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THE NATION AND ITS LWAR CHIEF.
ME CAME as the puissant war chief. . Milk-white
hrouirht from the northern steppes
fof Tiim to ride, priests blessed, his sword and
anctifi cause, ikons of the holy church were in the
retinoe; he goes-iisgraca. , . " . -
. Is it Russia or Kuropatkmr Perhaps both. Kuro-
tatJdn was held body and soul of Russian armrwhen the
audacious, pigmies of the orient went to war. uisasieri
have weighed upon both, and are no doubt the penace of
'y both. 1 Kuropatkin crestfallen and low, returns tohis
' Imperial master for the scorn failure brings, and his in
, dividual merits will' weigh nothing in judgment, for he
nas lost; Russia cringes before her awtui pumsnment,
but too proud yet to face theworld in defeat. " r '
v The cause, my masters, the cause? Vanity, the vanity
that' breeds lethargy and ignorance stands first , With
Individuals, the gods first-cuke mad those whom they
' would destroy: with nations, vanity is the .introductory
-jnedrnm. That Russia and Kuropatkin were vain is a
' .''world reflection. Russia's autocracy had become the
' most famous feverish brood for aggression a compara-
lively peaceful country, beheld. Success lulled energy,
'Awhile the great Slav people drifted with terrible mo
mentum, guided by its autocracy, until the Manchurian
rock was strock.'-V--Vf--'-
. While Russia slept, Japan trudged on. Ten years have
"been required to perfect Japanese plans of attack; the
culmination is now. Both .war chief and people awaken
late, when the heroism of Individual sacrifice counU .for
nothing. Japan's relentless grasp is at the throat of
Russia's far "eastern ambitions, the strangle hold was
. n Kv nitima. indefatizible industry and grim pur-
pose, and will not be relaxed for pity of dragging plumes
or vanishing prestige. Events' prove that Japan st udied
her war game best, acted, with, the wisdom of the ener
getic nod is winning surely as fate moves .upon human
creations. . ' ' " ?
Later will be time for the historian to place blame, and
tell whether Kuropatkin tried vainly to lead a disorgan-
'i bed, unworthy people, or if true soldierly merits in the
rank And file of the Muscovite forceswere wasted by an
J incompetent general. These are minor questions now.
Ktrropatkin has become a pawn in the great game,
"bagged because under his "leaderahipthere wasrdefeat
'It matters little to the world whether there was conflict
'in the council of generals, or phlegmatic, soldiers lacked
'the initiative. Scarcely more does it concern the world
" Jf Russia haa erred. : Destiny moves nations as' nations
move generals. ,If Russia has failed to maintain her ag
gressiveness with the watchful care demanded by such
(ambitions, her loss will become but a study for the future.
1' Aside from the horror of slaughter, these movements
f fate on the human chessboard have many melancholy
cents. We can but marvel at the emptiness of every
thing, human when reading of .the returning chief, soon
following hi vaunted arrival in . the orient, imperial
eclat, reports of deep strategy . and infallible wisdom.
Deeper reflections ; spring from -.- contemplation of the
chiefs nation. , A year ago-Russia's' defeat of Napoleon,
her relentless winter campaign when Cossacks hung upon
';the flanks'of the grand army like wolves in the evening,
, was the pride of the ages; today the grand army of the
Muscovites struggles wearily through a Marichu winter,
;with a new;and fiercer foe upon iu flanks, driving, home
LiHinar blow after blow. The shades of . Russian great
ness are vanishing, and the dismal return of her war
leader is but m. keeping with the national humiliation.
THE OUTRAGE AT GOLDENDALE. - '
this region, of even one half the population of Golden
dale, where such a dastardly and inexcusable -crime could
have been perpetrated; or if it had been where the crim
inal cowards would not have been brought to justice.
..Preachers and revivalists and evangelists of all denom
inations and descriptions have been and are active
throughout all this country, and this is the first instance
of this kind to occur and there is nothing to show that
Mr. Cawood is any more objectionable than the average
of them. ; indeed, his subsequent conduct and talk in
dicate that, he is a gentleman and a true Christian. It
was left for Goldendale to incur this disgrace. . If Cold
endale will da nothing to purge itself of this stain, but
rather pridea itself on its. acquirement, then all the worse
for that town. PeoplegeneralIy will steer clear of it.
