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TAPPINO THE INTERIOR
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'HE NEWS thai provisions,
the extension of the Dufur
i i it iMffth of 45 miles
' its starttn point : coupled with the
Bend is its ultimate objeeitive, is of rery much more than
nasainsr mtntttVS''a-.'U r-f'
.... 'The project in itself way be neither treat nor extra
ordinary, yet there is so much to be done in the; way of
railway extensions through tne aiate aao w rerj unw
U hiinor done that this particular project deserves and
will receive 'jreater pportionat'rooaideration than
might' under other and better "conditions-be given It
The building of -thetiad will, five an easy and we hope
reasonably inexpensive outlet to s an area of country
which hitherto haa been forced to rely upon wagons to
' tret it nroducts to market It will provide a" feasible
mean of transporting products which heretofore hare
hid no outlet Thia is particularly true of fruit i. In he
more distant sections the people, have been forced to
vegetate. Many things' that.they could raise and others
thaLthevdoriise are of little advantage to them except
in so far as they provide means of subsistence for them
selves. XBut they have loaf th income from" what they
could under better conditions market and thus tne pro
gress made has been little in comparison with. what it
might havev been.." Every foot of railroad thua built en
hances the Value of all holdings, stimulates industry and
ambition, brings about a fuller utilization of tha natural
resources and attracts other settlers. Even the building
of 45 miles of railroad will do very much for the country,
without eferenc to the much greater and mora ex
pensive project of extending' the line to Bend and tap
pinsr the rich country which intervenes and lies there
abouts. ?; Vv " '',; ; : : l7 ; v ' '
There are many signs which make it evident that the
time fdr building railroad extensiona Into the interior
of the state, something so long called for and so long
denied, is now close at hand: The interior ' must be
' brought-to the' river..-. In Idaho they are solving the
problem by beginning the building of electric roads that
will brmcr the products from the
Thence they may .be 'transferredU by
and the portage road. - Other methods
tention and the day is undoubtedly close at hand when
these matters will reach the solution which they de-
mind. Meantime the starting point
. prises must be boats on the upper river tdjitatt the pro
iacts to the sea.,1 With that enterprise once well begun
tbe whole question will then be in line to be practically
solved and the new day which has .dawned for aome sec
lions of the state will have dawned for all parts of it .:
OUR PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN RULERS. .'J
A RECENT DISPATCH Ifrom St Petersburg in--V
j , formed readers that the czar has ordered a fines
T A composed of spiked pickets, IS feet high, built
around one of his palaces where he has taken refuge.
We are also informed that h'custoreary eception to his
guards has been abandoned. In brief," the"czaF is pratf
ticallv a prisoner, surroortded by picked people supposed
to be faithful, and yet he. is in terror
... . i ... . . j:
One Ot Uiem (noma DC a mnor in uisguwc, inu uvum bc
carrying around a bomb or a dose of poison to use wben
opportunity offered.' V 4 ' "'- , '.-' v v';'ir"';''',':;,-y
. King Edward visited fafis recently, but "none of the
general public was admitted to the railway station where
he arrived.' and along the route of his journey through
' the city the people were kept at g
dons oi soiuicr.
When Emperor William and King Victor Emmanuel
. met at Naples one day last week, "the streets on which
the king passed were lined with troops from the railway
station to the arsenal." '. ' i-(V-,'v'-,iH y.-fvV-
.At Stettin, Germany, a house painter was heard to re
mark that the emperor was "making an ass of himself as
usual, and poking his nose into what did not concern
jjiim in Morocco." .The painter waa sent to priaonJor aix
. monthf. r-T'' .. V: ;-,..v-- ,!. "'5 .
But now consider how different it is in our glorious
; country, even down in Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Ter
. ritory, the wild and woolly southwest . : ;.
; . At Tuskogeet'lr T, a man on a telephone pole called
out to the president: - "Hello, old pal, glad to isetf yer,"
and he was rewarded by a dee-lighted smile and a vig
orous nod. ! . ' - A -f ''f- f ; .'u !' : ' '
.AtJTerapleex-lhrough-which-'amall -town the
presidential' train was scheduled to pass "without Stop
ping, the-council held a hurried apecial meeting and
rushed through an ordinance requiring all trains to stop
in that town at least three minutes, and thia action was
o Tsxuara vxai rt wzu fro
; Prom' tha Prlnavffle iournaL ":.
i : 'Tha Portland Journal haa chaaod tha
rainbow oolora In wlucn tt la printed
. tfowa the -street and the old woman
in tha tower will apply soma to the
facea of her own family, namely, ' tha
. Bvcnlnr Talaaram. In fact ona laaue af
tha latter haa already appeared In all
tha Korteoua array capable of belns ad
mlnlatered by a four-decker, maeaalne
aupplemaot Haa parfactlns . praaa. and
promiee la elven of mora to coma. So
far, tha pMamatio eolora of the Tele
gram are oonflned to Its humoroua aup
plement In Saturday avenhts's adUlon,
but oolora run and no doubt they will
aradually , work -.tbemeelvea areand to
the front ptm Thia, -of eouraa, will
be a alow procedure, ee-the publio will
not gala tha Idna that tha Talearaai 1
aping- tha pracresalve atyla aet by Tha
Journal. ' But ' tha ehaage la oomlng.
