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-4 PORTLAND. OREGON. . OK .iJ.3. cuiiday. r ..r.c:i s r, :: zz. : 1 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL C t, JACKSON PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBUSHINQ QS : JN0.P. CAMtOU. GETTING READY FOR THE RACE. ; , s tfE POLITICAL POT wm Vet boiling'yesterdsy .j by the decision o! the circuit court upholding the ' direct primary Is w and applying it to the coming , ehv election. This mean! that there will be two regular tickets olacd-rn the field' by nomination, the Demp- ;!. e rratic and Republican, as these parties, alone cast over 25 f . rf ' per cent of the vote at the last election, and that other , 1 ,' independent tickets may be tiled by petition. ; -V-Th rretiminariea of the coming meat race may there . v ii ton be said to be definitely aettled. The conditions of ' .: the race being known tht atmosphere it at least to mat degree cleared. It was at first teared that under, ute " -direct primary law there might be a paucity of cati- .Vv didates, but while this may ultimately prove true,thee is . assuredly no lack of available men talked of and there is just as little lack of friends to push their claims to public ; favor. '.The first man to openly shy his cast6t in the ring is, George H. Thomas, of whom it may at least be said ' : - that he is honest and sincere, "v He wants the Demo- . .'" rratic. nomination.;'' No other avowed candidates have -i ; vfyet put in an appearance but lightning rods are thicker ; t than indictments used to be when united states uistrict -.Attorney Heney was actively at work in rortiand town. Public sentiment, has not yet apparently crystallized po any one man but . definite tendencies begin to be ! noticeable. It is, perhaps just as well that 'things are - proceeding rather slowly in this .respect when there is no ' ""one man who by common consent can oe assigned to iiu the breach. It ja wclL. to carefully" consider, every man ; who is mentioned and to carefully scrutinae the claims put forward in his behalf. In this way the available field "' will simmer down to a comparatively few ,ine and out - r of them can be picked the one whomost nearlysquares with the, ideal man. for mayor that so many people are 1 now1 industriously seeking. There will be some, very ' : pretty fights within both the political parties before the independent Voters,' who have clearly defined ideas of i what they want and do-not want, wiu e in a posiuon 10 ; I give practical expression to the conclusions which they :" ; : will 'come to. .VTfrr;';;-.;;-- .i.B .... . ' 1 : I . ! .. . I'Altogetner tnere is an ouuoo tor very uvcijr, mun V- during the municipal Campaign and those interested in 1 municipal reforms would do well to watch closely the rii.:.i.-wi-.j v .. .--err-. -r --.-t--,-.---- CUCtaCI Wl U. ,'. '..j" ...... A. .BEHOU)AUTHIliC-ARK?NIW ..... HAV hot passe this way before. Joshua,' "I shall not oass this way. again." ; Never '"before. Never again. There will never be an- ' other year 1905. s Never another March. 5. TTie'surt "is new every morning. Whence nis lumaccar . inc spring '.- is new every yearlike other springs, yet different, new. . The robins and wrens and thrushes are new birds. They have the .same old songs, and yet their songs ire . .utterly new. s " -?.". ' . The Tosea that will bloom in two or three months are r. new.' -They, have ; not -been here heretofore; ' they will erer greet us with their bloom and fragrance again.; ,, , '; ':.:f Each hour, each moment, is a new piece of road, a new . experience toew atom of the mystery ot life.-.- .- - : Out of every night's darkest hour comes new dawir- ingr The: sunrise that you saw once you will never see affain. You shall have , new dreams a you sleep," and .". "waking and going forth shall find a new smile on the .-j.tace ot your snenosf .1 . t. v v---: -t ir - The little girl, a lay older, is a new erea'tore every day. " The old man, a day older, is nearer to God every tick of 'the clock as he dodders down to the sunset shore of time fsA welcomes th'e embrace of eternity, f . 'in a forest, "lost," you may travel jn circle, and come back each hour to the place you were before, but though you should recognize the place it'is not the same." The - leaves have heard a new story from the breeze; the pines have whispered a new balsamic epic to. the sun. . Duties, efforts, endeavors, may be similar, but not just V the samer-The name sermon was never preached twice. The song was never resung just the same.,. There' wai ' never a kiss just like another.'-An angel never pictures j heaven the same twice...