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: Pi A .-3 el OK SUNDAY. MAY 7 1005. PORTLAND,; OREGON. Pag V " -v -' ' 1 . T" . .- THE OkEGb N SUN DA Y JOURNAL JACKSON t J. 1 AN PUBUSHEDBYJOURNAL,. PUBLISHING CO. . W INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER JNO, P. CARROLL A LAW 'jTHAT WILL STAND; HI PRIMARY KLECTIOW-faAW was on trial r-citrday. The people wiU watch its.xeMiltVwith It is a new law here; and; in fact Oreg-on is now the mo&t advanced state In .the Lflion in tbe pfo?resivMrcSsr6nhfwirrrThe Testability of public affairs"upon"the people generaHyfatheihaif,: a ",' heretofore, upon a few self-constituted and audacidus if not predacious political leader, '--r-' -l . 77 There is some' friction, naturally and necessarily, in adopting this new method.. The old machine politicians, reluctantly compelled to support iW-dbLwhat they cdi to make it unpopular, and-a-goo4-4nany-othcrs : haveJhetn .....i... -0,r1ni about reaiiterine and voting con- .rw-ntionslv: vet we think that on the whole tne.new -move has bee grea't-auccestilreadi and ,will be more 1 1 " . "so hereafter" r7-r?v-ThrJouroat1tanrtcadfa the4aitiativtnd-fJertu.-'for locat-optionoVI -- these things throw the re ponsibjjjty of public" affairs : , r. back upoa-the people, where) they really belong And we ar entirely and serenely -cdnfident that-ultimatelyrf-ttet r.tt.ieery xase' at -first,-th- people will decide Wisely and , : " -well.'and -will use their power to-elect thebestandidates v-raBd public Servants. ''"..'' ' "' ' -": j' iZyrit-; in. this process of . development,-now -partisan- shin is in the outcome eliminated. : Her forinstance is a city on which, according to the registration, the Repub actions of an jnescapabler decree"- And here comes the humor of it, the curiosity of this article, the wdrider that' so reputedly great : a man should make euch a fanx "pasrthat a reputable magazine should publkh-Khthottomontadic - r;ut, for , lie linmcdratery le decree, the rfincand--properly often rrpeate4-4in-of-rCoUrdg in "The Ancient Mariner ' v . -.. ( v - i; ' For the dear God who loveth as, . v ' r He-made nd fovethrar1. . J ';-. 3 Will Vur former, president please explain, in language, so simple that, an educated man can undergtand.-how he reconciles Coleridge's thought and expression with bis plea for the necessity flcilIingTT)irds,; animals and fish," merely for, "outdoor recreation?" -V .-v, - The plea for outdoor activity and intimacy witn nature licans outnumber the Democrats about seven to one; and -and animate and Inanimate creation jaightJprcefwU.eoti; t yet jrisno safe le"th'ataRepubirc"aq doea. this "acquaintanceship with birds, -V mayor .The people are th'mktng.----r"-y-"-------- animals. and fish" necessarily involve their destruction? In Sookane the other day, a city witha normal Repub lican majority of 3,000, a Democrat waselectd mayor by --about lOafl t&icagoirecent for Roosevelt last November,JJunne, Uemocrat, waa eIected"byr'2S,0Or) plurality, Massachusetts last, fall gave Do wehave to. murder the creatures of ifhe dear God who madeindJave tb, allJLin' order to become acquainted WrthhemHntimatevHthr-theTrr, and Thave" recreation amon g t hem ?. .;. . ' uvw'..'. '-. v-v -r-It would be of "more than nasaing interest -to read and wg-tnajority for Rooseveltrand by a larger'! note Mtv Clereljwd's reply v majority elected Douglas, -Dmpcrat governor Colo- " rado elected Roosevelt electors by many thousands ana ... threw iutrPabodyciMissourI, . whose-Democrats had v - helped the boodling Republicans to rob the people of that state, and who had disgraced the paft? y Ji!!8' Cnm J " shoenrtonelo tii senate, went for Roosevelt, elected fof the,iirst time in its history a Republican legislature, .-and that legislature, refused to.be bought like sausages V 'T by NeidringhausTind etected decent.-elearnnafr-t the ' -'senateMaftifestryTlie people arehfnkingrahd actingrrr 'I '': . : "We still stand,' and shall gund, for; these new move- imfiiIs. The-old infebound oress of both partiesTJDP05i them, either openly or with veiled daggers, of eours?; w 1l4dThaTloxpect-T.very-6man fault or failure wilHe magnified and. exaggerated and recounted in alt sorts ways, in order la get the people to give up taking the reins out of the hands of professional politicians and cor poration .pets but in vain. The people are thinking tngraetingr;; : : ; ' ; - . -ACROSS THB-WIDE-CENTURYT: ly realizea - the achievement - of the' centenary span celebrated by their exposition. jTimeldoes " . . . . . t r. t . not seem . to permilsacJigsultaJjcreriliiiity if- lent tlieretrospect when, the century is divided, practically jLiw-halves, and only the latter is credited with the build- -, erreat. throbbinsr city. teprantoeffMfr-aiv Washmgton.