The garland of red will aooa be a promi
nent featore of tha old woman's twi
light mouthpiece. The alsma of the
time all point 'that way. Even tbe old
woman heraelf may succumb later on to
tha aame atyle to keep . from : loalng
VAsnmm.
Kenogg thirland. in Boston TranecHpt
Tha praae will treat It aa a splendid
' eenaatlon. Thia can aearoaly be avoided,
Mr. J. O. Phelpo Stokee, son of an old,
, arlatoeratle family, deacendant of three
Colonial governor ' of Maaaaehuaetta,
tha preeldeflt' of a railroad and af a
large mining eompany," member of the
governing boards af a doaen odaoa
tlonal. barltahla and philanthropic ln
atluitlona, member af aereral-ef the
moat exclualve clnb in New Tork.
; writer, traveler and public lat thia man,
with all thia Intellectual, aoelal and ma
terial wealth behind and around htm,, ia
about to marry Jtoae Harriet Pa tor, a
, Ruealan Jeweaa, born hi Auguatovov 8o
walk. child aC a Whltechapel Jewry, and
who for 11 year waa a olgarmakar In
a tobacco faotory. Tha faou at first
aound ataHltag. Really, thia la bat a
natural step In tha development of a
maa waoaa life haa been lived strongly
and fearleaaiy and whoa goal haa ever
bn tha living plane af true, ajrapl
demwraey, t
, Any eo waa kaaw both Mr. Ctakss
OtN ; D A I L Y.J OUR N A L
INDEPENDENT. NEWSPAPER
- PUBLISHED s BY JOURNAL PUBUSHXNd CO.
) W ommey mamlac M
Official paper of, the city of Portland
OF, OREGON. '
have" been mad for
road i miies, w
from The Dalles,
information that
M
is impossible, or
, '- ,V
reasonable sum In
proceedings, which
' .1
farm' ; to the rrver.
steamer to Celilo
are receiving at
will parallel their
for all these enter-
of ju gradual industrial revolution of great importance.
day and night leat
.' A LA
E HAVE
think
ssfe djstance by cor
the pretentious premises of the rich. - '
and Mis Pastor Intimately can under
stand the situation and appreciate with
out difficulty how it came about . Dir.
fere nee in eoclal station can never be
eaaentlal with men.' and women of
thoughtful temperament. " Mlaa" Pastor
la ona pf that vast army born In ob
ourlty who have aome to their own In
maturity. A long line of ancestor, the
branch of a spiritual people, gave to
her a birthright of Idealiam that has
blossomed and fruited In tbe early year
Of .womanhood. : ...
Tormg
ram bbabzsTO.
' - From the Philadelphia Ledger.
1 Sir Edward Grey, in a speech at a
literary dinner la London, made aome
variatlona on the now familiar theme of
tha productive period of Ufa. . Ona af hi
definite, opinions was . that the vital
reading of a man 1 usually don be
tween the age ot tl and IS. There are
no doubt - precocious children who at
tack masterpieces before they get. to
their teens, but the , majority ' of
gorged ourselves with rubblah la child
hood. One la our live Mayn ' Bald
and tfarryat and Dumas were tbe lit
erary king. - But the healthy, advanc
ing mind throw the rubblah aside aa
time goes on and the maturing Judg
ment begins to drift and search for tha
mental food that tha Individuality ro
aulres. ' About It, however, the bone
of the intellect, to writ In a metaphor,
begin to Indurate. About tbe mind
of few men continue to expand, though
tha Judgment of many continue to
ripe a. Tha page w tarn it "not vara
now. Only proee." ;.
XAnUBAirm-cvt rxouDA.
; Jom the Beaton Traaecrlpt. . '
' But few -people have any conception
of Florida' extent.. A land trip from
one end ot Florida to the -other I as
long a from the lake to the gulf. A
eitlsen of Main . who make... up hi
mind t go south may get on the cars
and . pas through stain. New Hamp
shire, Massachusetts. Connecticut; New
Tork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela
ware, Maryland, the District of Colum
bia and far into Virginia. ' When ha
baa don thlr he has taken no longer
rid than he eould have taken by aa
equally direct line from one Florid
town 14 another. -; ' ' - - -
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V-i-'-.X-. ;-'.' '
JfOn. P
Tb Jews. BeAdm Fifth hI Tnabd
wired to the approaching train. The president imrteaef
of being angry, rather liked the Templates audacity,
and tha train obeyed their ordinance and he made them
. speech.', :- " 5'":?. .m ',?''. '';'? .'';;'?' t'
( At Frederick, Oklahoma, the president headed a band
of cowboy and went racing and yelling in regular west
ern cowboy fashion through the town,, and he as well, as
the rest of them enjoyed the lark immensely. '
Everywhere ha haa .been greeted with informality and
even familiarity, apparently a unconscious of and as im
mune from harm aa any. governor pr congressman, or
even any private citizen might be.' t - , T' -"'''
' True, some precautions are taken; aome secret aerrlce
men are around him; but they are really alight protec
tion if any. ' There ia always the possibility of a Guitean
or a Caolgoaz, but they are rare freaks, and the president
might very Jikely "travel all over; the country for, weeks
unprotected, 'without encountering one of them. - Yet
precautions against such insane' freaks "should be taken,
and there is ground for fear that the, president in his
irrepressible vitality ia aOmewhat too reckless.. X -
However, it is plain that our president travels about,
in city and country, under very different conditions from
those which surround European monarchy when abroad,
or even at- home. .,,; ?,:, ...