? THE LATEST PROFESSORIAL FREAK. v'
'HE ASSAULT at Goldendale, Wash; on Preacher
Cawood a few days ago appears to,' have been
without any provocation, and utterly inexcusable
from any point of view. .This is a country of , religious
; .liberty, and a man or. woman hasjusf as ranch right to
be a Free Methodist as a Presbyterian or a Catholic It
seems that Free Methodists differ from other Methodists,
. who comprise one of the strongest Christian denominar
tions in the world, in preaching against the use of to-
bacco, and against secret societies, and in asserting and
urging sanctification or a perfect life as the proper re
sult of a true and lasting religious conversion.- What
ever the majority of people may think-.about these things,
or other doctrines or tenets of the Free Methodist church,
its preachers have a perfect right on all proper occasions
and in all lawful ways to preach and teach what they be
lieve to such as choose to go and hear them. For bear
in mmd that no compulsion is laid upon any one to go
and hear them. That a preacher Says things not agree
able to a portion of his audience is no. excuse whatever
for assaulting or insulting or disturbing him.' The proper
.'course Is very' simple; quietly leave," and stay 'away.
- The limits of religious liberty, jn; belief, in preaching and
- .- fn acts, are. very broad, and properly so, in this country,
, where every shade of belief and non-belief js represented
-in numerous good citizens. Those limits may be trans
"T gfessed, as they were in the case of Cref field and his
"Holy Roller" aggregation, whose performances un
questionably degenerated into criminal insanity.- Then
7 Society had to act, and could properly have acted earlier,
before .some of the infatuated people becametso thor
oughly and completely insane; yet Society properly acts
slowly and cautiously even in such ah extreme case, for a
person's religion, if he, be sincere and" keeps within the
. law, is a thing sacred to him, and sacred in toe eyes of
; 'the law. ' 4 ' f- r - ' J
i ' It was nota very. many years ago when Salvation Army
quad sti'itsltl and assaulted oh the streets, and in
', ' many cities their leaders' were put in jail; but Society
" and its executive officer, the, law, soon learned not 6nly
the folly but the ' injustice offhis persecution; that be
. cause the Army's methoda were-newi and strange and
roisy they were not therefore. either bad or unlawful; and
, . , the Army is now not only tolerated but respected every-
. where as a potent means of practical reform. . '
'- Mr. Cawood was preaching where he had a riirht to be.
, ' in a churchy on a proper occasion, an announced series of
; evening meetings. Just what he said we Bo not know,
. but there is no evidence or pretense that he said any-1-
thing shocking, or sufficiently-objectionable, to justify
ungovernable ire. We doubt not that, as objectionable
t remarks, in the ears' bf the Goldendale assaulters, might
be heard any week in the pulpits of some of our leading
churches. At any rate, he was there of right, a big, live,
; t American right, one that every good citizen should and
.-. must recognize.'- . . ' .
, - He had cfosed his series of meetings with the excep
tion of a Sunday evening address, and shortly before this
was to be delivered he was called to the door of the
v . bouse where he was staying by. a, brother..of ihe county
attorney a church member, it is said was fnvited out on
some pretext, was seized,-forced to ( bridge some dis
tance away, partly stripped, and "tarred and feathered."
j The cowardly ruffians who perpetrated this, shameful out
rage were not masked. - They were and are known. The
officers of the law there know them. One of those of-
. ficers, it is supposed, prompted the outrage. Yet nothing
, was done by way of punishment, not even an audible pro-
tet was made. Apparently Goldendafe is proud rather
than ashamed of thetfneident.
"if this be the case, Goldendale -should not only take a
good look at itself but should try to see' itself as if is
Viewed by decent, self-respecting communities throughout
the northwest Wa doubt if there is another -one in all
EARS AGO some people who could think of-noth
ing more practical or important to write about
occasionally discussed the question; What. will
we do with our ex-presidents? i Each ex-president, how
ever, solved the question for himself, and left the public
no occasion for concern in the matter. ;
But what seems to be a rising question is: What will
we do with,' or to, our freakish, iconoclastic, tangent-
spurting college professors those, who, one after an
other, startle the public with some new, strange, whim
sical, outre doctrine, concept or theory? We have had
a' rapid succession of such during the past two or three
years, from the one who had never been kissed and the
one who declared Rockefeller to be a greater personage
than Shakespeare, to Dr. Osier, who holds that men are
not much good after 40 and none whatever after 60, and
to Prof. Herbert 'Gardner Lord and Prof. William J.
Kirby, who advocate the teaching of the art of gambling
in all its branches in schools and co.lleges.LIf 'these .edu
cational fakers keep on multiplying, may the country not
have seriously to consider -the question: What will we
do with them? Or to prevent their breaking out?. Not
that they are very dangerous, for their notions, like a
colored crabshell cast upon, a river in flood, soon dis
appear, but while they are fresh they more or less excite
to their injury some brains of light specific gravity;.
