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SATURDAY. JUNE 17, 1B05.
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Ibliabed eveiy ovinia; t except Sunday) end every Sunday rnocning at
' ' -,, Portland fWMi
THE EUROPEAN felQ STICK MAN.
iHE J2ERMAN. KAISERj(oeing, opportunity to
Keep Europe agog with expectancy of and
x7eTyaWuTwIuf Tt contemplates, doing or in a
more or . less -direct way hints or threatens that he will
do. Emperor William no doubt it ambitious to be not
" only great ruier m nis own aomama
. , ... . . .
or tT-T"r
.luJi-fc waliWLan4,.dke..gainstny :
...ternal entente, oetween otner ot me great powers, . ana is
" esoeclally worried at the recent remarlcableJ manifesta
tions of friendship between England
uneasiness prompted hint to make a dramatic trip to
- ; Morocco, and to declare that Germany, had equal rights
r-rtner e with-ftancewhich, .country has long maintained
; sort of political and .commercial -' .suzerainty over
Morocco. This waa done not so much because the em
','".; peror cares for Morocco's trade as to. administer a slap to
France iand to notify Uncle Edwartf oi England that his
tiew friendship Jot-that Country -wis intolerable, and must
be cooled. The emperor doubtless was at heart deeply in
sympathy with the czar and hostile ,to Japan, for . he
; coverts more territory in China, but' he was restrained
from openly aiding Rnssia by the fact that in doing so
he would have to align himself with France, which he is
-..determined to relegate to a second-rate or third-rate
"power. For these reason! and others which they in
tdicate Kaiser William is busy here.there, and every.
-lwhere,vieeking fcy'whateveVmeanglnay be found tq.ag
lsrandiz himself and weaken or hamper the other
powers. He may have gained some inspiration from the
energy and audacity in . other directions of President
j IRooseyelt, for the two men have much, personally, in
icommon. William carries a tremendously big stick, and
,' ! cannot refrain from flourishing it, and it is very difficult
';for him to speak softly; We think actual war. between
franc and Germany is very unlikely. France may make,
i some concessions, for without strong-allies it cannot fight
Germany, but England though it will strive much if
necessary to avoid getting into another war, will not be
. .bluffed or allow the kaiser to swing his stick too freely
j'and widely within the sphere of British influence.
v NEW SPEED RECORD FOR; TRAINS.
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jlt jHE -NEWlS-honr train over the ' Pennsylvania
'! I railroad between New York and Chicago, a dis-
. . tance ofnearly 1,000 miles, is not so much to ac---'
Commodate the public as a contest between that road and
f the New York Central, which, has been running a 20-hour
train, and it is now -announced, that a 16-hour train will
soon follow. : These two great railway systems are rivals,
and each, like the steamboats in former times on, the
Mississippi and in later-times elsewhere too is bound
t to beat the other -or, "bust.
The 20-hour train made an average
' miles an hour, and the 18-hour train of nearly 55 miles an
Ihour between the two big cities, and a 16-hour train
would maintain an average speed of just about a mile a
minute, being obliged to run much
long, stretches of tracks Speed, ia
for this is a fast age and the' Americans are a busy people,
land when they travel want to get there as soon.. as pos
sible, but safety as well as speed is to be considered, and
there are many people who cannot be regarded as old
fogies who doubt whether it is possible1 to combiner
prop.er degree of safety with such speed.' Time enough
pf !it will .deciderliA-. ri-:;.: ... J.:.-.
We believe the fastest regularJrains previous to this
pew speed exploit -of the Pennsylvania, were a train run
ning from Paris to Nice, 674 miles, at the rate of. 50
mile an hour, and one between London and Edinburgh
'that made a mean speed of 51-3 miles an hour. Ac
cidents on these roads are very rare. It is probable,
however, that the 18-hour schedule between America's
two greatest cities' has come to stay, and that it will be
" " further reduced, in the absence of legislation to prevent
it, to 16 and possibly to 15 hours. - - -V
Oat in this country we will have to travel much more
slowly, for a long time, over long distances, on account
' All for Seven Dollars, ;
Correspondence St Paul Dispatch.
8even dollars-wtUenable the- vial tor
to the Lewis and Clark exposition to
aee every concession on the Trait the
amusement thoroughfare ox tne centen
ritaL At St Luis It coat In the neigh
'borhood et S t see the "Pike,- with
i Its 7 how, rnenjr ef which " were
jtiot worth the price of admission. The
ttftli Olfeis 8 vt the finest anraeuons
!veV in n exnoaltlon. Essex
' .nr St ihawi for IT,
The most expensive concession on the
' ITrail Is the Carnival of Venice, a epec
I tacular production designed by the
--1 ' King of the BaUet" Bolossy Kiralfy.
The prlo of admission to this attraction
. - Is 69 cents, and after seeing the ehow
the fee. will be pronounced reasonable,
ilve hundred persons participate on the
; stage. The scene is laid In Venice, and
; by means of some very fine acenlo of
;aertngs the Illusion la falthfuUy carried
iout even to the canals of that Italian
tjclty. -Th canals are of real water. The
' -i Carnival of Venice Is a terpsichorean
' 'antra vegans of the highest order.
