TIIS OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH It. 1CC3.
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CLarit,
(Cspyrlgat, 1906, by tke Amerlcaa-JoBraal-
. . nxsaiser.i
there is much truth in th sugges-
- Hon of Prudence 'that there
should bo ho poor In this land
'.' 'i i" of Pi81'' Alasi They , are
V everywhere, and we are told 'the poor
. - V yehav 'always with you." Therefore,
.. irnni wise provision should te .made
r - for their sustenance. . b ,i .'.
I have had some experience with the
""perversity and laslness of ' ablebodled
men '-whom it la Impossible; to 'get to
. work. Many could teatlfy to the dlffl
, j cult matter of securing; people to per-
form- almost any kind of domestlo or
' 4 other labor. Why. no on can explain,
' except .it Is en . age of extravagance
- and demoralisation. There seems to be
' ;a desire to acquire money by gambling
: ;"t . in something, or in some way to get a
. living'wlthout hard work. ;
The get-rich-qulck . mania . haa spread
' like an epidemic; and if aen cannot do
. so they are Inclined to do nothing, ajtdj
; i ji iiungs go aa tney wiu. a. loreman
;on-a farm-recently said o the proprl
' etor of, the farm, "I am gettln' tired
1 workln' from to ( and rod aettln: in
the house by the fliV - Ignoring alto
gether he waa well paid for doing the
. only - kind of work he could possibly
,: execute.. -m.-' ..,.".'' ;
- There, Is a general dissatisfaction on
? the pari of every one with his lot In
: 'life.. Reform. Is needed along almost all
- lines of life. - Who la to Inaugurate the
reform and carry it, out successfully T
. '- is the question. Meanwhile, the naked
' ' must be clothed, the hungry must be
. fed. Few are. thirsty, as the majority
are the Victims 'of too much drinking.
. ( Too many . men of the ' Indigent class
l,, spend every cent they can get in drink.
.Tney drink to keep out the cold and
; drink to prevent exhaustion by heat, so
; ."there Is always some excuse for. drink
.' : ,lng, and the number. of helpless poor Is
- ,pt up to the maximum. '
Loosen your purse strings and lend
'. Unto th Lord a little more of your
. abundance. Those who do .right will
;V give bread to the hungry and garment
: J- to the naked, selth the Lord, who will
. ' .com to judge all mankind. i
.iviUt not the. fact that you have given
. ... once or twice to the funds which gen
.' , erous people undertake to raise for
special relief . hinder your personal
""T- charity to the worthy, poor who knook i
The Revivals7 in ArVales and in London
By
'(Copyright. 1005. by W.- Y Hearst.) '
pITHIN the last week I have
had the opportunity of wit-
f nesslng two I great 'religious
. movements, on. In th val
leys 'of South Wale among a people with
w h omT art" eirlcrg amtlKT;-t a 8 other
.in th center of London, where for th
present I live and try to tak some small
share ' M wort.-".'"
'- Nothing was more Inter Jng to m
..than the contrast of those meeting
nothing will be - more absorbing than
to 'follow their results. I saw th great
Albert hall filled from floor to celling
with ten thousand, man and women gath
ered' to welcome the -American evange
lists. Dr. Ttjrrev and Mr. Alexander
. Everything ' that advertisement and
organisation could do had been don to
make th success or this gnat religious
undertaking.
The constant arttolea In th dally papers
have kept th public Interested for weeks
past. Every phase of th movement has
oeen aiscusuuu. . r. ivrnj ,ucii mm
given his views on social questions, such
ss tbeatre-rolng and dancing, and on
reltrioua Questions his confession of faith
and hi advertisers nav supplemented,
these with character sxetcnee ana in
terviews. :--..-.... " '
The organiser have given the assur
ance that "ladles of title" would them
selves visit from house to house within
a two-mile radius of ths hall, and that
the vast choir would be composed of all
sorts snd conditions of people, drawn
from the humblest wage-earner to th
classes of ths permanently unemployed.
No more elaborate preparations have ever
been made to receive rellgloua teachers,
and the whole is to cost 17.000. ,
The night of welcome the great audi
torium was Ailed mainly with Christian
workers, or those intareeted In such work.
The members of the mighty choir wer
In their place when Mr. Alexander ap
peared, and mounted th high, narrow
platform from which be conduct th
music, conducts not with .his handa,
arms and baton, . but with his entire
body. Long and supple, h away and
bends and stamps and claps his hands,
his whols being is In action.