The common explanation of these astonishing utter
ances is that their authors are seeking after notoriety ;
that tiring of the humdrum life of teaching educational
commonplaces they thirst ior public attention, caring lit
tle what people think of them so long as the people notice
and talk about them. This is very likely true in some
cases! in others these active-minded - men, mentally
straining for some new goal, for some further foothold
up the hill of knowledge, really believe what they say, or
at least think there- is enough basis of truth in it to fur
nish ground for legitimate discussion. They want to
break out somehow, and renot very particular, in what
direction or by what sort ofmotion.
Professor Lord adduces arguments in favor of teach
ing gambling in schools and, colleges, and to shallow
minds makes quite a plausible argument says surely all
that can be said in its favor.' But we are no more going
to add gambling to our educational curriculum than we
are going to live on 15 cents a day, or refuse to kiss or be
kissed till jvc ate middle aged, or believe that making a
billfon' doflanrk a greater thing, than to write Shakes
peare's plays, or regard men of 40 as old and men of 60
as senile. It is not and will not be a "question worthy
of much serious discussion,'' for the sane common sense
of the people will at once reject it as one of the ephemeral
professorial mental insects that have been hatching -out
so numerously of late,' and let it bnzz its little hour and
die a natural death., ., ., ' ' ,
Professors Lord and Kirby arethe latest to gain a
day's not very enviable notoriety 'and may have by this
time a scrap-book full of comments' about them and
their strange notion, and so can subside, as subside they
must, into their accustomed groove. Next I ,
I
A MARVELOU5LY PROGRESSIVE AGE.
F THE MAN who "died 50 years ago could return to
this realm of mortality, he would be astounded. He
could, not for awhile believe the evidence of his
senses, supposing' him to return with them as they were
at his best. He would find, mechanically, industrially, a
new earth. He might go insane with wonder at behold
ing the things that men have wrought Everywhere he
turned he would find inventions" appliances, implements
and methods unknown to him. He would have ten
thousand questions to ask in ar month. . It would take
him year's to understand what had happened. He might
supposing his return probation were brief that he had
been allowed to come back only on a short visit be in
clined to think he had not been treated quite right by the
fates, had been born ahead of time and that his -lines
during his former sojourn here had been cast mi hard
places. .; ' ' .. ' -V.' . ' 1 --- " " '
To us who have grown up and. lived while these mar
velous inventions and developments were appearing and
beginning to . operate they have become ordinary, ac
customed things, and we see and hear and handle and use
them as a matter of course, as thoughtlessly, usually, as if
they were the handiwork of nature, or bad been in use for
ages. The youth of today needs to have read much and
to possess a fertile imagination besides .to comprehend
conditions in the first half of the nineteenth century, and
realize how his grandparents lived. . During most of that
period no railroads; no telegraph; even till a few years
ago no'telephones; and practically-no labor-saving ma
chinery such as does nine tenths, perhaps, of the work
of the world today. It has been 'a wonderful, if one con
siders it a little, an astonishing transformation. In these
respects hinted at more has been accomplished in the
last three quarters, of a century and most of it within
the latter half of that period than had been accomplished
before for thousands of years. Through these develop
ments the world has been carried forward in practical
ways as' it had not been since Caesar conquered all Gaul
and led his triumphant armies into Britain. In an in
dustrial,' a commercial sense, it may almost be said:
"Behold, all things are new." .
Now ihe very interesting questions arise:Are we near
the culmination of these species of development and pro
gress? Is this period of wonderful achievement to be
comparatively brief, and shine Out not only upon the past
but upon the future as one of exceptional unparalleled bril
liancy in the world's history? Can the pace be main
tained? Are we not near the goal of perfection in these
matters? Must not future discoveries and inventions be
come fewer and less important? t '
We think that while it seems impossible that actually
new inventions and discoveries of inconceivable value and
importance should be made in this century to match
those of the past century, we. are really, in point of the
application and utilization of them, and of results accru
ing therefrom, only passing through the first reach of
the transforming period. We believe that the great
things that have been done are only beginnings of greater
things to be done.-' The: power., of electricity and the
uses to which it can be put are practically infinite, i If,
dying today, we could come back 50 years hence,' w
might be almost as much astonished it seems incredible
that we- could be quite so much so as the visitor today
who had been asleep for half a century past
Mayor Johnson of Cleveland, to mention a single in
stlnce of things that may happen, believes that the time
is not far distant when people-will be carried between
Chicago and New York in two hours. ."J f, he says,
"we cart. control electricity, and work it along a straight
line, the problem is. solved. Then people will be shot
across the continent on a sort of shuffle slide rtilway,
something like a toboggan slide, drawn by magnets. It
is an early event of the future." ; -. , ."