- Leaving the Carnival, of Venice the
' i trlsltor - meanders over to the Homer
j raveport farm... JPaytng S3 cents he
' tenters and beholds the foremost, car
; eoonlst of the world comfortably seated
' fn a rustle bench before a crudely built ,
rlog house. ' Surrounding the Illustrious
penman are hundreds of blooded fowls,
f veverei epecimens of horses of Arabian
blood and a magnificent Hambletonan.
. lavenport wyi be found affable, ur
bane and democratic, and If the visitor
Is of the right sort the cartoonist may
offer him a modest ' sketch as a me
'' inenta
, Across the wsy-from Davenport's Is
; the Xloadlke mining exhibit Tata-eon.
cession Is preeminent from, an educa
tional standpoint and offers the -visitor
a truthful portrayal of mining methods
In vogue In the gold, fields of Alaska.
The building thnt bouses the show I
-'designed Inside In panorama effect and
-full-alsed placer mine is found In
' operation. Cleaa-upe of real gold worth
- tt.eoe are made every hour. The admis
sion is IS centa -
Following the Trail the visitor enters
the Streets of Cairo, paring a fee ef It
rnts. He is now in the midst of all
that Is Egyptian. Strangely garbed
people are seen on all eldes;now a dl
;r tnlnutlve donkey belabored' by a boy In
flowing robe dashes past or a mons-
trous camel loaded with human freight
lumbers through the street Ferocious
looking, warriors dance about in mock
combat The shrieking strains of curl-
enis oriental ; instruments! r are wafted
from the theatre on the soft Oregon
one. For J 5 cents the visitor gains
-entrance te this foreign show house and
spends a pleasant half hour viewing the
anllca af a atraage peopte, -
A wonderful show Is located almost
; opposite the Streets ef Cairo the Infant
incubators. There la ne galstjr about
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INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLZSHINO CO.
of heavier grades
a perfect roadbed
KEEP THE
dui ne Dig man i . .
' ... . T F IT IS POSSIBLE in any way so to arrange it the
, . I exhibits at the
combination or frziVery- community
and France. ( Thia-J-day's work. If the
there is nothing left
attractive that may.
tures, it will not
,io inc exposition
inally attracted the
I
towns of JWJ?atcani
to show that its
Yet they are lusty,
future before them.
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speed of about 50
HE death
faster than that over tits most agreeable
desirable, of course,
so chiefly, as to
in order to take
His journalistic
tically independent,'
plainly and forcibly
Republican men
any paper in the
representative newspaper in the country ! capital city,
this concession. It represents the most
astonishing achievement or modern
science the maturing of the human be
ing by artificial meansr-Iit -the pleasing
little building housing this attraction
are several Ingeniously constructed in
Cuba tors containing real live Infanta
Visitors ' are allowed to gase at them
through plate glass, and apparently the
tots are content to remain In their enug
homes. ; The admission to the InfanJ, In
cubatora is 25 centa 1,--
And so on down the Trail ths visitor!
may meanaar; A great many or tne
anows oner aamisaigns as low as iv
oenta The visitor finds foolish shows
and serious shows, or he may devote his
time to Instructive shows. No matter
bow hard he "hits the Trail," he cannot
spend more than 17. which will admit
him to 35 attractions, unless he chooses
to . take In a show more than once. . ..
Costly Living In Gotham.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Every day in New Tork there lb some
fresh aggravation to matrimony crop'
ping up. In placea affected by bachelora
It costs 10 cents more to be rubbed
with alcohol than It did six weeke ago.
Manicuring Is $1 instead of 75 cents.
For, years the standard charge of the
Turkish-batbr-chlrepodlst-and- barber
shop has been 60 oents. It Is now 75
cents all over the city. -Cocktails In
bath cafes were formerly ..two for a
quarter. They are how 16 cents Straight
Same "way- with cigars. Drug stores
are charging men more for toilet ar
ticles. The tailor who used to press a
suit for f cents now asks 76 and 15
cents Instead of a quartet for press
ing trousers. Charges for laundry work
have gone up 30 per cent. In email
expenditures alone it costs tfe man
who has to look oat for himself t a
week more to live now than It did six
months ago. '
. Only a Peanut Office. "'
.. i.. . Front -the Oregon Irrl gator.
In spite of .Jila defeat General Wil
liams Is still the grand old man of
Oregon. It Is, however, too bad that
he ever stooped"' to such a petty office
ae mayor of Portland.. That la a lob
fit only for a peanut politician, and
George H. Williams is to big and
broad a man to stoop to the smell ways
and divers subterfuges .-of the ward
heeler and the corner loafer those who
live by peanut politics..
V Kansas City'g Terrible kWeedv
From the 'Kansas Ctt'y Star.
