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V AN INDEPENDENT
DAY JOU RN'AL
NEWSPAPER ' ;S.v.:
C, . JACKSON
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINO Ca
JNO. P. OARKOU.
j j STOLEN STATE SCHOOL LANDS. '
ARIOW .COUNTY'S CRAND JURY ha ren
dered service to the entire state in laying
bare , the operation of the ring of swindlers
. . ' who- have been greying upon the achool lands ! at the
expense of the public. The, importance of the' work
; accomplished by the grand jury1 i not to be measured
by, the, number of indictments which it returned, for these
-.'were but : few.: Far-mce important-is the. plain istate
merit "tjif the xnannerjn which the state has been robbed,
the accumulation i fTTTiTTn I lawinu, thffiiiiils and the
- suggestion of a pfaa by which a part oftEeTroUa lands
.' may be recovered. ; .' --v U''V 'i r : .'' 'C'v'J
;r ; t isi obviously tip to the state land board to 'recoup
- aS much as possible of the losses sustained by the state,
and this can. be done by cancellation of pll outstanding
,' certificates of sale which are plainly tainted with fraud.
"Hundreds of applications for school land! have been
made in fictitious names, the signatures being forged by
employes-of the speculators who were systematically
robbing the state... evidence of these forgeries has been
Vs cured by. the grattd jury and is open to the inspection
..... ol the board. At least half a million acres are declared
'' ' by. the grand 'jury to have been secured through fraud
. and .all pi this land should be restored to the state.
Governor Chamberlain. has already-placed himself upon
record in this matter. In his maugural address to the,
, icgisiatyre no caneo attention to tne scnooi land frauds
arid urged the necessity of radical reforms in the system
' bj which these lands had been sold. The same subject
- occupied a large part of his message to the last leg-;
lslature. -State Land Agent Oswald Wet, .wbo was ap-
. poinica oj opvernor .namoeriain, . nae seen active in
Mhie work ol -unearthing the frauds 'which have been
' perpetrated and the grand jury acknowledges in its re
port the value of the assistance which he has rendered.
The governor constitutes hut a minority of the state
land board, the, other members being the secretary of
state' and the state treasurerr-Unleae oromot action is
taken by the board there, can be little hope-of-eomj j,,, been no relief from railroads and no prospect of re-
, peeing restitution of the lands 'stolen from, the state.
, Governor Chamberlain has declared that he will sign no
,.' deed for. school lands until thoroughly convinced that
the i application was made legally, and in good faith. If
"': he is sustained in this sUnd by his felldwmembertjpf
- tne ooara, tne state will be enabled to recover a large
'.' part of the land of which it has been robbed. "
It has been common talk for many years' that there
' i were gross irregularities, if not direct frauds. In the
methods, by which the school lands were being pur
r chased from the .state. Political influences and a com
, ' plaisant press have combined to shield frcyn exposure
and prosecutjpn -those who were engaged in the frauds.
. It is estimated 'that'of the three million jicres of school
lands which have been sold by the state, fully one half
- have been secured by fraud on the part of the nur
; chasers, yet no effective ..protest has been raised and
' no serious effort has been made by the. influential news-'
i papers of the state to instigate legal investigation.. Of
-ithe property thus stolen from the state a remnant is
. t still within reach of its rightful owner, and the grand
4- Jury of Marion County has pointed out the way by wnich
can dc recovered, ine duty o the State land board
seems too plain to require further, comment.
THE ONLY , WAY OUT OF IT.
HE MOST SERIOUS CONDITION that "con
fronts, the people of Oregon is not thatthe Har-
Ximan system is. disinclined to do anything se
rious as JhaK Is but that it effectually prevents others
from doipg those, things which might grant relief. Four
iiiuis oi ine state is Dottiea up. it nas no rauroaa ta
cilities and the moment a movement is made in the direc
tion of securing wgj surveying parties are sent byrto get
a tignter cinch on rights of way, which it is apparently
proposed never to use, or the sale of bonds for the enter
prise is blocked in the east or options on rights of way
coupled with pledges of financial support are secured by
nominally independent parties who are in reality in the
employ of the Harriman system When the latter stage
is reached iff any tailroad enterprise, ;the people :fondly
believe they have achieved something tangible and -they
rest content until patience ceases to be a virtue and then
they discover, perhaps, that they have been .tricked,.' In
any event they find out sooner or. later that, the road is
nbt to be built and that they have been building high
hopes on the unsubstantial, foundation of quicksands.