- V ' " . V ' : ' " YTnave not passed this way before' Joshua lil:, ' " VI 'hall not pass this way again." .. ." , , ..; , LET GOOD DIGESTION .WAIT ON APPETITE. HEN SCROOGE cried out "You may be an on - digested bit of beef,' a bloc -of mustard," he' conjured up a specter more awful than Mir. , t 1 lev's ahost seven: years dead the specter of bad cook , . ing. Of -how many . nightmares, ghosts and countless V' 'M horrorvthe evil genius of the kitchen is mother -suffering - -humanity knows. , And she is an evil genius of the . '. kitchen who cannot cook well . '. J As a downright matter of fact, how many persons can v. cook well? That doesn't apply to women only, for men . : i bave invaded the domain of pots and pans and preside in ' nearly every restaurant in the country. What destinies , ' i' of mankind the man who broils your beefsteak controls f ' Many a good bargain has been spoiled, many a loving V fnend hss been turned into a bitter enemy because one ..''i. ' lrty to the deal or the friendship happened to have had a bad dinner.'. r;;:t .. . -!. . '. P6ets have sung, novel-writers have prosed and med .'' ical authors have grown prayerful over the importance of v'. sound digestion. And who in the world can have sound . 'T digestion without food prepared so that it can be turned , ' t into tissue and bone and muscle with the least wear and - ' i tear on the delicate organs that perform the functions of .. digestion? If the real truth were known it is certain .i' that a fair percentage of divorce cases would be found to ;','fcave their inception in a bad dinner." . -The folly ' that there is disgrace In 'working In the f,i ; kitchen and preparing meals never took very deep root y in these- United states and the healthy . sound-minded ' : airls who are growing up today are being trained away rm the '"y ldeM of the soft white hands fit for noth- -v '.:' log but the piano. , Z-f,. V,r-' ' :.,rc-4 K.: I The difficnltr ' in securing, servants who know how -'to cook has appalled the householder. The cooking V j school has 'sprung up in 'answer to a national de ' "mand for better dinners. It has finally been realized ; j S that cooking is not a trifling thing, that good bread is ' v 7 .not made by intuition . or the knowledge of"' how to --cook a good beefsteak ..picked .up at. hphaifd and -i ' , capable of being acquired by anybody. Cooking, it is .. 'now acknowledged," is a real science and more im ; ' immediately important to the well-being of the race than - ;a good many of the ologies with long names and large N 'endowments. , - 'v '.'"' ' A'l this is apropos of the cooking school to be opened , . ' in Portland next .Tuesday.. A. .number of the good . (women cif the city,, realizing the need -for-first-class , V f cooks, have contributed to keep alive this useful insti tution during the four yeans h has been in existence. , ? Miss-Tingle will do her first work here this year. A " V practical course- in cookery will be given and practical application of the necessary household work . will ; be .. ' 'i taught.. Nobody can afford to overlook ttie importance . vf this branch of domestic training and it is a hopeful resign that grown women as well as those of the younger 7geertion are preparing to enroll themselves in the ' ' r Attin siKaa1 1aAe i.,jL.. . ... - j, .'. . J. J. HILL AND WAGES. J ; cooking, school classes, w--- AMES J. HILL, the ever-interesting railroad mag nate, said last month to a representative of Suc eess maaaiineL ' "Jn this country we have some big and threatening sroblems to solve. ' One of them is the labor question. .The present standard .of. wages is ar tificial. It must be reduced if this country is to compete with others. in the markets of the world. - Our foreign trade in, manufactured products,-instead of increasing with the increased production, is falling off. He .cites steel as an example; and goes on to say: in V. , , A very few years ago we were told that our steel was '.commanding the; world's markets. Nobody ; I dares to tell us that now, Even natives of our own country, in the Philippines, have recently been send- ing big. orders for steel to Germany. . Why t Simply . .because they can get it cheaper there. As it is in1 v steel, so it is in. many other products. Germany is risking great strides ahead of us. She is, in fact, 7 leading the world, and promises to increase her lead. Her mechanics work cheaply, and spend 66 hours a r week in their factories, whereas ours spend but 44 ! Moreover, they are better workmen. We can not , hope to compete with her in foreign trade until we reduce the cost of our manufactured products and ' ' improve their quality. - Even ; England, suffering J from industrial paralysis because of the power of the ' '" trades unions, and other influences, is moving faster than we are "- The simple troth is that we are being badly, beaten in the race for the. markets of , the , world . , Vv".v-1 ;' s' In the first place, we somewhat doubt' Mr. Hill's state ment of facts. He is a pessimist, and is inclined to color things darkly. We don t believe Germans are better workingmen than Americans. 