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" i 1. I t0R3AND." OREGON," SUNDAY, MAY H, 1805.' JlkiJo EH FEp 1- THE i i O R E G O N - S UND'A Y "; j "O U R 'T AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ' ' , , " S, JACKSON . r-ttSLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINO CO. JNO.J.-CARBOLX THE ADMINISTRATION WILL OT BE BALKED. Tl SlMS To LC crVuUiitf me i lulu u ,-.,..; I -i -til -whole -slscin -lVrai-I,-The investigation ' into thr county affalrs'tvus the beginning ( "d for the whole system of fraud, Kraft and corruption in . our public .affairs. The result from that investigation - did not in some respect come up to expectations, but it disclosed a condition which however Jnnjr.suspected had never been tanpihjy demonstrated. .From thence tne cityTirffairs wereluvaded and then the IanJ"TratfTs, stale and natrcmaV not merely occupied but absorbed public attention.'. ';'"'! ". ' . - . The.new.ofJlie removal oLMT.latthews aft United ' State "marshal startled Portland: yesterdayand was o'nTy more significant than the appointment of Mr. Reed to that place. It gave the tinal demonstration,, were one needed, that the .national administration' is unalterably determined to probe to .the jycry bottom of the land frauds without regard to' who may be hit and to remove every obstacle that is even remotely inspected of stand ' ing in the way. There cannot be the least doubt that this must mean much for Portland and Oregon, that it has served to Strengthen the moral fiber and raise new standards of public efficacy and honesty-'Altogether without heed pr reference to the various trials that are nocB'eiyTed'nndefAaiVd'1e'reane0eae''ypT)n ' mihllc officials will-.be heavier than ever beforehand r:laTgcl7 tecie-f-thin thc.ACcjuntability to which such - Tne eleerrie - line - from- Lewlston to--GrangeviIle ; has as its most 'intrinsic strength the fact that it will' officials will be held will be much more ngirrnan nas i Da-;n"'nr'oduZffvY-Ko1t"fgf "lt-I cmlrc TBUte 'and tht That Mr. Reed will discharge the dutiesof his' new .. .. office with credit .fo himself and the administration there , is no doubt; there is just as little doubt that he Will " meet every requirement laid upon him. He goes into office as a. Republican, but not as a partisan of faction, " TnachinemanorTasDirant to such, leadership. -vnn -" - th rlianosition and ODDOrtunity he should give a biisi IZITnesa.-'aa distinct Jfi)inL.a;pQHtical,Vadmintstrati6n;pf.his ""office and there is no room for doubt which the people ' will prefer when they once have had a chance to get I . . -. ' '" ' - ' 7 - rtut contrast USES OF RADICALISM. CONTEMPORARY remarked the other day that - I ti m ftff liint.i. ttsilt ftfal i tfrf ii nlf fft ra.nfa II oja rr" VI C9w IIP W" m s""ssi 11 elected Dunne raavor. The inference "and main s' nation were that the striker were assaulters, thugs, law- legs people;-andJhat it was this element that supported whaTTunne stood Jor Tn theXhicago election municipal ' " Th.Kans City' Star." a very fine paper, but one al - - ways leaning toward corporate capitalism, also remarks: "Judge Dunne .votes came chiefly from men without iank aecbums.-tr3dditionrhe-bad the ranters, the all sorts and the boodlers." The Star, however, adds: "But in the light of history he would beM "s-rtsh mtii who would ventura-toecide of fhand-that , - . the character of the supporters determined writcn can dictate was ritfht.1 " ..- i - .. . 4 Lowell prpbably overrode poetfc license when' he put ' "right forever on 4he scaffold and wrong forever on the - "throne" : yet it is eternally true that there is. more of wiwigVift the thrones than on-tha acaffoMk-od a the -- a?1s? ahd.tfie chances are that the Chicago strikers, while Jniha shines that cannot be-justified, are less wrong and -gmHyhan-those-wholesire and aim to manacl and en-. slave labor. r.reat reforms sonns from the- soil. -TReform come ....from men with leather apronsjathef ;thau irom tnosejn ve-MMl-aoiiddxaioJ nnrt hetirie that ot. tnei"ranters, . acrnacogucs anu boodlers." In fact, he didn't nave the "hoodiers. tit is against thentPerhaps this is what hurts the corpora- tion nre'ss." Zl I ' " '? t ' ' . . ..The -"rabble"maybe on. the side of right and justice, mrplices... 