All of this has gone on not for months but fdr years
and may go on for many more years tf the people them
selves,' who are directly interested, do not take hold and
help themselves. No one who comes here and intelli
gently looks, over the situation, no one who 'through
many years of living here has actually learned to know
the situation as it is, has the least doubt that within 10
years Portland will double its population; it should do it
in five. No city could be more advantageously situated.
It is the natural metropolis of the whole Columbia river
basin and that implies a scope of country as rich and va
ried as our broad domain affords. It is the metropolis,
too, of the rich Willamette valley with its population of
125,000 above Portland which, . with all its resources
utilized, could comfortably maintain a population of a
million. Uack of the Columbia there, is room for thou
sands of happy homes and another million people without
beginning to exhaust its resources and opportunities.
Whatever has been done there rio faT has been ac
complished in the face of every natural obstacle. ' There
lief. First we (lave the dog-in-the-manger policy of the
Harriman system which, unwilling itself to do anything.
prevents others from-doing it: then we have that extra
ordinary and indefensible agreement among the three
transcontinental railways under which no step can be
taken in this territory without the consent of the other
two. bottling up the building of the Riparia cutoff, as an ex
ample, work which was officially promised to be done
three yeara ago, and maintaining freight rates at the
highest notch. .' . ...
Under circumstances such as these we have fortunately
one powerful weapon of defense close at haiid and that
is the river. The portage railroad bridges one s-reat
natural obstacle; boats on the upper river alone remain to
be provided. With this problem satisfactorily solved
Portland's population would double in five years and the
tributary country would be correspondingly stimulated.
is noi tne eiiort worth while and is it not worth more
than it would cost In time, money and laborf -There can
be no possible doubt of it and each citizen of Portland
should take the matter right home to himself.
AUTHORS OF THEIR OWN TROUBLES..
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UR CHICAGO correspondent telegraphs that the
railroad magnates, thoroughly alarmed over the
? crystallization of public sentiment in favor of
i . . government rate : control, are organizing for . defense.
. ;, One western railroad president he quotes as saying: '"The
' rauroaos are in a nte ana, death struggle. We are do
ing everything irt our power individually and collectively
xo aeiena ourselves ana. pur rights. . :'; ' -'ii
This i doubtless the -attitude of every other railroad"
- president in the countryrbut with all due respect they
. re getting the cart before the horse. - If there is grow-
mg up a strong public sentiment against the extortionate,
high-handed and oblique methods of the railroads, the
railroads ;themwlves,JLthey. are. wise, will trace that
. sentiment pack, to its cause. "If they look the question
straight in the face-theywillrfind, s is usually the
cas,ihat they are the'adthors of their own' misfortunes.
- They have not attempted to give the public a square
deal. Instead of being the servants of the people they
- nave sougntte-Decoineits masters. There have been
v secret rebates and sharp practices, thete-have been dis
- criminations against sections aa well as individuilsTlhey
nave sougni not to live within the law, but to evade it
;As a natural consequence there has developed a strong
V aentiment against these creatures of the law which Have
- ignored all law and which by. their piratical' courses
' : ..'have outraged every sense of right and decency. , ;
V . And the remedy is not going to be brought about by
; the methods hinted at.. These are but a variation of the
, v mcinoas wnicn caused all of We trouble. All agitation
.; for government control or ownership of railroads could
. speedily be set at rest .if the railroads themselves would
in good faith set td work to give the public a square
1 - dealt If they were satisfied to be servants instead of
;V,tw! tner- woo'd soon find that the situation would
change and that the sentiment against them, now so
i - strong, would speedily die down as the cause for it dis-
appeareat , . - .. .- .. ,
- SOME ATTRACTION FOR EVERYBODY.
ORTLAND has everythinar in the wav of attrae-
, tions to offer that could be desired by every sort
of person. Its climate and scenic beaatiea have
; i been welladvertised Its low mortality rate has been
-' published. Ifs great commercial possibilities can be di
. lated upon eloquently and impressrvely-V It religious
and educational facilities are unsurpassed. It is the city
Jji roses, ax any xn can soon seef or himself. The snow-
'ropjintainsisiblerom-ils hills inspire awesome
.poetry. The besutiful Willamette will flow on through
L rthe town, like Tennyson's Brook, forever. The streets.
mi ucmy improyio ana ine city is being cleaned up-
. f somewhat. We have a mayor 82 years old who has held
; various high offices. We hsve a city park that is a thing
of beauty, and a new bridge, that, including extras, is a
i ; daisy. , We might fill columns in the bsre enumeration of
Portland's advantage and attractions.