'And that "we arc; being badly beaten in the race for the markets of the worl,d is certainly news to mostAmericanS:--f . But leaving aside the questions of fact, is not Mr. Hill s remedy, reduction of wages and longer hours of work, an impossible one? ' It surely is so unless the cost of living can be greatly reduced, and Mr. Hill says nothing about that. The cost, of necessaries has "gone ott increasing, and it is taught to us that this is a sign and even a proof of prosperity among the people generally; and how. are American workingmen to pay this cost with wages re duced to the foreign level? Philosopher Hill should have gone farther and told ns that, T.T The fact an important fact is that this 'is a different country from any other. We nave here more land, "more opportunities to get land, more opportunities to utilize land in producing necessaries, than the Germans, -or the Britons,- or any Europeans, have. It was this fact -that enabled Mr. Hill to baiJd his great railroad and his im mense- steamers.. He could .not have-done . in Germany what he has done here. . He has paid American wages for a third of a century, and seems to have prospered pretty well, and to be prospering yet, even if the Rocke-feller-Harriman clique did take a fall out of him re cently," We don't' believe he would really pay 'German of English or French.wages if he could. -" ;, . '-.. j j Doubtless, nowevev"we have some big and threat ening problems to solve."' . The railroad problem, by The way, la one of them, . But tie solution of none of them wilLlie in a general reduction of wages to the European standard,' unless thre be a cotemperaneoua end corre sponding decrease in the cost of living and this,", they say, means-general poverty, instead .of general pros- . rWe shall see what we shall see. " ,-..' A , '4 .w j ' " ' .'.;. ' ' v ' MORE LIGHT IN THE PICTURES, v VERYBODY'S MAGAZINE publishes a depart ment entitled With the Procession, in which a gTeat many short letters' from all sorts and conditions of people are printed, and one of these com municstions from a woman in New Mexico, is in sub stance as follows! JOilrnal cnouo-h tn nermanentlv settle the aueitinn - 'Th regulations should be clear, definite, and specific they .1 . .t-' 1 .1 j .l ; . nyui icavc noining at loose cnas ana noming xo war rant a gradual return to the. slip-shod ways which have so long been a source of annoyance to evcryonefbrced to use-the bridges. .. We still believe that a definite closing of the draws at' specific 'times morning and evening is the only permanent remedy for the evil" and that any thing abort of that will ptove a. makeshift that will last ingly satisfy neither the residents nor those who do busi ness!! the east side. .' - , ?V ,; PAGEANTRY. AT INAUGURATIONS. yf'H. vRENT WE BEGINNING to overdo this inaugur ration business just a little bit? The pomp and circumstance of the inauguration of simple president of the United States' is rapidly, growing, if it has not already" grown, into a spectacle such as would have electrified the Roman populace, accustomed as they grew to be to ;the triumphal returns of their conquer ing heroes "And really is it altogether dignified, this fuss and feathers, this radical departure from the more; simple ways that used to mark the induction' into office of a man of the people to be returned four years hence to the body of the people? Aren't we beginning to lose sight of the real purposes and sink them under the glitter and glamor of meretricious show? . '. , :'- .; '.;;"", '' t. More than one has doubtless noticed the tremendous proportions into which inaugurations have grown as ex hibited jn the one which, took place at Washington" yes terday. . la such a sight really pleasjng to the heart of the genuinely American people of today? ',' Do they, be lieve in all this tinsel,', all of this meaningless pageantry to induct into office the head of our civil government? , .The Journal, for one, does not believe they do. - . ' ABOUSH THE "MERIT" SYSTEM. '" ' ''' HE CARD TO THE PUBLiC from MrWirten. burg of the school board cannot be . said la clarify the situation to any noticeable-degree. If the salaries of the teachers would be too high' under the '.allowance voted by- the taxpayers' meeting then he and the other members of the beard wh thought with him'shouldraf that time and place, have stated jtneir od Sections, and the reasons upon 'which they were based. But the chief point of interest still involved is the so- called merit". system. Any merit system . which is bound by hard and fast rules that cverybody.can under itand and which is applied equally, to -all .alike, for in stance the requirement . for . certificates and length of service, are tangible and can be got at and considered, but . when it comes 'to "other qualifications"" and these "qualifications" are-' left to the wide discretion of any body of men, then- there is 'opened wide the door for favoritism and some teachers are very likely to get the worst of it As a matter of fact wherever it is under stood., there is a very decided antipathy to the. "merit