-sltp from th.v. calendar a "9." and in its stead place an "8," 'The jrear 1805,- iipori the .site xf Portland. Raxe the i" "buildings, efface the streets, 'drive the pale-faced rrlul - titude into the past and rear around you in solemn f majesty a dense forest of Douglas fir. Night or day "will make little difference in your contemplationsjthere, .'for the-tall bough hides the noonday sun arid" tangled brush weaves an impenetrable web. ! ' Your food, your clothes, mechanical implements, means of transportation? The fleet deer, the river, the forest, i If you hunt warily with bow bent from the sapling or ' study the river's finnytribe, you may eat; If Adam's ..' leaf attire does not meet your ambitious tastes, you rmajTwrap your body-in skins, sewn with leathern thongs, -llf-you-would travel,-yo may-walkv-threading overhting trailsand"Traftily aV6idtng""lhe "danger of -savage and beast-Forge through the -matted forest, crawl beneath i JogiAndxlimb over the heaped debris f centuries,- until you reach the river. tand where Washington street now terminates. Beautiful Willamette, plaeid as the ' azure field above, with sylvan draperies sweeping jhe -T-silentTide PerhapsTJrerudeTcanee "plowing sturdily up a- or down stream bearing the dusky, dirty children of the ' aboriginal race. w i Project your vision . .peyond immediate environment in quest of more jcivilized comforts, i-ollow the thy-bar, or upward tu tlie iiiutni- ; tain source.- At The Dalles" atolid savages are fishing. F.ath iunimr lliy onmrgtif heri a band--mot " in degrees, of filth, for in every breast there is but one instinct fish -to-bverliye-for nothing. - Beyond, where . the open prairie and desert akirt the river, the biped rare is a-horse daring riders, embroiled in. .constant feuds. Their ambitions are soaring, for they live to fight, ' fight with feudal ferocity and stoical courage. , In the '.. mountains beyond, more savages, bears, deer and beaver. Voyage alaeg the sea coast in search of a civilised ' environment. There the blue Pacific dashes against the ilare-4a 4fi g -legend o f great eanOe "that some , time"Th the past. hove to, and a strange people with-whit faces , . and .fceards paced the decks. , Oregon in 180S was truly" a wilderness. Nature's V treasured stores were unknown, or : barely tasted in wanton idleness. Pioneers who entered first were faced with hardships, doubts and opportunities -than can' be poorly apprsgiated today, ThTsTnnesT6nes'oiirfifst great point for reflection. - Let it be productive of more devoted study of history. If the comforts ot'the present t are tempered -with the . spirit that btiilded our home in -; the past, well may.Oregon say that the Lewis and Clark . . baa been a wonderful tutor. - . , ; AN EX-PRESIDENT ON SPORT. - TV yf lLVXlIVELAD-rem'yT f , . I Y rlncr uc ii aigninca reply to criticisms , pf hunting and-fishing for apor.by treiden and other prominent public men, in which he not only -i i i J . t. w. . . . i t ... . . . -fire ne-jubhh-c itoi bci ionn wim ponderaiis elo,- x ; ; quence the mental flnd moral as well as physical advant I : ; ages of these species of recreation. It is not the' jmr pose of this brief comment to take issue with the distin t j guished statesman aiid sportsman, but . some of his re- . marks and a familiar " quotation ; he makes seem sin gularly incongruous. His plei is fox a recognition of the ". -value of outdoor "sports," which he says are "so palpably" 1 : - -,' ' rcjated to hjralth and vigor and so inseparably connected " " with the" wrtrk,oi life and comfort of existence that it is , .happily ordained that A desire or willingness for this en--V, , -Jbyment may be cultivated to an eitent sufficient to meet r ' the rKriiftementi'of health and, self-care. H ' , " Good Lord let us take a breath! There is more of the same sort, but this extract Is surety enough. Mr'.'Cleve. it. ' . .lri van gel hundreds of "dollars for such misuse of words and exhibition of his literary ignorance, but if an ordinary hired 'newspaper man would' write such-asentejioe he yt,nf,l lw ini iiiiii 'i f - 1 iwwivryHtt.tpl. gort and Washington could be delivered here for heavy percentage less cost than they can be laid down on Puget sound. Yet for a decade ores have been I hauled bv Or through Pnrtlantt nr AitiMcLmA wiiml I j - , . . . , 1 1 1 : ' J - . . . . . i . i . r i y . . smciicri owruiig in -me nonnern part oi