TBt-4lUhejeajenot enougrfof all ctse-nd n:on-
ditions of men7wTan-mrtiLloilw$. We have, at
. least on occasions, u some
-. feCOUg
lots and blocks whose condition would lead one to sup
' pose that be t as looking at the back yard of Scappoose.
will havejahd fraud trials this summer in "which-fhree
out of four of our members of congress will be'defend
; i anta.- We have lively rumors of boodling by the city
council, i We have an ei-city enginier anda present chief
of police. We have'Tanner ereek' sewer, that is likely
I to break out any night.' We have a suburban district
' 4 where rnilch cows are killed and presumably sold for beef
.at trust prices .We have dives. where you can be robbed
IHUI UIIIU Willie JVU Will. . , X- '? t '
Anything yon like," ladies and gentlemen: just name itl
lor we nave it nera, ,
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THE WAR IN CHICAGO.
yersely affects on affects the other,,, Hit's lesson once
fully realized and acted upon the way will be cleared
for better service, and the era of great development "wilj
have set in before it is fully realised even by those who
try to xecp luiiy aoreast of the times. ;
ACQUISITIVENESS ILLUSTRATED.
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fTllE INSTINCT or policy of acquisitiveness, with
. I ii n reasonable limits, is commendable, for by it
.. men ' become self-supporting.' independent to a
possible and desirable 'degree, capable of maintaining
and -educating families, able to aid good causes
and 7,; to carry on 1 large industries and , emplby
labor. But like almost all' other good qualities or
things-it may-run to en undesirable and pernicious ex
treme. The reasonably acquisitive man is a better menu
per of society than his antitype, the man; who has not the
ambition and desire to . acquire a competency; but "it
would not be easy to say which was the more-censurable'
or regrettable tvoe. the man whnaeacflniiittive.
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ness extends to avarice, greed and oppression of others,
or the spendthrift who does not provide sufficiently lor
those dependent upon htm and imposes tipon his mends,
neighbors and the public. ' - , ' :
A type of the acquisitive man Who, though not penu
rious or illiberal in hie expenditures, is greedy to pos-
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ess nimscu oi wnai ne cannot wen use, wnueAouicrs
might, is William Rockefeller, who for years, instead
of replacing a wilderness with cultivated fields, as many
men have done, has on the other hand been converting
the lands of an erstwhile quite populous community into
a wilderness, merely for his gratification. . .. ''
In the heart of the Adirondack in easternTNew York
William Rockefeller five years ago iset about purchas
ing land for a great game and fish preserve, and has.' ac
quired thousands noon thousands of acres. Of one man.
who ha4.cleared off all the timber, he bought 25,000 acres
for $100,000, and to this he added tracts of thousands, or
hundreds, or only a few acres, all around, until he owned
almost all the land for many miles along the St, Regis
river and its tributary streams. Within this domain was
the little town of Brandon, that five years ago had 1,200
inhabitants, while now it has but 14 families, the hold
ings of all the rest having been purchased by the ac
quisitive vice-president of the Standard Oil company
though on fairness it must be said that since all the
merchantable timber near the town had been cleaned off,
the towsi must have dwindled anyway, and Rockefeller
paid generally what the holdings were fairly worth
under these circumstances. But some would not sell
for what he considered jk reasonable price, and then
he, the multimillionaire, resorted 7 to intimidation and
persecution. He closed up all the public roads through
this immense tract; he forbade fishing, even by a poor
man for his breakfast, in any of the streams within his
enclosure: be oosted tresoass notices everywhere: and at
his request the late Postmaster General Payne discon
tinued the postoffice at Brandon and established it four
miles distant at Rockefeller's summer mansion, although j
i Scrmon' for -.
,; loday
The Larger Llf of Religion.
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he already had a postoffice tbxre and so the imnants
of the people of Brandon were; cut off from mail facili
ties entirely, for they were, surrounded by Rockefeller's
land, to cross which was trespass. But to former Fourth..