system. Qn that point the board should recede; from its present position and put things again upon a well- defined basis. - The "merit" system paves the way for abuses and petty tyrannies.; It is- precisely the sort of power which should not be placed in the hands of any set of officials, no matter . who they are, v,The late Senator Wolcott of Colorado was not a good mixer. After the slump in his political fortunes followed by his.apostasy to the silver cause, he was strongly urged by his intimate personal and political associates to get out and mingle with the hoi pollol. At length he one day sUrted forth from the Denver club with the inten tion to-do or die,; He was to walk a certain number of blocks-end then return to the club to relate his ex periences.-, It. appeared that he ,"mingled,, just once. "Over on a Sixteenth atreet corner," he said, "I met man who seemed to know me. "He bowed, we shook bands and .chatted together very pleasantly, for several minute. H is face seemed. very familiar to me but to save my soul I couldn t place him. ; , "You ought to know him, Ed," said one of his friends who had followed him at a distance to see how the adventure would turn out. "I suppose I should but I didn't " Who was. he?" He was the club barber, was the reply.' That ended Wolcott's efforts to "popularize" himself. ! I have long thought . that a, department to. coun- 5 teract the horrible things with which the newspapers ,. t are filled, would be a boon.' Instead of telling bow , bad humanity js, and what frightful things H is do ing, let us hear of tht kind and unselfish acts. , If one observes,' almost every day he learns of some ' touchingly generous-incident An open department ' devoted to 4he record of these things, would it ' seems to me be most inspiring, and would make ; largely for optimism. Many persons would be kind, if they knew just bow to go about it .. I have heldr 1 in thankful remembrance a woman who, being pos- sessed of some fine pictures and German transparen- cies, had the habit of loaning these treasures to , .."friends or neighbors who were ill, or convalescent Everyone knows how weary one gets of looking at the same pictures,, or at the. wall-paper, as one lies in bed. A bit of statuary, a music-box, a piece of bric-a-brac, any beautiful object, would relieve the tedium of sickness;, and would be more highly prized at home, after a short absence. T ; .... The Journal likes the idea of which the above state ments are an expression It is the bad thing!, the evil things, the crimes and crookedness of human life, that necessarily make .up most of the daily paper's budget of current news ' The cashier who is straight and honest is not mentioned; it is the exceptions! crooked cashier who furnishes an item. It is no news to" say that Mr. and Mrs. John Smith are living together in peace and'eom- fort and properly bringing op their children; it is the married people who fall out and hire lawyers and the children who go wrong that supply news items. So it must continue to be; and yet we think newspapers might perhaps be improved by publishing more of the good. kind, worthy, lovable incidents and phases of current ex istence. ir'l'V ,J;:,;.r'r:r --"! -r ',';;; . :: s .,-j,. To carry the idea a little farther, we perhaps criticise an,d censure too much editorially, although criticism and censure must necessarily occupy 'a good deaf of a newspaper's . editorial spaee;.yet there are many good, kind things to say, and we oughf to say more of them, and about men and women who are 'alive,; rather than wait till thev arc dead to. eiilnnri rhm - I- THE DRAW QUESTION AGAIN. 1 HE AGITATION which The lournal atirted tn .,3 ...... 1 . ' ' ' . nwuii9icraviB 1 duiiidu Ol ipe open bridge draws at the h'ours' When "travel across the bridges is heaviest has already borne fruit . Much more heed than ever before is paid by .the river men to the rights of the bridge users, 'there are no longer such prolonged and irriuting-delayS and men going, to or returning from' work are more likely to get over or back in reasonable time. 'But all of this is the result of the agitation and once the agitation Ceases things are likely 10 gnu i mio mcir oia ways ana in tne course of a few months it is more than probable that thev will be in as- unsatisfactory a state as they ever were. , , ' " The time to permanently remedy them is nor. The demands of the river men; are unreasonable from the standpoint of the public which uses the bridges.- That those boats which c$n pass through jrtthouf opening the drew should do so with or without regulations should follow as a matter of course-'That the draw should iw be kept oped" for a procession of boats should be granted without argument But this, , does, "pot ; seem fo The Portland. . Or, starch 4. To the tax- Wjmrn, eltisens and teachers of school dtatrtct No. I Owing to the many con flicting- and misleading v arttelea ' that have been publUbed ia the preas (posst bly. oa SAoount of tbelr sot underatand tng the subject sufficiently). X take this method of placing before you the exact situation as it now exista la so rar as the distribution of the 130,000 voted at the last annual taxpayers' meeting ia Otmerned. 