-For weeds, -Individual humanity Is
blamable. They can be cut down "ere
sin can blight or sorrow fade." To neg
lect, to do so is to Inflict a grievance
upon others. It Is to offend society and
(he lew, 1rie-municipality -heuld--4ake
delight In enforcing In the aee of weeds
that measure ef protection which Is de
nied It, alas, against the vagrant QyM
NO. p. cawmlU
The Journal Building, Fifth and Yesnhfll
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and eurves, yet with heavy raili and
there seems no good reason why far
greater speed could not be made. through most ot the
Willamette valley and Over portions of the road between
rrnahTandZSeaIfle7 " """"" . i
EXHIBITS OPEN EVENINGS.
fair grounds should be kept open in
.the great majority here are wage earn-
ers. Ihey are employed on a weekly saury ana tne oniy
leisure time they have, is- after they get through, their
exhibits ;are closed after that hour
for them but the. Trail and however
be, and it has many attractive fea
appeal as a steady diet to many who go-
10 gel imier iiuovinaiKjii uu many
things that interest ad instruct them. If these people
have no opportunity to see the exhibits in the evehing
the fair will be of vety little advantage to them and vvill
fall short in one of its most important particulars in ren
dering a return to the average class of our citizens. who
should otherwise receive vast benefit from it.
Arrangements, ft. -seems to- The-Journal, should be
made to keep the exhibits open in the evening. The ad
vantage would be general to the fair itself, to the public
and the concessionaires of all kinds whose chief expecta
tion of return from their investment must rest upon the
large attendance n matter what the motive which orig
people to the fair.
1 PUQET SOUNDJCITIES GROWJNQ.
F ALL the already quite large and rapidly growing
cities ofthe Paget Sound region, not very far apart,
. could be counted as one, they would make a pretty
good-sized town. Seattle, keeping fat in the lead, claims
on the basis of its forthcoming directory a population of
187,500, as against 90,000 In T900, an Increase of over 100
per cent in five years. ' Tacoma, on a like basis claims 74,
000, while the '1900 census gave it but 37,000, an increase
of just 100 per cent Bellingham, comprising Tfie former
and f airhaveni uses a school census
population is 25,000, and Everett claims
20.000, both, if correct, being gains in five years'of a sood
deal over 100 per cent. : "
j Cities, especially young and growing cities, are prone
to exaggerate their population and these flourishing
cities' of Puget Sound are not accustomed to hide their
light under a bushel, so the disinterested observer will be
inclined to discbunt these figures somewhat Very likely
an accurate census would diminish them by 20 per cent
growing young cities, with a good
NEWSPAPERMAN GONE.
of Beriah Wilkins, proprietor jbt thsA
T- Washington Post, at the comparatively early age
- of 60,-removea from American journalism one .of
AS .well as successful men.". The Post
is one of the country's greatest newspapers and was made
many of its characteristics, by Mr. Wu
kins. His journalistic career, such being the case, is
peculiar in "the fact that he did hot become a newspaper
man in any capacity jntil he was past 40 years ot age.
He had been a successful merchant and banker in Ohio,
and served three terms in congress, declining reelection
charge of the Post-in which, he had pur
chased a half-interest later becoming sole proprietor.
ideals were high, and he matched them
in performance. For one thing, while in the main ad
hering to the Republican party, he made his pafiejr prac
frequently criticising -and censuring,
but never with venom or virulence,
and measures, ror instance, scarcely
country has more insistently pointed out
to Republicans during the past two or three years the
danger and folly of the stand-pat tariff policy. In other
respects he helped much to make the Post I great and
Queerness of Indiana.
' From the New Tork Sun.
Peeking - stonll y-nd -superiorly over
the Boston Pale at a barbarian world.
the Boston Kersld stars and wonders
at those bappy Hooslers and remarks:
"Indiana is a queer- state."
We have forgotten whether Boston- la
erasler than Springfield or Springfield
craaler than Boston. Indeed, statistics
show that each is erasler than the' other
MAnMiett (. th. nir mtm7.'"V,7, II
Kansas, where they have sane aayluma
Yet Indiana looks "queer" to those Bos
ton eyes In a line frenay rolling. "Don't
mind him; he's crasy as a bedbug," says
the gentleman who believes himself to
be Nebuchadnestar, as he glarea at his
keeper...... ..... ... :
.' By "crasy we mean, of courae, "stung
by the gadfly, "full of sacred madness,1
"divinely dippy."
Boston contemplating pragmatically
ins resi or tne universe ana nnaing it
bad la a familiar but 'Joyous sight to
most of us. Bitten by patriotism, how
ever, the Indianapolis-News cries that
"it would be Interesting to know' in
what ways Indiana Is a queer state."
- Peace., perturbed splrltl To be dis
tinguished, to be different from the rest,
Is to be labeled "queer" or "crank."
Indiana la "queer" In more ways than
we have time and ink to write them
down. For example, ehe haa:
1. ' More and eweeter poete to the
square inch than any other state and all
other states.
I. More novelists to the Square inch.
I. More politicians to the - square
Inch. .. -.-
4. More women'e clube to the equare
Inch. . i
6. Vore- dramatists and humorists te
the srre--lneh. i.i -..,. t. , - -,
s. More 'temperament" delight In
literary and other glory, and as much
or more state' pride.
7. A Uoosier can .pick out another
Hoosler among ten thouaand or a-mil
lion men., Whyt
A -mystery. - Indiana Is -"queer."- So
waa Athena, In Ite most high and palmy
days. - It le the privilege , of genius to
do ae It darn pleaaes. ,.. . .
Almost Too Late. - -
From the Chleagd Tribune.