1 v -- V' - port besides that of. theS"f nrl i Mint. The ''better classes" were against the American revo , lutionr"They " were against government by the people: .The wonder is that Washington, a natural aristocrat, became a revolutionary leader-instead of a leading Tory, j ,. John jBrown wasnot one ofjthe best people." He was not drgnified and scholarly and educatedahT"car- ;-rect and conservative. He was hanged at Harper's Ferry - for a crimiTin which he gloried; he loosened a great liberty-be4tan4--4tinging; he-precipitated a-greai civil war; and "his soul goes marching on." . . .. The lesson is, the radical thing, rather than the dig- nTfied, conservative thing, -is-metimes necessary; at : least it is inevitable when conditions force it 'THE UPWARD MOVEMENT TOWARD DECENCY. jrTHERE ARE a good many Republicans who look I atthemayoralty contest in this way: The only "V- semblance of a machine lefrin Tortland is the "Matthews machine. The removal of Matthews as "United States niarshar"has given that a cyclone twist. I! Williams is defeated the machine, is given its coup" de grace. and the era of cleanliness is upon us. , ,y The machine wherever it is in operation is the source -of political debauchery, official crookedness" and prof- -liirate extravagance in expenditure, it la neuner con- "ceived nor operated ior the public good, but for private J graft. A large part of the money raised by taxation is spent for the private benefit of the officials who i handle it and who are dictated to by the machine which -stands' in the background and.1 makes fealty to itself i the test, of puMiCeivLceoO-larlherthanthe (scandals that have been unearthed during the past year. 'There has been waste, extravagance, "thievery; every . contract has reeked witfr-ifcThe-taxpayers have paid the piper in a 4 per cent tax which has made many of , them squirm. '. ? No decent citizen objects to i fair rate.oL taxation. If he pays ntf greater- in proportion than his neighbors : h eTi ii i u4tl jOaisfie d. B ut wh f n3i e pays nigh taxes, - when the grand." jury reports, tfie court tecords and in dictmcnts ltew that this money has not been expended - thrmigh the connivance of the machine and its official t representatives, then It ls "quite": another matter." So far as Portland is 'concerned this sor of thiny hasrgOne on for years. Until lately the people have been practically helpless to protect themselves. Many of them did not realize what wasgofng on becausd there was no avenue ' f publicity to ktjep them informed. They were told only what it. was desired that they should know and nothing more. - The Australian ballpt was the first step! . -in the (direction of better things. Then tame the initial-tire-an3 referendum 'which gave them amcheck upon xrv :IdiTa'tion and finally the direct primary which, when .,.y cllutiUred,, will help to. bring, the povcef of ,the bosi -vMrtt practtcatly to4he point of extinction.1 . a. past,year, anrttne latest ana naraest is ine summary removal of W. F. Matthews from the olfice. of" United States marshal.-This' was all that was Heeded to render the wreck of the machine complete. Stripped of his office and his patronage the one-time boss has been reiirea to private Hie anu i"t vit'iiiunuu ui nuiwu lie was the head is dismembered. . ' The immediate cause of Matthews' downfall was his failure to cooperate heartily with the "government's ef forts to detect and punish the -persons implicated in the land frauds. But a powerful, contributing cause was his constant interference in city, county and state politics. T6e ' method of his machine.wrre unscrupulous. and often illes-aliIndependent citizens were outraged by the it ts a matter or seir-preservation lor jne people to hich-hauded manner in which their rights were oVer arm at ?nis ena ana mis explains wnytwey nave deter4 ridden ana. the interest ot tne puoiic were made sun Tned laJhx;05aLJisidepcauica.and Urt off th city wjth dean bill f health by electing Lane mayor., . t : - ;"" " --r - .- - '- -... ... r.-c - r .. BLUNDERS .IN RAILROAD BUILDINO." fTIl liLL.MJL.ky' ol railroad engineers have often -been Rioted and commented uponfnd practical men hav wondered and novsr han area to ne terminc why," railroads, whose presidents, managers and other officers are sunnosed to be very, able 'men -of business, should persist in laying and keeping, in some instances, their lines on manifestly wrong routes. This is sometimes done, originally at least, ouMDf8pitetj wardomeommnniTythat,quldnotraTse a sufficient bonus. - Thi was probably the case, in the location of the O. R. & N. line in Union countyj'where, in order to leave Union off to one side, the road was unnecessarily andurtftaTural!y builr-througfr Pyle'a-eanyonriu large annual cost. . The old town of Yakima in Washington was ruined and m large part bodily removed to North Yakima, because the Northern Pacific-would not" stop a train at the old town or do ?nY k'"d "f hiuiness there in Idaho the Northern Iacific made a wrong selection oFa route, and will have to change it radically or yield the business to a "hew road. Its original mistake was in trying to make'the deep Snake river canyon the artery of its traffic, with some spurs thrown inta.the productive cointryt whereas the mam line should have penetrated the producing region.;' The Lewis ton , Tribune .thus de tails "the situations- , 1 ; " ' --- '.