, The volume of soimd was fine, but th
constant Interruptions of th conductor to
me spoiled th solemnity, and the short,
almost facetious .addresses - toth audi
ence marred .the real affect of the great
rlaing and falling wave of human voioea,
Th missionaries wer greeted several
representatives of Dngllah religious life,
Lord Klnftalrd, th Rev. F. JB. Meyer,
'Anti -Trust "Wave
(Continued from
been connected" With th Northern Se
curities company iy between stock
holders 'of on or th other of th two
roads who object to the manner In which
their stock in th holding company Is
to b exchanged for stook In ths two
Original companies. '. -, .
rap TntrW .f i ' . ' .::'
. On December T, 104. Q government
began proceedings against tb paper
trust, following th Investigations which
had been conducted during the year. The
General Paper company and M other
paper manufacturers wer mad defend
ants In a petition filed by Attorney Gen
eral Moody for ths United States. The
, United Bute district court is asked te
enjoin and restrain ths defendsnt from
doing business through the General Pa
per company In violation et . th ami
trust Jaw. .. ' . - '
It i charged In th petition that the
defendants havs entered into a con
spiracy te control the output, distribu
tion and price of print paper by nslng
the Oeneral Paper company as their
sales agent. It is Alleged that com
petition practically has ceased because
of this mutual arrangement between the
' parties to the agreement, and that th
price of all psper products has been
advanced, particularly : that of - news
' print psper. .-
Th formation of the paper trust has
been followed by a uniform advene In
B y M R S . - JOHN - A. -LOGAN
at your door or of whom you know.
There are many persons . who would
be generous if they would only give' a
little time to the lnvestlgstlon of Indl
vidua! eases who need their help.' - The
saving of . one soul by administering
to the phyalcal wants will surely win
for the person who thus does God's
work an unfading crown of glory. .
I have often thought that a good way
to continue the splendid work of help
ing the unfortunate and Inspiring them
with higher arabltlona and more thrift
would be to organlss "Industrial clubs."
These. If properly and practically man
aged could be made to carry out the
objects of social clubs, and at the same
time accomplish much more. , '
' If, in every community, women would
organise clubs and continue their meet-,
lnga once a week or once In two weeks
at some convenient place of , meeting,
and Invite good women and girls of all
classes to become members, they could
do more good. than In any other way.
,If they would ask: those -wh$ could
afford to do so'. to bring anything they
had in the way of materials, clothes
worth making over or worth' converting"
Into carpet rags, they would find that
they could aupply the needa of the un
fortunate that are always With us.
t They should elect a president, secre
tary, treasurer and an executive com
mittee. The planning, designing and
catting of the work should be left In
the hands of the committee, who should
also receive all thi-supplies furnished.
They should go over them; the clothes
that need' only cleaning and repairing
should be taken out. Among the mem
bers ' there would be found -some one
who could clean, repair, make over, sew
or do anything they might find neces
sary; among the least skilled, carpet
rag sewers would be found.
.After materials . only fit for carpet
rags were washed and dyed by soma one
who could and would do the work, they
could be brought to the club, when they
could be cut. sewed and wound In balls
that eould be sold by the pound or
woven Into carpets and rugs. These
could bo sold or given to those who had
nothing to over their floors. -
With a small membership fee they
could have the dyeing or other thlnga
don that would be impracticable for
the elnb to do. , Quarterly or monthly
salea of articles thst hsv been made
or remodeled would make a fund which
LADY HENRY SOMERSET.
Dr. Campbell Morgan,' the vicar, of ; the
parish in which the hall stands, Preben
dary Webb Pepto and others.
Then Dr, Torrey spoke -almpicTtytraight-forward
words, without any great mag
netic force, although you could not but
t TeTlheoarhotnea of in Tnan.- mnrJ-theH
strength of his belief, and yet hla words
to me were a disappointment. - Ten
thousand men and , women were there
who, speaking generally, - " professed
Christianity: They were gathered In a
city where sadness and sin abound, where
th Indifferent crowd the pavements, and
th hopeless fill our slums and mean
streets. Th revivalist took for his text.
"Rejoice In the Lord Alway. and Again
I Say Rejoice.' Joy. he said, was ths
characteristic of th Christian. Joy over
flowing fined his hearV illuminated his
features, welled out In his words. Does
ItT I thought, as I looked round the
audience. Ought It to do sot waa .the
question that rose In my heart.
The crte of th oppressed in Russia
are rinsing In our ears, th cruel grasp
of poverty holds our people In the Iron
grip of hunger, the step of th man who
is sacking work In vain, beat upon our
streets, th tP which mars, blights and
destroys is stalking' abroad at this very
hour, th drink poison Is Inflaming
man's brain, and crushing their lives.
Can our attitude as Christians be one
of JoyT - '
Ought we not rather to weep with
Christ ovsr sorrowful wayward human
ity, and humbly face the dread responsi
bility which rests upon ust caim, sen
satisfied we all sat there, and never a
word did th revivalist say to those lis
tening thousands to arouas them to th
fact that th state of London, nay of the
world, lies at the door of th lethargic
church Itself. We sang song over and
over again about heaven, .about Joining
our loved Ones yonder. . . -'
A. young man with a beautiful voice
In a top- gallery sang a solo about "Tell
ing Mother I'll Be There," but to me the
pot of a real revival waa missing, which
should sound the call to be abour the
business of our Master, to be in dead
earnest, that Ood's will be don on earth,
and to understand that it is ths bustneas
of His church to get It done. -And as
I went away after th meeting to th
slums of th esst and, I felt more
strongly than ever that to define our un
derstanding of what heaven will b I an
ImDoaslbilitr. on thing w know, how
ever, that It must meam an sternal har
mony between our will and Ood's. and
that our present peace lies In doing His
will now.