Colonel McSchwarts was telling the
caller, how wonderfully the town had
grown. ' , -
"Why when I moved tiere with my
wife and daughter twenty-sev" ,
J "Papa," Interposed Miss McBstwartg,
"there's a mosquito on your neck. -Let
me pinch It off." r - .' ..r
"Ouch!" exclaimed the colonel. "Ae I
was ssylng. when we moved hers quite
a number of years ago," etcC
v Fronv-the gumvehewlng glrl-en -the
elgere tttj.smoklng.boy the Salem Jour
nal man prays the good Lord to deliver
nun , - . .
SMALL CHANGE
Only two bits tomorrow, too. .
"No boose In Bonton county."
Th crops haven't time to fall many
mora times. , .
. The Maaons arc also mostly pretty
fooa poopicr-s .. '
It loofar ii- tf few oioon Itocncce
ought tot be revoked.
Every Aay ia a root day-end bettor
once coming ai) tne time.
Still. Norway mlaht have had a whole
lot worcc king thanOecar. , .
Emperdfwmram'-Wftdl trkesJ ehaace
to uaa Dig suca Mieiy,
Shouldn't there be more June, brldeat
vwiivi vvvr nut toot Kirvaay,
"' The degree of the exposition's euccess
will increase as the weeks pasa.
. . ' .i 1 1.
Count Casslnl ia aafe. anyway, as long
as the Ruaslan trcaaury isn't broke. .
Kuropatkln said peace would be signed
at Toaio. hc misccd It a few miles.
Portland needa-move appreclatlveneea
of various good thing tn and around
it. .. . -
Still there are various lots and blocks
that need clearing of weeds and rub
bish. ;'; r-- '
It might not be a bad b for Phlla.
delphla to elect a Democrat -once In a
while. .
-Keep hammering Away for more rail
roads, for -roads wherever they are
really needed. ' - L
Visitors ere finding out and reoortlne
that there Is no overcharging for neces
saries in Portland. . ,
It la suggested- that Burbank. the
plant-Ufa "wiiard." be invited to try to
produce a graftleae politician. .
The heart of the vallev- alaa tnmAm
fine showing. There are few, f any,
regions superior to that of which Cor.
vallls is the oenter. . -
Russeir Sage has written an article
on "How to Invest Tour Surplua" One
telling how to get the surplua would be
more Interesting to many. .
Quito numerous are the Renubllcan
patriots of the first district who are cau
tiously courting a stroke ot congres
sional nomination lightning next spring:
Quite -an Intereatlns? . anil creditable
publication Is the Occidental -Magaxlne
and Parishioners' Guide, a new quar
terly' of about 100 pages published at
Wasco, Sherman county, by Rev. Father
M. J. Hlckey, the enterprising priest of
that region.
The Salem Journal Is authorltv foe the
statement that Dr. Wlthycombe, director
bf the Agricultural college at Corvallla.
Is the leading aspirant for the Republi
can nomination for governor. As one
qualification the Journal mentions-that
na,pwna J.oo acres of land.. .
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
BeassTaasekjSsBaasa
- .. -T .: -l..,
- MedfprdL.1.98 i - growing; ; -;-- - T-.
A Crook county man sold a portion of
nis iana ana stocir for 125,000.
It Is estimated that 40.000 . head of
mutton sheep win be sold In Lakeview
curing toe season.
A Chicago capitalist who has been
visiting Harney county considers it an
laeat axoca country. . .
A Dalles man Is Dronasatlna- a nhem
that hs thinks will be two weeke earllsr
inan tne iioyai Ann and as good.
- Tillamook Is Installing a 150.000 water
system and new buildings and much
sioewaix and street Improvement is be
ing; done; ,
- In another year Polk county will be
a complete network of telephone lines.
Every farmer can have hie own phone
in nis residence. - . 4
Over 100,060 fruit and shade trees. will
be planted at Irrigon within the next
"rT "r,MHIr"-'M,"1 hiri I n
planted for wind-breaks to pro vent the
sand . from drifting.
Lebanon Express-Advance: J. A.
Smith showed ue something Interesting
the other day. They appeared to be
very small clams, and eame from a
spring on bis place northeast of town.
It Is supposed that the . spring la fed
from an underground lake and that the
clams came from the lake.
From a small 'spring about 1,100 feet
from .his house a farmer near Fossil
haa completed the installation of a
splendid aystem of waterworka that adda
wonderfully to the comfort convenience
and value ot hie ranch... The water Is
cold and pure, bursting out of the solid
rock of a hillside,- -r-
... . . ,"- ,.- -
An Amlty( Yamhill county) man haa
Invented- a bog-catching machine. For
fear some newspaper writer who thinke
he is a wit might suggest that it be
set for the "Salem variety," the Salem
Statesman explains that it Is not In
tended to catch the biped, kind at alL
That Grants Pass la attaining to met
ropolitan -standarde la noticeable In
many ways about the city. Many pf the
offlcea.of ..Uxaprofe8lonaJenwould
not be out of place In ths best office
buildings of the big cities, for In equip
ment furnishings and appearance they
are ae complete ee te be found In any
city., : -: --r--r-:r--tr:
Needy news In Aurora Boreal 1st- Wil
liam Stews finished planting . potatoes
laat week. Oottlleb Konechak is
repairing the rail fence along the road.