Vessels that can remain under water' indefinitely and
be guided are now common, and they, too, may in future
be pulled through the ocean at great speed. Airships
are gradually being perfected.' And of .the thousand in
ventions and appliances yet to materialize we, can but
vaguely guess or dream. . . - v '
It was always an interesting, wonderful, mysterious
speck of the universe Bus little old earth and lsjbe
coming more so all the time. The pity of it is, or seems
it must be only seems that intelligent enjoying human
life is so short. ,- j';,-'-''
THE THING THAT DOES THE BUSINESS.
HERE WAS A TIME not long ago when an
overflow of gold from this, country to Europe
..would have thrown the financiers into a 'spasm
and brought forth predictions of dire calamity. But that
time seems to have passed.. We areVeaching unprece
dented records in the foreign shipments of our good
gold for months on end and to this phenomenal con
dition we are paying little or no heed. There may be
significance back of it all but the country feels no quiver.
Two years. 'ago 'there was talk of panic and following
the rule which James G. Blaine and others had deduced
from historical experience there seemed to be justitica-
tion for the prediction.' Stocks were not only tumbling
in Wall street, but the inner rottenness -of 'the high pres
sure system of frenzied finance' was being exposed.
From the Wall street point of view everything was go
ing to the dogs. And yet except insofar as it furnjshedJ
news for the papers it scarcely created a passing ripple,
particularly in the west . When money was needed in
New York the western banks were ready and did furnish
it 'Then for the first time the Wall street people awoke
(o the fact that the new, thriving and tnntty west was
no' longer in the debtor class. What saved the country
then was the prosperity of the farmers. No one who had
visited the great farming regions1 of the country about
that' time had any fear of the outcome. V Fartn mortgages
hA diunnesred like snow before the summer sun. Ih
farmers were not only out of debt but most of them' bad
money to loan. The flurry in Wall street, disastrous "as
it "might be to'those most concerned,, they regarded
simply, as case of dog eat dog and 'it was a matter of
perfect, indifference to them, who came out on top.
With the farmers who, after all, constitute, the back
bone of the country, in sound financial condition stock
flurries may come and go without doing much harm to
any except those concerned in them. ;If they were as a
class well off two years ago they are much better off now
and therefore exercisr an even greater steadying in
fluence than they have ever yone. The fact that the west
is no longer deeply in debt also helps out so that, alto
gether there is no sound reason tor widespread nnancaii
unscttlcment :, " - - - " - ; " ' ' -v v.; :y.
A Portland subscriber for The Journal encloses usjs
clipping from a Seattle newspaper in which is printed a
story that the. city engineer of that city is about to start
for Europe on a three months' tour to investigate munic
ipal methods to aid him in his own work. If this, were
done in Portland how tnany barrehr of red ink Would The
Journal waste in denouncing the act? we are asked. It
all. depends. We can imagine a' certain sort of admin
istration and a certain class of engineers where, the ne
cessity being self-evident" we -should use much, red ink
in commending some such step. But with the record
which the present administration has made,, with the jus
tifiable reputation for grafting, extravagance and misuse
of the public funds which it has earned, the chances are
that the large supply of red ink which we always keep
on hand for such purposes would prove totally inadequate
to our needs in expressing our hearty disapproval of any
such plan. ; ; ,'--'", . -;v ', '
i'.v ; r::'-. J: Letters From; ike : People L 1
MTtchH Oostmtny.
Bslem, March 17. To the Editor of
Tb Journal I dealr to congratulate
McKlnley Mitchell's .dear r friends tor
bavins; composed a reply to our ex
posure of htm and his fellow bean.' Mr.
Mitchell told the truth when he ald. "1
did not writ or dictate the article,"
but he spoiled the entire tirade by continuing-,
-and knew nothing of It till It
appeared In The Journal. Had he
omitted the latter statement then he
mtght have succeeded la Imposing on
the credulity of some people who might
have believed him truthful;: for all
knew hie Inability as a composer, as
weU as hia eblUty as a blow-bard. He
did not receive th title of ."Salmon-
Head Statesman . of French . Prairie"
without cause. As candor la nr fort
simplicity and perspicuity my weapon.