Assistant Bristow's credit be it 'said, when the facts
were made known to him he re-established .the Brandon
postoffice."-' '- , , :. a i ;. i -; ',. i
One old Frenchman not only woulcl not sell his littre
Home where he had lived over three score years at-Rock-
efeller's price, 'Jbut persisted in occasionally catching a! i in com that they miaht ave ur
mess of hsn, defending tne act on the ground tnat tne " ny mimt have , It nior
streams were stdeked with fish by the state andinot by ia
w . r 7i i m. a v-i t t?il - 1. . . 4 i i -
KOCKciener, wnicu was xrue, ana p.ocKeieucr. ug i ELIOION Is more than restrlo-
to persecute in the courts, suing him repeatedly for the I J , tion, more than a weary round
value of the few fish caught, and'arresting him for tres- XV f ne"Utn. ? oaa
p..: and taking Jiira ta. distant town, to defend him- thJo "TZ?'?.
sen. and appealing cases;, and. the end is . not, yet, but youth turna with dread from the church
K,ia- easily foreseen-r-the poorhouse for th'e od French- which proscribe hia doinas by a chalk
b.n j ! - L . , -s line drawn by those In whom the aroa
T ' ' ' i ' L ir' i have all died or whe jnay neverave
w.Here is a specimen of a too acquisitive man. - He is known tb glow of youttu. Buck
not nieo:ardiv. like uncle Kuaseii bare, aoends monevi church aara to men, '-conn inou wun
htvishly for his own and his familfs and intimate nd.7' wm..hT 7u..0,?l ? P1'3:
friends' gratificationbut he, wants an unlimited amount Srv. l I It"" Butl' ehlreh
4f wlS . ha Amir itirl if nrtra ti nffr Arse tint I nav4n nh fn'ha mnthlnsr nntninsr
suffice he resorts to means' thai if hot unlawful nre and u jrettiua- u PrT- Jre"r hr
those of the oppressor, And .yet he call, himself . uonlr ma'Sy thou."
moaci nrisiian, . ., , ' T. , r: I nota, tor duties only so many must not.
The law cannot chancre men's1 fiatrire or diaooaitlona I for Drlv Usees only so much aivlna up
or characteristic, or .capacities, and it 1. M far ?'21&SZ A &
ered impossible or inexpedient to limit a man s . pos-1 mor4 jlfa not leas; loss Uf loads at '
sessions of any kmd ot property, even unor yet tne time uuit to the gTave.
mav come when aocietv will find the means and will! la no use nghtlnr or a faith out
exercise ithe power to establish limits somewhere as to
the possession of land, that a man cannot use-except
to add pleasure to bis -hours of recreation. - - .
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AN ILLUSTRATIVE INCIDENT.
A
worn; It is do un n.bune xor any
kind of a faith that cae bo worn at all.
For faith la not a g-axmont. Bo long as
wo thUik of It aa such it wtu b but a
attmlt-Jackst, a, omoUUnsr to eraah tho
llfo. 'Such roll a Ion makes tho Sunday
a prison, tho church a oharnaL -
jrho worth while, tho heaven born re
llsrton we may know not. by tho multi
tude of its restrictions, not by tho bur
dens It laya on lire, not by its prohlbi.
N ' ILLUMINATING SPECTACLE of. a wido-
ooenitown. only one incident of many., was fur
nished' at the verywideoDcn Badger saloon, be- "one or ovenit deonitlons: but by iu
low the wideopen Pari. House, owned by well-known
roniana capitalists ana proicssea yjinsiutus, wuc on u itsoir it is .ever euro; it loeas to
Friday evenine a man who had been aauanderins; his I larger life Religion moans not to live
.An.. k.r.in tr hn,,r -mrmm Kmn trt Ath nr nurl I woo;-- it la not a cramping or we lire
. . 0 -1 . m jf . I Wiuiui vniMMa-rwvni was fjs viwf uuiaj wu
so uy tne proprietor oi tnat acauiy uitc j i 0f tho-life; It la like tho growing tree
fHa autliAMtlea 1. - - p wnAitliei eawtas Wi' A? Si I eKaw mtBhas win IKe sSatttK mrA hessilrsi
place that was, and what sort of a man the infamous ?,." waU lute which it gtows, There
uiYB-srevw mvw.w - i rollaion, bocauss it U always .rowing,
carry on a deadfall that everybody 'know, is run only to I Keiigion eaiia for room, more room.
manufacture, evil and degredgtion, crime and -disease,
poverty and shame, sorrow and misery and murder snd
death and damnation. . J . t .
