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1KB of the comparatively new
aids to ' nsrlnnal edvarjcetnent" sad popular In-
.i telllgehee la the rural mall
i within a, few year has nwn to enormous proportion
: and become a means of much enlightenment.. ' j .j-""..-S
Between Juno SO, lie, the and of the last fiscal year.
and March 1, 1W, eight months, tha pesiofflce depart.
-; went established 5,UJ 'rural free snail delivery reutss,
,.' making tha total number of soch routes up to the latter
. data.' 2I.ML' The 'state havine- the
, such routes is Zninois, with MSO,"
,. JUI1. and Xowa next with X4S... These are greet egrlcul
tural states,' and are sJso thickly settled, the two mall
oeoslderatloBS with the departxnent la the establishment
of theMroutes. : In "sparsely settled regions the ost
' would he too .great, and la tnsaiufaeturtns; centers malls
are delivered by city carriers. -The rural, delivery sys-
taut Is wif1T1y a fanners Institution, and wear tot feet.
. brouxht into existence largely through the Influence of
the grsngas, which had somewhat of
spect with the poittlctsnu. '.' .
The rural delivery system now costs the government
about tT.00.M more than the rerraoe It yields, but the
taxpayers not only do not object to this cost, but are
wcang that the system should be extended and-ampU-fied,
and made more general and complete than it Is now,
It wffl not pay directly, financially, for" long Ttinmrlf
ewer, but as a means of popular enlightenment there Is
no doubt that It br a paying mvsstmenl It has done
modi to ameliorate the loneliness of farm life,' and to
brine cuuntiy people into touch .with the country's- and
the world's aetfrttles and various movements. Farmers
that under the old system took only
two now take one or more dailies,
many, more letters, and- Utem; far
formerly, all of which tends to their
stent and Intemgenoa. '
It Is only a few year ago that the first rural JtnaU
dell ret routes were established, and then only, as' some
-thecsht, as doubtful experiments; for
looked upon dubiously by many statesmen, -but they have
-coma to stay, .and win go oa liti nosing la number and
If the. govennnent csa thus sueeesstfun conduct, this
: great poblie utiaty. It is not strange that many people
are eaklng why the government should not conduct some
other 'pubOo UtIUty enterprises as weB.'
COLO STANDARD IN
f:
ABOUT TWO WEEKS Mexico
standard, doubtless to Its -ultimate advantage,
gold has gradually become the
f nearly aQ progressive commercial
tion for a silver standard, or a double
' country, has almost entirely peajed away, owtng prmd'
pally to world wide events beyond the control or maalpu
lattou of politicians or statesmen. There was sufficient
'reason to circumstances existing from lift to HrT for
the demand for the freer coinage of sliver and its malnte
nance as one of the monetary standard bet those dr.
.' cumstanoes suddenly and radically changed, and the "free
silver erase," as -the "goldbogs". of those days - were
pleased to term it, passed away. As a matter of fact
this ouuuUy," and other countries, were 'la a dangerous
financial condttloa then, , owing to tbe smaQness of the
monetary boas; and there was a prospect of almost uni
versal bankruptcy, but greater quantities of -gold were
produced, silver was used to a far larger extent as subsi
diary money, crorei were exceptionally great, prices of
. eveeythtog rose, money la great quantities oome out of
. hiding and became active In Industrial enterprises, sad
so the crisis passed, : Whether a similar period of de
4 preseton and dependence upon ' an : tnsuff cient monetary
base wfll ever occur again cannot be positively predicted,
an It Is not neenssery, to IxnTOw troobie of the Xutarev
but for the present the gold standard, with the large use
of subsidiary cmeucy. appears to be sufficient and satis
factory, and Mexico Is probably wise to fan la with the
avweaflmg custom.
The only silver standard conntriae
China, Persia, "the Central American
OT three South American states, and
r Wbea bm and tnamma was alone, on
. day,-- j . . -' .j
And she was mekm things to
. .. away..'-' .
, Far over where the, heathens are, you
, That haven't any ele's te wear, and ge
AH day without a stitch on, and don't
s .v : cere, .- ...-;.-. : v-. - -.
Because It's never chffly ever there.
gtae told me all about the way they do
I almoet wlsbt I was a heathen, toe.
.. 'The heelhene they don't ge to
ana eu .,-..- . ... r -
They baft to do, te get their meals Is
. .. mil'
pp trees sad pick them off and eat and
.-. ,t. ' eat - ' -'.
i .xrtthont first ' baeia' -to get
- . - .. They beat . ,.,.. . -'
rtbelr tomtoms when they vul
i. exercise, ' iA'
iSaad needn't care. If they slot rich
1 'They never haft te learn arithaeetksk.
Mor take etuff that la nasty, when
" ' they're sick.
The . heathens needn't ears their board
, ; mad keep, ' -. :
, Or rock their brothers till they go to
eleep, - . -; .-
' , ' And wbea ' the ' preacher comes they
:',needat try , ,v - v
. Te make htm think they're good enough
' ' . .. to die -.-. . .