Integrity and truthfulness my ammuni
tion, I admit having mad application
for admission to the stale insane asy
lum, and was refused on the ground of
not being not only harmless but an ac
tual benefit to the hop-growers and
other business men of the state, by up
holding an Industry which is destined
to mako our state and people wealthy.
Mr. Mitchell, rest assured that you can
secure admission to the Institution
rrorn which, ia your illusions, you imag
ined I had escaped. Possibly you do
not know the other state institution, lo
cated within half a mile of the asylum,
built of stronger material, where some
of the Portland bop-buyers ought ta be
so the dogs cannot bark at them.
Tou convict -yourself by ' yoar own
statement Tour telegram read: "will
you-pay me STo for my holdings, 100
bales 7" Does that mean for you to buy
for us In the open market f If so, we
don't want you as our agent We only
employ agents who possess the neces
sary expert knowledge.- The fact that
you haye 1 since sold your hops to one
of your own tribe and he rejected them,
proves the correctness of my original
assertion. Bo, you cannot understand
how I knew your hope are not choice
because I have not seen them.
Mr. Mitchell, there are many simple
things-in this world which you do not
understand. Creation has , evidently
failed to endow you with -sufficient wis
dom to grasp even the simplest things.
I have not seen St Peter's cathedral at
Rome, but I have conversed with peo
ple who have seen it and they pronjoun.-.e
it beautiful.. Buyers, who have seen
your hops, pronounce them poor; that 1s
all the evidence I require. Having re
quested the growers - to . retrain, from
dealing with people of your type, conse
quently' I must practice what I -preach.
Tou have my sympathy if the loss on 200
bales puts you pn the charity list and
you have my utmost contempt for try
ing to take with you the very, people to
whom you - owe' your living; the hop
growers.' Tou are right that the grow
ers do, not hold their hops on, your sd
vice.. nor will they sell if you tell them
the market is likely to decline, because
they- hav more actual -knowledge of the
existing ahoctaaa. or supply and dvnand,
than you ever dreamed of during your
wildest haluciaetions. - however, we be
lieve -the growers are . more ; benefited
by. a, truthful exposition, . supported by
Incontrovertible facta of- the rest- condi
tion, than they are by misrepresentations
and contortions of the truth made by the
bear element.
I would rather Journey' through life
in a vehicle of honesty , and Integrity,
and die a pauper, than to acquire wealth
by unquestionable means in- oppressing
say fellow men and. die the richest man
on .earth.' I want to admonish the grow
ers again to Stand firm because if we
let the bears win-this year then they
wilt buy our hope by the bale next year.
I am satisfied -that the market must ad
vance ' and J ': want" my f elluw growers
to. reap' the benefit'; In the future I
shall Ignore the false statements of the
bears and I hope you will do likewise.
Thanks to the artlsqof your valuable
paper for having drawn a perfeot like
ness of ma It- shows the wonderful
talent you employ. Kindly publish my
photograph to show the people what a
true likeness your artist drew from Im
agination. Tours truly,
CONRAD KREBS.
'.---wf. sjsssswsssssat (
' estate's Way of Dotag X.
Portland. March IS. To the Editor of
The Journal In- view of, the somewhat
virulent attitude of the newspapers
toward "official 'junkets' of any kind,
the following from Beat tie may make
Interesting - reading for your . sub
scribers: - ; - ,
"City engineer Thomson expects to
start on his tour of the. east and
Europe to study municipal problems, on
April S, two weeks from next Monday.
He is ready to start now, but Is wait
ing to sign the contract for the regrade
of Third and Fourth avenues, and for
the mayor and comptroller ta sign the
appropriation ordinance Sor his trip. It
is expected that the appropriation' bill
will be signed this week, but Mr. Thom
son does not want to leave before he hss
let the contract for the Improvement
of Third and Fourth avenues.
''Mr. Thomson' expects to be gone
about four-months. He will go from
here to New York, stopping In several
cities along the way to Investigate mu
nicipal problems ta those cities. - About
the middle of- April he will sail for
Rurope. visiting " England.-" Norway.
Sweden." Germany ' and - possibly other
countries in western Kurope. .
"While he Is absent the engineer will
devote his time to -the" study of the
latest and best ' methods . employed . In
these countries and their cities, in re
lation to garbage disposal, street Im
provement work, water rates, gas and
eleetrio- lighting . facilities and general
franchise matters, paving, street cross
ings, and, "waterfront and harbor Im
provements.. ' -' ,'
"Mr. Thomson has been Instructed by
the council to pay especial attention to
harbor and wharves Improvements and
garbage disposal.: v ..-.-.,.