"O." it will be said, "the .murdered man had no busi
ness there; it was his own fault.'' 'True: but on the other
hand the public, the city, the council, the license commit-
room to realise the best and holiest pos
sibilities of life, room to climb up and
look out oa life, room to serve our fel
lows and lift thorn to larger living, room
to bo made by tho swooping away of old
limitations, ' ancient . prejudices, hoary
tear the hnayor, the police department, the professedly de-1 in our lives.
cent and Christian owner, of the premises, had no busi
ness to allow such a frightful deadfall to exist in this
city.'"; - ..- ,, ',. : -
Surely the town is too "srjde-open" already. -,- .
formal, it demands an fever larger place
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U nkap p y Marriagfca 7-Vliy ?
armies;
ARl An' old, constantly recurring destructive,
malign, apparently irrepressible warl
Notbetween nations with regular, trained
Not where the soldier in uniform rushes into
the prongedrm. of death at a word of command, or in
which the epauletted general scan, the field aeekins the
red spelling of "glory." But a democratic, local, prctical
war between neighbors and men who ought to be friends
and allies, between two parts of the great industrial- mi
chine. ... .... . ...
This is what we see in Chicago today, have seen there
and otherwhere, many time, heretofore, and shall-see
many times again until mankind becomes somewhere
nearly as wise and civilized as tbey profess themselves-
As ever, both are right; both are wrong. Neither side
will. yield all that is wrong, nor be content with all that
is right.l Of no use in such a oil is. the philosophic die
interested adviser. Let the war rage? The elements that
bred it and feed it will be consumed in the flames, which
in due time will die down and smoulder until recuperation
from exhaustion manufactures new fuel for new conflicts.
M Can wh iler th e ifnnocent bystandersAthe- great-masses
ot tne pcopie. win Keep inaoors ana snrewaiy negotiate
rtowettt.tney can tor the necessaries of life.
A larger but-rather remote question arises out of the
din and smoke of these conflicts:' Are we civilized?
Are they in Chicago-on either side? Evidently not
The Iriquois. the.Seminoles, the Sioux, the Hawaiians
not to mention the Aztecs and the Peruvians were more
so. f Or if not, then does it not follow surely that civiliza-
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tion so tar is a lanurer fMitJnere is an eseaoe from tvn
this conclusion; these are only evolutionary processes,
pangs of travail; future generations will know and do
better. We hope so; but it seems that we are teaching
uem out nuie. . .
In the possibly decent future society on earth, we Can
easily imsgine people looking back at the history of such
scenes as are being enacted in Chicago today and won
dering,' and proudly boasting of their evolvement from
such quarrelers and brawler, end fighters and destroy
ers aa we. ,. -
The war may spread. Labor against Capital. The
nose rising up and punching out an eye. ' The teeth rush
ing out and biting off a piece of an ear. An arm whack
ing with a bludgeon at a leg. An intestinal system de-
cianng,war on the stomach. The arteries boycotting the
heart I U. ' i
What nonsense! Let us hope that another ' eon-will
evolve a civilized man. .
TMEETmGSHATOUNTT
E ARE NOW beginning to get things in their
true relations. A few days ago there was
held here a meeting of the State Develop
ment league. ' That represented many sections of the
state ! which, though differing in conditions, possessed
general interests in common. Yesterday the delegation
from, Lewiston was here, citizens of another -state, but
broughtjiere by the similarity of interests and animated
by the purpose 7to.achieve . results through theifBwn
efforts. "All of these meetino-a ar hriaoinA"fnni"'r,A
on occasions, if some'-peopU are noTnTtstakenr-aixloser the day when the people of the Columbia valley
- prowling in the city limit. We have valuable will fully recognize how interdependent they are and dis
cover. tnat tne way to achieve results is to act in con
cert and pull together. Lewiston and .Walla, , Walla are
in different states and Portland is in still another state,
but when notes are compared it i found that the in
terests of all are precisely identical in so far as it re
lates to opening the river and establishins such mnns
of independent communication from the contiguous ter
ritory - -will make it subservient' to the aser of com
merce. ... 1
The value ot such meetings cannot be overestimated.
They Should be held more" frequently aiid the men of
Portland should -visit these various citil. Tk.; in
terests are to, a kreat degree identical and whatever ad.
By Beatrice Fairfax. . J
Is there anything sadder than a mis-
mated husband and wife? . -vr
Neither on brings out tho best in the
other. la faet tho inert table result of
daily friction between uncongenial
spirits'! bound to develop the worst
eldo of oach. : " . ' ; -
Tho man of cheerful, optlmlstle na
ture, who comes homo at night to find
a peevish, whining wife awaiting him,
will eventually become affected by the
gloomy atmosphere surrounding him or
turn for consolation to some other
woman. .'