- -I L strength would still remain if the Northern Pacific were to climb out of the Clearwater canyon and , reach but a small part of the traffic area, The in-V herent weakness f the Northern Pacific's position: -;is seen in its present 75 miles of track in the Clear- l water country. If this track had been built from IXewiston:to XrangevilleVthroughTNer Perces and .. Camas prairies the country would be -10 year ad j -yanced Jrom whyc it is now and the railway, situ- ation have been settled long ago.i As it Is the North ern Pacific has the required amount of trackage and half a "day's .iourncy'from the source of the bulk' of its business and its revenues. Having made""" ; one mistake it is apt to build on to the mistake, t 9 ?rpctuat e JitTandJic nceJtCKser v ;eita patronage un. fairly and to keep the country constrained and 111 .developed T " From Lcgjtnn tq Watia is. ncaiAy.. a solid grain . field, but capable of much more in tensive cultivation nnderirrigation, which will prob ably be: well under way the present year. - This area tf 25 -mile-miarjehas-Trot--tcr have' traBsportalion - hetherh1 NortherrH Pacifie-umishes-it -or KaiUD, IThisjpkiCanddetermination will achieve result in Idaho as theywilf do elsewhere and the lesson "that applies will with equaliorce apply here..., . . . THE RAPE OF POLAND. rTHHE ' CELEBRATION 'Jby X the Polish- people I." ' throughout the United tats. of the one hun " i; ".: dred and fourteenth anniversary of the promul- eatton of the constitution for the kingdont of Poland recalls the sad story of that ill-fated jcountry. It. was a mighty kingdom and, were it not for the lack of ayin QiyTSeWegirTrreTIoT general. rresident"Roiiev:elt became cognizant pf the Dooular sentiment and of its dauses. and the knowledge probably. hanuch. to'.do with ,hi deeiwonthat-MaU thewa-rmist tn. t 1 i In the selection, of a successor to the deposed official the president has. not sought suggestions from any of tne men who Have hitherto had a large voice in the disposal of federal patronage in thi state Even Sen ator Hilton was not consulted, nA th nmtMt wliifli Ik entered a eTiort-iiiue ago against the removal of Matthews was completely disregarded. It is evidently Ui president dsf rminattan that in future tilt sl stimulus than any direct tonus canTaccdmplrsh"tf InVj venture were assured preference in ' the local market. Jlreia.Jjvh.erej;e very .citizen, couldby- mere .mite, b- stovr jrpriceress oonus. The burden would be unfelt by the multitude if the fire of home pride wer kindled, and the results to Oregon would be tremendous. ' . Utter, often the 'phrase, "patronize home Industry." iut speak it with a purpose "-h tim tn r1"!-" t t III I tion of federal appointees in Oregon shall not be' gov erned by machine politics. The new marshal, Charles J. Reed, was' chosen because the president was satisfied that' he would fill the office capably' and faithfully and thM.hewoudereeirom the .corrupting InfluencA-oi the machine. 1 ' . ..:;. '. , - " - .,. - Machine - politic- have cost'he people dear in this county and state. ...Waste, dishonesty and extravagance have characterized the. administration of public affairs. Ofiie--JioUex41uYe.grown,lkhYthilcjjhetaxp groaned, beneath .the heavy burden which ha been im posed upon them. Portland has been paradise for the political rafterIr1s time that these things should and-Thc overthrow of th ercSine;a n d the downfall QLitaJeader open the way for the. people to resume the power, which .has been filched from them. -Portland and Oregon have been boss-ridden long enough, t- - PATRONAGE "FOR HOME INDUSTRIES. "PfOLiTICAL: ECONOMY nevcr 'coined a phrase I that haa become jnore-trite, and yet .which, has a 1 . t l - i . i. : . - j ..... ii iiiuic nidi irmu man, pairunizc nuinc inuusiry. How many residents of Portland and Oregon have frgureOhe ; aavahTaoTgmrrgre dofiieslie products? If a factory comes, with 100 or more em ployes, the groceryman 'and furnisher appreciate their gain." When the promoter is around with, the subscrip tion paper 'to raise a bonus for such an Enterprise, he is cordially received. Men dig; deep rJo foster the good work, many givmg .larg-um , of -money -or-valHable" ground.ln this instance the community benefit i im mediate and tangible. But how manyf ;of Our citizens gixepreferenc-:itheir usual - purchase ' to . domestic manufacture?. Suppose there is a few cents difference in price, with the inducement against the Home product, or trie import has a finer polish,4 how often doe the pur chaser act uponhiscardinalcTeed of "home jatronage? Too ' Infrequently, we fear. : The aggregate of all ' paid over and above th price f or-a f oreigrr TommodlrywouTd perhaps not equal a bonus the buyer would give' for a lactory. Hete Is the industrial anomaly. It is partly, explained by the natural thrift of buyers in driving a bargain, ibut more largely pjiriattjentionto , Lttte thingsZ-Wiien-a combined effort of the ahree crowned robbers, Catherine T T - T..'