But It la till mora difficult to under
si.
Preceding Pag.)
th prlo of Its products. ' The trust Is
especially obnoxious because' the pres
ent duty--wood pulp makes it impos
sible for Independent .manufacturer' to
biiy abroad and th trust own or con
trols a large part of th timber la this
country available for paper manufac
ture. The price of print paper haa ad
vanced 10 to If per csnt in tb last three
or- four years and the trust hss been
exacting in th condition of purchase
It ha Imposed upon consumers. -. , .
- t Wise on in sps Hallway. -
On January I. this year, the Wis
consin legislature passed a -bill aimed
at the railroads of ths state which are
alleged to have been evading taxes. The
bill fixe th limitation for th recovery
of penalties 'or forfeiture at six yeers
Instead of - two. Tb cause, -of action
also shall be 'construed aa not having
accrued until discovered. The state has
been collecting - evidence to the effect
that , the railroads travs not - reported
their full earnlnjta and suits will be
brought against them Immediately..
It la said that for years ths railroads
hsv been able by means of a powerful
lobby- to defeat any such legislation.
Th state campaign last fall was fought
on th question of state control of rail
roads,, and La Follette waa elected be
reus of his uncompromising attltud. In
favor of atrlngent railroad laws. .
Ths long expected railroad rat bill
.
would keep - money enough In the
treasury to enable them to do much
charity, and at the same time encourage
and stimulate many to nobler efforta
and give them more ambition to make
their homes attractive- ami keep them
selves from want and penury,
A reader should be chosen to read to
the club when in aesaion, to prevent too
much idle gossip. Articles on how to
do things In vsrious branches of domes
tic economy. stdrles and other enter
taining questions, even ' short chapters
on current topics would Interest many
who never have any diversion In their
humdrum Uvea, and would help work-a-day
people and give the wealthier real
Tte Principles of Commercial Morality
By SIR EDWARD
IN all civilised countries you will
, time.' and again find people' who
' hold the opinion that whatever la
, " not prohibited' by ."law la morally
permissible, though It take only a little
thought to dlapel this mis conception.
' The law abould never be allowedto
stand for the maximum of man'a moral
obligation toward ;blmaalf and hla fel
lowmen. .
One of the great sources of pollution
Is gifts by the purchaser to the agent
of the seller or-by the seller to the
agent of . th bayer. Transactions of
this kind 'are characterised by two fea
tures; they involve an attempt to serve
two masters, and they are secreC For
both reasons they are bad, but the great
est .evil la tbetr secrecy. In some oases
masters are aware of the presentation,
but even so auch a transaction is bad,
because no man ought to consent to a
practice which renders faithful and single-eyed
service' by his employ more
dlffioult. -,
In Englsnd the pleasant and old-fashioned
name of Christmas box ia often
ussd to cover moat disgraceful bribe,
and a bribe atlnks as foul under that
as under any other name. -
From th lower point of view of ma
terial progreas these practices interpose
great difficulties ia . th way ' of th
Introduction to pwbllo use of new ma
terials or new Inventions, where those
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stand how Joy can be th keynote of our
Christianity If tb revivalist really be
lieve that for some an eternity of .tor
ment awaits them, without even the es
cape through th purifying flr whioh
the tenderer spirit - of the medieval
-ehurob-vranted aa a recognition of the
mercy of Ood. for them It iriy -
to me joy 1 Impossible.
It Is as though on Individual, with a
cry of exultation and about of Alleluja,
found the Br esoap. while the rest of
th household perished in th flames.
But th Impression produced on my
mind may have been possibly heightened
by th contrast presented by th won
derfully vivid realisation of the simple
work of the spirit which haa been blow
ing Ilk the divine breath through the
valleys of South Wales. , ,
There organisation haa been unknown,
money haa been unsought, newspaper
puffs non-existent; indeed, th revivalist
Tke Battlesnip Still tie Navy's Backtone
AS In
hav
the United States, there
have also in England been nu
merous persons ready to hall
the advent of a new weapon.
or th Improvement of an old one, as a
"cheap and easy way" of dispenain
with large ships and all that Is Involved
In what Is now understood by a power
fill navy and command of the sea. .
On this side th water, without going
back to Fulton or Warner's "long
range," we may all remember that the
Staunch class of gunboats popularly
known ' in ' th navy aa "flatlrons and
later oh tb torpedo boats and destroyers,-
wer to' sound th death of th
Ironclad, and there ar not a few -who
hold that the submarine will Inevitably
annihilate all other Implement of war
far on th high seas.