And the woman wJbo lores a little
natural gaiety and amusement now and
then, but dares not suggest It to her
close-fisted, money-grabbing ' husband,
will become a spiritless, uninteresting
drudge or flutter her butterfly wings
more gayly than wisely. ,
v How many young men there are whoso
energy and ambition are being sapped
by oOmplalnlng, nagging wlyeal
On the other hand, there are hun
dreds of young wives In whoa the spirit
of girlhood has perished for sheer want
of a, little fun and petting.
T m .Kama. M.i.itd ...nlu
shake the faKh -of the unmarried In
matrimony.
The rounr wife must'-, learn that If
she wants to hold her husband's love
she must make '-Ills homo so, attractive
that all day long he, will look forward
to going back to It at bight, r . '',;.
' ' Tho daily life of the arerage man is
strenuous..- 'What he wants t homo Is
eacs. . -...i.. i . . .. .
The "cares that invest the, day- feuuri
not be carried oyer to tho evening.
. When he came a-wooing she donned
ber ' prettiest gown and her brtghtest
smile and spared no effoat to entertain
ana Interest him. r ,, -
' Naturally ho concluded that hem von
could hold no greater bliss than to work
for and support this angel of sweetness
as long as they both should live. . -
Where the. 1engel". frequently mkkes
her mistake Is In Imagining that having
won her- gallant supporter she eaa re
lax her fascinations. . ' i .
. In reality she should double them.
The very fact that he is tied down by
law makes his spirit restless. Just be
cause ho is married to on woman a
man Cannot shut bis eye. to the beauty
and charm of , all other women.
What tho wife must do la to snake
herself more charming In his eyes than
any other woman, and then tho compari
son will always bo In her favor. - .
It Is harder to hold a man than . to
win hlnv , -' v ,
' The wife who 'la complaining of this,
that and tho other thing, never allow-j
Ing her husband any liberty. Interested
In his business only because It gives ber
comfort and pretty clothes, will do well
to remember that nothing dies so easily
as a man's love, and that once dead the
hand that kindled and killed It can never
revive it. . , , , '.
- The prevalent habit - today - among
young married people of living In board
ing houses and furnished' apartments Is
a great menace to domestic happlm
The wife 'Who hM- nothing bettor to
do than read novels, embroider and gaae
Into shop- windows Is bound, to faooome
uninteresting, t, y. . .
: Her chief aim in life should be to
make a happy homo for her husband.
herself and their possible children.
If she thinks she can hold her hus
band's love and Interest through talking
snout tne latest stltcn in art needlework,
the headache she has endured all day.
ate. she ts mucn mis tax en.
Do not think, my friend, that you are '
pious because you Succeed in stripping
your llfo of all beauty,. In cutting off all
pleasure. Nothing may bo more crim
inal than thus to shrink, your soul, to
orush yourself beneath burdens of nega
tions and prohibitions. Instead of bind
ing your feet, aa some do. you are bind
ing your heart; you will go lame In tho '
land where hearts rule The Almighty
can beatvbo served with the, best life,
not wtnr less but with more. , Bin la not
so much In doing tho things you ought
not to do as It is in missing the mark
of God's glorious purpose aad plan- for
your life.. Holiness Is not ,so much In
abstinence from evil aa ta perfect real I-
satlon of the good.- The way to keep
from sin la not so much by the study of
the dictionary of don'ta as .by entering
Into the good, tho worthy, letting out -your
life tow larger, higher things, by en
tering into the things that are true, hon
est, just, pure, lovely and of good re
port Righteousness la . positive, not
negative; There la more righteousness
In a bad man than mere is in a nawies
status. . ;
Tbe Pharisee's plan wee to sare tho
world by showing It the unending list of .
tho things It must not do; Jesus' plan ,
la to show It all th things it may be,.
Their way was by e law, his by e life.
It is a good deal easier to bo e Pharisee
than to be e Christ, especially when tbo
Pharisee makes It hla business to reg
ulate others and not himself. But it
I have seen care-free vtmnr liarKlnH T la a eood deal happier, healthier. Eiolior
gas with, pitying contempon th BeneJ you will let the llttl p trifled souls
diet who was tied to his wife's apron o on wagging their heads over the cat
alogue OK you is ana wiyui wbui ruu
enter Into larger souPand larger service
by letting the best things within lead ,
out your llf to yet better things, and
the noblest 'aspirations lead you out- to V
nobler seTVio. Th mechanical virtues
cannot so th kingdom of heaven; to
vital religion has It already. '
strings and never allowed th slightest
liberty. . . " - t .