' Or be afraid that whea he's eat of slaht
- TWyTl get a Uetan for not eettn rlsht;
They, never haft to wear thugs that
t ' are tii r ;. --- r
. X almoet wiaht Z was a heethen, too.
The heathens fish oa Sundays and can
!- play - , o. ,
And yell the same ss aay ether day; :
My mamma says there ain't nobody
' '-vv. there ' ; ,; - . ,-.'-.
Has more thaa others have te eat or
Most heathens don't go ; 'round ' there
' feella' bad ' ' . . r ... ,.
Cause other heathen took aU that they
had: - ...
tJosse people think it's sad, but I deu't
know - .
Why ws should pity the poor heathen
The heathetie fathers dent oome hone
(at night ' -- -. 4; r:
From efftoea where tblqg ain't goln'
' riaht -,..-,-''. ., -
And be e neteous that their little boys
X-ent hardly dare te stake the slightest
O N ;D A I LY
PUBUSHXO " BY JOURNAL iTUZLEXIXKa CO.
Sunday tnssxia at
OmCIAL PAPER OF THE CITY QW PORTLAND
icLoi
DELIVERY. J V,-'"
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developments and
and llexioa.
delivery system, that
T APAN has not
J
will make
results for Its
greatest number of
Ohio being next with
crowding upon or
nlte periods The
supposing . that . If
would be only with
to .the attack when
a. poll m this re
experience, with
pose terms that to
thinks better of
for example, could
only by yielding
a weekly paper or
immense Sum as
and write and recelye
more. promptly than
general enlighten.
,:,.-..; u
ing expression In
probably win long
their
of Japan war seems
But Russia 14
no ., end . of, trouble
MEXICO.
hers , for many years to come.
will adopt ' the. gold
monetary standard
s.
nations. The agita
D
OWN SOUTH
standard, rn this
reduce their cotton
this year. It ls
a surplus or over
left over which'
at. profitable prices,
agala at band. The
to be below the
appeal to planters
Tha president -ex
11.000 ,008 bales per
can be stimulated,
But may Increased
and require more
mand for American
and soms American
IheKSnuLJR)
cow remaining are
repubOca and two
even, these, if the
barley and steers,
will, take at a profitable price, u.;.,,.
They needn't be afraid of punishment.
For God ferglves them, 'cause they're
lsneruni,
And whea I think of ail I haft te do, ..
I almoet wlsht I was a heathen, too.
& B. Kteer, la Chlcage Seoora-Berald.
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A OOUJTBI X9ITOVI FXAnTT.'
' ' ' From the Fans City Logger. . i
The person who handles the loeal de
partment of a newspaper learns after
due experience not te expect very many
thanks for a eolutnn of pleasant things,
but Its'; knows as surely as ' oome the
seasons that la a single line where there
are unintentional mUUke will cause
some one te be heard from. Alse that
when he has made a please nt mention
times of a pereon, . ptaoe or thing,
but on the thousandth time fails to do
to, he must sot expect to be forgives.
The omiaoioa may bare seen an accident.
inadvertence or an entire lack of knowM
edge, 1( matters not The simple fact
remains that he will not be Judged on
that. He may say good things about
eome business roan for weeks, but let
him make eome mistake and the good
things said are forgotten and then he
will hear from that maneven though
he never did before. He wfll find out
then that bis newspaper is read. : -
- .i i '-
imin or
From the New Terk Bom. "
: A policeman who is oa duty In front
of one of the big department stores tells
this on himself: t f " ' -
"I was standing in front of the store
When a woman leading a S-year-old girl
oame up to me and said: ' '
"Tou are a serrant of the people,
ain't your . f ," . y ; .,'
'."'lam.' ,v-ijf v,
- 'Well then.' h went on. Inlnd this
little girl for ma HI ,be right out.' '
1 minded the kid t0T tn reauest
took the breath out of me and before I
recovered the woman had skedaddled. It
was 10 miautea before she camebeek,
bat she was all Smiles, sad before I
Could say a word (be banded me a cigar
wrapped la tin foil. (Women may not
know much a boot cigars, but that .was
a peach, and I bet sue paid a quarter
for.it,--.- ---- , , ... y
' ' ' - : A rauara. ; I '
" Frem the Balettr Journal 'fRep..'""
' The leadership-. of i . the Republican
party st PorUand has not given the
Republican party rlMM eten. or men
who can conduit tneaweives above re-
ptoaoa m pubuo. oirie v. .
JOURNAL
JrX CARSOL1,
"Tns leuraal srsAoW Fifth Mod YsmhirJ
production of gold should go on Increasing and no period
of widespread industrial and financial depression should
occur, frney In tone follow the example of Japan, Peru
WHAT TERMS WILL RUSSIA GET?
. ' ?.llJIJI .' ''LJ.' .V'-.,r. ;
fought this war for the fun of It,', and
sure of : securing , large and permanent
vast expenditure of men and money.
Japan will be justified, since it appears to have. Russia
at . Its; mercy, in dlctaUng such terms sa will " restrain
Russia within due bounds, such, as will prevent her from
Interfering with Japan for an lndefl
Japanese have sufficient reasons for
Russia should .maker peace today
the purpose and Intent. of returning
prospects of success -are better.