.': '1 vTrm Am r.f Pritcn - onn lrnh lint AnitrSa. could never have destroyed it. In 'additlemidTniTide" manufactured cathartic i rrforr" forthe'locafWauuracf ure seehira'trifTerimllogsrbie of-aid--to-any-idnstry-and:norto legiven any con- siaeranon. iney ao not appreciate that they 1 as-individuals are part of a; greatcommunityfcj:upog whom resfs aTicavy responsibility in regard to-industrial con ditions. : r - ' . ' , . - If Oregon furnished her own people everr- oossible manufacture and product that could be put upon the rdar ket here at any reasonable proportion of-the cost of im ports, the gain to the state would be incalculable. Wool is grown uppn Oregon sheep,-clipped here-and baled. and then sent to scouring mills and looms of the east, where it js given another turn in the industrial process and returned to the'Oregnn ritiyn enhanced many fold in value varioaosorcascara bark are sent from the f'11 - . . . . b.' - " m - - wuiameiie yauey annually, selling at ito-8 cent a this source of weakness the abiises oTtfie liberum veto, whicrtecim:a'Tiwiirl6S2, gave every noble the power tovera-ariy-TneasTn-eTnoniauer wnai usiiinKJiiantc, since entire, unanimity was. required on. every single and-the dom. . The senate was deprived ot all power kings too had no.share 1n legislative !or "administrative affairs of the country.' Every Polish noble was thus in J Establishment of local factories would be" given greater nd onlv working a wrong way. -The French revolution was an ugly thing, an awful thing, but Louis XVI and his shameless aristocracy had to be wiped out, so that the people' could live. The rab ble had to do ilw Inauch. a case ven-a-Mirabeatt and a pajnton were not enongh; the time ijtoMWrttfafag 8bout a project by wh.ich-Poland ra, tof be dis membered. Catherine consented, proviaea ner snare Poland ever posscssed.-and-llerem-were the seeds ol nhseouent dissolution of the empire, . In 1762 Catherine ,11 became. empress of Russia, and among her first ambitions was that of gaining a foothold inPolandTea- year Jater -Frederick f - Pruwia -aent his brother 'Henry to St. Petersburg to-endeavor- to would be equal to that of both, Prussia and Austria, com bined. August 5, 177?, the treaty was signed, and on September. 18 the actual execution of a conspiracy of force and' fraud wa-com pie ted, -anMhe first-partition of Poland iecame " a fact. Russia-received, as . its share 42,000 square miles, Prussia 13,000 and Austria , 27,000. These royal conspirators, however, solemnly pieagea themselves to refrain from any further claims on Polish territory but in the'face of this "solemn pledge another partition took place in 1793, and again, the last and third partition, in 1795, when the" same three powers divided among themselves all that was tb.rbe hadrand-Poland was no more. , ' ' , The Dcoulc of-fdaTritmenTiggaihKtTfon arms in the hope to restore their national independence, especially in 1831 and. 1863, and here again the total absence of sympathy between the nobles and the-corh- moners has done its work. Ihe power ot Kussiar as sisted by Prussia, has succeeded in its brutal ork; the schools of Poland were ciosea, tne national iiDranes and public collections .were removed to- Kussia. estates confiscated and regiments of Poles,- linked man to man by iron rmrs, were marched into exile, while women andJ little chfldren, unable to .bear the fatigues of long journeys, perished on their way, and littered the roads with, their , dead bodies. Such was the brutality of Russia's governing power. And yet with the one 'ex ception of England, nO protest was ever raised from any quarter against this most remaraaDie conspiracy. Eng land afone managed -t the congress of Vienna, in 1815 to secure . for Poland a constitution and separate Jorm of- governnientJihder tlie-cxari-all-th Russia srbut like- all - Russian imperial. promisjeslandrtreaties,. it was soon abrogated, the kingdtisncorporated, with the Russian .empire, and