..- ''Upon his return he will make a de
tailed .report of his Investigations, to
gether with photographs and - drawings
showing the latest Improved methods In
the Europeen countries and all their ad
vantages. - ..;..
- "It is the declared Intention- of the
council to adopt the methods found to
be most satisfactory in these countries,
and ta take Immediate stepe towsrds
putting them Into operation in. this city,
when Mr. Thomson returns."
How much red Ink would The Journal
require to fitly express its opinion If
such a trip should be proposed for our
city epglneert But after alt Isn't it
better and cheaper in the end to learn
by experience of others rather - tbsa
spend thousands of dollars In experi
mental MOSS BACK.
TOV OVSBT TOlSOtr.
lead Sadly Ufa.
(By Cardinal John Henry Newman.)
John Henry Newman (London, Feb.
M. ISOt Edgbeaton. Aug. It 110).
well known as a writer, and an ecclesi
astic has yet found far greatsr fame as
the author of this single hymn. -. He was I coupled with this is an anticipated spin
educated at Ealing and at Trinity. Ox
ford, and in 1M4 was ordained to the
ministry In the English church. Twenty-
one years later, after a long period or
stress Of mind and conflict with doubt
he went into the church of Rome. A
particularly trying jlme-trf -rellgioue
perplexity led to me wniing or mis
hymn, which was first published as a
poem, under the title, "IJght In Dark
ness." Born of such an experience, it
haa become the hymn not only of those
who wander In religious unrest but of
all who are ia derkness of any kind. It
Is sung at by .car tha greater number
of funerals., and Its general use after
great disasters, as in the services fol
lowing the Iroquois fire, entitles It to
be known as our National Anthem of
Consolation. Besides this, its catholicity
of spirit haa caused it to be sung in
churches and gatherings of every sect
and creed under the sun. , It Is com
monly suns to the tune, "Lux Benigns,"
by J. B. Dykes. , i
Lead, kindly llghtl amid th' encircling
, gloom.
Lead thou me on: -
The night Is dark, and I am far from
home,-
Lead thou me . on: - "- '
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for
me. .-' ' . - ' .- ' ' ,:
was not ever thus, nor prayed that
. thou '
Sbouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but
now -
Lead thou me on;
t loved the garish day. and spite of fears.
Pride' ruled my will. Remember not
. psst years. t ,, ' '-
so long thy power haa blessed me. sure
It, still .- 1
Will Iesd me on
O'sr nioor and fen, 'o'er crag and torrent
till -
The night Is gone;
And with the morn thoss angel faces
smlls
Which I have loved long since, and lost
--' a while!'.
sThoekea by the warns Only.
From the New Tork Weekly; :
Fair Devotee I don't see sny wsy to
raise our church debt except o have
a lottery. - , .
Minister , (shocked) Thst will never
have my sanction, madam, never, . un
less you cal It by some other name.
ASTX0XVATB9 JO IS.
From ths PrlneviUe Review.
81x long months ws have to wait yet
before "taking In" the Lewis and Clark
fair. To a country editor, who has a
thank-you Job at best, tbere is much
pleasure In anticipating a week's layoff.
If It Is six months ahead of him; snd
In the coming auto, a half-day ride In
the -cars" and the delights of the expo
sition at the end of the Journey.- To him
who is a galley slave for half the year
and then for the Of her halt a trip like
this Is a ten-mile post In - his simple,
plodding tramp . through life never to
be forgotten. To other people who
have money and time it Is-but snl In
cident; to a country editor who nas
neither. It Is a gulldlng light .
TAT
From Tld-Blts.
' "Why do you think the plaintiff In
saner a witness examined as to some
body's mental condition was asked by a
counsel at a trial. ' T ."" ' -
. "Because," replied the witness, "hi is
continually going about asserting that
he is ths Prophet Mohsmmed.".
"And, pray, sir," retorted the learned
gentleman of the wig. "do you think that
when a person declares he Is the Prophet
Mohsmmed thst It Is clear proof of his
InsanltyT" i- s . fc .
"i do.- :, -yh vt,''
"Whyl. ' A .;.',.',.
- "Because,' answered the -witness, re
garding his questioner with an essy
complscency. "I happen to be - the
prophet Mohammed myself.".-'
. '. oOU nr IMsXr-:.