vvasumgiup, - Neither'. Tacoma nor Everett produce thelr"owAi ores. Mines ace at distant points from these reduction plants, Monte Cristo and MBaker iitrH!ti-4isve less-of be notified that there ' was another probable case of lunacy. - . - . - - But let that go; we know, what the ponderous ex- prestUetti-meftfl that i ut nd kill tliinK" proper; necessaryrand elevating tccreatiortzillejeems to tealize that he has hopelessly muddled his meaning in the sen tence quoted for be immediately adds: "In other words, all' but the absolutely indiiferent can be made to realize jhat outdoor air and activity, intimacy with nature and acquaintanceship with birds and animalsand fish are essentia to physical and mental strength under the eX- I II E PEOPLE OF OREGON have 'been exceed- ingly kind tojhe railroad companies. , They have t practically eiven them everything they asked and they .have got nothing "in return. -Millions of dollars have been; contributed ' to "the railroad treasuries and they have "seen theSev millions diverted 7 for improve ments.' costing :8taggeringtotaly to." maka traffteglidi withease and expedition to sarr .francisco. tney nave seen- four .fifths of Ihe state left entirely without railroad connection, to worry along as best it couldp they have rarely seen a feeder built." On the other hand, they have F, PORTLAND aims to maintain an assured and in-1 had reason to know that independent railroad' enter- tway as the-etfopelis of- the-HmsCT-ha state has been HOW TO ACHIEVE PORTLAND'S STTPREMACY. northwest it can find it in only one, way and that is through the open river. Theriver gives to Portland an' assured position whichnothing can take away from Once th at i s free a nd open frorfl the sea to" Lew is-ton-every artificial oostruclion to commerce wilhbe re moved, as it by agicIt mafters-rtotvwhat traffittgrcer ments -are made by the 'railroads, wh'af contiguous terri toryasexempted fromLf ompetition; the pae-set by the river'ishepacejtha The opening of the river expands the territory tributary to the cityit-givea- -us -thctxade , that-naturalljt-shauld be ours.: It is trite to say that this is the logical port for eastern Oregon, easterr' Washington and northy estgrn Idaho. TheTvery river itself makes that elf-evident to any. Jne wha travels the-country-or-who-easts- his-eye over a map. With the river open to unimpeded com merce we-are.masters- of the cpmmefcial situationui- tff,5f1'7f ityrfrg""T"'f"f- r4-H-'a-"''r Portland, so to speak, maysQbe anything it plea"se; it may.head the proces'siorror it may be surpassed in the I rare. by other more fnterpri'mgHW--wttfiurTTilid Vantages of location. , It has back of it one of the most richly -varied and productive sections of territory that in of PortIand..In Jess lhaa the allotted period-ol lifci the-whole country affords. Much of the" trade which came the change from "art" undisturbed wilderness to atsliould" naturally come tb it lr now" Onnaturally-diverted elsewhere. I oget 1 : n att raa ejn erex h d j L wa n tsjtQrtome here, for it can -come with , better advantage to itself, is the problm The railroads will not bring it, "But -we ihave' a riye'r. If that isutillzed the "trade"must come here.. The stimulus which will thus result will lead to extensions into the interior and then the; problem Ss solved iorPortland.No city in the1' world could ' ask for better natural conditions; no cjty has a right to de- Imand an easier road leading to aupremaeyr The future of the city is in the hands of the people who now live here; there are many livjng in the tributary country who are eager to help- themselves by helping us. - We know our task and we should not rest satisfied until it is accomplished. .Every day'a work done now is worth a week's effort a'year hence. As-we have said before, the rivetLia OfULsafeguard-andalvation if we onlyjealize-it and act Aipon jhatconvictioiu-: . ' f OUR FAVORITE GIRL. ET NEXT to the spring, into it, around and'about it. We don't exactly ljke that impefsonal pro noun i?j!Laiidwillsayhe" for sentially ' feminine productive, T reproductive, winsome, bewitching, embracing, enrapturing. isncr-wondenhat""great poets have 'written notable ryhmes oh Spring, and that multitudes of literary clod hoppers have tried to court the poetic muse when the sip of spring surged through their veins. Every spring there is a new birth. Nothing is old; holhTng'UIes. AlornS pass,"7iunlSn ak'nis"aTong with" the rest; but the Spring knows.. nodeathr4lecayr-suffering or sorrow. She is the bud that blooms into the early summer girl; the young summer matron soon succeeds with broods