Recently, however,, from wisdom
gained In previous i cares and from a
more careful study generally of the
conditions, we have been content to,
leave th problems at issu to th naval
experts. 4 -'..' ,
Probably th newly awakened Interest
of th American publio In naval ques
tions haa raised ths torpedo and gun
question, which is always with us In
a more virulent form In th United
whs introduced In both houses f th
Wisconsin legislature February 10. Wis
consin has fought lqng snd bitterly for
relief from the excessive charge the
railroads ar said to havs levied on the
shipper of ths state, 'and th bill in
troduced is unusually drastic It pro
vided for a commission of three mem
ber that shall perform all tb duties
now performed by th traffio manager
of th railroads within th state. Th
commission shall havs power to change
commodity rates, sons rates, group rate
or any other kind of rates which , may
seem to th commission to be unfslr
to ths Wisconsin shippers. They may
fix. switching charges and may compel
ths. delivery of cars upon spur tracks
when the - necessity of t radio demsnds
It. - The commission shall investigate all
accidents, . . -'
As It has been charged repeatedly that
Wisconsin suffers from freight rstss,
which ar 10 per cent higher than those
of lows, and which are 10 per cent
higher on grain tban those of both Iowa
and Illinois, It Is expected thst the pas
sage and enforcement of this' bill will
result in a general reduction of rates
throughout the state.
There Is at the present tlms a strong
anti-trust law awaiting passage In. the
legislature, i It provides that when any
combination Is msde In . restraint - of
trade ths state shall hresk up the com
bination snd put It out of business,
Other Trust.
On January IS. 104. th New York
Confectioners snd Jobbers' association,
or "r-anay trust,' was found guilty of
violating the anti-trust law and waa
ordered to dissolve , Its organisation In
New York. At the end of a trial last
ing several months th members of the
pleaaure in the thought that they ware
doing some good In the world. ,
Magaslnes could be gathered among
the jfamlllea who do. not wish, to pre
serve mora siier uuy nave oen reaa.
These-eould be- distributed, among the
membera of the club who have homes
and families who would enjoy-reading
the splendid articles that all too often
are laid aaide after a haaty perusal.
- The beautiful Illustrations eould adorn
and brighten - the ' homes of many, If
they were only taught how to mount
them on bright colored cardboard which
Is so cheap and easily obtained. I know
homes of the weil-te-do whose walls
are covered with beautiful pictures that
coat nothing but the cardboard, the braaa
headed tacka which are driven in each
corner to faaten them to. the wall, and
the paste and labor of artlstlo handa
for a few hosra in cutting and- arrang
ing them In harmonious groups.
Designing and fashioning .garments
for men, women and children will give
tralnlngand pleasure to mariy who in
their ignorance of what can be dona
allow good thlnga to go to waste. .' .
PRY; of tb North Sti
who are interested In -such' thlnga are
unwilling to bribe. ' - . v
I am assured that there are her, as
In ' every other country, branches -of
trade Into which no honest man- dare
enter, and that there are persona whom
no new article can- reach except by the
uae of the golden key of bribery applied
through subordinate, . ... . . '.
It la needleaa to observe thst what
ever tends to lessen 'confidence between
man and man tends to check the legiti
mate development of trade and manu
factures.. Communications which I have
received from . various parsons have
tamped on my mind a vivid image of
these practices.
Bad. however, thoogh' theae thing
are, they nevertheless find plenty of
apologists. I believe that many people
accept percentage .-without and " con
sciousness of the avjil of the system,
but it must stand clear to anyone who
looks deeper into the matter.
Probably today more lies are told In
advertising. . In their eagerness to mske
money people forget the first principles
of honesty, snd in ths advertising of
their goods tell lies which they would
never tbtnk of telling under other cir
cumstances, though' lying in buslnsss
matters Is equally' aa dishonorable aa.
In private life. The relatione between
th public and th advertising merchant,
as well 'as between master and servant
haa st 111 t be found, True it la. that
.th figure of Evan Roberta stands out
strongly, and yet th revival la independ
ent of him. . - v.- "
- He is the Vole crying la the wilder
neaa, "Mak ready th . way," but un
questionably the One that cornea Is the
Unseen Presence of the Spirit of Ood.
There Is no order of service, no set choir,
only bursts of wonderful, Welsh melody,
no hymnbooks, the words ar written In
th hearts of th worshippers. The little
whitewashed chapels resound with song,
song exquisite in its harmony, solemn ss
death, and yet jubilant aa a- choir of
angels. Then stillness.) prayers, soft
sobbing from broken hearts, confessions.
profession, all the 'wonderful gamut of
j4t' - soi'l5TE!Tl'lrtc, hvt t'l pp"tane-
ous with . no settled effect, only the
grsateat effect of all, the reality of hu
man need and divine power.