Russia could only bring about Internal peace, order and
development, ft would not be many, years, since it It h
vast country, unUT It would be able to give the Island
empire trouble again, perhaps, having learned by bitter
better prospects of success. Therefore,
Japan, having apparently the whip hand now. win Im
Russia wOl seem hard. If not unjust.
But possibly, and let It be hoped that such win be the
case, events may so shape themselves that Russia will
abandon its long-cherished purposes except as they" can
be gained by peaceful means. I) Is natural for a whipped
government to 'contemplate more' successful warfare In
the future. Tet the war party of a nation sometimes
this Intention as time posses: France,
Wake peace with Germany In 1171
up two of Its provinces and paying an
Indemnity, and no doubt Frenchmen of
that day quite 'generally cherished thoughts of a future
war when ttta. Indemnity would be repaid and Alsace and
Lorraine recovered, but there Is little If any thought find
France now of such an enterprise. Oer-
many, Is a neighbor with whom France remains and
remain at peace. Frenchmen and
Germans are both to busy In walks of peace to desire
war. -and they-have learned that as, alruie war does not
pay.hat erven the victor Is loser though as In the case
sometimes to be an unavoidable evil.
apparently prepared neither for peace
nor for war. Internal Insurrections , promise to give It
for, years to come. . When It gets
through settling with Japan It will have, and has already.
serious difficulties -Of lta war and within Itself te settle,
Russia win bar problem to Itself si well as to lta neigh
TOO MUCH COTTON PRODUCED.
they stQ have cotton to burn, ..They
are not burning it yet, but . leaders In the cotton
handling Industry are appealing to producers to
acreage, and so decrease the output
stated that the southern planters have
z,eoo,ouo naies xrom ue crop a ire
they have not been able, to dispose of
and the cotton planting seeym .Is
present and prospective price is said
actual cost of production, hence' thdJ
to raise less cotton. .
toe cotton nanterr association says
that the world's requirement of American cotton la about
annum, and this amount, wotfld sen
for It cents a pound or a total sum of IM0.000.O00. But
If there should oe an- additional surplus, the "Trice win
probably fall to I cents or less, yielding only $325,000,009
for 11,000,000 bales. Hence the appeal to raise less cotton,
and more of something else, unless the world's markets
seems reasonable.
consumption not be brought about
In the near future T When the war fn the orient is ever
may' not the hundreds of millions of people there desire
cotton cloths, and so Increase the de
cotton, as well as for American flour
manufactures T It seems so, but for
to"ralse- more hominy and hogs, watermelons and goobers.
rather than more cotton than the world
f
t"From"Ths Xulavme HerMa.
President Rooeeveirs supreme con
fidence in the south could not be better
Illustrated than by hta purpose to have
a bear hunt la Texas. Bears in Texas?
Plenty of 'em. In the thicket! along
the Red river and on both sides of the
Trinity they etui abound. ' The Texan
huntsman has no - finer sport than
getting- loaded for bear and bringing
bruin in with hie aid a on and life gone
oat ..-. A -a... r , .''
The preeldent's hunting ground Is to
be In a thicket on the Trinity. He Is
to be accompanied by "a. small and select
gathering.?' Easy at all timee to get up
select, but difficult occasionally te find
small gatherings la Texas. ; There are
no small men in the Km p Ire state of the
southwest.- Bo a few make a big gather
ing. , The - bear ' hunting gathering of
Texans that will aocompany the presi
dent will be, at all events, greater In
number than the entire Republican dele
gation in the Texas legislature, which
numbers exactly two, an increase of one
since the last count. Every one Of -the
president's . companions will strive, of
coarse, to' drive , the bear as near the
chief magistrate of the nation aa pos
sible, a president t who -fears neither
beef trust ' nor Standard Oil company
Will not fall to deliver a good charge of
executive buckshot into the Texas bear
trust. . "t ' ' ' v ' - '
That Texas, bear hunt' will bring the
prfceldeat next the hearts of the Texan
people. They dearly love daring, cour
age and. above all, that fellowship of
good humor that is called a "drop of
good sporting blood." and which makes
for so much in American life.- A few
bears less la Texas wtir make many
more friends tbre for the president .
. From the New Tor gun. '
- The more we contemplate Assistant
Secretary Loomta as a diplomat In the
subjunctive mood, - the more we dwell
upon his 'abilities as a seer, and a
rhetorician, the better satisfied we are
with the sensible arrangement by which
important - - matters of . international
policy will . be supervised, during Me.
Hays sheence thie spring, by the ma
tare sad tranquil mind of the present
secretary of war. ... A
rsssa Sale to AnwMaobOe. . .
From the Atlanta Constitution.'
"Folks Is boon' to hah something lo
worry 'em. said Carte Kben. "If a man
is toe rick- to own a mule ha burs
nJsoef an automobile."
V '
?Wereyou! AprU fooled t
April' showers hrlag May fie
Raising good draft- horses peys.'