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MAYOR DUNNE'S "IMMEDIATE" PROGRAM.
AYOR . DUNNE evidently means, business. ; He
was not elected, on a municipal ownership p.at
form to sit down afterward and say tha thing
that the difficulties seem insurmount
able, or that there must be months and perhaps years of
investigating and considering ways and. mean. He pro
poses to move right forward, and literally ,.keep his
pledges, or at least to try to do ao. , He aaya he win
make an offer to the owners of, the street railways of a
compensation for their properties. If
they refuse this; and refuse to leave the amount to im
partial arbitration, he will at once begin condemnation
he thinks he can bring to a success-
1 .1. - 11 t. a 1. V-T1 I 1
rut coDCiusioa in a icw monuta. obi u an u wuw tu
this, if the railroads refuse a -reasonable price for their
properties and obstruct condemnation proceedings, he
roads. This, accustomed' to our nar
row streets, seems to us impracticable, but Chicago s
streets arc much wider than ours, and, Mayor' Dunne,
presuming that he is not bluffing, evidently knows -what
he is talking about and what he can do. . ."-,
Sit would Seem that a good deal. depends on tbe courts,
and the common apprehension naturally ia that the trac
tion companies rather than the people are likely to find
allies or supporters in the courts; but Mayor Dunne has
himself been on the bench a good, while, he has been
Studying this "problem, a good while, he knows the legal
phaserofhe-artuatfonr and when he says he can bring
about municipal ownership as demanded by the people
it must be supposed that he" bas m pretty "safe and sane"
idea of what he is talking about 'S ; v .."''..
At all event, Mayor Dunne will be an object of wide
spread and. attentive interest during his term of office.
If he succeeds, his aecomplishrnent may be the beginning
' IMPROVEMENT OF HUMBLE .HOMES.
NOTICED, with pleasureand we
the fact merits this notice that civic
y improvement is by no means confined to the
premises of the' rich and well-to-do those . with fine
houses and grounds. In a great many cases; and in all
parts of town, the poorer people, those living in com
paratively, humble houses, and who perhaps have but a
little patch of ground in ; front or on one side, nave
spaded it up and sown it to grass seed or planted flowers
therein, and are otherwise tidying up their premises.
Thia is not astonishing, indeed, it was to have been ex
pected, for poor people usually, do their full part in any
good work; but the fact should be noticed and approved,
and the wprkcnconragcd-jrherdlarccQrt of jiouses
far below those of the first or even the second class that
are being improved a little in appearance m one way or
another, as the tenants can afford; and many a little plat
of ground that haa lain untouched by spaded rake or hoe,
and barren, for many years, will this summer rejoice in a
new coat of nature's inimitable green, or gladly bear its
quota of ornamental shrubs and flowers. While this
ia true, there are many people who have, not yet done
their little part in making Portland tha-City- BeantifuL
Chances to do this are still nomerous, and none should
be neglected. . The humble homes of the poor ought to
be thus improved and rendered atractive, even more than
Prom , "M oUaatrava," a Popular London
-" . - puy.
The woman' who know Greek wfJl
still spend an hour and a half la d
lng her hair for a party. I calculate
(hat If Women wore their hair ahort a
mill ton ' unemployed hours would be
thrown dally upon tha world.
The young couple with tha grains of
tic still upoa them start blithely across
th marriage links. Much depend on
the way they negotiate their flrat disil
lusion or bunker - -.- . .
. Passion wing maids, and perseverance
widows. -
' Th rejected lover should never lea
hope. In addressing the lady hi ton
should be soft, mellluflous a aonth
wind rustling aver orange trees. Orange
trees noC cypresses.
. . A woman acquires log-le when aha has
a checkbook of her own.
Maa la fickle and 'woman capricious.
Or vio versa. - :" ,
,. The-man who sum up women in
sentence . is ths man -' whom
can fool with a phrase. ' . -
It I a , woman' delightful quality
that' ah 1 not Interested In politic.
What is love? An electrio spark that
files at Irregular- tangent and rleo-cheta-wUdly
from heart to heart" Now
it soars upward and finds a lodging In
tha superior brain, ; then Itg descends.
boomerang fashion, and leaps at th
mil of a girlt The poef hare babbled
of rove since th first Introduction -of
rbyms, philosophers look through their
g lasers chemists dissect and grammar
ians parse but all that we know or need
know IS that Cupid is young. '
- Th-woman -who I attracted by th
man of the massive brain will do wisely
to marry hi good looking brother.' ...
Proud af sTa t,e ly XJf. .
Prom tha Atchison Olob.-
.Tou.sr worrying yourself unneces
sarily about th old woman who live
alone," write a snappy woman to th
Qlobe, , "I wleh to aay that I hare my
garden la before any of my neighbors,
that I bav my work vdne earlier In
ths morning, that I keep my houae and
lawn looking better-that I . nersr dis
turb my neighbor by nols of quarrel
ling or babies coming from my bouaS,
and they hav no occasion to worry
about
" Small, Ctcc
. I,-.! -.1-1 -,111-!)