1 .. .'..' . .' ' ' '.r . -The plan that we have adopted has gtveo-io Hi teachers ISA per year, con suming,' ma you-will notice, flS.SCS of the ISO.OSS wjilcb- diatrlbatlon has al ready been placed Id effect, oomnteneing February 1), leaving 1 11,104 beianoe on hand. You will aee, therefore, that we have already used up more than one half ot the funds, and, that the statement that "we have not granted any increase and that we are holding up the moneys of the teachers" is absolutely untrue In September, when the new list will be made up, I am jtoeltlve that there will he nearly IBS teachers who have had the neceaaary - wxyertene. and 'Qualifications, aa well aa eertlSoatea, who -wilt have: an additional Increase of ISO, which will use up more tha"the balance that we have on hand.-, In thia la included the swia.ll Iimiissss' wlili'li rltwlnals will r- oeive, but-, not - the increase, voted tof ine anpennxenaent . ano wnien is - noi Bgured as befng a part of the 130,004. , While I' am on the subject of super intendent permit me to state that I am willing to assume the responsibility of having - Introduced the motion" to in crease the - superintendents salary to St.OOS per year) and for your Informa tion permit mo to state that the super intendent of. schools in our elty is not receiving . as .much by a considerable amount aa tbnee in Beetlle, DenveyOaa land,' Cal., - Loe Angelea, Minneapolis, Ban Franciado and 8t Paul. ' In Seattle the salary has been raised to 14,600, and the assistant superintendent re- ceivea $t00, making 11400. . In Den ver the superintendent and assistant su perintendent cost the city SS.000 , per year. ' la Los Angeles the' superinten dent and assistant auperlnundent - re oeive IT.000; $4,f00 for the former and tt00 for th- Utter. ' In Minneapolis the superintendent receives I4.JI0.-In San' rrancisco 'the superintendent' ' re oelvea 14.000, and the assistant superin tendent U.400, jnaking a total of f 0.400. In St, Paul the superintendent receives 4,000 nd the assistant superintendent IX, 000. .We bava na assistant1 superin tendent; ; ... .. . ; ' ,-. ' .'' ,V-V'' - J leave Jt to the fair and unbiased taxpayers of Portland, if tbey believe our. superintendent ' la belhg overpaid when, these flgurea are taken Into con sideration, J ' ' . ' - ... 7 The fact of the matter, is that the arade teachers are' paid more aalariea than. any other city above mentioned in comparison with the salary of the 'su perintendent Our grade teachers I"will now receive at the increased salary from 176 to 8S0 per year, and this,-really,' toK ains calendar months, although, tbey are considered 10 months. I leave It te the food judgment of the taxpayers of this district if this Is not a first olass salary for services rendered I will venture to. state tint graat many who have found fault with our actios- are not paying- their people aa high a rate aa tha aoove schedule Indi cates. Yhls will give the grade teaeners from f 110 to f 200 per year greater sal ary than tbey received six years ago. When it ts taken into consideration that the writer made every 1 right up to the present time In favor of an in crease in salary for teachers, he believes that the abuse and crtticUisa that have been heaped upon his head are unjust and uncalled for. It the taxpayers now desire to further increase this salary, and are willing 'to vote sum foe that I purpose, I am .sure that the directors win aiatrthute it for them. -. . In ray opinion, labor Is subject to the lawa of supply and demand, and can assure the taxpayers of thia -elty that wa are now paying a higher price wan would Be necessary were we to mor arn ouraelvea closely by the above men tioned law. But wo have tried to be aa -liberal aa possible without affecting too greatly the pockets of the taxpayera. so much ror that subject, t. , J. .. Now for a word in regard to the poaitkw, of the school board: I can assure you that there la no wrangling or diagrreement to any extent between tha members of -tha board. Their .rela tions are entirely pleasant While there may be a difference la opinion, all such matters are handled in a pleaaant m ner. There, was more confusion at the last meeting than any other that baa ever takes place during my member ship of the board, and that was greatly caused by-aggravating newspaper ertt iotam, whlch I presume-was intended only with the best of intentions. If the taxpayers of thia district will bear with ua a little while X m wllllna- to go on record aa assuring- them that they will find tha plan we dots adopted will give to the schools of this district the moat efficient corps of teachers -that has-ever been engased-1 -the -schools of our. dry and -that sons f them wilt ends re any hardship - or Inconvenience or embarrassment, aa Indicated by a few hervous individuals, who.