The InltiaUve '
Instrument ; '
useful
" Co-eperatloa
nrodttcers . of
perns we lies pay.
Fortiand is no
newspaper town.
longer a
ouopoly
Ail anybody has to do to get rich
to start a magssine. . .
We couldn't reasonably expect March
to oe altogether pleasant .
Many think that Roosevelt win be
Nobody aa the eeeoad senator from
Ilawaie mlglit have been worse. ; -j
' Evidently there will be no lack of
Hepunucaa candidates for governor.
It is scm beUoved by some neenU that
i nomas jerzerson was a Oemoorat
It la weU for men's hearts and oon
sciences to be stirred up oooasloaally.
The mad Mullah seems to -be bavins
as moca xua in nia way. as castro aoea
Oreaoa newspapers era treatlna the
iiewia and Clark fair management liber.
auy. . ,-. :; , -; .
V - - SBSBMkSBBBasSW
A young Intending writer asks advice
about . writing poetry. . This la easy:
Probably , the Democrats - of Oresen
wont quarrel as to whom to nominate
ror governor....
Let ue patiently hope that the Morri
son street track will be fixed up soms
urns mis year....
Kyrte Renew says actors are born.
not made. But 'Us a pity that some of
tnom were norn, y. -; v
Municipal ownerahip is going to be a
very live Question la various olUea dur
ing tae next lew years, j
3. J. HOI thinks wares are too hhrh.
But he wouldn't Ilka to exchange his la
come ror that or soma ot ua
If Mr. Bryan should reajly looreanlss
theDesaeeratie - party,-. he would - also
have a spell of strenuous Ufa
As. the winter ' vanishes back east
hard eoal beeomee ehestpar. Tet eome
people entertain hard feelings against
ue coal trust -
It is said that sons maple errun Is
now made of Kentucky eornooba. Thm
is proof that oornoobs can't be convert
ed into whiaxy.
Russia has more blind people than
any other nation. - - The . esar doesn't
seem to be able to aee very wall himself.
and perhaps defective vision Is fash
ionable. ,. .
Athena will have another bank.
..'.( : '-.. .-. ...
Big log rafts arriving at Corvallls.
Borne North TamhlU people are clean
ing UP. . ... .
v...i '
The new Bendoa woolen mQl wfll start
up about May. t.
A lls.soe addlttoa wlU be erected to a
Pendleton botV
Two Independenoe pfaysieisas' are
unethical as to sdvertlssk . .,
I A Salem dogattepds the plays at the
theatres and enjoys them.
Bentoti eounty - has - get out-ot debt
sgaln, for the second time In a year.
who are taking ' a' good
extraordinarily busy Just
nowL
The CathoUe chnroh at Corvallls has
a new teo-pound bell, and la building a
tower for It .... .
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Anti-monopoly ' rural . telephone lines
are much appreciated in various portions
of the Willamette valley. . . , .-. .
Indepeadence Enterprise: What do
the. hop men think of aa official enumer
ation of the Industrial products of the
state, with hops omitted? . -
XAne eounty la beginning to feel the
1 in net us of new life enfuaad into the
lumber Industry. '1 In " marry nDli night
shifts will be run end mete men will be
employed. .. ... . ' ,
Copper Items In. Joseph Herald: The
weather here now Is stormy but fair.
t a. It bids fair for plenty of grass and
good crops.' . The sbeep-berders are
getting incubators here now and hatch
lag out poetry; watch their ad. :
Beaver ' item in Tillamook' Herald:
Many TUlsmookers are enjoying apples
raised by themselves. - In fact, the ap
ples, raised la here are keeping far bet
ter- man ine vau-jy- raisea mat. were
brought In, ss they have no worms in
them. However, some are partial to
the flavor of the valley fruit -.'..v'
A tavrm a change the name of Phoe
nix postoffloe to '"Culver" or "Locust
Grove" is talked about by the residents
of that .hlstoiio old town, which years
sgo was familiarly known aa "Onsburg."
Confusion of Phoenix, Or, with Phoenix,
Aria, by the postal people, is given ss
reason for a change la name now.
Madras Pioneer! Rumor -hath It that
the "Literary" died last Saturday even
ing from congestion of the bowels, snd
the school marra is pleased. I suppose,
since it required a good deal of muscle
to clean up on Monday mornings.- Liter
ary meetings sre . Instructive, but the
rules ought to be enforced a little en
the tobaoeo worms and such, .':
Port Orford Tribune: Some one run
la a lot of tntoxloatlnar liquor the night
of the ball, and some parties, whoee love
for liquor la stronger than their respect
for ladies, drank enough to drown their
seif-respect The avthorltlee will pun
ish the liquor distributor if they can
find 'out who lis is. Any person who
win furnish liquor to boys, law er no
law, is not a good dUsan. and should I
ps punished la soms meaner, . 1
may be made a
, among
Oregon, Sidelights J
Few empty houses In Bo gene.' '. ' -
' Dooglas oousty schools are ptuaiea
stva . '". - :.CY'''' .
"- A bigger mohair crop . than ever
Oregon. '
Sunday; School
' ..Lesson , V.-'"
fy s. . gsnktns, . .)