What wonder Wales haa been- shaken
aa never before sine th great- religious
revival a century and a half agoT What
wonder the drink shops ar empty, that
at the assises there haa been no crime T
Everywhere -aayoa move about you
feel a great hush aa though Christ
walked over tb mountains and into ths
mining towns and out through the val
leys among th sons and daughters of
toll, whom eyes have been opened to see
Him aa He cam to them by tb .way.
By ADMIRAL SIR EDMUND R. FREMANTLE.
States, and President Roosevelt, who
was formerly assistant secretary of the
navy, and who has alwaya taken great
Interest In naval affaire, haa thought it
advlssbl for the navy department to Is
su a statement that the naval war. in
th far east haa shown "the Impo'rtaao
of th battleship and th comparative
Importance of the torpedo."
In this,- notwithstanding the subma
rine, which no doubt haa Its future,
moat naval officers will sgre, and there
will be no dlsput aa to Lord Selborne'a
summery, quoted In th American pa
pera, that th lessona of th war ar
that th personnel la all Important;
that there la need for a margin of
strength, and that battleship ar In
dispensable for th command of the
sea. '.
This is an admirable summary, and it
"comprises in Itself all that Is re
quired. Thus in personnel. In its larger
sense, are Included good administration
and strategy in the navy department,
so that the requisite fore may be at
th spot ready to act on the true' objec
tive with effect good . admirals and
officers and well-trained men. The need
for a - margin I a political question.
chiefly of money, ... ,
trust finally pleaded guilty to ' the
charge of conspiring" to maintain a
monopoly. '. J
On Feornary 21. IrOe, th United
States supreme court handed' down Its
decision In the case of Montagus vs.
Lowry. This was where an association
wss formed between certain eastern
manufacture ra of lue, mantels and
grates end. certain dealer In these artl
cles In ben Francisco. Th dealers
agreed to purchase Xnly of the manufac
turer in the combine and to sell unset
tile to outsiders only st a price SO per
cent higher than .hey charged members.
Th manufacturers agreed to sell only
to California .osiers who wer members
of the association.
The supreme c.urt held thst this wss
a "conspiracy-in restraint of trade among
th states, snd the penal t lee prescribed
by th JJherrnan , law were - duly. In
flicted upon the defendants.
On May . 104. the Cumberland Tele
graph and. Telephons company was or
dered out of Tsnnesae by Chancellor
Allison. in appeal was taken to the
supreme cotirt oi th stst snd In this
wsy the order of expulsion wss stayed.
This company controls the telephone
situation in th south. The charges
were that it crushed competition by re
ducing the rates below a paying baals
until Its rivals were forced to sell out.
The court held that the manner in which
the Cumberland obtained control cf
other companies wss contrary to ihs
spirit or th laws of the stste. If th
supreme court a.ilrma ths lower, court
the trust will lose Its charter in Ten
nceae. ..' - r
As Thomas Naat with his cartoons
did as muc.. aa any other single person
to arouse national sentiment In th
earlier, tight egatnet th trusts, so
By
(CoKTifkt, ' 100. by tke asMrtreB-Jesrsal-Eiamleer.)
. .-
IF you are discouraged and blue, and
life looks hard and the future hope
. leaa today, do not grow cowardly
and think of self-destruction as
the door Of escape. .
You did not make yourself. .Ton can
not unmake yourself.
By no process of reasoning can you ex
plain thia wonderful marvel of the life
principle within you. Science haa found
all the Ingredlenta which compose an egg
chemically, and an egg which resembles
the hen'a product can be manufactured,
But it will not produce life.
Nothing can produce life but the un
namable, mysterious power back of the
Inquiry Commli'it
on.
must rest on mutual respect and confi
dence, .
.It la the doty of employers to pay
adequate wages and salaries to their
people and they abould pay special at
tention to the salaries of thus who ar
intrusted with large discretionary pow
ers' and who- ar exposed to Special
temptations to take bribes.' I believe
that many auch men have striven to
quiet their consciences In so doing by
thinking -of th Inadequacy of th pay
ment they were receiving from , thelx
employers. .
It la, on th other side, the duty of
th employe, whether on salary or oora
mlssion, to perform his full duty loy
ally, and.lt la a. most lamentable fact
that a man working' by time on an
average do las thsn two-thirds of
the work whioh h -would do If paid by
piece. - ..'
The great evil of th time la. how
ever, the unequal distribution of wealth,
and th time will com when , this must
be changed. As it is, merchants and
manufacturer could do much if they
would seriously consider how far their
arrangements and plans eondoo not
only to the production Of wealth, - for
the accumulation of It In - their own
handa, but how far they also eonduo
to the wis and Just distribution of It
among those who ar concerned In its
production.'. - ' ' I
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NTIL, death stare him : In the
face th Japanese does not ear
to be religion in th ordinary
sens of th term, and death
Is to him but a new life led la a super
natural way.-- ,-. -
When th father of a family goes on
A Journey a part of his room ia held
Beared to his memory and dewotlnnsl
offerlnss ar mad to him. - In all th
families who have soma relative fight
ing in th war there is not a slngl on
where the mother, wife or sister does
not practice the rite of -endearment for
th absent, and if he die th attitude
of ths bereaved show ad substantial
Chang.