The husband In eases of this kind la.
or course, also much to blame, as he
should assert himself aad not follow
in ms wire s lead like a tarn beer.
Incidentally, ah will think twice as
much of him If ho makes her understand
tost ae is master. '
WOmX.O VXAY.
(By Beatrice Fairfax.)
"Gather the rosebuds while ye may, '
Old time is still a-flylng; .
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will o aying.
Make th most of your opportunities.
girls, -f
von't be satisfied that you'll do it to
morrow or rest on your laurels because
you did it yesterday; do It today.
Take advantage of every opportu
nity that comes your way.
"Don't get Into tho way of belittling
your chances and feeling they are not
big enough to bother ever. .
What seems the tiniest chance may
be the nucleus of .the crowning achieve
ment of your life
80 you see you can't afford to let any
opportunity sup iot ,iear n might tte
the right one.
Try and nut energy and Interest Into
everything you do.
Work with all your heart, play with
all your heart; above all things avoid
Indifference -and that enemy, to all prog-
1 Remember, llf even at Its longest Is
brief, and there are thousands of splen
did, wonderful things to b crowded
into 1L . - i .. v..
Try and economise these precious.
fleeting moments by doing the things
toat are most worm wane
Bel est., the nleasu res- that will- brlnst
you vreaieat joy. cnoos tne work you
ere -mom i.-nttea-toor
Indifferent, They think to be blase
means to b something very fascinating.
They make e great- mistake, .for no
en bothers over the Indifferent girl and
no one finds anything Interesting In th
one who is blase
Be alert and alive girls: make "the
most of every minute of your youth and
health and vitality. Th world's a pretty
fin old place, end your chances are just
as good aa any one else's.
rw niuarap
Keep yi
ur eyes open; be alert: never
bo afraid to, try , things. ,
Eliminate ""I can't" from yoer vo
cabulary and put "I'll try In Its, place.
Sometimes we have to try e 'great
many things before we strike th right
one Do not be discouraged If this is
the case with you; keen on trying, and
the right one Is bound to turn' up sooner
or later. -
Perseverance does so mocK for us If
we can only have the courses and tenac
ity, of .purpose to believe In It.
Even, if you don't Ilk th work yen
are at present engaged In, do It well.
You never can 'tell but that It may be
the opening to your true vocation.
You. know you are th architect of .
your own euooeesv You are- th - en
most Interested in it; th On who must
do tho work. '
Friends and employers may put op
portunities in your way, but unless you
tase an van 1 age or them they will do
you no good. '
Play . Is the antidote to work, and
when It comes time to play put all work
out' of your mind 'and let the joy of
living and fun -All you from headto
feet. . . ' ' . .
The same ley may not com tn, rmt
twice: ao make the most of lC t ?
name gins thing it rather smart to be
AT TOW.TMMM. '
Poeotello, Idaho, April . To
tho Editor of the Journal. In
your Issue of April It, I see that
there la some controversy ; as to
thiv civil war resldlns in' Orea-on. J(
, While not wishing to detract -any-
glory from - Mr. parpenter
who now claims that honor, X
should. Ilk : to make my state
ment: I waa born March 14. 1SS0,
In Vermont, enlisted In a Vermont
regiment May, 1S(4, 'snd served
' through to th close of tho war
In Mil. ; -.. . " -
I am a Democrat from Vermont
I enlisted aa ,a private and waa
discharged as a private and I
have never applied for a pension.
Am I not entitled to first place f '
,4 - . H. JACKSON.
yr""'"' ' '.
A.
r From tho Kobe Mail , ' A
Th construction-of e new dock In
th compound of tho Mltsu Blshl Ship
building yard. Nagasaki, being com
pleted, the opening ceremony will take
place In th middle of this month. The
length I ill feet; width Sf feet and
depth IS. Ths dock will admit a
steamer of about 12,000 tons, 714 feet
In length, SI feet In beam and 14 feet
In draft. - The work, was commenced In
January, 1101. .- ... v ' i
, Kyvl sllsw's Br-rem ,s
From the Denver Poet.
Kryle- Bellow says that ' actors are
born, not made - How jrldlculousr W
can - name .e - score of brilliant stage
lights who made dramatlo stars of
themselves by jumping off ' bridges,
bobbing over billows or Niagara rapids
In barrels and knocking out other Would
be aspirants for .hlstnonlo fame in th
prise -ring. Born, Indeed! .
.''-'"' Aoope. ,
From the Kansas City Journal.