- April a. 10 Topic: -Jesus the Good
Shepherd"; John x:T-ll. ,
Ooidea text. 1 am the sued shepherd
the good shepherd iayetb down his life
ror the sheep John x:U. T
Responsive reading: , Psalm' IS. ;.
j :- ' inkrodaeslon.- ; '
Jesus was still in Jerusalem attend
ing the eervloea and oeremonlee con
nected with the feast of tabarnaclea.
The third year of his ministry was
more than half gone. Many. of our
Lord's discourses are made up Of his
worus to us disciples, but these words
were addressed te the Pharisees assem
bled la the temple ch. lx:40). . A false
religion has always been of all fakes
ths most profitable. Any man today
in America woo invents a new rallaion.
or revamps an old one so that It seems
novel. Will find it a sold mine. Years
sgd one of Brtngham Young's sons was
snowing to the writer of these notes
soms fine eoal of.whlch he boasted that
he owned many thousand acres. ' -If
there is any coal In Utah, you may be
sure some one ot the Toung family
owna If said the railway conductor
upon overhearing the conversation. We
nave all recently seen the "modern Ell.
Jan" rated among the mnlti-milllonalres
of Chicago.- A certain religious teacher
in tns east received not - long since
crown of solid gold surmounted by
circle of diamonds, plus X was bora
a peasant; but . be finds, so European
correspondents Inform us, a million dol
lars a year wnouy. inadequate to bis
needs. His predecessor left a' million
or so lying in his private desk. The
Pharisees did not neglect their oppor-
(unrues. Tney uressea well; ate well
slept welt A man who - touched the
existing order threatened their revenue.
Jesus draws a contrast between those
who feed the Sheep and those who feed
upon them. It was the priest's right
to live by the altar (L Cor. x:U), but
the priest who kept up the altar pri
marily to lvs , was unworthy of his
Verse T. - Probably there-was no ques
tion '-more- xrequently . asked our Lord
thaa this, "By . what authority doeat
woo these things r (Matt v xxi.ZS)
Who gave him - authority to admit - to
or-exclude -rem -the - kingdom Luke
xx-.lT Certain officials received their
power 1 from Rome; others had ' been
mnly. ordained and consecrated by
the high priest - From what source had
this young teacher from Nasareth au
thority to teach the law, or to unburden
toe conscience! i have the author! tv.
says Jesus, "by virtue of what I a
I myself sm ths poor. ' If I admit a
disciple, he enters. If I do not. shut
him out, no council can exclude him
from the kingdom of heaven." u
because. Luther so understood his Lord
that he laughed at tha bull of the pope.
verse a, , No ordinary reader of hie-
tory has any conception of the way la
whlcn religion has been mode subservi
ent to covetousnees. The Vatican has
never declared that the so-called present-day
mlraolee at . Lourdes, France,
actually ooour. but neither is ths Vati
can likely to deny- them so long as the
gifts and fees at Lourdes amount to a
million dollars a year. Jesus knew the
besetting sin of ecclesiastics of all ages,
snd he knew to whom he was speaking.
Haliam tells ' us that before' the refor
mation one third of all the arable land
In Europe was under ths hand of ths
priest More thaa that In England and
Scotland belonged to ."the church." In
our ' ixird s cay men practiced ail tne
grasping arts they have practiced since.
They were administering ths kingdom
of Qod for the sake of their emoluments.
They eet their own price upon admis
sion. They had lust oast out a poor
beggar, but Jesus received - him. Had
he been ss powerful as Ntcodemus, or ss
rich as Joseph of Arimathaee, he would
have received more cautious treatment
Verse 0. It seemed to most of Christ's
hearers a 'dreadful alternative. Jeeus
might bs right, but did not "the church"
hold the keys of salvationT "No mat
ter." said Jesus, -If men do cast you
out" Enter by nt, I open to whom I
wlU. Entering the kingdom of heaven
by me la not to enter a prison celL. Re
ligion Is not a trap that shots upoa you
wltb a snap. Tour freedom remains.
although your salvation is assured."
verse 10. it la a mournful fact tnat
the teacher of religion has so often
taken-possessions- to -enrich himself at
the expense of the flock - Thousands of
poor dupae may shiver through the win
ter on the bores or Lae - Michigan.
Their "shepherds" swing tu hammocks
under the palm treee of the Bahamaa
Frauds In religion have been responsi
ble for ae many lives as are lost In some
battles. Ministers . - of a evangelical
churches burr thousands of their dupes
every year, women and little children de
prived of life by those ' shepherds in
whom they trusted, because shut out
from . medical attention. Jesus did not
mince matters at all. He aald such re
ligious taacbero not only took the money
of their dupes, but were guUty of mur
der : -
Verse 11. Ths relations existing be
tween an eastern shepherd and bis own
little Cock become very tender and al
moet personal. His sheep-are not so
much his property aa hie pets. , A msn
may sell his bens, but a little girl will
hardly sell her canary-bird, i Ownership
exists, but it is lost sight of when the
shepherd rise summered and wintered
with his flock In times of danger he
will even fight to the death for their
preservation.