Poland, asT-a-political entity ceased to be, perhaps, forever. HI END .OF BOSS RULE IN SIGHT. ULTNOMAH COUNTY has been thoroughly freed from the political bossisnr ty which, tin til very recently, it was enthralled. The Re- the publkjexif but 4hatuchaaf rif has-heanr stolsn f Tmlltetf-Hw;hine-has had wiany hard jolts daring the f servient to -those of the ' bos V" and hrshenehmn. ; The spirit of revolt from the rule of the machine had become returned foT "Oregon: consumption, selling at nearly' as many dollars an ounce-a the-crtide product brought per pouna. cement importedrtoal, eggs, butter, cheese, furniture," cordage, brooms and; a multitude-of othet Tl: Tod lay. HBTHJTfOF; HEAVEN THEY SHOULD BE'ASKEDi TO COME. "W hav a hulldln, frw r-.n . i,. WENTY of the working .Washington cprres pondents have been invited by . the ' Canadian Pacific railroad to make a trio to the west and back as guests of the' company. They will leave Wash ington on June I? and ateriinetmerary-througbrCan- ada will reach. Vancouver on the first of July and thence visit'Seattle and Tacoma: No provision has been made for extending therip toHhJe fcewis and Clark fair, but it is intimated that if tlfe" proper encouragement is held out by .the -fair-officials 4he party- will be .brought here. It is manifest on the face of it that this would be very weij. worth while. A visit to the exposition would make a pplenrtiii rlimar n an extrrriwly iiitreatinff trair I it would draw, forth from the correspondents a series of . ' 1 . - it.. 1 . . t 1 - 1 . f. M ' ariicies xnai wouia oc oi ircmcnuuui vaiuc 10 in? lair itself. ! It would even then be early enough to be of a great deal of advantage in turning attention in this di rection and in setting at rest stories about the fair and the city which doubtless at that time would be In circu lation. It is already-manifest that the 'two chief things to contend with will be the question' of accommodations and the, cost of .Hying. ;, The., national convention .o'tlhe railroad conductors has demonstrated, to the satisfaction of everybody that . there will be no trouble in looking after -whatever-number of Visitors may see fit to-come here. It must be remembered that none of the fair ac commodations have been utilized, yet'this big convention has been comfortably housed?-without it making even an impression upon the resources at the cityf disposal. As for the cost of living there lias been no advance in prices-andthere-willrbemone.-nThatrhas- never" been Portland's style in the past and It is too. late to begin nowiThe fartherthe news 1s spread the hetter will be the attendance andjio othejrclass can speak to so many readers a the .Washington-correspondents, all of whom would be pleased to-visit Portland on their trip across the continent, . - . . .. m't , niaao with himl. iirmi l. th. heavens." Ii Cor. v:l. ACTION IS NOW DEMANDED. fT5HE Ore AGITATION for better railroad facilities' In EmTiiaTrtaltrrlloTd of the people wTio will no longer rest satisfied until', something has been done. They realize that they are face to iace with cof)- 4iUonltbAt-anust.be met and mastered.-otherwwe-thefxomtrtg-iSyi Tthat -wforaet iraent HOUSE stands for "permanency. .... ... vyvry man nopes . . om day to walk acro tha i iamiua -ay,-riiH-ls my hom this la th plara vhtreX." wllh abide; her is our altar and her-"-" th ahrlna of U th sacred' thing of '" th family, ao ddes every man - also " cherish In tits breast th unapoken iona--" In soma day to paaajutroaa-tlir-tfclay.TT dusty, commerc-Udn atreeti of this Ufa and cross the thraabold into' an ". abldinrplacs, . That, threshold w hav com to call death; and that abldln poke Of Ms bodr as a tent and looked forward to dwelling In a house; the , classla heroea.spok wl'h Joy of toL" place where they would meet ln their fellow .warriors; the eorrowlna mother ' thinks every day of a .home where, all her children ehall.be gathered In to ao " out no more. - . Heaven,, may be neither in" our aeography nor in our astronomy;. butlt t lV all- oot heart. Tnphllosophlcal U - -may 1.. bMt It is nevertheless a fact! that the' thought of J"th tand that la ' flrer than day" brings a thrtll not only " to the heart of the humble laborer whose tawdry Joys would lead Mm to long for a heaven of gold, but IV also brings a strange joy and xpectancy to -th man of wealth,, to the man of .cuK tur and to tho man- of broad sym---1-pathlea with all tho beat ia this world.! Heaven 1 .home, the home after- the school, after th early toll, after th tHfe for a foothold In life. . .. Modern religious tehchlng does well -- to plac its emphasis pn present Hvlnv . to remind uS.that piety is more than the . power to. paint . pictures . ef ..future felicity, and consecration is more than coatemjlatlon-ot-future rest: WTare"T realising that religion Is mora - than regrets ovr the past or rhapspdies over the- ruture. But -alt-ourattentiorrto1 ; the present only serves to accentuate ; j our secret hope tnrl lnglna fnr tht rbelter land. - ... ., , - -, . It would b wrong tdVuthlesslv crush - this longing. Th onf 'danger Is Jest ,. : w Decome o ocoupled wtth dreann it can never emerare.. 