that she cuddles and clucks at happily; then ina trice the Autumn, with its great harvests and sere leaves comes and the grandmother with gray hair and wrinkled brow smiles and hopes for joys in heaven! Get out and woo the Spring. She is yours. Rub against her ruddy cheek. Inhale her sweet breatlt.v Get headland or laves a beach.. The dark people onshore J her. to daylong exultant expression of joy of young and fecund Irfe of bfrd and beast and tree and creeping grass and homely vegetable and beautifully blooming fragrant flowers. ' -'-- , '' '. ' V" Don't "take a car." Walk. And if you have an extra hour walk out on the hills or along the fiver away from thejwharves and out of hearing.of -the-drays and'get acquainted V'M&e distress of us all, and of all .people that have been and that are to be the Spring; the pretty, gracious', fragrant, , glorious, blushing, budding, blooming majdenWhe Spring. " ' 't ..' PORTLAND AND THE SMELTER MERGER. LJ ORTLAND has more than a casual interest in the smelter merger being perfected under the guidance efnafdiriJafucrr: ITirifftparenFthat this deal will embrace all the prominent northwest and Pacific roast" plantTrAlready"ihe"profflotersay$-tharihe""riew concern jw expendfrprn $2,000,000 to $3,000,000, en larging and. improving -the. Sari Francisco and Tacoma plant's, making them great reduction centers for ores from distant points. 4Here isJCort!and's concern. These extensive improve ments by ode centralizcdJpwnership , mean that the established smelters will be enlarged as business in creases, rather than that new. plants, would be .opened at other points and nearer to the mines, jn. the. course of expansion,' asmrgixJecMcted from competing and independent companies. - , - , : Portland is well placed for a smelter.; All arguments holding that freight -can be moved at less cost down the course of a river than over , a high mountain, applies to the smelting situation. If thiaifity were given in tariff schedules the same recognition that nature has given it, the ores pf western Idahoi Coeuf d'Alcncs, cistern" Ore- te7Thafi"trvc equally near districts adjacent to Portland. Ores as a rule are - shipped goodly distances in the northwest, If the mine owners of the Columbia basin grasped the opportunity, a smelter locatedhere .would offet-them, thereoiifdeTBmaryelous JiOKjperative spirit with the business .men of Portland in erecting a -permanent modern smelter at tidewater on the Willamette or Columbia. ' Thafuture opens as glowing a prospect for a coast smelter through water transportation as from the interior. Alaska's long coast is marked by many'promising mineral deposits-LSiberiaDnJthetherjide, will-doubtless prove of at great richness when the lid is- lifted, -Korea and Japan are both mining heavily, while mineral develop ment extends far to the south. Where there-i a heavy commereetrore and xoncentrateyshipmetits,rmadeaa bal last for vessels caught with light cargoes, may be made atTiomtaalostrTf wiltlie" many years before an Alaska melter can compete witrT plants far down the coast from. the north practically empty. " - . .' ; Smelting in the northwest has promise of becoming an. xtensivth"dusf ry, - and - anjr-mergef-ot development which Seems to firmly establish existing conditions, which were built up .witbnotorku injustice to Portland,-will naturally rjneet wKh the opposition of all local pople who' grasp the city's fcaV destinyv1' ' hrnr-and 1 gOBdWlll "of" tB'elieoirDora'noirsaud- are re paid by aomething worse than ncglectIt J)$ jjow be- rcome a. question ot seit-preservation. in nine wi t'emportcing has passed. . The embargo laid upon us must be-rais edt T1rtr1r-no-wth e f e hi be r oQl e.tQblZirKcx ate ltua yecinflingtQ'frllt r'vcri WHAT WILL THE HARVEST, BE? effectually' bottfed up to prevent the very development for which the people have 'been clamoring. - North they see giants in the railroad world bestriding theaound-citiesTTdiverting. traffic "there which legiti mately belongs here and making hereulearrjefforts to bn iIdhewto"centersrorovershadowTng - consequence; Thus we haye Uipper and. jethrjnillstones:.:with TorU land in between; It is then no longer a question that concerns alone themer"chants pr ven-the property owoers.ylmt all the peopie.What areweojng to dcrabont it and what are the O.. R. & N.. and the Southern; Pacific going to" do boHt it-? rThe-presentelatiottS-cannot-rwayjr 1ermain- tained; it cannot always be a case oLKiveeverythinj and get nothing, of being 4fed on prQmises which, are made onlv io be broken. . We have earned the friend- t-.."