-in their haste to make themselves heard, rushed into newspaper print utve us an opportu nity before condemning u to teat our plan and if found unjust or wrong In principle, no one will be more eager to assist in changing the system thas tne writer. - , . m .. , ... i . - Regretting that this article la -nea. sarily ao long, bat believing It best to espial" ss clearly aa possible tha posi tion orj.Bg school hoard. I beg to remain, .-, ( , .. m. WlTTBTNBCRa. tov ongt to now. .r ' losy is Thee, My ' By Bishop Thomas Ken. - -A f Thomas Ken (BlrkbampsteadV' Kug land. July 117 Umgleat March 10, 1T11), the fearless biahop of Bath la the dajM of Charles It was the earliest ef the great English hymn writers." Hla Evening Hymn and hla Morning Hymn are- familiar to all Christian congrega tions, and the former ranks aa one of tha four, greatest hymns, aooording to 1 exhaustive test .recently conducted. The Evening Hymn la, however, ee peel ally interesting in that it contains the' ras which Is - sung more frequently and by mora people than any other single selection: this Is the last verse. commonly known . as '."the long meter dosology." ..By a majority ' or the churches la thia country this Is . still used ss the opening song, while In other lands church services and all kinds of meetings are closed with the verse. It la. used in churches or every creed except the Unitarian and In every tongue and. baa been appropriated, by faiths other than Christian. It was the one song in wbjch : all . religions seemed able to Join at the great world a parliament of religions .In Chi cago. - In 183. When aung separately the atately tuna "Old Hundred", la al ways used with tbe dosology.) . Glory to thee, my God, thia night'.',.': FOOKlL.Xhe blessings or tha light; Keep me, O, keep me. King of ktngst Beneath thine own almighty wings. -'- forgive me, lord, for thy dear' Son. N The ill which I thia day have done; That with the-world,, myself, and thee. 1, ore 1 sleep, st peace may be. - - Teach ms to live, that I may dread The grave as little sa my bed; , ' - Teach -ms to die. that so I may " Rise glorious st the Judgment day. O, let my soul on thee repose, 1 And may aweet aleep mine eyelids elosel Bleep,, which- shall .ma more vigorous tnaxe. 1 ; , To serve my God when I awake." ; I ... .- ' ' ' . ''. :j t Praise uod. from ' whom all blessings flOW! ' ' f . V . . Praise him all creatures hers below t - Praise him above, ye heavenly host) . Praise Pather, Son, and Holy OhosI . ;. 11 1 r . ' , snjtvsais- sw tks sMsut. -" From tha Chicago Record-Herald. -' ' The attitude of ths senate toward the house rate bill ia a good deal like that of a boy Who has his clothea off. but stands shivering on the brink because he is afraid ths water may be pretty coid. . r . I WHHalu -- - - V ..''' ' From the St Louis Olnbe-Democrat Russia admit a loea In Manrhnrla Of- 40.000 killed, and 1S0.OO0 wounded. to ay nothing of ths mortality and disability' from disease. , It la ens of the severest lessons st modern tints. TBAjmrrrnot axstrraxa . BclenUfic readers tn general are - fa miliar with the remarkable develop ment during the last - few years of power transmission, by means of. high voltage alternating currents. But per haps only ths traveled few realise the extent to. which thia method la. being put to practical use, especially In the factories of tale country. In sections where fuel la searee and eorrassond- lngly expensive industries which other wise would be prohibited can be carried on prodtably by. the use of power thus transmitted 1 for long dtsta noes. In many places in the west wires convey ing electric power from the powerhouse to a point far up In the mountains havs transplanted ..the eight-horse - freight outfit with' which fuel formerly wss tediously' transported. '; -,-, Mining la the industry ' chiefly bene fited . through thle application of elec tricity as a motive power, primarily -because' by reason of its cheapness it per mits the treatment of orea of the lower grades,, which, using tha costly steam power, it would be Impossible lo handle prontably.' ' '" ... vy. j ; The ease with which electric motive power may be conveyed through cables into the most inaccessible' , parts -of mines ia another feature that recom mends it to the mine owners of ths Weet, ".' - ' ; ''''.: 'V' - "' ,.'.'