1 In the past they fiave' asked nothing and they have got -it with regularity and constancy. They have been proud of the fact that-the-O. R. & N. was "an Oregon road," but when they-woke. to an appreciation that the Oregon road had bottled up the state wherever it was free to acfandThat "it permitted if "and the sections of pther. statei naturally tributary, to Portland to vbe bot tled tip, the delight in the local, designation has been somewhat tempered and the joy chastened by what we cannot now help regarding as an affliction. :,' ;, .' In the view of many we have now come to the parting of- the ways. - bimple promisesjioJonger - satisfyany- bqdy, for we lirtcased T6""be rainbow chasers. Actual performance is what is required, and the people are prac tically a. unit jn the demand. Under circumstance such as these something, will have to b oon and that spee-j lyJThv people are-hclpinglheniselves tn mfiy ways, but they have by no means exhausted their-resources, and unless something tangible is speedily forthcoming there will be the most radical change of sentiment with articles thato.uldJML-pr.&duced. jH OrermaTaTevheeiTex- geTiefitgrt-atiy riiue or m any state Inhrxffhple-nrifonT Apd no one concerned should make a mistake about it. t flull.awilJUpfi5r- wa are coming to see- that the hope of heaven Is a worthy-- i motlre to be applied to ths present. W lay aside quesuona or Its location or ' its construction and live today for its rsaluuukuw-W aek not whether H shall r be peopled with th dead -or with, the living in coQdJlona which would fit them for .that nous not .made with - hands. The more steadily" th human . " race presses toward' th goal of such ' a llf the nearer it comes to actuHily realising it in the preaant. . v . The aspiration for heaven la 'more than ev -speculative fancy. ' It Is , on T aspect of the spirit., of progress that lies back of all human endeavors. Man was ' born dlaaatlafird, ulllurwISe fie would 'stagnate. , H has always' lenged for better - material.. conditions, better r moral conditions, and-jila-lonjclnx Jut - made., hi m reareh. JLhi em. Th . In 1 1 nc Up f progress was not Implanted or developed only to mock him; it is being realised.. -No Instinct common to humanity, is !-. , '. posaibl f realisation.-- Th hop of ' heaven belongs to us all, ,the prophecy . and-power of It coming. We may not " , know, where or how, but- that At shall ' , Togo and- R b j cs t v e n s k y APTAIN A. T. MAHAN. U. 8. N .7 predicts th-possible putoome of ths great aea battle between '. Togo and Kojestvensky by say ing. In Collier for May 13r-' The two fleets preeent seven Russian battleships against four Japanese less than two to one; two Russian -armored orulsers against eight, and sever1 Ru ston torpedo-boat-destroyer against an indefinite number of lh-nemy. Her we will not axaggerate in attributing to the Japanese thre or four to on.-Thy hav. also a marked superiority in the lighter -cruisers, whos part is less in the day of -tottl-thsn-befor- It.- The gun of this class of. vessel have been able Id th open to control the move ment of torpedo vessels. - They supply alao-th reoonnoltrers- and pickets of th fleet, a duty In whlcn som of their numerous transport may alt,Jja, nomtnow-Whether IBBse Sav gun and searchlights. If they have, they may contribute effectively .to the protection Uaf th battleships from under-water at tack. - . With a numerical superiority In torpedo vessels, which approaches superfluity, the expectation is Justified that' Togo will us them with a vigor and resolu tion emulating that displayed in the first three months of the war. In th attack of February A, 1904, and n th subse quent repeated -attempt to block the entrance to Port -Armor. If RoJet- vensky advances - shortly, conditions will be favorable for night attack; fot the moon Is waning, and will have little power before May 10. , Should such ea- counter followvthmpTt!nl-MnlMtr observer must, bop that th tactical precautions and steadiness of the de fense may equal th preparations and heroism to be expected In th offense; for so TTOly-ean an Instructive military lesson be afforded by an