-Improvement.
If a young girl is round-shouldered she
is hardly aware of her defect In the ordi
nary course of life, but If she lived in a
house lined with mirrors she would see all
the time the ugly, slovenly curve of her
back, and, mortified and grieved, she
would at once set towork with suitable
exercises to become straight.
All sorts of ugly habits ugly ways of
sitting, of standing, of smiling, of gestur
ingare pictured In a true and unflatter
ing way by mirrors. The average man or
woman, perceiving these uglinesses.
would set to work to remove them. The
trouble Is, according to the rich man,
that the average person does not perceive
his several uglinesses, and no one is frank
enough to point them out to him.
This innovator, opposing hotly the con
tention that mirrors foster vanity, looks
at himself at home nearly all the time,
and continually he urges his children to
look at themselves, to study themselves,
and to strive dally to Improve in grace.
ODD BITS OF OREGON. LIFE.
Life-Saving Station on Willow Creek.
Grizzly Cor. Madras Pioneer.
Wonder what there is on Willow
Creek that so attracts Bob Nelson.
Seems as though he can't live away.
Literature Where She Lives.
North End Cor. Madras Pioneer.
Rumor hath it that the "Literary"
died lastj Saturday evening from" con
gestion kt the bowols, and "the school
marm is pleased, I suppose, since it
required a good deal of muscle to clean
up "on Monday mornings. Literary
meetings are Instructive but the rules
ought to be enforced a little on tha
tobacco worms and such.
Remedy O. K-J That's AH.
Madras Pioneer.
The smiling face ot our popular
bachelor friend Tour Burden was much
in evidence Saturday ot last weeK.
Upon learning that wo were afflicted
with-neuralgia and la grippe, no sug
gested that he was no blankety, blank
doctor, but If we -would try his remedy
It would belp. We tried it right away
and now pronounce it O. K.
vy-Land',' system, it is reasonable to
says, "in any other place, the camel Is I suppose that the Aleuts', Esquimaux 1 from my pocket the hand which I had
always used here. The camel Is used I and their neighbors were quite com- I captured in the hansom cab, " this lady
for hauling produce in carts, for car- fortable In gauze underwear and shirt-
rying freight, and for drawing the J waists.
sprinkling, and water carts. It makes
a comfortable riding animal, and at a Small wonder that Russia shrinks
feast its flesh is considered the best," from the idea of paying an indemnity.
About 40,000 camelloads of merchan- I A St, Petersburg paper recently placed Father.
has offered me her hand."
"JsMt indeed so, Olga?" asked the
Czar.
1 showed him the hand In proof.
Twisb you happiness," said the Little
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago News.
Idle minds are scandal Incubators.
Rich men have coffers and poor men
have coughs.
Marrying a boarding-house landlady Is
a lazy man's job.
The principal products of some factories
are strikes and lockouts.
Most women are generous to a fault
if it isn't one of their husband's.
It takes a lot of Ice cream and candy
to properly decorate love's young dream.
He who preaches economy to nls wife
by the yard Is apt to practice It by the
Inch.
A parson Is always the best man at a
wedding. He gets the coin and takes no
chances.
When a man Is In trouble two-thirds of
his alleged friends are willing to help
him stay In It.
Reflections of a Rhinoceros.
Chicago Tribune.
I am glad beauty is only skin deep.
Sometimes I wonder what I was made
for. anyhow.
I hear other animals talking aoout mos
quitoes. What are mosquitoes?
Of all the awkward, ungainly things I
ever saw, 1 tnmic tne Kangaroo in tnat
next cage Is the queerest. v
It must be awfully unhandy for these
two-legged creatures they call men to
move around. They seem to have only
one toe on each foot.
Some day when I have a good chance
I'll run my horn through that fellow with
the sharp stick that makes me get up
and walk around when I'm tired. He
knows where my sore spots are.
dlse enter and leave Aden every month.
so that the "ship of the desert" Is yet
far from being ousted by the all-in
vadlng railroad. Those wcose ac
quaintance with the "ship" Is llmted to
the circus camel, who moons about
"with his silly head a-bobbln like a
basketful of snakes,' will find It hard
to believe that the transport of an en
tire country depends upon such a. feck
less brute. As Kipling says ot the In
dlan oonts
The 'one knows above & bit. the bullock's
but a fool.
The elephant's a gentleman, the baggage
mule's a mule;
But the coram! starlit cax&-u-L when all Is
said and done.
a devil an a ostrich an' a orphan-child
In one.
Circus camels do suggest gawky or
phan children, and as lor making a
comfortablerIdlng animal," its swaying
tends to bring on the feeling knownto
the landlubber aboard a pitching steam
ship. As a riding animal the camel's
true place Is in pictures, with Egyptian
Princesses peeping through the cur
tains of the unobservatlon car upon
its back. Even in a statue, the camel
does not look so bad. A well-known
monument to "Chinese" Gordon repre
sents the martyr1 of Khartoum as a
leader of the camel corps, but It is only
the cost of the "Manchurlan adventure"
at a billion dollars, the cost of the Chi
nese Eastern Railway being placed at
5250.000.000. Port Arthur and Port Dalny
Improvements at 5250,000,000, and the
war expenses aT 5500,000.000.
It Is now alleged that the fancy dress
ball given by James H. Hyde was at
the expense of the Equitable. If so.
the bills were probably paid out of
the advertising appropriation.
But L, restore it to her," I cried, and
screwed the hand upon my former, land
lady's wrist.
Oh! shall I ever meet such a woman
again? I could have loved Olga, had
my duties left me time for such dally
ing. As the reader has probably guessed.
this woman was the trusted agent of tne
' The Sultan's Gold Camera
Blackwood's Magazine.