..: , projects, but they -will, not, for they cannot, be content witrr'that alone. There is an obvious duty for the rail roads to perform; they realize it better than they can b toldWilhey-Kk-4e-nd go-hand In hand withTa friendly people aa in the past or will they temporize and thua rupture -these cordial relations, .bringing; about "! frame of public mind that will find expression in some thing more-tangiblehan mere newspaper expressions of even resolutions, of public bodies, however clearly they may-mirror-the public mind I'-Zj. . , THERE IS-A NEWjMOON. !Ji WENT-out-yesterday and borrowed an-al- manac at reputable drugstore". We were wondering-aboiit-thft weather and worrying a httle;"but hot much,, about ; jjiextaummerT for we are somewhere between 13 and 3J inches short of rain and here it the77tn of May. ' ' - Th' Almanac comforted us. We have quit, swearing bv or evcrLdeDendingion.thejireathec bureau.?UFo-the past two weeks our friend the weather -man has predicted "showers." He brought a few, but very little, alight, in effectual things they -were. "VYe .gues he knew or au$r pected that this. would. J)e ao. Night beforelast, how- ever,, filling up on no rooi oi iuc kukiuhicui uunuwi down, town, gazing intently at the twinkling stars, he drew a large Check on his faith and wrote with "nervous hand "showers , Saturdays-southerly windaV't-and we grasped the paper and read this and marched out happy; but as we passed Weinhard'a brewery we saw that the wind was still persistently blowing from O'yfnP' instead of from Salemj It was then we got the almanac and read -(writt.en J aai-August:) , .- - '. ;T " . : - ."Mav will enter, with fair pleasant weather over the west: lit tn 3d. rnlrl and rlondy; 4th tr 5th; t-tr-tfmrf a hiatus here); 6th to 10th, pleasant, etc. -. :v Now we are "all tired of thia TPleasant" business. It is too pleasant."" It is monotonous. .Our private opinion is that -weather forecastersund almanacmakeri should be aent to the rockpile. : - -. - - . -'" -; hut wr hsvr hnpf in tht moon. Tie moon ehawgeO-en the,4th. We haven't seen it yeTf but according to this almanac it is straight - up and down, iThere . are two theories about this position of the new. moon, .One is that it has discharged all its wafer, and so this month will bedry, and the otheris, that the water which it has turned cutis on its way to the earth and will reach here during the succeeding montbjpilt would arouse too fierce a-war of words and might result in bloodshed to espouse toaJiotly: eithert thesetheoriesbut ...w"e are. tioji fidcnt that May. will not pass, without some rairu Jf it doesrget your umbrellas forjh'e fair. - ' But- look pJeasant, anyhow..The street sprinkler men will appreciate a vacation next summertT - P. S. We bet it rains J , -. . - . r jenerai JLew w aiiace-at-tnc-jriay ' h CStca-gantecorJ-Herald. ENERAL' IvKW WALUCR, Au thor ot "Ben Hur," who died at hla home th . . Crowfordavllle a "few - weeks aao.' used 'to tell humorous story ol church presenta- tlon of hla story In Terr Haute, ina. Trif ilmTTiir in In piiinmtiianiTtm church people rented the opera house there - for one week. -The performance wu in aid of charity, and when General Wallace, whose home waa not far dla tant. was invited to attend toward the clone of the ncagrement ne prompuy accented. - . It waa a gala nlglit The box tn which the hoted author sat waa liUden in flara - and bunting; When he came In the orcheatra slaved "Hail to the Chief and the applause was thunderous. Then. the curtain rose. "It waa a creditable performance." said the reneral. In relating hla experlencea. "Some of the youna women were no ticeably afflicted with state fright, and at one Juncture a cardboard camel, on the hump of which a pretty member of the cast -euppoaedtr-was-perchtng,"fetl down and revealed two proaalo soap boxes as her throne, but onthewhole lr-wa -very good, indeed. "Th. humorous affair took place in the act where Ben Hur and Messala .... .nnnii in the chariot race. Aa a matter, of fact, the two younr men who assumed the characteresiooa, on. eoap boxes behind twoaraooara aiage prupi, ..oh rcnreaentlnc three horaea abreaat. tB.Tnr imA-. Brrt- Hur and Meaaala were appropriately poaed, their left hands holdlnr handful or reina over.in oh,r,,ri and thefr rtfthta ralaed aloft wt4h-whlpa. the laaheaflung far behind Th.n there waa a dart scene. - vv nen h. lishta flashed on AaaJo the collision r6f"The'TTigriots-wBa-supposed tu turn taken-place. Meetwaa prostrate on the couree, Ben Hur'a foot placed on nie neca in u while Roman soldlere and pretty airla looked down upon victor and vanquished from the pasteboard balconlea above. OI.OOKT nOTKBCTX TO 10S. Mme. da Thebea, ot Paris, enjoys a considerable reputation aa a prophet-ess-and her "Almanac" for- 106, in which she makee some curlouajp red lo tions, ia being widely read. Nineteen hundred and five, ehe Bays, will be a '"red year,? and ware both on sea and land will tale place before It eloeea. "Enfland," eh continues, "will auf fee. many -loaaea.