- Tb departed la ragsrded aa being still
present and dally offerings- and salnta-
tions are made to him. - la th agnostic
temperament of the Japanese there 1
always a corner seared to. thia feeling.
If you will ask a Japanese whether
sa
Th most important point of - th
charter is, however, th necessity of
battleship. The mistake which I mad
in generalising from certain successes
of th torpedo, th submarine boat or
any other novel weapon la to assume
that the battleship will not modify It
tactics, and that it will play into the
hands of th new engine of warfare.
Thia is ss reasonable aa te assom that
a modern general would advance his
troops and guns as Wellington did In
the Peuinaula, and .. omit to recognise
that th enemy had quick-firing rifled
guns and magaslns rifles.
Most people can estimate th values
of the various naval weapons employed
during the present war for themselves.
It Is evident that the torpedo haa been
lesa fatal tban waa expected, while the
submarine mine, though often aa dan
gerous to friend as foe. haa had a suc
cess which was not anticipated.
But looking at- 4h situation as It
stands at present. I have little doubt
that Admiral Togo would rather have
a reinforcement of two first-class bat
tleshlDS than on hundred torpedo boats
or destroyers, or aa unlimited number of
submarine mine.
Frederick Cpper, : whose cartoons Ths
Journal publishes, l th anti-trust car
toonist of today. Some of hi latest pic
torial assaulta ar reproduced on tuia
page. . . ), .'-, , ..
.. gOOTSTT AT
. From Leslie's Weekly. .
It Is a recognised fact that ths Boltl
mors society women goes to market as
regularly as eh attends church, and
In many Instances her face Is much
more familiar where the good thing for
th iqner man are t be found than it
Is at the place of worship. Although
she may havs an excellent housekeeper
snd a retinue; of servants, yet milady
prefers to personally select tb meata
and vegetable for th family table.
On Tuesday and Friday mornings of
esch week Lexington Market ia ths
Mecca for many women who are mem
bers of the Monumental City's wealth
iest slid most aristocratic famillea, and
a long line of carriages such .aa might
be found where a reception waa in
progress is strung out along Lexington
and Eutaw streets.
As earlyaa lo o'clock "the woman who
the night before has been the hostess
of some brilliant function alights from
her . carriage, usually at rthe Eutaw
street end of th market, sometime ac
companied by her butler, but more fre
quently she enters the market place
alone. Going from one stall to another,
testing ths youth or the poultry, th
tenderness of th beef, the firmness of
the tomato and the freshness - of th
fruit, ahe brushes shoulders with the
wife of th poorest laborer, for this Is
a market patronised -r sit classes.
Uaually her. purchases ar seat to ths
carrlsge. which Is left in charge of a
coachman, . ,., ,
Wny Japanese Scorn Deatt
V''-'; By' PROfr. OKAKURA, of th ImptrUl Uftitrtttr of Toklo. :
Cowardice or Despair
ELLA WHEELSRi WILCOX. '
universe. Created being arry on the
life principle through aucceedlng genera
tions and centuries, but its production
and Creation remain Ood's secret. He
who Imagines be can destroy that prin
ciple la aa great fool as a who says he
ran explain It.. And be la a criminal be
sides. i ..'' i . v
AH that death do is to shift the
scene , of action to another form and
plane. - . , , .......
If you are miserable and unhappy, you
do not become happy by going to an
other town or state. ' Tou carry your
wretchedness with you.
It is precisely the same when you rush
out of the body by your own act. It you
ar called out of th body by. th same
power that brought you into th world,
then it is safs to suppose that conditions
are ready for you to start anew in an
other place, i v
Walt for that calb v ' ,'.'."."-
Th actor who rushes upon th stage
before his cus Is given spoils the play
and ruins his own ehsnce for glory.
. Keep behind th earthly somas until
you hear the call. Meanwhile think well
of your lines and be ready to do your
beat when called. - , - ' r
- However- dlaconraged "Ton. y b.
thousands of successful and- happy peo
ple in the world today have .been Just as
discouraged and unhappy a ,ypji r at
some tint in tblr lives. - ' ' 'J
fa Greater New York then lives today
a woman who leas than a year ago har
bored dark, despairing' thought of sui
olde. . . ' .. v i. -
Hhe had made a mistake; ahe had loat
her aelf-reapect, 'and every t Imaginable
trouble seemed to threaten her. Hun
ger and misery for thoe dear to her
and dependent upon her, with, despair
and remorse, all combined to turn her
thoughts toward the coward's goal . sul
clde. .- . . . - u - . 'i,
But seeming accident . deterred her,
and now In lea than 1 a year all haa
changed. She has risen 'to new spiritual
and moral heights, she .haa obtained
work and la leading a good, uaeful,
Chriatlan life.