Th Congregational minister decided
to accept Mr. Rorkeeller 1100.000. but
not until they had told him what a vile
wretch he Is and how dishonestly it was
earned. k - '
TOU OVOXT to now.
(Coronation," by Edward Perronet)
Edward Perronet - (Lonflon. 1714-
1721, an eccentric preacher associated
With tho Wesleys would hav been long
ago forgotten but for hla one great
hymn. He wrote several other hymns,
but they have ell passed out of us,
while thiS one has been given e place
in the group of the four "greatest Chris
tian aymne its theme of the universal
bora ruling au nations naa mad It a
ravonte with congregations in "every
kindred, every tribe," and gatherings in
India, end In Africa, and In China sine
It With the seme emphasis as those at I your .work. '
.vuiv. a i. iy. vuimi ciaies ik is usually
sung to tne tune "uoronatlon," while in
other lands "Miles Lane' Is used. The
hymn has always been a favorite with
soldiers, being sung frequently on the
march, and In aomo Instances Its throb-
Ding strains hav put new life Into dis
pirited regiments and swung them back
into "ne. turning defeat int victory.
Th last verse of th hymn la said to
have been .added by John Rlppon In
17S7.1 "''!..,.
All hall the' power of Jesus naml-
)t angels-prostrate fall;"
Bring forth th royal diadem,' '
And erown bun Liora of all.
r tsUTJUca
Botru- makes Slav
- . . -e r . ;,.:.
Hungry men ask few aj-oeetloea.
Tb prodigal ar never liberal.
It Is seer to rigorooa
tng rlghteoue'
wtthout be-
ttMlf.
Blnoerity U 'the soul
e e , . . ,
Th pain ot lose isth pile of gain. ,
liov ts the secret of good Tcooks.
Waft for yoer worries; but not for
It Is easy for the wooden lagged men ;
to preach against dancing.
'r '..,.... . e e
Faith never has any need
about tho future.
They cannot move forward who wCl
not say farewell to some things. .
Profanity la e good deal mere than
e matter of grammar. -
),
It takes more than e bank draft to
start (he heavenly flame
"TP ' ' "
.v - - i ai. wulbv uiviw uw m iisiiia vs same
wown im, jm morning stars or llgnt, I to deserve It.
' Who fixed this floatina- ball: I
yowJh-.!h ,t.r"fM ot I"r-ll!L?'.f bill -Jt-iS a. base life iQ whlrlh nothlsg Is..
r. uu. ; , I real nut toe oojecie oi sense.
crown TiTffl. yi martyrs 6f our Qod,
Who from his eltsr call; -'.
Extol th stem ot Jesse's rod, '
And crown him Uora of au, .
I; '
Te chosen seed of Israel's race,
t T ransomed from th fall: '
Hall him, who saves you by his grace, -
Ana crown mm ixra ox all.
Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget ,
Th wormwood and tLie nlli
Oo, spread your trophies at his feets"
Ana frown mm ixra ot all.
Let every kindred, every tribe, ,'
' On this terrestrial ball.
To him all majesty ascribe, , , .
Ana erown him Lata of alL
many
Ot that with yonder sacred Uirong,
We at his feet may fall; s.
We'll join th everlasting song.
And erown hlmLord of alL
U taV V
' From th - Cleveland -Leader.
Kind LadyYou res sret work heat.
ing carpets two doors from here they
re cleaning nouse;
Homeless Holmes--Thanka. mum. , I
mlghter bumped right Inter it If you
hadn't warned me I'll steer clear of
u, mum,
In matter of opinion th beaten track '-
Is. most likely to lead astray.
Men believe In the poorer Of Christ .
because ho believes In th possibilities
of men. . , . . : -.
. -, . . s e - - '
Men who lie easily get - Into
places where thjpy lie hard:
Putting e doctor's hood on a Mir.) "
makes no change In the music L ,.
I .- . ' 7 e T
I .. ' ' ' A
The more nasts matt make for hannl.
ness th leer Intimate acquaintance they
l HIM 4 w .
Heaven may be changeless bnt
changeless earth -would be heltr " "T "
TTia man who hhn scrunlea atMn
Ing a pin will take e house without
turning a hair. .
-' : ' ' " ' ' HENRT F. COPB, .' '
- Vo Fostsjd,
. From the Philadelphia Press.
CallerI'm very anxious in tr. '
Wrounds. When will he be at'hnm.T
T4 Lady I'm sura I can't tn mat
bo never tella me that. -
Caller Oh. beg pardon: I Uionetit vest
were Mre Wrounde ' . ..
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