Verse 13. The woir was coming bow,
sure enough. Jeeus saw that very plain
ly. Why not eocape? He would be safs
In Egypt or at Roma There was no
doubt about what bis enemies would
do la a crisis. They knew when discre
tion would serve them. - But to one who
loved his own (John xiil 1) death was
preferable to flight - In a larger sense
than , they could now understand, he
would also give his life for ell who
should believe on him throughout - the
world (I John 11: J).
Verse 13. Danger is a test of sincer
ity, but still more a test of love. The
fire tries every man's work, of what
sort it is. What beroism Christianity
puts Into men may he seen In the late
events which added hundreds if . not
thousands -of martyrs to the roll of
Christ's church in Chins., Some of the
simplest sod naturally most timid of
converts In that land bared their own
breasts to -the slayer In their effort to
save ' their menus, ins mnanonanes.
And many missionaries who could easily
have escaped, stayed and died rather
than seem to desert the defenseless na
tive converts.
Verse 14. It Is Very interesting to
observe the movement of a email flock
of sbeep when they have been long un
der the personal care ot one who lovee
them.' At the - sadden appearance of
danger, the sight of eome strange dog
or soms vagrant paseer-by, they will
fly, but they will fly toward their shep
herd. They know him. They msy not
know" "very much,' hot hey know Mm.i
And the shepherd knows them. Not In'
the msss simply, bat is detail. He
knows them one by one. He thinks of
them only es his delight And upon
their part they come to him because
they hare never known anything but
kindness at his hands, - - . ". '
Verse 11. There msy save been In the
minds ot some hearers hearers among
his own followers a few timid ones who
would say:- "It Is all right between us
and Jesus, but I wish I knew how Je
hovah would regard my forsaking the
old ' ways and ths anointed priests and
the traditional vlewa" . It stay bs that
Jeeus had soma eueh In his eye when he
said: "Tbo understanding between my
Father and myself is perfect - What
do Ho approves. I know His will. He
knows my way. Tou need nave no mis
givings about that It you are right
wltb me, you are right with Uod. in
taken ef my sincerity end-In evidence of
my love I shall soon lay dowa my life
tor you. i am not trying to una yoe, i
am standing to eavs you.?
Verse 10. We must not forget that all
through the Old Testament runs a strain
of pbophecy to the effect that the mis
sion of the Jews wae a mission to the
world. And while Jesus restricted his
own Immediate labor to the 'lost sheep
of the house of Israel" (Matt xvt:3),
and so sent his first disciples to do their
first work among their own xitn end
kin. - he never refused to consider' the
world ss his final field. A prominent
Jew of Chicago baa recently said In print
that Jeeus never conceived the Idea of a
mission to any but the Hebrew.. , Then
we wbo have read his words from in
fancy day by day for every year of our
Uvea have misconceived him. From the
very first to the very lest he spoke ef
the "other sheep" who would oe gam
ered Into one fold. - . f.
Verse IT. However we may seek te
set forth' ths relations of the Father to
the eon, we must never think of Jesus
engaged in a work which waa not wholly
the Father too. Jesus here declares
two truths 'of Christian doctrine the
oneness between himself and -the Father,
and the resurrection which ws to fol
low tils rJCiocssu. ' " i i v.-.'
Verse 1. - We may not be able-to ex
nlain all the mysteries ef the atonement
but without an atoning purpose the death
of Jesus is inexplicable. . it was not
forced, but voluntary.- It was not acci
dental, but desisned. It was done of
our Lord's own free wlH, end at the same
lima It waa aeeordlns to the eternal pur
pose of the Father. - It cannot be said of
a suicide or. of martyrdom, but It can
be said and la aald of a vicarious sscrt-
The Pollards made another hit last
night -in TThe Geisha,' which : la per-
hape the meet picturesque opera In their
repertoire, but Xsr from tno cleverest
It Is one of the musical comedies built
for the British appreciation of uumor
and controlled by the Augustln Daly
estate. lta dull moments sre aa numer
ous - aa mayoralty, candidates, but Its
music la always pretty anq ac times
Immensely pleasing. - The - costuming
and scenic dress reflect great credit on
the lavish nature ef the management
The luvenlles sang ths work; With
vigor and enthusiasm, and , too much
praise cannot be bestowed on young
Alf. Oouldlng. who trains ths Uttle peo
ple In the different . ensembles and
Bcee. v Daphne waa again ine star oi
the occasion. Her sou song in tne nrat
act was tne ertifuo mi ox ue nignb
The kiss duet between Leah Lelchnor
and Eva Moore and Fred Pollards's lovs
song were also rapturously encored. v
This afternoon tne youngsters sre
sivlne- "Pinafore" to a crowded bouse.
Tonight The Geisha" will be repeated.
On Monday the first performance by
them on any stage ex -roe runaway
Girl" will be given. ... ' .
..- . - RACBl WHTTWXiX.
A.'
,t womtD MOTstsfirafT.