8b is making those dear to her happy
and comfortable. .
How much better than to have sunk
them la the depths cf a lifelong sorrow
by a rash attempt at self-destruction
an attempt which destroys - only th
outer shell, but leaves th real being
to suffsr on until It works out and ex
piates Its crime.
No matter what . your troubles ' are
today,' a year - may scatter them - and
leave you with, new hop and new In
terest In life.
fa believes la Ood In. ' th ordinary
sense, as a deity presiding over th
universe, he will unhesitatingly answer
"No."
The achool education Is free from any
teaching of a. doctrinal character, and
the Japanese cannot a, why morals
should be based on the teaching of a
special denomination, but believe that
rthere-is-no reason why people should
not be upright an--rave, wltbouthe
nip or a uoa or a creea. .
W have alway considered' th lower
form of Buddhism merely as an aid to
th weak. - Loyalty, filial piety and hon
esty have always been the only god to
which xne eauosuea Japanese iook up.
The ood of warrior baa formed the
creed of BusbMo, whioh moan "The
Path of th Samurai." To be a Samu
rai la th highest aspiration ef the
Japanese, It implies all that is con
veyed In th word "gentleman" used In
Ita Vest sens, with a dash of th sol
dier added.
In earlier day no special stress was
laid on book learning, but In th course
of time literature and musio have added
softening touches to th ' brusque fea
ture of th Samurai character. .
Rot the kevaat A TtumbtriA fa mm In
domitable aeaae-of honor. A Samurai's
Jealousy of his good name reaches the
pathetic1 extreme of preferring instant
death to a slur on his reputation, and
th practice of "harm kurrt" la the out
come of this feeling. "Harra'! signifies
th abdomen, which, is supposed to be
the seat of ideas and thoughts, and
Judas' Tnirty Pieces of Silver jj
From the New York Sunj
TRADITION and legend supply a
long history of ths piece Of
silver paid to Judas for tb be-
traditions would carry It. back to th
time of Tenth, father of Abraham: for
his . hands, ( we ar told, fashioned and
mad the, .730 piece of sliver" which
wer kept intact from that lime until
they were used as th purchase money
for the potter's field, or "field of blood."
Terah having mad' them.' Abraham
took them with him when he left
Chaldea. and used them as part ef the
purchase monsy for ths cave of Mach-1
pelah. They appear next in the hands
ef th Ishmselltes. who paid them to
Joseph's brethren when they sold him
Into bondsgs. ' '
A th Biblical version of the story
says that only tt piece of silver -waa
the price paid for Joseph, w must con
clude. In order to keep th 10 piece
Intact either that th other 10 wer
paid with them for some other purchase,'
or accept the' -statement, made by a
writer In the 14th century, that 'For
thrittt pens they hold that child."
However this may -be. tradition says
thst thes same pieces of sliver esme
Into the possession of Joseph himself
when his brethren went down into Egypt
to buy corn. On the death of Jacob
they found their way into the royal
treasury of Sheba. where Joseph sent
them to psy for spices to embalm bis
father.
Here they remained undisturbed for a
long period of years, in fact until the
queen of Sheba made her wonderful visit
to King Solomon, when they figured
among the gifts presented by the queen
to the ruler whose fame haa roused her
curiosity.
From Jerusalem they found their wsy
bark to Arabia. This wss in the reign
of Behoboam. when the king of-Egypt,
having despoiled the temple, gave them
to the king of Arabia, bin ally, as part
of his ah a re of the plundf.
Again they rest,' this time until the
birth of Christ, when Melrhlor. one of
the wise men, brought them from Arabia
and placed them at the feet of the In
fant Savior aa part, or nis ottering.
During the hurried flight into Egypt.
they wer in th keeping of. the Virgin
Mary, but when closely pursued by th
soldiers of Herod she stopped to in
noire her wsy of a man who wss sow
ing corn, and In her hast and confusion
she dropped them.
- Scarcely were tb holy fandlly out of
sight when the corn th man bad been
owing miraculously sprang up aad
3ES
- If yon ar aa invalid a 'year may
restore your strength. ,- V,
This is a. wonderful age. asd people
ar beginning to realise that health is
greatly within one own control..
' Simple food,' well masticated, aa little
meat aa possible, much water, continual
deep breathing, , to feed the body , with
pure oxygen, and continual assertion
of health and stresgth. from the source
of all energy, will restore thre.fourth
of the invalids On earth. wHh n aid of
medical aklll. A two er tore month',
or even weeks, diet of raw vegetables,
or milk and eggs, would restore, half .
of ths remainder, if coupled with the
right mental attitude and exercise. .
The day 1 aearlng whan sic knee '
Will mean disgrace or lack of brain. , '
If you nav a money and no employ
ment mak up your mind that both ar
coming to you. I f starvation eem '
imminent go to th nearest house in
th country and tell your condition. Not
on door In on hundred will ahet yea.
out before bestowing, r saving meal.j
If you ar In a city the- blessed Balva
tlon Array will help yo and will tell
you of places. to And shelter until you
can look about and gain courage for a. .