--Soma f iier-irrafct notable persona will die and their, death will attract the attention of -the entire world. For Germany, too, it ..will be a gloomy year." France, ahe aaya, will be the theatre of aome . sensational eventa and will win victories tn th realm of thought -.UirDua-hth-werli8 f a man of genlua, who ia aa yet -tin-known. Belgium and Spain, aha adds, will also, bo dlaturbed, and "In Rom a - notable change Will isuddaniy tnk place.'- Finally h maintains .that Jin the domain of European politics grave crlaea and Irreparable loaaea will oecuf during the XlrstjmontUa-iri08J! Meteorologlats amlle incredulously at these predictions, all of which are baaed on the motions and enpeots of the plan et, but Mm, de Thebea aay that they will .not b ao' ready, to mlle in 190, for by that tlm th truth of her pre diction will-be mah If tat Lo avery ens Conldn't U 11,000 tot Tir Oenta. "I ll bet you 'can't 11 a 11,000 bill for flv cents, 7 ald the man who ia fond -of Joke - ' HI friend thought, it would b an ay thing to do, and accepttd th con dition that h offer it for aal on th treet-and f ind weher ln-v min ute. ( - - r, Th $1,000 Mil offer1 for al genuine, but t th expiration of" th1 ttpiilateri ttm th eller had not found a customer, ana, vi cour, lost hla bet. "It waa the moat ImpresalT acene of the drama that la, ft generally waa. On the night In question It developed drt lerently, :--;vii - i.TAaii-. "It aeema that Ben Hur,, an estimable younr man and a teadmir member or th church, waa Buffering from the grippe. The drarttrof th 4hatre, and the faet that bla eoatuma consisted of pink fleh tngs. a light tunlo and a pair of squally light aandala, did not eonduc to aid In Ita cur. Bo' he tried faerolo meaaures, I am told. . And there' the atory. "Although advised by hi physician to withdraw from the play, Ber H-ur de clined to deaert hi part on the blggeat night of the run. Thereupon the phya ictan instated that he take a quart bottle of whisky, well aeaaoned with , rock candy and quinine, to th theatre with him. Ben Hur did, but, unuaed to. liquor, he did not gauge hla capacity. "Th rock candy had taken th fiery dg from the whlaky, and, whll th quinine still retained It bitterness, Ben Hur found frequent alp not unpleasant. Between th qt and at interval when tha-eurtaln was tip iie found opportunity to run to hi dressing room and try th old-fashioned cold cure. The amateur' bead began to get light and hi speech Just' a trlfl husky -when It cam time for him to go for th great rac acene. man tot ovovr to MOwt I !'On-ar6VChritla-SoldlraT'i-by Sabln Hnnl.uouia, Sabln Barlng-Oould (Exeter, Eng land, January I , 1SJ4). an English clergyman, novelist,. "Uttauirian. and the writer of a. number of well-known hymn. ws Cambridge man, graduat ing from Clar college In 185. Beside hiayjrarkaou, ineill! ler his liBllie IS familiar . to the Enal!sn people th author of "Richard Cable-Johtr Her ring," and other novel. In thecom paratively hort time since thla hymn wa written, in 165. it ha become world famou. and today It would rsnk. In frequency of uae. with the greatest of the hymn. It popularity I prob ably due. In part, to th fact that It I one of th few martial Song aultabl to church worship: alo to it expression of rellglou unity, and, in no small de gree, 4o" the ringing tune which Sir Arthur BUlllvan cpm posed for-it in 173. It I a favorite with all congregations, especially with young people. English soldiers often alng It on th march, whole regiment taking up the atralna, and It has been translaledJInto many foreign tongue. Onward. Christian oldlrs. Marching twaiv With th cross of Jeaua, aotna- on before. - Christ, th 'royal Master. Lead against th to; l orward into battle, ' r" v See, hi bannsra go. f Refrain On ward. Christian aotdlera , Marching aa to war. : - With th croaa of Jeaua, . . '. . . Going on before. -1 - t,lke aTnTghTy army. - - Move th church of God; Brother we. are ireadlngj- Where the saints have trod; '' W are not divided, T All on body we. On in hop and :doctrtn,., ; On in charity.,, , - ,- Crown and thorne may perlh, Kingdoms r(s and wan, ' But th church of Jesus 1 Constant will remain; ' Gate of hell can never 'Gainst that church prevail; , We have ChrlsTa own promise. And, that cannot fall. , Onward, then, y pople, ' J.otrf-ptirliBppy-rnTonr.