!.'' One main line of power transmission near Silver City,' Ida., la. IT miles long from tha dam where ' ths power is generated to the distribution point The line consists of No. 4 bars .' copper cables strung on oedsr posts 10 feet high.. The insulators supporting these wires are of glass, 12 Inches long, snd tested' to f 0,000 volts.. w , .;-,f mmAVtmn arooo wxtxovt - At : various reoent f cod - eahlbltions there has been on ehow an Invention for heating food without fire and without the usual ' troublesome accessories f of pots and pans. An ' Innocent looking tomato soup tin liaa four holes punched at one end, and Immediately that is done tne wnoie thing begins to flsa snd boll. It Is left for five minutes, until the heating materials evaporate, turned up side down, and left for another five minutes; then it la opened in the ordl nary way, when thoroughly cooked soup can be poured out,. Ita name la ealorit, and the food, which ia prepared by soma weii-snown rirms, is of ths first ouslitv. About a dosen varieties of soup- can be had, and ths same number of entree, besides coffee, coco and chocolate. ,-. OoMolattew for smesal mowers. .. From ths LewUton Journal. " ' '. General O. O. Howard, tha former Maine man. Is the only living American soldier who has commanded St one tires 160,000 soldiers. .. . W hen he waa emersins frnra tha hat. tie ofTalr Oaks minus hla right arm he was met by General Kearnev. who had lost his left arm. with the remark. 'Never mind .Howard: we will bur our gloves at ths same store.? K ,.. , , u, - f atosabxs to xroftYrrrr. - From tha Equitable Record. Most writers, ancient and modern, agree on the following circumstances Ss ravoraoie to longevity .... t , 1. To be born ef healthy, long-lived psrvnia. j .-'- j . - s . - To live In the lemoerate aonea. BV: To" live in tha country and much la uie open air, .. r t - -..(. ,i. - -. 4. . To be aceuetomed to dally labor. -. s. to be temperate In - sating and rinsing. . , , ' To which may be added these ten commandments of hygiene from a grancn meoicsi review: , . - 1. Riee early, retire early, fill your ay wim wars. , - - - ... 3. Water and bread maintain life. purs air snd sunshine. sre necessary to - a. Cleaalinsss . prevents ruet; . the pest-oarea-ror macblne lasts- tha long. eat-- r - v, . . ..;.... , " - 4. Practice frugality and sobriety, - S. Enough sleep repairs waste and strengthens! too much softens and en feebles. . .; . '.' . - S. To be "Sensibly dressed, with free, dom of movement and sufficient warmth. - 7. A elean and cheerful house makes a happy home.- n . ., , , I. The mind is refreshed and invigor ated by distractions tnd amusements, but Sbuse of them leads to dissipation. and diaaipatlon to vice. .. . - I. Cheerfulness makes love 'ot life. and love of life Is half of health.. Sad ness snd discouragement hasten old age. 10. Do you gain your-living by vour intalleott Then do not allow your arms sod legs ts grow shift. Do you earn your bread by your plok-aaeT Do not forget to cultivate your mind1. . , r WOSS or From tha Dayton Observer (Rep). Now that their ewA atvla of warfare Is being waged against them In certain quarters, they are highly outraged in feeling and are appealing loudly to party loyalty" in, an endeavor to sarin from their awkward situation. The daya of tha machine are numbered, and It la wen tor the state and for the Republican party that such la the case. ' No- recon ciliation of the warring, factions can be brought about until ths present "rule or ftiln" methods are wiped out, of exist ence.. The men who originated thia pol icy got into, power by the aid of Demo crats, and are now getting only a little taste or tneir awn medlolne. But all this factional warfare ia deplorable, and the f eerver hopee tcsee the day when the Republicans of Oregon shall find It poaaible ts settle their differences, elect their officers and carry out their meas ures without permitting their political enemies to Uks any part In ths proceedings.,.-. . ... .. ; M-rTr"- Yr " A tLANDSRSD VIRTUS . - - - - -1' a'iiai ! iiyrf .w?1 "2 tk for ther sasU laaertt the arta.-Mttl. v., B. tl , , , TT T might surprise us ta read this per- " in as mm: : nappy are i J. gesUemeni for they - shall pose tae eann. ' . let that' in its. beet sense, is what the teacher means. Meek ness ig but the gentlenesa of the truly Jtooie. sad brave man. Thia beatituda is not. popular; it hardly seems to nt " aarq, common sense. . raeticaUy, the modern man save: "Meekneaa .a all right In the monastery; but U la all awiunini ia uii market.'' A etrenu- ous- age -demands something mightier man zneeaneaa ana mors emphatic and aw-ruve 1 nan gentleness. . - - j uiinouuy comes -rrom the eon founding of meekness with mushlness. The coward aeeke to cover his pitiable weakness with thia name; ths hypocrite wears tha mask ef meekness to hide nia iniquity and meanness;, the brainless myatla 'calls hla mumblings also meek-nose- And so this virtue has been rale, gated to the. aonvertebrates among the numan aina. ''.".' '"-'"'.-' 1 !.': -', r' Ia thia then, an outgrown ethical direc tion, good only -for tha daya when re ligion was supposed to be ths province sncr property or the recluse and the ascetic t' Did -Jesus advocate flabbinesa of -character, mere Negative virtue, tha weak life : that aeaulescaa -r because It dara not resist T The bast commentary on a man a -creed is nis conduct.- Was he such a man! 