Japan has discovered a gold mine In
the Kesen district of Rlfusen, Iwstl
province, on government property, which
is expected to produce SI 0,000,000 or
IIS.000,000 yearly and to possess work
able ore all. told amounting to tSOO.SOO,
000, 'enough. If expectations are real
ised, to pay the wsr debt twice over.
The empire has only scratched the sur
face of Its mineral possessions so far,
but ss soon as the wsr is out of the
way will push thst form of enterprise
as energetically as It has t pushed -the
latter, and no doubt to sn equally suc
cessful Issue. ' i .. 4.1 a y
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Something Missed t
From the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader.
If Commissioner - Garfield - Is right
about It the beef trust appears to be
on the verge of bankruptcy. Still, the
trust keeps on establishing pecking
houses for the privilege of Investing
Its money for less thin It would bring
If Invested In government' bonds.- Ws
don't know Just why, bat somehow ws
suspect that Garfield overlooked some
thing-
VWAX BOXJUs ossoun.
J1.- From Collier's Weekly. .'
Simeon Ford' tells of a little girl of
his acquaintance who constantly carried
about With her a big wax doU that the
hotel - man had given her.
Recently there arrived In the house
hold to which the little" girl belongs
anotner-youngater. During., the. after
noon following this ' Interesting event
Mr. Ford chanced to encounter his little
friend on. the street He at once ob
served that she was without her usual
companion, the big wax dot that he hsd
given her.-. "Why, Msrle," ssid . he,
"Where's your nice doll r ' , .
Whereupon the little one elevated her
nose' to an unwonted angle. Said she:
"I -don't hare any use for wax dolls
now. We've got a real meat baby at
our house, snd thst takes up all my
tune.7.-..
, IITTU1)
OOITTXOTXMT,
From the Houston Chronicle. '
. "James," cried Mrs. Tim mid. sitting
up In bed, "there are burglars- down
stairs." ,.-. ;
"Oh, ' no, there alnt's my dear,,,
plied Mr. Tlmmld.
"I'm sure there sre.", ,
t "I'm sure there ain't"
1 "I tell you there are."
"I tell you there ain't."
. "Your husband is right- mum,"
terposed a low-browed individual
thrust his head Into the room at 'this
Juncture. -"We're up stsira- ,
And ss he stsrted down the steps he
was hesrd to say to his pal: "I - al
ways believe-in heFplng a husband out
whenever I kin. I'm a married man my-self."-
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re
in
rho
-. Overworked Public Favorites. -
t '- '. From ths Boston Herald.
Popular actors snd sctresses take
warning! Sir Henry Irvine's close call
hist week wss the Inevitable consequence
of .crowding social sffalrs Into a profes
sion which ' taxes the nervous . forces
more,, perhaps, thsn sny other In our
oomplex modern life.- It is sufficient to
undergo the strain of the theatre with
out adding to it' thst wear and tear
which Is Inseparable from, dining dul
snd speechmsklng, the highly exciting,
and. It will be confessed, slso, fatiguing
pastfm for brilliant men of mark. Ths
world demands too much and ths favor
ite gives too much.
'V
Wireless Telegraph on SaaoV
The' lsrgest station for receiving and
transmitting wireless messages Is being
erected nesr Pisa, Italy, On Its com
pletion, by the end of the year. It Is
expected to afford communication with
all countries of Europe, ss well ss the
United States snd Canada, and with all
vessels on the Mediterranean, Indian and
Atlantle oceana. . ' -- . .' -
A', Sermon' f or-'
.Today '
LAMP AND LIGHTS.
T are. the; llsht of, tha world.
Matt v:lt- -
rat n utterance or the Beatitudes la
,1 . ended; their application must'
JL ', begin. The danger Is that they
' ahell be no more than beautiful
inese eloquent words are to
Issue In actual deeds, they are the out
lines ef the characteristics' that produce
llghtglvlng Uvea. Jesus did not, apeak
these words so thst preachers might
have so many suitable texts on which to
hang their thoughts, but , that people
might hsve plain paths tor the practice
Of virtue.' One of the most common
mistakes Is that of supposing that all re
quired f .man. la that he shall indorse
these doctrines. ,, Jesus little .. cares
Whether we Indorse them or not. so Ions
ss we J earn to do them. There were
already plenty who could analyse his
teachings; ne wanted men and women
to demonstrate - them. . Therefore, . he
called,. not for lam pa to carry-the light
of hia truth, but .for llghta jives hunt
ing with and Jiving that truth. . ,- ,
He became the light of the world by
giving a life to the .world; so must all
iney. wno roiiow nim.- L.ignt is lire, aad
every life is a Mfeglver. The life of the
world depends not upon th number or
tha' beauty-of its lamps: it depends on
tne cisar shining of Its llghta The sal
vation of the world depends not on our
orthodox thinking, nor upon our effect
ive organising, but upon our enlighten
ing living. Men are anxious and die
tressed because the fashion In candle
sticks changes; ' some have spent their
whole fives trying to show how much
better Is a brass candlestick thsn a glsss
one; they would redeem humanity by
the shaDe of ths lsmn or tha lode of the
Inscription thereon. i ' .. .