-,- ' -. Blend with our your voice In therliimnb ong;- ' (Olorv. laud1, and honor. " , I t'nto Chrit-th King;, This through countless ages, Men and angela alng. - . V' "Pray without ceasing." I Th., v-lT. I" fO mny it Is an openlflyeeUon I --whetheir"lt la worth, "whll or JL ' even posslbl to pray at all, and therefor . out of th question entirely to pray continually. rul' in junction appear even to thos who bo Ueve in prayer applicable only to ' the monk and th recluse, Evert if It were possible Hto obey the' poTumand in the ordinary aenjie it ia" doubtful "whether th world would b any better if life wr one perpetual prayer meeting, : ' It 1 not Strang that many have swung awa'y from th prac tfc of forms! prayer whn the older conception of Ita meaning la- oontraatef with th nioirh conception of -life. One prayer meant the sealing of theeiea, and tho-OTTtQ- that on might gas upon and hohl communion with those of nothar world. It meant, too, almost xeluslvIy the act of aedenlly-petitloning heaven for- tha thing that on could not and often would "not- get for himself. But llf today dar not shut ita eye: it count it ln to Ignof this world of need and lR-vn for th sake of the bliss of a world wher these thing are toot. v Than, men. ask, tf prayer 1 no more than a gettlnr of good from God with out labor or compensation, in what way doe It differ from begging? In what way I th man who a,y "Heaven owea me a Uvlng'iranyJbotMr than th one who aaya '.'Th world owea me a llrlng"? Th product. of auch prayer t pauper isation. Th logical and of that theory I avagefy,U th iiwttwmenTg-td'Tbir" weu aa all th restraints of . llf would be gone; on might ask for calamltlea on -Others-aa well. a, for blessings on oneself. ... ' . ... , - But prctlcmlly-ll the dlf ftcmltlea of prayer aria from the limitation of It meaning to a petition. - They come from -tfra-poliit-ef vlew that lliliiks uuTyroft answer, or good Bent in response to pryr orders. ' -The man-who -aaya I will -Work for my. bread instead of. begging heaven for it may be atlll a man of prayer. Ill .work may be th noblest prayer, whll hla" heart may go out to God in gratitude -for. etrenrtn- ana. opportunity -m--utPor.T WorK 1 prayer,, love t prayer gratltudeTria: prayer,' education"! pryirThe world need. more men and women- wtiarpfsy with their band of belpfulnesa, their feet that speed en errand of kindness. tneir eye tnat looa-out-in good cneer, JJiel r ears that iUten 4n. aymiMsthy.- I Prayer la an attitude rather than an l aefc It must be withoutceaatng, ' It la i like love, not an act nor a. series ef acts.- but a relationship, Itf la much 'more than word lov I greater than ita deeda.imrmai-pTayrB"arrto "prayer J itaelf aa th lettera 6f afrleni are to ; Hr-toolr-icouple' of quick nice at th bottle and then went to bl post. . - -"Whn he appearedon thatag th member 6f the company wer aurprlaed to eJ he ha-trattTBrrliir-Iiea yy, alreeTt shoes goodhlclrubtntlaJL.hea.vy, oIa shoe and had discarded hie san dals. H explained afterward that ha wanted to get horn and to bed Imme diately" after the performance with th least delay. - - . "Well, when Meaaala lay down in the darkened stag and obligingly stretched out hi neck tor th victorious heel of Ben Hur, h got it. Ban Hur, a trlfl wobbly, but in correct pose, waa preaent in all seriousness when the curtain rose. First ha taetered on on foot, then hi weight wa transferred to the foot that rested on Messala'a neck. Each time thl happened Meaaala, when the weight waa . released, would remark: " 'You ' : , take your foot off my nck! Tou'r choking "And hi protestation would die away In a faint gurgl a th pressur waa resumed and hla facVtook on -th color of broiled lobster. v . "Well, -Messala" objurgation wer made in a atag whisper that penetrated th first row of eata and th boxe, and I the applause .waa terrific Whether tney reauy excitea in risiDiiuie or in audience-or whether - the- good church people-tried to drown them out, I never learned., In any event, Ben Hur, su premely unconscious .of hi half-choked victim beneath hi beel, maintained the poae-andwondered In a hair way what) th applaus wa about, finally Mes sala wa rescued. nd th curtafn Jfelk MSSata-TdTh1' "day" probably wear t h imprint of those heavy boot on hi neckr-' " T. - -"- -Yve' aeen many a presentation of my atory upon th stage, but never did I enjoy one so much a that given by the church In th Grand Opera house