Ths following Interesting comment en
the eveageUslio meetings now being con
ducted in Boston by Dr. Dawson, or
London, is 'from ths Outlook: vr t -
"A battalion of the saivauoa Army
heeding a column of Boston Congrega-
tlonallsts a thousand strong, wua uni
tarians, Episcopalians, Baptists ana
Methodists in company, waa a new thing
to see In old Boston last week.- - Espec
ially new was the object of that Bight
march, to gather into a gospel meeting
the street loafers, the saloon tipplers.
ths flotsam and Jetsam of . the oity.
They were gathered In that night' and
10 of them went Into the subsequent
meeting ef those whose hearts were
touched. Whet Dr. Dawson persuaded
his highly conservative church la Lon
don to do, with the same preliminary
misgiving,' in eacn eese, ana. ine same
hearty resolution-to follow up in smell
squsds ths small beginning. The re
ligious life -of the churches use been
profoundly stirred. Mt Is evident that
they are heartily-accepting ur. uawsoa s
leadership in efforts to revive the prim
itive enthusiasm ef the Apostolic days.
rThe sanity of tbla enthusiasm Is rec
ognised by ths resolution unanimously
adopted by the Unitarian ministers of
Boetoa declaring their "sympathy with
the spiritual purpose of the new evan
gelism.' and Invoking a blessing oa his
endeavor to rekindle a genuine religions
experience In the churches.' Such a rub-
merganoe of ' the. rears or controversy
Indicates a general rising of the spirit
ual tide. Dr. Dawson's meetings have
been crowded. Faneull . ball, ... the eld
cradle of liberty,' was opened for him.
The rising tide appears to have broken
up the efttst of religious custom tnat
Iced the shores, sua to nave rnerved m
one the separate pools of theologians."
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From Conisr's. :.'.'-,
James Whltoomb Riley says that ha
was summoned as a witness In a case
tried in aa Indiana court where one of
the witnesses before him evinced soms
disinclination to state her age. .
"Is it very necessary T" ooyly asked
the witness, a spinster of uncertain age.
"It is absolutely necessary, madam,"
interposed the judge, -
"Well," sighed tbe maiaen, -if I must
t suppose I must - I didn't see how It
could possibly effect the esse, for, you
"Madam," observed the " Judge, with
eome asperity, "i must aak yoe not to
further waste tns tims of wis oourt
Kindly state your sga . - .
Whereupon the spinster snowea signs
ef hysterics.. ' - . 1
"I am. that la, I .was" ,
"Madam, hurry, hurry upf exclaimed
the iudsra, aow thoroughly impatient.
'"Every minute makes it worse, you
know!" ----' V'. "ix-.'v
, '. WssgM ef a Stance. :, . '."' j ;;
'From the Chicago Tribuns. -It
hss been seriously asserted by many
people ' that we are naturally lighter
after a meal, and they have even gone
the length of - explaining this1 by the
amount of gas that la developed from
the food. Average observations, how-
r, show that we .- lose t pounds I
ounces between night snd morning; that
we gain 1 pound IS ounces by break
fast; that we again loee about 14 ounces
before lunch; that lunch puts on sn
average of 1 pound; that ws again loee
during the afternoon an average of 14
ounces, but that an ordinary dinner , to
healthy persons adds 1 pounds ounces
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Senator Alice's promise to resign if
ths Delaware legislature will elect Ad- : -dicks
to succeed him is yet without re
sult His resignation might satisfy Del
aware; but we are all parties la Interest'
and he must make a better offer. Let '.
him promise not only to resign but to '
remove himself forever from the field
of Delaware politics by becoming a, eon- '
vert to the Christian religton. , .
i The' president's recent sppolntment of -a
commission to. locate public buildings
in the District of Columbia, the mem' '
hers to serve without pay, waa in viola
tion of a law upon which the Ink ot hie ' ' -signature
Is hardly dry. To meet thie . .
objection-he made, a supplementary or--der,
allowing the membere of the corn-
mission pay from approprlstlons for the '"
buildings. . This violates s law it years - '
old. His infraction of the law first men- .
tioned makes him liable to summary re-.
moval from office, a fine of 10o end a
month's Imprisonment;, under the other ,
law he cannot be punished; so ws shall :
havs to get on with hire Somehow.. ' But
It does seem es If hs mtxht sometimes : -
consult sn attorney, or even en attorney .
general. He has an attorney -general
who knows a law book when he eeee one. '-
He knows It is. a book. ., .- . v .T,.
If Russia is so backward in education."
how Is it that recent dispatches relets
political demonstrations by the students
of more than to universities In provin-' '
rial cities all over the empire? Modern .
universities do not exist -as Isolated '
rases ef culture' In deserts of llllteraey. '
Evidently - the - Russian ' people "know
enough to go in when it ralna" it la "
now raining. . r ......Hi.'.a.'.j.V;':
Father, where Is Wsshlngtont . .
I don't know, my son: hs Is dead. . ..."