Our little town is sun on the
boom. Ernest Hoffman Is building- a
new cowshed- JR..'U Stewart was
a caller on Nobltt avenue laat Friday.
A question of his waa answered In the
negative. .Too bad, Robert! ;
Hood Rrver Glacier: O. M. Hull of
Red Oak, Iowa, dropped Into the Glacier
office Friday afternoon' to Inquire if
ins man wno wore no auspsnaerv ana
always - smoked a clar pipe was still
editing this paper' "I uaed to frequent
ly drop tit the office ana chat with Mr.
C'radlebaugh 11 yeare -ago," said -Mr.
Hull. -'The day I left he asked' ma
whatr tThought of this country. "O,
Ite too wild, and woolly for me,' I re
plied. "But you will be bark some day,'
remarked Cradlebaugh. and here I am."
SUNDAY SCHOOt LES
SON for TOMORROW
. ay X. s. Jenkins, D. S.
June H. 106 Toplo: The Heavenly
Home. Rev. xxi!:l-lL-Golden
Text He that overeometh.
will give htm to sit down with me In
my throne. Rev. I11:1L
Responsive readings: Psalms 111, 111,
:", . - -' Zakrodnettoa. - , - -
Tba. revelation-witb-'whteh earNew
Testament Is Closed waa written by the
ssme . beloved disciple who wrote the
fourth gospel. This has been endlessly
disputed but never disproved. ' We may
accept the current belief ef the church
untvaraal, based upon a tradition Which
was accepted by thoaa who lived nearest
to te date ot authorahlp. . . When a man
haa lived- vr peaceful 'possession -of
property for-21 yeare. --tha- burden of
proof that It la hie doee not' rest upon
him but upon those who would ques
tion. his title.- The experience of many
generations haa proven the equity and
the reasonableness or that legal precept.
We may say aa much upon questions of
authorship.
This portion of the book of Revelation
la' Introduced after a courae' of lessons
In the fourth gospel, to - exhibit the
parallelism between the gospel of 8t
John and the Apocalypse. We have the
earns Jesus -raised : from a state -of
humiliation td an estate of glory, .yet
preserving the characteristics which
made him deaf -to his disciples, it re
veals to ue also that place which Jesus
In the fourth gospel announced himself
about to prepare : for tits followers
(John xlv:l). JaSus brought life ana
Immortality to light (II Tim. 1:10), and
St. John was called to behold the felicity
of the redeemed and further declare It
unto, men,
The- church wae, et the- time these
visions were granted to John, in pe
culiar need of support John himself
waa a prisoner (oh. 1:), a "companion
Jn tribulation" with thousands ot swf
faring believer Most of his genera..
.jtjon had fallen upon sleep, most of. if
not alt the choaen twelve having passed
through the fires of martyrdom. There
waa. little the church. could look forward
to In this world, but there, was much
revealed to them of consolation in the
world to oome.
Tho book of Revelation haa been , tha
gospel of a persecuted church In every
age. it has comrortea tne saints in
every trial. - The learned have given ua
a dosen Impossible explanations of Its
symbols In an effort ; td reduce Its
poetry to proae; but It needs an expla
nation as little' as a sunset or a Yose.
It soothes our pain like a mother's
touch, and it refreshes qur weary spirits
as a draught of eold water conveye reat
and atrength to the soul that was ready
to die. '
J .. Ike IVesson.
Verse 1. Few atop to think of it but
without water there Is no life upon the
aarthv There la not a blade' of grass
that can stand erect without Its aid: not
a bird that can sing witnout it; not an
ox than can bend to the yoke-except by
its aid. and not a man who could -con
tinue to live should it be withdrawn. -If
le for this reason water Is throughout
the scriptures a token or symbol of ths
grace of God. Professor Joslah Cooxe,
formerly Instructor- lt chemlatry-ln
Harvard university, used to eay that If
called upon to' prove tne being ana
power of God he would ask no other
witness than a drop of waterr so beauti
ful, ao beneficent so - mysterious Is it
It la only at Its beat when it is In active
now.. It Is most Itself when exercising
Its health-giving, life-saving qualltlea.
It Is for"thls reason-It appears aa the
choaen symbol of redeeming love, and
it proceeds not from the throne located
amid the clouda of Slnat but from be
neath - tha - rainbow-circled throne - of
Father and Son. It la "God In Christ"
(II Cor. v:li; Gal. 111:17) that saves the
despairing soul from death. Whatever
men may think ot Christ, the author of
tha Apocalypse puts "the Lamb" into
a relation with God which has nefcer
been assigned to anybody else.
Verse 1. In the east a river Is often"
marked by the avenue of trees planted
upon either aide ol-lts life-giving nooa
The river may thus flow through tha
center of the city, while upon each aide
ie a parklike highway over which great
treea arcn tneir inieriacea orancnes.
Such a beautiful picture John seee In
the midst of the Holy City. The trees
were not merely a Joy to those beneath
their shadej they sent forth .their con
stantly renewed fruits to feed the world
and their medicinal leavee to heal the
world. "Here," too,"we ind one of "the
central conceptlone of the gospel, the
universality of the gospel. Salvation
waa no longer oonceived, In terms of
race but In terms ot man.
Verse 1.- Actty- Is hs precious for
what It excludes aa for what it includes.