'Waa' the anoatle of meekness a meek man aeoordlng to thia, popular conception of meek Dees T 'Not! by any meana Hla anemias, bear wit ness to that The fact that he had so- many - and such Implacable enemies la sufficient answer. ' . . -vs-v-. He won their hatred because be waav sues a stern hater of the things thati needed . bating. It took mere- than a weak and dreamy meekness to drive the traders from the temple; it took more- than unmanly resignation ' to face tha rulers 'and chtf nf tha naAKla; 11mm wsm mora than mere submission in the calm turning of the face- to go up to Jeru salem, knowing that Oethssmans snd Calvary awaited him there, c He -who preached meekness abows uS how tox practice it - His Ufa ia its exposition. Meekness la might: it U tbe'nobleet typo of manhood. Its essential attribute. la calm and steadfast strength, born of ths consciousness of unity, with eternal) and unconquerable things. --It lifts one. above the fears and frets ef life. It taaehea a fine disregard of the petty dig- nltiea and bedecking of men's honors.; stations and titles. Ita honors are those of character. - To the- meek rank and po sition depend not on the circumstances without but os the condition within. It. In gentle because It does not need to es-. t itself. -Its pride lav not eo super ficial as to be mortally Injured by slights)) from without; K fears only dtabonor within. It Is the mastery of the true man over things.- It is 'the ability-tr stand, to be calm 'under .ths mosquito stings ef petty persecutions, to be rich" In heart Under the loss of thlnrs. tb be at ana's b in- the worst mt Hmea.- It" still, conquers the earth; brag, .. bluets n . .11.1 i ...... , . mtMiM m miai. uvuvi v, uf i irawi aie. might. It prevails because It sets the svu above ths material, above the mech anism of life; it makes him. master of all, and so makes him fit to Inhabit the earth. Just aa .that meekest of allnsa is" toaay ins at aster ot ail. .- , . . to. be snort ir V ;' V".' - '. s Obstss far 9. ' ' ' From ths Chicago Journal. "Which do you prefer, summer winterr " ' - :- '"I hsve no preference,", snswered the nveraaxlous parent. 1. don't feel that It niskes much dlfferencs whether Wll tie runs the fisk of drowning while wiamlBg .or skattag.?; . .,. . ..! ... . ' . . . ' wMwrwanm Piety, never paradee ltselt 5 i, Praetlae la nravar. r , : . - .''.-.-nr.-vi-:: Tha self -satisfied need : SlghtSd.--4rVi Tou eanoct hoodwink heaven with si holy sspsct . . , y.i r' ,ti- It's a poor religion that lata ths prayeg meeting aide the poor.. ;v . Iove si ves ho license to '. dispense, With eourtesy.r - A man may be measured by 'the things BS seeks.-, r, -1 - . : e e, A veneer of religiosity has none ef the virtues of religion. ' f '' ' -t ,v "' -: e. 1 0 , ' . .0 ... It Is better to loss yor Joys thsj. to escape hla sorrows. - - They who wslk with God do toot watK away from ssen. Half as evil eve nan see mors inlaulrv 7. . . , . . - 1 tnsa. us. wnois 01 sji innocent one. ' . . .... - . i .... It Is slow work getting rich In grace st penny, a 'week.-- ..... . . :. . e e - . . ; Tou cannot blame a bag of wind for steering clear ef pointed faota. , . , - - 1 1". . j .. 1 ... . He can bear a 'great trust 'who eaa . bear tittle trials. - , ; ';."- ,J Men are not drawn to 'the church by using the creed as a dub., , - - e . e .- v.; A man must be short " on character when he has to sssert himself by, Clothes. ' v.'-i. '. . ' rf. s, ,j Habit may be ens of our "beef aUleg- Ss wall ss one of our worst enemies. , ' . ... .... ,. iT; , e ' e -c , , . . . f ; Heaven does not stop to consult the vogue before It picks out a man. ' The man who hates to see another happy is certainly safe from catching it hlmselt - - , '.. ,'. : It takes less thsn two half truths to make a full slsed lis. .? r c ; The great trouble with many a church is that It Is mors snsious about'. the steam that runs to Its' whistle than about that which runa the works. . . - ;rJ- OUTSZuUTB'S KX7SZOAX, ORTrTOIgM. From the Sen Francisco Argonaut:" y Once, during h'a second term, drove Cleveland was aeked to speak at a func tion in a certain town, and when ha arrived at the depot the wind waa Wow-" ing a gaia, eieri was arivlnr end hail. . stones nVarly ss Urge ss marbles were fiercely tailing. ,v" or eoursa, ths InevtUbrk brass band waa there, and at the sight of the presi dent the performers struck up with' all the strenuoetty st their command. That la the most real 1st lo music I ever heard,' remarked Cleveland. "What are they trying to playr asked Secretary Olney. who accompanied him. '"Hall to MeS Chief!' replied ths president with, a cheerful smile. , - ' .- ; ? , C - ' -1 "C . ' . A SVoslBg Base.i . ' ' 2 r",m ths Baltimore American. ,' Some theorist asserts that the spot on the. sun Is rvsponsible for jrealdent Roosevelt's aMivrty.t If this theory Is true the sun spot hes had a. great deal ot difflouiUr la CAtobing un, " . ., ,.,',t. i.t s ;' -' ' ' . v ; ff''-