;, But jefrenm. Is dead, : .y'-;;- v'
rNe, tat ragtatee yonr peltttoa. ' . ',
An
- Nan eeeaea to the front asjeJa
next
lively tima
trtata. . -
The church wOl
maatx addS-
Uona t
' Oct yamr eexomutailof Setetis and
avoid jta ruah,
Perhaps
not hunting
real hard for Togo.
to be afraid
of thd local option law.
When , woman get after dirt and
atanehoa they have to fly.
The poople of aorthar Idaho aria ge
tag to show how to do tt
JuAt Roe-oa la risht;. elaan p tbo
guionaa, and soap taam clear of ruux. f
Vt tha paopto bwlat .eat naodad rafl
roaaa, and ga after tham vnta thay t
. .v.- -J-.. ;'; iv-t" v.
Don't warryi doubttaaa Uara hi Snaka
btu anUdoU aioag wtta tha futwatdantra
If Taddr ahooid ba bitten by a,
or a anaka ho aalght net think It eulta
a Jolly. - . ;.
' Work on tha Cenio eanal win aaaa
basin at laat, on aoooont of which we
oaa an afTord to haTTmh acaln.
Battar
be a doaen old
than
marry
Chlaaman Albany
&NBOCnbta
Or any on of a good many white men,
th,r' ... v H'J' A rt.y
- But If the president had gun ant
alnglei handed and nnholpad. tha wolves
and bear might not hav com so easily
In hla way. . . . ,.y.- -, , ,".-..
District ' Attorney Jerama aay
Tfasmaa Jefferson was 'a faker. Jaracae
la detarmlnad to keep adding t . hla
stock af notorlaty.
' "Lawyer k T. C Dedd dsolara that
Rockefeller and Roger ar saints on
earth. And Rockefeller and Roger re
spond: m Dodd w tmat.t--v..-i-.
' Judge Parker aald seen vary good
thing In his Jefferson day peach, and
so did Mn Bryan m hla, and yet their
political Ideal ar vastly different, v
- Nevertheless, tha people wm not be
pleased to see H. C Prick placed in tha
cabinet. ' Thar are eertaisly aa able
men wh are not as objectionable aa ha.
Tha advanoe'ruard of thai army
faker, swindlers and thieves who al
waya follow big crowd are airtvrag to
take in people attending th fair. Look
out foe thanv . , , t t ......
If young Dud Hyde haa so many
millions, perhaps ba had better' dlvld
soma of It n with tha Equitable polhry
nouwra wnoaa mooey h nas a
spending so lavishly. .
As If th enar did not", hav trochlea
enough, be now ha nearly an tha Ri
tan lawyer after him and bis anti
quated government. Tha bin
come constantly mora hopeleaa
Greet year for Orwjan,' . ,
N
up.
ly all Oregon towns ar cleaning
; Anything a
eaa want
oa. earth in Oregon.
Bom alfalfa field U
re or IS Inches high already.
. One eompany ia Malheur county, with
mar titnea, will shear lrt.se sheep. r.
Weal aiowats win hav lots of moot
with which to visit th fair this year.
'' Produesr of , ths : splendid
..Oread
Bonds valley say tt looks Ilk
7
year there, - .
Two Benton ounty ' naany goats
yielded SH pounds each at mohair var
a foot . long. ,-'. .i
' tlood snarning: la your dog poisoned
yetr- is th usual salutation asw la
Iiulepandanoe. ; ' ' : ; s j
' Vp In 'Xaa county, a ' grandmother
and granddanghtar were both married
tha aame www. " .. . " .-.
The - Albany Democrat demand that
barn be moved off th streets. 'Tweald
be a good more. ; -..; i ',-
Bops, wool, fruit, grain, ftah, lumber.
Uvoatock, dairy product mines every
uung au rignt in uragon. . ' . ;.
' Harvest time lasts all tha year In
Oregon for grain, fruit, wool - flab.
gold, lumbar, . fat - oattl - and other
Within th past two weeks three Im
ported stallions hav been purchased
by Wallowa county farmers, at a oost
of 7,00e.i '..-.; ,' ,'..,',
A Paadleton man was fined til for
merely trying to indue another man to
take drink with- him. But. h used a
gun as a piraadr. . . .... . . , 4 .
Aa Albany boy 11 months old drank
a lot of ooal OIL perhaps out of Infantile
sympathy with J. D. but tha doctor
pumped him out and be smiles again.
Milton people ar boycotting the mill
and stores owned by J. I Mam, wh
ha brought a suit against a large um
ber of people who have beea aoev
torasd to us water, from th Walla
Walla river, which Elam claim th ax-
elusiv us for hla mtlL . ; - , ; t
Madras Pioneer: Chris Barry want to
Portland Monday to look after some
property, and incidentally, be aay h la
in need of a flret-clasa eook, whom h
intends to seour on hi trip. Bravo)
Now, you other bachelor friend, go thou
and d likewise. - .. , . .