The happiness of New Yerk-Clty de
pends aa much upon Ita quarantine aa
-fa
Heaven 'Is hes
-by
reason of what It shuts out as well aa
Ty whanFoffera (v:15). A gaTh we hve
"God" and "the Lamb" joined In the
government of heaven. And- the joys
of heaven are. as upon earth, partly In
service and partly In rest.
Verse 4. - The chosen troops who are
called upon to stand next the sovereign
wear some emblem, perhaps the full
name of their lord, upon their head
coverings. Every soldier of every regi
ment of every, world .power weara upon
the very forefront of bis military cap
the emblem which bespeaks hie loyalty
and Tnls protector. But of all servants
or soldiers they are most happy In tbelr
service who. are brought into faoe-to-tace
relatione with their superior. , One
remembers what Sir Walter Seott eaya
of the chieftain, slain In fight for whom
his clansmen waited in vain:
"On, blast upon bis bugle horn were
worth a thousand men."
In heaven, whatever our- service, we
shall never serve a hidden or ebsent
master ae we must do here. '
Vers 6. All our labor and much of
our happiness . here le dependent upon
the light of eun or the feeble flame of
a lamp. But at best these are Incon
sistent end liable to extinction. The
sua shines but for a portion of our
lives, end the artificial light with which
we would,, prolong our labors or our
pleasures must be 'continually tenewed
or It dies down. Such conditions will
not prevail In the world of the redeemed.
The light ot that world la the Sheklnah
of his presence- Ex. xl:34-JI). a light
which filled tabernacle and temple with
a glory that waa not earthborn. .
, verae e. fernaps it eeemea to tnose
who first beard .the word ot St John
ae though their trials lasted a long
time, but how short a whole generation
appeare to us after -It Is passed (Psalm
0:4. For us. the -things, which-. are
to affect ue will soon be over, end
we shall come to the glorious, estate
herein described.
Verse 7. Contrasted with tha life of
heaven we have but an hour to .watch
(Matt 1:40), but a brief day In which
to labor. "t.
Versa 1. How powerfully such a
message would affect us If heard for
the first time in our matured life and
amid Sufferings for ths sake of con
science. . Whst a change would come
ovf r our souls. We must remember
that while Jesus had spoken freely and
Clearly ef the "eternal life" to which his
followers would come (rfirk 10:10), ha
hsd st no time entered upon a full de
scription Of it We here but bints
Fere and-there ot the felicity of the
saints, tn parables of feaats or prom
ises of reward. , So this revelation broke
upon even the beloved disciple as some
thing overwhelming In Ha beauty, light
and freedom. Nor should we forget te
note that the angel who wae the agent
of theae revelatlona refused to "Vecorve
the homage John wae about to often
Verae . -This le brought out more
elearly In lbs following verse. "See
thou do It not." He did not deny that
he waa one of the moat honored) and
moat conspicuous et the favored onee
of grace. He wae one with the prophets
and one with the brethren of au Jonn.
If the angel who could ssy these things
ef himself declined to -accept the. pros
tration of John, we do not believe John
would be pleased to have the prayers of
the church offered te blm Instead of
to hla Lord. - ,-
Verse 10. . fSeal not up the sayings
of the prophecy of this book." That Is
a' rebuke te all these Christians who
would keep the word of God from tne
common people. If the book of Revela
tion, with all Its mysteries and alt ita
flashing lights and moving shadows,
must not be closed and aealed from the
eyea of the church, who will forbid the
church the gospel and the eplstleeT The
time ia short enough In which we shall
be oalled upon to exercise the graces
this revelation ought to stimulate, iat
ne man then take tha book away from
them on any pretext whatever.
Vers 11. What warning could be
more solemn or more clear than thiaT
When we are forming charaoter It la Im
perative to .remember . that we are
forming our personality not simply for
a few yeare but, for the life to come.
There Is certainly no. hint here ef
changes, momentous - changes In the
world beyond the grave. If this be
the final word ot revelation,-and we
are forbidden to add te It the char
acter we ehall poaaess In the next world
la the character we acquire In thla
Impress upon the minds et tha elass
tne nermsnency- cawi. , m
bom Into a Christian home, brought up
In "the atmosphereir preiee ana prayer,
familiar with all the blessings of the
gospel, and accustomed to contact with
good men ana1 pure wonien.
.a t the had.1 what hope can one ra
tionally, entertain for him -when the
disciples of the. LXJra are
to enter upon tneir resi r . t-j-- -
LETTERS " FROM THE
" r PEOPLE - - .
vmii if. Wittenberg. - -
t..i. fir . June 10. To the Editor
i....it .rdr to disabuse the
minds of the taxpayers of school district
L - . . ..t..tMaa eta aew1 Jat
the meeting ot the. taxpayers Of Pf1'
, k....i.. the ularles ef the
teachers, I herewltn present a copy of
the resolution py.irj.Bi
no horlsontal increase was intended, but
Kt the Increase voted was left entirely
In. the hands of the dlrectore to die-
tribute aa In their Judgment , seeraeu
v.... Tha extract follows:
rav.. mnnthi we have had be
fore us a petition from the teachers.
asking ror an advance in mmmij
count of the lncreaaed. cost of living.