I mean the eltv.. -.. ---'. ..''.. - ,,-r ....'"' - J '
It erowns the acclivity at the for end . '
of the rood leedlng upward out of the - .
region of political obscurity. " .'v.ri. i
Is that a "main-traveled roedT" ttJ'-.
i- No; there are too meny tollgates. ' , '
' Who Seeps triers T 1 - : ? ,n-' ;.. t- t; ;
,' The bosses. .. ' - ..-'. s y ; ' ' -
Why don't ths travelers go around L.
them, through the open country t . , . ,
There le no open country: it Is sll In- -
clneed by barbed wire fences. -.". .' .--..'. ,
Whose fencesT -v " --. f
Moetly those ef the great corporations. .-- -Are.
there any roads leading- out of fT
Washington? -; ;v.' ' n: 'y-xj'-...
One the same road. - ' -": ;.
Do persons coming down it pay" tells? -. .
No; they fall so fast that they would
smash the gates If the bosses did not .
throw them open. - --''f.i - - '
' What makes them fall so feat? -.--. i ;!
' Their pookets are so heavy. -.
Why do they leave Washington ?"';"" '"' " ;
It is nailed down, i -v
'Father, when a bad msn -starts for : -
Washington, why don't his : neighbors . "
put him to death? - '.; ;: h "" V "..'-'- U
Tou cannot, prevent' a bad man from
going to Washington by killing him. -
A or 11 1 This mornlns there 1 was a r
'thunder storm, aocom ponied -with .'large
hall, to which succeeded rain- for about ;
half aa hour, We availed ourselves of
this Interval to get All the boats In the ,
water. , At 4 -e clock p. m. - it "began to
rain a second time, and continued tUl lu
st night With tho exception of a few .
drops, st two or three different times. ,
thie le the first rain wa have had since .
the lth of October last, , " , , -. .' . ,
ii .-r.,.111111 m i i i. ii I-.-', ; ' ,-
": VTstB BstgF.TBTrsW'OAgflg,; '';' . '
' ' From the Minneapolis' Tribune! ' -': '.' .
The beef trust if ths general opinion
-"-t"" r"." "" " '
kn3i Glark
about It la right, is a -typical combine- - ,
tloa la restraint of trade. It Is not a.
corpora lion like Standard OH or United .
States SteeL It Is a union of Ave great ".
industrial corporations to fix prices,, con
trol output sad. above all. to depress ths .
price of raw matetiaL , . . - ' - ,
in form it. la lute me raiirpaa irarnc .
associations that were declared Illegal
in It?, except that- Its pooling agree- ,.v
ment and common action are secret. It
le muah. more ambitious and far reach- "...
lug than those, which only "Undertake to :,
prevent destructive competition by dlvld- .
lug trarno snd maaiag common rates.
The chief difference la that the evidence, ..:
which waa open to everybody in tbe Joint ,
traffic associations, is secret in tne case
Of the beef trust....: -i.-v -
The government hss . been working
hard to get thie evidence.. It Is under- .
stood- that much- is -contained In that--
part ef Mr. Garfleld's report which, wss -
withheld from pubiicauoa to serve ine
ends of Justice. . It le understood that i
one ot the six ., former packing com-
panics has separated i Itself from ths . .
Other nve to sia ue government in mis
prosecution. Many shippers of cattle
and dealer in meat who have suffered
by the trust srs to be ready to testify.
It is believed tnat tne rauroao com
panies, which havs been forced to grant .
rebates ny tns trust to weir own, ss '
well aa to the public injury, will tell the ,':'.
truth on the witness stand.i :
If there is any truth in the popular
belief about tbe operations of the trust ;v
It ought te be posslbls-to get somewhere '
near the truth with this kind of evi- f
deuce, . Of course ths testimony of the
managers and employes of the packing
companies themselves would be very .;'
valuable; but If it is true that all in a ;
position to know, what the companies t
havs been doing ' hsve been- secretly ,.'
packed off to Europe, the flight Is a con-:
f essloa which ought to be nearly as -
convincing as their testimony.
With positive testimony on one Side ,
and the flight ot ell the witnesses who
oould contradict It positively of their
own knowledge on the other, tbe govern-. ? j
ment should make out a , case satis
factory to the average Jury. t ; ,,, I
or fro:
- v From ths Wsshlngton Star.'. '
All thlhss considered, the Pans ma
canal la tha biggest snd most lnreWtant
piece ef business this government nas
on hand. It Is also the most difficult
Other problems - present difficulties,
The railroad problem is new and com
plex. - The tariff problem Is old ssd
complex. The Philippine - problem.
while simplifying svory year, win yet
for many years require great care." 'We
hare our stake in the far eastern ques
tion, soon to be presented In a new. light
by ths close of hostilities between Rus
sia and Japan, snd there Is the Monroe
doctrine, which lately hae developed new
aspects. We have our hands full with
out counting tbe canal, but with thst
they are running over. i
As yet nothing seems to be settled
Panama but the right of way... Every,
thing else is still In the air. - The debate
continues shout a sea-level er a lock
eenal, the government of the canst sono
lacks grasp sad questions of sanitation
st both the Atlantic and Psrlfto ends of
the enterprise continue to bob up. For
some reason or reaanasr we do not seem
4 to, be gottlng auy "forwardac."
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