A Portland young Wian was an rased
to teach a echool la Wallowa county.
and after teaching en day -hit th
trail" for home. It la aald that he
wUbed to get a permit t tasch without
an evaminatlon and when . tbe eonntv
superintendent rf USsd this h grew
Oregon SicleKgkts j
.tfaint hearted. -
t Sunday CcKool'
1 drat. Jaakma, B. B.)
'April it, IMS Topic: "The "upper at
Bethany John ajl:ll. Oolden text She
hath done what aha could Mark Xir:.
Responsive reading: Psalm art.
Betweaa th raising of Laaaras and
tha visit which Jesus paid to hla home
la Bethany, perhaps two months Inter
vened. Kaowlug at what, data tha pas
chal full moon that year, we know that
"U day before th Passover," tha data
of our Lord's return, would coincide
with the last day af March. - Tha rais
ing of Lasaru occurred probably In
January. Jeaus had withdrawn. to Gel
Ill ee Immediately after restoring Lasa
rus to life, because to hav waited would
hav aonatltuted the hoax at Bethany a
atom osatar of priestly animosity. For
a brief period be sought quiet gad rest
at Ephralm. a town of whose sit we
know nothing further than that th nar
rative require It to be looked for In
Peraaa,; so me where south of th Baa of
Qelllee, and probably near to ths river
Jordan. Aooordlng to Matthew (Matt.
xix:l). our Lord .returned by a detour
through - Qelllee;- ... aooordlng' to . Luke
(Liuka xvtlill). he passed through parts
of Samaria aa wall. Mark mentions a
a umber of wwman (Mark kv:0. 41) who
followed with him "up- to, Jerusalem."
Some f the w know to hav bean
of tha neighborhood of Capernaum. It
would tharafora aeem probable that he
at friends and disciples from th vi-
amity of that city. Both Matthew and
Mark tell us that hi prog ma was at
tended by vast multitudes wh aeoom-
It waa while upon this final Journey
that th blessing of little children oo
eumd (Mark x:ls-l). It was en his
way to Bethany that ha encountered
tha young ruler who was so impressed
by tha teaching of Jesus but so f ottered
by the love of wealth (Matt, xlx:l). At
Jericho be healed a blind man (Mark
x:-U),' and astonished both friends
and foe by going to be ,gueat with th
publican Zaoeheus (Luke xlx:l-l. -
Our liord not only ' foresaw what
awaited him at Jerusalem, but he sought
to prepare the minds of hi disciple for
these events - (Luke xvlll:il-lt). The
hint of violence seemed , Incredible to
them, surrounded aa he was My hundred.
perhaps thousand, wh- would hav
given their Uvea for him.' Indeed, for
som time it and to th rulers them
selves an though all plots war likely to
come to naught because of th crowd
which gathered as soon aa his preseno
waa made known. Nothing seemed lea
likely to occur than his arrest, unless
h should b given up In aa unguarded
moment by soma pratandad friend. Thia
is th last thing hi, real friends
thought of. but Jeeua himself knew that
such a betrayal waa coming. , JV .. ,
V-''- t The fcawjosv : ,
Tars 1. 'It required a little eourage
oa the part of th family at Bethany
t receive guest a threatened. If he
should be put to death, what would be
tha punish meat roaarvd for tham? Las-
arua would be regarded aa his confeder
ate. Tha . Immediate disciple
separate ana nr. bat Lasarus
horn la the very hot bed of Jewish hata.
He must remain. But thoa wh feel
that Jeeua has "Saved them" d not
count tha "peas and cone.1? - XJfavltoalf
U at the disposal of the Master. Those
wh era ashamed of Jesus or afraid- af
man have .never been conscious of all
that Jesus does for hla beloved. If we
wool that h ha given unto us Ufa,
tha rage of man to a llttl thing. It
oannot affright us. - .-
c Vara S. How far tsumru and hla
atoters wee from hiding their dlsclple-
snip, in seen in- the net that they not
only roealred Jesus, but received him
publicly and treated him with marked
honor. The man who Is "saved" ought
not to whisper the nam of Jean into
th ear ot a safe confidant Be should
everywhere exhibit hi affection and
gratitude, fa this reception accorded to
their master, both Lasaru and hla
later played conspicuous part. What
they did. they did in a large way.
Vers a, Mary was not content with
making a feast for Jesus. Probably the
moat eosuy treasure she possessed waa
a -vial of precious perfume, th gift
per naps or asm rick friend. Prince as
sometime bestow present . Which are
handed down for several suoeesslv gen
erations before their use. This 'pound
or the ou or spikenard. Ilk th attar of
rosea distilled in Hindustan, waa worth
a fortune la market where such lux
uries were old. . With th lavish lm
pulse of affection, ahe broke th neatly
xiaac -tnet enclosed th sard and
stowed it upon the head (Matthew) and
feet of her lord. - She qould have don no
mora had he been an emperor and ah
a subject queen. It wis aa aet that
could not be hid. for immediately Its per-
lume permeated au the dwelling and an
nounced that something extraordinary
had taken place. Met-rwhile Mary had
used her own lock as a rviett to
refresh th weary feet of her beloved
master. It wag an not. of homage sig
nificant of " it age and environment.