The great fault, or misfortune, perhaps,
of the Sultan of Morocco has been his ex
travagance. He has spent In a few years
since he took up the reins of government
not only the whole revenue of his coun
try, but also the savings of nls predeces
sors.
Few ot the things he bought gave him
any pleasure- Photography amused him
for a time. A camera of gold, at xx
Czar and of the peace partly, which was l.came from London; 10,000 francs' worth ot
headed by Twirlyvitch.
"Are you- not In danger here?" I ven
tured to remind the Czar.
"Bombs never- strike twice in the same
photographic paper arrived In one day
from Paris. His Majesty once Informed
me that his materials for one year cost
bun between 6003 and 7000.
Heat has already caused two deaths j place," he answered.
in Pennsylvania, although It seems but
yesterday that deaths were being re
ported from the cold.
the
the
Possibly the Japanese demand for
$800,000,000 Indemnity may tend , to stop
the Russian brag: about Its own fine
financial condition.
Some ot the missionary board-object
ors are so much opposed to Mr. Rocke
feller's money that they want' him to
keep it.
It may be admitted that $800,000,000
indemnity is a large sum; but then
Japan has not been carrying on a small
war.
What Is the- latest news from
front?" I asked. .
'Alexis Is getting a tooth," was
response.
"And Internal conditions?" I continued.
"Couldn't be better," said the Czar.
"That youngster doesn't lcnowwhat colic
Is."
(To be continued.)
A correspondent sends us tho following
story:
During tb overflow meeting at the ICanjuara
last Sunday afternoon, a -well-known real-estate
dealer was seen perched ca a flre-ecape at
the Hotel Portland. UScealcg Ictestly to ts
evangelist. A friend In the crowd below, rec
ognizing- aim. remarked: "Wen, if thee fellows
Applied History.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Dear dad." wrote the boy from college,
"we are studying current history, and I
am getting to understand It finely. By
"the way, my creditors are bothering me
considerably, so please send me $200 In ad
dition to my regular allowance."
"My dear son." was the reply, "your
creditors have also been harassinsr me.
am. therefore, glad that you are so fa
miliar with current history, as you will
understand what I mean when I say that
until they are satisfied I will have to.
take charge of your custom-house."
in paint or stone that the camel is toler-
hops. fruit, cattle, lumber and xc&nr j able in Western countries. At a. dla.
Today the baseball- season' opens, and
Poor Seasoning.
New York Telegram..
TesBBerance society In England seeks
.-v. ft' ,r,A Krim.tn Mmtr -..-! I the. tiassasre of a bill providing that bar-
auocesefuur a to drive a Portland Tcai-9taie -j raaias mast op ..yearn uu.
rf-.l.r- ta x flr-jMTL tha-r ert!ahr mwht to I Wlta STSnaBlOtners nasamx QUI lac we-
be able ta convert the city." . I water the teetotalers will deal the' demon
iVJCLv J. Iras, the worst mow ne ever reewvea.
In the Straight and Narrow Path.
Roseburg Review. -Recently
two young men of Elkton,
whose Imaginary proportions were too
large to pass each other on the side
walk, met and demanded the exclusive
right of way. As both claimed descent
from the clan McFesson neither would
yield their dignity to the other. The
result was a clash in whicn both came
off the worse. Fortunately .there, were
no bones broken. and only four eyes
blacked. It made lots of fun for the
bystanders.
Facts Not Widely Known.
Chicago Journal.
Ether was first used in surgical opera
tions In 1S4S.
Iron was discovered in "Virginia (the
first metal found In America) in 1715.
South Africa exports about $26,083,993
.worth of diamonds to London every
year.
The Belgians are tne greatest potato-
eaters in the world, and the Irish come
second.
Of the 1S6.561 freight cars ordered for
American railroads last year 35,000 were
of steel construction.
In the course of W years 5,000,000 persons
have been cared for in the asylums for
the homeless In Berlin.
Infant mortality la reported to be
greater in Prussia than in any other
country except Russia. The deaths the
first year are 6 and 7 per cent in Sweden,
15 in France and 23.6 in Prussia,
A machine is being perfected is a Bir
mingham shop that is to turn out from
90,000 to 100,000 finished wire nails aa
hour.
Sawdust is now used In some Paris
restaurants, the Gaulols says, as &
dressing for cutlets Instead of Dread
crumbs. It costs only 30 cents a sack.
At the present- raomest there are 14
monuments In Germany that have been
completed to Prince Bismarck while 4A
others are in process ot construction or
are planned.
Two Kinds of Men Needed.
New York Telegrasa.
Thefcry of "more men" In any civic "de
partment under any administration,-be it
Democratic, Republican, Tammany, re
form, fusion, hybrid, contract. - revenge,
knockout, or any old kind adsalBJetered
to Father Knickerbocker, is all rot- What
Is needed is a brand of men of the better
or commonly honest variety.
More of the Strenusu.
New York Tribune.
There Is another vanishing industry.
The Birmingham jewsharp Industry is
stated to be in a- bad way, owing to the
collapse of the demand among savage
peoples. The advance of civilisation has
been so thorough that nowadays in Cen
tral Africa nothing short ot Wagner will
satisfy the native souls.
Th Buzzsavv's Hilarity.
Chicago Journal.
"I guess I am rather hilarious." the
buzzsaw admitted. "The man who raa
mo brought some whisky into the z&op
this morning."
"Well?" inquired the lathe.
"Well. I took two or three flnerir t'
his expense."
Before and After.
XouUvIlIe Courier-Journal. v
What changes Is a ?lr w'e'MJ'
When they tr we, -akw! -Tot
what aa be' anfgtwf
.Degenerates ta