The hone of the world Is In larger
. 1. I . , 1.1 . ..,!...
nil iif b. lb is ncimor in puipit nwr in
press; It Is' in the people; It Is not lit the
church, but In character.' There lsno
preaching that begins to be aa powerful
ss personality, ' no loglo like thst of a
life, 'There was a life that led men with
formally stated, and It will still be a life
that shall lead them whether they re- .
member, their creeds or forget them. -
are what we are because of whet others
are. People persuade us mors than any
preaching. There have been lives thst
have sent their tongues of flame so high
in air that men everywhere have lifted
up their beads and rejoiced In the light.
and night, like but little candles In
many dark places: and ths world msy
owe as much to these many lesser lights
ss to the few greater ones.' .
Whether crest or small, here Is some--
V 11 1 III. nu MM. n . . - .. ...w
ha is some kind of a light And they
who proress to roiiow tne iignt or an
lives must be his ktnd of a light. He
sends them Into the world even aS he
came himself, to live' -a Ufa'- That 'Is
every man's work. He cannot pay an
other to do Ms living, his shining for
him. There Is nothing that can be ac
cepted, as a substitute for this. It is
Simple, so simple-that- men ever seek
more tnVolved wsys; the way to do the
sublltne work of saving the world Is the
simple wsy of living out always the.
beat you know. "
Better is it to' be hs glowing tallow dip
In a tin' candlestick than a costly 'wax
ufiWining 10 burn even though eet In a
golden stand. There is no brill Isnce
without 'burning; no enlightening with
out much loss, and the world is lifted by
those -lives that like tils, have never
stopped ,to count their losses. ;
RRIIOl
. Cope.)
(By Henry F.
Virtue is-victory.
S '.; '.,.''. s '
Faith cannot feed on fireworks.
. . e '. e .
There is no lift In a long face.
e . .....-.. .
Rot heads make cold hearta d--
- -. e . e '
Aspiration' proves Itself ny perspira
tion.'. ; ; ' '.'.'. '',',
Big clocks do not keep the best 'time,
e
' Some sermons glisten because' they
are f rosea.
V.-'- '.,'
be devil snores right through peal
after peal of stolen thunder.
Faith In Ood will at least show fair
ness to HUB,..:
The Christian life Is more than curl i
oslty about thetaext life. ; .
A. man does not grow
grunting at every one elss.
himself
by
Where the Bible does not get worn the
heart soon gets wesry. ,'.,,,..
One of the first fruits of the clesn
heart will be clesn hands.
It takes sunshine In the soul to ripen
the fruits of the spjrlt ,
No amount of proficiency In the quo
tation of scripture csn atone for de
ficiency In the practice ot.lt -
e . -. ' ...
The hypocrite Is the only one who la
deceived by his antics. .
m . . . i.l 1 1 J . . B n ' A ..
on epeaklng terms. ., ;:
When- you have an affection for the
golden rule you will not need to adver
tise the fsct
It's a poor religion that will not stand
the trip from the church to the street
The devil usually applauds the man
who roars at him in prayer meeting. .
When a men renlly knows Ood he si-
wsys rejoices st the prospect of a chance
td give. 1 ..,.
.' Sorry for It.
. From the Detroit Tribune.
The midnight hour wss coming on
space as they stood In the hall.
'And this is to oe eno or it an, is
ltr hs queried.
It Is," she answered coldly. "Fare
well forever." .
"Farewell. ' ne answerea. ------
Three seconds later he was half-way
down the front steps. I
"Ssy." she called after him. "don't
forget 19 Dnni me ox rnocoiaie
caramels . when you come tomorrow
night"
ltg Total Depravity.
, From the Chicago Tribune. '
The Good Trust Tou know' you hsve
run up the price of- eggs because you've
got the visible supply- cornered and
there sre no fresh esgs to be hyl.
The kb a Trust zes; tne nens justify.
the means. ; ' 1 ;-
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