Moat of th acta by which any people
express affection ar arbitrary, as, for
example, to the cultured phi ns man, our
shaking hand ia considered the height
or the ridiculous. ; This act of Mary
pressed an Impulse and an affection
Which would la ur country and In our
age adopt other modes of expression:
but w understand her feeling - and
Christ blessed her for th deed. .
. Vera 4. Judas had doubtless
to feel that this life of prayer
preaching was not what ha had joined
th llttl band to experience, Undoubt
edly this Jesus ot Nasareth posse
supernatural powers, put why not use
them for the enrichment of his follow
ers instead of for the: relief of' beg
gars T -. .- -. - -
vera s. Log naxxar maa neror an
slnoe, Judas would cover a mean spirit
with a pretentious rob. It Is a derll
lab, thing to suggest,, a baa purpo for
a generous act.
Verse sv It is a common excuse for
stlnaineaa that th cause to which ether
giv la not s noble or lofty as th
one to which we would give. Foreign
missions are not o worthy es home
missions, and home , missions not so
worthy a hospitals, and hospitals not
to b mentioned . in th earns breath
with soup house; and so on t tha- sod
of th Ignoble chapter. , It la bad enough
to be mean, but worse to try ao lie out
of Mri " ' ' i ., ..
Terse T, Happily' for us, Jesus is
upon th sld of th impulsive, not upoa
the side or th -erltlcel. To do not
object to people spending something for
th' proper and decent Interment Of a
dead body, do you T Very welL This
will da for my funeraL ' Charge it p
to that." Jesus waa not la th mood
for further argument with a man of
Jndaa' spirit. But we ought to remem
ber also that these word of Jesus
Justify vs In some expression of our
omotione which has not an eoonomle
eye. . The church or nod should be beau
tiful as well as uaefUL The monument
to a parent or a child is not a waste of
money even, though it doe bring In
rent Thrift I hot th only grace, and
tha anrabwomsht Who toils month to
beryVts tcrijj, is not frowned btm fcy
k vox -
. rr t, r-e never 13 ta ti
day Ut tf o urtualty to do r d to
tha aeedr. Eouutleas lianra ht was
known to all to daughter of want la
Bethany, th refuree for th old, th
slek and tha Indigent ar built by thoss
who pour out their love for Christ In
building beautiful house of worship and
ending missionaries to ontrL Africa,
In fact, no nation not dlswJietlvaly
Cartatiaa haa aver eatabllahed large and
permanent relief toe , it children ot
want.
Vers ft. The best advertisement of
a -orasent x Saviour Is .a, risen sinner,
-Oood win needs no bush." ,la.an old
proverb, A man may make a minion
dollars by "bluing th town," but he
cannot "get up a revival" by aay wuch
sdvertisement.' it take a savea snaa.
Where lasaru was. Jesus did not need
to sar anything. Th man who sat be
side him wag evldenoe of hla power and
purpose. It require God aa truly io
raise up a soul "dead in trespass and
etna,' es to rata up a body three days
burled. Bad wa not seen tne nrt ooa
we would find It difficult to ballev la
It possibility. But wa have seen It and
w rajoioe ia the witness which Jesus
haa In oar own dav to hi DO WOT.
Verse 10. , The men who say that If
Jeeus ware only preached a he ought
to bo preached, thousand would crowd
th church oa, do not seem to have read
history, especially gospel history, to
much advantage. When a man hatea
reHaion. ha hata lta best features. Be
hatea th evidence that he cannot deny.
Th Boxers put .the missionaries to
death not because they did not under
stand them but because they did un
derstand them. They understood them
to be holy men, and "they hated noiy
men.- Nothing rouses such fury among
wicked men as a raVtval among good
men. They ar friendly to th church
until it does something in anst Than
they would away with It. Th drinking
and dnnk-maninsT eiemema in amrm
tried to kill the reformed John B. Gough
( year age, not because they doubted
hla being saved but because they knew
be was saved. -Versa
11. Nevertheless, if th gospel
be th saver ef death to some, tt i the
sweetness f Ufe to others. Th Jw
waa aakad to determine hi own atti
tude toward th Meiaa; nut uh at
titude one chosen, fixed and determined
character.- And nothing wins so many
diastoles to th Lord a tha risible evi
dence tjjatt-n no aav,- . , i;
(The expedition la now en route up
tha Missouri river from Fort Maadau
and bound for the headwaters la t
Rocky mountain. 1. . Vi.:-f
- April IS W proceeded under , a the
breesa from th south, and clear, pleas
ant weather. At seven miles we reached
tha lower point of an Island, in a bend to
th south, which 1 two miles in length.