in Terr Haute." babt srAjnax noniT am a am. From th Philadelphia Inquirer. Attorney H. Gilbert Cassldy was both surprised and pussled a few day ago when he received by express a baby Spanish donkey that came all th way from New . Mexico, and had been eight or 19 day a OH- th road. It wa in a cage which waa partly padded with oan v and contained a bag of bran and a miniature water trough On-th outside waa-fastened a tag aaklng th express agent to-watch the little colt nd to treat him kindly.' Thr was also a mall box attached requesting those who helped th traveler to drop therein card bearing thalr name. The baby ia mouse colored.' th sis of aeolll4osv-nd-mTutniTx "month Md. "When released after th long Journey' It waa aa playful aa a kitten, rolling Itself about aa though highly pleased to be nut of ita prison." Th mytry about St arrival and" In dtieh way 1 that Mr, Cassidy doe not know who forwarded Jt. ..Therewaa no pin mi tor y" letter. Th lawyer aent It to hi Cedar Brook farm. - rr"?.-. -r Ohloago' longevity. . LFrom th Indlanapolla Star. T Clijcago paper ar making th moat over th fact that the death rat in Chi cago I lower than in any other of th great citte of th country. Th reason for thla ia that a man can't llv In Chi cago at all unless he lit possessed of th toughest sort of fiber. If a man enn atand Chicago h can almost defy death. 1 Always," ,. Jr. ' Frpru th Indlanapolla Star. "Hop springe ternl.".- They ar al ready flgurlng on the Democratic ticket for' ltOD, on combination being Folk and ''Jerome r,No matter how Blight you .mak1 the chances In a Tottery, you ran iwaya And om on who will buy. a ticket., . ' " 0 . 4 . . . . , i ... ,';,v.. . . t -j v ; . tM lorrtOi-lhaTTrlciid. Th love goea on without ceasing; the-prayer, the t; aspirations- the 4otigltiw f' enc of. th knowledg of.-the ovf Of God go on without ceaalng.- v- i Prayer la an atmosphere, a.haWt, a, second and higher' nature. It la a-llf that in Itself Is one long unbroken petition rer nta-naenea snrrnn htb. y It will find expression in word, but . tt-wtir-notftatme to Thenv It t th child living with hi father;" aueh a llf will Involv the making of re quests and th granting of them, but, uch thing will be only Incidental, not essential, to it communion. . I.jvlng with. uch a father w ahall tell. Mm. all our need, desire, fears, but shall we hid from him our Joy, hope and aspirations? W aball want him to ae our work, to rejoice with u In It. Prayer will b reciprocal. Th prayer that 1' no ',raor than petition Tor provision muat be .as pain ful to God aa It would be to ua who are "... parents If our children never ddrssed ua aav to beg for their meals and their clothe.' On th other hand,. the llf ot prayer that-' found no expression In words, that mad no requests and looked for no tangible gift, would b a Strang aa if our children wer dumb and w war powerless 'to lov them in deed well aa In feeling. Th Ufa of prayer la the realisation of th perfect relation of th All Father with all hla children.- v mnin nmatoaTS. ' Henry F. Cop7' Llf 1 th beat language. - - - - -e, e . Tou capnot wWwlthftwhln. e e .' ' ' Hop keep th heart wholesome Tur good have lltu to do with ydur good. , , e .. Men muat be lifted;. they csrmot be pushed; up. - . . . ' e - . Cupidity easily overcomes 4h -easy conscience. A man' happlnes does not depend on hi harnes. . - .., . ' - - Th narrow mind I not assential to th narrow way. , . ,.'.., ---Th-good - will ef th-good Tnot gained by Ignoring th will of God. e ' a My own sins ar but fallings! -the ether man's ar crimes. .'.-,. "7 T6U "cannot mak tracka for heaven by trampling on pthere. e , e 7 . A raffle la not mad righteous by a rellgloua atmosphere ' - - . ... , v -: - , There fealway plenty 'of pilots en Prosperity may be heaven' way f punishing aom people. - - . : ' -AI. aoon ss ymi cease to grow p ytm btgin to go down. : . - ... .r .. ... - - e -H whb doe nmrteaFTh Judge 'within nrait c th Judg without, - Thr'a . no virtue in! being patient with th pain you-do-not feel. .. If you are put lit a place -of trial , count It a mark of trust. - e e- . Tou cannot open th ye of a bigot until you close hi mouth and that'' Impossible. " . . The man -with scruple about stealing ' a pin wttl take a house without ttrrnlng a hair. "V;, ,' T - r ' ' , v ';'' . .'. . Th peopl who manag in live with-' out vr" .getting" 'Into" linT water' have""" little to dp with the engines of llf. ' 'V .A. Mr - - , 'Th mn who boast of never mincing matters I likely to be chopping ud sum. body repuUtlon prttyfln, - . . . . i . . ' f . , ' i ..Li.,: -1 , t