incident which otherwise will present only a miserable stampede of confusion and disaster. While open, I hope, to conviction, and desplts the impressive potentialities of the torpedo vessel, I beusve lit, its es sential inferiority, If "resolutely met Historically, th effects of- its snte- th scarcely - lee- terrible - flre- mnpmatM a its ovr. . Wllllsm Phoemskor, a farmer " 40 years old, who resided near Cove, com mitted suicide at his horn Monday ev ening "by nanalng Himself le hsd pur chased a valuable imported stallion, for which he' gave his note, but tha Invest ment did not prove to be so" profitable a he thought it would, and i he was brought to face th. fact that he would be unable to make tha payment when due. -On the day of the suicide Bhoe- maker went to Union, and while return ing horn he- tnftfTe- an attempt to Jump IntopfsrtheHti ereek, but praa prevented from doing so by the approach of neigh bors. On arriving horns j he secured a rifle from the house .and went behind r woodshed snd was about to send a bullet through his -head when he was discovered by his son, who took ths gun swsy from htm snd returned it to. a neighbor, from whom It hsd been bor rowed. --While the son wsS away -the father -went to tha harit and. taking a halter rope, hung 'himself, ship, were almost , always ... wrought fJsilB-tr Jspsness v uw layman, unless specially Interested, there is no occasion to our- I should certainly expect ths Jspsness admiral to withhold his armored vessels or.Yry. kind, till he has -fully-tested ths posslbnities Of - his - tornedoea. Should unsuccess there compel him to Dring-uis-armored foroe into " play against, th undiminished Russian fleet. comparison becomes --dtfflcultf- even if pursued with minute ana tedious detail, for, like most fleets in an age of rapid progress, both -opponents srs a -somewhat scratch lot. To say four sgainst seven is misleading. If . ; mention is omitted that two of th four are Su perior to any two of tho.se ven and two of the seven Inferior to the worst two of , the-fou. In armored cruisers also, amnri ron ouon'io show. Just as I Am. By Charlotte EllloU) Charlotte Elliott (Brighton. England. March 1, 178; Brighton. Beptember 22, 1171) judged by the quality of her work and by Its general popularity, is the greatest of British female hymn writers, having to her credit in all, 160 hymns, ths greater numbee-of-whioh are reo. ognlsed as standard.' Tet she was all her llf almost sn invalid, spending her days in quiet literary work In the south of England and on, the continent. In 18S4 she Issued "The Invalid's Hymn Book,!' having written US of the pieces therein. "Just as I .Am." written in l s 22,-ira-Tecord Tier-pereonai-wf perienca When, shortly before this, th simple suggestion, "Come Just as you sre," solved many bt her-religion dif ficulties. It first sppesred in th Yearly-Remembrancer in thyesr'ln which she became its editor, 1838. Without question this is th greatest of all tho special evangelistic hymns. 'Th stories told -of Its power--ever the Tnlnd snd heart are Innumerable. It Is sung In all lands and especially at all times of! revival. Just a I am, without on plea, ; Bat that thy blood was shed for m. And that thpu bldd't me com to the, O Lrilb of Ood, I ootna! Just a I-Anv and waltlnsr-not- th Rirsslan two are by-no means equal sue Inquiry Jnlo' detail of. comparisons in -conclusion upon which" professional opinions will not agree, but a warning may. bs given- against the misleading rough estlipata, based upon a count of sll ths guns of th same weight on both sides. Irrespective of ths. details of ths ships" csrryinapthem. That 1 a not" tnr frequent kind of computation, in former days " as now, and" has sometimes been used i a contemptible manner ' and spirit; bu It is rsdloliy Inaccurate.. give up the hop of a day when. all wrong . shall b - righted, all sorrows . . h'Blfd. tea'-t w'p Vrr"" U 1 would - be- to 'atagnste- morally .and spiritually. The hops of heaven-Is part - of-our divine discontent. - . J The very word heaven ha a moral rather than a geographical slgniflcsnce. .. It means 4iIgbe4VDd all sucrr exnresi5 sibna as "beyond- ,th-atarsr- snd "sbov the sky" are but flguies of speech to 1 r express th moral -fact that heaven Is condition higher up. It is' the next .. : - stag In mans development.--It holds- -Sul tn.Us-thhopa of - -unending - progress; ltt lifts the limits from our . lives and write "Ampllus't-over sU our efforU.