... u.v influential taiDsvera have
already requested the" board to grant
ths petition. Xo maxs an approimi.
Mnt it would require
. 1.-.. ne s.ia nf a mill and Inasmuch as
there is a diversion ot opinion smong .the
members ot tne noara upon mis bubjks,
we have concluded to submit the same
to you. for . your decision. The district
employe at the present time princi
pals. 115 assistant S half-pay, 15 pupjl
teachers and 10 SDSClal teachers."
"Mr. Teal moved that the report be
received, and tne motion prevanea.
"Mr. leal . then made a motion . that
the levy of alx and-elx tenths of a mill
nMmmiiultfl hv tha board ba increased
mi-w t,nihi of . m. mill, to enable the
board to make an Increase in teacnerr
mam ti Ka annortlonea aa in mail
Judgment they deemed beat making the
total levy eeven and two tentha. mills.
"The motion was discussed at some
length by Messra conneu, real, Maiar-
key, Wittenberg ana Aims..
vlnMllw f f at- mni.h iHaAuaaliin. afe
Teal's motion, upon being put by the
Cnair, prevanea. . - -
tu w. w J. i l arsoainu.
- - - Credit to Mr. Brown.
Portland. Or.. June 14. To the Editor
of The Journals-Few Portland people
realise that the sale of the Portland
Consolidated company, which means on
lnveatment of several million dollar Of
new capital In our city, waa largely due
to the efforts of our enthusiastic former
townsman, Mr. Frank L. Brown, whose
foresight and unflagging energy some
years ago saved the old cable street
car line leading to Portland Heights
from being abandoned.
Mr. Brown's belief In our prosperity.
Ills uevuilun ui uui ijuun
g seal and pralae In behalf of Port- I
land and her people, lea tne conservative
Philadelphia capitallsta to eend their
representatives here, , and by hla untir
ing efforts he held tha Intereat of theae
representatives until they realised that
what he said was true and that Fort
land waa a aafe place In which to Invest
their money. . .. .
This sale encountered much opposi
tion from one of the local newspapera
as well as from some local people, but I
feel that we owe Mr. Brown a vote of
thanks In appreciation of what he has
done for ua . J.
This Is only one of the-tnany things
that are awaiting development In thta
aectlon of the country, and I hope that
the eentlment among the cltlsens . of
Portland, which formerly caused us to
frown upon strangers, who came among
us full of energy and with money to In
vest is dying out and that a broader
minded feneration la growing up, which
realise that there la enough for all In
thle community, and that here, ee else
where, it must be the survival of the
fittest ' ' . C..M. B.
; The Only Oaee Benefited.""'
Portland, June 16. To the. Editor of
The Journal: I aee In The Journal of
the fourteenth that an ordinance haa
been Introduced ' in the ' elty council
granting saloona the privilege to remain
open all night by paying an lnoreass In
license of 1300 and .that the liquor in
terests of the city are In favor of it
and that' It was introduced to ' repay
saloon men for service rendered during
the municipal election. Mr. Editor, the
Writer Is a saloon man who dlffers-wlth
the above statement In the 11 rat place,
who are the liquor Interests thst want
such an ordinance passedf Surely It
Is not the. respectable saloon man. who
thinks that If a aaloon man cannot make
a living from I o'clock In the morning
until Jl o'clock-at night the business Is
not Worth being In. No, Mr. Editor, this
is not the man that wants 'such a law
passed. But It , Is the concert hall
keepers and their women In the boxee
working on a percentage of 12.60 on
a 15 bottle of wine or 10 eents on a 11
bottle of beer." No; Mr. Editor, these
are the placea and all such placea aa
keep women workers . on percentage
that want' such a law passed. These
ere the' kind of places that always keep
the -salrion In disgrace. Therefore the
writer has bis opinions of the council
man who would be responsible for an
ordinance representing such liquor la-
.
LATE NEWS. FROM
s .'- ; RABBITVILLE
From the Oregon Irrigator.
The City drug store has just received
10 barrels of cement two tone of coal
and four cords of wood, as well ss a
full line of porous plasters and a nice
etock of garden rakes. "
Old man Bunoo Is going around with
h,t ! dldL VB laAttnystarHe-eaya
he fell down and hurt hlsself. He did.
But a rolling-pin In the bands of Mr.
Bunco helped him to Tall , -.
' We strolled over to Sagebrush flat
laat Saturday.-, We wore a gun. That
la why we are alive to tell about it A
nice burg le Sagebrush flat. We would
not go so far aa to say that all f er
peopla ought to be In th perv but-raost-of
'era hss been there. - -.. . r
Old man Bllnkenduffer wae coming,
op-etreet Sunday- leading "hi bull, pup '
and 'Rastua Splnoodle waa leading hla
brlndle pup down. - The doge met. The
next thing Blink and 'Has waa cussing,
and wallerln' around in tha sand with,
tha dogs. It waa. a beautiful fight.