Captain Clark, who . went about nine
miles northward from the river, reached
th higher grounds, which. Ilk those w
bav seen, ar level plain without Urn
bar; her he observed - a ' number of
drains, which- descending from the bills.
pursue a northeast course, and prob
ably empty Into the Mouse river.
branch of th Asslnlbola. which, from
Indian accounts, approaches very near to
the Missouri at this place. .Like all the
rivulets of ., this neighborhood. , these
drains ware so strongly impregnated
with mineral emit, that they are not fit
to drink. Ba .saw also tha- remain ef
several earns of Ass! nl bo Ins. Ths, low
grounds oa both sides ot the river are ex
tensive, rich and level, in a little pond
oa th north wa hear, for th first time
thai oa the eroaaaag at iroga, wnten
exactly resembles that of th small frog
In th Unied Sates; there are also in
the plains grant-quantities of geese,
and many of th grouse, ar prairie hen,
a far as words can represent It. ia eook.
cook, cook. ee. ooo, coo, th first part
of which both male and female use when
flying; the mala, ton, drum with his
wings whan be flies In . th sam way,
though not ao loud, aa the pheasant j they
appear ta be mating. . Som i deer, elk and
goats war tn th low grounds, and .but
falo en th sand beanbea, but they
war uncommonly shy; w also saw a
black bear and two whit ones. ,
At IS miles we passed en -the north
side of a small creek JO yards wide.
Which w called Ooatpen creek, from a
park ar enclosure for the purpose f
catching that animal which thorn who
went up th ereek found, and which w
presume to have been left by the Asslnl
botns. Its watar ia Impregnated with
mineral salts, and the country through
which Uptown oonslsts af wide gad very
fertile plains, but without any tree. - W
encamped at the distance of Si anile on
a sand point to th south; era passed la
th veiung a rook in the middle of the
river, th channel of which, little above
our earns, is oonflned within M yards.
OPPOBT U SUXJJUi AS
v ; From tha Pilot Rock Robot.
' The total Investments by Pendleton
people in th Mexican town of Jallaea
are estimated at several thousand dol
lar and mostly by men who have never
seery th sun-parched dun on which
theSTown ef Jallsoo is to be founded.
Thousands of dollar have been with
drawn from'tb legitimate channel of
trade in Pendleton and squandered in
wildcat mining schemes and real eatat
boom outside f this county. r; - -
Thoa who hav . remained .'home
looked after their farming Interests and
tended their, flocks. . Investing their
money In Pendleton or Umatilla county
property, are tha wsl-tovdo cttissn of
th county today. . I. -
We cannot recall th name ef one who
has .bettered his conditio by leaving
thia county. We can name tO .who left
this county worth ItO.SOO to 1100,000
who are now practically broke. Prom
three to five hundred thousand dollar
waa withdrawn from Pendleton and in
vested la Port Town send and Tacoma
property every dollar' of which was lost.
Pendleton contributed it quota to
million that responded to th cry ef
Klondike, and to a invested in the ex
ploitation ot the precious metal and th
genera development of our northern
neighbor. We do not know ef any prof
its on lnvtstment un there being real
ised by Umatilla count eltlssn.
Later on the Sumpter mining boom
truck Pendleton with full fore.' Now
It 1 Alberta, Canada, and Jaliaco. Msg.
loo, and both these places are drawing
heavily on the brawn, brain and finan
cial resources of th county. Tet the
vital forces of the county were never
more buoyant.
. Crona continue aood. 10S ner Mnf ttt
tittle lamb com forth annually to sua
themselves on -the 'sward, land and
stock vaiues hav aa upper .tendency
and th constant drain of the accumu
lating funds of th county by those en
gaged In outsld Investments Is scarcely
noticeable.
That "distance lends achantmfnt te
the view," ie abundantly ahown tn th
restlesanes of many of the good people
Of this county som going to where
snow is found ftv feet deep, other to
th home of the eeatlpede and taran
tula. --'..'.,.-'... r v
Tom I thansht von were on tha wa
ter wagon. i .
. Dick I was. But Msb elaces al
ways make me dissy. end X fell ofc
I ' ; . .' ' . 1
Ijcwib ancl Clark
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Detroit Pre Press. .. ,
arraer-- irssOJggs, -
Toledo, Oa, April LftWTo tna Editor
ef .The Journal Por a number of
month X hav been a constant reader of
your excellent paper, with aa Increasing
oonfldeno In your ability, and purpose
to give your ieadar tha best th press
could afford. -
' Your plan for th. best possible -won-,
Alt Ion la city, state and general govern
ment is certainly to be commended by
vary citiaen loyal to th right, and w
ar rejoicing at th fruit an- already
manifest, la tha stir, among the "dry
bones Go on with the good work, un
til the right shall prevail. - ,
Tour reports of the splendid work Of
the evangaUatle servios gave great Sat
isfaction to your reader her, and
doubtless sjav encouragement to the
workers a wall as carrying th truth,
to very many who could neither see
nor hear tha faithful men of God while
uttering their burning messages.
' Tb antagonism to th work was hot ,
an unusual thing, for whenever th
Holy Spirit prompt lnfut man to leave
the ranks of sin and follow Jeaus, the
enemy of ail good, through hla chosen '
agents, hinders so far as be Can the
work and i workers, . . .
The work the devil does Is no sur
prtea, but - the agencies h choose is
another thing altogether. -' .' . '
Wh would think that the editor of
the Oiegoalaa would car whether Dr.
Toy wonderful expedenoa by being -told
to maa would in any way hurt tha
eauae of parity, sobriety and .truth er
not? :- v .' .
. Th trouble was, the dvl feared he
might loee his power ever eome of bl -slaves,
and so he chase lb "great dafljT -to
protect hi ranks, , . .. . "
I have read vary earafully the eom-v
muni cations touching the evangeliatio '
work, both pro and eon, and I have now
before m your Uau ot th 10th last,
in which Rev.- W. P. Small has hi aay
as touching eotu part at th teaching.
and the tosehar. . v .,
Whan aa attack Is mad by en who ' .
cAalma to be a follower of Jesus, It Is . .
much more difficult to understand.'