-It is the liberation Into larger living by th breaking of the bonds ot i this present; th hampering flesh falls away at the touch of death and th tru-f eternal self is free to begin its larger k 1 - .w- M - , - ' - day my come when we shall see that it Is but snother beginning, snd from ths house not made with hands we shall go out to sven larger living. -:. . Should Togo hav to fight thus, tw J4-aUho?lj4lpnr4 him. H may try by rapid movements to "outmaneuver -the Russian," thereby elther.effectlng a preliminary reduction '-M-of forc,-or-cratlng an opporunlty-no close" at advantage; .or he may, under such dispositions ss may seem to him most, suitable, ciose at one, throwing everything on ths hassrd of the die. Th lsst is ths easier course foe. the admiral, a It is tne most Imposing; but I for th same reason that lt-ls aaalar-U BXlTTEsTOa BSBKOsTB. --WwaWrsTK"eiurwords Patisncs ds not paralysis. Is not suited to. ths clrcumstanees of Japan. -It is easier because, ths battle onoe4olned. there is left to ths admiral little further responsibility till ths out coma Is settled; but it abandons, all , to tha chances ot a melee. If ths Japanese fleet jiossesses. adequatsmaneuverlng power,, its superiority in numbers" snd th inferiority of most of its untt to seversl of the single vessels of. th enemy appear to me-to -requlrd thatit exhaust all the-possibilities extended to It by Inferiority of speed, and ths fa cility for combination due to number, before exposing to flnfct trtarths corner stone upon which rests ths nesr future of th country. This means prolonged strain and anxiety: but from ths devo tion 'Japanese officers have shown, we maybe sure It Will b endured to th end; - should- Admiral- Togo think that ins welfare or tne, country so demsnds aSaBBsasaaBjasasSje Prejudice puts th heert in prison.' The best biographies are those on two '-;.' . k - JTalth is turning the face towsrd Ood. " r , . He who make friends makes fortune, u- S rr : . - There's mors religion in -a whistle than In a whine.' ( Little courtesies sre th wayside flow' ers of llf. , ' ., '-Jj jz Virtue become a-vie as soon s you- ars vain of it.- '.- i , . Ths cloth may make th clergy, but th man makes the minister. . --.- ' '?)' ,, The torch of truth wsnes dim when ths wind of ' opposition' dl.. --- ' . " . - Make horn a heaveri, and th chlldren will take your word for It ,as to ths heavenly home. - . ' 8X0UU BS VR9 TO SBBSOIirO. " . To rid my soul of one dark blot. To th, whose blood- can cleanse each spot,.- ; ; - , f O Lamb, of Ood, X cornel ; Just ss I am, though tossed sbout With many a conflict, many a doubt, Fighting within, snd fesrs-without, - O Lamb of Godrl come! , . : , , .- ... ... just as I kmv'pnor, wretched, blind; : Plght, richest, healing of ths 'mind, . , Yea, all 1 ned. In thee I find,,; " r ' O Lamb of God, I come! ; Just ss I sm thou wilt receive, , '' Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse," relieve; Because thy promise I believe' )'..- O Lamb , of Oodv I come! ,y Just "as I'Sm thy love unknown - "," Hath broksn very barrier downfTTrT Now, to b thine, yea. thine alone, .. . . . . o Lamh of Ood; I come! From the-Coos Bay Xsws. Morton LcToww-sTrtvea from Port land on the Rosnok. tin his wa to Bandon, where ha take charge of1 the government work..- -TVa learned from him that there Is a balance of about (45,000 to tho credit of the Coos Bsy Jejty. This amount could not b ex pended to good affect, for' th purpos for which It wss appropriated, namely, the dumping of rock on fh Jetty, as it would tske the greater portion of th amount to rebuild th track, which has ber destroyed by teredos and ths ac tion of the sea. An attempt -will be msde to divert this sum, so that it will be available for dredging th hsrtooe, and the chamber, of commerce Is now Disking a move .with that objent In view. 'It is'stlmsted thst this amount expended . on dredging would gtvis a depth of 18 feet of water St low tld from Marshfleld 'to the bar.' Education Is more than a prepartl6n tor. life; it ,1s a llf- ' " r , . . . -.-' - -A failurs attract I. Ing Is often con- . strued as a call .to go preaching. SancUttrmWrri-Tnnr 'thst others ar net as good as you sre, l; On man' salvation can never denend1" on, another man's shibboleth.. , - . ..... Th only defense thst ny creedneds I th right kind of character behind it.' '." ' Home men kre born fools, but it takes ' . a let of labor .to make a duds. - . " - Ydti esnnot "tell whether a man''-is humble in heart unt,ll you see him with ni interiors in station.,.. - - '--... ." Msny mPkr sure they would in heaven If only they might die In their Bundey suits. " v .. , ....- Instesd Ojf real love being such lsdv. J , Ilk thinavJt "often has tillster an Its '-'.' feet, corns on ltshsnds. snd a back tha , sches with loads of others. HE.NRT r. cope. - 'l