.fresh start., . ; -.'
t' alike most of cur orthodox churches, :
thelc rooms are open night and day.
and In all parts of th city In every
city in th union they are to found.
They are doing . Juat' the work- Christ
did when upon earths No, matter if
your creed ia not- theirs- to th letter
they will help- you to rls snd keep you -from
the morgue and the potter's field. v
After yon have rested foe, a day, brae '.
dp, - morally and mentally, and declare
that you ar going t-mak a now start.. -and
that th way win open, must open
and has already opened to you fer a
new' life. - -
Thia assertion i will strengthen you
amasingly. Believe Jn yourself, in your-'
right to a Useful, happy and stnoeasfuli .
life. Remember-how many me have, '
been jn poverty, and despair and hav
risen out of It to power and nswfnlnesa
afterward.
Trust in the Invinclhl fore of your .
own divine soul to become on of these,
and believe th angels of light who hear!
th cry of despairing; ones) on earth will
strengthen yosu.
Th way will and must open for yon
If you turn your eyes) away from death .
and despair, upward and inward.
The world . needs you or you would
not b. - - . :.. ..
For a place is waiting for you
And HI - . , .
the act of cutting open th abdomen la
a symbolic demonstration that no ideas
unworthy of a Samurai nav kea har
bored, 'x
But for this all-daring spirit of Bus
bldo Japan would never have been able
to mak auch gigantic progress In the
last 4 years, and ths same spirit will
continue to urge Japan on in her pur
suit of. th ideals of -the good, th true .
aadtn beautiful;- ir-r-
Aa to tb Influence of Christianity,
many have attributed the whole suooess
of the Japanese arms la tb present war '
to the teaching of Christ, and If by
thes teachings ar Implied the jnea
sage of truth and love. . which Japan
has known In th earlier forma of Bos
bldo and Confaclanlsaa. i-ea-wree with- -them,
but I can never agre with thoe
who think Japan owe much to Chris
tianity as a creed. Christianity aocu
pie rather an awkward pewttlon In
Japan between ancestor worship and
sclentlflo monism.
Ia the earlier day th Roman Cath
olic committed great oatragefe en th
simple faith of Japan, and thereby
aroused hatred against Christianity, and
atnee ths prohibition on the sresd. hss
been removed many missionaries have
been too particular as to the precis
plate on which tb creed I served. The
body of th Christian gospel haa been,
too often translated Into words of mora
formalism, otherwise it would have '
helped the Japanese more la their march
toward emancipation.
grew. Almost Immediately Heroda sol
diers appeared and Inquired of th sower
If he had seen th infant Sartor and hla .
parents. Th man replied that no on
had passed that way slnoe his corn was
sown, and ths soldiers, considering far-,
ther pursuit in that direction waeless,
turned back and gave up th search.
Th money was found by a shepherd,
who kept It Intact for years. - Then, be
ing afflicted by a disease that was) pre
nounoed Incurable, he applied to th
Savior for help and was healed. Out of'
gratltuds he presented the money as an
offering at th high altar, and noon af- '
terward It was used to pay Judas for'
his act of treachery.
. Vaiioua reasons hat been grvan to
explain why Jdda "ax act ad Just that1
amount. ' One Is that he believed him
self cheated out of so much, through trie
us of th box of ointment, for if it bad
been sold for to, pen he would have
appropriated a tenth. -Again, it is said
that Judas, hartng been sent by Christ:
on Holy Thursday' with that amount of
money to make ready the last supper,
fell asleep by the wayside and waa
robbed. In tb midst of hla distress
Pilate appeared, aad being tempted he
agreed to betray, his master for' the
amount of money of which h had been
robbed. - , - '
When smitten by remorse, tie "cast
down th piece cf silver (n th temple" '
and th priests, believing it not lawful
being th price cf blood to return
them to the treasury, purchased with
them th potter's field, the "field of
blood." This field wss long supposed t
be possessed Of unusual powers, anion
them that of rapidly decomposing bodle -burled
In It, so that Isrge quantities el
tke earth were carried away. . The Pie
crusaders took some of tb earth w,
them for the Campo Santo In Pisa, a
the - Empress Helena bad som of
taken to Rom. Portion of It ar a'
shown In various pate of Europe wh
It Is said t have been preserved.
'On tradition say that only half
th a pieces of silver wars used aa r
chase money far th "field of blood." i
other being given aa a bribe to th i
dlera who guarded"' th Sepulchre, t
they might ssy thst the body ef
Lord had been stolen. ' Her. aeeo
to tradition, all trace ef them waa
Zt Waa a Sraad afefMi
"Tee," remarked Mrs, Mais"
waa a grand , sight. First e
king, carrying a specter Us t
wearing a heaatlful ret w
trimmed with vtrala. It w :
sight," -..,
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