Mr. Small aaya, as touching the doc- -trin
of future punishment: "Where '
our friends and loved note with th ma- '
Jority of -the human - race muat go." '
Now, I would be glad if Mr, Small will .
giv th name 'of any man anywaere '
who vr mad such statement ia any
pulpit. ' The protostant church teachea ,
nothing of tha sort. '- More " than half .
the race i tn infancy and ao are saved
and aafe. v . . . . --
I hav' never . heara such statement"
from any pulpit anywhere, and seriously '..
doubt aa-to his ever hearing such at,,
any tim. . ", .-... " - ;- : r
H say again: "Nor did tha men .'
wh preached this doctrine -bellav it.".
He not only maksa th preachers hypo- .
crltas, but willful liars. Not vary char- ' ,
Itabla, I tak it, and t am sur that if ,
anyone should charge - Mr. Small with
being either a hypocrite or a liar ha "
would tak It a a gilevoa inaait.-Seh
unkind attacks can only .do barm, for
there ar weak one who ar trying for
a batter Ufa, and to destroy th eonfl- v
deno ef on ef than llttl ones tn th -
en wh may bav led them to librlat-
ta to turn them back from the right way, ,
and perhap destroy tha souV , '. -,
If Mr. BmaU' statements of doctrine ,
are . true, ao far as tbe future 1 cob- i7
corned, what dlf fereno eaa it. make aa 1 ;
to liars and hypocritaaf They are Just V
aa sure of beavea aad haplnoss a ar
ue .gooo am pious. - . j ,j
Wa are- enjoying - The Journal very
much aad , so long aa It rings out so
clearly along th lines ef right, you can
count na la the- family ot readers. , , f-
'." aTew Abowa th Beemaraatst ;
Portland. April 14 To th Editor ef '
The. Journal ! notloa that a move haa .:. '
been made not onlyby the city author!- . - ,
ties but by th ladles of the city to
try and hav the city la general cleaned ' ;
up and placed In a healthy oondltlon.
This ia proper ' and right and they ''
should bav the support of every good
eltlssn, aad as I consider myself a good
eitlsen and a wall-wisher of the city, I .
wish to call th attention of thoa good
people to th fact that they should ealL,
ox xae resiaurania in inia city.
partially th eheap one, and take a
general observation ef their : kitchen "
and they will see th dirtiest places en
earth, -..'j , t. ... -. k
I am aa eld restaurant maa and re
cently earn from tb east. - I hav ao
tntanaon or going into buslnees here, .
but naturally I pay some . attention to 4
matters of thia kind, as I hav spent
many rears tn th bwsmesa. . X have
traveled ever a large portion ef' this
country and haw been tn many cities.
but to toll yen th truth, I hav never
sn as dirty and unhealthy kitchens in
my lire as you will and in som or '
tb restaurants In this city, ' maA you
will Bad som ef thanf right tn the heart "
of your city. , It a sham and a dla- ,
grae that they are permitted to remain
in such condition. Diseases of ell kinds
eome from such filth. - - ,
A' . - mMMmmm. aiA1 ' .
PorOand. April II. To th Editor 'ef
The Journal I desire to ' say n few
words in regard to the recent appoint
ment of th tt new nolle officers In
thia elty. X waa one of the candidate
for a star, "hut was turned down be
cause I am over it years of sge. . Bow
ever, I had the notion that a man who
a been a. good soiaur - snouid also
prov a good policeman, I have served
in Uncle Sam's army both as a private'
and non-com missioned .offlcer.but it
ims I . am not good: enough to be a
member of the . Portland polio- force.
Since reading the piece In last Sunday'
Journal I am wondering if I am not .
fully as ltgtbl as the great majority.
If ther enforce th civil service rut .
against ona man, why sot against allT
At least I can show a clean record,
but - that -' seems to be of minor im
portance in th selection ef polic of- ''
Beers.' v, t, 8TON& i :,
. a comffOaf aWtro. . ,
Prom th Roasburg PlalndeaUr.
Thar should be oms substantial re
course for the man or woman "who Is
kmn,h( In fj AAtirt fla some etvfll .mia.
snd who without Justification is slan
dered, maligned and -Vilified by some
young, bansy-ieggea, weasei-eyea, lantern-Jawed,
putty-headed upstart of a
lawyer, who mistakes abuse for argu
ment and his profession ss a license to
drag th character and tha good name ..
of respectable people In tha ratr. If a
few self-respecting people who fall vic
tims to such outrageous treatment '
would at tha first opportunity thereafter
matte a few Indents with a two-year-old
club on the aoft cranluma of such smart .
Alecks, a more sane custom might soon
be lnasgurated. .
ZeVrt or.,', , i.,
: -.. ; prom Punch, .'-.'.
General Kuropatkln has , been suc
ceeded by .General Llnlevlch: As aa
Anglo-German gentleman . told us the -other
day, "Only a vch er a Visard can
ears the Biisslsna" - '
pay fos th casket la which bar
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