When we got 'em prised apart It took ;
ua halt an hour-to find one of Blink'e '
eyes which 'Raa had gouged out and . )
'Has bad lost half an ear. The doge '
didn't get burted.. . i. ....'!-. ' "
There will be a quilting . party and
literary at Slater Butterbottom's Friday
afternoon. Work will be did on the
Roae ef Sharon quilt and each of the
Batterbottom girls will speak a piece. ,
- Wa STOt a-letter from a rhan tn Nvatv v
asking If they was sn opening here for
a saloon. Nope. OUr drug ators ia run
In pretty good shape. The only com-
plaint la that eome ef our folke thinks
we ought to get SO days' on our bill a
'stead of payln' in caah. If you want
to open a saloon here and artva SO davs
r four months, though, we'd like .to
nave you coma Tou could do a big
business. --.';--.
'Lisa BUtterbottom has reata-ned her
position, as ' dishwasher at tha Bunco''
house. She says, old man Bunco was
gettln too- flip for to suit her ideas of
good society. 'Lisa' has been brung up
In the first circles and Is a master hand
at etlket and the waye of the, upper
wi. , - ..... .
'Squire Slnchem aettled an tmnniitant
caae Monday. It was over a boss trsde
between Pet Peterson and Hank Stifle.
Pete brung the suit He said Hank had
cheated him 14 worth. The "squire or
dered them te 4rade back and each pay
ia. iney traaea haclt all right
but couldn't raise the costs, so the",
squire settled It by taking the hoaaea -Pete
and Hank eaya the Jaw can An .
that but the squire .haa got the goods
on -him. "
One of our prominent .citizens huu.
housekeeping about six months ago. His
wife brought home her .dinloma ana . .
oeok book, and ehe began at page 14
and kept him In roasts for two months.
insn sne jumped over to page S3 and
for alx or seven weeks he we in stews.
Then ehe hopped beck to page 14 and
tackled soups and they are still in the
eoup. ,.a ... . ,. ..
m
LEWIS AND CLAR!
Bit route tin tha Uriaamr 1....
Port Mandan, near the eit' ef ' Ble-'
marck, N. D. . The artxia noauiearliistl
the Rocky mountains. i - - .
June IT -Pant in Clartt -irk
five men to explore the country: tho'
rest were employed In hunting, making
wheels and drawlna- tha r.nn
all the baggage up the creek, which we
nuw csnea. ronage creeg. From thla
creek' there la a gradual ascent to the
top ef the high pleln. while the bluffs"
of the creek lower down, end of the
Missouri, both above and below Ita en
trance, were so steep as to have rend
ered It almoat Imnrartlrahla , n
them up from the Mlasourt We found
great dirneulty - and some danger In
even ascending the creek thus far. In
conseauence of tha raniHa rt,.
of the channel of the creek, which Just
BDove wnera we Drought tha canoes,
baa a fall of five feet and high and
stsep bluffs beyond It. We were very
fortunate in finding, juat below Portage
creek, a Cottonwood tree-- about 28
Inchea In diameter, and large enough
to make the carriage wheela; it waa per
haps the only one of the same sl
within 10. miles; and the Cottonwood,
which si ara nhHg4 tn mfrtntrti..""
other parts of ths work, is extremely
wit - mm -di-iiu. i no mast -or the
white perlogue. which we mean to leave
behind, aupplied ue with' two axletre.
Ther are vast quantities of buffalo
feedlne In tha nlalna n i
the river, which Is also strewn with
th lAtln' . .,,
v.,w, m IMA JIIUUS OK
to water about tho falls, and aa all
the passages to me river near tHaf
place are narrow and steep, the fore
moat are pressed Into the' river-by
the Impatience of " those behind. In
this way we have seen 10 or a doenn
disappear-over -the falls in -a -few
mlnutea They afford excellent food
for the wolves, bears and bird of
prey; and this circumstance may ac
count for the reluctance of the (bcar .
to yield their dominion over the neigh
borhood. . . 7 '
New Men Needed. 1 -
' ' From the Eugene Guard (Dem.)
It le to be hoped that the Republican
party will throw out the "stand nat'?
gang that has ruled Oregon for so many
years and place a set of good, clean
men the Democrats are In a minority
aad are consequently looking for good '
timber nothing else le acceptable. If
the Republicans will do likewise . the
people . will have no eauae for com-
plaint . i . . . -
Oregon will soon elect a congressman. .
and If the Republicans persist tn plac
ing a man of ths old gang up ant), tha ,
Dsmoorata put up a Chamberlain, or a
Lane, the result should, and probably
will be a foregone eonelualon. -
In Roosevelt's fight for clean politics '
and a square deal to ell'li Is supported '
by all the Democratic papera In Oregon. -
Many ef the Republican papers are
constantly alapplng the president and
the state thus ..represented has bo .in-I
fluence, - - '
' v " A Suggestion. ...
- From tha Roeeburg Review.
The Republicans of Oregon want to
reorganise and get together for the pur-,'
pose of carrying the state at the he'xl
election, so their newspapera tell them. .
If this Is true, a good atart could be
made by requeatlng the resignation of
Frank C Baker, chairman of the atate
committee, a man so morally Indecent
that hla aeleotlon waa an lnault to the
respectable people of tho atate. Ronse-
veit na7aid"a6wTrThiwiaapoTP"
tics and a equare deal to all end the -Renubllcan
of Oregon' have euffered
only because ot their transgressions.
terests, and those must be th liquor
Interests which Mich a law represents!
because they are th only parties that
will reaj-.r erveet from such a law.
, . .. . .. SALOON MAN.
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